The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-02

A oolored child years old was burned TO
death on the premises OF Mr.. McCoilum, at
Baton Rouge, In Chester county on Tues
day afternoon.
Miss Kate Tresoot, o sister of William
Henry Trescot, and Of the late DIR. George
E. Trescot, died at Greenville Thursday
after lingering illness from paralysis.
She was IS years old. She was born ia
Charleston.
Capt V. Z. McBss, general superinteud-
emit OF the Richmond and Daaville railroad,
has contributed trainload of wood In the
shape OF crosssies 70 the poor OF Columbia
1t win be distributed by Mrs. Boozer and
Mrs McMaster.
The city council OF Greenv vile has decided
TO grant license to whisky dealers for not
less than three months nor more than six
months. Sixteen saloons there pay 81, 900 a
year each and the loss OF this revenue will
be blow 10 the city.
The Rev. Marion Dargan, the agent of
the Columbia Female College, has estab-
lished his headquarters in the college build
ing He will at once begin his work in the
interests Of the college and the accumula-
tion Of q fund for the enlargement Of the
college.
The preliminary examination of nine
men, charged with the killing of ]. r.
AdTbtTt lcuordi cAcCtlOu manager at 1Ol-
lands store, Anderson county, on election
day, began at Green vile Wednesday before
Commissioner Pawlin Hathorne. Carter
killed three men before he was killed. A
number were wounded in The bloody riot.
At Timmonsville, Florence county. Tues
day night, the store Of d. MoLendon, gen
eral merchant, was burned with the con-
tents. Value of stock, $6 900; of building,
$1,000. Insurance on stock, $1,000; on
Building, $1,000. The residence Of j. q.
Bird and the store Of w. q. Rose mar
rowly escaped, and were only saved by the
snow.
Isaac Wen, for many years large cloth
ing dealer of Greenville, has assigned to l..
Rosenthsl for the benefit of bis creditors.
A meeting of creditors will be held on Jan.
4. The liabilities are over $50, 900, and the
assets WILL probably be sufficient to pay so
cents on the dollar. The largest creditor is
the firm OF Strauss Bros, Baltimore, about
$4,000.
Robert Stenhouse (colored) shot and
killed Martin Sims, q white man, in the
lower part OF Greenville county, near Fork
Shoals, Wednesday. Stenhouse had
suspected bis wife OF being intimate with
Sims, who was unmarried. He found Sims
and shot Sims, terribly mutilating his face
and putting out both eyes Stsnhouse sur
rendered.
A horrible tragedy was enacted at Well
Ridge, In Chester county, Monday after
noon In the shooting and instant killing OF
! ]. J. Gibson by j. II. Barnes. The homicide
| occurred at a shooting match at which tur-
keys were the prizes awarded. Coroner
| Chisholm was summoned to the scene TO
| hold an inquest. IL appears from the evil
! dence that in a close shot between Gibson
and Barnes the judges made a decision
favorable to Gibson. Barnes was dissatis-
fed and remarked to Gibson: "I'll get even
with you.h Barnes went into a house near
the place OF the shooting, loaded his gun
and came into the crowd. Gibson and DR..
j. w. McAllley were engaged in converse
tion when, unobseryed by either of the two
Barnes approached TO within three feet OF
| Gibson and fred the whole load of duck
shot into Gibson's breast. Gibson fell back
and died instantly. In the excitement aud
confusion Of the crowd and in the horror OF
the bystanders the murderer made good his
| escape. The deceased was an industrious