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THE COUNTY BUILDING.

The city aud county authorities will tonfer
this afternoon ut 2 o'clock On Court-Housc
matters.
The prisoners convicted during tho September
term will bc sentenced this afternoon. They
are ubout forty In number.
Tho OranA Jury was yesterday engaged IN
clearing the docket Of the jail caacs, and vas Ia
session the most Ut the day. Several inltct-
mcnts were returned during the day, and this
morning final return will bo made and the
Jury discharged.
The Committee Oil Public Buildings mud Pub
lie Service, excepting such members AS we're TN
trial tn tl,s crimiual Court for lefraudtng the
county, met yesterday afternoon. Scxtonfs tate
estimate for ~, $50 was allowed, aud MeNeil's
late communication clatmtng damages for de-
tho tartlincss Of tho granite contractor, was
nladu u matter Ut record, About tho hitter
uCtiun there Is something singular, from the
1aet that similar communications from Mcneil
PLACED Of, fite- The ob}crt ot sendtuR such COIN.
nuuIcations to tho Boarl has been to get rec
ognLtion Ut claim for ,!nmagea, aud the fact
that the object was attained yesterday ls slE-
tho demands nude on lin. 1t would bo hard
to conceive Of any other reason for ths sudden
conversion Ut tho Committee.
TUT uNlcK-sIEAL AGAIN,
WnHe IGW commissioners AFG Qn tfl4l 1oF
some of the robbcr!cs they committed some
time ago, others arc tflled with delight over
their Income f1um those now going on In the
Court.llouhe work. The brick contractor, who
has been given 81 per thousand extra continues
tU use an urticlc Inferior to what his eontract
calls fur. and nIso to get tho btirk In az ut'work
MaAliko manner. Commissioner Fitzgerald
yesterday happened on the walls and noticed
that tue brick was not being wet until after they
went Into the wall, and called Commissioner
1{,,1,fpnts ntfpnfIn In IT, xrt0Aa fntareak In thu
work ia represented to be second olly to
tho rontractof's. Holden denied the ctaEve,
made wager and lost, Sexton's foreman btlng
called on 10 settle the dispute. This reasDfl
they are not being vet Is tlat thoy arc 10 full
of lima TINT to wet them would bu 10 mako
many Of them useless. ns they woul crumble
to pieces. Tho conclusion that any QUO looking
Oh the steal day by day must cunle to IL that
tic Superiutendrnts arc too fcw, Ut that those
employed are llttlu better th4n the contractor
and Commissioners.
TIE PROTECTION CORRurTIoNlsrs.
l.. III. sawyer, this indicted Assistant 4ecye-
tnry ot the Protection Lite-lusuraueu Cou,Daay,
who was arrested Thursday and placed In jill
for sa!e.keepfng, gave ball ycstcrtay tn tho sun
ot $500. Recorder UrorIsWay and staudred A..
Morton becamr Ills bondsnlcla. Nothing was l,cassl
during tho day frau Uucta Iuhuny" Reid,
tho Tspasltrcr.f thu dcfunct concern. and Ryan.
another Of tho Indicted. They are kuown to IL
heYunu rcarh fur the present, and, II IL be.
l.cvcl, purposclT 80. Ehwarlas tho Secretary
ot the concern, was In court III tho forenoon,
and be&pake counsel, and tile remainder OF tue
day hs gave to looking up bull OH tho two ID
uletmenn returned the day before.
, 1877-09-29
Df;ATG GlS.


WALTnN-In Chicago, At the family residence,
etrt. q, In her sid year. Mary Ann. native Of
I.onlon. England, beloved wtfe OF John E. Wal
ton.
Eunera! BY carriage to Ro.ehali sronn AlI.sa!nts'
Epseopat Church, OHIO and Carpenter streets.
SUNDAY afternoon at o'clock. tho a0th inst.
tN 1irttts', New York, and San Ffancisco pa.
prs ptcase notice.
:, Northumberland Mclnrn, Fsidar. Of eongcs.
tton of the brnin: aEctl year Ant q months. son
OF Michae! and Ellen Mctlarn, northwest corner ps
Crneby and Elm streets.
O'Clock.
wARNER-w. II. Warner, 9Th tnst., aged 81
ycnrs.
1itmafns taken 10 Baltimore.
sAMPs0N-1n this city on the 1Bth lnst,, Mrs
CAtaltnc SATpson. aged NJ SeatH,
Funeral from her infc residence, cosneF Monroe
nnl Aberdeen sttccts, Sunday. The 10ih mat, ~
~. III.
Mcn0NALD-James Mcdonald, on Sept 81,
aged II yrnrs.
Funeral h'.,!Ay from late residence. No, 1850
Arnvtd stract. near Twenty -hsst. 10 Calvary.
8fNOSS-Att p. nj. Sept 9A, at gA4 THIRTY.
scconl street. Ellen r., wife OF Dr. c. j. s!mon..
Remains taken East. Services At tho house at .
p. IN. Sept IN.
SOtoN-scrs. 20, at II p. m. at his re.ltlence,
140 Ghlcagn.ay.. Michael Salon, aged II ycars,
Notice Of funeral tn this evenings and Sunday
mornings papeEu,
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nfondean. rarl.. France; J. u, burnside. Delfnst.
Ireland r. II. Finch. ~ Faus.. :. fremont lfo"'e
MAI. J. n. Alien. Gcne.cn; Col. J. r. licnacr.
con*in;. the ilon. i: ". Fnller, Peoria; Daniel
Wells Ailwaukce: J Is, Nichols. Sparta: II. {.
Adams. New York; George Nanvtlle. Te1as; =;
rockingham, colorado; ". y. GanGdon. salt
t..kr; 8. ii. Miner. cot. Sam For,1the. Fo!t
Wayne: n. u. Campbcll. san Fraucssco: N. D.
WIieox. Connecticut: ". IS. Alien. WInona: tho
Hon. r. Wells. Quincy -. The tonntrrtdi-J.
.. .claan. l!ochester. y. y; ". ": riIghant.
Mi1"aukee. Henry ttecht Detroit. Mich: y. AZ.
nonr and vile, Toronto, Can. Il. y. Raymond,
I&FAFetkf.
, 1877-09-29

It Was not long since Suw York. In al questions
Of culture aud Aste was the absolute authority In
s.lt frou1 lhls thraltdon. VIZ might xIya ~ an
example tho hns art exhibitions. the great Western
Iweaty yesrs ago was Euds aad bali tanned society
put thsrs,s no need II gY!ax fu5thet than dHdrsrs
B4sar. Of Cincinnati. IT. really ths best fashlan
npd family magazine in tht country, snd kaA tue
isesh.st snd .n6st rteAtreAs tashlons beautifully
illustrated IL cEiticisms. sketches, stories. md
pews paragraphs give evidence VI able editorial
skill. Tbs lAdtss are In lore With #.
, 1877-09-29

nAKEn-C -CLARK-scpt. q. at the Centenary
". +. chareh. hv the Ic*. $. Il. As!asns. Clifford
4. Baker anu Marie J. Clark, OF this city.
, 1877-09-29
row HR nxAr TIE FREMONT HOUSE.


How HK rKAT TIE FREMONT HOUSE.
About the misllie Of July there registered at
the fremont House {. A. Stevens, of Albany,
n. 7. He was a large, portly gentleman Of
about 80 summers and winters, had paci.it
dtRnidetl countenanrc euch as might be
expected in stath business man
OF regular habits; wore snit OF
fanltless black and "heh sixn Tilted hack
over mn expansive and Intellectual brow: lila
immaculate linen tore no sportisc diamonds,
and there ucrc Ito appearances Of "aasl, ="
about him: he carried neat, gotd-healic.! cauc,
and walked with stooping shoulders in a nneas-
urcl, seif.sattsActl way. lie would rea.ltls
have been set down as a veltto-tlo merchant.
OF perhaps bank Prcsitent.-not savings
hank either. After passing the customary sal
n.a.tons With the gentlcmunly clerk, sEr.
Stevens, orrt Colonel" As lie Is more commonly
known, requested that New York draft for
500 be cashci. 1t SO happened that the gen
ttemanly clerk aforesaid had enjoyed tho Col
onele acquaintance in the East, anil upon
tate TO comply with the request, anil casl,cd tho
draft. Tho Colonel wanted only SO In cash;
tho other SO could be credited on Ills boarding
account.
ecntlemanIy Colonel continued to make
Tho Trcinont liousc Ills home, and
during Ills sojourn T. va. learned !lat at Que
only On napcr, and Of which he was at ono time
the President Also thai lie Was Interested In
patent, Rrist-mill now on exhibition III
p9Ds;ets tss Ssss0 o E1p0t0' a reaot 4as day s
Indeed surprised to lave returned to them tho
$lU0 Ncw York draft The bank in New York
'.knew not Joseph" and there vas no money
c}1.sJr rrtf fho Rtit,fntt St'fharu 1S,
soma mistake about it." he said. "Why,
certainly have money there. There 10 solna
mistake maybe IN tho draft itself: Lei me
# IF 1h m Aad he 1osts t m a. 81 eh et e. aDs
" said, and he laughed and seemed to think It
n Eood Joke that "a man Of my stautltng, you
know, should be found in. this t'x." WHY, 10
iI iiaines' baak, aud '' he laughed away the M
taca u Ills being guilty Ut drawing
bogus drift. Nevertheless tho proprctors Of
the fremont House ha4 their distinguished
lice Ice Tolak, before whom ne was taken IL for Oh Oh
ngain he evlnecd a most apprcciatiyo
ssnse s,,o Of IT. she in,,ierou;ness am .,,,S q hls
position. arrested. etc. lie, tnan who hntl Ills
i,unarctis Of thousands. lie. vino wanted some
capitalist TO 90 In With him and push tho in.
ventiom of which he was the agent or patent
cd to some good atfns in Chicago that he might
do business with. at,l showed such n bold
and apparently gstltlcss front that lie complete
" tlisartncd the suspictoi, WHICH wns pointed ut
linn, aud succeeded IN obtaining a continuance
OF The case against him, he going free On s own
rceocnIzaucc, accepted at tho request Ut tho
manager Of tho fremont House. Several times
during the courte Of a week succeeding tIis ar-
rest, whfrh. by the why. occurred alt,ut
one mouth ago, he "cAllctI ut tho Justices
Office aud made himself solld With Ills Honor,
and the case drac9cd along. At 1aat the na1
, 1877-09-29

1EUHhEITS CUCUK1hE
prouotes The krowth OF aad bcau.l6ea the hair md
READERS It d2f snd gloasy. |Is eocoalua holds, In
! liquid foHa, larxe proportion Of dsodoriEed
coeoapqt OIL bsspsred expressly fof 1Ais purpose.
No other COMPOUND Poxaesscs the peculiar proper.
lies which 70 ExacY suit tho various conditions Of
ehn human haE.
, 1877-09-29
ARrMAPKABlE ELASTIC. CARPET.

I.hs new cox door covering, Linoleum, Ia 50
raptt1y incsc4ing IN popularity .nat 1t IL super
scltg y! as!f!ss y. G.s1 l.r !ske purpose. ~
al Qrat-yiss} carpet dealer. kceplt.
, 1877-09-29

Oxonissd Ox.NatroH for the tatr. By Buck d
RaYnss. n14kxss Of the HMAss" Cologne.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-02
Keeping out the Flies.

Every housekeeper knows whata nuis-
ance flies are in summer. Two weapons
are powerful against them-cleanliness
and darkness. Therefore the dining
room should be kept dark between meals,
and care should be taken to sweep every
crumb from table and floor. But it will
not do simply to shut up the room, shut
ting up the flies in it. Close every win
dow and door but one, and through that
drive the flies out. This is not so hard
as it may seem upon paper, and practice
makes perfect here as in all else. We
have known housekeeper who was so
expert that she had only to wave her
broom and the flies dutifully swarmed
out as they saw the standard raised in
air. Fly nets for the windows are COM
Portable appendages for living and sleep
ing rooms. Bought ready-made, they
are somewhat expensive; made at home,
they cost only triAe. Have the carpen-
ter-or if some one in the family knows
how to handle tools, let him-make a
frame of inch wide lath, fitting the win
dow frame. On this stretch mosquito
netting-dark green is best-and fasten
with tacks to the laths. The same net
ting over frame of reeds, of osiers or
wires from an old hoop-skirts, makes
serviceable cake and butter covers. Bend
one hoop into round of the size wanted;
then on this fasten two semi-circular
hoops, crossing each other at right angles
in the centre above the bottom hoop.
This forms the frame, which, if of wire,
should be wrapped with worsted; OH this
the netting is sewed, and button OH top
serves as handle.
Air every sleeping room thoroughly
every morning, and, if possible, let in
the sun to shine on the bed and bed
clothes. Often at night when the heat
is vell-nigh unbearable, a wet cloth
hung in the window over the blind will
cool the room as if shower had fallen,
andeyery one knows how water poured
on the pavement in front of the door will
frcshen the hot, dry air. This principle
of the reduction of temperature by
evaporation is capable of much practical
application. In India, and other tropi-
cal countries, where ice is almost un-
known, the natives cool their drinking
wate by suspending earthern jars filled
with it in brisk current of air, which
process is said to cool it thoroughly and
rapidly. So, also, when ice is unsttain-
able butter may be kept firm and sweet
by setting the bowl containing it in
shallow vessel of water and covering
with napkin, the ends of which are
vel immersed in the water in bottom
dish. A wet handkerchief or sponge
won in the hat when exposed to the sun,
as in the harvest field, will prevent sum
stpke under the most intense heat known
to our climate, and will often relieve
heidache arising from heat and exhaus-
tim combined.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-02
Curious Case Of Poisoning.

Late last night rather unusual case
of mistaken identity" occurred on
O'Farrell street, above Mason. Mrs.
Jornsen, the wife of j. F. Jornsen, the
down town dealer, has long been an in
invalid, and under the advice of her ply
sician has recently been in the habit of
partaking, before retiring, of a harmless,
if not helpful, prescription of peppermint
and other innocent and strictly herbal
extracts, mixed with glass of Spring
Valley water. Just as she was sinking
into slumber through the influence of
this pleasant sedatiye, by some inexpli-
cable, instructive warning from the boun-
daries of another world which only Col
onel Ingersoll could adequately explain,
she remembered that instead of putting
the proper prescription into the glass Of
water she had poured into it the whole
contents of a bottle of laudanum, which
her daughter, Emeline, had that day pro-
cured for the relief of the toothache, and
which was sufficient to kill about twenty
good and able-bodied men. Resisting,
with one frantic effort for life, the sleep
that was overcoming her, she aroused her
husband and told bim Of the untoward
circumstances, and in hastily assumed
and slightly too midsummer raiment he
tore through the silent streets for the res
idence of the family physician. Mrs.
Jornsen's stomach was pumped out with
commendable dispatch, and reilled at
intervals of thirty seconds with black
coffee. She was switched around the
room with a cruelty only meant to be
kind, and as the deathly stupor gradual
ly gave way, her daughter, who had been
hastily summoned en- deshabille to support
one side, of the prosecuted pedestrian,
found time to ask, "What is the matter
with her this time?"
ls 'tHtWhy, she has swallowed>all that con-
founded laudanum of fyours, ,"Treplied the
distracted father. -7-r".,-7',--'-'- '-''-.'--,
"Why, no she hasn't" replied Emeline,
"for I, took it into my room with me and
it is there now" Then the doctor ceased
feeling the unequal pulse and instituted
semi-professional Investigations. 1t was
found that Mrs. Jornsen had not made a
mistake at all in taking her medicine !;
the lady became suddenly and abruptly
wide-awake; the doctor left madden
mamie couldn't have been wiser
and the Jernsen family generally put in
the slight remainder Of the night in an
unsatisfactory and rather sleepless man
ner.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-02

"Tell me-" he said, "why such a change
has come over you since we parted at
Sans-Souci? Agatha"-as she strove to
draw away from him-"your eyes told
me something when we said good-by,
which your lips must tell me now"
| s.: Let me go!" she gasped. "This is
madness, for which-if ], answered you
no one would be so sorry as yourself.
Let me go-you must let me gow
'Not until you tell me whether am
wrong or right. Agatha, can it be posi-
Bile that you loved me then ?-that you
love me now % @t. 7'! g.
Gray and deep had twilight fallen over
the sea, but not so gray and deep but
that when she lifted her face he read his
answer on it. 1.....-
A"You are mad" she said. "Remem-
Der that this binds you to nothing-noth-
ing! Everything stands between us
your brother, my past life, your deep dis
trust of me-everything! But you are
right. I loved you then, as I love you
now. 1t is retribution, suppose you
know you hoped that it might fall upon
me, and you ought to be glad that it has
done so." :f..,..,.....e
"Glad!" he repeated, rassionately.
eyes, am glad, though God only knows
whether it means misery or happiness. y
~ If he had known the fate toward which
they were fastening, he might have
spared himself that doubt. 1t meant
happiness for few short hours, and
these hours comprised all their span of
| life. "After long grief and pain" the
end which neither had anticipated was
given them as a gracious boon Of Heaven,
while the ship went forward to meet her
doom.
Those in whose memory that tragedy
has not been effaced by later calamities
will remember that the collision which
sunk the Vile du Havre in less than
twelve minutes occurred at two o'clock in
the morning, when the passengers were
all wrapped in slumber. 1t chanced,
however, that Thurston was not among
the number of these sleepers. He had
turned into his berth not long before,
and he was lying awake when the ship
struck.
A knowledge of the danger instantly
flashed upon him, and springing to his
feet he threw on his clothes and went on
deck. Here his worst forebodings were
confirmed by the terror and confusion
which reigned supreme. He took in the
situation in all its hopelessness at once,
and after a minute spent in trying to
learn what chance there was of launch
ing the boats, he fastened back to the
cabin, and made his way to Agatha
Loring's state-room.
As he reached the door, it opened, and
she came out-pale, but perfectly COM
posed. There was no time for questions
or assurances. The ship was sinking
fast, and their only hope was in gaining
the deck.
z By dint of struggling, Thurston gained
it before the vessel went down. Then
they had one minute-only one minute
for any last words.
eff you can save yourself, don't think
Of me-" Agatha said. II will try and not
cling to you as women are said to do"
He smiled little "Do you think I
will ever let you go?" he said. "We are
together now-for life or death"
He clasped her in his arms, and their
lips met in the first, last kiss of love.
So they went down together-to death.
THE END.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-02
Durability of Timber.

The RGil,vay Age gives some interest
ing facts in regard to the durability of
The piles of bridge, built by Trajan,
after having been driven more than 1 900
years, were found to be petrifed four
inches, the rest of the wood being in its
ordinary condition.
The elm piles under the piers of Lon
don bridge have been in use more than
700 years, and are not yet materially de-
cayed.
Beneath the foundation of Savoy place.,
London, oak, elm, beech and chestnut
piles and,planks were found ina stateeof
perfect preservation, after having been
there for $50 years. fS'E4.
While taking down the old walls of
Tunbridge castle, Kent, there was found
in the middle of thick stone wall tim
Der curb, which had been enclosed for
700 years. ,,..''
Some timber of an old bridge was dis
covered while digging for the foundations
of house at Ditton Park, Windsor,
which ancient records incline us to be-
lieve were placed there prior to the year
1896.
The durability of timber out of ground
is even greater still. The roof of the
Basilica Of St. Paul !, al, Rome, was framed
in the year SIG, and now, after more than
1000 years, it is still sound; and the
original cypress. .wood doors of the same
building, after being in use more than
600 years, were, when replaced by others
of brass, perfectly free from rot or decay,
the wood retaining its original odor.
The timber dome of st. Mark, at Venice,
is still good, though more than $50 years
old. The roof of the Jacobin convent,
at Paris, which is of fir, was executed
more than $50 years ago.
They add: that the age of our coun-
try's settlement does not enable them to
refer to examples of like antiquity; but
many old white.pine cornices here exist.
which, having been kept properly
painted, have been exposed to the storms
of more than $50 years. The wood is
still sound, while freestone, in the same
neighborhood, has decaycd badly in less
than fifty years.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-02
ssChlory" Carpenter.
WASHINGTON, July 81.

|
L. Cass Carpenter, recently. Collector
lof Internal Revenue for the Columbia,
ls. c., district, is in Washington on bust
hess with the Treasury Department, He
says that the movement among the ne
|croes of South Carolina in favor of gen-
Ieral emigration to Liberia has spread
with wonderful rapidity. Two very large
meetings have been held in Charleston,
one in Columbia, and smaller ones at
other points. The movement seems to
be encouraged by class of white people
who, before the war and since, have not
held the highest social position. All OF
them are Democrats. The few white
Republicans who remain have had moth.
ing whatever to do with the movement.
Carpenter is unable to see how the col
ored people expect to carry their plans
into operation or what they expect to
gain if they could. They have sent no
Committees c to Liberia and have no recent
reports from there; they are without
means and have no prospect of obtaining
the money necessary to pay the cost OF
emigration. The demand for labor in
South Carolina, Mr.. Carpenter says, is
greater than the supply, and this movo-
ment can only be explained by the vague
fears of the colored people which nave
been aroused by the class of white men
referred to. ILL.,. c.
Hampton is a much better man than the
majority of his party, and if allowed to
do do so would adninister the affairs of the
State G in srsn a manner as to leave no
canse canse Of complaint opthe part of any
class class Of her citizens. IHis liberal course,
h,Sss oSever, Ss has caysd a division in the
Democratic parh and it is feared that
the Bourbonstfill be in the majority and
will viii nreve>S him from carrying into ef-
feet feet ma.y of his plans. If an issue be-
twee|fhe Hampton party and the lead
ee%%Iof the Bourbons could be distinctly
&ade in State election, the former
would no doubt carry the State, as ma
jority of the colored people would sus-
tain Governor Hampton. The danger is
that the divisions in the Democratic par
ty, when O new State election takes
place, will make themselves felt only in
the convention, and that if the Bourbons
are successful they will force the entire
party to sustain their candidate and pol
icy.-Jounalof Commerce,