Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-30
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- On the 18th instant, the four prisoners
in the Hampton jail turned upon the Jaller
whilst he was serving them with dinner,
locked him up and made their escape.
A fire occurred in Manning at about two
o'clock last Saturday morning, destroying
all the property in the principal business
square. The loss is estimated at S25,0o0,
mostly covered by insurance.
S. A. Robertson, we'll known contrac-
tor and builder, fell from the second story
of the Times building, at Florence, Wednes-
day, receiving injuries from which he died
in a few hours.
In Marion county, last Saturday, Dan
iel Kinds, a young white man, aided and
abetted by his father, Nestor Kinds, shot
and killed Mr.. Williams, an estimable
young man, who had reprimanded young
Kinds for having used insulting language
to lady.
- The Boston Journal Of Commerce says
that "Newberry, S. c., can safely boast OF
one of the best cotton mills either North or
South, and the machinery throughout has
been selected with great care and contains
all the best and latest improvements" The
mill employs 1872 hands.
Thursday night the passenger depot at
Aiken was broken into, the door of the iron
safe blow n off its hinges and the safe robbed
of its contents, consisting of some $500 in
money, two express packages and several
mortgages belonging to friends of the rail-
road agent. No clue to the burglars. The
supposed burglar was arrested at Hopkins
on the next evening.
| - Jack McAbee, a white lad, about IL
years old, was found dead in the road near
Campobello, Spartanburg county, one day
last week. He was driving an OK wagon,
and it seems that the fore wheel struck a
sapling and brought it down suddenly across
his neck and mashed him down on the
tongue and broke his neck, or choked him.
| The oxen stopped still and he was found
pressed down by the sapling.
On Thursday last Due West township,
in Abbevile county, voted on the question
whether the township should subscribe
a five per cent. tax to the Carolina, Cumber-
land Gap and Chicago Railroad. The sub
scription was carried by majority OF 43,
the vote in favor Of it being 10s and against
66, total vote cast 173. The result eXcites
great enthusiasm among the friends of the
enterprise.
On last Thursday night Deputy Sheriff
Gentry, of Spartanburg county, arrested
Isaac NJ. Goodman, of Lafayette county,
Miss, charged with the murder of his faith
er on December %, 1879. He came to Spar
tanburg county about two years ago and
married near Parrisford on Pacolet River,
where he was farming. He is about 30
years old. He says that he is the man
wanted, but that he is not guilty of the
murder.
- Sheriff Cole, of Darlington, has recently
returned from Arkansas with colored man
charged with an offence in this State. The
prisoner says that he is glad to get back
under any circumstances, as he would rather
be in the penitentiary in this State than be
free man in Arkansas. The emigrants
are daily heaping curses on the agents who
wheedled them into going to Arkansas.
Five emigrants were hung there in one
month because they settled on high land
and would not 20 back into the swamp
people will not allow the emigrants to live
outside of the swamp lands, and to remain
! in the SWAMP is certain death.