Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-13
fell with train of cars and was burned, a
few days before Christmas. has been greatly

fell with train OF cars ana was burned, q
few days before Christmas, has been greatly
retarded by reason of the very cold weather
The only three survivors of the disaster,
who we're taken to Lincolnton, have about
recovered from the shock and injuries they
received by the fall. The coroners jury
summoned to hold an inquest over the bodies
of those killed by the accident, reported that
the deceased came to their death by the break
ing down of the trestle and by burning and
that the cause of the disaster was unknown
to the jury.
- During the recent cold spell the greatest
distress prevailed in Charlotte on account of
lack of fuel. Fire wood sold at the rates of
$3.50 for three,eighths of cord, and in some
instances women were forced to pay twenty
Eve and fifty cents for single stick. Chairs
and Ledsteads we're broken up and burned ;
fruit trees in gardens and yards were cut down,
and fences disappeared to make the people
warm Lumber and shingle men became
dealers in fuel, and besides the fact that there
was not sufficient supply at any price, it
was asserted that lumber was actually cheap
er as fuel than wood at the exorbitant prices
charged for it. The special Democratic ex-
ecutive committee of the city adopted a
resolution turning over cash balance in hand
of 5000 to the Relief Association for the
purchase of fuel for the poor, independent
of their party affiliations, and the Mayor acted
as promptly as circumstances would permit
by having wood shipped by rail and distribu'
ted among the poor.
MERE.MENTION.
In New York on Tuesday of last week, ten
persons were burned to death in tenement
house and the house destroyed. ''''''"'Accor'
ding to the new census, the Southern States
have a population of 100000. .'''''''"Siz
thousand miles of railroad we're constructed
in this country last year-an increase over
the year previous of 1900 miles, '''''''"Rober1
G. Winthrop, Of Massachusetts,, has accepted
the invitation to deliver the Yorktown cen
tennial oration '..''".Legislation is called fol-
in Arkansas for the suppression of quack
doctors in that State. ".''.."Texas alone could
furnish all the cotton, sugar, beef and col
which the whole Of the United States now
supplies, and still have plenty of land left
uncultivated.. ed........"The Michigan Legisla
ture has elected Conger, the mouthy stalwar
Congressman, to the Senate. '''''''''D. H
Chamberlain, formerly Governor of South
Carolina, is counsel for Cadet Whitaker be
fore the court martial. .''...."yudge William
B. Woods, the newly appointed Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme Court
has subscribed to the oath of Office and taker
his seat on the Supreme Bench. .'''''''''The
secretary of the treasury has issued circular
proclaiming the estimation made by the drec
tor of the mint, of the values of foreign coins
The value of the Mexican dollar is put al
80 40. O.''''''''An alarming famine is pre-
vailing in two provinces of Russia. 1t is SAID
that l,750,000 persons are perishing. '''''The
death list of the city of New York for the
past year numbers nearly $4,000. '''''''' Most
of the Kentucky railroads have reduced pas
senger fares to three cents per mile.