Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-12-11
whom the creditors will be summoned to

prove their claims, and the case will be pre-
sented for final hearing at the April term.
An order was granted permitting the receiver
of the road to tender bills of the bank of the
State of South Carolina in payment Of State
taxes, and to litigate points of law thus
raised.
No definite action has been taken by the
legislature in regard to the election of Chief
Justice. The resignation Of Associate JUS
tice Haskell has created vacancy about
which there is no doubt. There are several
candidates for this position. prominent among
whom are Gen. Samuel MCGOWAN, of Able
Vile; Judge w. H. Wallace, of Union ;
Judge Kershaw, of Camden; and Judge
Presley, of Charleston.
- Frederick Schmidt, of Columbia, brought
suit against DR.. E. B. Turnipseed for the re-
covery of his arm, which the Doctor amputa'
ted in April, 1878. The petitioner is Ro.
man Catholic, and wanted his arm to receive
a Christian burial The Doctor wanted it
for scientific purposes, and had preserved it
in alcohol, and declined to surrender it unless
he was reimbursed the cost of preparation,
some six dollars. On the advice of the Court,
Schmidt paid the money and had the salts
faction of burying his arm.
The United States Circuit Court met in Co
lumba on Monday of last week, but adjourn
ed without disposing of any business, in conse
quence of the fact that under the Act of March
3, 1879, allowing the defendant the right Of
appeal in all the criminal cases where the pen
atty was over three hundred dollars, all reve
nue. and other cases other than the election
cases on the docket, should be remitted to the
District Court. Otherwise, the defendants
would be deprived of their right of appeal un
der the statute. This relieves the Circuit
Court of nearly all the criminal business
There were number of civil cases on the
docket, all of which 60 over to the April
term. The Circuit Court is now sitting in
Charleston.
- A fire occurred in Greenville about three
o'clock on Sunday morning last, which de
stoyed the Academy of Music, recently com
pleted, the drug stock Of Sloan & Brothers
the grocery stock of Sloan, Luce & Taylor
and other valuble property contained in the
building, and the three stores underneath it
AS far as can be ascertained, the losses are
as follows: Building and furniture, owned
by eagle & Co., $4,000; insurance $4,000
Sloan, Lee & Taylor, stock, $4,000; insur
ance $4,000. Sloan Bros. stock, $1,000
insurance S3OOO F. w. Poe & Co.,. dam
ages about $500; fully insured. w. E. speir
furniture, &C., $1,000; no insurance. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
- The regular annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Charlotte Columbia and Au
gusta Railroad Company, was held in Colum
bia on Wednesday Of last week. The direc
tors submitted their annual report. for the
year ending the 3Oth September, 1879, ma
king the following exhibit: Gross earnings
s47S,4916l, expenditures s437 ,491.72, mel
earnings s4O,526.S9. The business of the
present year has netted SS4,959S1 over that
of 1878. The profit and loss account shows
s1O5, ,121.S9 to the credit, and the increase Of
trade of the towns and villages tributary tc
the road gives good promise of the future
prosperity of the road. The debt of the com
pany represented in bonds, bills payable, &C
counts, &c, is s2,639, ,O43.41, and the amount
of capital stock outstanding liable for divi
dends, $2,392,OO0. Col. j. B. Palmer, who
has held the office of President for the past
seven years, rendered his resignation, which
was accepted, and Judge A. G. Haskell, AS
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court was
elected to supply the vacancy. The resigna
ton of Col. Palmer will not take effect until
the 18th instant, at which date Judge Has
kell will enter upon the discharge of his du
ties.