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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-09-17
The Conspiracy Against the South.

The Southern people have every reason to
keep the peace with the blacks. The unpro.
tected condition of wives and children; the
necessity of organized labor; the dislike of
Federal interference-these are powerful mo-
tives for the white men of this section to MAIN
tain tranquil relations with the colored popu.
lation. That these motives predominant over.
whelmingly in the South cannot be denied
but it is equally undeniable that the only par
ties who can be at all benefited by war of
races, just at this time, are the white Radical
carpet-baggers whose grasp is fast relaxing its
hold upon certain States, and the Republicans
of the North who were so lately in retreat in
the East and West. Pcrceiving that their doom
the same tactics for preservation which had
proved so etlicacious in Ku Kux times. 1t
has been truthfully remarked by contempo-
rary that "men were sent South ostensibly to
hunt up Ku Klux, who themselves organized
Kans, inveiged wild young men into them,
and then appeared as witnesses in court to con-
vict their own victims and others entirely in
nocent. There are poor creatures still languish-
ingly in the penitentiary and condemned to
years Of misery, who never had the remotest
connection with or knowledge of the order In
order to establish their efficiency and to gain
favor at Washington, those infamous wretches
deliberately sworc away the liberty of harm
less citizens in South Carolina and Alabama,
and consigned them to a living death as GRIM
nals. And the convictions of these unfortu
nate victims we're paraded by the Attorney
General as proofs of conspiracy and the
bloody hostility of the whites of the South
towards the colored race"
The same game has no doubt been played
within the past six weeks. Up to recent Pc
riod there was the profoundest peace in the
South. Suddenly, just in the nick of time for
Radical purposes, "outrages" famed forth in
various sections, as if by premeditation, and a
chorus goes up from Chandler & Co., thanking
God that the devil is let loose in the South and
the Radical party is to be saved by the success
Of their diabolical conspiracy. The people of the
North are surely not so entirely besotted as to
be hoodwinked by Attorney General Williams
and his partisans If SO, let them look home,
for the day of wrath though slow to enyelop
their comfortable hooks will come at last. To-
day is woe to the South tomorrow it will be
woe to the North.-Augusta ConstitutionaHst.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-09-17

Cost OF FENCING IN THE UNITED STATES
ECONOMY IN NEDRAsKA-The heaviest item
of expense in farming-thc heaviest, consider
ing the profit accruing-is probably that of
fencing. In many cases the fences cost more
than the lands. The fences of the country are
valued at one thousand eight hundred millions
of dollars and year by year nearly one hun
dred millions of dollars are expended to keep
the fencing efficient. In Illinois not less than
$4,000 900 have been invested in fencing; and
not less than S175, 900 are annually expended
to keep these "metes and bounds in repair.
Ifstringent fencing laws had been adopted in
the State Of Nebraska, the settlement of the
country would have been much retarded. But
law adapted to the needs of the country has
been wisely adopted. This law relieves the
settler at the time when he needs all his mon
ey for other Improvements, from the necessity
Of investing large sum in the construction of
lumber fences. The law throws upon every
owner of live stock the onus of keeping his
stock from straying on the cultivated lands of
his neigbors. The farmer need not build fences
around his cultivated fields, for horses, cattle
and sheep are "fenccd out' by the law. The
stock when pastured have to be herded; but
the cost of herding is not a tithe of what fen
cling would be. Fencing goes on, of course, in
Nebraska; but it is live and not dead fences
which are constructed. Allthrough the settled
portion of the State hedge rows are appearing
and thriving. The hedge plants most used are
the honey locust, the Usage orange, and the
white willow. In some places long hedge-rows
ofpeach trees, from which, frequently. good
crops are gathered, may be seen; and the peach
seems to make as good fence as the white
WillOw
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-09-17

COMPULSORY KIssING.-Everybody in ParS
aguay smokes, and every female above the age
of thirteen chews. am wrong. They DO not
chew, but put tobacco in their mouths, keep
it there constantly, except when eating. and
instead of chewing it, roll it about and suck it.
Only imagine yourself about to salute the red
lips of a magnificent little Hebe, arrayed in
stain and flashing with diamonds, as she puts
you back with one delicate hand, while with
the other she draws forth from her mouth a
brownsh- black roll of tobacco quite two inches
long, looking like monster grub, and then
depositing the savory lozcnge on the brm of
your sombrero, puts up her face, and is ready
for a salute. I have sometimes seen an over
delicate foreigner turn away with shudder of
loathing under such circumstances, and get the
epithet! of savage applied to him by the
offended beauty for his sensitive squeamishness.
However, one soon gets used to this in Par
aguay, where you are, perforce OF custom,
obliged to kiss every lady you are introduced
to, and one-half you meet are really tempting
enough to render you regardless of the conse-
qucnces, aud you would sip the dew OF the
proffered lip in the face of a tobacco factory,
even in the double-distilled honey-dew OF old
Virginia.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-09-17

- The almanac makers who adhere to the
old style of prognostication would be justified
in running down the pages devoted to the three
months Immediately preceding the fall cleo
tons the stcrcotypcd warning, "About this
time look out for outrages in the Southern
States" The supply of this commodity is al
ways equal to the demand or, at least, the
politicians take care that if the outrages are
scarce the most shall be made Of what there are.
However quiet the South may be from Novem-
ber to August, between August and November,
in the language of the hypochondriacal patriot
in the play, "the country is in a dreadful
State.O
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-09-17
: Senator Brownlow, on the Civil Rights

- Senator Brownlow, on the Civil Rights
Bill, has written a long and q very strong letter
to the venerable Trueman Smith against that
offensive measure to the whole white popula
ton ofthe South The substance of this letter
may be stated in single sentence extracted
from ito wit, that the effects Of this bill,
whatever the motive behind it, "s the destruc-
ton of the republican party in the South and
the certain injury of the colored people," Let
the republicans carry it into law and attempt
its enforcement in the Southern public schools,
if they desire to prove the truth or falsity of
Senator Brownlow's opinion.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-09-17

- An old darkey, who, after considerable
argument, was convinced that the Freedman's
Bank is gone institution, exclaimed: Oats
what always made me spise bank /"
- What word is always pronounced wrong
even by the best of scholars? Wrong.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-09-17

- If, about these times, you should accident
ally get into an orchard and draw pears, and
the old man should happen along with a full
hand of clubs pass out-he might raise you.
= The cause of woman suffrage scarcity of
husbands.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-09-17

- The simplest and best of the many rcmc-
dies for killing lice on cattle is to wash the cat
tie two or three times with mackerel brine, and
every louise will leave and no harm be done.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18

THE committee appointed by the
Legislature to investigate the current
scandals, relative TO the Soldiers Or.
phans' Schools at Cassville, in Hun.
tingdoa county, have been industri.
ously at work for some days past,
and II the newspaper reports Of the
testimony SO far taken be true, a most
shocking and disgusting iniquity is
being probcd. The superintendent,
tGuss), is represented before the
committee by counsel, as is also the
Commonwealth, and Surveyor Gen.
eral Beath appears on the part of the
Grand Army of the Republic 4
number Of young ladies, former pu-
pills, have been examined, and the tcs-
timony is simply horrifying One Of
them stated that she had been COM
PEELED, by fear, on former occasion
90 make an affidavit OF the falsitv OF
the charges 30 which she nov tcsti-
iies. The testimony so far as taken
is most damaging TO Guss, the wit
nesses corroborate each other, and
The Huntington Journal vouches for
their trathfulness and integrity of
character The report of the COM
mittec, Of which ex-Speaker Ander
son, OF Pittsburgh is chairman, will
BE looked for with interest, and swift
and condign punishment viii be de-
msnded if'the allegations made by
the witnesses 50 far examined he sus-
tainc,l.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18

WAsHINGroN, February l2.-Gcn-
cral Sheridan, under date of New
York February II, ,elegraphs to Gen
eral Sherman as follows: Trouble
with the Sioux, which for some time
past we have been trying to avoid,
seems now to be beyond any pcaca-
bic solution. In addition to the kill
ing of Lieutenant Rsbinson and Cor
poral Coleman, Appleton's chief
clerk at Red Cloud agency has been
killed The agent Of Spotted Tail
agency reports that large parties Of
hostile Indians. from both agencies,
have left for general bostilities.
General Ord has sent cut scouting
parties TO warn ranchers and TO order
their return to the railroad. will
20 home Tomorrow to superintend
any action that may be necessary.
General Sherman replied the same
date. Under the call of the Interior De
parlment of to-day sent TO your head
quarters at C.'na 70 you will be jus
tilted in collecting The most effective
force possible, even if you draw cav
airy from Fort Riley by rail to Chey-
enc to march to Red Cloud agency,
striking every party of Indians that
opposes. Every Indian who has
marauded south of the North Platt
should be demanded and held as an
accomplice in the murder of Lieut..
Robinson Their ponies must be
very poor now, and game must be
scarce, 50 the occasion to give the
Sioux a lesson long merited seems to
me favorable My own opinion Is
that the Sioux should never again
have an agency away from the Mis-
souri, river.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18

THE Democracy have been assidu-
ously cul.ivating the Granger move
ment, doubtless with the hope that
it would prove the entering wedge
to disrupt the Republican party, by
drawing away from it the agricultu-
raj interests, and arraying it solldiy
against the railroad corporations OF
the country. The Democratic leaders
and journals arc no little chagrined,
therefore, at the proposition Of Sena-
tor Morton and others, looking to the
assertion by the general government
of its power and duty to regulate ana
determine the charges Of railroads,
and much illogical reasoning is ex-
pended TO show that the government
has not that power. and more partie-
ularly that the Republican supporters
of the proposition are daring dems'
gogues, who are clumsilv attempting
to catch the grsngers by transparent
tric1ery. 1t will not be long until
the howl is raised by these same
Democratic leaders, that the govern.
mcnt proposes TO confiscate and ut.
terly destroy the value of the railroad
interests Of the country. If they
cannot control the grangcrs, they
must plough with the railroad inter
ests, else there is but poor hopes for
the resuscitation of the Democratic
marty
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18
FsI, Of ara Ice-ifouse.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb, l3.-The lee.
house attached to Miller's brewery
on Thirty-frst and jefferson streets,
fell this morning, burying eight men
in the ruins. Thus far the police
have succeeded in extrieating the fol
lowing persons Henry Miller; son o.
the proprietor, badly injured and tn
ken to his fathers residence; Got
tlieb Schwank, Wm. Sticben, Patrics;
Mol:by and Thos. Reep,. They
were taken TO the German hospital
Schwank has one les broken in five
or six places. Thos. Allen was ia,
ken out dead. His body was man
gled horribly.
The brewery is large three-story
brick building, occupying space on
Jefferson stree, of about one hundred
feet, aud on Thirty-frst street of forty
feet. The rear portions were only
two-stories high. The crash did not
extend to the main portion Of the
building, which is still standing in
apparently good condition, What
was the cause of the accident can not
be surmised The brewery was built
but short tilae ago, and opened for
business in February last,
Another fatal accident oeearred at
the sameplaeo this evening, 4 citi-
zen, name unknown, who was aiding
in rescuing the bodies, iell into the
excavation, and his head striking on
piece of timber in the fall, he was
instantly killed. Policemen Stinson
and CARLY wtrc olso seriously injur-
ed by being prceintated int0the sanlc
excavation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18
\ Whole Family Supposed TO have
been Poisoned.

CHIGAGo, Feb. IA singular
and, SO far, unexplained caso of the
sudden illness and death of an entire
family in the North Division came
to light to day. \ neighhor going
to the house of David Thompson,
corner of Trumbull street and Bis
sell avenue, to see Mrs. Thompson,
who was recently confined, found the
doors fastened, and, suspected
something wrong, procured help,
forced an entrance to the house and
found Mrs Thompson lying insensi-
bic, two of her four children dead,
and the other two in an apparently
dying condition. The cause of the
illness and death has not yet been as
eertained, though it is supposed they
were In some way poisoned. An in
quest on the dead children will lee
held tomorrow.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18

The most recent discoveries by the
Palestine Expedition are such as to
eYcito tho liyeliest interest Of the
Christian world rhe explorers have
found on the Mount Of Olives q num-
Der Of Jewish Greek sarcophagi bear
ing inscriptions. in these were
bones of Christian Jews, and one o.
them beqrs the name of Lazarus.
Others are inscribed with the name
of Simon and Martha, and although
the dlsooverers do not claim that
these sarcophagi actually served en-
tombment Of the biblical individuals
known to the world under those
names, they leave tito be Inferred
that such may be the fact. The
tomb Of Lazarus-the scene of one
OF Christ's miracles-it is believed
viii be definitely located before the
exploration is finished
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18
4 Hunter Accidentally Killed by Il
Companion.

FRANCIsvILLE Ind, Feb. l0-A
terrible accident occurred about siy
miles cast of this place on Sunday
last. The facts are, that four persons
had seen the track of deer and arm
ed themselves with double-harreled
shot guns, and in the morning Of the
day mentioned started out. Their
names were Thomas Mills, Il. +.
Lincoln, l.. Hurley, and Dutchman
whose name is unknown After 60
ing short distance, Hurley returned
to the house, and was to watch the
south side and come to them if they
called. The other three went on.
They soon came upon the deer, and
Lincoln was to fire, but his gun snap
ped. Then Mills said, "kneel down
and let me give him a shot lie
knelt down. Mills fired one barrel,
but failed to bring down the deer,
and il started in circle that brought
I.incoin directly in line, and just as
Mills pulled the trigger Lincoln rails
ed just high enough TO get the con-
tents Of one barrel of six buckshot in
the head, the charge entering at the
left side and back OF the ear and tear
ing the whole front of the face in a
dreadful manner. Lincoln lived only
shout ton minutes. He was single
man, aged about twenty-opc years.
Mills is nearly crazy. He has been
watched eyer SINCE the catastrophe.
He has tried TO end his lifo once or
twice already. The wholething was
accidental.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18
Rank Robbery nj Quincy III

Chicago, ILL, Fob. l3.-Groat ex,
element is created at Quincy, IL,
this morning by the discovery that
the First National bank had been en-
tered and robbed OF about oEe hun
dred thousand dollars in currency
belonging to the bank, besides o
quantity of bonds and valuable pa
pers, and it is said quite an amount
of special deposits. The bank was
entered by cutting through the hall
floor Of TIE second story immediate
ly over the vault. The burglars then
made a breach through three feet OF
masonry of about four feet square.
They then cpt through th9 thick
sheet of boiler iron. with which the
vault is lined, and removing it, de-
sccndcd into the vault. They then
charged both the money safe and the
one containg the bonds and valuable
papers with powder, and, by means
of small rubber hose, carried q train
TO the top of the safe, where n small
pistol, screwed to an old ledger, was
erranged to set it Of. 4 string was
attached so the pistol and passed out
Of a window of the second story to
the street below and by this means
the operators were enabled
to discharge their blasts when the
streets were clear of people
The clock in the bank was stopped
ct seventeen minutes past two O'Clock,
as is supposed by the explosion,
which must have occurred at that
time. The door of the safe, which
was O Dodd's burglar proof, was
completely wEenched from the hing
es. There is no eiao whatever to
the perpetrators, but one Mccoy,
recently connected with variety
show, has been arrested aud is held
on suspicion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18

IT is almost past belief, fha' "iilic
in New York $50 males we're commit
ted for habitual ipSoxicaion during
the past four vcars, there was arrest
ed nine tbSusand and six females,
sixteen dmes as many. of the men
one was arrested one hundred times
while of the females, twenty-nine had
to be arrested one hundred times
and this dreadful proportion is OBJ
served all through the statistics
They are not all abandoned charac
tiers, but many Of them occupy posi-
tions in the better classes. These
facts are published in the journals o
New York, and are obtained from
the reports Of the departments o
charities and correction.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18

WE have the queer spectacle in this
State of certain corporations holding
their charters by virtue Of statute
LAM. and yet not being amenable to
the restrictions of the new C0nstitu-
iion. IN other words, the Constitu-
iion cXempts from the limits of its
power some of the railroad corpora
lions of the State SO long as they dc
not ask the benefits of additional leg
islatioR. Such an anomalous condi-
iion OF affairs was, we presume, ncv-
cr before witnessed in any State as
the creature Of the State law, being
superior to the supreme law Of the
State.
( few days since bill was intro
duced into the Legislature, providing
for the enforcement of penalties of
section $, article XVII, prohibiting
the issuing of free passes by railroad
companies, and we see it stated in
several journals that a number of the
older of these corporations give no
tiee that they will not be bound by
any such law, which viii interfere
with the privileges accorded uncon-
ditionally by their charters. Now
the question arises, are we TO have
some corporations Of certain class
restricted by legislation, while others
snap their fingers at it? This is a
nut which our Legislators will have
some difficulty in cracking, and at the
same time preserve the consistency
and equality of the law.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18

WE opposed the new Constitution
because, among other reasons, W.
believed It wonll add largely to the
expenditures Of the State, and par
ticularly in the large addition to the
Judiciary it would make necessary.
But now that we are about getting
the increased number Of Judges, we
do not deem il wise economy TO at
tempt retrenchmeEt by paying mad
equatc salaries. If we want coGpe-
tent workmcn in any trade or oecu'
patton we must pay for them. Good
lawyers cannot be induced 10 &c
upon the bench unless they are paid
good salaries, quite as much al least
us they can make at their practice
Therefore if the Legislature, in a fl
Of mistaken economy, fix niggardly
scale os salaries, the result viii be
that the courts Of the State will be
presided over by sbysters. Men oi
sense always employ the best lawyer
they can get, even if his charges are
little high. So it should be with
the people in selecting a Judge, sc.
cure the best lawyer you can, but
you mustn't expect TO get him at hall
price.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18

THE new Board of Pardons, organ.
lied by Governor Hartranft, is likely
10 have rs much to do as the mem.
bcrs win care TO encounter, particu
larly as this duty is one which viii
give them much trouble, and foI
which they viii receive no pay. Al
ready Philadelphia has presented
thirty cases in which mercy is be
sodght. If other portions Of the State
arc equally industrious, the members
Of the board win soon come to tho
conclusion that they have no sine
cure. The majority of Philadelphia
cases arise under convictions for sell
ing liquor without license. Nine 9th
crs are cases of conviction for moro
serious crimes, and they will require
attentive consideration in the interest
0f the people.