The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19

"a confident that the whole ~ tire indehled
nrss acainsi the concern WI De- wiped euL
Tho state hoard oI railroad equalization has
nos uufshcd wsfh the assessments or INC fla,s'
several oi the roads have pfeeeast4 " 80
petitions % the soara The board has eela
one meeting laf has 30 consult aaain before
makinF final deolsion.
Al statesburr H. r. Thomas haa bis garn
and stable an one building burned siesg
night. with three horses and colt ana ms
buggy and harness Whoever burned ~ must
have been a most determined incendlary, as
it poured rain on and on ali night ana every
thing was thoroughly drenched-
Al Columbia on sunday last party OF
bows OF the sixth grade who we're not pro
NOTED brickuatted the residence OF lhelr
teacher. an accomplished and sincere youhs
lady. The attack was as unWarran,Ie,aq, az -. ~
was outrageous. Chief OF Police heoShhe nus
been asked 70 look into the matter
March Holiday o. negro. was brought 70
OrangeburR Wednesday charged WIN Ou!s
larry. IL Is said that there Is also pretty
strong evidence against Holiday lot tnS
burning OF 3. O. Williams store and dwell
ing al Parler's on last saturday morning lust
before-day The burning OF MT. Nllilans
property was evidently the result on Jhe IN,
cendiarys torch He lost over SSVD by w
FIRE, and had no insurance. His family pafely
escaped with their lives.
Two petitions for county dispenser are in
circulation at Laurens The petitioners aie
M. G. Langston, ex-c0unty auditor, ana AuHl-
son II. sullivan It is said that they nave 70
getrer ohtained within twenty or thirty OF
majority OF the freehold voters OF the town
II is not altogether likely though INA" WI, w
necessary mum Der will be secured. Inc DUST
ness men OF the city are for the most part re-
fusing to sign the petitions, ana IL Is pOsSloie
that very few more names Will be secured.
Benjamin Osborne. colored sailor on the
coastwfse schooner Augustus Welt met WIN
quite painful and possibly fatal accident az
Charleston Tuesday. Osborne was WORKING
at the capsten and was preparing 70 weigh d
the anchor when by some mistake tne WIN t
lass slipped and struck him, Knocking nun
down and whirling him around several times
before 1t could be stopped. The injured man
was taken to the Marine hospital, where, up
on examination, ii was found that the eones
of his right arm had been shattered ana ms
chest and head had been terribly bruised, De-
sides internal injuries.
Gov. Tillman has pardoned c. 2. jackson
(white), who killed ". II. Brooks at Dillon
in 1889, jackson was convicted of murder
and sentenced to be hanged. During Gov.
Richardson term OF ONCE his sentence was
committed to imprisonment for life. In Au-
gust, 1892, q petition for Jackson s pardon
was presented and to-day he Is free man
Both Judge Norton and Solicitor johnson de-
clihed to make any recommendation saying
they had done What they thought proper at
the time and thatNthe evidence would have to
show what ought now to be done. A strong
petition accompanied the papers.
At Greenville the storm of Monday night
renewed itself Tuesday morning Into ter
rlhc rage q crashing thlnQef anu bIaLihs
lightning. Between and O'Clock it reached
a climax. The air was charged with cleo
tricity darting along the telegraph and telo-
phone wires shooting in and around dwell
ings shocking very sensihly and severely
many people. The house OF Galloway Smith,
on Mulberry street, was struck and negro
man, John Brown, standing at the house OF
Mrs. Eping about forty rods distant, dropped
dead from the severe shock. There was not
a scorch or mark on his body. Every one In
the immediate neighborhood were more or
less shocked. In the west end horse was
killed. The dwelling Of Mr.. Binlay in Coifee
street, was struck The well house Of Mr.,
Garraux was torn to pieces and sixty tele-
phones were burned out.