The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-31


Mrs. Dolly b. Hale. wife Of J. j. Hale.
/ OF Brooksvile, died az her home ia
. BrOoksville last Friday evening after "a
+. lingering illness of fourteen months.
A shark feet and 9 inches long was
I caught by G. Perry Friday night while
J fishing on Sullivau's wharf at Pensacola.
/ II required several pistol balls and the
( aid OF about a dozen men 10 land the
/ monster on the wharf
/ A bad dog belonging to Mrs. Noyse, col
ored, at Waldo. bit in nine places the
! daughter Of Rev. Jenkins, also cOlored. in
/ the house Of the former, whittier she had
| run from him, and it was only on being
1 beaten of with a chair that the brute was
| arrested in his fury. The girl was badly
injured
Edward Bolts, of Santa Rosa county.
charged with trespassing on government
lands, was arraigned before United States
/ Commissioner w. W. Potter at Pensacola
on Wednesday. He waived examination
and was released on bail of $3.50 for his
appearance at the next term Of the United
States court.
Last Monday a fierce bolt of lightning
came very near ending the life of little
Guy, the siX-year-Old son of Mr. and Mrs
:. r. Prevatt, of BrOoksville. He was
under d hveoak tree in the yard at home
when the lightning struck right between
the forks of the tree knocking out a dead
limb, and causing other damage. The
side of Guys face was badly burned, and
he was stunned somewhat, but is now re-
covering.
Ocala New Capitol: One of the Ocala
swells had his fondest anticipations
smashed and an evening of unalloyed
pleasure interrupted one night this week
He called on his best girl with basket
Of sweet meats, but had hardly got inter-
ested in her company when three stall
wart members Of the Ocala Rifles reliev-
ed him of of his occupation by marching
him to the armory where he was made to
mark time. His girl also relieved him of
his choice selection of fruits and candies.
Barlow Courier-Informan Mr.. L. c.
Stuart, real estate agent, has completed
the sale Of 600 acres Of phosphate land to
New York syndicate, represented here
by Mr.. G. G.. hIemmeuger. at 81 an acre
The purchase was a part of the celebrated
tract owned by the Alfalfa River Com
pany, which is composed very largely of
Barlow people. IT lies about eight miles
due west OF Barlow and one mile south of
the Bone Valley plant, and is in the
heart of one of the finest deposits in the
state.
Ocala New uCapitol: The party
who swindled the people of Wildwood out
of $500 last week, by pretending to be a
Snowman, was in town last night and sold
an Ocala boy round trip ticket to Jack
sonville for 81 80. The ticket turned out
to be one of Rowe's Chicago tickets and
good nowhere except at his place of bust
ness Joe Mcpherson captured the chap
and held him some time waiting for an Of
hcer, but finally, firing of his job, turned
him loose. He went by the cross-tie route
in the direction of Leesburg.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Eastern Building, Banking and
Loan Association, of Syracuse, n. Y,
has organized a local board in Columbia
A negro by the name of Joe Palmer
was murdered five miles from Greenwood
Friday night. HIS body was found by
the roadside Saturday morning. Suspf-
cion points to another negro, Tom Toll
bert, as his assassin.
English Bethune, aged 6 years, was
struck and instantly killed by Lightning
Wednesday afternoon. He was playing
in the yard near tree which was struck,
there being no rain at the time. He was
a son of I. r. E. Bethune. and lived in
the Lynchwood neighborhood near Cam
den.
The secretary of state has issued a com
mission for a charter to the Anderson
Breeding and Trottiug Association of An
derson, 5. c.. The purpose of the asso-
citation is to breed and train fine horses
and build and operate race track. The
corpOrators are J. ID. Maxwell, ]. S. Fow-
Ter, NJ. =. Tribble, l.. l.. Gaillard, j. w.
Bruce, William Laughlin and others.
A house on the corner of Republican
and Sumter streets at Sumter, belonging
to Mrs. S. f. Hurst, was burned Thurs
day morning at o'clock. The house was
val ued at 81, 800 and was insured for
81 mn EuDapn HOuap bo vT-a- I;vyipr- l.,
the house, was with difficulty aroused in
time to escape. He saved only few ar
tlcles of clothing and furniture. His in
surance amounts to 300
A Council Of Chosen Friends was in
stituted at Sumter Thursday night with
thirty charter members. The following
officers were elected; Past chancellor, J.
d. Graham; chancellor, ID. Rosendorf;
vice chancellor, j. M Spanu; prelate, G.
L. Rhame; secretary, p. p Gainard;
treasurer, G. w. Hammell; marshal, j.
A. FoxwOrth; warden, M. Mannheim:
guards, W. a. Burgess and r. A. Law
renee.
The superintendent of education has ar
ranged for the following colored teachers
county Institutes: Barnwell, Aug. IA to
Is; Aiken, Aug 2l to 25; Edgetield, Aug
q 10 Sept. l; Anderson, Sept IL TO Is;
each to be conducted by Prof. J. f. Wal
lace, OF COlunOla. Spartanburg, Aug.
IS; Union, Aug. IA; Laurens. Aug. 2l:
each to De conducted by G. G. Scott, of
Spartanburg, Marlboro, July 81; Able
vile, Aug. z to II, by l. N. Cardozo.
Thursday afternoon Sam Fair and
Simmons Walker, working in field on
Col, Taylor's plantation near Columbia,
got into an argument about the probable
outcome of the crops this year, which
grew to n heated discussion, ending in
Fair hitting Walker a heavy blow in the
head with his hoe, cutting big cash
and knocking him insensible. The front
part of the skull was crushed in DIR.
Ray made partial examination, but is
as yet unable to tell whether the injuries
will result fatally or not. Fair made his
escape and has not yet been arrested.
The famous case of George Turner,
convicted of murder, furnished another
sensation at Spartanburg Friday when
Turner was sentenced to hang Sept 1.
Turner is one Of the most prominent citi-
zens in that section. One year ago he
killed Ed Finger, whose sister he had
seduced. At that time people made des-
perate efforts to lynch Turner, using a
cannon in bombarding the Jail, but the
prisoner was got out Of the way Later
Turner tried to blow up the Jail with
dynamite when the decision vent against
him. Friday the entire population of the
county was there and the citizens were
all armed to the teeth They were de-
teFmiued that there should he no hitch in