Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-27
LETTER FROM CHESTER.

LETTER FROM CHESTER.
CHESTER, June "a, 1878.
Our town was visited with violent storm
Of wind and rain on last Tuesday evening.
Vivid flashes of lightning were followed by
loud peals of thunder, and rain poured down
in torrents The lightning struck the Chin
ney of small house near the depot, ran
down into room and spent its force upon a
stove, damaging it considerably. Fortunate
ly no person was in the room at the time.
Rain has been abundant in every section of
this county during the present season, and, as
consequence, farmers are rejoicing in the
prospect of splendid crops of both corn and
cotton. The agricultural outlook has never
been brighter than at present.
Arnold Flack. an old colored man from
North Carolina, who has been in the habit
for several years of selling chickens and eggs
in this market, was robbed Of $50 on Tues
day night As shelter from the storm, he
sought refuge in blacksmith shop. While
there, Joe Foster, and another colored man
whose name he did not know, appeared, and
desired to spend the night with him. The old
man was not pleased with their society, for
the suspicion was raised that their intentions
we're evil. Foster had been engaged during
the day in selling chickens for him, and knew
that he had money. So the old fellow hid
his money under sill of the house, thinking
it would be entirely safe in that place. The
next morning, to his great sorrow, he found
that the treasure had disappeared. After
giving an account of the stealing, and making
an affidavit thereto, a warrant was issued by
Trial Justice Mcdonald for the arrest Of
Foster. The warrant was executed, and on
failure of the accused to give bail for his ap.
pearance at the next term of the Court OF
General Sessions, he was confined in Jail.
His companion, who was party to the crime,
and shared in the stolen money, has not been
arrested. .
When my correspondence of last week was
closed, the grand jury was engaged in the
consideration of the State Us. Hal Chalk,
charged with rape. No bill was found against
the defendant The grand jury were then
occupied for short time in considering the
case of the State Us. Judy Robbins, charged
with the murder of her own child. A true
bill was found, but in consequence of the ab,
sence of an important witness, the Solicitor
asked for the postponement Of the trial until
the October term of the Court, and it was so
ordered The criminal business having been
transacted, the grand and petit juries were
dismissed, and the Court of General Sessions
adjourned sine die. Only one case was tried
before a petit jury, the prominent facts of
which have already been given. Solicitor
CASTOR did not have the opportunity of dis
playing his power of prosecuting criminals,
or he would have done so with the same abil-
ity and zeal that have characterized his ef-
forts on previous occasions. After the trans
action of some civil business on Wednesday
morning, the labors of Judge Shaw were fin
ished at this place, and he left in the after
noon for his home in Sumter.
The report of the grand jury, of which
Mr.. E. E. Cornwell was foreman, was brief,
and contained no very important facts or sug-
geations. 1t was, for the most part, q state
ment of the condition of the various public
offices of the county, which were reported to
be good.
Two tracts of land are advertised for sale
by Sheriff Walker on the 1st Monday of
next month. One of these contains 943 acres,
and will be sold to satisfy judgment recov-
cred at the suit of Miss Mary Davie Us. G.
B. Jones. The other tract contains 27o acres,
and will be sold at the suit of Samuel Mays
Us. W. w. Worthy.
Mr.. John Hood showed me cotton bloom
on Friday This is the first Of the season.
Mr.. Hood is planting in the vicinity of town,
and is highly pleased with the agricultural
prospect.
This has been splendid season for Irish
potatoes. They are not only very abundant,
but of very large size. A good friend of
mine sent me basket of potatoes to see,
from which ten were selected, placed upon the
scales, and weighed seven pounds. This is
tolerably hard to beat.
A very heavy rain fell in this county on
Friday afternoon. In many places it was
very destructive to corn. One farmer told
me that the injury to his corn was so great
that he intended to replant. There were
many others, he said whose corn had suffered
the same unhappy fate.
The Lee Light Infantry propose giving a