The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-02-28

= Mrs. A. Dillon, of Houston, Texas,
left her two-year-old baby alone in
room tied in high chair in front of
stove. During hor absence the chair
toppled over, throwing the child face for
ward upon the stove, and he was terribly
burned when discovered.
= Wheat may not be a paying crop at
present prices, but Kansas farmers have
planted 100000 acres this year, a lar
ger crop than ever before. No crop is so
certain in its cash return as wheat, and
while the profit on the crop is small the
reduction in freights leaves to the farmer
much more or nearly the same profit as
he received in the West thirty-tive years
ago than any one imagines-Phltddeiph
Press.
"A dispatch from Chicago says: Two
guests at Potter Palmer's big State street
hotel were discussing some Biblical
points one day this week and in order to
decide it they called for Bible. There
was not such book in the house. Pot
ter Palmer heard it and he Immediately
placed an order for 700 Bibles. One will
be placed in each room and guests will
have an opportunity to settle Biblical
discussions without having to call in out
side aid.
- James r. Owens, Jr., aged 25, en-
ployed as engineer at the Chiccra Phos-
phate Works, Charleston, was caught by
the sleeve in cogwheel. His right
arm was torn from the socket, his right
ear torn off and his chest frightfully lac
Grated. Drs. Lockwood and Edwards
were summoned and were with the unfor-
tunate man at his home in Cannon street,
near Felix, nearly all of yesterday.
There is but slight chance of his recov-
cry.
- The charitable institutions Of Chica-
20 have not been sufficiently large to
give refuge to all the poverty-stricken
applicants this winter. So the city has
been forced to open its churches as q
place of refuge. This is in practical har-
mony with the teachings OF Christ. An
exchange says with reference to it: ut
is time the poor, the ignorant, the sick
and the afflicted should have some bene-
fit from these untaxed institutions built
in Gods name, but until now, with the
exception of the Catholic Churches, given
over to those who can wear good clothes
and help pay the minister"
- The Virginia House of Delegates is
discussing the calling of constitutional
convention. Delegate Patterson advo-
| Gates Constitution similar to the Mis-
sissippi Constitution. Said he, 81 want
Virginia to follow the lead of Mississippi.
want Constitution passed which will
allow no man in the State of Virginia to
vote unless he can read the Virginia
Constitution or understand it when
read" He said that the State could be
redistricted so as to give one representa-
tive to every thirty Thousand voters and
assure the supremacy of the white race in
Virginia.
= Some say there is no money in farm
ing, others prove that there is. Among
the latter is Mr.. I. r. Rountree, of Dun
barton. After paying his subscription
Monday he told rs he did not owe cent
in the world. Besides, he has two crops
of cotton and enough homemade provis.
ions 10 last his family two years. Last
winter he cured enough bacon to feed
thirty people. He keeps all his farming
lands under fence and gives his hogs the
run of the fields from the first OF Septem-
ber up to new year. So they thrive and
cost him but little. Cotton is sur
plus crop with him.-BaTnaoeU People.