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f craps audi <facts. !? ? Hogs sent to the market from California J have to be trapped in the woods in about ( the same manner as bears. On most of the j ranches, it is said, the swine are as wild as , deer through the woods, and if cornered they will place themselves on the defensive ( and fight like tigers. ? Senator Hill, of Colorado, has introduced a bili to require that a government building shall be constructed in every town and city in the Union in which the postmaster draws a salary of $1,000 and over. He says this policy would save the government $1,000,000 per year in rent. ? The intense cold, which has driven everybody to his fireside in all parts of the country north of Florida, has made the Kenv t* j. at neDec river a scene 01 great, acuviiy. iut-u are gathering with teams and machinery to cut out the annual crop. The ice houses have a capacity for one million tons, and to fill them will require three thousand laborers and eight hundred horses. ? A Maine man bought his daughter a melodeon recently. Because she could not learn to play well in a week he swapped the in- ? strument for a cow, but the latter not giving milk enough to suit him lie killed it for beef. The beef Was kept too long before ( he got a customer to suit nim and has spoil- J ed on his hands. It isn't safe to mention t "raelodeon" to him. ( ? Returns to R. G. Dun & Co.'s Mercan- 1 tile Agency indicate that the business fail- | ures for the week ending last Friday in the ( United States numbered 303, and in Canada and the Provinces30, or a total of 333against | 348 the previous week. The failures are oc- 1 curring mostly among the Western and l Southern States, but an increase over the i average is noted in the New England States ( and in New York City. , ? The construction of new railroads in the . United States during the year 1883 was less J than 60 per cent, of the new mileage of { 1882?only 6,<500 miles having been built, t against 11,f)91 miles for the previous year, 1 0,789 miles in 1881, and 7,174 miles in 1880. 1 In only one year, however, was the mileage . larger?in 1871, when 7,379 miles were constructed. There are now about 120,000 miles of railroad in operation in the country, ( of which one-half has been constructed since s 1871. i ?Mr. McCoicl, of iowa, will press nis Presidential succession bill in the House this session. It provides, in case of the death of the President and Vice-President, that the duties of the office shall temporarily devolve on the Secretary of State, until the Electoral College, which is to have a four years' existence, can assemble and elect a new President. The suggested method of filling a possible vacancy has at least the merit of relegating the succession to the body which elected the President, whose successor is to be determined. ? The Legislature of Ohio has elected the Hon. H. B. Payne to the United States Senate, and issued an order of retirement to Senator George H. Pendleton. The defeat of Senator Pendleton, under the circumstances, is to be regretted, although nothing damaging can be urged against his successful rival, either on the score of ability or personal integrity. Pendleton was the father of the civil service measure of the last Congress, and this doubtless had much to do with nis recent defeat. The Ohio Democrats seem to be unfriendly to civil reform. ? So far this season 3,301 bills have been introduced in the house of Representatives. Of each bill 750 copies are printed, costing five dollars. Over sixteen thousand dollars have thus been expended in the mere matter of printing. Experience shows that only about one out of every hundred bills gets through, and computing on that basis, it will be seen that of the sixteen thousand dollars, considerably over thirteen thousand i i ---?i nave Utfll IISCU in [UIUUII^ up?mu,i \J 1 twenty three-thousand bills which will nev- < er pass, and whose only use will be as waste i paper to some junk dealer. 1 ? Reports from Florida agree that the se- * vere cold weather of last week damaged the j orange trees somewhat, but none were kill- ' ed. Tender shoots have been nipped, which will shorten the bloom on the trees for the 1 coming crop. The fruit on the trees has 1 been badly damaged in the northern part of the State, oluavas and bananas have been killed in the greater part of the State. On the whole the damage is not so great as was at first feared. The weather has moderated't and the danger is apparently over. It will j take some days of sunny weather, however, to tell how badly the orange trees are damaged at the roots. ? ? The latest advices from Belleville, 111., ( relative to the burning of the Catholic con- 1 vent there, say that two more bodies were found on Wednesday, neither of which i have been identified. The report made c by the surviving Sisters, which is accepted ( by the coroner as authentic, is as follows: I There were sixty-three persons in the con- 1 vent at the time of the fire. Of these, j twenty-six were Sisters, twenty-two of t whom were saved. There were thirty-two c boarding pupils, ten of whom were saved, r and five candidates, all saved. Total? I thirty-seven saved, twenty-six lost. The i bodies of those who could not be identified i were all buried in the same coffin. c ? Major John W. Daniel, author of the r platform on which the Democrats made t their successful fight in the recent Virginia election, has written a letter to the editor 1 of a paper in Southwestern Virginia, in I which he says he has "no doubt every prin- i ciple enunciated in the platform will be car- e ried out in letter and spirit, that the dead t issues of past canvasses will be buried, and i the living issues of to-day carried to the s front." .Major Daniel expresses regret tnat 1 anybody got hurt in the Danville affair, but 1 lie declares that "the sooner everybody un- l derstands that the white people of Virginia c do not intend to submit to plunder, outrage f and insult, the better it will be for all eon- 1 cerned." t ? The prohibitionists of this country claim * that the outlook is favorable in many States 1 for the adoption of constitutional amend- * meats prohibiting the manufacture and ' sale of alcoholic beverages. The constitu- * tional movement has been agitated in twen- i ty-one States. In Kansas it has been con- 1 summated; Iowa passed it through two c Legislatures and ratified it by ,'10,000 ma- s iority, but the amendment was killed by its * clerical errors. Maine has passed a coiisti- ? tutional amendment through the Legisla- 1 ture and it wants a popular vote. In Ore- ^ gon one Legislature has acted favorably, c and a second is to take action in the matter. 11 Ohio passed it through her Legislature and 1 lost it before the people. In Texas, West 1 Virginia, Nebraska, Michigan, Wisconsin 1 and Arkansas, it failed by only a few votes. ? mi - -vt ir?i. ' l i ..< ii.. SI ? rne ?>ew iorK corrcspuuucui ui uie Louisville Post doses some allusions to the functions of editorials in journals by saying: "In Newark, for example, the Republican journal clears annually $100,000. It is not j because of its superior news-gathering, for the New York papers reach Newark as soon as they reach the upper part of New York. > It is because the paper has identified itself: with the interests of that city. It has j fought battles for honesty, and stands as the |' guardian of the public weal, ever ready with advice and ever helpful in explanation and encouragement. No, people will not read long editorials if they are about nothing and i 1 in themselves nothing ; but let them be in >4 themselves news?news in every paragraph, ; < news in hope, news in enthusiasm, news in t sincerity, news in wisdom, news in the very ; rj turn of the expressions?but some great i . question, of importance locally or nationally, and then see if the public will not turn j instinctively to see what the editor?if he be s a man equal to his place?may have to say. 1 ? While the South is complaining of too ( much cotton and the press is advising a re- duction in its acreage, the great Southern staple is invading new territory. The cot- 4 ton country has extended greatly since the 1 war, and States like Virginia and [Missouri 1 which knew nothing whatever of cotton 1 twenty years ago, have lately produced { large quantities of it. The plant seems to t be traveling North and West, and we now ' hear of it under cultivation in California and in Kansas. In the Sacramento Valley of ( the Pacific coast, whose climate isverv sim- . ilar to that of the Southern States, it thrives i and yields well. The Kansas experiment ( is even more recent, and dates from the j large exodus of negroes into the State. According t-o the Kansas City Times the exper- ( iment has boen a success. Cotton gins have ' been established at various points in the .* date and have plenty of material to work >n. As for the yield per acre it is very satsfactory ; and it is now considered as dernjnstrated that cotton cultivation can be carded on profitably in Kansas ; and it is prelicted that it will soon become an important industry there. (The forhriUc inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. : THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 17, 1884. THE TEXAS FENCE TROUBLES. The question offence" or "no fence" has issumed formidable proportions in the State )f Texas, where cattle grazing forms the jhief occupation of a large class of people. In consequence of the troubles incident to his question, the Legislature convened in ?xtra session on the 8th instant. The (loverlor's message was principally devoted to :he fence war, as remedies for which he rejommends legislation to prevent the use of public lands unless by contract with the state, a liberal system of highways, that a penalty be imposed against surrounding the esidence or land of another, the creation of jourts in unorganized counties, that ience jutting be made a penitentiary offence, that prosecutions against fence cutters be removible to any locality the .State chooses, and he repeal of the limitation laws, so far as fence cutting or the illegal use 01 puonc ands is concerned. The Governor comjlains of his almost entire lack of power mder the constitution to cause the law to be ixecuted. Among other subjects for consideration, besides the fence war, are the aising of a revenue to support free schools md the reduction of taxation. The Stocknen's Association met on the same day at jalveston, and discussed the fence-cutting rouble. The predominating sentiment of :he convention is that something must be lone instanter, but further than this all are it sea. South Texas favors a herd law, Southwest Texas wants protection for vestHi rights at any cost, and will accept the lerd law if necessary to secure protection. North and Northwest Texas favor free grass ind free range and will have nothing less. The convention was unable to agree on any line of policy. On Saturday, the House special commit:ee heard evidence as to lawlessness in Colenan and Ituunels counties. In the former ;ounty every fence except que has been cut iown, and that one is guarded day and light by armed men. A number of houses md many enclosed pastures had been burned. It was shown that a great deal of land fenced in wasnotowned by the owners of the fences. Out of 140 men giving in 50 head ; md over of cattle, each for taxes, 27 owned and enough for grazing their cattle, 51 nvned no land, and 50 owned only land jnough to live on. One man owning 2,000 lorses did not own a single acre, and one nan owning 1,200 horses had only 2^ acres. Forty-two thousand head of cattle are grazng in the county, and the owners of nas;ures are organizing into companies, as they lespair of receiving protection from the state. On the same day, the Senate .Judiciary ' Committee reported, favorably, a bill makng fence cutting a felony, punishable by rom two to five years in the penitentiary, , md the killing of fence cutters, caught in he act of applying wire cutting nippers, jusifiable homicide. The Senate also passed a bill that all the jublic domain, except homestead to actual j settlers, be donated to the public schools. THE RECENT LEGISLATURE. The Columbia correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle and ibnst nationalist makes lie following classification, from the records n the Secretary of State's office, of the Acts ' >f the recent legislative session, which will five some idea of the amount and character >f business transacted by the General Assein>ly: There were in all something over olio bills ' ntroduced, 280 of which passed, 284 be- . wining laws and one being vetoed by the I Governor. Charters were granted to 20 i luilding and loan associations; 24 bills re- ; ating to railroads and transportation comlanies were passed; 22 acts of incorporations , if cities and towns and amendments to the 1 'barters of municipalities already incorporated, were enacted; the same number of 1 lills (22) were passed relating to schools, < olleges and School Commissioners; 14 bills j n relation to county and 2 in relation to ity affairs; 2 relating to legal costs; 7 in ; I f/\ rl^oinorro ? ? * 'ttguru IU t'uui W , T icuuiiik iv ukuim^v mlm lertain counties; 7 in regard to prohibition; !1 in relation to roads, bridges and ferries; * 0 in reference to trial justices and consta- i )les; 7 amendments to the general law; G j n regard to duties of County Commission- , irs; $ relating to certain crimes; .'1 in relaion to fences; 7 in regard to taxes; 3 relat- 1 ng to juries; two on each of the following ! objects: Authorizing County Treasurers to I >uy all unexpended balances; artificial i imbs, birds, canals, phosphates and phos- , )hate royalty, and stenographers for Judical Circuits: and one bill on each of the bllowing subjects was passed: Land Im- ' movement Company chartered, compensa- ] ion to County Auditors and Treasurers, 1 lay and Fodder Company chartered, ap- j >ropriations, Boards of Health, Laborers' . Association chartered, fish and fisheries, Berkeley Society for Prevention of Cruel- ' y to Children, Cable Company charter- ' d, Charleston Iron Works chartered, cru'lty to animals, Coffee Importing Asso- j iation, churches, assessments, elections, peculations in futures, agricultural associaions, insurance companies and agents, debt- ' irs, liquor licenses, banks and banking, pi- 1 otage, per diem and mileage, penitentiary, J noting precincts, quarantine charges, and G2 I m miscellaneous matters. Of these latter < ibout one third were private bills for the : ayment of claims, etc., the remainder be? * i , .j. :< ( HJ4* oi lucai linerest uin%\. ? nm u ir? anembored that the Legislature was only in 1 ession twenty-three working days, and that < it least five days of the time of the House j vas consumed in the discussion of the rail- ( oad and new county bills, and that the Senate was occupied fully three days on the ail road bill, it is truly wonderful how 1 nuch work was accomplished, and I am < ure that any one who will give the matter < i serious thought will admit that this Leg- j slature was composed of business men who j vorked faithfully for the interest of their . hate. THE BAPTIST CHURCH. The annual report of the Rev. Luther ( 1 road us, Statistical Secretary of the Baptist hate Convention, published in the Baptist ] Iburier, gives some interesting figures con- i lerning that denomination in this State. 1 Hie report shows that there were, in 1X8:1, J 29 associations, composed of 009 churches;1 > new churches were established; .3,070 persons were baptized, 127 were restored to nembership and 1,095 were received into the 'hurches by letter. The denomination lost ' I.-- (JOT 1.x. /-.x-...,lc.:,x,x / ') iiiemuurs uy ut'unij oo# uj ; ( ind 1,90S by letters of withdrawal. The jresent membership in South Carolina is j >2,GG3. This is nearly seven per cent, of the j ;otal population of the State. There are ),.'147 Sunday School officers and teachers 1 md 27,918 pupils. The Baptists paid during ' he year for pastors' salaries 889,.'187; for for- j >ign missions 88,249; for all other purposes ' ?:ll,212, and the Sunday Schools paid 84,G07,11 naking a total of 8144,.717. The value 1 >f church property in the State is 86J19,-1 187. The baptist Courier, the official State >rgan of the denomination, is pne of the j ( jest religious papers published in the South, ! md is very liberally i>atroni/.ed. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. In the Senate, on the 9th, Senator Anthony offered a resolution instructing the com- j mittee on foreign relations to inquire into , the expediency of such legislation as shall enable the executive department to protect j our interests against governments which | have prohibited, or restrained the importa- i tion of healthful meats from the United j States. By consent of Mr. Anthony the res- j olution was deferred. Morgan offered the following resolution, which was agreed to : "Resolved that the Attorney General be instructed to transmit to the Senate copies of the reports with accompanying papers made by the different examiners of the Department of Justice, concerning the business of the courts of the United States in Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas and Texas, which reports relate to abuses by officers of said courts and marshals of said districts in charging, collecting and accounting for of fees and other abuses referred to in the report of Brewster Cameron, the general agent of the Department of Justice, made to said department January 5th, 1SS4." In the House, a warm and lengthy discussion ensued on the question of referring a special message of the President submitting the annual report of the Mississippi River commission. The question was whether it should be submitted to the committee on the Mississippi levees or the committee on rivers and harbors. By a vote of 1411 to RM it was referred to the last named committee. In the Senate, on the 10th, Senator Dawes introduced a bill to provide for the transmission of correspondence by telegraph. This bill provides for creating a United States postal telegraph company, under direction of the Postofflce Department, the creation of the office of fourth assistant Postmaster-General, this official to be president of the board of directors of the company, and for the establishment of private telegraph offices at postoffices throughout the United States and the transmission of correspondence from such postal telegrapli offices. Sawyer introduced a bill to prohibit the mailing of newspapers containing lottery advertisement Bills were introduced as follows: By Morgan, granting the right of way over the public lands in Alabama and Florida to the Alabama Diagonal Railroad on/1 o??tfinor ilnn oo mo /inmiianx* o VAH11 , ttllVl ^1 \ l Up, HI*/ OHUK. VU1I1|/IUIJ 41 right to purchase public lands in said States, also granting the right of way over the public lands in Alabama and to grant lands in said State in aid of the Gulf and Air Line Railroad. Mr. Voorhees introduced a bill to equalize the bounties of soldiers. This bill, Voorhees said, is a copy of a bill which was passed by Congress nine years ago, but was vetoed by President Grant on the ground that it would take more money out of the Treasury than public interests would warrant.. Rut there is so much now said about the surplus revenue, and the abundance of money, that he would re-introduce the bill now and hoped it would meet the consideration of the Military Committee. After a short executive session, the Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Long, of Louisiana, introduced a joint resolution for the immediofn nt?ni*Ani?iofiAn r\f Ctl fUUl RDA in OAnnrflanAA u IV/ Kii.iv/ij VI Vijv/vvjvvv ill uvwiuiiiivv with the urgent request of the Mississippi river commission for the preservation, repair and construction of certain works for the improvement of that river. Referred. After the transaction of some further business of no general importance, the House adjourned until Monday. In the Senate, on the 11th, Senator Van Wyck, from the committee of the Mississippi river, submitted a joint resolution appropriating ?1,000,000 to continue the improvements already begun by the Mississippi river improvement committee. After some debate it was amended so as to give it the form of a bill, which was read three times and passed. Mr. McCall introduced a bill to provide for a system of postal savings banks in the United States. Mr. Ed- < munds, a bill for the relief of the survivors : of the exploring steamer Jeanmtte and the widows and children of those who perished in the retreat from the wreck of that vessel . in the Arctic sea. Mr. (Jullom addressed the Senate on the j subject of his bill to re-organize the legisla- 1 tive power of Utah. It provides that the 1 imi>arnmont t\f I'tnli cViall nf !1 <rnv ernor and a council of nine members, to be J appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and they shall be citizens and qualified voters of the Territory. Brown followed Cullom in opposition to ' the bill. He did not propose, he said, to ; discuss the social question dr the church , policy involved in the Mormon problem. At a future time lie might do that, lie < proposed now to speak of the question from i the standpoint of the constitution, lie de- < [dared all the recent legislation of Congress J in connection with Utah affairs unconstitutional and indefensible. When the matter had been previously before the Senate he had 1 denounced the policy, and he would like to i see something done to suppress it if it could be done without a violation of the constitu- ' tion of the United States, which every sena- . tor here had taken a solemn oath to support. ( Garland had always thought the Edmunds < bi 11 for the Utah trouble very much like 1 prescribing a corn plaster for consumption, | but he hoped the right remedy would be J found. The Supreme Court had laid down the doctrine that people could not shelter j themselves from the consequences of crime 1 by pleading the requirements of religion. < After an executive session the Senate ad- 1 journed until Monday. ' In the Senate, on the 14th a petition was j presented by Vest, of Missouri, from tlie j pork packers of St. Louis, praying for such i retaliatory legislation as may protect them 1 from the exclusion of American pork from ' Germany and France. The petition says, "it j is useless to appeal to those nations in any . other way except by such legislation as will \ teach them to respect the rights of citizens I of the United States." The election of Pros- 1 identpro fern, of the Senate was then pro- * needed with, and Mr. Edmunds was re- j elected. The oath of office was administered by 31 r. Garland, of Arkansas, who occupied the chair during the election pro- ( feedings. Senator Hill delivered a speech ( in support of the postal telegraph bill in- , troduced by him. Mr. McCa'll introduced a bill to repeal all laws and parts of laws pro- t hibiting pensions to wounded or disabled 1 soldiers of the United States, without proof ^ of loyalty. In the House, under the call of States, a , large number of bills were introduced? r unongtheni one by Mr. Maekey, of South j r'.iiv.liti.t tn uimnlifv r?riiriitml nroeopdim/x : k.UIWliuu, vv# ....... g r, - j in Cnited States Courts. |, MAKING TAX RETURNS. j The following paragraph is going ti e j I rounds of the State press, without credit. I? It contains some important information in i 1 regard to the listing of taxable property un- i _ der the Act passed at the recent session of '] the Legislature: The act passed at the recent session of the ! i Legislature changing the date for making i \ tax returns so that the Auditor can assess | and the Treasurer collect at the same time, t is likely to be misunderstood by taxpayers, j < who will probably be under the impression i that they will maketheir return of property f for 1884 and pay the taxes thereon at the j same time. A moment's reflection will t convince them that this is erroneous. The ( taxes on the 1X84 returns will not be levied \ until after the next session of the Legisla-1 ture, ami of course the Treasurer can not re- 1 ceive the taxes until they have been levied. ' The two officers will go together and the 1 treasurer will collect the taxes on the returns i made in 1883, while the Auditor receives the returns for 1884. This plan possesses many advantages for the tax payer. Among others it will save him the loss of one day's time and frequently a trip of from fifteen to twenty miles to his court house. In our present complicated system of collecting taxes, it is almost impossible to prevent errors on the tax books. The treasurer cannot correct an error on his books because they arc made up by the auditor and he alone is authorized by law to make changes in them under certain conditions, or to add names thereto that have not been placed upon the treasurer's books. Heretofore it was necessary for the tax payer to go to his court house for all such corrections ; now, as the auditor will be with the treasurer, these changes can be made without any delay. All this, however, must be done when the first installment of taxes is paid, as the auditor will not be with the treasurer in the county during the collection of the second j iiMiiuim'iii. THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune telegraphs to that paper the following in reference to the bone of contention now dividing the happy family of South Carolina Republicans. A rather brisk contest is in progress over the appointment of United States marshal for South Carolina, which isof some interest on account of its relations to politics in that State. Congressman Mackey is trying to secure the appointment of a man named Livingston, who was formerly sheriff of Orangeburg county. In this effort he has had the aid of Collector Johnson and Postmaster Taft, of Charleston. Mr. Livingston's competitor is John Agnew, a prominent and wealthy business man of Columbia. He is a native of South Carolina, and his appointment is urged by District-Attorney Melton, Collector Drayton, ex-Congressman Smalls, J. II. McLean, late Independent and Republican candidate for Governor, W. It. Marshall, of Charleston, and many other Republicans and Independents. It is asserted that ex-Congressman Lutterworth, of Ohio, and District-Attorney Speer, both of whom obtained a pretty clear insight respecting South Carolina affairs while engaged as special counsel in the election cases, also favor the appointment of Agnew. Some of the opponents of Congressman Mackey declare positively that he is trying to play the role of "Ross" in South Carolina politics, and that his zeal in behalf of the Republican party is measured exactly by his desire to control official patronage in that State. A prominent Independent asserts, moreover, that in correspondence and in conversations with South Carolina politicians Col. Mackey has sought to convey the impression that he is the President's chosen representative in that State and that lie intends to exert all his influence there to secure an Arthur delegation to the National Convention. These statements are denied by Col. Mackey, but some influential Republicans here are nevertheless inclined to believe there is some foundation for them, only so far, however, as he is concerned. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Dr. J. M, Miller, dealer in groceries and country produce in Charlotte, has failed. B. R. Smith & Co., late of Charlotte, but more recently doing business in New York, have failed for $1 ">0,000. ? Capt. Chas. F. Harrison, Chief of Police of Charlotte, has been suspended, the Commissioners finding him to be too good a fellow and too warm hearted for the position. F. A. McNinch has been elected to succeed him. ? Shelby Aurora: One of our promising young men, Jasper Gardner, moved to Texas three years ago and was doing a prosper ous business in Paris, Texas. Three weeks ago lie was severely wounded by a pistol in the hands of a ruffian, the ball penetrating his side. Pneumonia attacked, one week afterward, the wounded man and'the struggle for life and death began. On Sunday he breathed his last and his body was sent home. Many friends regret his untimely death. ? One day last week a neatly dressed man giving the name of J. G. Leak, succeeded in swindling two Charlotte merchants with forged checks, realizing about ?110, and made good his escape before the swindle was discovered. He has since telegraphed from New York to one of his victims, saying: "I will see you later in regard to that check." This would seem to be adding insult to injury, though the promise may yet be verified, as the merchant is determined to secure the forger's capture. ? The three men from Spartanburg county, S. C., Burns, McCall and Parks, arrested some weeks ago at King's Mountain for an attempt to abduct the children of George K. C'oolidge, and sent to Shelby jail in default rjf bail, were brought before Judge Shipp, in Charlotte, .011 Wednesday of last week, on a writ of habeas corpus, and the Judge discharged the prisoners on the ground of the irregularity of the arrest. C'oolidge applied for a bench warrant for the re-arrest of the parties, and the judge issued the warrant, but the men had taken leg-bail. They are now being pursued by the sheriff and deputies, with small hopes of re-arrest, as they are old birds. ? Charlotte Observer: Mayor Damron, of Shelby, met with a singular and terrific mishap 011 the Air Line Road a few nights ago, from the effects of which he has probably not yet recovered. He was 011 the Charlotte bound train, which was speeding along at JO miles an hour near King's Mountain, when he rose from his seat, walked down the aisle, opened the door and stepped off the platform. He did all this in his sleep. The somnambulistic Mayor tore through a brier thicket on his back and plowed up the :>arth in a vigorous manner, but waked with 110 bones broken, though in a bruised and lemoralized condition. The train was out >f sight by the time he regained his feet and lie tramped to a house about a mile and a half distant, where he was taken care of during the night. ? A Raleigh dispatch of Thursday says: An entire family of negroes, Win. Croom md his wife and six children, were burned :o death Saturday night 011 the plantation )f \\ . (i. Taylor, in Lenoir county. Unit light the weather was the coldest it had been for twenty years. It is supposed that i large tire was made before the family reared, and that the house caught tire from the blazing brands rolling on the door. No lews of the catastrophe reached the neighbors until Sunday noon, when a visitor to the place found nothing but the ashes of the bouse and the charred remains of eight human beings. The skeletons of the father ind mother were found near together, with that of an infant between them, where the bed had stood. The skeleton of one child was between this spot and the door, and those of the others in their usual places of rest. Jt is supposed that nearly all of them lied from suffocation. Tkmpkkaxck in tiu: Static.?At the 'lection in lily the wood, Fairfield county, >11 the 8th instant, for Intondant and NVa'rlens, the Prohibition ticket was elected without opposition. Speaking of last sales-day in Barnwell, the Sentinel says: "The day was the coldest we have experienced in this section for three years, and visitors suffered terribly. There was no liquor except that brought here from remote parts of the county, in flasks, and in :onsequence there was no drunkenness at all. Hie town marshal's business (generally fair on such occasions,) amounted to nothng, as arrests for disorderly conduct wore innecessary. No doubt a number of people who have been in the habit of taking someliino* to drink when visitino* horn missnd he. "serpent" greatly, but who of us can loubt that some lives have been saved by the absence of whisky on this occasion." The Pee Dee Index, printed at Marion, jays, under the heading, "Results of no license:" 1. Six days have elapsed since the barrooms were closed, and not a man seen inder the influence of whisky. 2. Mud, rain, sleet, ice, snow on Saturlay, but not a man seen under the influence >f liquor. :f. One of the most influential and intelligent men of the county told us during the >ast week that he would now send his son ;o school here, but would not have thought )f doing so before the bar-rooms were closed, ,'et this is "gag law." In the municipal election at Laurens ('. [I., on Tuesday of last week, the question 'Wet" or "Dry" was not made. With 011y one exception the former council were e-elected. f i LOCAL AFFAIRS. | NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Martha J. Hell, Administratrix?Notice to ('ml- i itors. I Win. I). Kosborough, Administrator?Appliea- I tion for Discharge. I J. H. Lindsay?Administrator's Sale. ; T. M. Dobson?The Old Chap Again, j .Tames Mason. Div. Supt.?Change of Schedule, i | J. Beatty Williams, JudgeofProbate?Citation? ! W. .1. Itawlinson, Applicant?Mrs. Adeline 1 l? Jiawlinson, deceased. I 11. F. Adickes?Orand Cash Sale. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Booksat Introduction j Prices. ; Moore Brothers? Ktiwan Fertilizers. Caldwell A*. Dickson?Dissolution. John C. kuykcndal?Sweet Strains from a On- , ano Horn. W. C. Latimer?Bargains. Dobson A* Parish?To Arrive. Riddle it Pegram?Headquarters. Latta Brothers?Housekeepers. Hunter it (bites?To Our Friends. Withers Adickes?A Full Stock and Low Prices. J. P. Moore?Teacher Wanted. W. B. Williams, Auditor?Delinquent Land Sales. O. K. Speneer, Plaintiffs' Attorney?Notice to absent Defendant. NEW FIRM. Attention is directed to the announcement of Messrs. Caldwell & Dickson, a new firm in the grocery business, and occupying the house formerly known as the York Drug Store. Messrs. Caldwell & Dickson have a nice stock of goods in their line, and the way to test the truth of their assertion of selling cheap is to call and ascertain their prices. CLERKSHIP APPOINTMENT. Our young townsman, Mr. Samuel B. Lathan, appeared before the civil service commission for the examination of candidates for clerkship, when the examiners were in Columbia last December, and as a result of his examination he has received an appointment to a clerkship in the War Department at a salary of $1,000 per annum. Mr. La?than has accepted the appointment, and started to Washington yesterday. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Trains of the Chester and Lenoir Kailroad are now running through from Lancaster to Hickory, a distance of US miles. By this arrangement the time of the arrival of trains at Yorkville has been materially changed. The south-bound mail and ex press train arrives here now at 1.u7 if. j>i., and returning-from Chester, arrives at 7.10 P. M. The schedule of the (Chester and Lenoir division is published in another column. The train arrives at Lancaster at 7.")") P. M. and leaves that place at 8 A. M. church notices. Episcopal?Rev. Aug. Prentiss, Rector. Services in the Church of the Good Shepherd, at the usual hours, morning and evening. Sunday-school bell) at '! P. >1. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. Robert Lathan, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.80 A. M. Sunday-school at 9 A. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. It. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville by Rev. John Stout, of Society Hill, Darlington county, at the usual hours, morning and evening. Services by the pastorat Union, at 11 o'clock A. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pastor. Preaching at Philadelphia Church in me iorenoun nt*.\i Dummy ; jh mcvnuiui at Yorkville at 7.30 P. M. "THE COMPLETE HOME." We received a call from Rev W. G. Rollins on Tuesday last. Mr. Rollins is in Yorkville in,the interest of a book published in Richmond, Va., by B. F. Johnson & Co. The work is entitled the "Complete Home," and has the hearty endorsement of a number of well known ministers, among whom we notice the names of Rev. Moses Hoge, of Richmond; Rev. l)r. Manly, of Furman University; Rev. Dr. W. A. Nelson, of Shelby; Rev. Dr. A. W. Miller, of Charlotte; Rev. J. W. Tyler, of Augusta, Ga.; and Itev. J. H. Thornwell, of Fort Mill. The work is an Encyclopedia of domestic life and affairs. The household in its foundation, order, economy, beauty, healthfulness, emergencies, methods, children, literature, amusements, religion, hospitality, ?tc. Mr. Rollins is a native of this State, but at present resides in N. C. He will call upon our citizens in the interest of his work. "DDK WOMEN IN WAR." The Charleston Netcs and Courier desires to obtain fifty or more sketches of the experiences, grave or gay, lively or severe,^of the Southern women during the war. Little has been published hitherto concerning their sufferings, anxieties and privations, and the Xeic.t and Courier wishes to make the record of the war complete, by giving .e American public a just idea of what the Southern women endured during the strugLrle for the Lost Cause. There was comedy as well as tragedy in their daily life, and the object is to obtain descriptions of every side and phase of a Southern Woman's trials and triumphs, at home, or as a refugee, during the Confederate struggle. The sketches in question will be published in the Weekly Newts, Charleston, S. C., under the general title of "Our Women in the War." The conditions are as follows: 1. The sketches must be written by Southern women who were in the South during the war, and shall be confined to a description of events and circumstances of 'which the writers have personal knowledge, and with which they or their families were connected. '2. Each sketch shall till not less than fifteen nor more than thirty pages of foolscap, written on one side. The sketches shall be sent, with the real name of the writer, to the Xeies and i Courier, Charleston, S. ('., not later than March 1st, 18S4. 4. Every sketch that is accepted will be I promptly paid for, and any Southern wo-! i man who desires to do so can send in two or ! more sketches. The object in view is certainly an excellent one, and it is hoped that Southern wo| men everywhere will do their part in maki ing the undertaking successful. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. I ? Thompson Chappcll, of Fairfield county, I j was stricken with paralysis on last Friday. I j ? One man killed ten wild turkeys in. ; Lancaster county during the Christmas hoii: days. ? Col. T. Stobo Farrow has been given a : | committee clerkship in Washington by | Congressman .J. II. Kvins. ? It is estimated that one thousand rabbits were killed in Lancaster county in ! three days last week. ? At a late sale in Barnwell county, one 1 j thousand bushels of corn were sold at from (53 to 78 cents per bushel, cash. ? The small grain crop in Lancaster county is fine. More wheat and oats have been sown and more pains have been taken in the preparation of the land than heretofore. ? The colored people in Marion celebrated Emancipation Day by marching through the streets of the towyi headed by fife and drum and the Stars and Stripes. ? The jail at Aiken is not provided with any heating apparatus and the prisoners confined there have suffered severely from the cold during the past few days. ? Accounts from all portions of the State represent the cold snap of last week as the ' most severe spell of weather with which this section has been visited for years. ? At a meeting of the stockholders of the Sumter National Bank last Friday, Robert M. Wallace was elected President and C. K. ' Bartlette Cashier. , ? Barnwell People; Mr. John Hewlett, who was so desperately wounded in the Christmas day affray at Allendale, is convalescent. He certainly possesses wonderful vitality for a man eighty years old. The bone of his right arm was shattered by a ball and a bullet passed entirely through the body, yet his wounds are heating by the first intention and without suppuration. ? The Chester Reporter says that during the recent cold weather, the water in Mr. W. 11. Wise's well, fifty-two feet deep, was frozen over. ? At the municipal election held in Chester on Monday last, the following council was elected: Intendant?W. II. Hardin., Wardens?J. Harvey Smith, S. B. Lathan, J. A. Strieker and (ieorge W. Cage. ? The recent cold weather has been damaging to the oat crop in Barnwell county, which, previous to the severe weather of last week, was extremely promising. It is thought the later sowings will be entirely killed. ? The grading on the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad is rapidly V. 1 .. ,1.^ progressing irum nmuiui ivivci iu uit-cnwood by the energetic contractors Itice and Coleman, and their subordinate bosses and working hands. By March 1st, they expect to have the road graded from Greenwood to the Saluda near Rosemount on Laurens side, (old Cunningham place) and by 1st of May the construction train is expected to reach the river, and then an iron bridge will be thrown across. ? Greenville Xrws: W. A. Wharton and A. IT. Shell, of Laurens, whose departure for the West was noted about ten days since, surprised their friends in this city yesterday by their return. Mr. Wharton says that business in the West was dull as the proverbial meat axe andthatabout the only chances lie saw were street car driving, ditching or "working colored citizens on the river." Not being inclined to engage in any of the occupations mentioned, he, in company with Mr. Shell, returned and will go back to Laurens. ? Judge Hudson, the commander of the 2()th Regiment, S. C'. V., and who was wounded at the "crater" in front of Petersburg, Va., where the flag of said Regiment was captured by the Federals, has written a letter to the Adjutant-General of Missouri asking for the restoration of said flag; but the Adjutant-General of Missouri refuses to restore the flag on the ground that he has no authority for surrendering the flag, and further says that nothing short of Legislative interference in the matter can secure the restoration to this State of said flag, which is now in the Armory of the State of Missouri at Jefferson City. ? According to the statistics of the manufactures in 1880, just issued by the United States Census Bureau, South Carolina in that year, was eighth of the Southern States in manufactures, but that her percentage of increase, 70, between 1870 and 1880 is excelled by only one Southern State, Texas. West Virginia and Mississippi decreased and Louisiana and Alabama stood still. There were in 1880 2,078 manufacturing establishments in this State, engaging 15,828 men, and producing $16,788,000 worth of commodities. Greenville county was credited with 180 manufacturing establishments, more than any other county, except Charleston, which had 250. ? The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, and Columbia and Greenville Railroads have submitted rates to the Railroad Commission on a few classes of freight, under the terms of the new law. The rates submitted for the Columbia and Greenville Road have been examined and returned to the Assistant General Freight and Passenger Agent, Mr. I). Card well, to be prepared in formal manner. They will no doubt be approved by the Commissioners. They are somewhat higher than the rates now in force, but lower than those in force prior to the rates fixed by the Commission. The rates submitted by the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad have not been examined. ? The question having arisen as to whether a Notary Public who held a commission previous to the adoption of the State Constitution of 1868 still holds his office, it was referred to Assistant Attorney-General W. K. Bachman, who is of opinion "that he does not. The new Constitution requires a new oath, which the old Notary Public has not taken and which he cannot take without being reappointed." The AttorneyGonoral has recently filed an ODinion with the Secretary of State in which he decides that trial justices appointed by the Governor during the recess of the Legislature and not confirmed by the Senate until its recent session, are not compelled to get new commissions. This decision does not apply to those Trial Justices who were not reappointed until the meeting of the Legislature. All of these are expected to make the usual remittance. ? 4 -? Tiik Gallows.?Isaac Anderson, colored, was hanger, at Barnwell 0. H., S. C., last Friday, fee the murder of Air. Owen Williams, last 'lctober. The condemned man expressed his willingness to die. lie was allowed thirty minutes to speak to his friends, about one hundred in number, from the jail window. He exhorted his race not to do as he had done and held himself up its an example of disobedience to the laws of God and man. He held no malice towards any one. He spoke feelingly, expressing much confidence in the pardon of his sins, and said that death had no sting for him. At the conclusion of his remarks he sang a hymn, then surveyed the scaffold and bade his brother and all present good-bye. The black cap was drawi), over him at twenty minutes after 12 o'clock, and the prisoner mounted the scaffold without assistance. Sheriff Riley asked the prisoner if he had anything to say for himself, to which inquiry he only expressed his confidence that he would go to heaven, evincing however, a desire to make a confession. The death sentence was then read, and at the final moment the prisoner confessed killing Mr. Williamson account of an insult, but said he was sorry and hoped to meet Mr. Williams in heaven. At twenty minutes to 1 o'clock the drop fell. By a misplacing of the rope, during the fall the prisoner's neck was not broken, and he died from strangulation. The body remained hanging twentyfive minutes, when life was pronounced extinct by Dr. Patterson, and it whs cut down and turned over to the prisoner's friends. The execution was private. John Jarvis, the murderer of Claudius W. Bonney, was hanged at 1.30 o'clock last Friday afternoon at Princess Anne Courthouse, \T \ I li> cii?l mi Tlitirsdav nisrht that at the i time of the murder he felt an uncontrollable desire to kill Bonney, which he could not resist, and expressed sympathy for his victim's widow and children and regret for the deed, tie went to the scaffold calmly, and when asked if he had anything to say, replied, "No." He then asked a bystander i to pray for him, which wasdone. His neck was broken, and his death was painless. The execution, which took place in the jail yard, was private, only, about thirty I persons being present. Jerry Alexander, colored, was hanged on | the same day at Sparta, La., for the murder ; of Samuel Fleming, committed on the 2.'3rd 1 of December, 1882. The drop fell at 2.80 P. ! 31. His neck was not broken, and the verdict of the coroner's jury was that he died | from strangulation. Alexander confessed his guilt on the gallows and said he was , ready to die. Tiik Gknkkal assembly.?The time for \ the meeting of ourGeneral Assembly should be changed, or men sent to this body who are not compelled to get home by Christmas and then return no more. Men whose private affairs are of more importance than those of the "State, should be left at home and men put in their places who have time to give to public affairs. This way that the General Assembly has of hurrying through I with important business in order to adjourn by Christmas will yet do harm. Besides, if/m. +/? vonv him!nfcm is purripf] over 1 I will JUtU IV J vi?? .w - - that ought to be attended to. If nothing else will do let the time be changed to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in each January, and then there will be none of this Christmas hurry. The farmers will say j that this arrangement will interfere with their farm work; but as we said above, if they have not the time to spare from their private affairs they can remain at home. J This matter shouhfbe seriously considered, is it seems to be a growing evil.?Abbeville Medium. I Correspondence of the Vorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM UNION. Union,S. C., January 12.?Since Saturday last, one week ago to-day, the snow has covered the ground about four inches, without ' melting. The continuous cold weather makes us feel that we no longer live in the ^ warm, sunny South. Business of every description is almost entirely suspended. Much complaint about the condition of the public roads has been made in this, as in other I counties. We can immagine what will be the condition after the melting of the snow. The county finances have run short, the appropriations for the special and ordinary county purposes having been limited by statute?regulating her tax levy for the past fiscal year. The increased expenditures incident to the building and repairs of bridges and poor house, which had too long been neglected, has so increased her county debt as to necessitate the payment of the indebtedness, upon a pro rata basis of 25 per cent. * This has been done by the county commissioners for the past two quarters. The additional appropriation of one mill to pay the past indebtedness, will doubtless be sufficient to liquidate the county debt. The new bridge over Pacolet River, at Grindal Shoals, will cost the county $2,800. Speaking of this place reminds me that this tmrtf ic Viiwtnrir* in intnrnet A f tliic nlflPA the tories and whigs had a fierce tight. This is where Horse Shoe Robinson figured so very prominently. The spot where stood old Christy's house, about tnree miles distant, headquarters for the tories, is still recognizable, and can be located by old citizens living in the vicinity. The old chestnut tree that shaded the tory camp has been cut down. It stood for many years as a recognized landmark, and was known to all 1 its a historic record. The town council has been engaged for some time past in the trial of several persons charged with selling intoxicating liquors without license, in violation of a town ordinance. The first conviction, a sentence of 20 days in the county jail and a fine of $20, wasimposed. Thecounsel representing the defendant served the council with a notice and grounds of appeal. The council ignored this notice, denying the defendant the right of appeal, and committed the defendant to jail. A writ of habeas corfais was sued out before his Honor Judge Wallace, and the defendant was admitted to bail in the sum of three huudred dollars, conditioned for defendant's appearance at the next term of the court of General Sessions, when 4-Un I 1 1 tic, wic uppcai \>iu uc in <ii11 ujjwii iia iiiciiin* c Several other convictions for like offencew have followed. Our city fathers seem determined to suppress the traffic. They had employed a detective, who disclosed the facts upon which the convictions were secured. I learn that at Jonesvil'e (in this county) Wednesday afternoon, an altercation took place between Mr. Ilezekiah Spears and Dr. Carpenter. Spears shot Dr. Carpenter. The ball took effect somewhere in the left breast. He is thought to be very seriously wounded, as he is spitting up blood very freely. Dr. Henry Beatty, of this place, was summoned. Probing failed to disclose where the ball is lodged. Spears is at large, no one knows where. Dr. Carpenter is a dentist, originally from North Carolina, but recently from Spartanburg. Spears is a native of this county. Amicus. MERE-MENTION. Richmond county, Georgia, voted last week in favor of abolishing fences in that county. At Richmond, Ky., the snow last week was the deepest ever known in that section of the State. E. D. Atchison, a desperate character, was taken from the jail of Monterey, Va., last Thursday night and hanged by a mob. His body j was then riddled with bullets. Atchison was incarcerated for stabbing Sydney Ruckman, who still lives. J. W. Dent, a cousin of Mrs. Gen. Grant, committed suicide in California last week. Poverty and sicnness are rne causes assigned. rie leaves a wife in poor circumstances. Mrs. Lucretia E. Patterson, wife of ex-Senator Patterson, ofSouth Carolina, died in Washington city last week. A Jacksonville, Florida, dispatch says that after midnight on the night of the !)th instant, H. H. Fairbanks, a machinist of that city, was killed by C. C. Seeba, a young man from Walhalla, S. C. The murder is said to have been without cause. Seeba wasarrested. Jtnancial anb Commercial. Yorkville Market. REPORTED BY RIDDLE A PEORAM. YORKVILLE, S. C., January 10.?The following are the quotations of Cotton in this market: r Good Middling 9 1)0 (aj Middling 9 65 (at Strict Low Middling 9 40 (a> Low Middling !) 15 (a, Tinges X 50 (u) 9 ? Lower Grades ... 0 ? (a, s ? CHARLESTON, January 14.?Cotton quiet; middling, 104. CHARLOTTE, January 15.?Cotton, 7 to 10. LIVERPOOL, January 14.?Cotton firm; uplands, f>d. NEW YORK, January 14.?Cotton quiet; uplands 10 11-10. Futures closed dull and steady with sales of 01,000 bales as follows: January > 10.70 to 10.71; February 10.78 to 10.79; Marcn 10.95; April 11.10 to 11*11; May 11.28 to 11.24; June 11.80 to 11.37; July 11.48 ; August 11..56 to 11.57; September 11.22 to 11.26; October 10.80 to 10.8.5; November 10.70 to 10.75. Special polices. Religious Notice. The Rev. James Douglas will preach at Hethesda Church on Sunday next, 20th instant. HYMENEAL. Maurikd?At the residence of the bride'sfath- , cr, on the 9th instant, bv Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick, Mr. I.. C. NEI L and MQssSUDIK E. WALKER, daughter of Mr. F. M. Walker. All of this county. OUITU AJRY. Died?At Hickory Grove, on tlie 27th of December, 1882, of paralysis, Mr. THOMAS G. WYLIE, in the 74th year of his ago. Near Bethany, in this county, on the 9th inst., DARBY EBENEZER, youngest son of E. B. and Nancy M. Paris, aged 17 months and 8 davs. On the 7th of Januarv, 1884, little FRANIvlK, infant son of R. M. anil M. C. Whitsides aged 1 year and 22 days. WANTED. \ MALE TEACHER of experience, and one qualitied to prepare boys and young men for college. References required. Address. J. P. MOORE, MeConnellsville, S. January 17 2 tf APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. vjotice is hereby given that the undersigned, J^j Administrator of the estate of Mrs. M. G. HEMPHILL, deceased, has made a tinal settlement with the Judge of Probate for York county, and on Monday, the lltli day of February, liext, at 11 o'clock, A. M., will make application for a tinal discharge from liability as Administrator of the said estate. WM. D. ROSBOROUGH, Administrator. January 17 2 5t DISSOLUTION. rpHE tirni of O'FARRELL <fc DICKSON is ? this day dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. B. P. Caldwell succeeding Mr. O'Parrell in the business. The business of the old firm will be closed bv the new firm of Caldwell A Dickson. J NO. N. O'PARRELL, J. 0. DICKSON. r NEW FIRM. , The undersigned would respectfully inform the public that they have formed a partnership for the purpose of conducting the Grocery Business, and that they now have on hand* in tho house formerly known as the York Drugstore a full and complete stock of Family and Fancy Groceries, Confectioneries, <fcc., which will he sold as low as the same Goods can he obtained in this market. A call is respectfully solicited. B. F. CALDWELL. .J. C. DICKSON. January 17 J (5m ESTATE OF T. J. HELL. DECEASE IK. A LL persons indebted to the estate of THlOMJ\_ AS J. BELL, deceased, are hereby t?Kiticd to make payment to the undersigned without delay. Creditors of the said estate will present , their claims, properly authenticated, within the time prescribed by law. MARTHA J, BF.LL, Administratrix. January 17 " Jt,!