The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-04-17
gntelligeneer.
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

appeared in the Florida markets.
= The birth of headless child in
Cooke county, Tenn, is announced.
= Green peas are plentiful in San An-
tonic, at eight and half cents per quart.
- The Kentucky penitentiary has
1.OlO convicts-forty five life prisoners.
= The sugar crop Of Louisiana will
amount this season to 225,000 hogshcads.
= 1t is estimated that Idaho will add
twenty thousand to its population this
year.
= Three hundred tramps made their
appearance at Burlington, Illinois, one
day recently.
= w. L. Scruggs, of Georgia, has been
confirmed by the Senate as Consul t"
Chin Kiang.
- During 1878 about 5000 Irishmen
left the old country for the United States
and Canada.
= The business and financial outlook
i'm Georgia this year is more cheerful
than for years past.
"A portion of Mississippi was visited
by shower of aligators-some Of them
ii inches in length.
- Texas has to raise over $5,S0O,000
in taxes each year, of which $2,5OO,O00
is for railroad subsidies.
- n iIlaH COuflCttu VI pciJNiy III n ih-
bama was pardoned because of his wifc's
services in yellow fever.
- Tomatoes have become n drug in
the Key West market. They are sold
for less than the cost of picking.
= The Louisiana Constitutional Con-
ycn!;en is composed Of 40 Democrats, SO
Republicans and 7 Fusionists aud Ma
tionals.
- General Sheridan, who has returned
from the plains, regards the fears of
general Indian outbreak almost wholly
without foundation.
j. Milton Turner says 10000 me-
groes have left Kentucky and gone to
Kansas. Turner ought to turn over
new leaf and tell the truth.
- The National Emigration Aid So
ciety in Washington is taking measures
to further the cause Of negro immigra-
tion from the South to the West.
= The first Speaker of the House of
Representatives was also n Pennsy
man. He was +. A. MuhIcnbcrg, and
he was Speaker Of the Third Congress
also.
- Provincetown, Massachusetts, was
visited by severe snow storm on the 4th,
which not only did great damage to ship
ping, but resulted in the death Of several
persons.
= Sitting bull hns LOO lodges en-
camped on both sides of the British line,
and as soon as the grass is high enough
intends to attack Fort BufOrd, Stevenson
and Totten.
- An idea Of the Importance Of the
potato crop in Maine may be obtained
from the fact that the farmers in Aroos-
took realize from $105,0g0 to $4,000
yearly from that crop.
- On the 9Th of May the National
Medical Association will meet in Atlanta
and continue in session ut least four days.
This is one of the largest medical bodies
in the world, ii not the very largest.
= There is no use of the Confederate
Brigadiers trying to starve out Hayes
The supply Of pumpkins laid in by him
at tho agricultural fairs last autumn will
more than last his term out Chicago
Times
Quarantine regulations will be en-
forced at Savannah April !. Any vessel
coming by the inland route from Florida
cr other Southern ports will not te per-
mitted to land either passengers or freight
until inspected by the Health Officer.
= The New Orleans ficdyunc states
that prisoner was lately taken from Jail
in Texas by masked men and hung. It
was subsequently discovered that the
mob which did the hanging was COM
posed of the prisoners old associates in
crime, who killed him to prevent him
from turning States evidence.
= TIE neighborhood of Melissa, Col
lin county, Texas, was visited nv ter
rife hailstorrr on the night of March 26.
The ground was covered to tho depth of
ten inches and in drifts to three feet.
The fruit crop is supposed TO be entirely
destroyed and the wheat greatly injured.
= During game of base ball on n
farm near Lancaster, Pa, recently q
young man named Frank Bryson threw
te bali playfnlly at Byron Clark, aged
eighteen, striking him on the neck below
the left ear, and killing him almost in
stantly. An examination showed that
the lads neck had been broken.
- Iii Texas the frontier lines have ad-
yanced hundred miles in two years,
and an area Of 40,0G0,000 acres of good
lands opened for settlement, reclaimed
from savage rule, the cavotes, buffalo
and Comanches giving place. to the far
ing organized now in section which
two years ago was 800 miles from any
court. Asg
The Arkansas Democrat says enough
food is thrown away every year on worth
less dogs in Arkansas to support five
times the number of suffering poor in the
State for the same period. And yes q
great many people-doubtless majority
are opposed to any infringement of the
sacred and inalienable rights OF the dog
We are queer people.
= The Kate Howe was loaded with
eo::ou at Charleston, and forty seven
days afterwards the matches were taken
off at Liverpool, o cat crawleG out from
between two cotton bales, with its head
hattened and one leg twisted over III
back. 1t had lived all that time without
food or water, but in few Gays WAS ap
parently all right again.
- 1t was at dusk Friday afternoon
A young man with black mnstaci:t
and blue seal ring stood on the side
walk of certain Louisville street ant
attempted handkerchief filtration with
pretty girl in store across the way
She timidly answered his ardent signals
and, screwing up his courage, he crossed
over and entered the otore. Once la the
presence of the maiden, he began to feel
meek and lowly, and at q loss for some.
thing to say. "I-beiieve Pii take q
ac.en aarrnnles y be etees...ii;,- ottss.=ca
"Yes, sir" she replied in silvery tones.
The apples were counted out, paid Tor,
and the responsibility devolved upon hin,
TO make another remark. "You may
givo me this bunch of bananas, If you
please" Then, "I'll try half dozen oil
those pears, believe" and, ''Well, O
dozen n q nregp and g;) ON Till ha had