"Carolina Spartan" Issue: May 2, 1883 Eliza PINKSTON died in jail recently where she was serving out a sentence for larceny. She was one of John SHERMAN's principal witnesses in stealing Louisiana in 1876. Sherman and the whole Guitean party should wear crape for Eliza for she was true to her friends. MARRIED: By Thomas P. Gaston, at his own residence, on the 12th of April 1883. Mr. Isaac HAMMETT to Miss Mary J. PRESSLEY. All of Spartanburg county. Issue: May 16, 1883 Died in the Lord on the 4th day of May, 1883, near Powers shop, Laurens County, S.C., Mrs. Katie Bardett STEPHENS, wife of D. Washington STEPHENS, after a painful sickness of consumption. J.J. NEWMAN had an acre and a half planted in cotton last year and the standing poor he replanted with corn and watermelons. On this lot he made 1000 [or 1900] pounds of seed cotton, 20 bushels of corn, and $22.00 worth of melons, beside a large quantity of the latter consumed by the family. Let no one say that mixed farming will not pay. Mr. NEWMAN lives a few miles above Wellford. PERSONAL: --Paul V. BOMAR is at home from Wadesboro, N.C., where he has been teaching. --Mr. and Mrs. Fred FANNING of Durham, N.C., are visiting the family of Dr. HEINITSH, Mrs. FANNING is a sister of Mrs. H. --Robert McBETH, Most High Sheriff, James MUNRO, Clerk of Court, Billy THOM and C.D. FARRAR, all from Union, passed through our town last Friday evening for Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. A lively reporter could get in something good along with this party. The latest from Jeff COLE, is that he was not hurt, but came back to the penitentiary and surrendered of his own accord. J.F. SLOAN, Esq., of Pacolet Depot, informs us that last Sunday while Mr. JONES was preaching in the Presbyterian Church at Grindall Shoals, the pillar supporting the middle wall suddenly gave way, precipitation the floor to the ground. Several large pillars supporting the ceiling fell over on the side occupied mostly by ladies and three or four were hurt. Mrs. R.D. HAMMETT was very severely if not fatally injured. It was a communion occasion. Issue: May 23, 1883 Lee WILLIAMS, colored, was driving a one-horse wagon along the Air Line near the depot last Saturday, when the horse became frightened at tan engine and ran away, throwing Lee out. The wagon ran over his head and bruised it very severely. Mr. J.T.H. WHITE has nearly recovered from the severe hurt received sometime ago. He now needs the ministrations of the cook more than the doctor. Mr. E. MEYER, father-in-law of Mr. FREISLEBEN, left Saturday night for Germany, by way of New York. He will visit the old, historic town of Worms, on the Rhine. He is expected to return in about six months. MARRIED: LITTLEJOHN-COOPER - At the residence of Capt. THOMAS, by Rev. F. M. Daniel, Mr. Charles LITTLEJOHN, of Pacolet, S.C., and Miss Emma COOPER, of Atlanta, Ga. Issue: May 30, 1883 R.S. FARROW, our former Express Agent, has opened up a boarding house at Hendersonville, N.C. James H. McMILLIN informs us that on the 23d instant, Minor McCOMBS, about 60 years old, had his hand cut by a saw in such a manner that amputation was necessary. He is doing well and is likely to recover. Mr. L. P. MURPHY had a severe attack of meningitis Monday evening. It came on him very suddenly and he suffered intensely during the night. A messenger was sent to Union at 10 o'clock Monday night for his father, who reached here by nine o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr. MURPHY's condition is considered very critical. W. V. BLACK of Chick Springs, shot a person attempting to steal a mule last Friday night. It is pretty certain that he wounded him in the ankle. Look out for a lame man. free post Lisa