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

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coat worn by Jefferson Davis at the time
Of Davis capture.
| - Says the Chicago Tribune, Repub.
lican paper: "Mahone has ceased TO hold
this great Republic up by the tail. II
;sas &c. an ed!ryiaS 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 thiladel-
phia, is ninety years old. lie and Gen.
Harney, who is eightu.onc, are the only
surviving Generals Of the Mexican war.
= Postmaster General James has in
troduced reforn in ihe 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 exSecond Assistant
Postmaster General Brady is scoundrel.
This is not news neither la it ncns that
| Dorsey helped him 10 be q acoundrel."
| = Robertson wns twelve years Judge,
always ran ahead of his ticket in his dis
! .rict, is man Of ability and sterling in.
tegrity, but he would not wear the chains
Of Conkling, and that iu all that is the
matter.
| - When Buffalo street car conductor
was told by lawyer that he had fallen
heir TO legacy OF 100000. the man
simply asked the loan of FIVE cents to buy
a cigar with. Ho wanted TO find out II
the lawyer was lying to him.
| = Colorado poetry: "The evening for
her bath OF dew is partially nDdressed i;
The sun behind bobtaiI flush is setting
in 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 starB.
= Chairman Jewell, of the Republican
| National Committee, has iRsued circular
inviting expressions of opinion from Re-
publicans throughout the country in re.
gard to the best method or rules To be
adopted for electing delegates u their
national convention in 1884.
- The New Hampshire courts have
discovered that church property in that
State is not exempt from taxation by The
constitution, and it will accordingly be
assessed and taxed. 4 similar move will
be made. it is said, in New York und
othes Northern States, which expect 10
derive considerable revenue from this
source.
= Ex-Governor Seymour, Of New
York, it is said, has written an earnest
letter 10 Democratic Senator, urging
the confirmation Of Judge Robertson,
speaking highly Of his character and ca
pabilities, and saying that his appoint
ment will emancipate and purify politics
'by hyeaking up tyrannical machines
misrule in this State"
| A company composed of chartably
disposed persons has been formed in New
York, under the title Of the Metropolitan
Coffee House Company, with capital of
100000, for the purpose Of supplying
nourishing food and non-intoxicating
drinks at low prices. 1t is expected that
the enterprise, when fairly established,
will be seIfauppurting, and perhaps pay
small dividend
= The best way TO keep turkeys from
straying away from home is to keep the
hens until they are three or four years
old. The;old ones are more aptto return
home at night. Tho gentlemen who
voucles for the above says he was 'induc-
ed to raise turkeys because of the ravages
Of grasshoppers on his farm. He says
good, large flock ofturkeys will ef1ecLu.
ally rid farm Of hoppers and many
other insects.
= A beautiful and touching littl, -,sht
occurred on Sunday before las' at the
Statesburg Episcopal Church. i gen.
tleman who was there and Raw L, ,nys:
That while Governor Manning wns
kneeling Mt the chancel, receiving the
Sacrament of tho Lords Supper, little
bird flew from the Ion and lit upon his
bick and quietly remained there until the
G ,vernor arose, when it returned 10 it's
perch !"
/ = The forthcoming May crop End stock
reports of the Ohio State Board of Ag-
riculture, will be valuable and reliable
document. The information is based ON
estimates made by about 900 correspon.
dents in nearly oil the Townships OF the
State, mostly practical farmers. The
years crop, or 1878, 299 bushels Of wheai,
are still In the hands of the producers,
and that the probable yield of tho State
this year will be about A ,895,653 bush.
els, or So per cent. of last years fine
crop.
= The following ia told of d we'll.
known "beauty lady" v'ho is happy in
the possession ofa little girl about FIVE
years old almost as pretty Us her mother:
Not long ago an elderly, eminently re-
spectacle gentleman made an afternoon
call, and, So elderly gentlemen often do,
ho took up the child and kissed her.
"You must not do that" said the child,
struggling, ~ am respectable married
woman" "What do you mean, my
dear?" asked the aatoniahed visitor.
"Oh, that'a what mamma always says
when gentlemen .ki%s her." replied the
:rtless infant. London Cuckoo.
The Lancaster Ledge, says: "The re-
port reaches US Of brutal assault, com
mitted upon young white boy in the
the Wnxhaws, on Friday last, upon the
place Of Mr.. Cole Blake, by negro man.
Itappears that Mr.. Blake. anG his brother,
fifteen years old, had had some previous
difficulty with the negro, who worked
upon Blake's place, but the difficulty, as
supposed, had been amicably settled.
On Friday last the negro came upon the
boy in the field and whipped him unmer-
cifully, leaving him for dead. The negro
left for distant parts closely pursued by @
body of enraged citizens
= OF the 100000, 900 acres of culti-
vable land in the United States, only III
per cent. are used. The 2,SS6. .468, 800:
bushels of wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye,
buckwheat and potataes raised last year
were produced on los, ,9S3,6O5 acres, and
the cultivation is in most cases careless.
IL looks now aR though it would be long
time before the great area of7cultivable
land will be taken up and utilized. With
the natural increase Of cur population
and the increase by immigration, it win
be found that fifty yeara will have re-
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