The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-12-16
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hundred pounds OF ice.
!. - The acreage of wheat in the United
States aggregate 30,000,0O0
- Every person in America writes an
average of twenty letters per year.
- Cruel husband calls his wife "green
fruit" because she never agrees with
him.
Russia has abolished the duty on salt,
which will greatly benefit the poorer
classes.
The first case in which an Indian ap
peared in court was recently tried in
Omaha Nebraska.
A leading New Orleans authority
estimates the cotton crop for the current
year at S, 100000 bales.
- The assessed value of taxable prop
erty in Georgia has increased Sl4 100000
during the past year.
Zone touch Of you, ma, makes the
whole world spin," as the boy said when
his mother boxed his ears.
- They say Chicago girls never find
it hard to elope. They make rope lad
ders of their shoe-strings.
- There are some men so talkative
that nothing hut the toothache can make
one of them hold his jaw.
- We hear great complaints at Wash.
ington D. c., that the mails from the
South do not arrive promptly.
The Georgia Legislature adjourned
last Saturday. "Bill Arp" says the
whole concern had the mumps.
The Commissioners of immigration
of Florida thinks $4,000 people have i'm
migrated to that State within two years.
- There is movement on foot by
prominent members of the Tennessee Leg.
islature to cut down the number of elec.
| tions.
=" Darling husband" she said, "am
l not your treasurer" Certainly" he
replied, "and should like to lay you up
in Heaven"
President Hayes in his message to
Congress recommends that Gen. Grant be
made Captain. General of the Army, with
suitable pay.
- During the postal year recently end
ed 3,359,65l letters and packages, went
to The Dead Letter office. Nine thouand
had no address. In money letters were
louuu .4,ooo,ooo'
- Tie Sandwich Islands is the banner
nation of the world in education. Every
child is obliged to learn reading and
writing, and there are absolutely
no illterates in a population of $4,000.
- James Christopher, of Forest City
Ark, recently went to the house of "a col.
ored woman, and, in attempting to force
his way in, was killed by her. She was
discharged on the grounds of self:defense.
- There are deficits in the budgets of
several departments of the City Hall of
New Orleans. The appropriation for pay
of the police is $4,000 short, and the
Improvements Department is short $780,
600.
- Inquiry at Republican headquarters
developes the fact that as far as heard
from there will be five contested seats
from South Carolina, one from Georgia,
one from Alabama and two from Missis-
sippi.
-"Shall we sell or abandon ourgirls?"
editorally asks the editor of the Ha,ok-
ew. Do neither. Give 'em away.
When girl is given away, she is not
"sold," the young man is-in majori-
ty of cases.-Norristo,vn Herald.
- There is a movement in India to
abolish the secusion of Hindoo women
and have them brought into society in the
European fashion, but it is opposed by
the native papers on the ground that the
young Hindoos are not moral enough to
associate with unmarried women of their
own race.
- Washinton Star says: "It is stated,
and upon good authority too, that Gen.
arfeld has been assured personally and
by letter by several Senators that they
intend heartily to support his administra
tion in hope that sectionalism, which is
so fatal to the South, may be forever re-
moved from politics."
- The returns of the census in Georgia
have been completed in the census office,
with the exception of ten counties. Its
estimated that the total results will show
that Georgia has q population of from l..
$4,000 10 100000. The population Of
Richmond County is 1860; that of
Burke is 81 7,127; Columbia, 10,465; Nc.
Dulfie, 9.4449, and Jefferson, 1869. The
returns from Fulton and Chatham have
not yet been footed up, but it is not
improbable that Richmond will be
shown to have a larger population than
Chatham.
Sarah Bernhardt is represented as so
elevated over success in this country that
she has agreed so lengthen her engage.
ment with Abbey, and may even 90 to
California. Her New York engagement
closed Saturday, and she begins at Boston
this week. 1t seems certain now that
Abbey is going to make lot of morey
out Of her; just how much is what is now
bothcring the correspondents, and they
are already figuring it all the way from
$4,000 to 100000.
Secretary Sherman's annual report is
an able document, presenting the con.
dilion of the treasury in clear and
graphic manner. The surplus of reynue
is large an increases yearly above all
possible demands for government pur-
poses aud for the sinking fund, and the
secretary says it is for Congress to deter
mine whether it will reduce or modify
taxation so as to diminish the revenue
collected, or apply the sup!uSeS as they
accumulate to futher reduction Of the
public debt. Iftaxes are to be reduced
lie suggests that itshould be in the shape
of a repeal of all internal revenue imposts
other than those on bank circulation,
spirits, tobacco and fermented liquors.
In providing for refunding that part Of
tue public debt which falls due on or be.
fore July l, 1881 and which amounts in all,
to $6S7 1850, 900, the secretary recon-
mends the issue oftreasury notes to the
extent of $780, 100000. These notes are
to bear interest at the rate of I per cent,
to be in denominations of not less than
$40, to run from one TO ten years, to be
sold for less than par, and the proceeds
applied to the payment of the 5 and 6
per cent. bonds of 1881. He thinks that
suol noto, could nnw he fOoted at nor