Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-09-04

their attentions so kindly, it is impossible for
any estrangement to exist between the Two
places. 1t cannot be. Any jealousy based
upon commercial Importance, will fade. away
into nothingness before the happy conse'
quences flowing from festivals and other
events of greater Importance.
Correspondence of the YorkviIle Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
CHESTER, S. c., September 2, 1879.
The monotony of our town is now being re-
leved by the return to their homes OF our
citizens who have been sojourning at the
mountains and watering. places northward.
Among the arrivals during the past week,
note the following: Mayor j. l.. Agurs and
family. who have been absent for couple Of
months; Lieut. Allen r. Jordan, U. S. A.;
Thomas L. Chambers and T. G. Castor, Esq:
Mr.. Isaac Heyman, who has been engaged
in mercantile business in Camden during this
year. has returned to his business at this
place.
Our popular young merchant, Mr.. j. H.
Kaufman, was united in the bonds of matrl-
mony, on the 9th ultimo, at Winnsboro,
with Miss Deborah Wolfe, and Immediately
after the ceremony, the happy couple started
on wedding tour North.
Lumber for the buildings on the fair
grounds has arrived, and work is now being
rapidly pushed forward.
The Baptist congregation at this place IS
erecting q very neat and commodlous parson-
age on the church lot.
The usual chicken wagon was in town last
week, and the driver displayed his expertness
with his whip, by popping off the heads OF
chickens as they attempted to escape.
There is a colored camp meeting going on
near McAliley's Mill, in this county, and is
attended by large number of the colored
persuasion.
VIM. Quattlebaum, colored, died, in town,
suddenly, on Friday. He was buried on Sat
urday, by the Champion Hook and Ladder
Company. A large number of white citizens
attended the funeral.
Mr.. E. II. Abel has nearly finished his
steam grist and Touring mills, near his resi-
dence on Sandy river, four miles northwest
of town.
Miss Annie Fripp, one of Richburg's fair
bellies, has been visiting for some time at Mr..
&. A. Drennans.
There was another excurson of the colored
population from here to Dallas, N. C., last
Saturday.
Mr.. Ed. Kahn, of this place, is now engaged
in building some handsome stores and resi-
dences at Union c. H.
"No mutlated currency received here" IS
a notice that now adorns the post. office.
Mr.. J. G. Hardin, of the Chester Reporter,
and Miss S. Alice Hall, will leave this week
for Saratoga and other Northern pleasure
resorts.
A curiosity.seeker, while examining the
rip-saw at Bennett & Mofatt's shops, last
week, contributed slice Of his thumb to the
saw dust pile.
SOL. Haas, general freight agent of the
Piedmont Airline route, made a visit to
Chester last week.
Mr. David Rothrock has returned from
visit to North Carolina.
The following Chester merchants have
gone to the Northern markets to purchase
, their fall stocksof goods: |. L. Clubhouse, G.
D. Heath, H. G. Rothrock and E. G. Stain.
Mr.. Brainerd Mcclure will, this week, for
mally sever his connection with the Chester
Bulletin. For the past three months he has
conducted the editorial department of the
Rock Hill Herald. Mr.. Thos. w. Clawson
will continue. the sole management of the
Bulletin, which for the past three months he
has SO ably and satisfactorily done.
T. McG. Brakefeld, of the Armenia Sec
ton, died of cancer, last Saturday. He was
about 80 years of age.
The Baptists held union meeting at CAL
vary Church, nine miles west of Chester, last
Sunday.
Rev. L. A. johnson, of the M. E. Church,
is conducting very interesting meeting at
Capers' Chapel.
The graded school, under charge of Prof.
Witherow, and Mrs. G. L. Strobeps female
school, opened yesterday. ~.
There we're a good many persons in town
yesterday, but there we're no sales of property
by any of the county officials.
. Col. S. w. Mobley sold out the stock Of
tin-ware, stoves, &C., of j. E. Curtis. The
goods brought fair prices, and were mostly
bought in by Col. Mobley. ... ....
There are now fourteen prisoners in the coun-
ty Jail, all colored One of Alexander
Berry-on Wednesday night last, attempted
to overpower and disarm Deputy Sheriff
Walker and effect his escape; but his designs
we're discovered in time to prevent him from
making the effort, and he was placed in irons.
He is desperate negro, from Rock Hill, and
is in Jail charged with the burglary and theft
on MIR. W. H. Hardin's premises few weeks
ago.
The Lee Light Infantry have received an
invitation to be present at the Jasper Cen.
tennial, in Savannah, Ca, October 9th.
Meek Good and VIM Sanders, both colored,
got into fight last week.. The former cut
the latter seriously in the region Of the heart
He was bound over to Court.
Jason Douglas, colored, had difficulty
with Mr.. George G. Robinson, Of Fishing
Creek, on Mr.. Robinson's premises, one day
last week, and Mr.. R. shot him, inhicting
slight wound.
Mr.. Guy Douglass lost his house, together
with some bedding and furniture, by fire, last
Saturday.
Mr. Henry Hardin, ST., shot at some par.
ties Wednesday night, who were stealing fruit
from his premises, and he thinks he slightly
wounded some of the trespassers.
Mr.. j. Newton Lewis, we'll known to many
people of York and Chester counties, and
lately engaged in business in Baltimore, has
returned to Chester, and is engaged in cotton
buying. CHESTER.
TAKING THE NEXT CENSUS.