The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-10-17
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.

ALL SUNIS > Oc ceIa1sAUhAIuSs5
Snow fell in Lockport, N. Y, on
the 9th inst, to the depth of SIX
inches.
= John Brown, a negro of Macon,
Ga, in few days caught 554 rats ina
pot Of water.
At coshocton, Pa, pie eating
match recently the winner disposed
of eighteen pies in one hour and q
half &
= When courting a farmers heiress,
don't tell her you love the ground
she walks on. She might construe it lit.s
orally.
An exchange tells its male readers
chow to carry a baby" A better way is {
to put it in a baby wagon and let your
wife push it. e
= Isaac Heed, of Burrs's Mills, o.,
has raised tomato that measures seven.s,
teen inches in circumference and weighsg
over three pounds. - s:s.
- No matter how great liar man 5
is, when he tells you pleasant things
about yourself you cannot help feeling;
that for once he is telling the truth. 81
- The longest distance over .whichs
conversation by telephone is daily main:z
tained is about seven hundred and fifty;
miles, from Portland, Me-, to Buffalo, n
Y, 80.
- Five hundred women of Toxic and:
Yokohama have subscribed to asflnd
for the purchase Of a handsome Bible
to be presented to the Empress of
Japan. -s.5.sss -
= A Wagerly, Mich, man saw his
wife's foot sticking up above the lower
end of the bed, and thinking it was5 a
burglar he shot at it. His wife now.
limps. ;s
= John Cardwiller, an Iowa we'll Dig.
ger, claims to have found at the bottom
OF one Of his diggings piece Of rock on
which the Stars and Stripes are distinctly
formed. -: -:
- japanese papers place the total
number of persons drowned in the aoods..
of August 20 at ten thousand, and: the
number of persons receiving relief at over
10000.
"A gang of counterfeiters have been
discovered near Indianapolis. They were
engaged in making $40 gold coins and
have succeeded in passing considerable Of
the stuff. y: ~
- Warts can be easily and quickly
removed by applying caster oil to them
two or three times day. This is the
simplest remedy known, and it scarcely
ever fails.
Lillian Brill, Of Carroll, NH, not
yet years old, has knit all her own
stockings and those of an older brother
and younger sister ever since she was
6 years old. IS IS
= Some one of large experience says
there are no less than eight hundred and
twenty seven different terms in Che Eng:
lish language which express tho state Of
being in love.
= Woodbridge Clifford, the postmaster s
at North Edgecomb, Me, was appointed
under Postmaster General Amos Kendall 4
Oct. 4, 1889, and has held the Office ever
since that date. ~
Fayetteville, N. C., is preparing to /.
celebrate the centennial of North
Carolina's ratification of the Federal 5
Constitution, which took place there on
November 81, 1889. i5s. -
- At Johnstown, Pa, many people 81
are suffering from cold as the clothing
and shelter provided for them is not suf.
fcient for protection now with. the meFr-
curry down in the thirties.
"Thirty years ago" said a colored 1,
philosopher, "niggers was wuf thousand 5
dollars apiece. Now dey would be deah 8
at two dollars q dozen. It's 'stonishin'
how de race am runnin' down."
"A single sheet of paper six feet vide
and 7i miles in length has been made at {
the Watertown, N. Y, paper works. tt
weighed 2,207 pounds, and was made
and rolled entire without single,
break. 5
"A Chinese doctor in San Francisco
is said to enjoy an income from the
practice of his profession of $4,000 per
month. He has been in America nearly
thirty years, and many Caucasians are
among his patients.
In one neighborhood in Dakota
last week there we're only two lucifer.
matches to 60 around among twelve
families, and persons we're detailed to
build fires and keep them alive night
aud day until supply could be had.
- The number of pupils enrolled in J
the public schools of this country is H.:
456,799. The average daily attendance is.
7,279,274. The salaries of teachers ag-z
gregate the sum of SGT ,40a,o37 annually.
Our public schoo! system costs the nation
Sill, ,279,930.
"A monstrosity in the shape of a calf
with four eyes, four nostrils and foar
ears, and mouth like fish, is exciting
the citizens of Jenningsatownship, Fay
elite county, Ind. It belongs to Mrs.
Brown, and large number of people
have gone to see it.
= In 1883 Judge Hudson sentenced a.
man by the name of Barnes to three years
in the Penitertiary. He was pardoned
by Governor Thompson upon condition.
that he leave the State and never return.
He has returned and been arrested and
renanded to the Penitentiary to fin.
ish out his sentence. He thus forfeited
his liberty.