Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-09-04
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.


-Morehead City has shipped 25O,00O water
melons this season.
The Supreme Court of the State, after q
lengthy and laborious session, adjourned on
Tuesday of last week.
North Carolina's first bale Of new cotton
was received in Wilmington on the 2Sth ulti-
mo, and sold for 123 cents.
- The notorious carpetrbagger, Judge Tour
gee, has shaken the dust of North Carolina
from his feet and moved to Colorado.
There will be six or seven miles of track
laid down on the Cheraw & Wadesboro Rail-
road during the present month.
The Raleigh News says: From the pres
ent indications, the next State Fair will be
grand success. Ample preparations have
been made, and all anticipate grand display
-Messrs. j. A. Cole, E. A. Mofitt and one
or two more of their neighbors have COM
menced building cotton factory at Foust's
old mill, on Deep river, in Randolph. Ran
dolph already has seven factories in operation.
The Raleigh Observer says the salt spray
thrown DIP by the late storm at Beaufort has
killed nearly all the trees there. The effect
is about the same as that of fire, upon the
foliage, which is brown and shrivelled. The
elm trees were specially injured.
Among the recent graduates Of the New
York Deaf and Dumb Institute, is Jesse Bun
ker, son of Chang, one of the Samese twins
Chang left two sons and live daughters, one
of the latter being also deaf mute. Jesse
goes to Mount Airy, N. G., to take charge of
a fine farm left by his fatker.
AT Asheboro, Randolph county, last Fri
day, T. P. Bowman, a white man, was hanged
for the crime of wife poisoning, committed in
the Spring of 1877. The case is originally
from Rockingham courty, where it was
moved to Gulford and thence to Randolph.
This is the first execution under sentence Of
civil court that ever took place in Randolph.
1t is estimated that six thousand persons were
present.
- Quite serious accident occurred on the
stage line from Asheville to Henry, last Fri.
day afternoon AS the stage was coming
down steep hill, some eleven miles from
Asheville, the coupling bolt broke, precipita-
ting the passengers, stage body and all upon
the ground. Five persons were wounded, one
seriously. The wounded are: j. M. Leach,
Jr., hand, shoulder and head, slightly T. c.
CASTOR, Esq, of Chester, S. c., foot; Mr.
Peter Ray, sprained leg; Mr.. Grant, shoul-
der dislocated; Mr. Hines, cut in the hand,
and one other passenger, whose name was not
ascertained.
Says the Asheville Citizen of last week {:
We mentioned last week that there were two
Mormons at work in Cherokee county. We
learn that they succeeded in making several
converts, when the people quite handsomely
tickeled the preachers with hickory twigs in
ducing them to leave the country in haste.
Not content with this, the citizens thought 1t
advisable to "tickle" the converts also. One
fellow complains that the tickling was done
while he only had his shirt to protect him.
The "converts," some thirty in number, In
cludng several females-indeed majority OF
the converts are women-have sold their goods
and chattels and are about moving to Utah.
POLITICAL NEWS.
1t is said that the Democratic Congress-
men from Illinois are already moving with
the view of sending solid Hendricks delega-
tion from Illinois to the next Democratic ma
tional convention. Congressman Morrison
and Townshend are credited with being the
prime movers in the matter.
The Democrats Of Washington county,
Miss, have nominated colored man for the
State Legislature.
A letter was received in Washington on
Saturday from Gen. Ewing, He says he is
very confident of his election as governor OF
Ohio, that the people are enthusiastic, and
that the vote will be large. He says also that
he believes he will get the whole greenback
vote.
The Baltimore Gazette furnishes the coun-
try with the very important information that
eff the National Democracy want to be sue
cessful in 1880, they must nominate candl'
date who can be elected"
There is strong probability OF split IN
the Democratic party Of Georgia. Gov. Col-
quit has determined to be candidate tor re.
election, and strong minority says he shall
not be elected.