The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-03-20
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= An avalanche at }ileDurg, Austria,
killed II persons and destroyed 6 houses.
= The annual loss by fire IN the Uni
ted States is estimated at nearly $780,
900, 900.
-Four Boston girls, ranging from 8
l2year. of age, have been caught picking
pockets.
= The Bank of England, which was
organized in 1904, employs seven hun
dred men.
Fcrnandina u'lorda) ships snap
ping turtles in tircc5 20 Savannah and
The North.
- Nearly 5000 bills we're introduced
in the two houses during tho late session
Of Congress.
= The profit on the dairy business in
1000, 900 annually.
= Philadelphia has nearly three hun
drcd miles Of street railways, with about
Il thousand horse cars
= There are 100000 head Of cattle
grazing on the plains of Colorado. Mon
tana grazcs 300 900 head.
An Augusta man has sold seven
bushels of watermelon seed at the rate Of
thir.y-two dollars bn,hel
= In England the census of 1871 was
taken in single day, and it covered all
parts of the British domain.
Joseph, youngest son of cx-Gov.
Boggs, Of California, committed suicide
recently at Santa Rosa in that State.
= An interesting ceremony ut Greene,
y. u, was the marriage of three sisters
at one time. Two Of the bridcgrooms
were clcrgymcn.
- II is Il great shock to mans ncTv-
Gus system to have q suspcndcr button
fly of just when he is making profound
bow to lady on the street
= Two son. Of Secretary Evarts Pres
colt Evarts and Chcrnan Evarts, are now
editing the two leading College maya
zines at Harvard and Yale respectively
= Victoria Woodruff i, said to have
become Sunday school teacher in Lon
don. If this is true, says the Chicago
Tribune, We shuddcr to think what her
Sunday school scholars will grow to be.
= Citizens of Galveston, Texas, are
signing n petition which according to the
New Orleans Democrat, virtually asks
the Legislature to appoint receiver for
| that city.
= In Massachusetts there il law on
the statute books which provides that if q
negro "strike any person of the English
or Christian nation, he shall be punish
ell Dy severe whipping"
Robert VI. Martin, who ten years
ago was millionaire in New York, and
gave hundred 'ousaud dollars to the
churches of that city, was last week sem
fenced to five days Imprisonment for
stealing coat.
= 1t is now stated that Prince Napole-
pom has gone to South Africa for other pur-
poses than to get cxberiencc in fighting.
The Prince has shown desire, recently,
Tor low company, and his mother, who
has been shamed by many of his exploits
has taken this means ofgetting him away.
- AS an old colorcd man an,! his son
stopped in front Of an umbrella store, the
them, and questioned his father 4:
whats dc covers on them dar umbrellas
for?" "Why, chile, dcm's put ober de
umbrellas to keep 'cm dry when it rains. /"
was the fathers response.
= Gen. Sherman and jeff Davis left
Nicksburg, Miss, on the same train on
Monday last, and in mentioning the fact
the Vicksburg Herald says: "a friend
of Mr. Davis remarked to him that he
would have good company to travel with
in the person of General Sherman, and
the ex-President replied: We'll, l sup
| pose there is room enough on the cars
for both Of u.s."
= DIR. Jennie Stanton, the new lectur-
or, was discoursing Mt lively rate in
Ballston the other night, when up rose q
tall gentleman, who said ne was married.
and he thought for his part that women
had many more rights than they deserv-
ed. VERY true, sir !" said DR.. Jennie
spitcfully; and if you are one of the
rights In question l have no doubt your
wife has at least one that she would like
tn get rid Of tor nothing" Drive on"
said the tall gentleman sententiously,
sinking exhausted into his seat.
= The Washington correspondent
of the Richmond State declares that AL
exan,ler Ii. Stephens says he is ashamed
Of the Forty-iifth Congress. when we
met it was heralded abroad that we
would find relief for the people, hut iu-
stead of that we have been burden, and
the Forty-ffth Congress adjourned in
| Dc. per disgrace than any Congress in the
history of the government" He hopes
for better things from the next Congress.
MIR. Stephens WAS .he only Democrat in
the House who signed the petition ofthe
Republican members requesting the
President to give ex-Congresman Rainey
colored, an office. But it is not known
| eh"t NtuCt 1'CihOIiut WIS uSkCu "
join in the request.
- Henry ". Longfellow was seventy
two years old on Thursday. The chill
! dren of Cambridge celebrated the occa-
sion very prettily by q gift of M elabo.-
| ate carved armchair, made from the
ancient horse chestnut tree, whose per-
fections are chanted in the "Village
Blacksmith" The carving represents
horse chcstnuts, leaves, blossoms and
burns. On small brass plate is this in-
scription: ITO the author of the Village
Blacksmith this chair, made from the
wood the spreading chetsnut tree, is
! presented as aH expression of gTnieful re-
gard and veneration by the children OF
Cambridge; who with their friends join
in best wishes and congratulations on
this anniversary. February 81, 1878"
-Monsignore Amino King Humbort's
Chaplain III Ordinary nj the Quirnal
is man of ready wit. He was intrusted
with al the arrangements for the recent
memorial service for King Victor EN-.
anuel, which was celebrated in the Pan.
theon, where the body of the first King
of Italy is resting, on the anniversary ol
his death. The splendid catafalque wa,
adorned with q variety of emblems sig
nificant of the huu,an virtues and Chris.
tim graccs of the Ro Galantuono, and
its summit was crowned with statue o.
tie grace "aiei: is s"f;:as2d ~ 5o mos;
Enthusiastically Christian--Faith. 4
visitor called the attention of the Rpyal