The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-03-14
State News

bales or cotton.
A young colored child on tho premi-
seu of Mr w. b. Smith, of Charleston,
was so seriously burned few weeks ago
by her clothes taking fire, that she died
on Sunday.
TIE amount of tonnage in Charleston
harbor is unusually good, and there
were in port on Saturday last Eve steam.
ers, three ships, twenty. five barks, four
brigs and twenty seven schoonors.
A sturgeon eight feet eight inches in
length was caught in San,ee River, on
Saturday, by Harvey Bunch aud Pink
Jackson. 1t 1eighed 300 pounds.
The corner stone of the new jewish
temple, now boing erected in St. Phillip
street, Charleston, was laid on the lot h
with appropriate ceremonies. sDee
Mcssrs. George w. Williams & Co.
the Charleston bankers an d merchants
head the list with a subscription Of
$4,000 to the spartanburg and Ashevil lc
Railroad.
Mr. j. b Taylor's crippled daughter
rStacia Susan, of Newbcrry, died on
Wednesday last, after two weeks in
tense suffering the sad result ofburning
An effort is being made to have a
hack and q mail line established from
Wellford Depot, on the Airline Rail.
road, to Lanrcnsvillo, yia Reidyille +,
Cashvillc, Woodruffs and Scufflctown.
A terrible homicide occurred at Nine
ty.Six. last Wednesday night. Wade
Hamilton met his doAth by a knife in
the hands Of George Strothcr. Tho
deed was committed at hot supper. .
Strother is in Jail.
Mrs Malisa Bearman, of Sumter
county, fell in the fire last week, aud
was burned to death Shs was Sill ctcd
with epileptic fits, and it is sup 20 SOD
that this was the cause of falling
in the fire.
Tho Prcsbyteriiss0 church of Columbia
was thrshgcd Sunday morning aud
Literally jammed at night, to listen to
tho searching discourscs of tho truly
eloquent Or. Benjamin NJ. Palmer. His
fame as pulpit orator is world wide.
lie has an immense congregation in the
Crescent City.
A colored woman, named Dido Ba.
tiste' died suddenly, at the Bulow Place,
st Andrews's PARISH, on last Sunday:
She was attending religious meeting,
and while under the excitement, singing
hymn with "her whole SOUL" as her
friend say, fell to the ground aud soon
expired. The sudden death chad its
effect upon the congregation.
The Granitevile mills, n.ar Al ,usta,
Ga, new runs over 10000 spiudles and
700 looms, pays from ten to twelve PER
cent. dividends, has a handsome surplus
and is about building a new mill The
Langley mills, eight miles from Augusta
now runs 10000 npindlea and looms in
proportion, and is paying handsome
dividends.
On Saturday night, distressing &C.
cident occurred at the residence of Mrs.
Mary j. Orr, in Anderson. Mrs. Orr
was Lighting candle, when the bod
curtains caught fire, and shc gavo the
alaim, which brought to her assistance
her eldest sou, Jamea l.. Orr, who had
his hands severely burned in smothering
the flames 1t was with great difficulty
that the fire was suppressed and more
serious consequences averted. Dir. Orr's
right hand was most severely injured,
and it will be several wceks before he is
able to transact business.
On Friday night last, a colored man
attempted to secure ride, without pay,
on tho down train Of the South Caro-
lima Railroad, by mounting the trucks
of ono Of the passenger cars, as the
train was leaving Robinson's, "a wood
station about six miles below Columbia J
1t is supposed he went to sleep and fell
of; for, shortly after the cars started,
terrible shrieks were heard, and the
train being stopped, the unfortunate
mnn was found to have been badly
crushed about the body and one of his
legs nearly severed. lie was conveyed
to Hopkins Turno ut, where he claimed
to reside. 1t is hardly possible that he