The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-01-17

Ex-senator Palmer, n worry close
friend OF Ex-President Harrison, says
that Mr.. Harrison must not be consider
ed even by his warmeSt friends As the
candidate of his party for recollection AZ
President. He says that Mr.. Harrison
told him so last summer and that what
he said then holds good to-day.
In Crawford County, Ohio, have just
died, within week Of each other, jacob
Fike, aged %. and bis wife, aged gG years.
Last March tEey celebrated their dia-
mond, or seventy-fitl wedding ami
versary. Mr.. Fike. who was BavariaD
by birth, had voted for every Democratic
candidate for President since Andrew
Jackson's first candidacy.
Zone deplorable result of excessive
meat eating" says Mrs. Ernest Hart, in
the London Hospital, sis the ill-.emper
which is said to be a chronic complaint
in England. In less meat eating France
urbanity is the rule. In fish and rice
eating Japan harsh words are unknown
and an exquisite poiteness prevails
even among the children who play to-
gether in the Streets"
Sol Collins, living west Of White
Plains, Mo-, had keg of blasting pow
der which he thought too wet to burn.
TO test it he threw handful into the
fireplace. The explosion which followed
was terrific. all the powder having
ignited. Tho house was wrecked, and
eight persons injured. The doctors
think the injuries received by Collins
and his wife and four children will provo
fatal. Two of the injured will get we'll.
of the thirty-six women who, under
the leadership Of Miss Annette Daisy,
made run into the Cherokee strip when
it was opened last September, twenty
two have proved undaunted by the diff
ficulties oftheir undertaking and are busy
with no man TO make or mar. They
haul their own lumber and are prepared
to do their own plowing aud planting.
They have three teams and appear in tit
condition to hold their own and carry
out their plucky plan.
"A Chicago dispatch of Saturday
says: David w. Hart, Of Dodge City,
Kan, railroad man, is busiIy engaged
in collecting the insurance OIL 1000
foot that be lost under Chicago street
car wheel last summer. Mr.. Hart had
insured against the loss of a leg in long
list of companies and to the sum total Of
$4,000. He is now roaping the benefit
OF his foresight, some of the money hav.
ing already been paid with the indi-
cations in favor OF speedy collection ol
it all.
- Governor Stone in his message to
the Mississippi Legislature last week ap-
pealed for such action as will assure
morespeedy trial and punishment in cases
OF murder. "Human life is far toe
cheap" he says, and he complains that
"the present miscarriage of justice in
trials for homicide is the source of evil
breeding mob and lynch law and encour-
aging crime." Governor Stone has the
same complaints to make as to iuries as
half the States in the Unon-tho per.
sistent and successful attempt of large
class of people who would make good
jurors to avoid jury duty.
"A poor old crank who committed
suicide in San Antonio quested the fol-
lowing to be placed on his tom mbstone:
"In memory to the author and originator
of the earth's motion by its own atmos-
phere, and the motion OF all bodies by
unequal forces. The Messiah was reject
ed and so are all men and great truths.
Truth, crushed to the earth, will rise
again, so will the truth in my epitaph
then will I be d-"-EL Paso (Ter.)
Mercury.