Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-05
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, APRIL 5. 1886.

OF the Secretary of War. This publication
is being sent to all of the commanders of
militia in the State.
Forest fires have been raging IN differ
ent sections of kershaw county. w. j.
REYNOLDS, of Antioch, lost his barn, to-
getber with his corn and fodder, from one
OF these fires. The dwelling of colored
man near Hyco was also DESTROYED. Large
areas of timber have been ruined.
Nearly $1,000 has been raised for re-
building the Baptist church at Granite
vile, recently destroyed by fire. The
new church viii be erected on Montgom-
cry street, most desirable lot, having
been presented for that purpose by the
Graniteville Cotton Mills Company.
The dwelling and several outbuildings
on the plantation OF Mr.. -. Sloan White,
in Anderson county, We're recently de-
strOyed by fire. Nothing was saved from
the dwelling except the piano and some
light furniture. A years supply of pro-
visions was lost. Loss, $500; no Insur-
ance.
Thomas L. Miner, who lives near Win
terseat, in Abbeville county, had a small
book containing thirty-tive dollars chewed
to pieces by y colt. He forwarded the
pieces to the United States Treasury at
Washington, where it was redeemed,
! and he has received check for the full
amount.
Lexington boasts of farmer who has
not vet sold bale of his last crop OF cot
ton, and who has, also, some OF the preced-
ing years crop on hand, and who had
never bought provisions of any kind since
he had been farming, except a little fod-
der one year. He buys but small quanti-
| ties of fertilizers and feeds high.
Two boys, the sous of Mrs. T. l.. Harrel-
/ IL
death on March 20. They were wrestling
under tree that was being cut down.
The tree fell upon them and crushed them
| to death. They were the only children
| of q widow, who was at the bedside Of
her dying father when the accident &C.
Cured.
| A petition has been forwarded from
/ Georgetown county to Commissioner A..
/ p. Butler requesting him to order a with
| drawal or suspension of the proceedings
/ pending against the fishermen recently
| reported by Fish Warden Donaldson for
| violation of the fish laws. Commissioner
Butler declines to interfere in the matter,
and says that the courts must deal with
! the offenders.
The Etheridge correspondent OF the
/ Edgeheld Advertiser, in a letter dated
March %, says: "Mr. w. G.. Mitchell, a
| citizen OF Edgefeld, residing near Bates
! burg, found genuine diamond in his lot,
whiah has been examined by chemists Of
| Columbia, who pronounced 1t TO be worth,
in its crude state, at least $4,000, il not a
hundred thousand. 1t is said to be next
to the largest in the world"
Thursday morning the Coast Line train,
when about miles from Charleston, ran
over a colOred man and killed him in
stantly. The train, under the care OF
/ Conductor Webb and Engineer Farmer
was doing 40 miles an hour, and the man,
| suddenly appearing on the track only a
short distance ahead of the locomotive
rendered it impossible to stop, though ev.
cry effort was made to do so.
The Board of Directors OF the
penitentary met at Columbia
on Thursday. Under the act of the
Legislature authorizing the State House
Commission to call upon the Board Of
Directors for labor and materials for the
construction of the State house, the com
mission applied to the directors for $50,
600 brick. The directors found that it was
impossible for them to fill the demand
and so informed the commission.
Abbeyille Messenger: We have had al
opportunity lately to see an exhibition o
the power possessed by Mrs. G. Henri
Moore, resembling that of Lula Hurst
Mrs. Moore performs all the tests giver
by Lula Hurst and others that the latte
never tried. For instance, by simply
laying hands upon the top of table she
could make it move so that three strOnl
men could not hold it still, the table beinl
broken in the effort to hold it. This il
only one of the tests she gave. We are
we'll satisfied that it is not muscular
strength. In the first place Mrs. Moore
has no object IN deceivIng the public
and if she had is too true a woman to d.
so. In the second place we are satisfied
from the actual trial and experience o
! the fOrca