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

SINSe news
. They areSto have daily union prayer
meetings in Winnsboro' for tho suppress
sion OF vice. .512 gllif3sLf {
A grange was organized at Richland
Academy: .Oconse3 County last week,
with3J L.. Shanklin maater.l r-at.-g
$1O,694,S6, were sent from Darling:
ton in postoffics money orders during
the past three months! i, r,mii
Mr.. Wm. Mahaffsy, Of Kershaw
Coanty, was run oyer by a loaded wa
gon near Big Lyuche's Creek, and was
killed one day last week. I- '#" s, 2
,AccIpENrAL si1oorn1iNa.-Reports
from Timmonsvillo, state that Mr.. f.
Ragsdala,aocidontallp shot himself in
a vital part one night last week, and
now lies very ILL., '.o y
RI. Thomson, brother of n. H.
Thomson, of Spartanburg, died SUDDENLY
on Monday night last, of meningitis, at
Baltimore, whore ho VAS going to
school. r8
DEATHS. WIN. D. Parlow; Esq, an
old citizenof Abbeville County, died last
Friday, atSthe ripe old ago of seventy
three. Mrs, Louisa Hester died at her
residence. in. Abbevills County, last
"Wednesday, from Pneumonia, aged
cighty-four.
BURNER TO DEATH.--On tho 2Sth
ult., atthe5plaoc of Mr. A..C, McGe Q,
near Grove (Ststion, on tho Greonville
and Columbia Railroad, q fire occurred
which consumed a log cabin and those
who were in it at the time, three color
ed childrcns The father and mother
were worki4g some distance from the
house, and She flames were not disoov-
cred until tpo late.
Arthur a, Glover, who Was indicte
for the killing of Lovett GomiIliou at
Edgcfeld CSurt house on the 10Th of
9 4-~'1ase, Woa tried at tho Aiken court
IA as' " week. a',.,. He was represented By .aen
- ~, = : hlessrs Curry u Gary
John \. B4An, S. b. Griffin, !. G.
sAsfpard Nv, Croft, white, and Il.
Is. Elliott lnN >, J:Lee, eoIored. Inc
jury brousht.in a verdict Of not gull
ty. (
PARDoNED Upon the re sommcuda
ton of the presiding Judge and many
prominent citizens Of Edge6oll county,
the Governor yesterday, pardoncd
William L Murrell, convicted of man
slaughter at tho July, 1870, term of the
Court Of General Sessions for Edgeficld
county and seutcrccd by Judge Samuel
w. Melton to ten years Imprisonment
in the Penitcntiary. And also, upon
the recommendation Of Judge 7. 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 Penitentiary, upon the condition
that he pay the costs Of prosecu-
tion ~ .sa ei 80 11
FATAL AccIDENTIN IN CHARLEsToN -!
During the movement Of the camp mset :
ing trains at the Northeastern Railroad
depot yesterday, Griffith Champlain
oolofed, one Of the regular train hands,
while attempting to get on the COW !.
catcher of the engine Echo while in
motion, from treStla, mi,sed 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 the
danger he would incur To this he
paid no head, relying upon his skill as
train hand to accomplish his purpose
One Of his legs was cat of and stomach
shockingly laccrated. The coruor ON j.
panualed jury of inquest, which
adjourned to meet again on Wedn osday
when tho matter will be Investigated
Neus and COURIER.
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