The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-10-21
GENERAL NEWS.

= Mrs. Jefferson Davis is rapidly
recovering from her illness.
= \ tornado at st. Charles, Mimi,
killed seven persons and destroyed
many buildings.
- Tornado visits Wisconsin and
many buildings a, PlainGeld destroyed.
Several lives lost.
= Raleigh, n. c., has decided to
establish one dispensary il lieu Of
barrdoms The new law goes into
effect on January /, 1904.
- Hon Wilson S. Bisscl, former
postmaster general under Cleveland,
died at his home in Buffalo, y. Y, IN
Tuesday, 9TH inst.
Negroes at Luxora, Ark. on Fri
day night took q negro frou the coun-
ty Jail and lynchcd him. The negro
was charged With assaulting two little
girls.
- y crazy man named Elliott. from
Minneapolis, called at the White
House to sec the president and when
refused admittance became violent
and tried to shoot the guards at the
door.
: Two attempts have been made
within the past week in Montana to
wreck the trains of the Northern
Pacific railroad by putting dynamite
on the track.
= The New York supreme court
has decided that a notary public comes
within the provisions OF the State law
forbidding officers from accepting free
passes from railroads.
= Porto Rico sent to the United
States within year 81, ,4G6,579 worth
of sugar and Hawaii $25 ,31O,GS4
worth. These two amounts equal one
fifth OF the sugar we consumed
= Walter Davis, colorcd, was taken
from Jail a, Marshall, Texas, on
Thursday night by mob and was
hanged. He was lynched for killing
Marshal Hayes, whom he shot from
ambush.
= Two worthless sons of j. A.
Scott, confcctioncr, Of Richmond,
Va, have been arrested on suspicion
of having murdered their father, who
was shot and killed in his store on
Saturday night.
= The Turks and Bulgarians have
been fighting, with heavy losses on
both sides. Russia and Austria have
served notice to Turkey that they will
insist on those reforms which were
accepted by the sultan.
= At Starke, Fla, negro named
William Tison was presented with two
boys and two girls by his wife Sunday
morning about 8 O. clock. The babies
had regular features every way, but
only lived about six hours.
= The announcement is made, that
by the will Of DR.. Washington West,
OF St. Louis, Mo-, who died in Au-
gust, one half Of his estate, the whole
Of which is valued at $250,00O. is left
to the Southern Presbyterian Church.
- Negroes Of Pine Bluff, Ark, in
vitc former President Grover Cleve-
land to visit the Normal school at
that place, in the event Of trip South
by him. Mr.. Cleveland says he is
not contemplating a trip South just
now.
= Fifteen new Indictments have
been returned at Washington as the
final result of the, postal scandal in-
vestigation. James N. Tyner, late
assistant attorney general of the post
office department, is one Of those in
dicted.
II Gen. Bradley T.. johnson, gal
liant Confederate general who served
under Stonewall jackson, died at the
home Of his son, Bradley S. johnson,
in Virginia. on Monday morning, 5th
inst, of Brights disease, in the 18th
year Of his age.
= Statistics Cor September show
that AZ 1852 aliens arrived at Ellis Is
land, New York, during the month,
being an. excess over the correspond
ing month last year Of of 5,543. Octo-
Der opened with the arrival of Bob
for the first two days.
= At the opening Of the New York
public schools it was found that there
were no accommodations for 65 900
pupils, which will be put on half time.
The reason is that the school build.
ipgs ordered by the Board are iucom-
pleted in consequence of strikes.
= Louisiana will make a wonderful
exhibit Of cotton at the Worlds Fair
at St. Louis. A field Of the gro wing
staple will show visitors from the
North the beauty of cotton planta.
tion. A miniature cotton gin will be
in operation and small press will
form the lint into miniature bales. A
cotton oil press will illustrate how the
cotton seed oil is made.
- The handsome monument erected
at Orchard Knob to the joint memory
of the Federal and Confederate troops
of Maryland, who fought and fell on
the historic battlefelds about Mission
ary Ridge, was dedicated with inn
pressive ceremonies in the presence
of large delegation of prominent men
from Maryland and distinguished Wis
tors from Georgia, North Carolina,
Alabama and Tennessee, including
several governors accompanied by their