The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-24
Lancaster Ledger: The bud-worms

Lancaster Ledger: The bud-worms
have greatly Injured the corn crop, They
seem to be wosss th Cc.ii that was plant
c,i ch 5tuGbie land. Farmers from sew
eral sections of the county report that
they have not had water to run in the
furrows in their fields since the last OF
of April. They hlso say that old corn is
now beyond Teeoveif; eyth Should They
receive reasonable rains from this to har'
vcsting time. Cotton is not yet hopeless
ly injured, but they do not calculate up
on more than half a p.:...Berry Fun
derburk, colored, shot his step-father
while working in the field on Friday last.
The difficulty originated in some family
feud. Two shots out of FIVE .tucE eftct,
neither one of which afe considered dam
gcfoes.. =. Excellent rains fell in some
sections of the county on Sunday even
ing last. This immediate locality
received very refreshing season.
Darlington Southerner: The rains have
been very partial in this county, conse-
duently in those sections where the
drought has prevailed the early corn is
almost ruined and even cotton has suf-
fered severely, while The gardens are
parched up. On Sunday evening the
county generally was visited by heavy
rains, and in some places the rain was
preceded by violent storm of wind,
which filled the atmosphere with the
dust of the earth, and rendering outdoor
walking perilous from the wind, and
binding from dust and sand. Some To-
calities have not suffered day for want
of rain, even d few miles below here.
Early corn looks green to the ground,
while the cotton is growing rapidly, and
neither show any sign of the intense heat
of last week.
Horny Telephone: Since the hot
weather last week rain has fallen in sew
eral localities. Others yet suffer from
drought, and crops in Horny are now
parching and drying for want of rain.:.'..
About s O'Clock Thursday evening last a
storm of electricity, wind, rain and small
hail burst in terrific fury upon Conway
boro' and vicinity, up-rooting and rend-
ing shade trees, break king down corn and
demolishing fences for ten or fifteen min
utes at frightful rate. Corn crops were
considerably DANCED by the wind. The
rainfall continued for perhaps an hour, but
the effect upon growing vegetation is very
slight.
Iaurens Herald: There has been rain
throughout the county, which will do
much good, although it was insufficient
for the needs of the crops. Upland corn
is almost destroyed--in some sections
completely 80. Cotton has been injured;
but q fair crop will be made with fayora-
BILE weather hereafter. ......Active measures
are being taken to complete the telegraph
line to L Laurensyille......Joe Jackson, COL
ored, an employee of Mr.. Watt Calhoun,
was accidentally killed near Waterloo
last Saturday by falling from q buggy
during runaway.
Walhalla Courier: VIM. Grant, a
small colored boy, was run ovef by a
four-horse wagon, heavily loaded, on
Tuesday morning last, and, it is thought,
fatally injured. ....Oconee has had local
rains, amounting in some sections to a
Season" The Oconee County Sing
ing Convention, which met at Westmin-
lister on Friday, the 11th instant, was a
complete success .Watermelons are
not on time this summer. A half crop is
all that the farmers dare hope for, even
with an abundance of rain from this
time on.
Chesterfield New8: A large force of
hands are at work on the Cheraw and
Wadesboro' Railroad at Westfeld Greek,
seven miles above Cheraw. Some
weeks ago the wife of Mr.. 0dom Wilson
absconded from Society Hill, leaving her
husband and five children. Nothing has
been heard of her so far. She went off
with man by the name of Frank Toll
ert.....The temperance cause is -four
ishiug in Cheraw.
Charleston Ne,rs and Courier: On
Wednesday morning, at 8 O'Clock, Mr.. j..
H. Shaw, barkeepef for NJ. D. Nordmeyer,
was sitting in the bar, 227 East Bay, north
OF Market street, and was startled by an
explosion in room in the rear occupied
by himself and Mr. Nordmeyer as sleep
ing apartment. He hurried back, and
found Mr.. Nordmeyer lying on his bed
on his back, in his underclothes, with his
head resting On the pillow. His left hand
lay at his side grasping small looking
glass, while his right was partly over his
breast, still holding q silyer-mounted
seven-b -barreled revolver. A small hole
in his right temple, about on line with
the eye, from which the blood poured
profusely, told of the tragedy that had
just been enacted. Mr.. Nordmeyer was
quite dead, never breathing nor giving
the least symptom of animation in re-
sponse to the appeals of Mr.. Shaw, who
could hardly realize that his friend was
really no more. His eyes were closed
and his face peaceful and quiet in its ex-
preston. He had risen at about his
usual hour and sent Mr.. Shaw to market,
nothing peculiar being noticed in his
conduct or conversation. After return
ing to his room he had apparently un-
dressed and bathed, shaved and put on
fresh undergarments, only emitting his
collar and cravat. The position Of the
body showed that he had probably taken
the pistol and looking-g glass, arranged
himself on the bed, satup and deliberate
ly shot himself, holding the weapon
short distance from his head and using
the mirror to direct his aim. The ball, a
small one, had ranged somewhat back.
wards and buried itself in the interior of
his skull. Around the wound were few
stains Of powder. Death must have been
instantaneous. Mr.. Nordmeyer had suf-
fered for a long time from painful and
almost incurablc disease, and had been
frequently heard to remark that he would
blow his brains out and end his tortures.
How A THEE WAS KILLED ny A