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

4 They aresto have daily union prayer
meetings in Winnsboro' for tho suppress
sion Of vice. ING In 5,E2;yGi
A grange was organized at Richland
Academy: .Ocopee County, last week,
with j, l.. Shanklin master.
$1O,694,96, were sent from Darling
ton in postoflice money orders during
the past three months! IA y.'
Mr.. Wm. Mahaffoy, of Kershaw
County, was run over by loaded wa
gon near Big Lyuche's Creek, and was
killed Qns day last week. p q
AccIDENrAL Sf1oorrNa.-R Reports
from Timmonsvillo, state. that Mr.. F.
Ragsdala, aocidontallp shot himself in
a vital part one night last week, and
now liestvery i'll.
r. L. Thomson, brother of II. H.
Thomson, of Spartanburg, died SUDDENLY
on Monday night last, of meningitis, st
Baltimore, where ho was going to
school ~
DEAvlfs, ,-Wm. D. Partlow; Esq, an
old citizen Of Abbeville County, died last
Friday, at the ripe old ago of seventy
three. Mrs. Louiss Hester died at her
residence, i'm, Abbevilla County, last
"Wednesday, from phcumonia, aged
eishty-fous.
BuRNEA TO DEATn.-On the 2Sth
ult., at,the1 place of Mr.. A..C, McGco,
near Grove, Station, on tho Greonvillc
and Columbia Railroad, q fire occurred
which consumed log cabin and those
who were i. it at the time, three color
ed children. The father and mother
were worki4g some distance from the
house, and3he flames were not disoov-
cred until too late.
Arthur A. Glover, who was indcte
for thekillihg of Lovett Gomillion at
Edgcfeld CSurt house on the 10Th Of
Q H.->~'''"ss''Fas,tri at tho Aiken court
last week. He was represented b5 Zen.
y; =, \ Dasle : McssrS. Curry Il Gary,
John II. hz}Alu hz}lu, S. B. Griffin, j. q.
sherpaId sslRRV, Croft, white, and r..
b. Elliott inp >. J:,snea, coIored. l"r
jury broushtin verdict of not gull
ty. 81
PARDoNsD Upon the re ;ommcnda
tion of the presiding Judge and many
prominent citizens of Elgeiell county,
the Governor yesterday, pardoncd
William L Murrell, convicted Of man
slaughter at tho July, 1870, term of the
Court Of General Sessions for Edge6cld
county and sentcrccd by Judge Samuel
W. Melton to ten years Imprisonment
in the Penitcntiary. 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
tenced to six months imprisonment in
the Pcnitentiary; upon the condition
that he pay the costs of prosecu-
| tion - s Et E a
| FATAL ACCIDENT IN CHARLEsToN.-:
During the movement of the camp meet
ing trains at the N Northeastern Railroad
depot yesterday, Griffith Champlain !,
oolofed, one Of the regular train hands
while attempting to get on tho cow ;.
catcher Of the sngine Echo while in
motion, from trestlo, missed his foot
ing and was SO badly injured that he
soon died A policeman ON duty in the
yard, seeing what tho unfortunate man
was about to do, warned him Of tho
danger he would incur. To this he
paid no heed, relying upon his skill as
train hand to accomplish his purpose
One Of his legs was cut of and stomach
,shockingly lacerated. The coruor om
panueled a jury of inquest, which
adjourned to meet again on Wednesday !,
when the matter will be Investigated
Neus and Cou,icr.
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