The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-05-16
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State News

They are to have daily union prayer
meetings in Wiunsboro' for tho suppress,
sion Of vice. l&' r. a,la
!, A grange was organized at Richland
Academy: .Oconeei County, last week,
with j. l.. Shanklin master.
$10,694 ,S6, were sent from Darling
ton in postoffico money orders during
the past three months. Is
Mr.. ~Wm. MahafTcy, Of Kershau
County, was run over by loaded wa
gon near Big Lyuche's Creek, and was
killed one day last week.
AccIDENrAL SnoorrNSa.-Repc.e.
from Timmonsvillo, state that Mr.. f.
Ragsdale. .aocidontallp shot himself in
vital part ono night last week, and
now lies very i'll.
r. l.. Thomson, brother of II. II.
Thomson, of Spartanburg, died SUDDENLY
on Monday night last, of meniug tits, At
Baltimore, where hO Was going to
| school.
DEATHS -Wm. D. Partlow; Esq, an
old citizen of Abbeville County, died last
Friday, at the ripe old age of seventy
three. Mrs. Louiss Hester died at her
residence, in Abbevila County, last
"Wednesday, from Pneumonia, aged
eighty -four.
BuRNE4 TO DEATn.-On tho 2Sth
ult., at tho 1plaoc of Mr.. A. G, McGc o,
near Grove Station, on the Greanvile
and Columbia Railroad, a fire occurred
which consumed log cabin aud those
who were in it Mt the time, three color
cd children. The father and mother
we're working some distance from the
house, andthc flames were not discov-
cred until too late.
Arthur a. Glover, who Was indicte
for the killing Of Lovett Gomillion at
EdgcGeld Court house on the 18th Of
o~-~''aas, Vas tried at tho Aiken court
last week. He was represented by Zen.
NJ. 9. Butle4sg Mcssra Cry x Gary,
John y, l., Ign, s. b. Griffin, J. G.
Sheppard Nv. Croft, white, and r.
B. Elliott ing .. .: Lee, coIored. Iur
jury brousht'in verdict Of not gull
ty.
PARDoNED Upon the re ;ommcnda a
ton Of the presiding Judge and many
prominent citizens of EIgefoll county.
the Governor yesterday, pardoned
William L Murrell, convicted of man
slaughter at tho July, 1870, term of the
Court Of General Sessions for Edge6eld
county and sentcrccd by Judge Samue
| w. Melton to ten years Imprisonment,
in the Penitentiary. And also, upon
the recommendation Of Judge L. j .
Mackey, the Governor rardoned Isaac
Crawford, convicted of prejury at the
present term Of the Court of General
Sessions for Fairfield county, and sen
fenced to six months imprisonment in
the Pcnitentiary,; upon the condition
that he pay the costs of prosecu-
tion H2
FATAL AccIDENTIN CHAnLEsToN.-
During the movement Of the camp mset
ing trains at the N Northeastern Railroad
depot yesterday, Griffith Champlain
oolored, one Of the regular train hands
while attempting to got on the cow
catcher of the engine Echo while ir
motion, from treutle, missed his foot
ing and was SO badly injured that he
soon died. A policeman on duty in thu
| yord, seeing what tho unfortunate mar
was about to do, warned him Of the
danger he would incur. TO this he
| paid no heed, relying upon his skill as a
train hand to accomplish his purpose
One Of his legs was cut of and stomach
shockingly lacerated. The coruor sm
panusled a jury of inquest, which
adjourned to meet again on Wednesday
when the matter will be investigated
Neus and Courier.