Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-26
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS MONDAY, OCTOBER g. 1885.

Lancaster county, one night last week, at
the house of Mr.. Snipes, a difficulty
arose between several parties out of an
old grudge, in which Alex. Whitaker
snot b. Hancock with a shotgun, infilct-
ing severe wounds in his face and breast.
In subsequent difficulty at the same
place John Hire was badly cut in
his right arm by some party whose name
is not given.
Heck MOsely, white, killed Burt Moss,
colored, Thursday near Grassy Pond, in
the public road. They had been quarrel
ing lately, and Moss had threatened
Mosely, who had been advis- to take out
a peace warrant. They met in the road,
and NJ Oss said: "Now is a good time to
have that fuss out" Moss had a knife.
Mosely dismounted from his mule, and
shooting over the mule, hit Moss in the
| breast, killing him instantly.
Manning Times: On Wednesday after
noon while r. l.. Logan was in town
be received intelligence of the death of
his infant child. Before leaving he pro-
cured the coffin and secured the services
Of the Rev. l.. d. Bass for the burial.
| Soon after this he was informed by an
other messenger that his child, which had
to all human appearances been dead for a
quarter of an hour, had recovered. The
| child was soon after again taken very
sick and has died.
Two negroes, coon hunting, came upon
the body of a dead woman in the woods
near Marion Wallis, near Pee Dee, Satnr-
day. 1t proved to be the body of Elizabeth
| Phillips, a colored woman who had been
| in failing health since June. She was
last seen in that locality on the Sunday
evening previous during the rain. 1t is
! supposed that in her weak and helpless
| condition she sank down and died of
| disease and exposure. The Coroner held
an inquest, and the jury found 40 indica-
| tons of violence.
Blancit Sanders. of Collet0n county, ac-
cidentally shot and badly wounded him.
self on Thursday Oct. u. He
was out with a hunting party
and in passing Neyle's cross roads dis
mounted and went into store for some
articles, leaning his gun up by the door
| When he came out he took the gun by the
muzzle ana raised it. The hammer catch
ing one OF the steps the gun was dis
charged, the entire contents OF eighteen
buckshot passing through his arm and
shattering the bone to pieces.
A man calling himself Andrew j. john
son, and claiming to be Baptist preacher
! from Maryland, and a lecturer on travels
| in the East, has been going around
through the State. He preached in the
| Baptist church at Lancaster last week.
In a recent number of the BdDtiSt Courier
Mr.. W. 0, Petty, Of LYDIA, Darlington
county, says: From false statements
made to the Reys. r. w. Tide and A. McA.
Pittman, concerning myself, and false
| hoods by himself and wife with reference
to places and preachers in Maryland and
Virginia, it is clear that he IS a tramp,
and thai his object Is to sponge and fitch
churches wherever he can"
Mrs. Bigham, OF Gains township.
! Marion a nj
age, went into the forest near her resi-
dence recently to get some lightwOOd. The
! afternoon being cloudy weather, night
came on sooner than she expected, when
she lost her way and did not return home
The neighbOrhOOd was alarmed, and
search was kept up all night for her
during severe wind and rain. About
| a. m. the next morning she came hOmr
and said that in wandering she had go
into branch and had remained ali night
on a turf. The Growing of the chickens
the next morning directed Der home. She
had not been one mile from where she
started.
A wedding took place Thursday night
upon the turpentIne farm of John ID.
Frost, eight miles north of Columbia,
Edward Hartin marrying Miss Genie
Fetner. A number of guests were assem-
bled in the house. About an hour after
a d f1iculty arose between Hartin, tn
g~OOm, and man named Holcomb, an in
vited guest. HaTtln had leased HOlcomh
about having pair of old shoes on. Hot
words having passed, the men went into
the yard to settle the difficulty by fight
ing it out Tom Stone, Jr., another guest.
| followed them into the yard and
placed himself between them, saying that
il WAS disgrace to fight just after the
wedding. Hartin drew pistol and fred
at stone, the ball taking effect in tn
right eve and passing through the head
stone fell dead. At this HUlcOmb started t.
run, and was fired at three times by Har-
TN without effect. Immediately alter the
s1ooting took place the guests dispersed
ami Hartin went into the house, talked
with his wife a few minutes, ana then fed
Hartn is % years of age, and Is said &,
be rOwdy, and to have been engaged in
several previous fights. Stone was a
married man about 30 wears old.