The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-12-24
ITEErGrs--EDT-OI1AI AND OTHER WISE


- Wisconsin raised one bale of cotton this
year, and was exhibited at the State Fair.
Mr.. Dawes, Of Massachusetts,, has made q
proposition i'll Congress to restore the tax on tea
and coffee.
- The United States Senate has confirmed the
appointment of James Trotter as postmaster at
Greenvil!c G. IT,, S. G.
The CoIu".bi Union-Lerald says that Ex-
ecutive clenency in the way Of pardons are now
'tew and far between.'
= Mrs T.. s Sullivan, wife of DR.. James M
Sullivan, Of Greenville, died on Friday night
last, after long illness.
Thomas n. Wilkes, Of Columbia, was
married on Wednesday, 10Th inst, to Miss E.
Z. Monroe, of Lincoln County, Ga.
- The Carolina Central Railway, connecting
Charlotte and Wilmington, was completed last
week, and through trains are now running reg
ularly.
- The Democrats now claim majority of
five on joint ballot in the Florida Legislature,
which would give them the choice of u United
States Senator.
- The total number of subordinate oranges
in the United States on the lst of December
was q, ,512. The number of oranges organized
during November was 1862.
- Santa Anna is living comfortably in the
upright, soldieriy figure, with eyes as black as
coal, and thin but not gray hair.
-C Capt II. II. Thompson, OF Spartanburg,
is the champion strawberry grower Of the
country. lie plucked large, ripe berries from
vines grown in his garden in the open air in
December.
ers' Union Agency has been opened in Angus
/ tu Iril oh, hal fnr
selling cotton and twenty-five cents a month
tOi storage
- The up freight train on the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad ran Oft the track three
miles above Cokesbury, on Saturday last, dam
aging twelve cars. The accident was cause by
u broken rail-
= The Governor has appointed j. ". Hoile-
man as Treasurer Of Oconee County, in place
OF Il. z. Kirkland, removed. He has also ap-
pointed DR.. L. 3. johnson as Auditor of Oconce
County, in place of NJ. Fl. Bryce, removed.
- COL Samuel Pike, who is said to have been
the oldest editor in the United States, died at
Leesburg, Ohio, on the 10th inst. He is said
to have ueen connected with more newspapers,
during his long and eventtul lite, than any 9TH
er man in the world.
- The favorable prospect for the completion
of the endowment OF Firnlan University deter
mined the Trustees, at the late Baptist Conyen-
tion in Chester, to secure the services Of Rev.
j. l.. Reynolds, D. D., who will occupy pro-
tessor's clair i'll the University, at al early
day.
- The cotton product oflS74, as estimated by
the cotton-growers in their returns to the de-
partment of agriculture, somewhat exceeds
| $500 ,OO0 bales. The yield per acre is reported
less than in 1873. lu most Of the State. the
weather tor, ripening and gathering the top crop
has been very favorable. The reports are near
| ly unanimous in stahng that the proportion Of
lint to seed is large.
- The Augusta ConstitutiondHst says "the
most popular man in South Carolina just now
seems lo bc Gov. Chamberlain. lie has recent
| ly exhibited an earnest determination Tor re-
form, ana has, so Tar, proved himself d better
man than his ;tccusers thought him" All OF
which proves that the taxpayers are III earnest
when declaring that they intend to support hon-
csty, econOmy audrelorm, from whMcycr source
these blessings may come
- The attempt to introduce negro girls and
boys into the white pubic schools OF New Or
leans has been attended with natural results
the scholars determined to leave the schools.
\ sort OF compromise was effected, accordngto
last accounts, by the obnoxious clement being
OF this kind will oI course prove failure, and
the result must be most disastrous to those de-
luded creatures who insist upon such folly.
- The CINCINNATI Enquirer says that lar the
first time in the history of this country the
name of Il political party has been Introduced
into the message OF President of the United
States Gen. Grant had the bad taste and the
public indecency to say, in his recent commu-
nication TO Congress- that under existing con-
ditions the negro votes the Republican ticket
became he knows his friends are OF that party"
What disgraceful language to De inserted il a
President message!
- Mr. Mckee, one of the Republican Con-
gressmen from Mississippi, introduced resoiu-
ton for the appointment OF committee OF
tive to proceed 10 Vicksburg and report on the
facts relative to the recent troubles in that
State. There seems to have been no objec-
| sions, on the part Of the Conservatives, to the
resolution, but Congressman Eldridge gave
Mckee home thrust in asking him how ne
voted on the proposition to investigate the at
fairs OF South Carolina last year. 1t eviden-
tly makes Il great difference whose OK Is gored
- The most destructive fire known in Char
lesion since the close of the war occurred Iues-
day afternoon, 10Th inst. About quarter
past two o'clock the new Champion cotton
press, At the corner OF ChurCn ana Cullueliauu
streets, was discovered to be on fire. The al
arm instantly filled the streets with crowds Of
tiremen and anxious spectators, but the intense
heat and fury Of the flames kept the throng
from near approach TO the burning press.
The cotton press and patent hydraulic press
machinery, built by Messrs. John +. Taylor, "
Co., at Il cost of $4,000, were utterly wrecked.
and nearly three thousand bales of cotton, with
the exception ofabout one hundred and twenty
five bales, which were rolled away from the
building, were burned.
NORTH Carolina seems determined to lose
nothing at the hands of Congress for the want
of asking. On the 9th Of this mouth, i'll the
House Of Representatives, no less than four
teen sets OF resolutions we're presented, asking
for Congressional action upon various subjects.
Among them were resolutions OF the Leglsla-
ture concerning the Federal Land lax; ask