The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-10-28
Personal and. General.

the part of President Grant. @
iaa Personal and General. :. 49,
| Quinine is recommended as a tonic for
fopers who have sworn off.
Hartwell, Ga, wants a tin shop, photo
graph gallery and newspaper.
Gov. Smith, of Georgia, announces that
he will not be candidate for reelection.
a St. Louis negro minstrel committed
suicide the other day, and now his bones
are at rest. ~ ii. ~ -"' ,:''F
Thirty-one nations have accepted the in
vitation to participate in the Centennial
Exhibition.
| A Savannah jurist has decided that an
umbrella is private property. Theoretical
ly, the Judge is correct.
| DR.. r. W. Gibbes, a prominent and respec-
ted citizen of Columbia, died on the 2Srd
inst, after brief illness.
President Grant has taken to the use of
spectacles. With other glasses he has long
been familiar.
The kingdom of Spain has population Of
IL, ,OOO, 600, less than 100000 of whom can
read or write.
There are no old maids in Greene County,
Iowa, as girl got married there the other
day at the age of eighty-fve. . a...
The New York Tribune says that Gov.
Tilden and Senator Bayard are the sole sur
viying Democratic candidates for the Presi-
dency. . ''.s'' 80
The Queen of Holland is able to converse
in every language of Europe yet Milton
said that one tongue is enough for any
woman. aGd ". 's.'..-',.i
Among the Vice Presidents of the Wo-
mans Congress at Syracuse, New York, we
notice Mrs. Alice J. Chamberlain, of South
Carolina. ,yv
| Chief Justice Waite is looming up as q
candidate for the Presidency on the Repub-
lican side. He will probably have to wait
for Grant.
Gen. Longstreet has purchased an interest
in the large hotel now building in Gaines
vile, Ga, and We will see whether he
KNOWS how to keep hotel"
A member of the constitutional conven-
ton of Texas proposed q clause forbidding
judges, prosecuting attorneys and jurors
from officiating while intoxicated. ~.
Usibius Slaton, of Georgia, is the cham.
pion father of the United States. He has
been married twice, and thirty children call
him by the endearing name of father
Major NJ. r. Delany, of Charleston, is
preparing history of the African race in
America, from their first importation by the
Spaniards till the passage of the Fifteenth
| Amendment:
A grape shot was recently cut from pine
tree on Cowpens Battle Ground. The finder
refused to take twenty five dollars for it, as
he values it very highly as relic of revolu-
tionary times.
| . The Washington Chroiele says General
jeff Thompson is credited with the predic-
ton that by the 1st of January the Missis-
sippi River will have cut new channel
near Vicksburg, leaving that place two miles
| inland"
If all the gold in the world were melted
into one solid cubic block, one side of the
cube would measure only twenty-throe feet,
says the Buffalo Express. It isn't much of
lump, to be sure but VIC would like to play
with it a day or two. -...
81. A very delicate surgical operation was sue
cessfully performed by DR.. ]. M. Sloan,
assisted by Drs. Williams and Spearman,
Last week, in cutting from the neck of lady
large tumor weighing four pounds. The
lady is doing well and rapidly recovering.
Union will have its first Agricultural and
Mechanics Fair this year, beginning on the
Sd of November next. It is to be conducted
under the joint auspices of the Grange and
the citizens of the County, who are interested
in agriculture and mechanics.
Work upon the Laurens Railroad is going
on with rapidity Col. Peak expects to
reach the portion where the ''T'' rail is used,
soon, after which it will be completed, at the
rate of halfa mile day. The citizens Of
Laurens will soon have more expeditions
means of transportation than they now en-
joy.
Frederic Hudson, of Concord, Mass, one
of the most celebrated of American jour-
nalists, was killed in his native town on the
Goth inst He was riding with Judge Keyes,
and came to railroad switch, which they
were warned by the fag-nan not to cross
until the train passed. At this point fly
ing switch was made, and as soon as the en-
CINE passed, being too deeply engaged in
conversation to see the train which was fol-
lowing upon the side track, they attempted
| to cross, and were caught by the cars. Judge
Keyes was not seriously injured, but Mr..
Hudson received wounds of>which he died
the following day. His connection with 'hs
New York Herald, many years ago. gave
him high distinction, and notet honors
were paid his remains by his brother jour
nalists.
"Grass widow" hasS been corrupted
from 'grace widow" 1nealSing divorced
wife, or widow by grace 9fthe law