The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-18
= The center of population of the
nited States lies just south of the Ohioj

The center OF population OF toe
United States lies just south of the Obioj
near Covington, KY.
= 10000 Republican Office holders
have BEEN tirntd out so fat Under the
present administration.
The wheat crop in Illinois Is faila
ure, but that of Michigan is excellent.
The West has overdone wheat.
1t is computed that 100000 people
70 into London by rail every day to earn
their livelihood, and leave it at night.
An exhibition of birds has been
held at the Crystal palace, London. One
canary exhibited vas valued at IS 600.
= The Masonic fraternity Is said to, be
very strong in Mexico, notwithstanding
the Catholic tendencies of the people
ard government.
= There was snow Wednesday in
Bangor. This is q great country, aud
the man who cannot find in it the climate
to suit him must be hard to please.
The remains of Alexander FL.
Stephens were removed from Atlanta to
the old home of the deceased at Craw-
fordville, Ga, on Wednesday of last
week.
A Texas paper describes meteor
seen recently in its neighborhood as
about the size of -four barrel. The
average Texas man would have got q
more accurate idea of it if the Texas
paper had described it as about the size
of a whisky barrel.
A train on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul Railroad was struck by a
cyclone yesterday and every Car thrown
from the track and smashed to pieces;
There were three passenger coaches and
a baggage car. A large number OF per-
sons were injured.
Marrying on the installment plan
has been put in practice by Weymouth
| (Mass.) clergyman. The bridegroom
could not afford to pay the fee down, but
promised to pay 81 week for five weeks.
He was so delighted with his bride that
he kept his promise.
- The colored people held big meet.
ing at Zion Church, eight miles from
Rock Hill, S. G., last Sunday, and there
was a great gathering of darkies from
all parts of the surrounding country,
many being there from MeEklenbufg
County. During the progress of the
meeting and while the shouting WAS
going on two darkies, George Beckham
and Ben Crawford, got into o difficulty:
They wrangled for few minutes and
then came to blows. Beckham stepped
back a few PAGES, drew his pistol and
shot Crawford dead. The ball from
Beckham's pistol passed entirely through
Crawford's body. In the excitement in.
cident to the shooting Beckham slipped
through the crowd and succeeded in
making his escape. Beckham is sup.
posed to have fled to Yorkville, and the
officers are after him.-Charlotte Obser-
yer.
Major Miller, of the Jefferson neigh.
b6rhood, one of the most energetic and
successful planters in that section, says
that two seasons ago he tried the expert:
ment of broadcasting cotton on good and
| we'll improved land. He obtained from
| II acres of said land 2,738 pounds of
seed cotton, while fully 800 or 400
pounds did not open. On an adjoining
plot of the same land, equal to the first
in every respect, he planted cotton In
drills, as is usual. from this piece he
picked 1900 pounds of seed cotton, or
833 pounds less than from the broadcast
land. The great difference is accounted
for from the fact that where the seed
was broadcast the ground could not be
worked up into high ridges, or beds, rs
is customary, and it therefore retained
the moisture for much longer period
for the supply of the growing plants,
and in consequence they reached greater
perfection.