The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-18

a. Darii7zton. occupied by the family Of }. d.
Joye. was destroyed by IRE at O'Clock Tues
day morning. Much OF Mr.. Jo5e's furniture
was lost. as the flames were not discovered
until they had made great headWdy.
Holstefn and DuBose are at large, having
been parQoued by Governor Imam IheY
were the young men who carried on i've STOCK
and other property from Lees, we're pursued
ly a posse and arrested. after one mad been
so badly shot that it was necessary to alnpu-
tate his leg.
Chester is 10 become a city. the bill to lin
corporate the ,isy % Chester introduced by
Representative Brice. having passed the
House OF Representatives ana II Is taken LOT
granted that senatorial courtesy VIII help
the measure through the upper branch OF the
general ASSEMBLY.
The le gislature's Joint committee appointed
last year 20 consider the separation OF TIE
blind from the deaf ana Il institute, re-
ulaas in every way desirable. and that an
institution for the blind be estaOnShed IN
some progressive CITY.
At sumter day or two ago little 2-year old
Peter Gal agher was playing with pistol,
and unfortunately placed It against his LETT
breast while fo0ling with IL and accidentally
pulled the trigger The bullet entered the
little fellow breast The doctor saws the
wound is not necessarily fatal. but that he
cannot yet tell what will be the result.
Little Mary sharpe. the s-year-old daughter
OF Mt. RansOme Sharpe, was burned 10 death
Tuesday. The little girl was playing around
D
he's dress was lRnited. She went running Tor
her mother. but before any assistance could
he given her She was burned so badly that she
died in a short while. Mr. sharpe Is farmer
Of the CawCaW section OF OrG1geDurg county,
and is the miller for o. B. Riley.
At florence Friday the firm Of f. p Paw
ley. inc. udlng ). n. Gregg. Jr-, as spec Al
. rtner and H. p. Pawley Individually, made
an assignment for the eneLt of their credl-
tors Mr.. fawiey has teen dong large
business. running two stores. one. general
merchandise, the other FentS' furnishings
exclusively. II was general surprise 10
everyone A meeting Of the creditors is
called for Lee. p, V. VI. Hammer IS the
assignee.
Mr. Csphas Pipkin. q white. man about .
wears old was in DARLINGTON Tues lay. and
left in the afternoon. His wagon and horse
got home without the owner and driver, and a
search was at once instituted. wednesday
morning Mr.. Pipkin was found on the road
side his skull crushed by blows from tho
board used as a wagon seat, and his neck cut
with knives. No clue has as yet been
ascertaiued. either as to the perpetrators Of
tnls dastardly act, or as to the causes Mr.
Pllkln lived at Lamar, and was about SIX
miles from home when found He was still
alive Wednesday, but the attending physl.
clan had no hope Of his recovery.
Charleston News and Courier: A. S. Row
ell, Of the Piedmont cotton factory. who hap
pens to lie in Charleston on business, has
kindly presented the h eWs and Courier pho
tOgraph. the story OF which is someH hat euii
GUS ana LuLCEtGllHE. ACOut TWO DuOAtIS AkV .
Mrs, Zimmerman. a respectable widow oil the
Piedmont neigh orhood, lost a daughter. over
whose death she grieyed with grief that
would not he coInforted About month after
her daughters d ath Mrs Zimmerman saw
one night, or dreamed she saw, by her lsice
her dead daughter, her two husbands she
having been twice a widow. and the fourth
persol she did not know, She told the story
TO her children and they assured her 1t mast
have been dream. Two or three days after
that she. being still in great distress about
her daughters death. knelt down and prayed
for some sign TO comfort her. Getting up from
her knees she proceeded to her household du-
ties, and Cesan by washing the dishes There
happened to te a clean saucer near the soiled
dishes and on this she accidentally over
turned a cup at the bottom of viii h we're
some coffee grounds. The coffee grounds in
spreading themselves out on the clean sau-
Ger formed a likeness OF mans face, which
she recognized at once as that OF the I'M
known person who appeared at her bedside
with her de eaSed daughter and husbands
= he regarded this as an answer to her prayer
and kept the saucer and its coffee picture as
sa red relic. Mr.. Rowell heard the story
ana obtained the use OF the saucer from Mrs
Timm 9Tman and had the saucer and coffee
picture photographed by Mr.. Humphreys, an
artist Of Piedmont. 1t is pho ograph thus
detained that Mr.. Royell has presented to
the News and Courier. Many PEOPLE think
that the coffee picture bears a strong likeness
to various paintings Of Jesus Christ. 1he
photograph can be seen at the counting room
such matters can judge or themselves.