Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-06-05

our Leading, ana seemingly mosC honest ciIi'
zens, and his departure has created quite a
sensation of surprise among his friends. He
has small family, and is about thirty five
years old. His surelies have taken the steps
to make good the amount of his defalcation.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Mrs. Yates, an estimable lady, mother of
the editor of the Charlotte Democrat, died in
Fayetteville last Thursday, aged S6 years.
- In CASTOR county there are forty.two
bonded government distilleries in active ope.
ration, converting each day about 25O bushels
of corn into whisky. ...
A. A. Alexander, of Mecklenburg county,
shot and killed a gray eagle one day last
week. The bird measured seven feet three
inches from tip to tip.
- Alexander Turrentine, colored, in the
employment of L. R. Wriston & Co., of Char
lotte, was killed last Saturday morning by
the explosion of soda fountain.
BY recent decision in Florida, Judge
Bradley rendering the decision at Jackson
Vile, the Western N G. Railroad loses over
one million dollars.
Sixty convicts, to work on the grading Of
the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad,
have arrived at Greensboro and commenced
operations This road will connect Green's
boro and Fayetteville.
- All, save twenty-one, Of the convicts at
work on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad
have been turned over to the Western N. G..
Railroad. The number retained are to work
on the bridge over the Catawba.
- Mr.. A. M. Finley left Marion on the
2Sth utimo, to take short walk in the
country. He sat down on the roadside to
rest, and died in lis seat Just a year ago, al
most to day, his wife dropped dead in their
house at Marion,
Greensboro is an important fur market,
as may be seen from the following purchases
by one firm the past season, who bought 1856,
2O4 rabbit skins, 9,717 o'possums, 1880 musk.
rats, zoos minks, 1,249 coons, 2O4 fox, 81
offers, SO skunks, % house cats, 19 wild cats,
for which they paid about $4,000.
- The Charlotte Observer Of Sunday pub
fishes the particulars of the killing of young
white man named Bales by negro, in Meek
lenburg county, last Friday. According to
the report of the Observer, the homicide was
committed under circumstances of unusual
barbarity.
- The navigation of the South Yadkin,
by steam will soon be an accomplished fact.
DR.. John Ellis, of Iredell, is building steam
boat, with an engine of sixteen horse power,
to ply between his mills at the mouth of Hunt.
ing creek, in Iredell, and Hairston's mills
in Davie county, distance of fifteen or
twenty miles, making connection at the lat,
ter point with the Mooresville and Winston
Railroad.
The Raleigh Observer compliments and
complains as follows: South Carolina rail
roads are run in the interest, at least in the
mail interest, of its people and newspapers.
In most parts of the State Charleston papers
are delivered at breakfast time, and in every
county in the State they are delivered on the
day of publication. The people have an in
terest in the markets, and the railroads see
that their wants are supplied. In North Car.
olina-well it takes two days to carry mail
eighty miles. g.
- The Statesville american reports sever.
al robberies recently committed in that place
and vicinity by an organized band, most OF
whom have been arrested. The names of the
parties implicated, which were divulged by
one of them, Moses Murchison, colored, after
arrest and another person to whom they, the
burglars, told of their exploits, we're: H. M.
Millen, at large, and Alex. Bradwell, white,
Lewis Woodsides, Tom Roseboro, Jim Rine-
hart, at large, and the above mentioned
Nose Murchison, colored From the evil
dence taken before U. S. Commissioner James
c. Anderson and,E: b. Stinson, Esq, it seems
that Millen was the originator of the gang.
He is a young man Of most excellent family,
and unfeigned surprise has been expressed at
the downward course he has taken, while his
family have the entire sympathy Of the COM
munity fer the cruel blow he has dealt them.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.