Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-13
whatever money she needs to pay interest on
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whatever money she needs to pay interest on
the bonded debt.
- The necessary notice has been served by
Mr.. E. W. M. Mackey, of the Second South
Carolina District, upon Mr.. M. P. O'Conner,
of the intention of the former to contest the
claims of the latter to a seat in the Forty
seventh Congress.
James Patterson, Esq. prominent citi-
zen of Barnwell county, died at his home in
that county on the 9th ultimo. Before the
war he was member of the Legislature,
commissioner in equity and secretary of State
Since the war he has filled the Offices of trial
Justice, coroner and sheriff.
- An old colored preacher was recently con-
victed in Orangeburg Court of having voted
two Republican tickets folded together at the
last election. In consideration of his being
IAN humble and ignorant negro" he was
fined but 81 without costs, and two days in
Jail by Judge Mackey.
- In the United States District Court in
Charleston, last week, John w. Bars, late
postmaster at "5S" Station on the South
Carolina Railroad, pleaded guilty to the
charge of unlawfully disposing Of postage
stamps and of making false returns as post
master, and was sentenced to pay a fine of
$50 and costs.
- The Richland Volunteers, of Columbia,
accepted the invitation of H. G. Corbin, AS
sistant Ajutant.G General United States Army,
to visit Washington and participate in the
ceremonies incident to the inauguration OF
President.elect James A. Garfield. The com'
pany will leave Columbia on March 1st, ar
irving in Washington on the 3D..
- 1t is stated on undoubted authority that
the liquor dealers of Charleston propose to
test the constitutionality of the anti.liquor
law passed at the recent session of the General
Assembly. Col. Simonton, James Simons
and John F. Ficken, attorneys of Charleston
and members of the Legislature, have been
retained as counsel to represent the parties
who raised the question.
- The celebration of the battle of Cow
pens, with the unwilling of the monument OF
Daniel Morgan at Spartanburg, is postponed
from January 18th to later date not finally
determined on. The object of the postpone
ment is to give an opportunity for the co ope'
ration of New Hampshire, Connecticut, New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
and Maryland, whose Legislatures meet next
month.
Col. A. P. Butler, Commissioner of Ag
riculture, has at his office at Columbia, a speci
men of bituminous coal, found by Captain
Laughlin, in Anderson county. Colonel
Butler tested piece of it in his fireplace and
found that it would burn. Captain Laughlin
says that the specimen was taken by him from
a vein in Anderson county, about foot and
a half thick, into which he dug about three
feet.
- Governor Hagood has commuted the
sentence of Neil w. Blair, colored, of Cam.
den, who was to have been hanged on the
2Sth instant, from hanging to imprisonment
for life in the penitentiary. Blair was con-
victed nearly two years ago of the killing
of one Adamson, colored, in drunken
brawl He has been respited four times
twice by Governor Simpson and twice. by
Governor eter. The commutation was made
upon recommendations signed by Judge
Mackey, who tried him, majority of the
jury who convicted him, and many leading
citizens of Kershaw county.
- The Newberry Herald says: "Butler
Lomax, colored brakeman on the C. & G.
R. R., was knocked off the top of car the
morning of the 29th of November by an
overhead bridge near Silver Street. His
skull was broken and crushed in upon the
brain. At least spoonful of his brains
oozed out. 1t was telegraphed to headquar-
ters the same morning that he was dying.
DR.. Mcintosh, of Newberry, and DR.. Thomp.
son, of Silver Street, were sent for They
had scarcely hope of saving life They
decided, however, to make the attempt. By
an operation known as trepaning they lifted
the skull off the brain. They barely ex-
pected him to survive the operation. For
ten days his pulse remained below forty.
After that time he improved rapidly; and
on the 18th instant he was able to 90 to his
home at Hodges Depot. He says he does
not remember anything that happened after
he left Columbis the night of the 18th Of
November until after the operation. He is
negro of more than ordinary intelligence,
and his mind seems not to have suffered in
the slightest degree, by the accident. His
age is about thirty two"
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Durham has had another fire, destroying
property to the amount of $4,000. Sup
posed to be incendiarism.