The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-02-07

Rev. Hugh M Lees Preshy yterIan, lSeco5la)
I'd Sabbath in each month, Rt III O'clock q. "a.
The loafers club is dead.
Corn IS selling at so cents. ~
The negro woman who escaped
from iail last week, was recaptured,
bysD Deputy Sheriff Mason, near Essley
Station, about o'clock last Tuesday
morning. She is now occupying her
Old cell, and will hardly escape again
Charles Sanders was tried on last
Wednesday for malicious trespass
ia removing his crop from the pianta-f
tion ofIMr. VIM. Ferguson, botore a
division and 3settlemept. He wns
.eand guilty and sentenced to pay o.
fine of Ave dollars and the costs or go
Z To Jail for ton days. He went to Jail.
The wind blew, fearfully all of Tues
day night. About, dayslight on the
following morning o cold, freezing
rain set IN md soon sheeted the earth
and festooned the forrest with an icy
mantle. On Thursday, q light snow
fell on this. We now have fearIully
muddy streets. How are the Green
vile streets2 -
EAsLEY AcADEMY.-vSee advertise
Inent in this issue, of Prot ID. q.
Humbert,pfincipal of the Easley Aca-
deny. 4. st# s.
Married at Easley, by T. w. Rus
ssll, Esq, on the 21st ult!mo, Mr.
THOMAS FERGUSON to Miss WILLIE
REID. e&sr#+.s. l :,..r-;.,..5
Married, on Sunday last, by rev,
w. b Singleton, at the residence Of
bride, MRsELIsHA ALEXANDER to MRS
ELIZABETH ROPER, both OF Pickens.
Married, at the residence of the
brides brother, in the town OF Libery,
on the night oithe 23d January, 1873,
by Rey. ". Young, Mr.. THos. q.
BoGGs and Miss EMMA WILLARD, all
OF Pickens County. ,'.a, a.->,H
Married, on the goth of January,
1873, at the residence Of the brides
mother, by Rev. Thomas Looper, Mr..
john HUGHEY to MISS NANCY JONES,
all of Pickens County. ..r. 49,.
* colorcd individual stepped into
the printing Office the'o' her day and,
aoiHng his bat, rnqnired Of our fore~
man, "Be you de;editor?" Yes" re-
pIied the foreman. "Well den, /
want to know, sar, can a man whose
land>is bin sole by de Treasur, wedeem
il inninoty days" Our foreman re-
icrred him TO . lawyer for the infor>
nation, aud complacently said to him.
scli,,"He'sa d-n sigEt worse than
the sewing machine man." Co.,. @H ,
A stranger called in orr office the
other day and, after looking carefully
over the SENTINEL, enquired. tho geo>
graphical position and business tacili-
tjestof our town and of Easey. We
mentioned Central incidentally. "Cen-
trall Where is it?" enquired the stran.
ger. He was informed. "Can't think.
Of locating in such place as Central"
said he. "It's business mon don't adj
vertise in she aca! paper. 8 No enter-
prise sin that town" Moral: Mer-
chants OF Central, advertise in your
County paper.
We regret to learn that Mrs. J. F.
Folger and her little son Ernest were
severely scalded, by boiling coffee, on
last Saturday morning. 1t resulted
from the bursting off Of the lid of the
coffee pot, which was so tightly fast
ened on as, to prevent the escape of
steam.
Wecall the attentiontof our read
erS TO the notice of Hudgens & Bolt,
disolYing their copartnershi and the
formation of a new finn, under the
name of Bolt & Hudgcns Mr.. Bolt
is asLhoropgh business man, apolishea
and polite gentleman and an expe-
rienced merchant that, knows how to
bny and how to sell. We bespeak
Tor thema liberal patronage. See
B also advertisement OF new firm, of
fertilizers for sale.
Several boys in our town were snap
ping an empty" pistol at a dog The
other day,t"jnst to scare him" After
II had been snapped several timos the
{ empty pistol fired and killed the
dog. We understand they had been
snapping the pistol at each other only
2 8 few mInutos before this. VIII peo,
t pie never learn how to handle fire
arms2 The pistol was just as liable
70 have gone off and killed one of the
boys 1T you want to make us mad
just point an saa...af.5s" Sen! ply gan or p;s::o q.
u.s. We learned in infancy thptl"a
gun is dangerous without lock, stock,
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