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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
THE BURIAL OF BOGGAN CASH
n Melancholy PrOcessiOn-NO Services
Overthe BOdy-The Hearts of the Spec
tatOrs Melted to Pity

n Melancholy PrOcession-No Services
Overthe BOdy-The Hearts of the Spec
tatOrs Melted to Pity.
w. b. Cash was buried this afternoon.
says NeloS and Courier special of the
16thdrom Cheraw, at 3 O'Clock, about 200
yards south of his fathers residence. AS
the family have burying plot in the Epis-
cOpal graveyard at Cheraw it was gene
rally supposed that he was to be buried
there. No public notice had been given
of the time or place of the funeral, and
consequently the attendance was not so
large as it would otherwise have been.
About seventy-fve persons were present.
including some ten or fifteen from Cheraw
and the immediate vicinity. No funeral SER
vices were held over the body, which
was followed to the grave by the entire
family, with the exception of his father.
who remained on the piazza of his resi-
dence, but within sight of the grave. Col.
Cash IS very quiet and uncommunicatiye.
Public sentiment has subsided. and nearly
every one regrets that Cash came to such
an untimely and tragic end. 1t was hoped
that his arrest would have been effected
without blOOdshed, but from the evidence
of the posse who arrested him it will be
seen that If they had not killed him some
OF them would certainly have been shot
down. Col. Cash's quiet manner since
yesterday, so different from what many
expected, has gained him many sympa-
thiZers.
The latest report from Coward is that
he will hardly survive more than one or
possibly two days.
Samuel j. Lee, one Of BOggan Cash's
friends who was wounded at the time
Cash was killed, is young man of about
% years Of age. He was quite quarrel
some fellow, and about five years ago, in
difficulty, killed - Presslar. AS near
as we can learn the particulars there had
been bad blood between them for some
time on account of a girl. Lee was tried
for the murder at the February term
1880, and acquitted for want of evidence,
as only the principals were present, and
Lee told the story to suit himself
on the trial. Lee was riding
along a neighbOrhood road, while
Presslar and the two Brock boys
were on path leading from Brooks house
to this road. Presslar left the bows and
cut across to meet Lee. An alteration
ensued, Lee got Off his mule, both parties
drew their pistols. Lee claimed that
Presslar fired first and shot SIX times.
while he fired five. The Brock boys when
they saw the parties were about to fight
ran back to the house, and consequently
did not witness it. Lee is unmarried. we
believe. His relations with the Cashes
have always been intimate, and in all
their difficulties he was ready to fy to
arms and help them, right or wrong. He
is a farmer, and has at different times
worked on Col. Cash's plantation, either
as tenant or hired.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
HIS SMALL INVESTMENT.
What Brooklyn Man Says Happened
to Him in Dealing with Grant g.

What a Brooklyn Man Says Happened
/ to Him in Dealing with Grant s.
Ward.
'lts a good story and the reporters
ought to have it." said a member of the
Brooklyn Board of Assessors Friday to a
New York Herald reporter. "a member
of the Ward firm of blind pool financiers
in December last met a young man who
resides in the Fourteenth ward, and who
we will call 'Jim.' Hello, Jimv said he.
why don't you put your money with us
and make somethingT put my money
with yOup exclaimed Jim. why, how
far do you suppose it would 90? I've
only got $780, We'll, put that in said
the financier. 'and it will make money for
you. 1t will all come back Jim did so.
In March he met this gentleman again
and asked him how the Investment was
going on. EOh, l don't remember lust
how you stand,' said he, 'but it's all
right. Come over on the first of the
month, when we strike our balance sheet,
and you can see just how you come OUT
The young man called about the 9th of
that month and was told that there was
just 81 800 to his credit. 'Whatv he ex-
claimed, $500? | never had so much
money in my life, and I'll leave it with
you to make mOre.' A few weeks later.
in April, he returned to the office andsaid
that his wife seemed to think that she
ought to have little house OF her own,
and she had bargain in the purchase of
just such domicile from a man who was
in need of ready money. The contract
had been signed by him and he would
draw out S., 600 from the firm. leaving the
$500 with them for such further profitable
investment as they might see fit to make.
Jim got his check for $1,000, walked out.
paid for his house aud obtained the deed
therefor. Now he says he has lost $500
by the failure of the firm. It's a good
story, amt itr and it's true" said the as
SCISSOR, as he walked away.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
SOUTH CAROLINA.

There is talk of starting a bank in Laurens
The Clifton Cotton Mill paid IA per cent
profit last year.
The Pawnee was sold at Beaufort by the
government for something over $4,000.
There Is a project on foot in GEORGETOWN for
building cotton compress at that place.
j. II. G.. Mcdaniel, OF Pickens, has niece
of crystalized quartz found in that county
which has almost a perfect resemblance to an
ear OF corn.
At Crump Gold Mine, near Charlotte, one
negro buried 4 mining pick in the head Of a
companion with whom he had Quarrelled.
killing him instantly.
At Vance's Ferry few DAYS ago Mrs.
Daniel Avinger, Sr., was thrown from her
buggy against a projecting fence and was
almost completely scalped, only about three
inches Of skin holding the scalp on at tie
back OF the head.
4 meeting Of the directors OF the Agricul-
tural, Mechanical and Horticultural Associa-
ton of Chester, Y Ork, Lancaster and Fairfield
counties has been held, ana fair at Columbia
VIII be the result. The associated counties
VIII raise SlO0 or more each to be offered as
premium for the largest and best exhibit of
the natural resources and products of each
county for the New Orleans Exposifion-the
same to be exhibited at the Chester Fair and
state Fair before being forwarded to New
Orleans.
Marion Star: A correspondent writes rs
that he was present at Friendfield last Satur-
day at the investigation of Trial Justice
GaSque over the bones OF the skeleton found
in Horse Pen Bay. and Of which we made men
tion last week. The following facts are ad-
duced: That some thirteen months ago two
cOlOred children, a boy and a girl, ran away
from their parents, living at Graham's Cross
roads, intending to 90 to Gainesville. They
crossed Lynch's river at Bass bridge and
since then the girl has never been seen. The
boy, who is only y or II years old SAYS that
the girl was drowned on the Williamsburg
side. DR.. Bass says that the skeleton was
that Of cOlOred person and was female,
and suspicion is very strong against the boy.
Nothing definite was done though, as the
court Adjourned to get other important nroof
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
sENEY. FISH AND EMO.
Three Bank Presidents who Lately 4
tracted a Good Deal of Attan tinn-

Three Bank Presidents who Lately At
tracted Good Deal of Atten tiOn.
1t is something of a novelty, says New
York letter, to have the first burst of
financial thunder and lightning make vic
Tins of three bank Presidents, as in the
present case. Yet three more dissimilar
men than Messrs. Seney, Fish and Emo
could not be found. Seney is a miniature
Vanderbilt in railroad building and
wrecking, but he has also managed to get
himself much more extensively advertised
as a wholesale philanthropist. The
Methodist brethren have heretofore used
his name as by-word, and he has stood
them in good stead as the legitimate
successor of the late "Uncle DanieP,
Drew, of Church and Wall street
fame. Mr.. Emo was a domestic man.
educated to society and club life, but car
ing little for 1t, and finding his only ex
cltement outside of strictly business
duties in flying his kites in Wall street.
His fathers fortune made it easy for him
to risk millions on change in the stock
market. Fish is the Oldest of the three
unfortunate bank Presidents; but, not
wltnstandlng his age, he was a Sybarite
IN ms ways, and strange stories are told
OF wild dOings in the luxurious apart
ments he inhabited over his bank offices.
Rumor says that these rooms were a daz-
Zling dream of Oriental sDlendor in their
appointments, and were a centre of at
traction for the beauties of the ballet. In
fact, this was no secret to Mr.. Fish's
associates, but it does not seem to have
disturbed their confidence in his powers
as a successful financier.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
NEW TORPEDO BOAT.
Propelled by Chemicals and steered b
Means of Electricity.

Propelled by Chemicals and Steered by
Means of Electricity
Close to the New York Yacht Clubs
new quarters on Charles Island, in the
harbor off this place, says a New York
Herald special of the 10th INST, ex-
periments of an Interesting character
have been made with a torpedo and boat
of new design, model and principle. which
possibly may tend to revOlutionize the
science and use of explosive projectiIes.
The revenue cutter Speedwell, having on
board the commissioners appointed by
government to witness trials of the tor
pedO as a sailing craft, or craft propelled
in the water, had been lying in the harbor
since Monday. The officials were Messrs.
f. ID. Matthews, J. Z. Jewell and w. Nav
nard, of Newport, r. l.; G. E. Belknap, Of
Norfolk, Va, and Lieutenant A. r. Con-
don, of Washington, DC. The managers
of the experiment is Mr.. w. W. Rowley.
of New York. The test was made by
placing target a half mile down
the harbor, and, guided bv
means of wires from the
shore, the vessel was caused to perform
various evolutions in the water and finally
strike the target. The motive power of
the torpedo boat is secured by means Of.
chemicals which, when united, generate
an enormous pressure. Electric wires are
connected with the steerage apparatus,
and an operator, standing either on shore
or in a sailing vessel, sends the destruc-
tive weapon of attack to any point de-
sired. The torpedo is built of iron. 26
feet in length. At one end is placed $50
pounds of the deadly dynamite, which in
case of violent concussiOn, such as would
be Occasioned by the torpedo striking a
vessel, is discharged. During the expert
ments the torpedo boat was in perfect
control, the operator being able TO cause
il to advance, recede, turn to the right or
left at pleasure. 1t was explained that a
half mile Of distance between the battery
and point Of attack was much within the
range Of control, and it was claimed that
the stanchest craft afloat would be an
easy target and be likely to succumb to
an explosion. The experiments were sue
eessful in every particular.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
A STRAY HAND.
Mr.. Greiner Hunts UnsuccessfulIy for
the Rest of the Body.

Mr.. Gretner Hunts UnsuccessfulIy for
the Rest of the Body.
John Greiner, an oil-well driIIer, while
trout fishing on Saturday in the Cherry
Grove oil region, says a Warren, Pa,
special to the New York Sun, found a
human hand lying on a rock near the
margin of the brook. 1t was badly mu-
tilated, and evidently had been the hand
of a large man. From its appearance it
could not have been severed from the arm
more than few hours.
The only explanation that can be given
is that it must have belonged to some vic
tim of nitrO-glycerine explosion. but no
explosion is known to have occurred in
the vicinity. MOonlighters, men who tor
pedo oil wells at night with nitro-glycer-
inc, against the legal rights of the Roberts
patent, frequently secrete cans of the ma
terial in the woods until they can remove
it without detection to points where il is
wanted for use. 1t has happened that
woodchoppers in telling trees in the oil
regions have had them fall where nitro
glycerine was thus hidden in the bushes,
unknown to them, and frightful explosions
have followed.
An oil prospector once fired his revol-
yer at pheasant which he had flushed
while going through the woods in the
Cherry Grove region. The bullet struck
a hidden can of nitro-glycerine, and ex-
ploded it, but the distance at which the
man was standing saved him from serious
injury.
The opinion is that the man whose hand
Greiner found on Saturday exploded a can
OF this kind in some way, and was blown
to pieces, the hand being thrown to the
spot where it was discovered. Greiner
made search, but could find no trace Of
other remains.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
OUT OF THE RACE.

Senator Elect Payne, of Ohio, Not to be
a Democratic Candidate for President.
Mayor John Farley, who was the able
manager of Henry B. Payne's canvass in
the recent Senatorial fight, says Cleve-
land Ohio) special, has made statement
which carries great weight with it. He
says, most emphatically, that Mr.. Payne
will not be a candidate for President; that
he has no desire for the nomination, and
that his name will not even be presented
at the Chicago Democratic Convention.
Mr.. Payne himself maintains a strict ST.
lence. Being asked if Mayor Farley had
a right to make such a statement
the ONO Senator-elect absolutely
refused to answer. He will not submit
to an interview on any subject whatever.
John +. Wey, Chairman of the local Dem
Ocratic committee, said last night that
Payne was not candidate, and, even if
he were, his chances were not good. In
this connection, he said, regarding the de-
feat of the Morrison bill: "With the ex-
ceptiOn of fOrty-One boilers, the Demo-
cratic party, as represented by its Con-
gressmen. are in favor Of pronounced tariff
reform. The party cannot ignore them or
attempt to lead a successful campaign
except on those principles. The platform
must embOdy plank for low tariff, with
free trade tendencies. There is no doubt of
that. That will mean the nomination of a
man like Tilden. In short, he is the man
whom the party VIII undoubtedly be COM
PEELED to nominate" Judge Blandin, an
other prominent Democrat, says: ''Payne
is out of the race now, and it looks to be
more like Tilden than ever. The majority
of the Democratic party have placed
themselves on platform tending toward
free trade, or, more properly, radical tariff
reform, such as the Morrison bill provided,
and, though a sufficient number bolted to
defeat the measure, the sentiment of the
majority was expressed. Tilden stands
on that platform. The only question as
to his nomination is whether he will ac-
cept it.v
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
THE sPEER GROVE.

The editor of the Sanford Fla. Journal
has interviewed Mr.. Pace, owner of the
celebrated Speer orange grove, with the
following result:
"How long have you had charge of the
Speer grOYe"
For little over four years, which
covers the handling of five crops. During
this time l have owned three-fifths of the
grove. Recently have purchased the
other twO-fifths. so that l am now sole
owner"
"Have you objection to stating what
you paid for those two-ffths?
''Not at all. paid $50 per tree, so that,
estimating the grove at 800 trees, l paid
at the rate Of $4,000 for the grove, $1,000
for twO-tifths."
"YOu state the seeding trees about
half the grOve) were the product of seeds
grown from the original budded trees.
Were those seeds planted in nursery, and
when UP transplanted, or were they
planted where the trees were to stand and
never transplanted?
"My information is, they were first put
in nursery and then transplanted. | am
told that three of the nursery trees that
happened to be in proper position were
never disturbed. These are now the larg-
est trees in the grove"
q have used 1,20O, 1900 and 1000 lbs.
per acre, for the three last years. | broad
casted and narrowed in, applying twice
annually, in January and June"
"What has been the cost Of the grove
per annum for fertilizers, cultivation and
care?"
''From 5000 to $500 for fertilizers, and
from 5000 to $500 for cultivation and care
''What has been the annual average in
come OF the grove for several years pastT'
"Five thousand dollars per annum, per-
haps little over, net since my connection
with it."
"What will be the yield, probably, this
yearw
''As well as l can judge about 300. 900.
or about 900 oranges per tree"
Do you think allowing the fruit to re-
main on the trees so late has contributed
to the shOrtness of the crop this year?"
l do, for the reason that those trees
from which the fruit was gathered earliest
have the fullest crop now"
'If properly cared for, what do you
think will be the annual average yield OF
the Speer grOYe?''
Il believe, if kept up properly, as in.
tend it shall be, that it will yield an aver
ace Of at least 600 OraD DOpS nor trno
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
CHARLES O'CONOR.
RecOliectiOns of his Legal Triumph

DecOlleStlOnB OF Legal IrIumDhS.
If Charles O'Conor had died in his prime.
says New York letter, every newspaper
in New York would have turned its rules
and appeared in mourning. They used to
do it in old times, but nowadays no one
mans death can cause more than a ripple
in the world of life about him. 1 remem-
Der him as great man when 1 came here
schOOlboy-nOw more than thirty-five
years ago. His name was one of great
legal constellation never since eXcelled in
brilliancy-of whom were Daniel Lord
Ogden Hoffman, Francis B. Cutting,
David B. Ogden, Edward Sanford, James
I. Brady and William Curtis Noyes-alI
dead and gone now. His most popular
case, probably, was the Forrest divorce
suit, in which he was counsel for Mrs.
Forrest. AS a boy, / lived in West
Twenty-second street, next door to the
Forrest Mansion, concerning which some
thrilling stories of tragic adventure were
current among us Juveniles; and on
Sundays as one of the choir BOYS of Trim
ity Church l sang, and with an extra fer
vor of chivalry, from the same music
with Mrs. Forrest, whose voice was not
strong enough for the solo parts. DR..
Hodges, the Organist, was an ardent
champion of Mrs. Forest, and had made a
place for her in the choir, in which her
sister, Mrs. Voorhees,, was one of the
altos. When Mrs. Forrest got her. YER
dict, we boys, who had heard the matter
discussed at every tea table, were wild
with enthusiasm and ready to crown
OConor with laurel. My own enthu-
siasm for him was much dampened in
later life when 1 met the thin, querulous
acetic, who seemed to receive with a
snarl the compliments of his fellows at
the bar. He was a great man, but not
an agreeable one-and never wondered
that his wife, during the time they lived
tsgether, was said to have exhibited a
marked preference for the more cOur-
teOus society of other gentlemen.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
CONTEST OVER A CORPSE.
Midnight Grave Digging that Startled
Party of Belated ReveIers.


fhe st. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, says
a Norwich Conn., special to the New
York San, is situated two miles to the
north of this city in a lonely and isolated
opening in the heavy white oak forest
which but stubbornly yields space to it
and to the narrow plot of green sward
occupied by the monument which marks
the spot where MiantonOmah fell and
where his heart was cut out and sampled
by the blood-thirsty Uncas. 1t is a gloomy
spot. OnW ednesdaY morning last, between
and O'Clock, party of belated revel-
ers from Baltic, on their way to this CITY.
while passing the cemetery had their hair
raised on end by the sight of lanterns
moving among the tOmbs in the grave
yard, by the clanking of tools, and by sObs
as of distressed female. They caught
sight Of group Of men bearing long
dark object between them slowly. Then
the tall figure of a person, apparently a
woman dressed in sweeping black robes,
seemed to rise out of the ground and move
swiftly towards them, holding alOft her
hand, as though in warning. This was
enough. Plying the whip, they urged
their horses to the top of his speed until
he reached the city limits. 1t was either
the russet cider at Baltic or else a black
ghost, they concluded among themselves.
To the general public they said not a
word until the event of to-day caused
them to unlOOse their tongues.
Some time on Tuesday night the corpse
OF Michael Enright, wealthy Irishman
OF this city, was spirited from its resting
place in the lot Of his sister, Hannah En-
right, in the Catholic Cemetery, and proba-
bly, inferred in the lot of his wife in the
same cemetery, as a newly made grave
would seem to indicate. No one knows
this for certain, but the rumors, the con-
duct of the widow Enright, and the new
grave have so maddened the Enright
family that it is thought they Will tear the
grave open and carry the body, if they
find 1t, back to their sisters lot. They
have already instituted legal proceedings
to recover the body from the widow, but
they fear the courts cannot tell them who
the body belongs to. A prolonged contest
VIII be the result, whatever course things
may take. The affair is the outcome OF a
family quarrel. The Enrights disliked
MichaePs wife. When he died Hannah
had his body buried in her own lot, and
ever since then she has claimed to own
the right to retain the body. The widow
Enright has vainly appealed to the courts
for it, and finally resOrted to the midnight
grave digging.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
CONGRESS- WEEKS WORK
A CALL OF THE HOUSE COMMIT
TEES PROBABLE TODAY.

An Effort to be Made to Get up the Wal
lace Mckinley Contested Election
Case-Mr. Ra dalIs Eye on the Ap-
preparation Bills-The Programme in
the Senate.
WASHINGTON, May 1S.-Notice has been
given by the Chairman of the Elections
Committee that he will tomorrow call
up the Wallace-McKinley contested elec-
tion case for action by the House of Rep
resentatiyes, but in view of the fact that
the third Monday of the month is the only
day on which the list of committees can
be called for motions to suspend the rules
there is reason to believe that the House
will give preference to the regular order
of business. In this event the call will
begin with the judiciary Committee,
fix a special day for consideration
of the Senate bankruptcy bill.
The Banking and Currency Committee,
which stands next on the list, will hold a
meeting tomorrow morning to determine
Its action under the call. 1t especially
desires to procure the passage of the
Mcpherson bill authorizing the issuance
of national bank circulation to the full
amount of the bonds held by the Treas
offer a resolution tomorrow evening to
make this measure a especial order for
some specified future day. II he can
find an opportunity, Mr.. Randall will de-
mand the votes in the House upon the
consular and diplomatic, District of CO.
lumbia and army bills, which were passed
upon by the committee of the whole last
Friday.
The English-Peele contested election
case is to be urged for consideration by
the House as soon as the Wallace-McKin-
ley case shall have been disposed of.
and there promises to be a confusing
struggle for precedence during all the
rest of the week on the part of the special
champions and adherents of a large num-
Der of miscellaneous measures heretofore
reported.
The unfinished business in the Senate
is the bill for the creation of a bureau Of
labor statistics. The agricultural and
pension appropriation bills are upon the
Clerks table awaiting consideration, and
these, with the Utah bill, will probably
consume the time of the Senate during
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