Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-08-02

OF the state VIII meet mere IN conference OH
the subject of the tariff next Tuesday. OFF,
cials of the line controlled by the Richmond
and Danville say that they will have such
conference on that day, and think that the
other roads will send representatives"
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Ten pigs were killed by flash of light
ming at Greenville on Wednesday of last
week.
Lancaster thinks she will handle $1,000
or $4,000 bales of cotton next season, and is
moving for bank.
The duplicate statue for the Confederate
monument at Columbia will be in that city
at an early day. The contractor is prepar-
ing for the mounting.
- tits estimated by judges that with favor
able seasons from this out, not more than
half crop of cotton will be made in Lam
caster county.
The watermelon crop in Barnwell coun-
ty is said to be immense. More than a
dozen trains were loaded with melons last
week and shipped out to the Northwest.
MIR. w. c. Benet, of the Abbeville bar,
has been employed to assist the prosecution
in the case of the State against A. G.. Shield
for the murder of j. G. Sitton, near Char
lotte, \. G..
- The Abbeville Press and Banner says
there has been for a year, and is still being
eXerted, more energy in building churches
in that county than at any time in its
history.
Five negroes were seining in Senaca riv-
er, Wednesday evening, 10 or II miles from
Anderson, when two of them, Aaron Riley
and Robert Brownlee, were accidentally
drowned.
ITrin l,oth
ed with rains lart week, and the news
papers now speak of the crop prospect with
more cheerfulneSS than at any time during
the last month.
Crops in Anderson county are suffering
from drought, no rain having fallen in a
month. A leading farmer says that it will
be next to impossible to make a full crop
of either corn or cotton under any circum-
stances.
- A difficulty occurred at Due West on Sat-
urday, between Thomas Anderson and Mari
on Bell and his two sons, Samuel and IZban,
in which Anderson was shot at three times
and was severely hurt by being hit in the
head with brick.
Anderson Journal: On Thursday morn
ing, the City Council heard an appeal from
the Mayors Court in which barkeeper in
town had been found guilty and fined for
furnishing intoxicating liquors to man of
known Incorporate habits. The council
sustained the findings below, and the de-
fendant gave notice of appeal to the Circuit
Court.
The State Sunday-school convention met
in the Newberry Baptist Church on We'd
nesday night of last week. About forty
delegates were present, The welcoming ad-
dress was delivered on behalf of the citizens
by Mayor Pope and on behalf of the Sunday
schools by George B. Cromer, Esq, and
were replied to by the President, Professor
J. ID. Anderson of Laurens.
In Greenvile, on last Friday afternoon,
the machine shop and lumber houses Of
Shumate, Grady & Nichols, builders and
contractors, were burned, the fire originat-
ing from sparks from the engine. The mill
contained much improved machinery Of
the latest patents used in the dressing and
preparation of lumber, some of which had
not yet been put in operation. The build
ings contained a large stock of dressed lum-
Der, mouldings bracket work, &C., and in
the yard there were many car loads of lum-
Der. Loss about $4,000. No insurance.
- Comptroller General Stoney has de-
manded a settlement from Mr.. B. IT. Law
ton, late Treasurer of Hampton county.
Mr.. Lawton, through his attorneys, Messrs.
Warren & Warren, refuses to pay the bal
ance due the State, claiming that it was
lost by the robbery of his safe and that he
is not responsible therefor. Immediate
and county officials to recover the amount
due from Mr.. LaWt0n's bondsmen. The
case will come up at the next term of Court
in Hampton county.
- Georgetown Eaquirer, 25th ultimo: Mr..
A. J. Cox, a young man in the employ of
Mr.. ID. J. FoXWorth on Black River, died
on last Friday night from the effects of
dose Of strychnine taken by mistake. Mr..
Cox had been suffering from fever for sew
eral days and was taking quinine, which he
kept for convenience in a small vase. Mr..
FoXworth having occasions to use strych-
nine for the purpose of killing rats, placed it
in the vase. On Friday afternoon Mr.. Cox
entered the house and taking from the vase
a dose of what he supposed to be quinine
swallowed it. He was Immediately seized
with convulsions and medical aid was sum
moned, but before it reached him the unfOr
tunate young man was dead.
A requisition was received at the Exec
utive Department last Thursday, from the
Governor of North Carolina for the body of
Edward Boone, white, who was arrested at
Bradley, in Abbeville county, several days
ago, charged with the murder of John S.
Woodfin. The crime was committed in
Yancey county, n. c., in 1878. Boone was
arrested before in Virginia, whittier he had
fled, but managed to escape. He has been
working at the blacksmith trade in Bradley
for short time. A brother of the deceased
had discovered where the murderer was
through letters to the latter's wife, and on her
departure from her North Carolina home, he
followed her to Bradley. The necessary
papers have been sent to the Sheriff of Abbe
vile for the transfer of the murderer.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Frank Pugh, of Randolph county, ac-
cused of having killed his father twelve or
fifteen years ago, has been arrested and
lodged in Jail at Asheboro.
- About o'clock on Tuesday evening Of
last week, the severest storm of wind which
has visited that section for years struck
Greensboro, inhicting considerable damage