Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13


\ reunion OF the Confederate soldiers of
Barnwell county will bc held at the court
house on Nov. %.
Jerry Cox, at Georgetown, has been SEN
fenced To be hung on the 2lst of December for
killing his employer.
\ colored boy was killed by another boy in
Edgeield county last week. They were play =
ing with loaded pistol,
Mr.. II. Baum has raised this year about one
bale of jutc on a half acre of land on his plan -
tation IN kershaw county.
Last Saturday night the gin house of Capt.
4. j. ClmEsCales, of Abbevlle, was burnt TO
the ground. About six bales OF cotton were
destroyed.
who resides IN Greenvllle, has written book
of "reminiscences which will be of great inter
est when il is published
Mr.. /. Strelitz, Of l5S King street. Charles
ton, who mysteriOusly disappeared about two
months ago, has returned to his home and
family. He went West.
Major J. G. Richardson's store at Robert
vile. Hampton county. was burned last week
by an accidental fire. The loss amounted TO
$4,000, on which there was no insurance.
The contractors on the new Beufort court
house have begun work, and the old court
house yard presents busy scene. The
trenches for the foundation have been dug,
and they will be shortly put in place.
The Postmaster of Jedburg writes that a
negro boy eighteen years Of age got his left
arm caught in the saws of y. B. Fields gin
last week and cut 10 pieces. The doctor
will have TO amputate 1t above the elbow.
Frank Harner's barn and stables, in Marl-
bOrO' county was DESTROYED bv fire last sun
dav. The loss amounted to about $500 and
no insurance. Neil Dimery, a mulltto, has
been lodged in Jail charged with the burning.
Mr.. ID. +. Hendricks Clubhouse and con-
tents in Pickens county was accidentally
burned on last Friday. Beside the house and
gin, the press. condenser, self-feeder and
about four bales of seed cotton were burned.
The fire was accidental.
\ little daughter of Mr.. James kimbrell.
of Spartanburg county, went to the field with
her father last Saturday. While playing
around a burning brush heap her clothing
caught fire and she was so badly burned that
she died of her injuries.
1t is so dry in the Centerville neighbOrhOod.
COllct0n county, that the water used there in
the steam mills has to be brought distance
of four miles. The drought is 50 severe in the
county that the stock and people are suffering,
and the ponds, branches, swamps and even
the wells are all drying up.
1t Is proposed by number of gentlemen of
Summerville, interested in cultiyating the
musical and dramatic talent of the town, to
build at an early day large and ornamental
building for the purposes of their enterprise.
This hall is designed TO ill the place of an old
ante BeIItfgn institution of the place which was
just after the war appropriated 10y a regiment
Of negro soldiers, and left by them IN ruined
condition.
The new gold and silver medals intended
for awards 1t the state ldlT nave Dccn re-
ceived bv Secretary Holloway and are very
handsome. They are stamped from a new
die made under the direction Of the Secreta-
ry, and are much handsOmer than the old
medals. The palmetto tree-that emblem SO
seldom well printed or engraved-is faithfully
cOunterfeted, and the leading agricultural
products of the state are shown.
On October p Mr.. SeabOrn Whittlc, of
Edgeiield county, who had been to Augusta
to sell his cotton and WAS returning home,
was set upon by four or five negro men, whose
feet, he discovered after, were carefully bun
died up IN rags. This was at $ O'Clock at night.
and he was entirely alone. They stopped the
horses. dragged him from the wagon held him
down, having first rubbed sand in his face and
eyes, and rihed his pockets; they also COM
pletely rifled the wagon. They then DEPART
ed nOiselessly into the woods They took
from Mr.. Whittle some $45 in money. and
about $40 more in provisions and dry goods.
sea Island Netrs: On the farm owned by
Mr.. \. o. Jones. on Broad river, lies the BODY
of Hon. Paul Hamilton, who was, durin.
President MadisOn's administration, from
1903 to 1918. Secretary of the Navy. The at
tention of the Navy Department was called
to the neglected spot by Capt. James L. Jou-
EFT, who discovered 1t while hunting-his ia
vOrite pastime. The suggestions of Capt.
JOuett, that the place be cleared and enclosed
by a wire fence, has been favorably acted
upon by the department, and space 90 by 90
feet will be so enclosed and cleared by Assist
ant Paymaster L. c. Kerr, assisted by the
men of the Pawnee.