The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-03-15

- UtOV6E Slot0lduuJ PhCoi1Suu ~ sNS
United States, has given proof during his
Florida trip thathe is possessed OF good
nature as well as of dignity. The little
episode at the Palatka station in the
darkness of Thursday night we'll illus.
trates, this. A fippantyoung man in the
crowd cried out some what familiarly,
"Sorry you amt going to stop with US
longer, Grover" To which the president
replied, in precisely the same vein, "You
amt so sorry as / an" This retort was
made without the least surrender of dig
nifty on the part of the president. 1twas
unexpected, to besure, and q trife uncon-
ventionaf, but it just fitted the time, the
place and the couditions.-Jackson
News. Herald.
President Cleveland has just COM
pleted short Southern tour. 1t is
gratifying to know that he positively
declined to remain in Charleston ION his
return) longer than one hour, because he
did not desire ..sto travel on the Sabbath"
This. is an example worthy of the Chief
Magistrate Of Christian people. On his
tour vest and south last fall he made it 8
point to rest on the Sabbath. 1t would
be happy circumstance if this practice
become fashionable with the dignitaries
of the land-and yet it ought to be 8
practice without the accommodating
caprices of fashion, based on sincere,
honest conviction.-Ass0ciate Reformed
Presbyterian.
Texas is known as the Lone Star
State, and the name originated in this
way. When she was struggling to be
admitted To the Union, the gentlemen
who were interested in the movement
prepared document to be sent to the
President. When the paper was ready,
one gentleman remarked: "This needs
SEAL. and we have pone" Another
instantly replied: eve will use this for
q seal, at the same time cutting one of
the buttons from his military. coat. He
then poured some melted wax on paper
and. stamped it with the button, which
bad the design of a single star, snd thus
furnished both Eame and an emblem
for Texas.
= The influx of immigrants at New
York thus far this year bids fair to out.
number the enormous immigration of
1882, when there were more than 445. 900
foreigners landed at Castle Garden. Thus
far this year the immigration numbers
25, ,347 persons, which is more than 1000
above the record for the corresponding
period last year. This is not the busy
season for immigration, and, if the pres
ent ratio of increase keeps up during the
remaining months of the year, Castle
Garden will have to be enlarged when
the middle of summer arrives.
The Birmingham papers announce
with pardonable pride and self-gfatulation
that the first attempt to convert the cheap
pig iron Of that district into merchantable
steel was entirely successful. Several
ingots were produced from the lowest
grade of white pig metal bought at $40
per ton from a local furnace, and the
steel is declared to be of an excellent
quality. The Henderson process is used,
which is said to be peculiarly economical,
as coal is used without being coked, and
only three bushels are necessary to the
ton of steel.
= Tolbert Rollins, prominent citizen
of Perry county, Ark, whose mind had
for some time been unbalanced, and who
had made several unsuccessful attempts
to kill himself, last night was left alone
in his room for few minutes, when,
securing flask of powder, he emptied the
contents into his mouth and placed a
lighted match to it. The explosion tore
away portion of his face, inaictiug a
wound from which he cannot recover.
1t will take sixteen men three
weeks to count the money in the vaults
of the United States treasury in New
York. There is S15S,000,000 in the
vaults, including 800, 100000 in gold coin,
$40 100000 in silver coin, and the
remainder is in gold and silver certificates
and greenbacks. The count is necessary
to relieve the bondsmen of Assistant
Treasurer Canda, who has been sue.
ceeded by Judge McCue.
"A terrific earthquake has occurred
in the province of Yunnan, China. Two
thousand lives are reported to have been