Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-03-05
SOJJTH CAROLINA NEWS.

published.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Smallpox has again made its appearance
in Camden, through the medium of a colored
visitor from Charleston.
E. H. Abel, of Chester, proposes to erect
steam saw mill at Whitakers station on the
Airline Railroad.
Twenty-four German immigrants arrived
in Abbcville, last week, and we're provided
with homes.
- Rev. John Bachman, the eminent Luth-
eran divine, died in Charleston, on the Oath
ultimo, in the eighty-ftth year of his age.
There are at present about two hundred
convicts in the pcnitentiary, only one of whom
is female.
- The income Of the Greenvlle and Colum-
bia Railroad during the month Of January,
was about $4,000, being larger than in any
month of its pat history.
- The Airline Railroad is said to be in
trouble, on account of the non-payment of
interest on the bonds and the threat of the
bondholders to enforce their mortgage.
- In Columbia last week, at auction, $4,000
Laurens Railroad coupons sold at 4Oc; sl4,-
800 Blue Ridge coupons at 4Oc, and $4,000
Blue Ridge bonds at SOC.
"A weekly mail line has been established
between Rock Hill and Lancaster Court
House a. i. Watts, of Lancaster, is the
contractor.
S. C. Millet, formerly Superintendent Of
the Port Royal Railroad, died at the Wheeler
House in Columbia, of typhoid fever last
week.
- The Chester Reporter says that Judge
Mackey celebrated the anniversary of Wash
ington's birth day by lavish display of Uni
ted States flags and the repeated firing of
salutcs.
- Mr.. John G. Steele, who resides near
Rock Hill, came near losing his house last
week by the breaking of Il kerosene lamp.
The oil caught fire but was fortunately
smothcred with a shawl.
james Warmoth, q harness maker by
trade, and formerly a resident of Yorkvile,
while in state Of intoxication, froze to death,
week before last, in the vicinity of Lewis
Turn Out, on the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad.
- Robert Stewart, who was convicted Of
rape in Lancaster at the April term, and
sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary,
has been pardoned by the Governor, upon
the recommendation Of the Judge and Solic-
itor of the Circuit.
- The rule established in the Eighth Cir
cult by Judge james l.. Orr, by which the
jurics gave only half the amount Of old debts,
has been reversed by his Honor Judge Cook,
and at the last term of the court several YER
diets were obtained for the whole amount of
old debts.
- Superintendent Jillson reports to the Leg
islature that the amount of outstanding and
unpaid school claims for the fiscal year ending
October 81, 1871, is $4,000, and for the year
ending October 81, 1872, is 5000, 1856, and for
the year ending October 81, 1878, is s22,O71,
making grand total of S3O6,256.
- The Columbia Union- Herald is "credibly
informed that one of the delegates from Char
lesion, who spoke loudcst at the late Conven-
ton of Tax. payers of the hardships poor tax
payers suffer- has never been known to make
a return since the war closed, nor has paid a
single dollar taxes except in the way of re-
| demption, and that on remarkably easy
! terms"
- The Rock Hill Grange Of last week says: {:
ave are glad to be able to correct the i'm
preston that Col. Jones has made Charlotte
his home. He has not forsaken his adopted
State and we hope never will. Capt. lredell
Jones, who for several years merchandised in
our town, and who was so intimately con-
ncctcd with its early history, has entered one
of the large grocery houses Of Charlotte.
: While we are sorry to lose our young and
energetic friend, we are glad to know that he
still considers this his home and has not rclin-
quishcd his citizenship"
Attorney. General Melton has written a
letter to the President Of the Senate in which
he urges the appropriation Of $4,000 for the
employment of additional counsel, when ne
cessary, to represent the interest of the State.
Three separate suits of importance have been
ordered by the General Assembly to be in
stitutcd, viz: one to recover the $4,000 of
the Sinking Fund unaccounted for by Finan-
cial Agent Kimpton one to recover the Agg-
ricultural Land Scrip, valued at $4,000,
from the same officer, and one to compel a
general settlement with kimpton. Besides
this litigation, the Attorney-General is assured
that two suits will be commenced against the
State during the year-one involving more
than one million and the other over FIVE mil
lion dollars These last named suits proha-