The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-21


W, L. McFal, who valued him al 81 900.
lie was only wears old and gave prom SO
OF becoming a very fast and famous tro:tcr.
Paul VI. Trenholm has just completcd n
statement OF the shipments Of fertiliz rs
from September, 1887, to April, 1855. The
aggregate amount is 10 957 ;ons For tie
corresponding period Of lSSG-S7 the total
shipments were 1876, sos tons. The increase
Tor the present year is, therefore, %, l49
tons.
just after the adjournment of court, at
hlngstree Monday, there was a cutting
ARRAY between Basil Jones, of Lake City,
and Gilhooly Brown. Jones had indicte
Brown for selling a horse under mortgage,
a d the jury found a verdict for the Ge-
tendant. After leaving the court house
Jones attacked Brown in front of the Cole
man Hotel bar and received five or six cuts
on the head, after which they were sep
arated
About midnight the other night persons
living near st. Peters Catholic church in
Columbia were attracted by a light in a
port on of the church premises adjoining
the graveyard and by the sound Of digging.
Upon the spot being approached the lights
were extinguished and several persons fed,
one OF them being in such haste as TO leave
his coat. This led 70 the arrest of two
negroes, who explained that they were
digging for treasure which a wizard had
told them was buried there.
A Confederate battle flag has just been
returned TO Capt. Z. G. Halle, Of Camden
1t Is Of blue silk, with gold fringe around IT,
On one side is picture of Flat Rock, on
which is cannon AMI some mel, both
white and black. The following quotation
IS around the picture: "Come one, come all
1hls rock shall fly from its firm base as
soon aS l." In the border are painted cot
ton bolls and wheat. On the other side is
large palmetto tree, under which is St
&c rye Staying a dragon. Above the tree
IS: Flat Rock Guards Under it Is: 81
viii defend" 1t is dingy and torn now, but
must have been very beautiful when new.
Some of the New York papers that object
to any improvement Of Southern water
ways have been indulging in hilarity over
Clark and Mingo creeks, in South Carolina,
Tor which an appropriation Is made in the
river and harbor bill, asserting that no such
creeks exist. The fat is they do exist, as
Is shown by the report Of Capt. w. II.
Bixby, United States engineers, who ex-
amlned them in person in 1887. Mingo
creek has width of channel of from 80 TO
$50 feet, and depth at low water of from
to 10 feet 1t is connected with the ocean
by navigable waterway feet deep at low
water. "A good sized steamer has for years
been making bi-wee ily trips on the creek,
carrying some $3.50, 900 of commerce yearly.
Near the creek are 100000 acres of rich
Ina, which will become productive as soon
as the channel is cleared of snags Clark's
creek is the outlet Of a stream 100 miles
long, and draining an area greater than
that of Rhode Island. 1t is from 8 to 10
teet deep, and is navigable for vessels of 8
feet draft. The fun about these creeks arose
from the fact that inquiry about them was
addressed to an officer in whose district
they did not lie. He, Of course, could tell
nothing about them. Hence the supposition
that they did not exist
Nine white men, John Sudduth. Toby
Sudduth, Carr Sudduth, Lee Babb. Henry
Babb, Tom Babb, Elford Campbell. Jabez
Barberry and Oscar Few, were in Green
vile Wednesday and were given hearing
before Trial Justice Davis for beating and
maltreating negro, one Elias Linder, in
the upper mountainous section of the
county, one night last week. Under was a
bad negro, who had lived with several
white women at diffeent times, causing two
OF them to leave their husbands, and running
young girl. For some time
past he had been living in a
house with a negro woman and a white
woman, while his own wife lived near by in
want. The community was outraged by
tins conduct, and Linder having failed TO
49, otDOi bOiiAB "aiho a. purify Oh UilFJN
or forty men went to his cabin on Monday
night of last week, ana taking him out boat
him severely aud also admins, cred whip
ping to the white woman The negro rec
ognized ten of the party, and nine Of them
were at the trial Wednesday. The Justice,
after taking the evidence of Under and his
colored concubine, decided that the provo
cation of outraged public sentiment had
been so great that no grand jury could be
fOund n or rat iY,,.t -,
the defendants, and so he dismissed them,
one and all