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Scraps and .facts. ; ? Sir Henry Bessemer conveyed a good 1 idea of a billion when he stated that a billion 1 sheets of ordinary newspaper, packed closely ^ one on the other, would reach an altitude of 1 47,000 miles. J ? Capt. E. C. Nichols, of Portland, is f calmly reported to possess one of the coins which Joseph's brethren received when they ' sold him into Egyptian slavery. It is a curi- | ous square piece of silver, and came from a citizen of Port Mahon in the Mediterranean. : ? Mr. Evarts thinks the Republicans ought to carry three or four Southern States in 1880. If Mr. Evarts will show the South wherein the Republican party has offered any inducement to this end, we should be glad to make it public. ? Says the Charlotte Democrat: Col. Isaac Shelby, Jr., the only living child of the celebrated hero, Col. Isaac Shelby, who fought at King's Mountain in October, 1780, is now living near Danville, Ky., and is about 89 years old. Col. Isaac Shelby, Sr., we believe, was the first Governor of Kentucky. . ? Congressman Ladd writes encouragingly about the prospect in Maine. He says: "We \ are working with 'one heart and one mind,' i Democrats and Greenbackers tryiug to out- < do each other in offering up upon the altar of our country former differences for the par- i amount object of securing a permanent cur- < rency reform." j ? Bulldozing in New England seems to j run to tar and feathers. Connecticut and Massachusetts have both had cases recently ] where this sort of treatment has been applied ] to obnoxious persons by their neighbors, and 1 now Rhode Island follows suit. But howling , against the South will continue to vex the air. ? Mrs. Mulbrandon.so far, has the unenviable celebrity of having introduced the black vomit into Memphis, this season. She had a coat once worn by a yellow fever victim and saved it. With a woman's careful forethought she gave it to her husband, and he, poor man, died of this kind, act, and many more will follow him. ? There is now no doubt of the correctness of the statement heretofore published in regard to the successor of secretary McCrary. Ex-Senator Ramsey, of Minnesota, has been tendered the office of Secretary of war, and nas accepted, ine cnange will not occur, however, until the present secretary retires from his present position to fill the office made vacant by the resignation of Judge Dillon, of the Eighth United States Judicial Circuit. ? The tramp printer as described by the Reidsville Times: He was an aged man, intelligent, faithful to his work, a correct man, i a tramp. He stood like a marble bust of Napoleon at his frame, never spoke a word except yea or nay to a question, or possibly anon during the day to ask a piece of tobacco. He did his work well and was paid off, and next day entered the editor's office, and was quite voluble upon the situation of politi- 1 cal affairs in the country. He used no cloves. ? The House of Representatives of the j Georgia Legislature, last Friday, voted to instruct the judiciary committee to prepare , articles of impeachment against Comptroller-General Goldsmith, based on the report of the committee of the General Assem- 1 bly, which has been investigating the transfer of titles to^he wild lands grounds. The f impeachment will involve Hinton P. Wright, a friend of the comptroller, who offered to j bribe two members of the Legislature. ? It is reported that the will of Mrs. Dor- ' sey, bequeathing all her property to Jefferson < Davis, is to be contested by her relatives, some of whom reside in Brooklyn, and that steps I to that end have already been taken. The l property in question consists, besides ready i money, of a large tract of uncultivated lands 1 *""" in Kansas, and of the Beauvoir and Elk \ RhW nlnntat.inna and ElliRtnn r?lantatinn in t Tensas parish, La., and is thought to be worth over 8250,000. ? Mrs. Potts, the famous pedestrienne, arrived in Mobile on the evening of the 14th. She has walked occasionally on country roads, but generally taking the railroad track. She lost 30 days on the way, but is still much ahead of time. Mrs. Potts' walk upon the track of the Montgomery road is one that will long be remembered by her, for she found that portion of it near Mobile decidedly dangerous. She arrived at that city completely drenched by the rain. ? The list of names of the candidates for appointment to the thirty-seven vacancies in the position of second lieutenant in the army, as made up by the secretary of war, has been revised by the President, and the appointments will be made probably next week. In the revision the South, it is said, is cut down to only three appointments. Among those selected are sons of Gens. Fremont, Kucker, Perry, Hatch and Ord. There were 1,200 applicants. ? It is given out officially that the Democrats in Ohio will begin their campaign next week. To day Gen. Ewing is to be given a public reception at his home in Lancaster, when he will address citizens of Ohio, "who," as the General says himself, "stand on the hrnad nlatfnrm nf Demnnrarv" Onn cress- < man Cox, o? New York, is booked foranum- , ber of speeches in Ewing's favor, and such ] eminent Greenbackers as Congressmen Lowe, of Alabama, and Henry Carey Baird, of Penn- 5 sylvania, are to take the stump in the same 1 cause. < ? Joseph J. Sanford, a circus performer, went into a New York gymnasium, Wednesday, to "take the perspiration out of him " . He ran around the ring, where circus horses | are exercised, which has forty-two laps to the j mile, about twenty times, and then went into . the wash-room to rub off. A minute later he came out and prepared to take a "turn" on ' the horizontal bar. He had hardly declared his intention when he fell to the floor and < died. He was well known as a clever bar ] performer and tumbler, and had traveled ( with many of the circuses now on the road. ( ? The New York Herrld says : Thegeneral result, though it comes about slowly, is a real revival of all branches of industry on a ! basis which enables us to produce more cheap- I ly than ever before, and the demand abroad promises to be heavy; everything now works < with us toward a new period of "good times," ( and before long general confidence in the fu- ( ture will be so entirely restored that capitalists will begin to unbutton their pockets and prepare for new enterprises. When some of the shrewdest and most careful business men in the country express the belief that we stand at the beginning of a new and unprecedented period of prosperity all the evidence shows that they are not over sanguine. ? Dr. Bell, of Kentucky, testified, a few days ago, as an expert, in the Buford case, on trial at Owenton, Ky., to the insanity of the judge-shooting prisoner, and afterwards a correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal took hold of him and asked him if he didn't have a sort of a sweeping theory that every man who commits a murder is insane? "Well, there's a good deal in that," he replied, "because I do not exactly see how any but a crazy man would commit a murder. Indeed, the celebrated Dr. Astley, in charge of the greatest insane asylum in the world, once testified under oath that he had never seen any perfectly sane man?that God was the only perfectly reasonable and sane being in existence." ? Ex-Governor Wm. Allen, who died the other day at an advanced age, in Ohio, was one of the mo3t remarkable men the United j States ever produced. Leaving North Caro- j lina when a poor boy, he went to Lynchburg, Ya., and from there to Ohio, where he be- j came the leader of the Democratic party, and j filled the offices of Legislator, Congressman, Governor and U. S. Senator?the duties of all which he discharged honestly and faithfully. His success was attributable to constant honesty and truthfulness, and deter- I mined energy and perseverance. He fought j many a hard battle against men who had bet- j ter opportunities and more training than him- , self in their younger days, and who were ; lided by rich and influential relatives and j friends; but Allen never wavered. He { whipped out and triumphed over all his opponents of every sort. Boys, be sure to be j lionest and truthful?die rather than steal or j ;ell a lie; and always be ready to die. Iltt ?0tfetiUr inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.s THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1879. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State, in full, and send the amount of ;he subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free ot postage to all subscribers residing in York coun?y, who receive the paper at post-offlcps within die county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable Tor postage, it bei ng prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. THE FEVER SCOURGE. The favorable news a few days ago from the fever-stricken city of Memphis seems to have been premature, and now the intelligence is discouraging to the last degree. Several new cases have developed since Thursday, the physicians have abandoned the theory that the disease would occur only in single or scattering cases, and an epidemic is expected. Those who are able to do so are fleeing; and these who cannot leave win nave to remain and tempt fate. The prospect is distressing, indeed. Friday's dispatches from Memphis report five new cases on that day, and seven deaths since the first appearance of the disease in that city this summer. Business is almost entirely suspended, especially among wholesale merchauts. Large crowds of citizens are leaving on every train that departs from the city. The Manhattan and Emmet Banks closed their doors Friday, leaving their collections and deposits to the care of other banks. A detachment of the Chickasaw Guards and Bluff City Guards also left for Clarkson, Tenn., where both companies will go into camp. On Friday, Dr. Mitchell, of Memphis, telegraphed to the National Board of Health at. Washington declaring the city to be dangerously infected. A dispatch of Saturday from Memphis says: Another genuine stampede of citizens is in progress, and the rush' for railroad tickets this afternoon recalls the scene of Thursday week, when 5,000 left the city. The desire jf all who can go is to go at once, and there will be a jam on all trains leaving to-night. Officers of the Hebrew Hospital Association to day furnished one hundred Jewish families with the necessary funds to obtain means of transportation to distant cities. The city authorities are also sending all widows and children out of the city. Three new cases ire reported to the Board of Health this afternoon?Charles Kesmodl, residing at No. 32 Clay street, and his two children. These nake seven as the total number of new cases eported for to-day. There are several sick Deople in the neighborhood of Clay street whose cases are, to say the least, very suspicious. Business is paralyzed and many retail merchants are closing stores. Fred. EckJ!-J .1!- -A U? ;rs uieu mis aueruuun. iu ia. jiwuctt j^cotci Dhief of Police Athy's son are both in a iritical condition. Monday's dispatches state that fifteen cases )f yellow fever and two deaths were reported ;o the board of health that morning. The ixodus of citizens was in full progress and business was almost entirely suspended. The Secretary of War has forwarded to Memphis 1,500 tents and rations for 10,000 for twenty days. The health authorities of St. Louis have lecided to put in force partial quarantine igainst Memphis. The regulations prohibit ;he importation into the city of all freight ?rom the infected district; forbid all trains or aoats directly from Memphis, or which have anded on either side of the river, within a nile of that city, to enter St. Louis without i permit from the health commissioners, who ivill be posted at the quarantine station five railes below the city, and require that all passengers found sick with yellow fever or anything resembling it, shall be taken into the quarantine hospital and there treated. The yellow fever has also appeared in New York. Two seamen from the American bark, Antonio Sola, from Havana, were taken to ;he quarantine hospital on Sunday, suffering from yellow fever; one died Monday morning. Four fever patients now remain in the hospital. Qn Tuesday afternoon, twenty-three additional cases were reported to the board of health, which make a total of thirty-six' for the day. The city begins to present a deserted appearance. Many of the most prominent retail merchants have followed the example of the wholesalers and closed their places of business. The Ancient Order of Workingmen and Knights of Honor are also ? J:? 1 ?i r?:i:~? seilUUIg IJJCIUUCIS uuu men laimura uuu ui the city, thinking it cheaper to pay fares than doctors' bills and nurses' hire. THE FAILURES THIS YEAR. The mercantile agency of Dun, Barlow & Co., has issued its first semi-annual circular for 1879, giving the number of failures in the United States and Canada for the past quarter and the past half year. We see from our exchanges that according to this circular the "total failures in the Unites States for the first six months of 1879 aggregate 4,058, the amount of liabilities being $65,769,390. These figures, compared with the first six months of 1878, show 1,767 fewer failures and'a decrease of $65,053,376 in the amount of liabilities. The failures for the three months ending June 30, 1877, were only 1,534, liabilities 822,666,725, being much less j than in any siogle quarter of the past five j pears. The average of liabilities, is also ' much smaller than heretofore"; in other words the failures for the half year have ; fallen off almost one-third, and the amount I of liabilities precisely one-half?this as com-1 pared with the corresponding period of last j pear. Commenting upon the figures which the circular gives, the Baltimore 8un draws these wise conclusions: It is a very wholesome sign when the loss 1 or locking up of money by bad debts is cur- j iailed thus rapidly. The circular, after con:rasting 1878 with 1879, remarks that "never oefore in our experience in the compilation j of these statistics has the decrease in mercantile casualties been so marked ; in no previous period has the comparison of losses by bad debts been so favorable as at the present hour." The decrease in the amount of liabilities, or, in other words, in the amount of money locked up by bankruptcies, is virtually a gain of $65,000,000 to the working business capital of the country in the past six months, but the best effect of the figures exhibited will be found in the return of confidence which they contribute to promote. As the circular says: "Numerous failures retard business ventures in a greater ratio than any other single circumstance, while the probability of lessened disasters begets faith in the future, and this feeling of safety contributes almost as much an incentive to transactions as the hope of gain." The circular also comments upon the increase in the volume of business as indicated by the increase in the exchanges of the banks. * This increase is equal to 20 per cent, in the last six months, and shows that the general consciousness of improvement in busiuess is not conjectural, but has a substantial basis in facts. This increase in business, it is claimed, has had a great deal to do with the decrease in failures, and in fact shows conclusively that business must now be done at a good profit. A year or two ago the number of failures increased in proportion as the volume of business, showing that there were then 110 profits. This change in the condition of affairs is more full of encouragement, perhaps, than any other single circumstances in the whole connection. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Pee Dee river is lower now than it has been for fifteen years. ? The thermometer has registered 105 at Cheraw. ? A large force of hands are at work on the Cheraw and Wadesboro Railroad at Westmil An n UrtttA A?>n TTT ueiu t'icctt, seven iiiiico nuKj *o vucian. ? The Colleton Democrat reports several horses having died of the heat in that section last week. ? Six persons died in Columbia during the week ending last Saturday?three whites and three colored. ? Rev. Ellison Capers is preparing a history of his old regiment, the Twenty-fourth S. C. Volunteers. ? Representative Heury Hartzog died at his home about two miles from Bamberg, Barnwell county, last Saturday morning, after a painful illness of two days. ? The Colleton Dew^ocrat says no less than five storms have passed over portions of that county since the tornado of April 16th, all cyclonic in character. ? Some weeks ago the wife of Mr. Odom Wilson absconded from Society Hill, leaving her husband and five children. Nothing has been heard of her so far. She went off with a man by the name of Frank Tolbert. ? Senator Hampton rides out daily. He is taking great interest in State and national politics. He leaves this week for the Virginia Springs, and will be accompanied by Col. Tom Preston. ? Says the Nerva and Herald: The Cedar creek section of Fairfield county was visited with a terrific thunder-storm on the 13tb, but not much damage was done. This was the first rain for about eight weeks. Upland corn, in consequence of the drought, is a complete failure. Cotton generally is good, only small for the time of year. ? Gen. Conner, Gen. Hagood and others have issued a circular requesting contributions in behalf of Gen. R. H. Anderson's family, who were left in very needy circumstances. Fvery Confederate should remember the brilliant services of Gen. Anderson, and aid in this the time of their necessity his wife and children. ? The Lancaster Ledger says: Farmers from several sections of the county report that they have not had water to run in the furrows in their fields since the last of April. They also say that old corn is now beyond recovery, even should they receive seasonable rains from this to harvesting time. Cotton is not yet hopelessly injured, but they do not calculate upon more than half a crop. ? The Washington Post says a dispatch has been received in that city from Hon. J. C. Robertson, brother of ex-Senator Robertson, of South Carolina, dated Chicago, stating that a son of the ex-senator, named T. S. Robertson, was shot. The dispatch contained nothtng more definite than this. Mr. Robertson, who is at the White Sulphur Springs, was informed by telegraph of the news. ? A Batesburg correspondent of the News and Courier says the the political pot in Edgefield county is boiling, caused by the death of the late representative from that county, Capt. Thomas Jones. Speaker of the House, ihe Hon. John C. Sheppard, has ordered an i ?iii ..-I 1? An eiecuon wnicn win iukc pmce uu auguo^ <j. There are three candidates in the field. They are all good, Btaunch Democrats, and no doubt the contest will be warm. ? The wife and family of the absconding ex-treasurer of Lexington county have left for parts unknown, except to a few. It is now thought that the whereabouts of Mr. Hendrix is known to some of his intimate friends, and that his family has gone to meet him in one of the Southern States. If this is the case the honesty of the ex-treasurer will be doubted more than heretofore, the opinion having been entertained by many that he left home 011 account of domestic trouble. ? Mr. D. Nordmeyer, a Charleston saloonkeeper, committed suicide last Wednesday morning in an unusually deliberate manner. After bathing, shaving and dressing himself carefully, he lay down on the bed, took a pistol in one hand and a looking-glass in the other, and aiming the weapon with the aid of the glass, shot himself through the right temple. A friend in the room below hearing the report, at once rushed up stairs, but Nordmeyer was dead before he got there. ? The Rev. Samuel Lander of Williamston, communicates to the Greenville News a very remarkable case where a negro man, 23 years old, deaf and dumb from childhood, was rennntlr pnrlnwed with the sense of hearine' and speech. He was suddenly attacked with severe bodily pain and apparently mental agony, and after suffering in that way for Bome days, spoke out words for the first time in his life and heard music and singing. Since then he has been improving every day in speech and is well of the pains. ? Speaking of the crop prospect in Union county, the Times says : Crops about Smith's Ford are fine, the cotton being three weeks ahead of any season for years. Crops about Skull Shoals have stood the drought well to the present, but will fail rapidly without rain. In Goshen Hill, Santuc and Jonesville townships, and generally through the Pea Ridge region, a good rain fell on Sunday; but in other parts of the country they either had no rain at all or very little. Around Fair Forrest, particularly, from Gibbes'store to Murphy's Mill, the crops are suffering sadly. Upland corn is now beyond redemption, while that on the low lands is beginning to fail. It is now almost impossible to make half a crop of corn or cotton fn this county. A number of forest trees are dying, while young fruit trees are shedding their leaves and look sickly. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A very large meteoric stone has been found in Stokes county. ? Two of the worst criminals in Wilmington jail professed religion last Friday. ? A cargo of 26,000 watermelons was ship-1 ped from Albemarle Sound to Washington City last Friday. r ? Mr. Rufus L. Patterson, of Salem, well known throughout his State, died suddenly on Tuesday of last week. ^ ? Mr. Simeon Frankford, an old and highly respected merchant of Charlotte, died at his residence in that city last Saturday morning, aged 69 years. ? Rev. B. S. Bronson, late rector of the * 9 Episcopal church in Charlotte, has accepted a call to the Episcopal church at Wilson, j N. C. ^ ? Thome's comedy company has received additions from New York and is delighting Asheville, where they are spending the sum- c mer. } ? Eighty-five years old, and sentenced to five f years in the penitentiary for manslaughter, 1 was the fate of Abel Mann, of Tyrell county, t last week. ? Mr. John Randleman, one of the proprietors of Union cotton factory, in Randolph t county, and an enterprising man, died nud- c denly on Saturday of last w^ek. ? Miles Frey, a clever well-to-do farmer near Newton, Catawba county, has gone de- j ranged, and has to bo confined in a house, j constructed for the purpose, near his residence. ' ) \ ? The deer in the lower end of Craven coun- ] ty are reported to be destroying the growing t cotton. The Newbern Democrat says they i are so numerous and bold that they come into 1 the fields and lay aores waste in a single 1 n i frli f , ? The Raleigh Observer says that about the ^ first of August Senator Blaine and family j will arrive at Mrs. Pattons', at the foot of the ( Black Mountain, to remain for a couple of i weeks. He will visit Mt. Mitchell, and take a run through the Land of the Sky generally. ? Patrick O'Brien, a very poor man, a citi- i zen of Raleigh, and a brother of the California millionaire, received 8600,000 from the j dead man's estate, but died just twenty-four ] hours before the money was paid over to his * wife and daughter. ? John M. Boyce, Esq., the mayor of Pine- . ville and a justice of the peace of the town- i ship of the same name, died at his residence j in the village Tuesday morning at 5 o'clock, j aged 31 years. Mr. Boyce was a leading ? and much esteemed citizen of his section of ^ the county. ? G. VV. Walden, of Beaver Dam, Union ] county, confined in Charlotte jail some weeks 1 ago, under the charge of counterfeiting, was released Saturday on a justified bond of 81,- i 000 for his appearance at the next term of ( the United States court to be held in Charlotte. ? Edward Matthews, representing the first i mortgage bondholders of the Carolina Cen- i tral Railway Company, has brought suit I against the company and trustees for the first 1 and second mortgages, for the foreclosure and sale of the property and franchises of the defendant corporation. ' j ? Says the Charlotte Observer: Mrs Jack- j son and daughter (widow and daughter of a fttrmournll Ipavp tivdfiv for the Buf- t v?v..w.v J falo Lithia Springs, Va., where it is their pur- t pose to spend the summer. Mrs. Jackson c will spend next year in Baltimore with her ^ daughter who will be a pupil of Mrs. Carey's t school. c ? Wilmington, as we learn from the Star, j was the scene of a terrible tragedy, murder 8 and suicide, Saturday night of last week. A 1 man by the name of James Heaton, who had r for several years been somewhat notorious s about Wilmington, aged about 32, and son of * Hon. David Heaton of Ohio, shot Mary Radcliff, quadroon, who had been bis paramour, dead in the street, and afterwards while 1 being pursued by the police, shot himself, in * an open lot, through the temple, from the ef- , fects of which he soon died. The two corpses t were laid out in the same house. Heaton is represented as having been a wild and dia- ] solute man when drinking, and genteel-in ap- I pearance when sober. { ? The Asheville Journal states that Amos ( W. Owens, in who9e yard a man was killed on ( Cherry Mountain, Rutherford county, six weeks or two months ago, was arrested last [ week by the sheriff of Rutherford, but upon examination before three magistrates he was i discharged. As soon as he was released, a deputy United States marshal took charge of him upon a warrant for retailing whisky on { that memorable day, when the soul of an un- ? fortunate man was hurled before its Maker j unprepared. After an examination he was ( held to bail, and now lies in jail at Rutherfordton. The Journal says he has been arrested no less than twenty times for block- ( ading. ? Of Senator Vance's movements, the Char- ( lotte Observer of Monday says: Gov. Vance left Charlotte last week and expects to spend * a few weeks in and around Asheville. It J will be remembered that he was appointed . on the committee to investigate causes leadine to the election of Senator Ingalls, of Kan- . sas, about the adjournment of Congress, and ( he expects the chairman of the committee to call the committee together between the 1st and the 15th of September. Mr. Saulsbury, of Delaware, is chairman of the committee and its sessions are expected to be held in Topeka. As soon as it closes its labors, Gov. Vance expects to return to Ohio, and take part in the Ohio Campaign, which is expected to get up to fever heat about the first of October. King's Mountain in 1855.?Our friend, Maj. Watson Reid, of Steele Creek, who has carefully collected and preserved many pamphlets containing important historical events ^ in theCarolinas, has presented us with a copy 1 of the proceedings of the celebration of the battle of King's Mountain and the address of Hon. John S. Preston in 1855. The pamphlet i was printed at the office of the Yorkville Enquirer, and is an exceedingly interesting \ one, abounding in the names of distinguished men, many of whom have passed from earth, j but whose characters are still preserved in e history. The committee of invitations consists of Wm. B. Wilson, John L. Miller, and g Samuel W. Melton ; the letters regretting inability to he present, are published from j I Hons. Edward Everett, John P. Kennedy, ( j W. A. Graham, Geo. M. Dallas, A. P. Hayne, i D. R. Atchison. A. P. Butler, Josiah J. r | Evans, Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey, and Rev. Dr. I ^ | J. H. Thornwell. E'r. Francis L. Hawks j i had been elected as orator from this State,' | but declined because busily engaged in wri- j ^ i ting at that time the history of the State. In j * i the pamphlet we not.ce a meeting held in | j Mecklenburg county, as reported by the Wen-j ^ I tern Democrat, (now the Charlotte Democrat.) i ^ ' G. W. Caldwell wat. chairman and R. P. ^ Waring, secretary. Hons. J. H. Wilson,;^ of Charlotte, and Jno. F. Hoke, of Lincoln- j a I ton, were appointed a committee to draft reso- a ! lutions. Hon. James W. Osborne was select-1 ! ed as orator for the King's Mountain cele- h j bration, North Carolina, and Messrs. Cald- ^ j well, Pritchard, Wilson and Williamson, ap- j pointed to inform him of his election.? Char- j G lotte Home. I e LOCAL A77AIRS. * be NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . V. Williford?Valuable Property for Sale. in itev. R. Burwell <fe Son, Raleigh, N. C.?Peace Institute for Young Ladies. Q A. Gilbert?Boy's Academical School. 01 lames Scoggins, Chairman Board of County Com- di missioners?Road Notice, rtrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Fayal Hats. P. M. Dobson?New Goods,"New Goods. 111 Kennedy Brothers & Barron?For the Cash. m r. M. Adams?Hot Blast?Agate Iron Ware?At- ? tention, Hoosekeepers. P. W. Clawaon, Deputy Messenger.?In Bank- M ruptcy?Applications for Discharge?In the G Matters of John W. Ardrey and J. H. W. Stevens. COUNTY OFFICIALS. Mr. C. Scott Wilson, recently appointed by ^ he Governor auditor for l'ork county, as- j umed control of the office last Monday. The Governor has appointed Joseph A. Mc- g L.ean, Esq., judge of probate for this county, ice Col. Andrew Jackson, resigned. ^ BOYS' ACADEMICAL SCHOOL. The next session of the above school will CI commence 011 Monday the 4th of August, p, Jr. Gilbert, the principal, gave eminent satisaction to his patrons last session, proving tli limself to l)e an able and thoroughly compeent teacher. See advertisement. a VALUABLE*PROPERTY. Mr. A. "VVilliford advertises this week an at- ?* ractive catalogue of real estate, which he is J* lesirous to sell, and in which he will make advantageous offers in the way of low prices and Y ;asy terms. lie can suit almost any desire for L digible and desirable property?either farming ands or town lots. Those wishing to buy such >roperty are referred to his advertisement. ^ CAROLINA FAIR ASSOCIATION. The executive committee of the Carolina J Fair Association have selected Mr. Iredell Tones, of Rock Hill, chief marshal of the anlual fair to be held in Charlotte next November. A better selection could not have been nade. Air. Jones is a gentleman of large p. business experience and a practical farmer. fr The border counties of South Carolina are in- a /ited and expected to participate in the Char- t< otte fair, and we trust that York will make a j1 creditable showing at the approaching exhi- ( nition. rj THE CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY. g< Services will be held in the churches next 01 Sunday as follows: Presbyterian Church?Rev. L. H. Wilson, y Pastor. Regular third quarterly communion lext Sunday. Services at 10? A. M., and 8 P. q. VI. Prayer meeeting, Wednesday evenings at ej I o'clock.- Sunday-school in the afternoon. rt Methodist Episcopal?Rev. T. E. Gilbert. 0] Pastor. The pastor will fill his appointment it Philadelphia Sunday morning and afterloon. Preaching in the church at Yorkville it 8 o'clock, P. M. The Sunday-school Mis- jj nonary Society?to which the public generally ire invited?will hold a meeting at 4^ P. M., Sunday. la Associate Reformed?Rev. Robert Lathan, C( Pastor. The pastor of this church" will be jjj ibsent from town next Sunday, to fill his apKiintment at Tirzah, where he will preach in 0, ;he morning and afternoon. Church of the Good Shepherd.?Rev. E. P. 3, Johnson, Rector. Services at 10? A. M., and o'clock P. M. Services at P.M., Wedneslays. Sunday-school in the afterho'on. f( PEAOE INSTITUTE. We would direct attention to the advertisenent of Peace Institute, Raleigh, N. C. This nstitution for the education of young ladies iresents superior facilities, and has many ad- C vantages enjoyed by few similar schools. Rev. b< I. Burwell, the Principal, has lieen long and ^ avorably known in Charlotte, where, for sev- ai sral years he successfully conducted a female fc nstitute, and since his removal to Raleigh he n< las been patronized by citizens of Yorkville w tnd vicinity with the most satisfactory results w 0 the patrons and their daughters. Besides lie course of instruction in the literary and irnamental branches, an apartment separate . md distinct from the kitchen of the institu- 1C ion, has been set apart and fitted up with all lie recent improvements and conveniences for pi :ooking, and an experienced and accomplished S< ady will be in charge to give instruction in ai ill the branches of this useful art. A cata- ^ ogue of the institute, containing full infor- tj. nation on every subject connected with the ^ ichool, will be mailed free on application to he Principal. . 01 TRANSFERS OF REAL E8TATE. The following transfers of real estate have >een recorded in the office of the County Audior since our last report: a L. L. Smith to E. M. Walker. Lot of 2 J ^ icres in King's Mountain township. Consid- T :ration $1. ^ F. M. Walker to E. M. Walker. Lot of ^ 12? acres in King's Mountain township. Con- ri lideration $1. Same to same. Tract of 122 F teres in King's Mountain township. Consid- w ition $1. g< G. L. McNeel to John McCullough. Tract )f 130 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $007. W. F. Thomas to DianaH. Wallace. Tract ^ )f 96? acres in York township. Consideration m &500. tli T. J. Clinton to S. J. Clinton. Tract of 66 D teres in Bethel township. Consideration $830. f0 T. J. Clinton to G. L. Riddle. Lot of 9$ n) teres in Bethel township. Consideration $50. Robert Davidson to G. L. Riddle. Tract of ~ >0 acres in King's Mountain township. Conlideration $100. P T. A. Thomas to M. C. Thomas. Interest in n 20*2 acres in King's Mountain township, fa Consideration $112. r LOCAL BREVITIES. ^ Several loads of watermelons?some fine 1D >nes?have met with ready sale on the streets. 01 Messrs. Clark Brothers are having their gro- ^ :ery store painted. A nicer patch of cotton cannot be seen in ta ;his vicinity than that in the vacant lot of 8e VIr. Joseph Herndon's adjoining his bakery. AI The crop prospect is not so encouraging as cc t was a few weeks ago. Complaints of dry veather, and in some instances of prolonged d lrouth, reach us from all sections of the . :ounty. ^ Do not forget the meeting of the survivors >f the Twelfth Regiment, called by Col. Jones. tj. ;o be held in the Court House on the first Mon- cj lay of next month. Every member of the old Regiment residing in York county is earnestly w equested to attend. fr Lest there should be some misunderstanding ra is to the correct date appointed for the elec- 0j ion on the question of changing the fence tb aw in Cherokee township, we rise to explain m hat the date is correctly printed in the ad- tr rertisement of the County Commissioners. In re >ur paragraph last week, calling attention to w he notice, a typographical error occurred, th giving a wrong date. The election is to be on et Monday the 18th of August. hi PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. W. Arthur Metts, of Columbia, is visitng his father. Mr. Paul McCorkle returned from Spartanmrg Tuesday morning. pi Mr. W. E. Rose, of Columbia, proprietor of pi lose's hotel in that city, and also of a Similar ea stablisliment in Yorkville, is here on a visit. te Mrs. Emily Adickes is visiting relatives in 0f Ipartanburg. . ftl Mrs. Mills has returned to her home at rii Jlackstoeks. She is accompanied by Mrs. II. gt Strauss. Rev. A. J. McCoy, after a brief stay at Cleveland Mineral Springs, returned Satur- Pc lay morning. Mrs. Hammond, of Charlotte and Miss Mary & lobley, of Lancaster, are visiting Dr. J. M. ne cowry's family. te: Messrs. James Hemphill; W. K. Lowry; p, olin S. Bratton; John M. Rawlinson; Mrs. je "annie L. Dobson and child and Master Has:ell; Mr. C. G. Parish and son, Master Latta; j?( Ir. J. F. Wallace and family; Mrs. R. F. Clark ch nd little daughter, and Mr. W. R. Carroll, Sc re at Cleveland Mineral Springs. th Miss Missouri Williford returned to her ' in ome in Rock Hill, Tuesday, accompanied by Ri liss Nannie Glenn. F< Mi's. Frances Y. Grist, Miss Hannah E. T1 Irist and Masters Albert and Reginald, start- an d to Ilendersonville, N. C., yesterday. They ha Ill also visit relatives in Spartanburg county aga tfore returning home. tinj Miss Alcora Clark returned Tuesday morn- nee g from a visit in the country. raei Rev. J. M. Boyd, of Rock Hill, was in town tioi mday. lie left on Monday morning to con- per ict a meeting at Old Tirzah. Fee Rev. J. Walter Dickson, Professor in Col- ove nbia Female College, preached two able ser- P?v ons in the Methodist Church last Sunday? the inducting morning and evening services. J r. Dickson and his family left yesterday for ^d reenville. 1 Mr. Withers Adickes returned from Cleve- .8 nd Mineral Springs on last Saturday. in8 Governor Simpson has appointed J. M. Ivy, ! Rock Hill, upon his staff with the rank of 6 ieutenaut-Colonel. 8 rc Mr. T. M. Whitaker has gone to White llphur Springs, Va. jjj Mrs. J. W. Dobson is visiting relatives in alias, N. C. . ' Mrs TTaspl and her nrm. Master Eddie, of tiarleston, are visiting the family of Rev. R. ~~ . Johnson. Par Mr. "Wash Hope has taken a short run into the ie blue water region. ton Mr. John Clawson, of Fort Mill, is here on Jui visit. figi Miss Hattie Meek and Miss Reola Thompson, ag ! Monticello, Ark., are visaing the family of CQC vines Mason and other friends here. are Miss Minnie Fewell, of Rock Hill, visited j orkville last week, the guest of Rev. Robert Qa, athan. 0f< Mrs. Iva Battle is visiting her relatives here no Hon. I. D. Witherspoon returned from jna leveland Springs yesterday morning. Ar Mr. W. Spenser Currell, who recently grad- a g vted from Washington-Lee University, re- drc lrned home yesterday morning. na> ?? for ROCK HILL ITEMS. "P fCondented from the Herald.] IDS Mr. W. J. Orr, of our town, has obtained 1 vtents for a car coupler and dust excluder try om passenger coaches. He has recently made 0lii sale of the patent rights for these inventions ^ei > parties in Canada. He has anothevailway ,1 ivention which he says will astonish everyxly when made known. Jj?6 The drought with its disheartening and se- Th ous consequences, knows no abatement. A the 3od rain fell on the 13th, within a few miles sas 1 both sides of our town, but siifiply sprinkled to are. Corn is already badly damaged, and )tton will suffer a similar fate if not soon , essed with rain. A number of our citizens spent last Thurs- er11 iy on the banks of Fishing Creek. Their wef cpectations of enjoyment were abundantly av( salized. Their pleasure in catching fish was .! ily equal to that of enjoying them. Fifty- cul nee happy friends participated in the dinner. wb Mr. John Jackson, of Chester county, deirted this life 011 Sunday, the 13th instant. , '.e was well and favorably known by many ?r jrsons here. Col. R. M. Sims, Secretary of State, spent mil st Thursday in our town. While he was At] msiderably improved by his Virginia trip, ter is health is still feeble. jD , The first load of watermelons was in town a 1 the 11th instant. ... Mr. A. Fewell left at our office on Wednes- ? iy a cotton stalk with three full grown bolls. Mr. A. D. Holler has taken the contract for &ve uilding a bridge over Fishing Creek at Willi- ex< trd's mill. His bid was $795. tho The thermometer regis tered 103 degrees at the le telegraph office on the 12th. Mr. Dilling- the im, the accommodating operator, says it was ,, le hottest day in this place in nine years. The following are the delegates from East ?mi hester Circuit to the District Conference to m 1 held shortly at this place: Messrs. R. I. a tl fhite, J. G. Barber, Peter Hardin, C. T. Kee anc id W. S. Hall. mo Mrs. Hall and family left here on Tuesday 93. >r King's Mountain, where she will perma- 11, jntly reside. She carries with her the best ishes of a multitude of friends at this place, 8tn ho sincerely regret her departure. Sn ^ . we< MERE-MENTION. buj The snow has not all gone from the Adiron- the ks yet. The population of Mexico is ?i Scially stated at 9,686,777. The Ex- c< ress company notices the lightness of the authern fruit crop. At this season the cars re generally loaded with fruit going North; i teir business in this line is not near as heavy Thi lis summer as usual. The time between er, ew Orleans and New York by rail is sixty Vej lure. A Brooklyn barkeeper is insane 1 the subject of religion. An Atlanta ^ [SpaiCU OI lOflb Ottiuiun^ any a tuat uic mm ed people and military of that and DeKalb me mnty decorated the grave of the late Col. ^ Istou that day, in memory of his friendship ir the colored race and his services in the at j egislature on the convict question. There as a large erowd present to hear the memo* ^ al oration. An attempt was made last gjB't riday night to blow up the steamer Dretv ^ hile on her way from New York to Albany. era sveral cans of powder had been secreted in ^ state room and a fusee attached to each. wei Levy, the cornetist, is popularly supposed Qn i carry two of his peculiar musical instru- jQV( ents about with him?one to play on and t^e le other to be seized by the sheriff The 'emocratic State central committee of Call- j rnia has voted to retain Dr. Glenn as the unj trainee for Governor. The President j ill remain in Washington until the 1st of jptember, when he will go to his home in j hio for a month. He is in daily receipt of Qf ivitations to visit centennial celebrations, j ' irs and cattle shows, but he lias decided to j (fuse all. Interaal revenue reports for j ie fiscal year, invariably show an increase i the revenue. The man who suicided ^ 1 a railroad track, near Atlanta last Friday, ^ as not J. V. Nethers, of Union, 8. C., as ^ rat reported, but M. Franklin, Jr., of Atlan An Atlanta dispatch says that Jo- ajra ph Standing, a Mormon preacher, was shot ^ id killed by a mob of ten men in Catoosa mnty, Ga., last Monday. ^ EDITORIAL^ INKLINGS. offe ark Days Ahead for Memphis. Noi The Memphis correspondent of the ^ j; ew York Timet writes: jjr "A grave question arises in the minds of lose who think about the evacuation of the _ ty. What is to become, in case the disease ^ iould develop in epidemic form, of the poor, j hose poverty and helplessness prevfint them j om fleeing from the pestilence ? No sane 0Q an expects such a spontaneous outpouring for( ? charity as was given to the poor people of ^ ie South last year. Repeated appeals were ^ ade to the rich of this community for con- j ibutions to a general relief fund, without a Qre( sponse. Yet their property?stores stuffed ith gooods and household effects?is liere at j ie mercy of the thousands who may be driv- awr i to most terrible extremes by want and ^ jnger. The police, fire and military deirtments of the city will be deserted, and ua? )t a hand left even to warn away the rab- ft8 e. A few cool heads and brave hearts -phi ent through the ordeal last year, but few i them survived the plague, and they have g^( ofited by that experience to learn that selfeservation is the first law, and no power on ^ur rth could induce them to undergo those art rrible scenes and privations again. Few maj! those whose faces were familiar to the jy tmet correspondent last year will remain du- 0p tig another epidemic." prj( nth Carolina Federal Offices. <jay According to the Washington corres- son indent of the New York Sun, a plan has celL en adopted by the administration to carry ^ uth Carolina for the Republicans in the ixt campaign, the proposed plan being a dermination to make sweeping changes in the or^ sderal officers in the State. The correspon- are int says: cov< There is to be a sweeping change in the seqi sderal officers in South Caroliua. This his i ange will soon be^ announced. Certain V uth Carolina Republicans have been in The is city within the last few days, represent- well g that South Carolina could be carried for derc spublicans in 1880 in case the tight kind of tenc ideral officeholders are placed in authority, beyi lose now in place are men who are timid and d lukewarm in their Republicanism, and ft ,ve not the requisite backbone to stand up urei .inst the tissue-ballot frauds and intimida; processes of the chivalry. What is ded, these Republicans say, is a class of 3 brave enough to enforce the national eleci in the face of death, intimidation and sonal insult. It is claimed thattbe present leral officeholders in that State are either rawed by the Democrats who are now in ?er, or else have formed affiliations with m that destroy their party usefulness. . Uthough this is strictly a civil service ministration, John Sherman succeeded in epreseuting matters to Hayes that there is h authority for the statement that a sweepchange will he made throughout the ntry. Where close contests are probable, Federal marshalships are to he made as >ng as possible. Upon the rigid enforce A ~ f ? M.??Uxna1 aluntinn low in 1^0 JL U1 LUC HUllUimi Cl^VblWU (UK <u *wwv lends the success of the Republicans. At it this is the view taken by the National lmittee. > Cotton and Grain Crops. ? Under date of the 15th instant the De- ^ tment of Agrcuiture at Washington make foliowing report of the condition of the cotand grain crops as compared with that of le. The average for June was 96, which ires for July are not maintained, the averi being 93. The figures indicating the idition, compared with the- June 'figures, as follows: ' Sorth Carolina 104, a gain of 6; South rolina 81, a loss of 3; Georgia 86, a loss 7; Florida 91, a loss of 4; Alabama 96, change; Mississippi 92, a loss of 7; Louisna 93, a loss of 2 ,* Texas 90, a less of 4; kansas 10J, a gain of 3; Tennessee 101, / rv fTL. ! ^ am 01 I. 1 ne universal tuiujjiniui u ui mght which has been severe in South CaroGeorgia and Texas. The stand, however, the whole country is good. The crop is mrted well worked and free from grass, ect injuries are not reported to any extent. The area planted in corn in the whole counexceeds that planted last year, North Carja, Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee ng the States that show the largest gain in i South. Ohio and Indiana show some dease, while Illinois increases 7 per cent, e States west of the Mississippi river make largest gains as a section, Nebraska, Kan, Iowa and Missouri all ranged from 104 118. The condition in all the Southern ^ ,tes is low on account of drought In Texthere is not over a half crop. The NorthStates show a fair condition, while those it of the Mississippi river show a very high srage?over 100. * July returns to the Department of Agriture show an average condition of Winter eat of 91 against 101 for July, 1878. The w England States average 99; the crop e was small and and late, but promising; Middle States, 86?complaints of drouth, dew, Hessian fly and local storms; South lantic States, 95?stands thinned by Winkilling and growth stunted by drought many Northern counties, but farther down coast the condition is greatly improved; i section would be a full average but for injuries in Virginia, bringing the State irage to 85; Georgia reports 108, with an ellent quality of grain. Commercial aurities report almost an entire -cessation of movement of Northern wheat to Georgia, i local mills finding material sufficient in . ir home growth. Gulf States, 75; the &U crops of Alabama and Mississippi are hicrh condition, but the cron of Texas is bird below the average through drought 1 local storms. The Mediterranean is the st successful here. Southern Inland States, ?grain of remarkably fair quality generic ; States North of the Ohio river, 101? iw short, but grain plump and head heavy; atly improved by recent rains. States it of the Mississippi, 89; injuries by chinch ;s in the Southern parts, and by storms in i Northern portion; Paci6c States, 108? inter wheat of Oregon averages 112. 4 >rrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, 8. C., July 22, 1879. \.t last we have been blest with rain. On ursday afternoon we had a very fine showand on Friday it rained nearly all day. getation is greatly benefitted thereby, and atmosphere has cooled down very much. >m various parts of the county I learn ' y were favored with seasonable rains. At ickstocks, Mr. W. S. McKeown informs , a heavy rain fell.' Ve were pained to learn of the death of s. Sarah Rader, on Sunday morning last, ;he residence of Mr. L. E. Culp, of Fort II. She was in her usual health, and at 6 M., was lying in bed conversing with her er, who was in an adjoining bed, when Mrs. der became silent. Her sister called sev1 times, and receiving no response, went to bed and found her lifeless. Her remains e interred at Fishing Creek burial-ground Monday. Mrs. Eader was greatly beed by all in this community. She was mother-in-law of our townsman, Mr. R. indt. dr. Wtn. Walker lost an infant on Satay night. Ir. Jaines McNinch also lost an infant ; week. ? t was reported that Dr. Win. Campbell, McConnellsville, was seriously ill; but I n that he is improving and not considered igerously sick. ir. C. H. .Brennecke is still confined to his . He has been able to come up town ing his illness; but was compelled to take bed again. He has been a faithful officer the express and telegraph companies at i place for quite a number of years, and has tost completely broken down his health in service of those companies. It would be >urce of pleasure to his many friends, and eficial, no doubt, to him, if he could be ^ red a trip' to the mountains and springs of rth Carolina. n a recent ramble on Academy street, I d a beautiful little cottage, just built by Jno. A. Watson. He proposes also to Id a handsome residence on York street, tosite the Methodist church, at an early r, dr. R. M. Cross took a trip to Catawba ?r last week, and says a party he was with Friday night caught 600 fish at Lands* 1. He alsd says that there is seining at t locality every day. The fish law is a ? d letter in that section. ^riday last, at Goodwyn's saw-mill, a col* 1 man came into too close proximity with saw, and had one of his hands: badly cut. I. Henderson has erected a neat plank * ling in front of his barber shop, fr. J. H. Smith, Dr. J. J. Stringfellow and W. 8. Gregg recently purchased the valle water-power on Catawba river, known McCullough'8 Mill, or Mt. Dearborne. s was once a United States post, and was , ken of as the location for the United tea Military Academy. Some of the old ernment buildings yet remain there. The chasers went yesterday to visit the prop . They expect to make it available as a luiuciunug pmuo. fiss Sallie Atkinson closed the exercises her school in Lewisville township last c lay with an examination and picnic. The passed off very pleasantly. Miss Atkin- r has the reputation of being a very exent teacher. dec. Berry, colored, who was in the emr of Mr. W. H. Hardin, has confessed robbery of Mr. Hardies watch and monHe implicates Henry Rose bo rough, colI, and both are in jail. The stolen articles being searched for, but have not been reefed up to this time. It is said that sublent to his confession, Berry has retracted statements. * Pork on the fair grounds is progressing. race track and grounds are laid off, * ^ is are being dug, and lumber has been orid for fencing. The town council are exling York street to the grounds, which lie ond Patterson's Green, near the Chester Lenoir Railroad. lajor Julius Mills, Secretary and Treasr of the Association, desires all the dele