The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-24
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
GIeanihss srom our State Exchanges.

Kershaw Journal: On last Saturday Il
blind and deranged inmate 6s the Poor
house, named Nunhery, set fire to some
of the outbuildings, and before assist
ance could be had they were consumed.
Nunnery was brought to Camden and
placed in Jail, and will probably hs Srht
to the Asylum, He lost his eyesight and
his mind f1om being caught in fire in
the woods several years ago......This. sec
ton has at last been visited with the long
looked for and much needed rains. On
Sunday night lest we had good showers,
and again on Tuesday evening we were
blessed with n regular soaker. which wet
the ground thoroughly, and everybody
looks cool and happy
Lexington Courier: Cotton and corn
arc much injured by the drought, and
light rain on Sunday afforded little re-
lief. 1t was accompanied by high wind
that considerably damaged the fencing in
some Observation-Disclosures and farmers
report the oat crop in this county very
od...."During the thunder storm last
Sunday evening the gin-house belonging
to MIR. Uriah Crout, who lives a few
miles from Leesville, was struck by
lightning and burned down. Two hous-
es on the plantation of Mr.. Jeter Mitch
ell, near Leesville, were blown down.
Aiken Courier-Journat: Steps are being
taken to reorganize the Palmetto Rifles
at Aiken. :.
Abbeville Msdium; Mrs. Lucretia Ruff
was found dead in her bed on Friday,
death having resulted from heart disease.
She was 76 years old......The new rector
of the Episcopal Church at Abbeville
will not take charge of the parish until
the first of September, being unavoida-
bly, detained in his present field of labor
in Maryland. AT q meeting OF the
board Of trustees of the Due West Fe-
male College last week an entire reorgan-
ization of the faculty was made but
without any changes in the teachers
chosen, except in the case of Miss
Stevens, who was not reelected in con-
sequence of the Art Department, of
which she was the accomplished head,
being discontinued.
Abbeville Press and Banner: A very
malignant type of fever is said to be pre-
vailing at Ninety-Six, which in its path
illogical phenomena very much resembles
the yellow fever.
Chester Bulletin: The residence of w.
II. Hardin, Esq, president of the Chester
and Cheraw Railroad, was robbed by a
burglar on Saturday night, a gold watch
and $50 in currency having been taken.
Alexander Berry, colored, has been ar
rested and lodged in Jail, charged with
committing the crime......Alex Wood
ward, coiored, while out hunting squir-
rels last week, near Cornwells, acciden-
tally shot himself in the left side. He
lived only an hour after the accident
occurred.
Georgetown Times and Comet Sheriff
Dickinson has card in the Times and
Comet explaining the defects of the Jail,
to account for the recent escape ofSmith.
the murderer. The Times and Comet,
however, appears to think that there was
official negligence somewhere......T The
salt water has come SO far up some Of the
rivers as to damage seriously the rice
crops iii some portions of our county.
Some of our planters nave sustained very
heavy losses......A delightful and refresh
ing rain fell in Georgetown on Sunday.
Fairfield Neps and Herald: A severe
hail storm passed over Salem neighbor-
hood on Sunday evening. The crops Of
cotton on the plantations. of Messrs. G. B.
and w. T. Pettigrew, j. R. Boyles, G. B.
Tongue, and on a portion of Mrs. Fran
els 9. Yongue's place, are literally torn
to pieces-corn ruined, trees blown
down. On Mr.. Boyles's place one house
was unroofed, and other serious damage
was done. THE thermometer has
reached 103 degrees in Winnsboro', while
at Maj. Woodward's, two miles from
town, two thermometers in different parts
of the house registered 104 degrees on
Saturday. Touching the bulb of the
thermometer with the hand made the
mercury fall. The breeze was q perfect
sirocco, and it was found cooler to shut
the house than to let the wind in. On
Sunday afternoon Winnsboro' WAS yisi-
ted by heavy rain. 1t was preceded by
violent wind, which raised clouds OF dust
and did considerable damage to shrub
berry. At one time hurricane was
threatened, but the town was spared that
fate. The discharge of electricity was
very great. The crops are mucl injured,
early corn being utterly ruined. Cotton
is small and unpromising. but it can be
brought out by proper seasons.
Newberry Herald: Newberry's ther-
mometer on the 10th, 11th and 18th reg
istered from 102 to 10S, and the crops
suffered, but hard and general rain on
Saturday relieved both animal and vege-
table life. The sun cooked thoroughly
eggs exposed to its rays George Liv-
ingston, fugitive from North Carolina
Justice, has been arrested in Newberry by
the sheriff of Henderson County. ...Chills
and fever are prevalent in Floyd's
Township. Fowl thieves are operating
boldly and extensively about Newber-
ry......As an evidence of the intense heat
of the sun we give the following Incl
dent: A lady in town sent servant out
to get some eggs from hens nest, to
make cake. The nest was exposed to
the SUMS rays. The lady Immediately
cut open the eggs, and found two of
them thoroughly cooked by the sun.
| Edgefeld Monitor Capt. T. w. Blease,
| OF Big creek, raised ABOUT o,oVV uusneis
of oats, which, at 40 cents, will yield him
as much as thirty-three 500 pound bales
of cotton at s cents......Mr. James De-
Loach, was drowned while seining in
Mine Greek recently. He leaves wife
| and three children. MIR. E. A. Minis
was thrown from a buggy near Mine
Greek, on Monday, and severely, though
not fatally, injured.
Pickens Sentinel: A very fair wheat
and oat crop has been made, but the re-
naming crops have suffered from drought,
although the neighborhood of Liberty was
refreshed by rain on Sunday......The citi-
zens of Pickens residing in the townships
adjoining Anderson desire the provisions
of the stock law extended to them. They
are tired of ffencing up hundreds of acres
when twenty-five or thirty will answer as
well.