Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-03

T WlhloW Ia>lngs IN a day. Mr.. Girke went to
work on the Putnam House, won his bet OF $50
and returned to Palatka next daT. Mr.. Pot
Ter paid him s. for his days work.
In August jacksonville shipped to do
mestlc ports 3,Sl5,OO0 feet Of yellow
uurlng the month of July. During the
month OF August. 1881. she shipped 7,I22,-
I ~, being falling of Of S,sO7, 900 feet from
I the Shipment Of that year. During August,
iooz, she shipped 3l49,OO0 feet, q falling off
uuflng the past month Of l34, 600 from that of
the shipment Of August, lSS2. The local de-
mand, however, during the past month was
quite heavy.
During the month Of August there were
disposed Of at JacksOnville's market 36l Flor
ida beeves. ll9 Tennessee sheep. S3 hogs, 3sOl
p9uhds sausages, LILO pounds veal, 26 saddles
Oh Nenl5On, 315 pounds Of turkey. 10, 100 pounds
OF chicken, 4,20j dozen eggs, 66 terrapins IA
6lJ string. of fish, 3l,300 CLANS, 30 dozen turtle
eggs, o. bushels of shrimp, S muskmelOns
3.0j0 WatermelOns. bushels Of figs. l. IOsO crates
oi peaches, l25 barrels Of apples, 262 pump
klns, crates of lemons, 9,4U0 lemons IL 900
lines. besides vegetables, etc.
= piece OF knife blade an inch and five
elghths long, which had been sticking in a
man s mead for seven years. was extracted at
Madison day or two ago. The stabbing Oc-
cuIred al Masonic picnic, and the victim
name Is Ambrose. DR.. PeeIer thinks the DO
sitiOn OF the blade and the symptoms of his
patient Indicate the fact that the point of the
blade at least entered the brain, and is evil
dence that the young man possessed remark
able degree of vitality. to have survived so
long after what he considered q mortal wound
had been inflicted.
While playing ball in Jacksonville Friday a
cOl0red man named Robert Burroughs was
stabbed and killed by another COlOred man
named George Jackson, in Hunter & Sons
mill yartt in East Jacksonville. Burroughs
inattempting to catch a ball accidentally ran
against jackson. Jackson demonstrated with
burroughs for running against him, which
resulted IN some very hot words. The two
men. after cursng each other, separated,
when Jackson threw some brickbats at Bur
roughs. The latter lodged the bats, and
finally picked up and threw several back at
Jackson. when jackson ran up and stabbed
him In the breast with spring knife and
afterwards made his escape to the woods.
burroughs after being stabbed walked several
steps, when he fell and almost instantly died
SOUTH CAROLINA.
seed cotton is selling at Barnwell at 3 cents
pound cash.
The work ON the Newberry Cotton Mill is
progressing finely.
The store OF Mai. c. : Land, at Foreston.
was burned last saturday night. Loss about
$4,000; partially insured
ThZee colOred preachers are in the Columbia
jall-two for stealing and one for breaking the
seventh commandment.
Isaiah Taylor. colored, has been committed
90 Jail IN Barnwell charged with burning the
barn OF Mr.. john :. Williams.
The new Grceuyille county bonds. issued to
refund portion Of the debt in aid of the Air
Line Railway, are now Tor sale.
10 Is proposed to hold a reunion Of the
seventh Regiment Of south Carolina Cavalry
at Columbia during the state Fair.
The Psdee Judsr says: Cotton is opening
rapidly. and four-1fths of the crOD of mis-
county Will be marketed 10y the first of Oc-
tuber."
The town of Aiken has about $1,000 to its
credit from the taxes Of last year. The town
i- clear of debt, and the taxes are only
twenty-five cents on the hundred dollars.
Williamsburg Hertlf: Hell Hole Swamp, the
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hreu sold 20 company of Northern capital
lists for Slu.oNQ. who propose TO drain and
place 20 under cultivation.
The four members of Congress from South
Carolina who have defined their positions on
THE >peakership stand as follows: Evins. for
Carlisle; Hemphili. for Carlisle; Tllman, for
Randall; DIbbic for Randall.
The four Sudduth brothers, living near
Highland Grove. ia Greenville county. have
forty living chlldren-twenty- four boys and
sixteen ;dr.. They have only been married
once aud all their wives are living.
The gin house and saw and shinge mill of
Mr. ID. II. Bull. "a prominent young farmer of
the upper section of Greenville county, were
accidentally burned on the 27th ult. Loss es-
timatcd 40 $1,000. No insurance.
Alexander McGregOr, who has been Post
master at J0nesville, in Union county, re-
Gently. i'm the United states Court at Green
Vile. pleaded guilty TO the charges of embez-
cling valuable letters. stealing the valuable
contents of letters and unlawful disposition of
postage stamps
Two large watcrspouts were seen near the
Georgetown coast on sunday, one at the bar
and the other al the mouth of the Santec
river. The former Is described by Capt.
johnson, Of the schooner Nellie Floyd, as
having been terrible in its aspect, and its
roar could he heard from the decks Of his
vessel.
Grecnyiuc Nesrs. The HuguenOt Mills of
this city have just received an order for two
thousand bales of lis goods. This Is certainly
most nattering. and shows that the reputation
Naf- -fsIh aH
high basis. The mill now has us much work
= 1t can handle.
y circular giving an exhibit of the trade in
crude and manufactured phosphates in South
Carolina shows the shipments of fertilizers
To- have increased from 22,5S9 in 1871 to 10000
tons in 1853. The shipments of crude phOs-
phatc- rose from l52.62d tons in 1876 to S5j,3;}3
tons In loSi- Much OF ii goes abroad.
Col. d. c. Allen, ticket agent of the south
Carolina Railway Company, has gone TO New
York in the interest Of foreign immi igratiOn to
tBe ~0uth. He Is arranging the issue of tick
cts from any foreign port 10 Augusta, Charles
tua cr any city or town in this section. All
that will DE necessary when SWede servant
or a German immigrant Is wanted, viii be to
purchase a ticket and forward il or have one
purchased at the sailing port in Europe, and
jhe holder will I've brought direct to the imme-
diate station in Georgia or Carolina.
The Carolina Spartan says: Mrs. Bishop
Wightmau visited Spartanburg last Sunday
afternoon She talked TO the Mountain
LaurelS.' the Juvenile Missionary Society of
the Methodist Church. She Is now actively
engaged in awakening missionary spirit in
the churches. Her address was directed to
the little children, with a sort of parenthetic
thrust now and then at the larger people who
had neglected their duty in this field OF
Christian labor. Her plain. pointed, uncou-
veutional talk will do good and she will be
welcome when she comes this way again
The Camden .Touradl SAYS: "The remains of
Baron DclIalb now lie buried in the Presbyte-
riau ciHrchyard in Camden. and over them
has been erected Il handsome monument by
our people. The corner stone was land bv
MARQUIS LAFAYETTE. i'm 1925. Baron Dekalb
received his death wound IN the battle of Gum
swamp. just above Camden. where General
Gales was defeated by the British. After the
battle the wounded soldier was brought to
Camden in an ambulance. and died in the We
hicle while 10 was standing at the corner of
what Is now known as Broad and Dekalb