Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-29
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Five cents each, is the price of Bermuda
tomatoes in Columbia
Rev. Samuel Furman, D. D., died at
Sumter on the 18th instant, in the 85th year
of his age.
The county chairman of the Radical par
ty of Abbevlle, acknowledges that Chamber
lain is beaten, and advises the people in that
county to pay up their taxes to Governor
Hampton's collectors.
- The construction train is running five or
six miles out on the Spartanburg and Ashe-
Vile Railroad track, and the work of laying
the track is being pushed forward by Presi'
dent Duncan with vim and energy. ~
Recently at Chambers, in Marion, Judge
Townsend ordered peremptory writ of man
damus to issue, commanding A. Baruch, Sher-
iff of Darlington county, forthwith to execute
warrant issued by one of Hampton's Trial
Justices.
Col. George D. Tilman, of Edgefeld, who
was the democratic nominee for Congress in
the fifth district, in opposition to Robert
Smalls, the radical candidate, is engaged in
taking testimony with the view of contesting
the right of Smalls to the seat which the lat
ter claims
"A specimen of new metal, composed of
brass and mica, has been exhibited to the
editor of the Newberry Herald. All attempts
heretofore to melt mica had proved unsuc-
cessful, till few months ago Mr.. Raymond,
of Greenvlle, S. c., discovered the secret
He has taken out patent, and foundry
has been established at St. Louis, for manu-
featuring the metal, by company who have
bought the patent from Mr.. Raymond One
popularity of the metal, which will be its
most valuable characteristic, is its resistance
to heat, being not only infusible, but also a
non-conductor. This property will make it
specially suitable for safes. Its color is so
nearly that Of gold that only an expert can
detect the difference, and, like gold, it will
not rust by exposure.
- The Ledger announces the death at Lam
caster c. H., on the 10th instant, of Maj. B.
R. Clyburn, aged 81 years. The Ledger
says "At the breaking out of the late war
Major Clyburn entered early into the service
as first lieutenant of Company H, Second
South Carolina Regiment. He acted with
conspicuous gallantry upon every battlefield
in which his regiment was engaged. He was
severely wounded four times twice at Sharps.
burg, once at Gettysburg, and lost a leg at
Cedar Creek, Valley of Virginia: From the
position of first lieutenancy he fought his
way to major of his regiment, and was in
command of it when he lost his leg at Cedar
Creek. Since the war he has practiced the
profession of law. AS friend, he was gen.
erous and true to fault; as man, brave
and honorable. He leaves a devoted wife
and one child"
"A fire, which broke out at half past one
o'clock, on the corner of Main and Coffee
streets, in Greenville, on the morning Of the
oath, destroyed the establishment of Morgan,
Davis & Co., j. B. Miller, Westmoreland &
Sloan, and w. G. Owens, and Gilreaths Hall.
Morgan, Davis & Co.'S loss is estimated at
SIG 900, with an insurance of $4,000. j. B.
MiIler's is estimated at 81 500 ; no insurance.
Westmoreland & Sloan's loss is estimated at
$4,000 ; insurance, $4,000. w. G. Owens is
estimated at $4,000; no insurance. Three Of
of the stores and the hall we're the property
of W. F. Burgess & Co., and one was the
property of VIC. Ovens. There was no in
surance on the buildings. The total loss is
about $4,000, with s15 900 insurance. About
o'clock, the same morning, Mrs. Maudlin's
residence, on Main street, was destroyed. The
fire is supposed to have been the work of in.
cendiaries, one of whom, it is thought, has
been captured. '