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

Five men sitting together in store IN IN
town ON Monday morning counted up 70
rabbits thew caught the day before, and four
others in another store counted up Al theF
had caught; and they all claimed they, were
not hunting, either. No one will DOUBT tne
first part of these statements, put the clall1
that they were not hunting will be credlteo
by even very few of the most credulous'
i Mrs. CYNTHIA II. Davis died at the resi-
dence of her husband, Mr.. B. A. Davis, IN
Savannah township, on last Friday after
moon. after short illness. Mrs. Davis was
an excellent lady, and was very much al
mired by large circle of friends, who SYM
natbize with the bereaved ones over her
death. Appropriate funeral services we're
conducted at the house on Saturday by Kew.
". A. Hodges, and the remains were IN
tered in the Bethesda burial ground.
The following are the officers elect OF An
inc wear: R. C. Cunningham, w. P; W.
Hs Frierson, w. A.; G. c. Langston, K. s.;
Miss Willie Leroy. A. R. s.; John NJ.
Hubbard, f. s.; A. B. Towers, Treas. Rev.
r. P. Bell, Chap. Robert Mayfeld, Con-;
!. T. Burriss, A. c.; N. B. Sullivan. l. 81;
r. c. Ligon. o. S.; A. w. Todd, P. ". r;
James r., Moorhead, Librarian; VIM. D..
Bew1ey, Asst. Librarian. The installation
W ill take place this evening.
The Associate Reformed Presbyterian, pub
l;shed ut Due West, S. c., by Rev. DR.. j. l:
Bonner. has donned new dress, enlarged
to am S-page paper and in other respects
greatly improved ON what it used to be. IL
IS q pleasure to note the signs OF our excel.
| lent neighbor's prosperity, and ne hope it
NAV continue to receive that degree OF pat
ronage from the denomination it represents
| it so richly merits. 1t is one OF the best re-
ligious weeklies we know OF.
|. Mr. William Bolt, of Centrevile town.
ship. started to town with load OF cotton
on Thursday evening. 23d ult., but from
some cause or other had to leave one oaie
on the roadside q short distance from his
place, where it remained until night, when
it was stolen by some one and taken away.
The wagon on which it was hauled on was
tracked several miles to where it turned into
a road that had been travelled good deal,
when it was lost. Though diligent search
has been made, the cotton has not been
found nor any clue to the thief obtained.
Mr.. Newton Scott died at his residence in
this place on the night of the 22nd OF De
cember Mt the age of about 40 years, OF can
Ger on the face, after painful and protrac,.
ted illness. He was consistent member OF
the Methodist church, a good citizen, and
was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
His remains were inferred in the Presovte-
rian graveyard with Masonic honors on the
afternoon of the 23d ult.. after an impres'
siye funeral service in the Methodist church
by the pastor, Rev. ]. e. Carlisle. A wlfe
and four children, with other relatives ana
sympathizing friends mourn his death.
The Council had an interesting session of
about two hours and half on Tuesday af-
ternoon, in which ten or twelve offenders
against the peace and dignity of the town
were tried, convicted and fined, the aggre-
gate amount of the fines reaching about S55.
The usual Ordinance to raise supplies for the
fiscal year beginning January l. 1851. was
also passed, and will be found in another
column. The tax levy is Is cents on every
hundred dollars worth Of real and personal
property. The Ordinance also provides for
the publication by the Town Clerk, in one
of the County newspapers, on or by the 18th
February, 1881, of statement showing the
amount of personal property returned by
each and every taxpayer Of the town, and
that all returns must be made on or before
the 1st February.
The winter thus far has been hard one
and the weather for the past 10 days the
coolest felt in many years. The ground has
been covered with snow since Christmas
morning, and the thermometer below freez-
ing point nearly the whole time. On the
night of the 28th and morning OF the 18th
six inches of snow fell, and on the night
following we had the coolest snap expert
enced in this latitude in 25 or 30 years, and
many say since the cold Saturday in Feb.
ruary, 1885. The thermometer registered 6
degrees below zero on the morning of the
30th and on the morning of the 3lst and
many of the running streams were frozen
entirely over. Both Seneca and Tugaloo
rivers were covered with such thick. coats
of ice at Andersonville that they could not
be crossed with ferry boats, while kerosene
oil in lamps and vinegar in table cruets was
solid. Little birds were found dead under
their roosts, while the fowls about the yards
refused to leave their houses. The snow of
the 29th had melted very little up to the LIST
instant, when another fell, and on Sunday
morning it was eight inches deep. Since
then it has been somewhat warmer, though
it is still bitter cold, and even with big fires
it is difficult to keep comfortable. How
long the cold spell will last is matter now
that everybody in general, and those whose
supply of wood is short in particular, is in
tercsted in.