The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-03
MESSAGES.

Col. J.. B.. E. Sloan was in town last
week.
Mr.. J.. Allen Smith has returned from -
Atlanta (!)
Judge Cochran came home on Saturday but
lcft on Tuesday.
Johns creek, the other side Of DR.. Klugh's,
I'd in n buggy-breaking condition
Major Whitner, Judge Murray, and Major
Murray, of Anderson attended our court last
week.
Orlando Sheppard; Esq, Of Edgefeld was
here on business before the Master last
week.
T. p. Cothran, Esq, is going to Florida
next week OH business Nothing the matter
with his eyes, not going to Atlanta.
Mr.. Ramey Hughes acted as assistant mar
shall on Saieday. He is without doubt the
youngest policeman history will ever record,
who swung the billet like Il man through
thick and thin.
There was immense crowd in town on Mon
day 9Saleday.(, Thu weather was lovely;
nature. Nobody seemed to be mad and no
body was hurt.
Married, al the residence of the BRIDES
PRESLEY, Mr. w. G. Haddon, of Due West,
S. c., and Miss Cola Kennedy. eldest
daughter Of Mrs Rosa E. Kennedy, Of An
: derson, 8. c..
Worms do exist to a great extent in the hui
man body, and are often the cause Of disease
andIdeath. Shriner's Indian Vermifugc will
destroy and expcl them from the system
Hundreds of letters from those using Ayers
Hair Vigor attest its value as u %restnrer of
gray hair to its natural color. AS Il stimu-
liant and tonic, preventing and often curing
badness, and cleansing and soothing the
scalp, its use cannot be too strongly recon-
mended.
There was an enormous crowd in town for
from four to seFen thousand. Good order
was preserved and we heard of DO fights or
arrests. The circus was a good one The
street parade wss we'll equipped and hand-
some. Perhaps the best p%ertormane Of the
circus was the scrobatic feat in the air and
the bycicle riding on the rope The MENACE
Tie was very good. In all respects the people
seemed pleased with the entertainment.
w. c. MCGOWAN, Esq, leaves to-day for
Charleston, where he will be married to-mor-
and his bride will 20 to New York and Balti-
more. Few men have more friends than Willie
McGowan and name deserve them more than
The. These friends send with him their warm
and sincere congratulations to him and his
intellectual, mobile and lovely bride, upon
this beginning of their joint life. The bfes-
sings and the happiness that they anticipated
may we'll be predicted for them because they
deserve all the good that the Giver Vf all good
can send them. Bon roydge moH GMi to you
and your bonnie bride.
Monday was quite a busy day in Alb
beville.
Cotton is worth from So to 80 cents
in Abbeville.
Miss Rosa MCGOWAN. Of ~Spartanburg,
Is at Judge McGowan's.
The property sold on yesterday was
bought at very low figures.
Most Of the County fnirs held this
year have been very successful.
Col. James Edward Calhoun, spent
most Of last week in Abberille. visiting
his friends and relatives.
Many Of our friends think the change
of our publication day a wise one.
Mr.. Thomas Seal is experimenting
the work on Presbyterian parsonage.
Rev. w. r. Richardson conducted the
union meeting in the Baptist Church on
last Sunday night.
The invitations to the State Ball are
out. They arc ~ handsome as any we
have ever seen.
Mrs. John McMahan Of Antreville
had the misfortune to get her arm
broken n day last week.
Court adjourned on last Saturday.
Although the dockets were not cleared,
Judge Wallace did much to relieve the
pressure. .
Z Work has been commenced on Mr..
Lees new house. Capt. Nichols, who
built the Catholic Church has the con-
tract for its construction.
The best joke Of the season liz on the
editor Of the Press and Banner. Ask
him when he pays his tax if you want
TO find u what it is.
We are indebted to the Troy Social
Club for an invitation to their Annual
Ball to be given on Nov. 10Th. Some
Of us will be there kind friends.
Mrs. Tyler, Of Richmond, Va, has
been elected 10 fill the vacancy in the
Abbeville High School, caused by the
resignation Of Miss Miller. She is ex-
pected to report for duty to-day.
A Free Trade Convention was held in
Columbia on Saturday last. Nothing
very definite was done further than the
election Of delegates to the National
Convention to be held in Chicago.
The entertainment given by the Ia.
dies of the Methodist Church was
quite a success in every particular.
Thay realized about one hundred and
fifty dollars, and all present enjoyed
the occasion immensely.
Our talented correspondent, sR. s.
g." Of Due West, furnishes our readers
with ~ interesting letter on his Aiken
trip. 1t may be found on the first page
and shows up the true inwardness Of
the rail road fight in Aiken.