Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
accidental Death of John HOyle.

- The Charlotte Observer of the 21st in
stant gives the following account of the acci-
dental shooting, on Saturday previous, Of Mr..
John Hoyle, of Lincolnton, mention of which
was made in our issue of last week:
Last Saturday morning, a party of young
men of Lincolnton, among them Johnny
Hoyle, a youth of about fifteen years, went
out d-hunting from that place, and about a
mile from the town there befell young Hoyle
an accident which in a. few moments resulted
fatally. Separated little from his compan-
ions, he stood upon the eastern end of the
railroad trestle mile west of the town, lean
ing upon his gun, his right arm over the muz-
zle, and the breech of the piece resting upon
sill. Suddenly the gun, upon which young
Hoyle was manifestly bearing considerable
weight, slipped, and falling upon the hammer
exploded the cap, which caused the discharge
of the gun. The charge passed through the
YOUTHS right wrist and the elbow, and en-
tering his body passed through his heart and
ranging upward came out near the shoulder.
The others of the party, having their atten-
tion attracted by the discharge of the gun, ran
to the aid of the young man, but ne expired
almost instantly. The body was removed from
the track barely in time for the passage of
the western-bound train, and was conveyed as
QUICKLY as possible lO LlllCOlllGOll 1Hc lu-
neral took place Sunday.
The CASTOR County Distilleries.
49, On the subject of the alleged illicit trans
actions of number of the distilleries in CASTOR
county, which reports created considerable
comment in this section, the Charlotte o.
serrer of last Thursday has the following:
Some days since it was telegraphed over
tbo no aCc0pjotp0 that
gross revenue frauds had been unearthed in
Castor county, these having been practiced
through collusion between the distillers and
store-keepers. To investigate these there has
been gathering of United States internal
revenue officers at Gastonia, the Investigations
having began nearly a week ago. Collector
Mott, of this district, was present, with
Special Agent Chapman, Chief Clerk Colt,
Deputy Collector Jewett, Special Agent Block
er, Collector Brayton, of the district of South
Carolina, and two or three of his deputies,
sioner Pittman, of this city, who was present
to issue warrants and hear the cases.
The Investigations ended yesterday and the
charges vanished into very thin air. Com
missioner Pittman returned home yesterday
afternoon. During his sittings he issued elev-
en- or twelve warrants and had the parties be-
fore him. Of these all but four were dis
charged. and of those who were bound over
three waived examination. The parties held
are: A. b. Rhyme, A. NJ. Rhine, B. T. Nor
ris and j. w. Gamble, the last named in two
cases There was no evidence whatever against
any of these going to show fraud. 1rregulari-
ties were shown and for these they were held
to answer, but there was nothing against any
of them rejecting in any sense upon their III
tegrity There was not a scintilla of evidence
going to show collusiOn, and the prosecution
fell to the ground. Only one warrant was
executed against storekeeper-S. NJ. Morris,
at Candles distillery-and the case against
him was dismissed when the evidence was
taken.
All persons interested are to be congratula-
ted upon the result. 1t is a vindicatiOn not
ONLY of the distillers themselves, but at the
same time of Collector Mott, Special Agent
Chapman, and their subbordinates- deputy
collectors, Store-keeperS and gaugers.
The Fever Declared Ended.
"A Memphis dispatch of Saturday says a
heavy frost fell on Friday night, and thin
coating of ice formed on pools of water in the
suburbs. A thermometer placed by the signal
service officer Oh the grounds as test, marked
323 degrees at 4 O'Clock Saturday morning
The steamer Hard Cash, from st. Louis, ar
rived Saturday morning at O'Clock, being
the first boat to land at the wharf since July
oath. The weather is clear and cool.
D. T. Potter, President of the Howard AS
sociaton, telegraphed to the governor of Ten
nessee as follows
The epidemic is declared ended this day.