Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-14
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS MONDAY. JUNE IA. 1886.

the Double Branch section OF Lexington
county. Several farmers will have TO re-
plant their entire cotton crop.
Capt. J. w. Riley was recently thrown
from his buggy near Barnwell and pain
fully injured. His collar bone was broken
and one of his lungs was injured.
Gov. Thompson is to deliver the COM
mencement address to the students'ot the
Greenwood Female College on June II.
The closing exercises commence on june
10.
w. A. Hoffman, of Jamison, had two
children stunned by lightning last Sun
day afternoon. For time it was thought
they were dead, but they eventually re-
vived.
The Post Office Department has ordered
the establishment of new post Office In
York county, to be known as "FOdder,"
and appointed Leroy r. Williams POST
master.
Messrs. Ferguson & Miller, of Green
vile, have offered to lend the two mill
tary companies Of that city sufficient
money to uniform and equip them hand
somely.
Gen. Leroy F. Youmans will go to Abb
beville to-day to assist Solicitor Orr in
the prosecution of Ferguson, the slayer
OF Benedict. The third trial of this noted
case will begin next week.
There are now 627 patients in the State
| Lunatlc Asylum at Columbia, an increase
OF two since May. The health of the in
stitutI0n is remarkably good for this sea-
! son OF the year, there having been but
| three deaths during the month OF May.
! The asylum farm is in a flourIshing cOndi-
ditiOn. Eighty-three dollars were made
| during May above all expenses.
Railroad Commissioner Bonham has re-
! turned to Columbia from making an ex-
animation of the wreck at the Santee
! trestle. The examination was as thor
0ugh as practicable at the time, but the
/ Commissioner thinks that the cause Of the
| accident cannot be ascertaIned until the
! debris, which is now covered by mud and
water, shall be brought to view. AS soon
as this is done a careful examination will
be made by the Railroad Commission.
The low lands in the vicinity of Column
bia are threatened with another inunda.
! ton. The COngaree river at - o'clock
| Thursday was reported to be sixteen feet
| abo re low water mark and still rising.
Early Thursday morning the roaring of the
river sounded like distant thunder. Re-
ports from the Aughtry plantation
say that the water is rising over
the fields and considerable portion
! of the corn lands have already been GOV.
! cred.
The third and last days session of the
State Dental Association was held at Co.
| lumb ia Thursday. The association pro-
ceeded to the election of officers with the
following result: President, DIR. l.. p,
DOtterer, of CharleetOns First Vice Pres
| ident, DR.. K. G. RidgeIl, of Bates5urg;
Second Vice President, DIR. W. Il. Bull, OF
| Charleston; Corresponding Secretary, DR.
| Theo. tombstone, of Newberry; Record
ing secretary, r. A. Smith; Treasurer, L.
z. Wolfe, of Orangeburg. DR.. tombstone
read paper upon ''Life." The associa.
ton adjourned at 1 80 p. m, to meet next
year ID Charleston, about the time OF the
floral fair.
The Governor has granted respite I'm.
til Friday, July ,, to jenkins Wright,
who was to have been hanged at Hamp
| ton Friday. The sentence of the court
was that Wright should be hanged on
May 7, but two days before that time the
Governor received assurances that i'm.
pOrtant testimony, favorable to the pris
oner, had been discovered since the trial
In order to have time TO examine this
testimony, the respite until Friday was
granted. Although the Governor twice
requested the prisoners attorney by tele
graph to send forward the new testimony
the papers containing it were not received
until Thursday. The second respite bas
been granted in order to allow time fol
such investigation as the new testimony
| seems to demand.