Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-28

with the following officers: President, IL.
,. NandlVer; secretary, ID. A. smith;
treasurer, h. d. A. Biemann. Directors
Will be elected as soon as a charter is OBJ
tanned.
The Manning Guards are thoroughly in
earnest IN their efforts to erect monu-
ment to the memory Of their brothers who
fell the late war, Committees from all
parts OF Clarendon county have been APP
pointed to solicit contributions for the
purpose.
Temperance" in the St. Georges
NetoS, shows that, although that town is
nomlnally dry, $2,72O is annually ex-
pended for whisky. From tie railroad
BOOK 1t was shown that during the past
four mouths $40 gallons of whisky were
received.
John Addison, a colored farmer of
Hampton county, this year made with one
mule IL bales of cotton, 200 bushels of
corn, and good crop OF oats, peas, and
potatoes. As fertilizer he only made one
ton OF kainIt with what he used from his
compost pen.
The recently established pottery works
IN Aiken county, are doing a thriving
business. George W. Lawton, of Trenton,
n. j., and Arthur Craig, OF Scotland, are
the practical potters. There are also
about % other hands employed by the
| company. The pottery was built at cost
OF $4,000, is owned by JerVey, Drayton Il
Cahlll, of Charleston, and Is superintend-
ed 0y Andrew Craig, of Scotland.
The decision of the council which sat at
sandy Springs Baptist church and tried
the Rev. w. ID. Mayfield, d. D., for i'm
proper conduct toward two young ladies,
sisters, each at different time, properly
stated, is that the church Withdraws its
fellowship from DR.. Mayfield. The evil
dence ls said to have been overwhelming
and the decision in effect amounts to May
teld's expuls on from the church.
r. 7. Smiling, of Franklin county, Ca,
and Miss c.. A. Sherman, of Anderson
county, 5. c., drove hurriedly into Green
vile Wednesday night and were united
IN marriage by the Rev. DIR. Mundy. They
were fleeing from tue old man in Ander-
son, and after the ceremony prepared for
their departure to Georgia. The groom
is successful stock dealer, aged SO, and
the bride is blushing rural beauty OF II.
The transit memorial stone, sent over
by the German government to mark and
protect the pillar on which their heliome-
ter instrument stood during their obser-
vatiOns at Aiken was placed in position
Wednesday. The inscription was as fol-
lows:
yenus-Durchgang 1882
Deu tsche-Station IL
5h. 28m. 52s. W. 33deg. 3Sm. Sis N.
1t is located in the lot of Henry Smith,
one-eighth of a mile directly south OF the
courthouse.
Leopold Louis, the oldest resident citi-
zen of OraDgeburg, died Tuesday in the
10th year OF his age. He was the oldest
merchant of the place up to about two
years ago, when he retired from active
business on account of declining health
and old years. He began life as a poor
boy, absolutely without money. His sue
Cess was wonderful. and, notwithstand-
ing be was completely burned out on two
or three occasions, was at his death one
of the wealthiest men of the county, being
worth between $50, 900 and $75, 900.
A little sensation occurred in Newberry
from the arrest OF all the members of the
Indian Red Oil Company, who had been
IN that town for several days selling medi-
cine. The company consists of DIR. Erwin
Diablo, DR.. Leon Gardiner, the Navajo
Indian doctors, Miss Senoreta Francesca,
Miss Lille Lee and Navajo Nick. We'd
nesday evening they gave a concert and
during the entertainment MISS Lille, in
jOcular manner, mentioned the name OF
John b. Jones, prominent young lawyer
of the town. Wednesday as the party
was preparing to leave, Mr.. Jones had
them all arrested, and brought before
Trial Justice Blease on the charge of
libel. Eminent counsel we're engaged on
both sides and an interesting trial was
looked for by the eager crowd in the court
room, but just before the parties were ar
rAigned the matter fell through by an
apology from the manager to Mr.. Jones,
and the payment of costs by the defend
ants.