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jhs fazet 5essnger. J. R. RAGOOD, Editor and Prep'r. LOCAL AND COUNTY MATTERS. -Senator Field paid our office a visit last week. -Mrs. W. M. Hagood is earnest in the cultivation of her flower garden. -Miss Essie Russell is visiting rela tives in Anderson. -Peggy S. appears this week in splendid style. Read what she has to say. -The weather has bten quite cool this week. Wednesday morning a large tire felt very pleasant. -We received about 50 subscribers within the space of two weeks. And still they come. -OWNBEY BROS. have a Job lot of Crockery, which they will sell cheap. apr 18 2t -Hon. J. E. Boggs and Capt. J. J. Lewis have been appointed assistant. Supervisors of Election. - Read the announcement of Henry J. Lewis for Sheriff to be found on the local page. --Prof. Moore will speak on"Schools and their Intluence"' on Friday night. Let all turn out to hear this eloquent speaker. All may enter free of charge. -Mr. Elbert Hester brought us this week a sample of a field of fine wheat. It is over two and a half feet high and is well headed. -Rev. W. 11. Kirton is improving in health. lie was able to ride dowii town on Monday to the voting pre einet. -Our town and vicinity Las again become healthy, and very little sick ness reported, and our pysicians are taking a "rest." -Mr. Morton Nichols, telegraph operator and ticket agent at the Air Line Depot, in Greenville, is visiting the family of Mayor Gignilliat. -De-'- y Marshal A. W. Folger re turned home from Charleston on Tues day morning last. Ie had gone to Charleston in charge of a U. S. pris oner. -Farmers, call on OWNBEY BRos., and secure some Fine Cotton Seed. "Jones' Improved,'' and "'Ozier Silk," and you will make a bale of Cotton to the acre. Call early. apr 18 2t - -Messrs. Nix & Howard have re ceived their Spring and Summenr stock of Goods in abundance, and will tell you all about it next week in our col umns. Their stock of Notions, etc., is complete, and their prices at "Rock Bottom." -The fruit crop in placehs his noot been injured and is very large. Mr. J. 1T. Anthony thinks the trees in his orchard will not hold up the fruit I his year. Perhaps he will give uts the op portunity of calling attention to is~ fruit when the time comes. -It is to be hoped that our new Council will shortly place some por tions of our sidewalks in a better con dition, as some places are really dani gerous to pedestrians after night, since -We omitted to cll attention to fb the advertisement of Commissioners h Day and Blakeley last week, in regard k to bridge to let over the Saluda river. m Read it in another column. A -On Friday night, Prof. Moore will d favot us with one of those fine address- 1 es so characteristic of himself, and we fi will have the pleasure of listening to t voices trained by the tine vocalist, the Music teacher. E -Mr. M. J. Smith purchased that 0 wonderful hen formerly owned by Mr. W. F. Wait, mention of which made, sometime ago, and she has laid this season 52 eggs. Mr. Smith has 7 Leg- a horns that laid 226 eggs in 60 days. g -Our clever Post Master remarked 0 the other day that he thought there a would he a storm on Monday night and s Mr. Gary said he thought the storm was on Monday. It was of a ditler- p ent nature, and the town was stirred r -Mr. Gignilliat had on exhibition V, last. week some of the linest samples of al butter we have ever seen. He has a p very fine cow, and his dairy is super- a intended by his mother-in-law, Mrs. 0 A. D. Mosely. tI -''A young man is iade better by b a sisters love," and so a weakly atnd del- n icate constitution is made stronger and more vigorous by the use of Calisaya a Tonle. All who have used it will tell b you so. Why wait for a cylone to con- P vince you. Sold by all dealers, "and 11 all it cost is a dollar a bottle." t I apr 18 tf fi si -Give us your Job work of every i description, as we are prepared, both with Statioiery, type, presses, printer. etC , to do your work neater, better and as cheap as any one in our County. In fact, the only office at which you | can get decent Job work in the county. -Eggs are yet plentiful, and retail- r ing at 10 cents per dozen. Butter is v also plentiful at 15 cents per piontid. v Chickens are searce, especially th'. fry - a ing size. Corn and bicon are about, the s8 same. Pcas cannot be had at any g p~rice, and if our county friends has i t any to spare, they will fid ready sale for themi i this market at a fair' price. -In behalf of our young friend, we again appeal to the tinder- of the "Lit the Book," with those sweet words neatly folded away in it, to b.xing it I forward. The present week has gone o hard with him, as it has been raining a too [m.ii~ to farm, and consequently, n his mind has becen idle, with nothing hi to do but studly about that precious C book. Perhaps some onec in the neigh- a borhood of W lla could inf or m a him where it is. -The pic nic and celebration to be si given by the Methodist Sunday School is has been post ponmed one week for obvi- t' otis reasons. Thec quarterly meeting .s] of the circuit meets on the first Satur- a (lay andi~ Sinhay in May at Antloch, b~ anid by a p~ost ponemtent of t he celebra- 'a tion. we may be onabled to secure the a services of Drm. J. HI. Carlisle of Wof ford College, one of the grandlest char- p acters in existence. n1 -Henry D)avis, coloredl, came into e our office the other (lay wit h head and1 jaws tiedl up, the result of getting too F~ close to the kicking end of a mulec, a while unhitehimg him fromt a nlow a :w days ago, on the plantation of Mr. LcMahan, near this place. lie says it nocked him senseless for a thn., and rhen he came to he heard Mr. McMa Laian say to some one to go for the octor, but he told them to "hold on, 'se here ylt," and prevented them -oni going, although badly hurt about ie face and head. That mule was anting rest, and thought it would lay [enry up for a few days, he being the dly one on the place that could work it. 0 CHROZO CARDS FOR _ O cents. Address, T. K. & V. E. HUDGENS, Easley -We had the pleasure of attending most enjoyable Leap Year party, iven by the young ladies of Liberty ii Friday ight last. The town, with l1 its beauty and attractiveness, as !mbled at the "Avenger House," here the party was given. Easley, ickens and Greenville all chree were presented by the sterner sex. The owering clou(ds and falling rain pre nted the fair forms of Pickens from tenditng. The evening was spent in leasan t conversations, promenading rid dancing. We return thanks to Lr good lady friends, at Liberty for icir kind invitation, and their contri Ltions to the enjoyment of the yotng ten. -One of the MESSENGER men took stroll on Wednesday, and in his rain les tho'ight he would visit a cyclone it, and see if they were really bene eial. On reaching the place where I pit was dg, iilagine i his surprise to Id a certain young im seated on onme de of the door --which is about 18 el s wide, and placed on similar to cellar door-and a young lady sitting ti the other side, both looking serious -as much so as though they were con miplating a cyclone every moment riether they were really practicing >r a genuine cyclone, or making ar ingemen ts for a matrimonial cyclone, re leave the reader to conjecture, but 'e turned away after an inspection of 1e pit, which is ju1st the thing. with a >rrowfi lieart, for we never canl for et his anxious looks. lie looked a inough he was saying : Pret ty mischief ! Changeling ! Elf ! Cease, oh ! cease to vex me so ease to vex me and perplex me, Saying, No, No, No i Laughing, No !' -Have your printing (lone at the [E~SSENGER Officer We rceived1 an - ther supply of stationery, this week, 1(d are now ready to print legal doen tents of any kind, note and lette r eads, bill heads, business cards &c. urw new supply of type and job ink 'll guarantee the execution of good oik. -We now have 10) stores, one Drug ;ore, one Furniture house, two flour hung Holeds, two blacksmith shops, w'o wood shops, two b)oot antd shoe tops, one flourishing high School, a !ell pattronized p~riting office, private oarding houses, three Li very Stables, ith good stock, and one barbier sh.>p., id five practicing physicians. -The above shows the energy and ush of out town. Who will make the ext move at any of the following ants: -A flrst-class Confectionery and ruit Stor'e, which would prove profit ile to its proprietor. -A regular meat and vegetabic mar ket, say three days in each week, at any rate. -Another first-class Drug store, aud two or three more Dry goods stores, Wood an(d Lumber yard, etc., etc. -More dwelling houses, store houses and shops, on our beautiful and nu. merous building lots; That is the way to induce others to come among us. -On Wednesday morning last, Hen ry Foster, col'd, in attempting to cross Reedy River trestle at Greenville, was run over by a freight train on the Air Line Road, and killed instantly. On this side of the trestle there is a deep cut, and Foster was about on the mid die of the trestle when the train made Its egress from the cut. Foster ran back toward the train in order to get off the trestle, but turned around again and ran in the opposite direction. When the train was in about 15 feet of him he fell down on the track and the cars ran over his body, crushed his right leg below the knee, dislocated his thigh and tore the muscles into shreds. His lower jaw was broken. The engineer of the train did all in his power to save the man, but it was n possible for him to (o so. The coron er held an inquest and the jury return, ed a verdict of acci(lental death, blam ing no one. His little (log which fol lowed him was also killed by the same train, his head beitng severed from his body. HYMVENEAUL. Married, by Rev. S. A. Gary, at his own residence, Mr. P. K. McADAMS and Miss N. 1. FREEMAN, all of Da eusville Township, Pickens County. 01111TUA IV. On Thursday morning, April 10th, 1884, at 8 o'clock, Ma. WATSON STEW ART departed this life, after an illness of only five days. Ile was in the (7th year of his life. In him our county lost a good citizen; his neighbors a true friend, and his wife and children a kind, devoted husband and father. From boyhood the writer was acquaint ed with him and never a more honest; and truthful man have I known. lin every way possible did he minister to the wants and necessities of his fellow men, and not with Intention of extort ing, but from pure kindness of heart. An allwise Creator sawv fit to remove him from the faimily circle, and we are consoled with the hope, that he has joined his dear daumghter in the hmaveni of rest. A FIEND. For Sheriff. S&- The many fi lends of Henry J. Lewis respectfully announce his name as a candidate for the office of Sherifl' of Pickens County, subject to the next. primixary election of the D~emocratic party. apr 25 td* DRS. EA.RLE.&.BR.U0E, Easley, S. C. OFEFERUS their professional service to the surrounding country. P~rompjt attention to all calls-day or night. Offiee at Easley iol. apr 18--mI* W~ Ewill be at Easley's Bridge, ovrSaluda River, on the 10th day of May next, ait 11 o'lok a. mi., for the purlmpose of letting the building of a Bridge at said Bridge site. Planas anid specifieations mnade known on (lay of letting. E LIA S D)AY, County Cormm'r Pickens Co. J A MES T1. BLAKE LY, County Commi'r Greenville Co. apr 18--4t