Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-12

] 70 DS HAeu Dy the superintendent of Educa-
ton; The Normal Institute for cOlored
teachers will be held in Orangeburg during
/ the month of July.
{ The dwelling house of Mr.. W. p. selgler.
/ near johnston, Edgeheld county. was burned
| TO the ground with all its contents on Nav 2
The IRE was accidental.
| The post Office at Foreston. Clarendon coun-
/ ", mas not yet been re-estabished, but the
! mail for the office Is received at Ida, whence
/ II IS forwarded to ForestOn.
/ Three negro prisoners escaped from the
i,7 jail at Hampton.on May 1. They were james
/ Howard, The house burner, and Charles Starr
/ and BectOn, two cotton thieves.
/ A granite quarry has been opened at Clin-
| ton ward, Edgefield county. 1t is said by the
[ advertiser that "there is granite enough in
| this spot to last the world hundred years"
Maj. Z. G. McLuTe, Of Chester. has been Sc
/ lected to deliver the address before the sur
/ yivors of the Sixth Regiment S. c. V. at their
annual reunion in August next.
a drowned sailor was found last week in
the marsh opposite Spanish Wells in Beau
fort county. He was buried where found. He
to identify him.
The Rev. John I. Chalmers. of Winnsboro.
| mas been selected % preach the Baccalaureate
sermon at the approaching commandments OF
Erskine College and of the Due West Female
college IN June. next.
Fryesyille neighbOrhOOd, in Lancaster coun-
". was somewhat alarmed one day last week
by man running with white flag and ring
Z z
rectlon of kershaw county.
It's SAID BOggan Cash has sgnifed his in
| tentiOn to surrender some day this week.
The court meets in Chesterfield in two weeks,
and Il Is thought Col. Casn and Boggan will
be ready to stand their trial.
In digging the cistern recently Of the ice
factory in Spartanburg the laborers found
what IS pronounced to be gold. At first it was
supposed TO be IRON pyrltes or ,'foeps gold"
but 1t Is said that the ore stood the test.
j. NJ. BALDWIN secOnd SON Of & II Uald-
win, of Columbia, has taken the Baird prize
for oratOry $50 at Princeton College. and has
| been selected by the faculty as valedctoran
OF the senior class at the approaching college
commencement.
On Friday, the 18th inst, Riley Anderson
Alfred Mccullough and James MCCULLOUGH
ali cOlOred, and the two latter father and SON
viii be hanged at Greenville for murder. Ef-
forts are being made to have their sentences
cOmmuted.
Avener johnson, 4 cOlOred farmeri in Shaw's
Fork Aiken county, received from the
Onlted states Department of Agriculture one
quart OF wheat, which he planted. and from
which he threshed one hundred and five
pounds Of grain.
As regards "the caterpillar plague" around
/ scranton, it is true that there are thousands
Ol them, but so far they are only DESTROYING
the leaves OF trees, and old farmers say that
me hot weather Of the past few days has
killed them in large numbers.
j. r. Roberts, of Lancaster. found $3.50
among some papers IN a drawer in an old
desk in his store one day last week The for
mer occupants of the store know nothing of
the $3.50, and ii is supposed it had been in the
drawer for twelve or fifteen years.
The shipments of cotton from YOrkvile for
the year ending April 80 1854, aggregate 6,6O4
bales as against Z 1893 bales shipDed during the
year ending April 30, 1888, a decrease of 335
bales. There are. however from 200 to 500
bales in sight yet awaiting shipment.
The mountains in OcOnee county is said to
abound in the precious metals. 4 specimen
m Wi hos
recently been discovered by an experienced
mlneraloglst IN the upper part Of the county,
ana there Is plenty more where it came from.
On April % Mr.. Thomas B. Duren. of Ian
caster, was playing with his little seventeen
mOnths-old child on the bed, when it suddenly
gasped and fell over on the bed corpse. No
cause was assigned for its sudden death, for il.
was apparently well and hearty up to the
very moment it died.
Under the new law S2l.s 800 is the aggregate
of the salaries of the County Auditors of the
state. Previously they footed but s2O90O.
Inc last Legislature failed to appropriate the
additional 900, and 1t rests with the next
Legislature TO provide for the payment to
those Auditors whose salaries were Increased
OF the difference due to them.
\ Alittle son of Mr.. George W. McNanus. of
Lancaster county, was run over by a loaded
wagon on April 30 and instantly killed. The
little fellow was riding back and forth from
the field with his father, who was hauling
manure, when he accidentally fell eff The
wagon, one of the wheels passing over his
body and killing him Instantly.
AbDeyille editor Of the Saluda Argus: Dur
ing the month Of April the farmers who do
their trading here and cultivate fertile farms
have bought 2OO barrels flour at 50 per bar
rel, making Sl,S0O; 1854 bushels of corn at
81 20 per bushel, making $6. 7O4; 40 tons guano
at $35 per ton, Sl,i00; 1880 pounds of bacon
at l215c., $500. This gives a total for meat
and produce, that ought to be raised at home.
ana Tor guanO, that ought not to be used. OF
Sl9,S79.
GOrkville Enquirer: Never at this season of
the year was the small grain crOp in this sec
tOn more promising than at the present time
There Is q larger area of land sOwn in wheat
and oats than usual, and the present prospect
indicates bOuntiful crops of both these grains
The cotton that was planted last week is
coming up rapidly and the stands are good.
Ihat which was previously planted is not
dong so well. There has not yet been a great
deal of corn planted, Though we have heard
of some that is up and looking we'll.
Orangeburg Times and Democrat: Last Sat
urday young woman of prepOssessing ap-
pearance arrived in our town, and, after be-
ing here several DAYS, secured employment in
the Orange Mills. No one suspected ANYTHING
wrong until young man arrived on Monday
night from Columbia in search Of the Young
woman, who, ne saws, i a daughter of q Cap
tain IN the United States army, and is a native
of California, but for the past eight months
resident of Columbia. From all we could
sent from her home in California to reside
with friends in Columbia by her parents to
keep her from marrying a young man with
whom she was in love. She left Orangeburg
with the young man for Columbia on Wednes-
day.