The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-02
THE NEWS OF THE STATE.
some OF the Latest Sayings and Dorpcs ir
South Carolina.

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Drought in the upper part of
EdiSeiicld is materially affecting crops,
principally cotton.
) The Abbcville Medium SAYS This
is most suitable year in which to
repeal the Lien Law.
-Millcdgc Harris the negro for
whom the Governor offered a reward
has been lodged in Edgclicld Jail.
The Joint council Of the Luthcrans
of Lexington have extended q call to
kcv. Mr.. KAHN, formerly of Augusta.
The Teachers Institute Of Lex,
J ington county closed on Friday last.
after highly successful session of two
weeks.
Mrs. Claudia NJ. Fishburne has
been appointed postmstrcss at Sum.
mervillc, Otce Ahrens, an obnoxious
Radical.
Adam Williams, the flhh victim OF
the female poisoncr in York, is recov-
e"ing. lie did not cat so much cake
as the others.
-Lucicn Douglas, Of Abbcville, has
one stalk Of cotton containing 43S
blooms and bolls. II covers So square
feet of ground.
Collector Bradley has removed
a lot Of Revenue officials OF tho old
Republican crew and appointed good
men in their places.
Mr.. Jacob Kcstlcr, one Of the
oldest and most respected citizens of
Lexington, died on the 18th. His age
was nearly ninety.
Mrs. Martha Gable, OF Lexington.
has curiosity in the way OF a double
egg--two perfect hen eggs Joined to-
gethcr at their cuds.
Tho first bale Of new cotton in
Sumter was bought on Thursday, Goth
mlt., by O'Donnell 4 Co., from E.scx
Taylor, for 10t cents.
The supposed murderer ofI.omax,
in Union, for whom reward is Of
tcrcd by the Governor, has been lodged
in Jail for Identification.
B. T.. Welsh, who killed W. c.
Moore at Lancaster on Saturday be.
fore last, applied to Judge Withcrspoon
for bail last week, but il was rcfuscd.
) "A partridge in York has takon
, charge of two young chickens, and
the chicks the usually willy bird show
, cd fight
An itincrsnt slcight -of-hand per-
: former has been imposing on the
people Of Marion. His so-called en-
tcrtainments were "thin," and the
auditors were wroth.
-IIickson jackson, colored man,
injured by q locomotive during tho
storm in Charleston, died on Thursday.
: Joseph Grant, colored, was struck in
the head by flying brick and badly
hurt.
"A large water moccasin was killed
about ten feet from pond near Batcs-
burg. II was attempting to swallow
a trout weighing pound, and the fish
wrigglcd and squirmcd after the snake
was killed.
Mrs. Clara 6. Cook, Of Aiken, last
week attempted dump from buggy.
which the frightened horse was backing
into ditch, when she fell between the
wheels and was scri0usly injured by
lheing kicked in the head.
Dave Abney-soi'oreo;; VINO -:.,ea
on Mr.. Mat Coleman's place, in the
Saluda section of Edgeficld, was bitten
by dog last May. On the 18th ult.. ha
was attacked by hydrophobia, and after
suffering great agony died the 10th.
A negro girl employed by Mr..
Monroe Shealy, Of Langley, to loo&
after his infant daughter, becoming
angry at Mrs. Shealy, took the child in
tho woods and beat it terribly with
stick. The brute WAS lodged in Jail.
Mr.. NJ. G. IIongshore, OF Silver
Street, who is in hfs sixtieth year and
is the father Of about dozen childreA
and of seventeen grandchildren, was
made happy last Thursday by the
arrival Of twins at his house-a boy
and a girl.
The widow OF Col. JACK BurrisS,
Of Edgchcld, died recently, under mys-
tcrious circumstances. A bottle con.
taininga preparation Of morphine and
strychnine was found near her house,
which she is supposed to have tasted
with fatal results.
A dog took At In "a Edgeheld
Baptist church few days ago, and the
congregation, mistaking it for hydro
phobia, were in a state Of eonsternae
ton. Order was finally restored, the
dog was removed, and the sermon wae
concluded before a demoralizcd audi.
ence.
The 13-year-old son Of Jesse John
son, living about six miles east Of
Crccnvillc, was killed by train on
tn. AIRLINE railroad on Thursday
last. Inc young Hlan ana hib wv
brothers were walking on the track.
when the train upon them unawares:
The two brothers escaped by jumping
from the track.
An Egyptian mummy hsS bee4
received at Due West, which 10 .
present from tho Rev. John Grimm -
Erskine College. This mummy wac
the daughter Of priest and 10 record
ed to bo between three and four thou.
sand years old. 1t has created some
sensation in this vacation village. 10
will not be opened entirely before the
session begins. A mummy ts rather Q
curiosity in the South.
"A handsome monument has been
erected in the Spartanburg cemetery,
to the memory OF the late Congressman
Jno. III. Evins. 1t is made OF Abordeen
oray Scotch granite, highly polished.