Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-07

lf1o" IN wreath, underneath which are *
Virginia Regt Morgan's Rife Corps" Above
the flag is a Photographic reproduction of {
fine pen and ink sketch of General Daniel Nor
gan with his autograph attached.
The last news heard of young Priester. who
killed his father at Allendale, was his being a.
Waynesooro' Ga His brother received a Letter
from friend there stating that he had beer
there and told the friend that he had killed two
negroes in South Carolina and was leaving
home on that account. He sold his horse auC
buggy there and left on the train. There Is NJ
foundation for any rumor of his being cap
tured and lynched.
The subscriptions for the erection of a mon
ument to the memory of the Confederate deac
OF Kershaw now amount to 1855 TO- Of thi:
sum $40 has been subscribed by New YorI
business firms.
Mrs. Temperance Carter. living near BIael
Greek neghborhood, in Colleton county. me-
with an accident on Friday last, which resulted
IN ner instant death She was left alone at the
house but a short time, and it was supposed
that IN attempting TO go down the steps of the
house she stumbled and fell resulting in her
death as above stated. She was elghty-three
years old.
The Gainesville correspondent of the Oar
lington NeICs says: ''Mr ID n Ward livino
near this place was shot on the night Of the
18th instant. He was sitting in his store door
talking to negro, and just as he arose to shut
the door some one shot him II is sunnosed II
have been man named Pegues. who was tenn
porarlly residing in the section at that time
he had threatened to shoot him so it is re-.
ported. Pegues has left since the shooting"
The Abbeville Medium says: Trial Justice
MeCaslan OF Long Cane, hold his courts i'm a
blacksmith shop. He sits on the anvil nuts
the prisoner in the furnance and his Co6s+a
pie, Brown, heats him up by blowing the bel
lows until he acknowledges his guilt.
The Barnwel People says: THE Democracy
OF south Carolina should testify their high an.
probation OF the distinguished political ser.
vices OF General Gary by erecting over his
grave monument worthy of the man and of
the party ne has served so well. Caroliniaps
cannot forget Gary, for his history is theirs
and their heritage; aud while loving relatives
would see that his last resting place is not nm.
marked. grateful people should claim the
rlg.s anu ~ pIiVlege or preserving in memorial
marble the story of his gallant life.n
1t is said that there is living in Rock Mills
township; Anderson county, an old colored
woman who attended the funeral and burial
OF Gen George Washington in 1893 She is a
1atlve OF virginia, and was at the time about
fifteen years old.
Bishop Wightman, who has been in bad
health for the last six months is now in better
health The Southern ChristiGn AdUocots
says: THE Bishop has been confined to his
the
talns OF North Carolina about the middle of
last October. For greater part of this time
he has not been able to leave his room: he has
not been outside of his yard. Just now he re-
ports himself as feeling very, considerably i'm
proved. He walks about the house, and in
favorable weather, about the yard"
TIE Anderson I11teIligence7 says that the
wool factory and sawmill of MIR. e. p. Earle.
at Andersonville, We're destroyed by fire on
Tuesday morning Of last week The fire was
not discovered until the buildings were nearly
consumed. and as there had been no fire about
the factory or mill which are very near to
gether, aud as fresh tracks were seen about
the place, there can be no doubt the burning
was the work Of an incendiary. The loss is
estimated at about $780, No insurance
In the Orangeburg Court Tuesday in the case
OF Benjamin, alias VIM. Tyler, charged with
bigamy. viz; the marrying of woman named
C4ndlS IreVllie two years ago, and after aban-
dOnlng her marrying another woman named
Emma Rumph on the 18th of March last both
marriages were clearly proved, and despite
the efforts of the prisoners counsel the iury
found a verdict of guilty.
An invitation has been extended to Miss
Hattie Brown, of Winnsboro, to be one Of the
young ladies to assist in unwilling at the Cow.
pens Centennial. Miss Brown is the daughter
of the late NJ. L. Brown, ESQ., whose great
grandmother was q sister of Daniel Morgan
the hero of Cowpens, whose monument Is to
be unveiled on that occasion.
The Winnsboro NelUs relates the following
singular fulfillment of a dream: When Sher,
man passed through Fairfield in 1865, Mr. John
McCully, now deceased buried about eighty
dollars in gold in a fl Id near his house. After
the raid he was unable to find it after diligent
search, and he concluded that either he had
forgotten the spot or that sone one had discov-
cred it, Years rolled on, and the incident was
nearly forgotten. A short time ago a colored
woman in the eighborhood dreamed that she
went to a certain spot and found this gold
Again she dreamed the same thing, more
wildly than before all the
marks of the land being
distinctly visible. A few days after while
walking along the road with a white Iady.
Miss Gibson, she exclaimed as she reached a
certain spot, There is the place I saw in my
dream Going a little further, she said,
There is a stump l saw and mentioned
other features. Miss Gibson Iaughngly told
her she had better go over and look for the
money. She did so, and after digging a little
sure enough found five dollar gold piece A
further treat revealed more missing treasure
until, at last accounts, about fifty seven dol
lars had been found. The rest was probably
scattered by plows in the past fifteen yeaI s."