The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-07-09

SQaW, eOltUl VI Iuo DlsuUpVlllo EGYtej Was
killed to-day at picnic near Tiller's
Ferry, Kershaw County, by one Darius
Kelly. =.
EAsrovER, S. O., July 2.-The electric
storm thst passed through this neighbor.
hood Tuesday afternoon did great damage
to houses. The house of Henry Green
was struck by lightning. The stroke
came down the chimney, killing Green
and his daughter.
PETERSBURG, VA, July flames
Cain, an old citizen of Sussex, despond
ent over the death of his wife, committed
suicide by drowning himself in mill
pond. he waded out into the pond and
kept his head under water until he be-
came unconscious.
MEMPHIS, TENN, July "a telegram
received in this city at half-past this
afternoon, reports cyclone as having
passed through Madison, Miss, this
morning. Several buildings we're demol.
ished and considerable damage done.
No further information is obtaiuable,
as the wires south are blown down.
NASHVILLE, TENN, July 4.-John
Beasley and Abram .Kimbro, living three
miles from Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, last evening took a drink of a
solution of aconite from a bottle which
they thought contained whiskey. Beas-
ley died ia q short time, while Kimbro is
in a very critical condition.
DENVER, COL, July "A verdict of
$4,000 damages, the largest sum ever
awarded in America upon the suit for
the alienation of a wife's affections, was
returned yesterday by jury in the dis
trict court in this city. S. Willis French,
believed to be millionaire, must hand
over this sum to Cecil a. Dane as the re.
suit of a suit which lasted for nearly three
weeks behind closed doors
CLEVELAND, o.. July 5.-A special to
the Leader from Youngstown says: Viii.
liam Coe and Charles Adgate, while on a
passenger train leaving here at midnight,
quarreled over girl and Adgate threw
Coe off the coach. He fell on the rails
and both feet were amputated and his
skull fractured Coe was removed to
the hospital aud will die. Officers are
searching for Adgate, who resides in
Warren.
GREENv1LLE, July 2.-It is reported
from the upper part of this county that
on Sunday last Babe" Durham, a young
white man, brutally beat Miss Gosnell on
the head and body with the butt Of his
pistol and kicked her because she had
promised to marry Durham's rival, whose
name is not known. Durham also shot
once at his rival, who ran. The young
lady may not live. Officers are after
Durham, but he is keeping out of the
way.
CHARLOTTE, N. O., July 3.-John
Woods, aged twenty-one, living three
miles west of Statesville, left there yes
terdsy afternoon, drunk, and went to
sleep ou the track of the Statewide and
Western Railroad, q mile west of States.
vile. The train going to Taylorsville
last night ran over him and cut his body
in two. The head and arms were found
in the ditch this morning and his legs
and body in the middle of the track. The
engineer did not know of the occurrence
until this morning.
BLACKvILLE, July 2.-Mr. James Nc
Donald, a highly respected and we'll to do
citizen, living about half mile from Ell.
ko, went this morning with party to
Capt. W. W. Willis's mill on q fishing
expedition. About 10 o'clock he and his
two grown daughters went out into the,
pond in boat, and while padding up
the pond the boat struck 8 tree, throwing
out the younger daughter. He immedi-
ately jumped overheard to save her when
they both went to the bottom and did not
rise again. The daughter left in the boat
managed to get the boat out and reported
it. The bodies have not yet been
recovered, but they are being searched
for.
DARLINGTON, S. G., July 4.-Yester-
day morning Mr.. Thomas Andrews, OF
Oates, Darlington County, comm itted
suicide by hanging himself Mr.. An.
drews, had been in the Asylum and had
been sent home, though he was still of
unsouud mind and subject to severe
mental depression at times. He threat
ened to commit suicide, but it was not
thought that he would do so. Yesterday
morning he was missed and after 8
search his relatives found him hanging
to dogwood tree. He was cut down
barely alive and expired in few minutes.
He was about 55 years old and was a
highly respected citizen of good family.
This is the second suicide committed here
within the past two weeks.
SAN JOSE, CAL, July 6.-Prof, Her.
man Kottinger, who up to twenty years
ago vas the leading violinist on the coast,
and we'll known as writer of prose and
poetry, died yesterday in squslid hut
on Colfax street. He vas worth hun
derds of thousands of dollars, acquired by
a lifetime of miserly frugality. But one
child, William Kottinger, vas present at
the death. When the old man, in his
death throes, raised himself in bed, the
son rushed to his side. His father, mis-
taking the act, with frsnzied yell waved
him back and clutching at the bed clothes
pulled them back, disclosing to view
quantity of gold coin. He made a grab
at it with both hands, and, with the
bright pieces In his fingers, fell back
with a gasp and expired. Prof. Kottin.
ger was once doctor in Heidelberg
University, and was 80 years old. he
was 30 wasted by hunger and want that
his body weighed less than forty pounds,
and was in disgusting condition,
A party of Rome, Ga, boys wen