The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-08

Ane commencement exercises of tb
anderson Female Seminary and Ander
son Military School take place rov
month, aud the students of both ;ns,;,,,
tiohs are looking forward to the occasion
with pleasant anticipations.
The other day gentleman sbowed -
receipted bill, dated December ,s,h
1864, from merchant for three tiercos :
SALT aggregating 2,O3G pounds, for wbic,
ne paiu sixty cents per pound. Wha, +
uilerence in the price thon and now.
We would call attention to tho card .,
doctors j. Walter Sherard end Robert A
heid, which appears in another column
these are young gentlemen of fine at
tainmonts, and will doubtless occupv 8
prominent position in tho medical nro.
fession in this County.
a certain young lady of this city went
out shopping few afternoons since, pur.
chased nice dress, went home. cut the
dress out, and by bedtime that night had
IL ready TO wear next day. She Is what
we would term precious jewel" and
worthy the affections of any young man.
Mrs. w. J. Parker died at her homo IN
Brushy Creek township on last Thursday
AFTER brief illness from! inflammation
or tho brain. She was q member of
Wesley Chapel, Methodist Church
she leaves husband and two children.
besides many relatives and friends. to
| mourn her dean.
Ihat veteran and sagacious journalist,
Mr. Ihos. f. Greneker, of the Newberry
Herald, on account of i'll health, has SOW
cred his connection with that paper. He
is succeeded by his son, Mr. Thos. r
dreneker, who, judging from the style
ana tenor Of his salutatory, will maintain
tho reputation established by his father.
We are requested to announce tn at DR..
Il. f. Diver will carry all of the chill
| dren OF the Methodist Sunday School
VINO have no other way Of going 70 the
| picnic on Silver Brook next Saturday
morning on his traction engine. Those
who wish to go with him should let him
know, in order that room may be pro-
vided.
We are requested by Capt. NJ. B. Will
liams, President Of the Piercetown Dem
| ocratic Club, to announce that there will
be meeting of the Club at Piercetown
on Saturday, 18th inst, at o'clock p. m. :,
for the purpose of elec,ing delegates to
the County Convention, and attending to
sucl of har busi pasa % ,,o,, oo,,o L.c.
the Club.
The Methodist Sunday School and in
vited guests are looking forward to their
picnic on Silver Brook next Saturday
with pleasant anticipations. The various
committees appointed to make tho neces-
sary arrangements for the occasion are
doing their best, and will leave nothing
undone that will tend to make tho chill
dren enjoy themselves.
A petition, addressed to the President Of
the United States, has been in circulation
in this city during this week, asking for
the pardon of the famous "Moonshiner,"
Lewis r. Redmond, who is now confined
in the State Penitcntiary under sentence
of tho United States Court, and whose
health is very bad. Quite number Of
signatures were secured
Harvest time is fast approaching, and
the yield of small grain promises to be
large. In view of this fact, Messrs Sui
livan & Bro. have laid i'll tremendous
stock of harvesting machinery, which
they are disposing of rapidly, at low
prices and on favorable terms. Read
their new advertisement, and be sure to
consult them before purchasing your ma
chinery.
The Abbeviile Medium, OF last week,
says: "After long months of sickness,
Rev. r. L. Harper has so far recovered as
to be able to take q trip to Mississippi
some days ago." Mr. Harper was pastor
of the Methodist Church in this city some
years ago, and made many friends here,
who regret to hear of his ill.hcalth. We
trust his trip to Mississippi will prove
Mr.. A. B. Towers brought to our office
on Wednesday morning a dish of the
largest Strawberries, of the Sharpless va
riety, we have ever seen. The largest
weighed one ounce, and, by actual meas
urement, measured five and one-half
inches in circumference. Mr.. Towers Is
very successful gardener, and takes
great pride In raising fine fruit and vege-
tables. We return thanks. for the treat.
List or letters remaining in the Post
Office at Anderson for the week ending
May 6 Rev. H. H. Brown, Lien Cox.
John Cook, A. N. Dickinson, Joe Jones,
Mary Elgin, W. L. Dalrymple, J. M.
Duckworth, Lizzie Henry, Alfred Jacob
tcol.), James King, Margaret Jones, Geo.
McKinnie, James NJ. Robinson, Wash.
scoffield, D. Sweet. zsppie G. spcarman,
Sallie Williams (col.). Lizzie Williams
(coi.)
Messrs. j, 8. and r. NJ. Simmons, Of
this County, had on e1hiG..ion in this
city last Monday portable farm house,
which Is of their own invention, and for
which they have received n patent. The
house is built in sections, and can be put
up or taken down in vary short time.
It can be built any size, and In a very
substantial manner. It's construction
displays considerable mechani-
cal skill and genius.
A young lady thus makes known her
conjugai wants in an advertisement In
the Berkeley Gazette: "a lonely maiden,
still young enough to nestle constantly
beneath the protecting shadow OF the ma
trimonial wing, deaires to find conge-
nial companion, one to whom the inmost
beatitude of her secret heart can be re.
vealed; one in whose manly bosom she
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