Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-08-30
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAhOlINA NEWS.
Claude Garrett, of Laurens, fell and
broke his right arm while skating last week.
The attending physicians concur that Dr.
Butler, who was severely injured at Lancas-
ter, by being thrown from his horse, is grad
ually improving, but his injury is serious.
Three stores and nddwellings were entirely
destroyed by fire at Sumter, last Friday
morning, involving loss of from $4,000 to
$4,000.
- Mr.. John Miller, of Edgefeld, was Sc
verely bitten by horse last week, which
has since died of every symptom of hydro
phobia.
- Nelson Morse, white, alleged to have
been implicated in the murder of James
Ledford, at Landrum's Station, in Spartan
burg county, about six years ago, was ar
rested last week in Pickens county.
Chancellor James P. Carroll died at Cse-
sar's Head last Friday, from the effects of a
spiders bite, received few days previous.
Hewas about IS years of age. His remains
were taken to Columbia and inferred on
Tuesday.
Robert B. Hayne, of Charleston, who,
for about ten years, served the South Carroll
committed suicide in Charleston, on the 25th
instant, by shooting himself during tempo
rary alteration of mind. There was moth
ing wrong with his accounts.
A lad named Burdett, in the northern
portion of Laurens county, was endeaVOr-
ing to lift loaded shot gun over a fence by
drawing, it up to him from across the fence
by the muZzle, when the whole load was
discharged into his right arm, rendering
amputation necessary near the shoulder
- The man who was lodged in Jail at Lau-
rens G.. H., few days ago, charged with
horse stealing, and who for several days re-
fused to disclose his name and residence,
proves to be DIR. Watson, of good family
connection and of respectable standing at
his home, Hickory, n. c. Much sympathy
is expressed for his wife who has come to
his aid.
During severe lightning and thunder
storm on Wednesday of last week, Mrs.
John Rawls and a negro man, in the Hollow
Creek neighborhood of Lexington county
were in field attending to some work,
Becoming alarmed, they ran toward house
but were stricken down and instantly killed
by a bolt Of lightning before they COULD
reach the house.
- the Normal Institute reached the end oil
its third week, last Saturday. The attend"
ance now numbers 23O teachers. The clos.
ing exercises of the Institute will take place
tomorrow. Col. Coward, the State super"
intendent of education, is very much pleas"
ed with the success of the Institute, and lis
tens to the lectures with as much pleasure
as the teachers to whom they are given.
-Abbeville lkediunl: In Magnolia town
ship, the dry spell has been SO severe and 50
long continued, that the cotton crop is re"
garded as dead failure. Last Monday one
gentleman commenced ploughing up hi:
crop of cotton. He had about fifty acre;
perfectly worthless. He will SOW the land
in oats, and as it was highly fertiliZed, will
no doubt be better paid than if he should un"
dertake to pick it.
-Asbury Chapel, located in Union county,
about two miles from Grindall Shoals, will
be dedicated on the second Sunday in Sep.
tember, by Rev. S. A. Weber, of Charleston.
The frame of this building was constructed
more than thirty years ago, out Of the best
timber, and is in a state of perfect preserva-
of the renowned Dawkins family, by whose
Christian liberality was begun, though un-
completed, owing to death and the war.
| - The case of Sims and VIM. Gilmore, OF
Union county, accused of counterfeiting
was ended in the U. S. District Court at
Greenville last Thursday, the jury return.
| ing verdict of not guilty. In the same
Court, white woman named Eliza Scruggs,
of Spartanburg county, pleaded guilty Of re.
failing liquor without having paid the spe'
cial tax. She was sentenced to one months
imprisonment in the Spartanburg county
jail. Alexander McGregor, who has been
postmaster at Jonesville, in Union county,
pleaded guilty to the charges of embeZzling
valuable letters, stealing the valuable con-
tents of letters and the unlawful disposition
of postage stamps.
The Pickens Sentinel says that on Sunday
evening of last week, Ella, an eleven year
old daughter of Mr.. J. M. Hayes, was fatal
| ly burnt by kerosene oil. 1t seems that her
father and mother had gone to visit sick
neighbor, and during their absence the lit
tie girl went into the kitchen for the purpose
of starting fire, preparatory, perhaps, to
cooking supper. In attempting to kindle
the fire she, took an oil can, which contained
about one pint of oil, and poured some of it
upon the wood. The oil caught and commu-
nicated to the can, causing an explosion
which threw the oil all over the body of the
child, and at once enveloped her in flames.
The child died from the effects of the burns.
Columbia Register: The County Com
missioners of Sumter have reported to Com
missioner Butler 597 miles of public high
ways and 18 river bridges in that county.
The roads are not in good condition, but are
as we'll kept as the present system and ap-
preparation will admit Of. The people are
in favor of abolishing the present system
and substituting the contract plan. 1t is
very difficult to get the roads worked, many
refusing to comply with the law and to EN-"
force the law has been found almost impos.
sible. Those whose duty it is to enforce il
being unpaid officials, are not disposed to
lose the time and incur the trouble incident
thereto.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.