Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-07-10
State News.

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A turtle weighing 200 pounds was
caught on Sullivan's island last week.
Mrs Flora Mcdonald, aged ninety
nine years, died in Darlington county
last week.
Grcenwool, apd. Cokesbury gre to
be made MONEY brderFotliccs after the
1st.of July.
Judge Caipelitcr has decided that
trial Justices hayc no jurisdiction in
caseSi sHeiSFisY. 81 a|eIics1. |4IHc!s. u; i,
My. HcnryibT. ,Grumpton died Of
Briightss ldeisease,,at his.rcsiAence near.
Ridgcway last Monday. .s.,,.ia.rs.a
The various townships in Sumter
county, voted "a school tax from two
to threo and half mills. !!
Tho auditor of Ilanrons county has
settled. Taxes s74,274; nulla bonn
S279'42.i 'sEi .t1> ln. 'Gt
The Beaufort Tribune says, witness
and'jury tickets ars selling at thirty
cents on The dollar. 7 i, :''
The Knight Tcmplars of Charles
ton, are arranging Tor the centennial
next year.
The special term of the court of
general sessions for Riclland county
began on Tuesday the 9th instant.
The cost Of feeding the poor Of
Beaufort county is S4.15 cach per
month, or Ii! cents per day.y,ri. 1.
A colored woman and two dogs
wereikilled by lightning on Gibbcs'
plantation, near Florence last week. a
Tic National Bank Of Grccnyille
has declared its semi mi,annual dividend
Of fly, FIVE per cent. free ,of all taxes.
Tn the villdgc Of IYilliston piece
of land 3OxG0 Was recently sold for
HIGH filJAHx !nt lits 3.<
On Tuesday last, near Society Hill,
ayouth named Henry AlcIvcr, was
struck and killed byilightuing while
working in field. ;a
There is Baptist revival i'll pro.
grfsa at Graniteyille. On last Sunday
oyer t%ent,y:.thrreo persons were wcrc bap.
TIED. "sf7 'F''1"7 'ah 1t'p"' Y.
aIWD.,l aalIihiI,i a.;f ,os.t.t III
a jddiapsnastion has been granted the
brethren to firm Masonic lodge at
Gralhams rnla''1ls cross roads, Darlington
county.
George ]. Mcintyre, ex-senator and
t5sRsaser of eolieton county, has been
convicted Of neglec,ing to turn over
money to his. successor u .gti,lg Il
Observation-Disclosures coun-
tysare reportedto be I'M excellent con-
dition, the late rains having brought
thena forward With remarkable rapid
iey.3doo so.iry 10 hpnoa riIH, i,h
.AHBrillianS meteor, lighting up the
whole heavens passed over Batnwell
village ON Monday 2oyehing,last ID.
tweens9t anda0 o'clock! Ills direction
was from oast'to west. lhe ,:,iuo
TheAike eani'2iD 'sDape learns laa sh .hnti il; At !
religious mheseihEy Of colorcd pcopie ie q 9
MlaWny,, i ip ftast touinty!,t III !to on saturtlnv lG
night list, fearfl afiray tooII II place, place
Which 1n r. lFeSEulted Elts in tn, the death of Iwo
y .,.IsiI,i atlai aul ,aaiI lo lyasu
4ttdiie'aFs1c q dlYieaFsc very .fa'tal fatal TO hogs has ap-
pearcd in Horny county. 1t attacks.
hie full grown animals rather-than tho
young. One symptom is, '4hatf the
halr~hen touched, strips off rs upon
n scak!ed1slirface.fat' III. Il s7Is,t
"A few ,'aJys since young M, man ii from
Lexington county, S. G., ,cndeavored
to steal away the daughter. Of a citi-
zen Of Richmond county, near ;ea the
sixteen mile post on the Georgia rail
road lie was detected by the young
lady's mother, who determined to foil
him. She therefore dressed up one Of
her boy$in a woman's' dress and sent
him 'out to meet the gay deccivcr.
Tic, latter, however, smcit tIl larre
sized mice: aud fled on the boys ap..
pearancc.' Ho was followed bysas
couple Of, pistol balls. lie was pur-