The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-07-04

AID SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.
: Everybody puts their fingers in il

- A MAIDEN speecn-AsKlu4 youuS
girl to marry.
"A man buried in thought is usually
able to resurrect himself.
= Colorado is said to have one thous-.
and women stock growers. 81.
Sam Jones says that some people
are so good that they are good for moth
ing.
= The rattles of rsttlesnakes fetch 3
81 string in the snake centers of Penn
sylvania.
- The longest railroad line in the
world extends from Chicago to Tacoma,
Washington Territory.
= Miss Alice Cornwell, of New Zea-
land, is young lady of thirty who has
made S4,000,000 in various mining opera.
tions. Z
: Money and time are valuable; but
man may be miaerable with both q.
when he has more ofeither than he can S'
spend. 2s.S
= Mr.. Cleveland's fortune, which has s
been greatly increased by lucky invest.
ments in real estate, is now placed at the
100000 mark.
"A down East debating society is q
about to wrestle with the question: s:
(Which goes the faster after being broken
colt or S. bill7"
= The most profitable part Of the phy.
sician's practice in New York, according !,
to the Tribune, is fattening thin women
and reducing fat ones. IS
= That St. Louis man who has BEEN
sentenced to 90 years in the penitentiary s
will scarcely congratulate himself that he
was not sentenced for life. s.s .3
= It took IA horses, 100000 pounds g
of hay, 1850 pounds Of bread and 60 e
barrels of apples to feed the animals Of
the New York geological gardens last g
year. & Y
Very good cheap land is rapidly 6
disappearing in the United States,
announces the Chicago San, and specula-8 q
tive holdings are increasing at an alarm
ing rate.
The city of Birmingham, on the
18th inst, gave to the State Alliance 5
of Alabama 100000 in property ard
money, to locate its business exchange: in ID
that city.
= Amasa Sprague, of Rhode Island, Y
elder brother Of the late Governor Will
liam Sprague, aRd once worth 100000 81
is now sheriff in that state ata salary Of i
about $500 year. h;
= Work has begun on the Nicaragua
canal, which is to connect the Atlantic 81
and Pacific ocean. It is hoped the II
company will not make failure Of this
canal as did DeLesseps with Panama 81
enterprise.
America can take in 2,O0O,00O,0OO s.
more comers, remarks the hospitable
Chicago Herald, and find room for alto d
build homes and make gardens. We
haven't settled hundredth part Of the
county yet.
The seventy.two hundred miles Of
new railroads built in 1883 called about
thirty. six thousand new men into the
service, reckoning FIVE employees to the
mile, including officers, and men in all
capacities. The present railway system 4
of the United States has an army OF seven
hundred and eighty five thousand men,
1t is always pleasant, observes the
Detroit Free Press, to see things done in q a8
business.like way. A Philadelphia
lawyer collected claim of $1,000 for rs
client, made charge of s40o for his {:
services and them embezzled the remain
der. An ordinary man of dishonest
inclinations would have stolen the $500
outright.
L Mrs. Hetty Green, Of New York,
enjoys an income of;s3 900 day, and her q
total yearly expenses are said to be less
than $4,000. Her fortune at present is
estimated at $50, 100000, and it is climb.
ing at the rate of more than million S
year. Mrs. Greene has proved on sundry
occasions that she is amply able to take s
care of herself and this big hunk Of mon
ey. -
Samoa, which is attracting so much
attention now, is generally regarded as
savage island, but large proportion OF
the people are Christians. A missionary s
says: II would guarantee to take the
first twenty men, women and children
that should meet with in Samoa, and I J.
would back them in Bible knowledge
against any twenty I should meet in this 6
country"
On July an incident of no little
interest, and one not likely to be soon
duplicated, will take place in our navy.
The flag with thirty. eight stars, which
has waved for thirteen years, will be
replaced, by Secretary Tracy's orders,
with the new flag with forty-two stars on
its field of blue. The arrangement of I
stars on the new flag will consist of six q
rows of seven stars each.
1t is now reported in Louisville, Ky,
that an English syndicate wants to buy
up all the Kentucky distilleries. The
scheme, if carried out, will be gigantic
one, for in the Fifth Kentucky district
alone there are over one hundred
distilleries, with daily capacity Of
10000 gallons. In 1887 the sun, of
A,7SS,OoO vas paid for taxes, and in 1888
s6,2SS,OOO, while distilery property
throughout the State is valued somewhere
near S25 100000.
- A new word is wanted. Doctors of
Letters are invited to try their hands.
What word will you use to describe the
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