Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-24
South Carolina Notes.

The cornerstone of the new court house at
Aiken was laid on Tuesday.
Captain Brown Manning, brother of ex
Governor John L. Manning, died at his resi-
dence, in Clarendon county, on Saturday last.
aged hfty-seven years He was a gallant Con.
federate soldier, commanding for some time
company Z, Hampton Legion, and afterwards
serving in the army of the West on the staff of
Brigadier General James Cantey.
The Railroad Commission, lately in session
at Charleston. has adjourned, having COM
pleted the main portion OF the work allotted
to it. The adjournment was made subject to
the call of the Chairman on some day in the
early part Of October next, when the Commits
sion will reassemble and consider the charters
of the several railroads which have been re-
ferred to them.
A serious fire ragged in the woods near Hamp-
ton on Saturday and Sunday, starting near
Sanders Branch. and extending almost to that
point doing great deal Of damage. de-
stroying fully 81, 900 worth of ranging timber
crossties and cord wood. Every one turned
out, and, after hard work, got the fire under
control
Deputy Sheriff Luther HoUey, of Aiken, last
week arrested Anderson Lott on a bench war
rant at Batesburg, s. c., for the killing of Isaac
Hall, in McTier township, during the month of
August, $780, Lott is now in jail He admits
the killing, but claims it to have been the result
of accident
By authority of the act Of December "a. 1880.
the Governor has appointed Senator j. w
Moore, OF Hampton, Brigadier General w. w.
Humphreys, of Anderson. and Brigadier
General e. Irvine Walker, of Charleston, to
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Adjutant and Inspector General, they are
authorized to revise the militia laws of the
State, and to report their revision to the next
session Of the General Assembly
The large lumber mill Of George Haltiwan-
ger, in the fork of Lexington county, between
Broad and Saluda rivers, nine miles from
Columbia, was burned Monday evening with a
heavy loss. 1t is supposed that the fire origi-
mated from the burning woods which had
been observed during the day from Columbia
but it was hot enough in this region to create
spontaneous combustion. Owing to the late.
ness of the hour at which the intelligence was
received, no particulars and no information as
to insurance can be obtained.
Mr. John Foreman, of Silverton township,
| Aiken county, has curiosity in the shape of
a century plant The plant, or rather tree. for
/ owned by Mr. Foreman when he bought it,
/ thirty-1ve years ago. and has never grown
/ higher than five feet until this year, when it
/ took start and is now eighteen or twenty feet
4 high, with leaves six to eight feet long, and
heavy clusters of white flowers in the top.
| correspondent describing the severe storm
| in the upper part of Colleton says the storm
moved in the direction of the Little Sake
/ hatchie, leaving a perfect pathway through
! which it passed. A number of places were in
| iured to a considerable eGtent.
! T. w. Dawson, at Gadsden. S. c. has an
| English silver watch over hundred years old.
| 1t was presented to b father, Rev Thomas
| Dawson, when a boy. who brought it from
England to this country, and Kept it in his pos
session until his death last year, when he was
ninety years old. The watch is still keeping
1 good time.