The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-08-09
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- The dwelling house of A. J. Snipea,
Marion County, was burned last Friday,
together with household goods and family
clothing. Loss $4,000; insurance 81 900.
The attendance at the Michigan
Agricultural College is greater than ever
before, and it is thought that four hun
dred students will be enrolled next year.
Fifty one graduates of the institution are
president or professors in other colleges.
= The iron bridge ofthe Georgia, Car.
olina, and Northern Railroad across the
Catawba River is finished, and the iron
gang will now proceed in the direction
of Chester laying track. 1t is pronounced
the handsomest bridge structure in the
South.
flames G. Blaine will virtually be
at the head of the Harrison Administra.
ton, and he ought to be-" This is what
Col. d. w. Mum tells the Blaine Re.
publican Club of Chicago. Harrison de
lure President and Blaine de facto Presi
dent-this is the idea with which Pat
Ford, Elkins and the rest of the Blaine
busters seem to be consoling themselves.
Russia imports annually 10000, 900
pounds of cotton, chiefly from America
and Egypt, but it is believed that recent
acquisitions of the Gear in Central Asia
are excellently adapted for cotton raising.
Some has already been grown at Khiva
and Bokhara. and an extensive system OF
irrigation is being created to develop 9TH
er land for this crop.
= In his anxiety to make death double
sure, to use popular phrase, one John.
son, of Providence, LAST Friday swallowed
sufficient strychnine to kill two hundred
men, after which he informed his wife
of his action. She hurriedly emptied the
contents of a kerosene can down his
throat and then summoned q physician.
The latter thinks johnson will recover.
-On Monday afternoon last, at Taylor
& Elmore's camp at the Catawba River,
on the Three C's Railroad, Lizzie CASTOR,
negro woman from Charlotte, N. O.,
found an old pistol in theshanty and vas
swapping it around, when some other
negroes present told her to stop-that it
might 20 off and kill some one. She
replied that the ii old thing
wouldn't shoot and commenced swapping
it in her face, when it was discharged, the
ball penetrating her forehead and killing
her instantly.
- In Yorkville, Friday night, George
Beckham was shot and killed by Dolph
Wheeler, railroad hand. Both parties
are colored. Wheeler has been boarding
at Beckham's for some time, and it seems
that Beckham and his wife frequently
quarreled and fought. Friday night they
got into a row, when according to Whee.
ler's statement, he interfered. Beckham
struck him with wagon spoke, where
upon Wheeler fred at him, striking him
justiabove the heart, killing him almost
Instantly. Wheeler is in Jail.
"A destructive hail storm visited the
Mullins section of Marion County last
Friday afternoon. For twenty minutes
the. hail fell necessarily, covering the
ground and doing great damage to the
crops. Many of the hail stones are said
to have been as large as mans fist The
cotton ofmany farmers is said to be dam.
aged to the extent of one fourth to one
half of an average crop. The blades of
the corn were beaten to shreds and
rendered almost useless as fodder. Three
hours after the hail ceased to fall quanti-
ties of it could still be seen on the ground.
of the tariff speeches delivered in
the House during the present session of
Congress, 100000 copies have been
distributed through the House folding
room. Mr.. Mills first speech and the
Mills bill lead all the rest, about one
million copies being sent out. Of Mr..
Carlisle's speech, 100000 copies have
been distributed. OfMr. Scott's SOC, 600.
On the other side the speeches of Messrs.
Mckinley and Reed are most in demand.
Superintendent Healey, of the folding
room, estimates that the proportion of
tariff documents sent out is about 1000
Democratic 10 700 Republicans.
- On Tuesday last Mr.. Dave Justice,
engineer of engine No. 20 on the Atlantic
Coast Line, ran his train, the afternoon
passenger, from this city to Charleston in
remarkable time. The whole distance,
1877 miles, was made in just three hours
and four minutes, or 184 minutes. Twelve,
full stops we're made, and two "slow
downs" of three miles each to q rate of
fifteen miles an hour, and also the rules
we're conformed to requiring fifteen min.
utes to make the run from Ashley juno.
tion to Charleston, 81 miles. The best
time was made between st. Stephens and
Ashley Junction, q distance of 80 8 10
miles, which vas made In exactly thirty.
eight minutes, time being taken when
the throttle was opened leaving the frat
named place and when the engine came
to standstill at the latter station. Ibis
is believed to be the best run ever made
between this city and Charleston, when it
is taken into consideration the number of
stops, the running of six miles at rate
of fifteen miles an hour, or four minutes
to the mile, and 81 miles at % minutes
to the mile.-Cblunadia Register.
- Ensign Howard, of the navy, gives
new proof of the crossing of wolves and
dogs. He says, in his account of arctic
Alaska, that the natives keep all young
wolves that they catch and train them as
dogs for teams. Dogs and wolves are
reared together. The dogs, he says, are
more than half wolf, and have the char.
acteristics of those animals. They are
without affection, but obey their masters
through fear. One dog In each team
makes himself master and 0verseer. IT
any dog shirks he will punish him. If
he cannot get at him while in harness he
will not forget to give him chastisement
when released at night. They are capa-
bic of enormous endurance, like wild
wolves, and can fast and work long
while.
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