Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-01-23
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
-Hopewell postofice, in Mecklenburg coun-
ty,, has been discontinued.
Rev. N. B. Cobb has accepted call to
the Baptist church at Fayetteville. -
= Both the Lincolnton papers have raised
their subscription price from 81 to 81. '''' ''
- The Raleigh Observer has been awarded
the State printing, receiving "a votes against
% for the Ne,os.
"A Grange cooperative store, for some
time past in operation at Goldsboro, has been
discontinued. '." r. -..@ g.. b.. '...'
"A bill has been introduced in the House
of the Legislature to relieve Ex-Governor
Holden of his political disabilities.
Adjutant-Gene Jones, Of the State
militia, has gone to New York to attend
meeting of the militia officers of that city.
- A caucus of the Democratic members OF
the Legislature nominated Governor Vance
for u. S! Senator. The election took place
on Tuesday. "'". " -" ..n ...@. 2e;''..
quite quantity of stock in the States
vile Airline Railroad, proposed to be run
from Statesville to Mt. Airy, has been sub
scribed for since the opening Of the books.
George Wetters, a good-hearted citizen
of Concord, being driven to desperation by
drink, shot himself on Wednesday night Of
last week with pistol. The ball entered his
abdomen, and he died at 8 o'clock the follow.
ing day. .-..'.- ..'*'. - g..
"A man named Jefries, was burnt to
death in Lincoln county last Thursday night.
The Ne,us says several young men, in COM
pany with the deceased, we're coon hunting,
and all of them took on too much whisky.
The sober part of the crowd seeing that JEFF
fries was past walking, laid him on the ground
and built fire around him while they con-
tinued their sport. When they went back to
Jeffries he was found to be burnt 50 badly
that death claimed him in few hours. /
MERE.MENTI0N. -
Six companies of colored militia joined in
the funeral escort of Hon. Julian Hartridge,
at Savannah, on the 18th instant '''''''''Gen.
Joe Lane, of Oregon, is hale and hearty, in
his 77th year. .''''''''There are six prominent
candidates for United States Senator before
the Missouri Legislature them ex-
Governor Reynolds, a native South Caroin-
ian. ''''.....At Mauch Chunk, Pa, at 10:40,
A. NJ, on the 18th instant, two Mollie Ma
guires-Shoope and McDonnell-were hang.
ed, the drop falling just one minute before
the reception from the Governor Of respite
for few days. Maine has made no
progress in wealth and population for the last
eighteen years. '''.'.''.'.Martin Bergen was
hanged at Pottsville, Pa, last Thursday for
murder He is the nineteenth Molly Mcguire
hanged in that State for murder. ''''"There is
not lawyer in either House of the Delaware
Legislature. The State is also reported out
of debt. .'.'.'...Robert Anderson, on trial at
Louisville, KY, for the murder of his wife,
has been found guilty and sentenced to be
hung. He was convicted on the evidence Of
his little son, who was present at the killing.
The President has signed the bill relieving
James Chestnut, of South Carolina, Of his
political disabilities. .'.'''''''An enterprising
Ohio Yankee, named Thomas D. Lovett, is
about to build railroad from Jerusalem to
Jaffa, in the Holy Land. 1t is to be a mar
row gauge and will be 40 miles long. ''''''"It
is estimated that the church property in the
United States amounts to s5OO,OOO,OO0, and
is increasing very rapidly. .''''''''Gen. Shields.
it is announced, il certain of election to the
short term Senatorship from Missouri, created
by the death of the Ex-senator Bogy. 1.-THE
Senate has confirmed the appointment of Gen.
Longstreet as postmaster at Gainesville, Geor
gia '.''.'."Bruce, the colored Senator from
Mississippi, has purchased, on speculation,
5000 acres of land, in New Mexico, for a
cattle rancho. .''.'.'.'The large clothing store
of Edwin Bates & Co., adjoining the St. Mich
olas hotel in New York, was destroyed by
fire, Tuesday of last week. The loss is about
100000, the greater part of which falls on
the insurance companies. .'''''''The Senate
has confirmed the appointment of James H.
Goss as postmaster at Union G.. H.''''''''A
number of prominent Irishmen, of Savannah,
Ca, have formed an association for the pur-
pose of erecting monument to the memory
Of Sergeant Jasper, Of revolutionary fame,
and who was Killed at the siege of Savan-
nah. .'...'.".During the late snow storms, over
$4,000 freight cars were blockaded between
Buffalo and Chicago. .....:..The fertilizer men
who recently held convention in Augusta,
Ca, for the purpose, among other things, of
fixing the prices at which fertilizers shall be
sold the present year, say they cannot afford
to sell their products any cheaper, if they
maintain the standard OF excellence, and are
determined not to recede from the position
taken by them at the convention.
The Republicans of the Illinois Legisla
ture have nominated Gen. John A. Logan for
the United States Senate. .''':'''"1n the United
States Court at Baltimore, last Monday.
Judge Bond presiding, VIM. Robinson, judge
Of election in the fourteenth ward, pleaded
guilty of assaulting and hndering D. S.
Marshal while in discharge of his duty at the
late Congressional election in that city. He
was sentenced to pay fine of slOO, and suf'
fer four months Imprisonment IN the city JAIL
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Rock Hill Items.
From the Herald of last week we take
the following:
The municipal election held on the 18th
instant resulted as follows: 1ntendant j. r.
London; Wardens w. L. Roach, j. V. Nc.
Fadden, w. G.. Reid and A. D. Holler. The
=; or ;s oon, mood aptirolv of Democrats