The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-16

sergeant Of police because he insisted on
enforcing the dispensary law.
+. G. Rose has rendered his resignation
as chief Of police of Anderson. John ".
Dillingham; is acting chief until an cleo
ton is held to fill the position of chief.
The laying Of the cornerstone of the new
court house in Lumpkin, Stewart county,
has been postponed until Dec. =. be-
cause the stone will not be ready at the
time previously appointed.
Gov. Evans has offered a reward Of 500
for the apprehension and delivery to the
sheriff Of Aiken county of Green Burck-
halter the old negro who murdered his
stepdaughter, Mary Weaver near Aiken,
a few days ago.
Gov. Evans, who is chairman of the
state board Of control, remarked on Friday
that on Jan. the board proposed to in
crease the prices Of liquors in the state
dispensaries all along the line. The OBJ
ject Of the increase was not stated; Meth
er was the per cent. Of increase.
A house near Sumter, occupied by z.
G. Nichols was burned Friday night Mrs.
Nichols was awakened by the falling of
the piazza roof, and escaped from the
burning house Just in time to save the
lives Of herself and children. All of their
household furniture and 500 in cash were
lost. The house was insured for 500
A fire broke out at Allendale Friday
morning, about 1880 o'clock in the store
owned by w. V. Gilland and occupied by
X. Sharfsin and w. u. Harter. The fire
spread rapidly to the adjoining story
OF w. f. Barker and the Wilson hotel,
TO Disher & Pickrum's carriage shop and
to the Port Royal and Augusta railroad
depot; all being total loss. There was
no insurance. The loss is about Sl5OOOO.
Two charters have been issued by the
secretary of state, one. to the Cherokee
stock of the company will be $4,000. The
officers of the company are: +. G. Stacy,
president and treasurer; ]. d. Jones, vice
president, and N. II. Littlejohn, secre-
| tary. A charter was also issued to the
Charleston Knitting Mills of Charleston.
1 The operators of the company are r.
b. Lobby. 2. H. Gadsden, W. G. Chisoim
and t. s. Wilbur. The company reports
/ that 1t is ready to get to work under it's
charter.
William Grieger, who was seriously in
! jured and burned by being caught be-
| meath the falling walls of the NettIes
/ building at the fire in Manning on sun
day morning. died Thursday night from
the effects of his injuries. He was broth
err of DR.. Charles Grieger of Manning
| and was on visit to his brother at the
| time of the fire. He was at work in Dr.
! Loryea's drug store with several others
when the walls of the adjoining store
fell and all of those in the store were
seriously injured. He was the only one
fatally injured.
On last Saturday night, Frank Calling.
| a colored railroad hand, was taken from
his room near the Georgia, Carolina and
| Northern depot at Greenville. horribly
/ beaten on the head and left on a vacant
| lot for dead. 1t has been established that
no Greenwood men were implicated in any
manner whatever. The negro himself was
no. citizen of Greenwood, and those who
perpetrated the crime came in from other
quarters. It is also pretty we'll establish
ed that both white men and negroes took
part in the mobbing The injured man has
given the names of two white men who he
says did the work. Warrants have been is
sued for them, but no arrests have been
made
Near Pine Bluff, S. c., Just a short dis
tance from the South Carolina line quite
a remarkable instance of swinish feroc-
! OppnTFpd a 0aV
Marshall Williamson, a negro school
teacher, was absent from home one of
his children was attacked in his yard by
a hog. One arm and one side of the chiId's
face was eaten off by the vicious creature
before the child was rescued. There were
no grown people around at the time. and
as the child was small the brute made a
meal of it without much trouble The
child died. AS only children were present
the attack, or wether the animal attacked
it without provocation.
, Columbia State: A matter has been
! brought to the attention of the state au-
vthorities, which is to be fully investigated
on the 18th inst 1t occurred in Colleton
county. When the state board of exam
liners made the book contracts last year
: the publishers of Webster's Unabridged
: Dictionary agreed to sell that book at
$3.50 for the ordinary volume, and al
: S9.25 with the patent index. 1t has been
reported to the authorities that an agent
: of the company has been selling them all
over Colleton county at $3.50. Rumor has
| 1t that the county school commissioner
has been aiding the agent in disposine Of
the books at this price, taking the agent
: around to the several schools with him
l superintendent Of Education Mayfield has
: fixed the 18th inst. to visit the county and
7 make a full investigation. The controller
3 general has, pending this Investigation
ordered the county treasurer to refuse
, payment of all claims for these illega
D sales. In the meantime Mr.. Mayfield de
sires the public to suspend judgment OF
s e q nor g
Is found that rumors connecting him will
= the matter are true.