Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-10-10
the discharge of artillery. 1t is supposed to

the discharge of artillery. 1t is supposed to
have been caused by some change in the po-
sition of the irrepressible Bald Mountain.
- Mrs. Vance, mother of Governor Vance,
died at the residence of her son, Gen. Vance, on
the Swananoa river, in Buncombe county, on
the 4th instant. Mrs. Vance was very
aged lady, and had for several months past
been declining rapidly.
= The Memphis Appeal says: Among the
many volunteers who have come to our assis'
tance, none have rendered more valuable ser.
vices than Mr.. R. P. Waring, Jr., of Char
lotte, N. G. He fills responsible position in
the nurse department of the Howards.
Revenue Agent Chapman telegraphs from
Statesville to the internal revenue depart
ment, that on the 3Oth ultimo, Captain A. G.
Bryan had just returned from a raid on
South Mountain. He captured and secured
twenty seven packages of about one thousand
gallons of whisky and brandy, two stills and
three caps, three stllworms and ten bushels
of meal. and destroyed four thousand gallons
of mash and beer and one hundred gallons OF
low Wines He was fired upon and Special
cial Deputy Longs horse was killed.
MERE. MENTION.
The subscriptions in Paris for the sufferers
by yellow fever, amount to over $4,000. Of
which the French President contributed ST.
900. '.'".Senator Thurman was taken sud
denly ill, while addressing large meeting at
Bel-Air, Ohio, on Monday night of last week
His condition since has but slightly im'
proved '..'...'The State Republican Conven.
ton of Texas met at Dallas on the 1st instant
The platform adopted endorses the Republi
can National platform of 1876, and the ad'
ministration of President Grant South
Carolina received $4,000 of the Peabody edu'
cstional fund during the past year. ''''''''The
Boston Journal says that Kimpton has con-
cluded to return voluntarily to South Car.
olina, he having been promised good treat.
ment. ''.'.'".'At Cleveland, Ohio, on the 3rd
instant, F. G. Minor, convicted of grave rob-
berry, was fined 500 and costs of the prose
cution, and sentenced to four months in the
ork.house, by Judge Updegraff, of the Po
lice Court. .'....''"For the month of Septem
Der, 1878, the failures and liabilities in New
York were fifty per cent. less than for Sep
tember, 1877. ......'.In New Y York, on the 3rd
instant, U. S. Grant, Jr., called on Mayor
Ely, and said he had received instructions
from his father to hand the Mayor a check
fer $500 for the fever sufferers, which direc
ton he then fulfilled. . ...a -....
Sixty-fve recruits have recently been for
warded to Bismarck, Dakota, for assignment
to the Seventh Cavalry. .''''''''' Previous to
the appearance of the yellow fever in Mem
phis, it had population of 10000. The
population is now reduced to $500 whites
and 5000 negroes '''''''''The shock of an
earthquake was felt at Newburg N. Y, on
Friday last. A rumbling noise preceded
and succeeded the shock, which was heavy
enough to rattle windows and awaken people
from their sleep. .'''''''''"Honest" John Pat
terson was at Salt Lake City on the 24th
ultimo. '''.''".The Bank of Glasgow, (Scot'
land) failed last week with deficit of three
million pounds sterling.