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

= In New York City, according TO
some figures recently published, there
are more than 500 rag dealers, aud the
pickers, who are mostly Italians, gather
$75, 900 worth yearly in the streets and
roads, while the money realized for cot.
, ton rags alone in the United States is
pu, at $22 ,o00, 900 per annum.
A Nashville dispatch, dated Febru.
ary 2i, says: Passengers OH lhe train
which arrived this afternoon from Louis
vile rcpor, that when the train reached
NotiGs Station, ti.ty uiasscd men, armed
with guns and pistols. boarded it, The
passengers supposed them to be train
rnhher. 80! :5TI greatly alarmed The
! leader of the mob explained that they
were looking for negro who was charg-
Cd With assnuitiue yourg lady at Eiz-
ahctht"wn, and whO was supposed Ia be
on the train cn route t. Henderson, Ky.
for triuI. I!r nrgru was not on the tr .iiI,
The Shrriii harIrg rr, ved notice Of the
mob. intention"
The manufacture Of perfumes from
Florida grown flowers bids fair to be.
come an extensive industry in The State.
one firm NJ Jactsnnville il already at
work 1, i. reported tha. gentleman
from South Florida has patented pro
cess hr the utilization OF the loom Of
III" rnan:ro,c and tho -apndiia, and to
extract the sweet fragrance from the cas-.
-ava plant As well. This will com. into
coinpeti;inu with the firm in The more
Nurth"rn portion rt the State. and IA
the S"n,h Fl"riia parties propnS" placing
Il large capital in The business il il bare.
10 ,ln Q a
titiHn in the Manufacture "i extracts will
De The RESULT.
f'ir" iirt- occurred in Philadelphia
during Thursday night, all being serious.
They we're situated far apart aud followed
each o.bcr i'll quick successiou, several
being in progress simultaneously. These
facts put the irernen ut great disadvan-
tage, every engine in The city being in
use, several Of them being carried sever
al miles. The worst of the fires was at
Powers & Wcightman's chemical works
where an immense quantity of chemicals
took fire, causing the people in the neigh.
borhood to fee in wild dismay fearing a
tremendous explosion. A quantity Of
flaming fusil oil poured into the streets,
and the firemen were forced to call on
citizens for help to save their hose carri-
ages and engines. They succeeded,
however, in confining the flames to the
building by keeping the hc1ses in the
neigbborhood soaked with water. Pow
ers & Weightnan's loss is 81 500, 900 !;
insurance $750,000. In consequence of
the fire the price Of foreign quinine was
put up from $l.35 to $l.55 az ounce.
= Senator Wade Hampton of South
Carolina, has evidently been thinking
over the table Of strength Of the Demo.
cratic party in the South and the strength
Of the Republican party in the North as
printed in the Herald, for he is reported
as saying that it would be good idea tc
leave to the six doubtful States New
York, New Jersey, Ohio. Indiana, Neva.
da and California-the task Of selecting
the Democratic candidate and Construct
ing the platform. While Ohio has in
variably chosen the Republican electors
the fact that she is now the only October
State makes her vote doubtful and there.
fore to be the more earnestly contendct
for. Nevada and California were Demo-
cratic in 1880. Indiana and Connection
in 1878. New jersey in 1864, 1868, 1915
and 1850, and New York in 1868 ant
| 1876. The tariff issue is now supposed
to eliminate Connecticut from the list o
doubtful States in favor Of the Republ
cans, leaving nincty.four electoral vote
to be contended for in the six doubtful
States, forty. eight of which, added t.
the vote Of the solid South or the sollt
North, would determine the result