Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-02-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- The Town council OF Sp2rtanburg mas
decided to build town hall and opera house.
- Last week eleven car loads of Northern
ice arrived in Columbia and were stored away
for use next summer.
The IntelHgsncsr says that many of the
farmers of Anderson county are buying corn
Of the Oconee and Pickens farmers.
The Express reports that the fertilizer war
has ceased in Spartanburg, and that the farm
ers of that county are buying in as large
quantities as ever. -! IT, "~
- Notice is given that the acts and joint
resolutions passed at the late session of the
Legislature have been printed and are now
ready for delivery. r.
- The Greenville and Columbia Railroad
is running trains night and day to accommo-
date the demands for freight, consisting large
ly of fertilizers.
- The Herald says that Notwithstanding
nearly twenty thousand bales of cotton have
been sold in Spartanburg this season, there is
more cotton yet unsold in that county than
has been tor several years past.
There are about dozen candidates for
the Senatorial vacancy in Sumter county.
The county convention meets on the first Mon.
day in March to determine the best means of
nominating candidate.
Mr.. Julius Mills, county treasurer of
Chester county, settled with the comptroller
general on Friday last. His accounts were
perfectly correct, and his success in collecting
the tax is spoken of as something remarkable.
- The United States Circuit Court will not
meet in Charleston until the first Monday of
March. This postponement results from the
fact that Judge Bond is engaged in holding
Court in West Virginia, and will not get
through with the business there until the time
stated.
Accounts received from Governor Hamp-
ton since he went to the lower part of the
State, are not as favorable as the people had
been led to hope for. He was unable to at
tend the celebration of Washington's birth
day in Charleston, last Saturday, as had been
his intention to do. He continues weak and
is subject to frequent attacks of severe pain,
although his indomitable fortitude keeps him
cheerful, hopeful and in general good spirits.
The bad weather which has prevailed of late
has necessitated his confinement to the house,
although he spends his time upon the piazza
whenever there is a season of sunshine.
Col. A. P Butler, S tate Fish Commits
sioner, is on tour Of inspection of the
streams of the State, to see whether the
dams and Instructions have been removed
in accordance with the law. Colonel But
ler is very Jealous in the performance of this
duty, and he is making preparations to pros
ecute diligently any parties violating the
laws providing for the free passage Of fish.
He has already stocked several streams with
salmon and shad and as soon as all the OBJ
structions are removed, he will "plant" a
larger supply. He is receiving the co-opera-
ton of the citizens of every locality he visits,
and hopes to make complete success of his
labor of love. The Legislature gives him
no salary, but allows him eight hundred dol
lars for necessary expenses.
- In Charleston last week, Ben. Pope, alias
Rabbit, colored, who rode Mary Walton in
the mile dash on the last day of the races
there, confessed that he pulled the mare all
the way around the track and allowed Ben
Hill to win, having been paid s25 cash and a
pool ticket of $50 on Hill by the latter's own
er, S. Atchison, to do so. Atchison and the
Jockey have both been ruled off the track by
the South Carolina Jockey Club, and were
arrested and charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud, the prosecutors being persons who
purchased pools on Mary Walton. The ac-
cused waived an examination and were bound
over in the sum of $50 each to appear for
trial at the June term of the Sessions Court.
A warrant was issued against Crea, the owner
of the mare, but he has left the State. Pools
and bets have all been paid, and much indig'
nation exists in sporting circles against the
parties.