The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-30
General News Summary.


duced at West Pointed, Miss.
- Boston celebrated her two hundred
and fftieth anniversary last week.
f: - The President has accepted an in
vitation to visit Washington Territory.
- The sale of cattle this year in
Texas, it is estimated, will reach 7,000,-
900 head.
= Memphis is the only city in the
United States that has less population
than 1860.
The late election gives the Yer.
mont Legislature 13z Republicans and
IA Democrats.
- President Hayes has been made
| Vice. President of the American Bible
society.
- The gallant Confederate General,
Bushrod Johnson, died ct his home in
Missouri, last week.
The Florida orange crop is reported
ruined by the recent great storm; loss
said to be 81 100000.
The railroad commissioners of Ken.
lucky will recommend the reduction Of
fares to three cents mile.
Victoria's stronghold in Mexico has
been discovered, and the reward for his
scalp has been increased to $4,000.
"A Boston pastor, who. did not take
vacation, married twenty couples in
the two months others were absent
John Keene, of Rockland, Me-, has
a horse which likes tobacco so we'll that
he begs chew whenever his master
takes one.
- The Texas and Pacific Railroad
Company have inaugurated a scheme to
induce ten thousand Germans to immi.
CRATE to Texas.
Skowhegan, Me-, boasts two apple
trees, one planted about 1862 and the
other 4S years later, which are still bear.
ing their yearly burden of russets.
= Fourteen thousand seven hundred
persons are now employed ON the Penn
sylvania railroad, and the New York
Central railroad has 10000 employees.
= "A silk mill is being erected at Haw-
ley. Pa, which will have ground floor
of over an acre, be several stories in
height, and give employment to 1000
hands.
The members of the Chinese EN-
bassy have been SO grossly insulted by
the rabble in New York city that they
have determined to 60 home as soon as
possible.
= Clayton Hillsman, the eleyen-year
old colored boy who brutally killed an
infant son Of c. G.. Hillsman, at Cullo-
den, Ga, has been sentenced to be hang
ed on 29th Of October.
= The population of West Virginia is
announced by the census supervisors of
the State at 61S,9l4. The population
ten years ago was 49, OLA; so there has
been an increase of forty per cent.
- The expenses of the late Triennial
Conclave of Knights Templar, at Chica-
20, were $4,000, and the receipts $751;
600. The deficiency will be made good
by the three local Communicates.
- Henry Mockahee, guard over
convicts at work on the Big Sandy rail-
road, near Mount Sterling, KY, was at.
tackled with axes by two convicts and
literally cut 20 pieces. The convicts
made their escape.
= Five men were killed last Friday,
at the factory of the Union Metallic Car
tride Company, at Bridgeport, Conn.,, by
the explosion of six pounds illuminate,
used for making the large caps for
exploding dynamite.
= Twenty thousand frst-class passen-
gers were carried from America to Eu-
rope this summer up to July 14-an in
crease of 1000 over last year. Assum
that each of them expended $500, low
estimate, they left abroad S10,0OO,000.
- Mrs. Oliver jolly and her three
children, aged one, six and ten years,
respectively, we're drowned recently by
the upsetting of small boat on the St.
Lawrence. Two men and a woman
saved themselves by clinging to the
boat.
- Asheville IN. C) Citizen says:
"The tobacco crop throughout this Sec
ton, which is now being cut in many
places, will prove generally splendid
one. The area of land planted i'll tobac.
co is probably double that of any former
season.
- Robert E. Culbrish, editor of the
San Francisco Weekly argus, was pum-
melled on the streets by ]. G. Flood, Jr.,
for publishing an article in his paper
relative to the rupture of the engagement
between Miss Jessie Flood and U. S.
Grant, Jr.
= The Jewish population of the world
at the present time is matter of much
discussion and great uncertainty. The
Jewish calender of Grand Rabbi Seryi
for the present year puts the number at
6,21O,000. Others estimate it as low as
100000.
- A duel between Ute Indian and q
Navajo, took place last Thursday, near
Santa Fe, N. NJ. A few friends of the
Indians were present. The Ute was
killed and the Navajo seriously injured.
Knives were used, and the duel was
caused By both Indians wanting to
marry the same girl.
"A peculiarly brutal and cold-blood-
ed murder occurred at Hartford, Conn.,,
last week. Henry Kinghorn, black
smith IS years of age, drunk, and exas-
perated because his wife wouldn't pay
S4O0 mortgage on his shop and deed it
to him, coolIy shot her through the head
as she sat at her sewing machine.
"A prominent Baptist divine in
Magofin Co. KY, discodrses against sup
porting missionaries, because, as he says,
the Bible gives assurances that whenever
the gospel is preached unto all people
the end will have reached, and God
forbid that he should contribute one
cent toward fastening that portentous
period.
- At the annual reunion of the old
settlers of Texas at Denton, the process
sion WAS headed by George Morris who
located in Texas filty-six years ago, and
has lived in the State under the
crown of Spain, republic of Mexico, die.
tatorship of Santa Anna, republic of
Texas, United States, Confederate States
and again the United States.
"A ruralist came into Tallahassee,
Fla, and finding newsstand ordered a
lot of papers, which he took from the
clerk with profuse thanks. He was as.
tonished, though, when the clerk asked
payment, as he "never heard of charging
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