The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-16

r. Megil and w. f. Russell are candidates
for the legislature in Kershaw county
Col James Z. Davis fell between the cars
at Windsor Friday and both legs were
| crushed. He is trial justice and re-
/ spected citizen.
Work has begun on the rebuilding Of the
/ handsome brick building u Capt j. Robert
| Lindsay of Yorkville, that was recently
destroyed by fire.
Edgar II. Freeland, young white man,
| was killed at Plum Branch, in Edgetield
| county, on July 3, by the caving in OF a
clay mine in which he was wo king.
The Barnwcll Light Infantry has been
organized with the following officers John
+. Allen, captain; Theo J. Simons, John
j. HefferIan and n. e. w. Walker, lieuten-
ants.
A committee Of ladies has been organ
| lied in Georgetown for the purpose Of rails
| ing a fund to purchase a handsome silk flag
| TO be presented to the Marion's Aea OF
! Winyah.
A. Mop. Handy has been unanimously
reelected superintendent Of the George
| town graded schools and principal OF the
! academic department at salary Of S1,2OO
| per year.
An ancient pane of glass has been dis
| covered at the Olympus mansion in George
town, now owned by r W. Macusker, that
has been there since 1870, with the owners
name engraved thereon.
The asse. sment Of personal property in
York county amounts to 81 693, PIG. against
! $l,6l3, l45 last year real estate, 50 2SI5i5,
against 1920, GAO last year; railroads, $439,-
| 041, against s455, 595 last year.
| William II. Foster. of Spartanburg, has
| pecan trees ten years CID that grew from
! the seed. They have a fine crop of nuts
| this year. He also has coffee trees that
grow well AMI bloom, but never fruit.
Prof. Joseph Holmes and wife of the uni
| versity OF North Carolina are visiting rola-
tiveS at Laarens. Prof. Holmes, while
| there, will make some meteorological in
vestigation of the native rocks of Laurens.
The adiutant general hos received in
voices of United States uniforms for the
companies at the following places Fort
Motre, Bennettville, Blackville, Union,
Woodruff, Pickens, Greenyile, Edgefeld
and Anderson.
W. J. Roddey and Ed Poag have become
| owners of the telephone line connecting
Yorkvie and Rock hill They propose, at
an early day, to substitute for the phones
| formerly in use the Bell instrument, and
will put their line i'll good working order.
Last Tuesday white man named O'Brien,
living in the lower part Of Lexington
county, accidentally killed one of his chill
dren. 1t is said that he was beating his
wife, when the child ran between its
parents and was struck and killed by its
| father.
Robert Trotter, of Pjckens county, not
| long since had about $3.50 stolen from him
While he and his wife were out about the
lot tending to the stock a thief broke into
his house, carried the trunk about half
| mile, broke it open. and, besides the money,
carried away several valuable papers.
Nose Hampton was stabbed TO the heart
by Gus Gray on Thursday morning aud
was killed Instantly. near Hamburg. Their
children had been quarrelling and GRAY
tried to stop them. Hampton interfered,
knocked Gray down, got on him, and was
| stabbed while on Gray. He is now in jail
The examination of applicants for the
| four Peabody scholarships in the Nashville
normal school was held at Columbia
| Thursday. Last year South Carolina had
seven vacancies to fill in the Na,hvi t.
! school, and there were fourteen applicants.
| This year there were but four scholarships
| for the state and tweaty-seven applicants.
Archie ThompSon was bitten the other
! day by ratttesnakem Georgetown county
He drank about quart OF whisky and kept
! down the poison until the doctor could
arrive. Tee snake struck him in the left
leg, few inches below the knee cap, and it
| swelled to an immense size. DR.. Sparkman,
the attending physician, says that his
patient will probably recover
Senator Butler has accepted the invita-
! ton TO be present at the confederate sur
vivors reunion on Thursday of Greenville's
gala week next Wees and to deliver an adj
| dress to the veterans Gen. =. NJ b.
| Young of Gle rgin, a noted confederate
cavalry leader, has also accepted an invi-
| tatiOn to attend Senator HamptO1 las
been invited and will probably come al
though he has not been heard from vet.
! Gov. Fl 2hugh Lee will certainly be here
The declaration of the Berkeley pho,-
| phate company was Fl, d in the Office OF the
| secretary of state ihurSda and a commits
sion was issued. The board of corporators
consists of William B. Chisolm and J. Bach
man Chisolm. The principal place of bust
ness will be on the Northeastern railroad,
at or near tha Ashley junction. The general
! purposes of the company Is to manufacture
fertilizers from phosphate, etc The capital
stock will be 100000, divided into 400
shares of 500 each.
| Union county is not backward in putting
! out candidate. Up to this date tine follow
| ing have been announced: LegiSat1rc-T..
| q. McKi.sick, A. Frank $ NTH, S L. West.
| {. b. Ccbo, Cooley B. Fowler Clerk Of
| court-Thomas II. Gore, Joseph H. McKis-
| sick Sheriff. Gideon Long. Auditor
| W. w. Hughes, Nat B. Morgan Treas
urer-J. B. T. Scott. Coroner-Cha, les
! Bolt. T. J. Greer, School commits Toner
| NJ. L. Lemaster, W. NJ Foster William
McGowen, Miss Z. A. Carrier.
At Columbia Wednesday, the case of the .
5 south Curoliua steamboat company against
! the South CarHlina railway company wa
taken up in the civil court. Col. Haskell rep
resented the raj road and Senate. y i.
! Smythe tie It 'amboat company. This was
a suit for $4,000 damages for the obstruc-
tioH Of the COngaree river by the railroad
] Iilrt at IA o. Ia ~
| to dismiss the case on the grounds that it
| dldnot contain sufficient facts to cons tute
cause of action Maj. Smythe opposed
this motion, but Judge Hudson granted it
| Col Haskell then asked for further time to
! open the bridge Thi, was not granted. l.
Is now the duty of the sheriff of Richand
county to opea the bridge.