The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-08

The Free Ferry was bought on Monday
.by Mr.. J. 8. Fowler for SIS.
Seven inches of rain fell on Saturday
might and Sunday morning at Piercetown
lin this County.
Rev. J. n. Thornwell, of Concord, N. G..
accompanied by his wife and children, is
visiting relatives in our midst.
The Greeley Institute is considerably i'm
proved in outward appearance since it has
een'painted and new belfry erected
We are pleased to learn that Rev. Mr.
Strickland is recovering from the severe
catarrh under which he has been laborlng
for ten days past.
The entertainment given by the ladies of
the Baptist Church on Friday last realized
something over one hundred and nifty DOL
lars above expenses.
The conductors and other employees on
the passenger trains on the Greenvllie q
Columbia Railroad came out in hand
some uniform on the 1st instant.
The Presbyterian Church will be closed
ON next Sunday, as DR.. Frierson will be in
attendance upon the meeting of Presbytery,
which convened at Williamson last night.
Distemper is prevailing among the dogs
in this community. The disease invariably
runs into hydrophobia, and it behooves
every one with distempered dogs to guard
. them we'll.
Whatever; you. do, don't speak evil OF
your neighbor. To SANDER your fellow
creature is one of the basest Of injuries.
II you can't say something good Of him,
hold your tongue.
e Old citizens residing along the boundary
line of Anderson and Oconee Counties in
the Fork, report that they never witnessed
such q terrific storm of wind and rain as
visited that section on Saturday night.
A dog fight, the runaway of an ox-team,
the chase of rabbit and the alarm Of fire
all occurring within couple of hours
relieved the dull monotony of things on
the public square last Friday afternoon.
> Appointments of the Y. NJ. c. A. for next
Sunday: To conduc. the afternoon meeting,
G. F. Telly-scripture, Matt. II: 90; Poor
Honse Committee, J. N. Brown, J. B. Clark;
Jail Committee, G. F. Jones, j.. W. Daniels.
The weather we are having at present is
not at all favorable to the small grain crops,
as it will cause the rust, which has already
appeared in many fields, to spread. With
this single exception, the crops are very
promising.
Associate Grange No. 2, composed of
Shutdown, Brushy Creek and Pendleton
Oranges, will hold its next regular meeting
with Brushy Creek Grange, at Cedar Wreath
Academy, the 4th Saturday in April, at 10
o'clock q. m.
What about that mathematical puzzle Z?
Did you work it? We know of three ladies
who spent the better part of whole day
in futile efforts to solve it, and finally con-
cluded that the butcher either lied or work
ed on Sunday.
DR.. Gus Thomson, son of Maj. James
Thomson of the neighborhood Of Store
vile, arrived home last week from New
York, where he has just completed his med
ical course. He will locate, We understand,
at his fathers.
The attention of our lady readers is di-
rected to the advertisement Of Miss Della
Keys, which appears IN this issae"~She IS
well known as most accomplished dress
maker, and always keeps full stock of
millinery on hand.
We are requested to announce that Hun
ter's Spring Grange will meet at the Grange
Hall on next Saturday afternoon, the 10th
inst, at 2 o'clock, for the purpose OF at
tending to business Of the order. A full
meeting of the members is requested.
Mr.. Jeptha Watkins grist and saw mill
and cotton gin on Little Six and Twenty
Creek was washed away by the heavy rain
on last Saturday night. The loss was con-
siderable. A number of the smaller bridges
of the County were also washed away by
the same rain.
Col. James A. Hoyt. proprietor and one
of the editors of the Baptist Courier, pub
lished at Greenville, spent last Friday and
Saturday in Anderson. The Courier is now
one of the best religious journals published
in the State, and is rapidly increasing its
circulation and influence.
Married, in the Presbyterian Church in
the City of Columbia, S. c., on Thursday
evening, April /, 1880, by Rev. J. B. Mack,
D. D., Capt. ]. A. Wren, of Anderson, S. c.,
and Miss Minnie Jacobs, daughter of Rev.
F. Jacobs, D. D., of Laurens County, S. G.
The couple arrived in Anderson on Friday
night.
Mrs. A. L. Bonner, wife of Rev. J. I.
Bonner, D. D., of Due West, died at that
place on Tuesday morning, 3Oth of March,
after long and painful illness from con-
sumption. She was most excellent lady,
and was dearly loved by host Of friends,
who commingle their tears with those Of
her bereaved husband and other relatives.
The rain storm of last Saturday night was
one of the most remarkable we have ever
seen. The glare of lightning was almost
continuous from dark to day light. The
rain of Sunday morning was extremely
heavy, and did great damage by washing
land. 1t was also accompanied by small
hail, which, however, did very little dam
age.
A steam saw mill of Mr.. J. J. Robinson,
situated near Craytonville was burned on
Saturday, the 9th of March last. Mr..
Robinson, in cleaning out the fire of the
l.o1cod be or,,oDp fr1eh which