The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-11-07
GENERAL. NEWS ITEMS.

oonn oherman leaves fortunco of
three millions.
Rains in Texas have given cotton
an upward start.
Bryan will go down in history "a
tic greatest speech-makcr of the age.
"A dealer in artificial limbs est,-
mates that 100000 Englishmcn have
lost one or both legs.
"A man in Texas has entered 'su;t
for $25O,0O0 damages for being sent to
an insane asylum. He places high
value on himself.
Cornelius T.. Alvord, Jr., who got
away with 100000 from the First Ma
tional Bank of New York, was caught
Iii the city of Boston.
= The report comes from Germany
that many Confederate $40 bills have
been passed there recently as Uncle
Gam promise to pay.
"A joint stock company has been
organized ut Winchester, Va, for tho
establishment on 1000 acres of land of
an AngOra goat farm.
"A Chattanooga woman cut her
grandson intopicccs with q hatchet be-
cause she said that he was bad boy
and smoked cigarettes.
"A 3-year-old child in Poughkeepsie
smokes cigars or pipe daily, and is
said to have used tobacco since he was
eighteen months old. He is strong and
healthy.
a formation of the Agricultural
Implement Trust is openly announced.
After January I, 1901, every piece Of
machinery used by the farmer must be
purchased ut trust prices.
= The visitor to New York need not
go hungry for the want of n place to
get meal. According to the census
made in June, there arc I'll hotels in
the metropolis and $500 restaurants
where meals are sold without lodging.
- 1t is reported that Grover Cleve-
land may be President of Washington
md Lee University. 1t will be remem-
bcred that Secretary Wilson was Presi-
dent when he died n short time ago and
since then the college has been with
ont head.
- The mayor of Evanston, ILL.,, has
issued orders to the police to shoot on
the spot every person caught in the
act of robbery. Highwnymcn, bur
glars and other thieves have terrorizea
the town for the past two or three
weeks, ard the mayor has determined
to put IN end to that sort of thing.
Edward Henry, reputcd to be the
Oldest man i'll the country, died at his
home in Pittc5urg, Pa, aged 11oyears.
He was born slave In Culpepper, Va,
in 1874. During his long career he was
married five times, ard is survived by
his fifth wife, by whom ;.e had 13 chill
drcn. He is said to have been the
| father of GO children.
= The Indian territory will soon be
divided among the tribes inhah;t;ng
tho Territory, to-wit: Cherokees,
Creeks, Seminoles, Chickasaws, and
Choctaws. There arc $1,000 Indians
aud 1O.00S,030 acres of land to be divi-
ded equally among the different tribes.
This is said to be one of the richest
. sections in the United States.
= Charles Stembrook, who was con.
victeG at st. John, Kan, on 40 counts
of selling wniskey in violation of the
prOhibitory law, was fined $4,000 and
sentenced to 40 months in jail. AS he
cannot pay his fine he will, under the
. law, have to serve it out in jail ut the
rate of 90 cents day, making his total
Jail sentence practically 80 years and
j months.
- The seedless orange was freak
OF nature found in the swamp on the
north shore of the AmazonPabout 1872.
day it's cultivation in the United
States has revolutionized the orange
industry. 1t has brought the orange
yield OF California up to117,OOO car
loads year, and the amount of money
invested directly and indirectly in it is
over S1OO,OOO,OOO.
- During the last few weeks ducls
have caused perfect slaughter in
Italy. AS many as four duclists were
killed in different towns in one day.
During tho last year 2,4OO duels have
been fought in Italy, and 4S0 deaths
have resulted. Most Of these combats
were between army officers and based
ell the most trivial prctcxts.
"A peculiar incident was witnessed
in the Bethany Presbyterian Church Of
Trenton, n. J. The sermon had a So
poritic effect upon Harry Tidd, young
druggist and he fell. ....asleep. While
still in slumbcr he arose, ,!yrcmoved his
coat, vest and collar and was about to
further df,robc when tho women i'm his
vicinity screamed. An. usher aroused
him and led him ont of the church.
= Chicago is not only the greatest
cattle, sheep and hog market in the
world, but it now leads all creation as
a horse market. During the nine full
months of the present calendar year
147,0OO horses were received end sold
there, breaking all former records by
nearly 10000. The large increase is at
tribused to the DEM and during the last
Year for cavcI.u E,rsor I'll ;al, l.a.-1