The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-03-20
All Sorts of Paragraphs.
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city of New York during last month.
= An avalanche at Bileburg, Austria,
killed 81 persons and destroyed 6 houses.
The annual loss by fire in the Uni
ted States is estimated at nearly $780,
100000.
= Four Boston girls, ranging from 8
12years of age, have been caught picking
pockets.
= The Bank of England, which was
organized in 1904, employs seven hun
dred men.
- Fernandina (Florida) ships snap
ping turtles in tirces TO Savannah and
the North.
Nearly 5000 bills we're introduced
in the two houses during the late session
of Congress.
Tie profit on the dairy business in
the United States is estimated at over
S52,000,000 annually.
= Philadelphia has nearly three hun
dred miles of street railways, with about
a thousand horse cars.
= There are 100000 head of cattle
grazing on the plains of Colorado. Mon
tana grazes 100000 head.
= An Augusta man has sold seven
bushels of watermelon seed at the rate Of
thirty-two dollars a bushel.
= In England the census of 1871 was
taken in single day, and it covered all
parts of the British domain.
- Joseph, youngest son of ex-Gov.
Boggs, of California, committed suicide
recently at Santa Rosa in that State.
= An interesting ceremony at Greene,
N. Y, was the marriage of three sisters
at one time. Two Of the bridcgrooms
were clergymen.
- 1t is great shock to mans nerv-
GUS system to have suspender button
fly off just when he is making a profound
bow to lady on the street.
= Two sons Of Secretary Evarts, Pres
colt Evarts and Cherman Evarts, are now
editing the two leading College maga-
zines at Harvard and Yale respectively.
Victoria Woodruff is said to have
become Sunday-school teacher in Lon
don. If this is true, says the Chicago
Tribune, we shudder to think what her
Sunday school scholars will grow to be.
- Citizens of Galveston, Texas, are
signing petition which according TO the
New Orleans Democrat, virtually asks
the Legislature to appoint receiver for
that city.
- In Massachusetts, there is law on
the statute books which provides that if a
negro "strike any person of the English
or Christian nation, he shall be punish
ed by severe whipping"
= Robert NJ. Martin, who ten years
ago was millionaire in New York, and
gave hundred thousand 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 hasgone toSouth Africa for other pur-
poses than to get exberience in fighting.
The Prince has shown desire, recently,
for low company, and his mother, who
has been shamed by many of his exploits
has taken this means ofgetting him away.
- As an old colored man and his son
stopped in front o. an umbrella store, the
son saw some umbrellas with covers on
them, and questioned his father !:
"What's dc covers on them dar umbrellas
for?" "Why, chile, denis put ober de
umbrellas to keep 'em dry when it rains"
was the fathers response.
- Gen. Sherman and jeff Davis left
Vicksburg, 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-
er, was discoursing at lively rate in
Ballston the other night, when up rose q
tall gentleman, who said he was married,
and he thought for his part that women
had many more rights than they deserv-
ed. every true, sirw said DR.. Jennie
spitefully; and if you are one of the
rights in question 1 have no doubt your
wife has at least one that she would like
to 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
exander H. Stephens says he is ashamed
OF the Forty-fifth Congress. "When we
met it was heralded abroad that we
would find relief for the people, but in
stead of that we have been burden, and
the Forty-6fth Congress adjourned in
deeper disgrace than any Congress in the
history of the government" He hopes
for better things from the next Congress.
Mr.. Stephens was the only Democrat in
the House who signed the petition oftbe
Republican members requesting the
President to give ex-Congresman Rainey
colored, an office. But it is not known
that any other Democrat was asked to
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 gift of an elabor-
ately carved armchair, made from the
ancient horse chestnut tree, whose per-
fections are chanted. in the "Village
Blacksmith" The carving represents
iSh'Sot p'oo"oii' CIV
burs. On small brass plate is this in
scription "To the author of the Village
Blacksmith this chair, made from the
wood ofthe spreading chestnut tree, is
presented as an expression of grateful 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 Humbert's
Chaplain-in- Ordinary at the Quirinal
is man of ready wit. He was intrusted
with all 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 Of
his death. The splendid catafalque was
adorned with variety Of embems sig
nifcant of the human virtues and Chris
tian graccs of the Re Galantuomo, and
its summit was crowned with statu, of
the grace which is supposed to be most
Enthusiastically Christian-Faith. a