The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-10-19
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rFers IN and ncarSbe.city of Columbia
on Saturday morning last,
The Co"garcp. Bridge, which connects
Richland and desiagtdnI lCounties is
rapidly approaching completion.
The Port Royal RAILROAD is progress.
ing rapidly. .ThesSqvauhah river bridge
will be ready. tytDuceinber next.
The RailroSa connecting w a.terhoro
Collc'on CotfhtSos with the Charleston
and Savannah7 Road has been completed
Two Touring mills in Columbus, Ga
do an an un1 btusihSdassse Of one million to
twelve hundred 'tflodsand dollars.
A rcrsonLylo had been for seventy
two years a Free Mason expired last
week at swnapPPseott, nPPseo Mass
a Ncrne9tfE Yhq sent for one of the
$3.50 handiseEiug machines advertised
inthc papers received shoemaker S awl
worth about ten cents.
What substitute can there be for the
cndcarmcnts. bf ones sisters" exclaimed
Mary. "Theiendearmeurs of some OF her
fellows SiStef," replied John.
Mrs. I.aura ID. Fair, the California
murdcrcss, has been acquitted and re-
leased, Risleaid that she owes her ac.
qui,tal to Aef beauty.
1t is aihhccedltbat old John Robin.
SON, the Veteran Ssnowaian, With his mon.
'ster exhibition, will be in Columbia ON
Monday, November er'11th. Ey a
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'h inAtant, and will continue the en-
tire week. The number of entries ex-
cccd that of previous fairs. The fair
lr' miscs to be great success. 4
An aristocratio New York tailor is
engaged in evolving suit of clothes to
crnsi,t entirely of cravat that viii!
wind ;bout 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
fast in three hundred and sixty-6ve diff.
ttrcnt styles last year, and the mother is,
In consequence, onabloa to display
ninety dollar lace handkerchief
Lawyer G. entering the Office of his
t':cnd DR.. NJ, and speaking in whis.
Ter. Fred I've got such cold this
morning that can't speak the truth"
Fr. NJ "1'm glad it's nothing that will
interfere with your business"
An editor at dinner, table being ask
ed itrheswould take some Pudding, re-
plicd:in ft of abstraction:
"Owing to crowd of other matter.
We arc unable to find room for it,
An Ohio old lady, who is an admircr
of "Old Honesty" said she "knowod
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. 1t is the front of
her husbands favorite mcerschaum ahc
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 -oarcd fishing
yawls, rowed by fisher girls The "Pet
Lambs" wearing straw hats and striped
bodices, won the race easily. Only
another boat competed. The rowing is
said to have been admirable.
The new Postal Treaty bctwe en-
France and the United States has been
negotiated. Ii fixes letter postage at
eight (s) cents for 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 decrease
of loans Of one and millions increase
Of credit two and quarter million; in