The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-12-09
HRIEF MENlION.

paid us visit or Monday.
Mr. L. 2. Smith has moved into his new
residence on River street.
4 good sewing machine can be bought at
this Office cheap for the cash.
Savannah River was six or eight feet
higher than usual OIL Monday.
We doubt if the public roads were ever
in worse condition than at present.
The weather c'cared up on Monday after
nearly two weeks of clouds and rain.
A small engine house has been erected at
Belton by the C. & g. II. II. Company.
Cold weather always stimulates the mat
rimonial market. 1t is n fact We will not
attempt to explain.
Mrs. C. r. Mnrray's school for young
ladies closed last Friday. and will reopen
on the 18th of January next
Mr.. Jesse NJ. Smith is building Il new res
idencc for Mr.. l.. H. Secl OH Main street in
the southern portion of town.
The Sunday School and Church services
of the Baptist congregation will he held in
the church building next Sunday.
The young people Of the town enjoyed q
leap year party ut the residence OF Mrs.
Rosa Webb on Tuesday evening Ia,
The fall term of the Carolina Collegiate
Institute closed on last Friday. 1t will re-
open i'll January rs Il strictly male school.
Mr. c. L. Broylcs rising young lawyer
Or Dalton Ga. and member Of the Georgia
Legislature. is on Il visit to relatives in our
town.
Mr.. John a. Reeves has recently moved
from his place y miles below town to The
home Of his aged father OH Six and-Twcnty
creek.
Hunters Spring Grange will meet next
Saturday at 2 p. IN. for the election of Off
GERS and transaction Of other import mt
business.
Dr. S. NJ. Orr and Mr.. +. Y. Sloan will
open drug store at the present stand Of
Niessrs. Simpson, Reid & Co. about the 1st
January.
Goods will lie sold at the Paris Store till
tho lst January next ut reduced prices.
Mr. Lesser is closing ont his stock. Give
him n call.
Berry Young, coorcd, WAS arrested and
committed to Jail on Tuesday for stealing
goods out of the buggy Of Mr. Ashley, from
KoIca Path.
The farmers arc generally very much be-
hind in sowing their small grain The
amount Of wheat sowcd this year will not
&c as large rs usual
Rev. VIM. Henry Strickland, Correspond
Hl5 CeCTcLuIN CT Tic Statc BlptlSt COnyen-
ton, will preach at Flat Rock Church next
Sunday mt II n. III.
There is less than mile and half of
grading to be done on the Atlantic and
French Brnnd Valley Railroad between
Pickens c. II. md E:asley
Prof DeHcrradora viii. lecture in the
Court House tonight (Thursday) at u
o'clock on penmansip. The public gen
orally are invited to attend.
Up to Tuesday night last there had been
received at the depot in Anderson 1874
bales of cotton, about $500 more than to
the same date last year We will get the
10000.
Married. at the residence of the brides
mother, Thursday, December 9, 1880, by
Rev. I. w. Wingo. Mr.. Charles J. Vnndi-
yer and Miss Josie f. King-aIl of Anier-
son County.
are visiting the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. G. Keys near town. Mr.. Keys is
now an engineer on n passenger train on
the Air Line Railroad.
Maj D. L. Cox, of the Fork, who recently
sustained severe injuries by the running
away VI team Of mules ON the hill mt
Earlc's bridge. on Seneca river, was mt last
accounts still in critical condition.
The town was afflicted from Thursday to
MONDAY win lar- nee! auctloneer who
sold six dollars worth Of jcwclry for twen-
ty-fve cents" to hundreds of persons. lie
went dcwn 10 Honea Path on Tuesday
OF ffty-two one and two-horse wagons
received by Messrs. Cunningham & Co.
about sixty days ago, fifty have been sold.
They arc agents for the "Old Hickory" one
of the best wagons made anywhere in the
Union.
-Four families of immigrants direct from
Germany, Numbering sixteen persons in all,
will arrive at this place to-day. Three Of
the families will 60 to plantations of NIessrs.
B. f. Crayton & Sons and tho other to Mai
j. w. Provost.
The attention of our readers in Bolton
and Williamson townships is directed to
the advertisement of the Atlantic and
French Broad Valley Railroad Company.
which Teiates TO the tuXes due inc Compa-
ny in those townships.
Shutdown Grange will hold regular
meeting on Saturday, the 18th instant, Mt
qnested to attend. as the election of officers
will take place Mt that time and other bust
ness of importance will be transacted
In addition to great many other pretty
:, things, Mcssrs. Simpson, Reid & Co. have
~ just received q large variety of beautiful
bouquets madc of natural grasses and
shrubbery. They are just the things with
which to ornament your sitting rooms an d
parlOrs.
In Georgia the railroad companies are
by law prohibited from charging passengers
more than four cents mile for transporta-
ton. III this State they are permitted to
charge what they please. The fare over the
Blue Ridge Road for instance, is six cents
per mile.
We publish pretty full summary of the
proceedings of the Legislature this week,
which i:us been carefully cullcd and con-
dcrsed from the reports i'll our daily ex.
changes. We are able only to prin. such
portions OF the proceedings as arc of gen.
oral interests to the public.
There were great many people in town
m Monday. and considering it was
horseback day" business was very good
Several tracts of land were sold at public
outcry by the Master, and q small amount
personality by the Sheriff. BeyC:d few
arrests Dy the poiice, nothing occ, rrcu 10
disturb the usual quiet of the town.
Tie time ior which, excursion. tickets vii;
he sold to Charleston at the reduced rates
has been extended to the l4th instant, good
to return ON up to the 18th inclusive. This
lis done for the accommodation of those
who desire to attend the annual convocation
of the Grand Lodge A. +. NJ, which con-
venes in Charleston on next Tuesday.
According to st. Louis paper the oleo-
margarine makers have reduced the product
tosuch fine point they put in selected hairs,
which gives the artificial butter consistency
and plausibiity not otherwise attainable
This is equal to Mark Twain, who always