Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-10
Straps and faets.

every voter registered, one set to be
placed in a book in alphabetical order
of names and another in another book
arranged by streets and numbers of
rooms in houses for the use of election
officials. Every photographer in the
state is understood to be in favor OF
the passage of the bill.
- Justice Longstreth, of Camden,
New Jersey, has just united the Oldest
couple he ever welded. The bride
groom was Moses Samuel, widower,
II years old the bride was Miss Ra-
chel Carvalho, aged 70 years. When
Miss Carvalho was 1S years of age and
one of the bellies of Camden, Samuels
proposed to her, but she would not
marry him. In after years he mar
ried, but she remained single. When
Samuels's wife died Rachel Carvalho
became his housekeeper. Then he
renewed his suit for her hand and she
consented.
Consul General Lee has cabled
from Havana that Sylvester Scovill,
one of the Cuban correspondents OF
the New York World, has been cap
tureG by the Spaniards. Scovill has,
for some time past, been connected
with the insurgent army and has been
meeting with greater success than any
other correspondent in getting his
news through to his paper. A great
deal of the matter he has published
has been of character that has been
calculated to greatly exasperate the
Spaniards, and the probability is that
he will have rough time of it in his
captivity. Consul General Lee says
that he will do all he can to see that
Scovill is given all the fairness OF
treatment to which he may be entitled
as an American citizen.
- The eastern" question has bro
ken out afresh. This time it is on
account of the Christians on the island
of Crete, off the coast of Greece.
Within the past few days several bum
dred Cretan Christians have been mas
sacred by Turkish soldiers. What
the merits of the case are the dis
patches do not make clear but 1t
appears that the kingdom of Greece
is greatly interested in the matter and
has sent a number of war vessels to
the Cretan coast. Great Britain is
also deeply interested and has dis
patched some vessels to the scene
of the trouble. Judging from the
tone of the dispatches upon the sub
ject, it would appear that war was
imminent between Greece and Turkey,
and if such war breaks out, that the
various European powers will be in
volved is already foregone con-
clusiop.
- The fact that a company of Texas
sharpshooters has been organized to
pick off General Weyler has already
been mentioned, and from a dispatch
that appeared in the New York World
last Sunday, it appears that the sharp
shooters have commenced operations
Weyler was at the head of column
marching into the province of Santa
Clara few days ago. Several bullets
whistled dangerously close to his head
and finally one killed his horse. From
whence the bullets came, nobody was
able to distinguish. There were nc
reports to be heard, and not even any
smoke to be seen. The general was
considerably annoyed, not to say fright
ened, by the occurrence, and as q
precaution threw out large scouting
parties to 60 considerable distance
ahead of his advancing column to, il
possible, capture the sharpshooters.
- Senator Allen, of Nebraska, intro
duced in The senate, last Saturday, 8
resolution to prohibit army officers
from receiving presents. The resolu
ton, it appears, is really aimed al
General Miles, the commander of the
United States army. General Miles
it will be remembered, was in command
of the troops who put down the recent
Chicago railroad strike. Within the
past few weeks, it has developed thai
for sometime past, a committee, headed
by Coils P. Huntington, has beer
pushing a proposition to present Gen
eral Miles with fine house and lot ir
Washington. An option on the house
and lot has already been secured, and
the understanding is that $4,000 O
the purchase price has been pledged
by various railroad men. Senator
Allen looks upon the scheme as al
effort on the part of the railroad own
ers to reward Miles for looking aftel
their interests so satisfactorily, ant
the senator is anxious to put stop tt
the whole business.
Atlanta Journal: The courts
sometimes make decisions that seen
very queer to those who are not &C
uuainted with all the facts and condi
tions involved. The supreme court o
Colorado, for instance, in a recen
opinion, holds that a man cannot pump
from a we'll on his own land, water
which. if let alone, would make its
wav to a stream in which another mar
has recognized rights. A man named
Wilson, living in Lone Tree valley
dug two artesian wells and with TIT
water procured from them brought 4S'
acres of hitherto useless land to higf
state of cultivation. But Lone Tre'
creek, which runs near by his land
showed the effect of the artesian we'll
very decidedly in its decreased flow
A water company, which had beer
supplying it's bitches from the creek
obtained an injunction to prevent Viii
son from using his pumps. This in
:.ot;o, hoe hoen made nermanent b,