Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-11-27
Correspondence Of the YorkylIIe Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
CHESTER, 8. c., November 25, 1877

CHESTER, 8. c., November 25, 1879.
About day light. last Wednesday, snow
commenced falling here, and continued during
the day. Very soon the ground was covered
with mantle of white, and much sport was
INDUCED by the boys in the pastime of snow
balling.
In consequence of the inclement weather,
there were not many of our country friends
in town last week. About 600 bales of cot
ton were sold during the week at prices rang
ling from lit to III. .,...
The Chester Agricultural. Horticultural and
Mechanical Society, held meeting at the
Court House on the Goth instant, President O.
A. Wylie in the chair. The reports of the
President and the Secretary and Treasurer
we're read and adopted. The following officers
of the Association were elected to serve during
the ensuing year: O. A. Wylie, President !;
Jesse Hardin, Vice.President; Julius Mills.
Secretary and Treasurer. The former board of
directors and executive committee were con-
tinued Among other business Of impor-
tance transacted at this meeting of the Socie-
ty, was the insuring of the buildings Of the
Association, and making arrangements to i'm.
prove and enlarge the fair grounds.
Mr.. George Mccormick, an old and highly
respected citizen of our town, died last Satur-
day. Just previous to his death he was sit
ting by the fire in his residence, when he fell
from his chair and lived only few hours.
ciate Reformed Church, of which he was q
consistent member, at P. M, last Sunday,
conducted by Rev. ]. P. Marion, assisted by
Rev. G. A. Trenholm, Of the Presbyterian
Church. Mr.. Mccormick was native of
County Antrim, Ireland, and settled in Ches-
ter in 1922. He was SO years of age at the
time of his death. ......-a
On Saturday night, Mr.. George T. De-
Grafenreid and Mr.. Duncan Cross, young
men of Chester, were playing with each other,
when the former received severe cut in the
left hand from an open pocket-knife in the
hand of Mr.. Cross. An artery was severed.
The cutting was accidental and unintentional,
as the young men are good friends.
Senator w. A. Walker and Representa-
tives Anderson, Barber and Hemphill left
for Columbia yesterday to attend the session.
of the Legislature.
Mrs. M. E. Timme, who has been on Wis.,
it to her daughter in Ansonia, Conn.,, return
ed to her home here on Thursday morning.
A week ago, some villain broke into Mis-
pah Church, in the southern portion of this
county, and stole the pulpit hymn.book and
other books from the library.
Last week, little colored girl, living with
Rev. Cato Dellie, colored, near Halsellville,
while lying in front of the FIRE asleep, had
her clothing to catch on fire. Rev. Dellie
came to her assistance and extinguished the
flames, but in so doing, severely burned his
hands,
Mr.. Ed. FAINT, while chopping wood last
Friday, cut one of his toes, nearly severing it
from the foot, by the glancing of his axe:
Messrs. NJ. P. Crawford and NJ. r. With
erspoon, two of Lancaster's young men,
passed through here last week en- route to
Charleston, for the purpose of attending
medical lectures.
A flock of white wild geese alighted near
Wylie's mills, in East Chester, one day last
week. One of the geese was killed. !tmeas,
ured feet 5 inches from tip to tip ana
weighed 16 pounds.
Mr.. D. b. Rotbrock has the finest hogs l
have vet seen in Chester. They are OF Berk.
shire stock He has two that are about IA
months old, and will weigh 600 or 700 pounds
each CHESTER.