The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-05-19
News and Gossip.

-Charlotte's cotton receipts this seaao1
have been 51,667, an increase ,of 1867
over last year.
Abram Sebring, of Gratiot county
Mich, says he has the cape to the over
coat worn by. Jefferson Davis at the time
of Davis capture.
= Says the Chicago Tribune, a Repub.
lican paper: "Mahone has ceased to bold
this great Republic up by the tail. II
was not an edifying spectacle"
1t is found that the foreign born
residents of Massachusetts produce more
criminals than the natives, but that the
natives plan crimes more deliberately.
- Gen. Robert Patterson, Of Philadel.
phia, Is ninety years old: He and Gen
Harney, who is eighty.one, are the only
surviving Generals of the Mexican war
Postmaster General James has in.
troduced a reform in the manner of open
ing and marking of proposals previous
to their going to the contract Office, which
will prevent certain class of frauds.
-Philadelphia Times Ex-senator
Dorsey says that ex.Second Assistant
Postmaster General Brady is scouudrel
This is not news; neither is it news that
Dorsey helped him to be scoundrel."
= Robertson was twelve years Judge
always ran ahead of his ticket in his dis
trict, is a man of ability and sterling. in-
tegrity, but he would not wear the chains
of ,Conkling, and that is all that is the
When Buffalo street.car conductor
was told by lawyer that hs had fallen
heir to a legacysofr 100000, the man
simplyiasked the loan of FIVE cents to buy
a cigar with. He wanted to find out il
the lawyer was lying to him. ,,,
- Colorado poetry :esThe evening for
her bath of dew is partially nDdressed ;
The sun behind abobtail flush is; aetting
ia the west. The planets light the heaV.
ems with the fash of their cigars;;- The
sky has put its night shirt on, and but.
toned it with stars.
Chairman Jewell, of the Republican
National Committee, hasissueda circular
inviting expressions of opinion from Re.
publicans throughout the country in re.
gard to the best method or rules 70 be
adopted for electing delegates to their
national convention in 1884.
- The New Hampshire courts have
discoveredethat church=propertysiu~
State is not exempt from taxationsby the
constitution, and it. will accordingly be
assessed audstaxed. Asimilar move will
be made. it is said, in New York and
other Northern States, which expect to
derive considerable revenue from this
source: NJ.
York, it is said, has!written an earnest
letter to o Democratic Senator, urging
the confirmation Of Judge Robertson,
speaking highly of his character and ca
liabilities, and saying that his appoint
ment will emancipate and purify politics
s.by breaking up 4 atyran,iical machines
misrule in this State" ~
"A company composed of charitably
disposed persons has been formed III New
York, under the title of the Metropolitan
Coffee House Company, with capital of
800, 600, for the purpose of supplying
nourishing food and Notwithstanding
drinks at;low prices. 1T is s.sxpected that
the enterprise, when fairly established;
will be self.supporting, and perhaps pay
a small dividend. 80
The best way to keep turkeys from
straying away from home is to keep the
hens untilthey are three or -four years
old. The.old ones are ni6re aptto return
home at night. Tho gentlemen who
vouches for the above says he was induc.
ed to raise turkeys because of the ravages
of grasshoppers on his farm. He says
a good, large flock oftprksys will effectu-!i
ally rid farm of hoppers and many
other insects.
"A beautiful and touching little sight
occurred on Sunday before last at the
Episcopal Church. A gen.
tleman who was there and saw it, says:
That while Governor Manning was
kneeliug at the chancel, receiving the
Sacrament of the Lords Supper, little
bird few from the loft and lit,upon his
b ,ck and quietly remained there until the
g ,vernor arose, when it returned to its
perch !"
The forthcoming May crop and stock
reports of the Ohio State Board OF Ag-
will be q valuable and reliable
document. The information is based on
estimates made by about 900 correspen-r7
dents in nearly all the townships of the; /;
State, mostly practical farmers. TIE
figures show that only 19 per cent. of last
years crop, or 1878, ,299 bushels of wheat,
are still In the hands of the producers,
and that the probable yield of the State
this year will be about a, 1858 BUSH
sls, or IS per cent. of last years fine
crop.
- The following is told of we'll.
Known "beauty lady" who is happy in
he possession of q little; girl about FIVE
years old almost as pretty as her mother:
Not long ago an elderly, eminently re-
,pectable gentleman made an afternoon!
all, and, as elderly gentlemen often do,
,e took up the child and kissed her.
You must not do that" said the child,
"I am respectable married
woman" "What do you mean. my
lear ?:n"--. asked the astonished.4esisitor.
oh, that's what mamma always says
when gentlemen Hiss her." replied the
Irtless infant. London Cuckoo.
The Lancaster Ledge, says: "The re-
BORT reaches US of brutal assault com.
nitted upon a young white boy in the
he Waxhaws, on Friday last, upon the
place of Mr.. Cole Blake, by negro man.
t appears that Mr.. Blake, and his brother,
fifteen years old, had had some previous
difficulty with the negro, who worked
,pon Blake's place, but the difficulty, as
supposed, had been amicably settled.
IN Friday last tbesnegro came upon the
10Y in the field and whipped him unmer-
,ifully, leaving him for dead. The negro /,
eft for distant parts closely pursued by
body Of enraged citizens.
of the 100000, 900 acres of cult.
vable land in the United Staten, only liz
per cent. are used. The 1856, ,46S,320
bushels of wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye,
ouckwheat and potatoes raised last year
we're produced on los, ,983,605 acres, and
The cultivation is in most cases careless.
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