The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-10
,JoTTINGs ABOUT TIE STATE.

The Orangeburg Postofice has been COM
pleted, and is very neat building.
-Greenville boasts of Its large cotton sales
and shipments.
| Mr.. Jacob Bell, of Columbia, died on Sat-
urday morning, aged sevsnty-slx.
| "A stage liue IL to be established between
Camden and Lancaster.
| DIR. W. A. Fair of Newberry died at Pros
perity last week.
| Mr.. Wm. Knox, Of Oeonee, died at Fair
Play on The Sd Instant.
Mr.. Neel, the victim of the recent stab
blng affray In Newoerry, has died from his
wounds.
Troop G, Seventh Regiment United
States Cavalry, have lef. Newberry for the
| far West.
MI. Calvin J. Coe, clerk of the Court OF
2sth ullimo.
| The ladies of the Baptist Church coDgre-
gatlon In Columbia propose giving prone
made concert on the 18th and 10Th instanls.
The old Lutheran Church at Orangeburg.
| 30 long used as the courthouse, is TO De re-
modelled and rededcaled 10 divine worship.
The unfavorable weather OF the past
week has greatly retarded the crops in Ander-
MIR. Robert Scott died in Greenv!lle
County on the 2lst OF January, aged one hun
dred and ten.
"A heavy gale In Spartanburg, on the 9Th
f, instant, proved very destructive TO fences,
trees, shingles and such like.
| "A concert and supper. 10 aid OF tne heta-
odist parsonage ut Sumter, is to come OIL
early In April.
| in Newberry, on sales-day, the sales OF
land were as follows: 47 35 acres at $500, Sc
at $3.50, T3} at S57o, and los at $l455.
! Mack Evins, OF Abbeville, convict In the
penitentlary, has been pardoned by the Gov
ern0r. ,,
Robert Trimble, an inmate Of the Abbeville
Poornouse, died on the 2eth ult., aged ninety
years.
MIR. A. A. Hammett, the postmaster at
Uniou, has received The appointment OF mall
agent on the Air Line Railroad.
SThe Misses Berger, of the Bell Ringer
Troupe. have been taken very Ill with diptne-
ria in Columbia.
The old house on the southeast corner Of
the old parade ground in Columbia ls being
repaired by Senator Nash previous TO lib occu'
p"uD %Dr. Henry F. Herlot has resigned the
position Of county auditor Of Georgetown,
and Thomas ID. Mcdowell has been appointed
| In his place.
"A horse-race comes of at Swayder's Cross
l Roads, ABOUT three miles from L0wndesVllle,
tomorrow, between Georgia and Carolina
nag. o.,.,L,,
1
day, on the subject, Conservation and Rehec-
ton the Conditions of knowledge"
An outhouse on the premises OF Mr. Jno;
| J. Shealy, in Lexington County, was burned
on the 9th ult., ana two colored children VINO
were in the building persisted.
Mr.. H. G. Sheridan will deliver the a, oext
annual oration before the County Survivors
Association ct Orangeburg, during fair week,
next fall. ~
| "A collision occurred on the Charlotte, Co
| lumbIa and Augusta Railroad, Just above 10.
lumbia, on Tuesday. Nobody hurt, but several
cars badly damaged. ,a
In Orangeb1rg on saes-dsy the sheriff
sold thirty eight acres, the property OF +. Cal
viu Shuler, tor s72, TO J. F. Way, and one hun
| dred and thlrty-one acres OF A. 3. samoan 10
| Bull & Scovill for $3.50.
| Mrs. Easeltine Flllman's house, In Edge.
field, caught fire on the 5th Instant, out was
extlngu!sheJ with but slight damage. Ia this
connection, the people cry out for regular
| fire department.
In Abbevtlle, on sales.day, the corner lot
OF ]. Knox i Co., on the public square, was
sold for S3sSO; lot No. for Sl72O; lot NO. 8
for sll35; two hundred thousand bricks In
kiln brought sl225.
| The bridge over Long Cane, near the line
| of the Greenvle and Columbia Railroad, was
repaired last week by Leroy j. Wllson, OF
Fort Pickens, in the most substantial and scl'
entifc manner.
In Orangeburg on sales.day the sheriff
sold two tracts of land; one OF 38 acres, OF y.
| Calvin Shuler to j. F. Way, for $72; one OF l3l
acres of A. 8. Sandal 10 Bull d ScoVlll, ior
$3.50.
In Newberry, last week, the funeral OF
| James Laurie, private, Troop &, Seventh
Regiment, United States Cavalry, LOOK place.
| The deceased was native OF Ga!asnleis, &c.,
land.
! On eales.day, In Marlboro, several town
| lots we're sold at prices ranging from three
| hundred and fifty dollars to five hundred dol
lars per acre. Other lands were disposed OF
one tract at ten dollars and another al fourteen
| dollars and one cent per acre.
| "A scrmmage between the police and some
| roughs at Chester, last week, resulted In the
chief OF the former, (Moore.) being knocked
| down and robbed Of his watch ana pocket
book. the latter containing thiry.hve dollars.
| The watch only has been found.
THE Klngstree Star says: INF. W. .. dray,
son sent us q few days ago strange olro
which WAC Killed in Black River. II resembled
aduck or goose In size aud appearance, ouI
was neither. Its form was more symmetrl.
cal, and it's plumage more varlegated ano
| beautiful. We are not sufficiently Versed 10
ornithoogy to determine the name ana nature
OF this bird. 1t was pronounced 6y some 10
be sea-turkey and by others coot. IL "as
| evidently aslray." e.u,,,,,,
1 IN GEcSuNlllc, Ou ehiSo'~ tH
properly was disposed of: Land OF Jonn
Charles, tract No. /, 1893 acres. q. J. Shnmate
for IS IS; No. 2, 1873 acres, w. B. Charles, sioIo
| No. 8. As acres, s. Campbell, $3.50; lapd OF 90
siah Klgore. deceased, ITO acres, j. W. Stokes.
$3.50; land OF Margaret Burg.s. deceased, trac!
| No. /, 1876 acres, Thos. W. Clark, sSOo; trac'
No. Q. ss1 acres, w. E. Earle, $500; tract NO. 8
| 6s1 acres, W. E. Earle, 5000; estate Elzaoetn
8. Cover, deceased, city LOT, 1. y. COVER
$500. -,o ,o,d
-Iu Chester, on sales-day, the sherln SOLO
the house and lot belonging to the estate OF
John W. Kiliap, deceased, situated 10 Eas'
| Chester, adjoining the steam mill OF ": H.
Robertson, to Isaac HeymaD, for $500; lot NO.
| |, corner Centre street and Maiden lane, one
acre and a quarter, was bid off by A. d. Da-
vega at sll5; No. 2, $50. j. L. Agurs purchaser;
No. 8, s65, Tom Brown purchaser; No. 4. $51,
Dr.. A. P. Wye purchaser; No. 5, ST.. 4. W.
Stricken purchaser; No. 6, s53, W. A. Walker,
purchaser; No. 7, s4s, ]. J. Mcclure, purcha'
ser; No. 8. two acres, $sl, j. j. Mcclure pur'
chaser; No. 8, s45, ]. j. Mcclure purchaser;
No. 10, slx acres, $50, G. B. Anderson pur-
chaser; No. IL, eight acres, sll0, Carter Boss,
oolored, purchaser; No. q, i've acres, $50,
Joel Slmril purchaser; Nc. l3, adjoining the
depot OF the Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta
Railroad, one acre and three-auarters, Sle5,
John J. Mcclure purchaser.