Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-01-18
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Six prisoners escaped from the Walhal-
la jail last Thursday night.
F. w. Johnson, formerly of Hampton
county, has refused S15O,0OO for his share
in a silver mine in Indian Territory.
A meeting of the new board of agri-
culture has been called for January 3lst, at
noon, in Columbia.
w. NJ. Robbins, of Chester county, a
veteran of the Mexican war, died a few
days ago aged 60 years.
p. G. Bowman, n of the Sumter RI
oters, having sufficiently recovered from
his injuries, has been lodged in Jail.
- Elliott Kennemore, of Pickens county,
slaughtered a hog last week of the Poland
China species, that weighed net 1902
pounds.
The office of trial justice for Sumter
goes begging. w. d. Blanding, who was
appointed to that position last week, has
resigned.
- The Trustees of the South Carolina
| University will meet during the second
week in February to adopt plans for re-
organization under the new law.
DR.. James Evans, of Florence, has
been appointed to fill the vacancy in the
executive committee of the State Board of
Health caused by the death of DR.. F. F.
Gary.
The surveyors on the Carolina, Geor-
gia and Northern Railroad have left Abb
beville and gone to Chester, where, it is
said, they are to superintend the grading
of the road.
- Columbia is undergoing the agonies of
the Canal Campaign. The question is
whether the citizens will guarantee the
interest on the bonds issued for the con-
struction of the canal. The election will
be held tomorrow.
R. Gaylord Eaton, the white man
charged with aiding the negroes in the re-
cent Iynching in Pickens county, has been
admitted to bail by Judge Norton in a
bono of $1,000. He gave a justified bond
and has been released from custody.
The comptroller generals Office is be-
ing overwhelmed by inquiries about pen
sions. Mr.. Werner is now having the
proper pe~nsion-blanks prepared, and when
they are printed they will be distributed
in every part of the State.
- Through the fundamentally of Con-
gresham Hemphill, a daily mail has been
Established in Chester county between
Richburg and Lansford, via Fishing Creek
Factory and Wylie's Mill. Persons living
along the line of the new route will appre-
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Rev. J. P. Marion, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church at Lancaster, rendered his
resignation as pastor on Sunday last,
cause for this action was the condition of
his health.
II. NJ. Morris, president of the Repub-
lican Protective Union of Charleston, has
called a meeting of the association, the OBJ
;ook ho;nr RI 70 leo q f1pl RI old IN tho do
Tense of the negroes arrested for the lynch
ing of the white man in Pickens county.
On Friday, Elijah Powell, while board.
ing the construction train on the Charles
ton, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad,
twelve miles above Camden, fell between
the cars and was run over. His leg was
badly mashed and there was great loss of
blood.
The next annual meeting of the State
Grange will be held in Columbia on We'd
nesday the 1st day of next month, and
Secretary Thos. w. Holloway has issued
an address urging leach grange in the
State, not absolutely dead" to see that a
representative is sent to the meeting.
Some doubt having been expressed as
to the legality of the election of the pres
ent board of agriculture, in response to a
request from the Governor, Attorney
General Earle officially declares his opin-
ion that the new board, elected by the last
Legislature, is a legal body, properly
elected.
An extraordinary affair that happened
Christmas eve night has just come to light
in Columbia. Ellen Few, a young white
girl living eleven miles from the city, was
violently assaulted by Thomas Bishop and
Jerry Thomas, who broke down the door
of her dwelling, fired a pistol and COW
hided the girl severely. Both men were
masked.
- Pat Foley, a we'll known character of
Charleston, shot himself fatally on We'd
nesday, while out shooting in the suburbs
of the city. The shooting was entirely &C.
cidental, the gun going off while he was
attempting to load it, and discharging the
entire load of shot into his stomach. Mr..
Foley was we'll known on the Bay, where
he kept a sailors outftting shop and
boarding house.
The Lancaster RevieW of last week has
the following particulars of the assault
made upon Mr.. Blackmon, of that county,
mention of which has already been given
in these columns: The parties charged
with beating Mr.. w. J. Blackmon on the
night of the 22nd ultimo, were carried be-
fore Trial Justice Gardner for a prelimina-
ry hearing last Friday. The examination
resulted in the discharge of all the parties