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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-11-24

the last meeting Of the Board Of Com
'loners of this county resolution was
a asking the levy by the Legislature of
isi!s taxation for county purposes for
aext year. The levy for the past year
'pnly "a mills. The increase in the levy
de necessary to discharge the past in
illness of the county, the greater part
mich accumulated in the fiscal year
Eand to pay the Pickens county fence
51nt. The 81 mills will be appropriated
lows: Roads and Bridges, 5-10 mill !;
sc Buildings, $40; Public officers, 4-10
9nary, Printing and General Purposes,
Poor House, CLIO; Past Indebtedness,
Y PiCkens Eence. 4-1O.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13
Grand totals $40, 4G2,5O7 IS s8a5,555, 1868
Deadly Soothing Syrup.
Ne,, Orleans Times Democrct.


DR.. LeMonnier's report 10 the Board
of Health in the case of the child who
died from the effects of Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup, should at once engage
the attention of the authorities. The
statements made in this report reveal a
startling condition of things. 1t appears
that this so called soothing syrup, which
is heralded as the most benefcent com
pound of the age, and which is sold in
enormous quantities to mothers and
nurses, is nothing more nor less than an
active and powerful Opiate, containing
morphine in large proportions, and capa-
bic of producing death. In the case of
the child in question, the dose appears to
have been administered in exact accord
ance with the printed directions on the
bottle. A teaspOonful of the syrup con-
tains one-eighth of grain of morphine
very heavy dose for child of eight
months of age. That it was altogether
too heavy is evident from the fact that
the child died, and, as the post mOrtem
Enthusiastically showed, from the effect of
opium.
1t is frightful to realize that this
poisonous stuff Is sold by wholesale
1851 VI anu
placed in the hands of careless and igno-
rant people to be dosed out to babies. 1t
is disseminated as harmless and phil
anthropic boon to humanity, whereas it
is inevitably vicious in its effects, in
Turing the constitution where it does not
kill outright. Any good physician will
tell you that morphine should be ad.
ministered to bibles only in rare and
urgent cases, and then under the direc-
ton of a responsible practitioner. But
this soothing syrup is permitted to flood
the country and to be dosed out to our
children without the slightest effort at
control by the authorities. 1t is simply
shocking. If the law forbids the sale of
arsenic and prussic acid with view of
preventing suicide, why should it wink
at wholesale murder through the medium
of this noxiOus nostrum called soothing
svrupl
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

In fact it is the great Disinfectant and Purifier.
Prepared by
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

We believe, says the st. Louis Repub-
Ltean, it may safely be said that Fiipper
and Whitaker, the two colorel officers,
have given the country and t. govern
ment more trouble than all he white
army officers put together. When men
like Howgate are caught stealing it is a
simple matter to dispose of them, but in
cases like that of Flipper there is the
greatest amount OF sentiment and gush
to be dealt with. We confess we are not
sorry to see the government involved in
trouble as a consequence of the endeavor
to force the negro upon the nation as an
equal of the white man; but we think it
very hard that the entire people should
be made to share the annoyance result
ing from the blunder.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13
The Staple.
uonfoomerU Advertiser.


The South claims to raise the finest
cotton in the world, and its good up
lands" bring better prices than the feecy
product of any other land. And yet it
cannot be denied that Southern cotton is
of shorter staple than that of many other
countries that we have distanced as a
producer. OF course our sea island cot
ton is the finest raised and with the long.
est staple, averaging 2 20 inches. The
cotton grown on the Pacific islands runs
from |. 65 to !. IS inches in length; that
from Yenzuela, 1.75 inches; that from
the Peruvian coast and Egypt, 1.50; that
from the Greek islands, 1875; Brazilian
and West Indies, lis to 1.35; Orleans,
our best grade, ITO; Uplands, /; and
Texas cotton, .95, while the Indian
grades run from 80 to 100.
But while these countries may. excel
the South in the length of staple, ours is
far ahead in the matter of whiteness and
strength of fibre, and thus manages to
control the cotton market of the world,
and produce the best grades of fibre.
The tendency of the cotton, when long
under cultivation in the same field, is to
deteriorate not only in yield, but in
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

An APPEAL TO SENATOR HARRIS. -
The Memphis Appeal, which is one of
the organs of the low-tax party in Ten
nessee, IN a dOuble-leaded editorial, calls
upon United States Senator Isham G.
Harris to resign his seat in the Senate,
return to Tennessee and become, as he
may for the asking, the Governor of
Tennessee, and as such, with Legisla-
ture elected to follow him, put the public
debt of Tennessee on the right basis of
financial stability" This sacrifice on the
part of the Senator, it suggests, may be
reduced to the smallest dimensions by a
thorough understanding that his success
sor in the Senate shall resign as soon as
the Governor shall have finished the work
of adjusting the debt, and Senator Har-
ris resume his place in the Senate" If
such desirable object could be attained.
the country at large would most willing
ly submit to Senator Harris temporary
retirement from the Senate, valuable as
are his services in that body.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

The Baltimore Sun, in order to insure
greater fairness in elections, urges the
use of glass balloting urns placed upon
the table in full sight of the voter and
of the designated watchers of each
political party, who alone are allowed to
remain in the room with the judge, in
place of the wooden box, which is OBJ
solete, or ought to be. as Noah's ark
itself. With the glass ballot box there
can be no stuffing beforehand, no layer
of carefully prepared ballots put in be-
fore the opening of the polls; each in
dividual voter sees his own vote de-
posted, and the watchers of both parties
see every vote deposited and keep tally
of the number cast"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

The New York Times gives voice to
the conservative sentiment of the nation
when it says: cit is no disparagement to
the eminent and well recognized abilities
of Mr.. James G. Blaine to say that the
news of his retirement from the post OF
secretary of State viii be received with
a general sense of relief. In business
circles especially, which felt misgivings
at the time of his selection for that post,
and which found reason for gFayer ap-
prehensions as time went on, this senti-
ment Of relief viii be very apparent" In
the Office Of Secretary Of State Mr. Blaine
was ike a lighted lamp in q powder
zazine. That is the last place for
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13
Rnnt Ont the Plague.

For years the Mormon pest has been
suffered to flourish, though feeble efforts
have been made at times to combat It,
President after President has expended
fervid rhetoric in its denunciation. but
Congress has steadily failed in its duty.
However the vile system might have
been tolerated when Utah was remote
from the outposts of our civilization, the
time has gone by for enduring it. Utah
today numbers among its population
thousands of citizens who are outraged
at the continuance of the shameful trav-
esty on religion, aud who have an I'M
doubted right to demand that it shall
be crushed out. Moreover the Nor
mons are branching out and locating
in other sections. Their emissaries
90 up and down in the land
seeking recruits, and European steamers
bring fresh contingents at frequent in
tervals. The time has come when the
Mormon problem must be settled at
once and forever.
Mormonism, in point of fact, is a
crime Let it be declared so in law, and
LEI the law be executed. The bills intro
duced bv Senator Vest, providing for
record of all marriages in the territories,
and that a woman shall not be disquali-
fed as a witness by reason of marriage
with defendant, are good measures so
far as they go. But the fact of mar
rage is a matter of record, and it will
be easy to evade the law. On the other
hand, living in polygamy is a mere
question of fact, often notorious and gen.
orally readily proven. 1t is all
we'll enough to illuminate laws against
pOlaygmous marriages, but this does not
go to the root of the evil. The living in
pOlygamy is the essence of the plague.
There may have been no marriage. In
point of law there can be no veritable
Mormon marriage. The ceremony is a
turlesque, and whenever repeated is a
defiance of the very law that demands
record of it.
The Mormons have no standing as
Mormons, and should have none. AS
men they are possessed of the inalien-
able rights of the human race, but they
owe the same allegiance to the require
ments of society as the most orthodox
Christian or the most blatant infidel
Society accords to every man the ri bit
to have one wife at time. When he
takes another, while the former is bound
to him, he is guilty of crime to which
proper penalties have been affixed. Let
-the polygamist in Utah or elsewhere
have the same treatment as is given the
bigamist in the States. and the evil will
cease
1t may be said that great pains and
cost and long time will be required.
No matter what the cost or how long a
time may be demanded, beginning,
which is half the work, should be made.
No maudlin sentimentalism should
longer stand in the path of the law. 1t
is powerful enough to check open lust
in our older communities and should be
equally able to cope with the horrible
practices that the government has so long
tolerated. Mormonism is an organized
conspiracy with hideous crime for its
aim. Let it be declared such and pun
ished as such, be the cost what it may.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

1t is rumored in army circles that Ad-
voeate General Swain has affirmed the
finding of the court in the Whitaker
case. He has spent months going over
the 2. 600 pages of testimony, and has
given the matter most thorough sift-
ing. 1t is said that he finds the court
martial convicted Whitaker of mutt
lating his own ears, and he sustains the
verdict as based upon all the evidence
bearing upon the case. 1t is believed,
therefore, that the end of the whole mat
ter will be that Whitaker viii be dis
missed from the rolls Of the army, and
his case will disappear at last from pub
lie view.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13
The anti-stalwart Republicans and the

The anti-stalwart Republicans and the
Independents understand the meaning of
the election of Keller to the Speaker
ship. The Springfield Republican Qnd.
calls it ga taste of the future" The
Philadelphia Times lind considers it ga
loud notice that the bosses have resumed
control of the government, and that only
stalwarts need apply" The Philadel-
phia Press (Rep.) says the selection was
determined "by the same personal dicta-
ton and coercive measures which have
so often aroused public indignation. /"
The Baltimore american (Rep.) declares
that this stalwart success produces an
impression that is not favorable to har-
mony in the party"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

"The political drift seems to be in the
direction of the old vicious current. ="
The whole truth of the assertion, says
the Bridgeport Farmer, will become ap-
parent to any one who carefully reviews
the course of events since Mr.. Arthur's
accession to the Presidency. The ten
dency is steadily toward the methods
and practices of the two Grant admins
tratiOns. Grantism is ''vindicating" itself
in its olden style.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

The friends and supporters of Riddle
berger, in the caucus for the Virginia
SenatOrship, deny that the President has
espoused the cause of Lewis. The
statement that he had was made openly
by friends of Lewis in Washington. some
of whom claimed to have been present at
the interview with the President, and to
have heard him say he thought ga Re-
publican should be elected" and that
Mr. Lewis had better claims than others.
or words TO that effect
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

Under the head of Decidedly Per
sonal, the Cincinnati Enquirer prints,
in its issue of the 9TH instant, a column
and half list in nonpareil of the promi-
nent men of that city. containing &C
counts in brief of how they began their
business and professional careers. The
list, which might be considered too ut
terly personal elsewhere, is an exceed
ingly interesting study, showing, as ii
does, that most of the large fortunes and
great successes were achieved from the
humblest beginnings.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

zone thing that surprised Gambetta
on his journey through the north of Ger
many, was that Germans appear to be
more carefully fortifying themselves
against Russia than France. He told a
correspondent Of the Vienna Idgblatt
that the chain of Notifications on the
north is much stronger than on the east. "
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

Frank Sharon, a young barber at Fall
River, Mass, quarrelled with his wife,
went home, found her asleep, kissed her
three times, then put his pistol to her
neck and killed her instantly. He says
something crossed his mind and told
him to DO it," That Guiteau business Is
growing. 1t is time for hanging to put
a stop to these mysterious and dangerous
mental impressions.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

Miss Grundy says the White House is
not an unhealthy place. From the time
of Willie Lineoln's death in 1862 there
was no serious illness there till that of
General Grants father, Mr.. Dent, who
died there, aged 81, after living there in
health for four years. Mrs. Garfeld's
sickness last spring was the next case.
This covers a period of nearly twenty
years. 1t is not likely anyone will refuse
the Presidency on account of the sani-
tary condition of the White House.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

There are one hundred and fifty-nine
appointments under the House of Rep
resentatives. There are one hundred and
forty-seven Republicans and the two Vir
ginia Readjusters who have friends that
they would like to see put in Office, so
that if each one gets a man there will be
about enough offices to go around. But
there are one hundred and sixty appli-
cants fIom Ohio alone.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

The lady of the White House will be
Mrs. John Davis, daughter Of ex Sena-
tor aud future Secretary of State Ere
linghuysen, and the wife of President
Arthur's private secretary. She is re-
garded as a very accomplished woman
and well qualified for her new social du
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

The experiment of lighting Chestnut
street, Philadelphia, with electric light
is regarded with such complete success
that at the next meeting of the Council
Mayor King will suggest the passage of
an ordinance to have the entire city
lighted with electricity. Mayor King
says he considers the electric light as
presented on Chestnut street as far be-
yond the ordinary gaslight as the latter
was found TO be superior 10 penny dips.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

The votes which elected Mr.. Keifer to
the Speakership were cast by Que hun.
dred and forty-fve Republicans, two
Virginia Readjusters, and Rev. J. Hyatt
Smith, of Brooklyn. n. Y, who was
elected as a Greenbacker and an OppO-
nent of convict labor. These represented
but one more than an absolute maj jrity
of the House, and so we again find the
Republican party under the thumb OF
Malone as represented by the two Read
ius;er members of the House.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

The Washington Post say that two
Ohio men have found that the first four
officers Of the House of Representatives
elected on Wednesday have one hundred
and fifty appointments in their gift, and
for these appointments Ohio alone has
one hundred and fifty applicants.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
aroused the disgust of the overland rail
roads by demanding a restoration of the
subsidy Of $4,000 per month. Dillon
and Huntington walked out of the con-
ference, and ocean frelghts will be taken
at any price.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

After carefully coming the latest de
cisions in New York State, the Tribune
declares that fendish malice and IN
bridled, ungovernable passion do not
constitute insanity. nor do they render
man irresponsible under the law.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

p. c. Cent?, barrister, whose "The
Republic Of Republics" and later
letter to the Philadelphia Press
on the subject of States Right"
have attracted much attention,
is authoritativelY stated by the Library
Journal to be Mr. Bernard J. Davis.
author Of Davis and Lee, pamphlet
published in London in 1865, and not
Judah P. Benjamin.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

A grand consolidation of the st. Louis
iron mills is being perfected, in which
s., 900, 900 capital will be represented
The iron and steel business in the West
is very active, owing to the demand for
material for the many new railroad en-
fernrisps
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

Frank HattOn says there are about
three hundred Presidential post offices
vacant: that there are from five to ten
applicants for each Office, and they are
all in Washington. They all want to see
the First Assistant Postmaster General.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

A Washington dispatch says the testi-
mony offered by the prosecution lately
has had undoubtedly an adverse effect
upon the jury in the Cult eau case, and
no doubt is now entertained that the
verdict will be guilty.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

The book of estimates of appropria-
tons required for the service of the gov.
eminent for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1888, has just been completed. The
following is recapitulation of depart
ments of its contents:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

Secretary Folger's views on silver meet
with strong opposition on both sides OF
the House. 1t seems very doubtful If
the present coinage law can be repealed
at this session.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13
RsrRei 8Siigaada.
Liberty Street Railroad
OFFICE SUP'T B. & A. S. R. R., |
SAVANNAH, November 10, 1851. !

CARS on Liberty Street Line Will leave
Market Square and Liberty street Opposite
s., F. & W. R'y Depots) every 10 minutes from
o'clock A N. to p. NJ, and then eveT@
minutes until 10 Pm.
Passengers from and for main line Barnard
and Anderson Street Railroad will be trans
ferred at the corner of Liberty and Barnard
streets without additional charge. Tickets Of
the company good over either line.
F. VAN WAGENEN,
Superintendent
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13
Stragea.
Zotteru.

r He Extraordinary Drawing Of the Louis.
ana State Lottery will take plscs no.
DAY, December -. 1881. Whole Tickets 30
Halves s., Fifths 81, Tenths 81. Call early.
only few tickets left.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13
aTaatea.

w ASI y everybody to knog 11--7
Rrou,S q VAUGHN have E reSooI that Wilson
Ho Ssn0on to II Bull street moved moved from IA
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13
MidWttEtu,

MRS. FRANCES DITMAN.
WI PRACTICAL MIDWIFE.
NO. 179 CONGRESS STREET.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13
fir Bent.

TOR RENT, two desirable -
II south. Gss and water Win rooms, front
bath. Address CONVENIENT N EaIP7l privilege Of
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

House. ' street. opposite i Scra-l is
WANTED, at Forest C5,r -
work and steady emp BioSGes years 9 i'd PG syS
WANTED, to invest SIM IN SSly.
ploved S5d where the party ', co5,i sSte bust
- =, -191Iess MONEY, News off5ca be en-.
WANTED, a housekeanor
otbar recommended. White b a1e cook well
9---e. Hee1 epPly, at Concordia Partr No
WANTED. a good Whit 49,
street wen recommended. Apply AZ must 5s come
9--ooe, At 70 Jones
WANTED. a good brsad 1-,--
dress yg ThSrgei Coed ray STEADY 70 take
F1ssS W. A. BUCHANAN & CO. T. work Ad
w ARpIED, a white servant girl -
WANTED, everybody to know A.
~ WHISKY, Wines and I,iono%rs' maj MAJ the best
o T7 drink at 1853 BrougbtoD S re sold at
nio oiIf fro every DAY from II to street G
WANTED, consumers Of wood - -
pINrrr keep on hand large stoc " Know tia,
~ ~ anu II5HIWOOD, cut or in .. u OAK
1 SIs sent me by telephone. tbraI ~ SUCK. Or
leig at ONCE, Taylor and Fast p5u ooxes Or
VIII De promptly filed. p D SL Caq streets
- O@AooELS.
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laxative.

For sale by Lippman Bros. and soIomons & Co
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-13

street. apply at as GISLne
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-08
The Senate.

Since Mr.. Harry 4. Dorsey took posses.
sion of the Senate saloon, corner of MAN
and Lamar streets, no has had it entirely
renovated and overhauled and repspered,
and has now the cosiest, snuggest, nes,est
saloon in the city. But the chief feature
with the Senate is the excellence of the
liquors there to be found. The WHISTLES are
the very purest, Oldest hand made sour mash,
the very nectar, creme do la creme Of
whiskles. His brandies, wines land of these
no mas q iull line), ales, mineral waters and
cigars, are all imported. There is not a
dollars worth of goods in the house except
the whiskies and fresh beer always on tap,
that are not imported. With cordial wei.
come for all, and courteous treatment, and
only the finest quality of goods. he IS making
the Senate the place. Another feature Of
inc bar is pure spring water, received fresh
and cool every day.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-08
AROUND TOWN.

There arc ten patients Ia tho city hospital.
Yesterday was tho dullest day of the
season for news.
A pro.racted meeting 10 In progress at the
East Dallas Floyd street NJ. II. church.
Several cars loaded with Material for the
Texas b Pacific extension passed west yes.
terdAy.
Ike. Loeb B Bro, agents for r, Falk's
celebrated Milwaukee beef, received two cal
loads oil yeatsrday.
The west bound train on the Texas 4
Pacific road, duo here at 1870, was soms
four hours late yesterday.
The Queen City Guards give q uniform
drill and hop At Moninger'S hall Tussday
evening, The l2.h Of April.
From parties iuat from Baird \ is learned
THAI ths Texss 3 Pacific Il building . large
homo for immigrants II Baird station.
A man nom Collin county was In tho cis,
yesterday, armed with . shot. eun, LOOKING
, tce John 0rAvss who h charged with stealipii
Aoeao hon him.
QeaGAAhls Dean asrsstsd . negro man Ia
HAA suspselcn Of biz being Ben Lamar