Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-01-29
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Measles are prevailing in portions of
spartanburg and Darlington counties.
On Wednesday Of last week, FIVE chests
of Strawberries were shipped from Charles
ton for New York.
WIN. M. Lawton, for many years one of
the leading citizens Of Charleston, died in
that city on Wednesday of last week, in the
74th year Of his age.
Rev. Donald Mcqueen, D. D., pastor, Of
the Presbyterian Church in Sumter for the last
forty three years, died in that town on Friday
last.
There is but one tract of land to be sold
in Anderson county by the auditor this year
as delinquent for taxes, and that tract would
not be sid if it's titles were in the proper
shape.
Mr.. Charles S. Dwight, the Chief Engin.
eer of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, is
now engaged in surveying route for tram.
way from Georgetown to Cades, on the North
Eastern Railroad.
- In the United States Court at Charleston,
on Thursday last, in suit on the official bond
of John Lee, former post master at Chester, q
verdict was rendered for $379.79, with inter-
est from March 81. 1877.
The Beaufort Crescent mentions that ex.
Congressman Smalls has recently delivered
several political addresses in that county. In
one instance, over two thousand colored per.
sons were present,
The Supervisors of the census, recently
appointed, are authorized to appoint census
taker for every three thousand inhabitants &C.
cording to the census of 1870. This will
give York county eight or nine census ia
kers."
One day last week, vessel containing
6,005 bales of upland cotton, was cleared
from the port of Charleston. The cargo goes
to Russia, and is the largest number of bales
Of cotton that ever left Charleston in one
vessel.
Preston D. Mood, editor of the Claren-
don Press, and a son Of Rev. Henry M.
Mood, of the South Carolina Conference,
committed suicide at Manning, where he re-
sided, on Wednesday night of last week, by
shooting himself in the head. 1t is rumored
that the refusal of fair daughter Of Israel
to reciprocate his attachment, caused the rash
act.
"A Columbia disp patch of Saturday, to the
News and Courier, says an agent of parties in
Kansas has been in that city for day or
two endeavoring to induce the State authori-
ties to procure the arrest of G.. P. Leslie, the
notorious land commissioner, who is now re-.
siding near Topeka, Kansas. Application
for requisition WIS made To the Governor,
but was refused, on the ground that no indict-
ment is at present existing against Leslie
in the State Courts.
"A fire occurred in the yard of the South
Carolina Railroad in Charleston, on Thurs
day last, which destroyed twelve passenger
cars, two baggage cars, fifteen box cars, ten
fiat cars, and the shed where the passenger
and baggage cars were housed. The total loss
to the Company will be about $4,000. The
origin of the fire is unknown. 1t is supposed,
however, that fire had been left burning in
the stove of one of the coaches. or else that
some one had entered the coach and kindled
fire with the intention of sleeping there.
I'll. Mama souo that Ed d,po ri
Kane, contractor in Union, has skipped"
the latter town and carried with him $4,000
He owns property in Chester, but was en-
gagged on two contracts in Union, building
residences for E. r. Wallace and W. A.
Nicholson. The terms of the contracts with
Kane were that he was to receive partial
payment when the work had reached GER
tain point. This point being attained, a pay
ment of $4,000 was made to him, which
amount Kane took and left for parts un.
known.
- Five criminals imprisoned in the county
Jail at Spartanburg, escaped about 4 o'clock
last Saturday morning, by cutting their way
through the solid stone walls Of their cell and
letting themselves down to the ground, a dis
lance of twenty-five feet, by rope made Of
their bed clothing The names of those who
escaped we're Bill Moore and Bill Coleman,
convicted of rape, Alexander Rodgers, for
highway robbery, and Anthony Westfeld
and Harvey Moore, for assault with intent to
kill, all colored. The sheriff discovered the
escape about daylight, and gave prompt pur-
suit. Westfeld and Harvey Moore gave
themselves up. and have been replaced in Jail.
The others have not been heard from.
Col. Butler, the commissioner Of agricul-
ture, has just had twelve thousand California
salmon placed in the streams along the Air
Line Railroad as follows Saluda river,
1000; Euoree river, 1000; Little river and
Messy creek, 1000; Martins creek, three
miles from Seneca City, 2,000 The above
fish we're obtained from spawn ordered by the
commissioner in October last. The spawn
were shipped from McCloud River, Califor-
MIA, and were Matched at Magnolia, North
Carolina. In the transfer and distribution,
not more than fifty deaths occurred out of the
10000. These fish will return in three years
to these same streams to spawn. The COM
missioner has also ordered a shipment of the
spawn of the landlocked salmon, to be hatch
ed at Morganton by Mrs. S. G. Worth, and
they will be ready for distribution at an early
day, provided the weather turns colder.
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