The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-07-02
GENERAL NEWS.

- Cholers is on the increase 10
Nlanila: Ninety American soldiers
have died Of the disease.
= A mountain we'll in Alabama is
threatening to initiate Pelee. Black
smoke is boiling from its depths.
The Cuban reciprocity bill goes
over for this session. The beet sugar |
men and the cane sugar growers we're
too much for congress.
= The St. james hotel of Dallas.
Texas. collapsed and carried down and
buried l3 men in the wreckage. Three
mer were seriously injured.
- Millard Lee, who murdered Miss
Lila Settles in church near Atlanta.
Ga. has been found guilty aud sen.
tenced to be hanged July 81.
"A dispute in Knoxville, Tenn.
over the Philippine question brought
on fight in which one man was kill
ed and two others desperately wound.
ed.
= How would you like to pay $2l,-
600 for yearling colt? That is the
price paid by w. c. Whitney for one
at the Rance del Poso SALE He gave
SIT, 900 for another one.
The heaviest man, probably, in
the world has just died in San Fran
cisco. He was saloon keeper named
Cannon, and he was big gun, truly,
as he weighed 613 pounds.
- A trained nurse in Boston has
been arrested on the charge of murder
ing three persons, but she confesses to
numbering thirty-one. She had been
committed to an insane asylum.
= a surprising marriage took place
in Mooresvills, n. c., a few days ago
when Mr.. James Hartsell, aged 65 or
~ years, and Miss Hattie Poston,
aged ii years united hearts and hands.
= The Sunday School Convention
that is about to open in Denver will
have representatives from every State
in tie Union, and from Canada, Mexico
and England 1t will be great gath
ering.
- Standing timber to tie amount
of $50, 900, 900 feet has been burned
in the districts along the line Of the
Northern Pacific. The value of this
fine fir timber destroyed is valued at
over million dollars.
- The Democrats and Populists Of
Kanses have divided the State ticket
between the two parties, the Popu-
lists endorsing the nominations made
by the Democrats and filing in the
vacancies left By them.
- George Secrest of Munoie, Ind.
after having lived with his wife for
half century, has discovered that
she has an ungovernable temper and
has sued for divorce. He is so years
old, and Mrs. Secrest is IS.
A plan is on foot, started by
some Of the great packing establish
ments in Chicago, to settle several
thousand acres of land in Florida and
Alabama and make it the center of the
cattle raising industry in America.
- Gen. E. Burd Grub, formerly
minister TO Spain, left package COD
tanning $4,000 on seat in railroad
car up in New Jersey the other day.
A friend, who was passenger On the
same train, found it and returned it
to him.
- The statement is published that
American citizens holding passports
are barred by Russia from entering
her territory because of their religion.
The senate has requested the presi-
dent to furnish information on tho
subject.
- George Robinson, Of Cleveland,
Ohio, who is believed to be the Oldest
man in that city and the Oldest ODD
Fellow in the world, celebrated the
one hundred and second anniversary
Of his birth last Sunday. His wife.
whom he lost about year ago, lived
TO the age Of ninety-eight.
80 a eat vas confined between the
outside wall and plastering of a
new house being built at Columbus,
Ohio, for three weeks. Workmen
hearing peculiar noise tore away the
wall and found the cat reduced to a
skeleton. She had eaten her tail off
bit by bit to sustain life during the
confinement.
= Henry Cole, one Of the Oldest
real estate men in Denver, will en-
rich the Methodist Church Of that
city by gift of over $350,000. This
amount will be invested in new COR
poration, and the interest accruing is
to be divided as follows: Fifty per
cent to evangelistic work, 25 per cent
for buildings and improvements, and
the balance for charities.
= There has been serious miscal-
culation OF the size Of the Kansas
wheat crop and the number of men