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


A terrific wind, thunder and lightning
and rain storm passed over Columbia early
last Friday morning.
In Abbeville recently two men quarrel
ed and fought, and one bit the others nose
off. There was two days trial ana the
fine was five dollars.
The Industrial Exposition of the Charles
ton Agricultural Society opened last week
under flattering auspices and will continue
until the 23rd instant.
- Mrs. Elizabeth NOVEL; died in the poor
house at Abbeville recently. She was adj
mitted to the institution in lS54-thirty
years ago.
William Pryor White, formerly of Ma
rion, was killed recently in TeXarkana, Ar
kansas, by the accidental discharge of a pis-
tOl. He leaves wife and two children.
- The Greenville Necs is authorized to
state that Col. w. H. Perry would not, un
der any circumstances, permit his name to
be presented as candidate for the Office OF
| Governor.
- The impression prevails among farmers
in many parts Of the up country that oats
soWn in December and the latter part of
| November have been badly damaged by the
recent freezes.
- William and Russell Gregory, charged
with the murder Of Mr.. Funderburk, in
Lancaster county, have surrendered them
selves to the authorities, and are now in
Lancaster Jail.
- The grand curry for this year, in Fair
field county, drawn last week, consists Of
fifteen white men and three colored. The
panel of the petit jurors for the February
term consists of thirty white men and six
colored.
- VIM. B. Howard, colored, arrested in
Baltimore, has been brought to Spartanburg
on a requisition from the Governor of this
State, the charge against him being the en-
beZzling Of funds of a colOred society in
Spartanburg.
The November term of the State Su-
preme Court took a recess last Saturday, un-
| til the l4th Of April. The April term will
convene on the 18th of April. By the order
of circuits the Sixth will be called on the
18th of May, to which two days will be de-
voted.
A Spartanburg negro was arrested re-
Gently, charged with living in adultery with
white woman. After being released upon
their own recognances to appear for trial at
the next term of Court, the couple repaired
to q lawyers office and had a contract drawn
up whereby the negro hires the white wo-
man to cook and do his house work. And
thus they continue to live.
A fatal boiler explosion occurred last
Friday morning at DaWkins, a station on
the Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Rail-
road, by which a negro man named Rabb
was instantly killed and several others
wounded. The scene of the accident was a
steam saw mill. 1t appears that Rabb had
carelessly permitted the water to be exhaust
ed from the boiler, and when the explosion
occurred he was disemboweled and blown
twenty feet square was made through the
top of the mill by the flying pieces of the
boiler, and large piece crashed through
the roof of store over hundred yards dis
tant. Rabb's body came to the earth a mass
of jelly. Four or five men standing in the
vicinity of the mill were slightly wounded.
-Wm Hone Mckenzie, native of Scot
land, met sudden death in Aiken county,
last Thursday. He was the local inspector
of the Corbin Banking Company, and had
visited Aiken for the purpose of inspecting
some lands offered to secure loans. While
driving out from Aiken G.. H., to the place
he had engaged to inspect, his team became
frightened at train of cars and ran away.
Mr.. Mckenzie and his companion, Mr.
Williams were both thrown from the bug
gy. The line, which Mr.. Mckenzie held,
became entangled about him and he was
dragged by the horses some distance, when
he was thrown into a culvert at the corner
of street and his neck broken, while the
horses, freed by the breaking Of the line,
dashed onward. Mr.. Williams received
painful injuries by his fall, among them be-
ing one or two broken ribs. Much sympa
thy was expressed at Aiken for the untime-
ly death of Mr. Mckenzie, whose body was
embalmed and expressed to New York.
1t will probably be shipped to Scotland.