Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-05-06

of 1856, and the seven per cent. first mort
gage bonds issued since the war (amounting
together to about million dollars) and to
the payment of coupons, etc. The remaining
100000 will be applied to the payment of
the funded interest bonds Estate guarantee)
and the eight per cent. bonds and other claims
The State, under the decree, will be RESPONSE
BILE for any amount of guaranteed bonds not
provided for out of the proceeds of the sale.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
"A new postofice. to be known as Byers-
vile, has been established 10 miles south of
Shelby, in Cleveland county.
The Statesville american learns that Jno.
Young, public.spirited and useful citizen of
Iredell county, fell dead while walking in his
yard on Wednesday of last week.
David Dudley, of Raleigh, the oldest
printer in the State, and halfbrother Of c. P.
Pelham, Esq, of Columbia, is dangerously
sick.
CASTOR Superior Court is in session this
week. The most important case for trial is
that of Ellwood, charged with murder, which
case was moved from Cleveland county.
- The Charlotte Democrat says the wheat
crop in that section is not damaged to half
the extent as was supposed when the heavy
frosts occurred.
IS. G. Homesley, who has been on visit
to Texas for the past s or 10 months, returned
to Shelby last week. The Banner reports
him to be remarkably we'll, and as jovial as
ever.
- The Shelby Banner says that T. P. Wells,
of that place, has in his possession sword
that is thought to have belonged to Colonel
Ferguson, who was killed at the battle of
Kings Mountain.
- The Winston Sentinel says the revenue
officials are wantonly, and in violation of law,
destroying whisky distilleries in Yadkin
county. 1t learns that Solicitor Dobson in
tends to indict them.
Publication having been made by mis-
take that the Legislature had passed an act
giving assistance to soldiers of the Confedera-
cy who lost limbs in its service, the Raleigh
Capital states that no such act passed, though
it did pass the Senate.
- The effects of the storm last Saturday af-
ternoon were severe as far east as Concord.
In that town the roofs ofseveral houses were
damaged or blown entirely off, and at Char
lotte few houses in the suburbs were blown
down.
In the municipal election at Raleigh, last
Monday, the Democrats carried eleven out Of
seventeen aldermen. The aldermen elect a
Mayor. This is the first time since the war
that the city has gone Democratic. Durham,
Salisbury, Hillsboro, Charlotte, Henderson
and Warrenton elected the Democratic ticket.
cleveland county will have banner at
the Mecklenburg centennial celebration ap-
propriately inscribed as memorial Of the
victory at Kings Mountain. This battle was
fought on the 9TH of October, 1880, and was
a crushing blow to British rule in the Caro-
linas.
Owens, the murderer of Cheek is to be
hanged in Lincolnton on the 28th of May, in
stead of the 26th, as we stated last week.
Since sentence was pronounced on Owens, he
has made confession, which is printed in the
Lincoln Progress. From this confession it
would seem that liquor was the prime cause of
the commission of the deed. We will endeav-
or to print the material portions of the con-
fession in our next issue.
The Statesvile american has been at
some pains to ascertain the extent of damage,
by the recent cold weather, to the wheat crop
in that section, and learns from farmers in
different counties, that the injury is by no
means extensive. Early wheat has sustained
partial damage, but that late sown, compri-
sing three-fourths of the average crop, has
sustained no damage at present visible. The
same paper reports that the apple crop in
the mountain counties will be fair average,
but peaches and cherries are lost.
Judge Brooks of the United States Dis
t1ict Court, in addressing the grand jury Of
the court sitting at Elizabeth City last week,
said that the criminal features of the civil
rights law in which they, as a grand jury,
we're interested, was unconstitutional. He
said he agreed in opinion with Judge En-
mons, distinguished Judge of the Circuit
Court, who had recently charged the grand
jury of his circuit that the law was unconsti-
tutional The charge of Judge Dick, of the
Western circuit, recently delivered to the
grand jury at Greensboro, is substantially
the same as the construction placed upon the
law by Judge Brooks.
MERE.MENTION.
The Marquis De Caux was recently shot
in duel at St. Petersburg. With the excep-
ton of his title and wealth he was only noted
as being the husband of Adalina Patti, one of
the most famous singers of this generation,
who was born in Charleston, S. C.'''''''''A
disastrous conHapration occurred in Oshkosh