The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-10-19
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rirers inland near, ,tbe. CITY of Columbia
on Saturday morning last,
The Congarce Bridge, which connects
Richland and LcSiagt6nS hCpuuties is
rapidly approaching completion.
The Port Rdyul RAILROAD is progress.
ing rapidly. .Fhe-Ssyanhah river bridge
will be ready, by'Ducelnber next.
The Rnilrosa connecting W Walterboro,
Colc'on Coithtysss with the Charleston
aud Savannah RoSa has been completed.
Two Touring mills in Columbus, Ga
do an nnua1 ttrsihcss Of one million to
twelve hundred ihousand dollars.
A rcrsont who had been for seventy
two years a Free Mason expired last
week at swaap'PPseeots, Mass.
a Ncrmeptteri WHO sent for one of the
$3.50 thanksgiving machines advertised
inthc papers received a shoemaker s awl
worth about ten cents.
What substitute can there be for the
cndcarmcnts bf ones sisters" exclaimed
Mary "Thoiendearments Of some OF hov
fellows siSter;" replied John.
Mrs. IIaurg ID. Fair, the California
murdcrcss, has been acquitted and re-
leased. Risieaid that she owes her ac.
qui',al to hoe beauty.
1t is aidhesdI.bat old John Robin
son, the Veteran Snowman, With his mon.
ester exhibition will be in Columbia on
Monday, November'11th. d. @
The south Carolina Railroad now
runs fourteen, through freight trains
daily, and can can hardly fulall its engage
The Georgia State Fair opened on the
14'!i inAtant,, and will continue the en-
tire wcck.. Tine number OF entries cx-
cccd that of previous fairs. The fair
l'r' miscs to be great success.
An aristocratic New York tailor is
engaged in evolving a suit of clothes to
ccnsi't entirely of cravat that will
wind ;bont the body from neck to ankle,
and be fastened with diamond pin.
Economy is wealth. A wel-regula.
ted Newark family ate hash for break
i;st in three hundred and sixty five diff.
f,rcnt styles last year, and the mother is,
In consequence, onablod to display a
ninety dollar lace handkerchief.
Lawyer G. entering the Office of his
t':cnd DR.. NJ, and speaking in a whis,
Ter. Erred I've got such cold this
morning that can't speak the truth"
Er. NJ "1'm glad it's nothing that will
interfere with your business"
An editor at dinner, table being ask
ed iiahe-would take some pudding, re-
picd:in ft of abstraction:
"Owing to a crowd of other matter,
We arc unable to find room for it.-'
An Ohio old lady, who is an admirer
of "Old Honesty" said she "knowcd
Master Greeley the minute she seed him.
for he hadn't changed bit since he had
his picture taken for the fans"
A New York lady of fashion wears
beautiful carved dark glossy stone in
setting Of red gold. It is the front of
her husbands favorite mccrschaum shc
having induced him to stop smoking,
now wears his pipe as trophy.
An unfinished building fell at Louis
will, Ky, on Saturday, crushing an ad-
joining house, in which father, mother.
girl Of six years and baby, were
killed at tho supper table Two others
died from injuries received. j. C.
Wcbb's printing Office was also crushed.
A novelty at the Dundee, Scotland
regatta, was race for four cared fishing
yawls, rowed by fisher girls. The "Pet
Lambs" wearing straw hats aud striped
bodices, won the race easily. Only
another boat competed. The rowing is
said to have been admirable.
The new Postal Treaty between
France and the United States has been
negotiated. II &xes letter postage ut
eight (S) cents fer one third of an ounce,
and newspaper postage, which was eight
cents, is reduced to three cents. Regis
tered letters and the transmission of pat
torns are also provided for.
The bank statement shows q decrease
Of loans Of one and millions: increase
Of credit two and quarter million; in
nrnnco af .ia.ar;f. Ii.sa