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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-04
Postmaster General Villas has

Postmaster General Villas has re-
quested the resignation of J. L. Meade
who was recently appointed postmaster
at Haselhurst, Copiah County, Miss.
The resignation of Meade was called for
on the ground that the Interests of the
public service required it," but the ex-
planation of the action of the Postmas'
ter General is that since the appointment
of Meade if has come to the knowledge
of Villas that Meade presided over a
meeting which vas neld at Haselhurst
Just after the November elections in 1883,
at which resolutions were adopted justi.
flying the killing of Matthews, the Re.
publican postmaster of Haselhurst, by q
man named Wheeler on election day.
The appointment of Meade was recon-
mended by Congressman Barksdale, who
represented the district in which Copiah
County is situated, and this recommen.
dation was backed up with numerous
letters and a strong petition signed by
residents of the County. Upon these
the appointment was made, but the Post.
master General says it was made without
the knowledge of Meade's having partici.
pated in the proceedings of the meeting
referred to,
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The Cloud Burst.

LINCOLN, NEB., May ga special
to the State Journal from Indianola
gives the following particulars of the
bursting of waterspout Tuesday even.
in: A party of seventeen Bohemians,
Ell route to Dundly Creek, camped in
Richman canon, half mile of Republi.
can River, and nine miles east of this
place. At dark a heavy rain set in, and
about 10 o'clock waterspout burst q
short distance above, flooding the here.
tofore dry canon TO depth of fifteen
feet. This came down the canon in
waves, each rising foot or two higher
than its predecessor. The party were
asleep in their wagons. The one nearest
the bed of the stream was occupied by
John Mack, his wife and son; the GEN.
ter one by John Osmer, his wife and four
children and two other children ; the
third by Joseph Havelic, wife and three
children. When the flood struck the
wagons Havelic was the first to arouse.
He jumped up, grasped the wagon
tongue and attempted to pull the wagon
out of the water. The rushing waters
overpowered them, however, and eleven
Kere drowned.
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Abolition In Brazil.

New YORK, May 29.-The steamer
Aduance, which arrived here to-day from
Rio DeJaneiro, brings advices to the
effect that the new ministry of Brazil has
adopted programme for the abolition of
slavery of which the following is sy-
nopsis: General registry Of all slaves
with declaration of value of each slave
registered, subject to yearly depreciation
of S per cent, making maximum value
of slaves of sixty years at 200 milreis,
Each slave over sixty years of ag.e, Will
have no monetary value, but will be
obliged to serve for term of three years.
The existing emancipation fund will b be
continued, and in addition fund will be
created from tax of five per cent. on all
public revenues except exports, and
indemnification will be made to the slave
owners in FIVE per cent. policies to one
half the value of each slave, and service
of Eve years in payment of the remain
der. The Government will accept alter
ations of the above programme.
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Collector Of Internal Revenue.

Mr.. James Marvin, special agent Of
the Treasury Department, was busily
engaged with Collector Brayton yesterday
in preparing for the transfer of the Office
to Collector Bradley. An inventory of
the furniture, books, stationery, stamps,
etc., in the Office was made and MIR. Mar
vim receipted to MIR. Brayton for the
same. He next took Collector Bradley 8
receipt for the articles scheduled.
Major Bradley is now in possession of
the Office, which will be administered by
Democrat for the first time in its histo-
ry. He will retain Captain Little as
Chief Clerk under temporary arrange.
ment. Mrs. Louis LeConte will be the
second clerk, Mr.. w. McB. Sloan third
and Mr.. Augustine Bacon, fourth. Mr..
Bacon is native of Greenville, where
he held the position of Town Clerk. He
lost leg in the Confederate service.
He has been resident in Columbia for
several years. The other appointees are
we'll known in Columbia. The pay of
the first mentioned clerk is 81 400 per
annum; of the second, 81, 200; third {,
81 100; fourth, $500.
The second clerkship was formerly
held by Mrs. Brayton, the widow of
Collector Brayton's brother, who while
discharging his duty as a revenue officer
in Pickens County vas shot and killed by
Mellow, the moopshiner. Mr.. E. M.
Brayton says that sle clerkship held by
Mrs. Brayton was provided especially for
her to compensate in some degree for the
sacrifice of her husband in the discharge
of his duty as government officer, and
he endeavored to have her continued in
the position. Collector Bradley, who
was under the impression that Mrs. Bray
ton was the wife of Collector Brayton,
promised the position to Mrs. LeConte,
and he feels bound to fulfill that promise.
Mr.. Brayton believes that when the rela.
tions of Mrs. Brayton to the govern.
ment are investigated she will be
restored to the clerkship.
Mr.. Brayton expresses his belief that
if the consideration of Mrs. Brayton's
claim is postponed until the United States
Senate eonvenes, the confirmation Of
Collector Bradley will be einhuenced there.
by.
81. L. Shrewsbury and Andrew w.
Curtis are the deposed third and fourth
clerks.
Collector Bradley will make his other
appointments as speedily as possible
Columbia Register.
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: A special from Waco, Texas, So

"A special from Waco, Texas, says
The fercest storm ever known in this
vicinity ragged here on Wednesday night.
Rain fellin great sheets for several hours,
completely deluging the city. Daylight
revealed distressing picture, for in ad.
dition to the great damage to property a
number of lives had been lost. By
o'clock Waco creek had overfowed its
banks, a swift current sweeping away o
number of houses along its course. By
noon every one had deserted the over.
flowed districts in East Waco. That
portion of the city is completely inunda'
ted, resulting in the loss of about $40, 600
No less than fifty houses are under water
twenty of which are business houses
Fears are also entertained for the mag
nifcent suspension bridge belonging to
the city. A negro arrived last night
from six miles south of the city reports
that family of six negroes were washed
away and drowned. The damage to the
farms and crops along the river and
creeks must be enormous. 1t can not
even be estimated now.
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Every Republican Must Go.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-The Demo.
Gratis throughout this city were very much
grati6ed to-day over the report given by
Senator Dan Voorhees, of an interview
that he had with the President. Senator
VOORHEES, says that Mr.. Cleveland told
him that be intended to remove every
Republican officeholder of any promi.
nence at the very earliest possible mo-
ment. "The President" said the Sena'
tor, assured me that not one of them
would be left. The cnly delay now
would simply be that which was abso.
lutely necessary to secure good men to
put in their places" All this is confirm
atory of what has been previously print
ed in these dispatches upon this subject.
There is to be a general change and the
bulk of these changes will come very
soon after the beginning of the fiscal
wear
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: When Two men get drunk together

- When two men get drunk together
they can have no end Of fun, especially
when they are father and son. In Orange,
Mass, the other day, old Gilbert Prentiss
and his son Bill got on riproarious jam.
boree. After thoroughly soaking them
selves with liquor they sat in the kitchen
of the old mans house at two in the
morning rackiug their rum .sodden brains
for some new diversion. The old man
placed q glass tumbler on his head and
handing his son a double barrel shotgun
proposed to play William Tell. At his
fathers command the young man aimed
at the tumbler and blazed away. When
the smoke cleared away old Gilbert Prem
tiss was seen lying on the floor with the
top of his head blown to atoms. When
young Prentiss came to his senses in the
police station and realized what had
occurred his grief was fearful to witness.
= The Oregon Legislature has just
pass I'd very stringent law against inde.
cent publications. 1t makes any person
guilty who makes, sells, exhibits or gives
away any paper, picture or book princi'
pally made up of criminal or obscene
news or other material, forbids the giving
of information as to where such things
may be had, and renders persons having
the care of minor children liable for their
action if they sell or give away any such
publication. The penalty is imprison-
ment in the penitentiary from one to
three years, or fine of from $500 to
81 500.
= The Laurensville Herald is respon-
sible for this story: Newton Dial, of
Laurens, has negro on his place with
perhaps the longest tongue on record.
Some parties came upon him a few days
ago us he was holding his tongue out
with his left hand and picking the
bumps on it with a pin in his rig bit hand,
and in the meantime watching the oper:
alton very intently, with his eyes directed
only slightly downwards.
= It appears that the shaft which an.
swered the purposes of ajail in Churchill
County, Nevada, is no longer used for
that purpose. The County prisoners were
lowered into the shaft, which is forty feet
deep, was known US the County Jail"
and the rope and windlass were taken
away, so that there was no possibility of
their escaping.
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AN AMUSING MISTAKE.

AS an instance of the ridiculous mis-.
takes which newspaper correspondents
sometimes fall into, the manner in which
the New, and Curriers' Washington cor.
respondent announced the appointment
of Mr.. G. W. Webb, as Postmaster for
Anderson, affords an exaggerated in.
stance. He said:
"South Carolinians here are surprised
at the appointment of Charles W. Webb,
Postmaster at Anderson Courthouse,
made to-day. The principal contestants
were Mrs. Cochran and Mr.. Todd, with
heavy odds in favor of Todd, who was
backed by Representative Aiken. No
one appears to know who Webb is.
Some say he is teacher of colored
school in the vicinity of Anderson.
Doubtless, however, good reason exists
for the appointment, and it will appear
in due time."
There is no excuse for such stupid
blundering as this, for a correspondent
should never publish rumor calculated
to reflect upon a person when that per-
son is confessedly unknown. He should
have waited for the people who know
Mr.. Webb to describe him, rather than
take the ridiculous surmises of those
who confessed they did not know. Mr..
Webb has not only not taught colored
school, but has never taught any kind of
a school. He has been engaged in busi-
ness ever since he reached manhood, and
the description given by the correspon.
dent was very amusing by reason of its
utter lack of foundation. Fortunately
the publication could do no harm, as Mr..
Webb is too we'll and too fayorably
known to be even annoyed by such a
blunder. He is one of our most
thoroughly equipped aud popular busi.
ness young men, and his appointment
gives to our city most efficient and &C.
ceptable public officer. Mr.. Webb has
forwarded his bond and will assume
charge of the postofice in few days.
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AT a recent term of the Supreme
Judicial Court OF Maine woman
of sixty.six years applied for a divorce
from man of seventy and obtained it.
The old gentleman didn't want 10 be
divorced. He fought her both with
the weapons of the law and the darts Of
Cupid. The trial lasted several days and
the jury remained out ten hours. All
the time the alleged.to.be recreant bus.
band pretended to be very loving, and
showered peppermints and other sweet
attentions on the woman who was seeking
q divorce from him. The charge of the
libelant was cruelty, and one of the
specifications was that he had bought her
only one dress in twenty years, and that
was calico gown. The presiding JUS
tice said that in all his experience at the
bar or on the bench he never came across
a divorce case between two parties so old
as these.
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A LITTLE MIXED.

A correspondent of the GreenYille
Neys, writing from Charleston upon the
subject of the Collector of the port of
Charleston, says:
On all sides the discussion is fully as
heated as the weather, and hourly becom.
ing more so. Imet a gentleman tonight
who has just arrived from Washington
where he has spent the last ten days.
He tells me that the fight between j.
Legare Walker and Albert 81. Mowry
has been waged with such exceeding
bitterness that it is generally conceded
that the appointment will not fall to the
lot of either, but that "dark horse"
will probably be the successful candidate.
Messrs. Walker and Mowry are not the
only candidates whose applications have
been pressed upon the attention of Sec
retary Manning and the President. A.
II. Prioleau, ". j. Middleton, John D.
Kennedy, Ellison Keitt, D. F. Sweegan
and Patrick Moran, all have put forward
their claims, though the last has tele-
graphed his withdrawal from the roll and
written a letter in favor of Kennedy. In
fact Mr.. Kennedy was considered as the
compromise candidate in Washington up
to Monday last, owing TO his strong
endorsements from allsections ofthe State
On Monday a new candidate appeared
whose candidacy caused quite sensation
and considerable feeling in Washington
and a feeling of Indignation here. This
new candidate was r. B. Riordan, for
merly of the Ne,cs and Courier. His ap.
plication was strongly endorsed by one
man from South Carolina. My infor'
mant could not learn the endorser's name
but he is supposed to be the hero of the
Blackville farce and the brother.in-laW
of Morgan, lately appointed consul gen
eral at Australia. Though Mr.. Riordan
has no popular backing and his appoint
ment is asked for by only one citizen O.
the State, the powerful influence of hli
endorser is such as to cause the appre
hensiop, among the knowing ones, thai
he will carry off the prize.
It is supposed that Mayor Courtenay'l
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"Thsy who Live in Glass Houses Should
Mind how They Cast Stones"

"The wicked fieeth when no one pursu-
eth"
It is amusing to see how tender-footed
certain blood remedy proprietors have
become of late. They make much ado
about "apes and imitators" when none
are in sight.
Tho proprietors of B. B. B. would say
most cmphatioally that their remedy
stands upon it's own merit. Should
we attempt to initiate, it would
net be those who do not understand the
modus operandi of that which they offer.
Our own long experience in the profess
sion precludes such an idea. The field
for blood remedies is large and broad,
afiording ample room for all present aspi-
rants. We do not desire to close the door
against others, neither shall it be closed
against us. B. B. B. is the quickest
remedy, does not contain mineral or
vegetable poison, does not initiate, and is
in the fold as an honorable competitor
for public favor, and its success is with
out q parallel.
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Ex-Governor Moses in Court.

BosroN, May 29.-Ex. Governor Frank
lin Moses, of South Carolina, was brought
from the Cambridge house of correction
o.day on a writ of habeas corpus, and
arraigned before Judge Aldrich. of the
superior criminal court, on an Indictment
charging him with obtaining money by
false pretenses from Frederick l.. Ames,
Hon. Samuel G. Cobb and other we'll
known citizens. Moses pleaded not
guilty, and was held in $1,000 for trial.
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y When Congressman Scott, of Erie,
was told by Secretary of State Bayard to
file the papers of one of his constituents
who was an applicant for a consulshilp,
he replied that he had filed check for
$4,000 last Fall to help elect the admin
istration, and that was all the papers be
intended to file.
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= There isa colored preacher who lives
near Jasper, Fla, that rules his horse by
butting him. If the animal is fractious
or stubborn he takes the kinks out by
deliberately seizing it by the ears and
butting it squarely in the forehead until
it falls to its knees. This it generally
does at the second or third butt, when
the old parson steps behind and drives
ahead again.
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Capt. Dawson's statement clearly EN-
titles Mr.. Morgan to citizenship in this
State under the laws of South Carolina,
though that citizenship does not, of itself,
entitle him to promotion to Office. If,
however, he is appointed to Office under
the general government, he should, Of
course, be credited to the State in which
his citizenship lies. In our opinion, the
appointment does not call for the crit.
cism which it has elected. The Register 8
malice towards the News and Courier
leads it into the peurile position of belit-
tleing Capt. Dawson, and his claims
upon the people of South Carolina.
The INTELL1GENcER has often differed
widely from the Ne,us and Courier, and
on several occasions has been engaged in
a vigorous discussion of those differences,
but this does not blind us to the fact that
the Ne,us and Courier, under the control
of Capt. Dawson, has become one of the
ablest, most interesting and most inau-
entail papers of the South, and what is
more, that influence is high-toned and
promotive of the prosperity and progress
of the State. 1t is like all other things
controlled by men, liable to err, but it is
ridiculous in little, envious competitor
to attempt to ignore the fact that Capt.
Dawson has done great deal for South
Carolina. He has sometimes, we think,
been wrong in matters of public policy,
but his paper has been of incalculable
benefit to the people of the State.
The Register intimates that there
should be a difference between the stand
ing and influence of native and an
adopted citizen of this State. In this
position we are again ready to take issue
with our contemporary. One citizen of
South Caroline has as much right to
share in the emoluments of public Office
as another, provided he is fitted and can
secure the position coveted. Our sense
Of right and propriety is, that the acci.
dent of mans birth should not debar
him from all the benefits which any man
of similar merit and attainment might
achieve.
The Register may think to entertain
these opinions is anti Carolinian, but
we must submit that this self.constituted
Solomon has no more claim to the feel
ings of aSouth Carolinian than many less
pretentious, though more valuable men.
What has the present management of
the Register ever done for South Caroli-
ma? There is scarcely public man in
the State that it has not belittled or cen.
sured. It acts. upon the principle that
if itcannot control public affairs, it can,
atleast, belittle those who do. Instead
Of building up, its policy is to disparage
South Carolinians, and as a State is
judged by her people, and o people by
their public men, the policy of the
Register has been to disparage the State
in the eyes of the outside world, so far
as those eyes have seen South Carolina
the Registers glass. We are not
afraid of the Registers scorn. The In.
TELLIGENcER's record can stand conf
parison With it without detriment.
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attack upon Mowry in the Ns,us and
Courier is for the purpose of paving the
way for Riordan, as General Butler is so
bitterly and personally hostile to Legare
Walker that he will fight his nomination
to the bitter end. The contest is now
narrowed down to Riordan and Kennedy,
so says my informant.
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Rev. Sam Jones closed the great
gospel tent revival in Nashville last
Friday night. Eight thousand people
were packed in and around the tent.
Over two thousand have been converted
in the three weeks of the meeting.
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MISS SALLlE BOWIE

Ts again in the MILLINERY BUsI-
J. NESS, and has OH hand al entire
New Stock Of Millinery Goods of the la
test styles and fashions which she offers
Cheap for CASH While shopping in An
derson do not fail to give her a call at No.
2 MASONIC BUILDING.
March 10, 1886 36 3m
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Maj. D. F. Bradley, the newly appoint.

Maj. D. F. Bradley, the newly appoint
ed Internal Revenue Collector of South
Carolina, assumed the duties of his Office
last Monday, and Immediately appointed
the following Deputy Collectors for the
nine divisions of the State: At Charles.
ton, r. S. Cathcart; Beaufort, James M.
Rhett; Florence, ]. E. Schonboe; Edge
field, J. n. Brooks; Fairfield, Amos E.
Davis; Cheraw, G. A. Malloy; Green.
vile, John L. Black; Pickens, R. A.
Child; Abbeville, g. L. Smith.
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OF DEPOTS.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Board
IN Of Directors of the Savannah Val
ley Railroad Company will meet at Ander-
son, S. c., on June 25th, at 10 O'Clock
a. M, for the purpose of locating the De-
pots of said Road. All persons or COM
munities interested are requested to conf
municatc with the Board either in person
or in writing what aid they are willing to
give to secure the location of Depots. .
The Company will expect from the diff
ferent communities not less than $500 with
which to build the Dcpots located in each,
besides one acre Of land.
w. w. HUMPHREYS, President
May oS, 1855 4G
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Application for Charter,

NOTICE is hereby given that applica-
IN tion will be made to the Clerk Of
Court of Anderson County, s. c., on the
2Gth day of juno, 1855, for a Charter for
the Anderson Telephone Exchange
j. l.. MAULDIN,
Secretary of Incorporators.
May %, 1886 iG s
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The Light Running
N EW HOM M E.

Is now the favorise, and is certainly above
all competition. 1t is simple and strong,
doing tho widest range Of work. and
equipped with all the late improved At
tachments. 1t is the lightcst and easiest
running Shuttle Machine on the market,
and in fact the New Homo takes the front
rank in Sewing Machines.
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Having taken the Agency for several
Counties in the upper portion of this State,
he is compelled to keep in stock a large
number of Machines of various makes to
supply the increasing demand from Sub.
Agents and it will certainly pay one and
all who contemplate buying q Sewing Ma
chine of any kind to call, and you are re-
spectfully invited to do so, and shall re-
ceive polite and careful attention.