The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-01-16
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

now leads the world in the production
of beans.
T. st. John the active head of the
Seaboard Air Line has resigned. Itis
said that he will gn to another road.
Galveston has expended. .-o and
q quarter milliOns of dollars i'm now
buildings since the storm in Septem-
ber.
- The orphan asylum ut Rochester.
N. T.. was burned down recently, and
more than thirty people pcrished in the
flames.
= Near Lancaster, NY. buzzards are /
attacking live sheep. They fasten
their claws in the wool and proceed to
mako meal of the shecp's flesh.
= The Finnish Turva Temperance
Society at Ashtabula, Ohio, is about to
erect n $4,000 temple in which to hold
it's meetings and entertainments.
= Mnyor Kelley. ef South Omaha,
Ncb., has been indicted on the charge
Of accepting bribcs from saloon men
for the privilege of allowing them to
keep open Sundays.
= Six boys broke through the leo
while skating at Bridgeton, N. j., the
other night and drowned before assis-
tance could reach them. Three be-
longed to one family.
: The Delaware legislature will be
called on at this session to abolish tho
whipping post, and another member
will seek to make kidnapping punish
able by death or life imprisonment.
A Jersey City church has unani-
monsly called to it's pulpit u woman,
Mrs. Charles II. Vail, who will here
after be n spiritual shepherd of the
flock of the First Univcrsalist Church.
= In circular announcing the date
of the confederate reunion at Memphis,
General Gordon announces that 300
camps have Joined the associate and
applications have been received for 100
more.
Robert Gcarhart, who is 81 years
old, recently walked from his home in
Brush Creek township to McConnclls-
burg, Pa. and back, making q round
trip of SO miles. He is tho father of %
children and has never been ill in his
life.
During arevival meeting ut Kemp
ton, Ind, n penitent confessed, as his
greatest sin, that he had voted for
Bryan. after accepting 800 to cnst his
vote for Mckinley. Hereafter" cried
the convert. 81 will vote as they pay
me-"
The Galveston NeWs estimates,
from the most complete and reliable
data obtainable, that the property loss
IN Galveston from the storm of Sep
tember 9th last amounts to $17, 7,65S, ,275.
The heaviest loss was in residence
property and contents to 0,100,5OO.
= An cx- Confederate soldier of Coop
or County, Mo-, who raised ninety
pound pumpkin on his farm this sea-
son, intends to have the mammoth
vegetable made up into pies for dis
trlbutiOn among such of his former
comrades Of Shelby's brigade as reside
in his vicinity.
= A Tie was the result of an election
for mayor held in the city Of Worches-
ter, Mass, the other day. One of the
candidates was democrat, the other a
republican. The repu blicans want to
try it over, and the democrats want to
adopt the republican rule OF throwing
out "a few votes and come i'll anyhow.
"A telegram to the Charlotte o.
serrc;' from Lowell, CASTOR county,
tells OF the collapse of the Gather cot
ton mills, a four story structure on the
south fork of the Catawba river. No
lives were lost as the plant was old
and practically abandoned. This was
one OF the Oldest cotton mills in North
Carolina, having been erected in 1861.
= Rev. l.. 8. Ingram, Protestant
missionary, located at Oaxaca, South
ern Mexico, went to Laredo, Texas, to
be married to Miss Franc Battley, of
London, who came to this country to
meet her f:nce. Fhc ceremony was
performed by the Rev. MIR. Rommens,
OF Loran, Ill. The bride travelled 5000
miles, the groom 1900 miles and the
clergyman 1,50O miles to the place of
meeting.
= Richard Thomas, who committed
suicide with gas Mt Philadelphia last
week, was a thoughtful person. He
left letter addressed to the gas COM
pany, in which he said: Enclosed Won
will find 81, which is to be used as
payment for tho gas required to end
my life. What amount remains give
to the gas inspector Of this district, and
he is hereby directed to spend the same
for Christmas present for himscf.n
The instructions were carried out.
Nearly half q million people from
all parts of the world have come into
the United States during the year just
closed, seeking permanent homes.
The details of the immigration indi-
clta that The totals will ronnh de0 00n