The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-28
.1oTTIYGs ABOUT THE STATE.

And now Sumter proposes the establish
men, of cotton lactury.
james A. McCurh has been appointed
deputy surveyor LOT Abbevlie County.
"A Presbyterian church is To be eslaolisnea
at Due West.
"A light snow fell In Abbevllle, on Tues
day.
lecturing IN Ah5eville on his layorile subject.
Mr., Samuel Robinson, Of AoUeVllIe, uied
suddenly on the 22i.
Lexington is 10 have tournament, to
come of the 7th proxlmo.
Mr.. John Il. Wilson, OF AbbeGille, died
on The 2Olh, utter a short illness.
Snow tell, 10 S ishL .xtent, IN Edgeheld,
on Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Holcombe, mother OF Mrs. PlcKens,
OF Edgrheli, died III Texas recently.
Camden wants new pubic hall for exhl-
billions.
The freshet In the Wateree has been OF re.
markab.e height and long continuance, rem
dcring passage wholly Impossible,
The Abnevlle cotton Trade Is light, owing
to The difficulty OF The farmers II getting their
bales TO town over the bad roads.
Mr., lanes Darcan, son OF the late Milton
Darran. of Sumter, died in that place on the
The "revlval" at Newberry closed last
Friday night. II ls said To have been great
Master James Dukes, aged eleven years,
shot and killed pair OF enormous WHO cats
on the Saluda River, last week.
-Keedy River Falls, near GreenVille, pre-
sented the appearance el mlnialure Niaeara
during the recent treshet.
"A New YORK firm haH presented 10 Miss
Charlotte Wigiall q large quaullty o1 handsome
crimson dauiask for the Episcopal church OF
Edgefeld.
lecturer, delivers an ADDRESS ID Camaeh lhls
evening. The cilzens are 10 oelfay tne eA'
penses. ,, e,,,,,,, ,,r1ox
inyton County convened on MonJay, but
Judpe Carpenter decided the jurles We're ille-
rally drawn, aud adjourned the court.
"A colured man, named emiLh, Mas Killed
on Thursday night, near GREENWOOD, Ia Az
oevllle County: ssvnfa, viiI,nv unkno"n pefSooS
The Red Bank Manufacturing Company,
consisting Uf Dr.. F. w. Green and Messrs.
John Green, C. SwafTleld, ]. P. Southern
and Clark WarIpg, have their cotton factory
10 Lexington In successful operation.
Mir. l.. r. Tlllman, the postmaster OF
Edgtheld, Wus robbed last Monday night 10
the extent of about four hundred and llly
dollars. A mnlatto named Yel,dell has been
arrested on suspicion OF being the thief.
The house If Mr.. Moultrle Wilson, OF
Sumter, took fire from some unknown cause,
on sunday morning last, while Its occupants
were absent az church, but the flames were
exllngusned by United States soldier named
McAlVon, who was passing at the time.
AT Abbevillp, recently, Gardner's and
Babcock's fire exlinguishers were tried aud
not found waning. Every citizen of That de-
voted town Is therefore exhorted 10 Keep one
of these on hand for ready use in case Of a
third visit OF the fire fend.
The following officers OF the South Caro-
lima Bible society have been elected for the
ensuing year, viz: Rev. George Howe, D,
D., president; Rev. William Martin, Rev. W.
s. Plum.r, ID. D., LII D., aud Colonel a. G.
Haskell, r-presdents; d. Sem. secre-
tnry; Eben Slennouse, treasurer, and w. j.
Dufic, deposilary.
-By o suecial from Greenville we are in
formed that ou the morning OF the 25th, at
about two O'Clock, ire was discovered 10 the
upper Story OF the Kitchen adjoining the
nuIlse owned by Rev. DR.. B. Manly, occupied
as a residence by the Rev. DR.. Williams. The
Are, which is thought to have resulted from
accident, spread rapidly, aud coon consumed
the building and a portion Of the furui,ure.
All the family escaped. The house was valued
at 6lLeen hundred dollars, and the loss is COM
plete. there being no insurance.