The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-08-15
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

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Rev. Frederick Mayer, pastor of the
Evangelical Church,\is liberal.minded
gentleman, but his congregation was
shocked this morning to hear that he had
been investing in lottery tickets, and
dumb. founded when they learned further
that he had bagged $4,000 in recent
drawing. Mr.. Mayer is about q years of
age and we'll educated. He says he
bought the ticket just as he would get
married or take any other hazardous step,
and that he was overwhelmed when he
discovered that he had won big priza.
he declares that he can see nothing
sinful in acquiring money in this way, and
he has put the money in bank until be
can find a suitable investment. On the
other hand, the church society sees con.
; siderable harm in the transaction, and
there is likely to be an early vacancy in
the pulpit.
&. ATLANTA, August This morning
an old negro named Lewis Butler put 10
his appearance at the capitol. He claimed
seat in the House of Representatives,
and to sustain his claim showed 8 telegram
from President Harrison. In1S84 Lewis
ran for the Legislature in Worth County,
and was beaten. Last Friday he was in
Vienna, Dooly County, and fell into the
hands Of some practical jokers. They
fixed up bogus telegram from Harrison,
in which the President asked Lewis to go
to Atlanta and take hand at the helm
of the State. he WAS too poor to buy q
railroad ticket; but he packed his old
grip and set ont on foot. He reached
here this morning, and at once called and
demanded his seat. Not getting any sat-
isfaction out of the members he appealed
to Captain Tip Harrison, in the absence
of Governor Gordon. Captain Tip told
him it was joke, and the old fellow Is
almost heartbroken in his despair.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., August 9.-There
was an exciting scene at the Mount Holly
Fair Grounds this afternoon. Prof. w.
K. Perry, the celebrated Rronaut of the
American Balloon Company, was to make
his marvellous leap to earth after ascend
Jog to the height of three. quarters of 8
mile, descending by aid of q parachute.
At 5 o'clock, everything being in readi.
ness, the feat was attempted in the pres.
ence of fifteen hundred people. The
crowd with bated breath. watched the
man rising in the air. When the balloon
had travelled upwards about seven hun.
dred feet, the crowd discovered that it was
bursting. Gas could be seen shooting out
and soon the canvass began to drop. AS
Prof. Perry was holding on under The
parachute he was not aware of the terri
Bile situation. The crowd became frantic
with excitement. Yells went up and
pistols were fired to attract his attention,
but to no purpose. Soon, however, all
the gas in the balloon was exhausted, and
twitching, jerking and whirling, it began
to fall downward. 1t WIS toe late to loosen
the parachute from the wrecked balloon,
but for some distance it was successfully
engineered. Finally the balloon causing
the parachute to capsize, ali cams down
with terrible crash to the earth. The
crowd rushed around the unfortunate man
and every attention was given him, but
for twenty minutes be did not move or
show signs of life. The fall is yariously
estimated at from 100 to 400 feet. Prof.
Perry was brought here tonight and is
being treated by the best medical skill in
the city. Many of his bones are broken.
BE weighs lS0 pounds. At II p. m. the
chances for Prof. Perry's recovery are not
good, and physicians think it hardly
probable that he will recover.