Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-02-20
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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

NORTH Carolina has the fourth largest
debt of all the States of the Union. ''' 4
= But for timely discovery, the prisoners in
Union Jail would have escaped last Wsddneess- nees
day night. .i.,an u; .a... '..- .. ".:
f- The Raleigh Ne,0s says that thus far this
year, only 9 fertilizer licenses l'avebe taken
out from the State treasury by manufacturers.
It will be some time yet before the rush for
these begins. ....,..,I .... H,y! ,q. ......; raj
- Maj. Joseph A. Engelhard, Secretary u of
State of North .Carolina, died in Raleigh
on Friday afternoon last. Under the consti!
tuition it devolves upon the Governor to fill,
by appointment, the vacancy caused by MAJ.
Engelhard's death. ...,. ,........ III
r-- The Raleigh Observer learns that Reve:
nue. agent Kellogg recently made raid in
Chatham, Moore and Montgomery counties,
where he captured "a ,distflleries,, 1900
gallons Of beer 2S4 beer stands, 40 gallons
Of whisky, 217 gallons Of low wines, 9! a!nd q
25 bushels of meal and malt, Most Of this
property had to be destroyed, as it was i'm
possible to remove it. a. '"'I ''''''!."' '''"
Revenue officers recently captured dis,
tillery in Buncombe county (and destroyed
1900 gallons of low wine) from Austin Bruce.
The capture of the still was made about ~
o'clock at night 1t was raining hard at the
time, and Bruce, doubtless desiring to give
the officers taste of the rig6rs Of the night,
informed them that be could show them two
other stills in the neighborhood. They; &C.
cordingly followed him in the rain and dark
for four hours, when they discovered he had
duped them. 49,. II i''""EI ''.'' - u q"
= John Mclean, who sometimes breaches
and frequently marriesZfs still at large. The
Asheville Journal says of him: "When the
returns were last canvassed be had only nine
wives. He might have gone on to an even
dozen with impunity and satisfaction, but he
overstepped the modesty Of nature and kip
mapped the boy of his last victim,, who il, is re-
corded as winsome widow of Lynchburg
Va. He lodged the boy in the recesses OF
Walnut Mountain. His mother unearthed
him, through the aid of the postmaster at
Marshall" '" -.
The Charlotte, Observer learns that op
Thursday night last, Greensboro was the
scene of /deplorable tragedy. Between i
and o'clock, on that night, Mr.. John WEs'
Parker, merchant of Greensboro, closed his
store for the evening and started for his
home, a half mile distant. Shortly after
this time he was found lying on the pavement
thirty yards from his house, in a pool Of blood
altogether unconscious. Friends and neigh
bors carried him into his house, when it was
discovered that he had been struck on his
head with sharp instrument, which had &C
made an incision through the skull and into ate
the brain. His. pockets were found turned
and his keys and money gone 1t is moi
known how much he had with him, but his
pockets had been riaed ofall their contents
MIR. Parker continued insensible throughout
the night, and died at 10 o'clock The 2 next
morning. A negro named 10. Mendenhall
has been arrested on suspicion of being the
guilty party, but so far as can be learned
there is no positive evidence against, HIM
Naturally there is a great deal Of excitement
and indignation in the community on account
Of the foul and cold.blooded murder.