Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SVOlh OAhVhANh NA"os
-Diptheria is prevailing in Winnsboro, but
no fatal cases have as yet occurred.
There is convict in the penitentiary
whose heart is on his right side.
"A Home Fire Insurance Company is be-
ing organized in Newberry with capital Of
100000.
A freight engine exploded on the Green
vile railroad, Wednesday, of last week. The
engineer was severely scalded.
Telegraphic communication will be open
ed between Charlotte and Spartanburg next
week.
Matthew Williams, Esq, an old lawyer
of Chester, died at atCleveland Mineral Springs,
on Tuesday of last week.
The Rock Hill Lantern has been shown
some cotton by Mr.. John G. Steele, which is
badly attacked with rust.
Mr.. w. B. Gulick has been authorized to
start new national bank in Columbia, with
a capital stock of one hundred thousand dol
lars.
MIR. James Bailey, father of Rev. j. S.
Bailey, died at the residence of his son Will
liam, in York county, on Sunday of last week.
His age was about eighty years.
The Presbyterian congregation of Ches-
ter, have secured the pastoral services of Rev.
A. Flynn Dickson, for the remainder of this
year.
One day last week ten thousand postal
cards we're received at the Charleston post
office and were sold in few hours. The de-
mand for them is greater than the supply.
-Greenville is agitating the question of es-
tablishing a new cotton factory. The one
organized short time ago will 60 into ope-
ration at an early day.
Judge Bryan has confirmed the appoint
ments of Messrs. J. P. Southern, James P.
Low, and George w. Williams, as assignees
in bankruptcy, of the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company.
Col. Simeon Fair, prominent lawyer of
Newberry, and, previous to Reconstruction" l."
for many years Solicitor of the middle circuit
died in that place on the 18th instant, at the
age of seventy-two.
A special order from General McDowell's
headquarters, indicates that the Citadel
Academy building in Charleston will not be
evacuated by the United States forces at
present.
- The phosphate agents at Greenville have
formed an association with view to their pro-
lection against such parties who failed to pay
for their fertilizers this season, and for the en-
rollment of such delinquent names, so that in
future they may be debarred the privilege Of
purchasing on time.
john w. Settlemeyer, q carpenter in the
employ of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta Railroad Company, committed suicide
in Columbia on Sunday last by shooting him
self with a pistol. The rash act is attributed
to the refusal of young lady of Salisbury,
n c., to become his wife.
The Working Christian announces the
reduction of the size of the paper, and apollo
gizes for it by saying: "It is yet larger than
the disposition on the part of majority of
the Baptists of this State to patronize home
paper, and plenty large for the money asked
for it."
A tax payers convention to deliberate
upon the expediency of voting tax to aid in
the construction of the proposed Laurens and
Asbeville Railroad, was held at Laurens Court
House on Friday last. The Laurensvlle
Herald of that date says: Notwithstanding
the fact that some hesitancy exists among a
few, we have little doubt but that tax will
be agreed to and the county commissioners in
structed to order an election at an early day y
- The Columbia Union-Herald reports re-
cent decision of Judge Cooke, in chambers,
incidentally defining the rights of property
exemption under the homestead law. The
debtor had disposed at auction Of certain
property held to be exempt from levy and ex'
ecution, and the proceeds of the sale were at
tached in the hands of the auctioneer to salts
fy the claims of creditor. Judge Cooke de.
cided in substance that the money arising from
the sale of such property could not be attached
by reason of the property exemption"
The Columbia Union Herald says: awe
are informed by mail that on Tuesday morn
ing last most horrible murder occurred al
tho nlantot;on of Mr. Joal Ellison in the low