Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-09-02

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meeting. The boys did not 60 worth cent
COL Cothran was enthusiastically called for
by the whites. He mounted the rostrum and
delivered short and meaning speech. He
told the RAIDS "this is our country and it shall
remain ours" The following were appointed
delegates to the State Convention John R.
Tolbert, M. Goggins, B. Griffin, A. j. Titus
and Beverley Vance. A resolution was
adopted endorsing the nomination Of Garfield
and Arthur. Adjourned without disturbance.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The North Carolina State fair will be
held in Raleigh from the 18th to the 22nd of
October
Under the management of Mr. Best and
his associates, who recently purchased the
Western N. G. Railroad, that work is being
actively pushed to completion.
The Charlotte Observer says that the
closing up of the Bank of Mecklenburg mat
ter shows that the final dividend will be 1t
per cent. In all, the creditors will realize St
cents on the dollar Of their money.
j. T. Colt, we'll known citizen of Char.
lotte, and at one time during the war as.
signed to duty in the quartermaster's depart.
ment at Yorkville, died in Raleigh on Wed
nesday of last week, of violent brain affec-
tion.
- Last Saturday, as Mrs. Sarah Marble was
about to leave Lenoir, N. c., on visit, and
her friends and relatives were gathered
around to bid her farewell, her sister.in.law,
very large woman, throwing her arm around
her, embraced her, but with such force that
she broke one of her ribs.
- The Charlotte Observer of Friday says:
Gall hope, if there ever was any, Of having a
fair in Charlotte this fall, has been abandon.
ed. The owners of the ground hold it too
high, and the Mecklenburg farmers and the
Charlotte merchants have determined to al.
low them to enjoy the possession of their prop.
erty without molestation."
Nowhere in our country are the fishing
interests of greater magnitude than in North
Carolina. It reads like fiction, but it is a
fact that at single haul of a single seine in
DR.. Capehart's fishery on Albemarle Sound
more than 100000 fish have been caught, the
single seine stretching an unbroken length for
one and half miles, and being operated by
steam.
- The third annual session of the Grand
Lodge Of the Knights of Honor of North
Carolina, was in session in Asheville last week
The order in that State is in healthy and
fourishing condition. The Lodges during the
last twelve months have increased from % to
40, with membership twelve months ago Of
S95 as against SOP on the 3Oth of June last
while the finances of the Grand Lodge are
in an exceedingly healthy condition.
POLITICAL NOTES.
- In Republican mass meeting at Chicago
last Friday night, Gen. Grant publicly de-
clared that he should vote for Garfield.
- The Washington Star says that it is re-
ported in political circles at Washington
city that Judge Russell, Republican member
6f Congress from North Carolina, will short
ly come out for Hancock. Russell was a
Hayes elector in 1876.
- The Gubernatorial canvass in Georgia
is waxing hot. Colquitt, the candidate Of a
majority of the Democratic State Convention
and Norwood, the candidate of minority Of
the same Convention, are canvassing the
State and addressing the people.
Mr. S. r. Mason, who was the Green.
back candidate for Governor of Pennsylvan.
ia in 1878, and polled nearly 100000 votes
has since, as previously announced, joined the
Republican party, and has taken the stump
for Garfield and Arthur.
- Bob Toombs was asked by friend few
days ago whether Alexander Stephens would
be returned to Congress. "Returned!" said
Toombs, "why, damme, his district II keep
him in Congress as long as be lives, and when
he dies they II run his executor"
- The New Orleans Democrat decides that
the death of Judge SpoAord settles the Sena'
torship of Louisiana in favor of Kellogg.
When asked, during the last session of Con.
gress how he expected Republican triumph
in the Senate, Kellogg promptly answered,
"by DEATH"
Gov. Hendricks says emphatically and
unqualifedly that Indiana is safe. In pri-
vate letter he says: Indiana will undoubted-
ly elect the Democratic ticket in October,
and this despite the fact that the Republican
managers have succeeded in colonizing at least
5000 colored voters in the State"
- Mr.. Barbour, late assistant postmaster
general, has recently written letter to per-
sonal friend, in which he declares explicitly
fdf Hancock and intmates no desire to keep
his political position secret. He is a man
of much wealth and influence in Michigan, a
brilliant orator and writer, and will be a
power of strength in the cause Of honest
government. He entertains no manner Of
doubt of Hancock's election.
MERE.MENTION.
A lunatic of twenty years standing
has been found in Berks county, Pa. He has