The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-10-22
THE NEyvs or TTEIs srArl,.
Some OF the --latest Sayings and Dotngs ia
South CsroIInRs

South Caroline.
The Newberry Opera House is
for sale. 5a5zi . 's5Nfssi ~
h There will be no fair at gamter
+ --Spartanburg isErejoicing over loo
of new street lamps. tssH s ei
Edward Hatfield, of Sumter, last
his middle finger. by, q. cotton gin.
The grading of the Savannah VAL
ley Railroad was completed on the
18th. . .ft.''.''ss' 'es .A ~
-Mahem Lee Ward, of South Caro-
lima, committed suicide iii Baltimore
with pistol. .2z 5a's's ep q 3tgtf stis =
"A fire occurred in Hamburg en-
the morning of the 18th which destroy
ed five buildings. aa,..fr #isa tpls
Since September /, two thousand /
nine hundred bales Of cotton have
been sold In Lancaster.
The Asheville &c Spartanburg RailSs
road will be completed to Asheyfile by
tho middle of December. srnH
Mrs. Mary Smith, an aged and
respected lady of Sumter, has SO grand
children and 46 great grandchildren,
An extra term of the Court OF
Common Pleas will be held in Lancas.
ter on the first Monday in November.
There are five families in Lancas.
ter county, living in twenty yards OF
each other, with only two to the fam
lily. ..
The Marion county fair will not
be held until November 18 and 10.
The success of the exhibition 10 Ger
tain. F.. '..H
An accidental fire DESTROYED the
cotton gin, press and engine of Mr..
w. d. llinds, of Sumter. Loss about
1000.
Cyrus Jenkins and Will Campbell,
two colOred raftsmen, were drowned
in Wadmalaw river during gale on
Monday. ..-.....,
"A brass band has been organized
at Spartanburg. The instruments cost
four hundred dollars, and have been
paid for. .-.... 5...-
The Highland Park Hotel, at
Aiken, will open for the fall and win
tor season of 1866 on Tuesday, No
vcmbcr 3. ... ...|<s ..e}'
-Horse-trading is forbidden by tho
1orkville town council, and police
patrol the lots to prevent violations Of
the ordinance. '@"
SENATOR Butler has gone TO New
York to see his family depart on their
trip to Europe. They expect to sail
on the 22d inst. ..-......
MY. d. Il. Grice has withdrawn
from the Edgefield Chronicle, having
transferred his interest in the same TO
Mr.. 7. D. Hutson. '
"A new postoffice hus been estab.
| liShn1 in F1raEnl1
dcnce of Senator Callison, to be called
Callison Postoffice.
"A new street railway is protected
IN Charleston, to run through King
street, from Calhoun to Broad, terrni.
mating at the west end of Broad as'a ok
The young ladies of tho Methodist
church at Spartant burg have organized
society to furnish the new church
with pulpit furniture, carpets, etc. .
In drunken negro frolic in Aiken
county, Milledge Weathersbee was
stabbed in several places and had
one arm nearly severed from his body.
-Mr. Robert r. Thompson, of Ian
caster county, was found dead in his
bed on October7. He had died Of
heart disease during the preceding
night. ~
&C. f. Carter, of Carter's POstoAlce,
Colleton county, was handling care
lessly an "unloaded" pistol one day
last week, and shot himself through
the hand. . .....s"
"A son of Mr.. Charles Smiley, O
Colleton county, was thrown from q
horse on October IL and badly bruised.
Some Of his teeth were knocked out,
and his face badly cut and bruised.
"A man who was put in the guard
house at Lancaster the other night
got thirsty before morning, and cut
out with his pocket knife through a
heart-pine plank two by twelve inches; :, =
The hand of tho seyen.year-old /.
son of j.. b. Cushnan, Aiken county,
got caught in a cotton gin and was 90
terribly crushed that it was found nec- a
essary to amputate the arm threo
inches below the elbow. ... e. sa
Hon. w. j. Talbert claims that ne
can, at the proper time, fully exonerate
himself from any complicty i'm tho
late terrible crime at Edgefeld with
which his name has been connected,
and asks suspension ofpublic opinion
until that time arrives. 20 7sS}hsha
"A little daughter Of Mr.. F. M.
Hudgins, of Greenville county, fell
from pile Of cotton some days ago
and struck her head on the ground
violently. She was seized with fits
shortly afterwards, and had nine fits
before they could be stopped.
Mr.. John Rhode, of Round q,
Colleton county, lost his dwelling.
house, Kitchen and smoke-hougo by
fire on Sunday, October IL. The fire
caught from the kitchen while Mr..
Rhode and family were at church, and
they only got back to their premises In
time to save some bedding.
Mr.. Isham e. Watson, of Marion
county, lost his dwelling and contents
by fire one night last week. He and
his wife were sound asleep and only
| aWOko in limo to get out of tho house