The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-11-09
News Paragraphs.

Seven counties Of Northern Texas
have refused to issue marriage license
to sixteen-year- r-old boy and Wild
ow of forty, who has thirteen children.
1t was an agricultural editor who
wrote: Pumpkins are said to be fatten-
ing for hogs, but We mover have tried
them ourselves"
John Andrews, young gentleman
of Spalding county, Ga, died from the
effects Of gun-kick received while hunt
his stomach and fired both barrels at
once. Tho gun rebounded and struck
him with such forco as to cause his
death.
Mr.. C. F. Sidener, who lives on But
Ter Hill, in Edgeiield County, planted
this year one aero in onions, from which
he made sixty bushels and sold them in
Augusta at $l.25 per bushel. 1t took
three bushels of sets to plant the acre.
- The South Carolina Conference has
been held in Sumter every ton years
since 1853, and the Methodsts OF that
city will ask that it be held there again
in 1898. Presiding Elder E. T.
Hodges has already extended the invita-
ton.
The Newberry Observer says that
there is man in Edgefield County
named John Bearden who makes good
living for himself and family by making
axe handles. He makes them by hand,
and they are superior to the machine
made. He sells most Of them by whole
sale to the merchants Of Newb erry, who
retail them.
- Cincinnati has just shown how the
blind goddess can hustle If she tries. A.
certain Charles Boyer WAS caught in the
act Of robbing house. He was taken
before the Court, bound over for appear
anoe before the grand jury, his case con-
aidered by that body, a true bill found.
the prisoner arraigned in the Superior
Court, found guilty, sentenced, and with
in nine hours from the time of his arrest
he was on the way to the penitentiary to
serve term Of Ave years.
- There is girl In Stanton, Mich, IA
years old, who from infancy until about
Swo weeks ago, has never been able to talk.
She has suddenly developed the power OF
speech, though the change has come from
no apparent reason, and for more than
week she has been talking necessarily,
taking no rest day or night. Strong
opiates seem to have no effect in check
ing the constant working of her tongue.
Her talk is perfectly rational, being most
ly made up Of an account of her expert
ences while she was dumb, but it is fear
ed that she will talk herself to death, if
not the family.
"A railroad with a gauge Of but twen-
ty-four inches is now building in North
Carolina. 1t is to run from Hot Springs,
near the Tennessee border, to Laurel
River distance Of twenty-four miles.
Its course lies through very mountain
GUS country, touching also fine farming
section. The main purpose Of it's con-
struction is to get out the timber on
about 10000 acres OF land. A type of
mogul engine is being built for the little
road. There is railroad of the same
small gauge now being operated In
Maine, and one or two in the Western
States.
Shaving man in twenty-five sec
onds is feat deserving Of the highest
praise and reward by all such as value
their time. The feat has been rendered
easy Of performance by the construction
of a shaving machine Of wood, reported
to have been made by one MeIchoir
Farkas, a convict in the penitentiary of
the city of Szegedip, in Hungary. Far
kas was put to labor in the cabinet MAX
ing shop of the prison, and taking to his
work with will, be soon displayed
great inventive ingenuity. With his
machine he is said to have shaved all the
inmates in the prison, 150 in number,
within less than an hours time.-Nct0
York Telegram.