The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-18

SOUTH CAROLINA.
a railway Is to be bult from Gaffney to
sparianburg.
A day or two ago lightning struck the
weather vane on the opera house at New
berry and knocked half Of the large balls
OF.
Lieut.. James S. White and the other SOL
diers Of Rock HH. home on a furIouQh.
brought about $50 with them from Chick
| amauga.
The Paris Mountain Hotel and property
| adjacent thereto have been sold to the
Rev y. J. Holmes OF GreenvilIe for 5000
I Mr.. Holmes win DISCONTINUE the hotel and
establish instead Bible training school
The trustees Of the FSun Female Col
/ lege, Estiu S. C.. propose erecting a s25 90
! building at an early day. The money for
! the college VIII be raised among the peo-
/ pie Of Estlll ana the farmers Of the sur
! rounding county
W. Henry Sudduth, OF Highland town
| ship, Greonyile county, who was convict
! Cd at the March term OF court. 81. of com
hitting an assault on. his wlfe's sister. has
| been taken 10 the pennentiary 10 serve a
seutence FOE life.
The Home Telephone Company Of Spar
tanburg has applied for a charter and they
| expect TO organize very soon and begin
| work. They have nearly 800 subscribers.
| and propose 20 connect with twelve to
twenty neighboring towns in three or four
! counties.
S. NJ. Snlpos, who has been running John
| Bakers mill, near Kershaw, for some time
met with a horrible death last Friday. He
was accidentally caught in the betting in
| some way and hurled to his death nv the
| rapidly revolving machinery His head was
| crushed. his arm torn of ana both legs
| broken.
| Mrs Sue Cobb Of Greenville was very
severely injured recently by cow. Mrs.
Cobb had just finished milking and in at
| attempting 20 rise she tiDped and fell
and before she could regain her feet the
| euraged animal jumped on her, bruising
| her severely She managed to get OUT
| Of the way before the COW could gore her
but the Injuries she suffered are internal
and may prove serious.
The southbound passenger train No. II
struck a double team belonging 40 w. II.
Crawford, az a crossing one-half mile east
Of Central Friday, killing both horses in
stantly and demohshlug the carriage. Mr..
CrawfQrds son, who was driving the
team was thrown thirty feet from where
the team was struck, but escaped without
serious injury one of the horses was
thrown nifty yards ana the other thirty
five yards
During a very severe electric storm at
rlantersyille, q few days ago, there were
q number OF casualties ON Sandy Island
one ucero was killed ION Upper Waccamaw
three negroes were shockcdion Lower wac
comaW, near Georgetown, one negro was
killed, and two shocked; on Pee Dee one
OK was Killed and a negro shocked. The
storm seems to have been general IN
| Georgetown county. CaterpiAars are re-
ported IN the rice from SEVERAL sections.
W NJ. Crayton. a grandson Of the Hon.
b. l.. Crayton, was killed at his grand
fathers home, near Anderson. Thursday
while working with throshcr A docs.
cned bolt caused a disarraugement OF the
machinery ard the machine was entirely
torn 20 pieces, fragment cutting mo
young mans throat ana another striking
him I'm the breast HIS death was ipst,.,-
taucOus. A negro was also struck bv n
| piece OF iron, which fractured his tbirn
and les, causing his death also a few
hours later
There has been a strange and pathetic
instance Of dogs devotion 10 a child
, az Clifton +. j.. Chapman had a how
baby a year Old, ana IL became sick five
weeks ago, ana grew worse and weaker
an the time. Sometimes it would 80 two
or three days without eating 'afythlna.
and is fcll of 10 almost skin and bone
and died Mr.. Chapman also owned a