The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-01-10
General News Items.

Ill
he United States for each citizen of
lr country.
Columbia, Mo-, il one Of the great
turkey toAns. For some time before
christmas it shipped about 1000 a day.
lhcy were driven in great tlroves from
he rural districts.
- The demand for railroad supnlics
rom Cuba WAS never rs active NJ This
season of tht rral before. Within ::
lew days : 200 worth Of car material
has been sent to Havana and also &S.-
M0 worth of rails.
- The Washington estimate of tho
wheat crop for 1899 is 5i1 ,aOo,ooO bush
rlS, is:i bushels per acre. The area in
winter "hrat this fall is about oOn.0CO
acres greater than last year. The
average condition OIL.
- The people are marrying hy tclr
graph. y bride and groom were unit
rd 10y wire loo miles apart ii few GAYS
ago. aud Il prominent minister per
| formed the ceremony with all The
s"lrmnity such an occasion requires.
- The best authorities rate the com
crop "i l;>99. taking the world ns o.
Whole. the greatest ever grown. rx-
ccpting only the crop of lsa.. or the
total of more than a.Goo,Onn,n0n bushels
reported this year. he United States
furnished about 81 per cent.
Nearly 3.0OO,O0D acres of land in
this country were devoted this year to
the cultivation OF potatoes. with tho
result that Il crop Of ZIP ,O00, 900 bushels
has been or is being harvested. This
is the largest potato crop since 1895.
and one of the largest in the country's
history.
= Among the members OF the present
Congress 05 per cent wear Prince
Albcrts and silk hats, which has caus-
~ observers to remark that is the best
dressed Congress in many years. A.
majority OF the Senators stick to bust
ness suits, while great many of them
dress like farmers.
= A rose is a rose in New York. at
this season Of the year especially. Du-
ring the holiday week they have been
selling ut the rate of $50 dozen.
Pinks sell for 81 Il dozen, but tho
highest priced flowers of all are aZalcas.
A small basket Of them were sold to O.
millionaire on Saturday for 1926.
The mayor of Galcsburg, ILL.,, has
received a letter from woman of
Bath, Nc. who says that in 1896 she
rode through his town on IL bicycle at
night without u light. She desired to
know what fine the law provided Tor
the oifensc, as she wanted to pay the
sum and thus relieve her troubled con-
science
= The cost of our war with Spain
has been thus far about $3.50, 900, 900.
In battle and from wounds 845 officers
and men died; of disease o,5G5 officers
and men, total of 1910. The Philip
pine war has cost, including the SEQ
5000 paid for the islands, about SGO,-
000,0 600, 1,a0o killed, died of wounds and
disease.
= Augusta has had another disas-
trous fire. The lumber plant of the
Perkins Manufacturing Company and
the Georgia Iron Works were COM
pletcly destroyed by fire of an IN
known origin. The loss amounted to
$4,000, which is partly covered by in
surancc. 200 men are Thrown out Of
employment.
- The biggest egg in the world has
recently been taken to London for
sale. 1t is the finest known specimen
OF the egg Of Acpyoruis maximus, and
is over foot long and nearly Il yard
III circumference. In cubical capacity
it equals six ostrich or 100 hens eggs.
Its value is about $3.50. 1t was found
buried in the sand in Madagascar by
natives.
- With the arrival at Manila of the
transport Grant, which left San Frans
cisco OH the 2lst ultimo with the Forty
eighth volunteer infantry (colorcd),
General Otis will have command of an
effective force Of about $4,000 men.
The army now in the Philippines ag-
grcgatcs 62,500, of which $1,000 arc
regular troops and 31,500 are volun-
tccrs. With the arrival of the Grant
the entire volunteer strength OF 3I.CCO
men will be in the Philippines.
h'Hy aiu iitNy surgeons AFRO
greatly interested in Il medical rcpo1t
from the Philippines in regard to q
wounded marine. He was shot twice
with Mauser rifles at Novcleta, both
bullets penetrating the head in nearly
the same place and coming out at
different places. The brain was oozine
out when the marine was removed
from the field and he was not expect
eli TO survive until the hospital was
reached. He not only lived that long,
but the last mail adviccs say he is
living yet and will survive the wounds.
1t is likely, says the Washington cor
respondent of the Chicago Tribune,
the unfortunate marine will always be
clouded mentally, and though this is
the case now, he can ask reasonable
questionsan usually answers logically.