The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-12-25
GENERAL NEWS.

$685., GOO.
The bank at Springdale. Ark.
was robbed last Friday Of 81, 600 by q
lone robber.
- Resolutions asking Presidens
Roosevelt to intercede for the Beers
we're adopted al Chicago mass meet
ing.
John G. Milburn, Of Buffalo. in
whose house McKinley died, has re-
ceiyed letter threatening assassi-
nation.
- Postmaster General Smith has
rendered his resignation. and is to be
succeeded by Henry c. Payne, Of
Wisconsin. fs
- Marooni has succeeded in send
ing q message over thewater, dis.
tance Of 1,700 miles, without The use
Of intervening wires.
- The attempt Of two men to arrest
q bunco steerer in Texas resulted III q
fierce fight with firearms, in which all
three men were killed. ~
So Miss Kate Livingston, o sister of
DR.. Livingston, the explorer, has Just
celebrated her 106th BIRTHDAY at the
home ON the Isle OF Mull. :.
The value Of the presents IL the
wedding Of John D.: Rockefeller. Jr., !,
and the daughter OF Senator Aldrioh,
was estimated ut s700, 900. !,
) - Mrs. William Walker, the wife
OF o cotton raiser living near Texar-
kama, Texas, gave birth to Ave chill.
dreE, four girls and one boy.
- Consul General Dickson author.
izes the statement that lie is satisfied
Miss Stone, the captive missionary
and her companion are alive and .reat-
ed we'll.
A movement is on foot to in
crease the salaries Of members OF Con-
gress from $4,000 to $4,000 per an
mum, the change to take effect With
the next Congress.
- Mark Hanna may be big boss
in national affairs, but he does n OF cut
much ice at home. His county has
sent solid democratic delegation to
the Ohio legislature.
= President Roosevelt has just in
herited fortune of $50, 900 and resi-
duary legatee for an equal amount.
The property belonged to cranky
uncle of the presidents.
20. L. Powell aud j. E. Over
street, two prominent turpentine men
in Florida, had shooting match in
which both were killed. They had a
quarrel about oertain hands.
Bishop Halsey, Of Che oolorcd,
Methodist Epls1ppsi church lin, Sayan,
nah,. Ga, said thnt slavery was Sbloss-
IL &, because by it}the negro attained
the highest form Of civilization.
Nearly every ocoupatfon is. rep,
resented in the Georgia pensteutiafy,
there being 955 laborers, 681 farmers,
12S railroad hands, 58 cooks, 22' black
smiths, 6 merchants, 6 school teach
ers, 2 physicians and 8 teachers.
Gen. George Fl. Stewart, an ex.
Confederate, has just had returned 10
him by Abram Smith, of Long Beach,
Cal, o Bible that he carried through
the civil war. Smith took the Bible
from a Confederate wagon few days
before the surrender Of Lee army,
- Senator Morgan's Nicaragua bill
provides for the estimated expendi-
ture Of $3.50, 900, 900, and places the
entire management in board COM
posed Of eight United States citizens
to be chosen without regard to party
afhliation. the salary of The board. TO
be S., 900 per annum EACH,
- Several Daughters Of the Confed.
eracy called ON President Roosevelt
last woek relative to removing from
Germantown, Pa, TO Richmond, Va,
The bodies of 224 unknown Confede.
rate soldiers now buried at the former
place. A bill will be introduced in
congress giving authority for the re-.
noval cf the bodies.
A little postage stamp book,
issued by the postofice department,
lakes the lead in the matter Of eircu.
alton. According to the postmaster
generals report no less than q, ,698 ,423
If them were ssold last year, and the
supply was unequal to the demand.
There's no doubt thatit's handy vol
ime to have in one pocket.
Anegro boy peddler applied to q
title gir! s years old to let him warm
~ the fire in her home. Her parents
we're away. After warming he took G
,iece of paper and set the child
,lothes on fire. She vas burned to
lesth. This was near Athens, GA.
The negro will be summarily dealt
With if the enraged populace can find
lin.
9 Throughout northern Florida this
las been the coldest December in over
% years. The thermometer has rang
d from 20 to 25 degrees above zero
through th, 400-mile strip between
Jacksonville and Pensacola. The
tate Agricultural Department is ad
ised that no serious damage will re-
ult to orange aud other fruit groves
n the Florida peninsula, as the sap
ad been driven from the trees by the |
ontinued cool weather of the past
MONTH. Vegetables in north Florida
re considerably damaged.