Newspaper Stories for Chatham County, GA   Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) June 26, 1822 The Duel Accounts from Charleston and Savannah state, that the long expected duel between Mr. McDuffie and Col. Cumming, had taken place on the 8th inst., at Tuckaseeking, in Carolina, about forty miles from Savannah, and that Mr. M Duffie was wounded, it was supposed mortally. Col. Cumming s ball struck him in the side, and lodged near his back bone. At the date of the last intelligence, he was in a state of delirium.  Amer. Sen. [Submitted by Nancy Piper] Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) April 2 1823 Page 4 Savannah, March 3 Accident  Mr. S. Fenner, whilst engaged in taking down the steeple of the Old Presbyterian Church, fell from the same, this morning, between 9 and 10 o clock. The height from which he was precipitated is estimated at about seventy-five feet  and strange to say, he did not break a bone or sprain a limb. After being bled, he was removed to his lodgings, and is, we understand, as well as could be expected.  Repub. [Submitted by Nancy Piper] RETURN ©2006 Genealogy Trails