Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-23
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

NOhId CAhOLLNA NLVSs
"A Greenback club of colored men has
been organized in Pender county.
- The Winston Sentinel says about year
ago lot OF California salmon were placed in
the Yadkin River, and this fall number
have been caught measuring about foot in
length.
Mr.. w. r. Mclean, Of South Point,
CASTOR county, we'll known citizen, drove
into yellow jackets nest the other day.
His horse ran away and threw him and wife
out. His arm was broken and Mrs. Mclean
was painfully injured.
Hon. David A. Jenkins, of CASTOR coun-
ty, is confident he can get the Republican
nomination for the Governorship of North
Carolina, but declines to say at present wheth-
er he wants it or not. Such is the substance
of recent interview with him as published
in the Charlotte Observer.
"A public meeting was held in the Court
House, in Shelby, on the 9Th instant, for the
purpose of taking preliminary steps to CO.
operate with Lincoln, CASTOR, and Catawba
counties, in holding an election to submit the
question of fence or no fence to the qualified
voters of the county.
1t has been mentioned that Robert M
and Stephen A. Douglas, Of North Carolina,
had gained their suit, which was for large
amount, against the United States govern
ment It is now stated that the shark law.
yers of Washington City are after the money,
and are likely to bleed the young men pretty
freely before they come into their means.
The Greensboro Patriot says that Judge
Dick, of the Federal Court, during the recent
term in that town, at which he presided, was
so much disgusted with the wild swearing Of
one Philpot, special revenue officer, last
week, that he pronounced him the most aban'
doned case he ever met in Court, ordered the
marshal to take charge Of him and hold him
under bond of $500 from day to day as per-
iurer, and instructed the Clerk to enter mol.
pros. in every case in which he was the prin-
cipal witness.
Says the Charlotte Observer: John Mills,
young man who lived near Mooresville,
Iredell county, met with somewhat remark
able death on Monday of last week. He
came to Mooresville with bale of cotton,
sold it, and later in the day was drinking.
In the afternoon he went to his wagon, and
in the attempt to get in lost his balance and
fell backwards to the ground, his head striking
first Several citizens who saw him fall lifted
him into the wagon supposing that he was
simply dead drunk Shortly afterwards his
father, Robert Mills, went to the wagon and
found that he was dead.
= The Winston Sentinel states that "the
New York capitalists who own the Air Liue
road from Charlotte to Atlanta, and who
have secured an interest in the Midland road,
with COL Garrett of the Baltimore & Ohio
road, held meeting at Alexandria last week,
and Maj. Yates, who had made the reconnois-
sance of the country between Danville and
Sta,esville, was ordered there to make his
report to the meeting. This gap of 12O miles,
when built, gives through trunk line from
North to South, and breaks up the monopoly
hitherto enjoyed by the Pennsylvania Central,
and there is but little doubt that it will be
built, and that shortly.
On the subject of the recently reported
revenue frauds in CASTOR county, the Char
lotte Observer Of Sunday says: Since the seiz-
ure of the FIVE barrels of whiskey in CASTOR
county, there have been reports Of the discov-
cry of fraud on the part of revenue officials
and the operators Of registered or licensed
distilleries, by which ring or combination
was formed and which have been operating
on quite an extensive scale. Rumor says
that the plans Of this combination have been
discovered and that more revelations are to
follow. There is no positive information on
the subject, and in the absence of this we re-
frain from giving further particulars. There
are great many registered distilleries in the
county, perhaps more than in any county in
the State.