The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-05-11
General News Summary.

General News Summary.
Gotten seed oil is being turned into
butter os excellent quality. Neg,,
The Fork Shoals factory in Green
vile County is advertised to be sold on
.he 18Th Of June.
The Chinese have. in the pas, ,wen-
,y-hEe year- exported $40 (ss] 90 from
California.
The .&A'ia<i .ay= The negroes have
CON menced holding political meetings at
nigh, about Picken. c. II.
- \ Greenback club has been formed
in seneca with about twenty-five mem
oers, Mr.. John 7. Daniel president
- Mr. l.. II. Gilmore has commenced
the erection, q. Darlington c. H., Of
mill for the manufacture Of cotton seed
oil.
- The Greenville -Neps contains the
following advertisement: "Wanted-A
couple 20 join whist party. Must be
matrimonially inclined
= An exchange says that if the whole
crop of cotton seed vas worked through
the oil mills it would add over So 900 900
to the value of the crop.
- The President has signed the modi-
fed Chinese bill. This mns. hare been
during the absence Of the Chinese Min
lister on fishing frolic.
: The books Of registration we're
opened at Laurens c. H. on the first
instant, and during the three days fol-
lowing 400 names were registered.
- Mr.. J. a. Anderson, who lives near
Athens, Ca, has gourd that has been
in use to hold pepper and spices over 200
years. The genealogy of the gourd is
clearly traced.
= The farmers of Abbeyille County
are actively at work planting their crops.
The bottom lands arc receiving special
attention, and larger crop than usual of
corn will be planted.
= The otal vote poled at the recent
Democratic primary election in Abbeyille
County, for county chairman, was $3.50,
of which Mr.. Gary received I,?!4 and
DR.. Maxwell 1866.
= Judge Bond has ordered the removal
Of all the United States prisoners from
Pickens to Greenville Jail, and forbidden
the incarceration Of any more in the
former place.
= The negroes who whipped col.
ored Democrat in Orangeburg have been
found guilty Of riot and assault and bat
terry with intent to kill. Long terms
guaranteed.
= Oconee county before the war was
considered above the cotton zone, only a
few bales being raised The yield in
1880 was !, SO bales, and in 1881 there
were 1,lS7 bales raised in that county.
= The residence of Mr.. j. o. i.arkins
about eight miles from Greenville. was
destroyed by fire on Thursday morning.
The building is not thought to have been
insured and no furniture was saved from
the flames.
= DR.. +. F. Gary, of Cokesbury, has
received the appointment of deleqate
from the State Medical Association of
South Carolina &c The Health Congress
of the World, which meets in Geneva.
Switzerland, next September.
= 1t is SAID that lady living near
The Florida line, who has been confined
to her bed for many years with rheuma-
tism, was entirely relieved few weeks
ago by discharge OF lightning which
threw her out on the floor.
= The Courier Journal doubts whether
the North can justly criticise Southern
women for dipping snuff, while Northern
young women walk the streets leading
puppy dogs by strings. Folly is con-
fined to no section Of the world.
= The negroes who left Pickens du.
ring the winter and early part of the
spring to work on railroad in Georgia
have all returned They came throurh
Atlanta, and some of our citizens. saws
the Pickens Sentinel, fear thew have
brought the germ of small pox back with
them.
= Deputy Collector G.. w. Moose,
with posse of officers from Spartanburg,
made raid 8 few nights ago in the up.
per portion of Greenville County. They
succeeded in capturing a still, about 100
gallons of singing and II stands of beer
belonging to man named Burrill.
= All of the virtue in Hugh T.. Bond
is concentrated in his nose. Til, is WHY
that organ is the only part of him that
bushes, and brief mental review of his
career will explain to the enquiring ma.
turalist why the blush is vivid and per.
petual. GreenriNe Neics.
= The State Board of Agriculture met
on Tuesday. The Superintendent of
Immigration submitted report, showing
that since the last meeting of the Board
in April fifty emigrants had been brought
to the Slate through the Bureau and dis
tributed, aud that there was considerable
demand at this time for immigrant labor.
= At.the regular monthly meeting of
the board OF regents of the State Lunatic
Asy ylum yesterday % persons were admit
ted TO tho Asylum. The total number
OF lunatics now in the institution is 523.
Of whom 1862 are white males, III white
femSies, 90 colored msles aud l04 colored
females.
= According to the Yazoo, Miss, .St,l.
fneI, many planters say that they would
not part with the advantage the overflow
will be to their lands for nice little sum
of money. The sediment deposited by
the food will do the soil more good than
any fertilizer that could be applied. Ono
planter says the cotton lands will now be
worth from s. to IS moro per acre than