The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-20
aaeneral news Summary.

feis OF tropical fruits ftosi, freczinp,
The death list Of the city Of New
York Cor tire past year irmbers so 900,
- The population of Georgia has in.
creased 358, 600 during the past ten years
- a. T. Morreli was ffozen TO death
while intoxicated pear Butler, Ga, on
the 9th. 81! 'asJ ~
= Legislation is called for In Arkansas
for tSr the he suppression, of queck doctors in
- Most Of the Kentucky railroad.
have reduced passenger fares TO three
cents per mile,
30 Hon. Charles M. Cook has been
elected Speaker Of the North Carolins
House OF Representatives.
a1t--- Ad alarming f..mine is prevailing In
two provinces of Russia. 1t Ia said thai
l,75O, ,OG0 persons are perishing.
= Robert @. Winthrop. of Massach,.
eetts, has accepted the invitation to de.
liver the Yorktown centennial oration.
- The jacksonville Union says that
the orarge, trees in Florida were not yery
Gerioiisly burt by the recent cold weatber..
u Six thousand miles Of railroad were
constructed in this country last year--an
increase over the year previous of 1900
miles. ..A. x,.f ,;et '..s.l7..-1.
= Ephraim Grindstone and Emmeline
Sandstone were recently married at Limo.
stone, Ala; by the Rev. Samuel Wind.
stone.
e. A steamboat and fly coal barees
were destroyed at Cincinnati last eatir.
day by the breaking up of the ice in the
= Right Rev. Thos. Atkinson. Bisbop
OF the Episcopal Diocese of North Car.
olina, died in Wilmington, last Tuesday.
in the 73d year Of his age.
-. Henry Miunecker, German, resid.
ing In st. Louis, drank for o wager ten
glasses of beer in five minutes, aud was
dead in less than an hour. ,'1
- Mr. Campbell, who succeeded John
Kelly as Comptroller of New York city,
has already effected an annual saving Of
$oo'O00 by removing surplus employees.
- New JerSey Governors are O long
lived class. Only four have died since
1872, and when Mcclellan retires the
State will have seven living ex.Goy.
ernors.
e. B. coxe, Democratic Senator.
elect to the Pennsylvania State Senate.
declined TO take the oath OF Office. be.
o.u5e u1 had USED money in securing his
election.
Texas alone could furnish all the
cotton, sugar, beef and wool which the
whole of the United States now supplies
and atill have plenty of land left uncul.
tivated.
Z. = A water famine prevails in Oranpe
N. J. Nine.tentha of the wells are drv'
Water is hauled. from distance from
running streams and sold ut SO q load to
factories and families.
- Eoitr hupdrnd oud fnurtoo,,t ,-..:s:..
gallons of bee- were consumed in the
country last year, which 10 equal to 100
mugs of beer for every man, woman and
child in the country.
- Judge William B. Woods, the new.
appointed Associate Justice of the Tai.
ted States Supreme Court, has subscribed
to the oath of Office and taken his seat
on the Supreme Bench.
- Ex.Judgo Whitaker, who was once
Mayor of Atlanta, and editor OF the
Daily Intcligcncer, wee recently locked
ur in the station house, i'm Atlanta. for
stealing bottle of whiskey.
- An amendment to the Constitpt;on
to extend the Presidential term TO six
years, making the President ineligible to
q second term, is now pending in the
House Judiciary Committee Of Congress.
= The Secretary of The Treasury has
issued circular proclaiming the estina-
lion made by the Director Of the mint of
the values OF foreign coins. The value
of the Mexican dollar is put at 80 40.
- Anton Klofel. of Bethlehem, Pa.
shot and Killed his wife, a bride of q Few
months, for refusing to sing song for
him. His only explanation Of the trag-
edy Is that the devil had possession Of
H. The. Louisiana laws holds an EN-.
ployer responsible for the payment of the
Eoll tax Of his employees, and last week
the New Orleans Times had to pay tho
taxes of forty-four of It's eighty en-
pfoyees.
Among the rumors that have re-.
Gently buzZed In the ears Of the Wash
ington correspondents is the story that
N.Y. Garfield will offer the Attorney
Generalshi2 to Congressman Ran. Tuck.
or, of Virginia.
- Levi Calains. of Vernon, Wis.
wished to marry second wife 6ne meath
after the death of his first, but no clergy
man or justice would perform the eera-
mony, 90 Ar. Calkins read the service
himself, In presence of witnesses.
- The ladies Of Ottawa, Illinois, pro.
pose to get up alsatin hanging and auto
grGph album, to be presented to Mrs.
President Hayes "as testimonial of her
high moral worth and courage In ban
ishing the wine cup from the White
House."
= Reuben Howe, letter carrier in
jersey City, and q member of the sect of
the United Evangelical Brethren. one of
whose regulations forbids their members
from taking any part in worldly affairs.
has bean discharged by the Postmaster of
that city, because he refused to vote for
Garfield.
= Mr. Reuben Springer, of Cincin.
natl. INDUCED in Ghris.:..s :n ;s ;;;,
usual size. lie gave a United States
5c3aa &c: 6 Thousand a@!!sss C c:c,:: &C
eight charitable institutions in his city.
Each OF the faithful servants in his
household also received 81 900.
= Mrs. Senator Bruce, wife of the col.
ored Senator from Mississippi, was among
the most distinguished looking Ladies'
present at the White House on New
Years Day. She wore q Worth's recep-
ton toilet of two shades, of violet colorsd
silk and satin, trilamed with white lace
and diamond ornaments.
- When General Grant was c0napli.
niented, just before the adjournment for
the holidays, by the two Houses OF Con-
gress slspending ,their business for the
purpose OF paying their respects to him,
comment was made on the fact that two
or three prominent Republicans tn the
Senate and House Of Representatives
were conspicupusly absent on that occa.