The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-03-30
News aud Gossip.

"cWS hHu GOSSIP
:; , The ice crop in Virginia is consid.
cred q failure.
"A cotton seed oil mill will be en-.
tabished in Greenville.
= The run of shad in the streama of
North Carolina is larger than il has been
for years.
= A colony of sixty families from lows
ana Illinois have settled in Manatee
county, Fla.
= The cotton seed oil refinery at Mont.
gomery, Ala, has q capacity of 500 gal.
Ions per day.
- A three year old infant is being ex.
h'olted in Charleston, S. c.. which turns
the scales at 165 pounds.
4 citizen of Haywood county, N. c..
recently sold one hundred walnut trees
10" northern company for $1,000.
The apple is now considered excel
lent food for brain workers. Well wa
believe this fruit originally came from
the tree Of knowledge.
of Daniel Webster's family onlv
two are now living-children of b;s
daughter, Julia-Samuel Appleton and
Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte.
= 1t is estimated that the residents of
Missionary Ridge, near Chattanoopo
Tenn. will realize 100000 this wear
from the different fruit crops.
= The Philadelphia Record snys: Mr..
Alexander II. Stephens has been forty-
six years III public life without either
getting fat or rich. We do not know n
case OF this kind north of Mason and
Dixon's line.
= The leading Independents of Geor.
gia held caucus in Atlanta on Monday
before last, and formulated an address to
the people, urging the formation of a new
party, and calling for n mass meeting of
oil Georgia Independents to convene in
Atlanta on the 1st Of June.
when l grow up, ri be man
won't z" asked little Austin boy OF
his mother eyes, my son; but if Won
want to be man you must be industri.
GUS at school and learn how 10 behave
yourself" why, mamma, do the lazy
ooys turn ont to be women when they
grow up p 7eras Siffings.
- 'ery kind drug clerk to little girl.
Now be sure you tell your papa to take
this medicine according to the directions
on the bottle; on over dose might affect
ms BRAIN" Little girl: ooh, guess
there's no danger Of that, for I've heard
mamma tell him lots of times he never
had any brains"
= 1t IL announced that herd of H.
00O sheep has just arrived at Lincoln.
Nebraska, from Washington Territory
The journey occupied two wears. Tie
trail from Washington Territory to the
Missouri river is Baid to be the longest
and hardest known TO stock men. Three
years IS often consumed in n drive over
| this distance.
=. Col. j. q. Bryant, of Georgia. lately
told the Methodist ministers of Philadei.
phla that the Southern people are pre.
pairing for another rebellion. The natu.
raj inquiry arises, What does this Colonel
expect to make by such talk? The answer
IS furnished by Bryant himself He 10
wanting support for an alleged newspa.
per somewhere in Georgia.
In caucus Of Republican Repre-.
sentatives, resolution was adopted that
any legislation at present looking to a
reduction of the internal revenue taxes
on whiskey, tobacco and cigars is unwise
and nexpedient, but that some relief
should, be accorded by extending tho
time during which whisky may remain
IN pond without payment of the tax.
-, 1t is the general impression in
Washington that the present session of
congress will run into the middle of
July. No less than five thousand one
hundred and fifty bills and Joint resolu.
tions have been introduced in the House
OF Representatives the present session
and two thousand moro in the Senate.
A very large proportion Of them are pri-
vate bills.
- Statistics show that Mormonism
gains about 1000 annually by imlnigra-
ton. For the first fifteen years. from
l84O to 1854, 81, 1,911 crossed the sea and
the mountains. From 1854 to 1860.
6,829 were added in the same way. and
from 1860 to 1870 25, 900 moro took ship.
ping from Europe to Salt Lake. Tie
last decade shows similar results, and
aggregates the number of immigrants
since 1910 at about $4,000.
- The National Sunday School Con.
vcntion lately in session in Atlanta wac
well attended. Many interesting facts
were stated. 1t was reported that there
are in the United States e4,73G Sabbath
Schools, with 932.3S9 teachers end G..
1850 scholars, making total working
In the Sabbath interest of 7,853,ll8 in
all. In tho world there are 1,55S.823
teachers and l3,062,523 scholars, making
total OF Sabbath School workers Of
14,623,345
- Quite lively scene occurred on
the cars near Louisville, KY, few days
ago. A Mrs. Mellon, who had been di-
vorced from her husband in Illinois, was
on her way to Georgia to make her home
among friends there. At the junction
Of the Short Line and New Orleans
Road, two miles from Louisville, her
husband boarded the train and endeav-
ored to seize aud carry away her two
children. But she fought for her chicks
and the husband retired from the contest
vanquishcd, while she proceeded on her
way.
| - AT sale of rare coins at Clinton
Hall, in New York, March l4th, the in
ierest of bidders centred in silver half
dollar issued from the mint of the Con-
federate States at New Orleans in 1861.
IL is asserted to be one of four. OF the
three other coins one was said to be in
possession of Jefferson Davis at the time
of his capture; it has not since been
heard of. The coin offered on the 14th
was sent to 3. +. Taylor, Chief Coiner
OF the Confederate States, and was OBJ
tained by Mr.. Scott from him. The bid
ding was started at 5000 and bids of ten
n loR Al. n