The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-23

Kersh7w. The convention will nominate
the solicitor for the Fifth circuit.
Henry Adams, colored preacher charged
with criminal assault upon an S-yc r-old
girl, was released from Jail at Columbia,
IuHrNd1y, and the case was dismissed. The
testimony of the physician was that it was
impossible for Adams to have computed
the crime. An extraordinary case Of juvo-
nile depravity was brought TO light.
~ Prosperity, on Sunday night last,
While returning from chu cb, neg o named
Harrison Gallnan was cat old Stabbed by
another negro named Riley Hutchinson
Harrison ma sixteen wounds, one Of which
IS ABOUT eight inches long, reaching from
the back of the neck, on the left side of his
face, 10 his chin. Hutchinson escaped.
There was great deal Of exc ,tement at
Summervilie, Thursday. about big game
OF poker thai was layed We mes1ay night
Mt Mensing's saloon. Tee amount said 70
have been lost by one Of the players is 500
Toe ser swore out a war; mt against John
willis, the winner, charging him with
fraud, larceny and swindIing. Willis dis
appeared.
A commission has just been issued to the
Fingerville manufacturing company. The
ncorlorators are J. b. LYles, T. J. from
mer, j. \. Henueman, j. A. Lee, A. &.
Flay and T. p Sims, all of Spartanburg
The company will do a general cotton
manufacturing business. The mills VIII he
situated at Fmgerville on the North Paco-
let river. The capital stock will be so, 900
On Wednesday evening, July II, T. B.
KING of Beaufort, who has been serving
tax executions and collecting delinquent
taNls for the county sheriff, was stopped on
the public hi hway between Beaufort and
Port ROYAL ferry, assaulted aud robbed Of
81. IL. I
have been implicated in the affair have
been arrested, and strong evidence secured
against item.
S. A. Matthias of Lexington was arrested
day or two ago charged with sending an
improper letter from Leesville Lexington
county, t. the Holly card company, Meri-
den, Conn. Matthias is only a youth. He
is attending school at Leesville. He adj
mitted having written a letter to the com
pany, but denied having sent the one con
tanning Objectionable language. Commits
sioner Bauskstt would not allow the letter
in question to be put in evidence as the de
PENDANT had not admitted having written
1t. Matthias was held for trial.
The board appointed by the superintend-
ent Of education to examine applicants for
the Peabody scholarships in the Nashville
normal college have submitted the follow
ing report Entitled TO scholarships: Pres
ton l.. Bethea of Marion county, Miss Beu-
lab Mccall, Marlboro county; George II.
Eaddy, Georgetown county. and H. G..
Osteen, Sumter equity. Entitled to free tut
ton only: Thomas w. Godbold, Marion
county, aud d. w. Odom. Marlboro county
The examination was conducted entirely by
numbers, the examining board being ignor
ant Of the names of tie applicants until
after the award was made.
At Pea kes Station a nOint iust havord
Aston, on the Greenville road, Tuesday
afternoon, three white men, among whom
was w. B. Garborough, were walking to
gether, when a negro named Sam Daniels
passed by. An -penitentiary guard
named McMicken pointed out the negro 10
GOborough as an escaped convict Gar
borough was armed with a gun loaded with
buckshot. He called to the negro to sur
render, but instead of doing SO the man
took to his heels, whereupon Garborough
brought him to the ground with load of
shot in his back. The wounded man was
conveyed to the lookup at Peakes and
proved not to have been the man he was
taken for He may die.