Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-06-16
The Aurkrille Gnqnirer.
YORKVILLE. s. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE Is, 1873
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
A salmon, six inches in length, was re-
Gently caught in the Congaree near Columbia.
"A man is in Jail at Bennettsville for cru
city to animals.
The Airline R lilroad recently put down
seventy.6ve immigrants at Seneca City.
They were all provided for in two days.
- The Lee Light Infantry, of Chester IS
preparing to attend and take part in the mill
tary display at the Yorktown Centennial
celebration in October.
The Governors Guards, of Columbia,
have accepted the invitation Of the Catawba
Rifles, of Rock Hill, to spend the 4th of July
in the latter place.
- It is announced that new paper, to be
called The Weekly Carolinian, will shortly be
issued from Ga8ney City, by E. Il. Britton,
of Charlotte, NC.
- The Supreme Court, after thorough ex'
animation, has ordered the enrolment Of
Paul Moore, of Lancaster, as a prscticlng
attorney in this State.
- The Congressional election in the Second
District, on Thursday last, to Gil the vacancy
occasioued by the death of Hon. M. r
O'Conner, passed off quietly. The negroes
did not vote, and as result Hon. Samuel
Dibble, of Orangeburg, is elected.
- At the recent annual meeting of the
Charleston Knights of Honor, the reports
showed 1874 members, representing 100000
of life insurance. Over 100 members were
present at the meeting, it being an anniversa'
ry celebration.
The leaders of the prohibition movement
are hard at work in Columbia, and have Sc
cured the aid of all the pastors but the Epis'
copal and Presbyterian, and many of the
colored people. They design the formation
of general Prohibition League in the
State, and State Prohibitionist Convention.
- The Reporter of last week says "The
hearing of the motion for mandamus and in
junction in the matter of the Cheraw and
Chester Railroad, has been postponed to a
day not named, on account of Judge Mackey's
terms of courts on the Second Circuit, which
will occupy the remainder of this month
The case will be heard about the first OF
July.
- The Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
in this State, has 161 travelling preachers, II
superanuated preachers, 139 local preachers
and 1926 white members The infants bap
tized in the church during the past year have
numbered 1856, and the adults baptized L.
267. There are SAL Sunday Schools in the
State, with 1926 teachers and 23,S7S schol'
ars. The collections for conference purposes
have amounted to $5,144.3l, and the colec'
tions for missions to $8,52927.
- At Barnwell, on Friday last, Mrs. Judge
Mackey had her shoulder dislocated and arm
injured by being thrown from buggy
She was riding out with Major F. H.
Brown, when some portion of the buggy
broke and the horses ran away. The buggy
was broken up and both were thrown out.
Major Brown also had shoulder dislocated.
The surgeons we're called in and soon replaced
the dislocated joints and all parties are doing
we'll.
- The Lancaster Review of last week says
"The family of German immigrants brought
to this county by Mr.. R. G. Crockett, took
their departure last week. They did not
seem to understand that certain amount of
their wages was to be retained monthly to
pay their passage from New York, and when
the end of the month came and Mr.. G. ex-
planned the fact to tham, they protested against
the reduction, stating that they had paid
their own fare. They preferred to leaye
rather than make settlement of that kind,
and Mr.. Crockett, of course, allowed them to
do So"
The Beaufort Crescent of last week says {:
"With the advent of our friend DR.. Patrick,
the annual glass ball tournaments have been
revived, but the ardor of our shootists has
been somewhat dampened by the remarkable
feats of Mr.. Martin, gentleman from Vir-
ginia. He offered to break as many balls
with rifle in twenty.four shots as the pick
man of Beaufort could break with shotgun
in twelve shots. 1t was pronounced impossi.
BILE, but the match coming off on Tuesday,
the gentleman broke thirteen out of eighteen
and rendered it useless for the Beaufort cham
pion to shoot But cur story is not yet end
ed. On Wednesday, Mr.. Martin took the
shotgun, and shooting at two balls at time,
broke twenty-three out of possible twenty.
four. His accuracy and coolness is some.
thing remarkable, and we venture to say that
there are few professionals who can excel this
score"
- The Columbia correspondent of the
Charleston Neaus and Courier says that ''let
tiers and amateur collections of specimens and
exhibits for the Atlanta Exposition are rap.
idly coming in to the Department Of Agricul.
ture. If the interest continues, the result
will be the most complete display Of the
States resources ever obtained. After the
exhibition they will make permanent feature
Of the department and will continue to point
the way to progress and wealth. The presi.
dent of the Wilmington Columbia and Au-
gusta Railroad promises that the roadmasters
&c thot rad ,ull n,aLa O handsnma collection