The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-05-04
. The question Of woman's right to vote ur

= The question Of woman's right to vote un-
der the fiftccnth amendment is 10 be formally
brought before the courts by the ladies whose
ballots were recently rejected in Washington.
= The Georgia case, recently argued before
the Supreme Court of the United States, in
volving the value of notes for slaves, will net
be decided until another case from Arkansas is
argued, which viii not occur until December.
= The Legislature of New York has passed
a law which provides that no druggist shall es-
tablish in business, or shall employ any person
to put up prescriptions, who has not first pro-
cured certificate from medical board of ex-
aminers.
Under the act of Congress granting pen
and to the widows of such persons, passed in
February last, between eighteen and twenty
thousand claims for pensions have thus far,
been presented, ,r ,,.,ti
- General Sherman is now travelling through
the South, without escort. The Mobile Regis
ter warns him against the Radical Ku Klux,;
who would not hesitate to kill him, or any
other man, in the dark, to make little capital
for their party.
= Merchants, bankers and business men
generally are complaining great deal about
the number of counterfeit ten dollar bills, ma
tional currency, now being circulated in Au.
gusta, Ga. The citizens Of Savannah are Gke-
wise excited on this subject -
y Hon: Wm.. NJ. Evarts, late Attorney Gen.
eral, has no knowledge Of the publication that
he is to succeed Secretary Fish, and intimates
that he would decline any position in Grants
Cabinet. Secretary Fish will retire from the
State Department on the 1st Of June. -;
The New York Herald says the prospects
of the Democracy for carrying the next Presi-
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members, as the party in the North and the
Congressman from all sections, as shown in
their address, are on the right track.
- The leading doctor in Orange, N. j., is
Miss Fowler, a maiden lady of about 40 Her
income for several years past, from her medical
practice, has ranged from $4,000 to $4,000 q
year. She is sister of Fowler the phreno!o-
gist, and practices on the homeopathic system.
| = Three men entered the house of an old
citizen near Bedford, Pa, and while one held
him down the others put hot Goals on his legs,
compelling him to tell where his money was
kept. This is another Ku Klux outrage, and
| Gen. Grant ought to send lis soldiers there i'm
mediately. {.
- Tie SpartanbGrg RepubEeaa says A gen
tleman, resident IN this county, is distinguished
for the most remarkable length of beard that
ever grew from human chin. We allude to
| 1lI. GlCOaficy, WuO ItSiutS al w ollub OIUVS..
| His beard extends to or below his knees, and:
yet he is six feet in height.
= Hon. James NJ. Mason, formerly United
States Senator from Virginia, and more recent
ly representative of the Confederate States in
England, died at his residence in Alexandra,
Va, on last Friday night He has been suffer-
ing from general nervous prostration for some
time, and was unconscious for several days
prior to his death.
= The Vicksburg Herald advises the Demo,
Gratis of Mississippi to probe the Ku Klux ste
ries set afoat by Radicals TO the bottom by
bringing before the grand juries every citizen
of Northern birth, every official, national, State,
ard municipal, including r.cnbers of the Leg.
slature, and every R,adcai editor, to testify
what they know as IT, The existence of the Ku
Klux. This is good suggestion.
| = The total annual tax Of New OIleansA
State, municipal and federal-amounts to
thirty-three dollars upon every man, woman
and child within the city limits, OF one dollar
moro per head than would be requisite if i'm
posed upon the country at large to pay off the
entire national debt in two years. That is
what Radical rule in the South means
| - Gen. Capron, tho Commissioner of Agri-
culture, reports that tea culture is fast becoming
feature Of importance in the Southern and
Southwestern States, and that in few years
enough tea will be grown in those sections to
meet the home consumption. Over forty
thousand tea plants have been distributed by
the department, nearly all Of which fourished,
and now tie seed from plants raised in South,
Carolina are being sent cut
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