The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-13
State News.

= Farmers in Newbcrry County have
more meat of their own raising now
than at any time for many years past.
= Work on the Newbcrry factory is
rapidly. a large quantity Of
the machinery has already arrived.
Mr.. j. B. Phillips has shipped
this year eighty barrel, Of apples grown
on his farm in Oconcc County.
= An oId.time dirk knife was found
last week deeply imbcdded in pine tree
in Orangeburg County by Mr.. G. W.
Wilson. The mystery of how it got
there is not explained.
= Fairfield County is on solid tinan.
cial basis. The county commissioners
report that there is s 900 in the treasury.
= The Grcenville Enterprise nh
.Ifountaincsr went into deep mourning
over the defeat of the dry" ticket in
that city.
= The Lodge of Good Templars ut
Grccnville received 45 applications for
membership at their meeting Tuesday
night.
= The Rev. X. |. Harper, pastor Of
the Methodist Church in Abbeyillr, il
dangerously i'll, and i: is feared that he
cannot recover.
- A pocketbook belonging to Mr. J.
J.. Cannon, Of Spartanburg County, was
found last week by Jim Tinsley. colorcd
and returned to its owner with the con-
tents untouched. The value Of the pn.
pers in the pocke,book amounted to S9,-
SS5.
= Mr.. Joseph II. Shclor died at hi..
residence in Oconee County on the Sd
inst. Mr.. Shelur was more than seventy
five ycsrs Of age and had been for n year
or moro suffering from disease Of the
heart.
= Ten years ago the Radical State
Government collected $4,000 taxes
from the people of Laurens County
This year, on the large increased value
Of property, only $il 900 taxes are col
lccted, including the additional two
mills for school purpose and ono mill for
interest OH railroad bonds.
- Mr.. Fred Emanuel, of Alleudalo,
Barnwell County, dropped dead ut the
Union Depot in Augusta, as hc was get
ting off the Columbia train, on Monday
morning last. He fell off tho platform
and expired in few moments. His
death was not surprise, as he had been
i'll ut his home and on his way to Angus
Ia.
= Il few mornings ago, MIR. j. t.
Smith, IL citizen Of Blacks Station,
while stopping over the fire place, le.
fall pistol, which struck the hearth and
exploded, the ball taking effect above
the left ankle, passing around the leg
near the bone and coming out several
inches above. The wound is painful
though not dangerous.
q. A. Douglass, Of Abbeville, had
the misfortune to lose singular mule
last week. He sold him for three years
for $50 each year Oh n lien. He was
never paid for, but returned Christmas
Last week he was brought back for the
third time, when one of the clerks gave
the starving creature good feed of corn.
This was too much for him and he turned
over aud died in a very short time.
= On Monday night Mr.. John McMa-
County, while under the influence of
liquor had been taken to the Jail build
ing and put to bed. Some time after.
wards he arose and went to the back
door, opened it, stepped out and fell
headforemost down the stone eteps, a
distance Of eight or ten feet, his skull
being fractured from contact with the
steps, and from the effects of which he
died in short time.
= Mr.. James i. Pitts, young man,
living in Flat Creek Township, a tenant
of J. r. Welsh, Esg., was killed on the
public highway on Sunday evening last.
We arc not i'll possession of tho facts.
1t appeais that Pitts, who was at a neigh.
boris house, in company with three other
men, Columbus and James Miller and
Thurlow Gardner, all of whom were
drinking wine. left near sundown and
went down the public road. Shortly
after they left, pistol shots were heard.
Subsequently Pitts was found dead In
the road, Gardner was lying drunk a
short distance of, and the Miller boys
had made their escape. a Coroner's in.
queet was held Monday, but We have not
learned the conclusion Of tho jury.
Pitts is said to have been good citizen.
Lancaster Ledger.
- While Messrs. George A. Mills and
Joseph Wertz were shooting at rats at
tho formers house, near jolly street,
Monday morning, Mr.. Mills received q
very severe wound in the face. Mr..
Mills was in the house punching tho
rats out from the chimney and Mr.
Wertz was on the outside with shot
gun. A rat ran out by a window, and
just as Alr. Wertz was in the act of
shooting, Mr.. Mills put his head out Of
the window and received the charge in
his face. The gun was lightly loaded or
the shot would have killed him, as he
was only about ten feet of. Seven shot
entered his face; one struck the forehead,
but did not 60 through the skull one
entered the left eye, destroying it, and
the other struck around the cheek bone.
The wound lie severe one, but no serious
consequences arc anticipated beyond the
loss Of the eye, unless the brain becomes
affected from the inflammation Of the
eye, of which there is some danger
NctDberry Observer.