The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-29

"A heifer calf FIVE weeks old is
walking around on six legs in Union
county, KY.
y Mr.. W. H. Burditt, the oldest citi-
zen of Oconee County, died on the goth
instant, in the l08th year of his age.
= Sitting Bull has sold himself to a
circus for $50 a week, and the pride
Which once sat upon his brow is departed
forever.
j. W. Brewer, who shot and killed
James E. Hughes in Oconee County
recently, has been bailed by Judge Goth
ran in the sum of 81 500. IN"
= The people of Chatham County, Ga,
are wise enough to get some good out OF
convict labor. The swamp lands of the
County are being drained by convicts-
thus adding to the wealth and resources
Of the County.
= On Saturday night last Deputy
Marshal NJ. II. Bryce and posse captured
in the Long Creek section of Oconee
County an illicit distillery, together with
about 300 gallons of beer or mash, which
w ere destroyed.
"A child of John T. Hayden, a
Chester policeman, had been shrouded
for burial, having apparently died in the
morning. At 8 o'clock in the evening
signs Of life began to manifest them
selves, and later on the infant was able
to receive its nourishment. The doctor
pronounced it trance.
Life insurance companies make q
discrimination against the negro on the
theory that his life is shorter than that Of
the white man. Some experts believe
this to be erroneous, and the Massachu-
setts Legislature passed a bill forbidding
such distinction but Governor Robinson
hcsitates to append his signature.
- The Governor has offered a reward
of $3.50 for the apprehension and convic.
ton of the party or parties unknown
guilty of burning the public bridge
across Calhoun's Greek, the dwelling
house of H. R. Gilbert and the gin house
of John E. Bradley, all in Abbevilte
County, on or about the 18th of the
present month. The above reward is
supplementary to that of $3.50 offered by
the County Commissioners of Abbeville.
- Malcomb Calder, aged about thirty.
two wears, died few weeks ago, near
Green Swamp. We have just learned
that the cause of his death was that he
had not eaten any flour in considerable
length of time, and just before his death,
| he purchased about ten pounds, and
| when he reached home with his pur-
chase he devoured seventeen biscuits,
| (nearly all the -four, ten pounds) of a
large size, which was undoubtedly the
cause of his death.-Marion Star.
Four hundred thousand alligators
it is estimated, were killed in Florida
during the past year, to supply the de,
mand for alligator skin articles of all
kinds, besides articles of jewelry manu-
factured from the teeth. This new bust
ness gives employment to over 1000
people in the south. There are over
dozen tanneries in the United States en-
gagged exclusively in tanning these hides.
The teeth are in demand in England and
France, where they are manufactured
into jewelry.
"A singular accident happened to a
COW belonging to Mr.. r. S. Wright, OF
Johnston, Edgefeld County, one day
last week. She "poked" her tongue
through a crack in the stable door In
search of food, when horse seized it
with his teeth and bit off goodly por-
ton, which he carefully deposited in the
trough. In his contact with the tongue
it was drawn up where the aperture in the
door was smaller and became fastened.
Then the cow pulled back and the tongue
parted at the point where it joins to the