The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-02-25

- A wealthy Maine man who recent
~ married made over all his property to
his wife as mark of affection for her.
Soon afterward she was taken suddenly
i'll, and before she could make will she
died. It is now said that all her property
will 60 to her brother and the husband
will get nothing.
Engineers of railroad trains in Texas
aud most OF the Western States carry
revolvers, and often rifles, for various
contingencies that might arise. They
amuse themselves by shooting at Tele-
poles or any other mark while running
at full speed. and attain q wonderful
Skill in workmanship. A few days ago
an engineer on the Denver and Rio
Grande Railway shot and killed wild
cat near Newcastle from the cab of his To-
comotive.
Misses Lydia Hayes, Tula Saunders
and Cora Mcpherson, of Guthrie, Okla
homa, went horse back riding yesterday
and their horses ran away with them.
Miss Hayes fell from her horse, and her
foot catching in the stirrup, she was drag
ged some distance, her life being saved
by man shooting the horse. She was
terribly cut and bruised, and one eye
was knocked out by the horses hoof.
The other two girls were terribly cut
about the head, and Miss Saunders ad
her nose broken.
- a very queer claim has come up be-
fore the Chancery Court of Rutherford
County, Tenn. Joe Barlow, negro, is
the complainant. He asserts that he is
the son Of K. O. and Locke Barlow, de-
ceased, who were pure-blooded whites,
and claims to be full brother to Jack
and Mary Barlow, who are white. He
alleges that by a mere unaccountable
freak of nature he was born negro, but
that he was recognized during the life
ofK. G. and Locke Barlow as their law
full son, and was treated as member
of the family. He now claims that be-
cause of his dark skin his brother and
sister are trying to defraud him out of
his share of his fathers estate. The
Court has enjoined any further disposl-
ton of the estate until the question of
Barlow's paternity is settled.
= The latest story about Secretary
Blainos superstitions is that he will
never sit down with thirteen at table.
A Western Congressman's wife who has
been guest for days at time in the
Blaine home at Augusta, says that one
evening just before dinner they were
chatting pleasantly, when Mrs. Blaine
came in to tell her husband that some
expected guest had failed them, leaving
thirteen to sit down to dinner. Mr..
Blaine rose nervously, put on his hat
without a word, and hurrying out soon
returned with a neighbor, whose pres
ence probably broke the hateful spell.
The Senator's wife is also quoted as say
ing that on one occasion, to satisfy Mr..
Baine's fear Of thirteen, she remained
away from the table.
William Long, a negro, was arres-
ted last night, says CT .cago dispatch of
Saturday, while trying to dispose of
stolen silverware. He was locked up
and two hours afterward the turnkey
found him hanging by his suspenders
apparently dead. Long. was cut down
by the police and pronounced dead. It
was decided to take the. body to tho Mi
chael Reese hospital, on the way to the
morgue, and get a DOCTORS certificate.
By order ofthe hospital physician, Longs
body was carried into the dissecting
room. The surgeon and two assistants
entered. "This would be a good subject
to work on, boys" said the surgeon.
'"I have been looking for negro for
some time" sHe seems too big for the
table," said another, "I think I'll cut
him in two and place half of him in the
other room." At these words the sup
posed corpse jumped from the table,
and before the police or physicians could
recover from their astOnishment, leaped
out of the window, which was on the
second floor. The police ran down, and
after q long chase, captured William and
carried linn back to cell.