{ I am sending these again since rootsweb was down and they never were posted as I recall }. Chester Reporter 1897 Thursday, Jan. 7, 1897. PENCILINGS MR. and MRS. J.M. DANIELS recently living at Rock Hill, have moved to Chester. - The old familiar visitor " lagrippe", is prevailing to some extent in parts of the county. - MR. N.H. GURLEY, of Goldsboro, N.C., visited his daughter, MRS. W.H. HAND, of the city, during the holidays. - MR. AUBREY BOULWARE, who went from Rossville to Texas four years ago, arrived here two weeks ago to make a visit to his mother and sister. He will be in the county until about the 15th. ------------ Jan. 14, 1897. BURNED TO DEATH On last Friday MAGGIE BELL, the six year old daughter of MR.J.M. ORR, of Edgemoor, while out in her father's field, going near to a fire, the flames caught her clothing. Her injuries were so serious that she died Sunday morning. --- HAND LAUNDRY Send your collars, cuffs, and shirts to the Chester hand laundry and have them done up in a first class style. Prices cheap; satisfaction given.H. LUM, Under Odd Fellows Hall. ------------ March 4, 1897. FACTS FROM FT. LAWN Little FRANK HAITHCOCK had the misfortune to break one of his arms yesterday afternoon. He was playing with a barrel and fell somehow. DR. C.B. McKEOWN was called immediately and set the bones. The little sufferer was resting very easily at last accounts. --- MR. KELSEY lost a mule sometime ago. It seems that the animal had a great deal of confidence in himself and attempted to walk a trestle where he lost his life. Trestles are not so easily crossed after all. --- MR. S.M. JONES left last Saturday night and MR. JOHN B. WHITE left Monday night, for the north, to buy stocks of goods for the spring trade. --- MR. SILAS GLADDEN, an aged resident of the Baton Rouge neighborhood, died recently in Alabama, where he was visiting relatives. --- MR. R.C. THOMPSON, one of the largest planters on Broad River, was in town Monday. His home is now at Gaffney, the capital of the new county of Cherokee. --- MR. PERRY ANDREWS, who had charge of digging the artesian well here, is making progress in the same kind of work at Greenwood. The Greenwood Journal of last week says: " Work upon the artesian well continues day and night without interruption. Slowly but surely the drill are working their way into the hard granite, averaging about one hundred feet per week". --- nancie o. - share, don't sell.