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

three millions.
Rains in Texas have given cotton
All upward start.
Bryan will go down in history as
the greatest speech maker of the age.
- A dealer in artificial limbs est,-
mates that 100000 Englishmen have
lost one or both legs.
= ~ man in Texas has entered suit
for $250,oo0 damages for being sent to
an insane asylum. lie places a high
value on himself.
= Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., who got
away with 100000 from the First Ma
tional Bank of Now York, was caught
Ill the city of Boston.
= The report comes from Germany
that many Confederate $40 bills have
been passed there recently as Uncle
Sans promises to pay.
a Joint stock company has been
organized at Winchester, Va, for the
establishment on 1000 acres of land of
an Angora goat farm.
"A Chattanooga woman cut her
grandson intopieccs with a ha .chet be-
cause she said that he was bad boy
and smoked cigarettes.
"A s-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 /, 1901, every piece of
machinery used by the farmer must be
purchased at trust prices.
= The visitor to New York need not
go hungry for the want Of place to
get meal. According to the census
madc i'll June, there are I'll hotels in
the metropolis and $500 restaurants
where meals are sold without lodging.
1T is reported that Grover Clcve-
land may be President of Washington
and Lee University. 1t will be remem-
bcred that Secretary Wilson was Prcsi-
dent when he dieda short time ago and
since then the college has been with
out head.
= The mayor of Evanston, Ill.,, has
issued orders to the police to shoot on
the spot every person caught in the
net of robbery. Elighwnymcl, bur-
glars and other thieves have torrorizel
the town for the past two Or three
weeks, and the mayor has determined
to put IN end to that sort of thing.
Edward Henry, reputed to be the
Oldest man in the country, died at his
home in Pittsburg, Pa, aged 11G.years.
He was born slave in Culpepper, Va,
IN 1874. During his long career he was
married five times, and is survived by
his fifth wife, by whom lie had 10 chill
dren. He is said to have been the
father of &c children.
- The Indinn territory will soon be
divided among the tribes inhabiting
the Territory, to-wit: Cherokees,
Creeks, Seminoles, Chickasaws, and
Choctaws. There are $1,000 Indians
and 10.00S,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.
yicted ct st. John, Kan, on do counts
of selling whiskey in violation of the
prohibitory law, was fined $4,000 and
sentenced tc 40 months in Jail. AS he
cannot pay his fine he will, under the
law, have to serve it out in jail at the
rate of 80 cents day, making his total
iail sentence practically sc years and
months.
- Tho seedless orange was q freak
of nature found in the swamp on the
north shore Of the AmazonPabout 1872.
To-day it's cultivation in the United
States has reyolutionized the orange
industry. 1t has brought the orange
yield OF California up to117,O0O car
loads year. and the amount of money
invested directly and Indirectly in it is
over S10O,0OO.OOO.
= During the last few weeks ducls
have caused perfect slaughter in
Italy. AS many as four duelists were
killed in different towns in one day.
During tho last year a,4OO duels have
been fought in Italy, and 490 deaths
bavc resulted. Most OF these combats
were between army officers and based
eli the most trivial prctcxts.
A peculiar incident was witnessed
in the Bethany Presbyterian Church of
Trenton, y. j. The sermon had Il So
porific effect upon Harry Tidd, young
druggist, and he fell. ...aslccp. While
still in slumbcr he arose, ,!Eremoved his
coat, vest and collar and WAS about to
| further disrobe when the women in 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
horse market. During the nine full
months Of the present calendar year
$4,000 horses were received and solo
there, breaking all former records by
nearly 10000. The large increase is at
tributed to the demand during the last
year for cavalry horses, which have