The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-12-26
STATE NEWS.

= Diphtheria is still fatal in Newberry.
- jeff Davis, who was To have been hung
December 90 has again been respited.
! = Mr.. Samuel J. Craig valued citizen
OF l.arrens County, died on the 18th inst
| = l.. l.. Guf1ln, rascally Radical Of
| Abbcville, has fat office in Washington.
| - The Bank of Marion Is to be removed
1 to Asheville, n. g., in consequence OF the
usury law passed by the last Legislature.
| = The colorcd military Of Charleston
have laid .!ic corncr s:0Hc of III aTiiioTy,
and they have succeeded in securing funds
enough for lis erection.
! = The attendance in the public schools
| of the State for the last scholastic year. was
1900 greater than OH the previous year.
The increase was largely Of colored chill
| dron.
= Mr.. Samuel Link, aged 20 years. o
much respected citizen Of the Cedar Spring
neighborliood, Abbevlle County, died ut
/ his residence OIL the 10th inst, after an ill
| ness OF five or six weeks.
| r. The counties Of Laurens, Abbeville,
! Newberry and Union now have the stock
! law, a special act having passed the Lcgislu-
ture establishing the law, which has received
| the sanction Of the Governor.
= Maj Robertson, Of Rock Hill, Willie
| explaining to his son tho danger of careless
handling Of firearms, was shot In tie face
| and severely wounded by the explosion of
The weapon !c was exhibiting.
| have been paid into the county treasury Of
Abbevillc for taxes in old bills Of the Bank
Of tho State. The Grecnville and Column
bia Railroad paid in the larger part Of this
sum.
= Mr.. Samuel MacDill. OF Due West
turned last week. Ho has been i4l'Ining
there seasUi. lie will hcncefOrth i've, love
and labor i'll his native county in the Pal
Iuetto State.
= The dwelling Of ,lr. Nathan IIilbcrn
was burned near Leia'on, Abbcville COun-
ty, last Friday. MI. and Mrs. H;bern
were away from liome at til. time. and
nothing was saved. 1t is supposed that an
incenliary had applied the tOrcli.
= Edmund Perry, cOlOrcd, was commit
ted to the AbIc .i.ie Jail last week by Trial
Justice Leroy, of Lowndesyilc chnrged
VIII burning Mr.. George Is: McCalan
house some time since. lie will be tried at
the next term Of court for this county.
Cart. Hoffman aud Mr.. NJ. w. Wat
son. of the revenue force, returned to Abbe-
vile last week from u professional raid
over the Edgetieli line, where they stopped
UP four clandesiine fountains of mouutain
dew. They caught the moonslincrs in tlie
act of making whiskey in secluded spots.
as the excursion truii last Tuesday
evening was about seven miles this side Of
Atlanta, gentleman by the name Of Law
renee Muret, from ncnr Seneca. 5. g., who
was standing OH the platform of one Of the
coaches, fell of, rolling down the cmbank.
nient into pond Of water. The train was
quickly stopped. and it was found TINT his
nrn was broken and his skull badly fruc-
tured: lilo was taken i'll charge by his
friends and everything done to alleviate the
sufferings Of the unfortunate man. The
popular conductor. Mr.. Brannrn, deserves
credit for his untiring efforts in his behalf
II was tho result OF curclessncss, and no
blame whatever caE be cttaclied to the rail
rond pIployees.-Ioccoa Herald.