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


10Th December-19 days.
Capt. w. d. Evins, ieft Anderson Oh
Tuesday evening for Florida.
See notice given by Mr.. n. Il. Wilson o
sale of real estate in this issue
The public schools of the County will al
open on Monday next, 10th inst.
The liorse-swapper constituted the largest
part of tho crowd in town on Monday.
Tie temperance societies will now likely
build up considerably numerically. New
year resolutions.
Some of the cLlored women in town have
to keep their children in bed to keep thom
warm. No wood.
Mr.. w. f. Stephenson. of Rock Mills
township killed seven partridgcs OH Thurs.
day last ut one shot.
DR.. Sisk, of Strawberry plane, Tennessee.
spent Christmas in Anderson as the guest of
Mrs. Bcwley, his relative
There will be no preaching in the Pres by.
tcrian Church next Sunday, the paste r be.
Ing absent at NinetySix.
Square up your account for your news
paper. and begin the year with clear con-
science. 1t will do you good.
nv scaiCitS w "oOu Ill tOWH during tie
past week run the price up from rs cents to
Sl.5O and Sl.75 per twohorse load.
Mr. Bill Miller of Rock Mills township.
received severe blow on the head week
or two ago from limb of falling tree.
BleIghing is quite common and popular
now about town. Three or four vehicles of
the kind have been kept busy tic 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 ch'nrer will all open OH NJ onday
next.
Some Of the young men from town had
fine sport skating on Carwile's mill pond
last week. The ice was three or four inches
thick.
Mr.. Luthur Burriss and Miss Eliza Nc.
Murtry were married Mt Salem Church on
Thursday, 23d December, 1880, Rev. J. r.
Earle officiating.
There has been general squaring ND of
accounts around town this week. Every
body wants to commence the new year with
clean balance sheet.
Capt. Reno, Paymaster of the Air Line
Railroad paid business visit to Anderson
on Monday last. IIc was faYorably i'm.
pressed with our town.
Sheriff Mcconnell began the wear with
eight prisoners, one of whom is serving out
IL 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 1st February. After
that date tic penalty will attach.
Rev. Mike McGec united two couples in
marriage on the 10th ut., to wit: Mr.. JOHN
Haynie and Miss Lula Erskine and MIR. w.
II. Ellis and Miss Christiana King.
The pound party of the Sons of Temper
ance on the evening of the 2Sth ult., was
n pleasant occasion for all who attended,
and especially for the young people.
Col. James A. Hoyt, of Greenville, and
Mr.. j.. 9. Mcdaniel, of Alatoona, Ga,
with their families, spent the Christmas
holidays with relatives in Anderson.
Union Grove Division Sons of Temper
ancc, will meet at Bowling Green on next
Saturday at o'clock p. m.. and all the
members are requested to be present.
The biggest tale about the cold weather
we have yet heard is that told by certain
clerk in town, who affirms that the oil in
his lamp froze while it was burning.
The passenger train OH the Blue Ridge
division has been unable to make schedule
time for the past few days in consc1Icnc
of cxhausting the supply of dry wood.
Mr. jacob NJ. Wigginton and Miss Mamie
f Moore, both of Piedmont, s. O., 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 nave 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 Sulivan's Corner,
want their customers to remember that they
keep the best groceries, etc, and that they
sell for short profit. Their new advertise
mcnt will appear next 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 penalty OF twenty per cent.
will be added to the amount.
A colorcd man named Elias Hunter was
shot in the hip Oh the evening of the 9th
December by the accidental discharge of an
old pistol he and another colorcd man were
fooling with The wound is slight one
Married. OH the 23d of December, 1880,
at the residence of the brides mother, Mrs.
Jane Osborne, by Rev. J. E. Carlisle, Mr..
Herman Il. Mengs, of Gainesville, Ca, to
Miss Lizzie I. Osborne, of Anderson. s.. C..
Greenvillc is evidently the codcst place
i'll the State, If not in the South. The ther-
mometcr registered Is degrees below zero
Mt other places of the same latitude it was
only and Z.
The Associate Grange of this County will
mess at Hunters Spring Mt 10 O'Clock on
Saturday. 18th inst. The subjects for dis
cnssion 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 annual. sup
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,
hns announced himself as candidate fer
School Commissioner in that County at the
election in 1882. He must like the business
of electioneering, and means to make the
&c o.: :i:c cf..cc
We direct attention to the school adver-
MI;SS III; !, 81. ;:.;s Cox, n, y Be GSsiC
had considerable experience rs teacher,
and those WI o commit their children to his
training can ely on it being well done.
Bowling Green Grange meets next Satur-
day at 2 o'clock p. m. Every member is
requested to be present rs matters of ;npor-
tance will come before the Grange. 2. R.
Brown and NJ. Z. Mitchell are requested to
install the newly elected officers on that day.
The new Board Of County Commissioners
met and organized on Tuesday by electing
Mr. John H Jones Chairman and John t.