Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-26

cOlIH CAROLINA.
John ID. Lopez, of Charleston. died Friday
race Friday. '0i'
On Monday night fire occurred at Black
vile. Loss s., 500.
Rev ;. I. Fuller, pastor Of the BAPTIST
church at Aiken, has resigned
\ Presbyterian Church called Beulab has
,' oeen organized IN the Waxhaws, Lancaster
W. H. Burditt. the Oldest citizen of Oconee
county, died on the 10th inst, in the IOSth wear
OF his age.
The Rev. W. 7. Hundley has been elected
pastor OF the Baptist Church at Johnston,
Edgefeld county.
Dr. Bruce, of GreenvilIe county, who is
more than eighty years of age, joined the
church last week.
NJ. $ Toomer, Of Sheldon, shot a burglar
who was trying to enter his store, and it is
feared that the wounds will prove fatal
); W Brewer, who shot and killed James
l.. Hughes In OcOnee county recently, has
$500.
Mrs. Martha Wright. the widow of a soldier
81 Ihe war OF 1872, and pensIOner of the
the 95th year OF her age.
There IS some talk that a cotton mill com
pany viii be formed for the purpose of start
ing factory in the town of Spartanburg or
just outside of the corporation OF coIlrse
J. ;. Allen, Of Marlboro county. has brought
suit against the County Commissioners for the
purpose of testing the validity Of the new
county bonds issued for building the new
county court house. The case will be heard
shortly before the Supreme Court.
The town of Chappels, in Newberry county.
which was destroyed bK the recent cyclone
IS 10 be rebuilt again. Dn Thursday of last
week large number of lots were sold there
and many OF them were bought by Edgefeld
men. The sale Of lots amounted to about
5000 the priSe Of single lot ranging from
In hershaw county last year there were 81
schools in operation, having an enrolment OF
59f white males and 577 white females: total
whites l,l66. ColOred males 753, cOlored fe-
males III; total ,464. Excess Of colored over
white pupils, 29S- Total males l.347; total fe-
males 1928; grand total $3.50. Total amount
PAID to teachers during the year 81, ,533 80.
ON Saturday. May Il. a white man named
W i!lam Anderson and three negroes had a
dlmculty on the railroad track between Lees
vile and BatesDurg. The negroes attacked
Mr.. Anderson with knives and pushed him on
the track, when Anderson drew pistol and
killed one Of the negroes and shot at the 9th
ers; II Is said the parties had been drinking.
and IL is likely that whisky was the cause OF
the trouble. The name Of the negro killed
was George Owens.
At Cheraw Saturday, Ball s Pope.
counsel for L. B. C. Cash and
samuel Lee. applied to Trial Justice
Mcqueen for fOrty-seven witness war
rants Tor parties whom they claimed were
material witnesses for the defense of +. B.
&. Cash, also for ten witness warrants for
parties whom they claimed were material
witnesses for the defense of Samuel Lee.
Court cOnvenes at Chesterfield court house
on Monday, with Judge Wallace on the
bench.
4 singular accident happened to a COW be
longing TO Mr.. r. :. Wright, Of Johnston.
Edgeheld county, one day last week. She
''poked- her tongue through a crack in the
stable door IN search Of food, when horse
seized it with his teeth and bit off a goodlv
portion, which he carefully deposited in the
trough. In his contact with the tongue it was
drawn up where the aperture in the door was
smaller, and became fastened. Then the COW
pulled back and the tongue parted at the
point where 1t joins to the jaw.
Policeman John T. Hayden, of Charleston.
had his infant child. aged about week, pre-
pared for burial, the family having decided
that II was dead. The child was clothed in its
shroud and prepared for the coffin. In the
evening a number Of Mr.. Hayden's friends
came to offer their coincidence and to sit up
with the corpse. About p. m. the company
who had assembled in the room were con-
siderably astOnished and somewhat fright
ened by the child moving its arm and grunt-
ing. When the doctor arrived in the evening
the baby was alive and able to take its food.
The doctor. Of cOur4e, had not seen it in its
comatose state and could not venture a posi-
tive opinion, but sairSthltl+-was probably a
case of trance.