Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-09-26
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Yadkinville on the night Of the 18th instant
"A considerable quantity of brandy is
being distilled in the western part Of the State
this year.
The Hickory Tavern Eagle has been sold
to John B. Hussey, who will continue the
publication Of the paper.
- The names of ex-Governors Graham and
Vance are most prominent before the public
to succeed John Pool as United States Senator.
Suit has been brought in the Superior
Court of Iredell, to foreclose the mortgages
on the Western North Carolina Railroad.
IS. T. Mickey, of Salem, will make $500
gallons of grape wine from four-acre vine,
yard.
Blasting Powder," a sort of campaign
paper published by John Spelman, at Raleigh,
has been discontinued. Sensible.
The Raleigh Neaus says that President
Grant has been invited, and has accepted the
invitation, to be present at the approaching
State fair.
- The post office at Charlotte is now an in.
ternational post money order office for the ex-
change of money orders with the German EN-.
pire by treaty between the two nations.
Andrew Strong and Stephen Lowrey have
issued a proclamation Of outlawry against
those who have been engaged in hunting them,
and offer reward of 5000 for their capture.
Horace Greeley has promised to visit the
Fair of the Farmers and Mechanics Associa-
ton, to commence at Goldsboro on the 22d Of
October.
The Robesonian says that Irving Lowrey
and Purdie Jacobs, two of the Robson out
laws, have been arrested for their crimes, and
are now in Jail.
"A term of the United States District
Court will be held in Greensboro, commencing
on the first Monday of October. Judge Bond
will preside, assisted by Judge Dick. The
docket is said to be large one.
A negro named Andy Cummings was run
over by train on the North Carolina Rail
road, near Greensboro, on Friday night of
last week, and instantly killed. He was
drunk and went to sleep on the railroad track.
Andy had been discharged from Jail only the
day before he was killed.
- 1t is said that 10000 voters in North
Carolina did not vote in the late election.
The papers of both parties claim that num-
Der as respectively so much for each party,
had they voted.
The Wilmington Star says the condition
of the cotton crop is better in North Carolina
than any other southern State. There has
been no material losses from insects, though
drought has caused some falling off in local
tiles.
The Raleigh papers complain that hand
bills, advertisements and circulars are distrib'
uted in the churches of the city by placing
them on the pews and seats. The practice is
quite common in the Baptist and Methodist
churches.
An additional force of three hundred men
has been placed on the Wilmington, Charlotte
and Rutherford Railroad, to commence gra'
ding between Wilmington and Charlotte.
Telegraph Offices are already opened at all
the principal points along the line of this road.
In the Raleigh collection district there
are in operation 400 distilleries, making peach
and apple brandy. 1t is estimated that there
will be $4,000 gallons made in that district
this season, from which source the United
States Government will receive $4,000 as
tax, at 10 cents per gallon.
- The Asheville Citizen records the death,
in the poor house of that county, of Mr..
Wostenholmc, aged 80 years, who was cler-
gyman of the church of England, and of high
education, being graduate of Cambridge
College. He fled to this country several
years ago, on account of political offenses, but
never exercised his ministry in this country.
- The alteration between Gilchrist and
McC Clenan, in Robson county, did not result
in the death of Gilchrist, as was reported last
week, though he is lying in very critical
condition at the house Of Mrs. Mccormick,
near which the affray took place. Glchrist
had been living in that county but short
while, having moved there from South Car
olina.
The Southern Home is informed by gen.
tleman from Cleveland that United States
Marshal arrested and bound over thirteen al.
legged ku-klux in that county last week. The
same paper says that two revenue officers
of Charlotte went into CASTOR county last
week to look after the interests of the govern
ment in that direction. They had quite an ex
citing chase after a tobacco peddler, and over
took him just in time to find his stamps all
right The peddler was having little flu
on his own account.
POLITICAL ITEMS.