Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-14

SOUTH CAROLINA.
WInnsboro has had four days sleighlng.
a teachers association has been organ ,zed
in GTeenyille.
The municipal election in Marion will be
held tomorrow.
1t is estimated that 1000 rabbits were killed
IN Lancaster county in three days this week.
At late sale in BarnweH county 1000
bushels of corn were sold at from So 70 70
cents per bushel, cash.
\ new post Office has been established in
Spartanburg county, to be called Eureka" :"
with r. /. Taylor as Postmaster.
The Spartanburg Herazd SAYS: eve saw a
kerosene lamp burning on SATURDAY. night
while the oil in the lamp was a solid lump of
ice"
The taxable property of the town of Aiken
ln 1851 was S600090 For the years lSS3-Sl the
Clerk of Councils estimate of taxable property
Is 100000.
The first-class passenger coach of the Co.
lumbia and Greenyille Railroad caught fire at
Greenville ON Monday and was considerably
damaged by the flames.
Elijah w atson, Sr., Of Ridge Spring. Edge
field county, has the same suspender buttons
in use to-day that he has worn for fifty wears.
lie has always worn home knit ''gallUses."
Mrs. Mary b. Cleveland died in Greenville
last Friday at the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. Mary Cleveland. She was about 81 years
old and was the widow Of Jesse Cleveland.
on Friday last the little 212-year-ol son of
Mr. and Mrs. Doc Redd, of Windsor, was ac-
from fire under wash pot where his mother
was washing.
Mr.. G.. W. Z. Thorpe, of Aiken, who failed
recently, mas been given reasonable time in
which to make arrangements to offer the
creditors an equitable amount in settlement
of their claims.
Cornia Hampton, a colOred woman, froze to
death on the streets of Ninety-Six on the
night OF the I'd instant. She was of unsOund
mind, and would have been taken to the
asylum the next day II she had lived.
It is rumored that the present Postmaster at
BarnWell, W. \. DlNsOn, Is to be removed, and
Mrs. w. j. MlXson appointed IN his stead. and
that I. j. Robinson, colorcd, of Midway is a
prominent candidate for the Bamberg Post
mastershlp,
At preliminary hearing at Newberry be-
fore Trial Justice j. 5. Fair, Trial Justice
Henry IL. Blease, who Is indicted under sec
tious S44, 2l72 and 2555 of the Revised Statutes,
was bound over for trial al the approaching
term of the Sessions Court.
The suit brought by the Bath Manufacture
ing Company against the Langley Manufac-
turing Company some time ago for damages
done them by the breaking of their dam, and
claimed by them TO be the fault of the Lang
ley Manufacturing Company, by mutual con-
sent Is being heard before a referee at Aiken.
The referee Is Hon. John I. Rhett, of Column
bia.
An attempt was made to rob Mrs Belcher
living near Valley Falls about the close of the
scar. person, supposed by her to be col
ored, entered her house at night and demand
tl litE money Sne asked MIN TO wait until
she struck light, but he told her she could
give it TO him without light. She struck a
light, however, and he left instantly. Mrs.
Beicher Is an old, lnhrm woman. very poor,
and has an invalid daughter living in the
house with her who is unable to do anything.
these two people are supported by the kind
ness and charity of others.
The Aiken Recorder saws: Mr.. Henry NJ
Ilb0le- OF Marshall. Michigan. has purchased
Montmorencl Park, tract comprising about
$50 acres, and situated about six miles from
Aiken. DR.. John Nicat, a Canadian gentle
man, who has been spending some time in
Aiken FOR his health, has recently purchased
a tract of 500 acres within three miles 0f
Aiken. This tract contains a fine water
power, and il is not improbable that DR.. Vicat
may inaugurate some manufacturing indus
try on his property, as it is only three miles
from the South Carolina Railway
While Prof. J. NJ. HughstOn, OF the Deaf
and Dnmb Institute at Cedar Springs, was
passing from the institute to his residence,
about a fourth of a mile away, at O'Clock at
night, he was knocked down by some unknown
person and robbed of about $50 and = silver
watch. IL was feared when he was found
living seuseless by the roadside that he had
been dealt a fatal blow, but he is now cOnva-
lescent. He Is deaf mute. 4 colOred man
named Alfred Erwin, is under arrest on sus-
picion. On the same night thief entered the
store Of W. X. Blake, and four shots were
fired at him without effect.