Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-11
South Carolina Note 8.

A Board of Health has been organized in
SpartanbuEg.
None Of the bodies of the seven negroes who
we're drowned in the Ashley river on Friday
night, the 1st instant, have yet been recovered.
Columbia water power subscriptions Friday
were $2,597. One Of the banks there will sub
scribe for S5,O1Oin day or two
The anniversary meeting of the Fairfield
Survivors Of the Sixth Regiment. s. c. ", will
be held at WinnsborO on April 18th.
The blacksmith and cabinet shops of Mr. w.
E. Way, at Georges Station, were destroyed
by fire on the 1st inst.
On Saturday of last week Elisha Strickland
was killed at Pages store. in Marion county,
by Peter Page, the owner of the store. Strick-
land is said TO have been a bad, boisterous
man. 1t was a case of self defense.
Dir. N. B. BarnweH Master in Equity, viii
begin on the 18th instant the payment in full
of the s. ate guaranteed debt of the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad Company up to that
date
The cold has not killed all the fruit in An
derson, and it is generally thought that
enough is left for ordinary uses.
The number of escapes of convicts from
lassees to the present time is about 1S3, for
which the forfeitures are about $4,000.
ola citizens Of Pickens declare that this is
the coIdest spell Of weather ever known in
that county for the time of year. The falling
Of snow on the mountains Monday in the
northern part of that county was p'ainly visi-
bic at a considerable distance.
Some fears have been entertained that the
recent protracted cold weather will damage
the fruit crop very materially in Abbeville.
Investigations have proven, however, that
slight harm has been done thus far.
Twelve or fifteen German laborers have ar
rived in Due West. and found comfortable
homes in that vicinity.
The hotel at Hampton was sold by Sheriff
Ruth for Si0O.
The Langtord lot and store at Hampton
brought S265.
A little child of Mr. John Easterlin. of
Orangeburg, was burned SO seriously on last
Friday as to cause its death.
The wind storm last week blew down G. NJ
Hodges gIn house and smashed lot of bug
eies belonging to w q. McGee and Messrs Y.
7, Connor & Co, in Abbevilie. Loss said to be
about $1,000.
Haior T. B. Lee, Chief Engineer of the sa-
vannah Valley Railroad, left Anderson Tues
dav morning with a corps OF assistants TO To-
! cate permanently the road TO the point Of in
fersection with the Greenwood and Augusta
Eoad and to also make preliminary survey
| of the proposed line from that point TO Edge
| field c. H.
The dwelling OF Mr. Jonathan Abercrombie,
siding near Dr. Fuller's factory place in
| I Ierrens county. was. on the 9th inst. totally
destroVed by fire, with all It's contents, con-
| s;sfing Of household furniture. clothing, pro-
visions. etc, The fire was accidental.
! Thirteen more immigrants arrived at Goium-
bia Fridav eight men. two women ana three
| children The men are all farmers, besides
| Being Of the following trades: Three WOOL
| workers two hatterS. one tinSmltl. one oaAer,
| one brick mason. Five families OF previous
| party have been secured by W. X. Shelor OF
| Seneca City.
| On Saturday evening Of last week NUMBER
| Of Young men Of the neighborhosd assembled
/ at Inns school house. in the Five Fork secEons
andarson county. TO engage in debate, dur
! ing which G difficulty arose between JaInes
| Martin and r. NJ. Simmons, in which the lat9er
/ vas dangerously cut in several places by the
/ former. who has fled the country to avoid ar
/ rest ON Monday James Bryant and Thomas
i Van and ", A. Mullikin, who were present on
| the occasion. were arrested on the charge or
/ beino engaged in riot and taken before trial
/ .Tustice Whitefield on TUESDAY ana adhltteut 10
1 nail in the sum OF S5uO eacn
| The AbbeviIle Medium says: The poor old.
| crazy negro, Abraham Martin. VINO was con- con-
yicted at the last term or lne court IN IN ms
/ countv for numbering his wife. VIII oe nung on
i tbe 25d ~ this month. The Governor mas re-
i s,Isad n commute his sentence because the
| Tnd0a who tried the case would not sign tne me
| 1afifion If there sver was sentence IOF
pr5eT. that ought 10 be commuted tnlsls one
| The old fellow Is about sixty years OF age ana
/ & somewhat feeble"