The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-25

augurated as first President. and the other,
an aged man, makes the following state
Inent; Il am the father Of nineteen chill
dren Lave sister who has family OF
twenty-four children. Ny mother and
father had thi tv-one children. l had
thirty brothers and sisters
The return of the Horse Shoe Mining
company was made to the secretary OF
state Tuesday and charter was issued.
The capital stock of $4,000 has all been
subscribed. The directors, c. @. Pinckney,
Jr., William Gregg and William Gregg,
Jr., elected William Gregg president and
Z. q. PInckney, Jr., secretary and treas
ure". The contrary will mine phosphate
rock near Horse Shoe bridge, Colleton
county.
The declaration Of the corporation of the
Edisto Savings Bank of Orangeburg has
been filed in the Office Of the secretary of
state, and a commission for the formation
OF the corporation was issued. The capital
STOCK will be S15, 900 in shares of $25 each.
The corporators are John A. Hamilton, B.
Il. Moss, s. G. Dibble, The6. Kohn,
George W. Brunson, John W. Feirev, W.
3. thompson, Samuel Dibble and j. w.
H. Dukes.
Three ts,shaving a total frontage of
elghty-one feet on Richardson street, at the
rner of Plain street, Columbia, were sold
at auction Tuesday, by Thomas Agnew and
=. r. jackson, executors of the estate of
the late John Agnew, and were subject to
mortgage of sl5, 900 made by Mr.. Agnew
to Thomas Miles, of Philadelphia. j. C. H.
Iroeger opened with o bid of $4,000 and
the bidding proceeded until the property
was knocked down to j. L. Mimnaugh at
S24200, or So, 200 more than the amount of
the mortgage.
A little sensation was produced in the
Fork" Thursday morning by the finding
| OF waif on the front piazza Of residence
about two miles from Orangeburg. The
| residence is occupied by two elderly maiden
| ladies by tae name Of Smoak. Their sur
| prise can be imagined at finding on their
| piazza a basket containing little baby
| The infant is white, and a little girl.
| Accompanying it was a note asking Them
| to care for it, and for the present call
| its name Jessie. Compensation for their
| trouble is promised.
June 30, 1850, D. E. Jeter of Union
| county killed his brother law, James w.
| Busby, and fed the state Twenty nine
| years have passed away, and yet that man
| is held to-day for the crime committed
| generation ago, and will be brought H. trial
in the county which he left before the
war" Here is one case where justice, if not
as sure" as the proverb makes it, is Ger
| taiuly slow" Governor Richardson on
| Thursday last forwarded to Sheriff J. G.
| Lolg OF Union county requisition on the
governor of Ten 1essee for the delivery of
Jeter, who was held in that state.
Col. Jas. A. Hoyt, commissioner from
South Caroline to the Washington Iaau-
gural CentAnni4l at New York, has f +
warded to Col. S. V. r. Cruger, chairman
| of the military COMMITTEES, the names OF
| the following companies a, being certain If
| attending: Butler Guards and Greeaville
| Guards of Gcaenville; GovernHr's Guards
and Richland Volunteer Rifles ot Columbia !;
| Washington Light Infantry, German Ar
tillery and Palmetto Guards Of Charleston,
| and Morgan K fles of SpartanbuFg, Spe-
cial low railroad rates will be given and all
visiting military viii be entertained free of
| cost by the New York soldtery.
Musical clubs are being organized all
| over the state. In speaking of the home
| organic ition, the Orpheas Club. the
! Ct lumDia Record says: From here were
sent forth the Ferninger trothers, who
| gained world wide reputation; Joseph Hart
| Denck, WAC delighted the crowned heads of
| Europe with his skill at the piano. Here
| too was born Madame Brignoli, and tae
| Carrie boys received their traini e, and
| now the VisansiSs children 20 out TO main
| tain the reputation of the place by their
marvellous skill Many more might be
| named who are in our borders now whose
voice or fingers have made them famous
At Washington, D. c., Friday, ex-Coa-
| gresham Robert Small' was engaged in
his old business as pilot, having in charge
a constituent named DR.. Crum of Charles
ton. The latter has cast a cnvetous eve
upon the postoffice a ID It's s., 200 salary
aud desires to GUST Mr.. Mowry. He claims
| to have petition signed by 5000 citizens
| of Charleston indorsng him for the posi-
| tion, and he also bases his desire for the Of
| flee upon the fact that he was one of the
| Presidential electors on the republican
| ticket i'll the last campaign. Smals aud
bis satellites had an interview with the
| President, but it was of short duration, and
| nothing definite was elected as to the Presi-
| dents Intention in the matter.