Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-12-15
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that fishways have been opened in
the river from the South Carolina line
70 the dam of the CatawLa lumber
company in Burke county. The cost
of the work, all told, has been S354.7O.
People along the river believe that in
few years fish will be again as abun-
dant as of old.
At San Francisco, last Friday,
Michael Purcell, boilermaker, was
making some repairs inside the smoke
stack of the steamer Wellington, when
six fires were started below him. He
was strapped to chair suspended
from the top of the stack, about 40
feet from the dampers below. 1t was
impossible to 60 up, and to 60 down
without assistance meant being roast
ed alive on the hot dampers. Dense
volumes of hot smoke began rolling up
the stack, while Purcell, with his cloth
ing on fire, shouted loudly for help.
A helper on the outside, realizing his
plight, rescued Purcell just as the
rope supporting him was catching fire.
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condition.
A dispatch from Washington says:
"After q spasm of vir,ue that lasted
inst "a hours, the committee on rules
of the senate and house of representa-
tives authorized the sale of liquor
again at the Capitol restaurants. The
reason for the relapse is said to have
been pressure on the part of thirsty
statesmen who declared that they
would bring the matter up on the floor
and demand a vote unless the bars
were let down again. This frightened
timid members who have both prohi-
bitionists and brewers in their dis
tricts, and they pleaded with the com
mittee on rules. If there is anything
the average member of congress hates
to vote upon it is question involving
TEMPERANCE and religion, and so the
committee gave way and permitted the
bar to be opened for Eight dlinks.''
ut is now definitely known" says
the American Wool and Cotton Re.
porter, "that the party (both parties,
rather) which the Southern railway
recently brought south, have largely
secured options on sites, and bought
outright hundreds of thousands OF
stock in many of the best mills-that
is, where any stock was for sale. For
be it known, there are dozens of mills
in the Carolnas in which not dollars
worth of stock is on the market, or
which can be bought at any reasonable
price. These mills have never paid
under s per cent. dividends, and
average above 10 per cent. Several
millions of dollars will be put into cot
ton manufacturing, especially in the
Carolinas and Georgia, during the year
1898, us a result of personal investiga-
ton, thus afforded them for the first
time"
- Throughout Russian Asia, says
St. Petersburg dispatch, there is gener-
eral unrest among the Moslems. 1t Is
attributed to the exaggerated reports
of Turkish victory over the "Great
Greek Empire" which have spread
through the length and breadth OF the
continent. The authorities even fear
that the revival of brigandage re-
Gently noticed in the Caucasus is di-
rected almost solely against the gov
ernment officials, aud the unprecedent-
ed phenomenon of Georgians display
ing hostility toward Armenians has
become manifest. The danger is so
serious that conference of Caucasian
governors has been convoked to con-
cert measures of paci6cation. Travel
ers in Central Asia report an extraor-
liuary ferment among the Moslems OF
different races. They are sinking their
mutual animosities and declaring that
thew are first of all Mohammedans,
with the sultan as their chief. 1t is
evident that the slightest pretext
would suffice to bring about an uprising
and plunge Russia into the same sea
of troubles as India.
- A few days ago, big crowd Of
Cherokee Indians-half breeds and
whites-gathered near Cherokee City,
Indian Territory, to have a Thanks
giving shooting match. They shot for
and at turkeys under the following
rules: A turkeys head, exposed from
a box so yards, and living turkey
staked out $50 yards. Sequoy Rus
sell, a relative of Sam Russell, the
famous interpreter, won several tur-
KEYS by shooting the head at so yards.
He then killed several at $50 yards,
shooting them in the body. He be-
came enthusiastic over his success and
laid a wager of SO that he could hita
turkeys head at $50 yards. A turkey
in a box was placed at that distance
and Russell hit the turkeys eye. This
was claimed by others to be an acci-
dental shot, and wrangle and fight
ensued, in which reds and whites piled
up like football players. Eyes were
gouged out, ears bitten, ribs broken,
teeth knocked out and an Indian
named Sleeping Possum was fatally
stabbed. Sequoy Russell claims that
his aim was inspired by the Great Spir-
it, and that he could not have missed
a target if he had tried to do so. 1t is
feared that a feudal war will result
from this shooting match.
- Wilkesbarre, Pa, dispatch of the
9Th instant, to the Baltimore Sun
Attacked by several hundred fierce
rats, which swarmed upon him while
he was imprisoned in narraw space
from which he could not escape, Rob-
ert Crook, of Fairview, village near
this city, fought them until his strength