Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-08-24

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information, that by liberal expenditure, Ne.
vada can be ''put right" as far as it's Repre-
sentative is concerned, this fall.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The Vaucuse mills of the Graniteville
Manufacturing Company are working on an or
der from San Francisco for 100000 yards OF
goods and 100000 bags.
DR.. Carlisle declines the presidency of the
South Carolina College. He says he feels ii
his duty to remain ut Woffortl, where he has
served so long.
- The Supreme Court decides, in the case OF
the State VS.. Mancke, that the Liquor law OF
December "a, 1880, went into effect on it's pas
sage.
- 1t is stated from Washington that the ma
val station at Port Royal is to be abandoned
in few days, and that the only L. 5. vessel
there will be ordered to Annapolis, Md, fol-
use by the cadets.
A car load of bird dogs was received i'll
Chester last week. They were shipped from
Philadelphia by Mr. J. II. What, and will be
put in training at Chester, for the field trials,
to come off around High Point in November.
The Columbia Register estimates that one
half of the ''SO, 900 white voters of this State
take nc newspaper of any kind" and practi'
caly 60 chrough the world blind, in utter igno-
rance of What is going on in the great world
they live in.
The joint summer meeting of the State
Grange and State Agricultural Society was
held in Anderson last week. Several essays
on agricultural topics were read, and lntelll'
gent discussion elected many new facts of i'm
portance to the farming community.
EX-Lieutenant Governor and eX- Congress-
man A. J. Ransier, colored, died near Char
lesion last Thursday night of country fever. "
Ransier was native of this State, and was
probably the least Objectionable OF the colored
men who attained high positions during the
Reconstruction era. FoI several years he has
lived in ahject poverty.
Among the ''oldest inhabitants" of the
South Carolina Penitentiary may be mention
ed the name of John Baskit, who was convict
ed of manslaughter and sentenced from Lau-
rens for 90 years he has served 13 years. Age,
35 years. The next oldest prisoner is Robert
Sans, convicted of the murder of his wife,
and sentenced from Charleston county for
life; he has served eleven years. Age, 59years.
- Milton Douglas, an Edgefield negro, was
married while slave in 1859 to colored girl
in that county. After three months of welded
life he was sold and sent West. His wife
married again, her second husband dying a
few months ago. Milton, who had not been
heard from since 1850, returned the other day
and resumed connubial relations with his old
spouse without the formality of re-marriage.
Cadet Whitaker is on a visit to his peo-
pie. who live in Camden-hiS first visit to his
home since his entrance at West Point six
years ago. a representative of the journal
found him very courteous and polite, and not
very much enamoured of the Republican par
ty, and his rude treatment. On the contrary
he has very kind feeling for the South, which
he regards as his and the home of his race in
this country.
A material train on the S. G. r. r. was
thrown from the track by a cow on Thursday
Of last week. VIM. Armstrong, the engineer,
was killed and five other persons injured.
But this is no argument in favor of the stock
law. The public are not informed as to the
fate of the COW. If unfortunately it was kill
ed by the train, the owner of the roaming
animal ought to recover heavy damages from
the railroad company.
Mr.. VIM. Beattie, a prominent merchant
of Greenvile, aud a delegate from that coun-
ty to the fourth Congressional Convention,
died suddenly at Union, Tuesday night, it is
supposed of heart disease. He complained of
feeling unwel, remained in his room and did
not attend the session of the Convention.
Mr. Beattie was a gallant Cofederate soldier
and lost an eye from a minnie ball which he
carried in his head for years, but which event.
ually dropped into his mouth one night when
asleep For business tact and energy, he was
highly esteemed by all who knew him.
STATE POLITICAL ITEMS.
- The editors of both the Anderson papers
are candidates for the Legislature.
- Honorable Samuel Dibble has been nomi-
mated for Congress in the first District, and
without doubt will be elected.
- The Convention of the Third COngression-
al district, composed of the counties of Alb
beville, Oconee and Pickens, will meet in
Anderson tomorrow.
- Nearly every Democratic paper in the
State, in mentioning the denomination of Mr..
Dibble for Congress, congratulates the First
district upon the fact.
- The Greenback State Convention will
meet in Columbia the 5th of September, and
the Republican State Convention will meet in
the same city the 10Th of September.
- The Democrats and the Republicans of
Georgetown county have agreed on cOmpro-
mise ticket. The Democrats have made their
and the ticket will be completed
at an early day.
The Darlington Somherner believes that
the nomination of Mr.. George w. Dargan for
Congress from the Sixth district wasa surprise
to most of his fellow-citizens, and probably as
much to MI Dargan as any one else.
- George w. Dargan, a young lawyer and
Solicitor of the Fourth Circuit, was nominated
for Congress from the Sixth Congressional
district, at Florence, on Wednesday of last
week. He was chosen on the thirty-third
ballot.
- Says the Anderson Jo"rnn7: "Col. f. 3.