Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-08

Is coming South this winter, and will
spend while in Beaufort.
Clara Louise kellogg commanded
good house in Greenville. A good many
We're over from Spartanburg.
The Governor has removed Trial Justice
Magill, OF Chester county, from office.
The cause OF the removal has not been
made public.
L. F. Levin, Journal Clerk of the Sem
ate, has turned over to the State printer
the manuscript. index to the Senate jour
nal for the regular session of 1885.
The people of Beaufort are talking Of
going to Spartanburg and the mountains
over narrow gauge road, as soon as IL
can be built. That is just what Beaufort
needs.
At Laurens, Feb. 4, Ira Hughes, who
killed George Fowler on Nov. last. sur
rendered himself to Sheriff Ballew, Fri
day. He claims to have killed his man
accidentally.
At Abbeville Friday the case OF the
State against John T.. Ferguson, indicted
for the murder of Benedict, was post
pOned until to-day on account OF the abb
sence Of the States witness.
An extra through freight train has just
been put on the Port Royal and Augusta
road, to move the piles of freight acoumu-
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the extensive phosphate works near by.
At Laurens, G. H., ira Hughes, who
killed George Fowler, ON Mrs. Sallie Z.
Dunlap's plantation, in November last,
has surrendered himself to Sheriff Ballew.
He Will be Tried at the approaching term
Of the court.
Official returns Of the election in Oak
lawn township on the question Of sub
scriptiOn to the Narrow Guage railroad
have not yet been received, but 1T Is
known that subscription has been voted
by a decisive majority.
Within the past three months five ladies
have dleS in Edgeheld county whose ages
averaged 20 years. Mrs. Mary Robertson
was 90 years old at her death, Mrs. Sarah
Bush 70. Mrs. Matilda Hamilton 70, Mrs.
Elizabeth HOwle rs, and Mrs. Mary Nor
gan 81.
At Blackville, one night last week,
there were ten drummers registered at
the hotel-seYen from Atlanta and three
from Charleston. SiXty-hve miles to
Charleston and 225 miles to Atlanta. At
lanta is pushing her trade right to the SUI
burbs OF Charleston and all around Au-
gusta.
Friday was oonsummated the sale OF
10000 acres of land to DR.. G. Whittier, OF
California. The land lies in Swain county,
near Charleston, and is one OF the largest
real estate transfer that has occurred in
many years in that section. The consid-
GRAFTON vas $4,000. The town OF Whit
tier is to be located on it.
At Rock Hill, Lou White, a cOlOred
woman, in attempting to kindle fire
with kerosene oil was fesrtully burned.
The can ignited and exploded, setting fire
to her clothing. she ran from the house
in flames, and but for the timely assist
ance az the neighbOrs, she would have
been roasted alive. She is in q critical
condition and her life Is despaired of.
The County Commissioners of Edgedeld
nave ordered an election 10 Johnston,
Pine Grove and Blocker townships on the
question of subscribing to the capital
stock of the GreenVilie, Atlantic and
Western railroad. This railroad is to run
from Greenville by Ninety-SiX to Johns
ton, connecting st Fruit Hin, in that
county, vita Col. Mitchelfs narrow gauge
road, which is to run from Augusta
through Eedgefeld to Newberry. The
election in the three townships named
will take place on March Is.
The Gentlemen who went from Column
bIa to Charleston TO attend the meeting of
the State Grange returned home Friday.
Efforts will be made at once to hold
grand Georgia encampment at some peint
and North Carolina will be invited TO par
ticipate, and it is proposed to make tn,
meeting mammoth gathering. Capt.
Wofford, of Spartanburg, a leading
granger, says there is no place so well
suited for the purpose as Spartanburg.
and his grange will endeavOr to have the
meeting held there.
The Court of Sessions for Beaufort
county convened Monday, Judge COthran
presiding. Up to this time considerable
business has been dispatched. On the
criminal docket there are some important
cases-one for murder, aud one for an at
tempt to get $l85 check cashed which
had mysteriously got out of the mails in
coming from Port Royal to Beaufort, a
distance of four miles, and nobody seems
to know how. In two days after it was
mailed at Port Royal it was presented to
a Beaufort merchant to be cashed by a
negro from Ladies' island.
Gov. Thompson has pardoned McCul-
Tough, who was serving a sentence of six
months in the Chester Jail for selling
liquor without q license. Mccullough
assisted the Sheriff in suppressiDg the
recent attempt OF the prisoners to break
Jail in Chester county, and saved the life
OF the Sheriff. On this ground the citizens
petitiOned for mis- pardon, and 1t has been
granted. The Governor has also pardon
ed billiard Byrnes and Ike Harvey, of
Union county, who were under life SEN
tence in the penitentiafy for burglary
and larceny. The prosecutor, upon whose
evidence these men were convicted, died
q few days ago and confessed that he had
committed the crime.
The people of Edgefeld village are
somewhat exercised at present about the
local newspapers. There are already two
newspapers there, the Advertiser and the
Chronicle. There is some talk OF two new
ones being started. One of the new pa
pers will be edited by James T. Bacon,
and the other one is spoken Of by DR.. W.
ID Jennings, who proposes TO run his
paper in novel way. He says he will
buy an army press and keep a movable
Office, printing the paper alternately at
one and then at another of the interior
towns in the county. For instance he
would print one issue at Red Hill, then at
GIlgal, Ricuardsonyille, Mt. Willing,
Fruit Hill. the Dark Corner. and so on at
other small towns and villages In the
county.
Sunday Of last week a shooting affair
occurred in the upper part OF Chesterfield
county, resulting in the instant killing OF
a white man by the name of Hunter, a
cousin OF the Hunter who was convicted
at the last term of court, and sentenced
70 the penitentiary for the killing OF
Evans, Several men had gathered near
the house OF MS. Hunter, and q misun-
darafouIiuu arose hefvvaan HunTpr and