The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-11-22

Mr. Andy Brown, a youn, MAJ, 49,,
went from this country tn IJni,n "h
eishtecn months ago has returmnJ 'nni ,,,
Hi'sses II, iiiilsclt as determined TO s,itIe !,
WIS WIS country. He was pleased with th
ara 10y iihes south Carolina better. w
III. es,o, W sec thc tendency to return Il
among old residents. isei
"a young laiy reading in newspan., u,
E.iier i uay OF girl having been made cral, ,n'
ny sudden kiss. called the attention ~ fihzS hls
,hmcie, VINO was in the room, to that sinnu. eu.
man o,ru,tunce; nu,,n, whereupon the old gentle
gone crazy, for What did SIN she ,ool no o!aa, nau
ior? archly asked the ingenuou, ,n,iIany hu Eiany
why, Tor more, suppose" e'
tfank weston, with the Liiputans u;,,
pe In anderson on Friday night, as viii ha
sr, sSeu rom their advertisement elsewhara
ihey come with high encomiums from thc
priSS aprisib; IA those places in which they have
eAnioited, and those of our citizens who
wish to spend pleasant eyeninr AMI o,,;n'. Mio
u iaugh should not fail to have n sen; -,
'he Masonic Hall at the appointed time. -
Mr.. J. w. Shirley's house i. Fork T,w,.
1n,P 1n,P was consumed by fire on Friday, The
io'li INST. The dwelling was disc6vornJ
unsnd aiI - aI"n. I,a ociock u. m, aud is SUP
poseu TO nave caught from q iefpctiv st,,rro
iiuo or ash box. Besides the dwei!;ns t,' );
us furniture, his kitchen and Other "mt' ",u
houses. with one bale Of cotton and :.
quantity OF cotton seed were consumed
pr. f,hirley,s loss is probably over Ava
hundred dollars. ''e' h'e
ney' !. u. Herbert, the Presiding Elder
preached an interesting sermon tS +. Iar,,n
congregation in the Methodist Cinrch F. F.
tHls city on last Sunday morning. Al
night the Rev. Mr.. Durall, of ViIry;ri,
preached. The meeting is being prnfract,
ed through this week, services beino hald
AZ night. The pastor is assisted bV Rev
Mr. Duvail. Considerable interest is brinr
manifested, !,, and 1t is hoped that much GOOD
WI WI 6e accomplished. Two persons iayo
MT. w. Is. Erskinc died, from perfora-
non OF tho stomach, at his residence in
hcpewell township on last SUNDAY morn.
ing alter short illness, though his health
mas been delicate for several wears. Mr..
ErsKlne was twenty.seven yeasr of age end
Has Ma ao worthy and respected young man.
Church in this city, and was buried at Mid.
way on Monday, Rev. d. E. Frierson con-
uuctlhS the funeral services MT E1skiI,a
lea7es wife and three children. besides
many relations and friends, 10 mourn lis
death. '''
List of letters remaining in the postoftice
at Anderson for the week ending Noynm-
Der 70: Harriet Adams, Mrs. Bill Anderson,
Jas. Byrne (2), Steen Bradley, Nancy Crnw,
ford, Lafayette Canbell, w. Harrison
Cambell, Miss Emaline Dennis, Everett G.
Egerton. a. F.: Elwell. J. NJ. Gray, Jas.
Gaines' Miss Corrie Harris, Eliza Hill
house, Andrew Hill, ]. II. Isaac, George
Kay. Laura Kay, Thomas Mcclure, Alice
Mullikin. Thomas Mattox, D. n. Major,
Mrs. "A. n. Norris, Mary Ann Norris, Mrs.
Jennie Rykard, Johnnie Rockens, Jane
Rola, Nc. Smith, Miss Lizzie Swayinpa1ue,
June Whitner, Lem. Wardlaw.
Two young gentlemen, while out hunt
ing the other day, got into dispute as to
whether powder would flash from a blaze
applied to it, one contending that it would
and the other that it would not Finally,
to settle the matter, they agreed to test it.
Accordingly they poured ont handful of
powder from flask, and, striking match,
applied the blaze, at the same time laying
the powder flask OH the ground near by.
Both were watching the result with eager
when, almost in the twinkling Of
an eye, an explosion occurred, resulting in
tearing the flask to pieces and painfully
burning one of them. The young meil
have not yet convinced each other which |
one is right, though they are willing to
mike oath that the powder went Off. They
nave agreed, however, not to make any |
more experiments.
The Walhalla Courier, Of last week. says
Mr.. NJ. II. Majors. young man OF An
lerson County, met with serious accident
IN the oath of October last, by having his
eft hand cut off in a cotton gin. He was
ssisting in running cotton gin for Dick
on & McElroy, near Sandy Springs, and in
iftirg up the boxing that covers the saws
# the gin his hand was caught and before
lie could extricate it, it was cut completely
If and dropped under ihe gin. Mr.. Ma
ors' unfortunate condition being quickly
made known, the hemorrhage in the arm
7as stopped by Immediately tieing a cord
ghtly around his arm above the elbow.
lie was then conveyed home and Drs.
'ickens and Duck were sent Cor to fix up
ne mutilated limb, which had to be am
utated again just below the elbow. The
octors performed very successful opera
on on the young man, since which time
e has been getting on as well as could bel
xpected. On last Saturday evening, the
9TH instant. we saw the young mans
.ther, (Mr. Wesley Majors who Informed
8 that his son was able to set up and write
letter."