The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-01-26

beat him terribly. There was never a
breach of any kind betweeen the dlVorc'
ed parties, they merely agreeing to sep:rr'
ate at the time, which they did, and each
going to live among their children. The
aged groom with his blooming bride, it
is said, have left for sexas, where they
will reside in future, while the discarded
Mrs. Harris is living comfortably in the
home of one of her grown sons, near
this city.
COLUMBIA, S. c., January H.-Mrs.
Lola McGrady, wife of John McGrady, a
farmer who lives about eleven miles from
this city, was burned to death yesterday.
She was alone in the house with her nine
months old child, and was suffering from
the cold. She knelt down On the hearth
and turned her back to the open fire,
when her clothing caught fire, and in an
instant her body was enveloped in flames.
She rushed screaming from the house, and
ran about three hundred yards along the
road, when she sank to the ground ex-
hausted and horribly burned. In this
condition she was found by a colored
woman who extiuguished the flames with
sand, and sent word to MIR. McGrady,
who was at work in the woods. The un.
fortunate lady's body was burned to a
crisp in many places. She fingered in
intense agony until past midnight when
death ended her sufferings.
SAN DIEGO, January 20.-A year ago
rancher in Moosa Canyon, named Lewis
Stone, went east. During his absence, q
family named Goen, consisting ofa widow
two SONS and daughter took possession
of his ranch and cabin. On Stones re-
turn he Instituted legal proceedings to
eject the parties. His title was confirmed
and last Wednesday when the sheriff
went to take possession the whole family
ofGoens faced the officers with revolvers.
The sheriff snh htched a revolver from Mrs.
Goen, who wss in the door. She seized a
gun and shot him in the face. In a
melee which followed O citizen named
Reed was fstally wounded by Percy
Goen. Marian, daughter of Mrs. Goen,
was accidently shot in the neck by her
brother and fell dead. Percy Goen was
shot through the head and arm fatally.
His sister aud brother were dead when
the officers r{treated with their wounded,
and Mrs. Goen holds the fort, declaring
she will not leave the place alive.
ENNIS, Tx, January 1S.-Seven per-
Sons were dlowned to day in Sand Lake,
about ten miles east of Ennis. Two
young women, daughters of William
Williams, farmer, and a young man
named Babbitt, were skating on the lake,
when the i9e gave way, and they sunk in
four and a half feet of water. Miss Bab-
bitt and tRo little girls, aged s and 4
years, and daughters ofWilliam Williams,
were on the shore watching the sport,
and were dfowned in attempting to rescue
their friends. A very small child of
William Williams also fell throguh the
ice, but was saved by one of the drowning
young ladies catching and throwing it
out on ttn ice. Young Williams, broth.
er of the young ladies drowned, was a
quarter pf mile distant at his house.
He saw he trouble, and ran to the assis.
tance of the unfortunates, but he was
soon ohrpowered by the struggles of
those wlo were drowning, and be-, too,
was drorned. Mrs. Williams, his moth
er, mad9 an effort to save them all, but
she was pulled down and would have
met thefate of her children but for timely
aid OF hsr two daughters, aged 10 and u
respectively. These children threw her
rope and succeeded in pulling her
ashore All the bodies were found to.
gether.!
LIMESTONE, I. T., Jan. 23.-About
eleven O'Clock Saturday four masked
men, all heavily armed, rode up to the
Citizens Bank and dismounted. The
leader jntered and covering the cashier,
W. T. Reynolds, with pistol, demanded
the caA on hand Reynolds pretended
to comply but closed and locked the safe
instead, whereupon one of the robbers
shot snd instantly killed him. The bank
was then ransacked and $1,000 secured.
An unsuccessful sttempt was made to
openk khe safe. At the sound of the pis.
tol SLOT several people came running to
the bank to ascertain the cause of the
trobll but they we're fired on by the
robbers on guard and retreated to arm
thehselves and give the alarm. In few
milites twenty or thirty armed citizens
hurried to the bank and in the melee
which followed one of the robbers, who
was identified as a ranchman named
/ Evins, living near the town, was killed
and four citizens slightly wounded. The
thse surviving robbers rode away with
booty. After an hours hard pursuit a
pohe effected the capture of the trio and
brought them back to Limestone. Judge
Lynch found the leader guilty of muir
deing the cashier and he was at once
hinged. The other two will be turned
oief to the United States authorities at
Fort Wichita. The stolen money was
recovered. The robbers were all cattle
nnchers of the neighborhood and were
tnown as hard characters.