The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-04

Ter lost two-thiris Of his supply # pro
visions for another yesr. L. r. Jenkins;
colOred tenant, lost all his corn, fodder, rice,
hay and seed from four bales Of cotton.
Old Anthony Brisborne was riding to
Camden Thursday on his wagon, and an
other dArkey, a stranger, asked permission
TO ride a short way. His request was
| granted, After being in the wagon short
time the stranger whipped out aTaZor and
demanded money. He then cut and beat
the man who had been kind enough 20 let
| him ride, Jumped of the wagon and went
into the woods.
Blacksburg has a land and Improvement
company. It seeks authority 70 purchase,
| hold and sell real and personal property,
erect hotelsE and other buildings, water
works. gas or electric light plants, and TO
do all other things permitted by law in the
interest of the company. The capital stock
will be $40, 900, in shares Of SlOG each, 20
per cent..to be paid in cash or property, and
1T may be increased TO $4,000.
A woman having the appearance Of
well-bred and well-born lady last week made
her appearance in Edgedeid, and was the
object of much charity and hospitality from
the ladies' OF the town. She represented
herself to be Mason, having taken the
third degree. and also that her money and
trunk had been ST. len from her in Augusta
| After she had left town with fat purse, IL
was discovered that she was an impostor and
professional beggar, most ungrateful and
undeserving.
! The A. Z. Hampton faction, Of the Col
ored Fair Association, is pushing it's cause.
| Hampton, with Ellison NJ Weston of
Gadsden, and H H. Ely Of Abbeville, ap-
Piled 70 the secretary of state Wednesday
for a charter FOR the Colored Agricultural
and Mechanical Association of South Caro-
| lima, with a capital stock Of g., Q00in shares
at 81 each. The purposes stated are the
promotion of the various interests of the
colored race by holding state fair annu-
ally In Columbia, and buying and selling
agricultural implements aud real estate.
| At Barnwel, Wednesday, John J. Hef-
fernan, formerly of BlacSville, but for two
or three years merchant OF Barnwell, was
shot near the eye and instantly killed by
| Riply johnson, colored man in charge of
Col Mike Browns z in house engine, in the
restaurant of Mitchell Adams, another
colored man. There was some trouble be-
tween the parties Tuesday, and Hetfernan
was put under bond to appear before
council Wednesday. The verdict of the
coroners Jury is that he was feloniously
slain by Ripley johnson, and that Sam
Lee, Alfred Grant, and Mitchell Adams are
accessories before and after the fact
A mysterious mid-air explosion is reported
to have occurred on the morning of Oct. r.
IN Pickens, Greenville and OcoDee counties.
| Several parties living just below Anderson
say that they heard the report, and thought
that an explosion of some sort had occurred
in the city Other parties living near
| Denver, several miles north OF Anderson,
report that they distinctly heard two loud
| reports, sufficiently heavy to rattle the
glass in the windows. Others say that each
| report was accompanied by bright flashes
OF light Similar reports are brought IN.
4 from other sections Of the county. The
general supposition is that it was a meteofic
kexplosion.
- At Ashley junction, a few days ago. a
negro was cooking his rations at the cross
ing OF the Charleston and Savannah and
South Carolina railroads, when four white
tramps crowded him and tried TO rob him
OF his rations The negro, to save his
rations, took them I'D and ran into another
negroes house near by The negroes of the
Junction, hearing the cry of their troubled
brother in black went to his assistance and
| jumped on the tramps and gave them a
good thrashing, beating them on their
heads with large sticks They knocked
tnem down two or three times, but three of
them escaped. One, however could
not run fast enough to escape the
negroes, who crowded upon him a
second time, when he ran into
Q. +. 'Hottinger's store and cried for help
The negroes we're right behind, hitting him
about every other jump, and afterward
| gave him few more in the store for good
measure. The tramp cut O negro in the
arm. leaving a cash about three inches in
length. The negro then went in search of
| physician to have his arm attended TO.
The tramp remained in the store about two
| honrs. He. gave the clerk Waterbury
watch to protect him until he could escape
further punishment : Then he jumped on a
| freight train bound for Savannah The
clerk and Mr.. Hottinger had to arm them
selves with revolvers. and double barreled
| shotgun to protect him.