The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-16
STATE NEWS.
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church was built shortly after Sher
man had made 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 Greenwood merchant sold an
Edgefeld man 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 Ledger says that
the Rev. ". S. Sutherland, colored,
is operating in Lancaster county en-
rolling ey-slaves upon a promise to
get them pensions from the national.
government.
- The Abbeyille 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 Gas baby does
about heaven.
Friendship Church, near May
field postoffice in Greenville county,
was burned last week. 1t was being
used as school house, and it caught
from defective fue. George May
field, who is the teachersthere, fell off
Of the roof while trying to cxtinguish
the fire, and broke his leg.
= The Judicial Gallery in the Su-
preme Court room has been added to
by 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 million dollar contract
to furnish granite for the government
has opened UP quarry at Cayces, in
Lexington County, where granite is
abundant. This movement will fur
nish work at honest wages for a goodly
number of hands.
E. 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 vas buried in Columbia.
= Judge Benet has removed j. h.
Blackman, stenographer for the first
circuit since 1877, and appointed E.
X. Myers as his successor. The
Ncns and Courier calls on the Judge
to give his reasons for removing one
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
Easley railroad will be finished by the
1st of March. There was slight
hitch about crossing the track of the
Southern at Easley, but this has been
satisfactorily arranged, and the work
will now 60 on unimpcded.
A mulatto barber by the name Of
Ed. Signor got in rage after quarrel
with his wife on Wednesday night
and threw piece Of iron at her. The
missile missed the woman, but struck
child Of the couple, fracturing it's
skull and injuring it so badly that it
died on Saturday night. After the
deed Signor ran away, but came back
and surrendered to the authorities,
and is now in jail. 1t is to be hoped
that an example will be made Of him.
-Orangeturg Times.
"A mule belonging to Mr.. Frank
P. Rush, of Bradley, was killed in a
peculiar way last Friday. The mule
was one of team used in hauling
lumber from yerdery to this city, and
it was in coming down the hill be-
tween the Orrhanage and the city the
accident occurred. The wagon, heav-
lily loaded, forced the mules down the
hill at fast gait, when one of them
made frantic efforts to hold back, and
the wagon tongue got across his back.
The mule back was broken and he
died from his iniurics.-G5rcn~oo'
Mdcr.
= Capt. J. *: MARSHALL Of Chester,
was brutally murdered on the 9TH
inst. He was Il member Of the police
force. y negro went into the bank
and presented check, which was
questioned. The bank officers called