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

-Spartanburg is soon to have to-
bacco factory.
= The circus was not generally we'll
patronized in this State.
- The hog cholera has made its ap-
pearance in Barnwell.
. Rev. n. E. Presley, Of Due West,
goes to Mexico as missionary.
- Sixteen thousand bales of cotton
have been sold in Greenville this season.
- Mr.. D. o. Hawthorne, of Due West,
has sent the first bale of jute to Charles
ton.
Mr.. James Trotter, the present in
cumbent, has been appointed postmaster
in Greenville.
- Mr.. John D.. Plunkett, an honored
citizen of Aiken County, died on Satur-
day, 7th instant.
- The dwelling house and contents of
Mr.. J. B. Patterson, of Abbeville, 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
2ud inst.
- The reports from all portions of the
State shows the cotton crop for this year
to be about two per cent larger than that
of last year.
A white man in Newberry was con-
victed of stealing from a negro, on the
testimony of negroes, and by a white
jury, last week.
= Mr.. E. 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.
- A we'll dressed white man with his
throat cut was found lying across the
South Carolina Railroad track near Ross
station on the night of the 11th instant.
- Rewards amounting to $500 have
been offered for the arrest of ALI. Nc
Ninch, the man who murdered Mr.. Kill
gore in Laurensville 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 a pain
full accident by falling and breaking one
of her arms.
DIR. S. T. Anderson, of Chester
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. NJ. Galbraith, ]. G.
Gyles and L. B. Gillet have been appoint
ed United States Gaugers, and Aaron G.
Merrick and George P. Ferguson, store
keepers and guagers for South Carolina.
- 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., and 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 and also
some merchandise.
* Capt. A. w. Cordes, Trial Justice
in Georgetown, was murdered by COL
ored ex.constable, Paul Allston, whom
he had recently discharged for alleged
cow-stealing. The murderer was .
prominent Radical. Ho 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 a fight, and one of the
party, named Porter, was endeavoring to
stop the fracas, he was shot through the
body with Remington rife. No ar
rests.
On Thursday morning, 5th instant,
the gin house of Mr.. Thomas F. Harmon,
of Newberry, was burnt with all its con-
tents, between twenty and twenty-five
bales of cotton and about $4,000 bushels
of cotton seed, gin, thresher, running
gear, &C., by an incendiary. Estimated
loss, $1,000; insurance, 300.
- 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 elect Tillman, who |
succeeds the negro Smalls in the next
House, explains the change by saying |
that his people are tired of being repre-
sented in Congress by "big buck mig.
gers" aud 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 9th
instant. He 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 9Th instant.
The fire was caused by the bottom of a
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 so rather suddenly, when he was
thrown from the cart and fell violently
upon the ground, the fall resulting in
his instant death.
= Abbeville County has some reasons
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