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

ate street, containing threc-quartc,
of 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, was
sold again yesterday for 5000, at thr
risk of the former purchaser, NJ,
John Agnew heing the purchaser.
linton Herald.
"A correspondent Of the News
and Courier, in Describing the recent
game between the Cresccn,s anil
Oranges. make the following PERSONS
mention: Where all played so wei
it might. perhaps, seem invidious
!" mention any specially hy names,
nut cannot f0rhe ar mentioning Jenk-
ing'- force 1T the lat and remarkahl,
swif,ness of foot. and the peculia
excellence of ;lir play on first base b>
jones, OF the Crescent, and Glover,
Of the Orange, who delighted the
eager spectators by their wonderful
catches.
-EX PRESIDENT JoHNsoN's deatl,
will be regretted by none more deepl,
than by 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 M less than Three Hun
dred and Fifty Thousand Dollars.
His happy heirs can we'll aff;,ad to
say no more about his little pile of
seventy thousand dollars, which the
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, but 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
it 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 cnmpai n Of nex,
year. The first comes off in Calif"r-
MIA September l, the Arkansas cleo
tion cumes one week later, a.:d that
Of NJ inc f,llows, September 13, Iowa
and Ohio vote Oc:oher l2; New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississip-
p;, Minnesota, Kansas and Virginia
hold their elections November Q, und
Texas votes the following week.
The chief interest, nf course, centres
in Ohio, where the battle will b.
fought, in part. upon The issue of
Forced Resumption.
New COURT iIoUsE.-rhere are i'll
dirations that Tie woik will sour
commence upon The new court house.
A large pile OF white sand, and pile
al material. of about the same stahil-
ity, called brick, in the court house
square make something Of Il showing.
The experiment Of manufacturing
urick has proved a signal failure, and
Should those brick be used in the
construction "f the hu lding, the in
dighatiOn of the Taxpayers would he
great. AS We have before said, Mr..
Livingston has every inducement 10
Lnild a court house we'll worth the
money; for, as a young lDan whose
interests are identified with the
county, failure 10 90 this, would he
perpetual monument OF his disgrace.
Tie is to te commended in ut, tempting
10 patronize home Industry, and to
keep the money TO he expended in
the construction Of the building as