Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-01-12
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

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- Raleigh is so far II 800 bales short of last
seasons receipts Of cotton.
"A fire occurred at Winston last Saturday
night, destroying four stores and the post Of
fice Several small buildings were torn down
to prevent the spread of the flames.
- News has been received that Hayward
NJ Love, formerly of Lincoln county, was
shot and robbed in New Mexico on the Sd of
October last. lie was robbed of $3.50 in
money, and dangerously but not mortally
wounded.
- The Rock Island woolen mills property in
Charlotte was sold at commissioners sale on
Monday of last week and bid in by A. E.
Hutchison, of Rock Hill, S. G., at the sum
of ss,OOO The sale is subject to confirmation
by the court.
- Many of the towns in North Carolina are
moving in the matter of providing against the
appearance of small pox, which is prevalent
to an alarming extent in different sections of
the country. The town commissioners of
Greensboro have passed an ordinance requiring
every person in the town to be vaccinated and
to have the operation performed at once under
apenalty of S. for failure.
- The Raleigh Observer announces the death
of Judge Brooks, which occurred at his resi-
dence in Elizabeth City, last Friday. Judge
Brooks will ever be remembered by the people
of North Carolina for his connection with the
'sKirk war; he promptly granting writ of
habeas corpus, and upon hearing, ordering
the discharge of citizens unlawfully detained
by the minions of petty tyranny, at time
when the judicial authority of the State was
powerless to act, through fear of mourning the
dspleasure of radical rulers.
AS illustrating the luck of the average
office-seeker, the Mt. Airy Ne,os says: A
prominent North Carolina Republican about
four years ago went to Washington strongly
backed for the office of Commissioner of Agri-
culture. lie failed to get it. He next applied
for appointment as warden of the jail at
Washington and failed again. After one or
two more failures he sought appointment on
the police and again failed. Heis now mes
senger in one of the departments and as happy
as any office-holder can be. lie is persistent,
but not more so than the average North Caro-
lima Republican politician.
The Charlotte Observer of last Sunday
says We have it from an entirely reliable
source that Mr. Best and his Boston syndicate
has failed to meet the first payment for the
lease of the Atlantic & North Carolina rail-
road, due on the 1st day of January. 1t is un-
derstood that he asked an extension of time
until yesterday, and up to the very latest ac-
counts he had not been able to raise the money.
Our informant tells us that all his employees
have left him, because he cannot pay them
The idemnity fund of $50, 900 deposited in the
Pacific Bank of Boston, if it ever existed, was
lost by the failure of that Institution, as an
nounced some weeks ago, and the Midland
scheme, hitherto on paper only, vanishes into
very thin air.
Tile agreement lately made by DR.. Canedo,
representing the New York and Southern
Railway nd Telegraphic Consolidation Com
pany, and the commissioners appointed by the
Legislature of North Carolina to sell the States
stock in the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Railroad, has been committed to writing and
now awaits ratification by the Legislature.
Briefly stated, the purchasers agree within
twelve months from the ratification to have
the road completed and equipped in good run
ming order from Raemont, near the South
Carolina line, by way of Shoe Heel and Fay
etteyille to Greensboro. It is to be built and
equipped within two years, in like manner
from Greensboro to Mt. Airy, passing by
Bruce's Cross Roads, Walnut Cove and Ger
manton. Within three years it is to be fully
completed from Fayetteville to Wilmington,
and up the valley of the Yadkin by way of
Wilkesboro to Patterson, in the county of
Caldwell, and also throughthe county of Surry
to Ore Knob, according to the provisions OF
the charter. Various forfeitures and penalties
are named but first of all, DR.. Canedo has to
obtain the signatures of his associates to the
contract, after which, if all goes well, within
four months from this date the purchasing
company will have its hands at work finishing
the road.