The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-30
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iactions Tor the GoveruOrship III 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.
= Protestantism is making progress in
Spain. There arc now congregations in
the principal towns, with an estimated
attendance of 10000. Over 5000 chill.
dren attend the schools.
= Cyrus w. Field, a few days ago,
erected monument over Major Andres
grave, and the people Of ofTarrytown, cut OF
revenge, are having statute sculpturcd
in honor of Andres captors. Thus runs
the world away.
= American mils consumed during
the past cotton year fiftr - per cont.
more cotton than they did In the pre-.
ceding year. The Southern mills took
eighteen per cent moro, 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 n band of music
and marched through the village bearing
q banner on which was inscribed the
word, "Victory."
= AS a temperance item it is stated, as
the result Of extended inquiry, that AZ
per cent. of men In this country and 60
per cent. Of women are total abstainers in
the penitentiaries, 78 per cent. were
freely addicted to liquor drinking be fore
their imprisonment.
- The strength Of six English .spcak-
ing religious bodies is estimated in
round numbers M follows: Episcopal
ians, 17,750,000; Mcthodists. $4,000 600 !;
Roman Catholics, 12,500,O0O Presbytc.
rians, 100000; Baptists 100000 !;
Congregationalists, 100000.
One of the greatest wonders Of Ma
ture Is to be frnnd on Clear Creek, in
Winston County, Alabama, in the shape
OF natural bridge across that stream,
made by solid limestone rock. II is
wonderful, and If known, would attract
more general attention than tho famous
Virginia natural bridge.
The two Methodist preachers.
North nnd South, at Paduclla, Kentucky,
have taken formal steps looking steps
looking to a union of the two MeihO.
disms. They have Issued brief state
mcnt. and ask all the ministers of the
two churches to agitntc the question, and
join in request to the General
Conference to authorize The pastors TO
take the vote without debate, and report
to tho ensuing Conference.
= In Mississippi during the year end
ing Dec. 81, 1879. there were POI con.
victions for murder. OF this number
thirty were executed by hanging,
while 162 we're punished by ilnprison.
ment for life in tho penitentiary. Dur
ing the same time there were I2l convic-
tions for the crime of manslaughter, pun
ished by imprisonment In the penitentia-
ry for terms varying from two TO fifty
years. About ten years would be fair
average.
= The road bed of the Edgefield,
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-
hap5, this week. It is expected TINT the
road will reach Aiken in n few months.
This road will connect the town of Edge
field with the network of railroads in
the State snd contribute materially to
the business advantages Of that live place.
With railroad and n first class news.
paper like the Advertiser any town should
prosper.
- Tho Presbyterian Church, North,
reports in Its new minutes 6, ,044 ministers,
$3.50 churches, 578,67l communicates,
end G31 ,952 Sunday.school membership,
Its contributions for congregational pur.
poses were $6,098, 100. and for beneG.
cenco &2,262,878. The Presbyterian
Church South, reports 1,060 ministers,
1923 churches, 120,028 communicates,
and 74,9O2 Sunday school membership.
Its contributions for congregational pur-
poses Hero $l91, ut. 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 ono Phil. Hawkins a
resident of Niagara County. N. Y,
dose of arsenic that would certainly have
killed any ordinary man. Hawkins
died, but it was shown by the defense
that he had 30 wonderful constitution
that thore was some doubt whether the
arsenic really put an end to his life. The
jury disagreed and tho case was never
tried again, the defendant being dismiss-
ed on nolle prosequi Hawkins, who
was sixty.fivo at the time of his death,
had been known to sleep out doors
without covering on the coolest nights;
he had double teeth nll around. On
frequent occasions he would, on n wager,
eat up, masticate, and swallow an
ordinary seven by nine pane of glass in
the presence Of n dozen spectators in
the same way he wis known on nu-
merous occasions to bite largo piece
out of heavy glasstumbler, masticate,
and swallow itwithout difficulty, and
ono witness testified that he hna seen
him drink off and swallow q wa, basin
full Of spiritsof turpentine, also on q wa
ger.
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