Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20

I on the beautiful Berrimac river, is coming
/ 70 Jacksonville TO be sold. She was found Il
De OF too much draught for the rocky, shallow
Merrimac.
The Tavares HeraLd says: "On Sunday
morning about 10 O'Clock quite a serious ac-
] cident occurred 10 train No. 2, on the St.
Johns and Lake Eusti- Railroad. hile re-
/ turning from Lane Park one Of the trucks
/ under a box car jumped the track at the
I second cut, near the junction Of the st Johns
and Lake Eustis. and the Tavarea, Orlando
I and Atlantic Railroads. There was a strong
I head wind blOWink Z. andt dense smoke from
the engine prevented the engineer from see
ing the rear Of the train, and the car ran
along IN this manner for about 400 wards, when
the box was torn from the trucks and dragged
along short distance further. When the box
was torn of II careened over to one side tear
ing a fiat car half of als1. and throwing ont
Tour colOTed men who were in the box car
the car falling upon them. When it fell over
u scOOped up telegraph pole which was
lying alongside the track. one end of the DOle
entering the end OF the car and lifting il from
of the cslored men. Had it not been for this
the men would have been literally torn to
pieces. Al II was the car only remained over
them FOR an instant, bruising them across the
chest and shoulders. Two of them were in
Jured internally, one il il feared seriously
mashed, while the other was not much injured.
Inc wounded men were cared for"
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Maj. Thomas Frost, Jr, il CharIeston's new
Chief OF Police
w. J. Salley. wanted for forgery at Aiken,
mas been captured at Leesville, Fla.
Samuel Keller, a eolored barber. charged
burg.
Mrs. W. Joyce MixsOn has been appointed
Postmistress at Barnwell, wee W. 5. Dixon,
removed.
A negro named Waller, whose reputation il
alleged To be decidedly had. viii 10 appointe ted
bondsmen.
south Carolina has no divorce law. 1t Is
the only state IN the Union in which a marri-
age, lawfully contracted, is indissoluble ex-
cept by death.
The laws Of South Carolina require all nhv-
slclans who graduate in medical colleges out
side thc state to pay fee Of $50 before they
are allowed TO practice in the state.
The Supreme Cour; has remanded the case
o5 Riley Anderson 10 the Circuit Court. He
VII Dc geseutcnced and hanged Tie killed
his niece anu her child in Grevuville county.
Wesley Butler colored. has been convicted
al Orangeburg Of criminal outrage ON az wear
Oid colUret girl named Isabella Richardson.
the penalty IS death. sentence had NOT been
pronounced al last accounts
New spring term Of court promises to be
very Interesting. 4 trial justice on trial. a
breach Of promise case Tor S5,o.9 damages, a
sult Tor damages 70 character fof $25,W,@, a
Hufdef case, ana clght OF Ten smaller Offrnses.
Iues ay, the 9th day Of February, to decide
whether or not the town OF Aiken shall sub
scr9 the sum of GOO in bonds to the eapi-
tai stock of the Carolina, Cumberland Gan
aud Chicago Railway Company.
GOV. Thompson has made the following ap-
pOintmCnts: w. W. Williams. Masterin EQui-
" for ken county; J.. Z. LOring. Jury Com
missioner for Sumter county, vice W. NJ. Raf-
field. resigned; G. c. Brist0w. trial justice
for Williamsburg county, vice John A. Green.
resigned.
a petition has been read before the Colum-
bia City Council from the proprietor o The
cock pit, now located almost in the shadow OF
the city hall, praying for the reduction Of his
license from 81 ,0G0 10 500. last years figure
The petition advanced the proposition that
cock fighting had the support of a large ma
j0rlty Of the representatives OF the state, as
Was shown by vote on 4 bill to prohibit the
sport. which bill was defeated at the last ses-
sion Of the Legislature The petitioner also
cited the good order OF his establishment. and
claimed that the $1,000 license would be pro-
hibitOry. The petition was referred.
The Columbia correspondent OF the Charles
ton AetCS and COU'LT write the following
"a shocking story comes from Newberrv
county. Michael Kinard. an old white man
nearly eighty years Of age livet between Pros
perlty and Newberry, about seven miles from
the former place. lie Is we'll to do. but has as
SOclatcd Tor wears almost exclusively with ne
gToes He is root doctor, and is called by
the negroes = magician. He hes been living
with negro woman for many year.. He had
white daughter, Laura, about 30 years old.
who recently came INTO some property. She
lived in an clubhouse in his yard. On Tuesday
morning last she was found lying dead in the
fireplace of her house, SO burned about the
face and upper portion of the body as
TO be almost unrecOgniZable. Her
father refused TO admit any white
person TO the place, and one of the neighbors
having his suspicious aroused went for the
Coroner. who had 10 enter the hOusesbv force.
lie began q inquest, at which Drs. Mcintosh
and Glider, Of NewbeTTy, were present. The
father said that the evening before his
daughter had been unwell and that he had
given her a powder to cure her. at first re-
fusing to mention the ingredients of the
powder. He finally gave them as bayberry,
bOneEet, alder and skull cap. The physicians
thought that there was no Indication OF poison
in the powder or in the stomach, but the jury
were not satisfied. and sent the stomach TO a
Charleston chemist to have its contents ana
lyZet. They will not render their verdict
until the analysis is made. The father de-
clined TO allow the body to be buried. There
Il said 10 be much feeling on the part Of the
neIghbGrs, and strong suspicious against the
father. which IL Is lopQd NAV not vRri fed