The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-05-06
GENERAL NEWS.

other day. q
- The city Of Rome has just cele-
brased its two thousand six hundred
and fifty.sixth birthday.
BIZ - The Klondiks gold output the
paht year exceeded that Of the pre-.
yious year by over 50, 900, Goo.
II. G. McReynolds, OF tennessee,
has been appointed assista1. attorney
general Of the United States.
- The town Of West Point, Va,
was almost entirely wiped out by fire
last Friday. The loss is about $780,
600.
- For three months there were 938
persons killed and 1873 injured by
railroad accidents in the United
States.
- Within. twenty years the South
has increased it's railway mileage 1852
per cent. and it's exports ninety-five
per cent.
= Two masked men required the
cypress agent at Mason City, Ia, to
open his safe, .and they took $4,000
and departed.
- The revolutionists have succeed
led IN overthrowing the government of
Sant0 Domingo and forming provis-
ional government.
Mrs. Marsylla Keith, the Oldest
person in the state of Alabama, died
on Wednesday. She celebrated her.
116th birthday on March 9Th.
The men convicted at Indian.
apolis, Ind, Of robbing graves were
sentenced to the penitentiary for
terms ranging from five to ten years.
The safe Of Rouse Bros., bank.
efs at La Grange, n. c., was blown
open ON Wednesday morning be-
fore daylight By robbers, who got 49,
500. 4,
- Miss Edith f. j. ones, twenty-five
and pretty, has been appointed s'fore-
man" Of the Pueblo Machine works in
ChicA 50, in which 200 men are en-
ployed. I'll
Gen. Gomez, who fought for the
Cuban cause, is now in Florida. and
thinks that as soon as the Cuban
bond loan Of $35, ,000, 900 is ,foated ell
will be we'll,
Reports from Ohio, Indiana,
Kentucky and West Virginia say that
the frosts Of last Friday night have
killed all kinds Of fruit and seriously.
affected some crops.
The Florida East Coast railroad.
through their land department, are
pfenaring to drain the Everglades of
Florida and thus bring many thousand
acres Of land into cultivation.
- The revenue from the mines in
and around Butte, Mon, lis sS55, 5,O00,-
600 . year--probably the richest min
eral section in the country. IT'S out
put Of silver alone is $13, 600, 900.
- An unknown friend has given
Washington and Lee University, Leg.
ington, Va, $40, 600 for science
hall. The donor lives in Chicago, but
does not want his name mentioned.
- The top Of Turtle mountain, with;
millions Of tons Of rock, tumbled down
upon the town Of Frank, B. c., kill
ling o ailarge number ofwomen, children
and men, the death roll being number.
/ ed at 100.
Henseley johnson, colored, was
flynohed at Carthage, Texas, for as
saulting o four year old child. and a
negro was lynched at Santa Fe, Ill.,,
for an attempted assault upon ten
year old child.
The house of representative OF
the Florida legislature reeonsidered
and passed resolutions proposing to
divide the school fund between whites
and negroes in proportion 20 the
amount paid By each,
IS - The North I Carolina legislature
recently elected two women trustees
OF graded schools in chat State. They
are the first women Il. be elected Co
ouch places in North Carolins and
their terms are for two years.
The record FOR the highest price
ever paid for one saw log in Alabama
was broken last week, when y. G.
Grayson paid to Andrews & Co.. OF
Huntsville, $25. .43, one which will
net overE1000 feet Of lumber. The log
was poplar. #
- G.. Hallman Sims pleaded guilty.
in Atlanta Of embezzling S94 900 from
the Capital City National bank and
was sentenced to six years in the fed.
eral prison. Sims was collector OF
the bank and q prominent figure in At
lants society. :, .,S
- A farmer in Cam us;gn county.
Ill, is said to havo sold 81 / 600 worth
Of horses, the produce Of one pure bred
draft mare, and several central Illi-
noi9 breeders are alleged to have
realized from $1,000 to $40, 900 for
the progeny of o single Percheron
mare,
LII Rev. DIR. Roberts, stated olark OF
Che Northern Presbyterian: General
/ Assembly, has announced that two
thirds Of The Presbyterians voted in
favor, Of revising che confession Of
faith and the subject will be-. finally
diapoaed Of by the General Assembly,