The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-10

increasing the mayors salary from 5000 to
$500 per year. Another aud perhaps
greater cause OF dissatisfaction is the APP
polntment of secret detective to assist the
police force. The new emissary of munich
pal justice appeared in the form of Tom
Brias, colored blacksmith, and a leading
republican, who is not considered the cor
rect object for the expenditure of $50 per
month from the city council.
Near Prosperity, on Saturday night last,
Butler Banks was shot in the hand with
buckshot. One shot also grazed him on the
back. The community IN which the shoot
ing occurred is bad one as 1t has not been
very long since two caps we're burst at
good peaceable, law-abiding citizen as he
was going home from this place, and since
that time house near by there was shot
into. Within the last ten years one man
has lost four horses, two killed and two
poisoned, two more of the residents of the
same community have lost by fire their
barns and stables, and the result is that the
good men of that settlement are wanting to
sell out and leave it.
At Columbia the board of agriculture
met Friday, but as quorum was not pres
ent nothing was done, except to authorize
the chairman and commissioner to pay the
amount due on the land upon which the
buildings of the Spartanburg experimental
stations are located, amounting to 81, 100
When the station was located at Spartan
burg the citiZsns Of that county offered to
contribute $1,000 toward it's support, but
they have failed TO keep their promise, 50
far as this contribution is concerned, and
the board now directs that the purchase
money be paid. The future action of the
board has not yet been determined upon.
Harry II. Higgins of Darlington will be
nominated by President McBryds as secre-
tary of the experiment sta ions. The board
Of trustees will probably ratify the nomina-
ton. Mr.. Higgins was member of the
class OF 1886 of the South Carolina college.
At Columbia Wednesday three men. or
three persons wearing the clothing of labor
ing men, applied for admission to the peni-
Tertiary. They paid the entrance fee aud
examined the interior OF the institution.
One of the guards noticed that two of the
party had rather feminine figures The
suspicion was communicated to the1pelice
and they were arrested. AS was suspected,
two OF the three proved to be women. One
was white woman about 20 years of age,
and the other was half Indian and claimed
to be Is years old. They had two or three
dollars between them. They wore rough
looking clothing, but it was we'll made and
comfortable. the man vas known by the
two women as 1.-The boss man." He stated
that he had met the other two camped on
the railroad near Mars Bluff, and had
promised TO get them work on railroad.
He had no idea they were women. The
story of the women differs. They had
known the man for five years and had been
working with him on railroads, but he did
not know their true sex. A paper found
upon one Of the women may lead to some
information as to their characters. They
will be held. The half Indian says she left
the Indian state when 5 years of age and
has been wearing mems clothing ever since
gh no hau
been unable to get much out of them.
In its weekly construction department"
giving list of all new enterprises in tie
south, the Baltimore Manu- acturers'
Record of last week contains the following
item of new industries and the enlargement
of old ones in South Carolina: Charleston
Bag factory: The Royal Bag Manufac-
turing Company have appointed a commit
tee to purchase machinery for their bag
factory previously mentioned. Columbia
Railroad. Bills have been introduced in
the legislature to incorporate the House
hold Building and Loan Association to
authorize the Manchester and Augusta
Railroad Company TO build a branch re ad
to Camden, and to authorize the Mount
Pleasant and Seaview City Railroad Com
pany to extend their road through Mount
Pleasant, and build a bridge connecting
Mount Pleasant and Moultrevllle. Dar-
Observation-Disclosures Land Improve nent
Company, capital stock $4,000, has been
incorporated by ]. J. Ward, E. Q. Woods,
j. F. Early, @. X. King and others. Eutaw-
ville-Machine shop: The Eutawvi lie
Railroad Company, lately mentioned as to
build machine shops, will not be able to
break ground for several months yet. Fort
Motte-Veneer mill, etc.: Aldrich & Blan-
chard of Bristol, Tenn., have purchased the
mill and cypress and hardwood lands of j.
A. Peterkin, and have put in a veneer mill.
There are 5000 acres of land. They will be
known as the Congaree Veneer and Lumber
Company. Fulton-Lumber mill and creo-
setting works.: DR.. McLaren and Mr.. Mason,
of Sumter, will, it is stated, erect lumber
mill and creosoting works. Mount Pleasant
Railroad: The work of surveying the
Mount Pleasant, Sattee and Little River
railroad has been commenced. Piedmont
Cotton mill: A bill hes been introduced in
the legislature at Columbia to authorize the
Piedmont Manufacturing Company, operat-
ing large cotton mill, to increase capital