The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-30
All Sorts OF Paragraphs.

The contest of the rival Democratic
factions for the Governorship in Georgia
has become exceedingly bitter.
An elephant, travelling in car next
the locomotive on an Indiana railroad,
opened the tank, and drank all the water,
and so compelled the train to stop.
Professionalism is making progress in
Spain. There are now congregations in
the principal towns, with an estimated
attendance of 10000. Over 5000 chill.
dren attend the schools.
Cyrus w. Field, few days ago.
erected monument over Major Andres
grave, and the people ofTarrytown, out Of
revenge, are having statute sculptured
in honor of Andres captors. Thus runs
the world away.
American mills consumed during
the past cotton year fifteen per cont
more cotton than they did in the pre-
ceding year. The Southern mills took
eighteen per cent. more, showing that
they are still gaining on the Northern
mills.
Henry Herbert Crane lived child.
less at Grafton, Ohio, until he was 65.
Then his young wife gave birth to twins.
The joyful father hired band of music
and marched through the village bearing
banner on which was inscribed the
word, "Victory."
- As temperance item it is stated, as
the result of extended inquiry, that 42
per cent. of men in this country and GO
per cent. of women are total abstainers in
the penitentiaries, 7s per cent. were
freely addicted to liquor drinking before
their Imprisonment.
The strength of six English-speak-
ing religious bodies is estimated in
round numbers as follows: Episcopal
ians, 17,750,000; Methodists, 100000 ;
Roman Catholics, 12,500,000; Presbyte-
riana, 100000; Baptists 100000 /;
Congregationalists, 100000.
One of the greatest wonders of Ma
ture is to be found on Clear Creek, in
Winston County, Alabama, in the shape
of natural bridge across that stream,
made by q solid limestone rock. 1t is
wonderful, aud if known, would attract
more general attention than the famous
Virginia natural bridge.
The two Methodist preachers,
North and South, at Paducha, Kentucky,
have taken formal steps looking steps
looking to union of the two Metho.
disms. They have issued q bl:ef state
meut, and ask all the ministers of the
two churches to agitate the question, and
join in a request to the General
Conference to authorize the pastors to
take the vote without debate, and report
to the.ensuing Conference.
- In Mississippi during the year end
ing Dec. 81, 1879. there were POI con-
victions for murder. Of this number
thirty.nine were executed by, banging,
while 162 were punished by. iinprison-
ment for life in the penitentiary. Dur.
ing the same time there were 12l convic-
lions for the crime of manslaughter, pun
ished by imprisonment in the penitentia-
~ for terms varying from two to fifty
years. About ten years would. be q fair
average.
- The road bed of the Edge6eld,
Trenton and Aiken Railroad has nearly
reached Bauskett's Mill, on Shaws
Creek, about six miles from Aiken, and
the;stockade: will be moved there, per-
.haps, this week. It is expected that the
road will reach Aiken in few months.
This road will connect the town of Edge
field with the network of railroads in
the State and contribute materially to
the business advantages of that live place.
With railroad and first-class news
paper like the Advertiser any town should
prosper. -,
The Presbyterian Church, North,
reports in its new minutes 5 ,044 ministers,
5,4e9 churches, 57s,671 communicates,
and 6SI, 1852 Sunday-school membership.
It's contributions for congregational pur-
poses were S6,098, $50, and for benef-
cence $2,262,878. The Presbyterian
Church. South, reports 1850 ministers,
1928 churches, 120,02S communicates,
and 74,9O2 Sunday-school membership.
Its contributions for congregational pur-
poses we're $191,777. The additions by
professions of faith have been less in
both these bodies than during the last
year.
Some twenty years ago drunken
doctor gave one Phil. Hawkins a
resident of Niagara County, N. Y,
dose of farsenic that would certainly have
killed any, ordinary man. Hawkins
died, but it was shown by the defense
that he had SO wonderful constitution
that there was some doubt whether the
arsenic really put an end to his life. The
jury disagreed and the case was never
tried again, the defendant being dismiss
ed on a nolle prosequi Hawkins, who
was sixty-ive at the time of his death,
had been known to sleep out doors
without covering on the coldest nights;
he had double teeth all around. On
frequent occasions he would, on wager,
eat up, masticate, and swallow an
ordinary seven by nine pane of glass in
the presence of dozen spectators; in
the same way he was known on nu-
merous occasions to bite q large piece
out Of heavy glasstumbler, masticate.
and swallow itwithout difficulty, and
one witness testified that he had seen
him drink off and swallow a wash basin
full of spiritsof turpentine, also on a wa
ger.
THE CRUSHED SERENADER.-Young
Bilkins went to serenade his girl on Van
mi