The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-12-19
STATE NEWS.

pdtiOIILcu III tniS State.
- The hog cholera has made its ap-
pcarance in Barnwell.
: Rev. D. f. PRESLEY. Of Due West,
goes to Mexico as a missionary.
= Sixteen thousand bales of cotton
have been sold in Grecnvillc this season.
= Dir. -. u. hawthorne, OF Due West.
mas sent tie irsi bale of iute 10 Charlie;
ton.
= Mr.. James Trotter, the present in
cumbcnt, has been appointed postmaster
in Greenvile.
- Mr. John ID. Plunkett. an honored
citizen of Aiken County, died on Satur-
day, 7th instant
= The dwelling house and contents of
1r. j. is. Patterson, Abbeyile, was
burnt last week.
= The gin house Of Mr.. r. A. Walker,
OF Barnwell County, together with eight
or ten bales of cotton, was burnt on the
2nd inst.
= The reports from all portions of the
state shows the cotton crop for this year
to he about two per cent larger than that
of last year.
= A white man in Newbcrry was con-
vlcted OF stealing from q negro, on the
testimony of negroes, and by white
jury, last week.
= Mr.. f. Belvin Alexander, of Pick
ems, died at Central on the night Of the
End instant, after long illness from
disease of the throat and lungs.
= well dressed white man with his
throat cut was found lying across the
South Carolina Railroad track near Ross
station on the night of the 1lth instant.
- Rewards amounting to $40O have
been offered for the arrest of Alf. Nc
Ninch, the man who murdered Mr.. Kill
gore Iii Laurcnsville on the night of the
End inst.
- Mrs. Mary A. Shaw. of Camden,
while descending flight Of steps in that
town on the 9th instant, met with pain
full accident by falling and breaking one
Of her arms.
Or. s. IT. Anderson, Of Chss.=.
County, while endeavoring to separate
two fighting negroes recently, accidental
ly killed one of them by the discharge of
pistol in his hands.
- The dead body of man was found
on the railroad track near Florence on
the morning Of the 9th instant badly
mangled and crushed by the wheels of
the train which had passed over him.
= J. B. Little, f. M. Galbraith, J. G.
Gyles and L. B. Gillet have been appoint
".
Merrick and George p. Ferguson, store
= General Sol. Lambert MAYER, of
Meran, Germany, one of King Williams
staff in the Franco Prussian war, is on q
visit to Aiken, S. c., ard expects to
spend the winter there for the benefit Of
his health.
= Mr.. j. j. Fleming, while returning
from Camden last week to his home in
Lancaster, was set upon by three negroes
and after being severely handled, was
robbed of what money he had aud also
some merchandise.
|. IL Capt. A. w. Cordes, Trial Justice
in Georgetown, waa murdered hy n COL
ored ex-cOnstable, Paul Allston, whom
he had recently discharged for alleged
COW stealing. The murderer was
prominent Radical. He made his es-
cape.
- On Friday evening, 9th instant, a
four year old child, daughter of Jubiter
Newton, Of Conwayboro, while playing
with fire on the hearth in the absence Of
its mother, caught its clothing on fire and
before it could be rescued was so badly
burned that it died that night.
= While party of colored witnesses
in the United States Court were being
conveyed to Camden, several days ago,
they got into fight, and one of the
party, named Porter, was endeavoring to
| stop the fracas, he was shot through the
| body with Remington rifle. No ar
| rests.
- On Thursday morning, 5th instant,
the gin house of Mr.. Thomas f. Harmon,
OF New6eTTy, was burnt with ell ita con-
| tents, between twenty and twenty i've
bales of cotton and about $1,000 bushels
OF cotton seed, gin, thresher, running
loss, $1,000 insurance, $1,000.
| = The gin house of Major R. B. Cain.
at his mill pond about six miles from
Sumter, was destroyed by fire on Monday
evening, the End instant, about dark.
There was in the building at the time a
very large quantity of seed and some
nine or ten bales of cotton, mostly the
property of colored persons, which with
the gin and other fixtures were destroyed.
/ = Congressman eject Tiiimar, who
succeeds the negro Smaiis in the next
House, explains the change by saying
! that his people are tired of being renre-
sented in Congress by 'big buck Mig
gers" and will have no more of it: if
the Northern people want that sort of
representatives they can send them, but
the Southern people have had enough
of it,
= Col. VIM. S. Mullins, distinguish.
ed citizen of Marion, died at his home
near Mullins Depot on Thursday the 5th
instant. de came to this State from
North Carolina when quite young man,
and at once took prominent rank. He
served several terms in the Legislature,
and was for several years President of
the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad.
= The gin house Of w. B. Davis &
Son, in Beaufort County. was DESTROYED
by fire on the night Of the 5th instant.
The fire was caused by the bottom of q
lantern falling out and spreading burn
ing oil over the floor, thus igniting the
cotton. Mr.. George Davis, who was in
the cotton house at the time, narrowly
escaped with his life. Several thousand
dollars loss.
= A highly respected young man, Mr..
David Gibson, only 10 years Of age, was
killed in Marion on Saturday afternoon.
He was about leaving town in his cart,
when his horse started off rather quickly.
He endeavored to check the animal, do
ing 60 rather suddenly, when he was
thrown from the cart and fell violently
upon the ground, ths fell resulting In
mis- instant death.
-Abbeyille County has some reasons
for being proud of her colored people.
Not only are they now quiet politically,
put they are industrious and well-be-
haved. Their fifth agricultural fair is
to be held at the colored fair ground du-
ring Christmas week, and they have had
n full nv1I xt-t-