Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-15

Craftsmanship Of Mr.. j. 81. Harrison an entar.
prising young merchant, to whom in a large
measure was due the success Of the last an
nual excursion to Savannah.
The Lady Dufferin was taken into port
Royal, with a load Of railroad iron, recently'at
dead low water, by Pilot o Brien, she drawing
over eighteen feet.
K. f. Morris, of Cedar Springs, AbbeviIle
county, when out on a hunt last week. caught
a genuine white squirrel. 1t is about half
grown and the prettiest thing you ever laid
eyes on. Nothing Of the kind has ever been
seen in that section before.
Considerable sickness among children pre.
walls over Barnwell county.
Some Of the colored folks got into row at
the Jordon Baptist Church, in Barnwell. last
week, which resulted in one man receiving a
stab in the firm and a liberal use of hickory
sticks all round
Several thousand rails Of fencing belonging
to Mr. VIM. Cummings, Of saltkehatchie, were
burned last week.
A negro thief set two ferocious dogs on a
deputy Sheriff in Darlington last week. The
officer shot one and knocked the other down.
handsome new depot has been almost
completed by the Port Royal and Augusta
Railway at Beaufort.
The last Representative Orangeburg had in
Congress before the war was the lamented L.
n Keitt. The first since the war will be the
Hon Samuel Dihble
The Sheriff of Georgetown sod go acres of
land last week for $780,
About two hundred and fifty dollars was sub
scribed in Barnwell on Tuesday last To yards
building Methodist church
The cash balance in the State Treasury on
the 5Oth or April was S47, 81 o. On the 31st of
May it was S56. .698 49,
Heavy trains filed with lumber for the Pelzer
Factory, near Williamston, have been passing
up the Columbia end Greenville Railroad for
several weeks. The work is being vigorously
pushed forward.
The Clarendon Enterprise states that the
work on the railroad between Lanes and
Foreston is progressing quite rapidly We
understand that the iron will be laid to ForeS-
ton in a short time. Then every effort will be
made to bring the road to Manning by the first
of September.
The average value of arabic lands in Ker-
shaw county is four dollars per acre; average
value OF all lands in the county, one dollar and
nifty entS per acre; number of buildings in
the county, Abb; average value of each build
ing, Dinety-seven dollars: average number of
inhabitants to each building, five.
There are three hundred and thirty-hve
white persons in the town of Barnwell, and
out of this number only one hundred and two
have lived there twenty years, and but eighty
have resided in the pace twenty. four years,
but OF all the young men under twenty-one
years who lived there twenty but seven re-
main.
About four hundred immigrants have been
brought into the State so far. and they have all
been selected with care as to their capabilities,
health and cleanliness. Ten families will be
sent from New York every Saturday during
the summer, which will be as many can be
we'll handled here at present. In the fall the
receipts will be larger. and as many will be
shipped as homes can be found for.
Varnville Messenger: There never has been
better prospect for full crop than at present.
As far as we have Travelled in Coleton, Barn.
well and Hampton the farmers are in fine
spirits and express themselves hopeful of
fine Yield. There has been a larger quantity Of
fertil zers used than in any preceding year II
the farmers were only on the cash basis we
could truly say that the way was open to pros
perity"
Mrs James Sauls, of Hampton county, had
quite an encounter with a wild cat last week.
On her way from the field she heard a goose
place, to find that wild cat had attacked one
OF her ganders, and had almost killed it. She
procured a stick, the cat showing fight and
having whipped her dog instantly. Mrs. SaulS,
small kittens on a log. She killed them, and
then put the mother to flight.
gentleman, while passing colored mans
house near Robertville on Saturday week last
reports the following: Hearing the report of a
pistol, he stopped to ascertain the matter, and
in few seconds the owner emerged. bringing
in his arms the apparently lifeleSS remains of
his daughter, who had been accidentally shot
with pistol which had been placed upon a
shelf and had fallen off, striking table, cars
ing it to explode, the ball entering the spinal
column OF the girl, and it is feared will prove
fatal.