Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-26

SOUTH CAROLINA
Inc amount Of taxes on real and personal
z Sis asy d6 l3 beaufort county for the year 1883
y y StesssS ~, Of which Sl7, $50 92 has been col
!ected IN the first installment. We agree with
we fort Royal Palmetto Post that tins Is n
pretty good showing "
Daniel Harllee, cOlored, Of Marion, fell into
Wei last week in an epileptic fit and was
Mr.. samuel Dahdridge, Of Round O. Collie
VI eon ,s, ,rs1,unts, was drowned at Sullivan's Ferry
~ ~ tth,,rsqay last. The river was dragged for
ms Dody, but II was not recovered
Charles GOings. cOlored of Fair6ald oo,,,,,
nSt win a horrible death last week While
rlains mule he was thrown to the gronnd
anu an: ms loot becoming entangled in the gear
lance and so badly injured that he only lived
/ fifteen minutes i''''
I ON Tuesday last Mrs. b. F. Boyd. of Har-
useNlle, , C., fOuLd very large hens egg.
ABOUT the size of goose egg. in a 6oS
where her hens were LAYING The e0g ha,na
( very heaNy and the outer shell soft She oDened
y az one end to examine the contents and
iiouhu II 10 contain the white and volk of a
large sized egg, and another perfect hens
I egg OF ordinary size. This is certainly a very
I strange freak of nature ~
Needy Hers, of Barnwell county. was stab-
eeu several times and badly bruised up with a
I lence rail by Dick Morris. Jr and CLAW Nor
ris last week. N'"' 4ioi
The County Commissioners of Fdge6aId
/ nave been indicted for failing to keep a bubble
l ~ SSeN repair
The residence of Mr.. Stepben r Far,uso,,
Z IN chester county, was burned last week
The hail storm of last Thursday EVENING
struck the Lethe farm in Abbeville county and
I tore about fifty acres of splendid corn All to
I pieces. The blades of fodder were literalIv
sTipped from the stalks. At Cade's lower
mill 1t was more severe and extended across
I 70 the savannah. The wind was very high
nloWlng down nearly all the dead timber in
| the track of the storm. -"
On last Friday Sallie Nelson. colored of
Rock Hill, in building a fire to prepare dinner
l poured kerosene on the wood The kerosene
can exploded, throwing oil all over the girl
I All her clothing but few bands around her.
waist ana her corset had been consumed and
I her body, from head TO foot, was burnt Ia a
erlsp- She died in few hours in great agonv
PRESLEY Haley was married in 1880 to a ladv
/ IN Clarendon county. He deserted his wife
/ and removed to Sumter county. where he was
married TO Miss Smith, In company with
MS second and last wife he left Sumter on the
freight train last week for Georgia.
\ severe hailstOrm visited the TOney creek
section Of Anderson county and the adjoining
l SIDE OF Greenville county last Thursday. The
/ crop OF a man by the name of Vaughn was
[ completely destroyed, and much damage was
I done to the crops on other places.
The truck farmers of BarnweIl are not suc-
| eeeding as well as they expected in growing
I Irult ana vegetables for distant market
l The experience OF some OF those who have
I tr-ed the Northern markets is not encourage
| ing. About the last of May peach grower
I at Mllliston sent fifteen half bushel crates of
I his finest fruit to a commission house in Balti-
more. The return from the sale was rather
startling. The peaches were sold for 75 cents
a crate. The freight on the consignment of
I fifteen crates amounted to 50 40 and the COM
missions were 30 cents, leaving as met pro-
I ceeds' 95 cents. without counting the cost of
the crates. the cost of the packing and haul
ing ana the expense OF keeping up an orchard.