The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-29

Camden, was destroyed by fire about s
o'clock Wednesday night, 1t contained
two stories. The loss Is fully $6,000 There
was $500 insurance on the property.
The property and effects of the Fishing
Creek Manufacturing Company, near
Edgemoor Station. was sold at Chester
Wednesday under order of the circuit
court F. H. Barber, president of the
company, was the purchaser. The price
paid was $4,000
A commission for a charter has bsen
issued to the Charleston Retail Dealers
Protective Association" The companv
proposes among other things, to furnish
ratings of business firms, and one of it's
purposes is Ito protect merchants a gainst
giving credit TO irresponsible parties. &"
The corporators are A. M. Cochran and
s. Bowman, Jr.
A negro woman, Jane Williams. was
Killed at chester Wednesday night by the
north bound passenger train of the South :
ern railroad. She was standing on the
track and was discovered by the engineer
too late to stop the train The wonan's
skull was crushed and her neck broken
The verdict of the coroner's jury EXEMPT
ed the railroad from any blame for~the
occurrence.
Fire destroyed, on Saturday night. the
warehouse, at Chester, with all contents
OF Isaac n. Cross, together with about
lorty-hye bales of cotton on the platform
Of the southern railroad and two loaded
cars belonging to the Chester and Lenoir
Narrow Guage railroad. Mr.. Cross loss
is about 81, 400 or sL5OO. about one half COW
cred by insurance. The origin Of the fire
is now known.
Henry Brady, railroad employee. who
resides at Is John street at Charleston
was the victim OF fatal
accident Wednesday on the East
/ Shore Terminal track near Mar
shifting cars and was knocked down by
an approaching train and run over the
cars passing over his right leg, cutting N
off; both arms were also injured, one being
fearfully mashed.
At Florence Wednesday morning vbe,
King Rhodes drug store was opened
for business by Charles Wallace. The
clerk, the safe was open, the drawers in
side broken into and the papers scattered
over the floor. The drawer which had
! contained $500 Of DR.. Rhodes's money was
! open and tho cash gone. There was az in
the safe that belonged to King & Rhodes;
! this was taken also. The entrance to the
| store was effected by unlocking the lack
| door with key or pair of nippers. which
! may have been used to turn the kew in the
| door. AFTER entering the building and the
safe being In dark room he had fun
nation, Chief OF Police Turbeyiue Az
rested man by the name Of Smith on
/ suspicion.
Samuel Orr shot and danEerouslv
| wounded David Weir Saturday morr.pr AZ
! Weir's place near Rdgeway Three IS
cahbre balls still remain IN Weirs body.
and orr received a flesh wound, the beli
/ klanclng. Weirs chin was split in two
| by one ball, but Or. W. r. Mood, without
assistance, forced upon the closed teeth
| and performed the difficult operation on
/ uniting the broken bone with wire stitches
/ enabling Weir. who could not speak pre-
| VIoualy 90 toll how the affair happenod
/ Weir was also beaten mp beyond rccorpi-
] zion with stick by orr. whose brother
was present, after the shots fellcd Weir.
The quarrel was the renewal OF "a fight of
the cay before. whom Weir got the better
or II, Gossip connecting orr ana n
woman caused the trouble There have
! been no arrests.