Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-29
county, was found dead irl field near James

county, was found dead in field near James.
town, with the bell attached to its neck.
The Lenoir Topic states that the con-
tract for constructing the bridge across the
Catawba river for the Chester and Lenoir
Railroad has been awarded to Col. Murdoch,
of Salisbury.
- John B. Edney, printer and native
of Asheville where he lived until few years
ago, committed suicide on Thursday of last
week, at Nashville, Tenn, where he has been
living latterly.
The Shelby aurora regrets to learn that
Rev. Mr.. Moss, of Cleveland county, is suffer
ing from the effects of dog bite and is not
expected to llve 1t is supposed that he was
bitten some weeks ago by mad dog.
- The Raleigh Observer is advertised to be
sold at auction on the 2lst of June. We
are pleased to learn that the publication of
the paper will continue regularly as hereto
fore.
The Press says that when the grading of
the Chester and Lenoir Railroad was COM
pleted to Hickory, number of the citizens
subscribed funds and had free dinner pre-.
pared for the officers and managers and con-
victs.
The Charlotte Observer gives lengthy
and highly interesting account oftbe eelebra-
ton, in that city, on Tuesday last of the Meek
lenburg Declaration. The 2Oth of May is a
day of which all North Caroinians may just
ly feel proud, and we are glad that its obser-
vance each year is becoming more general.
- A correspondent of the Asheville Journal
writes of one of the largest snakes ever seen
in Rutherford county. 1t was Of the adder
species and was II feet 81 inches in length,
and measured 12i inches around the body.
It was shot several times with rifles, and found
to have teeth like those of fce.,,
= Thirty-seven bales Of pine tops, labelled
as pine straw, were shipped from Whining
ton to New York last Friday. 1t is the second
shipment of the kind made from that port,
the first having been made two weeks ago.
The tops are used for various purposes, prin-
cipally for making mattresses and paper stock,
and an oil of considerable medical virtue is
distilled from them.
The funeral services Of two little sons Of
Mr.. j. M. Pool, Of Raleigh, who we're drown
ed in Mordecai's pond, near that city, Monday,
took place at the First Baptist church, Tues
day, and the Nesus says, we're very impressive.
DR.. Pritchard's text was, "Joseph is not, and
Simeon is not" A feature of the ceremonies
was four hundred children of the graded
school in the procession, each bearing a DO.
quet of flowers tied with white ribbon.
- Col. Thad. L. Coleman was elected chief
engineer of the Western Railroad, at meet.
ing of the directors in Asheville last week.
Until recently he has had charge of the work
on the SpartanLurg and Asheville Railroad,
and not the Chester and Lenoir, as stated by
the Greensboro Patriot. The latter road was
surveyed by and completed to Dallas under
the supervision of Col. Fleming Gardner, of
Virginia The engineering and grading now
in progress on the road is under direction Of
Capt. G. S. Dwight.
- The Charlotte Observer of Tuesday says !:
Yesterday morning Postmaster Jenkins re.
ceived $4,000 worth of the United States re-
funding certificates, bearing per cent. inter-
est and convertible at any time into United
States bonds, which. by recent act of Con-
gress, he is allowed to sell as agent for the
government. 1t was not generally known
that he had received the certificates, but soOn
after the office was opened, the fact was an
nounced, and before IL o'clock, he had dis
posed of nearly all of the lot. The postmas.
ter thinks he could sell at least hundred
thousand dollars worth of the certificates in
a very short while, but is unable to offer any
more for sale, the Secretary Of tie Treasury
having recently determined to cease disposing
of them in this way.