The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-16
STATE NEWS.

church was built shortly after Shcr-
man had made a bonfire of the previ-
GUS one.
- During the month Of January
forty-six patients were admitted to the
State Lunatic Asylum, and the total
population is now 957, the largest in
the history of the institution.
- a G~recHsccda merchant sold an
Edgctield man q box of dates for axle
grease the other day. The earth trem-
bled and the air got blue when that
man reached home.
= The Lancaster -Lcetgcr says that
the Rev. w. S. Sutherland, colorcd,
is operating in Lancaster county en-
rolling cx-slavcs upon a promise TO
get them pensions from the national
government.
- The Abbcville Medium is Of the
opinion that some of the legislators
who voted for partisan text books in
the public schools know as much
about their contents ''as a baby does
about heaven
- Friendship Church, near May
field postofficc in Grccnvillc county,
was burned last week. 1t was being
used as a school house, and it caught
from a defective huc. George May
field, who is the teacher there, fell off
Of the roof while trying to ~cxtinguish
the Ere, and broke his leg.
- The Judicial Gallery in the Su-
preme Court room has been added to
by a splendid oil engraving of the late
Judge Munro, which was presented by
his son, Col. William Munro Of Union.
Clerk Brooks has hung the picture,
and it is quite an addition to the in
teresting historical gallery.
= 1t is announced that the gentle
man who has a million dollar contract
to furnish granite for the government
he's opened Up u quarry at Cayce's, IL
Lexington County, where granite is
abundant. This movement will fur
nish work at honest wages for a goodly
number Of hands.
- r. l.. Patton, Jr., son Of Prof.
Patton of the South Carolina College,
committed suicide in Savannah last
week by taking laudanum. He was a
stenographer and generally had work
to do. He had made an attempt once
or twice before to commit the deed.
He was buried in Columbia.
Judge Benet has removed J. X.
Blackman, s~tenographer for the first
circuit since 1877, and appointed f.
X. Myers as his successor. The
News ana Courier calls on the Judge
to give his reasons for removing II
of the most efficient stenographers in
the State.
- A gentleman from the neighbor-
hood Of Pickens gives the information
that with favorable weather and no
unforeseen accidents, the Pickens and
Falsely railroad will be finished by the
1st Of March. There was a slight
hitch about crossing the track of the
Southern ct Easley, but this has been
satisfactorily arranged, and the work
will now go on unimpcded.
- A mulatto barber by the name Of
Ed. Signcr got in rage after a quarrel
with his wife on Wednesday night
and threw a piece Of iron at her. The
missile missed the woman, but struck
e child of the couple, fracturing it's
skull and injuring it so badly that it
died on Saturday night. After the
deed S:sSoT ran away, but came back
and surrendered to the authorities,
and az ncw in jail. Il is to be hoped
that An example will be made Of him.
-Orangebarg Times.
a mule belonging to Mr. Frank
p. Rush, of Bradley, was killed in a
peculiar way last Friday. The mule
was one Of a team used in hauling
lumber from Verdery to this city, and
i. was in coming down the hill be-
tween the Orphanage and the city the
accident occurred. The wagon, heav-
lily loaded, forced the mules down the
hill at a fast gait, when one Of them
made frantic efforts to hold back, and
the wagon tongue got across his back.
The mules back was broken and he
died from his injuries 80 rernwood
Inder.
- Capt. j. X: Marshall, of Chester,
was brutally murdered on the It'll
inst. He was a member of the police
force. a negro vent into the bank
and presented a check. which was
questioned. The bank officers called