The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-07-06
GENERAL NEWS.


BY lightning in Columbus, Miss, on
Friday. Her neck was broken.
= Mrs. Julia Wyatt, aged 2S, oomv
mitted suicide with laudanum in Co.
lumbus Gs. She and her husband
had separated.
- Judge Speer, Federal judge FOR
the district of Georgia, has decided
sha. chain gang sentences cannot be
enforced by city governments.
- State tax in Florida has been re-
duoed from 3 mile on the dollar to l-2
mill on the dollar, on account Of the
aourishing condition of the State.
"A negro was lynched by negroes
at Randolph, Bibb County, Ala, last
week. The negro had attacked ED
killed another negro on account Of
Jealousy.
- The beautiful twins Of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. W. Brown, of Augusta, Ca,
aged seven months, died the same day
-Tuesday--and were buried in the
same grave.
"A oloudburst near Pittsburg,
Pa, on Wednesday inundated 500
homes aud business houses, doing
damage to the amount Of half million
in o few minutes.
- Claude Moon, OF Monroe, Ca,
Committed suicide by sending bull
let through his brain because his bride
of o week refused to live with him
longer. He was only 20.
- The National Prohibition Con.
vention has nominated Silas G. Swal-
low, Of Pennsylvania, for president
Of the United States, end Geo. w.
Carroll, Of Texas. for vice president,
- There are more than q dozen
business women in Chicago enjoying
incomes Of from $4,000 to $4,000
year, resulting from their own enter
prise, promoted and managed by them
selves.
= Mrs. NJ. D. Mitchell, of Atlanta,
and Mrs. r. l.. Malone, of Athens,
Ca, sisters, died at their homes on
Satutday-both Of typhoid fever-and
both were buried at their old home at
Griffin on Sunday.
- Elmer Oliver, of Plymouth, Pa,
is suing Miss Elizabeth Alspaugh for
$4,000 for breach of promise. She
broke the engagement without any
reason, he says, and he wants to teach
her lesson.
= The Baldwin Locomotive works,
the largest engine builders in the
world, has discharged 4 900 men which
is almost two-thirds of its force. The
company claims the reduction is due
to falling off in orders.
Thos. L. Youu, foreman of the
Augusta, &C., Tribune, has brought
suit for $1,000 damages against W.
q. Walsh and the Walsh Directory
company for publishing him in the
Augusta directory as oolored.
= Threatened with starvation and
with her husband hopelessly insane in
the asylumat Kankekee, Mrs. Annie
Kelsess::ccLL, 0f Chicago, gave up the
struggle for existence, killed her
three small children and then ended
her own life.
Dan Emmett, the old time min
strel and famous as the composer of
"Dixie," died at his home at Mt. Yer
non, Ohio, last week. He was 86 years
old. His last public appearance was
made four years ego when he toured
the States With minstrel company.
- Gage County, in southwest Ne
braska, was swept by severe hail
storm recently. Two children near
Homesville were killed. Hail stones
twelve inches in size and weighing
eight ounces were picked up. The
losses in live stock and orchard crop
are heavy.
The third annual summer school
for the South opened at Knoxville
on Tuesday, June 28th, and will con-
tinue through to August IS. The ag-
gregate attendance is expected to reach
1900 to 1000. Among the lecturers
for this week is President Snyder, of
Wofford College.
- Mrs. Maize Stewart, Of Los An
geles, CAL, is suing her mother-in.
law, Mrs. W. q. Stewart, for $1,000
damages for alternating the affections
Of the plaintiff 8 husband, with whom
she alleges she lived happily until che
old lady interfered. They were mar.
ried three years ago.
- The explosion of small bundle
Of fireworks which vas being wrapped
up for q customer in the store room
Of the Diamond Fireworks company,
in Philadelphia, on Monday ignited
the room full of fireworks and three
persons were killed and o half dozen
others were injured. The cause of the
fireworks exploding is not known.
- Rev. j. B. Holley, prominent
Baptist minister and editor of the
Southern Baptist, was fined $3.50 in
the criminal court Of Jacksonville,
Fla, on Wednesday for .essaulting
Rev. w. A. Hobson, pastor Of the
First Baptist Church of that city aud
also an editor Of the Southern Baptist.
Tho difficulty arose over the conduct
Of the paper.