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Scraps ami Jacts. ? General Campos, commander of flhe Spanish forces in Cuba, is not so sanguine now as he was about his ability to conquer the insurgents. In a recent interview with the correspondent of a Spanish newspaper, he said that the best thing for Spain to do under existing circumstances, is to compromise the whole thing. Ot herwise, it will require 150,000 troops to put the insurgeuts down, and even then, 75,000 of these men will perish. ? "By a chancery decision handed dowu last week," says a Chattanooga special, "Cross & Tenny, the government contractors at Chickamauga park, must refund to their employees, ' ~ ~ 4 _ r j * 4UU in numoer, me iimuuui 01 uotiui ? fees and rent money, deducted from their wages, a sum approximating $6,000. This construction of the law makes it uulawful for an employer to require employees to sustain a physician, known as the 'company's doctor,' or live in tenements owned by an employer, and virtually kills the system of'docking,' which is an octopus to the Teunessee workingmen. Many cotton mills and mining camps in the South claim and exercise the right to employ physicians for their employees, make them live in the company houses and dock their wages." ? In this column, not long ago, was told the story of bow an Indian, connected with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, killed a Baltimore boy with a stone. The boy, with others, was teas ing an Iudian baby. The Indian threw a stone at the boys and struck one of them over the heart, causing injuries that afterward produced death. When the boy died, the Baltimore authorities sent a detective after the show to arrest the Indian. In Atlanta, last week, the detective arrested an Indian named Crazy Bull as the person wanted. Crazy Bull denied the charge and fought extradition. He was backed by the management of the show, and a writ of habeas corpus was sued out. Judge Newman, of the Federal court, heard both sides of the case with great patience, and finally decided that the Indian should go back to Baltimore to stand his trial for manslaughter. ? The long and tedious trial of Theodore Duraut for the murder of Blanche Lamont, in San Francisco, last spring, is ended. The case was given to the jury on the morning of October 31. The jury remained out only 28 minutes, and returned witn a verdict 01 guilty of murder in the first degree. The court room was crowded with people, mostly women. The announcement of the verdict was received with a storm of applause, which the court found it impossible to check. Duraut's mother, who had sat beside him during the trial, burst into a flood of tears and sobbed aloud. Durant himself was unmoved at the verdict of the jury. He took his sobbing mother in his arms and did what he could to afford her comfort. I The judge announced that he would pass sentence on Friday, November 6, aud on that day also, the time for trying the case of the murder of Minnie Williams. ? The trial of H. H. Holmes, in "PViilfwlolntiin tViA mnnv t.imps murder. er, did not last for several weeks as was expected. It was disposed of in short order. Mrs. Peitzel, widow of the murdered man and mother of the murdered children, gave testimony that poiuted very clearly to Holmes as the murderer. Holmes's alleged wife went back on him and gave testimony that showed up for him most darkly. After the evidence of the prosecution was all in, Holmes attorneys decided that it might be a good idea to bank their hopes on a case of "not proven," and they put up no testimony. The jury remained out only a short time aud returned with a verdict of guilty. The couusel for the defense immediately gave notice of a motion for a new trial, and the judge fixed Monday November 18, as the day for hearing the motion. ? The million cancelled postage stamp collection which some one is always trying to make, notwithstanding the veheraeut protest of Uncle Sara that t-bey are worth no more than any other waste paper, has led to a very embarrassing international postal complication in Illinois. Some one started a oollection of cancelled postage stamps by means of that philanthropic blackmail scheme knowu as the "chain system." It worked so successfully that the house, the barn, the corn crib of the crippled girl they were to benefit were soon filled with cancelled American stamps. Then the "chain" spread to Europe, and the letters continue to W%? t hmiuotwlc ftn mn nv of these letters have not the full postage paid that it is estimated that it costs the government ?40 a day in losses, as the girl simply refuses to take such letters as were not fully prepaid out of the office, and the postoffice department can do nothing hutret urn them to the dead-letter office. Already 25,000,000 stamps have been received, and still they come, and nobody knows how to stop them. ? It is now a settled fact that the Corbett-Fiizsimmous prize fight will uot come off in the United States. When the pugilists were driven out of Texas by Governor Culberson, they went over to Hot Springs, Ark. Here Governor Clarke, of Arkansas, took up the fight. Both men weue arrested and put under heavy peace bonds. They were assured that if they attempted to fight in Arkansas, their bondsmen would not only have to put up heavy fnfeits; but they would be attached for contempt and imprisoned for not less than two years. There was renewed talk of pulling off the fight in Mexico; but this scheme failed. It was thought that the reason of it was largely due to the fact that neither one of the principals were very anxious to tight anyway. At last accounts, Corbett was at Memphis, Tenn., on his way home to New York. He said that in S. E. White, and a postmark showing at the paper was not received in Yorklie until Friday, July 2#?t nfter the last sue of The Enquirer previous to the eetion had been published. As before ated, the Rock Hill Hemld usually arves in Yorkville on the day of public-arm. Whatever may bo the present position ' any of the candidates on the subject, esay without hesitation, that we do not slieve that any one of them could have 3cn elected on an issue having for its ob' ? ?? nf \ri\rIr nnnnf.v iitul u'A how since prize fighting had been made ta a felony by nearly every State in the th Uniou, he thinks he will withdraw vj from the ring. He does not like the idea of being considered a common criminal. Taken all in all, it begins c to look as if prize fighting in this s* country will now rapidly become a ri thing of the past. ti< ?he ^orkriUc inquirer. YOItKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6,1895. x ? The Columbia Register, which has for C< some time past been published as a seven column folio, has recently enlarged to a six " column quarto, to the great improvement ( of its general efficiency as a newspaper. It e, is our hope that the business men of Col- ft umbia will at once appreciate this progres- ei sive enterprise on the part of The Regis- r( ter, and give it the patronage it deserves. w Though The Register will be benefitted considerably, the benefit to them will be r( still greater. tu ? The Enquirer is in receipt of tho ei first number of the Saluda Sentinel, a s( newspaper that seeks to fill the "first felt" t0 want in the new county of Saluda. The ^ paper is published at rsewoerry, ana aa- n] ted Newberry and Denny's. It is an eight ti column folio, filled with matters of inter- th est to the new county, historical and other- e: wise. The publisher is Mr. E. H. Aull, and the editor is B. F. .Sample. The paper will be published at Newberry until (j, its proprietors learn where its permanent to home is to be located, and it will then vi forthwith settle down to the development n' of the various interests of the newly created ^ county. We wish it success. ^ POSITION OF THE CANDIDATES. Growing out of the proposition of Mr. 01 Wilson, looking to the formation of a new P county with Rock Hill as the county seat, there has been a good deal of dispute lately as to the position that York's rep- g] resentatives in the constitutional conven- U\ tion occupied in the recent campaign in M which they sought the suffrages of the J? people. ' X n> The Enquirer was the only paper . that attempted to lollow up the candi- w dates, and from our files we reproduce at the record. A Mr. Brice said that he was opposed to any reduction of the area required by the * present constitution, and he was unaltera- . ( bly opposed to any movement looking to jq a division of York county. so Mr. \V. B. Wilson said that he thought hi the area required by the present constitution should be greatly reduced. North . I 811 Carolina got along very well with 400 j,j square miles, and he believed Georgia ai only required 350" square miles. He was bl opposed to a division of York county, however, from personal interest and senti- cr ment, etc., and if sent to the convention he would not vote there for the formation ar of a new county. He did not think an that any new county should be formed T! except by a vote of the whoie people of *h ov the State through their representatives in ,j,j the legislature. Major A. II. White said that he believed j. in smaller area for counties ; but he was se in favor of leaving the matter to a vote of all the people interested, not only in the section to be cut off; but also in the section sc out of which the new county was to be erected. (J< Mr. J. F. Ashe was not present at the meeting. He sent, however, written ^ re answers to certain questions that he had ^ reason to believe might be raised; but t|t had nothing to say on the subject of areas so of counties. We have no record of any- D: thing that bo may have subsequently | said. JJ Captain S. K. White was not present, . nor did he send any expression of views, in writing or otherwise. The only pub- of lie expression that came from him during he the campaign was in the shape of an , interview published in the Rock Hill ^ Herald of Wednesday, July 24, just previous to the primary election, which occurred on Tuesday, July 30. en The Rock JI ill Herald usually gets to h? Yorkville oil the day of publication. The vc issue of July 24 failed to arrive as usual, ii* The editor of Tim Knquikkr attended ,Mi the Alliance campmccting at Tirzah on m ... . , mi., tl) Thursday, ami mere icarucu uj.il i mg*1 Herald, of the previous day, contained an |)tl interview in which Captain White ex- Tj pressed himself as in favor of smaller cv counties, and also some editorial strictures sa, against The Enquirer for its alleged action in raising the county area issue in st< the campaign. The editor of The Enquirer was interested, of course, and M| tried to get a coj?y of The Ilerald in order that he might publish the interview of ^t I I1 1 Captain White, and, if necessary, also ^ answer the editorial strictures in Friday's ^ issue of The Enquirer?the last issue ^ previous to the election. 31 On returning to Yorkville, the editor of E< The Enquirer inquired of the postniis- el tress if the Hock Hill Herald of Wednes- Ij' day had arrived. The postmistrees informed him tiiat it had not?not a single ? ta copy had come to this ollice. The editor of Tiik Enquirer then requested of the ov l?ostmistress when The Herald did arrive, jc to please stamp on it the date of its receipt. I b.i She agreed, and we now have in our pos- Tl session a copy of the Hock Hill Herald of or July 21, containing the interview of Cap- co so say that every candidate in the field ith the exception of Captain S. E. White, d the people to believe, from start to nish, that they were opposed to a divism of the county except with the consent fall the sections interested. BETHEL BREEZES. lie Reception at Mr. FergiiMuii'it?Debate on Friday?Other Notes, arrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Foiiest Hill, November 4.?The rejption given Mr. Turner Ferguson and ride at the residence of Mr. Perry Feruson on bust Wednesday evening, wasan ujoyable all'air. Quito a number of the iendsof the bride and groom were presnt, and after partaking of a sumptuous iptist, they spent the evening in a lively ay. Some enjoyed themselves in the arlor conversing or listening to music, bile others repaired to the large dining >om that had been cleared of its loaded ible, and converted into a ball room, here they performed Terpsichorean solutions to the music furnished by mie young gentlemen who volunteered i play, the musicians who were exacted having failed to put in an appearlce. As we stood aud looked on at the lerry dancers, we were carried back to the me when we thought nothing could take io place of the dance and, as .Bret Harte cpresses it, we saw again, as it were, Matrons' barn with its muster, of flags stooned over the wall, and candles that ted their soft luster and tallow o'er head, ress and shawl, of the steps that we took i one fiddle, of the dress of my queer is-a-vis, and how I once went down the liddle, with the man that shot Sandy IcGee." The bride and groom were of mrse the central figures, and we think lat their happy appearance put everbody se in the room in the notion of getting larried, including two old bachelors, ie of whom is known as the Chief of the oint. The chief made 110 secret in dearing that all that kept him from coinlitting matrimony right then was that he idn't have the "boodle." One of the roomsmen, it is said, was so carried vay with his fair partner that when Mr. IcAllister told the bride and groom to in right hands, he took the lady's hand 3 was with, and if she hail not jerked it vay there would have been two couples stead of one joined in the holy bonds of edlock. Among the ladies who were T II Vf/.fluin Mm iiiU Jiuiii u were iuia. u. v*. .uwiuj.., Iva McClain, and Misses Mollie and mie Glenn. Miss Anna Xeelyand Misses ois and Mamie Suggs arrived in time r the dance. There were quite a nufh;r of gentlemen present, among them ' r. Ed. Gulp, of Pineville, whose wholeuled nature and lively manner make m a general favorite. Your correspon- ] mt owes him a grudge, however, which ' ; will try to repay on some similar occa- 1 on, for joining in a conspiracy that put ' m in an awkward position for awhile ( id that caused all around to smile audi- ' yMiss Ida Ferguson will return to Lenoir Ilcge to-day. t The threatening weather kept some of 1 ir best debaters at home Friday night, ' id notwithstanding there was a good ! idience out, the debate was rather poor. J tie president, Mr. J. R. Cook, announced ' at there would be a debate on Friday ; ening at 7..'50 o'clock, November 22. tie subject is "Resolved that it pays to ' ic commercial fertilizers." Mr. W. R. Stanton and M r. Perry Ferguson were lected to choose sides. M r. J. M. Warren is rejoicing that he is 1 e father of a boy that was born on Mon- 1 ly night last, and that lie tipped the ales at 11 pounds. Pretty good for Mini. ate held a meeting in Columbia last riday and organized themselves into e Gary Monument association, with e purpose of taking steps looking to e erectiou of a monument to General art Gary, the old "Bald Eagle" of rlgeficld. Colonel John T. Sloan was ected president of the association ; ilitor G. It. Koester was elected sectary ; and Colonel Wylie Jones, was ected treasurer. Subscriptions were ken up among those present, and :arly $400 was collected. Senator illman, Colonel Sloan and Colonel ?nes each contributed $100, and the ilanee was raised in smaller amounts, lie proposed monument is to be placed i the State house grounds, and it is to st $7,000. Dowdle, Company B, 12th regiment; F. H. Johnson, Company K, 17th regiment; D. J. Glenn, Sr., Company H, 18th reginent; T. C. Allen, McBeth's Light artilery ; J. W. Templeton, Company B, 12th egiment; B. G. Brown, Company B, ith regiment; John M.Thomasson, Company A, 12th regiment. The following signitied their intention if going on the proposed trip: C. S. Good, I. C. Chambers, Jerry Walker, A. B. Crosby, P. R. Currenee, J. W. Lawrence, IV. (). Youngblood, W. J. Bo wen, J. T. Howe, W. S. Wilkerson, J. W. Y. DiekKin, W. B. Williams, S. S. Smith, M. R. S'ichols, W. A. Love, W. I). Moore, J. B. Robinson, E. A. Crawford and family, IV in. McGill and family; J. F. Gordon, IV. C. Whitesides, In addition to the above, of course there vill be a large number of others, and all ,vho wish to take advantage of the opporunity, should notify Treasurer Waters of heir intention as soon as practicable. THANKSGIVING DAY. President Cleveland, on Monday, issued i proclamation, setting apart Thursday, S"ovember28, as Thanksgiving day. The proclamation reads as follows: "The constant goodness and forbearance >f Almighty God which have been vouchiafed to the American people during the rear which is just past, call for their sin;ere acknowledgement, and devout graticule. To the end, therefore, that we with hankful hearts unite in extolling the LOCAL AFFAIRS. i . i INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ] H. C. Strauss?Tells of a lady who recent- i ly had some kind words to say about 1 liis cloaks, capes, and wraps, lie talks , about his stock of overcoats, blankets . and shoes. J. W. Dobson?Calls attention to the Pa- 1 tupsoosuperlative Hour, new crop N. (). molasses, lamps and lamp chimneys, ( wooden and splitware, and lets you know that if you want 20 pounds of sugar for $1, you can get it from him. J. M. Starr?Informs you how you can get ten cents on every dollar's worth of goods you purchase of him, and notifies you that he has received another gros- of Grove's chill cure. T. M. Dobson A Co.?"Hello, there!" they say, and direct your attention to a number of nice things, Mrs. Dobson lias in her department in the dress goods and millinery lines. They also mention that they have a nice line of candies, and that Christmas is coming and are making arrangements accordingly. t J. J. Hunter?Wants you to (rail on him t for a mackintosh coat, trunk, valise or handbag, before buying either elsewhere. He says he will save you money. Cicero Moore?Is still p epared to repair and paint vehicles in the very best man- '< ner and for as little money jus anybody. ] Grist Cousins?Talk about a good 5-cents . cigar, a barrel of new crop oattlakes, tine fancy candy, Monarch Hour, genuine Mason's blacking, and are still in the market for eggs, chickens, corn and peas. \Y. E. Ferguson?Tells of some of the things he has for sale in the grocery line, and amongst other things, mentions new crop N. O. molasses, buckwheat, mackerel, canned goods, fruits and vegetables, candy, soap, bacon and lard, hardware, tinware, kerosene oil and green cofl'ee. Louis Roth?Can furnish you with plain buckwheat Hour, loose oatmeal, cranberries, lemons, raisins. -Currants at 10 cents a pound, or 3 pounds for 25 cents ; citron at 15 cents a pound. W. H. Morrow, Guthriesvillc?Will make you a photograph or repair clocks and jewelry. Sain M. Grist?Don't want you to forget the Rock Hill buggy. WEEKLY OH SEMI-WEEKLY. For the convenience of clubmakers for The Enquirer, we have printed a number of blanks to facilitate thcsending in of names without diinger of any confusion. These blanks may be had on application, cither in person or by mail. 1 The Enquirer is published both j weekly and semi-weekly, and thesubscri- f ber can have either edition at the same j price. Clubmakers are requested to des- 1 igiufte, on subscription blank, the edition < that may be wanted by each subscriber. [ In the absence of further instructions, all present subscribers will be understood as preferring the semi-weekly, and that edition will be sent to them as heretofore. f They will be furnished the weekly edition, - instead, however, at any time they may indicate a preference for it; or any sub- ( scriber who is receiving the weekly, may ( change to the semi-weekly. SALESDAY. ' There were no auction sales by the sheriff ( last Monday. One was advertised ; but it , was stopped by the payment of costs and a satisfactory arrangement of the suit. 1 he ' clork of the court sold property as follows: Under foreclosure, at the suit of J. JI. | Riddle, adminstrator, and others, vs. II. F. Adickes and others, and at the suit of . W. J. Roddey against H. F. Adickcs and j others, a tract of land in several parcels, lying partly within and partly without the 1 incorporate limits of Yorkville. The first J tract of 200 acres was bought by C. E. Spencer, attorney, for $1,000. The second J tract of 00 acres, was bought by C. E. Spencer, attorney, for $1,500. The third j tract of 5 and 7-10 acres, was bought by 0. E. Spencer, attorney, for $100. Under foreclosure, at the suit of Win. J Whisonant against Robert Rigncy, four tracts of land in Cherokee township as follows: 1. Tract of 175 acres on King's ' :reek; bought by X. W. Hardin, attorney, for ?800. Seventy-two acres, adjoining; bought by X. W. Hardin, atornoy, for $200. .1. Three hundred and ^ 18 acres on Broad river; bought by X. 1 IV. Hardin, attorney, for $1,000. 4. Four- s ;een acres adjoining; bought by X*. VV. Hardin, attorney, for $50. Under foreclosure, at the suit of S. D. Hamilton, plaintiff, against John D. Hamilton and other defendants, a tract of 4!W | Acres in Bullock's C'reek township. _ Bought by S. 1). Hamilton for $1,100. Under foreclosure, at the suit of J. \V. Lawrence, plaintilf. against K. F. Bell * And Eliza J. Bell, defendants, a lot in the . town of Clover, containing three-quarters af an acre. Bought by T. F. McBow, Attorney, for $200. J' WILL GO TO ATLANTA. fi Pursuant to tho call of Commander ' Hart, pubublished in Thk Enuuirkr of Friday, Camp Micah Jenkins, lT. C. V., . met in tho court house last Monday for 1 ;he purpose of considering the proposed :rip to Atlanta. Commander Hart ex- 1 (lained that there would be no special 1 lay set apart for the Confederate veterans, ls he at tirst had reason to believe; but ( luring tho week commencing Xovembcr N !5, there would be a South Carolina day, ind he thought this would be an appro- 1 iriate occasion for the proposed visit, lie * vent on to explain that ho had been in orrcspondenec with tho railroads, and tad succeeded in getting the lowest rates a ret offered to any organization. This lite had boon offered by the Seaboard Air Line and was not to exceed $4.50 for the ound trip. The veterans could leave by vayoftho <>. It. AC. or Xarrow Gauge, j iccordingto which might lie most eonvelient, take the t?., C. A X., either at Caawba Junction or Chester and go straight o Atlanta. The rate, although made esiccially for Camp Micah Jenkins, has by a equest, been extended to Confederate " reterans and their families throughout ,. heState. 11 On motion ofSheritl" Crawford, it was manimously resolved that the camp at- 1 end the exposition during the week be- " 'inning Xovembcr 25, and that the proposition of the Seaboard Air Line be ac- 1 :eptcd with thanks. During the meeting, the following vet- a irans signed the roll of the camp its members: M. W. Mendcnhall, Company K, 7th regiment; M. K. Nichols, Company " it, 12th regiment; J. A. Sams, Company ' J, Palmetto Sharpshooters; \V. C. Wliitesides. Company K, 17th regiment; Jerry c iValker, Comimny A, 49th X. C.; W. T. l< Stewart, Company B, 12th regiment ; rhadous Bolin, Company lv, 17th regi- 11 ncnt; J. T. Howe, (>lh regiment band; IV. S. Wilkerson, Company G, Palmetto ]l sharpshooters; It. W. Smith, Company ' It, 12th regiment; S. S. Smith, Company . II, 18th regiment; W. A. Love, Company J' \, 17th regiment; X. M. Sand i for, Com- j' (any A, 12th regiment ; J. C. llari>er, \ .'ompany E, 17th regiment; John A. o Miss Eula Setza is visiting at Mr. J. R. >ok's. | Mr. John Timberlake, who worked in orkville many years ago?ho does not collect the year?but says it was the year at Hutchison's factory was burned and at a Negro belonging to Lawyer Jaekn, was burnt up in it; is now living on r. Campbell's place. lie is 7!) years old, ; it still does some work. He made this >ar, by his own labor, fiO bushels of com id one-and-a-half bales of cotton. Ho a member of the Masonic lodge. I>r. impbell is very kind to him, supplies all ' his wants and treats him as well as if ' i wore a member of his own family, r. Timberlake knew almost everybody Yorkville 50 years ago, and it is inter- * ting to hear him talk of old times. We had a right good rain last Thursday ; ' it not enough to make the ground soft lough to plow, so wheatsowing will ive to be deferred still longer. There was no preaching in this vicinity ^ islcrday. The preachers at Bethel. Al- i ion Creek, the Chapel and Concord, all ] ing away. , There have been a good many chestl'" "" V.iniiii.'u 1111111ntin tlii* veili- lint ' ey are almost all gone. The squirrels it niost of them, as hut few parties have en up there limiting them this season, ic voting married couple and a few lends went on the mountain Saturday cuing. They got a few chestnuts, but V that the crop is about done. The crops are about harvested and the holars of Forest llill school who had to ip to work are beginning to come back. x. Diiument to General Mart Gury. A number of leading citizens of the oving care ni our neavemy miner, i, irover Cleveland, president of the United states, do hereby appoint and set apart l'hursday, the 28th day of the present nonth of November, as a day of thanksjiving and prayer, to be kept and observid by all our people. "On that day, let us forego our usual iccupations, and in our accustomed places if worship join in rendering thanks to the Jiver of every good and perfect gift, for ;he bounteous returns that have rewarded )ur labors in the fields and in the busy marts of trade, for the peace and order ;hat have prevailed throughout the land. For our protection from pestilence and lire calamity, and for the other blessings hat have been showered upon us from an ipen hand. And with our thanksgiving, let us humbly beseech the Lord to so incline the hearts of our people unto Him :hat he will not leave us nor forsake us as i nation ; but will continue to us his merjy and protecting care, guiding us in the path of national prosperity and happiness, induing us with rectitude and virtue, and keeping alive within us a patriotic love for the free institutions which have been jiven to us as our national heritage. And et us also on theday of our thanksgiving, ^specially remember the poor and needy, md by deeds of charity let us show the iincerity of our gratitude." GENERAL SESSIONS. The fall term of the court of general lessions for York county, convened in Vorkville last Monday, Judge Townsend presiding, Solicitor Ilenry representing .he State, and Stenographer McCaw taking ;be testimony. The following grand jurors were present: J. Wylie Boddy, foreman; VV. R. J, Stanton, J. P. C. Boyd, J. T. Wilson, James Mallard, R. Banks Black, Jolcman Bobbins, B. F. Withers, J. A. Robinson, J. J. Williams, J. X. McElwee, B. Crosby, J. Harvey Xcely. A. C. Hutchison. In his remarks to the grand jury, his iionor was very brief. He. presumed that he grand jurors had already heen fully ustructed as to their duties, and it was, hereforC, unnecessary for him to say mything further in that line; but, at the lame time, he took occasion to speak of he high responsibilities resting on the fraud juror, and said that as a matter of act, that body was vested with more mthority than the judge on the bench, 'n conclusion, his honor addressed bimiclf to jurors, witnesses and court officials generally, as follows: "The expenses of his court are about oO cents a minute, and hat is what it will cost anybody who mneeessarily takes up its time." The following petit jurors answered to heir names: G. M. Cline. Alexander Jill, T. M. Gates, L. M. Davis, J. R. Jouhvare, R. W. Barnes, J. W. Quinn, d. H. Jackson, W. S. Garrison, J. T. low), J. G. Smith, S. M. McNeol, R. W. Smith, R. S. Torrenee, W. A. Love, R. d. Harnett, W. G. Duncan, W. H. Beard, ?. K. Edwards, J. A. Paris, R. D. McCnight, W. X. Thomassou, H. A. Caldccll, J. M. McHwain, II. B.Ashe, A.J. larry, T. K. Blair, J. B. Scott, Geo. E. rhoinas. Messrs. I). K. BoneyandJ. W. Ander011 were reported not found. Messrs. 'erry Dover, J. ('. McCully and R. H. lope were excused. Mary Johnson and Win. Masscy, both olorcd, were tried on the charge of iirecny. The jury returned a verdict of tiiltv as to both : but recommended Marv Anderson to mercy. His honor sentenced he man to two years on the chain gang, ,nd the woman to six months in the pententiary. Lot Massey, colored, plead guilty to the harge of forgery and was sentenced to the bain gang for one year. Joseph Hope, colored, plead guilty to the harge of burglary and larceny. A jury vas impanelled to investigate the circumtatices in the case, however, and recom- , nended the Negro to mercy. He was cntenccd to live years in the penitentiary, lad it not been for the recommendation, i ic would have been sent to the penitenti- ! ry for life. Ill the case of Samuel tlaithcr, colored, j ! ? ?rtrnrl with Inrentiv nf liv*i? sfnelc. ! ho I h4"-* .... . v ... -*i nry returned a verdict of not guilty. i Robert Addison and James Cook were s onvictcd of larceny of live stock, and i I)rough their counsel gave notice of a ] lotion for a new trial. s Joseph Carroll, alias Burke, colored, < ,'ius convicted of burglary and larceny I nd sentenced to the chain gang for six s lonths. ( John Dowry, Westly Bobbins and Wil- i iani Perry, all colored, were convicted of ] ssault and battery with intent to kill, and i lirough their counsel, gave notice of a ] notion for a new trial. 1 James Dickson, colored, charged with j ssault and battery with intent to kill was , rmvicted of assault and battery of a high nd aggravated nature. The grand jury found no bill in the foliwing cases: Abratn Patton, colored, < nargcu Willi wiling (.-uiiuauiiim mjuui , uiiiuel M. C'hilders, Tillman M. 1 rant, J. David <!ood, Lester J I. (Jood, I harged with assault and battery with in- 1 jilt to kill. The oasess against San lord McMumis ?r disorderly conduct on the train, and ' Viu. Sanders colored, lor obtaining goods ndcr l'alse pretences, were remanded , ack to the trial justices wlioscnt them up. ; When Tu k Knqitikkk went to press a iry was out on the ease of M. ('. Dyers, harged with selling contraband liquor 1 ud the court was engaged in the trial of -J lonroe C'liisholin, colored, on the charge f murder. i local laconics. Until Jnimary 1800. The Twice-a-Week Enquirer will he furnished from this date until January 1, 1896, for 35 cents. Kose-ltrahson. Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Marguerite Lillian Rose, of Columbia, to Mr. Oscar Minor Brabson, of Nashville Tenn. The ceremony is to take place in Trinity Kpiscopal church, Columbia, on Thursday, November 14. In iiim 77th Year. In our short sketch of Mr. John Nichols, deceased, last week, we stated that he was about 05 years of age. This was a mistake. ^ Mr. Nichols was in his 77th year. He would have been 77 on the 10th of March. Death of Mr. Samuel McCullough. Mr. Samuel McCullough died at his home in Bethesda township last Monday morning at 5 o'clock, of typhoid fever. Mr. McCullough was a wellknown and highly respected citizen and an elder in Bethesda church. He was aged about 49 years. Taxable Property in York. A synopsis of the annual report of the comptroller general has been published. According to it, the total taxable property of the State is $169,449,251. Of this amount lOTK iuriusnes C*>,nu,'KM, auu w m pay III State taxes, $27,901. In addition to this, bes'des her ordinary county taxes, she will pay 5,9'11 polls, against 4,81)5 last year. Two Crop* A Year. , % Mr. M. O. Parrott, who lives in the neighborhood of Filbert, has handed The Enquirer some second crop "Harvest" pears that have been borne by the trees on his place since last summer. The pears are more than half grown and look as if they could get about three weeks more of growth before frost, they would become perfectly mature. The Fire Alarm. * There was anotheralarm of fire in Yorkville last Saturday morning at about 10 o'clock. The fire was at the residence of Mr. R. B. Lowry, on Cleveland avenue, and had originated from a stove flue between the ceiling and roof. The fire department answered the alarm promptly; but, happily, the flame had been extinguished before it got there. The damage did not amount to more than a few dollars. County Division. So far as The Enquirer is able to learn, there are no new developments in the county division question. There were quite a number of JKock Hill men in Yorkville on Monday ; but they had little to say on the subject. One or two expressed themselves assured of the fact that the county would yet be divided; but as to how they hoped to bring about such a consummation, they were unwilling to explain. Plenty of Water. With many much larger streams, in all parts of the county, either drying up or becoming greatly reduced in volume, a question has naturally arisen as to the condition of the stream from which Yorkville gets her water supply. The reporter has made inquiry of Mr. Gossnian, the pumpman. He says that so far as he is able to see, there is about as much water in the stream as there was last winter. This circumstance he accounts for with the fact that the waterworks branch is fed by a number of live springs that can stand a great deal more dry weather than they have had, before showing any serious diminution in their How of water. Three Negro Children JJurneU. 'Ihree Negro children, aged 2, 4 and 7 years, respectively, were burned to death two miles east of Tirzah last Sunday morning at about 8 o'clock. The facts in the case are about as follows: The mother of the children, Hyena McClellan, got up as usual, made a tire and went to the spring after some water. She stopped at the home of her father to get some breakfast for herself and children. As she was about to return, she noticed that her cabin was on tire, and when she got back it was too late to do anything for the children, all of whom had been burned to a crisp. Trial Justice Anderson, acting coroner, summoned a jury, and after a thorough investigation, the verdict was to the cifect that the three children came to their deaths l.ir "...J.!,.I,o?,.o " Knocked Him Silly. Amzl McNeel, colored, was knocked ? silly by Allison Hurt, the colored cook at Roth's restaurant, last Saturday night. Aui/.i, who is very well behaved and peaceably disposed while sober, lias the reputation of being especially turbulent when drunk. Mr. Roth serves tneals, including lish and oysters, to all coiners. He has a special arrangement for colored people in the kitchen. Am/.i came in under the inlluenee of liquor and asked for oysters. While Hurt was preparing the oysters, Amzi said to him, "You don't treat me right when I come here." "0 yes, I do, Mr. McNeel," replied Burt. MeXeel did not like the idea of being contradicted, and in a very offensive manner used the word liar. Burt promptly knocked him down with a stick of stove f wood, and for 10 minutes or more, it seemed to be a serious question as to whether Am/.i would recover; but he is now getting better. There have been no arrests. Shaken by an Karthi|iiake. tiuite a number of Yorkville people report that on last Thursday morning, at about 5 o'clock they felt what they thought lit the time to have been an earthquake ^ shock. Thero is now little reason to believe they were mistaken. The daily paoers of Friday morning say that the ihock was felt from beyond Omaha, Neb., eastward to the Atlantic, and southward Lo the Gulf of Mexico. In Chicago, the shock was strong enough to shake objects jtl'of mantels and desks in tall buildings, ind in St. Louis many clocks were stopped. A later cable from Rome brings the news that that city was badly shaken up. Nearly every church bell in the city was rung bv the vibrations and several palaces md public buildings were rendered unsafe for occupancy. AT THE CHURCHES. episcopal. Rev. Robt. A. Lee, minister. Services * m Wednesday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. PKKSHYTEHI AN. Rev. W. U. Neville, pastor. Monthly concert of prayer for missions tomorrow ifternooii at 4 o'clock. thinitv methodist episcopal. Rev. S. A. Weber, I). D., pastor. I'ray?r-nieeting this evening at 7 o'clock. baptist. ? Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor. Yokkville?Prayer meeting this evening at ' o'clock. ASSOCIATE REFORMED P11KS11YT E It I AN. Rev. Hoyce 11. Gricr, pastor. Yokkville?Prayer-meeting this afternoon at 1 o'clock. , [Announcements for .Sunday services will be nade in Friday's paper.J