Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-03
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- The wheat crop of Abbeville county is
reported to be in fourishing condition.
Judge Mackey was in Columbia on Sat-
urday last.
Blue Ridge Scrip was sold in Columbia
last week at two cents on the dollar.
Eight Circuit Judges are to be elected
during the next session Of the Legislature.
ID. NJ. Felts has been appointed census
taker for Lancaster county.
- Lawson Melton, son of Attorney General
Melton, has been appointed to cadetship at
West Point.
Complaint is made that the traffic in
contraband whisky is very active in Union
county.
- The Times says that the wheat crop in
Union county bids fair to be better than it
has been for many years.
The Governor has removed, for cause,
Alfred Tolleson, Auditor ofSpartanburg, and
appointed A. G.. Merrick as his successor.
-Neage's Bridge, in Columbia, is adver-
tised to be sold under foreclosure of mortgage,
on next Monday.
- The Governor has accepted the resigna-
ton of B. G. Yocum, as one of the commits
sioners of election for Chester county.
- The new steamships between New York
and Port Royal are said to be the finest on the
coast.
The Washington light infantry, of Charles
ton, will take part in the Bunker Hill centen-
nial, at Boston, on the 18th instant.
Spartanburg is about to make arrange
ments for the building of water works, and
the town council has had meeting relative
thereto
- Mr.. George N. Reynolds, father of Lieut..
Reynolds of the Kings Mountain Military
School, died in Winnsboro, ON Saturday last,
from an attack of paralysis.
- At an election held on Monday last,
Spartanburg county voted in favor of making
subscription of one hundred thousand dol
lars in aid of the Spartanburg and Ashevile
Railroad.
1t is stated that the Comptroller-General
and Treasurer have funded about s6,000,OO0
of State bonds under the act providing for
that mode of the settlement of the public
debt.
- The announcement is made that there is
but one pauper in the Orangeburg county poor
house. Whether there is but one pauper in
the county, or the poor house can only sustain
one, is not stated.
Quite number of COWS have recently
died in Abbeville county from bleeding at the
nose. 1t is a new disease in that locality, and
no means has yet been discovered of arresting
its progress.
- Governor Chamberlain has recently ap-
pointed H. L. Flanagan, a notary public for
Fairfield; and B. T. Miller and James F.
Steele, trial justices for Lancaster county.
He has also removed A. B. McKenna and j.
NJ. Belk, trial justices for Lancaster county,
TO supply vacancies in the Legislature,
caused by the resignation of members from
Beaufort county, at an election held in that
county last week, S. Green was elected Sena-
tor, and w. J. Whipper and - Simons,
Representatives.
The State penitentary is rapidly filling up,
having last week received six accessions from
Lexington, five from Abbevile, three from
Laurens and two from Lancaster. There are
now two hundred and seventy-six convicts un.
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Judge Carpenter has ordered special
term of the Court of Sessions for Richland
county, to convene on the 9th of July, for the
trial of the cases against ex-Treasurer Parker.
The preparations for taking the testimony of
Kimpton, who is in New York, are we'll ad-
vanced. Both sides are busy, and c. D. Mel
ton, who is of counsel for the ex-Treasurer,
has gone to New York.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Nicholas w. Woodfn, a prominent citi-
zen of Asheville, died few days ago.
The Monroe Enquirer has entered upon
its third volume with Aattering prospects of
continued success.
"A squad of troops has been sent into Iad'
kin county for the better enforcement OF the
revenue laws.
The Presbyterians of Shelby have about
completed new church edifce, which IS
we'll arranged and beautiful building.
Rev. w. w. Gwinn, formerly Baptist
minister at Shelby, N. G., died at the residence
of Mr. A. Ragsdale, Meridian, Miss, on the
10th ultimo, after an illness Of three days.
Shelby is now connected with the outside
world by telegraph. The railroad will soon
be completed to that town, there now being
but four miles of track to lay and IL bridge
to build across Buffalo creek.
- The operation of the usury law is loudly
complained of by the State press. Banks are
closing their business, money is seeking IN
vestment in the adjoining States, and business
enterprises are languishing.
The sentence of Owens, who was to have
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