Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-22
Monday night the gin house Of Messrs. 3 .
T 5. A. c. Miles, in Marion county. was


An election for Intendant and six Wardens
/ for the town Of Walhalla was held at the
court house on the 2lst inst.
4 child is said to have died on Kensington
! plantation. in Georgetown county, from the
/ effects of the severe cold last week.
IA Martin. Of Edgefeld county. received
I serious injuries by a fall on the ice last week
from which it is feared he viii not recover.
Y The aroIiua Rifle Battalion, Of Charleston.
I have presented Major Thomas Frost. Jr. tie
/ cIty's new chief Of police, with handsome
I set Of trappings.
/ Robert p. Witmore, Of Lancastv county.
/ has been sent TO the lunatic asylum in Column
bia. His insanity was caused by hard study.
He was q school teacher.
] On A. Weinburg's place, in Darlington
/ county, on January Z, EnOch james, aged 10,
! died Of hydrOphObia. caused by the bite of a
! deg two months before.
The new gin house Of Mrs. Elbert De Vore.
T Of Edgefeld county. was DESTROYED bv fire last
Thursday afternoon. There was no insur-
ance, and the loss is about 81 COO.
Mrs. NJ. Q. Pepper, the POstmistress at at.
Pleasant, has resigned, and a petition has
been sent in recommending the appointment
Of j. Il. Tomlinson to the vacant place.
The municipal election at Greenwood.
Abbeville county, last Monday, resulted as
/ follows: lntendant, c. A. G. Waller; War
dens, 3. Reynolds. Jr-, I. f. Riley, A. Nc
Nelll and Robert Griflin.
Mingo Miller. a respectable old negro. who
has been working at Belle Isle plantation, IN
st. stephens parish, went off with his dogs
on the 5th inst. on hunt. and has not been
hearG of since. 1t is supposed that he has
been lost IN Santee swamp.
The election for Intendant and Wardens at
COkesbury, Abbeville county. on last Monday
passed on quietly. and resulted in the re-
election Of a NJ. Aiken as Intendant and the
following Wardens: DR.. Il. G. Hart W w
Lawson, Alex. shaw and j. J. Jones.
The agent and operator of the South Caro-
lima Railway at Fort Motto, Orangeburg
-Naekaaf Narr q
days ago with about $500 Of the company's
money. Officers were put on the track Of the
defaulter, but he has not yet been captured.
The SpartaR complains that the City Coun-
ell Of Spartanburg has blundered in granting
any license TO the sharpers who are infesting
that place. Several suspicious looking par
ties have been lounging around the town
during the past week, and gambling is OH the
A little girl of Mr.. James skipper, of Ma
riOn county. was fatally burned. on last
Thursday that it died on Friday night The
mother of the child had gone out OF the house
and left the little one alone. and when she re-
turned she found her child with all its clothes
burned OF.
On last Thursday John Murry coored
boy about 8 wears OF age, of the Spring Hill
neighb0rhoOd, kershaw county. fell on the ice
while he was walking over it and struck his
head. lie dled that night from the effects of
the injury received BY the fall. 1t is thought
that ms skull was broken.
At the town election held at TimmonsvilIe
Darlington county, on Tuesday, January s,
two tickets were run-One in favor Of license,
the other against The mo license" ticket
was elected, as follows: Intendant W. G..
Reynolds; Wardens, II. l.. Norris. John Nc
Sween, }. o. Byrd and W. J. Pond.
DR.. Jos. Carpenter, of Jonesville. Union
county, was dangerously wounded by HI
Spears. a young man of the same place a few
days ago. spears accused the doctor Of be-
traying social secrets which he had contided
io num- Ihe snot followed ilstic encounter.
Both parties are prominent. Spears fled
Two little girls Sukie and Lou Pearson ara
supposed to have left Polk county. Arkansas
ln December last for South Carolina. They
are about - years Of age. 1t is believed that
they have stopped in Alabama or Georgia
Mr., -. +. Holmes, Of Glendale, Spartanburg
county, Is anxious to hear something about
them.
Wesley Butler, the colored man who was
convicted 1T Oraugeburg on Wednesday last
Of criminal outrage on Isabella Richardson,
little seven year old colored child. last fall,
was sentenced to be hanged on Friday. March
IL. 1881. The prisoner. who is a voung mulat-
10 about twenty-five years old, received the
announcement of the sentence without
changing muscle of his featu res.
On last Friday afternoon, while Mrs. Har-
din, # the Antioch section. Kershaw county,
hau gone to the spring for water. she heard
scream from her little 3-year-old daughter
flushing back to the house. she found the
clothes Of the child in blaze. She imme-
Wately tore of what clothing was left on the
child. but il had been so severely burned that
it died in a few hours.
Two boys, y 70 IA years OF axe. got to box.
ing IN the factory at Clifton. Spartanburg
county, on Monday evening ana one Of them
Parker. was struck in the side or the stomach
by the other. Parrish, and died Immediately.
III Is supposed that the blow caused the heart
to stop its action suddenly, which was the
cause of the death. The boys were in play
and did not become angry.
The dead body of negro man was found on
Monday near the track Of the Air Line Rail
road. short distance east Of Chauga creek.
lie was from Charlotte, \. c.. and had been
engaged on one of the passenger trains, from
which he Is supposed to have fallen on the
night of the 10th inst He was at his post
When the train arrived at Westminster. 0cn-
nee county, on that night, but was missing on
Its arrival at TOccoa, Ga.
Accounts from tile truck farmers of Wad-
malaW and EdistO Island say that the hot-bed
cabbage plants are All destroyed, and more
plants cannot be had. Those already set out
have also shared the same fate except in
leW cases There is some talk of having
plants shipped from the North. The loss IN
peas and other carly spring vegetables will
doubtless involve thousands of dollars. Farm
ers are preparing 70 make mp for their losses
py planting irish potatoes, on the land pre-
pared for cabbages, etc.
The GEORGETOWN Enquirej. saws: .sOn Satur-
Uay night. the 5th inst. a colored man whose
name we have not learned. left here in a boat
with two others for Aldery plantation. TAX
ing MS seat IN the stern OF the boat. he refused
TO row. some time after they had started his
companions discovered that he was so be-
numbed with cold that he could hardly speak.
After short consultation, they decided to
make for the shore at the nearest point and
seek for means to revive the unfortunate man.
They landed, picked him up bodily and car
rled him to house near bv. When they nut
hlm down he was found to be dead.'
DR.. James Mcintosh, of Ninetv-Slx. has
written to Mr.. Chazal, the State chemist.
that ne has ordered sent to him, for chemical
investigation, the stomach of Miss Laura
recently
circumstances in Aewberry county. He first
ordered IT sent 10 DR.. Shepard. of Charleston,
VINO was unable, on account Of previous busi
ness engagements, to make the investigation
Commissioner Butler having concluded that
the existing demands on the State chemists
time are too great to allow of his Undertaking
the analysis, Mr.. Chazal has written that he
viii not be able to conduct it. The work
would last from one to three months, and cost
from 1900 to 800. There seems to be little
hope of a satisfactory scientific investigation
OF the suspected poisoning.
An Orangeburg correspondent Of the
Charleston Ae1cs and Courier writes fol-
lows Under date of January 3d.: sin the
Court of General Sessions to-day the only
ease remaining for trial was against Andrew
Reese, eolgred, charged with the murder of
John Green, cGlor6d, al Feterkins place, in
this county. on the 18th of November last.
MeSsr5. hn0Wlton and dpnamaker repre-
sented the accused, and Solicitor Jervey the
state. The facts of the case presented q very
curious picture OF the condition Of negro
was shown by the witnesses for the
State that Andrew Reese, man
fully % years OF age, and having family of
seven children, WAS on the night in question
being chastised by his father, old man Of
70 years. The prisoner, with filial devotion
that would have done honor to a Roman
household. took the whipping for some time:
then. rising from his knees IN 2 transport of
rage, he said he had had enough; at the same
time drawing out knife, he made lunge
at his honOred parent. \ sister of the
gsHsaz E1E "a don
away in time to escape the blow. and the
knife sank into the breast of John Green, an
Innocent bystander, killing him almost in
stauts. Ghe prisoner upQn being examined
damaged his case considerably by swearing
thai he had no knife at the time of the killing.
and knew nothing about it. The Judge was
very careful in his charge to the jury. and
after only a few moments absence the jury
rendered a verdict OF guilty of manslaughter.
THE prisoner was sentenced to five years
hard labor in the penitenuary.
a seif-Appointed Hostess at the White
House.
Spileg's Washington kefter.
1t has just come out that there was a
self-apponted hostess at the White House
on New Years day. When Mrs. Miller,
who had been asked by the President to
help him receive, arrived at the White
House New Years morning, she found a
strange woman, who called her by name,
and introduced herself as Mrs. Gen. b
of Chicago, and explained that, through
Mrs Gen. Logan, whom she knew very
well, She had been invited by the Pres
ident TO help receive. 5irs. Logan
had gone down stairs. and would
Mrs. Miller kindly take Mrs. b
down with hers OF course Mrs. Miller was
polite enough to do 80. and the Chicago
woman assisted at the reception. TRe
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