The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-17

= The warehouse Of Captain f. G..
Simkinu, at Troy, Abbeville County, was
burned last week.
= 1t is thought that the oat crop in
Bsrnwell County has been seriously in
Jured by the recent freeze.
The town Of 1iikan is taking i.,e.,-
i;ras &c vote $4,000 to the Carolina.
Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railroad :.
= Major Thomas Frost. Jr., has been
elected Chief of the Charleston Police
force. l. is son of the late Dr.. Henry
R. Frost.
Judge Thurman characterizes the cleo
ton of Hon. Henry B. Payne to the
Senate from Ohio as monstrous and dis.
reputable, whereupon the Augusta Chron-
tcle and C0nstitutionaHst nai7ely suggests
that MIR. Thurman is not good Payne
killer.
= The business men OF Atlanta dis
tributed about $4,000 in provisions and
fuel among the poor of that city on
Monday. Then flaming account of the
tranaaction was sent off to the Associa-
ted Press and a big dead head ADVERTISE
ment obtained.
= Near BlacEstock, Fairfield, on Fri
| day last, Mr.. VIM. McDaniel's little son,
about six years old, was crushed to death
almost instantly by log Several chill
dren were playing on hillside, rolling
logs, when one accidentally rolled over
the little fellow causing immediate death.
A Philadelphia court is consider.
ing motion for a new trial in the case
of man convicted Of murder because il
is alleged that during the first trial the
jury was permitted to attend church
where oermon was preached on the lax.
ity Of the Law which caused verdict oil
guilty.
= The greatest quarry in the country
is at Pickensville, one mile below Easley
d. g. Moore is furnishing rock for some
one in Greenville. 1t covers four or five
acres, and it is nicely worked without the
use of blasting powder. Any size rock
can be obtained, the different layers being
OF various dimensions.
| = Sixteen new students have entered
the South Carolina College 80 far this
month, making 19l enrolled since Octo
beT. The total number enrolled duTine
the preceding year was 1875. The expec.
tation that the attendance this session
would be larger than the one before has
therefore been already realized.
= Mr.. John Hewlett, who Was 80 des.
perately wounded in the Christmas day
ARRAY at Allendale, Barnwell County, il
convalescent. He possesses wonderful
vitality for q man eighty years old. The
bone Of his right arm was shattered by q
ball and bullet passed entirely through
his body, yet his wounds are healing by
the firot intention and without supra.
tion.
Last Wednesday night Profeaso,
Houghton, of the Cedar Springs institute
while going to his residence, was suddenly
knocked down by severe blow on the
back of thu head by some one unknown
and robbed of fifty or sixty dollars and q
gold watch. The party perpetratipe this
dastardly deed evidently knew that his
victim had received few hours before
quite a sum Of money.-Spartanbur
Herald.
! Hon. D. w. Aiken, Of South Car.
olina, has introduced a bill in Congress
for the establishment of Department
of Agriculture, with a representative in
the cabinet, who shall equal in rank and
Roy sho SsuSA ACuiooio Va tuc CaDl0et
Tho bill provides that he shall have an
assistant with salary Of $4,000 per an.
num- to take the place of the presen:
Commissioner Of Agriculture, which
Office will be abolished by this bill.
= The mysterious disappearance OF
Mr.. Charles Delmonico, OF the faIaed
New York restaurants, is puzzlipg the
detectives Of that city. He left bis home
on Saturday last, in an unsound condi.
tion of mind, and was last seen that af
ternoon on his way to tho Jersey CITY
ferry. His gloves and some of his pri.
vate papers were found the same evening
in q desolate spot on tho outskirts Of
Newark, N. j., but no further clue tc
his whereabouts or fate has been obtsined
The graveDt fears are felt for his safety
= In Florida the recent cold spell wa.
the severest ever known. The great ma.
jority of oranges around Jacksonville
were frozen, and bad reports have been
received from the southern part of the
State. The crop is said tn be yuined az