The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-01
JoTZNGs ABOUT THE STATE

The Anderson marshals have appeared In
public arrayed In their new uniforms.
Another hop came of at the Columbia
Lunalic Asylum on Thursday evening.
WIN. G.. Barber, an esteemed citizen OF
Chester. died on the 2lst instant. 7.rs.=1i
The Methodist revival is progressing finely
In Chester. ..e-
Benjamin Simmons, an old colored maniof
Columbia, was found dead In bis house on
Wednesday last. :.
The Greenville Ladies' Sewing Society
propose giving an entertainment to aid In re-
building their lecture-room. ..F5a. I
-Four negroes 1.-TWO men and two wom8n)
were drowned In The Keowee River, last sun
day, by the upsetting Of their canoe.
The county treasurer Of Greenville has
paid out $40 276 on account Of the school
fund. s5a.o
Mayor Alexander. of Columbia, celebrated
the sixteenth anniversary of his married Lie
on Wednesday last 5y a social gathering.
Senator Cor gin. of Nswoerry, tell 10 an
epllepiic fl In G .lumoia the other day, and fs
now 10 precarlous condition. ~
-"6on."-whichi is short for Honest John
J. Patterson left Columbia on Thursday for
Washington to look alter tuat seat which he
bought from our late Legislature.
The Abbeviie grand jury, In their pre-
sentiment, present the school commissioner as
honest. upright and well meaning, but utterly
-ss...
The Chlcora and Gaul Base Ball Clubs OF
Chester played q game on the l9tn, which was
won by the former, tue score being Chicors
81, Gau Is. se>...
-Mr. Lewis Huff, an old citizen Of Green
Vile County, died In Greenviile on Monday
lasr, after aQ illness OF several months, aged
Edward Patterson, alias Nelson AcLain,
who broke jail In ,Kershaw7 7in 1859, where ne
was confined tor .horse-stealings has beeD-at
last recapIured and taken 70 Camden.
The saw-mill of Mr. g. W. Rankin, in az
derson, was set on fire last Saturday and en-
tirely consumed. Two colored men, James
and Frank Babb, have been arrested on sus.
plcioR Of Deing the incendlarieH. EA
-Messrs. John Wilson, W. @. Keith, 7. @.
Donaldson, Thomas G. Dunn, W. b. Holcombs
and G. W. Duvall, Conservative senatore,
1led their protest again-t the bill TO appro'
pirate $35, QUO 10 pay The Ku-Klux hunters.
General E. n. Law, who WAS distinguished
as gallant officer In the Confederate army,
lett YOrkville, which has been bis home ior
many years. on Monday LAST, and Will make
bis future home at Tuskegee, Alabama, where
he Intends 10 plant.
-Greenville had another horse race last
Monday between The sorrel horse and marc,
owned respectively by Messrs. McBee and:
Herren, the latter OF North Carolina. iYhe
race was four hundred yards. there being I'VE
heats, both OF which were won by hcbeeS.
horse. = u
-Tne Intendant oil Anderson has been i1-
strucled TO notify the officers OF tne Blue
Ridge Railroad that, unless they proceed az
once to bridge the chssm over The cat through
which the ruad runs, just northwest OF tne
square, criminal proceedings against tnem
The Spartan Gays: "Ford's Bridge on
Enoree, Wakefeld's Bridge on South Tygef,e
near Reldvile, McElra!h's Bridge on Middle
ryger, Whites Bridge across Lswsons Fork,
near Sparlanburg. were washed away ey tne
recent lreshet and Swiizer's Bridge on 50utn
ryger and Snoddys Bridge, seriously DAM
aged" r..