The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-29
Edward Green. who died at CALLS


dish.
- Edward Green, who died at Gala
tin, Tenn, last week, claimed to be l0t
years old. The surviving members O
bis family believe him to have been IL;
or ia years of age. He was native o
North Carolina, and came to TENNESSEE
when a young man, stopping at Nash
vile, which was then military post
He assisted in building one of the frs
houses erected in Nashville. Only las
year be was able to work in his garden
After a telegraph pole had fal!er
on n Savannah negro's head, he threw
up bis hands and shouted: "Don't hi
me again wild yer club. Mr.. Policeman
1t wasn't me that stole der chickens. i
was Deacon Henry" Then he looked
saw what hit him, and walked off, say
ing; "Golly, Use in luck dis mornin'.
'spected dat de policeman had me shuah
dat time"
The eccentric George Francis Train
derives an annual income from his rea
estate in Omaha, Newport and New
York of $4,000. He refuses every year
$4,000 for lecturing engagements, an6
spends only $40 year on himself
which amount includes bread for the
sparrows in Madison square, peanuts fos
the children and candy for the servants
- Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, re-
Gently asked gas company to reduce IN
excessive bill for gas for the Georgia
State House. The gas company refused
and the Governor then ordered the ga,
to be shut off, and directed the purchase
of eight lamps for the use of the officers
of the Government.
- The oldest theatre in America is the
Savannah theatre, which was built in
1903. It is massive building of brick
and stone, and has never been remodeled
or changed in any way. The architect
was an Englishnan who was brought 10
this country by the Blake brothers, two
wealthy planters.
= The members of the Oil City Derrick
staff were blufing as to who bad got cfi
the best thing during the week. When
it came to the last man, lie said he
thought the best thing be had got off was
his dirty shirt.
= Young ladies who wish to have
small mouths are advised to repeat this
at frequent intervals during the day :
Fanny Finch fried five foundering
frogs for Francis Fowler's father"
"A planter in North Carolina has
made tobacco hogsbead by hewing it
out of the trunk Of large tree. No
hoops are required to hold it together.
- The widow of the late Gen. J. E. E.
Stuart, of Confederate cavalry fame, has
been elected principal of the Virginia
Female Institute at Staunton.
- In the South there are 144 blast
furnaces, thirty-nine rolling mills and
steel works, and forty.eight forges and
bloomeries.
- Under the preaching of Mrs. Moon
and Miss Painter, at the Methodist
Church in Marion, S. c., thirty persons
have been converted.
Georgia has 6,S64, ,6o1 acres of wild
lands reported for taxation, the average
assessed value of. which is tHenty,thrce
cents per acre. Z.
= When a ghost in Georgia steals
sheep, the farmers may not doubt its be-
ing supernatural, but they lay for it with
shot guns all the same.
= Lee r. Hall, of Chicago, colored
woman, and Edward Green, of Nashville,
have just died.; both at the age of,lO6
years.
"A horse in Paris saw his master get
ting the worst of it in fight, when he
pulled the other man off three times with
his teeth, stopping the battle.
p. B. Hutchinson, of Huntington,
Mass, was murdered in his house and
the building set on fire to conceal the
crime.
Honor is like an island, rugged and
without landing place; we can never
more re-enter when re are once outside
of it.
Miss Thompson, of Northeast, Pa,
can break fifty out of seyenty-tive g lass
balls thrown IN the air. q rlhle.
Secret kindnesses done to your fel-
low creatures are as beautiful es secret
injuries are detestable.
= The General Assembly of the Pres.
byteriaD Church (Southern) will meet at
Charleston, May 20.
= Walnut logs thirty feet in diameter
are carried by rail from Tennessee to
Pensacola, and shipped to Europe.
-Sugar.cane is tasseling in Louis
lana, for the first time since 1888. This
is said to indicate an enormous yield.,y-
- The majority of the mail contract,
in the State Of Mississippi have been
awarded to Northern men.
- Thirty-four factories in Georgia are
exempted from taxation. They own
property worth s4,l3S,375.