Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-05-20
Scraps and faets.

Its object is to put stop to the
colored people becoming residents of
the city or permitting colored strag-
glers from remaining any length of
time within the limits. Arcola is now
without colored inhabitaDt.
- Senator Teller, of Colorado, is the
leading Republican of the West.
Shortly. before his convention met he
wrote the following, as the result of
which Colorado delegates were instruc-
ted to follow his lead without ques-
ton: "Tbe State convention should
act with the full knowledge that I do
not intend to support candidate on
gold platform or on a platform of
doubtful construction. If this course
puts me out ofsympathy with the Re-
publican sentiment of the State as a
portion of the press alleges it will, /
accept that result with all its logical
consequences in preference to an aban-
donment of principles and qualification
of my record, made as I conceive, un-
der the instruction of every Republi-
can State convention held in Colorado
during the last twelve years."
"A prearranged railway collision is
to be one of the attractions at the
opening of Buckeye park, a pleasure
resort about 25 miles south of Colum-
bus, Ohio. The Columbus, Hooking
Valley and Toledo railway has assign
ed two 35-ton locomotives, which have
outlived their usefulness for economi-
cal service, and to each of these will
be attached three OLD gondola cars and
a caboose. A siding 1000 feet long
has been laid, connected at each end
with the main track, and the trains
will be started from points about half
or three. quarters of mile from the
middle of the siding. A trial trip has
showed that a speed of As to so miles
per hour may be expected. The en-
gines are to carry 120 pounds boiler
pressure, and are to have the throttles
wide open. The event is being adver-
tised and great crowds will, in all
probability, witness the prearranged
smash-up.
How the new woman and the new
man get along together. in practical
life was illustrated in case in Balti-
more last Tuesday. Mrs. Ida Kuhn, a
good looking woman, had her husband
arrested on the charge of abusing her.
Mrs. Kuhn, who is a collar maker,
testified that she had supported her
self and her family for IA years. The
husband said that while his wife worked
at the factory he attended to the chill
dren, dressed and sent them to school,
and performed the other household
duties. All he wanted was little
spending money on Saturday night,
and it was the argument about this that
led to his arrest. Mrs. Kuhn said she
could get girl to do the work her
husband diG for $1.25 week, and she
would not have to stand any imperti-
nence. Justice Grammar fined Kuhn
81 and costs, and as his wife would
not pay up, he had to 60 to Jail in de-
fault.
- The people of Mitchell, Caldwell,
and Wautauga counties, n. c., are
greatly stirred up over the appearance
of two men named Cochrane and,
Tate, with a party of surveyors. These
two men have surveyed 106,500 acres
of land in these counties and say that
it belongs 10 them. They are armed
with deeds and land grants dating 101
years ago, wherein the land that they
claim was decided to their grand par
ents by the government for services
rendered. Grandfather mountain, the
Cranberry Iron works and the whole
town of Linville are included in the
claim. At first the people thought it
was some wildcat scheme, but the con-
fdence Cochrane and Tate exhibit and
the documents they have lately
brought to bear have put serious as
pect on the matter and many of the
people now think it quite probable
that they will have to give up their
homes or rebuy them. Mr.. Cochrane
was born in Watauga, but early in life
moved to Alabama and later went to
California. Mr.. Tate has always lived
in the western part fthe State. They
say that their claims are undoubtedly
genuine.
- Sherman, Texas, was struck by
cyclone last Saturday with results that
were frightfuly disastrous. The storm
came up with but little warning. Its
pathway was $50 yards in width and
the destruction was something terrible,
houses were town from their founda-
tions, trees were stripped of their foil
age, and the dead bodies of men, wo-
men and children were left scattered
among the debris, in the path of the
cyclone. The total number of fatali-
ties footed up something like 100. Af-
ter the storm passed over, number of
citizens explored its path, and found
bodies for distance of a mile or more.
The dead body of a child was found in
the top of a tree. Household and 9TH
er goods of almost every description
were found scattered about promiscu-
ously. The dead were collected in the
courthouse, which had been left unin-
jured, and physicians came in from all
the surrounding towns, to give their
attention to the injured. Relief COM
mittees were organized at once and
the people of Sherman and surround
ing towns are doing what they can to
alleviate the distress of unfortunate
sufferers.
A long drawn out and highly
sensational murder trial was ended
at Newport, KY, last Thursday, by
the conviction of Scott Jackson for