The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-12-08
News and Gossip.
The management of the Atlanta
Exposition have decided positively to
ose 1t on December 3Ist.

r. Ahc management OF the Atlanta
Exposition have decided positively to
= Of the $4,000 votes cast for the Re-.
adJuster ticket in Virginia, II 900 were
, Repubiican'and mostly negroes.
- II is estimated that 100000 barrels
OF 500 pounds capacity will be needed at
charleston ihis year for the rice crop.
= One hundred thousand dollars have
been spent in gold mining in Oglethorpe
county, Ga:, without the investors real
izlng anything in return.
= Twenty-sx dead deer we,e found
recently near Ellerbe Springs, North Car.
DINA. There appears to be an epidemic
OF biack tongue among them.
= Twenty five nuns of the Order of
the lncarnate Word, from France, are
en- route to Texas 10 engage in educa-
tional work in u convent Of their order.
= The Atlanta Constitution savs the
feat of picking cotton in the mornino
and having suit of clothes by night has
been surpassed. "The corn was shelled
ia the morning." said an exhibitor, "and
tho man was drunk before dark"
The New Orleans Times learns that
Mt kremcntachuz, Russia, fifty families
have associated themselves to come to
Louisiana as soon as favorable reports
are received from q party of 100 who
have just reached New Orleans. They
have $4,000 with which to paw their
way to this country and purchase homes.
Ike Davis, q Fayette county, Texas.
negro, became jealous Of his wife and
concluded 70 hang himself. He procured
a rope, and in the presence of his wife
and Others climbed a tree and was mak-
ing one end of the rope fast to limb;
they commenced laughing at him, when
nc got mad, came down aud whipped out
the entire party.
= Merriwether County (Ga.) Nndi.
| Gator: Mr.. James Brown has several re-.
markable hogs, each having eight sepa-
rate and distinct feet. The oldest one 10
one and half years old. Two litters OF
pigs have each two pigs having eight feet
apiece. Each foot has four we'll defined
toes which leave their impression in
every track. The legs divide at the up
per joint, the joint at which the feet are
usually taken from the log In cutting up
hog after he is butchered,
= Brady (Texas) Sentinel. The Coun-
ty Judge of Archer county has. resigned
and moved away, and the County Com
missioners, who desire the county to be-
come disorganized, refuse to meet and
elect another. The county is said to be
out of debt, with money in the treasury,
but is practically disorL anized by the
action Of the County Court, and the At
torney-General Is unable to suggest O
remedy. Us the case is without q prece.
dent, and there is nothing in the Consti-
tuition To meet the emnrpeucv
- Mrs. Serena Smith, of Hawkins
vile, Ga, commencing in 1875 with one
horse, has steadily increased her farm till
now she runs six.horse farm, having
purchased and paid for 600 acres of land
and oil her horses and mules, six in num-
ber. Mrs. Smith has this year hnilt n
Clubhouse and screw, purchased new
gin, and has already ginued over 100
bales of cotton. The whole secret of her
success lies in the fact that she raises her
supplies her whole farm with home. raised
provisions.
- Atlanta Constitution: Bob Toombs
Is as notorious for his hospitality as for
| being one Of the most rahid of the unre.
constructed rebels. Not long since it
was proposed to build notel in Wash
ington. Ga, where he lives, and COM
mittee called upon him for n subscrip.
ton. "What the hell do you want of a
hotel in Washington 2" he cried. "Eyery
respectable person who. comes to town
puts up with Bob Toombs, and is well
come, and every dsrespectable person
leaves town because he cannot put up
anywhere" Such being the case the
project was abandoned.
q.
writing obituary notices for the newspa.
| to have been lately made by Alexander
II. Stephens ooh, am not dead ye
OF few men have post mortem notices
! been SO often aud seduously prepared.
He says himself that he has read his own
obituary three times. This was at time
| when his weight was down to seventy.
three pounds, whereas he can now boast
the astonishing avoirdupois of ninety
four pounds He is engaged in writing
o comprehensive history Of the country
from its earliest establishment down to
the assassination of President Garfield.
No man of his weight ever undertook
heavier task.
"A Washington letter says: "Ac.
cordng to private advices received here
the Independent movement in Missis-
sippi scarcely created a ripple in the
politics of that State. Out of 147 mem-
bers Of the Legislature the combined
opposition to the regular Democ -Rts have
elected only 20. AS heretofore stated,
the opinion is that there will practically
be no opposition to the reelection Of
Senator lamar. 1t is said that the de-
feated candidates for State Offices have
been agitating the idea of setting up a
dual State Government and appealing to
the Administration at Washington for
support. This style of doing business,
which WAS commenced under the Grant
regime, went out with that Administers
ton, and President Arthur is scarcely
likely to revive it. It is understood that :
q commmit.ee from tno defeated candis
dates are expected to be here in few
days to lay their idea of the situation
before the president, and see if he can
do anything for them. Possibly he
might solace them with few appoint
ments to Federal positions"
= a speck in the ocean only 10 Pit
cairn Island, or the "Isle of Content" as
it is nptly called. Although only six
miles in circumference, it is inhabited by
ninety-six of the happiest persons in the
world. The island is situated in de-
lightfnl climate about three thousand
miles west of the northern coast of South
America. All the tropical fruits grow
there in abundance. The Inhabitants