The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-01-24

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'i'Nr final vote in the senate n, the
currency hiii will br rakcn tchri,arv
18th.
The small pox situation in Norh
Carolina is hc;inning to br vcrs So
l.OMS.
Mrs ,Ianco \. Garfield. widow of
ne president. receives Il pension of
%j.oiio Il Year.
l., is said BY Rradst:cr, Tia, IN.
bank clr:irine>o of last year wr.r double
those OF 1874.
= The family OF the Late Dwight
Moody announce that hi. elder son
will write the biography OF the evan
gcliSt.
Only l,y an expenditure of >iop.-
"'o IN combating ErasSh0ppcrS was il
possible last year 10 save the crops in
-Nsivr>
~ is said that the English are
getting tired of the war in South Nfrica
anu are ready to be III preached in
making peace.
= The southern Railway is having
III inrnmr.iv"s built in Richmond, and
each Is I" hr equipped with an electric
headlight.
- Cornelius Vanderbilt has lust cv
pended S21.Mm III dogs. Twenty five
thousand little children go to school
wltliont amy breakfast iii that same
city.
-. Not having been given a chance To
Hil>it,I!nEni>l' himself rs soldier, i'll the
philippines General Wheeler has re-
signed and will resume his place in
Congress.
= Lieutenant Gilmore. who was IL
prisoner of the FilipinnS for abnu,
eight months, expresses the Opininn
thai the var will continue IL, long rs
| there are amy 'ra.saloS lri.
= .IanrSvilr. Wis, is the most i'm
! p"rian' tobacco market in he North
| west. here are iwcnty-twn ware
houses i'll III" city. and they pack and
! handle thousands Of eases annually.
l'hr Michigan Supreme Court has
/ urcl,lcd that Jury has the right to re-
| Use To follow tho direction of IL trial
/ Judge and 10 find Il verdict of aruuittal
! when Il verdict Of guilty has been di-
| rcctcu.
= Kentucky politics are mixed. 1t
is believed HAT the Democratic J.cgis-
laturc will declare the Gurbrl ticket
elected and that the Republicans will
resist their being Installed. Trouble
is unprecedented.
! William Jennings Bryan's great
grand mother, Mrs. Mary Bryan Cobb.
is living near Kokomo,. at the age o.!
9S. Her first husband, Louis III. Bryan,
was Il soldier in the war OF 1879 and in
the Mexican WAL.
= There arc $4,000 persons in the
employ of the various departments OF
the city OF New York. Of these, the
department. of street cleaning employs
! 5000. just twice rs many us the depart
mcnt of public charities.
The highest ranking officer of the
United States navy to be retired from
active service during 1900 hecamsc of
the asa / lit will be Capt. w. G. Glib
son. Usually from one to four rear
admirals are retired annually.
= The annual report of the Dead
Letter Office at Washington shows the
| receipt OF q, 800, ,DS3 pieces OF misClirect-
ed mail matter, in one year. Money.
drafts, checks, etc, footing up face
value OF = l68,000 were contained III
the letters.
Near Deer Gulch, Wash, the lead
or of 1000 sheep jumped over q pre-
cipice and the remainder followed.
The narrator says that after 300 were
killed they made Il pile high enough
for the Others to walk over them and
down the incline Of carcassps. nm
dead were burned.
= l.. w. Agncw. former president of
the National Bank Of Orali, Fla. who
was convicted in the spring Of 1897 for
misupprOprintinE the funds Of the banl,
and sentenced to five years I'M ti,r
| United States prison at Columbus. O..
| has had his sentence cOmmIltctl by fIr
president. and will be set ut liberty ON
the Sth OF March next.
: During the year 1890 California
mines yielded seventeen and Il half
millions of dollars of the'prccious met
ais, gold and silvcr-sO States United
States mint officials. From the same
source we CLEAN that Alaska Yielded n
larger sum than thiS-the first fine in
its history when her output was rs
large rs that of the golden State.
A Boston woman jumped from n
moving train and had her foot crush
ed, but refused medical attention until
Smc hau consulted IL Christian Scientist.
The latter ut once advised removal to
a regular hospital. This clears the
atmosphere somewhat concerning the
limitations of that cult. If you lose a
limb, do not expect Christian Science
to supply You with u new one.
- Latham, Alexander g. Co.. cotton
brokers of New York, have submitted
IL report on the cotton crop showing
that the price is higher than it has been
| III ScNcral years. tnty incline to the
opinion that spinners have been de-
ccivcd rs to the crop and that the
prospects for All increased consumption
during the year are very tlattcring.
= Director of tho Census Merriam
suggests to the agriculturists of the
country that they nse some III their
spare time i'll thoroughly preparing
themselves to answer promptly and
accurately the questions relative to
acreage and all items of the farm for
the calendar year 1899 which the CEN
sus enumeratOrs are by law compelled
to ascertain. This, he says, will result
in q full and accurate census.
"A new "religion' has been invent
ed in Rocknanrt, Gu, by q Mrs. Rob-
| erts, one of the tenents of which con-