The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-08-16
The toughest story on q mule

= The toughest story on mule comes
from Wilkesbarre, Pa. Joseph Richards,
fourteen years old, was driving mule in
the Murray shaft when q train of FIVE
loaded cars ran away and struck the boy
with such force that his head was driven
entirely into the mules abdomen. His
shoulder was broken and he was other
wise injured. When the Mortified miners
discovered the boys terrible condition
they endeavored to extricate him, and
found the united strength of two men
necessary. The boys head penetrated
the stomach ofthe mule. The boy was
taken home for dead, but revived some.
what, though his skull is fractured and
he will probably die. The mule died
almost Immediately after the accident.
= Prof. Lawson E. Brown reports quite
phenomenon on his plantation in Burke
County, Ga, he has we'll there 100
feet deep, with about 40 feet of water in
it. About three months ago the water
began to boilup with a roar distinctly
heard at some distance. The disturbance
continued for weeks, then ceased for
short time, and began again with equal
vigor. The tenant on the place has
recently cleaned out the we'll to the bot.
tom, discovering no cause to produce the
phenomenon.
The Mail an Erpress says there were
1000 women at a recent Monmouth Park,
N. j., race. Some of them travelled fifty
miles in order to wager money on the
horses. A few years ago it was rare
thing for woman to bet Oh q horse race,
but now the matter has gone so far that
one racing association has provided
special place where women may wager
money without restriction.
Here is the latest divorce puzzle in
New York. The case is this; a
husband who had been divorced from his
wife married her again, and now wants q
second divorce. The wife was barred
under the statue from re.marrying. But
did the statute mean that she could not
re marry her former husband? Does the
husband need 8 second divorce? Ifhis
second marriage was invalid he is free.
- The Chicago Times recently sent
female reporter over the city to find out
how much the working girls were paid,
and how they were treated. The disclo.
sures made are shocking in the extreme.
The average slave on Southern planta.
tion before the war was infinitely better
off than the working girls of Chicago are
to day.
The fastest trains in this country are
two flyers OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Road that are scheduled to run the 40
miles between Baltimore and Washing.
ton in As minutes. The slowest train is
North Carolina express" which con.
sumes nine hours in running 100 miles.
= The State authorities ofFlorida have
ordered that the entire village of Plant
City, in that State, be burned to. the
ground, including all buildings, furniture,
bedding, &C., in order to stamp out 80.
called yellow or malarjal fever there.
= Perhaps the Oldest railroad engineer
in the country in length of service is
Benjamin Hafner, who has been employ
ed by the Erie road for forty seven years.
In all that time no train in bis charge
has met with serious accident.
"A Chicago dead.bea. is said to be
making handsome living now by
advertising for wife aud requiring all
applicants to inclose stamp for reply. His
mail has to be sent up in wheelbarrow.
- Cuthbert, Ga, has regular Jew
farmer, something unusual tof find. Jews
rarely ever engage in anything but mer-
chaadising in the United States.
"A boy, while in bathing near
Georgetown, S. G., recently, was devour-
ed by an alligator. This is an uncommon
occurrence in this State.