Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-18

which held the other day gospel temperance
meeting.
A new post Office has been opened at Jen-
kinsville.
The health Of Marion county is remarkably
good at this time.
W. ;. Cunningham. a cOlored covv tbief
escaped from the sumter jail last week.
The total value of all taxable pronert,- n,
MARION county by the last assessment IS
S2,5Ol. .295.
The building boom at Marion continues.
several new residences are to be erected dur
ing the summer W
II Is now stated that Berry and johnson.
WHO had light in Marion two weeks ago
were not drunk. 80
, Work Is about to be commenced to connect
the I. 4. q. & &. Railroad with the south
Nafolina Railroad through Aiken.
during the Methodist revival the past three
weeks the church at Marion received fortv-
nine applications for membership.
Evans Harllee. cOlOred, was cut in the head
wilma hatchet by Jim Adams cOlOred in
Marion. on last Thursday The thickness of
ms skull prevented a murder
Mr.. J. ID. Morey, Of Philadelphia. PennsvI-
Sahia, speaks oi purchasing 10000 acres Of pine
land near HardeviIle. Beaufort county. and
erecting two large saw mills
Ihat Bamberg needs large and handsome
SSauenS Dullding Is a generally admitted
TACT, and steps Will soon be taken by the Town
council 10 erect such building.
james Anderson died in Spartanbury
county, al his residence on the EnOree river
on the 18th inst, aged so years. He was the
iather ot Dr. ID. X. Anderson, of Laurens.
At the municipal election in YorkvlIc o,,
Monday, the following ticket was elected:
Happerheld, Intendent; j. II. Schorb. j. r
Dates. j. X. Lindsay and :. \. McFlwes
War,ens.
\ Jersey cattle club has been organized IN,
Greenville, with DIR. W. l.. Maulden as Presi-
dent. and +. 1. Boyd Secretary. The club
VII VII promote the increase of Jersey cattle IN
that section.
Gov. Thompson has offered a reward nj ono
hundred and fifty dollars for the apprehension
anu conviction OF Charles Wallace, who muir
uereu James Gadsden and Philip Willis a Port
Royal on April 2S.
The body Of Arthur Lockherst, pantryman
on the steamer Western Texas, who fell over
board and was drowned on April I3 while the
steamer was on her way to New York was
found last week on Hunting Island beach.
near Port ROYAL.
The members Of the Spartanburg Chess Club
are looking forward with interest to the living
game of chess to be played in the Opera House
on the evening of the 22d instant. Quite a
number OF young ladies have promised 10 AXE
Paft' ana the success of the affair is assured.
Strawberries are becoming a more i'm
pOrtant crop IN and around GreenvilIe every
year,and the soil seems to BE peculiarly adapted
To the production OF magnificent and Iusc{ous
specimens. This year the crop is unusuaIIv
fine, exceeding that of last wear. which was
beyond all precedent
An old Aiken we'll digger, TO prove his As
sertion that the negro has better Judgment
than the white man, said: When Augusta
was IN Its infancy the white citizens were
considering the advisability of changing the
channel OF the Savannah river at augusta
ana instead OF letting IL run on the eastern
side of the city, a ut present. to change it to
the western side. \ cOlOred man, doubtless
being filled with a prophetic vision of An
gustas future greatness, and seeing what a
loss such a change Would entail upOn the
state of Georgia, warned the whites that if
they made the proposed change. the city of
Augusta would be thrown in South Carolina
The whites saw the point and the Savannah
river continues in its old channel