Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-02-12
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


The oat crop of Marion county is in
splendid condition, and large yield IS an
ticipated.
- Kitty Malone, white woman, has been
committed to the Jail of lIaurens county,
charged with intanticide.
General Manigault will begin the annual
inspection of State Volunteer troops IN
Charleston on the 23rd instant.
Arthur Harvin, member of the Legis-
lature, died at his home in Clarendon county
last Thursday, after an illness of ten days.
The Governors Guards, Of Columbia,
have resolved to attend in body at the IN
auguration ceremonies in Washington on
the 18th of March.
The Limestone Springs property, IN
Spartanburg county, was sold at auction last
saes-day, and was bought by J. B. q j. F.
Cleveland for $500.
- Mr.. Raleigh Hammond, of Lancaster,
while involved in a difficulty with negro
on Monday Of last week, attempted to carve
him, but the negro lodged, and the knife
entered the thigh of Mr.. Hammond's own
brother, intiicting very painful wound.
Thomas Ghent and Sam Roberts, of
Lancaster, fell out about horse trade, last
day, and they dsmounted to fight 1T
nipple of the left breast, from the effects OF
which Ghent died on last Friday.
There are now seventeen prisoners in
Anderson county Jail, fifteen Of whom are
awaiting trial at the approaching term of
Court, and two are under sentence. OF the
fifteen to be tried eight of them are white.
There are also two negroes for trial out on
bail.
The Greenwood, Laurens and Spartan
burg Railroad track-laying has now reached
a point three miles distant from LaurenS,
and over two hundred hands are employed
in constructing the track and trestle works.
The company hope to reach Spartanburg in
time for the spring trade.
During Christmas week, j. A. Booker, of
! Wexford, Spartanburg county, a merchant
who had always borne high character, abb
seconded from home under mysterious cir
cumstances, taking with him large amount
of money that had been deposited with him
in various sums for safe keeping. All trace
of him was lost at Charlotte, where he spent
few days in reckless living after his dis
appearance from home. While in that
town his conduct led to the opinion that he
was insane. Last week he was arrested at
Birmingham, Alabama, with only six dol
lars in his pocket and brought back to Spar
tanburg and lodged in jail
The story of shocking tragedy in Pick
ems county, some miles above Pickens Court
House, on Tuesday night of last week, is
telegraphed to the Charleston Ners OF last
Sunday. The particulars, as far as learned,
are these: Dick Mulligan, a white man,
while intoxicated, seized chair in frenzy
of passion and threw it violently at his wife.
daughter, 10 years of age, passing just out
side the door at the time, received the full
force of the chair upon her head and was
killed instantly. Horrifed at what had
been done, Mulligan stood speechless over
the lifeless body of his child for time, and
then retiring to room in the house drew
razor and cut his own throat, dying in very
few minutes. The father and child were
buried at Sharon Church, in Pickens county,
the following day.
A destructive fire occurred at Laurens
about o'clock last Thursday morning. The
fire was accidental and originated in the
grocery store of A. P. Sullivan. When the
room was entered by bursting open the
front door the fire was discovered to have
made great progress, there being no facili-
ties for it's eXtinguishment. Before any
number of citizens could be collected the
| fire made such headway that it had soon
extended to eight store rooms, all occupied
but one, and both the halls in which the
county newspapers were puUllSilSu, ttioo
shoe shop and J. c. Garlington's law office.
Everything in both printing offices, the law
office and the shoe shop, was consumed.
In spite of the best possible eXertions there
was destroyed between $4,000, and $4,000
worth of property, on which there was in
surance for about $50, 600.
The Masonic fraternity and the temper
ance society of Marion are having lively
time, disputing as to the ownership of the
Masonic hall building. 1t appears that the
three orders of Masons, Odd Fellows and
Sons of Temperance, erected the building
some years ago. The Odd Fellows and Sons
of Temperance died, leaving the Masons sole
owners by right of fsurvivorship. The pres
ent temperance organization secured per-
mission to meet in the hall and now claim
that they are part owners of the building,
| inasmuch as the old Sons Of Temperance
contributed one third of the expense in its
erection. This view of the case does not
meet the approval of the Masonic fraterni-
ty, who, it is rumored, have given the Sons
of Temperance thirty days time to vacate.
The latter do not propose to be thus depriv-
ed of what they claim to be their right to
meet in the hal, and it is predicted that the
courts will be called on to settle this little
family dispute.