The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-11-26
TTEMs--EDT1oRTAL AND OTHER WISE.


spend the winter in Florida.
- Snow storms are reported in various por-
tions of the North and Northwest.
- Wild pigeons are 80 numerous in some
parts of Missouri that they sell for ten cents a.
dozen.
Manufacturing interests in New England
are suffering from the partial failure OF water
power.
- Santiago de Cuba has been swept by a
hurricane, and the floods have devastated
large region.
Col. L.. P. Grant, of Atlanta, has been
appointed Receiver of the Atlanta and Rich
mond Air Line Railroad.
Ten thousand men, women and children
are said to be without the necessaries of life in
New York City.
Mr. Thomas j. Steele, of TQccoa City, has
removed with his family to Greenville, and
will engage in the furniture business.
II Maj. Henry A. Meetze, of Lexington, is
mentioned as potential candidate for the va
cant judgeship Of the first judicial circuit.
Quite number of the leading ultra Repub.
lican journals demand the passage OF the civil
rights bill by the next session of Congress-
1t is estimated that sixteen thousand poor
men and women are now out of employment
in the city of New York, and in need OF char
ity.
- Of the one hundred and seventy-hve Con-
gressmen elected this fall, only four are colored
men, and two of these are from South Carroll
ma.
- The Southern Express Company have ma
terially reduced their rates between Charleston
and all points in the upper portious Of this
State.
- It will be gratifying to the public, says
the Savannah Ne1us, to know that circus man
ayers will keep their shows out of Georgia.
The tax of 5000 day amounts to prohlbl-
| tion.
- Hon. Alexander II. Stephens has gone to
| Washington, and is in better health than he
has been for the last ten years. He weighs
just eighty pounds.
| - Information from Texas says thirty days
of fine weather last month added sixty thou
sand bales to the cotton crop of. that State,
worth three millions of dollars.
"A joint resolution has been introduced
into the Vermont Legislature requesting
Congress to pass an amendment to the consti-
tuition, providing that no President shall serve
for more than two terms.
| - The Columbia Union Herald is Growing
now, because it advocated imitation last winter,
in opposition to the President. We never saw
newspaper man yet who on looking at his
pocket book was not in favor of imitation.
- Hon. Thomas L. Jones, of Kentucky, was
recently elected Clerk of the Court of Appeals
by majority of so 900 votes. A recent decis-
ion declares the office vacant, because Mr..
Jones accepted challenge to fight duel sew
eral years ago.
- The South Carolina Annual Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will
hold It's next session in the city of Greenville,
including the second Sunday in December.
Arrangements are being made for the reception
and entertainment of delegates and visitors.
- The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes table,
showing that the South, before the war, con-
tributed considerably more than one-third to
the maintenance of foreign trade, and rightly
concludes that the prevalence of contentment
and order in the Sonth is essential to Northern
interests.
Ex-Governor Seymour, of New York,
publishes q letter in the Utica Observer thank
ing the press of both parties for the kindly
mention of his name in connection with the
United States Senatorship, but declaring that
he prefers to do his duty as citizen in the
walks of private life.
- The Athens (Tenn.l Post states that the
parties engaged in surveying route for rail-
road from the mouth of the Hiwassee to con-
meet with the Rabun Gap line, report favora-
bly, as far as they have progressed. The corps
of engineers engaged in the work are acting
under government orders.
- Concerning the rumored recall of Mr..
Washburne from Paris, the President states
most positively that no telegram has been sent
to Mr. Washburne indicating that his assistance
is required at Washington in relation to the
recent republican defeats which might necesti-
tate change of Cabinet ministers.
- The widow of President Polk, still living
at Nashville, Tenn, is described as slender,
graceful old lady, who, though seventy-six
years old, has figure as straight, step as
quick and eyes as bright as those of girl active
in every enevolentscheme, generous, hospitable
according to the traditions of Kentucky hos
pitality, and as courtly as queen.
- The Laurensvile Herald records serious
difficulty, which occurred few miles from that
place, between Addison NJ Boyd, w. S. Boyd,
Wm. Cunningham, jr., Thomas Bellot and VIM.
Culbertson, in which the latter was badly beaten,
and is now lying in q dangerous condition.
| The parties concerned are all white, and poll
tics had nothing to do with the difficulty.
- 1t is reported that the President will in
his message urge upon Congress the necessity of
Immediate legislation for the protection of the
blacks in the South and in view of the general
restoration in that section of law and order.
But after tinkering for ten years at this melan-
choly business, would it not be well to give to the
reconstructed States, each and all, fair oppor-
tunity to govern themselves?
- The Board of State Canvassers finished
their labors on Thursday last, after a trying
session of eight days. The decision reached
practically amounts to confirmation Of the
returns made by the various boards of County
Commissioners of Election, in so far as results
were concerned. In some cases where the
election commissioners excluded votes on ac-
count of irregularities, tie State board admitted
| them.
- 1t is certainly compliment to Judge
Green that Sumter County, where he is best
known, gave him a most overwhelming majority
over Chamberlain, in spite Of the fact that in