Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-04-05
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

A Chinese tramp has been doing the
town of Shelby.
The Caldwell property on the southeast
corner of the public square in Greensboro
has been bought by the U. S. Government
for S13 1000, as site for public building.
The cotton gin and grist and saw mill of
Mr.. w. B. Parks, in the HopeWell neigh
borhood of Mecklenburg county were de-
stroyed by an alleged incendiary fire on
Wednesday night of last week. Loss, 81 600.
The name of the Watauga and Caldwell
Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, design
ed to connect at Hickory with the Chester
and Lenoir N. G. Railroad, has been chang
ed to the North Carolina and Tennessee
Railroad Company.
The Charlotte Journal says that H. j..
Hayward, an assistant to the United States
District Attorney, was in Charlotte last
week, quietly but energetically investiga-
ting alleged election frauds in Mecklenburg
county.
The stockholders of the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley Railroad met in Fayetteville
on yesterday for the purpose of ratifying the
sale of the road. The company purchasing
| it promise to have the track laid to Green's
boro by next fall.
| II. c. Lingle, former merchant OF Mon
roe, who was taken to the Asylum at Ra-
leigh about month ago, for treatment of
| softening of the brain, died in the asylum
on Monday Of last week. He was men,
Der of the knights of Honor, and also of
the Mutual Aid Association.
Says the Charlotte Journal: 1t is not
generally known that The first Protestant
church ever organized in TampicO, Mexico,
has been firmly established under the pas
torate of Rev. Neill &. Pressly, young
| IL, 20 hor tn
| land of the MOnteZumaS, as missionary
of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church Of the South.
A poor man and his family recently
moved into house near Matthews Station,
in Union county, formerly occupied by Jack
| Harkey, miserly man, who died there q
few weeks ago, and in moving an old cup
| board, the new occupants found a tin box
concealed behind it containing $1,000 in gold.
The finder promptly reported the fact to
Harkey's executor, to whom he delivered
the treasure.
Judge McRae has rendered his decision
in the case of G.. w. Chalk VS.. the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad Company, set
ting aside the verdict, which was in Mr..
Chalk's favor. This suit was brought to
recover the value of quantity of flour be-
longing to the plaintiff, and which was de-
stroyed, while yet in the possession of the
railroad company, by the burning of the
depot in Charlotte. Mr.. Chalk has gained
his case twice-in the first instance the rail-
road appealing to the Supreme Court, which
sent the case back for a new trial. AT the
second trial Mr.. Chalk once more gained
the suit but now he has to fight the battle
over again.
Lyman Potter, of New York, who start
ed out about six months ago to tramp from
that city to New Orleans within given
time, rolling wheelbarroW IN front OF
him, was killed near Salisbury last Friday
night, by being run over by train of the
n. C. Railroad. He started out on a wager,
well supplied with money, but his hackers,
finding that he could not accomplish the
feat, hedged their bets and left him to his
fate. He reached Greensboro during last
Christmas week, and eight days after his
arrival there had made but % miles. 1t
seems that after being abandoned by his
hackers, he wandered aimlessly about, his
only companion being a pet wolf, with
which he started out on his travels.
The case of the Stanly county moon
sinner, Fraley, who murdered Mr. Walker
about six weeisagO, was called before Judge
Shipp at AlDemarle last week, and on mo-
tion of the defendant's counsel, it was moved
to Cabarrus Superior Court for trial. Fra
ley's counsel, Capt. Charles Price, claimed
that the o,nmunity was too much preju-
diced against the prisoner to give him
fair trial, and the case was accordingly
moved to Cabarrus county and will be heard
at the fall term of the Superior Court in
Concord. Walker was areVenue officer and
was shot by Fraley while the former was
discharging his official duty: The people
of Albermale are justly indignant at the
cowardly manner in which the officer was
murdered.
AN INVENTIVE GENIUs.-Ino our opinion
the Democratic party of South Carolina
owes debt of gratitude to the "man who
waved board with nails in it" on election
day. We trust that our people will see that
no harm comes to this inventive genius.
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