The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-24
SOUTH CARAL!yA NEWS.
.:leamnss isom our State Exchange.

Gieantbgs ffom our State Exchange.
Kershaw Journal: On last Satrrl.t 4
blind and dcranged inmate ., the pror.
| house, named Sunhery, set fire TO some
| of the ontbulldings, and before assist
| ance could be had they were consumed
| Nunnery was brought to Camden an'!
placed in Jail, and will probably ''r e,ht
to the Asylum. He lost his cycsigh, and
| his mind from being causlt in fire in
the woods several years agD......This Soc
tion has at last been visited will, the long
looked Tor and much needed rains. On
Sunday rignt les! We had good showers,
and again on Tuesday evening we were
blessed Wit. regular soakcr. Shich wet
the gronud thoroughly. and everybody
looks cool and happy.
| Lexington Courier: Cotton and corn
arc much injured by the drought, and n
light rain on Sunday afforded little re-
lief. 1t was accompanied by high wind
that considerably damaged the fencing in
some sections. .Threshcrs and farmers
report the oat crop in this county very
good. ...DuriDg the thunder storm last
Sunday eyeEinG the clubhouse belonging
to Mir. Uriah Cront. who lives few
miles from I.ccsvillc, was struck by
lightning and burned down. Two hous-
es on the plantation Of Mr. Jctcr Mitch
ell, near Lcesvllc were blown down.
Aiken Conricr-Journni: Steps are being
taken to rcorganize Inc Palmetto Rifles
at Aiken.
Abbcville 1iedium: Mrs Lucrctia 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 Abbevillc
will not take charge Of the parish until
the first Of September, being unavoida-
bly, detained in his present field of labor
in Maryland. meeting Of the
board Of trustees of the Due West Fc-
male College last week an entire rcorgan-
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
| Abbcville i'ress ant B1.nner: 4 very
malignant type Of fever is said to be pre-
vailing at Ninety-Six, which in it's path
illogical phenomena very much resembles
the yellow fever.
Chester Builetin: The residence of w.
!
and Cheraw Railroad, was robbed by n
burglar on Saturday night, gold watch
and $50 in currency having been taken.
| Alexander Berry, colorcd, has been ar
rested and lodged in Jail, charged with
committing the crimc......Alex. Wood
ward, Jiorcd, while out hunting squir-
rels last week, near Cornwell's, acciden-
tally shot himself in the left side. He
lived only nm hour after the accident
occurred.
Georgetown Times and Coniet 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. The
salt water has come so far up some Of the
rivers MS to damage seriously the rice
crops In some portions of our county.
Some of our planters have sustained very
heavy losses. IA delightful and refresh
ing rain fell in Georgetown on Sunday
Fairfield NcUs and Herald: a severe
hail storm passed over Salem ncighbor
hood on Sunday evening. The crops of
cotton on the plantations of Mcssrs. G.. b.
and w. T. Fcttigrcw, J. II. l3oylcs, G. b.
Yongue, and on portion of DIs. Fran
cis e.. Yongue's place, arc literally torn
to pcces-corn ruined, trees blown
down. On Mr.. Doyles's place one house
was unroofed, and other serious damage
was done. The thermometer has
reached 103 degrees in Winnsboro', while
at Mnj. Woodward's, two miles from
town, two thermometers In different parts
Saturday. Touching the bulb of the
| thnrmnnota- ,t,;tb tho bouJ ,o,Ja -Lo
mercury fall. The breeze was n perfect
sirocco, and it was found cooler to shut
the house than to let the wind in. On
Sunday afternoon Winnsboro' was visi-
ted by heavy rain. 1t was preceded by
n violent wind, which raised clouds OF dust
and did considerable damage to shrub
berry. At one time n hurricane was
threatened, but the town was spared that
fate. The discharge of electricity was
very great. The crops are much injured.
early corn being utterly ruined. Cotton
is small and unpromising, lbnt it can be
brought out by proper seasons.
Newbcrry Herald: Newbcrry's ther-
mnmeter on the 10th, 1lth and 18th reg
istered from 102 to 109, 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 Newbcrry by
the sheriffof Henderson County. .Chills
and fever are prevalent in Floyd's
Township. Fowl thieves are operating
boldly and extensively about Ncwbcr-
ry......As an evidence of the intense heat
of the sun we give the following Incl
dent: n lady in town sent servant out
to get some eggs from q hens nest, to
make n cake. The nest was exposed to
the SUMS rays. The lady Immediately
cut open the eggs, and found two Of
them thoroughly cooked by tho sun.
Edgeticld Aionitnr Capt. T. w Rlease,
of Big Creek, raised about $500 bushels
of oats, which, at 40 cents. will yield him
as much as thirty-three 500 pound bales
of cotton at cents. ......My. James De-
Loach, was drowned while seining in
Mine Creek recently. Ho leaves q wife
and three childrcn...... +. A. Minis
was thrown from buggy near Mine
Creek, on Monday, and severely, though
not fatally, injured.
Pickens Sentinel: A very fair wheat
and oat crop has been nade, but the re-
naming crops have suffered from drought,
although the neighborhood of Liberty was
refreshed by rain on Sunday. THE citi-
zens of Pickons residing in the townships
adjoining Anderson desire the provisions
of the stock law extended to them. They
are tired of fencing up hundreds Of acres
when twenty or thirty will answer as
we'll.