The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-14

A well.to.do citizen of Wlndham
County, Connecticut, shortly before his
decease sent for lawyer to make his
will. His wife and daughter watched
proceedings. After generously providing
for them, the sick man directed the law
yer to designate $500 to his aged sister,
who was needy. The wife and daughter
demonstrated angrily. Quietly the sick
man said: "Make it 1000 for my
sister," Another protest from the grasp
ing pair. "Make it S1,500, squire"
coolly said the legator. "You shall
notl" shouted the women. "Make it
$2,000," said the will.maker serenely, and
here the ladies concluded to hold their
tongues. The lawyer kept the secret for
years, but gradually it leaked out as q
warning to the selfish Of all classes and
sexes. o..,.., ~.
"A party of gentlemen consisting of
Col. T. B. Brooks, formerly of Gen.
Gillmore's staff, Major Gilchrist and Capt.
Chichester, visited Morris Island yester-
day to look over the site ofBattery
Wagner, the scene of military operations
on the island during the war. These
gentlemen report that nothing whatever
is left of the old fort or of the approaches
to nothing, that is to say, of the Con
federate works or of the parallels. by
which the Federals made their way to
them. It was with difficulty that the
prominent points could be located at all.
Old Battery Wagner has gone into the
sea, and the island seems to be following
it.-Neaos and Courier.
Secretary Manning has directed
that the issue of one and two dollar notes
be discontinued for the present. 1t is
said by some that this action has been
taken for Che purpose of forcing the sub.
sidiary coins into circulation, but this is
denied at the treasury department. 1t
is stated that the discontinuance became
necessary by reason of the excessive
issue of these notes of late, and because
they are coming back to the treasury for
redemption in about as good condition as
when first issued, which adds very con-
siderable item to the expense account of
the department. The order of the sec.
retary is simply in the line of economy.
Charley Power, Laurens County
negro, has invented new plan for plant.
| ing cotton seed. Ia bitches one mule
| to common plow, then he fastens line
to the foot of the plow and ties the other
end of the line to planter behind.
Charley then places woman to guide
the plow and one to guide the planter.
The foremost woman, of course, has to
straddle the line. Charley himself rides
the mule and overlooks the whole busi-
ness.
= August Muller, a young German,
who has been residing in Baltimore for
several years, went across the water
recently to marry the girl of his choice
whom he supposed had remained faith
full during his absence. Finding, how.
ever, that she had married another, he
started back to this country on board of
the steamship America, and during 8
stormy night, in mid. ocean, jumped over
board. Before taking the fatal leap he
deposited all his money with the Purser.
1t is estimated that the State of
Florida received during the past Winter
at least one thousand new families as
permanent residents within her borders.
The major portion of these new. comers
are of class possessed of means sufi.
cient to improve the property purchased
by them and to live comfortably. They
are generally intelligent and progressive.
The wife of an habitual drunkard
In Buffalo, N. Y, has obtained verdict
of ST 1000 damages against liquor seller
who persisted in selling her husband
whiskey after he had been notified to
desist. The verdict is righteous one,
though two of the jurors rendering it
were saloon. keepers.
"A poultice of garden leek leaves
will, it is said, cure the worse case of
corns. The leaves must be bruised and
wrapped in soft, thin cloth. Judging
from some talks we once had with trav.
cling chiropodist, this is important infor.
nation to not few persons of both
sexes.
DIR. Meitkerke, an English physi-
clan, believes that single patent sooth-
| ing medicine he can name "is the un-
doubted cause of the death of 100000
children annually in Great Britain alone" :"
Wheat experts in the Northwest
estimate that the yield this year will be
about 413,OOO,00O bushels. This with
121, 100000 bushels left over will make q
total of 534,O00,000 bushels. Of this
amount 315, 100000 bushels will be re-
quired for home consumption, leaving
219,000,000 bushels for export. In case
of war they estimate that about 140, ,000,.
600 bushels will be exported, leaving
about 100000 bushels on hand as 9
surplus.
- Jim Gaillard, colored, working with
pistol at Abbeville on Thursday, shot
his sister Lizzie Gaillard. The patient
is in critical condition. Gaillard was
Immediately carried before Trial Justice
DeBruhl, who upon examination released
the prisoner, as the facts showed that the
shooting was accidental.
= An old Connecticut deacon, says
the Hon. a. Payne, when asked by q
Rhode Islander if the people in Connec-
ticut kept Sunday, replied: eyes, sir,
and everything else they can lay their
hands on"
"A young lawyer of sylvania, Ga,
went through that town the other day
driving a portion of his first law fee-a
yearling steer. The fee consisted of So
in money, q stack of fodder, silver
watch, an old SOW and the yearling.
"A farm for raising 'possums, and
fattening them for the market, is said to
be among the new enterprises of Spar
tanburg.
= Patsy Boyd, of Lancaster, acciden.
tally smothered her baby to death last
week.
= Tree planting is systematically fos-
tered in China, and 100000 trees were
set out last year in Hong Kong alone.
The oat crop in Edgefeld County 10
put down at less than half of an average
crop. Wheat is more promising.