The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-06-21
Gold in OcOncr.

| Gold in Oconcr.
We mentioned Il short while back ,l.at
several pieces Of coarse gold had been
/ found in a field on the land Of Mr.. Jesse
! Lay, in CheOhCe, and that there were
strong indications OF rich veins near tho
place. Since that time more gold la,
been found in other parts of the field
and cOnJecturcs OF Il vein have almost
become ccraintics. Several experienced
miner. have visited the place, one rep.
rcscn,ing "a firm in Utica, New York,
and another AZ old California miner
They were both pleased, and it is our
opinion that q, no distant day these I'D
mines Will be nga;n worked aud prove
more profitable than eyer before. The
country III the uciyhbOr!pud has bycu
worked for deposit gold from our cnrlic>,
recollection, and n, the precious metal
was found on every stream, the cXi,rcrrr
of ric! vein ha, been always enter
tauCd. since the war NJ mining ii;I,
been ipur, but the LATE discoveries Oi
Mr. Lay will iuub!r-, lead To Il more
thorough and scientific test. As vet
nothing has been done, but Mr.. Lay "y-
poets after crops are laid by to test his
mine as thoroughly ~ his means will
permit, unless he should in the mean.
time make All advantageous sale. We
are sa'isiir'! the upper part ni our county
has valuable minerals, gold, silver, co.
rundurn, copper, mic. and other miner
ais. 10 develop them needs only capi-
tai and educated experience. These will
come ~ soon as Il fair opening Is made
III the mining Business, and instead Of
one, many mines may soon be oprncd.
= IIrktuhu toWicr
Arkan.a, has only two cotton fac.
tories.
An effort is being made 10 secure u
! reunion Of the survivors Of the old
Seventh Regiment, South Carolina
Volunteers
= The Rev. H. \. Child. formerly II
prncticing lawyer, preached his first
sermon in the Methodist Church at Pick.
ems on last Sunday.
a little child of Mr.. James Wood
OF kcrsliaw County, fell into well for.
ty feet deep last week and was badly
hurt.
: ID. Is. Free, q rrnmincu. citizen os
Union, fell on driving wheel band in
his mill on Monda., and "a, dangerous
ly, perhaps fatally, injured.
| = Arthur is said to use two brands of
whiskcy Mt Sl8 gallon. which he
drinks himself, the other at $l5, which
he puts on his sidcboard for guests.
| = Hewitt and IIar,lce, negroes who
murdered and robbed store keeper in
Horny County in October, were hanged
on Frdny, liardee having confessed.
= Mr.. J. w. Mathews has been pros
pccling around the Town of Greenwood,
| Abbcville County, with view of form
ing company to erect a cotton seed oil
mill
= Steamship companies estimate that
l25,0UO Americans will visit Europe this
season. This is ut the rate Of 5000
tourists per week for twenty-five weeks.
= ExGov. Charles J. jenkins died
Thursday night at his home in Summer.
vile, near Augusta Ga. He was II
mobile Roman" and universally es.
teemed.
= Ben Mitchell, colored. who Killed
white boy ot Columbus, Ga, for trcs..
passing on his watermelon patch, has
been convicted Of murder, but recon-
mendcd to mercy.
= Mrs. .Jcrlsha Slurkie, of platt
| cpEIuHS, IseNlIpl1lt Nd)iIUtN, nHu ntf
barn and stables burned on the night of
ing near her, had his horse poisoned on
the same night.
= An iron truss bridge on the Ala
bama Great Southern Railway, near
Attala, Ala, gave way on Friday night,
rs freight train was crossing, and six
cars plunged into the stream. \ brake
man WAS killed.
: At Mansfield, Ia, on Saturday, the
Rev. benjamin L. Jcnkins, Jr., II recent
ly ordained Methodist minister. aged %,
killed the Rev. l.. Lane Borden, president
OF the Mansfield Female College, for the
seduction of young lady, friend of
jenkins.
= The new Postmaster General
Gresham, has made bad beginning,
having just awarded postal route over
unnecessary territory in the wids of
Dakota, Mt n high rate, the contractors
being implicated in the Star route prose-
cutions now in progress
= Eight Mormon missionaries who
have been Mt work in the western part
of North Carolina have had To lice the
country, and are said to have taken
refuge in Polk County, Tenn The peo.
pie Of North Carolina have decided that
they must find other pastures than in the
cold Nc-th State"
= During slight shower on Wednes-
day afternoon of last week lightning
struck on the premises Of Mr.. David l..
Black, of York County. and killed n
fine Poland China hog. which was root.
ing around the spot where only few
minutes before the bolt struck valuable
horse had been feeding.
- Mr.. Wallace w. Lawton, who owns
the Oaks place on the Neck, has adopted
u very effective and striking mode of
clearing his land of the tremendous
wateroaks with which it is covered. He
uses cartridges made Of dynamite which
are inserted in an auger-hole near the
root of the tree. a six-inch fuse is then
lighted, and everybody stands from un.
der. In moment q tremendous cxplo-
sion is heard, tho massive oak rises into
the air and then falls over on one side.
Even the roots are torn into thousand
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