Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-30

put the store, belonging to W. II. Kenne-
oy, had no insurance, and was totally
consumed. is thought that the fire is
the work Of an incendiary.
The people Of Edgefield feel very much
outraged at the comments of special cor
respondents in regard to the sentiments
and expressions OF the people IN reference
TO the sad and deplOrable Jones murder,
as we'll as the com ments and insinuations
IN the progress of the arraignment OF
those under indictment in the Culbreath
lynching.
Mr.. Friday, doorkeeper of the State
senate, has recovered a beautiful oil
painted porcelain doOr-knob, which had
Deen taken by workman from the old
state house over thirty-tVe years ago, and
mas been in the possession OF a resident of
columbia ever since. The painting repre-
SCENTS the coat OF arms Of South Carolina,
with delicately tinted sky in the back
ground. The work was done in France.
Commissioner Butler has received from
the officers of the recent Worlds Indus
trial and Cotton Centennial Exposition
certificate of merit for paintings exhib-
lteo by the Anderson Female Institute.
honorable mention for class and indus
trial work by the Avery Normal Institute,
Charleston, honorable mention for maps
and drawings by the colored schools of
charleston, and diploma for class and
industrial work by the Clafin University,
Orangeburg.
The Greensville NeS1S says: The Nor
mon missionaries do not find much COM
Tort In Greenville county. After being in
duced TO leave the Gowensville neighbor-
mood some time ago, they tried the High
land section, and have recently been
preaching there. AS soon as the scope
and purpose of their preaching was fully
understood party Of men called on them
with polite request that they deprive
the community OF their presence forth
with. They left-wisely, judiciously and
urostentatiously.
Saturday morning the Coroner at Co
lumbla was notified that man had been
found dead about three miles from Column
ola on the Columbia and Greenville rail-
road. he summoned a Jury and pro-
ceeded to the place Indicated. They found
lynn by the side of the railroad track the
body of George johnson, a colored man
who had partly lost his mind, but, being
harmless, had been confined in the aims
house for some time. johnson had re-
Gently left the almshOuse. He was thinly
clad, and the jury rendered a verdict of
death from exposure.
The trustees of the University at their
meeting at Columbia, Tuesday night re-
ceived the resignation of Prof. Salley, of
Claim College, and as PrOfs. DeTreVille
and Hayward were willing to divide the
retiring Professors work between them
their salaries were increased from 81, 100
to 81, 400. The board determined to have
bill introduced in the L gislature to al
low the sale of the old College chapel,
which has been unused for many years,
and lot of land, the property of the col
lege, the proceeds to be devoted to the
permanent improvement of the college
property.
Il. w. Nance, whose wife was arrested
at Columbia on Thursday for elOpement,
arrived in Columbia from Gilbert Hollow
and has taken possession of Ills wife and
child. He states that he has found
knife in his wife's possession which was
stolen, with SIG, by j. A. Smith from a
young man of his acquaintance. Mrs.
Nance has admitted all to her husband.
She ran away with Smith, taking with
her $3.50 of Nance's money and some sill.
yer plate. After getting possession Of all
the money, Smith left Der on the road.
Nance will take his wife and son home
with him. But be is dong everything in
his power to capture Smith, whom he pro-
poses to punish to the full extent of the
law.
The State chemists of Georgia, North
Carolina, and South Carolina have adopt
ed for use in their respective States dur
ing the approaching fertilizer season of
1885 the following rates of commercial
valuation: For available phosphoric acid
TIC. per b., 81 80 per cwt.; for ammonia
16c. per h., SO 20 per cwt.; for potash sc.
per b., 81 per cwt. Hitherto. notwith-
standing the close proximity Of these
three States and the intimate relations
existing between them, especially as re-
CARDS the trade in commercial fertilizers,
there has been no agreement as TO the
relative values to be assigned to the
valuable ingredients of fertilizers. The
change made will greatly facilitate the
comparison of the relative standards of
the various brands in the different States.
Sea Island NeWS: On Thanksgiving
day Edward Vaughn went out with Mr..
George Box and Mr.. A. e. Butts for an
afternoon shooting. They crossed over
Battery creek to the shore at Jericho,
from the Phosphate Mining Company's
works, and landed at high water. Shoot.
ing until near dark they returned to the
boat and found it high up the beach. They
placed their game and guns in the boat,
and started to push it down the beach to
the water, when an unfortunate jerk made
one of the guns fall from where it was
resting and discharge. Edward Vaughn
was in a line with the gun, and the full
charge entered his stomach, near his ma
vel. The wounded boy was Immediately
conveyed where medical assistance could
be summoned, and everything possible
was done TO save his life and to relieve his
pain without avail, and after suffering ex-
cruciating agony for several hours, death
relieved his suffering. Coroner Graham
being notified held an inquest. A verdict
Of accidental death was rendered.