Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-12-01
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS,

The first killing frost of the season at
Wilmington fell last Friday night.
john Morris, colored, is sentenced to be
hanged in Shelby, on the 23rd instant, for
the murder of Joe Roark.
- Baltimore capitalists have recently in
vested s1,5OO,OOO in a gold mine in David
son county.
Ben Brown, colored burglar, who was to
have been hanged in Charlotte last Friday,
has been respited by the Governor to the 18th
of April next.
Augustus Smith, colored, convicted of
rape at the last term of Johnston Superior
Court, was hanged at Smith6eld, on Friday,
in the presence of 4,O00 spectators.
- Efforts are being made to institute legal
proceedings against the men who took from
the Jail of Stokes county short time since
and hung the two negro prisoners charged
with committing rape on white persons.
1t is said that the certificate of deposit for
S25O,000 given by the Best Syndicate to the
Commissioners for the sale Of the Western
North Carolina Railroad as an indemnity,
was issued by the Pacific National Bank Of
Boston, which failed tast week.
- The Lenoir To- ic tells of family on
Lower Creek, consisting of four women, who,
during the past year, have spun $4,000 yards
of thread, woven 1873 yards of CLOTH and
made up 3S3 yards of cloth into garments,
besides doing the cooking and housework for
a large family.
Some three or four years since, suit was
brought by T. NJ. Hauser against S. Med.
Tate, president of the defunct bank of States.
vile, for the recovery of money due plaintiff
by the bank. The Supreme Court, at the
present term, renders decision which makes
the defendant liable for debts contracted by
the bank.
- The Gastonia Gazette says: "Some hands
working for Mr.. W. D. Glenn, on Crowder's S
Creek, were tearing down all old house last
week (the old Patterson house, and found en-
bedded within the walls a bag containing
sixty-fve dollars in gold and silver coins. "
At the time of his death this place was owned
and occupied by Maston Parham, who will
be remembered by many Of our older citi,
zens.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Wilmington and Weldon, and the Viii.
mington, Columbia and Augusta Railroads,
held in Wilmington last Thursday, the for
mer declared a semi-annual dividend of per
cent, and the latter dividend of 8 per cent,
the dividends both payable next January.
Hon. R. r. Bridgers was unanimously reelec'
ted President of both companies. Reports OF
officers show that both roads are in fine con.
dition.
Thomas M. Lynch, an old citizen and a
widely known jeweller, who resided on the
outskirts of Oxford, disappeared on Tues
day night of last week. Search was made
for him by his two sons, who found his dead
body on the public road. Beside him lay a
fence picket in which was heavy nail. His
head was crushed and the nail had penetra
ted into the brain. His sons found two young
negro men under bridge near by dividing
money taken from the body. One had
Lynch's watch and the keys Of his store.
The men were arrested and are in Jail. Much
feeling prevails against the negroes, and there
is considerable excitement.
a proposition has been made to the prop
er authorities for the purchase of the States
interest in the Cape Fear and Yadkin VAL
ley Railroad, by A. H. Canedc, Vice'Presi-
dent of the N. Y. and Southern Railroad
and Telegraph Construction Company. This
company has no connection with any existing
company in the State. 1t is the purpose Of
the company to make line reaching from
Wilmington to the Ohio river. The propo
sition to purchase the States interest meets
the appreciation of Governor Jarvis, and he
has summoned the commissioners appointed
by the Legislature to consider any proposal
of sale, to meet in Raleigh on the 18th in
slant for the purpose of negotiating and SET
ting the terms of the sale in behalf of the
State.