The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-04-21
News and Gossip.

= AIr. Conkling is tiesirous of having
it understood that he is the czar of New
York.
= Secretary Kirkwood lived in Ohio
twenty years. Otherwise his life has
been spotless.
= Bob Ingesoll has no faith in Satan
Chicago Tribune But Satan has
good deal of faith in Bob Ingersoll.
- The Prussian Prince William has
beer obliged to decline 5000 wedding
presents. Oh, General Grant, you're not
adapted to royalty.
= The Christian index, o religious
paper of Atlanta, uses type made from
bullets which the contending armies ex-
pended before that city was captured by
Sherman's indoHi.sble leg;ons.
= The richest immigrants who come
TO this country are the Russian MennoE.
ties. Twenty families Of these people
recently gave the Treasurer of Castle
Garden $4,000 to keep for them over
night.
= The President is said to be firh, in
the position he has taken with reference
to the Mormon peculiar institution, and
will see that it is stamped out" The
anti. .polygamy must go, and the Mormons
had better get nm anti. polygamy "revela-
tion" ready for use.
OF the 1,586,4Sl bales OF cotton
manufactured annually in the United
States, ], ,G20, ,907 bales, or 60 per cent. of
the whole amount, are consumed in the
States of Connecticut, New Hampshire.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island-36 per
cent. being used in Massachusetts, alone.
The Cincinnati. Commercial says:
"Of course the President does not desire
to antagonize the Grant men, but if the
Grant men go on with their pretentions
that they arc pet children of the Lord.
and that all other Republicans are of an
inferior sort, there will be trouble in the
meeting-housc."
= A Kansas girl named Sleepy mar
ried recently an actor by the name of
Tired. When the ceremony was over
thoughtless young lady guest saug 'n am
tired now and sleepy too, come put me
in" But some one coughed very loud.
ly, and there was "a agonizing silence
about four yards long.
- More than half the Republican vote
of Maryland is colored. Maryland has
1872 Federal Office. holders, who receive
nearly $900,0 900 year; of these but "a
are colored men, and their salaries are
but S13,3l2. Divide the Offices fairly,
and the Democratic party would get bul.
bous with Radical converts.
= The flow of gold to this country
continues without abatement. The
steamship Republic" which arrived ON
the 25th of March, brought 81 1000, 600:
the wyoming" on the 22d, brought an.
other million, and the Bank of England
has parted with over 100000 for shin.
ment to New York. The drain of gold
frcme France; has been or serious that tho
bank has suspended gold payments, and
in the Paris market gold Is at premium
of one-half of one per cent.
- When Hannibal Hamlin, elected as
q Democrat to seat in the United States
Senate, chose to be himself q Republican.
he announced that purpose in the Senate.
resigned his seat and returned to Maine
to make the canvass for Governor. That
was in 1856. Mr.. Hamlin has but lust
now, in his old age, retired from the Sem
ate to remainder Of days in private life,
and has been received at home with oil
honors. The virtues of this example
might be recommended to Mr.. Malone.
of Virginia. Chicago Tines
= Morris Grant, colored man, aged
"A years, and said to have been born on
James Island, S. O., was recently engaged
in pugilistic encounter in New York.
It 10 not stated whether this successful
bruiser is directly or indirectly connected
with the General OF that name After
few rounds he defeated bis antagonist.
The newly enfranchised have been prom
inent in politics in this State, but we be-
licye that this Is the first instance that g
colored native of South Carolina has 70.
ceived honorable mention" in the
pngilistic ring.
= "A Louisville admifer Of Bob Inger-
soil is bringing up his children on Bob's
plan-that is, to allow the little ones to
follow their own bent; Ito be as free "a
the Birds" he POLITICALLY expresses It,
The youngsters have got on so we'll under
the new departure that their venerable
grandfather is now addressed as "yon old
fooln and "you stinking old davii.n If
tho old gentleman ventures on any re-
marks. the little ones tell him to ''ahut
his mouth" and "keep still, there The
father feels much encouraged, and wishes
his family were even larger.