The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-01-16

alIilTS WIFI lHe company straight. On
Saturday he seemed somewhat despon-
dent, without any known cause, and i'm
bibed whiskey freely. 1t is supposed
that in returning to the city that night
he fell into the gully, and being unable
to help himself was frozen to death.
Abbeville Press and Banner : Professor
Kennedy, of Due West, is in very bad
health and has been under the weather
for several months past. Capt. i. B.
Calhoun had his left shoulder dislocated
last week by falling through the plank
sidewalk to the depot. 1.-The fence law
was universally discussed Oh salesdaE,
and large majority are in favor of it,
although there is some opposition being
manifested.
Spartanburg Herald: The thermome-
ter at Saluda, in PAGES Gap, stood one
degree below zero on Monday, 9th inst.
Cheraw Nc,rs: The Great Pee Dec
River at this place has been frozen over
for several days during the past week.
Clarendon Press: The town of Man
ming will soon join the Temperance cause,
and licenses granted to saloon keepers
will be rescinded. The county commits
soncrs have also refused to grant licenses
FOR retailing spirituous liquors in the
county.
Darlington Mer,: Mr.. Couch, the
agent of nursery in Greensboro, n. c.,
who passed through this section deliver
ing trees some weeks ago, said that he
sold 81 200 worth in this county.
Kershaw Gazette: 1t is estimated by
our statistician that there were 7S3 tur-
keys murdered in Camden during the
Christmas holidays.
Yorkville Enquirer !: On Sunday night
last the dwelling house Of Mr.. Benson
T. Hardin, in this county, on the Ches-
ter and Lenoir Railroad, was destroyed
by fire. Mr.. Hardin succeeded in saving
but little of his furniture. The origin OF
the fire is supposed to be accidental.
Carolina Spartan: Our commissioner
makes an encouraging report as to pub
lie schools. He thinks they may run
three to five months the present year,.
Mr.. D. Williams, of Cowpens, while re-
turning to his home on the 2Sth of De-
cember, was taken sick on the road, and
died within a quarter of a mile from his
house of heart disease. Arthur, a
little son of Wyatt Hawkins, of this
county, about eight years of age, while
playing with his brother in the kitchen,
went to run out at the door, and looking
back as he ran, struck his head against
the door frame. He very soon became
senseless, and died in about an half hour,
before medical assistance could be OBJ
tanned.
Columbia Register: Col. James T.
Sims has been appointed State Librarian,
vice FeiniDger removed......Mr. ii. Clay
Richardson, tho able reporter of the
Register, has severed his connection with
that paper. He had many newspaper
friends, who regret bis loss to journalism
in this State......Governor Simpson has
appointed the following Masters: w. w.
Humphreys, for Anderson County; l..
II. Watts, for Laurens County; Silas
Johnstone, for Newberry County; James
Chestnut, for Kershaw County; A. @.
McDuiie, for Marion County......R
VIM. B. Mack, D. D., of Tennessee, died
iu Columbia, S. c., on last Friday morn
ing, while on visit to his son, the Rev.
Joseph B. Mack, D, D., pastor of the
Columbia Presbyterian Church. DR..
William Mack was a gentleman of fine
culture and an able divine of the Presby-
terian faith. ......Col. I. j. Lipscomb ha,
instituted a reform in the management
of the South Carolina Pepitentiary, by
refusing to allow parties hiring convicts
to return them when they get sick.
Thus vixen convicts are hired for six
months or any other period, the party
hiring has to keep them for such period,
and if they become sick the expense oil
feeding and doctors bills falls on those
hiring. This will effect great saving to
the State, and will be kindness to the
prisoners, for those hiring them will be
more careful to prevent them from TAX
ing Senator A. p. Butler, Of
Aiken, has been appointed Fish Commits
sioner under the recent act. There is nc
salary to the Office, and only eight hun
dred dollars has been appropriated for
the expenses of the Commissioner in pro-
curing fish with which to stock our wa
tiers. Upon entering on his office be re-
ceiyed $4,000 young salmon as present
from the State of Maryland, which he
distributed in the rivers of the lower and
middle portion of the State. He will
soon place lot in the up-country, tax.
ing the Broad, Saluda, Seneca and other
rivers in this part of the State. The
work of stocking our rivers has just
begun, but from the experience of other
States, we may expect gratifying results
Col. Butler is the right man in the right
place.
Camden Journal. An afTray occurred
in the store of Mr.. w. H. Ellis on Mon.
day night between q white and colored
man, in which the colored man, whose
name is Abram English, shot at the
white man with pistol, but missed him.
This presents a fine opportunity for some
Trial Justice to test the efficacy of the
new law in relation to the use If fire.
arms in public places. ....On last Mon
day morning Major j. NJ. DeSaus ure re-
ceived q stroke of paralysis in his right
side. He was improving at last ac-
counts......An aged gentleman from
RlchiaDd County passed through Gam
den, on his return home, accompanied
by fair young bride whom he had cap
tured in this county.
Newberry Me,ps: The ladies of the
Presbyterian Church have taken, upon
themselves the noble responsibility OF
providing for an orphan child, Laura
Whaley, and have placed her at the
Thornwell Orphanage, Clinton, S. c.
Lexington Dispatch: Lexington is one
of the towns not ruled by tax-eaters, nor
have We noisy cat in town, no fish
horns, no hand organs, no mothers-in-
law ever come here, and lightning strikes
over in Richland.
Edgetield Adcertiscr: The red shirts
of Grey and Hibler townships serenaded
the Hon. James Callison on Christmas
night. He responded in an eloquent
speech, feasted the boys on Mrs. C.'s
cake and wine to their hearts content,
and sent them on their way rejoicing
singing "The Sweet By-and- BY" MIR.
VIM. johnson died at his home in Edge
field County on the SOth of December,