Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-14
South Carolina Notes.

Capt. George Anderson. who died in LaHrens
county on August 30, had eleven sons in the
Confederate army.
fatal disease is prevailing among the
Abbsville chickens. They are suddenly taken
sick and die in an hour or so.
Near Orangeburg, on Wednesday, colored
boy named Haigler, about fourteen years old,
was kicked to death by stallion.
Mr.. Lewis Croxton, of Lancaste, county. one
of the few remaining survivors of the Florida
Volunteers, died at his residence In that county
on the Sd Of this month, aged about seventy
four years.
Near Florence. the other day, Carrie Brun-
son, little white girl, fell into deep we'll and
was rescued from drowning by a colored
woman, who drew her out of the well by the
bucket
Work on the Fishing Creek Cotton Factory,
Chester county, is not progressing very rapid
ly, and it viii probably be year before the
mill gets in operation.
While wagon load Of colored people were
going to a camp meeting in Anderson county
last Saturday night, one OF the women went to
sleep and let her by fall out, which was run
over by the wagon wheel and killed.
For the year ending September 1st there
were shipped from Georgetown to New York
$40 bales of cotton and 1890 casks OF rice.
The new engine house Of the Winyah Fire
Engine Company, of Georgetown, has been
finished at a cost of $4,000.
The total shipments of cotton from New
berry during the past year amounted to 2O,621
bales
The New9erry County Fair will open on the
oF Dat har
outlook for the fair, notwithstanding the
gloomy crop prospects, is favorable.
Willie Spencer, five-year-old son of W. P.
Spencer, of Orangeburg, while playing about
a well last week. climbed up the curbing. lost
his balance, fell, and was drowned before aid
could be rendered.
On last Thursday, at Lewis Turnout on the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
two white men had both their legs broken be-
tween the knee and the ankle by the falling
upon them of a large piece of trestls timber,
which they were unloading from fat car.
Bill Duke, colored, while hauling logs to
Grifin's Mills. four miles from Easily, was
killed. His oxen ran away and a log passed
over his head, crushing it and causing death
in A few minutes. The oxen ran into pond
with the wagon, but were gotten out safely.
H T. GaIlman who was stabbed in the brain
by Morgan Knox, At Union, week ago last
Saturday, in a difficulty arising from an old
grudge, died Sunday morning. The testimony
at the inquest showed that there were two
meetings in short succession, in the latter Of
which, while Gallman was endeavoring to get
a stick to prevent being cut, Knox stabbed him.
Gallman was good citizen and Knox was IN
bad repute. Knox escaped.
At Florence last week little seven-year-oId
daughter of Mr. d. Holland, an engineer on the
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
while trying to kindle fire by pouring kero-
sene oil from the can, held it too near the
blaze. and the can exploded. covering the child
with the burning fluid from head to foot. The
little thing ran into the street, literally pillar
of fire. and, when relief reached her, the cloth
ing was burnt Off her. Her father was of on
duty, and the mother was temporarily away
from home at tho time Of the dreadful &C CT
dent. The child died Of the shock in two
hours.
James P Moore, Of Greenvile, who was last
reported to have been two days absent from
the city, was found about 8 p. m. Wednesday
concealed in his barn. near his dwelling. Upon
the Twice of friends, he went into his dwelling
about or 10 O'Clock. and, after taking coffee,
retired to his room, undressed ana went to bed
as late as II o'clock. While in bed he con-
versed with several members of his family, and
appeared to be perfectly rational and in his
usual health. but in highly wrought nervous
condition. Mrs. Moore retired later, and she
did not get to seep till a very late hour
Awaking about daylight, she discovered that
Mr. Moore was not breathing. A physician was
Immediately summoned, but too late. Life
was extinct.