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

alc street, containing thrCr-QnartcI
of an acre, upon which the residcnc,
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 tlr
risk of the former purchaser. NJ,
JOHN Agnew heing the purchaser.
Union Herald.
"A correspondent nf the News
and Courier, in describing the rcccn,
yatne l,ctween The Crcscun,s ami
Oranges. make he following person"
'nention: Whrc all played So vel
u might. perhaps, seem invi,liuus
mention my specially hy names.
init cannot foriear mentioning Jtnk-
ny force at tllc la, and rcmalknhl,
Swit;ncsS of foot. and the pcculia,
excellence of H. play on first base b,
,J.,ncs, nf the Crrcscent, anil Glover,
"f the Orange, who delighted the
eager spectators hy their wonderful
catches.
-Ex president JouNsoS's death
will he regretted hy none more deepl,
han by the insurance companies. He
was q believer in life insurenre, 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
dre'l and Fifty Thousand Dollars.
His happy heirs can well affold to
say no more about his little pile of
seventy thousand dollars, which the
ex-Prcsident 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 installing
it for "fire," took up the refrain, The
bells pealed forth the dread alarm.
fircmen hurried to the scene of
action, and, withal. the cnni,l2al 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.
wear. The first comes off in Caliti,r-
MIA September l, the Arkansas cleo
tion comes one week later, a.:l ,h.t
Of NJ inc f'!lOws, September 13, Iowa
and Ohio vote Oc:nher l2; New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi
pi, Minnesota. Kansas and Virginia
hold their elections November 2, and
Texas votes the following week.
| The chief interest, If course, centre.
ia Ohio, where the battle will bn.
fought, in part. upon he issue of
Force! Resumption.
New COURT lIoUsE-C, There alr in
IiraLiuns TIA, ,he muik will ST" n
commence upon sln. new Court house.
a large pile al White sand, and II pile
Di material. of about the same sta!,il-
iIly, cali, q brick. in the court llnls.
qnalc make something sf Il show ing.
| The eXlmrimrnL Of manufacturing
nrirk has proved signal failure, and
Should th0se brick be used in the
construction of the hu ld'ng, The in.
dighalion Of the taxpayers would he
great. AS we have before said, Mr..
Livingston has every inlucemcnL 10
iniId court house well wcrth The
money for, us young man whose
| Interests are identified with the
county, !, failure 10 do this, would be
II perpetual monument Of his disgrace
lie is To l!c cs,rlinen,!e,l in attempting
70 palronizc home Industry, anil TO
keep the money 10 he expended in
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