Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-13

Corbett, at Carson on the 18th of
March. Most of the sports are of
opion that the fight will surely be a
90, and although both of the pugi-
lists have their hackers, the majority
seems to be betting on Fitzsimmons as
the favorite. The two men, however,
are conceded to be very we'll matched.
- The Washington Post has been
having fun with Secretary Morton.
Its latest hit is too good to be over
looked. "The Post is under obligations
to Hon. J. Sterling Morton for his
most valuable report on Tape Worms
of Poultry By the keen employment
of that twin screw and double expan-
sion logic for which the head of the
agricultural department is so noted,
the writer is able to show that this
pest which is annoying to farmers and
adding to their mortgages, is due di-
rectly to the constant agitation of the
financial question by irresponsible per-
sons who do not agree with the present
administration"
- Charlotte Observer: The A. K.
church is on a boom-a building boom.
Chester, S. c., is to have new house
of worship, costing $4,000; Rock
Hill is to build one very nearly as
handsome, $1,000, and Kings Noun
tain will put $4,000 into building.
The Erskine College Home, Due West,
S. c., has been completed, and Rev.
R. G. Miller has gone over to meet
with the building committee and re-
ceive the building. Rev. Mr.. Chal-
mers undertook to be responsible for
the furnishing of the home-40 rooms.
He has gotten different churches,
societies and individuals to take all of
the rooms, and 6hey will soon be neatly
furnished.
A Georgia convict has brought
suit for damages against the Dade
Coal company. The convict is now
free, his term having expired. The
damage he claims is in the sum of
$4,000. 1t is for the loss of leg.
In his petition he sets forth that while
a convict he was forced at the muzzle
of a rifle to s!acken the speed of cars
as they were entering the mine. This
work was hazardous in the extreme,
and while engaged in it he fell under
a car and was so dreadfully mangled
that it was necessary for the surgeons
to amputate leg. He is now unable
to earn wages, and thinks that it is
the duty of the coal company, at
whose hands he suffered misfortune,
to provide him with support.
On lonely farm near here, Mr..
and Mrs. John Bonniman and two
grown up sons, met instant death
today in peculiar and dreadful man
ner, says North Branch, Minnesota,
dispatch of Wednesday. 1t is the
custom among the farmers in this Sec
ton to store their large potato crops
in pits in the ground. The Bonnimans
are well.to-do farmers and their pit
was unusually large and elaborate.
Tuesday Mr.. Bonniman built fire in
the pit, as he feared the frost would
penetrate, and this morning he went,
with his oldest SOD, to straighten up
the place. Together they lifted the
heavy trap door and the father, a
stalwart man of so years, let himself
down into the pit. In an instant, to
the horror of the young man, he
dropped dead or at least unconscious.
The son gave a shrek of terror and
went to the rescue of his father. He,
too, became a corpse, but his screams
had brought his brother, boy of 18,
from the barn, and moment later
the mother came running from the
house, followed by her youngest son,
q lad of IA years. The second son
arrived first and dropped into the
death trap, thinking Co help his father
and brother, but the 6redamp killed
him in a twinkling. When the mother
arrived she too jumped into the pit.
She was Immediately overpowered,
but had strength enough left to tell
her remaining son not to come into
the cellar.
"A joint committee of the New
York legislature is engaged in investi-
eating the different trusts now doing
business in New York, with view of
recommending such legislation as may
seem best calculated to restore the
operation of the principle of compe-
tition. Senator Lexow, the man who
made himself famous in the investiga-
tion of the New York police system
few years ago, is chairman of the
investigating committee. The past
week has been taken up in the inves-
tigation of the business of the sugar
and coffee trusts. So far, it has devel-
oped, on the testimony of the Have
meyers, that the American Sugar
Refining company has been making
some 10 or Is per cent. on 1000, 900
or S4O,OOO,OO0 of Watered stock, and
that they now have almost absolute
control of the sugar business in the
United States. The Arbuckles recent
ly came into possession Of an ingenious
machine to pack sugar into 2-pound
packages. The Havemeyers tried to
buy the machine; but the Arbuckles
would not sell. They said they in
tended to 60 into the sugar business
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