Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Js X"Itm Jjtesseniger. J. R. HAGOOD, Editor and Prop'r. LOCAL AN D COUNTY MATTERS. -I;ead carefully the following new ad vertiseniots In this Issue: R. L. Lewis, candidate for School Commissioner. W. M. Unsigood & Co., 35 Tons of Stamdard Guano. Dr.e. Earle & 1iruce, copartnership it) practice of mitedicine. Dr. W. T. Field, Jersey Bull. Calissaya Touic. Ownbey Bros., Fine Cotton Seed, and a Job lot Crockery. Jose ph .Weston, Boot and Shoe shop, Greeiville, S. C T. K. & V. E. IludYCn, Chrom (arids. ~ ,Crm W. S. GREGcoRy, our Foreman and Pu1bli1her', is authorized to receive and eceipt for subscriptions, Job work and advertisehients for THE MESENGER. -Candidates. before election time cOme(s, have your tickets printed at the M1SSENGER Omee, whre it will be (tonle as neat ald cheaper than any where this side of Charleston. -Cot ton ilk Greenville is selling at I ll to II .}., with a firm demand: -OWNBEY BRos. have a Job lot of ( rockerv, which t hey will sell cheap. apr 18 2t -Guano still is the lead, and our l'"alors searcely receive it fast enough for the farmers. -Mrs. James Wyatt sent:u 4 the first :1 rawherry we have seen in the coun ty this Spring. -.Jancs Gilreath,one of G reeiville's most pleasant young menI, paid us a visit last week. --We had a heavy rain on Tuesday night last. It made the farmers feel lappy. (1CHROM0 CARDS FOR 0 170 cents. Address, T. K. & V. E. HIUDGENS, Easley. -Our town was enlivened on Ttes (lay afternoon last, by die presence of Miss Fannie Hoke, of Seneca. -Senator Butler will please accept our thanks for a copy of his speech on the Blair Educational Bill. -J. W. Butler, the representative of Tanner, Currier & Heath, of Atlan (a, was in town on Tuesday. -W. II. Warnick an "adept in thke art" of printing, an d who is now living ink Gr"enville, calledl in to see us last week. -Mr. Rial Barnett was in town on Wednesday last as happy as he could be. Another yonng man to exert an influence on the world. --Mr'. Watson Stewart, an elderly gentleman living in the western part of thke county died on Wednesday night of last week. -.''A young man is made better b~y a sisters love," andl so a weakly ankd (d icate constitution is mk'ade stronger and more vigorous by the use of Calisay Tonic. All who have used it will tell you so. Why wait for' a cylone to con Vince you. Sold by all dealers, "and all it cost is a dlollar a bottle." apr' 18 tf --We are glad to reccommend Ba cots Liver Pills to the public. Our eifi cient Post Master is the agent for Mr'. Bacot. Call and be supplied, and look out soon for an advertisemient. -J. P. Cary, of the Piekens bar,paid us a visit on Tuesday last. -There Was snow to the depth of one Inch at Buck Forest, on the 10th Inst., and on the 12th It fell at Owsar's [lead. -There will be a Musical E ntertain ment an( a Speech given in Academy Hall, on Friday night the 25th inst. The public are invited. -Dr. Frank Bruce, who graduated last Spring at the Atlanta Medical Col lege has located at this place to prac tice his profession. We wish him much success. ---The, Republican State Convention have elected the following delegates at large to the National Convention : Robert Smalls, colored, Brayton, Taft and Sam Lee. -If any one desires a flne milch cow, let him call on Mr. Geo. W. MeClana han,who lives near 18 Mile Post Office, and who has one for sale. -G. A. Moon brought to our offlice the other (lay, the largest Owl we have seen. After its wings had been clipped somewhat, it measmred four feet and four inches from tip to tip. -We now have a Fish market in our tow. Our young' friend. P'eston Kit' ton, receives a fresh lot by Express di rect from Newberne. N. 0., every Sat IItrday mnorniing, which hIe sells very low. -Friend C. 1. Drennan is now con nected with the Hatcher Tobacco house of Va. lie will leave us soon with his sample case, but will make Easley his headquarters. -01n the flrst Saturday in May the Methodist Sunday School of this place, will give a pie ide, to bu followed by a celebration on Sunday, on which occa Sion there will be some fine addresses delivered. -The Joli! hogan mentioned else where in outr colutmns as being dead, will be remembered by the citizens of OGreenville, he having been connected with Mr. lillhouse inl the Livery Sta ble business. le has relatives in Union. -Farmers, call on OWNBEY BROS.. and secure someC Fine Cotton Seed, "JoneS' Imnprovedl," and "'Ozier Silk,"' and you wvill make a bale of Cotton to the acre. Ca.ll ear'ly. OWvNuEy BROS. apr 18 2t *--A cyclonc swept over Columbus and thr'ough Harris county, Ga., on Tuesday. At C h1ipley, sever'al hiouses were blown down, and 5 persons killed. Blackhawk, Miss., was also struck, sev er'al buildings diestroyed and a number of persons injured. -A letter p~assedl through our p~ost offlee some days ago directed as fol lows :Mary , South Ca r'olina, picken (Canty, New Pickens Court ho0use, the Post ofice lease For ward my letter' on in hast in the care of . We omit names, but can vonch for the triuith of directions. -Venner, the grecat weather Proph et, prediets another andl greater cy clone than hteretofor'e, for the 26th inst., and another one for June. is pr'edictions for those past were correct, but *e truly hope he may fall on his last predictions. however, get your storm-nits ready. ed letters over the centre of the stage swung the motto 'Female Excellence is our Alm,' and the programme of the evening did honor to the motto. This is a running program of the occaslon: "The Investigating Committee." A young lady applied to the committee for a school, but the committee was ful ly satisfied that she wanted a husband and not a school. Nicely rendered. "The maiden's Prayer-" Feelingly petitioned. "The Lovers Sacrifice.' This was the case of a lover who preferred his beard to winning the hand of a fair young lady. "'The May Queen." Though the bree zes were icy, this scene made the audi ence feel like it was surrounded by baniks of violets and beds of roses. "Come Where the Violets Bloom." We all felt like we would ch.er fully go. "All's Fair in Love and War." Two fellows were in love with the same girl. One was taken and the other left. Sht was won by strategy. "Remember Me." A Solo. Ilarmo ny ruslihig from a throat which has the ring of silver, and, Falling from lips which so well disclose, 'ihe blushing folds of the opening rose. Recess. Refreshienits. Lemonade, lemonade, and social commingliag. "Nobody's Child.'V Touchingly re cited by Miss Aurie Ilollingsworth. '"The Quarrel.'' Old man quarrel ling with his wife because she did iioL iiiake his coffee stiong enough. She got the best of it. "Old Folks at Home." Song. Good "The Angel of the Saloon."' Scene: Four drunkards gambling a*way thek Ibread of their wives and chlil(lrel a sai loon keeper dealing out th . deadly poison; and a little angel beautifully s4iiwining "don't, don't break any more Learts." The scele Was very touch ing; anld Hortense Mauldinl, With her h:1nd softly resting in the hantid of one of ( he- drunkards, sweetly acted her part so vell. The greater portion of this piece Was written by Mrs. LRue. An1d it does um1itch Credit to ht1Ur dramliat - ie taste. The enttertainmient closed with a beautiful tableaul scene. in which the brilliant (calcitun l ight fell gracefully ulpon) pre'tty and~ lovely girls, calling forth the adm irai'tion and1 prIaise of all. TIhte who(le thing was a .success a1( refleets muich credit upon the SocietyV and College. May there b~e many more such. G DRtS. EARLE & BRUCE, Easley, S. C. - FIFERS t heir prIofess5ionl servie E to the surroundinigcuty or night. (?Ifir-e al/ Easle4y Holet. )' IE wilbea EseysBrde V oer Saluda River', on t he 10th day of Maiy next, at 11 o'lok a. m.i, for' the puripo.e of le'tting the lyiihdinig of a Brlige at sid Bridge site'. Piaiis of letting. E L I.A S D)AY, Cioun( y (Conuin 'r Pi''kens ao. Cot~unty 'oniun'r Gr'eenville ('4. S)ubscr*ibe( for Tlii m1e Umw av,-I -Messrs. Westmoreland Bros., of Greenville,Wholesale Druggist,deserve great credit for the manufacture of that great and valuable remedy, "Cal Isaya Tonic." which eclipses anything that is now on the road. See Local advertisement in another column. -There were quite a run-away scrape on. Main st. on Tuesday afternoon last. The horse of 4 . A. Moon exercised himself against the buggy to which he was attached,kicked the dashioard or, broke the harness and extricated him self. In the buggy were Messrs. George Moon, Me. Smith and E. 11. .Barton. No one of them was seriously hurt. Mr. Barton sustained slight injuries in his egress from the vehicle. -Post-Oflee Inspectot, Ben. Simp son, paid our towni a visit on Saturday last. The burglars who entered the Easley P. 0. on the night of the 4th of February last, may think they are ex perts, and will not be found out. but. when snch shrewd detectives as MIr. Simpson, aided by our wide-awake P. M., get on track they will down the guilty rascals sure and certain. The burglars are all known and had better look out. -We had the pleasuire of attending the entertainment given by the Calli crenian Literary Society. of the Pied mont Institute, in the Chapel of the building, on Friday evening last. The students acquitted themselves nicely., and fully deserved the patronage which they reeeived. h'lhir sucess is due to the pride which tley take in these en tertainments in committing their res QeCtive part's to a perfect memory, and to the, careful study of the delivery of the~ same. -(Col. I. W. Aveiy and fanily,of At lanta Ga., visited the family of WV. M. Ilagoo(l last weel. Col. A very paid the MESSENGER office a. call. Ilie is one of Atlanta's most culturcd an(] in iluenitial gentlemen. For 7 years lie was the chief editor of the Atlanta Con stitutionand is now conllected with tle Baltimore Manufactirers Record, and is a daily correspondent to the Aigus ta Ch.onicle and Constitut ionalist. IIe has a little daughter of :11 yea rs, who delighted Ls w ithi lher line miusic on the violin. --A1'e have a young man in our1 vi einit~y, who, of late, has had occadsor. to IdIe around through the country a great deal. On his laist trip) he caime t o grief, in t hat he lost his '"lit tle book,'' which contained those sweet love mis sives, by the score, and that, too, in the vicinity of t he sender of those missives. He mourns and he groans, and( requests the finder' to r'eturn thecm and rece'ive the rewarid, an d "'forever here after to hold his tongute."' Puoor fellow, he has gone to farming for a mont hs, or rather until he gets over the shock. We trust that lhe may retain his mhind1. OUR PJUKENS LETTER. DE~AR MESSENGFRi: The entertain ment given by t he Callier'enian Litera ry Society F'ridaiy night, was a brill lant success. T1hie air was a little fros ty, but beauty, elegance and talent. which the students of the College upj her'e possess, necver fails to dlra w a large audience. TIhte stage was beaiutifuilly d1ceorated anid shining- in gnblcn-h'a..