Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-02-07

minister of our town, received intelligence
one day last week that his brother who
lives in North Carolina, while attempting
to arrest negro, was shot by him. The
bullet penetrated the brain Of the unfortu-
nate man, and he now lies in dangerous
condition.
Messrs. Colvin & Hood, who have been
selling out their stock of goods at cost for
some time, sold the remainder of their stock
on last Wednesday to MeSSrS. Parish q
Mcknight, of Yorkville.
Judging from the reports Of farmers, the
oat crop has been considerably damaged by
the late freezing weather. AS this crop is
absolutely essential for feeding purposes, it
is fervently hoped that the injury will not
be as great as now feared.
few days ago on the Chester and Lancaster
train painful injury at the hands of DR.. IT.
b. Marion, is slowly recovering, though
still quite weak from loss of blood. Efforts
hear, have been made towards compro-
mise of the unfortunate affair, though with
what success is not known.
Mr.. Robert S. Hope, one of the most esti-
mable citizens of our county, has been quite
sick for several weeks. His condition is
thought by his friends to be quite critical.
He is the senior member of the firm of Hope
& Lowry, of Lowrysville.
Thomas Mills Alexander, infant child Of
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Alexander, died on last
Friday night and was buried the next day.
These parents have been sorely afflicted in
the death of several children.
Mr.. J. B. McFadden has made a most eX-
cellent county treasurer. He was the first
treasurer that made his report to the Comp
troller General, and it was Of such charac-
ter as to receive the highest commendation
from the Comptroller. $17,67s.40 being the
amount on the Auditors books, he collecteds
SIG, ,91O,O9, having nulla bona of only s539.-
16. He found the county in debt; it has
now a balance to its credit of several thou
sand dollars.
The Presbyterian congregation was favor
ed yesterday with two excellent sermons by
Rev. J. S. White, of Rock Hill. His many
friends in this county and elsewhere will be
glad to know that his health, which year
or so ago was so feeble, is now almost re-
stored.
A meeting of the State Grange and Agri
cultural Society will be held this week in
Charleston. Col. R. f. Love will attend as
a delegate from Bull Run Grange, and Mr..
Richard Atkinson as delegate from Sandy
River Grange. Itmay not be amiss to state
chase of about twenty thousand pounds of
bacon for it's members.
Though this is sales-day, very little prop
erty is advertised for sale.
Mr.. Ben. Castles, of this county, recently
purchased a large tract of land in Longtown,
| Fairfield county. The tract is a portion
of the plantation once owned by Mr.. Ben.
Peay. NJ.
| RAN AWAY FROM HOME.-A big boy
and little boy boarded the train on the c.
& G. r. R., at Frost's Mills, six miles this
side of Columbia, yesterday, and proceeded
| to pay their fare in currency from one sta
tion to another as Captain Isaacs called on
them for assessments after each stop. Their
very remarkable and expensive method of
travelling excited remark, and the larger
boy at last confided to the benevolent and
guileless brakeman that he was from near
Rock Hill and had run away from school on
Friday after obtaining S25 from Rock Hill
merchant on his fathers credit He gave
his name as Cornwell and had brought the
little fellow along as a companion, the
scheme being to 60 to Illinois and amass
fortune forthwith His ideas about where
Illinois was, how to get there and what he
was going there for were very haZy, and he
concluded to stop and rest at NeWberry as
convenient point on the journey. The two
were left standing on the platform at that
place gazing very wistfully after the train,
and a dispatch stating their whereabouts
was sent to Rock Hill. They have doubt
less by this time changed the opinion they
freely expressed that they were ''to0 far
from home to be caught. Greenrille Ne,cs
Of Friday.
MERE.MENTION.
The Phoenix Glass Works, at Phillips
burg, Pa, the most extensive establishment
of the kind in the United States, were de-
stroyed by fire last week. Five hundred
hands are thrown out of employment. Loss
S125, O"."''.Four hundred and fifty two
Railroad trains leave Boston every day in
the week except Sunday" ."'''''''The board Of
managers of the Worlds Cotton Exhibition