The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-11
General News Summary.

~ - Hue OOutTOlber. Of Texas. uexk
month, vii! offer for sale about 1900 GOO
acres Of land for taxes.
- There was marriage ia Bristol.
Conn, last week, in which the bride was
only l3 and the groom 35. ;1s
- Isabella Pigeon, a weaver ia the
Crescent mill. at Fall River, Haas. has
fallen heir to $l7c, 900 by the death on at
uncle 10 Australia. g,'7sS ,'-aT
- Joseph kenz, o Mexican, sixty-fiye
years OLD. has been sentenced TO death at
AareGo, Texas, for q criminal assault ot,
child elk years. old.
- There were heavy snow storms ia
the northwest la'C week. In some nor.
lions OF Aiir.-sota the snow was deeper.
than at any time last winter. -.
- Ayoung man died at San Antonio.
Texas, after picking cotton, from the
eusct OF POISON pnt on the cotton IN kill
cause. %ss,if
= Columbia county, Ga, will ask the
Legislature to give them the authorize N
prohibit the saie of jnfoxicating i;anorS ~
day in Georgia. Z ~ III :. s =
Every Prince Of The House of Prussia
Is, wnen young, taught some useful trade.
end the Emperor Williams Cabinet ia
filled with. specimens of the handIworE
of his sons and gtandsotis. "A
John Sheppard q farmer near Peo.
ria, I'll, has faithfully Kept vow rnads
in 1860 not to cut his hair or shave mnt;j
the election of Democratic. President.
His whiskera reach almost 10 his yaist
and his hair 10 kept in braids.
= Amy g. Wardell, tiauphter of
Leonard O.. Wa.dell OF Providence.
Rhode island, impressed with The iden
that she was committing sjn in eating.
eix weeks ago began o fast which ended
only with her death last week. Z
-, In Holyoke, Mass, Mary Harring.
ton has recovered 50, 400 In suit agsinst
niicheal McKellop, o liquor, dealer for
the loss of her husband, who was killed
by Michael O'Nell in a drunken row. fhe
liquor being procured in McKellop's Sd.
loon. ,alf -. - III
- A valuable heifer, belonging TO u
fasmec near Northailer.on, In Englan5.
recently broke its leg, and it had TO bs
amputated. The animal has since been
fitted with q wooden leg, on which it
moves about with the utmost ease. which
proves the absurdity of hastily orierine
the destruction of animais that meet wiih
such accidents. ~ 9.''f
- a leading church iii BradfolS.
Tenn, Is agitated over tho innovation of
cornet in the choir. The pastor. OK.
ganist, music committee aud choristers
approve inc use OF the instrument as nm
aid to congregational singing, but the
trustees denounce it as a''brass dsyii.n
and the members are divided in hostile
camps. .-LouisviNe Courter.JopraaL
= The superintendent Of thf railwny
mail service has completed ! annual
report for the last fiscal year It shows
that there are nbw covered bI thia SER
vice l08, ,460 miles of railroad and steaIn.
boat routes, an increase Of $3.50 miles
since last ye,,r. The number Of niecea ~
mail matter handled by the employeg oe
this division during the year seachod the
enormous aggregate Of z,67O 600. GOO.
Ihe report asks for increased appropria-
.nns &c ee. TIE s,:;is....J s,::;isz....y isiss si easing
demands of the RAILWAY mail service. :
= DR.; Thompson, OF Union, s. O., is
food for his stock during the wii5tes R bv
burying it in o pic prepared for that pnf-
pose. The pit is about ten feet square
aud planked up to within ahont four feet
Of the top of che ground This fit he
has filled with green pea vines. corn.
ETC.; {abont forty two.horse loads ! which
are cut up with feed cutter and backed
in the pit with feet and malls. The food
is covered with plank and four feet of
dirt. People in Franc 81 aud several OF
the Northern States Ike: p green food oil
wintDr this way.
Tho next President vii! probably
have it Ia his powert tc appoint 8 majorf.
" OF the Jadges Of the United States Sr-
2reme Court. Justices Hunt aud Cliff.
iord are tuttering from paralytio strokaa,
and 1t Is not probable that they will re-
main upon the bench much longer, even
though they PARTIALLY recover health.
tice Strong is 72. It's said that both
ofthem contemplate retiring as they have
heright to do. Justice Miller has been OF.
| the bench twenty years. and is 65 wears
ofage. He, too, has the right to ratire.
Justice Brady is 81, and will prababIy
remain m the bench for some Years !,
From this it appears that should the par.
ty which succeeds the present admins.
tration in power desire Co effect change
| in the Supreme Court, It can be done
without tho necessity Of legiation to that
| end.
- Mr. Hayes saves nearly all his SAL
| ary. No President ever succeeded in
saving such a alRsge proportion of his
i salary HE trip West ess viii s.ssss.s!ss &.
saving to the economical President OF
$4,000. All his family expenses here
are now cut off, while his Western trip
costs him nothing. If heehould remaiTi
in Columbus this winter, and send his
message by mail, he would clinch his
autumnsl savings in q way no one hero
would find fanlt with Washington Star.
+. - Thera il Joy in Rnrg.,al. ;nsa non,
for one of King TheebaV's consorLs has,
quite reeo lily presented that monarch
with son. Mother and child are doing
| we'll. The happy father is so elated by
the achievement of his spouse, Su Hpa-
yah Lat that ha han announced hia in
tention to wed her younger oister forth
with. As he has put to death nearly all
his relatives having any claim to the
succession, bis Majesty cannot be too
ferrently congratulated upon the accui-
sition of an heir, from cutting whose
throat he will probably be dcterre9 IN
the feelings Of father and the iute.ats
of dynasty.
- Some mention has bean made of the
efforts TO Introduce Chinese labor
into Louisiana by the planters of that
State, Movements have bean actively
! made to ship Chinese laborers from Gu.
ba, and arrangements had been made for
several ship loads. But the Chinese
conBnl at Havana appears to DO acting in
concert with the Spanish authorities to
l throw obstacles In the way, The Spanish