The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-03-12

congress as clerk OF an important com.
mittee OF The House of Representatives
Boston girls have organized q mutua,
aid matrimonial society. Whenever ona
member marries the others are assessed
10 set her up in housekeeping. The An.
derson girls should organize similar an.
ciety.
The City C"ui!cil has extended the time
Tor paying city taxes until next Saturday
after which time the % per cent. penalty
Will certainly be added. Pay IN. there.
fore, before that ti,no and save costs spd
| trouble.
! The Pioneer Fire Company has recei yed
its new reel. 1t Is q light, handsome ma.
chine aud will hold seven or eight hun.
| dred feet of hose. The fircmen are n
proud Of 1t as little boy is of his rst
pair of pants.
They are now making cups and saucers,
dinner plates, tureens and wash basins of
paper. Tho good mothers who have n
numerous offspring are delighted, be
cause the breakage now will not amount
to the value or row Of pins.
We have received copy OF the Plain
dealer, which has just been started at
Honea Path In this County. Mes>rs.
Gregory Il Green are the publishers, and
Mr.. w. s. Gregory editor. II presents q
ereditahle appearance, aud has our best
wishes for It's success.
Persons wishing to make experiments
In the cultivation Of tea may obtain
plants by addressing the United States
Tea Farm, Summerville. South Carolina y
The applicants must state the number of
plants desired and pay the cost Of trans.
Portation.-Colmmbia Yeoman
List Of letters. remaining in The Post
once Tor the week ending March II /:
Joe Allen, Mrs. II. ]. Bryson, Mrs. J. p.
Cowan, Bon. Duck, John Frost, Miss Cor
rie narris, Richard Hearse, Nancy Jones.
Gus Jonson, Amanda Major, George
Owens. Lilly Powdan, col. Wash Shaw,
Miss Sweet Stone, s. n. Steers. Frank
Taylor, Mr.. d. f. Watson.
Mrs. Cynthia King. wife Of the late Jo.
slab King, died at her residence near Bel
ton on last Sunday morning, aged fifty.
seven years. Mrs. King had been afIlict
ed for several years with epilepsy. which
was the cause Of her death Her remains
were Inferred in the Baptist cemetery at
Belton on Monday aftei noon, Rev. Chas
Manly, D. d., conducting the funeral ser.
vices.
Last Saturday we had tn pleasure Of a
visit FROM Miss Lena Byrd, who has been
in the city for several days past represent
ing the publishing house OF Messrs. r.. a.
Clarkson & Co.. of Atlanta. Ga. She is
selling several very valuable bouks, one
OF which is an excellent work on the
culinary art. Miss Byrd is worthy,
charming young lady, and we IRE glad
to know that she met with success In An
derson.
Mr.. VI Norman, of Atlanta, Ga, was
in the city last Saturday arranging for an
exhibition of the wonderful power pos
sess"d by Mrs. Coleman, who will appear
in the Masonic Hall this (Thursday)
evening. Mrs. Coleman possesses SINH
lar power to that Of Miss Lula Hurst,
though her f0rco Tor whatever it is) is
said to be greater and more mysterious
than that displayed by the latter She is
a scientific puzzle, and everybody should
see her. See notice in another column.
Section 1904 of the Revised Statutes of
South Carolina says: "It shall not be law
full for any person in this State between
the fifteenth day Of March and the first
day Of October, in any year hereafter, to
catch, kill or injure or to pursue with
such Intent or to sell or expose for sale
any wild turkey, partridge. dove, wood
chuck or pheasant; and any person found
guilty thereof shall be fined not less than
ten tlo) dollars, or be imprisoned not less
than ten days. which fine if imposed
shall 60 one.hdlf thereof to the inforlner,
the other half to the school fund of tho
County wherein the oaenso was Commit
ted."
A meeting Of the Board of Directors of
the Savannah Valley Railroad Company
was held in this City on Tuesday last
The proceedings of the meeting have not
beon made public. but it IL understood
that the prospects for The enterprise Is
very good The President OF the Company
and Col. J. n. Brown, left here yesterday
for Savannah, and from there will go to
Charleston for the purpose of ceiling the
bonds of the City subscribed to the Com
pany. The grading will soon be conlplot-
ed, by which time 1t is thought an arrange
men: will have been perfected for stock
ing and equipping the road.
Mr.. j. A. Elliott, OF this County, has
recently patented combined cotton
planter and guano distributor, which is
now on exhibition at Messrs. Watson &
n'Estore. It is attracting the attention
OF all our farmers, n number of whom
say 1t 10 far ahead of any planter and dis
tributor they have ever seen. It's advan-
tsgss over other similar machines can be
seen at a glance, besides it is very simple,
and durable and does not cost much. Mr..
Elliott and Mr.. j. w. Eskew are manu-
featuring the planters, and have already
secured over fifty orders. MIR. Elliott is
quite young man, and has displayed
considerable ingenuity in his invention.
The Greenville Ne,rs of Tuesday says:
con Sunday. evening ut O'Clock William
Armstrong went to the house of Mrs.
Robinson at Pelzer and called to Edward
Holder, who was there, 70 come out.
Holder appeared In answer to this cum.
mons, anu was Immediately assailed by