The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-29
GENERAL NEWS.

- Elfty thousand persons employe
in the tailor shops in the city Of New
York have gone out on strike.
Thirty prominent Confederat Q
leaders have beea invited to th g
National &. a. r. banquet in Bos.
ton.
- Two Indian children in Nevada,
a boy and girl under z year, Of age.
murdered their little brother in 6 m os {
awful manner.
- The populisss Of Nebraska have
resolved to fuse with the Democratsi if
Bryan controls OF St. Louis; otherwise
they will go it alone.
-Four boys aged IL, 13, Il and rs,
were killed by lightning while stand
ing under tree Sunday afternoon
three miles from Chester, Pa.
A lone robber held up stage
coach in Wyoming and demanded tie
valuables from nine passengers. A
rich Tennesseiap was robbed Of 50, ,00O
- A New York woman sued man
for $4,000 for breaoh Of promise.
The man answered the suit by offer.
ing to marry her, and she indignantly
refused.
- A negro was killed, one white
man was fatally injured and another
seriously hurt by blast OF mine in
Tocvos, &C., set Of by lightning dur.
ing o severe storm.
Ephraim Pope, Q negro, was shot
to death by citizens at Lampoop, Ala.
bama, FOR attempting to assault .
young white womsn OF that place.
His body was riddled with bullets.
Col. Edward Emerson, Jr., one
Of the New York Worlds correspon-
dents in the far east, has been killed
Il is reported that he was shot by re-
treating Russians, who mistook him
for spy.
- Rev. DR.. J. Sanford, promi ent
Methodist preacher, was stricken with
paralysis in the pulpit ct S;ier City,
Sunday just as he announced the
text of his sermon, and died in few
minutes. )
- Two gamblers who had been quar-
reling came upon each other In
saloon in Marion, ILL.,, when one shot
the other three times and mortally
wounded him. The dying man re.
turned the FIRE, bullet for bullet, kill
ing his antagonist.
- The State veterinarian of Oregon
has ordered that the thousands of
wild horses which roam the unfenoed
range of that State shall be shot
down. This is te be done to pre-.
vent the spread Of mango, which is
communicated to cattle and other live
stock.
- The Rev. Decatur Edwards, pas
tor Of the Falmouth Baptist Church.
while shooting at oats in his back yard
ct Fredericksburg, Va. Saturday, ao-
cidentally shot and mortally wounded
Mrs. Lucy Mann, who was standing
in her back porch in an adjoining
premises.
- The report comes from Fort
Scott that last Thursday night in one
of the heaviest storms which e7sr
visited that section Of Kansas, thous-
ands of small fishes snd frogs fell
from the sky. The market plsoe was
covered and thousands Of the fishes
were taken from pools Of water left
by the rain.
-. Following is the latest summary
Of the way delegates elected to the
Democratic national convention etena:
Parker, 2l7; Hearst, 143; Olney, 81,
Well. 26; Gray, 6; uninstructed, 1856.
A large maturity Of the latter favor
Parker, and all may be confidently
counted on against any Bryan and
Hearst combination.
- At Detroit, Mich, last Friday
Chas. A. Swazeri, prominent insur-
ance man, shot woman and jumped
from the eleventh floor OF the cham
Der of commerce building. He Vas
killed instantly. The woman was
taken to hospital in serious con-
ditiou. Her. name is unknown. Jeal-
ousy is said to be- the cause of the
affair. @'e3s
An interesting feature Of the
closing exercises Of the V. M. /. at
Lexington, Va, last week, was the
to all of the survivors Of
the famous New Market charge by the
cadets Of the institute with crosses Of
honor for their heroism at the battle.
Of the 293 cadets, who took part in
the battle of New Market, which was
fought May Is, 1854, only 1877 are now
known to be living.
a hungry SOW, near Ty Ty, Ca,
seized an infant Of Mrs. Romy Viii.
liams near the house and proceeded to
deyour it. A lady attracted by the
cries Of the mother who was almost
paralyzed with horror, followed the
hog and rescued che child, which was
severely bruised and lacerated bu. not
seriously injured, The hog wac after
wards shot. !.
A negro boy by the name OF
Jonah Woods, who lived in the oouu.
ty near Texas Court Grounds, in
Heard County, Ga, has been lynched
by other negroes. Woods was dea.
con in his church and pious old man.