Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-17
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The Legislature finally passed bill ap-
$4,000 to the Yorktown centen.
nial.
The work of changing the Western N G.
Railroad, via Newton, is now going on, force
being employed at each end.
On the 3rd instant, Lenoir experienced
the heaviest hail storm ever known in that
section. 1t lasted more than an hour, and
the ground vas completely covered. .gs.s
- Rev. J. T. Abernethy, one of the Profes.
sors at Rutherford College, has been appoint
ed by the Presiding Elder of the Shelby
district, to take charge Of the Kings Noun.
tain circuit, made vacant by the death Of
Rev J. S. Erwin.
The grand jury of Mecklenburg county
has reported true bill against harrington,
for the murder of Harper, in Charlotte,
few weeks ago. Harrington is still confined
to his bed, at his brothers house, in charge Of
deputy sheriff.
"A dispatch from Winston announces the
arrest in that town of counterfeiter named
Berry Morgan. He had been dealing in
counterfeit coin, and at the time of his arrest
was engaged in the act Of manufacturing
bogus silver dollars.
- The Lincoln Progress of Saturday says {:
"Already the convenience and Importance Of
the Chester and Lenoir Railroad is beginning
to be appreciated by our citizens" Though
not yet completed to Lincoln, produce is al
ready being shipped over it from that section
for southern markets.
Mr.. Thos. Harrill, who has had charge
of Tiddy & Bros wagons at their paper mills
in Lincoln county, for the past 10 years, WAS
killed on Monday of last week, while at.
tempting to jump off one of the wagons. His
foot slipped and he fell under the wheels of
the wagon.
The Gastonia Gazette says: "The High
Shoals property, containing 1000 acres, ly-
ing in CASTOR county, on the South Fork river
and on the Airline Railroad at Wooten' 8
Station, has been sold by Messrs Bynum &
Grier the owners, to Messss. White u Davis,
iron merchants, of Pittsburg, Pa, for $780,
900. 1t is understood that the property will
be developed. In the same connection the
Gazette also says: "The probabilities are that
aid will now be extended by Pittsburg cap
italists to the Chester and Lenoir railroad
connections in Virginia, to connect with a
road in which she is already largely inter.
ested."
- The Raleigh Visitor tells this curious
story: Zone day last week, Mr. Noblett, of
Rutherford county, N. G., employed negro
man to help him kill hogs. At night the ne
gro stole one hog, and had gotten some dis
tance on his way home, when coming to a
fence, he laid the hog upon the top rail, bal
ancing it until he got over. Afterward, in
attempting to shoulder the hog, it fell on the
opposite side of the fence and the CANNON
stick, which the negro had neglected to take
out, caught him around the neck and fastened
him. The next morning he was found dead,
the hog on one side and the negro on the
other side of the fence-the first CANNON
stick that ever hung dead hog and live
negro at the same time"
Last week party of revenue raiders OF
the sixth N. C.. collection district, made an at
tempt to capture Redmond, the outlaw and
noted moonsbiner, who still retains his haunts
in Western Carolina. His pursuers nearly
succeeded in their plans, pushing him so
closely as to capture his boots and coat. 1t
is stated that only few days before, Red
mond was arrested by the civil authorities
and tried for carrying concealed weapons, but
was acquitted, although at the time Of the
trial he had two large pistols on his person
and large knife in his boot leg. There is
no assertion on the part Of some revenue otti'
cials, by whom the latter statement is made,
that the civil authorities were aware Of the
fact that he was so armed at the time, but on
the contrary they think they did not know it.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
j. G. Bancroft Davis, now one of the
Judges of the Court of Claims, has accepted
the office Of first assistant secretary of State
under Mr.. Blaine. He occupied the same
position under Mr.. Fish, and was subsequent.
ly minister to Berlin.
- There are, on an average, twenty appll'
cants for each appointment of prominence
by the President. 1t is stated that the Presi.
dent has declared he will consider no applica.
tions except those sent up through the regu'
lar channels. Several ex-Congressmen are
the most eager office-seekers.
-LeDuc, Orange Judd, FELTON,, Of Georgia,
and DR.. Loring of Massachusetts, are candi.
dates for the agricultural department. Nc
Pherson denies that he wants to be first asss.
tant postmaster-general His name is now
mentioned to succeed Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury French.
A bulletin, issued by the Census Bureau,
giving the proportion of foreign and native
born persons in the different States and Ter
ritories, shows that in no one State or Terri
tory does the foreign element equal the native,
although in manyAt bears large proportion
to it. With three exceptions, namely: Flor
ida, Louisiana and Texas, the Southern States