Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-06-02
RAILROAD FACTS AND RUMORS.

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RAILROAD FACTS AND RUMORS.
There are nov over 10000 men and
100000 horses and mules employed in rail-
road building in Texas.
For some time past Raleigh, N. c.. has
been communicating with points on the Car
olina Central road by way Of Charlotte. The
change in the schedule gives the Raleigh and
Augusta Airline connection at Hamlet,
and obviates the necessity of the mail coming
round by Charlotte.
- Both the Lancaster newspapers, and the
people of that county generally, favor the
lease of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad
to the Richmond and Danville combination.
The Chester newspapers and the majority of
the people of that county, are opposed to the
proposed lease.
- The construction of a railroad from
Pensacola, Florida, east to Chattahoochie,
connecting with the Georgia and Florida
system, has been definitely decided upon and
work will soon be commenced. This road
will shorten the ii ue between Pensacola and
New Orleans at lesst twenty -four hours. and
between Pensacola and Eastern cities quite
as much. .. e..
The Atlanta and Alabama Railroad Com
pany was organized in Atlanta last Saturday
by the election of A. C. Haskell, of Colum-
bia, S. c., President G. J. Foreacre, Of At
lanta, Vice. President and w. II. Snowden,
A. S. Buford, Jas. Bryan, and T. M. Talcott,
of Richmond L. ]. Hall, S. M. Inman, and
A. Murphy, of Atlanta, Directors. This road
extends from Atlanta, Ca, to Birming ham,
Ala. 1t is claimed that the stoclA has all
been taken and the road will be built.
- The Statesville Landmark learns that
the North State Mining Company have de-
cided to build their road from Jefferson, in
Ashe county, to Statesville. The Company
that proposes to build the road has for long
time worked the celebrated Copper Knob
Mine in Ashe, and is wealthy and able to
do the work. The new road will connect
with the Charlotte and Statesville Road at
and will benefit, to some extent,
at least, Charlotte commerce as we'll as States
ville
- The South Carolina Railroad, with all
its property, franchises and privileges, will
be sold at auction in Charleston on July 2S,
subject only to the first mortgage, amount
ing to sS,lOO,OOO. 1t is expected that the
road will be bought by the Purchasing Com
mittee who represent virtually the whole Of
the second mortgage, nearly the whole of the
non.mortgage bonds, and about six.scvenths
of the stock. Any corporation or individual
who can 60 beyond that will pay, to say the
least, liberal price for the property.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
A market has opened in Concord for
baled hay, and at so and rs cents per hun
dred pounds, the farmers say it is more
profitable crop than cotton.
- The vote on establishing the new county
Of Vance was taken on the oath ultimo, and
resulted in majority of 43l for the county.
1t is composed of slices from Granville, War
rem and Franklin counties.
- DR.. Grissom's medico-legal report of the
DeJarnette trial at Danville, Va, will be
published in the N. C. MedicaLJ Journal In
portant principles of the medical jurispru-
ience of insanity are discussed.
- On the 18th instant, there will be pub
ic speaking in the Court House at Lincoln.
on on the subject of prohibition. Some of
he best orators of the day are expected to
peak.
- Mr. Joshua Lindley, the pioneer nur-
eryman of the South, died at his home near
Greensboro on Sunday Of last week. He was
member Of the Friends or "Quaker" church,
n which he was raised. He was in his 18th
ear, and through his long life was good
itizen and a good man.
- The Goldsboro Star, the organ of the
olored people of North Carolina, makes the
ollowing complaint: "In this State we have
$500 colored, to $500 white Republican
oters; but in the division of the Offices of ap.
193 out of every 20 are held by
White men,"
Says the Charlotte Democrat "Since the
Unfortunate shooting affair between Mr.. Har-
er and Mr.. John Harrington in this city,
everal pieces of the broken jaw have been
AIKEN from the wound Mr.. Harrington received
n the occasion and the other day about one
bird ofthe ball was taken out of the jaw, the
'iece having been split off from the ball, it
GEMS, while passing through at the time of
he firing"
- The small pox excitement which prevail !