The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-12-02

"A Building and Loan Association is
about to be organized in Camden.
The New York Tribune says uptown
property in New York will not sell for fif-
ty per cent. of its original cost.
- The Jail of Oconee County has now
only two imnates-one for burglary and the
other for disturbing religious meeting.
- MrT. J. e. B. Stuart, the widow of
General Stuart, of Virginia, is nowthe man.
ager of the Southern Female College at
Richmond, *. ~. *
=. General Roger A. Pryor has been cho-
sen to deliver the annual address before the
Washington and Lee lVirginia3 University
literary societies next June.
- -Four hundred out of five hundred and
five prisoners In. the Jacksonville Qnd.)
penitentiary are hired out on contract for a
sum aggregatipg sSG Per day lay. has little
hope Of getting to Washington when Com
gress meets, or he Is so feeble. His friends
are said to be disturbed by his condition.
~ Ex-Gov. O. O., Wsshburn, Of Wiscon-
sin, is said to own the largest -four mill in
America. 1t is seven stories high, cost $780,
600, and turns out I 900 barrels Of -four: 3
day. ...:....-,.. .,.:,s.. Il, bs,i
THE Czar of Russia has Just given a
young Jew named Frehmann' q commission
in the Russian army. Frehmana is the
first Jew who has ever attained the position
of Russian officer. =. 80
The only living descendant Of. George
d. Prentice is a grandson, fourteen years OF
age who bears the same name. BE Is now
canyassing the South for his grandfathers
forthcoming book of poems. -
- Gen. Hawley, president Of the Centen.
nial board, hes written letter in which it
il distinctly stated that it is not intended to
open the Centennial Exposition on, Sunday.
The rules adopted early in 1874 provided for
this quite positively, and have never been
GEmMsjor D. R. Duncan, the President,
has succeeded in procuring nom the
authorities of North Carolina conyicts from
the penitensiary to work upon the Spartan-
burg and AshevAle Railroad. They are al
ready at work grading the North Carolina
portion.
- Gov. Taylor, of Wisconsin who came
within S43 votes of an election, threatens to
contest the recent election ON the ground that
he has been defeated by fraudulent voting.
Large numbers of noble red men helped
swell the Republican vote in the northwes-
tern counties. ..,...,.... .a...,..
The vote cast in Ohio in October was
EOS 600. The vote In New York in Novem-
ber was 7580O6, against 1872, 465; In 1874!
There was large silent vote in New York,
which will come out next year, while the
vote of Ohio was full one. In New York,
Hlden had 50,317 majority in 1874. The
Democratic majority this year was ID, ,4S0.
The effort to reorganize the Republican
PARTY Of Virginia BY q fusion with lndepen.
eent Conservatives hes proved failure. 1t
is said by prominent Republicans iof that
State that the Republican party as an organ.
ization has no part in this movement, and
that there are but twenty men in the entire
State (outside of the small coterie who pro-
posed it) who give 1t their sanction.
- The Ladies' South Carolina Monumon-
tai Association estimate that four thousand
dollars will be required to pay some back
Indebtedness of the Association and to erect
the shaft which noyr lies in;C Columbia. The
base of the monument is already laid. In
the subscription to this. needed amount
Union County stands first, having sent m
| two hundred and six dollars and eighty
cents. Several other Counties have couec.
ted their quota, and Sumter. is moving ac-
lively to complete her subscription. !,
= The report of ,the, Secretary of the
National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry,
shows that N,90 charters or dispsnsations
had been granted to subordinate granges up
! to September 50th. Nearly 400 oranges have
been disbanded. and about 8 900 are delinqu-
ent in the payment of dues, which leaves IN
operation say %, $50 oranges. The member,
ship of oranges varies all the way from rs
to $50 each. Giving each grange a mem
| bership Of 100 would make total member
ship'of 2,0S8000. It Is doubtful, however,
| il the aggregate active membership reaches
O. higher figure than 1,750,000. X .