The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-10

Ine Germans have started society
in Philadelphia for tho purpose of or.
ganizing colony on an extensive scale
40 field for German mechanics, tsadea.
men end fa.inen emigrating 10 the Uni.
ted States. They are already provided
With the requisite capital. They propose
TO buy up o tract of land in some of the
Southern Suites, and when that is ac.
eompiished they will have their agents in
Germany to provide the requisite facili-
tiee and to give all necessary information
TO families desiring to occupy them.
- Thegexperimeut Of railroad on ice.
tried successfully. last winter In Canada.
has recently been initiated a! the Russian
capital. A road was laid on the ice from
Cronatadt to- lCranieubaum, and its open.
Ing to traffic marked with great festivi.
ties. The first train, bearing gala party
of officers and their friends, stopped mid
way of the road while q service Of prayers
was held. Next day the road was thrown
"pen TO the transportation OF tho $4,000
tons OF merchandise which had accumu.
lated since the. closing of navigation.
= Last year 6s,477 persona were ar.
aligned In the Police Courts of New
York city for various crimes, and 1885
OF them were held to answers The fines
collected amounted tc S53,622. The
New York 1fibnne states that, estimating
the population ut 1900, 300, one out Of
every 400 persons was held for felony.
one out Of 1855 for misdemeanor. and
one Of 33 for minor offenses, and one out
of l?3 persons was under arreat, and
nearly one out Of 27 was held foi some
violation Of the law. Reform Is needed
in New York.
- Speaking of the State debt ofiIou.
isiana, the New Orleans Democrat anye:
Under the provisions, Of the new Consti-
tuition the debt, in case all consolidated
bonds are exchanged for four per cent.
bonds, would amount to S9,879,550, re-
quiring the cum of 1866, 1872 annually for
interest. Collections for. the interest
tund already amount to 1866, ,225.93, or
more than enough to pay the interest.for
1851 upon the whole amount of the State
debt refunded under the provisions of tho
new Constitution. The surplus. $43.e3,
schools. 3G
- Colonel Tom Buford, the Kentucky
assassin of Judge Elliott, ia still in g
iunatic aayium, where he was sent after
h:s a:ia:s:s!. The physicians of The ;n-
stitution say that he has growing mem
tai 'na'ady,' probably softening Of the
brain; but the Colonel himself SAYS:
"Lunatic, the devili I'm no iunatic.
Your own mind is notsone whit better
balanced than mine ut this moment
The plea of insanity in my case was
simply adopted to cover the great crime
of the courts. wanted to try the case
upon it's merits. made the issue with
my lifo in the balance, and would have
laughed at death sentence" He Iooke
robust and talks connectedly.
- Fuel has been 30 scarce in Bfinne.
sofa during the recent snow blockades
that many families have burned hay and
inthreshed wheat, and Appleton, vii
lage OF 400 to 500 people. did not have
more than half o cord of wood and two
or three tons of coal last week in the
whole town. In other places two or three
families have crowded into one house
ana burned TIE vacated dwelling. Tho
ra'lroad cuts on the smaller roads were
level above the telegraph poles, and filled
up as fast as they could be shoyeled out.
A minneapolis and st. Louis passenger
train was showed in for a fnii weeE in
spite of all that six enginess and sixt7
men could do.
= MIR. Moody spoke, insone of his San
Francisco exhortations, Of the fate of
those persons who. though otherwise
good, were not regene:ated by divine
grace: He referred feelingiy TO his
grandmother, who had died untonveYted,
saying: although she was good and
kind, and dearly loved by me, fear she
has met Eith the reward OF all who die
not owning Christ. Il know she is in
hell" At that moment young man
na fhn frnrt a Il \ 4
aisle toward the door. "There is gem
tleman," said the revivalist, "wLo In
tired of listening about Christ. He ie
going straight 10 hell" The object of
Ibis rebuke turned and said in Quiet.
clear voice "Weil, is there any message
can take to your grandmother, Mr..
Moody?"
- Il in rennrted that the Texas State
Senate has passed the following resolu-
ton: Whereas, Our civilization owea to
the Hebrew race the exponent of our re-
liglon and the basis Of our laws, and by
those indiRsolubie bonds we must be for
ever bound with Israel alike in his pros.
perity or mis- misfortnne, his joys or in
his SORROWS; and, whereas, the genius OF
"ur Government 10 'human Freedom"
which 1t IL our mission to establish at
home and favor abroad; therefore, re.
solved, that our Senators In Congress be
instructed, and our Representatives re.
quested 10 do whatever in their discretion
may seem beat TO bring the moral weight
os the Government and the people of the
United States upon the Government and
the people of the German Empire. for
the relief OF the Jews from any oppres-
sion. for their complete equality and for
Tint full fecopnitiO., IN which fhay ,ra
entitled by their wonderful, history, their
marvellous unity, their far.reaching ac-
tivties, their tolerance, benevoIence and
fidelity to the institutions under which
they live wherever they are found.
- A Washington letter Of Tuest,av
night says: eat q dinner given thfs
evening ct Wormley's by Mr. Frank
Hurl, Of Ohio. to twenty or twenty five
members Of Congress, TO talk over tho
future Of the question of tariff reform, it
was determined 70 form Free Trade
Congressional Alliance to act together
in the next Congress and in the country
at large for the fnrtherance of n reduc-
tion of the tariff to strictly revenue
basis. Most If not all the gentlemen
present are members not only of the
present but of the next House of Repre-.
sentatives. The question of action on
the tariff ard of Informing and infuenc-
ing public o:inion in favor of q revenue
tariff was freely discussed, and it was de.
termined to form the Congressional Al
lance as q permanent and active body.
Mr.. 8. s. Cox wac made President of tho
Alliance; Messrs. w. r. Morrison, of
Illinois, j. @. Carlisle, of Kentucky, r.
@. Mills, of Texas. J. Randolph Tucker,
r - " Vr.- ~