The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-02
JoTTINGs ABOUT THE STATE.

THE postofice at Shallow Ford, In Ander
\ son County, has been re.established, and Mr.
Robert N. Graham appointed postmaster.
Miles Lizzie, daughter of Mr.. James Sloan
of Newberry, while on her way home from
| Church on The 24Jn ult., was thrown from hel
buggy and killed.
The Welsh-Neck Association at Its recent
meeting resolved to raise within Its boundl
$40. 900 toward the endowment of Furmar
University.
Mr.. W. b. Mounce, who has been acting
for the past. several years as deputy United
| States marshal for South Carolina, has tender
ed bis resignation to Mr.. Wallace.
"A man named Roden was ran over and
| killed by the passenger train on the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, near
Langley Mills, on Friday last.
The Clubhouse and contents of Mr.. P. Z.
Paulding, on Brag's Island, was destroyed on
the IIth nltimo. by one of the hands lighting
q match. LOSS about four thousand dollars.
The Three-and-Twenty Mile Bridge on The
Blue Ridge Railroad, recently burned. has
been rebuilt, aud trains now run through II
Walhalla without transfer.
The Anderson Intelligencer says The gin
house belonging to Mr.. John. c. CAN'T, In The
Fork, was destroyed by fire last week. The
lost is estimated at between $4,000 and $4,000.
Supposed cause, incendlarlsm.
-ouc SOOpCl III IoiOtNey hukeN ~
having set fire to a cotton GIN at Florence, 8.
c., In October last, which resulted in the de.
struction of a large amountso f property, has
been arrested In North Carolina.
The Chester Reporter states that Black
stocks, situated on the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad, at the dividing line between
Fairfield and Chester Counties, is developing
rapidly into the proportions of 9 town. New
houses are going up, and everything presents
th1 oono - IF hr,otnouu ofir md onttuitU
A. n. Knight has received an appointment
as trial Justice for Marlboro, 10 place OF D. D.
McColl, Esq, resigned. The Marlboro Times
says: We would advise our citizens to spit
upon chips aud settle their disputes In school
boy style-wet or ~dry-rather than apply To
such a ouroe for Justice.
B. G. Yocum, recently elected sheriff OIL
Chester County, took Dossssslon OF his office
on Thursday last. His bond contained the
names of j. j. Patterson (Honest John) and ].
L. Neagle' as suretles. He has filled the SUD-
ordinate positions In his gift with competent
and acceptable men.
Last Tuesday night the stables of Mr.. j.
O. Boyd, aHd Mrs. M. F. Boyd, near Steel
Creek, In this State, were entered by thieves,
and o mare, small horse, and 9 dark bay mare
mule and o colt carried of. The thieves were
traced 40 far az Augusta, bntmade their es.
cape into the interior oil the State oil Georgia.
a I0u lONL oruSh ~ "tt ~"
at WATERFORD, Colleton County, on ChriDtmas
day next. knights from the surrounding
counties are cordially invited to attend. ANY
further Information may be had, on applica'
ton through the mail, to either of the commit.
tee of arrangements, Messrs. j. NJ. Williams
and l.. B.. O'Bryan. No applications will be
received after the Goth of December.
AT the annual meeting OF the O~rangeburg
Agricultural Society held last Saturday, the
Foliouinn of11ora uprQ QIQptpd f0r the pnHllinu
year President. DR.. W. F. Barton: vice presl'
deuis, J.. L. Moorer, D.. r. Barton, WV. Wan-
namsker; secretary and treasurer, Kirk BOD
inton; executive commtttee-L. R Beckwith,
DR.. J.C. Holman, ]. D. Trezevant, j. F. Izlsr,
James Stokes.
"A colored man. named Berry Vandiver,
was accidentally killed in Anderson, on Tues.
day last. He was coming TO town with a load
OF cotton, driving q pair OF mules, and on de.
scending a hill the wagon tongue became de.
lached: and threw the wagon forward upon
the mules, causing them to run, and throwing
him to the ground. He was caught by one Of
the wheels, which passed over his neck and
broke 1t.
]. SoIder. of Beaufort, was boiling syrup al
the house of A. G. Mcmillan, near Brunson's'
10 Beaufort County, one of his Children, 9
very interesting girl OF about SIX years OLD.
climbed upon the top bench of the mill and
before her perllous situation could De observed,
the lever to which. the horse was attached
came around and she was crushed between
the bench aud lever, so severely that she dled
In about halt an hour.
The Edgeheld Advertiser saws: On Sunday
last. in the fork of Horns and Stevens Creek
the cotton house of James B. McKie, EGG was
destroyed by FIRE. IL contained seven bags o.
cotton which were consumed with 1t. Mncf
fencing was also burned. Loss about $500
No Insurance. And 10 the sarne neighberhood
on or about the same time, DR.. R. q. McKie
a brother of the above named gentleman, hat
hIs cotton house fred several times. but tht
cotton being very tightly packed was not con
ennoa 6 and INT little damaged.