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

- Diphtheria is still fatal III Newberry.
- Jeff Davis, who was to have been hung
December 20, has again been respited.
= Mr.. Samuel ]. Craig, valued citizen
of Laurens County, died on the 18th inst.
Il. L. Guffin, rascally Radical OF
Abbeville, has fat office in Washington. j.
The Bank of Marion is to be removed
to Ashcville, y. G., in consequence OF the
usury law passed by the last Legislature.
The colorcd military of Charleston
have laid the cornerstone of an armory,
and they have succeeded in securing funds
enough for its erection.
ID The attendance in the public schools
of the State for the last scholastic year, was
II, 900 greater than OH the previous year.
The increase was largely of colored chill
dren.
MIR. Samuel Link, aged 10 years, o
much respected citizen Of the Cedar Spring
neighborhood, Abbeville County, died ut
his residence on the 10th inst, after an ILL
ness of FIVE or six weeks.
ljE.The counties of Laurens, Abbevillo,
Newberry and Union now have the stock
law, special act having passed the Legisla:.
ture establishing the law, which has received
the sanction of the Governor.
= Mai. Robertson, of Rock Hill, while
explaining to his son the danger Of careless
handling of firearms, was shot in the face
and severely wounded by the explosion OF
the weapon he was exhibiting.
About Atwenty-seyen hundred dollars
have been paid into the county treasury OF
|. I.Abbeville for taxes in old bills of the Bank
of the State. The Greenville and Coluni-
bia Railroad paid in the larger part Of this
sum.
Mr.. Samuel MacDill, OF Due West,
after ar absence of . year in Mississippi, re-
turned last week. He has been farming
there season he viii henceforth live, love
and labor in his native county i'll the Pal
metto State.
Tho dwelling Of Mr.. Nathan Hilbern
ty, last Friday. Mr. ard Mrs. Hilbern
were away from home at the time, and
nothing was saved. It is supposed that an
incendiary had applied the torch.
Edmund Perry, colored, was commit
ted to the .Abbeyille Jail last week by Trial
Justice Leroy, of Lown6esyille, charged
with burning Mr.. George B. McCalla's
house some time since. He will be tried at
the next term Of court for this county.
Capt. Hoffman and Mr.. N. w. Wat
son. Of the revenue force, returned to Abbe-
vile last week from professional raid
over the Edge6eld line, where they stopped
up four clandcsiine fountains of mountain
dew. They. caught the moonshiners in the
act of making whiskey, nsecluded spots.
As the excursion train last Tuesday
evening was about seven miles this side of
Atlanta, u gentleman BY the name of Iaw--
renee Maret from near Seneca, s. C., who
was standing on the platform of one of the
coaches, fell loE, rolling down the embank-
iment,into pond OF water. The train wa,
quickly stopped, and it was found that his
arm. was broken. and his skull badly frac-
.tured, =; He was taken in charge by his
friends, and everything done to alleviate the
sufferings of the unfortunate man. The
popular conductor. Mr.. BraDam, deserves
credit for his nntiring efforts in his behalf
1t was the result OF carelessness,. and no
road employecs.-IoceoaH Herald. ,,fa,., :: ~.