Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-11-20
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Rev. VIM. Curtis, IL. D., of Limestone
Springs, died recently at Walthoursville, Geo
William G.. Davis, of the firm Of Dowie
Noise & Davis. Of Charleston, is dead.
- The Governor has issued proclamation
appointing November 27, as day of thanks
giving and prayer.
A meeting of the stockholders ofthe Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Com
pany will be held in Columbia tomorrow.
- The Senate has rejected the appointment
s. A. Hawkins as trial justice for Union
county.
Governor Moses has appointed j. B. Toll
leson one of the County Commissioners for
Spartanburg county, in place Of II. D. Floyd
resigned.
- The Board of Commissioners of Election
in the matter of the city council election in
Charleston, has decided against the protest
of the citizens.
At the recent fair in Columbia, Col. j. P,
Thomas, of the North Carolina Military In
stitute, entered twelve cadets from his instl
tute to show what one months effective disci
plne and tuition can accomplish"
The Phenir says that in consequence o1
the money stringency, a considerable number
of employees have been discharged from the
shops of the Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
ia Railroad.
The Chester Reporter of last week, say:
that John G. Mackorel, of Blackstocks, was
tried recently in Winnsboro, on a charge O.
receiving stolen cotton, convicted, and sen
fenced to pay fine of twelve hundred dol
lars.
- The November term of the Supreme Cour
commences at Columbia on Tuesday next
25th instant. The third circuit will be callee
first. The first case to be heard by the cour
involves the homestead question, as recent!
decided by the Supreme Court of the United
States.
The Lantern says: "The depot of th'
Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, a
Rock Hill, was entered on Saturday night o
last week, and the money.safe forced. For
tunately the agent had locked up only some
eight dollars in fractional currency. In for
cling the safe, which was done with sledg'
hammer, the rogue must have mashed hi
hand, as marks of blood were left upon tht
floor. Nothing but the change was taken
"A large number of persons from this ane
the adjoining States were in attendance OF
the State Fair in Columbia last week. Th'
number of articles on exhibition was not 81
large as on some previous occasions, yet th'
display is said to have been quite credtable
considering the financial condition of th'
country and the general stagnation prevail
ing. The horse-racing seems to have beer
one of the most attractive features of the oc
casion.
In caucus of the Republican party, il
Columbia, one night last week, Tim Hurle.
charged that Judge Moses had received s25,
900 and Judge Willard $4,000 for the de
cision in the Morton, Bliss & Co., mandarin
case. The correspondent of the Charleston
News and Courier says that "Chief Justice
Moses and Judge Willard have sent letter
through Gems. Elliott and Smalls, demanding
retraction of the language used by Hurley
or the production of the evidence upon which
the charge is based. Hurley says that with
view to comply with the request that he shoul'
produce the evidence, he intends to publisl
in few days card in the dalies Of Charles
ton, New York and Columbia, calling upol
any and everybody who ever knew or heart
of the Supreme Court acting corruptly, t.
come forward and say so"