Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-06-11

be fully discussed at the meeting. Delegates
are expected from points from Cranberry
to Georgetown.-,Meldy (N CD New Era,
3rd.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- The Convention of the State Press
Association meets on the 7th of July next
in Greenville.
Treasurer Floyd, Of Spartanburg, has
collected more money up to date this year
than last year, being total of ,343 81
about one half of the first installment Of
taxes.
ALI the townships of the various coun-
ties through which the Cumberland Gap
railway will run, if built, have voted in fa-
vor of making township subscriptions to
the enterprise.
From September l, 1883, to May l, 1884,
1OO,7O4 tons of fertilizers were mined from
the navigable streams of the State; from
September l, 1884, to May 1, 1885, 100
S76 tons were mined; difference in favor
of the latter period of III tons.
A faith cure doctor from the State of
Maine arrived in Aiken last week for the
purpose of taking charge of a very sick
Northern gentleman, who has been given
up by the regular practicing physicians as
a hopeless case. The affair will be watch
ed with interest.
-Messrs. NJ. L. Bonham, Jr., and W. G..
MCGOWAN of the Abbeville bar, have been
retained by the Jewish Orders, l. Q. O.
B. and O. X. S. B., to assist the State
in the prosecution of Ferguson for the MUIR
der of young Benedict, a Jewish clerk, on
the oath of last December.
Sam Vernon, known as Blacksmith
SAM" died at James Vernon's near Well
ford, Spartanburg county, last week. Sam
was remarkable character. He would
have been 1O2 years old in July. He re-
tained his memory and other mental pow
ers to the last. In slavery and in freedom
Sam had the respect of three generations OF
people.
- During the storm in Marion one night
last week the wind blew the stove-room at
tached to Mr.. M. F. Martins dwelling out
of position, causing the floor to fall in. Mr..
Martins wife was cooking on the stove, hav-
ing one or more kettles of hot water there
on. The falling in of the floor also caused
Mrs. Martin to fall in such a way that both
the hot water and the fire from the stove
were thrown upon her. She was horribly
burned, and little hope is entertained of
her recovery.
Tuesday afternoon, Of last week, John
J. Rowland, the owner of a tramWay in
Sumter county, was riding on the front of
his locomotive, when the engine jumped
the track and he fell under the wheels. His
head was cut off, his legs and arms severed
from his body and the trunk mangled be-
yond recognition. The road is twenty
miles in length and carries on an extensive
lumber trade. Rowland was wealthy
man, worth S15O,000 and did an immense
business.
In the Fairfield Court of Sessions, last
week, Allen Boyd and Todie Boyd, colored,
were tried on the charge of numbering a
thirteen year old child, the step-daughter
of Allen Boyd, by cruelty beating her, from
the effects of which she died. The jury
returned verdict of "guilty, with recon-
mendation to mercy" A motion for a new
and he sentenced the prisoners to be hanged
on the Oath of July next.
The new artesian we'll in Charleston,
work on which was begun few weeks ago,
will be the largest in the world. 1t has
now reached the depth of 100 feet and work
is progressing satisfactorily. tits seventeen
inches in diameter at the mouth, and Octa-
gon in form; into this an inner piping
sixteen inches in diameter will be inserted
and continue for certain distance; then a
1O-inch tubing will be placed for l, 800 feet or
more. The cost of the entire work will be
betrayed by private parties.
In the Lancaster Court of Sessions,
which convened last Monday, Judge With
erspoon presiding, the following cases OF
homicide are for trial, viz. First, Charles
L. Emanuel, for killing w. D. Curtis; sec.
ond, Samuel Crawford, colored, for killing
Everett Hood, colored third, Samuel Rob-
erts, for killing Thomas Gent, and fourth,
Robert Cunningham for killing Robert
Bowers. Cunningham has not been ar
rested, but it is rumored that he will sur
render himself for trial at this term of the
Court. There are others to be tried for mi
nor offences.
Major John R. Niernsee, the architect OF
the State House, died in Columbia last
Monday, of inflammation of the stomach.
He was a native of Austria, and emigrated
to America while quite young man. He
was employed by the United States Gov
ernment as an engineer for several years,
and was in the service of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at the time the State of
South Carolina engaged him to plan and
supervise the erection of the State House.
The war interrupted this work, and he re-
turned to Baltimore. Last winter he was
engaged to complete the State House ac-
ways said, was the ambition of his life {;
but he had barely prepared the specitica-
tions for a continuance of the work when
he was seized with the sickness that proved
fatal. He was II years old and leaves
wife and six children.
The steam saw mill of r. w. Drattiin,
7 h,,rr n1 h1yo
fire on Wednesday night of last week.
The mill had been saturated with kerosene
oil and then fired by some evil minded per-
son. Mr.. Draffin's loss is ZOO. He had
no insurance upon the building. Mr.. Draf-
fin is the same unfortunate man whose
household was desolated few weeks ago
by the strange and fatal malady which sud-
denly made its appearance in his neighbor-
hood and which carried off large number
of people in few days time. The malady
first appeared in Mr.. Drafin's household,
and he was the severest sufferer of any in
the neighborhood. Within the space of a
week, his mother, his wife and three chill
dren all died. The remainder of his fam
ily were dangerously sick, but eventually
recovered. Eight doctors attended the
Draffin family, and none Of them were ever
able to tell what the disease was.
Ex-PREsIDENr ARTHUR.-A gentleman
who met ex-President Arthur at Fortress
Monroe during his recent visit to that place
saws that he was apparently as unhappy
man, during his entire visit, as could have
been found. He seemed to be interested in
no one or anything, avoided society, and
was even Indifferent to his meals. The be-
lief that he was in poorer health than he
would admit was forced upon several per-
sons who knew him. The National Repub-
licon says: GA prominent physician VINO
as saving that eX-P President Arthur is suffer-
ing from Bright's disease. Mr.. Arthur's