The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-08-26
THE NEWS OF TUE STATE.
Some OF tho Latest Sayings and Doings Fl
South Carolina.

South Carolina.
There is an OK i'm Spartanburg
nearly fifty years old.
john Wadsworth, of Chesterfield
county, aged "a, died OIL the 4th inst.
The Anderson County Normal
Institute has been unusually success
fui.
The Charleston custom house is to
be turned over to Mr.. Jcrvey ;Septcm-
bcr /.
Lexington expects the best crops
OF corn, peas, potatoes, etc, this year,
| which She has ever grown.
r. p. Davis, of Lancaster, had
fine COW choked to death last week bv
getting all apple in her throat.
The preparations for the annual
bali Of the South Carolina Club. 20 he
held in Columbia during Fair week.
have already 1ssun.
An honest ccl0fGl woman picked
mp sum of money in Greenville and
promptly turned it over to her en-
ploycr to be advertised. -
The Rev. Gilbert a. Ottman, of
Utica, N. Y, has accepted a call to the
rcctorship of the Episcopal churches
of Iorkvillc and Lancaster.
A white oak tree recently cut OH
Pacolct River in the Piedmont section
measured Cd feet through. IL is csti-
mated that it will make upwards of
10000 shingles.
DIR. w. E. Wright, of Grecnville,
was severely stung on the hand by
large black spider, but was relieved
by the application of ammonia and
Othnr romnd;oc
AT q reunion of Company X, Orr's
Rifle Regiment, held i'm Honea Path
on the 18th, it was found that there are
only forty out of one hundred and
eighty members left.
William Robbs was crushed to
death in Spartanburg by log rolling
on him. He was endeavoring to get it
OH wagon by the aid Of mule when
the animal backed.
The jail in Sumter was fired last
week by prisoners who expected 10
escape during the confusion, but the
namcs were extinguished before any
serious damage was done.
james Anderson, an old colored
man, was poisoned by eating water
melon impregnated with strychnine,
obtained from neighbours patch i'm
Aiken. lie will recover.
The annual reunion of the survi-
vors of the Twelfth Regiment has been
postponed from Thursday the Goth
inst, to Thursday, September oath. 1t
will be held at Yorkvillc.
Thomas a. Wallace, the six-year-
old, son of James a. Wallace, black
smith, fell into n cistcrn in the rear
part of Roses stable in Grccnvillc, on
Wednesday afternoon, and was drown
ed.
"A fugitive from justice in Texas
settled among his relatives in Chester
field about year ago. A large re-
ward having been offered for him,
parties attempted his capture, but he
outgeneraled them and escaped.
Mr.. f. NJ. Kcaton, of Abbcvile,
has invented an attachment for sewing
machines which will prove of i'm
mcnsc advantage. BY winding up n
steel spring and afiixing a band, the
machine can be run all day without
the slightest cXertion on the part of the
person using it,
The United States grand Jury at
Grccnvillc returned true bills against
j. j. Cooley and A. j. Surratt, the
citizens of Williamson accused of
making and uttcring counterfeit coins.
Their case will be for trial this week,
and will be the most important and
interesting one. Of the term.
The statement that DAILY, CHARGED
with the killing of Matilda Mcknight,
in Charleston, was rcmanded for trial,
was erroneous. Both DAILY and his
alleged accomplice, Divine, colorcd
man, were discharged by the Trial
Justice, on the ground that no prima-
Jacte case was made out against either
of them.