The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-24

| at some trivial offense by little stepchiid
scarcely years old and beat it unmercl-
| fully, decorating and brutaly bruising the
childs body so that the child died IN less
than half an hour. She will be prosecuted.
John g. Barnwell, the librarian of the
South Carolina university, died early
! Wednesday morning at his residences In Co
lumbia, after a long illness. DIR. Barnwell
| was in his56th.year. His remains we're taken
| to Beaufort for interment. He was the last
| OF the thirteen children of the late Hon.
| Robert w Rarnwell. His venerable mother
still lives in Columbia, the only survivor OF
| so large family Maj. Barnwell was born
| in Beaufort
There was an unusual case tried before
| Trial Justice Carlisle at Spartanburg last
| Saturday. A white man by the name OF
James, from Shelby, N. c., wa treating
| horse cruelty on the streets He was driving
him to buggy, and had the horse worried
| down and in bad condition. Bad OF as
| the horse was, however, he was sober, and
that was more than his master was. The
evidence of cruelty was so plain that ne
was fl ell $l5, or imprisonment in the
county Jail.
w. A. Jeter, president of the Jeter 81
| Boardman Gas and Water Association, is
at Greenvile with a proposition for the
establishment of a system of city water
works. City council held special meeting
| Thursday afternoon to receive the PROPOSE
| ton, which is. In brie for the company 10
| build, own and operate system to cost
| about $l50,0O, the city guaranteeing the
| exclusive franchise and agreeing TO rent at
| least fifty hydrants at 800 apiece yearly.
| Council is tavorably impressed and will
| consider the matter further.
Manning Times: A. M. Brailsford of
| Clarendon Is a lineal descendant of Gen
Moultrie of the revolution, and has in his
-
| furniture, military equipage and papers OF
very great and priceless value, not only as
| family relics but of historical worth. He
| has the generals original commissions,
| given him at the time, now yellow with age;
| also the identical sword which was so hero
ically welded in that great struggle for our
liberties as a nation, and which was never
sheathed until our country's freedom was
| fully established.
| PostofIice Inspector T. NJ. Arlington
! reached Greenville on Friday from Wash
ington, specallv charged with the investi-
| cation of the qualifications presented by the
| city for the establishment of free postal de-
| livery. Postmaster Crittenden filed an ap-
! plication for free delivery recently, basing
| it on the claim that the city had popula-
| ton of over 10000 and postoffice business
| of over $4,000 annual. The Inspector
verified both of these claims to-day and said
| that his report to the postoffice department
| would be favorable and that free delivery
| would certainly be established in Greenville,
most probably beginning Jan. l. Four
| carriers will be employed and thirty letter
boxes put in.
AT Orangeburg Tuesday in the court of
general sessions Judge Wallace presiding,
| the motion for the transfer of the case
against A. c. and A. r. Norton was made
| and argued at length. A. c. Norton and
| his son Richard Norton were tried and con-
| victed of murder about year ago. The
\ case has been sent back for a new trial by
the supreme court. The grounds of the
motion for the change of venue were based
upon the affidavits of twenty-three resi-
dents of the county that public feeling was
| against the accused; that many people said
| they onght to be hanged anyway, and that
| there was applause in the courtroom when
| the sentence of death was imposed upon
them. The judge declined to grant the
| motion.
The state pensions now in effect number
| 2,03S, divided as follows among the coun-
ties: Abbeville 7S, Aiken 49, Anderson 13S,
Barnwell "a, Beaufort 1, Berkeley IA,
| Charleston 40, Chester 80. Chesterfield 90,
Clarendon 60, Coleton %, Darlington go.
Edgefield s101, Fairfield IS, Georgetown =,
Greenville 1913, Hampton -, Horly 30, Ker
shaw A, Lancaster 90, Laurens ST. Lexing
ton % Marion -, Marlboro 50, Newberry
30, Oconee ~, Orangeburg 81, Pickens 81,
Richland AZ, Spartanburg 203, Sumter 25,
Union 90, Williamsburg 81, and York 81.
| The remnant of the $50, 900 appropriated at
the last session to carry out the pension act
only permits the payment in part of the
| September pensions. Each pensioner will
| this month receive payment of SO instead
of s., and no payments can be made for the
remaining months of the year unless the
| legislature makes new appropriation. Ii
| tine number of pensioners remains as at
present, the annual appropriation for pen
sons viii be S122. 280, but it is more likely
that the list will be enlarged than abbre-
waited
The advent at Greenville of seven Flor
| ida refugees on the Airline train from
| Spartanburg Friday afternoon threatened
to develop frst-class fever scare among
nervousy inclined people until the strangers
produced certificates of free pratique"
| from Camp Perry and from Hendersonville,
N. c., the former being of date Sept. 4, and
| the latter Sept. 81. These evidences dis
| were taken in and cared for. T. M. Arm
strong, one of the party, said: There is
| no scare at Hendersonville now. Only ten
| cases have appeared since our train got
| there from Jacksonville, and there have
| been two deaths When we left there this
| morning there was not a case in the hospi-
| tai. The relief committee has done its
work well, aud nobody has suffered. The
| refugees are leaving the town, now that
| quarantine against it has been raised in
most places Those who have money are
| going where they please and those who
| have none are going where the relief COM
mittee send them. Our party OF seven were
sent TO Greenville, and we have come here
to try and get work y