The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-10-07

The Cincinnati Gazette, speaking of
Ohio crime, says that sit has become
very difficult to convict murderer, and
rather more difficult to hang him after
he has been convicted" Such is tho re-
suit of Republican rule in Ohio.
- The Philadelphia Republican organs
have not yet explained how it Is that the
new census gives that city 100, 500 quail
fed voters and the Republican registra-
ton shows 2l0,346 voters. Which is
right? Or is the registration forgery !?
"A Washington letter says: IAN
item of gossip has been floating around
in political circles here for ten days past
to the effect that a movement was on foot
for the withdrawal of Gen. Garfield from
the head Of the Republican ticket, and
the substitution of Gen. Grant in his
place: Not much importance has been
attached to this, and for two reasons:
First, that there is no recognized author
ity which could under take the RESPONSE
bility of substituting Gen. Grant, even II
Mr.. Garfield was willing to get out OF the
way, and, second, all shrewd politicians
agree that if the Republican cause is IN
such dire straits as some OF its supporters
seem to fear, it is too late now for Gen.
Grant or any one else to save it, The
meeting yesterday between Gen. Gar
field and Gen. Grant, Senators Conkling,
Logan and Simon Cameron has, however,
given fresh interest to this piece gossip
and prominent Republicans to-day,
while not exactly crediting it, talk of the
possibility of it as forlorn hope. In
this connection it is much commented on
that neither Gen. Grant nor Senator
Conkling in their speeches yesterday
made any personal allusion to Mr.. Gar
field, and it is a fact which has never
been the case in any previous Preslden-
tial campaign, that scarcely any of the
leading speakers of the Republican party
bring Mr.. Garfield into their speeches at
all. Several high Government officials
to-day were expressing grave doubts as
to Republicans success in Ohio next
month; and said the Republicans could
scarcely have settled on candidate less
calculated to arouse popular enthusiasm
than Gen. Garfield"
"A leading authority at New Orleans.
viewing the position of the cotton crop as
it stands to-day, figures an increase in
Texas of Isl, 900 bales all increase in the
Atlantic States Of 100000 bales; a de-
crease in the country tributtry to New
Orleans and Mobile Of 300, 900 bales, leav--
ing Alabama to stand at last year, and
making the crop $4,000 bales. The
above figures agree with the best infor-
nation received here from other sources,
except with regard to Alabama, which,
it is believed, will produce less OF the
staple than in 1879, and thus bring the
crop below tifty-seven. With peace in
Europe and prosperity at home this cot.
ton will all be wanted at figures rather
above than below the average OF the crop
lust closed, and for the very sound rea-
SON that all the desirable cotton of the
5,757, 900 bales crop of last year has disap-
pcared, while the wants of the present
wear will be, it is thought, rather greater
than they were during the year just
closed.
- Three weeks ago Anna Chaplin, 4
daughter of q director of the First Ma
tional Bank at Warshaw, Ind, presented
o check for $4,000, signed by her father,
which was paid. He discovered it vas
forgery and put his daughter in JAIL. re-
fusing to bail her out. In three days
she confessed that the real forger was u.
l.. Smith, a sewing agent.
Smith was also arrested but was admit
ted to bail On Wednesday aftertoon
Smith called at the Jail and was allowed
to walk with Miss Chaplin in the back
yard. They had not been there long
before four pistol shots Wero noaru, ana
when the jailer's family reached the
yard the dead bodies of Miss Chaplin and
Smith were discovered lying side by side
the revolver smoking, still remaining
in Smiths hand Smith had a wife and
had been trying to procure divorce.
"A few weeks ago, when Mr.. George
Wasson and sister, of Newbcrry, were
returning home from church, the mule
they were driving to the buggy became
and Miss Jaime Wasson
jumped from the buggy, breaking the
day. while Mrs. Alexander Nabors, and
Miss May Nabors, Of the same county
were going to Goodgion's Factory, the
mule attached to their buggy ran away
and threw Miss Nabors frora the buggy,
dislocating the arm at the shoulder and
otherwise injuring her. A night or two
ago negro boy, Willis Darlington,
climbed sapling after 'possum, from
which he fell, breaking both bones of the