The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-03-07

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Indiana alone has 375 gas wells and
the prediction that large portion f:the.
State will ultimately sink many feet is
soaring the Hoosiers. :::s3.s.;== :s5Is;=s
The eight year old son of W. IT,,
freeman, Of Grand Rapids, Michigan,
tried to see how long he could hold his
breath, burst blood vessel and died.
A wealthy citizen of Florida has
offered premium of one thousand dollars
for town in that State which is in the
mostS sleanly condition on 1st Of July.
next.
The rarest collection of old watches
in the United States, if not in the world
is owed by Giovanni P MQrasidi ,3at;
Irvington, on the Hudson. He has froumns ON
500 to 1000, worth about $50 900. Sc Sc
One of the richest unmarried sWo.;
men in the United States is Miss Julia.
Rhinelauder, of New York, who has In
herited the fortunes of half q dozen
kinsfolk, untilshe is now worth sl5, 600, S
600. :ssss;
In Swiss museum is a watch only
three sixteenths of an inch in diameter,
inserted in tho top ofa pencil case. Its
tiny dial not onlyindicates hours, minutes,
and seconds, but also the day:a of Z thai:.
month. . II;
- Mrs. Moses Taylor, is said TO be the
richest woman in the1 1country, if notSinsSi
the world. The latest estimate on her;
wealth is s4l,ooo,ooo. She lives in New 1l,
York, Long Branch, and other places, ass
the mood strikes her.
Long Island temperance lecturer
pledges his converts to buy their beerbys
the case and drink it only at home, and
in four weeks has ruined the business of
fourteen saloons. It's a new idea, and
one that hits the safoonkeeper hard.
= Finn Brothers, of Grayling, Mich $
working on prospects north Of the:
Michigan Mine, struck gold ten feet
from the surface. The gold is in quartz
and in nuggets, and from q fen pounds
of rock gold button worth s136 was
smelted. is:33s q.
- a farmer, bringing his. son as; 81
pupil, was asked, what he intended to-
make Of thelad. aWell, ifhe gets grace.ss
we'll make him q minister. = a /, %
returned the school. aster, ..if he gets no. Is,
grace, what then" Then he might
just become a schulemaister like yer
self" g
= 4 writer in the Augusta Chronicle 4
makes the startling revelation that there
are nearly four hundred Mormons in Au-5s
gusta, and that they have preaching there
every Saturday afternoon. The same I
writer says there will be quite an exodus
of Mormons from Augusta TO Utah in
March.
IF any one is unfortunate enough to-
swallow poison of any kind through mis-
take or otherwise, give imr dately two
gills of sweet oil. It.is an xfectual rem: {:
edy to almost any poison. Any one with
q strong constitution should take twice
the quantity. (In liquid measure one:l
tescupfull is gill.)
= She: sWhy, Charley, your grand 8
mother died only week ago and here
You are at q dancing party. I should
think you'd have some respect for her,
memory" He: :"Why, I certainly y have, !
But you see she lost her memory six
years before she died and I date my re:is
speet from that time." S
An old fellow in Wisconsin town
who has beep5unning private bank for
some years seals recently teq1 tested to-
publish some sort ofa statement. So he:
posted the fals@ing on the door Of his
bank Notice. This ERE bank has got,
$4,000 behind her. She don't owe no..
6ody red cent. Good paper discounted
as heretofore, and nobody proposes to cut
sticks for Mexico or Canada There was,
no run on that bank. - =
"What can I do, my darling he
whispered, "to prove my love fol. thee7
Would that I could, at the peril Of my
life, rescue thee from bloodthirsty Indians,
save thee from the fangs of the roaring
lion, or snatch thee from a watery grave.
Say, dear one, what can I do 2" .sAak,
papa" she said, promptly. But he
wasn't prepared to go SIS far as that. he
went outside to see what sort of an even
ing it was, and he never came back
again. sr
"A Sunday or two ago.a New York
clergyman announced from the pulpit
that he knew Of a man who proposed to
give 100000 to found a Baptist uni
versity in that city. Since then many
have been the copjectures as to the nanei
of the founder ofthe proposed institution.
1t is now reported that John D. Rocks:s3
feller, the great Standard Oil magnate, .sS
the man. He denies, however, tbsA
has given s2o,ooo,ooo for a Baptist
university, but declined to answer the
question whether he has given any
sum for such purpose, on the gro11d
chat the time had not arrived for makiDg3
his actions public.
The Popular Approval H
Of the efforts of the sGalifosnis
Syrup Company to present % b hsp1E s.
an agreeable and efecaYs anbsiA
the bitter, nauseo1a Liver msdicia