Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-08-23
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

A hunting party in Georgetown county
last week killed six deer.
The ladies of Bethlehem, Chester county,
are raising money to build new church.
The pillars of the permanent railroad
bridge for the Cheraw and Chester Railroad
over CataWba river, are being built.
Capt. Dawson, of the Ne,rs and Courier,
arrived in New York from Liverpool on
the 18th instant, and reached his home in
Charleston last Thursday.
The first bale of new cotton from Hamp-
ton county was received at Brunson, Barn
we'll county, on the 18th instant, for ship
ment. 1t was grown by Maj. L. F. Hughes.
In the State Normal Institute, at Colum-
bia, two hundred names have been enrolled
by the secretary, and there is every indica-
tion that the attendance, before the close,
will equal if not exceed that of last year.
-Greenville News: The Huguenot Mills
of this city have just received an order for
1000 bales of its goods. This is certainly
most fattering, and shows that the ruputa-
ton of the Mills is becoming established
upon a high basis. The Mill now has as
much work as it can handle.
- About s o'clock last Thursday night, at
the house of Mr.. Rilah Grant, near Chester
field G.. H., John Peavey killed James H.
Stacey. Stacey was the son-in-laW of Mr..
Grant, and Peavey was boarding at Mr..
Grants house. Ill-feeling had existed be-
tween the parties for some time. RumOr
says woman was at the bottom of the trOu-
BILE.
Camden Journal: From what we can
learn from the physicians, all Of those per-
sons in Camden who were poisoned recently
by eating ice cream, and who were so i'll
when our last report was published, are on
the convalescent list now, though a few Of
them are still very weak. They all show
signs of having passed through terrible
ordeal, being very thin and weak, and
almost as pale as death. We are all re-
joiced to see that no more deaths have oc'
Cured, for at one time 1T seemed impossible
for some of them to recover, their suffer
ingS were SO great.
Says the Wilmington IN. CO. Star: 1t is
asserted by those who ought to know, that
the ".Short Line" railroad from Wilson tC
Florence will certainly be built. 1t is only
necessary now that the proposition have the
formal endorsement ofthe Board of Directors
of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Company, the meeting ofwhich has been de-
layed by the absence of Mr.. Walters, who is
unfortunately detained in Europe by Sc
we're attack of rheumatism. Mr.. Walters is
known to favor the movement, and from al
we can hear we are led to believe that the
building of the new line may be considered
a certainty.
DIR. F. w. P. Butler, son of Senator NJ
c.. Butler, while out horseback riding with
young lady friend at Lancaster, last Mon
day, met with a distressing accident which
may result, it is feared, in his death. The
horse he was riding became unmanage,
able and ran away with him. He was
thrown off and as he struck the ground, the
horse fell on him, crushing him badly, caus-
ing conclusion of the brain. He was in an
insensible condition Monday afternoon and
the doctors had but little, if any, hopes for
his recovery. DR.. Butler has been living at
Fort Lawn, Chester county, sometime past,
where he was a great favorite with the
people.