Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-07-02
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
Summary of the News That Is Being Pub
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CHESTER-The Lantern, June q

CHESTER-The Lantern, June 70
Judge Townsend and Stenographer
McCaw are stopping at Nicholson's
hotel. MIR. Craig Kirkpatrick, OF
the northwestern portion of the coun-
ty, died last Saturday aged sc years.
He was buried at Bullock's Creek.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick was one of the old
men of the county, being only here
and there one who was boy with him.
......'"Mr. w. Alva Guy has moved
from Miami to Jacksonville, Fla. He
sends regards to his friends and says,
"Like Jax fine. "...'''.'.Dr. J. Brenton
Wise received a telegram yesterday
from Governor Ellerbe informing him
of his appointment as hospital steward
in the second regiment. DIR. Wise is
not a physician, as strangers might
suppose from his title, being dentist,
yet he is peculiarly fitted for the posi-.
ton both by natural disposition and
training, as he was required, at the
University of Maryland, to take the
same course as medical students, with
few exceptions. The salary of stew.
ard is S55 per month. .'''''''''There will
be picnic at Lynn's Mill on Thurs
day, July 7. Everybody is invited to
come. The ladies' of Fishing Creek
church will sell refreshments, the pro-
ceeds of which will be for the benefit
of the church. .''....'..A. A. Whitener,
ESQ.,, of the law firm of Self & White
ner, of Hickory, N. c., was married
this morning at 6.45, to Miss Emma
C. Kestler, at the residence Of Mr..
Adolphus Whitener, on Walnut street,
Rev. J. E. Grier officiating. ':''''Court
convened yesterday morning, Judge
Townsend presiding. The jurors were
all present and rone asked to be ex-
cused. The first case tried was that
of the state against Jim Talford, charg,
ed with assault and battery with intent
to kill. Found guilty of assault and
battery. Sentenced to 80 days on the
chaingang. Alex Rabb was charged
with burglary and larceny. State ac-
cepted plea of compound larceny,
and he was sentenced to the chain
gang for II months. Nose Chisholm
was tried for assault and battery with
intent to kill. Found guilty and sent
to the chaingang for Is months. Jno.
Glenn was charged with assisting
prisoner to escape. Not guilty. This
morning Alex Freeman, charged with
burglary and larceny, plead guilty OF
larceny and was sentenced to Is months
on chaingang. The last case was
that of Thomas Harrison for arson,
burning the dwelling of o. D. Smith
on the 2Sth of May. By appointment
w. H. Newbold, Esq, and ]. B. At
kinson, Esq, appeared for the defend
ant. Verdict, not guilty.
LANCASTER Enterprise, June 29 :
Mrs. Hettie Durant, OF Sumter, and
Mrs. Floride Propst, of Yorkville, are
visiting their sisters at Heath Spring.
...''.."Married, at the factory, Sunday
afternoon, by Clerk of Court w. S. l..
Porter, Mr.. James Knight and Miss
Martha Harris, daughter of Mr.. W. K.
Harris, of Heath Spring. .'''''''"Mr.
Washington Self and Miss Isadore Es.
fridge, daughter of Mr.. w. ]. Estridge,
of the Taxahaw section, were married
at White Bluff, by ]. n. Estridge, no.
tary public, on Thursday evening, 23d
instant. 1.-The farms of Messrs. Roach
Sowell and Will Gooch and two dark
les living on Heath, Springs & Cos.
place were visited by severe hail
storm Sunday afternoon, which done
considerable damage to their cotton
and other crops. '.''.'During thunder
shower Sunday, afternoon, lightning
struck the dwelling of Mr.. o. c. Hin
son, at Primus, damaging his house
considerably and shocking the men,
bers of his family. A lamp was upset
and broken, which caught afire, and
in trying to extinguish it Mr.. Hinson
was very badly burned. Review,
June 90: Court adjourned last We'd
nesday. The following cases were
disposed of: Sebron Stack was ac-
Quilted of the charge of selling liquor.
J. H. Hilton was convicted of assault
and battery of high and aggravated
nature-sealed sentence. Ben Charley
Hinson, charged with murder, was ac-
quilted. He was ably defended by
Colonel IT. Y. Williams. James Bar
ton, convicted of assault and battery
with intent to kill, was fined SIS,
which was paid. The jury recon-
mended him to the mercy of the court.
Ephaiam Mellow, was convicted of as
sault and battery with intent to kill
sealed sentence. The case against
B. F. Blackmon and Sarah Phillips,
charged with adultery, was continued,
as was also the case against Sam Whit
aker, alias John Perry, charged with
burglary and larceny. Hiram Cox
was found guilty of burglary and lar
ceny and sent to the penitentiary for
five years. The case against John W..
Segars and George McIlwain, charged,
respectively, with disposing of prop
erty under lien, were mol pressed.
Ledger, June 90: Mr.. R. c. Crockett,
of this place, got telegram last Sat-
urday from Abilene, Texas, stating
that his sister, Mrs. S. c. usobrook, at
that place, was lying at the point of
death, and to come at once. Neither
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