Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-11-06
LOCAL LACONlCS.

Rose-Brabson.
Cards are out for the marriage Of Miss
Marguerite Lillian Rose, of Columbia, to
Mr.. Oscar Minor Brabson, of Nashville
Tenn. The ceremony is to take place in
Trinity Episcopal church, Columbia, on
Thursday, November IA.
In His nth Year.
In our short sketch of Mr.. John Nichols,
deceased, last week, we stated that he was
about65 years ofage. This was mistake.
Mr. Nichols was in his nth year. He
would have been II on the 10th Of March.
Death of Mr.. Samuel Mccullough.
Mr.. Samuel Mccullough died at his
home in Bethesda township last Monday
morning at o'clock, of typhoid fever.
Mr. Mccullough was wellknown and
highly respected citizen and an elder in
Bethesda church. He was aged about 40
years.
Taxable Property In York.
A synopsis of the annual report Of the
comptroller general has been published.
According to it, the total taxable property
of the State is 1863, ,25l. Ofthis amount
York furnishes 80, ,22O,3 800, and will pay in
State taxes, S27,99l. In addition to this,
besides her ordinary county taxes, she will
pay 5,93l polls, against 4,S95 last year.
Two Crops A Year.
Mr.. NJ. G. Parrot, who lives in the
neighborhood of Filbert, has handed THE
ENQUIRER some second crop Harvest"
pears that have been borne by the trees on
his place since last summer. The pears
are more than half grown and look as if
they could get about three weeks more of
growth before frost, they would become
perfectly mature.
The Fire Alarm.
There was another alarm Of fire in York.
vile last Saturday morning at about 10
o'clock. The fire was at the residence of
Mr.. r. B. Lowry, on Cleveland avenue,
and had originated from a stove flue
between the ceiling and roof. The fire
department answered the alarm prompt
ly; but, happily, the flame had been ex-
tinguished before it got there. The damage
did not amount to more than few dollars.
County Division.
So far as THE ENQUIRER is able to learn,
there are no new developments in the
county division question. There were
quite a number of Rock Hill men in York
vile OH Monday but they had little to
say on the subject. One or two expressed
themselves assured of the fact that the
county would yet be divided; but as to
how they hoped to bring about such a
consummation, they were unwilling to
explain.
Plenty of Water.
With many much larger streams, in all
parts of the county, either drying up or
becoming greatly reduced in volume, a
question has naturally arisen as to the con-
dition of the stream from which Yorkville
gets her water supply. The reporter has
made inquiry Of Mr.. Gossman, the pump
man. He says that so far as he is able to
see, there is about as much water in the
stream rs there was last winter. This cir
cumstance be accounts for with the fact
that the waterworks branch is fed by
number of live springs that can stand a
great deal more dry weather than they
have had, before showing any serious di-
minution in their flow ofwater.
Three Negro Children Burned.
Three Negro children, aged 2, 4 and
years, respectively, were burned to death
two miles east of Tirzah last Sunday morn
ing Mt about o'clock. The facts in the
case are about as follows: The mother of
the children, Hyena Mcclellan, got up as
usual, made fire and went to the spring
after some water. She stopped at the
home of her father to get some breakfast
for herself and children. AS she was
about to return, she noticed that her cabin
was OH fire, and when she got back it was
too late to do anything for the children, all
of whom had been burned to a crisp.
Trial Justice Anderson, acting coroner,
summoned jury, and after thorough
investigation, the verdict was to the effect
that the three children came to their deaths
by "mischance."
Knocked Him Silly.
Amzi McNeel, colored, was knocked
silly by Allison Burt, the colored cook at
Roths restaurant, last Saturday night.
AnZi, who is very well behaved and
peaceably disposed while sober, has the
reputation Of being especially turbulent
when drunk. Mr.. Roth serves meals, in
Guiding fish and oysters, to all comers.
He has special arrangement for colored
people in the kitchen. AMI came in un-
der the influence of liquor and asked for
oysters. While Burt was preparing the
oysters, Amzi said to him, "You don't
treat me right when 1 come here" 30
yes, I do, Mr.. McNeel," replied Burt.
McNeel did not like the idea of being
contradicted, and in very offensive man.
ner used the word liar. Burt promptly
knocked him down with a stick Of stove
wood. and for 10 minutes or more, it
seemed to be serious question as to
whether Anlzi would recover; but he is
now getting better. There have been no
arrests.
Shaken by an Earthquake.
Quite number of Yorkville people re-
port that OH last Thursday morning, at
about 5 O'Clock they felt what they thought
at the time to have been an earthquake
shock. There is now little reason to be-
lieve they were mistaken. The daily pa
pers of Friday morning say that the
shock was felt from beyond Omaha, Neb.,
to the Atlantic, and southwark
to the Gulf of Mexico. In Chicago, the
shock was strong enough to shake objects
off of mantcls and desks in tall buildings,
and in st. Louis many clocks were stop
ped. 4 later cable from Rome brings the
news that that city was badly shaken up.