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? The Uenner bale ol cotton was sold in
Galveston the other day for $316.50, that
amount having been subscribed for the purchase.
? The cold weather at the North will give a
large ice crop. Already the ice companies 1
are harvesting largely. They have cut up
and stored away immense quantities.
? It is stated, on apparently reliable authority,
that the forest acreage of North America
is decreasing at the annual rate of 7,600,000
acres, or 11,000 square miles.
? Miss Mary A. Danser, daughter of Matt.
M. Danser, the most fortunate gambler New
York ever had, has a chapel monument in
Greenwood Cemetery that cost $25,000.
? There was skating at Atlanta, Georgia,
on Tuesday of last week, for the first time in
twenty years. Ice was cut and packed there,
the first time the like was ever known.
? Ninety-six murderers were hung in the
United States, in 1878. All were men?forty-one
whites, fifty-two colored, two Indians
and one Chinaman.
? A Chicago paper publishes, weekly, all
marriage licenses, with the ages of both the
male and the female applicants. This is not
looked upon with favor by the parties principally
interested.
? Friction matches were first made in the
United States, in the village of Mechanicstown,
Frederick county, Md., in the year
1831. The first sales were twenty-five cents
per box.
? Geo. Alfred Townsend, a noted newspaper
correspondent, thinks that Grant will be
nominated for President "with a whirl," with |
a Southern man, probably Gen. Joe Johnston,
for Vice-President, and that the Democratic 1
ticket will be Thurman and Bayard. ;
Til ? _ 1 L J__
? inereis no simpler or Deuer remeuy ior ]
frost bites than the following: Extract the ]
frost by the application of ice water till the j
frozen part is pliable, avoiding all artificial <
heat; then apply a salve made of equal parts |
of hog's lard and gunpowder, rubbed together 1
until it forms a paste, and very soon the fro- 1
zeu parts will be well. <
? Miss Martha Atalanta Lumpkin, daugh- 1
ter of a distinguished ex-Governor of Georgia, ]
has just been married at Athens to Mr. T. M. j
Compton. She is fifty years old, and he ten
J ears her senior. The bridal tour was to At- j
anta, in which the bride has twice stood ]
sponsor; it was first named Marthasville, for i
her first name; then Atalanta for her second; <
gradually the "a" was dropped, and Atlanta,
the Gate City, became and will remain..
? At a recent meeting of the Cabinet, Secretary
Sherman called attention to the fact that 1
the treasury now holds large amounts of gold,
silver and greenbacks?much more than there i
is any use for at present. Reference was also
made to the reports from all parts of the coun- (
try that resumption has given confidence to
business, and that both at home and abroad
business seems to be stimulated and is being
conducted with renewed activity.
? The plaintiff in one libel suit, at least,
regrets that he brought it. Dr. C. C. O'Don- i
nell, a member of the Constitutional Conven- 1
tion of California, was charged with murder,
arson and other crimes, by the San Francisco ,
Chronicle. A suit for damages was the result. }
The Chronicle substantiated its charges and
won the suit. O'Donnell was arrested before
he could leave the court room, on a charge of (
murder. In the trial which followed, he was <
convicted and sentenced to be hung.
? Maine must feel oddly enough if she has i
had time to realize that she once more has a !
Democratic Governor. At the election in
that State last summer, there being three
candidates for Governor, there was no election
by the people, and it went to the Legisla- ^
ture. The Democrats and Greenbackers of
that body formed a coalition, and the result i
was the election of Hon. Alonzo Garcelon, j
__.v _ iL _ t\ a" j: n 1
wno was me j^emocraiie cunuiuarc iur vjov- (
ernor before the people. The other new State
officers, elected by the Legislature, are Democrats
and Green backers.
? This is the season for taking colds, and
the Popular Science Monthly tells how to prevent
them. It says the mistake is often made
of taking great care to put on extra wraps
and coats when preparing for out-door exercise.
This is not at all necessary in robust
persons. Sufficient heat to prevent all risk of
chill is generated in the body by exercise.
The care should be taken to retain sufficient
clothing after exercise, and when at rest, to
prevent the heat from passing out of the body.
Indeed, persons very often catch chills from
throwing off extra clothing after exercise, or
from sitting about in garments the material of
which is not adapted to prevent the radiation
of heat from the body.
?The annual circular of the Director of the
Mint, giving the value in United States money
of the coin of the different countries of the
world, shows that the dollar is the monetary
unit of eight countries. The gold dollar of
the British possession, of North America, of
Liberia and of the Sandwich Islands, is of the
same value as our dollar. The silver dollar
of Mexico is worth one hundred and one and
one-half cents in our money ; that of Bolivia,
ninety-six and one-half cents; that of Peru,
Ecuador and Central America, ninety-three
and one-half cents. From this statement it
appears that the bullion value of the silver
dollar of the United States is nearly ten cents
less than of the silver dollar of the South
American countries.
? A Washington letter says that when a
place on the Blaine investigating committee
was offered to Bruce, the colored Senator from
Mississippi, he replied that he really did not
see how any good could result from the proposed
investigation. Perhaps, he said, there
had been some frauds. It would be strange
if there had not been, but his people had just
made the second largest crop of cotton ever ;
grown in the South, and that circumstance j
furnished ample evidence, to his mind, that
they were quite as prosperous as the laboring
classes North. This being the case, the colored
people ought not to be stirred up by political
excitement, which could do no good, and
might do harm by arousing anew the feelings
of suspicious dislike of the whites which were i
dying out with the prosperity of the New 1
South. These sentiments were felt to be full |
of the good sense which Bruce has always !
shown in speaking of affairs affecting the
South and his people.
? A strange surgical operation was performed
in Cincinnati the other day, being nothing ;
less than the cutting open of a boy's windpipe !
to save his life. On Christmas night the boy,
while eating hickory nuts, swallowed a piece
of the shell of one about the size of a dime,
which lodged in his throat, and resisted all
attempts to remove it by coughing or otherwise.
He did not experience much inconvenience
from it, however, until late in the night
he began chokiDg, and finally became almost
incapable of breathing. Several doctors, on j
being,consulted, said that the boy could not i
be helped ; but fiually Dr. McMehan resolved
to attempt the removal of the obstruction
surgically, and with the assistance of another
surgeon, cut into the windpipe and succeeded
jn extracting the shell witn a wire. It WW ;
found in the larynx, where it bad lodged;
and being sharp-edged, had cut the flesh, and
the blood had got into the bronchial tubes,
filling them, rendering breathing almost impossible.
After the nut-shell had been removed,
the patient coughed up a large quantity
of this blood. The wound having been
sewn up, he breathed quite freely, and at last
accounts he was rapidly recovering.
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YORKVILLE. S. C. i
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 16, 1879.
THE BONDED DEBT.
So soon as the arder of Judge Bryan, of
the United States Court, restraining the State
treasurer from paying the interest on tne
recognized debt was served on the State Treasurer,
the matter was submitted to AttomeyGreneral
Youmans for consideration and such
action as he may deem necessary in the premises.
At latest advices the attorney-general
bad the subject under consideration, and has
not yet announced an opinion or indicated
what course he will pursue.
For several days after the injunction was
granted, it was rumored that an extra session
)f the legislature would be necessary in order
that steps might be taken to protect the credit
of the State, in so far as to provide for the
prompt payment of the interest 011 the recognized
debt. Now, however, that idea
jeems to have been abandoned, and the indications
are that the conflicting bond interests
will be allowed to fight the matter out in the
courts. The Columbia correspondent of the
New and Courier has "interviewed" ActingGlovernor
Simpson on the subject of an extra
session of the General Assembly. The Governor
expresses the hope that there will be 110
necessity for an extra session, at least, to take
any action in consequence of the injunction
recently granted by Judge Bryan. The report
of the interview continues :
"He seems to think that this injunction,
when it comes to be discussed, will be dissolved
in time for the relief of the people. His
yiew is that the Court, before it acts, must
both have a case and proper parties. I11 this
matter he is of the opinion that the parties
applying for injunction have no case. A case
could only arise on contract, and he thinks
there was not a contract between the State
and the bondholders in reference to this money
remaining in the treasury. It was put
there, in the first instance, by the State for its
cwn convenience, and not under contract with
the bondholder, and the State can divert it at
pleasure, especially, as in this instance, when
the State also resolved to provide for these
bonds when they might be established as legal
and valid. The Governor supposes that the
holders of the valid bonds, who are more deeply
interested than any other parties, will assist
the attorney-general in making a motion to
iissolve the injunction."
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? There are 512 post offices in South Carolina.
I
? There are twelve stores on Main street,
In Columbia, unoccupied.
? A lodge of Knights of Honor, was recently
organized in the town of Laurens.
? Rev. F. L. Leeper goes to Fort Mill to
ill the pulpit recently vacated by Rev. J. B.
Mack.
? Professor Kennedy, of Due West, is now,
ind has been for several months, in bad ,
lealth. ,
? Wm. S. May, of Rock Hill, has been ap- <
x>inted to a position in the office of the Secretary
of State, at Columbia. <
? The National Bank of Anderson has de- |
dared its usual dividend of five per cent
>ut of the profits of the last six months. ,
? Senator Hampton's terra in the United ,
states Senate, commences on the fourth of ,
lext March, and continues for six years. |
? Out of seventy-eight men who went to ,
;he Florida war from Kershaw county, in j
1836, only six are now living in that county.
? Rev. S. S. Gaillard, an eminent divine ]
n the Presbyterian church, for many years <
lastor of the church at Greenville, died at ,
3riffin, Geo., last Thursday. ,
? The town council of Manning, in Clar- |
radon county, and the county commissioners (
)f that county, refuse to grant licenses for re- |
ailing spirituous liquors. ,
? Only 16$ miles of railroad were con- |
itructed in South Carolina last year. Cheraw
rad Chester, 7$ miles; Spartanburg and ,
^sheville, 9 miles. ,
? Mr. Leonard Chapin, of Charleston, well
cnown throughout the State as a raanufac- (
;urerof and dealer in carriages, died in that ,
;ity on Friday last. ,
? The Herald mentions that in Newberry j
jounty, there has been but little changing of j
arm hands this year. Each year tenants ,
md laborers, as well as landlords, become less (
lisposed to make changes.
? Fish Commissioner Butler has returned <
;o Columbia, after a four hundred miles trip, j
luring which he distributed 25,000 salmon in ,
various streams in this State, only that nura- (
3er having arrived. ]
? Mr. Thomas W. Holloway, Secretary, (
jives notice that the annual meeting of the
State Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, will be <
leld in Charleston, on Tuesday, the fourth of ,
February. (
? Last week, in Charleston, the grand jur- (
ors of the United States District Court were
paid in gold, greatly to their surprise. It
,s said that some of the jurors hesitated to (
take the coin. .
? W. VV. Pegg, telegraph operator at the (
Air-Line depot in Greenville, committed (
rnicide, by taking morphine, last Saturday
light. Disappointment in a love affair led ,
to the commission of the rash act.
? There are three candidates for the State (
Senatorship for Sumter county, made vacant (
iy the election of Hon. T. B. Fraser as a cir- (
juit judge?Capt. James M. Carson, Capt. H. ,
E. Peeples, and Col. Joseph H. Earle. | (
? The Columbia Register says that a recent!
ict of the Legislature imposes a fine of not | (
less than $200 and imprisonment for not less 1
than six months on any one convicted of i,
carrying concealed weapons.
? The Greenwood and Augusta Railroad
is rapidly progressing, and the farmers of Abbeville
and adjoining counties are anticipating
the prospect of sending their next cotton
crop to Augusta, instead of Charleston.
? Mr. John F. Jeffervs, formerly of York- j:
pille, who has been in the employment of
Mr. Andrew G. Floyd, at Spartanburg, for i
jeveral years, has removed to Hendersonville,
N. C., and commenced business on his own
account. i
? A Washington dispatch says that Rainey :'
and Smalls, the two colored Congressmen
from South Carolina, who were candidates 1
for re-election, have, it is said, decided not to i
contest the seats of their Democratic com pet-! I
itors who haye been awarded the certificates
of election.
? The famous bark Azor, which belongs to
5 *
the Liberian Emigrant Association, arrived
in Charleston on Friday last from London,
England. - The News and Courier says "the
prospect that the Azor will soon convey another
human cargo to Liberia, seems by no
means good at prefcenL"
? Near Lewisville, in Orangeburg county,
recently, Mr. Florence Glover, a respectable
citizen, aged thirty-twb years, /entered bis
room, brushed his him-.,
self, lay upon the bed and deliberately placing
a pistol to his right temple, destroyed his
own life. No reason is assigned for the rash
act
? The recently elected directors of the State
Penitentiary, have determined to inaugurate
a most desirable reform in regard to the comfort
and health of the inmates of that institu
tion. It has been the custom heretofore to
allow railroads and other contractors to exchange
all invalid and ill-used convicts for
sound and able-bodied ones. The result of
this arrangement has been that the convicts
have been overworked and ill-treated to such
an extent as to cause a rate of mortality
that approached thirteen per cent, last year,
(one hundred and six having died out of
about six hundred.) It is now made to the
interest of the contractors to provide for the
health and comfort of the prisoners in their
charge, and to further the same end, the superintendent
of the prison will be required to
make frequent and unexpected visits to the
various places where they are employed, for
the purpose of personal inspection as to their
treatment. No prisoner can be returned to
the penitentiary henceforth until the time of
the contract under which he was hired fshall
have expired. Contractors will presumably
be more humane, in order to save doctors'
bills and to get the most work out of them.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The lecture of Hon. George Davis, in
Wilmington, on the 3rd instant, in aid of
the Ben ner family, netted $250.
? A Lutheran Church was dedicated at the
village of King's Mountain, on Sunday of
last week. : ,i mv
? T. M. Pittman, of Charlotte, has been appointed
attorney for the. village of Pineville,
i .i .1 .j> it _x . i
oy me auinonues 01 tnai place.
? The farmers of Caswell county will hold
a mass meeting on the the 25th instant to
petition the Legislature for a stock-law.
? The Elk Mountain property, containing
1,700 acres, in Buncombe county, has been
sold to a number of Swiss gentlemen for
815,000.
? Smith & Forbes, shoe merchants, doing
business in Charlotte and Boston, Mass., have
failed for about one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars.
? The Cape Fear river, below Wilmington,
at which point it is a mile wide, was frozen
over on Tuesday of last week, beiug the second
time in the last thirty or forty years.
? Joe Turner was expelled from the caucus
of the Democratic members of the Legislature,
on Wednesday night; but not until after
he had made a two hours' speech. The wote
on his expulsion was 50 to 26.
? Collector Gray of Raleigh, telegraphs
Uommissioner Kaum, that a raiding party 111
Sianly county has seized eight stills in full
blast and arrested eight distillers. One of
the revenue party was wounded in the head,
though not fatally.
? The incumbent of the office of county
register of Gaston county, Mr. John G. Lewis,
holds over under the claim that no election
for registers was authorized at the election in
August last. The question will soon be decided
by Judge Schenck at chambers, and then
on appeal the case will go up to the Supreme
Court of the State.
? Miss Augusta Love, of Statesville, manager
of the Statesville postoffice, and well
known as the "pretty postmistress," and Prof.
Davis, a musician of some note, surprised
the people of Statesville on Monday morning
of last week, by the announcement of their
marriage. Rev. W. A. Wood, of the Presbyterian
church, performed the ceremony, and
the couple left on the evening train for Washington
City.
? The cold in the western part of the State
bas been intense?especially in Watauga and
Caldwell counties. In Caldwell, theownerof
i mill cut ice on his pond which was twentyseven
inches thick. Many of the farmers in
the colder regions of these counties have been
compelled to burn the fences around their
bouses to keep themselves warm, and work
aud business of all sorts has been, as a matter
of course, completely suspended.
? The bitter contest which for several
months has been waging over the North Car
Mina Senatorial election, to take place next
Tuesday, is happily terminated by the withJrawal
of Senator Merrimou. On Monday
light a letter from Senator Merrimon was
read before the Democratic caucus withdrawing
himself from the Senatorial contest in
favor of the unity and harmony of the Demjcratic
party. This practically leaves the
field open to Governor Vance.
? The case of the State against George VV.
Swepson, based on a bill of indictment
found in the Criminal Court of Wake last
roonth, charging the defendant with having
obtained, under false pretences, several millions
of special tax bonds of the State, was
jailed in the Superior Court of Wake on
Wednesday of last week, and on affidavit of
State's counsel that the State could not have
i fair trial in Wake?owing to undue influences
being exerted by the defendant?the
jase was removed to the Superior Court of
Franklin county.
? The Legislature assembled on Wednesday
jf last week. Lieut.-Gov. Jarvis presided in
the Senate and the following subordinate offi
cers were elected: R. M. Furman of Buncombe,
Principal Clerk ; Piatt D. Cowan of
New Hanover, Reading Clerk; J. S. Tomlinaon
of Catawba, Eugrossiug Clerk, and Mr. Murril
of Onslow, Doorkeeper. The House was
organized by the election of John M. Moring
of Chatham, Speaker ; John D. Cameron of
Orange, Clerk ; R. W. Best of Wake, Reading
Clerk; W. A. Barrett of Lenoir, Engrossing
Clerk; Wm. Hill of Randolph, Doorkeej>er.
The above officers were all selected by a Democratic
caucus previous to the meeting of the
Houses. In the caucus for speaker, Moring
got 38 votes and Cooke of Franklin, 33. The
Governor's message was read on Thursday
morning. It is lengthy and exhaustive, and
pronounced by the State press an able document.
MERE-MENTION.
The eleventh annual meeting of the Woman's
Suffrage Convention, was held in Washington
on Thursday last. Speeches and resolutions
in furtherance of the objects of the
association formed the staple of the proceedings.
During the recent yellow fever
epidemic, 8407,412.54, were sent to Memphis,
Tenn. New York sent the largest sura?
856,804.16; Illinois next?852,307.60. South
Carolina sent 86,039.66, and North Carolina
87,190.76. At Detroit, Michigan, on
Sunday pight of last week, a washerwoman
was found frozen to death, with a bottle of
whisky beside her. Her boipe was only fifty
yprds from where she was found. ""The
Florida orange crop has not been damaged '
by the recent cold weather. It is said
Ithat a five cent nickel costs only a cent and
a quarter, and that they were legalized for
the benefit of the owners of a New Jersey
nickel mine. Scarlet fever is prevailing
as an epidemic in New York city. Senator
Maxey, of Texas, says his State will
market, of the present crop,: one million bales
qIco tton.:: At Puce!s. ?jywaa the.Spar-,
tanburg and Asheville Railroad, on Monday
of last week, the thermometer indicated one
degree below zero. Jefferson Davis was
in Memphis on the 5th instant, the guest of
his son-in-law, Mr. Addison Hayes.
A colored congregation in Alabama burned
the church to get rid of the preacher. Onefourth
of the national debt has been paid off
since the war. Eleven ladies and two
gentlemen are contesting for the office of
State Librarian in Tennessee. Fifteen
seats in the next House of Representatives
are to be contested. The first steel pen
was made in 1830, and letter envelopes
were first used in 1839. The people of
Chicago, on Saturday of last week, were
congratulating themselves that the thermometer
indicated a temperature only fifteen degrees
below zero. The Chicago Railway
*4ge places the number of railroads sold under
foreclosure in the Uuited States, during
1878, at forty-eight, with a length of 3,902
miles, and a nominal capital of 8311,631,200.
Senatorial elections will occur in
New York, Missouri, Illinois, North Carolina
and Indiana on the. 21st instant. The
price for a berth on a sleeping car in the
South has been recently reduced to 81.50 per
night,v*;*",\Vm. Lloyd Garrison, of Massachusetts,
an old time abolitionist, has written
a letter demanding that the "bloody shirt"
be made the great issue in the next Presidential
campaign.
Tbe Senate finance committee have under
consideration a bill providing for a coupon
stamp on every cigar manufactured in or imported
to the United States. Among the
banners borne in a temperance procession in
a country town, was one reading: "All's well
when daddy's sober." There will be an
annular eclipse of the sun on next Wednesday,
which will be visible in ull parts of
North America. Jerusulem is adding
fifteen hundred to its Jewish population every
year. The Congressional library contains
352,625 volumes of books, besides about
120,000 pamphlets.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
Cnnrrrjsa rp.ucspinblpd nn thf> 7fh instant.
Ill the Senate a large Dumber of petitions
were presented during the morning hour?
among them many from women in various
parts of the country, asking Congress to en
act such legislation as will make effective the
auti polygamy law of 1862. Also, various
citizens protesting against the passage of a
pending bill to revise, amend and consolidate
the laws relating to patents, and against the
transfer of the Indian bureau to the war department.
All were referred to appropriate
committees. The bills introduced were as
follows: By Mr. Hamlin, of Maine, for the
more efficient collection of postal revenues.
By Mr. Booth, of California, for the interchange
of subsidiary silver coin and United
States notes. By Mr. McDonald, of Indiana,
to authorize taxation of outstanding legal
tender notes of the United States. The bills
were all referred to appropriate committees.
Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, addressing the
Senate, said: "In this glad morning of the
New Year, when there was peace and joy and
hope everywhere, he thought it best to offer a
resolution tending to cement more perfectly
the good will and harmony now existing all
over the country. He, therefore, submitted
a resolution, declaring that in the judgment
of the Senate, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of
the United States have been legally ratified,
and are as valid as other parts of the Constitution
; that it is the right and duty of Con
gress to enforce such amendments by appropriate
legislation, and the duty of the Execu
.r.L. r*% x x~
live .ueparimem, ox r.ne vjovernuieiiv, iu mnufully,
aud with diligence, to impartially execute
such laws; that it is the duty of Congress
to appropriate money to that end, and
instructing the judiciary committee to report
u bill for the protection of the rights of citizens
aud the punishment of infractions thereof."
[Laid on the table, at the request of
Edmunds, to be called up hereafter.] Mr.
Voorhees, of Indiana, called up the resolution
submitted by him early in the session, instructing
the judiciary committee to enquire
into the expediency of making the trade dol
Jar a legal tender and providing for its recoinage
into standard silver dollars. He addressed
the Senate at length in favor of the
resolution, denouncing the trade dollar as
fraudulent money, which, having failed in its
mission abroad, had returned home to cheat
the honest people of this country. The
amount of such dollars coined was (thirty-five
million dollars) larger than the people had
any idea of. He reviewed the course of Secretary
Sherman, and said there was a deep
seuted hostility to silver money of every kind,
on his part. Silver, as money, was not receiving
fair play at the hands of the present
Administration, and those who draw their inspirations
from it. He referred to the Silver
bill passed at the last session, and said that
the execution of this popular law was in the
hands of its most conspicuous aud pronounced
enemy. He referred to the action of the New
York and Boston banks, in November last,
in regard to specie resumption and the silver
dollar, and denounced it as rebellious against
the lawfully constituted authorities of the
Government. He predicted the final triumph
of the silver dollar, and said the people insisted
that specie resumption should not rest
on gold alone, but it should be as strong as
unlimited coinage of silver as well as gold j
could make it. At the conclusion of Mr.
Voorhees' remarks, the resolution was laid
over without any action being taken thereon.
Mr. Beck, of Kentucky, submitted the following
resolution : That the communication
from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer
to the resolution of Senate, passed December
3d, 1878, relative to the amount of silver
coin received in payment of customs due3 during
the current fiscal year and disposition
which has beeu made of it, be referred to the
committee on finance, and said committee is
authorized and directed to make such iovesti- :
gatiou as it may deem necessary to ascertain !
whether the payment of customs dues and the j
payment of interest on the public debt with j
coin received therefrom, have been and are j
being complied with, und report by bill or
otherwise. Laid over upon the objection of j
Edmunds.
In the House, Mr. Acklen, of Louisiana, j
made a personal explanation in regard to the
o ? f .. , k n ,* trt KlO IHimd flllfl lIPPSftTl tPfl j
ouauuai attav/iiiug vv ma
a resolution for the appointment of a committee
of three members to enquire into and
report upon charges against hira. This was
defeated on the ground that the nature of the
charges do not embrace a question of privilege.
A resolution was adopted directing the !
judiciary committee to investigate the charges
against Henry W. Blodgett, Judge of the
Northern district of Illinois. The deaths of
Representatives Douglass and Williams were 1
announced and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 8th, Mr. Edmunds, of
Vermont, said there were no joint rules b3- j
tween the two houses of Congress, and he,
therefore, submitted a concurrent resolution,
declaring that on the last three days of this
session no bill passed by either bouse shall
be sent to the other for its concurrence, and
on the last day of the session no bill shall be j
sent to the President for his approval. He
said he hoped the resolution would be passed
and Congress devote the last three days of
the session to the consideration of bills pending
between the two Houses. Referred to the
committee on rules. Mr. Thurman submit- '
ted a resolution to admit to the privileges of
the floor of the Senate Chamber, Geo. Ban-1
croft, the historian, who was Secretary of the
Navy tfnder President Polk. Agreed to.
Mr. Conkling, from the committee on the judiciary,-reported
adversely on sundry bilk
touching the compensation of clerks of District
and Circuit Courts of the United States,
and they were indefinitely postponed. Hfe
also reported from the same committee adversely
on the House bill providing for the
.judicial ascertainment of claitns against the
United States, and it was indefinitely' post""pftned.
Senator^G'rover, "arising to a personal
explanation, denied the truthfulness of the
charge that while he was Governor of Oregon,
he misappropriated State funds amounting
to $95,000, and quoted from the laws and
J,. .L -11 *1 L.J
oiuic icuuiua lu auuw mat nil tile liiuuey iiuu
been properly expended.
In the House, the death of Hon. Julian
Hartridge, representative from Georgia, was
announced, and in consequence the House
adjourned without transacting any business.
In the Senate on the 9th, a large number
of petitions were presented, among them
many in favor of passing a bill grauting arrears
of pensions. Mr. Beck called up the
resolution submitted by hiin on the 7th instant,
referring the answer of the Secretary
of the Treasury to the resolution of December
3d, in relation to the amount of silver
coin received in payment of customs dues,
what disposition has been made of it, etc., to
the committee on finance, with instructions to
investigate as to whether the laws relative to
the payment of customs dues and interest on
the public debt, have been and are being
complied with. Beck criticised, at some
length,, the answer of the Secretary to the
resolution of December, and said specie resumption
had been reached by the ruin of
hundreds of thousands of the best then of the
country. All be: (Beck) was seeking to do
now, was to require the Secretary of the
Treasury to use. silver coin as he does gold
coin, in the payment of interest, and forbid
him from increasing the bonded debt of the
country. Ihe Secretary had not answered
resolutions as public officers should do. At
the conclusion of Mr. Beck's remarks, the
resolution was agreed to unanimously,'and
the Senate resumed consideration of the bill
to amend patent laws.
The House adjourned, after impressive funeral
ceremonies in honor of Hon. Julian
Hartridge, of Georgia.
In the Senate on the 10th, Messrs. Conkling
and Kernan presented a resolution of the
New York State Senate, remonstratiug against
the passage of the bill to reorganize, the army,
or at least that portion of it prohibiting
the manufacture of arms at United States
arsenals. Laid on the table, the bill having
been teported to the Senate. Mr. Anthony
submitted a resolution directing the committee
on naval affairs to inquire into the expediency
of providing by law that the selection
of the chiefs of bureaus of steam engineering,
provisions and clothing and- medicine
and surgery at the Navy Department, be
made from officers not below the rank of
Captain. Agreed to. The Senate parsed the
Indian appropriation bill.
The House was in committee of the whole
on the private calendar.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, S. C., January 14, 1879.
To bring himself squarely up with the events
of the New Year in Chester, your correspondent
must crave the indulgence of his readers
for a brief retrospection. Passing over Clmstmas
and the holidays incident to that festive
season, which brings good cheer to all, we will
begin with the day which ushered in Eighteen
Hundred and Seventy-nine and which will be
memorable in the annals of our local history
as the day on which theMcGuffin Guards gave
a street i>arade, much to the amusement of the
white people, and greatly to the astonisliment
of the ebon race, the whites of whose eyes in
fine phrenzy rolled at the exaggerated antics
of the mystic band, who to say the least, out
rival the famous Mulligans or the Gideons,
commemorated by the muses. The parade
closed with a variety of contests* at Patterson's
Green, including foot-racing; sack-racing,
in which the contestants were enveloped
in sacks; a wheelbarrow race; a burlesque
target shooting and the climbing of a greased
]>ole on which was jierched a goose, the prize
to the successful competitor. The most
amusing feature of the sport, probably, was
the burlesque' target shooting, in which the
"weepins" used were augers, the contestants
being blindfolded and required to find the target
with the point of the auger. Had Ned
Brace been present he would have confessed
that this rifle team excelled in ludicrousness
the famous Georgia shooting match in which
Ned won the beef by shooting with the
"double wabble." Prizes were contended for
in each trial of skill,' and were as follows: a
box of cigars on the foot-race, won by Johnnie
"Walker; sack-race, a bag of flour, won by
John Kaiii; wheelbarrow race, a pickle-stand,
won byJudson Albright; target shooting, a
silver cup, won by J. L. Simmons; climbing
the greased pole, a goose, won by W. E. Moffat.
The prizes were awarded by J tulge Mackey,
whose judicial mind was unbent in the
great hilarity, and his presentation speeches
were replete with wit and humor. At night a
masquerade ball closed the enjoyment of the
day, and it is with pleasure tliqt I record the
fact that not an incident occurred to mar the
enjoyment, in which all participated, and
which was to Chester what Mardi Gras is to
the Crescent city. In notable contrast to the
grostesque costumes and fantastic freaks of
the McGufliins, was the fine music, rendered at
intervals during the day by the Chester Silver
Cornet Band, which is a pet musical organization
in our town and increases in proficiency
as it grows older.
There was an unusually large number of
people in town on sales-day, some of whom
were attracted by the sales, and others probably
availed themselves of the leisure time incident
to the season, to visit town for the purpose
of comparing notes, exchanging views
and making preparations for the current year.
The following property was sold by the sheriif
: House and lot in the town of Chester, occupied
by Mrs. DeGraffenreid. Bought by C.
C. Macoy for SI,300. Tract of *200 acres of
land on Broad river, known as the "Ilill"
place. Sold as property of John A. Waters.
Bought by Wylie & Agurs for #300. Tract of
100 acres, part of the "Cook" tract. Sold at
the suit of Wylie A Agurs m. Jno. A. Waters.
Bought by Wylie & Agurs for #105. Tract of
205 acres of land, sold at the suit of R. M.
Cross vs. Wm. McCollum, was bought by Wylie
& Agurs for #320. Under order of the
Court of Common Pleas, the Clerk sold 560
acres of land, the property of E. J. Worthy,
at the suit of the National Bank of Chester
vs. Worthy. Bought by the Bank for #1,500.
Besides the foregoing, some personal property
was also soli under foreclosure of mortgage.
Chester, emulating the good example set by
some other towns in the State, has determined
to embark in the graded school system. During
the present year there will l>e two graded
schools conducted in the school district comprising
the town of Chester?one for white
and the other for colored pupils. Both will be
conducted on precisely the same principles,
and the same facilities, regulated by the profli'ipnnv
of the nnnil.q will hp afforded to the
pupils of each race. The school for white
children will be conducted at the Chester Male
Academy, to projierly furnish which with furniture
and appliances, the citizens have morally
contributed about $1,000 independent of
the sum necessary for school excuses. This
school will be under control of Mr. W. II.
Witherow as principal, assisted by Arrs. Margaret
A. Bland, Miss Bettie Killian and Miss
Lizzie Corn well. Besides the ordinary branches
prescribed by act of the Legislature to be
taught in the free schools of the State, Latin,
Greek, the higher mathematics and music
will be taught in the school for whites, the
pupils paying regular tuition fees for these
studies. Miss Cornwell, an accomplished musician,
will 'Ire teacher of music, and all the
other teachers are fully comjietent for their
respective departments. The colored school
will also be well provided with teachers, of
whom Rev. S. Loomis will be principal. If I
mistake not, your progressive town was the
first in the State to adopt the graded school
system, and I have 110 doubt it will prove
equally successful here as I learn it has proven
hi Yorkville.
The thirsty wayfarer, on arriving at Chester,
need now have 110 excuse as to facilities
for obtaining a driiik, as we have twelve licensed
establishments at which the O be joyful
is dispensed. These bar-rooms yield an
annual revenue of $200 each.
The town election took place yesterday.
There were two tickets in the field?one, that
containing regular nominees by a meeting of
the voters, beaded by Capt. J. L. Agurs, for
Intendant; and the other headed by Dr.- A. I
H. Davega, independent. There was no issue j
before the people, and the day passed off with-1
out any political excitement, though not with-.}
out one "or two rencontres,' too fr&jpient on :
election days. During the day, Mr. Ellis,:
(white) had a difficulty with Sandy Pagan, ;
(colored,) in which Pagan was shot in the re-;
gion of the throat, receiving a flesh wound.
Pagan is a barber connected with a shop in
Yorkville. The difficulty in which he wfis
wounded originated over a trivial business j
transaction. Bijlv >Yalker and Walker Meek, 1
both colored, also nad an altercation, m which
the former was severely cut in the head and (
other parts of the body.
The election resulted in a majority of 101 j
for the Agurs ticket. The following were
elected wardens : J. R. Simril, J, A. Strieker,
J. L. Yongue and T. N. Youngbiood.
Last night, the Silver Cornet Band and the
Colored Brass Band serenaded Mayor Agurs,
who "set 'em up" to all hands, reminding "the
boys" of the good old Hampton days, when
enthusiasm and patriotic feeling pervaded.
The Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. will hold its
session here this week. A grand supper will
be given by the fraternity before their sessions
close.
Saturday was a busy day among our merchants.
Notwithstanding the low price of
cotton?being the top of the market?several
bales were brought in for sale, and cottonbuyers,
merchants, auctioneers, and the wheels
of business generally were in fine running order.
, .... Xfli
About 1 o'clock this morning, the residence
of Mrs. Julia Rainey, 011 York street, was discovered
to be in flames. There seems to be no
doubt that it was plundered and set on fire, as
the family have been absent from home for
the past week or two, and the doors were
found open, and besides, the fire seems to
have originated in the upper story of the building.
The loss is estimated at about 82,600, on
which there is no insurance.
A serenading party, while running to the
fire, in passing a photographer's tent, tripped
up on the "guy ropes'' and left theiif "pictures"
in the mud. Chester.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER PROM ROCK HILL. *
Rock Hill, S. C., January 13,1879.
We note with jdeasure the fact that C. L.
Williford and John Thomasson, who were
wonnded in .an altercation here during Christmas
week, continue to improve. Their present
condition seems to indicate a speedy recovery.
One fact worthy of notice with reference
to the intensely' cold weather we have bad?
since we are not alone in this resi>ect?is, that
011 Tuesday last the Catawba river was frozen
from bank to bank at Cureton's Ferry crossing.
The ferryman told ine that he was forced to
cut a way through the ice before he could cross
with his "flat." The farmers are apprehensive
of much damage being done to their oat
and wheat crops by reason of the recent freezes.
Abe Poag, colored, of the vicinity of this
place, who was convicted of grand larceny at
the Spring term, 1877, of York Circuit Court,
and sentenced to 2 years 111 the penitentiary,
recently made his escape from that institution,
and was endeavoring to steal a ride on the
railroad to his old home. He climbed up between
the box-cars of a freight train at Woodward's
station on the C. C. and A. Railroad.
It seems that he fell from his ]>erch, and the
wheels of the cars passed over his right leg
and arm. Ilis knee was completely crushed.
He was brought here on the next passenger
train and left on the dejjot platform, where he
remained about three hours. He was then removed
to the house of a colored friend, when
Dr. T. A. Crawford was called. He found
amputation of the wounded limb necessary,
though doubted the chances of a successful
operation, owing to the prostrate condition of
the unfortunate negro, whom he thought
could not survive the complete double fracture
of the leg, or rather knee-i>an. He called Dr.
Watson, of Chester, to his assistance, and the
leg was taken off, but the shock proved too
great, and death ensued immediately. /Trial
Justice Fewell, acting corouer, summoned a
jury of inquest on the following morning, (0tli
instant,) and the verdict of the jury was that
AbePoag came to his death by reason of injuries
sustained by falling between the moving
cars. Several witnesses testified as to statements
made to them by Poagsoon after he was
brought to Rock Hill.
Our Trial Justice Court has been of unusual
interest during the past week. One Tom
n.'i.l -.1 ?.1
X/lLUHtfr, I'uiuiCTi, uiic ui tuc I'tti iy cnut nuaivned
#15 from the hands of Peter Robertson,
colored, in the month of October last and ran,
making good their escape for the time, was
arrested last Tuesday and committed to jail
in default of bail.
Our Trial Justice has also been under the
painful necessity of arresting parties and investigating
two cases of breach of trust with
fraudulent intent. Both the defendants are
young men, who so far as we know, have
hitherto borne good characters. Both were
admitted to bail, giving bonds for their appearance
at the next term of the Court of Sessions.
: . : . //
Several levies have recently been made to
satisfy judgements obtained before Trial Justice
Fewell. Creditors seem somewhat disposed
to hurry up delinquent debtors of last
year's transactions.
Mr. John R. London has sold out his stock
in trade to his brothers, F. H. & F. 0. London,
and Peter Ihrie. The firm of Allen &
Barber has also dissolved, Mr. F. H. Barber
withdrawing from the firm. The business
will hereafter be conducted by Mr. J. R. Allen,
under the firm name of J. R. Allen & Co.
Three gentlemen from Texas have been in
our town recently, hiring laborers to take with
them to that State. Two of the gentlemen
succeeded in obtaining 5*2, all colored, whose
families have gone with them to the far Southwest.
Several fanners had every laborer taken
from their farms?many of the laborers having
previously entered into contracts with
them for the present year. These farmers, of
course, are placed in an unpleasant and most
unexpected condition. We predict for these
emigrants?poor benighted creatures?sad regrets
on their part, that they ever took this
step, which may prove to them a mistaken
move.
The barking of a dog, like the quacking of a
goose on a notable occasion, saved our little
town of what doubtless would have been a
fearful conflagration. Mr. Wood, the photographer,
heard his dog barking at an unusual
rate, and got out of his bed to ascertain the
cause, and as he turned to go back to his room,
he saw a light, which proved to be tl>e platform
at the head of the stair-way leading up on
the outside of M. W. Russell's store house,
occupied by A Freidheim, on fire.. He called
Mr. Gordon, and both hastened to the spot
*?'w1 fhof o 1\av nf quIioq liarl Vuion n1u/?arf
<11 ill luuim mat a i/\'a v/j. im7iivo ju*u >/v^i ^ii?vw?
on tlie platform and had burnt through and
ignited the floor of the platform. They soon
extinguished the fire. Had it not been for the
timely discovery, the house would soon have
lreen in a blaze, and owing to the terrific wind
then blowing, it would have been impossible to
have Haved the house or any of the adjoining
buildings. When the ashes were taken up in
the morning, 110 sign of even a spark of fire
could lie seen. Doubtless, many fires liave occurred
from a similar cause. This should be a
warning to the careless and uninsured.
A meeting of the citizens was held 011 Thursday
afternoon for the purpose of nominating a
ticket for intendant and wardens. The following
were nominated: J. R. London, for
intendant; W. L. Roach, A. D. Holler, A. H.
White and W. G-. Reid, for wardens. We
seldom have any opposition in our town elections,
as we are generally united in the choice
of our city fathers?the nominations generally
meeting the approbation of the citizens.
The fire company and Catawba Rifles are
making necessary arrangements for the erection
of an engine house, to be a two-story
building, with a hall 011 the second floor, in
which tire companies can meet and transact
business. Such a house will lie quite an acquisition,
as both company hall and engine house
have been sadly needed for some time. A regular
place of meeting for any organization is
always conducive to its permanency and discipline.
The Terpsichorean Society gave a hop last
Friday night, complimentary to Mr. F. H.
London and his bride. The occasion was one
of much pleasure to those who delight in "tripping
the light fantastic toe."
Our weekly pa]>er greeted its readers last
week under a new and appropriate name.
The once Hampton Herald is now the Rock
Hill Herald. The change of name makes it 110
less the able advocate of a Hampton system of
government?as it has ever been?for the
name of Rock Hill has always l>een intimately
associated with, and her citizens actively engaged
in the support of every measure adopted,
and sentiment expressed, by our noble Hampton.
We were pained to learn of the death of the
yonngest daughter of Mr. James A. Sturgis,
who lives five miles east of us; She died on
Friday morning and was buried here in Greenwood
cemetery. She had been afflicted for
some time. The immediate cause of her death
was dr?i>sy of the heart. Our heartfelt sympathy
is with the bereaved family in this the
hour of their distress. Lux.
LOCAL AFFAIRS*
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Banter A Oates?Bargains.
H. F. Adickes & Sons?At Cost?Hat??Shoes?
Cassimeres?Edgings and Insertings?Our
Cofl'ee?-.Molasses? Fish?Sugar?Baking
Po*dbr*?iCorn :Starch?CIgfers?-W6od4n
Ware? I lard ware?La in ps?Tin ware?Produce?Mince
Meat?Leather.
Andrew Jackson, Judge of Probate?Citation?F.
H. Barber, Applicant?Jatde? L. Bennett,
(1a
Caivo -A. JeaUou,-Proprietors?The Columbia Register.
F. ML Galbrgith, Depuly Collector? XL 9; Inter.
'natHevAmie Sale. } I j * ' s ?. i ?
John"C. Kuykendal?To tbe Medical Profession.
Clark Brothers?Important to Everybody?Extension
of Time?Guano and Phosphates.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C'.?Sheriff's Sale.
Allen, Barker A.Co., Rock Hill-Dissolution.
-Wlttiei^poon-*3k Spencer, PlattUitf's Attdrnejrrf?
fr? Dnfondarita.
APPOINTED NOTARY PUBLIC.
Col. J. A. McLean, of this place, has been
appointed a Notary Public by acting Governor
Simpson. . , .
COMPLIMENTARY PAH8.,, ,
We return thanks to Secretary Counts. for ,
a complimentary pass for 1879 over the Spartanburg,
Union and Columbia, and the Spartanburg
and Asheville Railroads.
DEATH8. ,
Miss Fanny McPheeters, a daughter of Mrs.
A. C. McPheeters, the former of whom has
been an invalid for several years, died in this
place on Tuesday morning last from heart disease.
Rev. A. Flynn Dickson, a brother of the
late Rev. Henry R. Dickson, the former of
whom was several years ago pastor of the
Presbyterian Church in Chester, died at Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, on tlie 8tli instant. , , ,
i n HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.
At a meeting of the Hook and Ladder
Company on Monday night last, the following
officers were" elected to serve the ensuing
year: , ' ~ . i. ,. "' " J ' '
Captain?J. R. Lindsay ; First Director?
H. C. Strauss ; Secj?id Director?A.\oii2o Rose;
Third Director?It. A. Parish ; Secretary and
Treasurer?Geo! W. S. Hart. ?' '
Monday next being the anniversary of the
organization of the comitany* the members
propose to celebrate the occasion , with a banquet
pn that night. ..
ACTA OF THE LEOIffLATt/RE.' On
the fourth page of this issue will be
found several acts of the "Legislature, of importance
to the general public, viz.: An act
to prevent the charge of breakage in the
weiehinir of cotton; an act respecting the
filling of vacancies in county , officers; an act
providing for the examination, from, time
to time, of official bonds, Ac.; an act for the
further protection of landlords in the collection
of rents. On the inside pages we also
publish an important act to prevent stock of
one county or township from trespassing upon:
lands of an adjoining county or township.
- REMANDED TO CHE8TERFIELD;
On the 11th instant, P. F. Spofford, Sheriff
of Chesterfield county, arrived here for;the
purpose of receiving into his custody J. Sinclair
Quick, colored, who was arrested in tliis
county several weeks ago by Sheriff Glenn on
a warrant issued from Chesterfield county.
Quick is a refugee from justice in thai cbunty?a
sealed sentence hanging over him On
conviction of trading property under lien without
first giving notice to his creditors. He
is a bright mulatto of tolerable intelligence,
and was a delegate from) /York county, in the
last State Convention of the. Republican
party. ^
r f. TOWN ELECTION.,?j
The town election last Monday passed off
very quietly, notwithstanding there wei? three
tickets in the field, each, however, headed by
the same individual as candidate for ihtehdant.
The whole number of votes cast was
208, as follows: > v
FOR INTBNDANT. - :
W. H. McCo'rkle, ...201
FOB W4BDF.N9.
John R. Schorl*,'..; .....V........"..,...:...203 Joseph
Herndon, 127
, . Robert Wriuht 174
Edward Wheeler, ; ..121
: J. R. Gardner, ... 64 .
W. T. Barron, 66
G. W.S. Hart,.. .. ;... 38 Allen
White, ....... 16
The successful candidates for wardens are
Messrs. Schorb, Herndop, "Wright and Wheeler,
who, witli Intendant McCorkle, have served
five cousecutive terms, and have now been
elected for the sixth.
CONPITION OF GOVERNOR HAMPTON.
It is gratifying to record the fact thptppyenor
Hampton continues to improve dally,
and that his condition is such as to warrant
the belief of his speedy recovery. On the 10th,
he was transferred from his couch to an easy
chair and sat for two hours in the open air on
his porch, lie also wrote several letters during.the
day. Crutches have been ordered for
him, from which it is surmised that he will be
able to be about at an early'day. On Monday
the Governor took a second airing, on which
occasion he was wheeled out into the yard of
his residence where he remained for some time.
The News and Courier announces that it is
probable that the Governor will make his first
appearance in public, since his accident, in
Charleston, 011 the 22nd of February, in order
to participate in the celebration of Washington's
birthday, an invitation which he has
already accepted. This reminds us that during
the last canvass Senator Witherspoon
promised the people of York that the Governor
should pay them a special visit, inasmuch
as our people were deprived the pleasure of
meeting him during the campaign. The people
of York would delight in honoring Governor
Hampton, and it is but due that he should
visit them before taking his seat in the U. S.
Senate. We would therefore suggest to Senator
Witherspoon to renew his invitation to the
Governor, and let him choose the day on
which he can visit our people. :Al rousing
welcome awaits him.
il I
BOCK HILL ITEMS*.
We condense the following items from the
Rock Hill Herald.:
Rev. R. Latihan, School Commissioner for
York County, has made a separate.school district
of the town of Rock Hill, with the following
gentlemen as trustees: Messrs. A. E.
Hutchinson, W. L. Roddy, and J. M. Ivy.
About a year ago, Mr. Victor Avery, son
of Dr. Avery, of Ebenezer, went Wert to try
fortune's chances in new sections of country.
About three weeks ago he returned and expresses
the opinion that there is "no place like
home." Mr. Robert Gordon, of Rock Hill,
who went about the same time on a similar
trip, has also returned with the same verdict.
Mr. Joseph Miller, who resides six miles
north of Rock Hill, about the middle of September
last, missed a large pet hog that be
kept in his horse lot. Repeated enquires failed
to elicit the slightest information concerning
the fate of the hog. Finally, about the
middle of last month, when the hog had been
almost forgotten, it was reported to Mr. Miller
one day, by one of his employees, that in. carrying
straw from the barn-shed he had come
upon something that looked like the back of
the long lost bog. Mr. Miller at once made
investigation, and to his great amazement
found his hog imbedded in the straw, still
alive, but reduced to the merest skeleton.
Early in September the barn-shed was filled
rnkftAf otnaiM Ar*/J ???? * * Ik ? ' L. ?. ? . -? ? ?
wItn nucBirsiiian, auu juot Bl(?r IUO UUg W88
miesed Mr. Miller says he remembers seeing a
plank loose, aud having it renailed, on the
side of the shed near the ground. Through
this opening the hog entered the shed, burrowing
his way far into the straw, and being
unable to turn, became, by the lateral pressure
and superincumbent weight of the straw,
stationary and effectually imprisoned. When
removed, , the animal's lankneas was of that
character which made him almost a literal
specimen of the ideal "razor back." For several
days he reeled and staggered, but by
judicious feeding is now doing well.
?rcaps and partis.
? Hogs are selling in Jackson county, Ala.,
at two cents gross.
? Jefferson Davis is the last survivor of
Franklin Pierce's Cabinet.
? Tampa, Florida, has watermelons and '
tomatoes in the market, and Jacksonville has '
ice half an inch thick on the beach.
? The life of the-Hon. Julian Hartridge,
of Ga., who died recently, was insured for
$20,000, which is all he left his family.
? Two hundred and seventy-six thousand
dollars will be paid tolthe families of deceased
Knights of Honor in Tennessee.
? A lady made a snowball, one day last
week, on the Blue Ridge, in Virginia, and
carried it to New Orleans, still unmelted.
? The first American wheat ever sent to
Spain from this country, arrived there a few
weeks ago. The cargo consisted of 72,000
bushels.