The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-09-26
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.
An Orange trust has been formed in

An Orange trust has been formed int
Boston. z.9 y &
Tom Wilson, of Asheville, N: g.
has slain 357 bears in the mountains of
that region.
The number of churches burned last
year in the United States was hundred
and eighty.two.
"A great many men when they START
out to reform the world leave themselvesS
for the last job.
= Seeds of the most valuable varieties
of cinchona bring $1,000 per ounce in
Ceylon. There are nearly 100000 seeds
in an ounce.
Chicago now covers over one hundred
and sixty-nine square miles. A.seyeuty
mile trip is required to make q circuit of 4
the city. &
ALL the States and Territories ofthe
Union have an organized militia. Of
these $3.50 are cavalry, 5054 artillery,
and 90,193 are infantry.
- The Iowa farmers raised enough:
corn last year to pay off all the mortgages;
in that State, and leave balance ofsonss
hundred million bushels. SIS
"A. cloud burst in Nevada the other:
day dropped enough water on region Of
two miles square to form lake ten acres
in extent and ten feet deep,
Henry Sturdivant, colored farmer
near Rome, Ga, wears g number twenty
shoe. BE is supposed to have q larger
foot than any man in the South.
Johnstown does not seem have
thoughly purified even by the great food q
She resumes,. business with tbirty.sixs
grocery stores and fifty. one saloons. ; s
An uncomfortably tight shoe may
be made perfectly easy by laying cloth !.
wet'in hot water across where it pinches,
changing several times. The leather
will shape itself to the foot. W.
"A colored witness was reminded by
the judge that he had sworn to tell the I
whole truth. '"Well, you see, boss, IS ''
answered the negro, "I'se skeered to tell.
de whole truth, for fear I might tell Lea.
lie." IA
- When Chinese girl is married, sh& 8
must wait tour months before etiquett&
allows her to pay her first visit to bel
mother but, after this initiatory call, sh$ s.
may 60 to the home of her parents at an s.
time. e IS
- Iron is rolled so thin at the Pitts.
burg iron mills that 10000 sheets ara
required to make single inch in thick s
ness. Light shines through one of theseH
sheets as readily as it does through tissuek
paper.
- It is said of q Canadian mother who
died the other day: "She was a true wife,
a fond mother, and SO managed affairs as 4
to marry off her nine girls before any &
other female in tho neighborhood could 3
even get q beau"
AT one factory in the United States
there are manufactured between two and
three tons of postal cards day all the-
year round. The largest order ever fled /
for one city was four million cards,
or about twelve tons Of paper for New
York.
= The only part of the cotton plant
that has not been turned to some good ;
account is what is called the mote. This
is flzz that drops during hsprocess o.
ginning, and resembles very much that;
found on northern grown peach of the
large variety. ~ ~
1t is no. generally known that the;
custom of keeping birthdays is manya
thousand years old. It is recorded ir
Genesis, Il, 20; "And it came to pass
the third day, which vas Pharoah's.
birthday, that he made feast unto alls
his servants" 55s,Ss;S
"A farmer near Cory, Pa, who had
many sheep killed by dogs, built sroun4'
the bodies an inclosure of rails twelve
feet high, the rails being sloped SO that
dogs could easily climb in and exit wal4
impossible. In three nights he captured
forty.six dogs. --.'a's's -.'.Ss 3 4 4
The army weakens from deserlioS
about as fast as it gains from recruitis|
In the first six months of the presl
year fourteen hundred and ,sixty.seI |
men deserted. Army officers ale cd @
ally studying the problem of desd3sa
without reaching any satisfactory re}
"A Northern company recentI
in an Electric road in Nashville,
and an old darkey was showing it
wife. ..Look at it.! Look at it p
"Bress the Lord, these Yankees al
people. Twenty-Five yeahs ago ID s.
down heah and free the niggah, a!
dey come down and free de mule.) s
Mr.. Eugene Boylston, ofsthiI +
ship. has girl baby about seven az #
which when borned weighed iuj
pound. The child is a wonder ana
its mother is doing well. Mr,s s
Eaves tells US that the child wassl
thsta gold finger ring was pad
its hand onto its arm.-BarnaE M
- Last Friday eveni16sll
struck the dwelling of Elias 3 S
more (Buck,) breaking several sash,
shivering one sill and breaking many: Of
the dishes. A plate from which q. color.
ed man was taking his supper, was,
broken, but he escaped unhurt, his tufs 6
of hair proving better protection than
lightning rods, which in this case were
ineAicient.-Pickens Sentinel. 5.
The Blackbirds have, organized >
camp4oost, or conclave of some kind :,