Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


met at Spartanburg last Tuesday.
The Governor has appointed A. H. Wheel
er treasurer for Newberry county, uice U. B.
Whites, removed.
- The annual session of the Grand Lodge Of
Good Templars Of South Carolina convened in
Greenville last Tuesday.
- The Columbia Register learns from repre-
sentative men who were in that city last week
from all parts of the State that the irritation
which was manifested some time since by the
passage of the stock law has entirely subsidized,
and that it has now ceased to he matter of
discussion, even in the localities most oppOs-
ell to it at first.
- The total guano delivery at the warehouses
in Greenville, says the Ne,cs, from the COM
mencement of the season up to and including
Saturday, April 18th, aggregates thirty thous-
and four hundred and twenty-three sacks,
which is a heavy falling off from last years
sales. "Less guano and more corn" is the
popular maxim of the Greenville farmers this
season.
- Congressman Aiken says since the cam
paign of the administration has been develop
ed in the Charleston U. S. Court House he has
changed his mind entirely as to the propriety of
an extra session Of the Legislature to redis-
trct the State. He now thinks it absolutely
indispensable, and believes that the State
should be redistricted in the interest of the
Democratic party, if to get six safe districts
they should run in strips from Pickens to
Sumter.
THE Greenville Ne,cS gives the following
encouraging report Of crop prospects Far
mers from all parts of the county report the
small grain crops as more promising than at
any time within thirty years. A much larger
acreage than usual has been sown, and wheat
and oats give indications of an abundant har-
vest. Less cotton and more corn will be
planted than in preceding years. The fruit
crop is believed to be out of danger from frost,
and good fruit year is predicted with a finer
and earlier yield than for several seasons.
The Lancaster Ledger of the 10Th reports
homicide which occurred at T. j. Cauthen' IS
mill, in the upper part of Kershaw county, on
Saturday of last week. A difficulty took place
between Mr. Clark, the miller, and man by
the name of Daniel Peach. 1t appears that
Peach was in liquor and boisterous and attack
ed Clark with knife, when Clark seized a
mallet and struck Peach in the breast, killing
him instantly. Clark Immediately surrendered
himself to the Trial Justice. Peach was about
40 years of age and leaves a family.
- The progress of the Greenback movement
in Richland county, is thus reported by the
Columbia Register: The new party meeting
at w. T. Roberts mill on Saturday was not a
brilliant success. The speaker was there
cooked and primed, but the game was too
small in the opinion of the managers to war.
rant waste of ammunition and no attempt
was made to organize. At Enon Church, in
the Jackson Creek neighborhood, about mile
and half from Dents mill, meeting was
held with better success J. Hendrix McLane
''talked" and club was formed.
"A heavy storm of wind and hail from the
west passed over Columbia about O'Clock
last Saturday night, continuing about fifteen
minutes. The hail stones were Of unusual
size, some reaching the dimension of large
plums, and fell in great quantity. Some dam
age was done to glass in various portions Of
city and the tender vegetables were much
injured, but fortunately the storm passed sc
rapidly that serious damage was averted. The
most remarkable feature of the phenomenon
was the temperature Immediately after the
storm was almost as high as before it's occur
renee.
- Says the Greenville Necs of Friday: On
Sunday last some horses belonging to Mr.
Pridmore, who lives OH the top of Caesars
Head, were playing at point on the noun
tain near the indentation in the rock, which
forms the mouth Of the "Head," when one Of
them, a large gray horse, jumped too near the
edge of the precipice, could not check himself
and fell with terrific crash, over it's side to
the ''Dismal,'' which is a ravine about one
thousand feet below. During his terrible de-
scent, he struck upon projecting boulder and
rebounded with much violence. He was OF
course killed instantly and terribly mangled
his brains being mashed out and every shoe
torn from his feet.
- Col. R. NJ. Sims, Secretary of State, has
forwarded to the supervisor of registration
for each of the counties in the State circu'
lar informing them that ''the adoption of the
two ballot boxes and two sets of managers OF
election at each polling precinct necessitates
an additional list of registered voters" Be-
fore the 1st of May the secretary hopes to send
to the supervisors an additional book for the
purpose above stated, land, also, new set of
blank certificates of registration on bond paper
and in the form of a stub book" The super
visors are instructed to return to the secretary
of State all of the blank certificates already
sent out, and, also, to forward the probable
number of electors to register at each OF the
polling precincts in the different counties.
A genuine case of hydrophobiai in Newberry
county is thus reported by the Herald: "About
six weeks ago six-year-old son of Mr.. w. w.
Spence, of this county, was bitten by dog.
The wound healed up and the child appeared
to be in usual health until Tuesday, the 18th
instant, when symptoms of hydrophobia were
observed. Drs. Kett and Ruff were sent for,
and as soon as they saw the child pronounced
the case hydrophobia. The sight of water threw
the child into convulsions, and chloral and
morphine were powerless to produce case OF
quiet. His sufferings were terrible to witness.
He fingered until Thursday in great agony
and died. The dog that bit the child exhibited
no signs of being mad. 1t belonged on the
place and the child was playing with it when
bitten. The dog was not killed until about a
week before the child died.
MERE.MENTION.
MacLean, the man who shot at Queen Vic
toria, was tried on Wednesday of last week
for high treason, and acquitted on the ground
of insanity. The deliberation of the jury oc-
cupied but five minutes. MacLean will be de-
tanned in custody during her Majesty's pleas