The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-08-25
State News.

Sumter county claims 10 have pro-
duced the first bale OF cotton .nis wear
Law and order reign supreme in
Hampton county and the Jail is empty
- The young men Of Edgcfcd village
have taken steps to organize library Il
reading room and a literary society
The prospects for good crop oil corn
in many parts of Kershaw county are
exceedingly fiat;ering
y negro preacher in Orangeburr
county is attempting 10 prove that Pha-
raoh was a coon.
= The war continues between Lancas-
ter and Chester counties over the control
of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad
- An official OF the Census Bureau at
Washington writes as follows to Colonel
{. j. Pride. * Rock Hill: Il find very
little trouble with the returns from yonr
state, especially from your District al
most everything is in excellent form
= Considerable interest is being mani
tested in Abbeville's approaching muni-
cipal election. 50 far, there are only nine
tickets in The field.
4 squall OF wind at Bordeaux. Al
bevillc county, the other day, tore all til c
open cotton out Of the ,oils and scattered
il around proniscuously.
~ movement is on foot in WinnSboro
which has for its object the prohibition
OF the storing OF the savory gilano Yith-
i'll the incorporate limits OF the town
The late C. G. Bowen's widow. who
is Il daughter of eXGovcrnor Franklin
j. Moses. was married 20 Postmaster
William y. Taft. OF Charleston. ON The
3d inst
Jack Stafford, the young man vino
committed suicide at Manning last week.
had been sick for some time with fever.
suffering intense pain, and it is supDoscd
that he shot himself 10 obtain relief.
= a few days ago the Coosaw ha.chie
Swamp, in Hampton county. WAS re-
ported to he drying up so rapidly that
quantities OF fish were being devoureu
by buzzards.
ring the month Of July its citizens sue
ceedcd in putting themselves outside of
6,0l2 bottles of beer. They don't want
any prohibition i'll theirs.
= Drorsy and consumption are claim
ing "A large number Of victims among tho
negroes in and around Greenwood
= The Spartanburg Herald says the re-
peal of the lien law seems to be the pre-
vailing sentiment of the people of Soar
tanburg county.
= a black tiend named Isaac Culureath
was committed to the Edgefield Jail on
Saturday, 18th inst, for AN attempted out
rage upon 4 respectable white woman.
= Batesville cotton factory, in Green
Vile county, which was DESTROYED bv fire
few months ago, has been rebuilt, and
viii be in running order again by the first
OF September.
= Charleston is experiencing "a bnsi-
up to their eyes in work, and there is
every indication Of heavy Fall and
Winter trade.
= The corn crib of Mr.. c. T. kce, of
Chester county, was burned by an inccn
diary n few days ago Among other
things, 100 bushels Of corn were de-
stroyed.
= Seven hundred and liny-hve liens
have been filed this year i'm the Office of
the Clerk of the Court Of Ches,eriieid
county. amounting in the aggregate TO
S9l .26S.2i The largest lien is for s, 800.
and the smallest for $3.50.
= y hail-storm in Barnwell county on
Saturday, 18th inst, was disastrous
sequel to the drought. Hail-stones MS
large ms guinea eggs fell in large quanti-
ties, stripping fodder from the corn, beat
ing out all the open cotton and breaking
oil all grown bolls.
= R;ce bird: have appeared II some OF
the plantations in Georgetown county.
The effect OF the salt water upuI the rice
has been very disastrous. and il IS esti.
mated that not more than half q crop will
po maui III 'hc cutiTe county.
y pig with six feet is one OF the nat
ural curiOsiiios of Colleton county. The
f.re legs fork below the knee, from which
have grown out two additional legs and
feet. All four OF the fore legs touch the
ground, and are used in either walking
or running. The pig is finely formed
otherwise, and seems to be in a healthy
condition. Send him up to the Agricui-
tural Bureau.
- The BaTnwell S~etinel advocates the
restoration OF the whipping post as n
Punishment for minor offences, and saws
that the disgrace covering one who has
been publicly striped Mt tho post would
do much towards putting tho straight
laced jacket of Righteousness on hundreds
OF others who new rcSaT;, our iaiis as
places of ease and plenty"
= An ignorant negro named Thomas
II. Wallace has recently been appointed
Postmaster at MOnck's Corner, on the
Northeastern Railroad. Charleston coun-
ty. When he received his commission no
had to get merchant " tho village to
read II to him. Is this civil service re-
form?
= Mr.. w Hatcher. who WAS Injured at
Naucluse while getting off tho Charlotte.
Columbia and Augusta Railroad train on
the I'd instant, died on the 18th instant
from his injuries. The suit for damages
which he instituted against the railroad
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