The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-16
GENERAL NEWS.

MADE homeless by the floods in Penn
sylvania.
- Fifteen per cent. of the South
Dakota range cattle have died Of ex-
posure this winter.
- In street fight at Marshall, N.
g., two men were killed and third
one badly injured.
"A six weeks' target practice of
warships has been arranged 10 take
place at Pensacola, Fla.
- It is said that the date Of the
Adjournment of Congress has been
fixed not far from May 1st.
= a Jewish colony is being estab-
lished in Alabama, and it is thought
that at least 300 will locate there and
engage in farming.
- Triplets were born on Friday to
Mrs. Samuel Fry, of Mason City,
Iowa. She has named them Faith,
Hope and Charity. They make fifteen
for her.
= Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson
OF the Merrimac and kissing fame
will run against Congressman John
II. Bankhead, of Alabama. The pri-
mary comes off the 11th Of April.
=. The naval board at Washington
wants 50 battleships. The appro-
priat!on by the present Congress will
probably be Sl20, 900, 900 and $780,.
900, 600 for several years hereafter.
Il. j. Cassetts shot and killed
Jos. Williamson on q train near
Gainesville, Fla, on Friday. They
were rivals for the affections of the
same woman and fell out about that.
= Plimpton Morgan, saloon-feep-
eF Of Reli County, Texas, has l,l47
bills of indictment against him for
violation Of the liquor Law. If con-
victed on them all his fines would
amount to $4,000 and Imprisonment
63 years.
Governor Bates, of Msssachu.
sets, IN his annual message, recon-
mends granting to women the right
to vote for municipal officers. r.,
after trial, the results are not salts
factory, he suggests, the Legislature
can repeal the law.
- In fight near Walden, Miss,
Aaron Stewart and his son on one
side and w. w. Hill and two sons on
Che other, on Wednesday, Hill and
one son were killed and his other son
was seriously wounded. They fought
with pistols about boundary line.
= While removing rubbish from
cellar in Baltimore two workmen were
buried under tons Of brick from fall
ing wall. Their lives were saved by
large wire screen which had fallen
over them in such way as to partial
ly protect them. Both men had their
right legs broken.
- A San Diego, CAL, woman will
exhibit at the worlds fair butter made
in 1853. The butter was placed in q
spring house in that year and it dis
appeared in the quicksand. It was
recently recovered and was found to
be in remarkable stete of preserva.
tion. It is now in cold storage.
- In New York, Frank A. O'Don-
nell, president Of the tax commission,
and ex.Mayor Van Wyck, each made
q bet Of 5000 against 81 900 that ex-
President Cleveland will be renomi-
mated by the St. Louis convention
Mr.. Van Wyck bet 800 to 81, 900 that
Cleveland will be nominated and
elected.
Mrs. Worsham, wife Of eupefin.
tendent j. W. Worsham of the Gov.
iDgton, Ca, cotton mills, got her
hair caught in the shafting of the
mills on Wednesday and her soalp
was torn completely off. She was in
the basement of the mill looking
after the removal Of some flowers
she had stored there during the win.
ter.
John OUTLAW, Of Currituok Coun.
ty, Va, became tired of his wife and
Two children some weeks ago and he
sold the trio, together with all their
love and affection, to his brother,
jerome OUTLAW. He received in ex.
change two fishing nets. The matter
was reported to the authorities and
warrants were sworn out. John Out
law says he did not think there was
anything wrong IL. the affair. Je-
rome and Mrs. Outlaw were found
guilty.
AS the result Of an explosion of
powder and dynamite at magazine
near La.robe, Pa, one man wss killed
and twenty-one others were isjured.
A man who was in his home s half
mile from the scene Of the explosion
wss 80 badly hurt by his house being
carried from its foundation that he
will die. Houses within radius Of
Q mile were toppled from their foun.
dations, and window glasses in houses
twenty miles distant were broken.
= Charles E. Libby, Of Scarboro,
Me-, who Eve months ago, lost his
reason, and wandered through the
woods in . demented condition, has
now been restored to reason in psou.
liar manner. A pile Of wood fell upon
him, inflieting severe wound on his
head, and causing the blood clot