Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-03-11
ames L. Breeder, third district of South Car.

James l.. Breeder, third district of South Car
olina.
- The Abbeville Medium says the Knights
of. Honor have lodges in that county at Ab-
beville, Due West, Hodges, Greenwood and
Ninety-Six. Several new lodges will shortly
be established, and the order is becoming one
of the strongest and most Influential in the
county"
"A C.:Appleby and Arthur O'Brien, of
Colleton county, engaged in the farce of a
bloodless duel at Sand-Bar Ferry, near Au-
gusta, Ca, On Tuesday of last week. After
an interchange of shots without anybody be-
ing hurt the difficulty between them was ad
justed.
Jerry Moore, Riley Moore and Aiken
Moore, were tried at Walhalla last week on
the charge of numbering Alexander Bryce,
jr., formerly noted Radical politician of
that county. The trial lasted nearly four
days and resulted in verdict of Mot
Guilty" as to all the prisoners
- The directors of the Greenwood Railroad
in South Carolina, and the directors of the
Augusta and Knoxville railroad, met in Au.
gusta, Ca, OH Wednesday of last week, and
arranged for consolidation of the two com.
papies, the terms Of which are to Le ratified
by the stockholders Of each road.
- The work of laying the mattresses for the
foundation for the southern jetty in Charles
ton harbor has begun. The ietty runs from
point one hundred yards southwest of Bat
terry Wagner. Over six thousand feet Of
mattresses for the north jetty have been laid
and the work ON the two jetties will now 60
on simultaneously.
The following named persons have been
nominated for Governor by their respective
admirers: General Gary, General Hagood,
Judge Wallace, Armstead Burt, Esq, ex.
Governor Perry, General Connor, Colonel
Keith, Chancellor johnson, ex-Gov. Man
ming and Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken.
- The News and Courier has recently com.
piled summary of crimes committed in
South Carolina from the 18th of December
1879, to March l, 1880, a period of little
more than two months. The list embraces
twenty.one homicides, sixteen assaults with
intent to kill, and two rapes. The causes as
signed for the prevalence of crime in the
State, is the drinking of whisky and the car
rying Of deadly weapons.
Under the order of the Republican State
executive committee, the secretary has issued
orders to the chairmen of the executive com
mittees of the several counties, to call county
conventions for the purpose of selecting dele
gates to a Republican State Convention
which will meet in Columbia on April 28th
The number of delegates from each county is
to be upon the basis of representation in the
lower House of the Legislature.
COL James H. Rion, the South Carolins
member of the National Democratic Com
mittee, has informed the Winnsboro Neus
that it is his present intention to call State
Conven ion on Wednesday, the 18th of May
next, at Columbia, to elect delegates to the
Cincinnati Convention that meets on the 10th
of June. Monday, the 3rd of May, is sug
gested to the different counties as the proper
time for choosing delegates to the State Con
vention.
AT the recent session of the Legislature
the Act for the protection of useful animals
was amended so as to make = sniawful "fol
any perss1 in this State, between the 18th
day of March and the 18th day of Septem
ber, in any year hereafter, to catch, kill or in
jure, or to pursue with such intent, or to sell
or expose for sale, any wild turkey, part
ridge, dove, woodcock or pheasant, and any
person found guilty thereof shall be fined moi
less than ten dollars or be imprisoned not less
than ten days, which fine, ifimposed, shall &C
one half thereof to the informer and the 9th
er half thereof to the school fund of the coun
ty wherein the offence was committed"
On the evening of the End instant, al
Silver Street, Newberry county, W. Spear
man, respectable and successful farmer
entered his house, accosted his younger broth
er, who was just rising from the table, saying
81 want TO speak to you, BROTHER" and 81
multaneously drew large knife, made slash
at his brothers throat, cutting terrible cash
severing the jugular vein and causing death in
a few moments. The slayer then rushed into
an adjoining room and cut his wife's throat
from ear to ear He then lifted the bloody
knife and deliberately cut his own throat. II
is supposed he was laboring under temporary
mental alteration, as he was sober, kind
hearted man, and on most afectionate terms
with his wife and brother. Spearman was
committed to Jail. He refuses to answer any
questions or to converse about the horrible
affair.
The Supreme Court of the United States,
one day last week, rendered decision in the
case of the State ex rel. Douglass d Jackson
vs.. P. C. Gaillaird, treasurer of Charleston
county. In this case an application was
made directly to the Supreme Court Of the
State, in its original Jurisdiction, for man
dauus to compel the county treasurer to re-
ceive in payment of State and county taxes,
bank bills which had been rendered. 1t was
urged before the Supreme Court that the
proceedings could no longer be maintained
on account of the Act of December "a, 1878,
to facilitate the collection of taxes, although
the Act had been passed after the filing of
the petition of Douglass e. Jackson. The
petitioners claim that the Act was unconsti-
tutional The Supreme Court sustained the
constitutiopalty of the Act and refused the
mandamus, and the United States Supreme
Court has confirmed the judgment Of the