The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-06-10
JTEMs-EDIToRIAL AND OTHERWISE.

1TEMs--ED1ToRIA1 AND OTHERWISE.
- Seventy-five cents per bushel is the price
paid for dead grasshoppers IN missouri.
The United States District Judge of Texas
has decided that the civil rights law is un-
constitutional.
- The recent heavy failures in London are,
in the opinion of the London Times, indicative
of great financial crisis.
The essence of Grants third-term letter is
Fthat he is still a candidate for the Republican
nomination or any other.
+ - The storm winged cyclone has paid its
respects to portions Of Indiana and Kentucky,
doing great deal of damage.
- The Southern Presbyterians, recently in
session at St. Louis, have selected Savannah as
the place fer the meeting of the next General
Assembly.
- The Pennsylvania war among the coal
miners, the police and militia continues. 1t is
disgrace to that State, but as only white men
are involved the Government is little concerned
about it.
- The Washington Star says: Fright in
front of the Executive Mansion there has been
recently set out a young palmetto tree, which,
by its growth, gives evidence of having fairly
taken root"
- Mrs Sparnick, of Charleston, died at the
Stone House, five miles above Greenville, on
the 2Sth of May. She was the mother of Hen
ry Sparnick, ESQ.,, of the Aiken Tribune, and
has been an invalid for some months.
- The Barnwell- -Blackvile case has again
been decided by the Board ofState Canvassers,
who issued certificate of election in favor of
Blackvile. Barnwell will move for an injunc-
ton to restrain the county officers from remov-
ing to Blackvile.
- From nearly all directions our exchanges
are bringing us good crop news. The dry
weather of May gave the farmers fine chance
to kill grass, and it is said that both corn and
cotton were never cleaner than at the present
time, and were never in more fourishing and
promising condition.
1t is noted as a singular coincidence that
Micheal Levy, the leading publisher of Paris,
and John Harper, the leading publisher of New
dence is that Gen. Breckenridge and Mr..
Bright, whom he succeeded as the presiding
officer of the Senate, died almost at the same
time
AT a recents election in Beaufort County,
the notorious w. J. Whipper was elected to
the House Of Representatives. he is one OF
the most infamous of the corruptionists under
SCOTS administration, and it is said that he is
determined on being elected to one of the eight
iudgeships to be filled at the next session Of
the Legislature.
The announcement was premature that
the Centennial Commissioners had selected
Hon. L. O. G. Lamar as one of the orators and
Gen. Joseph E. johnson as master of ceremo'
nies for the occasion. No selection has yet
been made, but there seems no doubt that rep
resentative Southerners will fill places of honor
at the celebration.
- The New York papers announce the death
of the Rev. DR.. Gilbert Morgan, of South Car
olina DR.. Morgan formerly resided in New
York. Several years ago he removed to Sum
ter, S. c., where he conducted school fol
young ladies. The school building was burned
during the war, whereupon DR.. Morgan re-
moved to New York City.
- The venerable Duff Green, who has been
in feeble health for some time past, is now con,
fined to bed at his home near Dalton, Ga.
from violent attack of sickness. Gen. Green
is nearly ninety years old, and belongs to the
earlier days of our country in public service
and activity. His daughter married the late
Andrew P. Calhoun, of Pendleton.
- The Democratic Legislature of New York
has reduced the State taxes more than two mil
lions of dollars year. They have cut down
the tax levy from fifteen millions to thirteen
millions of dollars Upon the same ratio this
would be equivalent to saving in the Federal
Government of full fifty millions of dollars a
year. 1t seems to pay the people to elect Dem
ocrats to Office.
- The New York Herald says that the cot
ton crop of this year in the Southern States Is
generally favorable, notwithstanding the ex-
ceptionally inclement season. Louisiana re-
ports an increase in acreage of four per cent,
Mississippi of three per cent. and Arkansas the
same Texas shows still more satisfactory re-
turns and Alabama is also encouraging. Poor,
downtrodden South Carolina is the lowest on
the list. The wonderful resources Of the South
can bring that section back to its normal state
of plentitude and prosperity if needless gov
ernment interference be omitted.
- Mr.. George N. Reynolds was stricken with
paralysis on Saturday evening, and died on
Monday morning, at the age of sixty-three
years, at his residence in Winnsboro'. He was
for years one of the leading business men of
Charleston. He represented his native county
ably in the Legislature for several years, lead
ing his ticket at a time of great political ex-
element During the war he settled in Fair
field, where he continued to live until his
death. Having lost his fortune and his health
at the close of the war, he since occupied the
position of private citizen, and in his daily
walk gained the high esteem aud friendship OF
his neighbors. He leaves wife and four
children to mourn his loss.