The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-03-07
1TEMs--ED1roR1AL AND OTHERWISE.

ITEMS-EDIT0RIAL AND OTHERWISE.
Texas has law compelling attendance at
the public schools.
- John H. suratt is teaching school at
Brookville, Montgomery county, Nd.
= The Town Council of Newberry are about
to prohibit the storage of guano in that town,
= Haight & Co.'s Circus has been shipped
to Cincinnati to reorganize for the coming sea-
son.
- The Kansas Legislature has passed bill
which virtually abolishes capital punishment
in that State.
= Norwalk, Conn, credits rumor that
Lopis Napoleon has hired one of its villas for
a summer residence.
Two destructive fires broke out in Savan-
nah within the last week, consuming about
10000 worth of property.
Judge Montgomery Moses has decided to
make his residence IN Newberry, and will
shortly remove to that place.
- The children of John Slidell have brought
suit at New Orleans to recover their fathers
estate confscated during the war;
- Mr. Louis A. Cooley, the editor of the pop-
ular "Lady's Book" is on tour through the
Southern States, accompanied by his wife.
Col. John Cunningham, formerly of Lan-
rens, has recently become connected as assfsl
tant editor with The Sostb, published in New
York. ~ '''
"A reward of s450OO has been offered by
the authorities of North Carolina for the arrest
of Henry Berry Lowry and his gang of OUT
laws. '-''-' -
= The colored people of Boston have had
meeting and adopted resolutions thanking SEN
ator Sumner for his efforts in behalf of equal
rights. - ~.
= Maj A. L. Price, one of the founders Of
the Wilmington IN. C.l Journal, and until re-
Gently one of its editors, died in that city last
week, aged 81 years. -
The Newberry Herald learns that Mr..
Wash. Gaines Of that county, recently died
from the result of a cut in the hand while
opening sardine box. 10;
1t is announced that the Convention Of
Liberal Republicans, that was called to meet
at Cincinnati on the 9Th of May, is postponed.
until late day in June. ;.a'
= Hon. Francis L. Cardoza, the colored
Secretary of State for South Carolina, has been
elected Professor of Latin in the Howard Uni
versity, Washington, d. G. e5 -
Gen. w. K Easley delivered an able and
eloquent Eulogy upon the life and character Of
Gen. r. E. Lee, in the Court House of Green
vile, on the 22nd of February. ." ':,i'al
: Both parties are confident of victory in;
the New Hampshire election, which takes place
on the 10th inst. An army of speakers is now
in the field, and more expected. 20?
= The Walhalla Courier chronicles the fact
that work has been commenced in earnest on,
the Air Line Railroad within the bounds of
Oconee County, east of Tugalo river. Ni.T..
| = The villages of Wisconsin are being re-
built with an energy which is characteristic Of
the people of the West, and which exceeds
| even the marvellous enterprise by which Chi
cago is rising from its ashes. ~;
= The New York Sun, edited by Lincoln's
Assistant Secretary of War, says: "The Tan !.
many frauds and robberies in New York are a.
trife compared to the frauds and robbe,ies
perpetrated through Grants Administration !"
= Laurens is to have National Bank, and
is also to be put in railroad communication
again with the balance of the world, by lie
| in running order the branch from Newberry to
that town. 'i'Hn
"A great astronomer in Switzerland, NJ.
| Plantamour by name, predicts comet more,
| gigantic than any heretofore observed, which,,
with indiscribable velocity, is heading for this J
unfortunate world, and will arrive on the 10Th
day of next August. - I!
= Capt. j. G.. Rabb, native and former rest
| ident of Fairfield, died recently of heart die,
ease at Due West, to which place he had lately
removed with his family. Mr.. Rabb was 3
practical and thorough agriculturist, and for
number of years was successful exhibitor at
the State Fairs. =
B. B. Wallace, Esq, of Bryan, Texas; has
been removed from the Office of Deputy UNI
ted States Marshal because, in summoning the
jury for the United States District Court he
called several Democrats into service as jurors,
1t was this jury that preferred special pre-
sentiment against the Radical Governor, Davis,
for violations of the Civil Rights bill.
=. The ceremonies of laying the cornerstone
of the new Town Hall and Market House in
Sumter took place on the 22nd of February.
Col. T. v. Walsh, District Deputy Grand Mas
ter conducted the ceremonies, and E. W.
Noise, Esq, delivered an address, before the,
large assemblage, which was worthy of the (
occasion and of his reputation as a public
"a Colored Citizen," who appears to be
travelling in the upper counties of this State,
writes letter to tho Columbia Union, dated at
Anderson, from which we make the following
extract: II find the condition of the colored
people in this city, in the main, better than in ,
any town in the State. They have large coll
lege building, and have had as high as three
hundred scholars They have bought and i'm
proved about seventy lots, and many of them
are quite respectable"