The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-11
ALL ABOUT TIE STATE.
The Ne,vberry Elections.

The Newberry ELECTIONS
The following (Retorm) municipal ticket
was elected on Thursday: FIr InsendantEE N.
D. M. Ward, 224; D. B. Wheeler, 226; W. 7. Tar
rant, 223.
The cotton gin OF Mr.. A. C. Mcknight, Of VIII
lfamsburg, took fire while running day or two
which IN Saes o eoon sos the
seed from about fifty bales. The gin took IRE from
some combus,ible matter In the cotton.
Accidental Death.
The body OF colored man-name and place OF
abole nSaowp-waS found on the railroad track
On Saturday night last at @a
red' He was dolotless kille,l by the train which
passed Sumter for Wilmington, at O'Clock. on
SATURDAY evening. On his right hand was sll-
yer ring He had On yest Win gtass Secss sSoas
mos or o. worth 81 so; gray pants with stripes,
worth So so: gray coat worth $5 and black hat,
worth 81. He was about five feet eight inches IN
height, and aged about q years.
Deaths.
Csptan 7. D. Gerald, Of Providence, died las.
Mrs. J. T. Cummings, Of Sumter, died on Mon
M. Robert Drayton Cooper, Sr, o worthy cIti.
zen. died In Darlington Of apople1y on the go
ult He fell deal as though a bullet mad pierced
his heart. o-,
DR.. WIN. Post died at Stateburg on Saturday
he had located sometime after the war, at Baltl-
more, and was fast building up there lucrative
aud influential practice He was the son OF DR.:
Reuben POST, pastor Of the Circular Church, OF
Charleston, who died some years since with yellow
fever and served with distinction on the medical
STAFF OF the late Confederate army throughout the
An Attempted jail Delivery.
A fire occurred In the Newb rry jail on Thurs
day morning, the Sd inst. ablut O'Clock A. NJ.
which was the work OF Lewis Berry, condemned
10 death for the murder OF Mr.. DunwOody. The
frst alarm was made by the prisoners confined
on the third fi1or. where the fire originated, ana
which aroused Mr.. Payslnger, the sheriff, VINO
iumpel from his bed, and without dressing, seized
his pistols aud ran up stair. There lie foun all or
The colored prisoners out In The passage, ready
for whatever chance might Offer OF escaping, as
soon as the grating door was opened, either by
Knocking the sheriff down or otherwise. lie,
however WAS not iaSen unawares, and ordered
them Immediately to get back into their
cells or h. would shoot them. They obeyed
Assistance was then had, and the prisoners
taken ou. and placed under guard mar IN
the most convenient place eatside: Tne pas
sage was flied with smoke, ami Nc. 7. anu
Others procecdcl to and found that the hre was
in Berry's cell. and had been made on tlls MOOT. o! .
So much headway hail the fire male that Win tue
lin tel appliances at hanl, 1t was with grcae ni
hulty cXtinguished. The cell was completely
gutted. From the confession Of Berry. the nre
was set by himself, and that had lie ouGhet LINZ
of water t. control 1.-THE could have escaped. lnaC
is, he only wished to burn hole through tie
oor sufficiently large TO admit OF his getting OUT
Failn, in this, however, and the fire getting DE-
yond his control. he as well as all the otierS WeIc
forced to call out for help lest they shonla nave
been sutrocatcd OF burned to death AS TO tne
prisoners being out OF their cells. it Is accounted
for by the fact that one OF their number the even
Ing previous, ut feeding time, slppeo out
unoaseryed by the jailor, and hid in an
empty cell, and at convenient time broke all the
locks, loeratlng The rest Of the prisoners.