The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-02-09
Never begin a Journey in winter
until the breakfast has been eaten.

- Never Degln Journey IN winter
until the breakfast has been eaten.
The new tax return of Union
County shows a decrease of 100000 in
valuation of personal property.
1t is estimated that in the past ten
years North Carolina has expended $3,-
600, 1000 for commercial fertilizers, while
the value of the crops has been only
SIS, 100000.
- The Richmond (Va.) Religious
Herald has been sold. The part owned
by the late DR.. Jeter fetched 81 $50.
Mr.. J. T. Ellyson was the purchaser.
The other seven.twelfths are owned by
DR.. Dickinson, the surviving editor,
The smallest horse in the world has
reached New York from Japan. The
arrival is dwarf of the Japanese ponies.
being 80 inches high and weighing 72
pounds, although perfectly formed and
intelligent. It is stabbed under the oyster
counter of Monroe street barroom, and
trots about the floor at will.
A st. Paul gentleman tells of a
church incident that can.e under his
observation in the western part of New
York State several years ago. A pious
church member arose in experience
meeting and gave review of his life.
When he came to the declaration, I
thank God 81 owe no man anything" a
quiet man in remote corner jumped up
and said: 81 have a little account
against you, brother, that you must have
forgotten" "Ah, Brother Camp" said
the speaker, unconsciously, "that debtwss
out of date good while ago."
p. A Slowmsn's store at Pines Cross
Roads, Colleton County, was blown up on
Friday evening of last week by the ex-
plosion ofa ksg of powder. Mr.. Hamp-
ton Sneed, who was in charge ofthe store,
was at the desk writing when the ex.
plosion took place, and says be can form
no idea of how the powder caught fire.
The first thing Mr.. Sneed knew be was
blown several feet out into the yard, with
the roof and weather boarding of the
storehouse on top of him. Mr.. Perry Ike
was sitting on the piazza ofthe store, and
was also thrown into the yard and covered
up by the shattered timbers. With the
exception ofslight injuries these two were
not hurt but Mr.. Aaron O'Bryan, who
was standing near the powder, was terri.
bly, burned aud wounded by the fire and
timbers, and has lost one eye. He is un.
der the care of DR.. Witsell, of Walterboro,
and is dangerously i'll. Five or six col.
ored persons who were in the store were
dangerously hurt, and some of them it is
said will not recover. The house was
completely demolished.
- The Democratic members of the
Ways and Means Committee are work.
ing upon the tariff bill in systematic
way. They have divided the schedules
among them, and, having made the pro-
posed changes individually, discuss them
in gatherings of the entire majority.
This work is preliminary, and not at all
final. The action of the committee will
be governed, before reporting the meas
ure, largely by the suggestions and re.
concentrations of the treasury. Several
gentlemen from the Arkwright Club
Of Boston are in Washington to give the
committee reasons for not changing the
duties on goods when such changes may
interfere with their industry. 1t is
probable that the bill will not, as at one
time proposed, entirely abolish the
tobacco tax, but that, upon the sugges-
ton of some of the tobacco men, the tax
will be reduced. There will be no haste
about reporting the measure, for the
reason that it is believed to be wisest to
spend the time in the Committee in pre-.
paration rather than to attempt to get
the bill into shape in the House upon au
imperfect skeleton,