Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-10-24
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS,


- The Union county fair will be held on
the 29tb, 30th and 3lst of October.
The Republicans of Hampton county
have nominated ticket with only one white
man on it. 10
The Medium asserts that the Radicals
have determined to put out ticket in Abbe,
vile county, and contest the coming election
with all their power.
Richard Tozer, of Columbia, has built a
very fine engine, painted it red, and calls i,
"the red shirt" 1t is for exhibition at the
coming State Fair. ..
- Til. Charlotte, Columbia sud AugusLa
Railroad will sell tickets to the Fair in - Co.
Iumba for two cents mile each way. Arti
ces for exhibition, we learn, will be returned
free of charge.
David johnson, Jr., who was confined in
the jail of Union county for the killing Of
w. M. Palmer, of Union G. H., has been
taken before Judge Aldrich, at Chester, and
admitted to bail in the sum of $4,000. John.
son is the Democratic nominee for Jud dge oi
Probate for Union county. ~"
"A consignment of one hundred and fifty
live possums was recently received in Colum'
bia from Walhalla. They arrived by the
Greenvile and Columbia Railroad, and we're
consigned to colored caterer of Columbia,
who proposes to put them up, fatten them,
and deal them out to customers.
On the 10th instant, in the United States
Court at Charleston, Judge Bryan refused q
motion to release, on bail, the murderers Of
Amos Ladd, until due notice had been served
upon the Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit, as
the representative of the State of South Car
olina, against whose laws the prisoner had
offended.
"A case was argued in the Supreme Court
at Washington, last Monday, from the Circuit
Court of South Carolina, involving the ques-
ton of the validity of the revenue bond scrip
of this State, Issued in 1872, in exchange for
bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company,
guaranteed by the State. Decision not an
nounced.
The Radical Convention of Richland
county, met in Columbia on Tuesday of last
week, and nominated the following ticket
Senate-Andrew Lee white. House-A. W.
Curtis and E. M. Weston, colored, and w.
R. Marshall, white. There being evident dis
satisfaction, the selection of the two other
Representatives was left to the Executive
Committee County Commissioners-W. T.
Roberts, V. T. Mclaughlin, Pelham Jones,
all colored School Commissioner-Cap. Car
roll, colored. IT,. -. .. .... q.
- Mr.. G. D. Page, of Rochester, N. Y, pat
entee of an improved lime kiln, and Mr..
Waiver w. Foreacre, recently of the freight
department of the Atlanta & Charlotte Air.
Line railway, have formed a copartnership
and will at once commence the manufacture
of lime on an extensive scale at the celebra-
ted lime works located at Limestone Springs,
South Carolina. These are the only lime
works of any consequence on the Piedmont
Air Line, and the product is said to be supe-
rior for both building and agricultural pur-
poses. 81
On Tuesday of last week, the Democrat
ic Convention of Charleston, nominated the
following ticket-twelve representatives from
the city and FIVE from the country, three be-
ing colored: For State Senator-General
Rudolph Siegling For Representatives,.
Lamb Buist, j. Francis Britton, G. R Cassi-
dy, James NJ. Eason, S. G. Eckhart, W. T.
Elfe, John F. Ficken, John Gonzalez, VIM.
Henderson, G. R. Miles, A. S. J. Perry, B.
H. Rutledge, G. H. Simonton, James simons,
Jr, Rev. VIM. Smalls, George R. Walker }.
B. Wiggins. Probate Judge-W. f. Vim
cent County Commissioners-T. A. Hugen'
in, w. H. Cain, Phil. Fogarty. School Com
missioner-Rev. P. F. Stevens.
In Lancaster county last week, the ne
publicans made the following nominations
For the Senate-Joseph Clark, Esq. House
W. F. swarengin, VIM McKenna, colored
School Commissioned. S. Riddle. Judge
of Probate-John w. Twitty. County Com
missiopers-J. w. Collins, R. Elliott, }. II
Mcmillan, colored. The Ledger ls author
lied to state that Clark declines the nom