The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-17

= Miss Eleanor Calhoun, grandneice of
John G. Calhoun, is making some stir as
an actress in Paris.
: The value of tropical and semi-trop-
ical fruits grown under the American flag
Is nearly $50, 100000.
- The young men of Missouri town
have formed a club and spend their eye-
nings in saving wood for widows and oth-
or unfortunates.
"A Virginia judge was trying an il
licit whiskey case. A jug Of the stuff
was produced in evidence and the judge
sampled 1t in court.
House, the man who killed his wife
at Rhome, Tex, under the supposition
that she was burglar. is said to be de-
mented through grief
A Mrs. Jones, of Raleigh, N. c., pro-
poses to sell the bottle from which Sher-
man and Johnston took drink at the
time of the latter's surrender:
"A negro near Darlington, s.. c., was
taken violently i'll recently and his tami-
ly youch for the statement that three
small green frogs jumped out of his
mouth.
A Tennessee man tried to frighten
his wife by coming home late and rattling
the window blinds. She was equal to
the occasion and put bullet through his
hand.
AT the coming commancem ont of
Roanoke College, Virginia, q full-blooded
ChoctaW Indian, said to be one of the
hest speakers of his class, will be gradu.
ated,
- The Methodist Episcopal Church at
Fostoria, Ohio, has done away with the
single communion cup and furnishes q
separate small tumbler for each commu-
meant.
"A Louisiana man proposes to walk
to the Worlds Fair without stopping to
rest at night. He says, that he can
walk ell day and then do his sleeping
walking.
"A bill recently passed the lower
house of the New Jersey legislature pro-
yiding that whenever any citizen dies all
OF his wealth IN excess Of s., ZOO, 900 shall
be forfeited to the State,
"A Louisiana woman ia roaming
around the country claiming to be a
prophecies, She has made some remark
able cures Of the sick, and some ignorant
people are following her around.
Speaking of lions, that was quite an
idea Of the hard-shell preacher who was
discoursing of Daniel in the den of lions:
tThere be sot all night looking at the
show for nothing; it didn't cost him
cent"
- The State of Michigan comes to the
front with women farmers. There are
said to be 1907 of them who till $40, ,43o
acres, which are valued at S45 500, 900,
while the earnings Of the women aggre-
gate 81 1858, 500.
"A corner on alligators is the latest.
A northern man is said to be buying all
the live ones that he can get in Florida,
but what his object is no one knows. 1t
is said that he recently purchased seven
teen small alligators in one day.
"A child of Mr.. Lawson Pope, who
lives aboutfiy miles from Lexington, n,
c., while clim bing up on the top ofa well
accidentally fell in. The well was thirty
five feet deep. Strange to say, when the
child was gotten out, it was found to be
only slightly injured.
- There is gun in the British navy, a
82-ton Armstrong, which hurls solid
shot distance Of twelve miles, the high
est point in the arc described by the shot
being II 900 feet above the earth's surface.
The discharge OF the gun cannot be heard
at the place where the ball strikes.
"A peculiar accident happened to Mrs.
C. Brux, who lives in Pensacola, Fla.
She was engaged in sweeping the floors,
and among other things swept into pile
was pistol cartridge, No. @. She gath
ered up the rubbish and threw it into the
fire, when suddenly the cartridge explo-
ded and sent the ball whizzing through
one Of her wrists.