Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-09-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The cOrnet has been introduced into the
choir of the Baptist Church at Timonsville.
- The cotton mill at Vaucluse, Aiken
county, is consuming seventy-five bales of
cotton a week.
Two of the Lexington county anti-StOck
law rioters have been acquitted, and it is
probable that all the other cases will be
dropped.
A fire, supposed to be of incendiary Ori-
gin, occurred in Marion last Friday night,
by which the residence of H. Cronheim was
destroyed.
- The Episcopal Church at Seneca City
was struck by lightning on Monday of last
week. The damage to the building, how
ever, was not serious.
Gibbons, one of the witnesses in the Uni
ted States Court against the Clarendon pris-
oeers, is now being vainly hunted by officers
with warrant against him for rape.
John S. Fisher, the Z. S. deputy mar
shall charged by Special Agent Powers with
setting up sham stills in Pickens county, has
published a card denying the charge.
The Marlboro Monitor states that there
is a prospect for an early extension of the
Raleigh and Augusta Airline Railroad
through this State via Bennettsville.
The Pickens Seutinelsays: John Wilson,
aged SO years, died in the western section
Of this county on the Sth instant. He has
an older brother now living who is 1O9
years old.
A petition is circulating in the town of
Barnwell, asking that an election be order
ed in November next to decide whether or
not the town council shall grant liquor
license.
- The Union Times says: "Cotton picking
is in full sway, and the cotton is opening
uncommonly fast. 1t is generally supposed
Der, if nothing interfereS. No one believes
there will be over half a crop"
Isaac Anderson, of Sycamore, Barnwell
county, deliberately shot down Owen Will
lams, a respectable white farmer, last week,
because he had killed a sheep killing dog
belonging to Anderson. a shot gun was
used, and Williams was probably fatally
hurt. Anderson escaped
- The referee in the case against the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad COM
pany, for injuries done the dead body of Il
man by train, who was murdered and
placed on its track near Columbia, has
awarded $4,000 damages to the relatives
The road will appeal.
DIR. w. w. Watson, of Hickory, n. g..
who was arrested on the charge OF stealing a
horse, was tried in Laurens last week. He
pleaded guilty Of taking the horse, but not
with felonious intent. The jury rendered a
verdict of guilty. The sentence of the Court
was five years at hard labor in the Peniten~
tiary.
Chester Reporter: Solicitor CASTOR and
A. G.. Brice, Esq, counsel for the State in
the case against ex-Treasrrer julius Mills,
have filed exceptions to the report of j. r.
Mcdonald, Esq. special referee. The whole
subject viii come up for a hearing before
Judge Fraser at the approaching term of
Court.
The Baptist Church of Greenville, by, Il
unanimous vote, has called the Rev. D.. a.
Mundy, D. D., to be its pastor, and he has
accepted the call. DR.. Mundy is of War
renton, n. c., and formerly of Virginia;
He is a first honor graduate of Richmond
College, and is generally regarded as one
of the ablest ministers of the Baptist Church
in the South.
On last Thursday negro in the upper
part of Sumter county, outraged a white
girl named Bette Dixon, twelve years of
age. A sister of the victim, in trying to
protect her, was stabbed by the negro, but
not fatally That night a party of citizens