The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-07-17
GENERAL NEWS.

Oeh1ornia community recent.
~ lynched at one seance FIVE men ac-
cused OF horse stealing.
Two men were killed and four
wounded in q riot Of striking miners
at Telluride, Colorado. '
Dallas, Tex. is already preparing
TO entertain the Confederate veterans
at their big reunion next year.
- The farmers of Kansas claim
:hat they viii lose 500, 900 900 bv
by reason Of the prolonged dry spell.
- The Salvation Army is at work
In AZ different countries and has SIS
periodicals, printed in 81 languages.
- The United States produces IT'S.
0OO, 600 pounds Of tobacco yearly.
One half of this amount is consumed
at home.
- 1t is stated that Americans spend
annually from 800, 900, 900 to $500.
1000 on account of their summer
vacations.
= A ID year old boy in New York
thought the saw a ghost and was so
frightened his hair dropped out and
he is.now as bald as billiard ball.
= The Oldest man on earth is said
to be Izai Rodafsty, 1876, Of Moscow.
Russia, and the Oldest woman Mrs
Nancy Holliield, 1T, of Battle Creek,
Mich.
= The president has appointed
Judge Taft of the Philippine commits
sion civil governor of the islands, and
the military is ncw subordinate to the
civil authority.
- The book keeper at Washington
who balances up government accounts
shows the first Of July that the re-
ccipts were about $75, 900, COO in ex-
cess of expenditures.
= Mrs. James Mills, of Woodham,
Ont, who recently celebrated her one
hundred and thirteenth birthday, will
visit the Buffalo exposition with her
son, sprightly youth of rs.
- Mrs. Patterson, the last of the
children of President Andy johnson.
died at her home in Greenville, Tenn.
last Wednesday. She was mistress of
the white house during her fathers
administration.
Gushcr No Of the Howard
Oil Company, Beaumont, Texas, is
said to be sending up oil at the rate Of
1000 barrels an hour. Such as that
will St IN leave the foundation of the
earth very hollow.
"A number Of ladies and gentle
men were poisoned at Warm Springs,
Ca, from eating salad kept over night
In tin vessel. They were made
quite sick but recovered after treat
ment by physician.
= 1t is stated that the railway COM
panies beyond the Mississippi are
changing their furnaces so as to burn
OF! instead of coal. It is claimed, be-
sides being much more convenient, it
will save about 80 per cent.
- Hester Stanton, colored, of Mays.
vile, KY, who has been sufferer
from rheumatism for years, was shock
ed by lightning few weeks ago, since
which time her. rheumatic pains have
left her. She feels that she has been
permanently cured.
= In North Carolina man claimed
a pension because 12.pound cannon
ball passed between HIS legs and shat
tered his nerves, and woman demands
a pension because she is the widow of
three Confederate soldiers whom she
married during the war.
= "A fatal duel with shotguns was
fought near Plant City, Fla, and as
result Edward Franklin, farmer, is
dead, and David Kinard. Franklin's
son'in-law, Mrs. Ki1ard. and their
baby, are ali seriously wounded by
farm hand in Franklin's s employ.
- New York has in q year about
As, 900 arrests for drunkenness, or at
the rate of about 1875 day. The pop
ulation Of Chicago is one kalf that of
New York, and at the same ratio the
number of arrests in Chicago should
be "a 900 O year. Actually it is 40
600.
=. A count of the money was made
in the San Francisco branch of the
mint the last Of June. There was
shortage of six bags of gold contain
ing $780, 900. The amount on hand
was $25, 100000 The loss has trou-
bled the treasury officials. They have
secured no trace Of it.
- The New York Society for the
Prevention of cruelty to Animals has
provided its ambulance horses with
straw hats. The hats are feather
weights. and look cool and comfort
able. They keep flies away from the
horses head and ears, and are also pre-
ventive of sunstroke.
= While it is not generally known
it is nevertheless true that during the
past year the Southern States led in
the construction of railways. AS
matter Of fact more miles of new rail
way were laid in this country since
January, 1901, than during the first six
months of any year since 1896
= Mrs. w. II. Burnett, of Jasper,
Tenn, wife of the head miller of the
Jasper, Tenn, Touring mills, has just