Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-22
South Carolina Notes.

Ten PERSONS were sent to the penitentiary
from Lancaster last week for terms ranging
from three months to life Imprisonment.
A negro woman, arraigned recently at Alb
beville for carrying concealed weapons, was
discharged upon the ground that the statute
did not apply TO women.
John J. Jones' the negro charged with
criminal assault upon a young lady Of Orange
burg, but who was discharged. has been re-
arrested upon the charge Of similar attack
upon a coIored woman.
W. NJ saylcr, of Sandy Run. Lexington
county. has discovered deposit of red kaolin.
The Crescent says that the total amount OF
reeespts at the Beaufort custom house since
the 1st Of July, 1850, has been S16s,0Co.
Cotton blooms have appeared in Lancaster
county
Tba Aiken .JouyndI reports the first cotton
bloom IN that county as having appeared on
the farm OF AIr. Lewis Bradwell on June 1S.
c,ol Claude E. Sawyer. real estate agent, has
raoently disposed of on private terms i,i54
acres 6f timber land, lying on the South Caro-,
ttoo Reilroad belonging to Lewis BradWeIl, OF
W aitan - + b K.eezly, of Charleston, for mill
purposes.
The Newberry 5araid says that the teie-
phone win very likely bs established On'y
few more subscribers Sre s1s0ded, FarIes
living III the Guilty. NGQ ~ - fesN
telephone for about twenty-five dollars mile
for the wire
The dry weather is again prevailing to more
or lass extent all over Coleton county. The
Ashepoo rsEer is becoming salt, and ri. the rice
however. looking weh; and no particular in
Jury has been sustained thus fax.
The negro, Thos Meyers, who killed his soa
near RentONles. Charleston and Savannah
RAILWAY. recsGily, was lodged in Jail in Walter
boro, last Saturday. he is boistercus-making
the place hideous with his Idiotic cries He
tears of his clothes and scatters them in shreds
over hia cell.
Rs, Roves eo'ored. died in Newberry Mon
day afternoon. Bill shot himself in the hand
saturday with pistol Eonday afternoon
Drs. Mayer, Jr. and Glider gave aim chloro-
form for the purpose of cutting the ball
out BE died immediately after inhaling the
had some disease OF the heart
The Presbytery OF South Carolina embraces
six counties: Oconee, Pickenss Anderson. ABB
beyiIIe. Newberry and Edgeheid; II mas -
chnrchas With a total membership or z,5!5.
The nef' increase IN membership during the
past wear was 100 sommumcapts. Ihese
churches during the year contributed over
81. 600.
Faur white persons from Aiken county were
committed 10 Fdgefeld jail on Friday or last
week. The charge against them vas rIot anu
disturbing public worSnlp lpree 0h lheli
were brothers named Henderson. Three ne
eroes were Committed to iail on the same day.
There were twenty. ons prisoners in JAN at one
time last week.
The Abbeville Medium says: Last Saturday,
on Lindsay Pratt's place, below Ninety
negro man lay down with his head on the iron
rail of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad 10
take q nap. The traia came along running at
the rate of forty miles an hour, struck him on
fhe head and knocked him of. His head was
bruised somewhat. but the shock did not so
much as wake him up. lWheu he did awake
he supposed somebody had hit him"
When the doors Of Bush River Church, in
rSeuherrv county, were opened Saturday
rnornino &c was found that the new carpet
which covered the pulpit platform had been
torn M and thrown 70 one side in corner; a
new oilcloth that covered the table lnsfront OF
az ~ oI,init was gone, and it has not yet been
fnnnd. The goblet was broken TO pieces and
chairs were tumbled over and piled up pro.
miscuollsly The parties who did the mlschlef
must have entered through window.