The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-08-04

liquor 10 their children. oApl"d"d II dN-
Mantle torpedo IL the basement "i ms 81
loon this evening and Partially dcin"l'
i,hcd the building. lie c-rarcd mnhufi
Ex-Scnatnr tonniing say, he in
tends to practice "a little law III this
country if he can &c, the permission Of
the editors who have been opposing his
re- election that he would not presume
10 practice without this PERMISSION.
This lit;lc hi, OF irony indica'cS that the
senator thinks il wao III" newspapers
,ha, Killed hin- IL" l. mistaken IL
WAS :, c..7" -. suicide.
The ihl,cviilc Min1. say, Tile
yoin- iali.- of & tcnw"pd mean busi-
ness. They give no c"untenhnco 10 q
Young man who drinks liquor, and VIII
give him no show in the reading CLUB,
,ipon The ground that liquor and learning
don't go wcll together. y number OF the
youn. men have surcllmbe1. for they
prefer the smiles oi charming Young
lady to good drink of whlskcy.
Tic bonanza kings Of the Pacific
coast keep acci,mtilatinS wealth. wlilo
tlio individual s;ockhOldcr5 pf Their NM
ing property are assessed out OF exist
cncc. The tax rolls of san Francisco
give the personal property oi icw OF
them ~ follows: james Fair. lnlted
states Senator from Nevada, Si2,2Wp0 000
j. {. Flood, $,3. 500, 900 J. w. Mackey,
-.
A negro man named Jim G0ode.
living on Mr. Samuel Cathcart's planti-
ton in Fairfield County, was severely
burned on Friday night last. and died
from his injuries on Saturday morning.
He had Il kerosene lamp his room.
and undertook To fill ii while ii was
lighted. The oil III tho can became ig-
nitcd and. the can exploding, the burn
ing liquid WAS thrown on the clothing OF
the man
\ dispatch To the Nc'cs n"d Corf'er,
from Iaurcns, >. c., dated July 70. says
"A negro man was Shot and killed by
hi, brother on Yesterday, on the planta.
ton of Mr. j X. Fowler. living in the
ncighborhood of Warmers Creek Church.
1t appears that the deceased had been
beating his wife numerically, and was
ordered to stop by his brother, but on re-
f,lsing To dcsist the brother blew out his
brains with Il lnu,kct.
There is gospel boom" going on
anlong the dcns and dives of New York.
Miss Minnie Brooks was first converted
from the evil Of her ways. and turned her
house into mission meeting place. She
sold her furniture and Gncry, and IL re-
solved To devote herself hcnccfOrth and
forever to the reforming of her class.
She has been joined by several Christian
workers, and many of the wild and way
ward young girls of the ncighborhood
arc following in the footsteps of Minnie
to Il better life.
The Williamsburg HrrtH say: Tio
sheriff attempted to arrest Jack Hicks, Il
colorcd man, last Monday morning. No
sooner did the sheriff order him to SUR
render than he ran Oft, when tho sheriff
fired four shots, two ofwhich took effect,
one in his shoulder lust above tho blade,
and tho other in the leg. He made good
his escape, but it is thought he will die.
There were three indictments out for
him, one for stealing cotton, one for
breaking Jail and turning out prisoners,
and another for not paying his poll tax
- The administration Of the POslOflico
Department upon business principles has
already reduced the expenses about 81.
600, 900 per annum without in any man
ncr iinpairing the efficiency of the ser
vice. Meantime the receipts are steadily
increasing, and it is not Improbable that
the Department by the end Of the fiscal
year will become self-supporting. The
| next step Of the government then, no
| doubt. will be 10 cheapen the postal ser
vice. y reduction upon letter postage
| and OF the cost Of money orders w0n!i
be acceptable to the people.
- ON last last "Wednesday night the
barn and stables of Mr.. II. J. Glu,lney,
in Fairfield County, were destroyed by
all nccndiary fire. The barn was Il two
|
stock surrounded the lower story. The
animals were fortunately in pasture,
and were consequently saved. On sun
| day night two other buildings on Mr.
Gladncys place "a crib and II two.rooni
cabin used lis a stable were burnt, the
| fire being again the work of incendia-
ries Cain Jones and his son, colored
have been arrested, charged with the
burning.
| ',ss, nf mi
says: ''rhe family of Mr.. John Barn
we'll were taken suddenly i'll OH Sunday
| evening, and DR.. Stuart on being sum
moned found symptoms of poisoning
There were nine persons affected, and fol
a time several of Them were in Il critical
condition. The Doctor administered AN
tidotcs for tartar emetic and the patients
wero soon relieved. Tho poisoning was
| owing to one OF two causes, watermelon
or canned beef; but as the melon camt
from Augusta the Doctor inclines to tht
opinion that il resulted !ro;n s0ifu iinpii-
rity III the beef. a rather significant fact
however, occurred yesterday. \ cOlorcd
man attempted to purchase tartar cmeti(
t. Fix his watermelons, as they were
disappearing too fast
The scarlet fever seems To have
broken out moro violently than ever il
seaside costumes this year. UnshadcG
red i'll parasols, hat Innings, and catching
and bathing suits is universally worn
and the eye fairly aches for more sub
dued and Harmonious tones on beach ant
esplunado, whore tho unmurciful rays O
the summer sun beat down upon whole
forests of female forms, every one q
which displays some garment or ribbot
OF this tlorid and glaring hue, and the
combinations occasionally to ho Snci
with other COiOrS seem only intended I,
bring out the favorite scarlet in strOngc
relief and with greater violence. Rec
with purple fiicinES, saffron with scarle
stripes, rich cardinal with black trim
mngs, in truc Mephstophelian style, ar,
worn by rnatrOns and maidcns withou
any reference whatever tn age, complex
ion, Or beconinyness.
= a twclvo-y,ar old son Of Mr.. FL
Moore, of Darlington county, came to hi
death in mysterious manner last week
He went out to the field to carry water tt
his father a> usual, and not coming OF
time the father became uneasy and III sti
tutcd search for his son. whose clothln!
was found on the bank of I.ynch's River
The river was dragged aud the body
was iound about fifty yards from wher,
the Clothing was found. Tho boys necl
was broken. An inquest was held b,
Trial Justice Fountain. DR.. Palmer
| who held the post mortem examination
said the boy came to his death by hi
neck being broken he did not dire IN
Tho manner in which his neck wa
broken would have caused respiration {,
have ceased almost Immediately. Th
jury returned verdict "that tho de
ceased was found in Lynch's River will
his neck broken by some cause. mis-
chance or accident, entirely unknown L
the jury
We would only ask you 10 try Il sampl
box of the kauQuita Indian Worm Pclle
TO assure you that long felt want has beer