The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-02-02
The postal appropriation bill re-


estimate. and $2'6Sl,S6S more than the
appropriation for the current year
= Ex-Governor Taylor, of Wisconsin,
has secured q divorce from his we Oh
the ground of desertion. The e1'G0V'
ernor was iu debt. and the worldly
minded wife left him because nothing
would remain after settlement.
= The people Of Dakotah claim ad-
mission into the Union They claim for
their Territory q population Of 26o,Ooo.
At q general convention yesterday one
hundred and 6hy- four delegates were
appointed to visit Washington to further
Ike scheme.
= Dennis Kearney proposes TO resume
hls work 10 California politics IN The ap.
rroaching campaign. de VIII Try 70
organize an anti-monopoly. party, lie
SAYS that $4,000 Chinese who landed at
san Francisco last year have brought
smallpox TO the Eastern States.
A mysterious and terrible disease
ha. broken out among the Texan ranch
men. Fin; pimpe or red spot ahows
itself upon the face near the nose. This
at once spreads, swelling the whole head
up in a horrible manner, and death is
certain 70 eusue in short time. The
disease is said 10 resemble in its syIip-
toms the terrible Asia,ic plague, and
baii;es the knowledge Of the medical
men.
= Tie following from Washington
letter possesses interest The Mormon
church has for years kept an accurate
record in detail Of the private life-es-
pecially at Washington of every Sena-
ior and Representative, and it is this
record, | am sorry To ray, which has
given the Molmons such tremendous and
fatal power at Washington for quarter
Of century
: Patti actually receives $4,000 every
time she sings. and one-half of the re-
ceipts over So 900 So, if the receipts Of
the house should reach as high as IS, 600,
the gifted songtress would take in the
snug little fnr,une Of 50 900 for one night.
Estimating her actual time on the stage
that evening ct three quarters Of an hour,
she receives over 800 minute, which
perhaps pays her we'll enough for wa.b.
| ling sweet notes without the least appa-
rent effort. We should sing.
: ST. Louis gamblers have been play
ing poker with Col. Starr, especially rich
planter from Mississippi, who was con-
fined to his room by gout and used cards
only 10 kill time. Pretty much all the
professional men in the city went around,
one after another, to help pluck so fine a
pigeon, but luck WAS strangely against
them, and finally it appeared that the
gout was all q sham, that Col. Starr was
a shining light in the fraternity, and that
the brethren had been ridiculously taken
in.
= The following is the comparative
cotton statement for the week ending
January q, 1882: Net receipts at all
United States ports during the week,
90,l73; same week last year, 124,086 ;
total receipts to this date 1861 III; to
same date last year, 3,9l9,270. Exports
for the week, 95,70l same week last
year, l09,413; total exports to this date,
1,9l6,2S5; TO same date last year, 2,435,
39S. Stock at all United States ports,
,l4o,660; same time last year, S67 ,627
stock at all interior towns, 1913, ,203; same
time last year, l61, ,774; stock at Liver
pool, 6Si, 900; stock of American afioat
for Great Britain, 20S,000; same time
last year, 4Gl,O 900.
| "A hasty, although somewhat accu.
rate, compilation Of the cost in maintain
ing the House of Representative of this
country at the Capital shows it to be
about S23 minute. Probably no reader
Of the Sentinel ever thought that each
little remark, objection or move made by
member Of the House costs from $40 to
500. How many members indulge in
$500 speeches every day And yet how
many there are who indulge in SlO,O 900
speeches, too! Three days, almost, were
taken up by the efforts of Mr. Robesnn,
of New Jersey, 10 increase the number
OF members of standing committees. At
$23 q minute, what cost Members
often spend $4,000 in time by nDjcc,;ng
to an appropriation of 800. The people
of the country should learn to appreciate
The proceedings Of Congress, Inr they arc
very high in price, very rare.
= Tie New York Herald has special
from Scranton, Pa, saying WfIlan
Cook, Il miner, who was snit,cn with
smallpox several days ego, died hrrri.
bic death in his home al the Hampton
mines, Il shor, distance from Scranton.
| about O'clock. His wife and baby
several weeks old we're the only persons
in the house with The sick man during
the last days Of his illness, and this NOR.
ming, when she thought he was dying
Mrs. Cook placed lighted candle in her
husbands hand, and sat in chair q
sho:S distance from his bedside to await
the solemn issue. Overcome by fatigue
and loss of rest, she fell asleep, and the
candle in the hand Of the dying man
burned through the rigid fingers and set
the bedc!c'hing Oh fire. Airs. Cook was
startled from her sleep, bu. swooned
again, and fell helpless on the floor.
The smoke i'll the room was suffocating
her. The light from the burning bed
attracted the attention Of the neighbors.
The place was on the first floor, and the
scence was plainly witnessed through the
window, but fear of the horrible malady
hindered everybody from going TO the
rescue, until ct last two men, who form.
erly had the disease, broke through the
door and carried out the senseless wife
and babe. They then recovered the BODY
OF the unfortunate man, from the bones
of which the flesh had been burned
and placed 1t in box, after which the
fire was extinguished. Mrs. Cook and
her baby are recovering, and she is so
far improved rs to be able to narrate the
sad circumstance of the affair.
"A REVENUE RAID.-A force of reye-
nue. deputies, under the command Of
Deputy Marshals Stolbrand and Kane.
lett Greenyille on a whiskcy raid on