The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07

ate street, containing tilrcc-quar,e,
nf an acre, upon which the residence.
Of Judge Andrews was burned las
winter, and which was sold by til.
sheriff on Monday for $3.50, wa.
sold again yesterday for 5000. at th
risk Of the former purchaser, NJ,
John Agnew heing the purchaser.
Union Herald.
A correspondent Of the News
and Courier, in describing the rcccn
yame between The Cresccn,s AMI
Oranges. make the following persnnn
mention: Whrre all played so vel
it might. perhaps, seem invi,lious
mention my specially hy names,
hut cannot forhear mentioning Jtnil-
'ng' force at the la, and remarknhl,
swit'ncss Of foot. and the peculia,
"Scrllence of In. play on first base b>
J,ncs, of the Crescent, and Glover,
IF the Orange, who delighted the
eager spectators hy their wonderful
catches.
-Ex, PRESIDENT JouNsoN's deatl,
will he regretted hy none more deepl,
than hy the insurance companies. He
was believer in life insurance, and
illustrated his faith by his acts, to an
extent that is rare indeed, even now
adays. The aggregate Of the policies
on his life is no less than Three Hun
dred and Fifty Thousand Dollars.
His happy heirs can well affoad to
say no more about his little pile of
seventy thousand dollars, which tile
ex-President lost by the bankruptcy
of Jay Cookies bank.
| FALSE ALARM.-An alarm of fire
was raised last "Wednesday night
about eleven O'clock, hut the fire
proved to have no existence save in
the bosom of wrathy benedict, who
was giving his wife substantial re-
minder Of his right to command, and
her duty to obey. The wife cried
"murder," and some one mistaking
il for fire." took up the refrain, The
bells pealed forth the dread alarm.
firemen hurried to the scene of
action, and, withal. the conjugal in
felicity Of this unhappy pair was the
occasion Of quite public commotion.
The fall elections, this year.
though Of no great Importance In
trinsically, will he watched with
interest on account Of their bearing
ON the Presidential campai N Of mex,
Year. The first comes Off in Califrr-
mia September l, the Arkansas cleo
tion Comes one week later, a.d that
of NJ inc fllows, September 13, Iowa
and Ohio vote October l2; New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
massachusetts, Maryland, Mississip-
pi, Minnesota, Kansas and Virginia
hold their elections November 2, and
Texas votes the following week.
The chief interest, uf course, centres
IN Ohio, where the battle will b.
fought, in part. upon The issue of
Forced Resumption.
New COURT lIoUsE.-rlerr are i'll
dlraLiUns that Tie wOlk will SOM
commence upon the new court house.
"A large pile oi white sand, and pile
oi material. of about the same stai,il-
ily, called brick, in the court house
>qnale make something tf Il show ing.
The experiment. Of manufacturing
urick has proved q signal failure, and
Should those brick be used in the
construction nf the hu lding, the in
dlghaliUn Of the Taxpayers would he
great. AS We have before said, Mr..
Livingston has every intlucelnenL to
l.nild q court house we'll worth the
money for, as young man whose
Interests are identified with the
county, a failure 10 do this, would he
IL perpetual monument Of his disgrace.
Tie is to he commended in attempting
10 patrunize home Industry, anil to
keep the money 10 he expended in
the consul uction of the building as