The Carolina Spartan Issue: January 7, 1880 John and Lee ALLISON, two brothers living on Mike's Creek a few miles north of Gaffney City were out rabbit-hunting during the holidays, when by an accidental discharge of the gun of John, Lee was sprinkled over his breast, face and arms with small shot. The wound was quite painful, but there are hopes of his recovery. Issue: January 14, 1880 MARRIED: Prof. D.A. DuPre of Wofford College, was married in Charleston last Thursday to Miss Helen STEVENS, daughter of Bishop STEVENS. The bridal party came up to Spartanburg Thursday evening. January 21, 1880 Jasper DEAL was shot and instantly killed in a house of ill fame in Greenville last Saturday night. Henry TOWNSEND, a stock trader from N.C. did the shooting. He escaped. SHERIFF"S SALE By virtue of sundry executions to me directed, I will sell before the Court House door in the town of Spartanburg, on the first Monday in February next, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for CASH, the following described property: --188 acres of land, more or less, lying on the south side of Pacolet River in Spartanburg County, S.C. adjoining lands of Eli BRYANT, W.L. WOOD, et al Levied upon and to be sold as the property of William WEBSTER, at the suit of Calvin A. MURPH, by his Guardian, S.H. LITTLEJOHN. --193 acres of land, more or less lying on the north side of Pacolett River, adjoining lands of G.W. BROWN, Sr., N.R. LITTLEJOHN, et al. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of William WEBSTER, at the suit of Calvin A. MURPH, by his Guardian, S.H. LITTLEJOHN. --All the defendant's Thomas A. CALDWELL, interest in 100 acres of land, more or less, bounded by the lands of Dr. J. H. SHORES, R.A. WALDEN, et al. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of Thomas A. CALDWELL, at the suit of H.H. GRAMBLING. --146 acres of land, more or less, bounded by lands of James FOSTER, C. B. HAMMETT, et al. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of Harrison WHITE, at the suit of W.H. BAGWELL. --All the defendants, A.C. MERRICK's interest in 200 acres of land, more or less lying on waters of Thickety Creek, in Spartanburg County, S.C., adjoining lands of David LIPSCOMB, Alfred HARRIS, et al. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of A.C. MERRICK, at the suit of J.P.F. CAMP. --1200 pounds of Seed Cotton, more or less. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of Alfred EDGINGTON, at the suit of C.F. JOHNSON. W.Wash THOMPSON, Sheriff COURT OF COMMON PLEAS: Summons for Relief---Complaint not Served J.S.R. THOMSON and H.H. THOMSON, as surviving Executors of the last will and testament of H.H. THOMSON, deceased, plaintiffs, against Louisa LITTLEJOHN, Mary WHITE, Minerva SIMPSON and John SIMPSON, her husband; James LITTLEJOHN, Kenneth LITTLEJOHN, Charles LITTLEJOHN, James Y. COOPER, Susan A. SMITH and John A. SMITH, her husband; Francis E. DUGGAN and Wm. DUGGAN, her husband; Nancy J. FELKER and W.H. FELDER, her husband; James SMITH, John SMITH, Andrew COOPER, James Y. YATES, Tabitha E. YATES, Ralph J. COOPER, N.F. WALKER, as administrator of Lucy COOPER, deceased, and also as administrator de bonis non of J.W. COOPER, deceased, and George W. NICHOLLS, as Judge of Probate of Spartanburg County, defendants. You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of Clerk of the [cut off] Issue: January 28, 1880 MARRIED: on the 15th instant in Newberry County by Rev. A.C. LeGETTE, Mr. C.C. PECK of Spartanburg to Miss Ann C. WHITMAN of Newberry. >From Union: C.C. and A.G. DAVIS of that County [Union] have invented a cotton Scraper and Thinner which will save much labor in cotton cultivation. B.F. CRAWFORD carried to the Editor two fine ripe strawberries taken from his patch in the garden. This was the 16th of January. Mrs. CRAIG's dwelling and all its contents near Cedar Bluff on Mr. Wm. LAWSON's plantation were destroyed by fire. Preston D. MOOD, editor of the Clarendon Press, and principal of a school at Manning, the county seat of Clarendon, committed suicide the 22nd instant by shooting himself with a pistol through the head a little after midnight. It is said that he had been rejected by a young lady of the town. Others think that a challenge to fight a duel which he accepted, but which failed on account a want of agreement between parties as to time and place, brought on the state of mind. MARRIED: on Thursday, January 22d, 1880, by Rev. C. McSMITH, at the residence of the bride's mother, Mr. Joseph LAMB and Miss Willie Ervin MAY, ---all of Cross Keys. Frank HIGH was robbed late Saturday night on the Howard Gap road about a mile and a half from town. The robbers succeeded in getting in getting some money from him; but the "Colonel" as the boys in the army used to call him grasped his pocket book containing almost eight dollars and called aloud for help. Some person was approaching and the "Colonel" saved his money. free post Lisa