Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-02

Carolina, like Georgia, boasts of an over
abundance OF partridges in her markets.
Judson Il. Rogers, prominent merchant of
Abbeytlie, died suddenly az his residence on
the 2itn.
Miscegenation is reported as disgustingly
prevalent in the notorious Howard Gap dis
trict, near Hampton.
Two gentlemen of Union were attacked by
mad dog and after a desperate struggle the
brute was finally shot.
Thomas Artcrs Elliott a prominent physi-
clan of Orangeburg, died Wednesday. He
was universally esteemed.
Jay GOuld's yacht, the, Atalanta, now at
Charleston, IS reported as having covered l7l5
knots per hour the other day.
IL is rumOred at Charleston that Secretary
OF Var Lincoln viii visit That city to inspect
the work done in the harbOr Of that city.
\ cOlored man, name unknown, was killed
by the accidental discharge of his gnn while
boating on the Santee river, near George
town, last week.
Thursday ChariestOn's new artesian well
reached the depth of 1900 feet, and the flow
Of water IN the morning amounted to $50 gal
Ions minute, which is more than the amount
of the flow Of the old well as it empties into
the reservoir.
The Hon. John p. Linton, of Pennsylvania
the supreme Chancellor of the world of the
Order of the knights of Pythias, will arrive
in Charleston to-day on brief visit and viii
sc during his stay the guest of StOnewall
IOQge &c q, X of p.
A daughler " BENJAMIN Peasants. colored.
Of sumter cOuntT, wac 90 badly burned re-
Gently that She died from her injuries She
,,-ss Is years old. While kneeling before the
fire savin,~ her prayers her clothing caught
fire. and before the lanes could be eXtln-
gGished she had been fatally burneu.
The EdgeAeld Chronicle thus describes the
recent fatal accident which befel Mr. John
working in his saw mill: 1T appears that Mr.
Butler had on his OvercOat 10 protect himself
from wet and exposure, and while near the
saw the teeth caught the sleeve of his over
coat. dragging him on the saw, which quickly
cut through his arm and almost severed his
body in twain. lie was instantly killed"
W. Hume Mackenzie, of Columbia. was
thrown out OF buggy and killed in runa-
way at Aiken Thursday. NJ. Msebee VIII
liams. of Aiken, was badly injured. As they
were driving down Park avenue the horses
became frightened by locomotive and ran
away Mr.. W Williams, unable to keep the con-
troll of tie horses, handed one of the lines to
Mackenzie The sIEgy was dashed against a
tree and both the Occubaass we're hurled from
it. The line which Mr.. Mackenzie held be-
came entangled about him. and he was dragged
ny tie horses some distance, when he was
thrown into = culYert at the corner of a street
and his neck broken, while the horses, freed
bv the breaking of she line, dashed onward.
The Charleston Neles says; ''Withiu the
past two days considerable crop OF eandi-
dates for Congress has sprung up in the Black
district and the scramble for the Congress-
ional shoes of the dead Representative prom
ises to be a lively one. The following candi-
dates are mentioned as being in the running
Robert Smalls, Collector I. Il. Johnston, 5. }.
Lee. the cOlOred lawyer OF this city, 4, +.
Miller, the canary cOlOred eX-state Senator
of Beaufort, DIR. W. &. Crum. cOi0red, Of
Charleston, and the inevitable dark horse,
sam Lee. who ran against Congressman Mac
key in the last election, is Hling Federal
Office in Alabama and will not be IN the race.
Local Republican politicians here think the
contest viii be narrowed down to Smalls,
Miller and Collector Johnston. with the
chances for the nomination in Small's favor.
The Spartanburg Spartan SAYS; ''SOme
time ago " j. Duncan. formerly of Gaffn1T
City, was arrested for a breach of trust The
warrant was sworn out sgy enc Of the Zeils of
Baltimore. Mr.. Duncan. who has been in tha
cotton and guanO business at 4, affne, from tho
time the AR Line Road was completed was
the agent for the sale Of Zel's fertilizers
There was something in these transactions
that caused Mr.. Zell to bring shit against Mr.
Duncan. Preliminary hearing Of the case
came before Trial Justice Webster
He decided that there was no
He and his family left for Paris, Texas, where
he has been in the cotton business this season.
Mr. Zell has renewed his complaint and got
a requisitiOn from Governor Thompson for the
rendition of Duncan to Sheriff Blassingame
of this county. Monday, the 2lst, the Sheriff
left to execute the warrant of arrest, and he
returned on last Sunday night with Mr..
Duncan as a prisoner. J. NJ. Elford, Esq. >.
was called 10 his Office shortly after midnight,
and he bound Nr, Duncan over in the sum of
$1,000 to appear before him next Thursday
This promises to be very important case
On one side the amount involved is something
over $1,000. while on the other Mr.. Duncan
claims that there is no foundation whatever
for his arrest, and that his character and busi-
ness are at stake"