The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-03-13
ALL SCOTS OF PARAGRAPHS.

a planter at MontlceliO, ia, mas s
already shipped thisseason 10000 pounds
of watermelon seeds. 90 3.
- It is said of the sixty thousand
Hebrews in New York city not one is
keeping liquor saloon.
In Italy the influenza has thrown.
people into long, deep sleep and they
cannot be aroused. They are kept alive !:
with liquid food. 81
Edward Atkinson declayes that the =
annual production of eggs in this country S
equals in money value the country'san.
nual total production of iron.
= Siberia is said to have spot Of {
ground about thirty miles square that has
not thawed cut for hundred years, and 3
is frozen to a-depth of sixty feet.
In the Edgefeld court of sessions,
Monday, the case of R. T. Jones-already
tried five times-for the murder Of the
three Pressleys, was continued until next
August term.
- Charleston has had two noted visi-
tors within the..past few days in the per:
sons of Claus Spreckles, the great Ha.
waiian sugar King and Vice-P President:
Morton. The latter arrived last Sunday
on his way to Florida.
= An Atlanta man says: Talking
about trusts, the South ought to form q
trust not to buy from any house or firm
in the north or west which lies about and
villi6es the Southern people," That
Atlanta mans head is level. q
: The yield of corn iu Illinois last (
year was 47,9SO,00O bushels, and from
an investigation made by the Illinois
State Board of Agriculture il turns out
that the farmers have received for their
corn slO000,OO0 less than the cost Of
production.
"A Kentuckian beievea he has struck
it rich. He says he can produce a rain
storm which will cover whole county
and last for hours at an expense of s11, i,
from'cer.4iu chemicals, and he ia now i'm I.
patiep. .ly waiting for next summer and q
dry spell to try it. M
"A Kansas City family named Frost.
consists of Eve brothers whose names are
Jack Frost, Winter Frost, White Frost,
Cold Frost and Snow Frost. AS there
doesn't appear to be Late Frost, it is
inferred that the peach crop in that
neighborhood is safe.
"A good rule for the guidance of a.
girl through the years when she is the
object of admiration and hsttery is to do
nothing which she would DOT be willing
to tell now to her mother and hereafter
to her husband. Life may be made tanner
for her by observing that rule, but it
will sssuredly be more pure, womanly
and safe. >
= A man from Bare Butte Valley,
South Dakota, lost his pocket. book con.
tanning $3.50, which was found by man
of Elk Greek. A month later, upon
learning who was the owner, be returned
the same, and the owner was very thank
ful-but demanded interest for the use of
the money for that time. Judgment was
given for S1.45 and cost.
The conversation had turned on the
healthfulness of two localities. "In our
village" said one, Eve don't average
over death a year." "Iyhy, that's a
terrible mortality" replied the other;
sin cur town we only had one death in
FIVE years, and that was the DOCTOR"
Couldn't he cure himself?" "No, poor
man; he died of starvation"
"A popularity about the blind is that
there is seldom one of them who smokes.
Soldiers and sailor accustomed to smok-
ing. and who have lost their sight in ac.
ton. continue to smoke for short while,
but soon give up the habit. They say
that it gives them no pleasure when they
cannot see the smoke, and some have
said they cannot taste the smok unless
they see it.
- In the Oconee Court of Sessions,
last week, Thomas 0. Parker was tried
for the murder of Jesse Horn, in January
1880, over ten years ago. During this
time most of the witnesses have either
died or left the State, but those vho we're
sworn gave details of the killing fully and
accurately. The defense set up was that
of killing in self defence of his father,
Capt. W. F. Parker, who vas being as:
saulted by the deceased. The son shot
and killed Horn just in time to save his
father grieyously bodily harm-ao the
jury found verdict of not guilty, after.
| celebrating four hours,