The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-09

section, and if he can take his launch OUT
side, he viii steam out for the narrows ana
spend month on the river between Day
iona and Jupiter inlet Mr. Friedenwald is
accompanied on his travels by his family.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Watermelons were among the delicacies
in Anderson on Christmas day.
The dwelling of Dr. J. j. Buster, near
Mount Willing, was burned, together with
its entire contents, a few nights ago
A gay party of ladies and gentlemen left
Columbia Wednesday morning on 1oX
hunt, but returned without the brush.
John Owens, boy of IA years Of age,
was run over and cut in pieces by an en-
CINE at Benhettsville about week ago.
Chris Rogers, of Marion, on Doc ~ was
shot and painfully wounded by Tom God
bold because he would not go out on
spree.
In Pickens county last Tuesday, a man
namel Randall, working at Bogg's mills,
was caught in the coggwheels and ground
to death
A son of Robert Walker, a respected col
ored man of Aiken, accidentally shot hinl-
self while out hunting on Dec. %. His leg
had to be amputated between the knee and
tine ankle.
A colored boy on DIR. w F. Bartons
place, in Orangeburg county, had the mis-
fortune to have his arm so badly torn in
sugar cane mill on Dec. % as to necessltate
its amDutatiOn.
On Sept 26 1886, Jasper N. Davis, of
Anderson, brutally assaSslnated his wife,
and was sentenced TO be hung. motion
for a new trial has just been refused, and
he will be resentenced
The Railroad Commission having inspect
ed the sixteen miles OF the Backville, Aston
and Newberry railroad, from Blackville to
Salley's, authorized the opening of this sec
ton to business Friday.
Three colored children were burned to
death in the house of Frank Miller, of
Mayesville, on the night of Dec. p. They
were left alone in the house while their
parents went to town to buy Christmas
presents.
d. Z. Converse, President of the Clifton
cotton mills, denies the truth of the assertions
of Thomas b. Barry, of the Executive Com
mittee of the Knights of Labor, that fac
| tory operatives in South Carolina are UNI
derpaid, oveFwOrked and otherwise badly
! treated.
The school trustees of Greenville are bust
| ly engaged in looking out for a site for a
location for the new graded school building,
provided for by the recent Legislature.
| Council is authorized to issue $4,000 of
| Feb. /, soon after which time the erection
of tre new building will be begun.
Near Midway John Yawley, a white lad
of about Is or 10 years Of age, in huling
timber to Edisto river from the Widow
| Folds place, for Press Johnson Of Coleton
county, fell of the mule he was riding and
| had the cart, which was loaded with timber,
to pass over his temple and across his ear. He
lived for nearly three days, though in an
| unconscious state
! On recent morning a little ; -year-old
! child of Alb. jackson, colored, was burned
! to death in Anderson. The little fellow is
| supposed to have put a roasted egg, wrapped
in paper, with fire on it i'll his pocket, which
| ignlted ana set his clothing on fire The
child ran from. the house to reach his
| mother who was some distance off at a
neighboring house, and was SO badly burned
that he died in a few hours.
An expert in the manufacture of glass
| has recently examined some of the Beech
Island sand and he pronounced it splen-
! didly adapted to the manufacture of glass.
| Last week George Mills shipped a carload
! of this sand to glass factory, and if 1T
| turns ont to be all that IS claimed for it, a
regular business of shipping sand will be
started. A glass factory is not among the
impossibilities of the future of Aiken
| county.
!
other produce of Col. James McCutChen,
| perhaps the largest planter in Williams
| burg, will be sold at auction on Jan. II,
| under a mortgage % MesSrs. Robertson,
! Taylor x Co., of Charleston. Col. Me
| Cutchen pays taxes on over 5000 acres of
land 1t is said that while running
twenty-horse farm he had been borrowing
money at 10 per CEN. interest from a eigh-
! Dor who runs a ohe-hOrse farm.
I ITh;Ia \vnurb,, at Tr,,;c, . oA,.le..
Mt Furman University, was returning from
| home on the Spartanblrg, Union and Co
! lumbia road, he had a narrow escape from
serious injury from pistol shot. He was
| sitting in the accommodation car of a
! freight train when a bullet crashed through
the window at his side. He was leaning
! forward ut the time and the bullet graZed
! his neck and lodged in the side OF the car.
! Some reckless person was probably firing
! into tae train TO see what effect the shot
! would have
! Comptroller General Werner has submitted
| to Attorney General Earle a question as to
| tine operation of the recent act reorgan!Zing
the Board Of Agriculture. The Governo"
! to make case. Endorsed with his approval,
| since the ventlatiou of the matter, certain
/ accounts of the Beard of Agriculture. which
had been presented to him. The Comp
! troller General submits the case to the At
| tOlney GeHe.a1, asking whether lie has the
| right 20 issu2 the warrants for the payment
of the accounts The Attorney General has
the question under consideration. His replv
will Indicate the course to be pursued by tho
| State oiiic r., and the old board of agri-
culture, until a judicial determination is
| had.
A member of the State House Commits
sion announces that tho commission will not
make any reply to the letter of f. J
Schmitz, pub i>hed in the Ne,cS and Courier.
ashjug the reasons for his discharge as as
sistaut architect Of the State House. He
also states that Mr.. Nelson, theEchief archi-
tect, was similarly served, and that these
dismSsals vera made because the commits
sion considered that they cannot expend
any Of the money appropriated except under
the supervision OF an architect who shall
reside in Columbia. They determined to
make a clean sweep of the two architects in
order to clear the way for applications from
every source for the position OF resident
architect. From another member of the
commission it Is ascertalned that even the
porter Of the architects office has been dis
charged in order that no expense might be
incurred until the new architect is elected.
Mr.. Schmirz has filed his application for the
position OF resident architect.
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