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

paid Us n visil IN Monday.
Mr.. L. p. Smith has moved into his new
residence Oh River street.
a good sewing machine can be bought at
this office cheap for the cash.
Savannah River was six or eight feet
higher thnn usual OIL Monday.
We doubt if the public roads were ever
in worse condition than at present.
The weather clcased up on Monday after
nearly two weeks Of clouds and rain.
A small engine house has been erected at
Bolton by the c. & G. II. II. Company.
Cold weather always stimulates the mat
rirlonial market 1t is fact We will not
attempt to explain.
Mrs. G. K. Murray's school for young
ladies closed last Friday and will rcopen
on the 18th of January next
Mr. jesse NJ. Smith is building u new res
-i1cncc for Mr.. j.. H. Secl on 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 u
leap year party at the residence Of Mrs
Rosa Webb on Tuesday evening last.
The fall tcrn of the Carolina Collegiate
Institute closed on last Friday. 1t will re-
open in January ms u strictly male school.
Mr.. G. Z. Broylcs, n rising young lawyer
NJ Dalton, Ca. and member Of The Georgia
Legislature. is on n visit to relatives in our
town.
Mr.. John A. Reeves has recently moved
from his place 81 miles below town to- the
home of his aged father on Six-and- Twenty
creek
Hunters Spring Grange will lect next
Saturday at y. M for the election of off
GERS and transaction Of other important
business.
DR.. $. NJ. Orr and Mr. +. T.. Sloan will
open Il drug store at the present stand Of
Nlcssrs. Simpson, Reid & Co. about the lst
January.
Goods will he 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, colored. WAS arrested and
committed TO Jail on Tuesday for stealing
goods out of the buggy of Mr.. Ashley from
Korca Path.
The farmers are generally very much be-
hind In sowing their small grain. The
amount of wheat sowcd this year will not
hc rs large rs usual
Rev VIM. Henry Strickland, Correspond
ing Secretary of the State Baptist Conyen-
tion- will preach at Flat Rock Church next
Sunday Mt IL q. i'll.
There is less than mile and q half of
grading to be done on the Atlantic and
French Broad Valley Railroad between
Pickcns c. Ii. and Easlcy.
Prof. DeHcrradora will lecture in the
Court House tonight Thursday at u
O'Clock on penmanship. The public gem
Z. in p,.ifn nI M,
Up to Tuesday night last there had been
received at tile depot iii Anderson 1914
'balcs Of cotton, about $500 more than to
the same date Inst year. We will get the
10000.
Married. at the residence of The brides
mother, Thursday, December 9, 1850, by
Rev. I. w. Wingo. Mr.. Charles +. Vnndi-
yer and Miss Josie Il. King-all Of Ander-
son County.
Mr.. p. A. Keys and wife, of Atlanta, Ga.
are visiting the formers parents, Mr. md
Mrs. J. G. Keys, near town. Mr.. Keys is
now nm engineer on q passenger train on
the Air Line Railroad.
Maj. D. l.. Cox, of the Fork who recently
sustained severe injuries by the running
away of team of mules on the hill ut
Earles bridge, on Seneca river, was Mt last
accounts still in critical condition
The town was afflicted from THURSDAY to
Monday with Tar Heel auctioneer who
sold ''s.x dollars worth of jcwclry for twen-
ty-five cents" to hundreds of persons. He
went down to Honea Path on Tuesday.
OF fifty-two one and two-horse wagons
received by Mcssrs. Cunningham & Co.
about sixty days ego. fifty have been sold.
They are 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 go to plantations Of Messrs.
B. +. Crayton & Sons and tho other to Mai.
j. w. Provost.
The attention of our readers in Delon
and Williamson townships is directed to
the advertisement Of the Atlantic and
French Broad Valley Railroad Company,
which relates to the taxes due the Compa-
ny in tho5c townships
S!ab:own Grange will hold q regular
meeting on Saturday, the 18th instant, Mt
2 O'Clock p. nj. All the members arc re-
Questei to attend. rs the election OF officers
will take place Mt that time, and other busi-
ness of importance will be transacted.
In addition to great many other pretty
&. things Messrs. Simpson. Reid & Co. have
q just received large variety Of beautiful
bouquets made of natural grasses and
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 transp0Tta-
tion. In this State they nre 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 hns been carefully cullcd and con-
densed from the reports in our daily cx.
changes. We are able only to print such
portions of the proceedings as arc of gen.
oral interests to the public.
There were great many people in town
o:: Monday, and considering !. was g
''horseback day" business was very good.
Several tracts of land were sold at public
outcry by tho Master. and small amount
of personality by the Sheriff. Beyond n few
|:.Ss. - .so l,o',ce, i,"ti';,ns ,v1urrrG io
disturb the usual quiet of the town.
The time for which excursion tickets will
Fbe sold to Charleston Mt the reduced rates
has been extended 30 the l4th instant, good
to return on up TO the 18th inclusive. This
is done for the accommodation of those
who desire to attend the annual convocation
of the Grand Lodge, A. f. NJ, which con.
vcncs in Charleston on next Tuesday.
According to n ST. Louis paper the oieo-
margarine makers have reduced the product
to such fine point they put in selected hairs,
which gives the artificial butter consistency
and plausibility not otherwise attainable
This is equal to Mark Twain who ALWAYS
knew when the cook was changed Mt his