Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-11
LOCAL LACONICS.
Electric Lights Coming,


At meeting yesterday morning the
town council of Y!prkville accepted Mr..
T. B. McCIain's electric light PROPOSE.
ton, and Mr.. McClain has already be-
gan work looking to the carrying out
of his contract.
Coming Marriage.
Invitations are out to the marriage
of Miss Beona Wood, daughter of Mr..
Moses Wood, to Mr.. William Franklin
Brown, which will take place Wednes-
day evening, February %, in the First
Presbyterian church of Gaffney, in
which town the bride and groom reside.
Price of Cotton.
Liverpool and New York cotton re-
ports during the past few days have
been encouraging rather than other
wise. The tendency of prices is up
ward, or at least firm. 1t is said to he
because of the bad weather of the past
two weeks, and also belief that the
next crop will not be so large as the
last one. The local markets continue
at about the same from 81 to ST
The Cold Snap.
The cold snap of the past few days
is described by the dispatches from
different parts of the country as being
one of the most severe that has been
felt for years. The weather bureau
at Washington predicted the approach
of the cold snap on Wednesday, and
said it would last until Friday night.
The line of freezing weather extended
as far south as Tampa, Fla. In Oma.
ha, Neb., on Thursday, the thermome-
ter registered % degrees below zero.
"Catch EN-"
Gastonia Gazette A distressed hus-
band in South Carolina, has written
Policeman Carroll that his young and
pretty black haired wife has run off
with a man named Bud Estes, leaving
her two little children, one of them an
infant. Her name is Fannie Wilker-
son, wife of Sloan Wilkerson, and the
man she ran away with is IS feet and
13 inches high" They are supposed
to be near Martin Hoyle's in the
Clover neighborhood.
Killed on the Rail.
Shelby Aurora: William Allen, a
Young white man, of Kings Mountain,
was struck and instantly killed by a
passing train, within the limits of that
town on Monday night. His body was
horribly mangled. For so or rs yards
the rails and crossties were strewn
with bits of flesh and clothing. The
sight was q sickening and heartrend-
ing one. Just short time before the
accident the unfortunate young man,
under the influence of whisky, was
seen by several citizens of the place.
DistilIery In Kings Mountain Township.
In his report of the proceedings OF
the state board of control last Wed.
nesday, the Columbia correspondent
of The News and Courier says: "a
petition was received from citizens of
Kipy's Mountain township, York
county, asking that distillery priv
ilege be granted to John W. Pursley.
Referred to the York county delega-
tion." THE ENQUIRER has heard of
this petition before. 1t has heard that
a great many people to whom it was
presented refused to sign it. Whether
a majority of the people in the neigh
borbood in which it is proposed to es-
tablish the distillery desire it, is not
clear. But the York dele
cation will no doubt know how to act
in the matter.
"An Expert Operator"
Charleston Post, Wednesday: The
many friends Of Mr.. Albert M. Grist,
in charge of the linotype ma
chimes and an operator in the compos-
ing room of The Post, will read with in.
terest, the following excerpt from
last weeks number of Newpaperdom