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

has been engaged curing tue SESSION y
Congress es clerk of an important com
mittee of the House of Representatives
Boston girls have organized a mutual
aid matrimonial society. Whenever one
member marries the others are assessed
to set her up in housekeeping. The An
derson girls should organize similar so
ciety.
The City Council has extended the time
for paying city taxes until next Saturday
after which time the 20 per cent. penalty
will certainly be added. Pay up, there
fore. before that time and save costs ant
trouble.
The Pioneer Fire Company has received
its new reel. 1t is light, handsome ma
chine, aud will hold seven or eight hun
dred feet of hose. The firemen are q
proud of it as little boy is Of his frs
pair of pants.
They are now making cups and saucers
dinner plates, tureens and wash basins O
paper. The good mothers who have {
numerous offspring are delighted, be
cause the breakage now will not amount
TO the value of row Of pins.
We have received copy Of the Plain
dealer, which has just been started al
Honea Path In this County. MeSsrs
Gregory & Green are the publishers. and
Mr.. W. S. Gregory editor. II presents a
ereditable appearance, and has our best
wishes for its success.
Persons wishing to make experiments
in the cultivation Of. tea may obtain
plants by addressing the UNITED States
Tea Farm, Summerville, South Carolina" +"
The applicants must state the number OF
plants desired and pay the cost of trans.
portation. Columbia Yeoman.
List Of letters. remaining in the Post
Office. for the week ending March II :
Joe Allen, Mrs. II. J. Bryson, Mrs. J. P.
Cowan, Ben. Duck, John Frost, Miss Cor
rle harris, Richard Hearse, Nancy Jones,
Gus Jonson, Amanda Major, George
Owens. Lilly Powdan, col, Wash Shaw,
Miss Sweet Stone, S. 81. Steers. Frank
Taylor, Mrs. d. E. Watson.
Mrs. Cynthia King, wife Of the late 10.
siah King, died at her residence near Bel
ton on last Sunday morning, aged fifty
seven years. Mrs. King had been aff1ct-
ed for several years with epilepsy, which
was the cause Of her death. Her remains
were inferred in the Baptist cemetery at
Be,ion on Monday ate, noon, Rev. Chas.
Manly, D. D., conducting the funeral SER
vices.
Last Saturday We had the pleasure Of q
visit from Miss Lena Byrd, who has been
in the city for several days past represent
ing the publishing house of Messrs. l.. A.
Clarkson & Co., of Atlanta, Ga. She is
selling several very valuable books, 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. v. L. Norman, Of Atlanta, Ga, was
in the city last Saturday arranging for an
exhibition of the wonderful power pos
sessed 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 force 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.. Seenotice in another column.
Section 1894 of the Revised Statutes of
South Carolina says: ut shall not belaw-
ful 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 no. less thar
ten (0) dollars, or be imprisoned not less
than ten days, which fine if imposed
shall go one-haif thereof to the informer,
the other half to the school fund of the
County wherein the oasnse 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
been made public, but it is understood
that the prospects for The enterprise is
very good. The President of the Company
and Col. ]. N. Brown, left here yesterday
for Savannah, and from there will so to
Charleston for the purpose of ceiling the
bonds of the City subscribed to the Com
pany. The grading will soon be complet-
ed, by which time it is thought an arrange
ment will have been perfected for stock
ing and equipping the road.
Mr.. II. A. Elliott, OF this County, has
recently patented combined cotton
planter and guano distributor, which is
now on exhibition at Messrs. Watson &
Sons store. It is attracting the atten ton
OF all our farmers, number of whom
say it is far ahead of any planter and dis
tributor they have ever seen. Its advan-
tages over other similar. machines can be
seen at glance, besides it is very simple,
and durable and does not cost much. Mr..
Elliott and Mr.. J. w. Eskew are manu-
featuring tho planters, and have already
secured over fifty orders. Mr.. Elliott is
quite young man, and has displayed
considerable ingenuity in his invention.
The Greenyille Ne,rs of Tuesday says:
"On Sunday evening at o'clock William
went to the house of Mrs.
Robinson al Pelzer and called to Edward
Holder, who was there, to come out.
Holder appeared in answer to this sum
mons, and was Immediately assailed by