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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-04-11

Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Keys, who live two
miles west of the city, celebrated the fifty
third anniversary Of their marriage on
Sunday, the 7th inst, and the aged couple
have received many congratulations from
number of their wide circle of friends.
This is an anniversary that not many
couples live to celebrate. Mr.. and Mrs.
Keys, despite their age, are still hale and
vigorous, and the former says he can do
as much work as any ordinary young
man. There is no truer picture of pure
love presented to mans eye than to see
an aged couple like this. For ffty-three
years they have fought life's battles to-
gether, sharing with each other their joys
and their sorrows, and as they grow older
their, attachment for each other grows
stronger. The INTELL1eENcER extends
It's congratulations to the happy couple,
and hopes that they may be permitted to
celebrate many more anniversaries oftheir
marriage.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-04-11
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.E0CAI.- NEWS
W APRIL 4.

cslsal e.r,-s- 81 r.
Easter Sunday comes on the 2lst inst.
The citY is kept well supplied with fresh
fish.
Straw bats have made their appearance
s5sin the city.
IS Everybody is anxious for Spring chick
Gems 20 get ripe.
Don't overlook McGee & Ligon's new
advertisement.
Anderson win afford work this summer
s ior several hundred mechanics.
Col. J.sIs On, Of Greenville, has been
spending q day or two in the city.
Avery neat and subatsntial fence has
been bulls around the City Cemetery.
The Sullivan Hardware Co. have a new
s advertisement IN this issne. Read it.
The game Law Is now in full force, and
every citizen should see that it observed.
dr.s, Bruce, the architect Of the new
hotel, spent, several days in the city last
week. ssss ,:s.:sss
An:old farmer tells us that there will
be moro upland corn planted this Spring
thar usual
The total cotton receipts in Anderson
sup TO the LIST: inst, for this season, aggre-
B gate 1s, ,o59 bales.
The old folks tell us that on the 18th Of
d {; April, s. 1S449 forty years ago, q big snow
fell in this country.
The County Commissioners have let
the contract for repairing the bridge at,
Carpentes @ Geer's Mill.
Those desiring to invest their money in
manufactures will not find a better place
anywhere than Anderson.
town of the same size can show
such q variety of frst-class spring goods
u as, our merchants have purchased
The trees are fast budding out, and in a
Few more weeks they will be clothed in
their beautiful robes Of green leaves.
Every farmer should see the Palmetto
Hoe, which is being sold in the city by E.
Taylor g Co.. See advertisement.
$ Hiss: Ida Brock, one of Honea Paths
most popular young ladies, is in the city
visiting her sister, Mrs. II. x. Sullivan.
Our streets begin to look like the Sum-
mer season ls approaching. the farmers
Ssare busy, and do not come to town often.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-04-11

]. The dwelling house of Hon. J. q. Earle,
at Sumter, s.. G., was destroyed by fire
last Saturday afternoon. Only portion
of the furniture was saved. Mr.. Earles
loss is about $4,000; insurance, $1,000
The house was owned and occupied by
ex-Gov. FL. Moses in his palmy days.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-04-11

Messrs. J. T. Stall, W. q. Westmore-
land and J. P. Hillhouse, three of Green
ville's most popular and handsome young
gentlemen, spent last Sunday in the city.
If these visits continue, we fear that An
derson will lose some of her fair daugh-
tiers. But we won't object if Gieenville
will only give us some of her popular
girls in return.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-04-11

We spent few hours very pleasantly
at Lowndesville last Thursday, and We
could see that number of im provements
had been made in the town since our, last
visit there. The merchants have done
good business during the past season, and
are having fair Spring trade. We metz
number of old friends and made several
new acquaintances, and have promised to
go back again at no distant day, when We
hope to make mora extended visit.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-04-11

Gen. w. W. Humphreys and Capt.
P. Il. McCully have decided to build two
handsome store.rooms on the vacant lot
on the north side of the Court House
Square, and the work will begin at an
early day a new front, to correspond
to the new building, will also be placed in
the building now occupied by McCully,
Cathcart IL Co. When completed, this
block will be one of the handsomest in
tile city.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-04-11

Pickens Sentinel "When the Cumber-
land Gap goes to Greenyille, Pickens and
Anderson will unite their interests and
extend tho Savannah Valley Railroad.
The expense of grading from Anderson to
Pickens by way of Easley or Liberty,
would be comparatively small. The
present mayor Of Anderson has frequent
ly called our attention to the practica-
bility of railroad connection between
the two places by diyerting the Cumber.
land Gap in that direction"
It is fact. The dream of Anderson for
the past twenty years is to be realized, and
ere another cotton crop will have been
gathered the hum of the spindle will be
heard in Anderson. Messrs. Watson d
Cecil, Of Lexington, N. c., who have the
contract for the manufacture of the brick
and erecting the cotton factory buildings,
have arrived in the city, and, with force
of hands, have commenced work. The
contractors will push the work as rapidly
as possible, and in few weeks will
begin laying the foundation of the build
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-04-11

Dock Jones, the negro who broke into
Mr.. Dock Craig's house in Garvin Town
ship, several weeks ago, was arrested in
Brusby Creek Township last Monday by
Mr.. Oliver Pickens, and has been lodged
in jail Jones had entered several houses
in the Brushy Creek section. Jones says
he is an escaped convict from the Peni-
tertiary: that he was sent from Able
vile for term Of eighteen months, and
That he escaped before he had served
more than week of his sentence. Sheriff
Bolt has notified the Superintendent of
Jones' arrest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
MAHONE,S METHODS


 The World calls Malone the assistant president for the state of Virginia. All the federal appointments in that com monwealth are dictated by this boss, and the whole power and patronage of the administration, aided by the repubi- can national committee, are reducing the state to a satrapy for Malone.
 What use this dictator is making of his power is indicated in the letter of S. B. Glinn declining the tender of the post office at Glen Allen, Va. MT Glinn, who was supposed to be a Mahoneite because he is a republican, wrote "I cannot agree with the condition that out of my salary I am to devote 10 per cent to campaign expenses and to have my dep- uty selected by the leader of our party" This little sentence turns a flood of light upon Mahone's methods in Virgi. mia, and incidentally upon the "exten' sion of the civil-service-reform system, as understood and practiced by Eldel Harrison and his very pious postmaster general, John Wanamaker To levy tithes upon official salaries and selec, his henchmen for subordinates is tn, boss's way of ''redeeming" Virginia.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
HASH-HOUSE INCIDENT.

A Desire 10. White Assat Makes Trouble - --;--t. Et a Earler,, Tst,ie. -i----5,
 There was chicken for dinner at a Har- lem boarding house, says the New York World, and, instead of being satisfied to tako 'cEv of it that was offered, there was ! general request all around The boara for s'whlte meat.n Several boarders sent back their plates to have their piece of dark meat exchanged for white He 1andladY was herself naster of ceren1onies is tha kitchen that day. She stood this racket as long as possible, and then burst into tho dining-room like a cyclone fresh and furi- ous from the West Glaring at the board CTS, she exclaimed:
 s'See here, you loafcrs, what do you mean by all sending out for white meata Do you imagine chicken is made of white meatl Couldn't eat a nice piece of the dark meat, I supposea Oh, no. you have been eating nothing but white meat all youE lives, and that's the reason you are all white-livered, reckou.:i "
 She seemed to swell up as her awful i4- dignation grew upon her, and, moving closeY to the table, she swayed above it like a gialf oak in storm. This time she fairly screamed:
 s'Confound your impudent carcassesf rn have you know that 1 am not so particular about color. Take the color of your money, for instance. I'd like to sec some of it and I'd take it most mighty darn quick, be it red, white, blue or speckled Now, Pm goln' to send that chicken back here and any Gf vGu dudes that don't like the dark meat can take 1t cut lo kaisnminer and get it V whitewashea..' . 's s-'s. ss-'s.- zs-s! 1: .sGentlemen,'' said one Of the boarders, gheg the lady had retired to the kitchen, frye have trGddea en the tail of a tempest. For one prefer dari, meat on my plate ta having it distributed around under my eyes,"
 And the rest of the boarders did. too
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
PENSION STATISTICS.

The annual report for the fiscal year 1S9S-9 of the commissioner of pensions has been submitted to Secretary Noble. The following summary will show the more important details of the work of the bureau during the fiscal year: There were at the close of the year 489, ,725 pensioners, an addition to the rolls dur ing the year of 51, 1921 new pensioners, while the names of 1,754 whose pensions have been previously dropped, were restored to the rolls, making an aggre- gate of 53,675 pensioners added during the year; 16,570 were dropped for various causes, leaving a net in crease in the rolls of 38, 138. The average of each pension at the close of the year is shown to Si31.69. The amount paid for pensions was S8,275,- 113. The total amount disbursed by agents for all purposes was SS9, ,131 ,966.
 Amount paid as fees to attorneys, S1,- 36S,5S In the aggregate 1,248, 146 pension claims have been filed since 1861, and in the same period 759, ,121 have been allowed; the amount dis bursed on account of pensions since 1861 has been S1, ,O52, ,218, All. The issue oi certificates during the year shows g grand total of 145,297; of this numbe, 51 ,921 were original certificates.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
Remarkable Sand Drifts.

Dry, loosc sand, wherever it occurs, is constantly belng shifted by the wind, sud often buries cultivated lands, buildings and forests. On the shores of Lake Michigan are drifts 100 feet deep, and those of Corn wall will reaeh 300 feet in depth, while the drifts of the Gobi desert are 70 miles long and 900 feet high in places. On the shores of the Bay of Biscay the drifting sand trav- els inland 16 feet year, in parts of Den mark M feet and in Southern India 17 yards. In some places walls and barriers of vege- tation have been created to stop the de- stroying drifts. Fine sand Is taken up to . great nc'oht ,,cc'oht in the air and deposited many miles away. In 1882 Iceland was vis..c.s vca h, ss B remarkable sand-storm, lasting two weeks, which hid the sun and objects few yards off like a dense fog, and caused the death of thousands of sheep and horses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
S!ETT-DOJLA2 STAMPS.
Used on Second Glars Matter, and tho
 Public Never Sees Them.

Used on Second CE:.Es Hiatter, and tho
 Public Never Sees Them.
 ''Kow IS the posti.sa on second-class mat ter pald?" is q question Ci csked at the Boston post-ofncc, says -srald, of that city, The rate of postage ,. cent pound, but observation teaches that second class matter is not stamped, the query is natu- rally raised as to how the postage Oil this class of matter Is treated. The public never sees the stamps Nsci for the payment of second-class postage. except as a curiosity in the collection of q psIiateliSt. Unlike all other kinds of postage stamps, they never reach the public through the post-ofiice. They are not so rare, however, among col lectors as to bring very high premiums The smaller denominations are in good dc- mand, and are sod for sums considerably in advance Of tiiclr face value, but the higher denominations can not be disposed of at par.
 1t is customary for q publisher whose journal or periodical is entered as second- class matter to keep on deposit at the post office 8 sum suf1ici2nt to cover the mmedl- ate expense Of mailing. If he mails 1.0O9 pounds of matter, l;o is given a receipt for that amount, and on the stub from which the receipt is torn is place.! s10 in postage stamps. The form of stub and receipt book used is uniform throu ghOut the country. and at the aIid of each quarter all the stubs are forwarded to VYashin gton. The cancelled stamps On the stubs represent the revenue received on second-ciass matter for the par tlcular quarter which they cover. It is not required that 8 publisher shall keep a de | posit at the post-nfice. but experience | teaches that it is the Wisest plan to follow. | Newspaper and periodical postage stamps | are the must numerous and run the highest | in denomination Of any species of postage 1 stamps issued by the Government. The
 lowest denomination is one cent and the highest S60:
 The full list is as follown: l, 3, 4, 6. s, 10,
 F, 24, 26, IS, 60, 2, st and e6 in eeptsi in
 dollars, Si.92, s, S6, >a, <is, Sa4, SS6, SIS and 1 s6O. Of this class ct stamps there was used l at the Boston post t-off;co for the last fiscal | year S1a1, ,4o1.,8, representing o,14e, 1T3 | pounds of sccond-class matter mailed. Tine
 prevailing colors of these stamps are shades l of red and green-the Post-Office Depart
 ment seems very partial to green-varying g 1 according to denomination, and each bear
 ing in it's center the figure of beautiful l and Scantily-attireG female.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
IRRIGATION AT THE WEST.

It is found by actual experiment that the boring of artesian wells on the great plains of the west will not give suf- fcient water supply to meet the demands of irrigation, and the only adequate sup ply, beyond the diversion of the rivers into side channels prepared for this pur- pose, is to provide storage for water in the mountains or hilly regions, from which it can be let down on the Eplains as it is needed. To reach plan for defi- mite action in the matter of irrigation is to secure it's adoption, and the demands of this large American desert for agri- cultural purposes are such that irriga- tion through the diversion of the rivers and by the storage of water in the hills is sure to be provided within short time
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
CURIOUS r.P...

Odd and ncasorous s.sGi, ,ist'o:.s f'iSs..,--
 cr>:i in Church Xii:.;s When Benjamin Franklin y1.tS d your z printer he wrote the following cpitaph or 1imself:
 Here lies Inc body of
 Benjamin Franklin, Printer,
 Like the covers Of old book,
 Its contents torn out
 And stript of it's lettering and gilding.)
 Lies food for worms;
 Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will las he bclieved1 appear once more
 In new
 And more beautiful edition,
 Corrected and amended
 The Author.
 In the burial ground of Abbey Church at Conway, North Wales, the following memo rial has been erected tc one Nicholas Hooker: Hero iyeth the bod;e of Mich. Hooker, who was the one and fortieth cfilde of his father and mother, and tho father of seven and thirty by one wife. He dyed March s0th, 1637- Hic Jacet.
 in the churchyard at Pcwsey, Wiltshire, Eng, Lady O'Looney's pedigree is given after this style:
 Here lies the body of Lady O'Looney, great niece of Burke commonly called the sublime. She was blana passionate and deeply relig- ious; also, she painted in water colors and sent several pictures to the exhibition. She was first cousin to Lady Jones, and of such is the Kingdom 0 Heaven, Elihue Yale, the founder of Yale College, is buried at Wrexhanl, Wales. under 8 tombstone bearing tliis inscription: Born ia Ame-ica, in Europe bred, In Afric travelled and in Asia wed, Where long he lived and thrived, in London
 dead.
 Much good, some i'll. he did; so hopes all
 even,
 That his soul through mercy has gone to Heaven. You that sury.ve and read this tale, take care For this most certain exit to prepare, Where, blest in peace, the actions of the just Smell sweet, a,d blossom in the silent dust. , Richard Lalor Shell, the Irish orator and joint advocate with Daniel O'Connell before | Parliament who died in 1851, has the fol- | lowing remarkable coitaph on hls monu- | ment at Waterford: | Here le I. There's an end to my woes: And my spirit at length aI rise is, | Witt tiic tip of my and tho end of my tocs Turned up 'gainst the roots of the daisies. | A Liverpool lady, who died, was thus kindly rclinquished to the Lord by her lov ing husband: She once was mine, | But now, On, Lord, | I her to Thee resign, | And remain your ooeGent, humble servant | ROBERT KEMP. l It is sad to be an actual fact that the fol | lowing is inscribed On Q headstone at OK | ford, N. H.: To all my fricn1s I bid adieu, moro sudden death you never knew; As was leading the old mare to drink, l She kicked ana k He'd mo Guicker'n wink,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26

THE Episcopalian convention has met the color question with a compromise. It declares that it "has by no act or law admitted or implied that a difference of race or color affords ground for a dis tinction in legislative rights or privi- leges," and yet it asserts that it has no control over questions of jurisdiction and representation in the several dio- ceses." That is, the dioceses are practi- cally left to deal with the color question in their own way.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
MI RIVER RAILROAD

M MERlDEN, WATERBURY & CONNECTICUT WI RIVER RAILROAD
 IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER IS, 1sS9
 FROM WATERBURY TO CROMWELL. Lease Waterbury, New England station, s:55 am. 1855, 4:3O, 6.42 D. m ' ~ ' Leave Waterbury, Dublin street, 500 a. n,., 91o am; 1:1o, 4:47, *7:O7 D. m Leave Merlden, $50 a. m., 1:57, 5:45 p. m,
 FROM CROMWELL TO WATERBURY. Leave Cromwell, 63O a. m 121a 4:2op.m. Leave Merlden West Main street, 7:O2 9:20 a, m, Arrive at Dublin street TAO n.11a n, 1.es s.so 1:35 D. m. ' ''' Arrives Waterbury N. E. station 7:55, 1O:26 a. m 1850, G:05, S:05 D. m " '' *For Meriden and way stations onlv .rr;,,. # 7:52 D. m. '' " Al! trains arrive at and leave West Main street. Meriden. W ~ ~ " o''
 CHAS. M. CRAWFORD. Supt.
 Merden, Conn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
Wedding Anniversaries.

The wedding anniversaries are named as
 follows; First year, cotton wedding; sec ond, paper, third, leather! hfth, wooden; !; seventh, woolen; tenth, tin; twelfth, silk and fine linen; fifteenth, crystal; twentieth, china; twenty-ffth, silver; ;thirtieth, pearl |; fortietu, ,.hu: -,,hu: ffueth, golden; seventy fifth, diamond.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26

! EX-CONGEEs SMAN MCADOO of New Jersey i, am ong the prophets, too. He says Grover Cleveland will be nominat- ed and elected in 1899 on the very same platform as that on which he was de- feated last fall.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26

THE announcement that aluminium has dropped from S4 to Ss per pound will be of interest to Waterbury man. ufacturers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
Some Aged Blue Noses.

Nova Scotia is remarkable for the number of its old people. It has larger number of centenarians than any other country, there being one to every 19,OOO inhabitants, while England has only one to every 100000. They are chiefly of the farming class, in comfortable circumstances, accustomed to exercise in the open air, plain food and plenty of it, with good inherited constitu-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
A DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL, c. 6 M. T. MALoNEY, PRoPRIEToRs.
 OFFICE -153 South Main Street.
WATERBURY, CONN.

THE new postage stamp will be of reduced size; the price will remain the same
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
F uIton Christopher,

MERCHANT :: TAILOR" FRANK J. MRAZIK, CUTTER.
 25 Phoenix Avenue, All the latest fall styles ready Firstclass goods guaranteed and at saving of s per cent. Give me call.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
FIRE ALARM,

FIRE ALARM,
 LIST OF FIRE ALARM BOXES.
 Corner Willow Vest Main
 Exchange Place.
 II East Main and W ( ott Road
 15 Corner Cherry ar> East Main, 21 Horse Railroad Stable (private) 8 Iron Bridge, West Main.
 A Waterbury Brass Co., private.) 25 Corner Johnson and Waterville 26 Corner Prospect and Grove.
 27 Junction North Main, Grove ard North E,,, 28 Waterbury Mfg Co.
 g. Corner Washington and South Main.
 34 Waterbury Buckle Go.
 5 Benedict & Burnham Mfg. Co.,
 50 Waterbury Watch Go. .(prvate3
 38 Corner Grand and South Main.
 42 Corner Union and Franklin.
 43 Scovil Mfg. Go. (private) 45 Corner Clay and Mill. 46 No. Hose House, Baldwin A Corner Dublin Street and ittleAnev s12 Corner Meadow and Bank. S14 Corner Meadow and Cedar street. s21 Plume & Atwood Mfg. Co., (private.) 1 asS Holmes, Booth & Haydens (private) 324 No. Hose House. go Corner Slmons and Burnham streets INSTRUCTIONS TO KEY HOLDERS To give an alarm, open the door, pull the hook down once and let go, then close the door.
 Do not pull the hook if the fire bell or small arn, In the box is striking as that indicates an aIIha has already been given. - "-'e Be particular to remain at the box until the ar | rival or an officer of the Fire Department who Will release the key. or if circumstances will no; permit remaining, then the proper officer will re turn the key to the holder as soon as conyenien, l Always give the alarm from the box nearest the | fire. " "
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26
WASHINGTON EXPRESS.

EATRESS. For Ecwburgh, Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington wala Pullman Sleeping Cars, 10. .4s pra Boston, 3:10 ul. Worcester, 3:1O m. Putnam, 3:10 m Willimantic, 3:1O am Hartford, 3:10 m; return, 9:30 a. m New Britain, 3:10 a m; return, 9:49 p. m. panonfg. 1o:4s p m; return, 200 a m Fishkill on Hudson. 10;s2 p m; return, 12sO ar
 A. c. KENDALL. Gen'l Pass Agent, EostoI '. H.PLATT, Surt., Hartford.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26

OUR distinguished fellow citizen, Roger Connor, gets the credit for pulling the New Yorks out of very minute hole yesterday. The Sun explains how he did it, in this nineteenth century style: ''It was now time for Connor to do something, for Ward was ready to steal home, and it would have been a quick play that would have caught him. He did not need to do the great steal home act, for Connor drove the ball at Davis and it went through him." In it's excitement over the game the Sun fails to state whether or not the injuries re- ceived by Davis were fatal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26

Clement Garrett Morgan, to be class orator at Harvard, is not novelty. In 1864 Wilbur Fisk Burns, the son of a Maryland negro, who became the Metho- dist bishop of Liberia, delivered the Lest oration of the graduating class. In it he assailed the republican party for using the negro for political effect, and envy at his ability led to the outspoken sug- gestion that Wendell Phillips must have written it. But he could not have ber- rowed the graceful manner of his delivery. Besides he was a democrat and an aristocrat.