Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-22
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

"A recruiting office for the enlistment OF
white men in the United States Army, has
been opened in Charlotte.
- Bishop Keener will preside at the Meth
Odist conference that meets at tStateSVllle on
the 18th.
Thomas Gordon, a colored man living
in Mecklenburg county, committed suicide
last Thursday by shooting himself in the
head with shot gun, rather than appear
before the inferior court as a witness in
barn burning case.
- At O'Clock last Friday morning, a fire
broke out in Charlotte, and before it could
be checked four dwellings were destroyed,
involving a loss of about $4,000. Mrs. j.
Rintel, Mrs. A. H. Tate and II. II. Gather
a.e the principal losers. Loss partially COW
cred by insurance.
The annual meeting Of the Eastern
Fields Trial Club was commenced last Mon
day at High Point with a large number of
members present and plenty of dogs. The
trials opened on Monday in members
stakes. Birds were abundant, but the scent
was poor, and the field was left upon an ur-
decided heat between Thayer's "Rue" and
Coster's 'Buckellew." The heat was tried
over on Tuesday, on which day the all ages
trials also came off. For these trials there
were fifty-three entries.
The Gastonia Gazette of Friday announces
the death of Hon. James H. White, of that
county, who died on the 1st instant. Speak
| ing of Mr.. White, the Gazette says; He was
his convictions and honest in all his actions.
For number of years he was one of the
leading minds in thissection Of North Caro-
lima and he goes down to his grave honored
and respected by all who knew him, and so
far as we know he departed this life at peace
with everybody.
- Charlotte Democrat The barn Of Mr..
| Hugh X. Reid, in Sharon Township, was
destroyed by fire on Saturday night last.
a lot of farming implements, wagon and
some rOughness were burnt. Two mules
were saved from the burning building by
| the extraordinary efforts of a colOred man.
The fire is thought to have been the work OF
All incendiary, and negro man named Mel
son Porter has been committed to Jail on
charge Of being concerned in the burning.
Suspicion rests on others.
The Charlotte Observer learns that the
appeal of Thos. l.. Shields to the Supreme
Court of North Carolina, from the Superior
Court of Mecklenburg, on conviction OF the
murder of James Stton, was not heard at
the present term Of the Supreme Court, but
goes over to the Spring term, and will be
heard about next May. The Observer says:
Should the finding of the Superior court be
affirmed, Shields will have to remain in Jail
until after the fall term of Mecklenburg Su-
perior court, in 1854, when the sentence of
the law will be re-passed upon him. TAX
ing into consideration the past record of our
Jail as a prisoner-kiler, it is matter of eX-
ceeding doubt whether or not the unfortu-
nate Shields will ever live to see the end OF
his case in the courts. So far, his health has
been good and he has held out well against
his confinement with no indications of
break down, but there's no telling what
twelve months more in Jail will do.
CONVICTED OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS at
Shelby, the trial of Burt Ellis, the negro
charged with the murder of Mrs. VIM.
Logan, near Kings Mountain, on Friday
evening, October 10Th, was concluded, the
jury finding verdict of ''guilty," almost as
soon as the case was given them by Judge
Gilmer. Immediately upon receiving the
verdict of the jury, the court passed sentence
of death upon the prisoner, condenning
him to be hanged on the 14th day of next
December.
Our readers may yet remember the de-
tails of Ellis crime, which was one OF the
most cold bloOded murders that has ever
been perpetrated in this State. AN old
man named VIM. Logan, lived alone with
his wife on his farm near Kings Mountain,
and about dark on the evening of the 18th
of October, negro called at his door and
asked to have five dollar bill changed.
Mr.. Logan refused to do this, and the negro
then told him that lot Of COWS were in his
corn field and agreed to 60 and run them
out, if Mrs. Logan would go with him and
let down the fence. This Mrs. Logan con-
sented to do, and as she got beyond her hus-
bands sight, she was felled by blow with
club in the hands of the negro, and was
then choked to death. The negro returned
to the house and attacked old man Logan,
choking him till he was dead to all appear
ances and then burying his body under
pile of cotton. After this the negro sacked
the house and found $40. He then buried
Mrs. Logan's body under pile of cotton,
set fire to it and fled. After time Mr..
Logan regaincd consciousness and burroW-
ing from under the cotton, made his way
to Il neighbor's house and told the awful
tale. A party of neighbors returned with
him and after a search Mrs. Logan's body
was found under the burning cotton. Great
excitement prevailed and on Monday Ellis
was arrested on suspicion and Mr.. Logan's
note book was found in his pocket. Several
efforts were made to lynch him, but the
sheriff succeeded in safely lodging him in
Jail. The evidence produced at the trial
was dead against him and all who heard it
were confident that the jury could render
but one verdict, and that was 'guilty." Ell
lis will swing on December 14th. There is
no hope of Il respite or pardon for him.
charlotte Observer, Snaddy.
THE SpEAKERsII1P.-A late Washington
dispatch says that there are twenty men,
bers Of the House of Representatives, of
both parties, in that city, Among them
there are two subjects talked abOut-the
Speakership and the elections. The elec
tions are Il new and important factor in the
Speakership contest. They are discussed
with special reference to their effect upon
Randall's chances. There are two theories
as to the manner in which he will be affect
ed. One is that Randall will be strengthen
ed in that the result in Virginia shows that
the Republicans are likely to revive the
issue of a solid North against a solid South
that Randall will be able to keep OFT objec-
tionable issues Ofthe campaign, and will pre-
vent any possible agitation OF the tariff and
that if the Democracy is prudent it will
avoid any such dividing issue in the close
States of the North, notably in New Jersey |
and Indiana. The second view is, that the
election has weakened Randall. Those
who advance this theory point not south
of the Potomac, but to Pennsylvania, and
say that Randall and the Democratic pro-
tectionists of that State, with reform Dem
ocratic Governor at Harrisburg, in an off
year have been unable to retain the control
of the State, and that fact alone shows that
the Democratic alliance with protectionists
is futile; that the Democracy will do well
to assert itself, declare its principles for rev.
enue tariff only, abandon the ostrich policy, |
and draw sharply the line throughout the
whole country exactly on the tariff.
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