Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-04
South Carolina Notes.

The people in Lancaster are much exercised
on the temperance question, and strong efforts
viii be made by both parties to carry the
c5unty election as to license or no license.
A negro boy in Columbia has exhibited
symptoms Of hydrophobia. and has been sent
to the insane asylum for attention.
The new G bell for st. Michael's chime,
Charleston, which has recently arrived from
Europe to replace the old bell which was bro
ken year or two ago, has been placed in po-
sition- The chime is now complete. and the
clock, which has been stopped for two days.
has been put in running order again.
The BatesyilIe cotton factory, twelve miles
from GreenvilIe, was entirely consumed by
fire Tuesday afternoon. The fire was
accidental. Its value was between fifteen
and twenty thousand dollars. II was insured
for about one-half that amount.
A branch of the Land League was formed in
Charleston Wednesday night.
A canvass Of Charleston is being made to
procure consumers for the proposed lights to
be furnished at reduced rates by the Pruden-
tiaI Gas Company.
The people Of Lancaster are now looking to
a railway connection with the town Of Monroe
in North Carolina They have received little
or no encouragement from Charleston and the
South Carolina Road. A charter has been
granted for this purpose by the South Caro-
lima Legislature, and a bill for the same pur-
pose is now before the North Carolina Legisla-
ture.
William Miller, eolored hand employed on
the dirt train in the Northeastern Railroad
yard. in Charleston. was badly hurt recently.
While the train was in motion the car on which
Miller WIS standing jumped the track, and
Miller fell through the dump trap TO the trestle
and was dragged some distance, sustaining in
inries in the head and body, which, while not
fatal. are very severe. He was sent to the
hospital
Thirty-eight bales Of cotton, a cotton gin and
press, together with a los OF fodder, cotton
seed, some plough gear, other farming i'm
plemects, and a large stable on plantation
belonging to the estate OF W. c. Gist, ten
miles northwest OF Union, were destroyed
by fire on last Friday night. The fire caught
in the lint room Of the gin from a torch in q
negro boys hand. About twenty bales Of cot
ton. which were piled on the outside OF the
building, were saved The total loss will
amount 70 about 1850.
The Barnwen People seYs: "It is quietly ru.
mOred that the General bly, viii be
called tngether about the 10th OF next Sovenl
Der. The amount and importance OF the work
to be done at the next session will require
time. IL is poor economy to attempt TO crowd
the work of two months into one. Consider
abletiIne Is occupied by every Legislature in
supplying the commission and correcting the
errors of its predecessors. Tax payers like
short sessions, but they dislike crude leglsl4-
tion. The session, il its work be thoroughly
done, must be either prolonged after the holl-
days or It must commence early in Hovem-
ber."
The Wilmington. Columbia and Augusta
Railroad will ia q few days begin the erection
OF a fine brick snd granite coppeT-roOfed
freight depot on their newly acquired land in
Columbia. Il will be Of size sufficient 60 admit
OF loading and unloading an entire train OF
cars within It, part of the lot viii be leased
to the NavaSsa Guano Company, of Whining
ton, the largest shippers Of fertilizers over the
road. as a site for commodious buildings, in-
tended 10 be ecte1 this summer for the ac-
commOdation of all their fertilizers needed for
the up-cOuntTy market