The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-08
General News Items.
= The latest estimate of this years
American corn crop is two billion bush

american corn crop Is two billion bush +
els
= The w. G. +. L. in national con.
vcntIon denounced IL" war in the
Philippines.
y Yale undergraduate and Il young
kissing publicly in New Haven.
.- The North Carolina board of az
liriilture has made an appropriation 10
Srciirra crc,litahlc State exhibit ut { hc
Paris exposition.
There have been more than $500
suicides III this country during the
past twelve months. which breaks The
record for tins or any other country.
The Vanderbilt estate will pay
Se.0oo.nhi to the Federal government
and S5po.n'o to the State of New
York under The inheritance tax laws.
Since the new cotton scnsnm began
the increase in the consumption bv
southern cotton mills is - per cent.
over the amount of cotton bought in
the same time last year.
= Hon. q. R stevens. commissioner
ot aSricutureof Georgia.. estimates HE
cotton crop ut 90uD,0W bales, and cX-
presses lir opinion that the price will
90 up to between : and cents by Jan
uary.
- Judge W. j. Hood. of Florence.
Ala, has Il letter from Gen. Wheeler
saying he will csrnc his seat in con
grrsS when that body meets. lie does
not say when he will return from the
Philippines.
- The movement inr The erection nf
"a nlnn.ncnt in San Francisco to com
mcmnratc Admiral Dcwry'S victory at
Manila Is already assured Of Il success
inl outcome. the fund having reached
$36. 1000.
- Hon. &. y. Hobart. vice president
ot he United States, is critically i'll ut
his home in Paterson. New Jersey. and
ms death is expected ut any moment
Mi. Hobart is - years of age il native
of New Jersey, and quite Il wealthy
man.
- The leather market is advancing
and the national convention of shoe
manufacturers recently recommended
an advance OF % cents per pair on
shoes. This is an advance of so cents
per pair since August Sth.
= The fighting in South Africa be-
tween the Beers and the British con
tinucs. and the mcagcr reports so far
given out Indicate that the Beers have
not only held their own. bnt are more
than IL match for the British.
= The news from the Philippine war
continues to be conflicting. At one
time we are told that the war is nenr-
ing its close, and the very next news
is to the effect that we control little
territory ami the nSurrccti0n is grow
ing.
- Ella Ewing, the giantcss, of Gorin.
Mo, is now feet 4 inches tall and il
still growing. In the new residence
which she has just built the doors arc
10 feet high and the ceilings and win
dows like those OF II tabled giants cas-
ties.
- A woman in Pennsylvania, who has
25childrcn, is being given some prom
lnencc in the newspapers. The Will
mington Messenger says that Mrs. Ar
North Carolina, had % children, all
sons.
: A negro woman died of smallpox
III Alabama ucRr the GcUTgii: tins. No
one could he induced to bury the body,
and after waiting several days it was
decided to apply TORCH to the cabin
and crcmate the bndy, and this was
done.
- Mrs. Peter Empticld, Of Altoona,
l'h. and three cows on her husbands
firm ut Martinsbnrg were bitten by n
soon went mad. two of them butting
their brains out against trees on the
farm. The third, with the dog, was
shot.
- An automatic writing machine,
known as the phOnO-typewriter, has
been invented by a Racine, Wis, mcu.
The Inventor asserts that it will record
yerbatim whatever is talked into it.
the details Of PfHeF the s s kent Sqt
secret.
- hfrc C4.,n...-oi, y..,..,-. :; -,:1 a..
be nearly blind and is suffering from
an incurable disease Mt her home in
Charlotte n. e.. and tho Daughters of
the COnfederacy are raising funds for
her. One Chapter has contributed
800 and it is called tho Mrs. Jackson
Love and sympathy Fund.
= In Brooklyn Tuesday night an
electric light wire was broken by tho
wind storm and rs it fell co;lcd around
the shoulders OF Louis Bcrgler. II
year.oid boy. He raised his hands,
but fell to the ground, without utter
ing n word, and it is believed was
dead when he fell.
= The widow of cx-Gov. Atkinson.
OF Georgia, has created something of q
sensation in business and social circles
by going into the field as a general
State agent for fire and life insurance
companies. She says that her pnpose
lS 10 make living and educate her five |
children. She is already doing well,
and has received letters OF cOngratula-
ton from numerous society women.
The cityof Copenhagen, Denmark,
is Ovrrrun Will! rats, ana! is trying to |
cxtcrminate the pests by offering a
small bounty on each rat killed. In |
the first week G,0Dl rodents were Off |
cially recorded as having been slaugh-
tered; the number grew to 6,G16 in the
second week, and to 6,7S0 in the third.
When the number shall have reached
10000. per week it is thought that
some impression will nave been made
on the army of rats. Meanwhile rat |
catching is popular and lucrative
sport with the youth of the town.