The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-04-24
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

There are $4,000, 900 families in tho
United States.
"A 10000 barrel oil property in tho
new Texas field sold for S1,25O,O0
w. II. Martin, Il dcfaulting clerk
of the North Carolina Treasury, was
sentenced to ten years in the penitcn-
tiary.
= Students at Harvard University
are not opposed to huzing by the secret
societies
= An Akron. Ohio, girl wore nh Eas-
ter hat trimmed with twenty-five one
dollar bills. 1t cost $45.
More factories have closed down
in Massachusetts leaving about $4,000
operati, es without work.
- Charleston is to have new union
station for it's railways, tho Southern,
Plant System and Const Line.
President Mckinley and his cab
met will start on their Pacific tour the
Goth instant'over the Southern.
= 1t COSTS this government about a
thousand dollars day to talk to it's
representatives in the Philippines.
There will be between $4,000 and
100000 additional acres of land devoted
to rice culture in the South this year.
= After being pardoned, Frank
Coles, burglar in Jail at Richmond,
Va. declared he would be mission
ary.
= In the past fifteen months Ola YES
sells have cleared from the port of New
Orleans loaded with 46, 6,4O4, 300 bushels
of grain.
- The Easter church collections in
New York city amounted to over ST.
100000, and Grace church headed the
list with 100000.
In the last six months of 1900
seventeen Americans emigrated to
Cuba while 1904 Spaniards "took
residence" on tho leland.
= The Michigan Legislature proposes
to change the pay of it's members from
S3 day to $1,000, and the Illinois leg
islature proposes 10 change from 81 900
to $4,000.
During the month of March 1000
young Greeks left their country for tho
United States. For some time the
number of emigrants from Greece has
been increasing.
= Later information shows that tho
northern lady who left $4,000 for tho
care of her dog also left $4,000 for
behefiEAf her relations. She was kind
and consideratc for both man and
beast.
"A huge mass of snow and rock
swept down from the mountain near
Adelaide, Col, burying work train
and killing three men and seriously in
juring four others. The men were
clearing tho debris of an earlier slide.
China's troubles are increasing.
A rebellion, headed by General Tung
Flu Sinn (the former commander of the
northern army, in the province of
Mongolia and Shcn 81, has broken out.
= President Mckinley will open the
Buffalo exposition on tho 1st of May
from Vicksburg, where he will he on
his way to the Pacific coast. At 2
o'clock in the afternoon he will press q
button that will make the wheels 70
round.
The Zionist movement is gaining
strength. A meeting Of 500 Jews was
held in Milwaukee recently in the in
terest of the movement. which is to
buy Palestine from the Turkish gov
ernment, that it may be settled again
by the jewish people.
Cattlemen in Greenwood county.
Kansas, are making hard times for
lawyers. They have established sys-
tenn of abitrating differences. Three
men are chosen as an arbitration COM
mittee. They inves'igate the trouble
and make decision, which is final. A
fuss involving 100000 was settled at
Eureka last week by an arbitration
committee.
= The congressional appropriation
OF $4,000 900 for the extension of the
rural delivery postal service becomes
due in three months. aud Chief Mac
hen. of the pcstOffice department., is now
getting ready rO spend it. The rural
delivery rOntes cost an average of $500.
QUO for clerical hire and other expenses.
it will be p9ssible to establish abont
5000 new routes.