The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-07-13
News and Gossip

:, 0oule I,VuU Cn0ctaw Indians still
live in Mississippi.
= One.half of the human family dio
under II years of age.
= Rutherford B. Hayes is reported as
hoeing corn and enjoying himself.
:, Georgia's wheat crop this year will
DC the best raised in twenty years.
-, - The Fruit Fair of North Carolina
will be held In Greensboro, August s.
- Que hundred and fifty soldiers Of
the war of 1919 still live in Kentucky.
- The Kentucky ;heat crop is sun.
posed to reach near $4,000, 900 husheIs
- The prospects of the Louisiana rice
crop were never better than at the pres.
snt time.
= OF the 10000, 900 acres of land IN
Mississiippi less than 5000 900 are under
cultivation.
= -Four hundred and forty-one pounds
OF tea has been raised on one acre of
ground in Georgia.
= The reduction of the National debit
during the fiscal year just closed foota IN
the handsome total of 9l51 ,684,951.
In 1881, North Carolina produced
100000 pounds Of copper, being sur-
passed only by Michigan, Arizona and
Vermont.
Five Cnlpepper county, Vs., far.
mers have recently sold an aggregate of
10000, pounds of wool clipped from their
own sheep.
= 1t Is now predicted that In the near
future the wine and grape interests of
North Carolina will eclipse the cotton
and tobacco.
= The wheat crop of Tennessee is esli.
mated at l2,000,0Uv bushels, nearly eight
bushels to each man, woman and child
in the State. - o-''u
A colored man recently plowipe
near Opelousas, Louisiana, unaarthcd q
Jar ln or or Spanish silver coins of 1879, worth
$4,000 to $4,000. ~
= Over $4,000 Texas steers are now
being driven through the Indian Terri.
tory to the West and Northwest. Tn the
droves are 10000 horses.
= Tennessee has 25 copper furnaces
TINT turn out 100000 pounds of conner
each year The State has also is. .00(. do
acres of unimproved land.
- Thirty. ono murders have been com.
mitted in Pittsy!vania county, Va. since
1875. and there has been but ono hang.
ing during the same period.
Willie Morris became ioyous at n
Wilmington, N. G., camp meeting, and
fell over Annie Williams while the Iattsr
was knealinp in nravar .pI hrot,o ~
back.
= Thomas Ferguson, of Weldon. N.
o., carelessly pointed an "empty" shot
gun at his three.year-o brother, but il
went Off just the same, and the child was
torn to pieces.
- James Kirkland, Of Levy county.
Fla, met with horrible death while out
hunting recently. He stumbled and fell
on sharp stake, which pierced through
his body and held him until ne died.
- The Washington correspondent of
the Mews and Courier saws the Rennb,i.
cans in Congress propose to ayenga tho
South Carolina redistrictinp by unseot.
ing all of the Southern members whose
seats are contested before adjournment.
=. Az Irish coroner's jury returned
verdict that the. deceased cana to his
death from exposure. "What dc you
mean by that?" asked relative of the
dead man. There are two bulletin .holesin
bis skull" "Just sc" replied the coro.
ner, "he died from exposure to bullets"
= The Postoffice Department officials
say that when the final statement of The
receipts and expenditures of the Post.
Office Department for the fiscal wear end.
ed June both is completed, it viii show
that the postal service was selfsustaininr
during the year. This will be the first
year since 1851 In which the recaipts of
the Department have balanced its ex-
penditures.
= The will of Gen. George Washing
ton, on flo in the Clerks Office at Fair.
fax, Fairfax county, w., has received go
much wear anu tear from strangers who
desired to examine it. that the CLERK
found II necessary to inclose it in Q glass
case in order to preserve It, The Ill is
written on heavy rnruled paper about
note size, and every side Is covered.
There are twenty-seven pages, all of
which have Gen. Wash:cgton's name at
tached except the twenty third, which
ended with the words "City Of Washing
tom" ard it is supposed that in looking
over il the General mistook the words for
his signature. and therefore failed 10 sign
the page. The entire will is in his own
handwriting, ard was written in l799--
the year he died.
= "Well, BRETHREN" said Maine
minister to aome of his fellow. evangel-
ists, II never was guilty of laughing in
the. pulpit but once. Some years ago /
had in my congregation an old man who
universally went to sleep in church and
snored loudly throughout the entire ser.
vice. One Sabbath morning, glancine
in his direction, saw him as usual, with
hiS head back enjoying nap, and right
above him, in the gallery, young man
was rolling large quid of tobacco around
in his mouth. AS 1 looked he took il
out and, pressing it into ball, poised il
carefully over the open mouth below.
became so interested in the proceeding
that forgot to continue the sermon, bnl
stood watching the young man. With g
wicked smile he took careful aim and
dropped 1t squarely into the old mans
mouth. With gulph the sleepe. started
up and with face red az a beet rushed
from the house. The people no doub
were Mortified, bat could not have Aep
from laughing if sword had hung owe
my head ready to fall The old man die
not come back for several Sabbashs, ant
when he did he changed his seat and re
majned wide awake"