The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-12

A Washington letter says: cit has
been the ambition of Secretary Sherman
ever since he became the head of the
Treasury Department to reduce the pub
lie debt below $4,000, 100000 during his
term of incumbency. To-day, in his
debt statement, he comes within 1884,
600 of it, and this amount he expects to
wipe out in his rext monthly statement.
The reduction ofover $11 900 900 shown to
day is the largest monthly reduction since
1872. The revenues of the government
have oflate been constantly increasing, es-
pecially from customs. The internal reve-
nue. receipts for the last six months OF
the last year were S9,000000 in excess of
the receipts for the corresponding period
of the previous year, and the customs re-
ceipts in the same time were $4,000, 900
more than for the corresponding period
of the previous year.
The Town of Van Wort, Ohio, was
greatly excited the other day by the
horsewhipping of Rev. ]. r. Henderson,
the pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, by Miss Norma Conner, organist
of that church. Miss Conner had been
attedding dances during the last week,
for which the reverend gentleman Gen.
sured her publicly in church, on Sunday.
He called on her to apologize, and was
met by her in her fathers store, where
he received the chastisement, which was
quite severely administered. He offered
no resistance, and repaired to his home
after she had her satisfaction.
To accomplish the seemingly incred-
ible act of putting an egg into bottle
requires the following preparation: Put
an egg in vinegar, and in course of time
its she'll wilf become quite soft, so that it
may be extended lengthwise without
breaking; then insert it into the neck of
q small bottle, and on pouring cold water
upon it, it will assume It's former figure
and hardness. This is really a curiosity,
and battles those who are not in the secret
to find out how it is accomplished.
j New Orleans Picayune:: The mon
ument to Stonewall Jackson, to be erec-
ted in Metairie Cemetery, on the grounds
of the Washington Artillery, is now on
its way to the city by rail. The unvail-
ing and dedication ceremonies will take
place on February %. Hon. T. J.
Semmes will be the orator of the day.
Il. L. Bayne, President of the association,
will make the presentation, and Col.
Owen will respond. The ceremonies will
be the occasion of large military turn
out.
The burden of the Texas papers is
of'improved farms, growing towns and
bright prospects for the future. Society
is improving with the revival of indus
try and the return Of prosperity, and the
population continues TO increase as rap
idly as ever.
The zinc mining in Union county,
East Tennessee, is regarded by the Knox
vile Tribune as one of the most impor-
tant interests in the State. During the
past year nearly 1000 tons of zinc were
shipped from these mines, and fully q
600 tons are now awaiting shipment.
In Hill county, Texas, J. S. Dixon
harvested wheat on the 10th of May last,
making eighteen bushel per ace. On the
same land planted cotton on the 18th
and 14th of same month. On nine acres
he made three bales of cotton of 525
pounds each.
Blind Tom, when at his Georgia
home, remains alone with his piano, in o
building apart by himself, and plays days
and nights like madman. He now
plays about 1000 pieces, and picks up
new ones everywhere.
A Chicagoan has announced that
he has discovered process by which
Illuminating gas can be made from water.
The Chicago people are ready to believe
in it, as they have an idea that water
must have been made for something or
other.
- Thirteen times widowed is the ex-
perience of Little Rock, Ark, woman.
She is now living with her fourteenth
husband. She has preserved the last hat
worn by each, and from thirteen pegs
driven in the wall they are suspended.
An empty peg waits the last.
-"You'll either agree or you won't
get off to 60 to the circus !" said a Texas
Judge to jury who we're hanging of,
and they brought in verdict of guilty"
on the gallop.
Samuel Butler, of Allen county, who
has been married three times, is the
father Of twenty-six children-thirteen
boys and thirteen girls. He srys he is
only seventy-six years OF age.
"A negro girl living near Albany,
Ga, who had her limbs crushed in d
railroad accident, has recovered S25, 900
damages from the Georgia Central rail-
road.
- Charlotte IN. C.) Ob,errer:: Almost
every farmer who comes to the city re-
ports that his wheat crop is being badly
injured by the fly. Cold weather and
snow are very badly needed.
- Mrs. Williams, aged sixteen, has
applied for divorce at Kansas City from
a man whom she married when she was
twelve. She intends to go into wedlock
again as soon as she gets free.
North Carolina has six newspapers
edited by negroes, Louisiana three, Ten
nessee and Texas two each, and Virginia,
Alabama and Mississippi one each.
"A butcher in York county, Pa,
while cutting rounds from slaug htered
steer, recently found in The beef gold
dollar, dated 1852.
- Miss Lizzie Hammond, pretty
white girl of eighteen years, has been
sentenced to the Virginia penitentiary
for horse-stealing.
-Orville Grant says the Generals
foreign tour cost him $4,000, which is a
years third term salary.
- The school population of Tennessee
is 5l4,643; the value of public school
property in the State is 81 ,l62,674.76.
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