The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-13
SOUTH CAROLINA.

A Richland sportsman returning Friday
from a big deer hunt in Georgetown reported
that eight deer were bagged and a number OF
others seen.
sam Hall, young white man at Orange
burg, was badly bitten on the hand by a
snake yesterday. The wound was treated by
Drs. Lowman & Lowman and the patient
is doing we'll
Work has begun at Union on the foundation
for the new engine OF the Union oil mill.
They will build a brick smokes ack this time
instead Of an iron stack, and it is TO be 100
feet high. Being on a high place il will look
higher than the cotton mill stack.
Greenville News: Douglas Richmond, "
the walking gentleman from Georgia who
walked away from GreenYIlie in Mr.. Her S
russell shoes and clothing, was oyerhauIed at
Greers yesterday, on account Of his misdeeds,
description of his person having
reached there.
Piedmont Headlight: On Thursday morn
ing Deputy Marshal j. M MADDEN and A r.
SlemOre were driving a fine horse, belong
ing to Mr.. Slzemore. all at once the horse
stopped, and fell dead IN less than a minute.
1t was supposed to be a stroke OF paralysis
caused from snake bite.
A BASTARD deed was committed by col
Qred farm hand in the Fork near Orangebupg
last Tuesday. Lewis Stevens, an industrious
colored farmer, turned of a plough hand for
misconduct the hand went of. sullenly re
marking that IN have my revenge" The
neEt day Stevens went to drive his mules
from the pasture when he found one of them
dead with pitchfork plunged into its side up
10 the hilt.
Palmetto Post: While s NJ. Key was at
dinner Saturday. some one unknown broke a
rear window OF his store on Bay street, Heau-
tort raised the sash, got in, and robbed the
safe of some Y33. 4 he outer door Of the safe
was open. and the robber cut out the inner
drawer with pocket-knife belonging to Mr..
key, which was near by It is not known
who the robber is, but it is hoped he will be
OYerhauled and punished.
There was meeting a the Young Man 9
Christian Association building in Charleston
Saturday evening of the representatives from
/ the different Sunday-schools in the county,
Tor the purpose OF appointing delegates to the
state Sunday convention, to be held at
Union on Sept. 4 Each Sunday school will
have representative present This move
ment puts the county In direct line with the
great world wide Sunday school Association
A telegram received at Chester Thursday
morning from Charlotte announced the cap
ture OF Bob Halsall, one of the three negro
prisoners who broke jail here about two
weeks ago. He win be brought here at once.
He was convicted at the June term of court
Of burning the store OF A. Macdonald & Co. at
| Blackstock, sentenced TO fifteen years in the
state penitentiary and was held here in Jail
pending proceedings for an appeal to the su-
preme court
famous mule case was disposed of at
Camden Friday s. d. Latham, representing
! H. HARDY of sumter held a mortgage on a
mule belonging to 5. J.. Lang Some time
/ about the first of this year Mr. Lang offered
| to surrender the mortgaEed mule to MT La.
! than, and when Nike came in Mr. Latham
| refused to receive him claiming that his
| mortgage called for another mule law
! suit to esta llSh the ownership of the mule
! was the result. The first and second hearing
! OF the case resulted IN mlstrials; the third
! time the case was called the jurors got away
| without hearing the Sc, and yesterday the
! fourth trial came off, which resulted in favor
| Of Mr.. Lang.
Tuesday morning the 7-year-old son OF
! Henry Williams, who lives about two miles
| from Columbia, shot and killed his 5-year-olC
! brother. Mrs. Williams had gone out of the
! house for short while, leaving her three
! children aged :, 5 and years old. When she
| returned she found the 5-year-old son lying il
/ pool of blood dead Her cries soon brought
! IN the neighbOrs, who questioned the Oldest
] child as to how his brother had been killed
/ Al hrst he said-that when his brother was
! lying on the floor. he had driven nail in hi,
/ ear, but this was clearly not true, and being
/ questioned further, he said that he had gone
to trunk and taken pistol and shot him