The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-04-30

An ex.C0nfederate story teller says
that during one of Lees battles near
Richmond he saw a comrade on his
knees, with his hand held above his head,
crying out, "Come along, furlough; come
along" He wanted to have finger
taken off by bullet so that he could go
home. An officer came up behind him
and gave him violent kick. The SOL
dier cried: eff that amt discharge,
I'll be hanged" He said afterward that
he thought piece of bursted shell had
struck him.
= The directors of the Greenville and
Laurens Railroad met at Greenwood
Wednesday to consider a proposition
from the Georgia Central to take control
of the road and complete and operate it
within short time, accepting bonds in
payment for the expense of ironing and
putting down cross.ties and furnishing
rolling stock. The Greenville directors
were in favor of accepting the PROPOSE
ton, but the Laurens delegation wanted
time to consider the matter. Another
meeting will be held May z.
- In one of the divorce cases in the
Supreme Court of Massachusetts, the
other day, after young man had recited
that his wife cufed him around and at
one time whacked him over the head
with poker, the court was led 10 remark
that after having heard 225 divorce cases
upon the bench that was the first in
which man had asked for a divorce
from his wife because of cruel and abu-
sivc treatment.
Jack McAbee, q white lad, about
1S years old, was found dead in the road
near Campobello, Spartanburg County,
one day last week. He was driving an
OK wagon, and it seems that the fore
wheel struck sapling and brought it
down suddenly across his neck and mash
ed him down on the tongue and broke
his neck, or choked him. The oxen
stopped still and be was found pressed
down by the sapling.
"A lady of irreproachable veracity,
who resides in Waynesboro, Ca, says in
substance, the following occurrence took
place in prominent merchants back
yard day or so ago: A COW, seeing q
pot of peas cooking in the yard, went up
to it, lifted it of the fire with her horn,
waited until the pottage cooled, and then
very quietly proceeded to feast upon her
fine dinner, eating all the peas in the
pot.
Il. J. Curtis, carpenter, of King.
ston, Pa, while engaged in tearing down
an old building erected as a dwelling
house half a century ago, but which has
been used as school for thirty
years, discovered secreted among the
heaviest timbers more than S6,0OOin gold
and silver coin. The building was sold
to John Prosser, of Kingston, only few
days ago for $40.
The healing power of earthquakes
is subject for discussion in the Spanish
medical press. The statement is made
that in the recent shake-np at Malaga
most of the patients forgot their diseases
and took to the open air. The change
agreed With them so well that few only
have returned to the hospital.
- The Newberry cotton mill employs
So men, rs women, 10 boys and 26 girls
-lS2 in all. The Herald says that q
more moral or better regulated set OF
operatives are not to be found anywhere
else.
u. W. Morrison, of Antroville,
Abbeville County, has discovered 9 way
Of feeding Western corn to his stock 50
as to keep them from being injured. He
soaks it in salt water, keeping .ie water
standing and changing it once week.