The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-07-04
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"A very heavy tbundors Lorm passed
over the eastern part Of Hart county last
Thursday. Dr.. Turner lost two fine Jer-
ssy cows on his plantation on the Savan-
nah river. Mrs. Crawford also lost a fine
COW.
- In the District of Colum bia, Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Rhode Island, South
Carolina and Virginia there are moro fe-
males and males.
= In Marking, China, poor man can
limit his food bill to two cents day and
on four dollars month he can support a
family and lay up money. A good farm
hand can be hired for twelve dollars
year. A man can be we'll fed and well
dressed on dollar month.
Since the Worlds Fair Chicago has
reformed, says the Philadelphia Ledger,
city councils have passed ordinances
strictly prohibiting the opening of stores
on Sunday, and there is little doubt that
they will be signed by Mayor Hopkins.
paid to Sunday in certain parts of Chica-
20, stores of all kinds, and particular
~ liquor saloons, having been kept wide
open.
Some New York and Philadelphia
firms have written President Mewborne,
of the North Carolina Suite Farmers
buyers are making complaints OF the way
cotton is packed in this and some other
Southern States. They say that from
sixteen to thirty pounds Of cotton bag.
ging to the bale is used, and that some of
the Liverpool importers say that they
will not buy North Carolina, South Car
olina, or Georgia cotton during the
coming season unless lighter bagging is
used.
Prior to 1925 all shoes made for wo-
mems wear were without heels, and after
that date all heels of that class were of
the concave patterns up to 1857. From
the earliest dates in shoemal<ing down to
1910 women's shoes were all "straights,"
that is to say, they were made 80 as to be
worn on either foot without inconven-
fence. The first set Of "rights and lefts"
lasts were made In Philadelphia and
bought by Daniel Silsbee, a manufac-
turer, whose works were located 10 what
Is, or was, known as "Woodend," Lynn,
Mass.
= Another man has committed suicide
by getting in too CLOSE .groxipltX e 4.
lAu4e' 49Q---1$1D<auSFi1o !hontuoh'ot.
gayB. "Jesse Storey, a prominent and
well-to-do farmer. living near the Trigg
and Christian line, not far from Roaring
Springs, died Wednesday from the eff
fects Of injuries received from mules
kicking him. A few days before he was
trying to 10 lead mule into pond Of wa
ter, sut as the pond was rnirey the ami
NAL held back, and as Mr.. Story was try
ing to force it into the pond he received a
kick In the stomach. He was badly hurt
internally aud continued 10 grow worse
until death resulted"
- The New York Times having stated
that there were 27S, GA desertions from the
Northern army during the war the Ros-
ton Journal Indignantly replies that the
number was only l99,0A5." Only Is
good. We haYe not the reports before Us,
but we doubt whether tho Oonfederacy
had $4,000 men In active service at any
time during the war. Lee never had
half as many in the field in any cam
paign, and Johnson did not have much
over one-fourth as many in all his Geor-
gia campaign. Over 1919 full regiments
Union side. What did they enlist for?
And according to the Times there were
278 regiments of them.
Three Milwaukee counterfeiters,
who were under arrest hnt broke jail q
few days ago, are now on The high seas In
stanoh clipper yacht, flying before the
breeze to keep away from a wrathtnl
sheriff with steam tug and double
somewhere, safe on the Michigan shore
of Lake Michigan. The fugitives stole
the yacht from the beat house ofits own
er, q wealthy Manitowoc banker, last
Tuesday, and Sheriff Dunn was hours
behind his quarry when he started IN
chase with his tug. The sheriff has no
authority to arrest the Men on the high
seas, hut he has q gun and much bit
terness of spirit aud will doubtless do his
best, while the fugitives will resist
capture to the death If they are overtak-
en-.
- On the 10th of June, near Earle
Hamilton's in this county, Sam Brown,
colored, without cause or provocation,
shot and mortally wounded Vardy Rob
inaon, colored, aged three months. The
child languished for one week and died.
Coroner Parsons held an inquest on the
18th and the testimony showed that Sam
Brown, who is negro man about tWenr
ty-one years Of age, went 10 the house Of
the child's mother aud demanded his
dinner. The child was crying and he
| told it If it did not hush he would shoot
| it. The mother not apprehending any
danger turned away to other matters,
when she was startled by the crack Of
the pistol. She rushed out and found
the ball had pierced the 2hild's eye. The
jury Of inquest gave the verdict Of wilful
murder. The murderer has 30 far
made good his escape.-.Pickens Sentinel,
- The extent to which the human
body can be mutilstad Without causing
death is beYQnd what most people think,
OF course the removal Of the largest
limb is q familiar fact, bat the successive
removal Of all the limbs would In most
cases result In nothing worse than incon-
venience. In the same way the external
tated by their quality. One kidney may
for the loss By doing double work. One
ego may be taken out and the sight re-
main practically unimpalred. Large
portions Of the brain may be removed
with no injury to life or intellect. A por-
tion of the intestines has been cut out
and the ends sewed together, and their
normal action and function have not been
interfered with.-t&, RoHia Globe Demo
crGt,
= The old town of Appomattox is en-.
tirely deserted, with the exception Of five
or six families, of whom only one. that
of a Methodist clergyman, Is white. A
syndicate bought up oil the property
few years ago as speculation, and when
the owners got their money and signed
their deeds they moved away, leaving
their houses empty, The Court House
was burned about the same time, and
new one was erected at the railway sta
ton, about three miles distant, where a
considerable town had sprung up. The
Mclean house, in which the articles Of
surrender were written and signed, Was
purchased by the syndicate and taken to
the Worlds Fair, but for some reason
the plan was not carried out, and the
bricks and timbers are still stored In the
vacant houses In the neighborhood.