The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06
BRIEF MENTION.

w. w. KEYS, LOCAL EDITOR.
BRIEF MENTION.
Il Mr. S. A. Arnstein, of Camden, Is II
town.
IS The bows about town had the first snow
balling on Monday.
There has been snow in sight since tn
18th December-1s days.
Capt. w, D. Evins, left Anderson OF
Tuesday evening for Florida.
See notice given by Mr.. n. r. Wilson o
sale of real estate in this issue.
The public schools of the County will Il
open on Monday next, 10th inst.
The horse-swappers constituted the largest
part of the crowd in town on Monday.
The temperance societies will now likely
build up considerably numerically. Ne"
year resolutions.
Some of the culored women in town have
to keep their children in bed to keep them
warm. No wood.
Mr.. w. E. Stephenson, Of Rock Mills
township, killed seven partridges en- Thurs
day last at one shot.
DR.. Sisk, of Strawberry plane, Tennessee,
spent Christmas in Anderson as the guest OF
Mrs. Bewley, his relative.
There will be no preaching in the Pres by
terian Church next Sunday, the pastor be-
ing absent at Ninety-Six.
sodare DIP your account for your news
paper, and begin the year With clear con-
science. It will do you good.
The scarcity of wood in town during the
past week run the price up from 75 cents to
$1.50 and $1.75 per two-horse load.
Mr.. Bill Miller, of Rock Mills township,
received severe blow on the head week
or two ago from q limb of falling tree.
sleIghing is quite common and popular
now abotit town. Three or four vehicles OF
the kind have been kept btsy tile past week.
Christmas was exceedingly dull in An
derson. The cold weather kept everybody
in doors, and the days all seemed like Sun
days.
The Carolina Collegiate Institute, Mrs.
Murray's school for girls and Mrs: Ligon's
school for children will all open on NJ onoay
next.
Some of the young men from town had
fine sport skating on Carwile's ,uill pond
last week. The ice was three or four inches
thick.
Mr.. Luthur Burriss and Miss Eliza Nc
Murtry were married at Salem Church on
Thursday. 23d December, 1880, Rev. ]. r.
Earle officiating.
There has been general squaring up of
accounts around town this week. Every
body wants to commence the new year with
clean balance sheet.
Can't. Reno, Paymaster of the Air Line
Railroad paid business visit to Anderson
: on Monday last. He was favorably im-
pressed with our town.
Sheriff Mcconnell began the year with
eight prisoners, one of whom is serving out
q sentence, the other seven awaiting trial at
the February Court.
The tax to the Savannah Valley and at.
lantic and French Broad Valley Railroads
must be paid by the list February. After
that date the penalty will attach.
Rev. Mike MCGEE united two couples in
marriage on the 18th ult., to wit: Mr.. John
{ Haynie and Miss Lula Erskine and Mr.. w.
r. Ellis and Miss Christiana King.
The pound party of the Sons of Temper.
ance on the evening of the 2Sth ult., was
pleasant occasion for all who attended,
and especially for the young people.
Col. James A. Hoyt, of Greenville, and
Mr.. J. o. Mcdaniel, of Allatoona, Ga,
with their families, spent the Christmas
holidays with relatives in Anderson.
Union Grove Division, Sons of Temper
ance, will meet at Bowling Green on next
Saturday at 6 o'clock p. M, and all the
members are requested to be present.
The biggest tale about the cold weather
we have vet heard is that told by certain
clerk in town, who afirms that the oil in
his lamp froze while it was burning.
The passenger train on the Blue Ridge
division has been unable to make schedule
time for the past few days in consequence
of exhausting the supply of dry wood.
NJ. Jacob NJ. Wigginton and Miss Mamie
E. Moore, both of Piedmont, S. G., were
Joined in wedlock on Tuesday at the resi-
dence of the officiating minister, Rev. Wm.
Henry Strickland.
The young men about Piercetown could
not have their tournament and gander-
pulling last Thursday on account Of the bad
weather. They had the more time, how
ever, for sparkling the girls.
J.P. Sullivan & Co., at Sullivan's Corner,
want their customers to remember that they
keep the best groceries, ETC., and that they
sell for a short profit. Their new advertise
will onnoor noYt week.
The Town Clerk will receive the Savan.
nah Valley Railroad tax until the 1st Feb
ruary inclusive without any penalty, but
after that date q penalty Of twenty per cent.
will be added to the amount.
A colored man named Elias Hunter was
shot in the hip on the evening of the 9th
December by the accidental discharge of an
old pistol he and another colOred man were
fooling with. The wound is slight one.
Married, on the 23d Of December, 1880,
at the residence of the brides mother, Mrs.
Jane Osborne, by Rev. J. z. Carlisle, Mr..
Herman T.. Mengs, of Gainesville, Ca, to
Miss Lizzie T. Osborne, of Anderson, S. G.
GreenviIlc is evidently the coldest place
in the State, if not in the South. The ther-
mometer registered Is degrees below zero
there on the morning of the 30th ult., while
Mt other places of the same latitude it was
only 6 and Z.
The Associate Grange of this County will
meet ut Hunters Spring at 10 o'clock on
Saturday. 18th inst. The subjects for dis
cussion are, Improved Agricultural I'M
plements' and Preparation of Land for
their Use."
The Knights of Honor only got two gal
Ions of fresh oysters for their annualsup-
per last night, and several of the members
were "down in the mouth" considerably
about it yesterday. Nevertheless, they were
all expecting good time.
Rev. J. T. Sweat, of Hampton County,
has announced himself as a candidate fol
School Commissioner in that County at the
election in 1882. He must like the business
of electioneering, and means to make the
man s,reat who gets the Office.
We direct attention to the school adver.
tisement of Mr.. w. F. Cox. of Bolton