Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-01-28

! CHESTER, January 25-Charles Barnes,
of this county, was recently drowned in the
, Catawba River, near Fort Lawn. He was
engaged in cutting ice on the river at the
time of the sad occurrence. Jack Williams
was engaged with him in similar employ
ment, and narrowly escaped similar a:. fate: e.
! The river was frozen for some distance
from the bank, and the breaking of the ice
oecasioned the unfortunate event.
Ion the evening of the Goth instant Mr..
+. +. McLure, of our town, and Miss
Maud Reynolds, of Randalia, Talladega
Hemphill, Mr.. F. It. Morgan, Mr.. J. H.
McLure, of our town, Mr.. Alex. Mcdonald,
of Blackstocks, and Mr.. Tom Rankin, OF
Charlotte, were among the groomsmen.
Miss Bessie McLure, of this place, was one
of the bridesmaids. The happy couple are
spending few days in Florida before re-
turning to Chester. They begin their mat
rimonial life under very auspicious crcum-
titude of friends. The groom is one of our
rising young lawyers, and the bride is one
of the fairest and most accomplished ladies
of her State.
The registering for the town election clos
ed on last Wednesday. The number OF
voters registered was 3S4, Of which 22O were
whites and 164 colored. \ large number of
railroad hands were not allowed to regis
ter for the reason that they were not DOM
iciled here. Several pupils at the Loomis
school were denied the right to register be-
cause they had not been in town the re-
quired number Of days.
At a late meeting of the Sandy River
Lodge, A. f. NJ, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
fR. o. Atkinson, w. NJ; 0. l.. Sanders, ).
w n Hardin fNrna T TT Har-
din, Secretary; J. w. Hardin, S. D.; w.
H. Simpson, J. D.; j. d. Hardin and H. S.
Hardin, Stewards; J. J. Sanders, Tiler.
t~lAta late meeting of Franklin Chapter,
10. II, r. A. NJ, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
w. II. Witherow, H. P; J. B. McFad-
den, X; J. J. McLure, j.; G. w. Curtis, p.
S.; J. w. Parker, G.. H.; John McIver, r.
\. c.; S. NJ. Jones, G. NJ. Sd "; G. Warren,
&. NJ. End "; IT. j. Cornwell G. NJ. 1st ";
O. J. Bond, Secretary;J j. H. Crawford, Sen
tinel.
! The election for intendant and wardens
of the town of Chester was held to-day
There were two tickets in the field, one
headed by J. l.. Glenn for intendant and
f. IT. Atkinson, DR.. G.. w. White, S. NJ
Jones and G. D. Heath for wardens. The
other ticket headed by J. l.. Chambers fol
intendant and John McIver, VIM. Nichol'
son, l. l.. Clubhouse and F. NJ. Nail for war
dens. Great interestwa manifested in the
election, and both sides worked we'll fol-
their respective tickets. The election re-
resulted in victory for the Glenn ticket by
large majority, Glenn receiving 90:
votes and Chambers 145. The colored vote
was divided between both tickets. Some
prominent colored men voted and worked
hard for Glenn, while others did the same
for Chambers.
MIR. T. l.. Chambers, of this place died
yesterday at Hawthorne, Florida.
The friends of Mr.. w. H. Nance regret
to hear that there is little or no change in
the condition of his health since he went tc
t-CharlestOn.
Mr.. John Boyd, of the neighborhood o.
Of Cornwell's Turn Out, died on last Satur
day. He was a good and worthy citizen
He was about Is years of age. NJ.