The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-06
General News Summary.

- NouSlcSs Will IcJeCL Tue Olii W BhC
The cyclone sufferers 800 900
= There are eighty American students
at the University of Berlin this winter.
The people OF Abberlie are sub
scribing literally FOR the relief "f The
cyclone sufferers At Bradley.
The cs!dcnCc Of the Key. :. Drum
mond, a; WonlrIt!-. SpaItanLurg County,
was burned on Tie 18th. Lps.. $1,000 /;
no insurance.
Charleston hai a hard freeze on
! Friday and the strawberries an'l green
I peas ia III" ,suCh farms ,.rc pa, back and
( seriously damaged
II" EoipblcanS % Ecaufor; Coun
" cSric-s goat satisfaction win the
! administration ni 'i1rrrnDr Thompson
and are i3caitiiy il favur 1t hi re elec.
! tipn.
Tie A-,oct:" Rel rm,a i'r .by,e.
! rian CiufcHc.of Ne~bcrry County have
-u;.-rr'od :g92 :" tie cniowmcn. fund
pi liz 'I.crogirn seminary a, Duc
/ Wee.
The Lancaster Lcirr s,a.cs ,hat
| tho cycipUr utfp,fe,. and blew down in
! tina. county rim hun!'Ci houses, causing
!";mas, t" thca'u tur:D! $2j,nOD. only
me pe5- ~ Wa si!."'i.
/, tie verde, ~ ~ English jrur
IA. a.. h"chhn'r- Ihat the American
incnmntiv" -! to day i one 81 the mos,
pcrt,'t pieces "l mechanism wr"ngh.
out by ,lr hArl ard nlm'i II n,an.'
In. ,.on factory mAi"!. sA, r>tau
i..il,! ia "a" to;t"n LXpD-i'i"" oI.i.dlns
il. Ar,,i,..is t,nH running 1870 -i,.nI...-,
y capita. ": oUpr. aud 10
T.nh.rg = c.CAu lp ,r rc..t. ipr lis first
y."r =. mv'"". .vfk.
= !; i repur,,d that Gen Butler will
u. Il delegate 10 the National Democratic
Convention. The last time he appeared
in National! Convention Of the Democ
racy was AZ Charleston in 1850, twenty
four years ago.
- a wedding party of 50 men, women
and children was crossing the River
Thcis-. in Hungary, about three weeks
ago, when the ice suddenly broke under
them and the entire company, with one
exception, was drowned.
: Abraham Lincolns tomb at Spring.
field, H., is going 10 ruin. Two Of the
|
corner OF tho monument has settled sew
cral inches and it is estimated that the
restoration will cost $4 600.
= While Jim Shcr0d, colored, and his
wife were absent from their home, in
Abbcville County, on Tuesday of last
week, their house caught fire and was
burned to The ground. Two small chill
drcn in the house were burned to death.
= About ten days ago, Albert Sligh,
OF Newberry, took fit Of hiccoughing
caused by violent exercise. Since then
he has had but brief intervals of rest
Physicians have been in constant attend.
ance, but up 10 Thursday morning they
had been unable 10 check the fit.
= A very persuasive rascal induced q
number Of ignorant Illinois women to
cut of their hair and entrust it to him to
be made up in fashionable forms. They
expected to thus achieve Il permanent
and beautiful style Of coflure, bit they
never saw the man or the material again
= The Union Tines says that in the
Fish Dam section of that County the
suffering from he cyclone is truly heart
rending in many cases. Not less than &
hundred persons were made houseless
without food or clothing and no means
Of procuring these and other necessaries
: BROOKS Latham, coIorcd, ALA.
Brooks Ferguson was shot last week by
the officers of The law in Pickeus County
lie was charged with housebreakin., ant
when the officers attempted TO arrest him
ran and was fired upou, receiving u flesh
wound, which it is thought will not prov,
| fatal ic .,nIr his nScane
= Lewis r. Redmond, the noted
moonshiner, has written pathetic lette
to A. B. Williams, editor of the Green
VILE -Ac,rt, pleading for the intercessior
of his friends in securing his removal
from the Albany penitentis.y TO Column
ba. Redmond says that he has con
sumption in its worst stages, and is noN
lingering between life and death.
= California stands fifth in the list o
States in the manufacture of salt, and il
the only State in the Union where The
dstillation OF salt from sen water i
carried on to any considerable extent
This industry has increased rapidly dur
ing the last twenty years. The produc
ton has risen from AZ 900 bushels in 1861
to upwards Of SS0,O0O bushels in 1883.
= Near Sparlanburg, a few years ago
n man who needed money badly gave hi!
note for about 500 with interest at {
per cent. u month, which, if not paiC
monthly, was to be compounded. The
maker and the holder of this note bolt
died this Winter. The executor nov
puts in his claim for about So 900 for tn,
note OF 800. The courts will settle tht
matter.
A special correspondent of tn.
Register writes from Darlington: "a
rough estimate of the loss by the storn
in this section will be ten thousand dol
lars. A good many that have lost thei
houses will not be able to rebuild with
out assistance. A committee here have
raised about S4O0 or $500, but that fund
has been only applied to those that were
wounded by the storm. Those who's,
only loss has been their houses and fur
niture are yet without any relief. Out
side aid is needed"
= According to the statistics given BY
u Boston lecturer, twenty thousand di
vorces have been granted in New Eng
land during the la.; .venty years
In Massachusetts there is now one ii
vorce to fourteen marriages. Since 1S6,
the rate Of divorces has increased IA
per cent. while t..e rate of marriages ba
increased only four per cent. In Yer
mont there is one divorce to II marriages
in Rhode Island one to II, in Connect