Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-16

neighbors. Let no man say that farming Will
not pay in this country. When we hear a
man say he can't make living on good farm,
we think there is fault somewhere.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ..
- The telegraph Office at Concord has been
placed in charge of Miss Mary Ormand, of
Fort Mill, S. G.. -.. 49,
"A citizen of Haywood county recently sold
one hundred walnut trees to a northern COM
pany for 1900. ...
Gov. Jarvis says the Legislature of that
State will be convened April 20th, for the pur-
pose of redistricting.
The survey of the narrow gauge railroad
from Watauga Gap to Cranberry Forge, on
the Imboden line, has been completed and the
corps of engineers has been dismissed.
- Owing to the fact that "the present edi-
tors and owners Of the Lincoln Progress diff
fer so widely in business and other matters, y
the publication of that paper is suspended for
the present
Two brick stores at Goldsboro were de-
stroyed by fire early Friday morning. They
were occupied by W. S. P. Royal, A. Kent
and ]. NJ. Dodson. The origin of the fire is un-
known. The buildings are insured for $4 ,OOO.
The loss on stock is heavy. ..
- The first load Of new steel rails for the
Smithfield extension of the Midland Railway
has arrived at Goldsboro, and the work of
putting down the ties and preparation for
placing the rails has been commenced near
that city.
The stockholders of the Midland Railroad,
at Alexandria, Va, last week, ordered aid to
be given Col. J. Turner Morehead, President
of the North Carolina Division, for the pur-
pose of pushing the Road on from Danville to
Charlotte.
"A man named William Brown has been ar
rested for attempting burn the Orange Cotton
Factory, Orange county. He had some diff
fculty with the proprietor and set fire to the
lint room, but the flames were extinguished
before much damage was done. Brown was
lodged in jail.
A Raleigh dispatch of Sunday says that
on the previous day, at Third Creek, N. c.,
fully one hundred whites and negroes were
engaged in riot. A negro attacked white
man, and when the latter defended himself,
more negroes took part, when more whites
came to the aid of the man attacked. Troops
went to the scene and arrested many of the
rioters and placed them in jail.
At meeting Of the directors of the Caro-
lima Central Railroad, held at Wilmington on
the 9th, Col. John M. Robinson, President of
the Bay Line, Seaboard and Roanoke, Raleigh
and CASTOR and Raleigh and Augusta Air
Line Companies was elected President to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Capt. D.
Murchison, and Mr.. Livingston Munns, OF
Boston, was elected director in his stead.
SAYS the Statesville Landmark: The two
factories at the Catawba river in which DR..
A. M. Powell, of Catawba, owned an interest,
were sold under decree Of court on the 9Th.
The Powell & Shuford factory, about 1000
spindles, was bought by Mr.. j. U. Long, OF
Catawba, for 50 $50. Persons who had ex-
pected to bid on this factory did not arrive in
time and it sold low. The factory Of the
Catawba Manufacturing company was bought
by Mr.. E. G. Graham, Of Asheville, for Sl4,
1OO
- Miss Sallie NJ Moore, living few miles
from Charlotte, started to church about II
O'Clock last Sunday, and was followed by a
negro boy named Ben Withers, aged only
about Is. A short distance from the house
the boy struck the woman over the head with
large stick, which felled her to the ground.
He subsequently cut her throat and left her
for dead. Pursuit was made almost immedi-
ately, and he was arrested and placed in jail.
No cause has been assigned for the deed. The
woman may recover.
"A correspondent informs the Greenville
Ne,os that most horrible murder was COM
mitted near Tryon City, just over the North
Carolina line, and on the Asheville and Spar
tanburg Railroad, last week. 1t seems that
Jane Jackson had been receiving considerable
attention from the sweetheart of Della Mills,
and the latter becoming jealous, went, accom-
panied by her brother, to the house of her
rival, called her out, and brutally murdered
her with rocks and sticks. The brother, Dan
Mills, has been arrested, and we understand
that Sheriff Hampton is in close pursuit OF
the woman. The parties are all negroes.