Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-20
S0UTH CAROLINA NEWS

Chesterfield Court House elected a wet
ticket by one majority.
1T is stated that opposition to the enforce
ment of the stock has ceased in KershaW
county.
Senator Walker, of Chester, isstill hopeless
ly i'll. The Bulletin says he is growing feebler
day by day. .....
July Lee, charged with horse stealing, and
John Butler, charged with hog stealing, es-
capped from the Jail at Manning on Thursday
nightlast
"A number of German emigrants employed
as farm laborers in the vicinity of Due West,
have struck for an advance of wages from
twelve dollars to fifteen dollars per month.
The Greenville Ners states that the post
masters are receiving circulars from the AS
sistant Postmaster General, demanding small
contribution to aid in the defeat of ''The
Bourbon Democracy of South Carolina"
About half dozen families of coloredpeo-
pie, living on what is known as Green street,
Darlington county, have united, and with very
little labor or trouble have fenced in one hun
dred or more acres of woodland for pasture.
The Greenville Nea0s has information that
George Bushyhead, the Indian chief who trav-
els and represents himself as Baptist preach
er, and solicits aid for the Cherokee tribe in
the western part of North Carolina, is fraud
in SO far as his pretensons as preacher are
concerned.
u. B. White, Treasurer of Newberry coun.
ty, has absconded, and is in default $4,000.
He is said to have lost money gambling, and is
supposed to have fled to avoid the shame OF
exposure. Hehas been county treasurer since
1876, when he was appointed by Governor
Hampton to collect the voluntary tax.
Work on the Columbia canal was begun
last Friday with sixty convicts. The event
was celebrated by an artillery salute and othel
demonstrations inspired by the magnitude Of
the enterprise. 1t is predicted that cotton
factories will be in operation there within the
next year, and eleven thousand horse power
will be developed.
Union Times There have been recorded
in the Clerks office of Union county about
one thousand fire hundred and fifty liens. A
large part of these liens are for rent, but whel
we consider that the payment of the vast
amount involved is dependent upon nothing
now in existence, it looks very much like
'building castles in the air."
- There are no less than thirty applicant:
for the six professorships in the University OF
South Carolina, to be filled by the board OF
trustees at their meeting in May. Among
those who have made personal application are
VIM. Pinckney Starke, Columbia Rev. E. s.
Patton, Due West Edward H. Strobel, Mass.
r. Means Davis, Winnsboro, S. c.; Gen. D.
H. Hill, Fayetteville, Ark. ; Gen. Johnstone
Jones, Raleigh, N. G.. Geo. Lilley, Kewanee
ILL.,, and Others
Says the Laurensvile Herald: "Hewlet
Sullivan, a youth of this town, while under
the influence of liquor on Wednesday last be-
came involved in difficulty with another cit
izen, and when officers attempted to arrest
him he Gesisted, drawing Winchester on
them and refusing to submit. He afterwards
fired several shots into he town, striking sew
eral buildings, but fortunately did no damage
further than breaking window or two. He
had not been arrested at last accounts, but his
friends had promised that he would 60 before
the council to-day Thursday and stand his
trial. So much for license"