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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-15
POOR HOUSE.

Sullivan e. Co, supplies for poor his AZ 90
Barr & FAINT, supplies ........ ........... 130 67
Gilreath e. PEOPLES, tinware s 40
w B Hembrec, steward .................. 25 90
+ w Wagner & Co, supplies. 19 45
w p Harvey & Co, supplies. AZ 81
Greenville & Columbia R R, freight. O8
A P Hubbard, supplies. 90
VIM Burriss, beef..."..... ........"....... Al 76
o II FAINT, tobacco. ..................... II so
Jas Ingram, carrying pauper to phi. %
Milton Lindsay blacksmith.......... IS
Jacob Eskew, making pauper coffin. 3 90
FW Wagner & Co, supplies ........... 81 38
G & R R Co, freight................ 68
Simpson g. Sadler, medicine...... so 60
Martha Williams, cooking for poor 12 25
w B Hcmbree, steward, &c........... rs 90
McFarran. Shallcross & Co, supplies 207 sc
G&CRRC eight..................... 10 81
Barr & FAINT supplies. ........ ............ 1853 81
0 H FAINT, supplies and tobacco. u 80
Milton Lindsay blacksmith ............ II 10
Dave Areo. work on D. b. farm..... Is 90
W B Hembree, steward d................ 50 90
R M Burriss, beef for D. h............... II As
WE Watson, wheat for D. h.........~ 5 25
Jas Hamilton, services 8 IS
w H Nardin, med. attendance....." 81 25
w Hembree, steward. ....... .....".. 25 90
Scip Edwards, making coff1n......."" 8 80
Barr & FAINT. upplieS..................... 80 IL
Jacob Burriss, supplies ................... SO 70
Wilhite & Williams, medicines.."..~ q 30
EV Clark, beef. ..............-........... 3SS
Barr g. FAINT supplies. es..................... 218 62
o H P FAINT, tobacco and supplies. AZ 90
Simpson g. Sadler, medicines. ......... 119 rs
w H Nardin. medical attendance. 36 rs
w B Hembree, steward .............. so 90
G. & C. r, R. Co., freight ST
w P Harvey, supplies ...... ........ 103 %
l. C Braddy, mending tin ware...... 4 90
w B Hembree, steward, &c............. 70 25
Jacob Eskew, making 8 3coffins........ 800
Provost & Cunningham, supplies....~ 30
q FTolly. .coffins. 49,. Ia 06
I q Peonles. mendinc tin ware......... 476
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ROADS AND BRIDGES.

JP Haynie. building bridge...........$ S 90
RM Bdrriss, build Centreville bridge 1S4 90
EZ Long, building bridge...::........:. IL so
J C CAN'T, building bridge ..,.:.,m ..:.:. 8 90
w Harbin, lumber for bridge..".:. 9 20
R Martin, repairs on bridge.."......." II 90
Samuel Browne, repairs on bridge. 5 90
John Broughton, repairs on BRIDGE. 38 90
J NJ Moore, building bridge..........." II so
E d Robertson, repairs on BRIDGE" 10
Watson & Robins, repairs on bridge. IS 90
Z H Robertson, repairs on BRIDGE. 80 90
R S Bailey, repairs on bridge...".." 90
G. d G. r. R. Co., freight. ......... Is 90
VIM Davis. building br1dge............ 131 90
w R Mcconnell, repairs on bridge. 400
Saylors & Fowler, building BRIDGE. 300 90
John Kaufman, lumber. ................. so SO
B T GRAY, repairs on bridge ge......... 10 90
Thos Jefferson, repairs on bridge... 3 90
B r GRAY. repairs on bridge. .... 90
s J Emerson, repairs on bridge..".." II 90
s G Williams. repairs on bridge....... % 90
Jas Hunter & Son, repairs on bridge Is 90
John W Austin, building bridge...... 800 90
Gus TAYLOR, bolts for bridge............. As
S N Pearnlan, repairs on bridge..... 35 90
JB Moore, repairing bridges........... 90
II D Hembree, building BRIDGE. 1876 90
J w Dalrymple, building bridge.... 290 90
B F Boggs, building bridge..".....".~ GO 90
John Kaufman, lumber for bridge. 13
Gambrell & Johnson, building bridge "A 90
Jacob Burriss, building bridge.....:... 100 90
w R Mcconnell, repairs on BRIDGE. 5 SO
c D Madden, building bridge........." 40 90
E Buchanan, building bridge..".." 90
B T Gray, repairing bridge............. Z So
Marret & Reed, repairing bridge..... 90
los B Moore. blasting rock ......... Is 95
Martin 6 Majors, building BRIDGE. 81 90
r Carter, building bridge.":..:.:.... 120 90
F N White, removing rift on bridge. 90
Cumberland, Dugan & Co, bridge bolts 1O6 20
DIP Bowen. building bridges. ............ 100 co.
A Hall, building bridge......""... q 90
G M Greer, repairing bridge.."....". Is 90
V Gambrell, repairing bridge......". 8 90
Mike Nicely. repairing bridge........... 500 90
] B Sitton. bridge account. ............. 16 81
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-15
DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES.

The Congressional Directory contains
the following sketches ofthe lives of the
Democratic Representatives of this State,
which will be interesting to our readers: ::
THIRD DISTRICT:
Countes.-Abbeville; Anderson, Lau-
rens, Newberryj Oconee, Pickens, and
Richland.
D. Wyatt Aiken, of Cokesbury, Was
born at Winnsboro', Fairfield County,
South Carolina, March II, 1928; receiv-
ed an academic education at Mount Zion
Institute, Winnsboro' graduated at the
South Carolina College, Columbia, in
1S49; taught school two years; settled
upon farm in 1852, and has continued
until the present time to profess and
practice farming; in 1861 entered the
volunteer service of the Southern Con.
federacy as a private; was appointed
Adiutant of the Seventh Regiment of
Volunteers was elected Colonel of the
same when re-organized at the expiration
Of their term of service; was relieved
from service by reason Of wounds re.
CGlVeQ Oh GIle HUI VI sCcpGCuio0h, AOoS1
at Antietam was elected to the State
Legislature in 1864 aud again in 1866 |;
was Master of the State Grange for two
years and member of the Executive
Committee of the National Grange for
six years; was a delegate to the National
Democratic Convention at st. Louis that
nominated Tilden and Hendricks; and
was elected to the Forty-fifth Congress as
Democrat, receiving 21,479. votes
against Is, ,553 votes for L. Cass Carpen-
ter, Republican.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Counties.-CHester, Fairfield, Green
Vile, Kershaw, Lancaster, Spartanburg,
Union and York.
John n. Evins, of Spartanburg, was
born at Spartanburg. South Carolina,
July 1S; 1880; received classical edu-
cation, graduating at the South Carolina
College in 1858; studied law; was ad-
lnitted to the bar in 1856, and has since
practiced; served in the Confederate
Army as Captain and Lieutenant-C Colonel
of the Fifth South Carolina Infantry, and
afterwards of the Palmetto Sharpshoot-
ers; was member of the State House OF
Representatives in 1868 and 1864, and
was elected to the Forty-ffth Congress as
Democrat, receiving 2l,S75 votes
against 1901 votes for A. S. Wallace.
Republican.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-15

PURSUANT to an Act of the General
Assembly 1S74-75, No. 300, the following
report is published for the information Of
the public:
ORDINARY COUNTY TAX.
Amount collected Oct 81, 1877...$10, 100 70
Fines from Trial Justices. 149 65
From other sources. .................. SO 90
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COURT HOUSE AND JAIL.

Lewis & Co., blankets for jail....:::..!$ 4 IS
q A Reed iail account. ..................... IL 80
C A Green, repairs in Clerks Office. 40 81
L Brady, painting Jail roof.:..::.... 8 w
r r Mnrrah nutting in glass in c. h. so
Railev e. Green. building stables. -. 260 90
Tentha r Wilson. repairing iail. ........ IS IS
Arnstein & Rose, blankets for jail...- ~ ~
L G Braddy cups for jail.."...."..".. l ~
Gilreath & Peoples, tin ware........... 40
E Peoples, tin ware. ~ % %
B F Crayton & Sons, Jail ACCOUNT. 20 % %
Newton Scott, repairs on jail..:.:..:... Z 0o
E F Murrah, glass in c. h. and jail. II ~ ~
LC Brady, repairs on the Jail &C.. . % %
H Mcconnell, cleaning Jail well...- oo
A B Towers, Jail account. t:........""." 2 AZ AZ
s P Wilson, work on Jail. ...... w
M Dickson, work on jail. oo
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-15
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

ANDERSON COUNTY,
For the Fiscal Year ending Oct. 81, 1877.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-15
$10,348 38

$1O,34S 3s
CIR.
The following claims have been approved
by the Board and audited since the 31st of
October, 1876:
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-15
RECAPITULATIOn

UtaHi - ~ - - -s51.s
l. J. L. Tribble, Clerk County Commits
sioners for Anderson County, do earthly
that the above report OF the said Boam TOR
the fiscal year ending October 81, 1877, ssy
trne correct and just, and that all the ac-ssS
eonnts were properly itenlized aiai sworn ass
the law directs: s, 8 s,
Clerk County Comm stoners
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-15
COUNTY, COMMISSIONERS

Samuel Browne, up to Oct. 2, 1877,
attended meetings of board q days,
at So per diem, :: $l8
Attended meetings of board Z days, :.
at So per diem, !: A9
Attended to roads and bridges 10
days, at So per diem, :, :: So'
Attended to roads and bridges u 4
days, at 50 per diem, Is
Travelled 331 miles, at SC. per mile, 19
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-18
The "Big Horn" Heroes.

General Schofeld explains the reason
why the Custer obsequies have been de-
layed until October. A consultation be-
tween him and Mrs. Custer took place,
when they took into consideration
the fact that at this particular
time many of the officers of the post
are away on a furlough, and as nearly
all of them were old army friends
of the dead general, it was deemed wise
to postpone the funeral respects due to
the memory of the deceased until some
time in October. This will also give his
old army friends abroad an opportunity
to participate in the solemn exercises.
This conclusion was made known to the
intimate friends of the family when Mrs.
Custer left West Point for New York.
In the meantime the body will remain
in the vault of the Poughkeepsie ceme-
terry. A dispatch from Leavenworth,
Kansas, says The bodies of Captain
George w. Yates, Captain Thomas w.
Custer, Lieutenant A. e. Smith, Lieu
tenant James Calhoun and Lieutenant
Donald Mcintosh, of the Seventh cavalry,
who were killed with General George A.
Custer in the massacre of the Little Big
Horn, on the twenty-fifth of June, 1876,
arrivedfrom Chicago onthemorningtrain,
and were at once taken to Fort Leaven-
worth, where they now repose in the
chapel. They will be buried in the
National cemetery. All the commission
ed officers at this post are to act as pail
bearers, and the soldiers are to act as
the funeral escort.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-18
A Rough Practical Joke.

An English farmer has recently been
compelled to pay the costs of practical
joke. He was sitting in the barroom of
the Greyhound inn one night and taking
his usual tankard of ale, when his eye
CHANGED to fall on the sleeping form of a
man with long beard. He went to the
fire, and, Lighting piece of paper,
deliberately applied it to the sleeping
mans beard. There was bright, rush
ing flame for second OF two; the man
sprang to his feet in agony; the joke
was complete, and the farmer roared in
ecstacy. The unfortunate sufferer, who
happened to be the village tailor, knew
that the farmer was a man of substan-
tial means, and acted accordingly. He
brought an action for $3.50 damages in
the Malmesbury county court in due
course. According to the plaintiff S
evidence, his beard was eighteen inches
long when he laid down, after having
some ale. The next thing he remember
ed was his face being on fire, while a
man helped to put out the flame. The
defendant sat in his seat roaring with
laughter, and did not offer any assist
ance nor did he tender any apology for
what he had done. His lips were burned
severely, his face was blistered, his
beard, eyebrows, and eyelashes were
burned to the skin, and one eye and one
ear were scorched. The magistrate
awarded him $3.50 and costs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-18
The Indians Test of Honesty.

An old trader who had established him
self at what happened to be favorable
locality among the Northern Indians,
tells good story Of his first trials with
his red customers. Other traders had
located in that same place before, but
had not remained long. The Indians,
who evidently wanted goods, and had
money and furs, focked about the store
of the trader, and carefully examined
his goods, but offered to buy nothing.
Finally the chief, with large number
of his tribe, visited him.
"How do, John?" said the chief.
"Show me goods. Aha, I take blanket
for me, and that calico for squaw; three
otter skins for blanket, and one for calico.
Ough pay by'm by-to-morrow."
He received his goods and left. On
the next day he returned with large
part of his band, his blanket well stuffed
with skins of various kinds.
Now, John, I pay.
And with this he drew an otter skin
from his blanket, and laid it on the
counter. Then he drew a second, a
third and fourth. A moments hesita-
ton, as though calculating, and he drew
out fifth skin--a very rich and rare one
and passed it over.
"That's right, john"
The trader instantly pushed back the
last skin, with:
"You owe me but four. I want only
my just due"
The chief refused to take it, and they
passed it several times back and forth,
each one asserting that it belonged to
the other. At length the dusky chieftain
appeared to be satisfied. He gave the
trader scrutinizing look, and then
stepped to the door and gave yell, and
cried to his followers:
"Come; come, and trade with the
pale-face John. He no cheat Indian; his
heart big"
Then turning back to the trader, he
said:
"Suppose you take last skin, I tell
my people no trade with you. We
drive you off like dog, as we drive of
others; but pow you Indians friend, and
we be yours"
Before dark the trader was waist deep
in furs, and loaded down with cash. He
found that honesty had commercial value
with the Indians.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-18
Words of Wisdom.

There are some human tongues which
have two sides, like that of certain
quadrupeds, one smooth, the other very
rough.
The passing years drink portion of
the light from our eyes, and leave their
traces on our cheeks, as birds that drink
at lakes leave their footprints on the
margin.
He who writes against the abuses of
the age in which he lives, must depend
on the generosity Of the few for his
bread, and the malice of the many for his
fame.
Benevolence does not measure it's
charities too nicely. The clouds never
send down to ask the grass and plants
below how much they need; they rain
for the relief of their own full bosoms.
If the spring puts forth no blossoms,
in summer there will be no beauty, and
in autumn no fruit. So if youth be
trified away without improvement, ripper
years will be contemplate, and old age
miserable.
A young girl, scarcely yet awake to
the mysteries OF her hature, and t1utter-
ing over the first demonstrations of love.
is like child sporting ON the ripping
strand of the sea, when high tide is
about coming in.
He who goes through a land, and
scatters blown roses, may be tracked
next day by their withered petels that
strew the ground; but he who goes
through it, and scatters rose seed, a
hundred years after leaves behind him a
land full of fragrance and beauty for his
monument, and as heritage for his
daughters and sons.
AS there are some faults that have
been termed faults on the right side, SO
there are some errors that might be
denominated errors on the safe side.
Thus, we seldom regret having been too
mild, too cautious, or too humble but
we often repent having been too violent,
too precipitate, or too proud.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-18
New Test of Death.

The importance of having some readi-
ly applied and indisputable test Of
the fact of death is apparent, and many
are the processes that have been offered
to determine it. Nevertheless, such a
test appears to be still desideratum-
unless, indeed, we accept that offered
by Kappeler. In course of his research
es on the electrical stimulation of dead
muscles, Kappeler subjected twenty
corpses to the action of various electric
currents, noting the times of disap-
pearance of contractility. In persons
emaciated by chronic maladies, it dis
appeared much more rapidly than in
well nourished individuals, or those
who had had acute disease. Tt disap-
peared seventy-five minutes after death
at the quickest, and six and half hours
at the slowest In cases where a rise of
temperature is observed after death,
electric contractility persists longest.
So long as there remains the least flicker
of life the contractions continue intact.
In the most prolonged faints, in the
deepest lethargies, in poisoning by
carbonic oxide, chloroform ETC., there is
no contraction as long as life lasts. But
If the muscles make no response to the
electrical stimulation, Kappeler pro-
nounces life to be extinct.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-18
Two Marriages Instead of One.

A marriage was arranged between two
young people living some distance apart,
near Bengal, India, but who had never
seen one another. The bridegroom duly
arrived at the brides village, and the
ceremonies had actually begun, wht n a
report reached the bride and her mother
that the intended husband was an incur
able cripple. They both declared that
they would commit suicide rather than
complete the ceremony, and as it was a
fact that the would-be bridegroom was a
cripple, he was dismissed. But, accord
ing to the prevailing superstition, eter-
nal disgrace would have attended the
bride if she had not been married ON that
day when matters had progressed so far.
So, another bridegroom had to besought,
and after searching the highways and by
ways boy was captured and duly mar
ried in the place of the cripple. The
latter being in the same plight, had also
to provide himself with bride before
the day closed, and thus there we're two
marriages instead of one.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-18
The Life.SaYing Service.

The statistics of wrecks which have
occurred within the range of the life
saving service during the last fiscal year
have just been made up at the Treasury
department, and show that the number
of vessels driven ashore by stress of
weather during the year was 100, and
that they had on board 1853 persons.
OF this number of lives there we're 1914
saved and 39 lost; the number lost being
about three per cent. of those imperiled.
The estimated value of the vessels
wrecked was 81, TAG, 464, and of their
cargoes $1,348, ,876, making total valu-
alton of $3, ,095,3 1881. The whole amount
of property saved, so far as reported,
was 81 ,554, ,505, and of that lost 81, 053,
826, leaving $4S7, 900 not yet ascertained
whether saved. or lost. At fifty of the
disasters the lfe-saving service appara-
tus was successfully used, and 1888 per-
sons were rescued by it.
Additional signals are preparing to be
incorporated into the national code for
use of vessels and life-saving stations,
which will greatly facilitate communica-
tions between the vessels and the shore.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-18
The Blue and the Gray.

An interesting fact attending the re.
cent outbreak in Louisville, KY, which
was at once followed by the enrolment
of nearly thousand citizens for the pro-
lection Of the city. was the service side
by side of ex-Federal and ex-Confeder-
ate soldiers. Ex-Secretary Bristow, for
instance, colonel of one of the Federal
regiments, recruited in Kentucky, stood
guard with General Basil Duke, John
Morgan's most dashing lieutenant, and
ex-United States Marshal Eli H. Murray,
the youngest brigadier in the Union
army, commanded one of the hastily
mustered commanies, while Major e. A.
Richards, who served under General
Lee, was one of his fellow-oflicers. Hun
dreds of ex-soldiers of the blue and gray
stood shoulder to shoulder in the ranks.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-18
How People Get Sick.

Eating too much and too fast swal-
lowing imperfectly masticated food by
taking too much fluid at meals drink
ing poisonous whisky and other intox-
icating drinks (; keeping late hours at
night, and sleeping too late in the
morning wearing clothing too tight,
30 as to relax the circulation wearing
thin shoes; neglecting to take suf-
ticient exercise to keep the hands and
feet warm neglecting to wash the
body sufficiently to keep the pores open;
exchanging the warm clothes worn in
a warm room during the day for cos
tunes and exposure SO incident to oven
ing parties starving the stomach to
crafty vain and foolish passion for
dress keeping up constant excitement /;
fretting the mind with borrowed trou.
bles swallowing quack nostrums for
every imaginary i'll; taking meals at
irregular intervals,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-18
AbseDt;-Minded.

One of our most excellent city physi-
clans, says the st Joseph (Mo.) Herald,
has the popularity of being exceedingly
absent-minded. The other morning,
when dressing himself, he discovered
something unusually heavy in his vest
pocket. Upon examination it proved to
be a valuable gold watch. He not
being the owner of such an expensive
article, it puzzled him to know how it
came there. After few moments re-
Election he remembered attending
lady patient the day before, and for
timing her pulse, had asked the use of
her watch. He returned in haste and
delivered it to the owner, who had been
alarmed, believing it to have been stolen.
One of the hottest days of the season
his wife laid out clean vest for him to
change before he went out. In few
minutes he was ready to go, and put
the clean vest on, went to his Office, and
remarked to friend that it was exceed
ingly hot. His friend agreed with him,
but wanted to know how many vests he
was in the habit of wearing at
time. He had on two.