The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-08
THE INTELLIGENCER
LOCAL MATTERS.
BRIEF MENTION.

BRIEF MENTION.
The small gain crops are generally look
ing fine.
The roads are said to be in very fn'
condition.
MIRO. H. P. FAINT is improving in health
and is able to be out again.
Dime reading next Tuesday evening at
the residence of Mrs. V. Burress.
See the card of Maj. 7. n. Russell, and
come to the meeting announced in it,
Mr.. G.. Keys killed 1-year-old hog on
the 26th uitimo that weighed 420 pounds.
Mr., r. Y. 81. Nance has removed his
family to Townville, where he is running a
saw mill.
The public school meeting of Broadway
township to be held on Saturday will con-
yene at 1Oa. m.
DR.. r. F. Diyver will deliver an address
before the Temperance Division at its meet
ing this evening.
The horse-swappers haye transferred their
place of business from Hampton Grove to
the rear Of Granite Row.
We are requested to announce that Rev.
B. Eays will preach at Hopewell Church
on the third Sunday in this month.
Capt. ]. c. Stribling has our thanks for
sample of butter from Ashtabula Farm,
which was rich, yellow and delicious.
Capt. Wren, the photographer, has re-
turned home after ten-days' holiday, and
resumed charge of Mr.. Maxwell's gallery.
Married, by Rev. W. P. P..Martin, January
4th, 1880, at his residence, Mr.. John &.
Ellison and Miss Mary G. Antry. All OF
this County.
MIR. C..H. Strickland, son of Rev. w. 81.
Strickland, returned home from Fort Worth,
Texas, on Friday last, after an absence of
nine or ten months.
Cash Norris, colored, died in town on
Friday from injuries received while scuf-
fling with his brother, Abram Norris, on
the 2Sth December.
The Town Council has put number Of
colored boys and men to work on the streets
for tearing up bridges on the sidewalks
during Christmas week.
Married, at. the residence of the bride,
December 80, 1879, by Rev. w. J. Hyde,
Mr.E. E. Pruitt and Mrs R. J. Moorhead.
An of Forsyth County, Georgia.
Married, January 1, 1880, at the residence
of the brides father, Mr.. @. S. Beatty, by
Rev. R. G. Ligon, Mr.. G. NJ. Sherard and
Miss T. C. Beatty. All of this County.
Mr. Ritz's meteoric' balloon. from some
cause or other, was not altogether success.
It made beautiful start, but unfortunately
exploded when about twenty feet in the air.
Married, December 18th, 1879, at the res
idence Of the BRIDES father, Mr.. James
McPhail, by the Rev. R. c. Ligon, Mr.. w.
O.Price and Miss II. s. McPhail. All Of
Anderson County.
Mr.. J. S. Murray, Jr., who had been
spending his vacation in Anderson, re-
turned to West Springs, Union County, on
Saturday, at which place he is principal Of
q aaourishing school.
Married, at Westminster, S. c., in the
Baptist Church, Sunday evening, January
4th, 1880, by Rev. E. L. sisk, Mr.. A. P.
Freeman and Miss Cordelia sisk, daughter
ofthe officiating clergyman.
The Y. n. C. A. will hold a meeting in
the Court House this evening, opening at
81 and closing at II, for special prayer for
young men. The public generally and the
young men especially are invited to attend.
Judging by the number Of blank liens
being ordered by our merchants, we would
certainly conclude that they expect to do a
big business this year in the way Of fur
nishing supplies to the farmers. One firm
alone has ordered i've hundred.
The beautiful spell of spring-like weather
we have been having for the past two weeks
has never been surpassed in the memory of
the eoldest inhabitant. The whole winter has
been most remarkably mild, and only once
or twice has it been cold enough for ice.
Mr.. r. L. Moorhead has returned to An
derson and entered into copartnership with
Messrs. J. Pink. Reed and II. o. Herick
for the conduct of general mercantile
business. His many friends welcome him
back into our midst, and hope that his To-
cation this time will be permanent.
Mr.. John W. Duncan died at his resi-
dence in this County on last Thursday
morning, after a lingering illness from con-
1sumption. BE was in his Soth year at the
time of his death, and leaves a wife and
three children who, together with his neigh
bors and many friends, mourn his untimely
death.
Weregret to hear that Mr.. John B. Adger,
Jr.. met with q yery severe injury by the