"The Carolina Spartan" Issue: April 7, 1880 John WILSON a married citizen of Greenville went over to Gainesville Georgia and persuaded a girl there to marry him, which she did. The friends of the girl got a hint that he had a wife in Greenville, and they sent over and it was a fact. He has been tried and convicted of bigamy, and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. This is too good for him. It should be forty. AD: Adults are subject to worms as well as children; therefore, how important it is that the system should be cleansed of these vile pests. Shriner's Indian Vermifuge will do it effectually. {Do they carry this at Walmart?} MARRIED: --At the residence of the bride's father, Wednesday, the 31st of March, 1880, by Rev. J.D. McCollough, Mr. James GEDDES, of Spartanburg, and Miss Hattie MONK of Reidville. --March 18, 1880, by James L. Scruggs, Esq., at the residence of the bride's mother, Mr. Whitney HICKS and Miss Mary CLEMENT,--all of Spartanburg. Mr. George PERRIN, formerly an engineer on the Spartanburg and Asheville Road, went to Texas. Mr. McK. JOHNSTONE in a letter to one of our citizens states that he had his foot crushed in coupling cars and lockjaw ensuing, the doctors despaired of his life at the time the letter was written. [about a terrible hail storm]: . . . Captain A. COPELAND writing from New Prospect says: "The most terrific rain and hail storm passed over this vicinity last Monday that the oldest citizens ever witnessed. The ground in the forest is literally covered with small brush broken off by the hail. The trees are all bruised and skinned, reminding one of the desperately fought battle grounds of Virginia. The rain fell with such force as to collect in sufficient volume of water to wash down strong fences where there was no sign of a gully". In its course it passed over the farms of Charles BLACKWOOD, Wm. T. WILKINS, E.B. CANNON, A.S. ERWIN, Thomas POPE, and through the Buck Creek church neighborhood, the center of it passing over the house of Wm. BUSH, thence on to the neighborhood of Martinsville or Cash's store. From this point we have not been informed of its track until it reached Holman SMITH's near the Blue Branch, from which place it proceeded to the neighborhood of Bowlensville in Union County. In its track several animals were killed. These are not false rumors but actual facts. Booker BOMAR Esq., had three hogs and B.B. CHAPMAN had a pen foul killed. Jack FRENCH on Pacolet was going from the mill riding a mule. He had to dismount, and his mule ran away through fright, and the old man was very much bruised by the heavy hail stones. A colored man plowing on Pacolet river above Fingerville, saw the cloud approaching and heard a terrible roaring. He took his horse from the plow, and made the best time possible to his home, a distance of three fourths of a mile, keeping just ahead of the storm. Reaching home he found the door closed. He fell from his horse, rushed against the door with all his might, broke it down, and lay sprawling on the floor, crying like a frightened baby. He said he thought the world was surely coming to an end. A hawk was found after the storm so disabled that it was easy to catch and dispatch it. The residence of E.B. CANNON had 115 panes of glass broken out. One [storm] was most violent about William CHOICE and Jackson TUCK, passing on down Lawson's Fork, breaking out many glass and destroying many flowers and tender vegetables. It did much damage on the farms of Mrs. OWENS and R.B. MONK. Tuesday at 1 p.m. the thermometer stood at 82. Thursday at the same hour it was 38. For about six hours Thursday snow fell slowly melting as it fell. Dr. L.C. KENNEDY was taken suddenly ill Sunday, and now, as we are going to press, his condition is such as to render his family and many friends very anxious about him. It gives us pleasure to report that Mr. George PERRIN, now in Texas, is recovering from the critical condition in which he was placed by having his foot crushed by cars. His recovery is now certain. THE KING'S MOUNTAIN CELEBRATION Governor SIMPSON has appointed the following gentlemen Commissioners to represent the State of South Carolina in the centennial celebration of the battle of King's Mountain: General John S. PRESTON, General John G. WILLIAMS, General John D. KENNEDY, Colonel John Earle BOMAR, General W.H. HARLLEE, Colonel J.D. BLANDING, Governor John L. MANNING, Major T.G. BARKER, Captain Hampden BROOKS, Colonel C.E. SAWYER. The Governor is also sending to each of the Governors of the thirteen original States copies of the concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature of this State requesting the Senators and members of the House of Representatives from South Carolina in Congress to procure an appropriation in aid of the centennial celebration of the battle King's Mountain. BRIEF NOTES: --The Rocky Springs Baptist Church of Abbeville County was burned by an incendiary last week. --Mrs. Dr. BONNER of Due West died about two weeks ago. --Two little children were burned to death in Chester County lately. free post Lisa