The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-02-02
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

COLUMBIA, S. c., January 25.-A
dance was given last night at the house
of John Mcclure, ia York county, and
was largely attended by both sexes. As
the festivities progressed moonshine
whisky circulated freely among the revel-
ers, and about midnight a free fight
ensued. Finally, the lights were blown
out, pistols drawn, and about dozen
shots fired. When the smoke cleared
away, Jim Beam, OF Shelby, N. O., was
found lying dead upon the floor, with q
bullet through his heart. Several other
persons were slightly wounded. George
Gunthay and John Philips in Jail, charg.
ed with the murder of Beam.
READING, Pa, Jan. 27.-Jacob Hol-
lenberger, young man aged 10 years,
about two months ago, while working in
stove foundry in Philadelphia, was
injured by an explosion of molten iron.
The explosion killed one man and a
quantity of the molten fluid few in young
Hollenberger's mouth and slipped down
his throat, closing up the passage leading
to his stomach. Since then it has been
impossible to give him an y nourishment,
except by injecting it in liquid form.
When in good health the young man
weighed 140 pounds, but his weight has
now been reduced to 65 pounds. WheE
he rouses from the influence of the opiates
which are given him, he constantly ap.
peals piteously for food. 1t is believed
that starvation will finish its work in q
few days, every effort to remove the OBJ.
struction which shuts out food from his
stomach proving futile.
BRowNwooD, TEXAS, january 2S-
City Marshal Butler and wife were kept
up nearly all of Tuesday night, by sick
child. At a. M, both fell asleep with
the child lying between them. When
they awoke the baby was gone. A search
discovered it dead in the cistern. No ser.
wants were employed, and the only theory
is that one of the parents drowned the
child in fit of somndmbulism. Who.
ever did the terrible act carried the child
through the house, opened and closed
two doors, and after putting it in the
cistern, replaced the cistern cover, and set
the water bucket on top of it. The pa.
rents are frantic.
RALEIGH, N. c., January 25-One Of
the most sensational shooting scrapes
ever known in this part of the State oc-
CURED Monday in Chatham county. "A
school teacher attempted to whip one of
his pupils, when grown female scholar,
who was an aunt of the other scholar,
pulled pistol and shot twice at the
teacher, who ran out of the school house,
and was shot at again, the last ball max
ing hole in his coat tail.
AUGUSTA, Ga, January 29.-About
six o'clock this morning white waif, q
boy about week old, was found lying in
basket covered with worsted shawls, at
the front door of Mr.. J. T. Buffers resi-
dence, on Mercer street in Hamburg, just
across the river. The foundling was
placed at the door after midnight, and
when found was alive but only lived an
hour afterwards. The night was intense.
ly cold, and it is thought the infant was
frozen to death. There was no clue to
lead to the heartless mother. Justice
Getzeu held an inquest over the waif this
afternoon, and the verdict of the jury
was death caused by exposure. The
community is highly incensed, and will
make every effort to feret the case out
and bring the brute to trial.
ABERDEEN, Miss, January o.
About 10 o'clock this morning the dead
body of Eater Williams, aged about 80
years, was found at her home in the sub.
urbs of this city with her throat cut from
ear to ear. All day crowds of negroes
have been going to aud from the scene
of the murder, and so brutal was the
murder that feeling of indignation goes
out against the perpetrator. The woman
leaves two small children, who spent last
night with neighbo-s. Suspicion points
to her husband, William Williams, who
has been supposed to be absent from his
home. The impression prevails that the
husband returned home during the night,
and having reasons to believe that the
wife had been unfaithful, awaited the
opportunity, murdered her and left for
parts unknown.
EAsroN, Pa, Jan. 26-By premature
explosion of a quantity of giant powder
at the Glendon Iron Company's stone
quarry yesterday afternoon, Harry Peard,
of South Easton, received the force of the
explosion square in the face. Both eyes
were blown out and one of his arms was
torn out of the socket and carried about
twenty feet. Peard walked about the
room after being taken to his home, but
subsequently became unconscious and
died this morning. He leaves wife and
two children.
OMAHA, NED., January 27.-Miss
Elite Shattuck, young school teacher
who was severely frozen in Holt county,
during the late blizzard, had both her
legs amputated at Seward yesterday, and
will live. The night of the storm Miss
Shattuck took refuge III haystack, but
was unable to burrow deep enough to
prevent her limbs from freezing. After
staying in the stack forty eight hours she
was discovered by farmer and rescued.
GuYroS, GA, January ga. J. Flu
trell keeps general store. For some
time past he has been troubled Win
thieves. Not long ago burglars broke
into his store and carried off aquantity of
goods To protect his store, Mr.. Futrell
set sci spring gun inside the door at g
slight elevation from the floor, and SO
arranged that it would be discharged by
anyone attempting to enter the back
door. Mr.. George Edwards, a farmer,
who resides a short distance, went to MIR.
Futrell's house, and asked him to go to
his store, as he (Edwards) wanted to get
some goods. The two men started for
the store. When they got there Futrell
went in the front way, telling
Edwards to go round the back way,
and he would open the door. Edwards
is supposed to have run against the gun
and the whole load was emptied into his
body, killing him instantly and tearing
his body to pieces. There is q law pro:
hibiting the setting of spring guns, and
Futrell will probably be indicted for
murder.
"A woman, aged 103, was arrested
on the streets of New York recently for
being drunk and disorderly.