10 May 1883
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1883
Page
1
A rough memoir recounts a drovers trek to market cattle, perilous riding, a failed scheme with a wagon, a bunk in a hollow, a tense night with a threatening couple, brushes with wolves, and a joke at a widow’s door amid hunger and bravado told in a rough frontier voice.
A long correspondence discusses South Carolina’s participation in a national expositi on at an Exposition building. Letters urge proper space for a South Carolina display and protest New England’s stance, urging state action and a possible venue shift to attract visitors.
An article reports Martha Hughes, a Black preacher aged about 60, claiming to announce the end times after a cyclone in Minalwsippi. She preaches openly with thousands gathered, prompting local clergy to condemn her and seek her arrest as followers prepare for “glory.”
Kring, jailed for the murder of his sweetheart Dora Bronmeer on January 5 1875, has been outside prison only three times since his commitment. He describes a peculiar sensation upon first leaving, noting a weakened condition and possible fatal lung deterioration, with an expected survival of only weeks.
A historic sketch recalls the Emperor Napoleon III hearing of the mask said to be Cardinal Richelieu’s, taken from a vault during the 1793 Sorbonne pillage. The tale traces its journey from Brittany to Paris, through theft and disguise, ending with a commemorative display in 1866 before church and aristocratic witnesses.
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