The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06
TIMELY TOPICS.

TIMELY TOPICS.
AUGUSTA, Georgia, claims the largest
cotton factory in the south. Forty
buildings are in process Of erection, and
houses to the value of $330, 900 have been
completed this year. -.
ACcoRDING to French statistician,
more thana thousand people have per-
ishcd by fires in theatres from the begin
ming OF the nineteenth century up to'thc
present date, while the pccuniarv loss
amounts to &60,000O0
THE report that Gerald Massey, the
English poet has become Insane is now
denied by Il personal friend Of his, who
says that tlat he is now engaged on the
greatest literary work of his life
TIE ST. Louis whisky distillcrS have
yielded to the energetic pcrsistency of
Secretary Bristow, and have withdrawn
their plea of mot guilty" filed in the
most important counts, and by 50 doing
lave forfeited the goods seized.
TIE influenza or distempcr among ths
horses has become almost universal
throughout the country, and, though
not to be compared i'll severity to the
epidemic Of two years ago, it isastill the
cause Of considerable inconvenience and
loss. We begin, also, to hear of fatal re-
suits from the disease; and horse-brced-
ers report the whole season unfavorablc
to the successful rearing of.colts from
the fatal prevalence OF the trouble
among Them. LA.
7, The st. Louis Times. in referring to
:, thrllats visit ofJaN. Gould, Sidney Dillon,
Oliver Ames,and other railroad magnates,
shSs the main object of their visit'was to
hpcrfcct'arrangemems,to run through cars
from here to San Francisco via the ST.
Louis and. Kansas City and Northern
and Unioh and Pacific railroads without
change, :lndaultinlately from. New: Y;uft
via New York Central through this csiitv.
1t issaHsifef said TINT this project is
destined to torestall the action of the
national railroad convention to be held
!, here next month,.and If possible, to kill
.thc" Southern Pacific railroad project
which has many strong friends here.
The great powers of western Europe
: have eNerted their combined influence to
smother the Scrvian rebellion and pro
tect the dominion Of the Turk little
longer 1T is easy to imagine how the
Car smiles in his sleeve at their ical-
ousy and the secret intrigucs it leads to
: n order TO prevent Russia from getting
foothold OH the Mediterranean, cspcc-
tally as cyery,ycar she is.cxtcnding her
empire to Central Asia and throwing the
net Of hcr; diplomacy down towards the
ocean and Persian Gulf. These flank
movements are Of vast Importance, and
if continued Il quarter Of Il century will
make it Of very little moment what the
great powers say. There is little use in
defending the front door when the enemy
has captured all the rest of thchouse.
F.. WE are indebted, says the New Orleans
lines, 10 The state registrar of Louisiana
for an advance copy of table showing
the population of Louisiana, according to
state census Of 1875. We present the
totals below, comparing them with the
figures OF the United States census of 1860
and 1870. They show a very large in
crease during the five years but it is con
fined"chicfly TO the rural parishes that of
Orleans, comprising the city of New Or
leans, being only 1901:
POPULATION or THE STATE.
1860. 1870 1877
n,'o ,lo6 i62,Uij I0i616
ci. ~" '''''e ':..'...... 1871 S6l,2l0 .ij06ll
SAVES; ,726 .....
Chinese and Indians r73 GI0 30
- ioi'' ''''.."".-...:7Os,0o2 726,o15 s57 ,O3o
e POPULATION OF NEW ORLEANS.
hitc liH,9G3 ll0,923 1ij,72l