Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-16

was lower this year than ever before within his
memory. Children could wade across it with
ease in many places.
Sheriff NJ. I. Holly has sold In Aiken the first
bale of the new crop picked in that county. 1t
weighed $50 pounds, cIassed as middIing, and
was sold to Mr.. Henry Hahn for 1915 cents per
pound.
small colored boy-bird minder on the
plantation of Mr.. James slattery, in Colleton
county-in the careless handling Of his gun
shot and killed himself last week.
party Of negroes indulged in fracas in
Belton, Anderson county, one night last week.
One Of them received severe blow on the
head, and In attempting to shoot his antago-
mist he shot himself through the hand
Two attempts were made to wreck the pas
senger trains going South on the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Road recently, short
distance below Fort Mill.
The highways in Barnwel county are being
put in good condition.
Two colored men were drowned last week
while attempting to cross Black river near
Campheld, in Georgetown county.
DR.. Pope. assistant surgeon of the peniten-
tlary, has been on tour Of inspection OF the
convicts on the Augusta and Knoxville Rail-
road He reports the convicts to be in excel
lent condition.
Charles Dudley, of Darlington county, ran off
with Miss Ida Moody last week. He was
married man. who had separated from his wife,
and had then taken up with another woman.
Miss Moody Is only sixteen years of age.
The water in the Salkehatchie has been very
low for some time, but the late rains have
caused a rise of some six or eight inches. Rain
is still falli &. and rice planters may look for
freshet in the river in a few weeks if it con-
tinues
I;p,r,ia Hfilstar % CDar+a pburo, sov of NJ
w. d. Mister, a lad Of twelve or fourteen
years OF age while carelessly handling shoe
gun, accidentally shot Eddie Sumner, son OF
| Mr.. 7. ]. Sumner, little boy OF aboutthe same
age, who died from the effects of the wound.
DR.. Todd recently extracted from the foot of
a gentleman visiting Barnwen a pistol ball
that he had carried for twenty-four years. The
ball. with its encrusted covering, resembled
butter bean in size and shape. but did not con-
tain more lead than a squirrel shot.
few nights ago the large gin house and
mill of Mr.. j. A. Brant, on the Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta Railroad. about four miles
below Trenton, was destroyed by fire. 1t was,
without doubt, the work of an incendiary, and
two negroes charged with the crime were ar
rested and lodged in the county jail at Edge
field.
horrible accident occurred Wednesday
night by which Julius Brockman, colored
man. was run over and killed by the North
bound fast mail train on the Airline Railroad,
about five miles from Greenville. He fell
gineeT too late to stop the train. He was hor-
ribly mangled.
A pig " ith six feet is owned by Mr. NJ. A
Drawdy, on AshepOo, Colleton county. The
fore legs fork below the knee. from which
have grown out two additional legs and feet.
All four of the fore legs touch the ground, and
are used in either walking or running. The
pig is finely formed otherwise, and seems TO be
in good, healthy condition.
Ore night last week some thieves entered
fha COW lot on DIR Holiness nlacR and Killed q
fine milch COW and sold her for beef in Barr
well The Council have determined to make
every person who sells beef and pork from the
market stalls bring in the hides, feet and heads
of all beeves with ears undisturbed, and to pro-
duce the heads of all hogs with ears undis-
turbed.
A difficulty occurred at Hannah Church,
NewberrY county, on Thursday last, between
Coleman Xix and his son, Frank Hix, on one
side, and James Little on the other. Frank Hix
shot Little in the head with pistol, intiicting
a wound that was at first supposed to be fatal,
but which turns out not to be very serious.
Hix shot twice, one shot missing its aim. The
parties were all colored. The Hikes have been
lodged in Jail.
The Pickens Sentinel says: "a negro shot
at Mr.. James Hunt. on the eastern side OF this
county. on last Monday week, and came very
near infiicting a dangerous wound. The ball
passed across and on the side OF the abdomen,
raising a red streak, but did not break the
skin. The assault is said to have been entirely
UNI revoked. The negro, it is said. was carry
ing the pistol with which to shoot Mr.. Thomas
Hunt, = brother of the assaulted man."
John Mitchell, colored. convicted in 1879 Of
burglary, and serving out ten years SEN
teuce, escaped from the Atlantic and French
Broad Railroad gang in January last. few
days ago he was detected rObbing house in
Chester county, and was shot in the leg with
buckshot by the proprietor. an old man of
seventy. Hs escaped, but was found wounded
in the woods and confessed. he Is again in the
penitentiary, the wound not being dangerous
nh A l.
b-ing worked with satisfactory results. Re-
Gently improved machinery has been put up
at this mine, and since then over three hun
dred dollars a week in the precious ore has
been realized. Judge Cothran, agent for the
owner of the mines, was there few days ago
and brought back two pieces OF gold about the
size of brick bats: The Greenwood and Au-
gusta Railroad will establish a depot at the
mines, and this will become considerable
centre for trade.
Mr.. Hatcher, a gentleman who resides in
Aiken county, a few miles from the town OF
Vaucluse. was seriously injured last week
while getting off one of the trains Of the Char
lotte Columbia and Augusta Railroad He has
not been able to return to his home siuce the
accident, and is now undergoing medical treat
ment at Vaucluse. 1t is claimed that the in
jury caused by gross negligence on the
part of the company, and suit will be insti-
tuted for ten thousand dollars damages
MesSrs. Henderson Bros. have been employed
by the plaintiff.
The jury of inquest on the body of Richard
Dunbar, recently killed near Woodward's MILL
Barnwell county, rendered a verdict charging
William Dyches with the crime and that Glas-
gov Smalls, Frank Crawley and Ben Simons
all colOred, were accessories after the fact
There are various contradictory accounts OF the
homicide in circulation. 1t seems that the par
ties to it had been quarPeling for at least year
past; that finally they met, and then Dunbar
received the wound from which he died
Dyches, Smalls, Crawley and Simons have
been lodged in jail. Jealousy is said to have
been the cause of the difficulty.