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LOWNDESVILLE NEWS.
Matters Which Come Within the
Range of Troupe's Telescope.


Lowndesville. S c., March So 1885,
. Mr.. E. W. Harper was at Anderson several
Mr.. M. M. Mattlson of Anderson was In
town day or two during the past week.
Master Lloyd Moorhead was with friends al
Wellington on Tuesday rsn ana mednesdas es lay
of his brother-in-law, Mr. b. berry Alieh' Tue
first of the week. .,-
Mr.. D. H. Winn OF Donalds, representing
Mr.J. :. Fowler Of Anderson, was in this Sec
ton last week.
Mrs. r. l.. Smith was called to Anderson on
business Wednesday,: ~,
Miss Meta Allen, OF tne Bapllst r Femaie coI
lege Greenville, came down nome lasI oatuI-
o1S 6r' B. Moseley went to Abbeville Friday
and returned home Saturday.
Prof J F. ba1e aarRgT RPth ahq Frdy FneS
Messrs. f. r. Horton and Allen Bond went
to Abbeville Saturday. n
Mr.. ]. ]. Trowbridge: representing b. ".
Evans Co. SIeshinEa Sa,nraav mousse AhaefS'n was
prof j. +. Wright Of Coronaca came up Sat
urday on his wheel, ana was the guest OF ReV.
e. w. Mason till yesterday.
Hon. /. H. McCalla and his brother, Col. j.
w. McCalla, of Elbert County, went up TO
Mr. A. V. Barnes paid business visit to
wellington Wedn esday.
Mr.. Nickle, superintendent or the Eloerton
oil Mill, was in town Wednesday.
Mrs. John w. McCalla has been visiting for
the past few days the family Of her brother,
Mr.. B. Berry Allen.
ATTEMPT TO POISON.
our section had more than its usual excite
ment last week. Mr.. and Mrs. B. Berry A len
and their two children, while at Inc oreaK lasl
table found that the coffee did not taste exact
when they were taken violently Ill. Drs. a.
j. Speer and Il. A. Henry were hastily sum
moned, who soon discovered that the family
had been poisoned. After they were re!ievea
and Investigation had, 1T was found that lit
lie house girl (negro) had put nearly box OF
trough on rats" into the coffee pot. which
fact, no doubt, accounts for them oelng saved
from a violent death. The girl said that she
wes mt M to il by a negro woman, also living
on the place, who, so far as Is known, had no
cause whatever for Inducing the girl 70 40 the
deed The proper papers were at once issued,
and the girl and woman (Queen) are now
boarding at Abbeville with Mr.. Sam Nance.
II is not often that a queen is boarded at the
expense. even for short time, OF ola Aooe.
vile, but so 1t is now. Those VINO maze the
above narrow escape have not yet entirely re-
covered.
MAD DOGS.
Excitement No. .. There have been several
mad dogs In and around here in the past few
days. While at large they bit quite mum,
ber of other dogs, and they have oeen KlIleu
SO that the stock of dogs is being rapidly re-
duced, and without stoppage OF the near
past death rate one of the lind hereabouts
will be rare sight.
ORPHANS.
Rev. G. II, Waddell, OF the Epworth Orphan
age. Columbia, came In Saturday night and
was the guest of Rev. +. w. Mason. Iester-
day at 80 o'clock in the Methodist church
he gave an entertaining history of the orphan.
aye and its managements. 1t is doing like all
other institutions OF its kind, good work and
should be well provided for. collection was
taken mn. but the amout realized Is not known
TO this writer. A lot of supplies Will be sent
From here newt week, Troupe.