The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-26

in earnest
The Court of Sessions adjourned late
Saturday evening.
Lecture next Tuesday night in Temper
ance Hall by Rev. J. E. Carlisle.
Saturday is the last day for the payment
of town taxes without the penalty.
The colored people have commenced the
much.needed repairs on the Greeley Insti-
tute building,
:. The Council are having shade trees plant
ed out on the street leading from McDufie
street to the Baptist Church.
One ofour merchants who YVES over in
Greenville last week represents business as
being particularly dull in that city.
Mr.. John E. Peoples is agent for the
Merryman ard Navassa fertilizers, and is
selling them on very reasonable terms.
Our merchants will lay in ar. unusually
large stock cf goods this spring. Their Abb
beviIle and Georgia trade is getting to be q
big thing.
Capt. John McGrath has been confined
to his residence for the past week or ten
days from the effects of a wound received
in the war.
We are again placed under obligations to
H.G. scudday, Esq, for reporting the
testimony in the Williamson burning case
tried last week.
The Sunday School Union of the ID Dis
trict of the Saluda Association will hold its
regular meeting at Meals Creek Church on
next Sunday.
Married, in Trinity Church, Atlanta, Ga,
February 18th, 1880, by Rev. n. Bascom
Browne, Dr.. Walker G. Browne and Miss
Amelia G. owings.
Messrs. FAINT & Bro. will receive in few
days another. hundred boxes of tobacco,
which they propose selling cheap for cash,
either by retail or wholesale.
Mr.. J. s. Murray, Jr., principal of the
West Springs High School, in Union Coun-
ty, made his parents at this place flying
visit on Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. AL. Watt and G. T. Burditt, from
near Lowndesville, will commence gener-
al merchandise business in Hartwell, Ga,
about the first of next month.
Dr.. Lander, of WILLIAMSON, spent satur-
day and Sunday in Anderson. His school
is fuller at present than ever before in its
history at this season of the year.
Married, on Thursday, 10th February,
ut the residence of the brides grandfather,
by Rev. Robert Nall, Mr.. James Findlay,
of Greenville, and Miss Bette Griffin, of
Pickens.
Mr.. A. Lesser, the enterprising proprietor
of the Paris Store, has gone North to pur-
chase his spring and summer goods. He is
going to buy large stock, and sell at low
prices.
The revenue officials have captured the
bar room that has been plying up and down
the Savannah for the past few months deal
ing out moonshine whiskey to the thirsty
on both sides OF the river.
W. G. Benet, Esq, of Abbeville, paid Us
visit on Thursday morning last. BE was
here in attendance on Court and the annu-
al meeting of the Greenyille Convocation
of the Episcopal Church.
We surrender large amount of space
this week to the proceedings in the trial of
the parties charged with burning Maj. An
derson's store at Williamson. Our read
ers will find the report interesting.
The list Quarterly Conference of the An
derson Methodist Episcopal Church will be
held in the Church tomorrow night, 9th
instant, at II o'clock. It will be a business
meeting, and all the officials of the Church
are expected to attend.
The concert given by Mrs. Pinkind on
last Friday evening was very slimly attend
ed, although it was one of the most chaste,
and refined entertainments it has ever been
our privilege to attend. The programme
consisted of vocal and instrumental music,
and the pieces were well selected and most
admirably performed.
We have received another card from
Capt. Sullivan in relation to the controver-
sy with our Honea Path correspondent, but
as the matter has become entirely personal
we must decline to publish anything more
about it, except as paid advertisements. 1t
is not matter of any further interest to the
public.
The annual meeting of the Greenville
Convocation of the Episcopal Church was
held with Grace Church last week, embrac-
ing Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
The meeting YVES pleasant and harmoni-
Gus one throughout, and was attended by
Representatives from the Churches at Able.
vile, Spartanburg and Pendleton.
"We had pleasant visit last week from
Mr.. c. C. Langston, compositor in the
office Of the Anderson INTELL1GENcER. He
boarded the train at this place for Atlanta,
where he will be treated for an affection of
the eyes. He is in full keeping with every
thing in that Office, which is to say great
deal, for the INTELLIGENCE is the best South
Carolina paper we know of."-HartTeA Sun.
The Grand Division, Sons of Temperance,
of this State will hold its regular quarterly
meeting with Broadway Division, in this
County, on Wednesday, 18th Of March.
It will be the first meeting of the Grand
Division ever held with country Division,
but we know of no community in South
Carolina better able to entertain the dele
gates in handsome manner than the one
about Broadway.