The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-02-04
BRIEF MENTION.

Cotton has been coming in Lively for the
past week, ard to-day wednesday, middling
is selling at from 133 to IA cents.
Seventeen hundred and forty-6ve bales of
cotton were weighed at the Anderson Depot
during the month Of January, making atotal
of 10, 73l bales since the 1st of September last.
There is some talk Of a Skating Rink being
established in Anderson at an early day. It is
said to be fine amusement.
we are sorry to record the death Of Martin
Fl. Smith, an old and valuable citizen Of this
County, which sad event occurred on Sunday
night last, at his residence about three miles
southwest of this place, after short illness
from pneumonia. He was about 81 years OF
age.
We learn that during tho Christmas holidays
an old colored man named Bill Walters, in the
employ Of John E. Lewis, Esq, Of Oconee, left
Pendeton for Fort Hill, and was not heard of
afterwards until Saturday last, when his body
was found in ditch near tho latter place. On
the bank Of the ditch were the remains Of a
torch which he is supposed to havo carried.
Old Bill will be remembered by many Of our
citizens as one Of Partlow's best drivers before
tho war.
On Thursday night last violent storm OF
wind and rain took place, which, for time,
SURPASSED the storms Of former years. 1t
seemed as if another deluge was being visited
upon US. The rain poured down in torrents,
while the noise Of the wind was similar to the
rumbling of distant thunder. Trees were
blown down at various places, while tho creeks
and rivers were swollen to such degree as to
prevent all possibility of crossing. The roads
in many places were overflown, and travel for
a time was considerably retarded.
We learn that on the night of Monday, the
18th OF January last, Mr.. Baldwin Thomas,
who resides about eight miles northwest OF this
place, met with serious accident from which
he il still suffering. Itseems that he is subject
to epileptic attacks, and that on the above night
he was sitting by the fireside alone, when he
was seized with q fit and fell into the fire, and
was not removed until he received several Sc
we're burns on the face, head and neck. Medi-
cal mid was soon summond, and tho burns
dressed, but we learn that he is still in very
critical condition, his life being despaired Of
On Saturday evening last Messrs. Jordan &
Lay, who were in town for the purpose CT SELL
ing a patent churner, employed colorod man
named Alexander Carr to carry their trunk
from the Wavorly House to the old Benson
House. He brought the trunk as directed, but
instead of carrying it upstairs, he took advan-
tage of the coming darkness, and conveyed it
to an old field, about one mile from town,
whore he broke it open, thinking to find some
thing valuable, He only found the churn and
churning apparatus, however, and in order to
conceal the theft, burned the trunk and hid
tho contents. He was arrested on Monday
morning last, and after showing where he had
concealed the above articles, was brought be-
fore Justice Hammond, tried, convicted and
sentenced to term of thirty days in Jail. He
is notorious thief, having been before the
Court for several graver offences.