The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-05-03
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| There are more than 10000 persons
confined in penal institutions in the
United States. b;
| = The first English almanac vas
brought out in Trinity college, Cam;
bridge, in 1347.
- Somehow it does not look we'll for
woman to wear gloves with sixteen but,
tons while the husband is obliged to pin
his shirt at the wrists. 9,
! Venus, the morning star, is brighter
than it ever appeared to any man now
living, and nearer the earth than il will
be again for $40 years.
"A citizen of Eustis, Fla, is said to-
have combination tree in his garden.
1t consists of lemon, peach, pear, grape
fruit, persimmon,.. orange and guava, all
grated on one stock and all in bloom.
-"Yes, I am opposed to girls marryin'
furrinners," said old Mrs. Sipes. q II,,sn
just that opposed to it that ifsmy girls
can't marry people of their Own sex
they needn't marry at all, and that's all
about it."
DIR. Aguew said that no man has
lived to be 100 years cid since Biblical
days, snd that all such reports come from
Ignorance or mistakes. Out of twenty
cases he investigated not one proved to
be authentac.
When the blizzard struck Ludlow,
Mass, it buried under the snow four tur.
keys belonging to John Ray. They we're
dug out after being without food for
eighteen days, and were not only alive,
but apparently uninjured.
The only woman lawyer in Georgia
is Mrs. Hamilton Douglas, of Atlanta.
She is graduate of the law school Of the
University of Michigan, and when she
graduated was complimented by Judge
Cooley on her legal attainments.
Near Lancaster, Pa, some friends
visited the family on the farm of Ephraim
Hershey. One of the women went into.
the poultry yard to catch fat chicken
for dinner. a rooster attacked her,
inAicting deep wound on her hand with
spur. Lockjav set in and the woman
died.
If we do not look out this will be-
treeless country. Each year it takes,
500, 1000 acres of timber to supply crosstiess
for our railroads. For all purposes the
decrease of our timber ares is over
5O,750,O00 acres year, an area eqpsf
that of Rhode Island every FIVE daysins \
Che year.
New York city is greatly excited
over religious revival which has been
going on there for some weeks. Ere.
quently all night services are held. Rev..
Mr.. Harrison, the boy preacher, is in
charge. There has been more than 8
thousand conversions, and the meetings
continue to grow more interesting.
"A girl in Manchester, England,
telephoned to her fathers Office asking if
her dog was there. Carley was there,
and his mistress asked the man to hold
him up to the telephone. She whistled
and spoke and told him to come home.
Curley pricked up his ears, and as soon
as he was placed on the floor started for I
home.
B. G. Brohard, who lived near
Flemington, W. Va, has lamb in his y
flock with one mouth, two noses, two;
separate se.s of teeth and four eyes, all
fully developed and ready for use. ItssS
great curiosity and bids fair to become
as famous as the little lamb that Mary
had. Mr.. Brohard not long ago had a
chicken hatched with four feet, two tails
and several other appendages.
"A young lady created quite q sensa.
tion in small German town last week..
She stood on the depot platform, satrrz
ated herself with kerosene and set her
dress on fire. When a railway train
came by the passengers were horifed to-
see pillar of flame on the platform. R q
hose was turned on the confagratiop,
and the spectators were astounded to
hear human voice asking irritably Eba
they couldn't let her burn quietly.
The following gold mines are il
operation in South Carolina: Halle mine
Lancaster county; Dixie mine, Lancaa
ter county Glendale mine, spartanbnrl
county; Brewer mine, Chesterfield coun.
ty. The capital invested in these mines
amounts to something over 100000 s
about one hundred hands are employed
and the value of the annual product is
100000. The Halle Gold Mining Com
pany claims to have more capital invested
and to be producing more gold at pres
ent than any gold mine in the South.
"A man named John Beal commit.
ed suicide Waukon, ja., last week
because widow in that town refused to
marry him. Before doing SO he said he
would return to earth and haunt the
object of his affections. Since his death
the residence of the obdurate lady has
been subjected to nightly visitations of q
strange character. Unnatural lights are.
aeen and weird sounds heard in the man.
sion, and it is the general belief that the
ghost of the unhappy suicide is fulfilling
its ante-mortem threat. The town is.
greatly excited over the matter.
Mr.. c. w. Wiecking, Jr., an old
Charlestonian, but now a residentof Wall
halla, has received letters patent for 9
new car heater. which is his invention