The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-07-09
ITEMS--EDIToRIA1 AND oTHERW WISE

=. Elijah Holden, of Oconee county, is dead.
He had many friends in Orrs Rifles.
- The majority for q Constitutional Con-
vention in Arkansas is estimated at so, 200.
A white military company has been Or
canized in Greenyille, under the name of Butter
Guards.
- June 29tll was the hottest day in New
York since 1856, and with the exception of
one day that year, the hottest in fifty years.
- General O. O. Howard has been assigned
to the command Of the Department of Colum-
bia, with headquarters at Portland, Oregon.
- The South Carolina Railroad Company is
now paying the coupons on its first mortgage
and mortgage bonds, which matured on
the first day Of this month.
- The New Orleans Cotton Exchange crop
report shows large decrease of acreage, plan
ting late, stand small but growing finely fields
clean and no complaint about labor.
- The bill before Congress to make an ap-
preparation to pay for mail service performed
iu the South prior to 1861, failed to become a
law but will come up at the next session.
- Two hundred and fifty dollars will be
offered at the next Georgia State Fair for the
man who will produce the best living for family
of eight persons OH the smallest number Of
acres.
There are several farmers in Ncwberry
County who have not yet begun to use their
last years crop of corn. One>of them, the
other day, sent corn to mill out of his crop
raised year before last
- Gen. James Cantey, formerly ofKershaw,
died on Tuesday last, 3Oth ult., at his residence
at Fort Mitchell, Ala He had been in a
critial condition for some time, and the news OF
his death was not unexpected.
- The sentence of John Benjamin. of Lau-
rens, who was to have been hung on the third
Friday in April and respited until July 10,
has been respted still further by Gov. Moses
until the 18th September His crime was muir
der.
- A subcommittee of the select committee
on Arkansas affairs, composed of Mr.. Ward, OF
Illinois, and Mr.. Sayler, Of Ohio, will leave ST.
Louis on the 18th of July for Little Rock, to
inquire into the governmental affairs of the
State.
- The Montgomery AdrcrtiSer states that
the prospects for grain of all kinds were never
better, and wherever harvested "the Wheat has
turned out splendidy. Oats, while not as
good as expected still make fine yield
Throughout the State the corn is good From
present appearances meal and flour will be
cheap enough next year"
The Charleston Ncaps and Courier pub
fishes tabular statement of the seizures of
property on account of unpaid taxes in each
county of the State. The results show that in
nineteen counties during the current year 81,
239 acres, equal to l46 square miles of land
have been sold for taxes, and 343 971 acres, equal
to 537 square miles, have been forfeited oandare
held by the State.
- A mysterious case of abduction has lately
taken place in Philadelphia. Two little boys
named Ross were induced on the 1st of July tC
enter buggy with two unknown men: After
being driven some two hours the eldest boy
was put out in the western portion Of the
city, and the younger, aged four years, named
Charlie B. Ross, was carried of, since which
J time he has not been heard Of.