The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-31
News, " and Gossip.

Chicago foE, the year ending March waa
~ Tie Worlds Fair Commissioner.
claim TO be disappointed as to General
Grant,sipopulerity. ba4 ssfa'leH
-. President Garfield has announced
the determination te keep inriolabIe the
secrecy Of the Cabinet.
- AT Camden, Ga, the Greenbackers
elected every town officer. The Demo.
Gratis made no nominations. ei t-.. lrs
! - The State Agricultural Department
OF North Carolina has beer experiment.
ing in the cultivation of jute with the
most satisfactory results
! - The american Settler, published at
London, says that Arkansas, u. S. a.,
offers greater inducements than any other
state n :he American, Union"
= Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta and
Macon, four Georgia cities, have nm ag.
gregate population of 1G0,YcO, aud an
aggregate indebtedness of Sc. .387. 900
= "Don't you think" said a husi,and
mildly rebuking his wife, sthat women
are possessed by the dovii ?" "Yes.n
was the quick reply, "as soon as they are
married."
- a bill TO remove the restriction on
suffrage in the Slate Of New York based
on sex, was reported in the Assembly for
consideration. 1t will, if passed, allow
women to vote at all elections.
- Mrs. Ellen J. Dunnell, of Bath.
Me, who was supposed to be in the last
stages OF consumption, has suddenly re.
covered her health, She says the cure
was direct answer to q night Of prayer.
In johnson County, Tex. The Gle
burne Chronicle says that At 900 acres of
rich prairie land has. changed hands
within the past twelve months. A large
part of 1t was sold in blocks Of lGO acres
each. Aan eaNl 5shi u ~! 80
i a - MIR. Longfellow can take worth
less sheet of paper and by writing poem
on it make it worth $50, That's genius.
Mr. Vanderbilt can Write fewer words on
similar sheet and make it worth SGO.-
100000. That's capital. r,.,,U .its4pli'i
= A'Second Adventist in Greenwood
County, Kansas, who declares that the
world is coming TO an end this year. took
q note for $1,000 the other day, running
five years. with interest at Twelve per
cents. and demanded first class mortgage
aecurity. ;t.....sf,.
. West Virginia can scarcely continue
10 no rankeu among inc States with
distinctive negro populations in The light
OF the present. census. g With total
population Of 618,l ,l95, the State has but
2o,100 negroes, or about one in every
twenty-five 'rfs i7'i w 7F1,fff'i
- 1t requires two hours to cren,ate
body. The ashes of the deceased ere
placed in o tin box, sealed, and can be
carried away by the friends. They
weigh from FIVE to seven pounds Tho
cost Of cremation is &45, which includes
all expenses, 4a.,b az, ~. ,,..es.,, :. ~ 4,
- Apostle Cannon is confident that lie
will, recover his seat ,as Delegate from
Utah In Congress. He claims to have
moro reason to be hopeful with Repab
lioan majority, and asserts that President
Garfield did not approve the giving of
, the certificate to Campbell.
:he Mexican railroad project has
! overwhelmed Texas with prosperity. It
is etated that 10000 men are at work
constructing new railroads in the Stgte.
htid that ], 900 new settlers enter its Dor.
ders every day. This is a boom which
, has width, depth and length. sst'7 4lif
Miss Kate Smith, aniinmnte of the
Union Home for Old Ladies' in Philn-
delphia, after three .Yeara labor, has
, completed quilt containing J5,552
pieces. She has been blind from infancy,
but. threaded every needle herself and
used 100 gpoola of thread inthe work. G
| - a Frenchman who lives in the yal-
/ ley of the Carson River, in Nevada, who
owns q herd Of forty camels, will utilize
his "ships of the DESERT next summer in
carrying goods from the terminus of the
Carson and Colorado Railroad into camps
far out ip the wilderness. All but two
or three oFthe canl6ls are natives of Me-
F, vadas i'H 9yaa! Il io sl5 s. >t's,
| 80 Nov that the Phjladelphia, capital-
lists who are, about TO reclaim the i'm
mense tracts Of land in the State of
,, Florida, Known ai the Everglades. have
! completed their contracts with that State.
| It. is no longer 80 secret, that one of tho.
/ main features Of the gigantic scheme is
/, the bnilding of q shin canal across the
! State of Florida. slit 7s''l 80 ''l'
| - One pecularitylofs Postmaster Gem
eral James, which .will strike most persons
!! coming in CONTACT with him, is his good
. nature. He has the happy faculty of
!, doing business surrounded by bores with
out losing bis graciousness or his temper
! and. he can geS rid of an obnoyinns vis;. !
! tor in such a way, Us to make him think
he is conferringa favor when he is be.
I ing literally edged out Of the room, p I.
| - The differeuce between the Flinders
! aud the Readiusters on the Virginia debt
i is that the Readiustsrs. PROPOSE to scale
kthe debt sharply, and. to provide, means
to pay the remainder, and That the Fun
! deTs' pr6pbse to scale less SHARPLY, but 10
!, trovide no. Ineansto pay the reminder.
/ fEeither party, is for full payment. Each
J. proposes, like the, Irish Land Leaguers,
Ltb pay 'wfsat it chooses. But The Read
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