The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-15
EOUTM CAROLINA NEWS.
from our state K1chaascs.

Barn&eIl ,Y|ntf+A. London Rice, col
sIcd man, working Oh the plantation Of
Dr. II. NJ. Faust, near Gralain'Y, wns
struck by lightning on Thursday Of last
week and instantly killed. On sunday
morning last tive colorcd gitl, and
boy nearly grown were riding in a
battea,i IN Caters mill pond, about
ten miles from from this place; when the
boat suddenly filed with water and the
three went down with it and were
drowned.
Barnwcll People: On last Thursday, in
difficulty Mt the mills of Capt. G.. II.
Millhousc, John Bowling, colored, was
struck on the head with rail by David
Reed, also coored. bowling apparently
received no serious injury, rs he was able
| to be up and about, but on Sunday lie
died lis death "as doubtless caused
by The blows he received at Reeds
hands.
Chester Reporter: On last Thursday,
1st instant, James Scely, colored, in the
employ Of Mr.. A. +. lIoopaw, in the
Lcwisvllc ncigborhood, was returning
home from his plough, when his mule
began TO run and became unmanagea.
Bile. Neey's foot became entangled in
the chains Of the gearing, and he was
dragged about four hundred yards over
rugged road, the mule running at
frightful speed. His head and portions
of his body were horribly bruised. He
was taken up in insensble condition, and
died on Friday night. In the month
of April there were shipped from Chester
Railroad depot |, ,00S bales of cotton.
Total shipments since Ist September,
1862 bales
Edgeiield Monifor: A convict ut work
on the Edgctcld and Trenton Railroad
escaped one day last wcck....Mr. Hen
ry King, who lives in tho nrighborhood
of NinetySix recently sold twenty lambs
in Augusta at three dollars each.
Lancaster Lc,iger.: Some villain, to
crafty malicious feeling, drove off n
work OK belonging to David Dye, color
cd Democrat, one day last week, and cut
the throat of tue OK, completely sevcring
the windppe. There is very little doubt
but that it WIS done because Dave had
been acting with the whites. ..On Fri
day, the 18th uit., Il little negro child,
about two years old, on the farm of Mr..
! w. L. Pettis, was burned to death while
its parents were ut work in the ficld.......
| Mrs. o. l.. Ross lost fine mule OF the
26th ult. The disease is unknown, but
thought by some to he blind staggers.
This makes tho third animal that Mrs. II.
has lost within eleven months, having
lost two horses previously
| Keowec { IpuihnNa) Courier The cata-
loguc of Ncwberry College for 1879 car
ries on its pages total Of scvcnty-s
students-large and small. LAS gen.
cral rule, the wheat, and other small
grain crops are promising. The weather
has been favorable of wheat though
rather dry for spring OATS. There has
been sold Mt Westminster, Walhalla and
Seneca about LOO tons of guano this
season, indicating that $4,000 acres have
been put in cotton. If it yields 200
pounds per acre, and no doubt it will,
that would be 100000 pounds, worth
$220,00O. Take the cost of the guano off.
shy SCI 700, leaves $l6S, 800 clear.
Pickens Sentinel. The revenue officials
are now operating in Anderson County,
and have brought up several citizens of
that county to this place for trial All
the charges, we believe, are for retailing
contrary to lnw..... There was ccnsidern-
able frost in this county on the morning
OF the 3d instant, doing some damage to
cotton and garden vegetables. Mr.. II.
l.. Robertson, on Twelve Mile River, had
about thirty acres of cotton so badly in
jured that he rcplanted it.
| York Enquirer: There is no doubt
but nearly, if NOT all the fruit in this
| section was killed by the frosts. There
IVES heavy frost last Friday morning
which cut the growing corn down to the
ground. Cotton is beginning to come
up, and excepting in few localities, es-
capped the frost. We have heard of some
early planted cotton that was up sufii-
ciently to be injured. Generally, the
cotton crop in the county is promising
Wheat is also promising at this time,
having been but slighrly injured by the
frost.
Abboville Press and Banner: Last
Monday morning Mr.. Robert Brownlee,
of Donaldsvilla, fell dead, aged about CT
years.......Clcrk Zcigler reports to lis that
he has recorded 2,2O0 liens this year,
against 2,lO0 last year......AIr. Irwin
Hutchinson is now operating ut Dorns
Mine, with rasonable success. He cx-
hibitedl here on saleday nugget of
gold weighing fourteen pennywcirht. He
works on the Nevada plpn Of "suicing."
......Several slight frosts fell during the
past week, but with little or no damage
to vegetation. The weather SO fur has
been much too unreasonable for health
or farming.
Abbeville Medium: Cade's store, on
the Savannah side, was entered last Sun
day night by some unknown parties,
supposed to be an organized gang of ne.
gro burglars who have been committing
depredntions in that section for some
time. The entrance was made by tun-
nelling though the hearth. A quantity
OF sugar, box of tlSacco and lot of
cloth, amounting to ~ or fifty dollars
in value, were taken by the thieves. On
the preceding Sunday night an attempt
was made to enter NIathis's store at
Lethe, but did not succeed
Fairfield Neius and Herald: A meeting
was held in the Court House OH Monday,
under the auspices of Mr.. J. Hendrix
Mclean and DIR. V. p. Clayton, in the
intcrcs: of ;ha National Grecnback La
Dor Reform party. There were about
forty white persons present, aud about
one-third of that number of negroes.
An address was delivered by the Rev. ID.
b. Clayton, of the unirersalist denomi.
mutton, resident Of Columbia. In re-
ply, Mr. Jno. II. Catl;cart made 3. fey;
opposition remarks, afte- which the
meeting came to an end.
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