The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-24
News and Gossip.

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= A cremation society has been or
ganized in New York City.
"A Local Option Bill has passed the
Delaware House of Representatives.
= 1t is estimated that there are 40 900
drummers sent out from New York City
alone.
- Mark Twain has become rich from
his writings, though many of his writings
are not rich.
= Bob Ingcrsoll says that President
Hayes went in by one vote and went out
unanimously.
- Yazoo county is the wealthiest and
largest county in Mississippi, and hasn't a
single railroad.
= Two young ladies were recently ar.
rested and fined for laughing and talking
in church at Marion, Pa.
= There is to be no poultry in tho
State Department--no turkey gobbler
business, you know. G. B.
= The sale of Intoxicating liquors at
military posts and stations has been
prohibited by order of Gen. Sherman.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, thinks
the administration of President Garfield
has started out under the brightest aus
pices.
- Virginia has 1854 public schools,
of which 205 are graded. In these
schools 220,736 pupils are instructed by
1878 teachers.
= Mrs. John Jacob Astor mas spent
S11 500 and aided S13 children in secu-
ring homes through the agency of the
New York Children's Aid Society.
Somebody who did not fancy Rob-
ert Lincoln's appointmentto to the Cabinet,
remarked that it was on the potato prin-
ciple-the best part underground!
= Col. w. j. Green, four miles from
Fayetteville, N. c., has one hundred
acres in grape vines, and expects to make
80 900 gallons of wine the coming season.
- Garfield is the first President who
has ever taken his mother to the White
House. Gen. Grants mother is still liv.
ing, but has never been in Washington.
= James Gordon Benefits latest
eccentric performance is that of hiring
johann Strauss and his orchestra of 80
men TO play for his special qualification
, at Pau for one month at cost of nearly
$4,000.
= Miss Mollie Garfield, about fourteen
years of age, is fine looking girl, re-
sembling her father in face and physique.
She has hearty, unaffected manner,
which suggests preponderance of great
good sense.
Six miles from Pamela, Mississippi,
lives a colored woman who weighs 40
pounds, who has given birth to twins an
nually for the last three years. Her
name is Millie Williams, and it takes
whole wagon to carry her around.
= The Senate Of Texas has, by vote
of % to 7, passed bill 10 submit TO the
people constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting the importation, manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors in the
State, except for medical and sacramental
purposes.
- Fourteen disguised men went to
house of ill.faihe rear Shelbyville,
Tenn, last Monday night and finding a
we'll known married man there took him
out and gave him severe beating, after
wards forcing him to set fire to the
house.
= In the year 1880 America issued
seventy patents to women. And not one
of these was an indicator to be attached
to bed-post to show if there is man
under the bed. And yet think how much
getting down on hands and knees such
thing would save woman.-Boston Post.
They were discussing the disposi-
: ton of certain lady to have kind
word for everybody, when one remarked:
eff Satan were under discussion l do
believe she would have good word even
for him." Just at this juncture the lady
came in and was informed of the conver-
satiou. Suddenly she said, "Well, Think
we all might initiate Satan's persever-
, ance."
Moy Sing, Chinaman, met with
reverse at the very outset Of his business
, career in New York. He rented house
in which to open laundry, and paid
: $50, for one months rent, in advance 10 a
loafer named Jno. White, who repre-
sented himself as the owner of the prem
ises. Last Tuesday Moy met the
swindler and gave him good drubbing.
White was subsequently arrested and
committed for trial.
"A Gazette special says: Senator
Conkling thinks there is good deal of
Ohio in it. He thus spoke of the inau-
guration to a friend: The President was
escorted to the capital by an Ohio COM
pany. The officer in command of the
whole column was an Ohio General.
The officer chiefly prominent in the
Inauguration preparations was an Ohio
Adjutant General. He was seated by an
Ohio President, and was escorted to and
into the Senate by IN Ohio Senator.
He was sworn in by Chief Justice from
Ohio and returned to the White House as
he came out of it, in charge of Ohio
officers. Two of his Cabinet are
virtually from Ohio, and so known 10
all Ohio men. The next day Chief
Justice Carter, of the Supreme Court
district, also a native of Ohio, was called
upon to swear in the Cabinet of the new
Ohio man"
The extremely fashionable woman
now adds to the cost Of every new toilet
the price of full length cabinet photo
graph. 1t has become Il custom in New
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ones clothes. Some women have these
pictures carefully colored in the exact
hues of the costume, so that the likeness
is perfect Albums are set apart for this
purpose, and mighty interesting volumes
they seem to be to their proud owners.
1t is supposable, too, that they are ab-
sorbing, if not exciting, to the men who
have paid the bills for the raiment therein
represented. The fashion in general
photography now inculcates disdain for
the oId-fashioned cartes de visitc, and
even disfavors the imperial size. and is
only satisfied with the large cabinets,
which cost eighteen dollars dozen, if
made by any Of the fine, leading photo
graphers of Gotham.
= In speech at the graduation cxer.
! cises of the Washington Spencerian Bus.
mess College last May, President Gar
| field said: Laugh at it as we may, put
it aside as jest if we will, keep it out of
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