Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-17

- There is great irritation in Madrid
at the final continued refusal OF the
Filipinos to release the Spanish prls-
oners, who exceed 10000 in number.
The insurgents are now demanding
that Spain pay as ransom for those
prisoners the $4,000, 900 which she Is
to receive, according to the terms OF
the peace treaty, from the United
States.
- Mrs. Elizabeth Colbert, of Thom
aston, Conn.,, aged "A, daughter of the
late Seth Thomas, the clockmaker,
and the Rev. DR.. William Webster
Belden, aged IS, were married last
week. They were sweethearts In
early youth, but old Seth Thomas did
not like the engagement and broke 1t
off. Then the young people lost sight
of each other. Miss Thomas married
and became widow, and DR.. Belden
also married and lost his wife, and only
recently the couple were thrown to-
gether again.
- Senator Vest says of Senator
Cockrell that he always makes it a
a point to learn the names of his rural
constituents and call them thereby.
But once be made a slip. In some
manner he forgot the name of the
county chairman and bluntly asked. it.
"Why said the chairman, "I'm Jones.
I thought you knew me-" "Of course
1 do" said Cockrell quickly, "but
which one of old Jones's boys are you
I knew your father for years" "And
he only had one son." was the harsh
reply.
Henry J. Nelligau, cook, and Geo.
w. Beverly, bugler, both of Company
G, First Florida, were killed at Hunts
vile, Ala, last Monday night. Nelli-
gan and Beverly had been on bad
terms for several days and had fought
in camp. Nelligan drew knife and
stabbed Beverly, who drew a pistol and
told him TO stand back. Nelligan's
brother, H. T. Nelligan, seeing Beverly
with a pistol in his hand, killed him
with a Springfield rifle. Beverly's
brother Ray emerged from his tent al
this time. He saw his brother fall
and thinking he had been killed by
Nelligan, the cook, shot him dead.
- The periodical dead-letter Office
sale will begin in Washington, on Mon
day, December 19, and continue day
and evening until completed. The
catalogue of articles to be disposed OF
covers 81 pages. The miscellaneous
articles are clsssed under 1888 head
ings, the books, pamphlets, etc., under
922 headings and the jewelry under 25l
headings. The collection comprises
many thousands of articles of every
character and description, a few OF
them valuable but the very large
majority of insignificant worth. In
the jewelry collection there are apt to
be some bargains.
Two American confidence men
have been in Havana and gone, leav-
ing the Spanish wiser but poorer by
$4,000 in gold, says dispatch. One
of them paid $4,000 by a certified
check for an option on a plantation at
$115,000. Then second American
appeared and offered SITS, 900 cash for
his plantation, giving the Spaniard
a certified check for $4,000 to make
good the bargain. The first purchaser
refused to release his option except on
the payment of $4,000 cash. He got
the money. Needless to say the Sec
ond purchase was not completed. The
certified checks were bogus and the
two confidence men are now in the
United States.
- The vice president says he is a
direct gamer financially by the late
war, and the reason he gives is de-
cidedly novel one. From his coming
to Washington up to the outbreak OF
the war, an average of 100 babies a
month were named after him, or at
least their fond parents 50 informed
him by letter. Other rich officials and
senators have been through the same
experience, and, as rule, rather en-
loved sharing their names and bestow-
ing small checks until the aggregate
sum of the latter obliged them to halt.
In this particular direction his value
has fallen off considerable, for the
Youngsters nowadays whose parents
want to start them off under the halo
of somebody else's name are christen-
ed Dewey, Schley, Roosevelt, Hobson
and all the rest of the recent heroes OF
land and sea.
Means were taken few days ago
to make public statement that Rufus
L. Perry, Negro lawyer of Brooklyn,
backed, it is declared, by several we'll
known Tammany officials, is to form
a Negro settlement of 5000 people
within sight of the greater New York.
According to the statement given out,
a tract of land comprising 1900 acres
has been secured upon an option which
will today be taken up. The families
will be at once brought to their new
homes from North and South Carolina
and Georgia. The projectors of the
scheme say they have the assurance
that several large factories will be put
into operation as soon as the colored
folks are settled. A town is to be
formed and the projectors say they
will not only be able to elect mayor,
but an assemblyman as well. Each
lot holder will receive a deed of his
plot, for which he will be charged SIS.
It is said that the colony will be loca-