The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-10-01

- Nearly 100000 teachers have com.
menced their work in the schools of the
country during the present month.
= There is a great deal Of red tape in
the French army. It took French
soldier who was reported to be dead. five
years to prove that he was alive.
Recently young man Of Abbeyille
County gave COW and calf, a shotgun, q
SOW and seven pigs and six dollars in
cash for hound,
- Last week at Capt. Hugh Robin
sons, Abbeville County, race at cotton
picking came off between William Rob.
inson, white, who picked 4lS pounds,
and John Brooks, colored, who picked
4l6 pounds.
= The deaths in Europe from small
pox are said to be $4,000 annually. The
mortality is almost wholly confined to
civilians, as owing to constant vaccina.
ton and revaccination the armies are
almost free from the disease.
1t will be of interest to the public
to know that cotton.growing has been
introduced into Russia, and that the crop
of last year was $1,000 tons, or $4,000,
400 pound bales. Florida seed are now
being used, and the future proportions of
the crop are beyond estimate.
& "A cheese dealer states that much Of
the so.called English cheese is made in
this country and shipped to England,
whence it is returned; enhanced in value
by the sea voyage. Sometimes cheeses
are shipped backward and forward two or
three times, each voyage adding to the
richness of their favor.
In the superior court at Boston on
Friday Franklin j. Moses, ex-governor
of South Carolina, pleaded guilty to the
Indictment charging him with obtaining
money by false pretenses from Ex-Mayor
Cobb and Others in February, 1884. He
will be sentenced on Thursday. He has
recently served out a term in the Middle
sex county Jail for similar ofense.
- Gen Fitshugh Lee, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Virginia, is
getting the best of John S. Wise, the
Malone candidate He is carrying the
campaign along a Ia triumphal march
riding across the country, accompanied
by bands of mounted men, riding the
saddle used by his uncle, Gen. R. f. Lee,
and the battle flag, torn and blackened,
which was borne by Pickett's division in
the charge at Gettysburg, borne in front.
- The following story is told Of MIR,
James r. Randall, editor Of the Augusta
Chronicle: He attended one day col.
ored church in the country, and had in
his pocket silver half-dollar, just the
fare back to Augusta. At the conclu:
sion of his sermon the minister ordered
| collection for his benefit. "Ofcourse, u
said he, ri s'pects every pusson to give
somethin but Use told dat Mr.. Thomas
up de land yonder, had some turkeys
stole Friday night. I don't want any
man 1ho had ham in stealth dem tur.
keys to put any money in de plate. u
When the plate reached Rr. Randall moi
man had refused to contribute, and the
preachers eyes were on him. His half
dollar accordingly went into the plate.
- The inability of George Washington
to tell lie left gap on our national
system that his fellow-countrymen tave
used every exertion to fill up.
= Using the letters in the wore
"knowledge," little Georgia girl re.
Gently formed 240 distinct words, ano
carried off prize.
- Life is always interesting when you
have purpose and live in its fulhlment
"Liquid gunpowder" is the lates
invention.