The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-01-16
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Cleaning. from our State Exchanges

GrecnVllle NeCS: lne people OF Green-
vile have enjoyed a week of delightful
skating. The lowest point reached by
the mercury during the cold spell was
six degrees above zero......The Green
Vile National Bank has reelected its
old officers for the ensuing year, as fol-
lows: President, Hamlin Beattie; Cash
ier, J. ]. Rlackwood; Teller, Luther
McBee. The bank is well managed and
prosperous........The fire companies of
Greenville have elected Capt. Joseph
Allen chief of the Greenville fire de-
partment, with Messrs. VIM. Redmond
and Thomas Lewis rs assistants. AS the
fire department is voluntary, they deny
the right of the city council to elect
these officers, and refuse to serve under
any other than those of their own choice.
MFR. John H. Harrison died at his
residence in the lower part of the county
on The Sth inst. In all the relations of
life he was model man, and his loss is
universally lamented.
Edgefeld Advertiser On the first day
of the new year, died the oldest man in
Edgefield county-Mr. Abraham Riley.
Mr.. Riley lived near Dorn's Mills, and
was aged lis years.
Marion Star. The snow is all around
u.s.. David Cusack, colored, youth Of
Is, was shot and instantly killed by an
unknown party on the oath of December.
......A young man named Herring was
found frozen to death last Friday, near
Gaddy's mill-pond. 1t seems that some
time during Thursday night the deceased
fell into the pond and was found next
morning near by dead.
Orangeburg Times: W. J. DeTrcville,
Jr., son of our esteemed townsman, Col.
DeTrcville, has been elected to n profess
sorship in the State Agricultural College
at this place.
Sumter True Southron Col. ]. ]. OAR
gan declines to become a candidate for
the nomination for State Senator to fill
the vacancy occasioned in that County
by the election of Hon. 7. B. Fraser to
the Judgship of the Third Circuit. The
candidates for the position are Col. Jo-
seph II. Earle, Capt. H. E. l.. Peoples
and Capt. James NJ. Carson, with chances
mvoring the first named gentleman, who
would be most excellent selection.....
Mr.. B. A. Husscy has been reelected
keeper Of the poor-housc for one year.
1.-THE thermometer reached II degrees
above zero during the cold snap......Mr.
James Hodge, an old and esteemed citi-
zen of Sumter, died at his home on the
23rd ult., from dropsy of the chest. He
was about 81 years DID,. Mother Mary
Agatha, formerly Superioress of st. Jo-
seph's Academy Of this place, was on
visit to the institution during the holi-
days, and was called upon by large
number of old friends and former pupils.
1.-The Sumter fire engine company's
fair On Dec. 81 ncttcd $500.
The Barnwell People: a good many
people are moving to the Graniteville
factories in search of work Twelve
prisoners in jail and all growing fat......
Mr.. Jasper Redmond has had the misfor-
tune to lose two Of his children by dipth.
liberia. The eldest one expressed herself
as having premonition of her approach
ing demise by saying several times that
before another Christmas she and her
sisters would be dead. No one in the
house was sick at the time, aud since
that time two children have died, and
the only one left is now in n critical con-
dition.. The County Commissioners
met on Tuesday and drew checks for
some thirteen hundred dollars in favor of
creditors of the county. The balance in
the county treasury is about two hundred
dollars.....Judge Aldrich is engaged in
hearing argument as to the tender OF
bills of Bank of the State in payment of
taxes. Mr.. II. NJ. Thompson, of Willis
ton, aud Robert Aldrich Esq, Of Barn.
well, for taxpayers; Col. L. Hay CAN'T
for the State.
Pickens Sentinel: Abner O'Dcll, of
Liberty, accidentally shot himself last
week with pistol. He is getting well.
.....Wolf Greek was frozen over during
the late cold snap.
Seneca City Adrertiser:: Rev. S. S.
Gaillard, an eminent divine in the Pres
byterian Church, for many years pastor
of the church at Greenvile, died at
Griffin, Ga, last week.
Grecnvillc Ncms Col. a. NJ. Speights
has moved into the old Goodlett House,
recently occupied by the Southern Bap-
tist Theological Seminary, and is now
keeping the Commercial Hotel...... ..Ex-
Mayor and Representative Cleveland
wears his honors with quiet dignity, and
is still the most popular man in the city
and county. Who knows but n rcqusi-
tion will he made on Grecnville Tor
Governor, and where could more scnsi-