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the asles * essenger. J. R. HAGOOD, Editor and Prop'r. ty LOCAL AND COUNTY MATTERS. ed -The weather Is very winter-ike. mI -Too cold to garden any. We --We had a heavy raln,accompanled - with hall on Tuesday night last. ho -Six cadidates to the front this nI week. an -Come on Candidates with your Williams. im -on. J. E. Boggs of Pickens, paid h our office a visit oi Tuesday last. W -Attention is called to the Election Notice by Intendait Hudgens. ge Messrs. W. II. & N. R. Green, from W he Aiderson, visited Easley this week. -Read t he announcement of An en dIewI R. llHamilton, for coroner, to be . found on this page. of -The Wizard Oil company is to be ii Pickens next Monday and here onil Tluesday. -While March was gentle in its c gress. the first part of April was boist- a crous in its ingress. -On Friday evening a literary cir (le in our town will be organized for mental and social enjoyment. T. -Dr. R. .J. Gilliland is making a yu large improvement on his beautiful jt place. -The MAethodist Sunday School is hiI going to havoe. a pie nic Sometime dur- If ing the moith of April or May de ---Miss Lucie Ilagoodof Chaliirleston, G who has been spending some time with her relatives and friends in Picken s an(d Easley left us on Tueslay last. -The Rev. S. Y. Jamiison will fill re: Ih pulpit of t he Baptist church oin Sun- he day mlornin1 ( and evening' next, the ol pastor having gone to Brevard N. C. -Mrs. T. G. Ilawkins dien at her Ith residence about 4 miles from Picketis C. If., on Monday last after a prolong- to ed illtess. She was buried at Secona. (a -Mrs. Foster Wyatt died6 at her of home near Piekens, on Trs *day night "I1 hast. She was buried on Saturday at h the 12 mile grave yard. -TIurni out to see and hear the great sei Wizard Oil Company. See their fine tei wagon, mad~e to order, and the four Cc horses they have to pull it. ,PC -Dr. J. W. Quilhlian is making im-. he p rovements upon01 the secondl story of or' his store. IIe is arrang'ing it for a - -All those wishing to contribute to l he cyclone su flerers can do so by send- ha ing your money, SUp~plieS &c., to Rev. t D). W. lUiott, who will forward all fi .such. -Now that friendl R. C. G.,' has be- 3' comeC an expert in the art of shinging' to lightning, we miay soon expect to hear j~ of his being joined to some Rail ry .Road1 Corporat ion). --Maij. D. F. Bradlley, of the "Senti- N e"was ini towni onl WVedn1esday. We gr heard a gentlemen remark that the bo canl Conivenitioni does nIot meet until thi Saturday nlext. Whom will the Pick ens Alternates support? Doni't come at to vote solidily for the illustiouis ClIark ov Millr ha -It was our fortune to meet somq e representatives of Anderson coun , on Monday last. We paid a visit t< )art of the cyclone region. -One female murderer was convict in Spartanburg last week, and three Lie murderers in U'reenville th ek. -Miss Sue E. Lewis returned to hei me in Pickens on Monda3 last, aftei iking pleasant visits to Mobile, Ala. d Seneca, S. C. -Rev. W. 11. Kirton continues tc prove, and before a great while we pe he will be able to resume hih ork. -Williaml Cha:1 pian, a one arme( utleman, was killed near Central o BdInesday last by a falling tree, whilh was ploughhig in his fleld. -Next Monday is Salesday in Pick. s. Tihe Democratic Executive Com. ttee meets on that day in the offict the "Sentinel." -Miss Sallie Wilson, who lived al 's. Freemans, near Pickens, died o tirsday last at a very ripe age. Sht Ls buried on Saturday at the McA d is grave yard. -The following new camlidates ap air in this issue. For Sherill, W. N -yne, Jas. L. Ambler and Earle P ylor. For Treaulrer, P. ). Cureton >r Clerk, J. J. Lewis. For Probatt (ge. J. II. Newton. -1hrce was a furious gale in Col urn L on the 2nd inst., a part of the Stat( >Isc was blown dow), Ilad the chal lier in the Governor'sofflice fell. - Th( >vernor had a narrow escape. Ther( Ls also a gale in Lexington county d two mnCll were killed. - It will be noticed by a few of ou iders, that a portion of 0111 bnrg5 ad-liie. "Easley Nesse(nger."' fel t, linobserved by the pressila n lich leaves it lookin. very funny, bul reading matter is all riglit. -'The editor of t his paper was heart express his love for flowers the othel y, remarkirg that ie was more foml the Lilie~ thanr any other. Otu )evil"' whispered to the foreman tha "fiuks he see's a point stimvhreres.' -D~eputy U. S. Marshal F'olger i~ vin~g SIunnnfons on witniesses to ait id the A pl ril TPenrm of U. S. Ci rcui urt in Charleston, againSt-stum( rSOn~s unknown to any on e, unless ii t he G3overnment oflieials. Some 5( 55 witnesses will be smmnnonred. -A young man, whose good pleas .3 it was to go to Pickens oni Mon day t, was observed to be exceedingly ppy. H~e was elatedl even into th< lerial regions, and the soft eyes of r form that in themselves did( speak ~re so piercing t hit the heart of oui uing friend was moved from cenrtre ciremnfere nce, and t he feelings o -a most intense joy played upon eve fea~tre of his facee. -Th'e lynching occurred at D~allas C., on Monday night last, of a ne r> whno had committed murder oni th<4 dy of Thomas Wilson, a prominen lite manm of Gaston, one week befor a lyr~ching took place. There was also another lyniein Rock 11ill withini the bordlers of ou ni State on Tunesday. A negro, wi) (1 coinut ted a ifelon ion am.anl upon a little girl of 6 years, was hang ed to a tree, and the following placard was attached to his body: "Our daughters we will protect." -It gives us great pleasure to an nonnce to our readers, that on Tues (lay next the great Wizard Oil Co. will be with us. Open air concerts, and the sale of the great medical rem edy will be the order of (lay and ight. The company attracts a crowd wherev er it goes, and the people of A nderson were so much pleased with it that it has been Invited to return there to give a special concert on the night of the 2d. Let everyboey go out to hear them. -On Friday evening, the 11th Inst., the young ladies of dhe Callierenian Literary Society of the Piedmont In stitute, at Pickens, will give an enter tainment in the Chapel, to which eve rybody is cordially invited to attend. If all the other entertainments which have been givell by this school were ta ken as samples of the present one, it will not fall short of being extraordin arily flne. Ad mission fees 25 cents for adults, and 10 cents for children under 12 years of age. -List of Letters remaining in Eas -Cy Postofilee, on 31st of March, 18S4: Mrs. Lizzie Brown, Miss It. L. Bas well, Miss Anna BrmLL~lt, Mrs. Virgin ia Bur'dine. W. M. Couch. Mrs. Lizzie Davis. Thomas Fletcher, Tilinan Fennel. SHardy Fennel. Pollie Gbrel, Iatte (rulibriel, John Gamnbrel, Richard Golightly. Sisan Ilarrisoni, Thomas linton. hannah Johnson, Thomas 0. Jame Son), l I'r Johnson, Lawrence Jell kins. Wim. Les.lie. Mlatt le Mecolhunl, MNrs. Sy re n Me Junkin, Aisel Mc.Makii, Nelson Moss, J. 14 Mauldin, (2). C. S. Orr, Maggie O'Shields, Maj. 1) Orr, John Orr. William Sutherland, ' tMrs. G. A. San deI'rs. Fannie Turner. Jefl' Welborn, Charlie Williams. Persons in askiig for the above let ters willI please say t hey atre ad ver. ised. AL~ONzo M. FocaGF:n, P'. M. OUR PJCKENS LETTER. PICKH'NS, S. C., April 1, 1881. l)EAIt MESSE~NG:lt. Th'lis is "All Fools'' day, and three of thme boys are sitting by me ini thme office as I pen these Tines ar'e du11ll ny here now, andl gracefuil sitting~ and t hat peculiar grin which a sunshine b~athm pr1odumces. is thme order of the day. Appearances oft en dleceive. A large, sliek, bmrown biscuit someitimes conitainis a ma~ss of cotton. A household of boarders up here wereC complletel y ''set baick"' this morin by n ingenfiou)s landlady. Such is life, but we'll take the life in ours without thme such. Mr'. C. P. Barrett and Miss Addie Ambler wore marr'iied last Sunday af t(ernloon at the~ reCsidnceI of Maji. James Ambler. We wish themi miuch joy,auid SItr'ust that laying ofi the single and (10n nling the silken dlouble hainess may bring a(honeymoon that necver wane)s an~d much happiness, "d own where the "orange blossoms bloom.'' A fellow trottng :rll over towin hnnt. Ing a "left handed gimlet" is truly A. pril fooled. Miss Lucle Hlagood, wl.o has spent a pleasant vlsit, both to herself and friends In Pickens, leaves to-day for her home down where the water. ebb and flow. Mellow sunshine, singing birds and blooming flowers have gracefully e corted April to the front. The Republicans of thIs precinct met in the Court House Saturday to send "diligits" to the County Coniven tion which meets at Easley on the 5th inst. Flye or six whites and quite a number of the dusky race inade up the roll of delegates. Jeremiah Looler was called to the ch dr and A. R. N. Folger was requested to act as Secre tary. The chairman ''airily," inl a la Meltoni styleexplained the o)Ject of t h meeting to be the first step in gettingr th3 next president of this glorious coutn try; at Easley, they would take the second step, at Columbia the third, aind at Chicago, they would 'ilead out. the horse." The chairman rides a pretty high horse and is saturated with no small amounit of 1spreadeangleism." Ile declared, with an air of contidence, that the next president wohl1 he Re publican, but when he come to consuid c the County and State oflces, that siwv.ificant stroke of his massive head seemed to sing, 'jare welt brother Jere de country am gone dimicratic." After this gaious blow the follovlim -t11 git's" were elected: I. 1. Ilefndhieks. bell went her, ,Jeremiah Looper, to lea y the fence and light in this bellweath er's tracks, then comes inl the distalce the three ebonies. Ellic Pitts, leurv Lawrence and Tony Ferguilson. The'I then fluting in as a sell, Ifve tdemnoerii alternates and instructe d thei not 11) he presellt as the principals would be 0nIt hand. moon has its time to rise over ithe white clouds ii the sky, the star-; t b iir tile to bright ly t winkle,anld smil mer birds their time to tly aeross tiw seas. So "Larks" aid "ight~inllgales" have their time to gently steal beneath the- "Bay window" and warble forth thioutgh the moon-lit air, lotes which souniid as sweet and mu m1sical as: "%Appollo's lute strung .with Is ownt hair.1 N UW Ma~irried1, at the r'esid~encee o1 Major Jamies I1. Amibler, on Sindlav the 30th~ March, C. P. BA anETT, Esq.', of Spar tanbu~trg, aml Miss A.1DIE~ AMBRIIt of atingO elIergyimn. .Mariried1, on1 t he lt 1h inist., at t he~ res. idenice of the bride's father, by Rev; G. W. Brooks, 3'aji. G. M. L~ysnC, (d Piekens county, S. C., to Miss SAJLIxNA A. LYON, of French Broad Valler. T1rantsyl vania county, N. (2. Married, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Vardry Mauldin, on. Feb. 24th, by the Rev. B. S. GaineS. [PETER N ARIWARGEI and Miss FA NN I 1 MA ULDIN, all of Piekens. F'or Corone14r. 'lTe many friends of ANDRIEW U. H1AM II/['ON respect fully bring for ward his niame ats a candidate for the oflice of Coroner of Pickens count y, subject to a niominiation b~y the Detmno cratic party in the next primary eleet 1031. apr 4 t~d Election Notice. A N Elctionwill be held in Easler Aon Monday, 21st of A pril, 188 i, for an intendant and( four Wardens a serve t he ensui ng yearm. Mfanagers of E~leetioni : .. Rb.. inison, A. M. Runiion and1( C. T1. Martin. By order of Council. A. W. I rnaONSs. InltenIdanmt. ajnril 4 tf