The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-06-04

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

WHEELING, W. Va, May 3O.-The
home of Henry Phillips at Taylorstown
caught fire this morning, and Mr.. Phil
lips, bis wife and 3-year-old child we're
burned to death and 15-year-old boy
was so badly scorched that he died in a
few hours. Phillips had been drinking
during the night and it is believed lamp
was upset causing the conAagration.
MANNING, S. c., May 91.-A most de.
structiye hail storm passed through this
county last night. few miles below
Manning. Corn waist high is literally
ruined in it's track, and cotton will have
to be planted over, if anything is made,
and, it is quite late for replanting. The
extent of the damage has not yet been
ascertained, but is undoubtedly very
great.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., May 26.-A terri
! BILE storm visited this section Monday
evening. Lightning struck the chimney
of Sam Witherspoon's house, twenty five
miles south of here. The family were
sitting in the room near the chimney.
The lightning ran down the chimney,
tore the earrings out of MIR. Wither-
spoons daughters ears, and shocked the
family 80 that none of them have been
able to hear since.
AUGUSTA, Ga, May 29.-News of q
duel in Hiawassee College, in Loomis
County, has just reached here. During
the spring rivalry sprung up between
John Ward and Alexander Brown, who
were contesting for the place of honor.
The quarrel was intensified by dispute
about young woman. Wednesday night
they proposed to settle their differences
by duel with knives. The young men
went beyond the towns limits and fell
upon each other with tn cir barlow knives.
For some time the hacking was kept up,
and finally Ward made plunge in
Browns ribs, the knife penetrating to the
heart. Brown fell dead into the arms of
his assailaut. The young men belong to
highly respected families of that section.
New HAVEN, May 26.-The Register
tonight prints story to the effect that
by the opening of grave evidence of an
unpaid note has been found involving
persons who denied it's existence. The
paper also says the identity of the princi.
pal will create sensation when the case
comes into court. The story is that cit.
izen was guardian of two children, and
became indebted to the mother for $3.50,
giving note. When the woman died,
seventeen years ago, he said the debt had
been paid. Some time ago relative re-
membered that the note had been sewed
into the lining of the dress in which she
was buried. The grave was opened and
the note was found, faded, but in condi-
tion to be used as evidence.
GEORGETOWN, S. O., May 29.-Mrs.
Staples, the wife of Capt George W. Sta.
pies, drowned herself at Smiths Mill, in
the Pee Dee-at least this is the only le-'
gitimate conclusion 10 be drawn from her
| disappearance and the circumstances at
tending it. She left her house about 10
a. M, Saturday. The servant, who saw
her leave, says she was weeping, and re-
marked that she was "going for short
walk" Between II and Ia q little negro
saw her in the graveyard, where she was
still crying. This was the last seen of
her. About o'clock her husband became
alarmed and instituted search, in which
he was generally assisted by number of
friends and acquaintance. A note to him
was found, bidding him goodbye, and
asserting an intention to commit suicide.
On the river bank below the mills her
hat, shoes and handkerchief were found,
hanging on q small bush. Footprints
were observed leading down into the wa.
ter and under the water. These prints
showed more plainly as the water rece-
ded. No other cause for the rash act eau
be assigned than that of temporary aber-
ration of mind, growing out of continued
illness and broodipg dependency. She
left no children.
ALBANY, Ga, May 30.-Caroline
Perry, a negro woman, living near Doles,
in Worth County, had sudden and trag.
ic death Friday at noon. At that hour
Caroline, with her husband and several
other negro men and women, had gone
short distance from home to mill pond
to cut down a bee tree they had found.
The tree vas hollow cypress, which
stood in the pond short distance from
the bank. Upon the arrival of the party
at the pond, the men with their axes and
the women with pans and buckets, prep
arations we're made Immediately to rob
the bees of the results of their busy la
bors. The men rolled up their pants and
waded into where the tree stood, and soon
under the we'll directed blows of their
keen blades, the tree cracked and began
to fall in the direction where the women
we're standing. The men yelled to the
women to get out of the way, and all of
them did 90 with the exception Of Caro-
line, who, seeming to become dazed by
excitement, ran under the tree as it fell,
and was crushed to death in the twink
ling of an eye. After the woman's dead
body had been extricated from the tree,
it was found that large amount of honey
was slowed away in the top, but none of
the negroes would touch it on account of
the woman's death.