The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-08-07

locked up in the jails and prisons OF
New York
= The population Of the United
every ten years.
Sam Nimmons, colored, Of Barn.
well County, has killed thirty two hawks
since January last.
- There are seventy candidates now in
the field in Barnwel County and only
fifteen Offices to be flied.
= The Mormcns, /. is said, had more
missionaries in the feld last year than
the American Missionary Society.
- Jay Eye See beat the record at
Providence on Friday by trotting mile
in 2.l0. The best previous mile was his
own-2.l03.
= In fihy.six years Mexico has had
fifty.four Presidents, one Emperor and 9
regency. And yet some people think it
q slow country.
- A bet was proffered and taken last
week in Boston that Cleveland would go
out of that city next November with two
votes to Blaires oue.
= The prohibits onists are making an
active and telling canvass in New York,
and are directing tt cir attacks chiefly
against tho Republicans.
= Chattanooga physicians say they
have for years traced every case Of
typhoid fever directly to the drinking Of
we'll water by the patient.
= Thomas Calhoun, young farmer
of Beech Island, Aiken County, shot
himself through the head on Monday in
consequence of financial troubles.
= Although Frenchmen are spoken of
az frog EATERS" it is asserted as fact
that more frogs are now eaten in New
York alone than in all Of France.
= Alcohol ia said to be an antidote
patient is not addicted to drink and his
system already saturated with alcohol.
- One of the veterans Of the Stone.
wall Brigade who had lost both feet in
battle, shot and killed man in Virginia
the other day in quarrel over dollar.
Colored Democrats in Aiken have
organized club with twenty .thres men,
bers. John Jollifer is President, T. II.
Haynes Secretary, and John r. Boyce
Treasurer.
= Capt. f. w. Dawson, OF the Ne,us
and Courier, publishes card in which
he denies the truth of the story that he
is ambitious to succeed Senator Hamp.
ton. He says he would accept no public
Office.
- Information from Florida is such
that Democrats may rect assured that the
State will wheel in line in November.
Considering the fact that returning boards
are thingu of the past, the State 10 doubly
positive.
- Archie Orme, the Atlanta ticket
agent who shot himself through the head
some months ago In consequence of
deficiencies In his accounts, died on
Saturday after having apparently pro.
gressed far towards recovery with o bull
let imbeded in his brain.
- The Democratic Congressional Con.
vention of the Fourteenth district of
Missouri, which has been in session at
Poplar Bluff for Eve days, adjourned sine
dis late Saturday night, after taking AT
ballots without nominating candidate,
an event unparalleled in that State.
- Jacob Wiseman, miner In Wea.
Virginia, while sitting astride of
whiakey barrel, lighted his pipe and fool.
ishly threw the lighted match into the
open bnnghole. An explosion followed,
shatteSing the barrel, and the rider was
thrown some distance aud seriously
hurt. t
The annual reunion of the Survl.
vors of the 18th Regiment, &. @. ",
will be held in Walhnlln, on the 2lst Of |
August, which day will be the twenty.
third anniversary of the formation OF the
regiment. The Survivors Of the 9Th Reg.
iment, 8. q. ", will have their reunion
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