The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-04
OUR BREVITY BASKET.
FILLED witt, Drief Mention of Many Minor
Events of the Week.

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rain last Saturday night.
Buttericks Patterns for Spring now
ready at Henry Kohn's.
OPPORTUNITIES are like girls, and
should always he embraced.
DR.. \. P. DantZler, Of Georgia, but a
native of this County, was in town last
week. :, 50 TO-.
An eclipse of the sun is announced
for tomorrow. Get your smoked glass
ready.
General Manigalllt inspected the
Eutaw Light Dragoons,near Holly Hill,
last Tuesday.
Mr.. W. L. Harley killed two wild
geese on the Elisto River near our
town last week.
Lovely Spring Prints and Ginghams
for early Spring wear just opened at
Henry kohn's. . -.
Last Monday was salesday, and quite
a crowd was in town. The usual
amount of horse swapping was indulg-
ed in.
SIessrs. Izlar & Glaze have introduced
into their office an improved Reming-
ton type writer, which is great con-
yenience.
This way young men have Of coming
from other places and marrying our
pretty girls is getting monotonous, and
must be stopped.
DR.. II. n. Fair Of s.. Matthews, is
having neat two-story frame dwelling
constructed. into which he will move
at an early day.
We welcome Mr.. AZ Fisher and falni-
lv back to our town. lie has openeda
grocery store on Russell Street, and we
hope he will do well.
The st. Matthew's Male and Female
Academy is tlourishing. with forty
scholars in attendance. The military
feature Of the school is obligatory.
There is money at the County Trcasur-
er's office for the following persons.
Call and get it: L. B. Rast, J. c.
Heaton, r. OI. Clafry and a: +. Bannis-
Mr.. A. T. II. Dukes, of Branchyille,
is good fisherman as well as a live,
energentic merchant. We see by our
cotemporary that hehas already caught
a shad or two.
Astronomers promise that bright
comet will be visible just before sun
rise during the latter part of May. 1t
is the comet 1885," discovered lately by
Prof. Barnard.
The prospective candidate is cnlti-
waiting the political smile, puckering
his lips for the cordial "howd'y-do" and
shows your family" and practicing the
hearty vice-lille hand shaking.
!; A man "who never reads y paper"
must have Il keen intuition. But just
publish a two-line local about him just
for fun and see how many moons will
wane before he will snuffit out.
Mr.. r. D. Wolfe has had the two story
wooden store on Russell Street next to
his brick store pulled down. 1t is his
intention, we believe, to erect a hand
some brick building in its place.
We are indebted to Mr.. W. p. Shirer
for card Of invitation to the aniver-
sary celebration Of the "Phrenakosmain
Literary Society" of Newberry College,
on Friday evening, March 10, 1856.
MIR. E. w. Screven, of Columbia, S. c.,
paid us visit last Monday. Mr..
Screyen is a pleasant, reliable gentle
man, and we commend him to any OF
oar people who want to buy machin-
cry.
An interesting article on the Wo-
mans Convention recently held IN
Washington, D. c., from the pen of Mr..
Randall, the correspondent Of the ALI
gusta Chronicle, may be fonnd on our
first page.
The Rev. J. S. Parker, pastor of the
4. NJ. e. Church, desires to thank the
citizens of Orangeburg for their kind
enabling him in a
measure to erect u parsonage and pay
ing off the church debt.
Capt. J. II. Andrews on the Bull
Swamp road had about two Thousand
panels of fencing burned on Friday by
.hc careless setting out OF fire by a
negro man. Such careleSsneSs is GRIM
nal and should be severely punished.
Our City Council have recently pur-
;l.ased q lot upon which are soon to be
erected guardhouSe, public market
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ong been needed, and will be quite an
lddition to our growing city when
Mr.. NJ. b. Randle, who married Miss
Istelle Lowman, Of our town, some
ime ago, has located at Union Springs,
Ala. We dislike to see our young ladies
70 50 far from home, but as Mr.. Ran
lie promises to locate in Orangeburg
ONE day, we will fOrgiVehim.
The letter in the postollicc addressed
o the "ITandsomest Young Man in
)rangcburg" has been called for and
ieliycrcJ towel we wont give him
way, as Bob is Il mighty clever fellow,
md ought to be the handsomest young
nan in Orangchlrg, if he is not.
On the evening OF February 2Gth Il
Division Of the Sons Of Temperance
vas organized 1T st. Matthew's. The
,niccrs were duly elected from chartcr
members and one candidate admitted.
rhe Worthy Patriarch is DR.. Bates Il