The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-12-12
STATE NEWS.


observed in this State.
- Nlr. Drury I. Vaughn, of E1gefield,
died on the 10Th ultimo.
Sixteen prisoners in the Aiken Jail,
10 oi whom are negroes.
~ III" farmers of Barnwcll County are
sowing largely Of small grain this fail.
- Mr.. +. w. Fraser has been appoin-
ted clerk of the court for CollctOn County.
= The cadets Of Adeer College have
applied TO the Adjutant General for
arms.
- The Grecnyille Nens is urging the
merchants Of that city to erect u cotton
compress.
= Several ,aths from diphthcria have
occurred in AbbcviIlo during the past
two weeks.
- In Elgcficd it is becoming "the
at the top.
- Efforts are being made to establish
graded school for white children in
Camden.
= The gin house Of Mr.. II. II. Walker,
of Barnwcll County, was destroyed by
fire Oh the 2nd instant
- Severa, horses have died in The
upper part Of Spartanburg County re-
= Col. Il. l.. Love, of York County.
died Of apoplcxy on the 26th ult., ai.cr
an illness Of several weeks.
- There are very few young men in
the Legislature Middle aged and old
men principally compose the body.
= The gin house of Mr. X. j. Tyler,
who lives about miles from Edgefield,
was burnt on the goth utmo, by acci-
dent.
- Rev. Tolivcr Robinson, of Laurens
County, an estimable christian gentle
man, died on the Sd instant, in the 18th
year Of his age.
= An effort is making to secure sulfi
cicnt amount OF money to build IN Asso-
ciate Reformed Presbyterian Church at
Abbeville G.. II.
= James Mayor, the Radical super
visor of elections ut Aiken, has caused
the arrest Of three lawyers, for intimida-
ton at the late election.
= Two sleeping mules threw the pas
scnger train on the S. G. II. r. off the
track on the night of the Goth uit., and
came to their death thereby.
= The Poor House Of Laurcns is let
out to the lowest responsible bidder.
The County will pay SI35 per month
for each pauper next year.
- Bishop Wightman is presiding at
the Methodist Conference in Newberry
this week. Bishop Piercc's health would
not admit Of his attendance.
= man by the name Of Plylcr, living
in Chesterfield County, was thrown from
Il horse recently and received injuries
from which he died the following day.
- One of the solid shot which struck
the State House when Sherman WAS be-
sieging Columbia, nearly fourteen years
ago, has been dug up on the Capitol
square.
- y cutting scrape took place at Will
liston, in Barnwell County, recently be-
tween Il Mr.. Stansill and Mr.. Lott, in
which the former WAS severely stabbed
by the latter.
= An inccndiary's torch destroyed
storc-h house and dwelling, the property
of Mr.. n. ID. Wright, at Hartsville, in
Darlington County, on the morning of
the 2Sth ultimo, between midnight and
ria.l:gti,.
= The whole amount OF the railroad
debt of Pckens County is about S11.i 900,
the fourteen thousand being due for in
tcrest on the bonds, of which there are
one hundred thousand dollars worth, for
the past two years
- Over one hundred and fifty colored
children i'll the town of Camden are un.
able to attend the public school at that
place brrause they haven't the means
with which to purchase the new books
adopted by the State board Of education.
= The Sumter IVatchman wants the
Code Commissioners appointed by the
Supreme Court for the reason that "mem-
bers of the Supreme Court are the best
Judges oe the qualifications Of the law
yers in the State for this L:fficult and
delicate work"
- The revenue officers, fifteen or twen-
ty in number, have been securing Able
vile County for two weeks or more in
search OF imaginary violators Of the In
ternal Revenue laws of the country.
Several parties, we understand, have
been arrested, and lodged in the Able
Vile Jail.
- A white man by the name of Eich-
elbergcr shot and severely wounded n
colored man by the name Of Watts on
Sunday lst instant, in Laurensville, the
ball taking effect on the check, passing
through and lodging just under the skin
on the back of the neck. 1t is thought
he will recover
= Mrs. James Anderson, of Smi,hville
township, Abbeville County, has sold
this year to Mr.. ]. f. Riley, at the
Greenwood Hotel, three hundred and
sixty:five pounds of butter. Up to
March only two COWS were MIXED, and
since then five have been MIXED. Be-
sides the butter sold at the hotel, fami-
ly of five were we'll supplied all the time.
- About three weeks ago Adam, a
distinguished colored Democrat about
Greenwood, was killed by the accidental
discharge of pistol. The pistol fell
from the pocket of Mr.. f. A. Arnold
striking the Aoor, discharging its CON
tents, taking effect in the bowels, from
the effects Of which he died in a few
hours. The deceased was u tenant of
MIR. Arnold, with whom he was on the
best of torms.
= DIR. w. Y. Paxton died at his home
in Sumter on Friday, 29th ultimo, after
about one weeks sickness, from an affec-
tion of the lungs combined with nervous
prostration. He was about 60 years old,
and leaves wife and four daughters.
DIR. Paxton was native of Charleston.
where he resided until the war, and was
prop. etor of the Ercning Me,cs. He re-
moved to Sumter during the war, and
has resided there ever since. He has
been connected with the Sumter Watch
man for the past eight or ten years, and
was a good citizen. being highly respec-
ted by all who knew him.
Capt. John B. Patrick, formerly
p.o:essor c. Mathematics in the State
Military Academy at Columbia, and
who, since the war, has been teaching a
High School in Greenville, S. c., has re-
Gently leased and fitted up the commo.
dlous mansion and grounds, late the resi-.
dence of Rev. J. 2. Rovce in that c;ty