The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-21
JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE.

The Sumter Fire Department wants cash.
Quite number Of persons LETT AooeVlile
County for Georgia and Mississippi last week.
The contractors tor AGbeVllles new court
house have been paid.
~Newberry would like triae more beef In
It's market.
of Sumter on the 9th.
The revival at the Newberry Methodist
Church is in active progress.
"A negro named Tony Clauson was acci-
dentally drowned on Saturday night, near
~Governor Moses has appointed James A.
McCord county surveyor, Abbeville; Robert
stuckey, notary public, Aobevllle.
-heV. W. u. rioInins, Of ear.t"., 20 seraat;y
dent.
"A son of Mr.. Charles league, of New
berry, died quite suddenly on Friday night
last OF meningitis.
Judge Thompson a. Cooke has purchased
q residence at Anderson Courthouse, and will
since the passage Of the divorce law in
the State Sumter couples are gradually loos-
enIng the marital yoke.
Mr.. Gu.suard Richardson has resigned
The intendancy OF Sumter, and Mr.. A. W.
Suder has been appointed In his place.
The Presby terian ladleH of Aboevllle have
organized q sewing society for the purpose of
"A cOIored man named Nose stabbed one
Nelson, q German, In Newberry recently, from
which IL was said the victim died.
The recent heavy rains have caused the
walls Of some Of the old ruins In AbbeVile to
fall.
narrowly escaped destruction by fire last FIJI
day night. Cause, defective hue. -
The taxes just paid 10 YORK County
amount to seventy-three thousand dollars,
leaving but three thousand TWO hundred dol
lara unpaid and subject to the penalty.
-Plckens has paid in.its taxes very prompt
ly this year, the amount to which the penalty
will be attached being only about six hundred
dollars.
Mrs. Y. G. Green, an accomplished canta-
trIce and musician OF Sumter, assisted by
several young ladies, will give concert there
on Tuesday next.
The Air Line Railroad bridge over Pacolet
River was completed last week. II is the
highest bridge on the line, being one hundred
aud twenty feet from water to rail-.
The dwelling of Mr.. Charlie Jones, In
Sumter County. was destroyed by, ire on
Tuesday last. The property was, however.
fully covered by insurance.
The railroad bridge crossing Broad Rlver
Ia considered safe now tor the passage OF
trains, the stream having fallen consider
ably.
The stable, fodder house, and mule, OF
james Long, deserving colored resident OF
Sumter County, was burned q lew nlgnts
since.
near Manchester, sumter County, was eet on
fire last sunday night, and with Its contents
entirely consumed.
Mr.. Daniel Jones, an efficient engineer,
and at one time In service OF The q. and U.
Railroad, died In Helena, on Friday last, from
a complication of dropsy, liver complaint and
dyspepsia. .,. =,
tween Wlnnsboro' and Ridgewsy, Inc boro'
bows came out victorious. Three races were
rnn. Wlnusboro' wen TWO, the other being
drawn race. II will be run over shortly.
-Patlerson's bridge across Long Cane
creek was 30 much damaged by the swollen
stream on Saturday last that 1I is now I'M
passaole. Mr.. Jno. Watson was On the bridge
when one OF its arches gave way, and narrow
ly escaped. ,,
of two boys and the wounding of q colored
woman and the engineer, occurred on the
down passenger train on the Charlotte, Co
lumbIa and Augusta Railroad last Tuesday
mornlng, caused by the spreading of o rail-. :,
General Wade Hampton has received ana
accepted an invitation 10 Lecture 10 whining
ton. N, c., under the auspices of the Young
Mems Christian Association and The Library
Association of that city. His theme on the
occasion will be General Lee" and the net
proceeds OF the lecture, which was prepared
in the interest OF the Lee Memorial Fund,
will, as per arrangement with General lamp
ton, be devoted to that purpose.
The Spartanburg Spartan says "Ihe
streams being already greatly swollen. sne
very heavy rains Saturday and satuEosS
night have caused all the low grouhos 70 Se
overhowed, aud many Of The bridges gs,,ou TO Do ~
washed away. The impossible conoltlon oi
the water-courses makes 1t Impossible az yet
to hear from many portions OF our GO county, na.,
but we fear that great destruction has oeen
done by The high water In all sections OF Inc
county," ,,.,. ,r n,;,r.don oo,o.
ul cotton boat containing thirty-three bales
Of cotton, belonging to Mr.. Robert Lyons, OF
Union County, started for Columbia yester
day morning In charge OF q colored man
named W. B. Glenn. When about sixteen
miles above the city, the boat ran afoul OF
some obstacle in the river, and the cotton
was thrown off and Hoated down stream until
nearly opposite this city. Nineteen bales
were subsequently fshed out by parties on
this and the Lexington side of the river"