The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-03-12

JaTTy tnEtt lS Win us uoluB eP'SoNi'
work aud helping to rejoice.
The Hartwell band chartered q train
and came down to help the people OF
Elberton rej"ice.
The town is wild with enthusiasm.
= On Thursday when DR.. Gr0eson
was hanged at Philadelphia two conYicia
confined in prison were terribly affected
by the knowiedge &C what WAS going on.
Joseph Barrett, IS years old, confined 10
cell near the gaIlows, showed intense
interest in the hanging but ali inioii"a'
ton was denied him. This cell was
sealed during the execution but Barrett
must have heard the footsteps of The
solemn procession on it's way to the gal.
lows. When his cell was opened, he.was
found dead, aud his death is attributed
to fright. Joseph Taylor. under sen.
tence of death for murder, hecame de-
lirious with fear. He heard the noise a.
he AZ, in his cell, few feet from where
the scafoId stood. The echo of the fall
ing doors had hardly died away when
the murderer was wri,bing in c0nvulsloDs
with his eyes almost bursting from their
socket, and trnthing At the mouth like
mad dog. His fiji lasted for five minutes
and WAS followed almost Immediately by
another.
A few days ago l.. II Batson, of
Paris Mountain township, saw . huge
hawk which had been circling above his
yard for some time suddenly swooP down
and gather a hen. Mr.. Batson is 70
years old, but did not hesitate to count
wears when he witnessed this outrage.
Sri1ing stick, lie sailed forth and gave
battle. The hawk measured four feet
tHO inches from tip to tip and fought
6ercely. and the battle waged for severn!
minutes, the bird deizing Mr. Baison with
claws and beak and beating him with his
wings. Science and pluck were victori
ous at last, however, and Mr.. Batson had
the pleasure Of seeing the bold marauder
dead at his feet.-Greenrilkc Neus.
= Five hundred persons gathered Oh
tho street in front Of the Sterling hotel
at Bridgeport, Connecticut, ON Wednes.
day, expecting 10 witness the payment OF
wager made before the presidential
election, which was that prominent
married woman would kiss the first man
sue met after ~ o'clock if Cleveland was
inaugurated. The kissing was TO he done
in the street, and publicly. The woman
failed to appear, and the crowd, after
waiting an hour, scattered. A notice
WAS posted on tree, saying, "The woman
has been attacked with small pox, and
the kissing has been postponed until
March 4, 1889"
= In o conversation with Collector
Brayton yesterday he stated to the Regis
ter reporter that there is no term to BIZ
office. and with Republican senate q
strong fight might be made over the con.
firmation of bis successor. The salary
of the collector is $3,250. He has one
deputy with salary of 81 400, two depu.
ties at 81 200 each, ten deputies at 81 .l0C
each, one clerk at 81 200, one clerk al
5000 and thirty storekeepers who receive
81 per day when on duty. Five store
keepers only are employed at present
The term of Office of the postmaster in
Columbia expires in May.
= Mrs. Abigail Gardner, of Boston, on
Thursday, WAS convicted of the murder
of her husband and sentenced to life i'm
prlsnnment. The murder was committed
thirty years ago, and now Mira. Gardner
is an old lady of II years Of age. Sne
confessed that she poisoned her husband
with arsenic. She says he was kind tc
her and that she had no motive for the
deed, but that an irresistible demon
forced her to the crime. She il over.
whelmed with remorse for her crime.
A meteor passed over Victoria
British Columbia, on February %. 1,
was OF enormous size, and appeared like
mass of molten iron. The noise caused
by its passage was like that Of escapine
ateam. Smoke and flames were thrown
off by the meteor. 1t was seen ,o
descend into the sea, q cloud of spray
and steam marking the spot where it me,
the water. This extraordinary phenDme
non was witnessed by many persons.
u 1t has been discovered By scientific
investigation that if Atlanta bore,
through the earth With the Artesiap wei
she will not strike China, bnt will strike
the bottom of the Indian Ocean, severa
hundred miles West of Australia. Thi.
IL very important and quite reassuring
Now that it is an established fact tha
there is water ahead the boring can be
pushed forward with more confidence
The we'll is now considerably more than
quarter OF mile deep.
= In the discussion as to the dele,erl
Gus effect of tobacco upon the human
aystem, which has inst been started
afresh, the case of Kentucky woman
vouched for by the Cincinnati Gazeffe
should not be forgouen. She beear
smoking con.cob pipes while a yoSna
girl, and, peroisling in the practice. died
at the early age of 10 years.
= Pennsylvania has furnished twenty.
eight Cabinet officers, Massachusetts
twenty:seven, New York twenty three
vrginia twenty.one, and California
Florida, Rhode Island and Texas com.
blned not one. Rhode Island is the onlS
one OF the original thirteen that hal
never bad any Cabinet material.
= Mrs. VIM. johnson, of Heard
County, was burned 4: ,Ssth T.s.ntiv
She was nuraing child by the fire when
u rolled down and caught her clotbing
She Immediately went TO tub of water
in the yard, but finding it frozen she
became frightened, and in her fright was
burned to death.
a son of Mr.. Miller Green of Car.
tersVille, Darlington County, was sitting
on fence and rail Of the fence turned
ana threw him on e cotton stalk, which
etuck through the main artery of the
neck, killing him instantly.
Adger Fair, boy who disappeared
90 mysteriously week ago from New
berry, returned home on Friday night of
his own accord. He has been to Charlea
ton, and performed most of the journey
from Florence to Newberry on foot.
The hero of the inauguration parade
"as Fftzhugh Lee. He was dressed In
gray and his fine appearance ELECTED