Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-09-23
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


chants of Charleston, have suspended
Governor Chamberlain has appointed
Asa Darby trial justice for Chester county
In Georgetown county last week, party
of hunters killed sixteen deer.
Thomas Owens, Judge of Probate fo1
Laurens, died in that county on the 3rd in
slant, after protracted illness.
Mr.. J. B. C. Smith has been appointed
treasurer of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au
gusta railroad.
A large bear, weighing four hundred
pounds, was killed by party of hunters II
Horny county, on the 18th instant.
james L. Strain, of Union county, has
been appointed by Hon. L. Cass Carpenter
special deputy collector of internal revenue
for the third collection district of this State
Last week, the following persons were
elected municipal officers for the town of Un
ion: Intendant- Rodger; Wardens-
John L. Young, James Grant, W. A. Mich
olson, David johnson, jr.
- At meeting of the bar of Aiken, helc
few days ago, resolutions exceedingly com
plimentary to Judge Maher, requesting the
legislature to reelect him, and asking Hon. 4
B. Elliott to present the matter to that body
were unanimously passed.
On Tuesday the train on the Air-Llnt
railroad encountered a bull on the track, neal
Gaffney's, and striking the animal, ran ovel
it and was thrown from the track. Three
cars were wrecked, and the baggage master
Jones, had leg broken, which will have te
be amputated.
- The News and Courier positively denies
the truth of a rumor in circulation in the up
country that yellow fever exists in Charles
ton, and says: "There is not in Charleston
nor has there been this year, single case O.
yellow fever, mild or severe, nor has there
been any case of fever which by any ingenu
ty could be tortured into yellow fever"
Gov. Chamberlain authorizes the Union
Herald to say that he has received official in
formation that the militia arms collected by
Col. Parmele and placed in the Jail at Edge
field court house, are found to be untouched
ard in the exact condition in which they
were left by Col. Parmele. This statement il
made to correct the rumor that some of tht
arms had been surreptitiously removed.
At the municipal election in Spartanburg
last week, Col. Joseph Walker was elected
Intendant, and H. H. Thomson, S. T. Pointer
James D. Hunt, George Legg, j. R. Little
and H. S. Ball, Wardens. The effort to tak'
the sense of the people of the town on thu
question of license was failure, and the new
council are at liberty to grant licenses for th'
retailing of spirituous liquors or not, as the.
may think proper.
At meeting of the State Board Of Equal
ization, held in Columbia last week, the sew
eral railroads in the State were assessed TO
taxation, per mile, as follows: Blue Ridge
s7,242; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
$4,000; Chester and Lenoir, $4,000; Green
Vile and Columbia, $4,000; orth-Eastern
$4,000; Port Royal, 1921; Richmond ane
Atlanta, $500; South Carolina, SlO,OOO
Savannah and Charleston, $4,000; Laurens
81 900; Spartanburg and Union, s4,6l5.
- The Blackville Sun mentions that th'
former slaves-now freedmen-of DR.. w. II
Hagood, upon hearing Of his great loss-th
burning of his fine mansion and its contents
that they, scattered as they were, volunteered
their services to cut timber for him for tn
purpose of erecting new dwelling, and ther
are, to our certain knowledge, about thirty o
them on his plantation, working like faithful
servants, without pay, helping their old mas
ter. This is an instance of the kind feelin!
and sympathy of the colored man for his lat
master which deserves mention, and shoul'
be put down to the credit of the colored race