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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-28
Proceedings of the Town Council.
COUNCIL CHAMBER. Aug. %. 1879.

COUNCIL CHAMBER, Aug. %, 1879.
The Town Council met this evening at
o'clock. Present-G. +. Tolly, Intendant;
E. F. Murrah, J. F. Wilson and w. S.
Ligon, Wardens.
The Intendant opened and read the report
of the managers of the recent municipal
election, the particulars of which have been
heretofore published.
Mr. G. +. Tolly was thereupon declared
elected Intendant and Messrs. w. S. Ligon,
J. F. Wilson, i. +. Murrah and John G.
Whitefeld Wardens.
The oath of office was then administered
to the Intendant elect by w. w. Humph-
reys, ESQ.,, Judge of Probate, and to the
Wardens elect Wilson, Ligon and Murrah
by the Intendant.
The Council being then duly organized
went Immediately into the election of Off
GERS, with the following result:
Clerk and Treasurer-T. c. Ligon.
Chief Marshdk-Joseph r. FAINT.
Assistant Marshal-F. G. Massey.
The salary of the Chief Marshal was fixed
at $500 for the year and that of the Assistant
Marshal at $3.50.
A petition asking the Council to reduce
the license for selling spirituous liquors in
quantities less than one quart from $500 to
5000 was received from Messrs. w. Ira
brennan, John O'Donnell, Julius Poppe
NJ. D. Kennedy and John McGrath, and
laid on the table.
On motion, the license to sell spirituous
liquors in quantities less than one quart
was then fixed at $500 for the next ensuing
year, payable in three instalments.
Petitions from the above named parties
granted licenses to sell spirituous liquors in
RI rIo
tons were all in due form, and, on motion,
were granted on condition that the license
or the first instalment of the same, be
first paid and that the laws of the State and
ordinances of the Town Of Anderson be
strictly complied with.
On motion, beer license was fixed at 500,
payable in three instalments.
A petition from Mr.. G. H. Fromm, asking
license to sell beer, was received, and granted
on condition that he pay the above license,
or the first instalment of the same, and
comply strictly with the laws Of the State
and ordinances of the town of Anderson.
On motion, the pay of the street hands
was reduced from rs to so cents per day, to
be paid only for the days they actually
work. They are also required to attend to
times-rainy days, holidays and Sundays
without extra pay.
Messrs. Watson G. Son offered to furnish
the Council with lumber at 81 per hundred
feet, which was accepted.
The following committee was appoin led
to examine the books of the Clerk and
Treasurer, viz: w. S. Ligon and E. F.
Murrah.
The report of the receipts and disburse-
mentS of public moneys by the Council for
the year past was read and approved.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-28
Tho Railroad Tx.

The townships which vote in favor of
subscription to the Savannah Valley Rail-
road will not have to pay the first INSTALL
ment out of this years tax, rs has been re-
ported. No tax for this purpose can be col
iected until tax-paying time in 1880, and
the friends of the Road do not intend to
collect the first portion of the subscription
until the crop of next year is gathered.
This will give every one an abundance Of
time to arrange for the payment of the tax,
and all who wish to improve our town and
the lower portion of Anderson County
should 60 to the polls on next Wednesday
and vote in favor of the proposed subscrip-
ti0n
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-28
BRIEF MENTION.

Good butter is in demand at Is cents.
Fodder is being pulled and cotton is open
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-28
Co1Sc1L Cu.MnER. Aup.

COUNCIL CHAMDER, aug. %.
The Council met this morning at 10
o'clock. Present-G. F. Tolly, Intendant; !;
w. S. Ligon, E. F. Murrah and ]. F. Will
son, Wardens.
On motion, the Assistant Marshal was in
structed to feed and attend to the stock, and
is to receive compensation for such services
at the rate of $65 per year.
On motion, the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolred, That no reduction will be made
for loss of time by parties taking out licenses
to sell spirituous liquors in quantities less
than one quart, but the full amount will be
charged for every license.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-28

N1IEE STEAM COOKER which 1
Il have been advertising is recommended
by the following housekeepers who have
purchased since my advertisement first ap-
peared:
Mr.. L. H. SEEL-Dear Sir: I have sue
cessfully used your "Steam Cooker" two
months, and I can recommend it to all
housewives.
Mrs. LETHE J. RUSSELL.
Mr.. L. II. SEEL-Dear Sir: would ad-
wise every lady to buy one of your 'Steam
Cookers" who has not yet bought.
MRs. WIN. BURRISS.
Mr.. L. H. SEEL-Dear Sir: We are using
your "Steam Cooker" and are delighted
with it. Mrs. w. G. WATSON.
Mr.. L. H. SEEL-Dear Sir: am using
your "Steam Cooker" and would not be
without it. Mrs. A. B. BOWDEN.
Mr.. SEEL-Dear Sir: 1 have found your
"Stcam Cooker" to give perfect satisfaction
in all the articles cooked, and i'll rice and
hominy it is q decided saving, as the whole
of these articles leave the vessel without
caking and the usual waste. Yours truly,
Mrs. A. A. FRIERS0N.
Mr.. L. f. SEEL-Dear Sir: | am happy
to say that the "Steam Cooker" purchased
of you has given entire satisfaction. 1t
cooks admirably, and is q desirable addition
to the culinary department.
Mr.. L. II. SEEL-Dear Sir: have used
the Steam Cooker and take pleasure in
stating that it gives entire satisfaction.
Would not be without it. Yours truly,
Mrs. l.. Z. SMITH.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-28
NEW and Valuable COOK STOVE.

also now have for sale the new KERO-
SENE COOK STOVE, which is the most
economical and convenient culinary ar
rangcment for cooking generally that can
be found anywhere. 1t saves cost in wood,
is perfectly safe, and works admirably. 1t
will afford pleasure to have You call and
examine it for yourself. l have made a
practical test of it, and can recommend it
most heartily. In order to present induce
mcnts to try this arrangement, | will sell
Steam Cooker, Bake Oven and Kerosene
Stove at the following
Extraordinary Low Prices {:
No. . at 500; No. 3 at $lO5O; or No. 81
at $1,000.
Call and sec me in West End of Waver-
ly House, Anderson, S. c.
/. H. SEEL.
May 90, 1870 4G
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-28
Anderson Market Reports.

The prices current for the following arti-
clcs in this market are:
Cotton-middling 10 to 10!-quiot.
Corn-90 to 100.
Peas-$1.00.
Flour-$5.50 to $50.
Meat-C. r. sides G., L. c. sides Ct, shoul-
dcrs 5.
Lard-l0c.
Molasses-N. o. 35c to SOC.
Meal-95 to 500.
Sugar-7ic to 10ic.
Coflee-12ic to 1G5c
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
Origin of Police Forces.

General Hawleyss speech before the
Grand Army of the Republic, at Albany'
New York: Within the present CEN,
tury new force has grown up to meet
the public want. The duke of Yelling
ton, in 1923, made suggestions which led
to the Organization of the metropolitan
police, as known Throughout the British
empire, and as copied in the United
States. So much accustomed are the
people of both nations to respect them
as q great friendly power, essen tial to the
preservation of peace, that one learns
with surprise that at the origin of this
force it was looked upon with suspicion,
and encountered strong opposition. IT
was regarded as hostile to the liberty of
the citizen and q dangerous organization.
"A very eminent English writer remarks
that had the police appeared as now,
within military uniform and the spiked
helmet, it is doubtful ii their organizes
ton or presence would have been per
mitted Vet their total numbers in the
United Kingdom are greater than we're
those of the whole regular army in 1898
The metropolitan police, as known there
and here, are almost "a military force.
They are selected men, thoroughly
drilled and organized in a semi.miiitary
form, yet they are but the econatables of
the ancient law in uniform, and con-
stantly upon duty. They are permitted
the club and revolver to approach stir
more nearly the regular soldier. Yelling
ton devised them as a teOunterpOiee tO1
the guards, and because he shared the 4
ciistaateof all soldiers for service against !
his fellow-citizens."
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
"1ndeedln

II nQeeQi
"Yes, sirl and a man like you, witt
O fine descriptive ability and inexhaust.
liible command of language, which fial
|lmade made you famous In two cont
|rnents--n
4 GLOW many columns do you want'?'
"0h, rs many rs you please"
"When will your show be lheref"
Perhaps not for two months; Il
takes such long time to move the ami.
mails that our progress scross the country
is slow"
"Just 30. Well, our figures for big
,circuses like yours are $3.50 q column,
cash down, and thirty per cent. of the
gross receipts 1T the show is q success"
The circus agent seemed greatly
affected. "Isn't that rather steep9" he
said
1T would, perhaps, for small provin-
cial journal like the New York sun, or
even the London Times, but we calculate
such mammoth edition that the price
is comparatively trifiing, Fourteen
freight cars come up every day with
paper for cur edition, which is worked
of ON five big Walter presses, lightning
geared. Our expenses for steam alone,
sir, is $4,000 day We have more car.
riefs than you could pack into your
largest tent Bur eastern circulation
has been increased at the rate of a thou
sand day for the last two years. by
simply cutting down the size of the
paper an eighth of aniinch our proprietor
has saved enough OF money to build fUur
school houses worth $40,000 each, and
endowed an orphan asylum in each
county in the state. He doesn't run tine
paper for money, hut just simply Tor his
health and because he likes the country.
Our mailing and olding machinery
would remind you of the Risdon iron
works"
els it in this building"
a"0h, no; this lis simply the branch
place where we write up cir
eusss. Our principal establishment---'
Tine circus agent groaned as il in agony
and fed from the Office.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
Why Lula Went to the War


New York World.
The trip to the cape was q happy
Thought of his own--perhaps one that
suggested itself as a means OF escape.
He wanted an outing with his mates,
and he fondly imagined that NO apron
strings could be long enough to reach 10
South Africa. The empress feared that
too, and at first opposed the scheme.
The party managers, the gentlemen who
had so obligingfy undertaken to run
him in due season for the empire, took o
different view of it. He was not wanted
in Europe just now, and his going ont
might fiatter English opinien as it Was
fatrered when his father turned special
constable against the Chartists, and at
the time Furnished some stray incident
of the histrionie glory that would do
him some service with the French. But
the idea, as emitted by the prince, was
more than the rough idea of q place; it 4
had to be worked up for the stage. Paul
lOsssagnac promised to see to all that.
stripped of all verbiage, the lads notion |
was to have a run ON foreign service \
with some very good friends, but this
OF course would not do, aud 80 he was
indueed to represent himseli as q kind OF 1
to civilization in the con.
fiict with lbarbarism. Everything must
be cooked up Tor the Ffench J; their ,eass- \
sine is distinctly opposed to the raw
material i'm any shape or forms and plain
truth, as we know, is the rawest kind of 4
raw. The English WINGED little at the
fciyilisation and Ibarbarism," but they
liked the princes conduct in spite of his
reasons. Crowds went to see him of,
and be rose at bound to the high pops
ula-ity o. his father.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
.Niasara Falls Letter

NiaRara Falls Lsttsr.
The managers of Prospect park have
contracted with the Telegraph Supply
company Tor the apparatus for general
ing electricity osnpply seventeenIlamps.
Tine 'electsicity will he generated by
water power. The lamps will be 80 dis
posed as not only 10 light the park and
the main street of the village, hut lit lie
lnoped to produce some fine eeiiecIs upon
the waterfall. For this purpose ii is
believed that one lamp may be kept
sburniRg under the American iall. IL iis
Known to every visitor at the tall thai
on clear and still nights, when Inc moon
liz rnearIy at its tall, q beautiful lunar
bow IL formed. As ;shis can, 0nly be seen
at rare intervals, however, scomparative-
az few people have ssen ii. IL il be
Ilieved that by tine use of the ,elscIric
lamps, eacbp which sol Two hundred
candle power, and which mag be moved
and adjusted az the wind may make it
necessary, the Eainbow colors may b.
laweys produced in the fofm of very
brilliant electric bow. Some sexpssi-
ments made here with thecalainm light
three years ago, satiafied the managers
chat their plan il psaeticable Iney
expect 10 have ii in full opsrafion on or
Esiose duly Ash.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16

!" Jimmy-ths DUCK, !" ct Virginia City,
New, is dead. He made his living by o
queer invention He used to put duck
in a box with iSs head atialsing ont of q
hole and allow the crowd to throw clubs
al it for twenty-five cents throw. the
bird belonging 10 whoever should hit it.
The ducks would OF course ducg" their
heads just before tue sticks whissed
along, and it was not ottaner than onoe
IN ak months that jimmy would lose.
The following is his epitaph:: "Old
Jlmmy's weary bones are now resting
peace uily under the sagabaah. Let ne
nope that when the trnmpo' the resnr-
rection shalt echo over the rugged peak
of Mount Davidson, he will be able to
pop his bead mp like that famous duck,
and should the devil appear and make o
nab tor the old man, may he dodes
back successfully
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16

Temple bar.
The Portuguese are MT o clean PEG
pie, which may he one of the ecanses ,oi
English repnenance 10 them. Some o
their customs are very nasty. They
expectorate continually, and before
doing 80 make o horfible, long drawn.
whirling noise up tine throat which il
very annoying. Tney seem 10 do this
once 10 every two Or three nainntes, and
make quite an art of IT,; for little boys
prassice Ii, and gOnng man seem 10 take
o pride in doing it we'll. There is also
o gzeat deal OF hatalifEing TO one another
among the naen, and as0m observation I
should Say that the art OF expectorstion,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
wonen's Escorts.
New York Times,

Women poun young and old who have
no husbands, near kinsmen or friends
whom they feel privileged to ask to be
come their escorts in going out q ter
nightfall are now provided for, as is
well known, by company in the city in
manner said to be entirely Hatisia story.
a lone woman, possessed of little
money, need no longer be deprived OF
tine pleasure of attending parties, din
ners. or any other form OF social or pro
fessional entertainment. She can in
form the company that ON any namec
evening she wishes to go to the house of
q friend, to the theater, tine opera, q
lecture, Or any place OF business or
amusement, and at the required hour q
o well lbehaved, intelligent, well~dresssd
man will appear at her door and act as
her escort. He will accompany her to
to the place, and call for her at any time
she names; or, If required, will ait by
her side--as at the thearer, opera, Or q
coneert-during the performance, and
take her home atterward. To Others
than hersalf he seems to be her friend,
though it may be observed that they.
are ON freezingly polite terms, as no
well-bred woman would, under the Cir
oumstances, be very likely to keep up q
very active conversation with 3 man
acting in the capacity Of servant, though
under plausible Disguise. 1t might be
Thought that there would be very little
demand for escorts of this sort, but we
are informed to the contrary. Women
strangers in the eity--who want to
attend the thestsr Or opera, frequently
secure such service; SO do widows, mai
dens, and other women unwilling 10 put
themselves under obligation to any man
On whom they have no claim.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
naits md M1hin..

"A writer tells us to place our hand
upon our heart and feel fits mufEsa
that it will saddsp us True; but
half 30 muoh as placing onr hand upo,
our wallet, and realizing from Its thin.
ness that we must SOON become tho
mu14d beat.
Circumstances alter cases. The man
who is ON the train thinks lit tarries toe
long at way stations; and 10 the one VIVA
is half q block away and coming rapidly
towards it when the whistle toota.
-" Whose Bhsddefh MANS blood by
man shall his blood be shed" Ns
commend this passage particularly 10
the notice that sweet little bitter cnp
the mosquito.
-" Don't you think that good Like
ness of meP' said 8 pretty wife to her
small traction OF herself called her hus
band. Z" Very good" was the reply,
except that there is q little too much
repose about the mouth
Boy: What are yon crying for,
EaIly9" Girl: "Cos got the tooth
ache" Boy: +" Won go round to my
grandmother she 'ull show yer what to
do; she knows how to take hers out and
put 'em back whenever she wants."
When man is standing with one
foot ON o truck and the other ON Gaze
on the sidewalk, and the horse suddenly
starts and causes him TO open like pair
of shears, the rapidity with which
he can't decide what do do is one of the
most insoluble phenomena of human
natnre.-I New York Star.
When ahnmming bird, primsd with
the fragrance of myriad meadow bless
some, sinks from sight i'm the bell efsome
delicious breeEe-wsved flower, it must
feel inexpsssaibly happy. In fact, it
must feel rs jubilant as o man does in
q crowded horse car when the conductor
passes him, thinking he has already col
lected his fare.
Stag is produced at all iron works
and being lighter than iron it Aoats on
the surface o themelted metal, lie drawn
off, end then cooled, looks something like
coiored humps of glass. lit lie now pro.
posed to utilize this refuse material.
This is already done in England Two
companies are engaged in masking bricks
saving ,uaterial and other asti.
;les from Stag Over 100000 bricks
, year are sent 10 London aione. I'm
Northamptonahire, glass works are in
operation, where the Stag is transiarsed
nto o coarse glass Tor BOTTLES and other
articles. Ut is now proposed 80 begin
imilar WORKS in this country.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16

The six days swimming contest at the
Lambsth baths London, was brought 10
q conclusion ON the night of the Path Of
May lSatnrdayD, at half,psst ten
o'clock. Itresulted in the victory ofthe
channel hero, Captain Webb, who sue.
decided ia swimming altogether . totd
distance OF seventy four miles. Wsb3s
performance mustss he regarded ~ .
renlarkable one, and another exampiif-
cation OF the extraordinary power be
possesses of being able to stsy in the
water longer at o time than any othef
living swimmer. On the fEst two dss
he remained in the wateu fourteen houfs
each day, on the third and donrth day
he averaged q little under thirteen hours,
on Friday be took but little rest, and or.
Saturday he ives in the water from half-
past seven in the morning nutil haE~
steven at eight. No change took place
during Saturday in the position OF tis
swimmeFs. Webb SWAN on quietly
dnfing the day, and Fasrne, the only
man able to make the semblapee Of 2
with hun was TOO far behind ~
cause any interest to be taken in ms
exertions. A bouquet was given 20
Webb in the water, and at the terminsr
tian o. the prpceedings he was presented
with o medal. The tollowing was tile
final record of each mans Webb, ~
miles, Feazne 6s miIes, 80 isDgthss Beck
with, AZ mikes ~ lengths; Taylar y
miles 8 lsngthss Rewbotsam tsstirea
early In the wsekA 10 miles.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16

with the proper noise, and the art o
lifting the hat, were the two Things
sthat the native male youth OF Madeira
first Learned. The presence OF q lady
does mot deter the men from the former
nasty habit, and the Portuguese ladles
nave been known to indulge in 1t also,
as they hang over the balconies, 30 thal
it is we'll to kaep thu middle OF the street
in walking.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
AN AMUSEMENT REPORTER
a sGArcus Agent Meets xAa Match An q
Frontier Newspaper OMaee.
virginia City Chronicle.

Virginia uity Chronicle.
Yesterday afternoon o dappor little
man, with two-0unce cane and half
pound cluster diamond pin, came into
tine Chronicle Office and asked if the
reporter was IN. When the man he
sought was pointed out he grasped him
warmly by the hand, remarking, 3" De-
lighted to meet you, air, really, j am.
I've heard of you every place I've stop
ped on my way from New York. i had
such q curiosity to see you that j got of
AT Reno and took o run up. But really
i had expected to find q much oluer
man, considering the magnificent reputs-
ton Your dramatic and circus criticisms
have given yon. AL of onr boys told
me to be sure and see you, lit j didn't get
aboard of anything else in the town."
"Ah," said the reporter, blushing in
four coiors, Slim glad to see you. Might
Iinqnire your namef"
'"WeIl, here,sm card, !" said the little
man, handing out piece of paateboard
about five inches square. :" You may
have heard of me before---Ciarenee De
Lacy 6iocum, agent for the Sebastian
Var Buena Vista circus and menagerie.
This is by far the hugest combination of
gigantic ,circuses ever put on the road. 1
We started out about five years ago in o
small way, with not over 100000 feet of
canvas, only nine tents and scarcely 1 800
animals, hut we gradually absorbed all
the small-fry shows. They'd go into
bankruptcy along the route, and we
would buy their outfits. Sebastian, our |
owner, is the most sympathetic man on
earth. He'd buy their little shows and
pay double price, jnst TO help the poor
devils along. Money iis of no account
TO him. He's travelled simply for pleas
ure and o desire to see the west"
I'D like to know him." remarked the
reporter.
"i0h, he knows you---that is by repn-
tation. He has your picture set in q
frame that cost him over 500. He was
Saying to ms one night that whenever
business was dull he jnst took o look at
that phiz of you're, and it always made
him feel as happy as If he was obliged to
turn Eve hundred people away at the
dor"
How came he TO get hold Of my pic
1aref"
'"'0h, he begged it of DE Mnrska or
Msdjeska, or Clara Morris--I forget
wilich She hated like thunder TO part
with 1T, but you zee he had loaned the
great actress $4,000 once in Paris to
buy o wardr0be and come jewelry dor a
new pasce, and as the debt was never
canceisd, lahe couldn't very well seinse.
But j just came in 10 give you a little
information about ,onv show. 4 always
like to give a man all the points when j
know be posesscs the talent TO handle
them in the right style. Some fellows
down at Reno and Carson tried to pnmp
me, but 4 don't purpose 10 let asiescrip.
tion of my show be naaaglsd up by
scrub wrilers. Besides, 6eaastian teIelI
graphed me fsom New York last might
not to let anybody hut you got 1aboasd
Of the first grand desoriptiaa. Jnst
mention four miles Of cages scon.tainins
wild Ebeaaia, with twelve new varieties