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Straps and .gacts. ? Bills have been introduced in the legislatures of Illinois and Massachusetts, to prevent the exhibition* of prize fights, boxing contests or sparring matches by means of kinetoscopes or other similar processes. The bills are aimed at a large source of expected revenue from the Corbett-Fitzsimmons prize fight. ? At Durham, N. C., on Friday night, according to a dispatch to the New York World, W. E. Holman, in the presence of a great crowd ate a baked cat. He bet on Corbett, and the loser was to eat a cat. A fine large Thomas cat was prepured with proper trimmings. Holman announced that he would eat the greater part of the cat. He ate it all. ? Prize fighting seems to be pretty nearly on a par with the old time tournament tilts, when friendly knicrhts 1 o did each other to death all in a good humor. There have been two "deaths from friendly bouts in Philadelphia, Pa., since the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight. On Thursday, Christian Keilnecker engaged in a boxing contest with Frank Connelly for the amusement of friends. After knocking each other for a while, Connelly tried the Fitzsimmons blow, and as the result, Keilnecker died on Saturday. Then on Saturday night there was a boxing contest between Samuel L. Perry and Edward Gibbons. The men were perfectly friendly with each other. Perry struck Gibbons over the heart. Nothing was thought of the matter at the time; but presently Gibbons began to spit up blood, and in a few hours he was dead. Perry was arrested along with the president of the club before which the contest took place, on the charge of murder. Frank Connelly is also under arrest. ? Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling, two young dental students, were hanged at Newport, Ky., last Saturday, for the murder of Pearl Bryan, of Greencastle, Ind., at Fort Thomas, on February 1, 1896. The woman was decapitated by the men to prevent identification. The crime has been a big sensation throughout the middle west for more than a year. Although the guilt of the accused was clearly proved, the evidence was for the most part circumstantial, and there were numerous efforts to secure a pardon from the governor of Kentucky. A few days ago both of the men sent out what purported to be a written confession. It implicated a Dr. Wag ner, of Kentucky ; but the confession was almost immediately proved to be a tissue of lies. Shortly before the hanging took place, Jackson sought to save Walling by taking all the responsibility himself; but the authorities were satisfied that this was only a j a. 1 j i?*u 4 last uesperaie scneuie auu uuui ui iur men were allowed to hang. The execution was in private; but some 5,000 or more people hung about the prison while it was going on. Both men were strangled to death. ? A remarkable exhibition of the keenness of the scent of the bloodhound was given at the little town of Bronson, in Allen county, Missouri, the other day. The town recently appropriated $100 out of the city treasury for the purchase of one of these animals, the purpose being the detection and capture of thieves who were operating in the neighborhood, and a test of the hound was considered desirable. At noon three men started out on foot and walked four miles into the country. Then they mounted horses, and by a circuitous route returned to the town. Six hours later the hound was permitted to smell a glove which had been worn by one of the men, and the next instant with a deep howl he caught up the trail and followed it on the run. At one point the men had walked for 30 yards on a fence, and when the hound came to this point he carried his nose along the rail with hardly any reduction of speed. Coming to the place where the men had mounted, he took up the trail of the horses and followed it into town, where in a crowd of more than 100 men, he picked out the one whose glove had been given him to smell. ? Governor Piugree, of Michigan, has just received the first backset of a remarkable career. He went into politics originally a few years ago for the purpose of weeding out the corruption that existed among the politicians of Detroit. After two or three terms as mayor of Detroit, he established a wonderful record as a statesman and almost completely eradicated boodleism. Then he was elected governor of the state ; but still held on to the office of mayor. He felt that if the bosses should get control of the city again, they would immediately undo all that he had accomplished. The politicians at once took the matter 1DIO inC COIIrib IU ICSt tut; V|ucouvu ao to whether or not Mr. Pingree could hold two offices at one and the same time. On Friday last, the supreme court of Michigan decided against Pingree, declaimed the office of mayor of Detroit vacant, and ordered a new election to be held on April 5. Pingree is of opinion that he is not especially needed in the governor's office just at this time, and has about made up his mind to resign with a view to becoming a candidate for mayor of Detroit again. ? There was a murder in Carson City, Nevada, last week during the carnival of the prize fighters. It was nn Wpdnesdav niirht after the filtht. The victim was Dick Bradford, a wellkuowu sport from Montana. The man who did the killing was "Windy" Smith, a Oliforniau. Smith and Bradford had been partners in their betting operations during the day, and having won considerable money, they went iuto a saloon to divide. Pretty soon they commenced quarreling and Bradford begau beating Smith in the head with his pistol. Smith retreated, Bradford following. Presently Smith placed a revolver against Bradford's stomach aud fired. Bradford put his hands over the wound, walked back into the saloon and slowly sank to the floor. He said that he did not mind, being killed much ; but he did object to the idea of being put out of the way by such a contemptible scouudrel as Smith. Then he expressed regret at having to die with his boots on, aud somebody took ofl' his shoes. A few I minutes later he breathed his last. The bystanders took the whole incident as an everyday matter of course. Smith was led off to the guardhouse, and within a few minutes afterward, the people were again engaged in their gambling games. Nevada is a tough country. ? Emperor William, of Germany, is said to be insane. There have been hints of such a probability quite frequently during the past few years; but it is only lately that German correspondents have commenced to make positive statements to that effect. *5 kxnn \r Kv fjiA TCaISPT 1UC Ml 91/ Ml Vitiv uiwuv VJ ? was a claim to the effect that he was the direct representative of the Almighty. He has indulged in such twaddle as this repeatedly. It has been passed over by his subjects as without especial significance. Of late, however, he has been known to pinch people and try to trip them up with their swords at public functions, and has otherwise acted so queerly as to raise the gravest doubts as to his sanity. She fforbriUc (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24,1897. ? How people are to be made prosperous by increasing their taxes, the problem stated' by Congressman Bailey in the house the other day, is indeed a stumper. ? Among the numerous office-seekers who are making demands upou Presi UUIll lUCIVlUloy lur appuiuuiiouw, nio sons of ex-Presidents Lincoln, Grant, Arthur, Hayes and Harrison. All of these applicants want firstclass jobs, and Mr. McKinley is said to be sorely troubled over their importunities. ? Assemblyman Lamonte, of Chicago, has introduced in the Illinois legislature, a bill intended to prohibit the publication in newspapers, of cartoons or other matter tending to defeat or injure the chances of any candidate for nomination or election to public office. And suppose this bill should pass, wouldn't there soon be a high carnival of corruption in Illinois politics? ? Although it is a foregone conclusion that the Republicans will have their own way over the tariff bill in the house, it is not likely that they will meet with such smooth sailing in the senate. The senate has no boss. Neither party has an undisputed majority. The rules admit of fillibustering without end, and the probability is that the senate will still be hammering away at the new tariff bill long after the house has forgotten about its own indecent baste. ? The principal and overshadowing issue in the last national campaign, was the financial question. From all appearances the dominant party has lost sight of this fact, and proposes to tinker only with the tariff. The American people are very patient, it is true; but one of these days they will probably make an issue of the question as to whether or not it is incumbent upon the successful political party, to try to carry out the promises of the platform upon which it is elected. And an ugly issue that will be when once squarely put and fully developed. ? Now comes the apparently well authenticated report that the boom town of Fitzgerald, Ga., established about two years ago by Federal pensioners from the north, is a failure. The town has a population of 7,000 and the pensions bring in a per capita of as much as $1 a month to each inhabitant. Great surprise is expressed at the lack of success; but it does not seem as if the situation really offers a very knotty puzzle. As a rule, people who can live otherwise are not going to work, and that is what is the matter with Fitzgerald. ? "The Yorkville papers are doing all they can to prejudice the people of the county against Rock Hill."?Rock Hill Herald. "The truth or falsity of this statement is respectfully referred without comment from us to the readers of The Enquirer in Rock Hill and elsewhere."?Yorkville Enquirer. "A reduction of more than 50 percent, ir The Enquirer's subscription list in this city and vicinity is the answer the people nave aireauy reiurneu.--.KocK Hill Herald. Not the truth then; but The Herald's own profit seems to be the secret of its original* unwarranted statement. Unable to compete in newsgathering, enterprise, or other features that makes the newspaper worth the price of subscription, it. would accomplish its ends by means of poison. Out with such methods! ? A n interes ting controversy has been in progress for sometime past between Governor Ellerbo and the municipal authorities of Charleston over the removal of the metropolitan police system irotn the city. We have not kept closely up with the controversy. It seems, however, that Governor Ellerbe otfered to restore to Charleston the privilege of self-government on condition all of tho aldermen would sign an agreement to do all in their power to enforce the dispensary law. All the aldermen but seven have signed this agreement, and the seven remain obdurate. The Greenville Nows charges that two men out of the seveu are engaged in the "blind tiger" business on their own responsibility, and that is why the two, at leiist, prefer the continuance of the metropolitan system. Just what the merits of tho case are is difficult to arrive at. We confess that wo do not uudor stand it fully. There is no doubt of the fact, however, that there is a good deal of politics mixed up along, and although there should be nothing else, there is considerably more in the controversy than the principle of local self-government, the ostensible cause of the contention. ? The "Eastern Question," as it is now being raised by Greece, is right smart ol a puzzle; but at the same time it is not at all improbable that it will be followed by important results. The alleged "concert" of the Powers is in reality what might very properly be described as a big "suspicion" party, and, after all, there is very little reason to doubt that at the bottom of the whole trouble lies the same causes which, in the seventies, came so near precipitating all Europe in war, and which resulted in a little thrashing for m -1 -3 nf iursey, auunuisieiou 01. mo uauuo v/i Russia. Russia, it will be remembered, was prevented by the other powers, principally by Great Britain, from getting any substantial benefits out of this war, and although Russia is apparently most anxious for peace just now, it is not unlikely that she is just "sparring for an opening," so to speak, and if war does actually break out, we predict that she and Great Britain, and that Greece and Turkey, will be the principal parties to it. FUSSY LITTLE GREECE. She Continues to Keep the European Powers In a Stew. At last the European powers?Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria and Russia?have succeeded in bringing about a blockade of Crete; but still tbey are not thought to have succeeded in bringing about a settlement of the threatened troubles. The fact is, the trouble has probably just begun. For a better understanding of the situation, a review of the whole trouble is probably in order. Some months ago, the Cretans revolted against Turkish rule, and the Greek government intervened with the avowed intention of annexing the island of Crete. The Cretans were heartily in sympathy with this project, and Greece sent an armed force to the island under command of Colonel Vas sos, who was instructed to drive the Turks from the country. This is the point at which the Powers began to take a hand. Just exactly what the Powers have to do with the matter has never clearly appeared. The only explanation lies in the fact that all Europe is more or less concerned in whatever threatens to affect the "integrity" of Turkey, and since the signing of the Berlin treaty iu 1878, the Powers have been jealously watching each other in all their relations with the sultan. Though the ostensible object of the co-operation of the powers, therefore, is to look after Turkey, the real object of the combine is unquestionably to afford the various powers greater facilities in watching each other. Anyhow, within a very short time after Greece began to threaten war with Turkey, the Powers have blockaded the ports of Crete, which island promised to be the scene of the commencement of hostilities. The blockade is by especial agreement, and according to its terms, the vessels of no nation are to be allowed to bring supplies of arms, ammunition or provisions to either the Greek soldiers or the insurgents on the island. It appears that the object of the blockade is to starve out the Greeks and insurgent Cretans, while the Turks are to be allowed full liberty to go and come as they please. fio/>rofarv nf StRt.ft Sherman has been notified of the blockade, and there is great interest to know what course he will pursue?whether or not he will recognize the existing farce. International law does not recognize blockades of ports except during the existence of actual war. So far there has been no declaration of war by any of the powers, and the blockade is not supposed to be accompanied by any binding moral force so far as it relates to disinterested powers. It is true that the United States has no commercial relations with Crete, and is not likely to have ; but the matter of interest is as to whether or not this country cau af ford to admit the legality of the blockade in such manner as will serve as a precedent hereafter. The United States has very little to do with the matter it is true ; but at the same time it is a question as to whether she can quietly accept the notice that has been served upon her by the powers as to the blockade. In the meautime Greece continues in a state of internal agitation. She is pushing the work of mobilizing her armies, and is also doing all she can to stir up Bulgaria, Montenegro and other Balkan states. It is reported that she has ordered Colonel Vassos to hold his own in Crete to the last ditch, and it is also believed that she will soon come out with an open declaration of war against Turkey. Up to this time Turkey has not been making a great deal of fuss. She seems to have committed her interests entirely to the hands of the Powers, except on those of her frontiers which join Greece. Here the situation is rather more ominous. Within sight of each other on either side of the boundary line between the two couu tries, ana eaen on us own respective territory, are large bodies of Greek and Turkish troops. Within the past few days there have been several pretty sharp clashes between the soldiers of the two countries and a number of men have been killed on each side. But this is only as showing a keen eagerness for the fray. There has been no general engagement as yet, though with or without a declaration of war such an occurence might take place at any time. MERE-MENTION. H. Clay Evans, of Chattanooga, has been appointed commissioner of pensions. General Wade Hampton, whoso serious illness in Washington has been reported, is slightly better. A destructive cyclone passed through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, last Friday. Several lives were lost and much property was destroyed. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. J. Hunter?Announces that his new spring goods are arriving daily and embraces among other things, shoes, clothing dress goods and hats. Mrs. T. M.Dobson?Lets you know that her stock of new millinery has arrived and that Miss Bessie Rea, is on hand ready to attend to tho wants of customers. Many other useful articles can also be found at Mrs. Dobson's establishment. Iredell Jones, Chairman of Countv Board of Pensions?Publishes an advertisement which is of great interest to Confederate Veterans. . Grist Cousins?In a two column advertisement tell you what they are doing, what they propose to do and let you know what you can do if you will give them a call. J. A. Shurley, County Superintendent of Education?Gives notice that the semiannual examination of applicants to teach in the free public shools of York county, will be held at Yorkville on the 16th and 17th days of April. H. C. Strauss?'Tells of the continued arrival of new spring goods at his store. H. A. D. Neely, County Treasurer?Gives notice that the time in which receipts may be issued for payment of commutation road tax has been extended until April 1st, 1897. NO PHOTOGRAPH. Sheriff Logan's banter to that fellow out in Tennessee who claimed to have M. R. Reese in custody, to "put up or shut up," has had the desired effect. The fellow has shut up. It will be remembered that one James Aloxander, of Lexington, Tenn., persisted by letter that he had in custody-the badly wanted body of Reese. Sheriff Logan asked Alexander to send a photograph of his prisoner; but this, up to date, Alexander has neglected to do, and his claims are, therefore, no longer counted worthy of attention. THE BETHEL MURDER. Mr. S. N. Johnson, of Bethel, was in Yorkville on Saturday, and told the reporter the story of the killing of Joe Tate by Gus Wilson in Bethel township recently. Wilson, it seems, was the husband of Tate's daughter, and having just completed a term in the North Carolina chaingang, came to Tate's house after the woman. Tate objected to his daughter's going off with the convict, and it was this objection that led to the killing. During the holding of the inquest, Wilson was only a short distance away ; but there was a swollen creek between, and after Mr. Johnson had ridden the several miles that were necessary to reach a bridge, the Negro was gone. It is probable, however, that Wilson will return to the neighborhood, and he may yet be arrested. MICAH JENKINS CAMP. The Micah Jenkins Camp of Confederate veterans, will hold its next regular meeting in Yorkville on salesday in April, and some important business will be transacted. Among other things, arrangements are to be made for attendance upon the uext general re-union of the survivors, to be held at Nashville, Tennessee, on June 22, next. Then again, there will be a full explanation as to the details and workings of the new pension law. As stated elsewhere, all the pension work that has been done so far this year is to be done over again, and as the new law is rather intricate in some of its details, a full explanation by Major Hart, or some one else competent to make it, will be of especial interest to those making application for pensions. Lastly, there is another thing that should not be forgotten. The annual dues of the members are payable at the next meeting, and those who attend should not fail to bring the amount along with them. AS TO STATE PENSIONS. The notice to Confederate pensioners, signed by Iredell Jones, chairman, and Joseph F. Wallace, secretary of the county board of pensions, and published elsewhere in this issue, is of especial interest to the old soldiers of York county. mho noncinn law of t.ha state has been completely changed in all of its most important provisions, and all the work that has so far been done by the county board this year is to be done over again. The first step under the new law must be in compliance with the call elsewhere published. At the meetings designated, each township will, by a majority vote, select a board of three commissioners from resident veterans, who are not applicants for pensions, and each of these boards thus selected, will immediately organize by the election of a chairman and secretary. After organization, the respective township boards aro required to meet at some convenient place, on some date to be agreed upon previous to the 1st Monday in May, and to receive and consider all applications that may be made by Confederate soldiers or sailors, or widows of Confederate soldiers or sailors, living in their respective townships. These applications aro to be passed upon in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the state board of pensions. Within ten days after receiving the applications from their respective townships, the chairman of the respective boards must meet at the court house, and by a majority vote, elect a county board consisting of four of their members and a regular practicing physician?five in all. The board so elected shall he known as the county examining board of pensions, and shall look over and again pass upon the applications that have been passed by the ilitlcrcnt township boards. LOCAL LACONICS. Tlie Knqtilrer Until 1st of January. 1808. Tiie Semi-Weekly Enquirer will bo sent to any address from this date, until the 1st of January, 1898, for ?1.50. Examination of ToncherH. The regular spring examination of applicants to teach in the public schools of the county, is to ho held in Yorkvilleon April 10 and 17. Tho date fixed forapplicants who desiro to go bofore the state hoard at Columbia for certificates, is April 2 and .3. The Road Subscription. Citizens of Yorkvillo who desiro to join in tho movement to oiler a bonus for the largest road subscription raised on any otie of tho various roads leading into Yorkvillo, should seo Dr. H. A. Hratton. Dr. It rut ton has the subscription paper in his possession, and will bo pleased to explain details and rccoivo promises of subscriptions. Still After Tltem. Columbia State, Sunday: State Detcctive W. H. Newbold was in the city yesterday. .Mr. Newbold has been in charge of the ellbrts being made to capture Reese and Luckie, tho escaped slayers of Charles T. Williams. Judging from what lie says, it will not be his fault if these men are not captured. Tho olliecrs are on tho lookout for them everywhere. Mr. Newbold does not take any stock in the stories recently published about the alleged capture of Reese. Mr. Sprunt on John Knox. All the congregations in Yorkville were invited to the Presbyterian church last Sunday night to hear Rev. Alexander Sprunt'a lecture on John Knox. A great many people availed themselves of the opportunity and all agree that the lecture was a masterly effort. Making the Change. A force of Western Union linemen is engaged in the work of moving the telegraph office from the Narrow Gauge depot to the Kuykendal building. The resicmnMrtn nf M r. H. H. Beard as aercnt of the Chestor and Lenoir railroad at this place, takes effect on April 1, instead of April 11, as was erroneously stated in The Enquirer of last Saturday. One Out of Three. The northbound Narrow Gauge has kept up to its usual record during the past few days. It failed to bring any mail from the South on Saturday or Tuesday; but scored out all right on Monday. Two misses to one hit. To the people along the line of the road, especially from Lowrysville to Bowling Green, the situation is growing delightfully interesting. A Short Term Probably. It is quite probable that the approaching term of the court of common pleas will be a short one. There are some three or four cases on the calendar, which, if they should come up, would consume two or more days each ; but it is hardly probable that they will come up. This information, however, it should be understood, is merely speculative. Building and Loan Association. The secretary of state on Friday granted a charter to the White Building and Loan association of Fort Mill, the capital stock of which is 925,000, divided into shares at $100 each. The directors are L. A. Harris, J. H. McNunuery, J. R. Haile, Samuel E. White, who is also president; J. M. Spratt, who is also vice president, and W. B. Meacham, who is also secretary and treasurer. Fault at the Postofflce. Saturday's edition of The Enquirer failed to go up the Narrow Gauge railroad at the proper time, and subscribers along that route were forced to wait for their papers until Monday. In justice to the management at The Enquirer office, it is but fair to say that the fault was not here. The papers were put in the postoffice on Friday evening at the usual time, and it is there that the fault lies. County Board of Assessors. The county board of assessors met in the office of Auditor Williams yesterday for the purpose of equalizing returns. The new board, which is also the new county board of commissioners, is composed as follows: D. G. Stanton, W. S. Wilkerson, T. M. Gwin, J. Frank Ashe, A. H. White, Fred Nims, W. W. Miller, W. T. McKnight, J. S. Brice, R. G. Porter. ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Death of Miss Hutchison, Who Had Charge of the Culinary Department at Wlnthrov. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, March 22.?On last Thurs day night, Miss Laura C. Hutchinson died at Winthrop college, after an illness of about a month. Miss Hutchinson was a native of Portland, Me., and came to this place on the opening of Winthrop college to take charge of the Culinary department. She was well qualified for her position and filled it ably. Her work was systematical and thorough and practical. He own ideas being clear, they were easily retained in mind by her pupils. She was a very entertaining companion, cultivated and courteous. The impression made on all who visited her department was that they were in the presence of an able enthusiast. Her pupils have lost a valuable teacher; her friends a pleasant companion, and society at large an effective worker. It is never a pleasant thing to contemplate death. That condition is one which has for its essential features all that is abhorent to the best desires of the great and good. Still, it comes to all with its i-noiotlnoo miwhf 11 nannrmnnnd and ini perative. When it comes to one who has lived a long life of usefulness, serving God and his fellowmen with fidelity and zeal, it seems but as the rest which comes to the laborer who, in the twilight hour, gathers together his tools, stores them away and begins the sleep of the just which is broken only by pleasant dreams. We expect such deaths as these. They seem to come as naturally as the hour o) rest succeeds that of toil. But the death of the young, with high hopes and noble resolve, who, guided by the rule that the old are taken first, are looking forward to a long life of usefulness, is like the forcible capture and destruction of a toiler at the morning hour, when we can judge of what would have been done only by the care and thoroughness of the first few strokes. Such a death is sad, inexpressibly sad, to those who labor and to those who wait. Such an one we now chronicle. During the last two weeks of her illness, the father of Miss Hutchison was present. On Friday morning ho returned to his home bearing the sacred dust of his dear one, who had so lately loft- that home with the hopes and determinations of an earnest, zealous nature. u. s. BLACKSBURG'Bl'DtTETT Colonel Camp Auditor and Mr. JoneH Treasurer? Affairs of the Acid Company. Correspondence ot the Yorkville Enquirer. Blacksbuko, March 23.?The warm weather the past week has caused vegetation to burst forth rapidly. Fruit trees are in bloom, and a few more such days will bring all naturo over into a bright new dress of green. Although we have had no official returns from the primary held in Cherokee county on Saturday last for auditor aud treasurer, yet it luis been ascertained beyond a doubt that Colonel W. D. Camp was elected auditor and Mr. J. B. Jones, treasurer. The selections are both good ones, and both men are fully capable for the duties of the respective otlices. At our town election yesterday, Mr. J. F. Wliisonant was elected intendant, and the wardens of last year were all reelected : They are T. L. Black, Jno. M. (Juyton, Dr. J. T. Darwin an C. L. Whisonunt, and their almost unanimous selection again, shows not only the appreciation and esteem in which they are held, but is an unqualified endorsement of their management of our municipal affairs during the past year. II. K. Carson, Esq., of Spartanburg, was in town on Saturday, on business connected with the Carolina Sulphuric Acid company. lie was appointed by Judge Siinonton to examine and prove tiie vouchers of the indebtedness of the company, and as soon as he makes his report to the judge, which will bo in a day or two. all those holding claims against the company will be paid in full. A crowd of over 500 people were in town yesterday to see the show of Sparks A Allen's. w.a. LETTER FROM ZADOK. WantH More Corn Planted?Young Men's Christian Union Organized?The School to Close Next Friday. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Zadok, March 22.?Well, spring is coining with her flowers and her sunshine and her showers. As the inclement weather seems to have subsided, we hope our farmers will get a move on them and plant their corn while they have a good season in the ground. I hope to see a larger corn crop planted this year than was the case last year, and then wo will not hear so much complaint as to the scarcity of roughness. I have already heard of fodder being sold at 31.35 a hundred bundles, and I am afraid that some of ourffellows have already commenced feeding the same kind of fodder that was used by an old Negro I heard of once upon a time. The -A A. 1 A. 11 -I J XT ..1 J J sujry is tutu me oia i^egru wuuiu suuu his boy to feed, and when the boy would come back, he would ask: "Did yon feed the mule?" "Yes, sir; yes, sir;" replied the boy; but from the looks of the mule, "yes sir" was'about all the poor animal got. I am glad to note that the young men of Bethany have organized a Young Men's Christian union, with very glowing prospects. At present the union has about 20 members, and the organization is still growing. May God bless the good work. "Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made; Were every blade of grass a quill And every man a scribe by trade To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry. Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Though stretched from sky to sky. I am sorry to note that our occomplished school teacher, Miss Lilian Anderson, who has had charge of the Zadok school since Christmas, will close on Friday next. She has gained the good will and esteem of both patrons and pupils. She will return to her home at Lowrysville. * SUT. AN OCTOGENARIAN. Interenting Sketch of a Long and Usefnl Life Just Ended. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blacksburg, March 23.?On Saturday afternoon, the 21st instant, about 4 o'clock, Mr. George W. Deal died at I 1 U ? rvf Kid QA?_in_lotW T"ll? Wm i lie UUUJO \Jl uio ouu-iu'ian} x/1 ti uj. Anderson, in this place, in the 82nd year of his age. He had been a sufferer from an incurable disease for about 15 years, and the illness which finally proved fatal and snapped the thread of a long, busy, and useful life, was of only a few hours duration. Mr. Deal was born iu Frankford, Philadelphia, on the 1st day of August, 181'5, and came of a sturdy, thrifty German family, noted^ for its individuality and force of character. He was among the younger of eleven children, and they all, in their different spheres of life, as men and women, helped to mold and shape the moral and political forces of a community. They were all of a kindly and generous disposition, honorable and just in their dealings, quiet and peaceable, intensely loyal to their country, their friends and to their convictions of right and wrong, and with such a high regard for truth that they would scorn to deceive a fellowman or take undue advantage of him even in the smallest affairs of life. A brother of his? Mr. Jacob Deal?who made this section his home in 1822, and bis son? Mr. J. Augustus Deal?who was born and reared near here, were both men of sterling worth, and made an impress for good upon this community 1 __J f.l. {. wnicn is seen auu ieit iu tuc puspcuuj and advancement of its people, and will go down to future generations. In 1838, Mr. Deal was married to i Miss Louisa Peters, who, for 59 years, ; has lived happily with him and now i survives him, in her 80th year. In 1852, like other adventurous spirits, i they sold their property in Frankford ' and started for what was then known I as the far west?Kentucky. It was 1 one of the years that the terrible 1 scourge, the cholera, visited this couoI ty, and thousands died. They stopped ' at Pittsburg, Pa., and instead of going , farther west, turned their faces east. ward, and Mr. Deal soon engaged in helping to build the Pennsylvania , railroad through the Allegheny moun. tains, one of the most gigantic enter( prises of that age. About the time . of the completion of the road, he I settled in Hollidaysburg, Pa., where ; be was soon prominent in both social and political life, and where he lived I until 1890, when, on account of failing health, he sought a more gentle climate, and removed to Blacksburg, where he has since resided. During his brief sojourn here, he bus, by his intelligent appreciation of the interests of our town and people, his gen! tie, refined, dignified demeanor, and the kindly spirit he felt and manifested for all, won the esteem, reverence and love of all who knew him, and his loss will be deeply felt by them. He was buried Monday afternoon in the village cemetery, by the Rev. R. \V. Anderson, of Yorkville, with the beautiful ritual of the Episcopal church, iu the presence of many of those who revered aud loved him. The pall bearers were: Mr. B. J. Gold, Captain Geo. W. Marring, Dr. J. G. Black, J. F. Whisonant, Esq.,0. A. Osborne Esq., and J. W. A. Jackins Esq., who tenderly and reverently placed the aged and weary traveler in his last resting piace. "Now the laborer's task is o'er; * Now the battle dav is oast: Now upon the farther shore Stands the voyager at last. Father, in thy gracious keeping, Leave we now Thy servant slooping." W. A. THB AFFAIK AT CAKSON. Different Newspapers View the Fight From Different Standpoints. Chicago Inter-Ocean : Corbett now is a tradition. St. Louis Republic: All pugdom must hail the Australian as the prince of pngs. Baltimore Sun : The prize fighter is a suryivor of savagery and is a blot on our civilization. Philadelphia Public Ledger: There is only one state iu the American Union which throws the mantle of legal sanction over such a scene. Baltimore American : Two brutes stand up to pummel each other, and the "business" men on the outside of the ring pocket the largest profits. It is a brutish aud barbaric mess all the way through, and woe to Nevada for permitting such an outrage against the laws and sentiments of the nation ! Philadelphia Inquirer: The champion has laid up trouble for himself, for he must accept one or more of the challenges, and since Nevada has become a haven for prize fighters, pugilism will "enjoy" a great revival. Philadelphia Record : There will always be an intense human interest in warlike contests whether waged between single disputants or mobs or armies or men or other animals. The fact that a general effort has beeu made to discourage prize fighting, both by state and federal authority, in the United States, no doubt adds to the public interest in about the same ratio that it adds to the difficulty of such undertakings. MINORITY IGNORED. The Republicans of the House Will Ride Roughshod Over the Democrats. The question in the house last Friday was the adoption of a rule which would permit the passage of the new tariff bill practically without debate, recognizing their helplessness, the Democrats had already decided not to try to throw any obstacles in the way. Mr. Bailey, of Texas, set forth the Democratic position forcibly and eloquently in his short speech against that rule. He declared it his belief that the sooner the Republican programme was put into legislation the better it would be for the Democratic party, for that much sooner would the futility of the proposition that prosperity can be brought about by taxing the people be demonstrated. He protested against the arbitrary action of the majority as embodied in this rule, but declared the Democracy was willing to abide the test of the tariff bill as a prosperity restorer. "It seems to me," he said, "in view of these facts, that the authorities are not ready or willing to execute tbe decrees registered by'the people in presidential elections." Speaking for the minority, Mr. Bailey said : nnaamva (Via Ki 11 nrtil naf Ka jl uc poosago ui mo 1/111 nui iiw w antagonized by filibustering opposition. Knowing that we cannot prevent its passage, we feel it to be the best policy, from our standpoint, that you should pass it speedily. If it shall accomplish what you claim for it, the president should not be deprived of the benefits that are to flow from it. If it should not prove to be what is anticipated for it, the sooner it will be repealed and the people relieved of its unjust exactions. "I never was more confident of any event of the future than I am that this bill shall demonstrate the futility of the pretenses on which it is bused, and I firmly believe that you won't live long enough to get a patient hearing from the people on the absurd proposition that you can make them prosperous by taxing them. (Applause.) "We challenge you to pass the bill because nothing can more certainly prove to the people that you are unworthy of the trust now reposed in you." (Applause.) MISSISSIPPI FLOODS. ' Father of Waters Still Raging?Much Property Destroyed. The warning sent out by the gov emmeut signal service yesterday tnat the Mississippi and its tributaries would continue to rise, has been fulfilled to the letter, says a St. Louis dispatch of Saturday. The communication with the flooded section has become difficult; but dispatches received from widely separated points show that all have suffered alike. It is estimated that a section of country with un area equul to that of the state of Missouri is now under water, and that the worst is not over. Advices from Cairo, Paducab, Memphis aud Helena show that the region beginning north of New Madrid, Mo., west to and including the valleys of the St. Francis, the White and the Arkansas rivers in Arkansas, east in Kentucky and Tennessee, the valleys of the Tennessee, the Cache, the Obion and the Yazoo rivers, aud south to the Red river are under water. The intervening ranges of hills and high ground are the only places of refuge. The dispatches received here tell but one story?lives lost, stock drowned and a country desolated. At Cairo, Illinois, today, the river reached 50.9 feet and rising slowly, which is but one foot short of the high record of 1883. All the couutry south of there to Memphis is submerged. A relief steamer from the flats below Bird's Point brought in four families. It is reported that a flat boat containing a number of people was sunk at Island No. 10. All the cotton fields in the valley of Forked Deer river, in Tennessee, are uuder water. The Memphis Relief association has five boats at work. These boats go to points that are some 20 miles from streams navigable in ordinary stages of water. The unanimous opinion of St. Louis river men is that conditions must become worse before there can be permanent relief. ' 11 U/m> nntf f knf *1 11 rv? nfniio KfAulra in tlio x uc y oojr luau uuuici uuo uicoao iu uju lower levees are really blessiugs, as they are natural outlets for the deluge that is certain to come from the melting snows of the north. Dispatches from Memphis and other points lower down the river, picture a desperate situation among the inhabitants. The levees on either bank are literally lined with men who are trying to do all they canto save their property. The general belief seems to be that everything depends upon the protection of the levees. The only material available with which to keep . the water back, is bags of sand. / These are being piled on weak places in the levees wherever such places are found. Another feature of the situation is bands of men armed with rifles. It seems that the interests of owners of the higher plantations is against the protection of the levees. With the levees broken, the water will find veut in the lower lands and leave the higher lauds comparatively safe. Consequently, the inclination of the owners of the higher lands is to break the levees when they can do so without danger of detection. But this is a hazardous undertaking. It is the' business of the armed men to look after such matters, and the understanding is that the penalty for an attempt to break a levee is death on the spot.