The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-03-22

%" oiu darkey and his wife CANA -,
w! on last Friday in n ,w,.ho. wy
, making their purchases, and whnn
~ S'aFt home, the old woman p,,;.,.,
orn,; ~. %" man had imbibed pretty freely
""'Shey She concluded, tle,efr,a ,,a,
'u'n not be safe pilot TO Steer h.r
ana undertook 10 manage tba -.i,,
i'rse'i. This enragcd the old man all ~
h,,, % get The reins away from her
ma .n i''''s'ch'iy refused To give them
N.Y. "h'Fcuppn he commenced ,lorp;r,, h..r
"" scehe had become right amrsiny h,,,
J"hc'ure Of the proceedings a n,,ic..
-, ''i'erieFei and placed the old man in
the lock up. " '''"'' III
y ''' -A"eiine Bowen, wife Of Mr.. $ "
''"'"' oi Hall township, died at the resi-.
VI her husband, on last Tuesday artor
lingering illness from cons,mnt;or :,
'he ii'i year of her age. Mrs. Rowo, ,.,.
~ e'.e''' iahy, admired and beloved bv
a+' VINO khew her for her many noble tr,its
~ character and kind and gentle di.n,.i.
.'o'. ehe was consistent member ri E;rs,
o'ecA haptist for number of wears. Aner
appropriate funeral services. conduc,od ,,,,
he'. ). ). Murray, her remains wors ~
,s''eu III 'he Shiloh Church Yard, in Alb.
oe'iile County, on Wednesday. She Ie,vc.
husband and six children, besides /, b,st
o' irieiids ami relatives, to mourn her do,,b
IL Is said that Capt. Smith, the copduc,,r
o'' 'he Blue Ridge Road, which now h,.
s"''i an outrageous schedule, soon after
'e"'ins "alhala one day last week w.,
'"''i'e a' one oi the places where the rail.
,oan goes Tor Some distance along the pub.
ic highway, when he saw a ,nount,;n.or
win single OK hitched to a wagon Io,J.d
WIN cabDages and travelling in the direction
u anderson. Thinking that he would
MAKE himself agreeable to the wagner be
gave him the salutation of the morning
ana added. Where are you going?, "ro
anderson was the reply. Following uu
Ills inquiry with his natural n!easa,,.ry ,,o
called out, Wont you get on and TAX. a
i"e 40; thank you. lam in hurry,
80 VIII jnst drive on. Good bye" replied
'he ihouhtaineer, who preferred the speed
oi MS tristy bovine to the staling creep
'hf' uncomfortable, dangerous and always.
slow-train he was invited to board.
WIN The Queen OF Shcba we are ready To
protest ;hat the half was not told us. We
llaa heard the passengers on the Blue
ridge Railroad complaining Of the dread
l"liy lnconvcnicnt schedule ON the Blue
Ridge Railroad, and knew that il ,pust ho
'eAatlous beyond measure, but we could
not irily realize its outrageous character
uhtil last week, when we had to go to Wal.
haila. The train was too heavy for the
engine, and frequently we would stall,
"hereupon the engineer weuld run the
tram back and take new start, to acquire
sufficient momentum to rise the cr,Jo
iheSe tactics were successful to such a
degree that we actually reached Pendleton.
u distance OF fourteen miles from Anderson.
oy hait-past ten o'clock, which was only
Two hours aud half showing that we had |
made the excellent speed of nearly We and |
half miles per hour. After leaving Pen
d!eton. the run-hack and start. over plan
continued t" work well until we reached |
the tive-nlilr grade beyond Seneca River,
where, after several fruitless attempts to |
get up. the freight cars were carried to |
oehc'" City, ani the passengers, baggage |
and mails We're left waiting on the track |
until The enpi..e could return and carry |
them up After getting rid of the Seneca
freishts very good time was made, and "a |
little after two o'clock we reached COM
Portable quarters at Bcnian's hotel, having
taken over six hours to travel thirty-tllree
miles.