The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-24
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have greatly injured the corr crop. They
CT ~ dtunble land. 80 Farmers from sew
eral sections Of the county report that
they have not had water To run in the
IF April They hlso Say that old corn is
receive reasonable rains from this to har.
ly injured. but they do not calculate up
on more than falf a crop. Berry Fun
derbnrk, colored. shot his step.fatbcr
while working in the field on Friday last
The difficulty originated IN some family
fcud Two shots out Gi five tcck cntc.
neither one Of whict afu considered dan
sections Of the county on Sunday even
! received a very refreshing season.
Darlington .Soufhcrner' The rains have
been very partial in this county, comsc-
quently in those sections where the
drought has prevailed the early corn is
almost ruined and eecn cotton has suf-
fercd severely, whi'c The gardens are
parchcd up. On Sunday evening the
county generally was visited by heavy
rains, aud in some places the rain was
preceded by a violent storm of wind
which filled the atmosphere with the
dust OF the earth, and rendering out door
walking pcril0us from the wind, and
binding from dust and sand Some To-
caiitics hare not suffered day for want
of rain, cvcn d few miles below here.
Early corn looks green to the ground,
while the cotton is growing rapidly, and
neither show any sign of the intense heat
of last week
Horny 7shphonc. Since the hot
weather last week rain has fallen in sew
err, localities. Others yet sutier from
drought, and crops In Horny nre now
parching and driving fer want Of rain......
About = o'clock Thursday evening last Il
storm of electricity, wind, rain and small
hail burst in terrific fury upon Conway
boro' aud vicinity, up.1ooting and rend.
ing shade trees, breaking down corn and
demolislling fences for ten or fifteen min
utes at q frightful rate. Corn crops were
considerably DANCED by the wind. The
rainfall continued for perhaps an hour, but
the effect upon growing vegetation is very
slight.
Laurcns UeraM: There has been rain
throughout the county, which will dc
much good, although it was insufficient
for the needs of the crops. Upland corn
is almost destroyed LIN Some sections
completely go. Cotton has been injured
but n fair crop will be made with favora.
BILE weather hereafter. Active measures
are being taken to complete the telegraph
line to Laurcnsville -. j oc Jackson, col.
ored, an employee of Mr.. Watt Calhoun
was accidentally killed near Waterloo
last Saturday by falling from buggy
during Il runaway.
Walhalla C5micr: VIM. Grant, q
snia!i colored hoy, was run ovcf by q
four-horse wagon, heavily loaded, on
Tuesday morning last, and, it is thought
fatally injured. .Oconec has had local
rains, amounting in some sections to q
season." "......rhe Oconce County Sing
ing Convention, which met at Wcstmin.
lister on Friday, the lth instant, was q
complete success. .Watermclons arc
not on time this summer. A half crop is
all that the farmers dare hope for, even
with an abundance of rain from this
time OH.
Chesterfield Ncws: A large force ol
hands are at work on the Chcraw and
Wadesboro' Railroad at Wcstficld Creek
seven miles above Chcraw. Some
weeks ago the wife Of Mr.. Odom Wilson
absconded from Society Hill, leaving hel
husband and five children. Nothing has
been heard of her so far. She went of
with man by the name Of Frank Tol.
bert......The temperance cause is -four
ishing in Cheraw.
Charleston Ne,cs and Courier: On
Wednesday morning, at 8 o'clock, Mr.. J
H. Shaw, barkceper for NJ. u. Nordmeyer
was sitting in the bar, 227 East Bay, nortt
OF Market street, and was startled by IN
explosion in room in the rear occupied
BY himself and Mr.; Nordmeyer as a sleep
ing apartment. He hurried back, anC
found Mr.. Nordmeycr lying on his bee
on his back, in his undcrcothes, with hi:
head resting on the pillow. His left hand
lay ut his side grasping small looking.
glass, while his right was partly over hi.
breast, still holding n slver-mounted
seven barreled revolver. A small hole
in his right temple, about on line with
The eye, from which the blood poured
prolnsely, told Of the tragedy that he'd
just been enacted. Mr.. Nordmeyer was
quite dead, never breathing nor giving
the least symptom of animation in re.
sponse to the appeals of Mr.. Shaw, who
could hardly realize that his friend wa:
really no more. His eyes were closed
and his face peaceful and quiet in its ex.
preston. He had risen Mt about hi.
usual hour and sent Mr.. Shaw to market
nothing peculiar being noticed in hi.
conduct or conversation. After return.
ing to his room he had apparently un.
dressed and bathcd, shaved and put on
fresh undergarments, only omitting his
collar and cravat. The position Of the
body showed that he had probably taken
the pistol and looking glass, arranged
himself on the bed, sat up and deliberate
ly shot himself holding the weapon 1
short distance from his head and using
the mirror to direct his aim. The ball, 8
small one, had ranged somewhat back
wards and buried itself in the interior ol
his skull. Around the wound were u few
stains OF powder. Death must have beer
instantaneous. Mr.. Nordmeyer had suf:
fered for long time from painful and
almost incurable disease, and had been
frequently heard to remark that he would
blow his brains out and end his tortures
How A THIEF WAS KILLED ny A
CoNsTADLE.-F6rk Of Edisto, July 15.-
The wonted serenity of the Fork was G