Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-14

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the drop on them with a revolver that
he had and fired at them as they
Jumped from the tender. In the mean
time he had opened his throttle with
bis left hand. His quickness and pluck
saved the company from heavy loss.
The senatorial deadlock in Ken
lucky has developed an attempted
bribery sensation. Capt. Noel Gaines,
one of the anti-Hunter Republicans,
has testified before the grand jury
that few days ago John H. Wilson, a
friend of Hunter, had approached him
with a proposition to pay SIS, 1000 for
three votes-S5, 900 a vote. The prop
osition was that the money should be
turned over to Gaines Immediately
upon the election Of Hunter. The
Hunter people stoutly deuy the charge
and say that the whole thing is trick
gotten up by Governor Bradley to
throw discredit on Hunter.
Hon. VIM. J. Bryan came very
near losing his life at St. Augustine,
Fla, last Thursday night. He had
just concluded an address to a big
crowd of people from the piazza of a
hotel, some 20 feet above the ground.
There were hundreds of people on the
piazza, and they rushed forward to
shake Mr.. Bryan's hand. The piazza
gave way and the people fell to the
ground in a jumbled mass. Mr.. Bryan
was badly cut about the face and
knocked insensible; but was otherwise
unhurt and recovered in a few min
utes. Many of the other people were
badly bruised, and some 25 or 30
people had their legs and arms broken.
- Young J. P. Atkinson, son of Gov
ernor Atkinson, of Georgia, and Miss
Ada Byrd, of Atlanta, were married in
Chattanooga last Sunday, this time
with the full consent and approval OF
their parents. 1t developed that on
account of a Georgia statute forbid
ding the marriage of boy under II
years of age, the first marriage was
illegal, and young Atkinson insisted on
Strengthening out the matter by going
to state which had no laws against
such marriages. The young couple
will reside at the executive mansion
for few weeks, and will then set up
in housekeeping on their own respon-
sibility.
- Although technically at peace,
there is now no doubt of the fact that
Turkey and Greece have been virtual
ly at war with each other for many
weeks. The so-called Cretan "insur-
gents" are really Greek regulars, and
the "brigands" referred to occasionally
as attacking the Turks on the from
tiers of their country, are the same.
Just why these distinctions are made
in the dispatches we are not able to
fully explain but the probability is
that before many days there will be
open hostilities between the two coun-
tries on a much larger scale 1t all
seems to depend upon the settlement
of a little diplomatic quarrel that is
now in progress between Great Britain
and Germany.
- There sometimes happen cases of
emergency in which people are not in
clined to stand back on the technicali-
ties even of the law. For some weeks
past there had been a disagreement
between the city council of Nichols
vile, KY, and the Waterworks COM
papy. The trouble was about the
price of water, and as the city refused
to pay the price demanded, the water
company sealed up its fire plugs and
decided to wait until the matter could
be settled by law. A big fire broke
out last Saturday and the whole city
was threatened. Immediately the
people bethought themselves of the
full watermains, broke open the hy-
drants, and put out the fire. 1t is
said that the water company now in
tends to bring suit against the city on
account of the breaking of the seals.
- Secretary Hester's weekly New
Orleans Cotton Exchange statement
shows a decrease in the movement
compared with last year Of $4,000
bales, decrease under year before last
of 1900, and decrease under 1894
of 1900. For the nine days of April
the total shows decrease under last
year of $4,000; decrease under year
before last of 10000, and decrease
under 1894 of $4,000, for the seven
months and nine days of the season,
the aggregate is ahead of last year
1,419,000 bales; behind year before
last 1867 900, and ahead of 1894 of
$4,000. Including stocks left over at
ports and interior towns from the last
crop, and the number of bales brought
into sight thus far for the new crop,
the supply to date is 6,295 GIG, against
6,S4S, ,4SS for the same period last year.
- Atlanta Constitution: Although
the waters Of the Mississippi have
commenced to recede, there is still
much danger to be apprehended, and
perhaps more damage will be wrought
within the next few weeks than at any
time since the river began to overflow
its banks. Experience with recent
floods in The Mississippi valley proves
that the levees are exposed to much |
greater pressure from the receding than
from the outflowing currents, and that
the time for national rejoicing has not
yet arrived. Should the levees escape
any serious damage, there is still the
waste of food products, extending over
a wide area of rich bottom land, to be
considered; and also the malignant
fever which seldom fails to follow in
the wake of such devastations. The
DAMAGE already caused hv the over