The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-27
w. w. KEYS, LOCAL EDITOR.
BRIEF MENTION.

The disteluper is prevailing among th
horses and mules in this section.
Rev. r. C. Ligon will preach at Robert
Church on next Sunday at IL a. III.
There are nearly $l605 in the Treasury Of
( the town, and we need town clock.
e Mr.. T. L. Clinkscales, Jr., of middle
b Texas, is visiting relatives in this County
a Mr.. a. Turner Moss slaughtered 10
Hmonth-old porkcr Monday that netted 27e
bounds.
So Col. NJ. p. Trbblc qualified ..s County
Treasurer on last Saturday, and is now in
charge Of the Office
Cotton factories and immigration is what
champion County needs. Guardian. And
A1levery other County in the South.
81 Don't lose sight of your newspaper &c.
1count because it is small. The little things
azarc the most important sometimes.
a Wyman had an audience of less than a
4 8corporals guard last Thursday evening" all
s8of whom, we presume. had free tickets.
4 Mr.. Dudley Reid and Miss Meta Brown
i were united in marriage on Wednesday
! 3evening 10Th instant, Rev. John Attaway
officiating.
Mr. Stephen McCully, the oldest male
citizen of our town, and one most highly
q esteemed by all, has been quite feeble for q
week or two.
The citizens Of WILLIAMSON township are
said to be paying their railroad tax more
apromptly than those of any other township
in the County.
At recent meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees of Erskine College, Mr. John H. Miller,
Y Of Camden, Alabama, was elected Professor
q of Mathematics.
There are only five days more in which
4 to pay the railroad taxes without the pen
nlty Of 90 per cent, the time expiring on
J Tuesday next.
rs The roads arc improving q little, and
Business in town is looking up bit. Fifty
sor sixty bales of cotton day is now about
the amount brought in.
q Very few persons in town have yet made
their tax returns to the Clerk Of the Coun-
S9cil, although next Monday is the last day.
Save the penalty by being prompt.
y Rev. L. w. Tribble performed the mar
riage ceremony Of Mr.. John N. Kay, of
"a Abbevillc county, ana Miss Anna NJ. Guy
"a ton, of Anderson county, on the 10th inst.
a The acreage sown in wheat in this County
sthis winter is smaller than for many years
@past. Tho failure Of the crop for the past
few years has discouraged the rermers, it
.sseems.
q Bob Hutchison, freight trainman on
4 the Blue Ridge division, had the end of one
B of his fingers mashed off On Monday morn
j ing while coupling cars at the depot at this
place.
There was slight fall of snow nearly all
over TIE State on Monday. In the middle
/ counties the ground was slightly covered,
while in the upper counties it disappeared
rs fast rs it fell.
We direct attention to the advertisement
Of Messrs. McCully & Taylor, found else
where in this ISSUE The fertilizers for
6 which they are agents nre standard brands,
and arc sold on liberal terms.
Maj. George A. Wagner and wife, Cf
Charleston, arrived in Anderson on Mon
day evening. Mrs. Wagner will spend q
week with her parents. while the Major
makes short business visit to Atlanta, Ga.
A meeting Of the Board of Directors of
the Savannah Valley Railroad Company is
\ held at this place to-day, ut which they will
B probably give out the grading of twenty
II miles of the road in one or more contracts.
4 Mrs. Pinkind, one of the most accom-
Z plished music ,eachers in the State, has
permanently located in Anderson, and will
4 give lessons in instrumental music. She
can be found at the residence of Rev. w. H.
4 Strickland.
4 Professor Willoughby Readc will give an
4 other of his interesting readings in the
8 Masonic Hall tonight for the benefit of the
Baptist (iiver railroad) parsonage fund.
4 All who wish to spend pleasant evening
\ should be sure to attend.
Mr.. Thos. +. Hill went down to Charles
4 ton last weel, stood an examination in
pharmacy, received diploma, and came
back full fledged npothecary and pharma-
cist. He stood creditablc examination,
and is still mixing medicines and rolling
pills for Wilhite 81 Wilhite.
Mr. Josiah Cobb. an aged and respected
citizen of the town, died at the residence oi
Mr.. j. Is. McGee, his son-in-law, Wednes-
day night of last week between IL and Il
o'clock of disease of the kidneys after an
illness of two or three weeks. His remains
were inferred in the Presbyterian graveyard
on Friday morning.
Some fend went to the marble yard Of
Mr.. Samuel Murphy on Monday night and
destroyed Two large marble slabs worth G
hundred dollers more. The man who
would destroy his ncighbor's property for
spite deserves the seyer;st punisime o.
the law. He is base wretch who could
find pleasure or satisfaction in such deeds
Bette Thomson, colorcd, aged 1O4 years
died in this County on the Goth inst. Sht
was formerly slave of Mrs. Rachae
McFall, and faithful member of Varennes
Church for many years. She left ont
daughter, grand children, 81 get grant
children and 80 great great-grand children
She retained her consciousness to the last
something remarkable for one of her ad
vanced years.
Every man should mind his own business