The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-04-16
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

BIRMINGHAM, April 9.-John Jones,
of Dale County, is in Jail on the charge
of assault with intent to murder bis nine
year.old aon for some trifing offence.
He hung the boy up by the thumbs,
whipped him numerically, and left him
there to die. The little fellow was almost
dead when rescued by q passer.by.
MILWAUKEE,, WIS, April 12.-Joseph
Hammer, an employee in the Schlit2
brewery, met a horrible death yesterday
by falling into vat of boiling water.
When he was missed the water was drawn
off and his parboiled body found in the
bottom of the vat. How the accident
occurred is not known.
CYPRESS, S. c., April 1O.-A little
child of negro living on the plantation
of Mr.. A. B. DuBose fell In the fire and
was slightly burned this week. An old
negro 'copinrer" was Immediately sent
for, and, they claim, succeeded in short
time in talking the fire out of the burns
This is the nearest approach to voodooisnl
'W0 u6f0 uChlu Va ALlOAS 1uV AOEa oSo VI
this section in several years.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 11-Al
Oneonta yesterday Ed Strange took his
shot gun down to kill hawk: In his
excitement, as he rushed out, the hammer
hit the door post and the gun vent off
The. whole load lodged in his wife'f
breast, killing her instantly. She was
the bride of month and very youthful
Strange vas the only witness to the
tragedy, aud his hawk story is not abso
lutely credited.
CHESTER, S. O., April lO.-While
playing in her fathers yard near Low:
reysville, yesterday, twelve.year. old
daughter of Mr.. a. NJ. Littman fell into
a large kettle of boiling water, from the
effects Of which she died to-day. Il
seems that she was walking backward
pulling tack or wheelbarrow, and did
not notice the pot, which was in a hole
and came Just to the level of the ground.
Physicians were called Immediately, but
nothing could be done for the little suf-
ferer.
LEXINGTON, Ga, April 11.-Mr. l.
M. Arnold, who runs a mill on Big creek,
had remarkable dream recently: Some
daya since he gave his eighteen. months
old babe the key to the millhouse to play
with, and she lost it. A thorough search
was made, but nowhere could the key be
found. Several nights after it had been
lost he dreamed thafft was in certain
box in his wife's flower pit. So vivid was
the dream that, though he had no faith
in dreams, he went the next morning,
and much to his surprise, found the key
hidden just as be had dreamed of it.
ARLINGTON, Ga, April 12.--Three
young ladies Of this place we're out walk.
ing the other day, when vicious COW,
enraged by the sight of 3 red scarf, took
after them. The girls saw that the COW
meant business, and that it was impossi-
bic to get out of the ways so they decided
TO give the animal race. They did SC
for distance of 100 yards, the COW al
their heels, believing and foaming al
the mouth, It was race for life, In
which the girls won, distancing the COW
by Just a few feet to Colonel Sibley' yard
which they entered, almost breathless
from their race.
WASHINGTON, Pa, April 12.--About
four miles from this place, at 4 O'Clock
this afternoon, q two.quart nitro.glycer
inc can exploded, instantly killing Tom
Mounts, IT,, aged fifteen, and probably
fatally iDjuring his younger brother,
William, aged twelve. The two boys
had found the can, which they supposed
was empty, and struck it against fence
post, causing terrible explosion. Parts
of the body of the eldest boy, who was
killed instantly, were found 200 feet from
the scene of the accident. The younger
boy was blown about $50 feet through
the air, and was found in an adjoining
orchard. he is internally injured.
MARION, April 13.-Naws reached here
to. day of q horrible accident on Mr.. O.
G. Whittington's plantation, near Dillon
in which Eliza Taylor and her ten months
old child were burned to death. Ellis
Taylor lived with her mother, Lvdis
Taylor, and had left her alone in the
house asleep. About an hour afterwards
the house was seen on fire, but was en-.
veloped in flames before it could be
reached, and in few moments va.
entirely consumed. The bones of tie
woman and her child were found in the
ruina. She was subject to fits, and it il
supposed that she caught fire while il
one of these.
MEMPHIS, TENN, April 11.-An Ap
peal Avalanche special from New Port
Ark, reports tragedy in astave camp
near the junction of the Black and Cur
rent Rivers. Eight men drank too much
whiskey and then quarreled over what
remained In the jug. A man named An.
derson ran amuck with knife, badly
cutting FIVE men and killing one named
81. J. Moore. Steve Ross, foreman of the
camp, then killed Anderson with his
Winchester. Ross mas one of Anderson's