Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-03
cH.R1EsroN CORRESPONDENTS.

... CHARLESTON, August 81, 1891.
Notwithstanding the stereotype complaints OF
the dullness of the times, yet we haYea sufficient
number of exciting and interesting "lOcal items y
to keep tue eyes of Young. America open and
spice the monotony Of every day life. The fact
is, Charleston is getting to be rather too large
place to be very dull at any time, even in the dog
days, when every body is either. out of town or
supposed to be. We con now get up a crisis to
order at moments warning, but we dare not
make the same amount of noise over it that they
do in New York and other Northern cities. The
newspapers here are constrained to be mum on
some of the most exciting and absorbing incidents
of city life. We must keep up our character for
order, propriety and morality, and in order to do
which effectually we are obliged, sometimes, to
refuse to tell tales out of school. tits o maxim
Of law, and perhaps good one, that man shall
not be compelled to bear witness against himself
A negro man named HECTOR was snot about ten
o'clock last night on King street near the city
lines, supposed to have been done by one WILL
LIAM WEST, q private on the city Police. He was
shot in the back with revolver, and diel in less
than half an hour. A ball and several small
shot were taken from his body. A coroner's in
gust was held on his body this morning and a
verdict returned in accordance with the above
facts Something rather dark and mysterious is
involved in the origin Of the difficulty which may
yet be brought to light. Although the matter is
rather too grave subject for poetry, yet it is
thought that "The Loves of the Angels had
something to do with it. Tho victims that have
been sacrificed at the shrine Of bloody Mars are
numerous, but Venus can also boast of her full
share Man is indeed strange being, :. fearful
ly and wonderfully made" and often does nc
make fearful and wonderful use Of his faculties.
The world we live n and which is now near six
thousand years old is still problom to be solved
by some philosopher that is yet to be rocked in
his cradle. -
The death of Mr. GEORGE B.. LOCKE, one of
our most respected and influential wholesale
merchants, took place on Saturday at Charleston,
Mass, and was announced by telegraph to his
fnmily and friends in this city yesterday. The
deceased was native of the town in which he
died, but for forty years he had been resident
of this city He left home fortnight since, in
bad health, hoping that travel and change of air
might be of advantage to him. But the arch
enemy of man had claimed him for his own, and
his housei is now desolate.
Close upon the heels of the above sad inteli-
gence, the wires brought the melancholy news
of the death of Mr.. CHAs JUGNoT the President
and principle stockholder of the Mount Pleasant
Ferry Company. lie was seriously injured ON
Saturday by q railroud accident near Wilkesbarre,
Pa, and died of his wounds yesterday. He was
O man of large means and indomitable industry,
and leaves family, together with large circle
of friends and relatives. 1t has recently been
matter of remark how rapidly our old and sus-
tanned citizens are dying. Scarcely week passes
TINT some one of mark and standing is not sudden
ly cut off
An alarm of fire vas sounded about II O'Clock
last night occasioned by the explosion Of a can Of
camphene IN q house on the COurt HOUSE squtic.
It appears that negro girl was filing lamp,
and neglecting to extinguish the wick. the fame
communicated with the combustible fluid, which
exploded with report like that Of cannon, fill
ling the room with flames, and dangerously burn
ing the girl She was able to give the alarm,
which brought immediate assistance, or the house
would have been burned up and her in it, She
was stripped of her burning clothes, and the flames
suppressed without any material injury to the
building. Accidents of this kind are constantly
happening, Notwithstanding the many fearful war
nings.
The market is flooded with new books, and the
literary circles are on the qm rips for the latest
agony. Weare emphatically n reading people, aud
our booksellers are rather hurried to keep the
supply equal to the demand. "Nothing to Wear"
has been voraciously and universally devoured by
all sexes, ages and conditions, but more especial
ly by the ladies of the Miss FLORA McFLIMsEY
stamp. Since the death Of Hiss CHARLOTTE
BRoNTE, and the publication Of her life by Mrs
GAsKELL the works of the author of "JANE EYRE" J