The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-10-09
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.

ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.
= a man arrested in Missouri was
armed with four reyolvers, nine knives
and razor.
"A clerk of an hotel at Hannibal,
Mo-, dropped dead from excessive ciga.
rette smoking.
"A farmer and his wife in Indiana
were feeding some cattle when the ami.
mails gored them to death.
Abraham Parsons of Memphis,
Tenn, a wealthy citizen, has bean arrest.
ed for the murder of his wife.
= The city of Boston has four women
in her school board and two colored men
in the common council.
One of the brides. maids at a late
wedding in Covington, KY, was the
grandmother of the bride.
= a cave has been discovered in Nor.
mandy, Tenn, which is said to be larger
than the Mammoth of Kentucky.
W. W. Sellers, postmaster at Ls.
banon, N. O., has disappeared with sever
| al thousand dollars of postofice funds. /,
The Oregon legislature has passed a
| bill enabling any person who loses money
| at gambling to recover double the amount
| 80 lost.
= In taking care that your cleanliness
is next to your godliness, take care, also,
that your godliness is not next to moth
ing.
A couple we're married in Brooklyn,
N. Y, and five hours after the ceremony
the groom dropped dead in the presence
Of the bride.
"A couple in Arkansas who had been
divorced 35 years, were recently remar.
ried, the bride was SO and the groom 81
years old.
= Character is very much like cloth
in one respect. If white, it can be dyed
black; but once blackened it cannot be
dyed white.
Among the new settlers in Oklaho.
ma are man and his wife who are,
respectively, seven feet seven inches and
six feet in height.
= A suit which has heen pending In
New York since 1874 has Just been de-
cided. The plaintiff claimed $50, 900, 900
and was awarded 6 cents damages. -'t
- The Detroit Free Press FSend has.
been punning on DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
His is only gratitude, for all thinking men
know its merits.-Erchange.
= A fire in the Spartanburg, S. O.,
opera house created the usual panic, and
it was almost q miracle that all of the !
women and children escaped with their
lives. IS,
= There was split in the County
Alliance meeting held in Waynesboro,
Ga, over the question of endorsing an
independent candidate for the State Sen.
ate. ].
He said: "My love, am sorry to
dissppoint you about the picnic, but my
trotter has got lame foot.d That's
nothing! We've got plenty of Salvation
Oil.
- It is about settled that the Oldest
newspaper now published in the United
States is the Maryland Gazette, of Annap.
oils, the first number of which appeared
January II, 1745.
"A school teacher in New Hampshire 1
during the last term asked boy how the !
earth was divided, and the boys answer
was, Between them that have got it and
them that want it."
- Wooden shoes are growing in popu.
larity, both here and in England. By
the aid of machinery a really neat and
comfortable shoe can be made. II is said !
that 10000 pairs are annually sold in
Ohio.
= Reports from the Memphis district
say that the cotton crop has been damaged
25 per cent. by the excessive rains of the ;
past week. The district embraces west
Tennessee, upper Arkansas and North
Mississippi.
"A wealthy widower met pretty girl 5,
of Is at dinner party in New jersey
and after 10 minutes conversation won
her consent to marry him and in two
hours after their first meeting the cere- I,
mony was performed. \.
"A three.yesr.old boy and New.
foundland dog were walking on track .
lately near Boston, Mass, when train
approached. Just before it reached I
them the dog seized the child's clothing
and dragged it from the track.
- 1t is said to be not at all unlikely
that the house in which President Lin
coin died will follow Libby Prison to
Chicago, q Western syndicate having
made an offer for it. The intention is to :
put it on exhibition during the Worlds
Fair.
One of the largest forests in the
world stands on ice. It is situated be-,
tween Ural and the Okhotsh Sea, in
Russian Siberia. a we'll was recently
dug in this region, when it was found
that at depth of l16 metres the ground
was still frozen.
1t is claimed that phosphate is
found in only three places throughout
the United States Carolina, New
Mexico and Florida. In New Mexico it.
is about exhausted, while in Florida it 9
is more extensive than in South Caroli-'
ma.
Hiram Lester, now an inmate of the
poor house at Med Donough, Ga, is thought
to be the oldest man in the world. His
age is 100 years. Col. Sloan, of Med Don-j
ough, who is over so years of age, says5
when he vas little boy Lester was AZ