The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-03-25
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
o,eanlngs from our state Esenanees

w ACUos L AG NcI UtGLutF
the past week has seriously damaged the
wheat and oats crops, and it is feared by
some that the crop will be almost a fail
ure. 1t has caused rust and mildew in it.
and much of the wheat Is now lying fat
upon the ground. twill require an un-
usual amount Of vitality in the stalks 70
enable them to recover from the effects
of rust and mildew, coming 50 early in
the ..One day last week, Sir.
John Patrick, of White Oak, was having
some blasting done in his we'll, which
was of o depth Of sixty feet. On descend
ing the we'll, after one Of the blasts had
been discharged, it was found that eh
iron wedge has been blown out of the
solid rock in which it had been embeI-
ded. It was picked out from the debris
and fragments of rock lying in the bot
tom of the we'll, and is now in tho posses
sion of Mr.. Patrick, still having portions
of the rock adhering to it. How it came
to be in the rock at a depth of sixty feet
we will not pretend to say but there are
witnesses Of unimpeachable veracity
who will testify to the truth of the fact.
Marion Star: 1t is estimated that il
will take 5000 bales of Marion's cotton
crop this year to pay for guano. The
Rev. Miss Painter is preaching daily at
the Methodist Church.
Williamsburg-Kingstree Star. The
tram road running from Lanes, Northeas.
tern Railroad, to the Town of Forreston.
will we extended to Manning within the
next twelve months. 1--WE are told that
q cow of Mr.. r. @. Logan went crazy In
his yard last week, and he had her killed.
The only way to account for the occur
renee is to suppose that she was bitten
by mad dog which was killed on the
edge Of our town few days previous.
Abbeville Press and Banner: At the
Methodist Church last Sunday $l3.65
was collected for the Irish sufferers. Ow-
ing to the inclemency of the weather there
was only small attendance at any of
the churches. At the other churches
the collection was postponed until
more favorable time........At Edge.
field court those whose hands were
red with blood were acquitted-those who
had stolen faT dollars worth were
marched off to the Penitentiary.
Abbeville Medium: Among the gradu-
ates =. TIC isto commencement of the
Philadelphia Dental College was Mr.. s..
G.. Thomson of this place. He is g. son
of Judge Thompson and q promising
young man of very solid attainments.
He was the only representative from
South Carolina. "A subscription for the
capital stock to start National Bank
will be opened in town next week. $780,
900 is required. Tho merchants &c
Greenwood report cash sales of 1880 far
in excess of corresponding time last year.
Greenwood shipped three thousand
and sixty-two bales of cotton from Sep
tember !, 1879, to March /, 1880.
Chester Bulletin: Col. G. J. Pride, of
Rock Hill, census supervisor for this dis
trict, has received $50 applications for
to the office Of enumerator.
On an average 90 applications are re-
ceived daily.
Greenville News: The floods have
brought large focks of wild geese to the
city, and the sportsmen stand in their
back piaZzas and shoot them rs they swim
around the yai i...... Yesterday we saw
an almond tree, ut the residence of Mr..
VIM. Goldsmith, which had cast its blos-
SONS, and now has full crop of young
fruit. This tree has bloomed each sue.
cessive spring, but the early frosts have
always Killed them. This being q mild
spring, the fruit is more advanced......
Mr.. Thomas Goldsmith, who was so seri-
ously hurt at his saw mill some days ago
that it rendered amputation necessary,
died ut his residence on Sunday morn
ing last.
Greenville Adueriiser:. It is stated that
the second crop of cotton is being picked
from farm near Rock Hill, four bales
having been picked out since the 1st of
January. !,
GSeenyills Enterpriss; Maj. VIM.
Bayne, who has filled the Office of coro-
uer for Greenvillef County during the
past three years, has rendered his resig-
nation TO the Governor.
Lnurensville Herald: A great deal of
oano hns bsen planted in Laurens County
this year, and large yield of syrup win
be realized by the farmers. Rust in the
wheat fieids...... The county Jail is vacant
.,....All the streams Of the county are
overiiowing their banks. The County
Democratic Executive Committee meets
on the 9th inst. q. a.
Spartanburg Herald The coiored Odd
Fellows la their parade laat! Friday car
Barnweil Sentinel: a colored man,
Lawis Wise, who ,livss FIVE miles from
Barnweil, told uE that the year 1879
brought him good luck on MI aides. He
had q girl baby boiI 20 him, HE COW had
o calf, his bitch had pups, his cat had
kittans, his SOW had pigs; and with one
horse he made ten bales of cOttcn, $50
bushels OF corn, two banks potatoes and
between thirty and forty bushels COW
peas. II THE z. s.a.: :: hasn't prospered under
Democratic rule we would ike to know
who has -
Batnwell People. We are Informed
that Mr.. Woodward expects his engine
to arrive ut Blackville about the middle
of this week, and that the road win be ia
running operation from that point to
Bssnwell by Saturday next.......On the
night oftha 9th instant Mr.. Erwin Hair, OF
Rosemary Township. met u arrange end
eudden death. He was walking With his
son near the residence of Mr.. Bryant
Wearthersbee. The night was very dark,
and Mr.. Hair etraYed from the road and
fell over o large stump upon q wooden
bucket which he carFie6 on hisarnl. He
told his son that ne was badly hurt and
attempted to walk, but.1as unable to- do
so. Halp was called, Ear. Weafthersbee
and several negro men came, carried him
70 the house and applied restofatives, but
without success, rs he died within fif.
teen minutes. DIR. John Nj, Smith at.
ssibased ssiba his ,drsssh 10 rupture OF the
spleen.
Clarendon Press zack DuIes, a noto-
rious negro thief, was shot and denk.:..
ouaIy wounded last week while making 0
raid upon the corn crib of Mr. Richard
Lawrence.
Darlington Meas: This clerk of the