The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-07
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near the +. nj. Rodgers bridge, on We'd
ncsdey OF last week which weighed twen.
ty.thrco pounds. .....Mr. \. w. Jchi.aon's
tuipentine dirtiliefy, hear Gainesville,
was destroyed by fire about o'clock last
Thursday morning. Mr. Johnson, with
the assistance of friends, saved Il large
portion of the turpcntinc. 1t is supposed
70 have been the work Of IN inccnda-
ry.
Edgcfcld Id,crtiscr Capt. Scott Al.
len has received the Democratic nomi-
nation for the vacancy in the House of
Representatives.
Georgetown Tmrs uni C5ni>t: Al
though the salt has been up our rivers,
we don't think the rice crop damaged, AS
water was changed frequently, by means
OF the floodgeie. Our planters all appear
hopeful. .....Our municipal tax this year
is only half Of what it was last year.
Happy Georgetown!
Lancaster Ledycr: Two colored men,
with imperfect tools, secured in two dnys
50 worth Of gold from the johnson mine
This mine is being worked on q small
scale, and IL said to be the richest In the
county.
Walhe,,a C3urier., Large quantities Of
new cross-tics are being gotten and plac-
cd along the Blue itidge Railroad from
Wnlhalla To Anderson. Ono hour =
time between Walhalla and Anderson
could be saved ift the rond-b bed Of this road
WAS put In n flrst-class condition ~ it
ought 70 be. Two hours and ten min
utcs is the time allowed for running be-
tween these two points, II distance of
thirty-four miles.
Beaufort SEA kinnd Nc~s: An effort
| 10 "a hni IL,
clcmcncy III favor Of George Gary, who
is now await execution for murder ON
the 29lh Of August. -. Mistakes will
happen, it is said, in the best regulated
family. The town authorities at Port
Royal disinfected their town with plaster
of Pari5......The British bark IdctDius,
Capt. Clark, arrived In Beaufort thirty
one days out from Bahia, Brazil, in bal
last. The captain made application to
be allowed as he had Il clean bill of
health, to discharge his ballast ut one of
the docks in town, but this, after advise
ment with the board Of health, the mu-
nicipal authorities refused
Chcraw NcWs: The first dcrot on the
Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad will be at
, braswells, fourteen miles from Cheraw.
There will be cnly three stations between
Cheraw and Wadesboro'. .....Ncw -four
from North Carolina was hauled in wag-
, ons to this place for sale few days ago
1.-The prospect for good cotton crop
in this section is better than it has been
for years. The yield of small grain wn
enormous.
Collcton Democrat: We think the
management of the South Carolina Rail
road by Receiver Fisher is most excel
lent, aud if those most interested would
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| his hands rs Receiver, We think the road
. would soon become valuable property in
stead of dead capital as it now is. Mr.
Fisher is n first class business man. and
understands the management Of railroads
thoroughly.
Laurcns Xe,nM Two old colorcd ser.
; ynnts-Adam and Chloe Garlngton--
, man and wife, died near this place last
Sunday, aged nearly 100 years--lhc for
mcr 30 and tine latter few years young
cr. This old couple wcro owned for II
number Of years by the late John Gar
lingtOn, and were freed rs his property
Mt the close of the war. They died with.
in II few hours of each other-thc man
Mt O'clock in the morning, and the wo.
man nt the same hour on the evening of
the same day.....As far rs reported the crop
of the county foots up MS follows, MS nearly
We can approximate the figures Wheat,
about $4,000 bushels; oats, something
over $4,000 bushels The small grain
crop was remarkably good this year, and
'se hardly suppose the above figures rep
resent the full crop by at least one.
third.
Marlboro Planter: Strange TO say. that
Notwithstanding the long drought, the
cotton crop is simply magnificent Corn
on the river is complete failure. Six.
ty bushels oats to the aero, and twenty
four of wheat, il what one of our LAWYERS
) says he garnored off his farm, besides the
pickings i'll other i.aces. Another SAYS
: he gathered fourteen wagon loads &C oats
, from one acre.
; Newberry News: Col. WIN. Fair tells
. us he threshed this season upwards of
. 1906 bushels OF oats and 5,0GO bushels
, OF wheat besides q large quantity of ryo
and barley. And that, too, when there
; were so many threshcrs IN the field |
: There must bo n plenty of oats and wheat
! somewhere i'll the county.
Orangoburg Times: Mr.. Irwin A. Till
} died ut his residence in Orangeburg, on
| Saturday, of septicnmia, disease of
blood poison, brought on or aggravated
by hair fastening i'll his throat while
} trimming ono of his horses.
CiHuScUuIb I/eHiocTdt. MT. w. IL. Da-
Wis, near Fort Motto, while trying to ride
an unbroken mulo, on Tuesday last, was
thrown and severely injured. His thigh
is badly fracture and may require am.
putation. Mr.. Davis is about So years of
age.
Yorkville Enquirer: There is a probabil-
ity that the Yorkville gas works will be
put into operation before great while.
II. j. T. Eichberg, of Atlanta. n nroct;-
cal man, is now hero for the purpose of
inspecting the works, and entertaining
propositions looking to reviying them. =. :.
During tho rain and thunder storm last
Thursday afternoon, the lightning struck
the barn of DIR. A. /. Barron, in town,
killing his horse and getting fire TO his
buggy, which was standing near.
THE EXODUS IN LAURENs.-A cor.
respondent of tho Charleston .Ne,rs and
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