The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-16
President Gar6eld's life is insured
for $25, 900 for the benefit of his. wife.

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President Gar6eld's life is insured
for $25, 600 for the benefit Of his wife. :
New York lights 402 miles of street,
two and 9. half miles of piers and sixty
one acres of parks.
Andrew Johnson's heirs are now in
litigation over the distribution aof his
property. is valued at 100000.
a boy fell over the precipice at Ro-
chester into sthe Genesee River, acleal
drop Of 120 feet, and was taken out Of
the water unhurt.
In the year 1900 February will have
but ty'enty-eight days, although a leap
year. This phenomenon occurs once
only in 200 years, and always in the odd
year.
The thieves who robbed General
Grants baggage and stole his badges and
other jswelry apparently did not succeed
In capturing his bundle of dead-head
. passes. =
An exchange says that women who
Z talk tae most live the longest. If this is
true, We think there are some in this
State who ought to live at least one hun
dred and fifty years.
The builder of church in q Lon
don suburb, on returning thanks for the
toast Of his health, which had been pro-
posed, remarked aT fancy am more
fitted for the scsffold than for public
speaking" -.
= On the 31st ult. John Graham, a
convict in the Kentucky pen itentiary,
hired 4 negro convict for twenty cents to
cut his hand of, 80 he could not be MADE
to -haekle hemp. The negro cut s5ra-
AamIs hand of at one blow with an aae.
Senator Gordon, a personal enemy
of Conkling. describes the latter as q
man who always reminded him of the
beginning of a negro preachers prayer
down ia Georgia: "Oh, all-suficient,
self.suffcient, inefficient Being"
"A New York politician, in writing
a:letter of coincidence to the widow of
Congressman who had been his friend,
says: aI am panied to hear that W
has gone to Heaven. We were bosom
friends, but now. we shall never meet
again"
- The age of giants has returned.
Within six months seven giants, over
eight feet in height, have appeared in
New York City. The latest addition was
Henrick Brnsted, q Norwegian, who ar
rived Monday. He is eight feet tall and
weighs 400 pounds.
Large numbers of camels are said to
roam along the Gila and Salt River bot
toms in Arizona. They are supposed to
have sprung from number of beasts
which were imported into Texas in 1878
for use on the sandy plains and were
turned loose when the war broke out.
A squad of colored people left
Charleston for Liberia on Saturday, 60.
ing BY way of New York. In the latter
5; city on Friday 8, ,party arrived, returning
from Liberia to their old home in Arkan-
! sas. They give discouraging reports,
and say the entire country is swindle.
"A virginian mailed postal card to
Senator Vance, with the request, "Please
send me yonr speech on that id dog,
Mahone," and Malone had the man ar
rested for sending "scurrilous matter
through the mails.1 The New York
World thinks the poor fellow only slut
tered with his pen.
Ge.. o. o. Howard, the gymnastic
Christian alleged warrior who is now in
charge of West Point, has forbidden the
use of: tobacco in that institution. As
rine-t -tenths of the cadets are devotees of
thesweed the order will probably effect
nothing but to promote sneaking-which
isycpngenial to Howard, doubtless.
- The population of London is 3,S14,-
571. In 1871 it was 3,254,000, and in
1861, 2,s03,989. It has thus increased
over 100000 in twenty years, or at
the rate. of 1.8 per cent. per annum.
This IS for what is called the "MetropoI-
itan district" only. When London
counts in its "belt also, it has a popula.
ton Of 4,2s6,6o7.
When the excellence of rice as
diet is fully understood its use will be
more frequent and of daily occurrence in
every household. At this season of the
year especially, it may properly be
classed. as superior to any ofthe cereals
which are in such general use for the
morning and midday meals. No other
food is so easy OF digestion, and at its
present cost it is cheaper than potatoes,
oatmeal or grain-grits of any kind.
Extract from book of South Amer
ican travels: 'tNeyer had those lonely
wilds been trayersed by human beings,
nor did the animals betray the slightest
fear at our approach; indeed, on one