The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-08
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RRfEF MEETIOH.
Co1roN-M -Middlings o! to 10 cents.
Rev. D. L. Frierson will preach i'm the
Baptist Church on next Sunday night at 7
O'clock.
Capt. W. s. Sharpe is cnlarging and i'm
proving his residence in town. and also
beautifying the grounds around tho came.
Rev. w. H. Strickland will preach at
Mountain Creek OH next Sabbath at 8
o'clock p. m. A full attendance of the con-
gregation is desired.
Parties entitled to premiums from the
Anderson County Fair can secure them by
calling at the store Of Messrs Crayton X
Sons, where they are kept for distribution.
The time for the collection OF taxes with.
out the penalty ends on next Thursday,
and all who dc not pay before that date
will certainly be required to pay the penalty
0ftwenty per cent.
Mr.. John B. Harrison. Of Baltimore. Is in
Anderson on visit for short time AS is
well known, he representa- the popular shoe
house Of T. j. Magruder G. Co., and does an
extensive business throughout South Caro-.
lima and Georgia.
The Wheeler House, Columbia, has been
re-opcncd under the management Of Mai
+. N. Lawrance, who is favorably known TO
the travelling public and visitors to the State
Fair will secure all the comforts of first
class hotel by stopping with him. L
Mr. Andrew o. Norris had q cow grazing
in field with an old dry well in It. For
one week the animal entirely disappeared,
and was finally discovered in the well un.
hurt, where for one week she had been OBJ
serving strict fast, having hadlneither food
nor water.
The down train on the Blue Ridge Rail-
road met with n long delay by the engine
running off of the track on "Wednesday
morning as 1t was leaving Walhalla. No
damage was done, but the train was again
blessing to the Road and to the public If the
did schedule cc:!a be restored
We were mistaken last week in saying
that Col. Alexander had cano mill and
evaporator on exhibition at the late Ander.
son Fair. His did not arrive, and those
shown were from the Blymyer Manufilc.
turing Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, for
which Messrs. Sullivan & Co. are agents at
this place.
Al the railroad meeting held at the Cars.
well Institute on last Thursday resolutions
were adopted by the citizens Of Hall Town.
ship, pledging 100000 by taxation to the
building Of the Anderson and Savannah
Valley Railroad. Speeches were made by
Messrs: w. c. Brown. J. C. 9. Feathcrston,
E. M. Rucker and perhaps others upon this
subject. The road is going to be built
The Chief Justice has directed Judge ]. P,
l.97asa! 70 hold az ext-a term of Court Tor An.
derson County, beginning on next Monday,
for the trial Of civil business which requires
no jury. In accordance with this, Judge
Reed will begin Court ON Monday morning
and continue it for such portion of the
coming week as may be necessary to trans
act the business upon the calendars.
The Railroad meeting at Watts Store on
last Friday was poorly attended owing to
another meeting which war held near by.
Watt, President, and Weston Hays, Sec
retary. Il theG sds-;,rned to meet at Flat
Rock on Tuesday. The Goth inst. at II o clock
o. M, .-ud requested oil the citizens of Va
reuue- Township and especially the ladies
to be present,
The Abbevlle Fair last week was great
success, though on Friday they had bad
weather to contend with: The exhibition
was highly crediiable in all the departments,
and especially in the Art and Needle and
Fancy Work Departments. The manage
ment throughout was excellent, and reflected
the highest credit upon the officers of the
Association and the people of Abbeville
County.
Notwithstanding the fact that lost Mon
day was q very rainy disagTeeable day, q
large crowd of persons visited Anderson, to
be in town on 6aie5day. A large amount Of
real estate and personal property was sold
prices. The usual amount of horse-swap-
ping was also INDUCED in, and the bar
.eena scanned to ba doing prosperous bus
iness, but good order prevailed, and the day
passed off quietly.
Cotton has been coming into Anderson
faster than the railroad can remove 1t, and
at one time the platform was crowded, be-
sides @, very large quantity of 1t was on the
ground. The railroad would not receipt for
1t, and consequently the merchants were
very greatly inconvsIienced. They COM
plain very much at the course OF the COM
pany in refusing as public carriers to receive
goods for transportation.
President Hayes has proclaimed Thurs
day, the 29th inst, as q day of national
Thanksgiving and prayer throughout the
United States. 40 services have been Or
this time. The day will doubtless be OBJ
served throughout the whole country by
such congregations as believe in the pro-
priety of public officers influencing the de-
gntions of the churches in the nation.
Mrs. elisabeth Rice, wife OF Mr.. A. e.
Rice departed this life on last Saturday
morning, after o lingering illness from con-
sumption. Mrs. Rice was an excellent lady,
with many warm and devoted friends, who
lament her untimely death, and mingle their
sincerest synlpathies with the husband and
children who srryiys her. On Sunday last
her remains were placed to rest in First
Creek Church Yard in the presence of
large and sorrewing audience.
For the past six weeks c large number of
meteon have been noticed at night; and
this brings to mind the fact that the day
upon which the most famous showers of
~, st;ccom' Il nlystery have occurred is
morning of the thirteenth, of this month,
between the hour OF three and day is the
time at which these famous phenomena
occurred, and as this fall has been very
warm and late, If we should have cold
weather about TINT ,iat= ttiiis conditions for
rc;;;e.:.ie:. ~ 1. will ia favorable. The
chances for it are good enough at least to
justify young men in calling upon their
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