Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-11


y eolored child died in Beaufort last week
from the effects of drinking concentrated I've
+. Cochran. the Postmaster at Granite-
Nille' mas sent IN his resignation to the Post
master General.
There have been - business failures in
south Carolina IN the past six months. with
HaOihtles aggregating $685., ,155.
Ihe rainfall on the 9Th instant saws the
y Sefs. Tor about two hours was the heaviest
time.
Mr.. Henry ". Ravenel. Of Aiken. returned
on saturday from salem. y c.. where ne was
plant. '''i
An attempt was made TO burn the stable on
ii. 1lr. hoDert Mckay's premises. in Greenville,
iASt sunday The fire was set by two negro
DoyS, who have not yet been identified
Recently two horses were stolen from Buck
FoFtst Hotel y. G They belonged to gentle
men from Greenville. Both horses have been
captured and the thief also at McDonald's
Marion county, y. c.
dastardly attempt was recently made to
1uIA out the Baker property at Madison.
Kerosene oil was used TO start the names
hut me nre was discovered and put out before
much damage was done.
, sumter 4 AdraRce says: The long drought in
TINS section has proved severe upon the crops
Not half yield can he hoped for and in fact
IN some instances none at all. Cotton and
corn have both fallen victims to the dry
weather.
holloway shot Charles Washington in the all
uohen during an encounter originating in an
SSttlehpt To arrest Washington on warrant
LOT contempt of court. IL was not known
whether the wound was fatal.
Abbevillc Medium saws: 'sDr. VIC. Nor
wood, OF Hodges, has given $1,000 IN cash to
the endowment of Adger College The bene-
factions of this eminent citizen of our county
are without number. He has an abundance
but docs not think the Lord has blessed him
50 much for his own pleasure"
The Barnwell Sentinel saws: "Fever cases
are still numerous in and around town be-
sides any number of people are complaining
of rheumatism and neuralgia" The same
paper Is reliably informed that the planters
in the Joyce Branch section, ten miles west
of that place, Will not make one-fOurth Of
crop Of either cotton or corn.
An OrangeDurg correspondent of the Ns1rs
SAYS: ''1 esterday "a smart. we'll dressed mu-
latt0. about .. turned up here rs G.. VI. Madi-
son from SummerVlue. Last night he rOOmed
with a cOlOred man and had friend named
Frank Alexander a. company. This morning
the coIored man -ot out a warrant for the arr
rest of Madison. He had been robbed of $40,
three pistols and pair of shoes. The pair
had decamped."
The Rev. q. W. Manly. former pastor of the
Aiken Baptist Church. has written a letter to
Iutendant ". Quitman Davis. dated Lelpsic
Germany. July sd. asking for papers To es-
tahlI~h his identity so that he can prove to the
police that he Is not dynamite cOnspirator.
Mr. Manly Is prosecuting his studies at the
University at Lelpslc. and Is much pleased
with the opportunities offered by this great
Institution of learning.
Commenting upon a reported statement of
senator Butler, that South Carolina could
safely spare 10000 negroes. the Aiken Re-
c9rfsr remarks: Here is the mathematical
statement in round numbers: 604,OO0 negroes
w. 900 whites: area Of South Carolina "a
oHq square miles. These are the figures. and
we respectfully ask where Is. the political phi-
lO5ophCr who can figure up this problem and
B find product containing the elements essen
+ tlal to safety, congeniality and rapid material
progress
Poisoning seems 90 be epidemic in South
Carolina. ON the 2Sth ult. 30 people were
. poisoned by eating ice cream at Union. On
the 3d inst. 6j others were poisoned in the
same way at Camden, one of whom was dead
dt last accounts and a large number critically
il. stephen Green. of COllcton county. re
Gently administered 10 his children morphine
Tor quIulne. from which two of them died.
The family of Andrew Daniel. at Spartan
burg. found their coffee poisoned. the other
day, with strychnine.
D. The Aiken Rerie3r saws: Il pOn last FRIDAY
Henry IOOle. alIas Williams. cOlOred man.
got into a personal difficulty with another
cOlOred man. whose name we have not been
able TO find out. at Tom CraIg's mill. near
Langley \ write man present, named Ty-
Ter. stopped the row between these two men.
bus It seems that the unknown cOlOred man
was not satisfied. and went OF and got his
gun and commenced advancing upon TOOle,
who. seeing the situation, drew his pistol, and
both parties fired at the same time. TOOle
escaped injury. but the pistol shot killed his
opponent. TOOle was arrested. brought to
Aiken and is now in jail.
some time during the past winter Mr..
Henry g.. RawOrth. Of Aiken. suffered from
severely chapped lips, which terminated IN
great Inflammation and enlargement of the
lower lip. Recently a surgical operation was
performed upon him by several Augusta
surgeons when there was cut away a trian-
gular piece from the centre of the lower lip
clean through to the gums. Zach side Of
this triangle measured about one inch. The
q
the insertion Of three silver pins, after which
the flesh was stitched together. The patient
Is doing well and viii recover. Mr.. RawOrth
Is seventy-twO years of age. and has been
T.lilrnnl nngineer for fOrfN- nine Nears.