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

| Five men sitting together in store in
town on Monday morning counted up IS
rabbits they caught the day before and four
others in another store counted up Al they
had caught; and they all claimed they were
not hunting, either. No one will doubt the
| first part of these statements, but the claim
| that they were not hunting will be credited
by even very few Of the most credulous.
Mrs. Cynthia III. Davis died at the resi-
dence of her husband, Mr.. b. A. Davis, in
Savannah township. on last Friday after
noon. after short illness. Mrs Davis was
an excellent lady, and was very much adj
mired by large circle of friends, who SYM
pathizc with the bereaved ones over lier
death. Appropriate funeral services were
conducted at the house or Saturday by Rev.
| W. a. hodges, and the remains were in
tered in the Bethesda burial ground.
The following nre the officers elect of An.
derson Division, S. of T.. to serve the ensu-
ing year: II. G. Cunningham, w. p; w.
II. Frierson, w. A. G. c. Langston. II. s.;
Miss Willie Leroy. a. II. s.; John Nj.
Hubbard, f. s.; a. b. Towers, Treas. Rev.
!. +. Bell, Chap. Robert Mayficld, Con-;
J.. T. Burriss. A. c.; n. b. Sullivan. /. g..
T. c. Lyon. o. s.. A. w. Todd, p. w. p.
James II; Moorhcad. Librarian; VIM. d.
Bewley. Asst. Librarian. The installation
will take place this evening.
The Associate Reformed Prcstmerirn pub.
| lishcd at Due West. s. c., by Rev. DR.. j /.
| Bonner. hns donned new dress, enlarged
10 all 3-lnee paper and in other respects
greatly improved on what ii used to be. 1t
is pleasure to note The signs of our excel
lent neighbor's prosperity, and VIC hope it
may continue to receive that degree of pat
ronage from the denomination it represents
i SO richly merits. 1t is one Of .he best re.
ligious weeklies we know OF.
Mr.. William Bolt, of Centrcvllc town
| ship. started to town with load of cotton
| on Thursday evening. 23d ult., but from
some cause or other had to leave one bale
on the roadside short distance from his
place where ii remained until night, when
it was stolen by some one and taken away
The wagon on which it was hauled off 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 Mt his residence in
this place on the night of the 22nd of De-
cember at the age Of about 40 years, OF can
Ger on the face after painful and protrac-
ted illness. He was a consistent member Of
the Methodist church, good citizen, and
was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
Ills remains were inferred in the Presbyta-
rian graveyard with Masonic honors on the
afternoon of the 23d ult.. after an impress
sve funeral service in the Methodist church
by the pastor Rev. ]. L. Carlisle. a wife
and four children, with other relatives and
| sympathizng friends mourn his death.
Tho Council had All interesting session of
about two hours and half on Tuesday af.
tcrnooD, In which ten or twelve often dcrs
against the peace and dignity of the town
were tried, convicted and fined, the agGre-
gate amount of the fines reaching about $50.
Inc usual Ordinance to raise supplies for the
fiscal year beginning January /. 1881, was
also passed. and will be found in another
column; The tax levy is 10 cents on every
hundred dollars worth Of real and personal
property: The Ordinance also provides for
the publication by the Town Clerk, in one
Oi the County newspapers, on or oy the 18th
February, 1881, of q statement showing the
amount Of personal property returned by
each and every taxpayer of the town, and
that all returns mt be made on or before
the LIST February.
The winter thus far has been hard one
and the weather for the past 10 days the
coluest felt III 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 Doth
six inches Of snow fell, and on the night
enced i'll this latitude in 25 or 30 years. and
many say since the cold Saturday in Feb
rnary, 1885. The thermometer registered
degrees below zero on the morning OF the
30th and 3 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 Mt Andersorville that they could not
be crossed with ferry boats, while kerosene
OIL III 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 1st
instant, when another fell and on Sunday
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
tercstcd in.