Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 14, 1879, Image 2
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Scraps and |farts.
? A New York brewer has made a contract
to ship to Paris, France, from 500 to 1,000 (
barrels of beer a month. The same brewer, j
^ who won a prize at the Paris Exhibition, has
recently made large shipments of beer to
Australia.
? The entire White Sulphur Springs property
in Virginia, consisting of 7,000 acres of
land, was offered at auction on Friday last.
The highest bid was $300,000. The commissioners
would not accept this and the property
was withdrawn from sale.
? On Friday last the State of Tennessee
voted on the proposition to compromise the
State debt at fifty cents on the dollar, with
four per cent, interest. Probably not half the
average vote was 'polled, though the proposition
was voted dowu by a large majority.
? The (ieorgia .Legislature is considering a
bill (which has passed the Senate) to prohibit
speculation in futures. It is sought by the
bill to prevent the recovery of money under
the illegal contract, or, in other words, to
make such contracts void in law.
? La9t year, a Knight of Honor died in
Mem phis,and the incoosolable widow received
$2,000. Nothing would dispel the darkness
of her desolation except another knight. The
yellow fever carried him off the other day,
and $2,000 more will be paid over to this
knightly widow. If this is kept up for several
years, it may cause the O. M. A. to set some
limit to the number of benefits one woman
shall be allowed to receive.
? The representative heir of the great Henry
Clay was in Boston last week to negotiate
* the sale of the famous Clay vase, bought by
the generous contributions of the enthusiastic
Whigs in 1844. About everything else has
gone for the benefit of the young spendthrift,
and now this testimonial to his grand-father
i9 put on the market The vase is of solid
silver, two and a half feet high and elaborately
fabricated.
? Mrs. Dorsey's property amounted to only
825.000 and not 8250.000. Her income was
$2,250 per annum, less $492 in taxes. She
owed $5,000. Last Spring she made a bona
fide sale of the Beauvoir place to Mr. Davis
for $5,500, for which he gave his notes, running
for one, two and three years. So Mr.
Davis has not the bonanza some people imagined,
and not enough to tempt the cupidity of
any reputable lawyers at the North.
? Times go by turns. It is not so very long
ago since the commercial and industrial news
in the daily papers was but a common story
of failures and the closing of factories of various
kinds. Now, one can hardly open a paper
without seeing an account of good crops,
the resumption of work in woolen and iron
mills, the revival of industries and trades of
nearly every class, and the prospect of good
times once more?based, too, on a solid foun.
dation.
? The Denver (Col.) New states that the
, Hun. D. T. Corbin, late of South Carolina,
visited that city lately, and was induced by a
sharper to invest $10,000 in "silver bricks,"
which were represented to be very pure and
a great bargain. Mr. Corbin discovered,
when too late, that the bricks were of the basest
alloy, and worthless. Thus Mr. Corbin
was as unlucky in his silver speculation as he
was in his aspirations to represent South Carolina
in the United States Senate.
? Joseph Rainey, who served several years
in Congress from the first South Carolina district
since the war, and who was defeated at
the last election, has been appointed special
ageut*bf the Treasury department by Secretary
Sherman, and has his headquarters in
New York. Rainey boards, in New York
and has a comfortable home in Connecticut.
He has been advising the colored people to
leave the South for Kansas, but says he will
retain his residence in South Carolina.
? The killing of the Mormon elder Standing,
in Whitfield county, Georgia, has developed
the fact that Morraonism prevails to
a much greater extent in North Georgia than
had been supposed. Chattooga, Walker, Catoosa,
Whitfield, Floyd, Murray, Dade, Pickens
and Fannin counties have been favorite
fields for Mormon missionaries engaged in
- the work of making proselytes, and it is reported
that the death of Standing will but add
to their determination to prosecute their labors
of making converts more energetically
than ever.
? C. Hyllested & Co., cotton brokers, of No.
7 South William street, New York, sent notice
to the Exchange last Thursday of their
inability to meet their engagements. As the
members of the firm were "out of town," it
was impossible to obtain ':he amount of liabilities.
The members of the Cotton Exchange
believe that tbey could not be above $20,000,
and that Southern customers were the principal
creditors. The failure is said to be due
to a decline of about thre^ cents per pound
since the failure of Williams, Biruie & Co.,
and the fact that Messi-s. Hyllested & Co.,
were "long" on the market.
? A private letter from a gentleman in
Eastern Germany, dated July 23, says:
"There has been no summer, but rain nearly
every day ; the therraometer in my room
ranging from 69 to 75. In some places harvesting
has begun, but unless we have some
warm dry weather soon, much of the grain
must rot in the fields. On our way recently
to and from the mountains (two different
route?) I observed at least half the wheat we
passed was lying flat and tangled in the fields,
beaten down by the rain storms ; all will be
difficult to cut, and much must rot or sprout
before it can be secured. Adding to this the
immense amount of grain and other food
crops destroyed by the inundations last month,
and it looks as if America would be called
upon to feed Germany as well as England
and France next winter.
? This week the Northwest is laughing
with a good harvest. Every day of pleasant
weather now is worth millions of dollars to
the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan,
where spring wheat is being gathered.
Two or three more favorable days will probably
see the greater part of the wheat in Minnesota
safely housed. The total crop of the
State will be from 45,000,000 to 50,000,000
bushels, averaging ten to fifteen bushels to the
acre in the southern part of the State, and
fifteen to twenty-five in the Park region north
of the Minnesota River. It is believed threequarters
of the wheat will grade as high as I
No. 1, which i9 unprecedented. By the close {
of the week little grain will remain out of j
the stack, and the berry is reported hard, |
bright and firm. The farmers of the Northwest
are jubilant.
? From May 1, 1878, to May*l, 1879,
there were made and sold in the City of New |
York, 1,342,180 barrels of lager beer. In 1
each barrel there are four kegs, and each !
keg, at retail, averages 115 glasses of beer,
making the total sales 617,392,800 glasses, j
which, at 5 cents per glass, which the con-!
sumer pays for it, will give 830,870,140 as
the amount annually expended in New York
for KoAr alnnfi. Tt is enual to about 830 Der
capita of the entire population, or $i80 per ;
annum for each head of a family?815 a
month ; the wages, in fact, of an average farm
hand who boards on the farm. It amounts, ;
in another view of the case, to nearly 3 per
cent, upon the total assessed valuation of!
New York, and is within about 83,000,000 of .
the total municipal taxation of that heavily- f
taxed city. The beer score is probably larger;
than the whisky score, but both togethenj
reach a frightful sum.
? An American engineer, who, being en-l
gaged in the construction of a railway in\
China, has had unusually favorable opportu-i
nity of' examining the famous "Great Wall," V
built to stop the incursions of the Tartars, [
gives the following account of this wonderful ?
work : The wall is 1,728 miles long, 18 feet \
high and 15 feet thick at the top. The foun- '
dation throughout is of solid granite; the remainder
of compact masonry. At intervals
of between 200 and 300 yards, towers rise up
25 to 30 feet high and 24 feet in diameter, <'
On the top of the walls and on both sides of
it, are masonry parapets to enable the defend- J t
ers to pass unseen from one tower to another. J [
The wall itself is carried from point to point! j
in a perfect straight line across valleys and ^
plains, and over hills, without the slightest
regard to the configuration of the ground,
sometimes plunging down into, abysses a thousand
feet deep. Brooks and! smaller rivers ?
are bridged over by the wall, while on both j
banks of larger streams, strong flanking tow- j
ers are placed. j
?be fJatferiUe (frmjuiw.!
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THE YELLOW FEVER. (
In answer to a request of the Chicago News,
A. D. LangstafF, president of the Howard
Association at Memphis, has sent a telegram
under date of Jast Saturday, giving particu
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lars ot ttie condition 01 mat cny, couiuiuuig
the following points :
"The total number of cases of yellow fever
to this hour within the city limits, officially
recorded, is 330; of this number 90 have 1
died". In addition, there have been about 1
20 cases and b deaths of Memphis refugees
located within six miles of the city. The dis- ,
ease has not communicated to any of the
surrounding towns on account of rigid quarantine.
The fever has increased in Memphis i
very perceptibly in the past ten days and is 1
spreading from its original centre. We cannot
hope for a discontinuance until frost. At
least 30.000 persons have left, of whom 12,000
are located in camps Father Matthew and
Marks, situated 4 and 7 miles respectively
from Memphis. There have been 3 cases in 1
Camp Marks and 1 death. At least 12,000
negroes are in the city, only 100 having gone
to the camps. They have declined to leave <
the city, hoping to receive rations here, which
i9 in opposition to the views of all parties j
who are laboring here to attend to such as
may be taken sick. Our only safety is in de- '
population. In consequence of the fever
spreading among the negroes in the past five I
days, there is a growing disposition to go to
the camps. Should their appeal to the United ,
States for rations not meet with a favorable (
answer, the negroes will no doubt move as (
soon as they get hungry. No one but a Howard
visitor or physician knows of the filthy 1
hovels that these people live in, and in which !
they are taken sick and too frequently die. <
We have six physicians on duty and have ,
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naa unaer our cnarge jiaticuto aic?v mm
various diseases. To these sick people we
furnish nurses, medicines, stimulants and food.
About 200 have been discharged. Our expenses
are now 8500 per day, and will probably
increase. We have on hand $18,000.
This amount would have been sufficient if
the negroes had followed the example of the
white people and left the city. We hope not
to be forced to ask assistance, but fear this
non-action of the negroes will compel us to
do so. The sanitary condition of the city is
excellent."
Five new cases were reported at Memphis
on Monday, and four deaths.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ,
? At the recent municipal election in Beau- |
fort, the regular Republican ticket was elected. I
? In Camden there are six bar rooms, seven
churches and three temperance societies. i
? A white woman is confined in the jail of <
Georgetown, on the charge of living in adul- i
tery with a negro. I
? A white girl of Lexington county, aged <
about eighteen years, recently eloped with a
negro and married him in Columbia.
? Col. Thomas Dodamead, late superintendent
of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad,
will sail for Europe in a few days.
? A correspondent of the Atlanta Dispatch i
nominates Comptroller-General Hagood as a
candidate for Governor at the election in 1880.
? A Barnwell planter expects to put a bale
of new cotton on the market for sale, by the (
20th instant. 1
? Erskine College has received a splendid 1
gift of nine boxes of books from Colonel D.
Wyatt Aiken for the college library. j
? The Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta 1
Railroad is advertised to be sold at auction, '
under foreclosure of mortgage, at Wilming
ton, JN. C., on the first day ot next uctooer. j
? A. E. Miller for many years the publish- 1
er of "Miller's Almanac," died in Charleston ]
on Saturday last in the ninety-sixth year of
his age. He was a printer by trade, and
commenced the publication of his well known i
almanac in the year 1817. J
? It is stated that the following gentlemen j
of Abbeville county, will be candidates in the ]
next election. For Governor, Gen. Samuel
McGowan ; for Attorney General, Col. J. S. <
Cothran ; for Adjutant and Inspector General, 1
Gen. R. R. Hemphill. '
? Spartanburg Herald: Dr. Christopher 1
G. Bechtler, who had been living at Gaffney
City for several months, was arrested recently i
a few miles from this place, on a charge of j t
counterfeiting United States coin, and was ! c
committed for trial at the next term of the <
United States Court, at Greenville. ; t
? In Barnwell county, oue day last week, a 1
lady was bitten on the toe by a rattlesnake, i
Her husband immediately sucked the poison (
out. The gentleman was in his turn affected, 1 \
his throat swelling to twice its size, but both i
parties have entirely recovered from the effects 1 j
of the poison. j (
? The negro Marcus, who claimed to have
been deaf and dumb all his life until recently, 1 (
when he suddenly recovered power of speecli t
and sense of hearing, is pronounced a fraud. \
He imposed upon the credulity of several per- i
sons in Anderson county, but exposure has i
overtaken him and his improbable preteu- ]
gions. 1
? A meeting of survivors of the 6th Hegii {
ment was held at Winnsboro, on Thursday t
last. Representatives were present from eve-\ t
ry company except K, of Clarendon county, t
Company B, of York county, was represented f
by Sergt. J. Z. Porter, Corporal H. F. John- s
son, J. H. Coltharp and John B. Erwin. f
Rev. Dr. Grier, of Due West, a member of r
the regiment, delivered an address on the occasion.
"
1?^ The barn, four mules, one horse, five c
calves, one beef, one hundred chickens, plow i
and wagon gears, fanning tools and plow ?
stocks, fodder and oats, belonging to James 1
M. Eppes, at Tumbling Shoals, Laurens conn- f
y, were destroyed by an incendiary fire on tl
Tuesday night of last week. Investigation w
evealed the fact that the barn was fired by n
;wo negroes, who were arrested aud committed tl
;o jail. ii
? Mrs. Louisa Ridgeway, of Dunklin town- ti
ship, Greenville county, has a calf that is a ti
jreat curiosity. The fore legs and body are f<
lerfect in form, and one hind leg is well h
brmed. The other hind leg is divided into r<
^wo legs, one of which conies out inside the b
;high and extends to about the knee and has h
i half formed hoof. The main leg divides at n
ihe ankle joint into two legs, each division s<
liaving a perfect hoof. This whole compliea- o
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tion ot legs is snorter tnan tne mree perieut u
legs, and impedes the locomotion of the calf, g
? The Colleton Democrat of the 8th instant, tl
javs: "The rice crops on the Ashepoo river V
n this county are better thau they have been &
for years. The seasous have been rather pro- c
pitious for the growth and cultivation of this b
plant the present year, and with harvest seasons
equally propitious, there will be no doubt
that the yield of the rice crop on Ashepoo
will be heavier than for many years past, ii
Colleton has no right to complain of the ii
jrops, for to take them generally over the I
jounty, corn, cotton and rice will make6orae s
thing over an average yield." s
? The Union Times of last week says : "It c
is really refreshing to hear our farmers tell of r
the astonishing change which the late rains "
iiave made in the corn crop throughout this a
oounty. In many fields where it was supposed t
the tassels were dead and the crop beyond the I
power of rain to recover, we now hear of the 1
tassels putting on new bloom, shoots of corn r
starting and silking, and a bright prospect r
opening for an average crop of corn. Men c
who told us two weeks ago of fields that s
would not make a bushel to the acre, now tell v
us they expect to make from ten to fifteen f
bushels per acre on those fields. This re- 1
markable change, however, is only seen where I
the crop had been well worked, aud was clean
when the rains came." v
? Under the head oi "Something new 111 i
cotton culture," the' Abbeville Medium says : i
"It has always been claimed that cotton will i
not groto when transplanted, but from the re c
3.lit of an experiment, which we have made C
in a small way, the old notion will not hold t
good, and cotton will grow when transplant- )
ed. O11 the 31st of June, a stalk of cotton t
was brought to this office from the country 1
and placed on exhibition for two days, when v
it was topped and planted in a little rich i
earth Hear our office, and has now grown into 1
a vigorous stalk. When planted it had two 9
blooms on it and thirteen shapes. These all 1
fell off, but others are putting out, and the )
3talk-will no doubt produce fruit. If trans- 1
planting succeeded in this case, would it not S
be practicable upon a much larger scale, and c
could not the whole cotton crop be in this r
way improved?the yield increased and the t
fibre made fiuer." v
? The Columbia Register says that Profess- 1
ir Bibikov, of that city, has discovered a v
deposit of lignite or brown coal, in South
Carolina, not far from Augusta, about a mile
from the Savannah river and a few hundred
yards from the Port Royal Railroad. It is ,
an the plantation of Mr. Paul F. Hammond,
ind the same seam extends to the plantation
>f his brother, Mr. Harry Hammond. From
the position of the stratas, the professor says
b'e would not be astonished if the whole area
>f at least a hundred acres would be found
to be covered by the same seam. The strata
<eems to be from two to three feet thick and
to lie at a depth of about twenty-five or thirty
feet from the surface. He has made assays
or preliminary tests of the coal found
there, and the result has led him to believe
that it can be used for the production of gas
md for fuel. The coal itself and the shales
which overlie it are strongly impregnated
with alum. It also contains a good many pi
rites or sulphurets of iron. Professor Bibikov
thinks that both alum and copperas can
be extracted from the coal and the shales.
His intention is to go to the place again and
make use of a borer io ascertain the real
lepth of the strata, and how far the seam extends,
and then to see if he can find under
that strata other scams of coal, which no
loubt will be of still better quality.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? There were eight deaths in Wilmington
last week.
? Watermelons are selling at a cent a pound
in Raleigh.
? The State Fair will commence in Raleigh
an the 13th of October.
? The Star says about forty persons have
connected themselves with the Second Baplist
church in Wilmington during the last
three weeks.
? Gov. Jarvis has offered a reward of $200 c
fur the capture of N. M. Millen, the leader of c
the Statesville burglars. When the others g
were arrested he escaped.
? H. E. Schrider, who shot and killed Wil- ^
liam Jones, in New Hanover county, by mistake,
supposing him to be a thief they were j
pursuing, was tried in the criminal court of (,
Wilmington, Friday, and acquitted. a
? The widow of the late John B. Randle- L
man, one of the proprietors of Union cotton 1
factory in Randolph, has filed her bond as a
administrator, in the sum of $100,000?the j,
largest bond ever given in the county. a
? The Winston Leader notes the formation f
)f a new band in Salem. It is composed of I
rery youthful musicians, and will be styled 0
'The Church Band" and will furnish music
ror the funerals held in the Moravian church. "
? A Raleigh dispatch of Monday says the 0
ecent rains in North Carolina have saved
he tobacco crop in that State. Reports in- ii
licate that the yield will be within 20 per cent, d
)f last year's crop. Durham, N. C., the great n
obacco centre of the State, is doubling its ^
jusiness in leaf tobacco. W. T. Blackwell j
fc Co., commenced work to day on a large ad- w
lition to their immense brick factory. It p
vill be the largest in the United States. They c
nauufactured over seven hundred thousand P
xmnds of smoking tobacco during the month C
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? The Morgauton Blade says : "Mr. J. A. u
Jox and several other young men of this c
own went deer hunting last week, and they o
,vere caught out in a storm and took refuge d
n a rock cliff near Table Rock in this county, n
tnd while in the cliff, Mr. Cox observed a j r<
)ile of snakes ; the remainder of the crowd ' c<
jeat a hasty retreat. Mr. Cox stood his ! tl
jround and fired at the bulk of the snakes o
md they scattered in every direction, singing ! g
he well known tune of the rattlesnake as E
hey went. Mr. Cox, upon examination, tl
bund that he had killed four large rattle- g
nakes at the one shot, and as he did not! sc
ancy the music around him, he did not re-1 m
nain to hunt up the wounded." )'p<
? Says the Charlotte Observer of Sunday::
'Yesterday, a little after mid day, W. King,, k
olored, a carpenter and laborer whose home j d(
s in Charlotte, met a horrible death at the cc
louth Fork trestle, on the Atlanta & Char- se
otte Air Line Railroad, about twenty miles tl:
rom this city. Me has been employed upon ' th
lis road for some time past, and yesterday
ras engaged with other'bands at work on or
ear the trestle over the South Fork. About
le hour designated, with his carpenter tools [
i his hands, he started to walk across the
pestle, and when at a point where the dis- j
ince from the ground is about seventy-five ,
jet, in stepping from one cross-tie to another,
is foot slipped, the tie being wet, and he
eeled and fell. Clutching at the uppermost 1
ench of the trestle, he caught it with one
and, but the grasp was too slight and the |
i omen turn of the body too great. This only
jrved to give him a turn, and he turned
ver and over once or twice striking the tim- j
ers of the trestle, until finally he struck the
round with a dull, heavy thud. When
hose who witnessed the fall got to the unforunate
man he was still alive. He lived only
few momenta however, his nectt ana
ollar bone having been broken while his
ody was bruised in different places."
MERE-MENTION.
? The yellow fever is said to be more fatal
ii Memphis this year^thau fof the correspondng
period last year. Last Friday^ the
Jnited States assay office at New York,
hipped to New Orleans,-334,000 ounces of
ilver, amounting to $350,000 in value, for
oinage into standard silver dollars. The
ailroads of the United States show gross earlings,
during the past year, of $490,000,000,
gainst $393,000,000 during the preceding
welve months. Gen. Beauregard is at
lawley Springs, Vn.";i There are ninety
ife prisoners in the Kentucky penitentiary,
learly all of whom are under sentence for
aurder. Maj. John S. Braxton, collectir
of customs at the port of Norfolk, died
uddenly last Saturday night. He served
uith rlistintruishfid pallantrv as maior of in
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an try in the Confederals array. He was apjointed
collector of customs by President
Jayes about two years ago.
J. C. Duff', deputy United States marshal,
vas recently shot and killed by illicit disillers
in the mountains of Pulk county, Tenlessee.
There are 450 women dentists
u the United States, and 1,350 are studying
lentistry. Yellow fever has killed 21,)00
people in this country within the past
en years. Of this number 14,000 died last
rear. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston says
hat one year's experience in the House of
Representatives has thoroughly disgusted him
vith politics, and when his terra expires he
ntends to retire to private life. Judge
^Hckey risks his reputation for political foreight
on the prophecy that Tildeu will be the
democratic nominee for the Presidency next
rear. California is the next State which
raids an election?the date being September
!d. Maine follows the succeeding Monlay.
Memphis papers complain that
ich refugees are doing little or nothing for
heir unfortunate fellow citizens. There
rere 93 deaths from yellow fever in Havana
ast week, a decrease of 40 from the previous
reek.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
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ltfmiUU5 ill ilUi ui vaiv.num
Under the above head, the Raleigh
Observer of Sunday has the following:
They have broken out in this State, too.
'n the counties of Cl%y and Cherokee, this
nuch and frequent marrying sect has begun
o multiply to an extent that was very gratiyiug
to them and fulFof danger to the comaunity.
So the people turned on these Later
Day Saints and threatened to make it
lotter for'them than tlld thermometer indicaed
if they didn't shut up and put out. They
vere kindly allowed thirty days in which
o arrange their North Carolina affairs previous
to their departure to the land of the
ialine Lake. Thereupon, one of the Elders
mtes a letter to Governor .Jarvis bitterly
omplaining of this abridgment of their reigious
liberty, and requesting the Governor
o interfere in behalf of his people, especially
he new converts. The letter is a clever arangement
of part truths and exaggerations,
md in the name of liberty of worship, coolly
isks for license of conduct that Is not North
Carolina growth or to our liking.
The Governor has written the Solicitor of
he District and the Sheriffs of the two counies
to see that the laws are preserved and
hat the public peace is not broken. This
s all that he can do.
T% I !.l \M : J
reopie wan muriuuu lucns imu ucuci 6w
0 Utah, and.until they get there bless Joe
Smith that they don't live in Georgia, where
1 Mormon elder has been found uot on the
:arth nor yet in the heavens?hut sorter be-t
wixt and between.
Hood will Tell!
The Chicago Timet of the 4th instant
;ives the following account of a swindling
ransaction in that city, in which the son of
'Honest" John Patterson prominently figires
:
A sensation has been created at government
leadquarlers here by Silas M. Patterson, late
if South Carolina, who arrived some weeks ago
in his return frora California. He put up in
;rand style at the Palmer House, and introluced
himself at the custom house with letters
rom John Sherman, Charles Devens, S. J.
laudall, D. M. Key, John R. Hawley, and
thers well known at Washington. These
ntroductions placed him in the good graces
f William Henry Smith, Collector Harvey,
,nd all government people. He was taken
?y the hand, smiled upon, wined, dined and
oasted. All went merry until one day he
.ppeared in the custom house and explained
o Collector William Henry Smith that he
iad lost $1,800 betting on a wrong horse,
nd was dead broke. He expected a draft
rom Sherman ; also one from pere Patterson,
n the meantime he wished a temporary ?oan
n some familv diamonds, which luckily he
ad with him. He was fortunate. He left
handful of diamonds among the government
fficials, obtaining S3.000 to $4,000 of a loan
n them.
Next appeared one Warren Knight, claim
ng to be a diamond broker, who had given the
iamonds to Patterson to sell and return the
joney, which he did not do. He secured a
rarrant for Patterson, who, it is said, has
iouuced from the Palmer House, owing a
arge bill. Knight is said to be connected
nth a gang of thieves, and Patterson is susected
of being in confidence with him, in a
onfideuce game to rob government emloyees.
ounterfeitors and Counterfeiting.
Information comes from Washington
rhich may be of great value to bankers, raerhants
and business men generally. Officers
f the secret service division in the treasury
epartment, say that the business of making
loney is constantly increasing. With the
^sumption of silver coinage the work of
ounterfeiting silver coins was begun, and allough
hardly a week passes in which a gang
f coin counterfeitors is not broken up, new
angs are organized with alarming frequency.
Ividence of the existence of counterfeitors in
lis State has already come to light. Conress
appropriated $60,000 for the use of the
:cret service division this year. Thirty-five
ten are employed, and their traveling exenses
are paid out of this sum.
Several gangs of expert counterfeitors are
nown to be making counterfeits of legal ten2r
notes in Canada. A sample of a new
mnterfeit $5 note has been received at the J
cret service headquarters. In general look
ie face of the counterfeit closely resembles (
iat of a genuine note. The lathe work on i
the counterfeit is very Hue, and the imitation
of 6bre paper on which the note is counterfeited
is fair. The counterfeited fibre is in
more regular lines than the genuiue, and the
buck of the counterfeit is a shade lighter than ^
the genuine notes. * ,
The greateSl defect in the counterfeit, how:
ever, is the absence of scroll work over and
under the words, "Series 1875," in the upper ,
left hand comer of the face of the note. 'The
omission of this scroll work was undoubtedly
intentional 011 the part of the counterfeitors.
As soon as the counterfeit is extensively advertised
and the points of difference between
it and the genuiue notes carefully noted and ,
made public, the counterfeiters will change
the plate so as to remedy all the published
defects, and send forth new notes. 1
Condition of the Cotton Crop..
The following is the condition of the 1
cotton crop in five southern States, as reported
under cfkte of last Saturday:
South Carolina.?The report of the
Charleston exchange for July is based on 89 }
replies from 29 counties. The weather for
July, with few exceptions, is reported very
hot and dry until the 20th and 25th, but in
the rest of the month there was an abundance
of rain. No land was abandoned except a (
trifling amount in one county. The weather ,
for the season to the 31st ultimo, is reported
more favorable by 23, less favorable by 57,
and about the same by 9. The stands are,
with few exceptions, reported very good?
better than last year ; the plant is blooming,
forming and boiling very well, several reporting
that they never saw it so well fruited at
the same date. The plant, owing to excessive
drought, is reported quite small in many
counties, and the general fear is that if heavy
rains continue much damage inay result from
shedding and the plaBt going too much to
weed. Slight shedding is reported from sev
erul counties and rust from four counties.
The present prospects are promising, but
about ten days later than last year.
North Carolina and Virginia.?From
23 replies from 18 counties in North Carolina
and Virginia, the following report is compiled:
The weather up to July 20th was very hot
and dry, but since then numerous showers
have occurred. No lands have been aban
doned since planted. Nine replies report the
weather ubout the same as last year. The
stands are generally reported very good and
the plant forming, blooming and boiling well,
but smaller than last year. The crop in gen
eral compares favorably with last year, and
in many cases is better. Excessive drought in
June and July caused the plant to be small.
Georgia.?The following is the report of
the cotton crop for July of the exchange of
Georgia: Seventy-eight replies from 50counties;
the dry spell which did some injury to
the plant in June, has been relieved by a
general rain which, although excessive in a
few sections, has to a great extent repaired
the damage done by the drought. As compared
with last year the weather has not been
quite so good and the crop less forward, but
the 6tauds are excellent and the plant vigo-J
i-i : i
rous ID growin anu uiuuiumg mm iiuuiug
well. Under these circumstances the pros.pect
for theseason was scarcely so promising
early in the month as last, but has materially
improved and is now very satisfactory. Coraplaint
of caterpillars is exceptional; they
seem to be doing little harm.
Mississtppi.?From 18 counties 30 letters
have been received. The weather is reported
as dry in the early part of July, but rainy in
the latter part, in all counties except Chickasaw,
Clay, Okelibbeha and Prentiss, which report
hot and dry weather for the whole month.
There has been little or no land abandoned
since planting. The weather, compared with
the corresponding period last year, has been
more favorable in 9 counties, equally as favorable
in 5 counties, and less favorable in
4 counties. The stands are generally good
and compare favorably with those of the same
time last year. Plants are forming, blooming
and boiling very well. The present condition
of the crop is good, and about the same to
better than last year, but it is a little late.
Worms have appeared in 4 counties?Alcorn,
Clay, Newton and Noxubee?but thus far
have done no damage. There has been too
much rain, and there are complaints of some
rust, shedding and Bmall growth.
A BBAYE LITTLE LADY.
A correspondent from the upper Indian
country tends us the following item of interest
: A young boy, 18 years of age, a member
of the Eighteenth Infantry band, and a
son of the leader of the band, became enamored
of a young lady early last winter while
the band was posted at Atlanta, Ga. The
young lady was sweet sixteen, and it was a
case of love at first sighl. After a* brief en
gagement they were married. Soon after
the regiment was ordered to Fort Assiniboine,
Montana. The soldiers got ready to
depart, and the young lady also prepared to
accompany them, and not until the Jast moment
did the young married couple learn that
no provisions had been made for taking the
lady along. Sbe had to remain behind, in
spite of protestations and tek?B( and to the
infinite disgust of the boy husband. It was
then arranged that he should send for her
just as soon as he got fairly settled in his new
quarters.
But the little lady had her intentions. She
didn't, propose to rest on downy couches in
Georgia while her new-found husband was
'blowing a horn away out in the wilds of Montana.
Not any. So as soon as the regiment
departed,, she procured a pass to Cincinnati.
There she succeeded in getting one to Chicago.
At Chicago she presented herself to Ge?.
R. Ingalls, Quartermaster-General, and stated
her case to him, and at once aroused his
sympathies. He gave her a letter to railroad
officials, by which she got a pass to St. Paul.
There she interviewed the officials of the
Northern Pacific and captured a pass to Bis- 1
marck. At Bismarck she paid her respects
to the managers of the Coulson Line and se- 1
cured passago to Coal Banks, ani from thence
by wagon to Fort Assiniboine, and, without
warning or notification, dropped down upon
her boy husband at the fort.
Wasn't it a nice meeting ? Well, now, you
can well imagine that it was better than straw- 1
berries and ice cream. And wasn't she a I
jewel of a baby wife?for pluck, endurance,
determination and love ? She is described as 1
being*a very pretty lady of medium size, with
dark hair and eves, a good talker, but with <
all a modest, well-behaved little lady, who
made the trin. 4.000 miles, without danger, al- '
though not without fear.?Sioux City Journal. \
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4ST Horace Greely's estate seems full of <
surprises. Such property as he thought val- ]
uable hus, thus far, proved valueless, while
that which he had mentally charged off to j
proht and loss, having no expectation of getting
a penny from it, has come out handsomely.
Only a few months ago Cornelius
J. Vanderbilt, to whom Mr. Greeley had lent thousands
of dollars without any security *
beyond his word, paid every dollar of the f
debt, with interest. This would have amazed 1
the lender, had he been alive, more than anybody
else in the community. Now another i
windfall, it is understood, has come, or is i
about to come, to the heirs of the late editor i
of the Tribune. Some years before his death i
he had been induced, very injudiciously, it i
was then believed, to buy a tract of wild
land in West Virginia, for which he paid I
810,000 or $12,000, or more, and which he 8
subsequently decided to be literally a perma*
nent investment. It is now said that the land
has so improved of late that Mr. Greeley's v
daughters havejust been offered $40,000 for \
it, and that they may get much more. Mean- t
while the Tribune shares, which Mr. Greeley v
left to'his children, and which he considered r
almost the only productive part of his es- [
tate?and very justly, for he had for years derived
a steady income from them?are with- ^
out any available worth, not having p^id a j 0
cent of dividend for nearly eight years. I L
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Witherspoon A Spencer, Plaintiff'a Attorneys.?
Notice to William Adkins, Defendant.
Mrs. M. E. Williams, Principal?The York Graded
School.
Jao. Thad. Johnson, Dean, Atlanta, Ga.?Atlanta
Medical College.
J. M. Adams?Dealer in Tin-Ware. Agate Iron
Ware, Ac.?Galvanized Sheet Iron?Terms
Strictly Cash,
r. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application
for Discharge?In the
Matter of M. W. Ford, Bankrupt.
Herndon Brothers?Proclamation.
EARLY POTATOES.
Mr. John G. Ferguson has favored us with a
liberal mess of sweet potatoes of this season's
growth.
THE ATLANTA MEDICAL COLLEGE
Has an advertisement in this issue. Its reputation
is well established, and we cheerfully
recommend it to all interested in medical education.
THE GRADED SCHOOL.
The second session of the graded school,
under management of Mrs. M. E. Williams
principal, assisted by Miss Fannie Miller and
Miss Sue Edwards, will open on Monday,
23th instant.
BURGLARY.
On Saturday night last, the residence of
John Barron, Sen., who lives near Tirzah
Church, was burglariously entered and a quantity
of clothing stolen from one of the rooms.
Mr. Barron's house has been broken open several
times this year, aud on one occasion a
sum of money was stolen.
CASUALTY IN A WELL.
On Friday last, Wm. Pennington, who lived
near Gaffney's, in Spartanburg county, attempted
to clean out the well of Col. R. G. David
aon, who lives near Broad river, in Union
county ; but soon after descending the well, he
was overcome with poisonous gases, and before
lie could be drawn out life was extinct.
ACCIDENT AT A SAW HILL.
On Monday last, Andrew Love, Esq., who
lives 011 the Howell's Ferry road, about five
miles from town, while working about his
saw mill,- had his arm badly lascerated with
t he saw. Dr. H. G. Jackson was immediately
summoned, and found that though the bone
was uninjured, a severe flesh wound had been
inflicted.
SPECIAL ELECTION.
A special election in this county, to elect a
member of the House of Representatives to
supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation
of Hon. C. M. Green, has been ordered by
Speaker Sheppard to be held at the several precincts
of the county on Tuesday, the 2nd day
of September next. The commissioners of election
will appoint the managers of the election
at an early day.
UNITED STATES COURT JURORS.
On Tuesday of last week, jurors for the
United States Court for Greenville were drawn
under the new law. Among the names drawn
are the following in York and Chester counties
:
Grand Jury.?John Lee, Chester; Wm. B.
Allison, York.
Petit Jury.?John R. London, J. E. Lowry,
York; Leverett M. Loomis and James D.
Long, Chester.
The special term of the Court will begin on
the 25th instant.
CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY.
Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Presbyterian Church?Rev. L. H. Wilson,
Pastor. There will be no services at this
church until further notice.
Church of the Good Shepherd.?Rev. R. P.
Johnson, Rector. The rector will officiate at
Rock Hill next Sunday.
Associate Reformed?Rev. Robert Lathan
Pastor. Services at 10$ A. M., and 4$ P. M.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. T. E. Gilbert,
Pastor. Preaching at 10$ A. M., .and 8$ P. M.
Sunday-school at 4$ P. M. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening, at ^o'clock.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estate have
been recorded in the office of the County Auditor
since our last report:
Benjamin Galloway to Spain Meacham and
others. Lot of 6$ acres in Cherokee township.
Consideration $24.
D. A. Johnson, executor, to the Town
Council of Rock Hill. Lot in Rock Hill.
Consideration $25.
N. E. Erwin to A. L. Beach. Lot of 5
acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration
$400.
Jane Neely to Caroline Steele. Lot of 1
acre in Catawba township. Consideration $40.
THROWN BY'HIS HORSE.
Last Saturday morning, Mr. Wm. Hammel,
son of John Hammel, who lives about five miles
east of town, started from his house to attend
a singing school at Old Tirzah Church.
He mounted his horse?a high-spirited animal?which,
as is supposed, immediately ran
away and became unmanageable, throwing
him to the ground, as a short while after starting,
young Hammel was found lying in an insensible
condition, about 150 yards from his
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iailier s 110 U8C. nty WiUS iiiuiieuiot/Cijr ta&cii IV
the house, and Dr. Sandifer, of the neighborhood,
was called to his assistance, and on
Monday afternoon Dr. Bratton was summoned.
The injuries appear to be about the head, and
the young man is considered in a precarious
condition.
PERSONAL MENTION.
J. S. R. Thomson, Esq., of Spartanburg, is
hdire this week on professional business.
C. E: Spencer, Esq., and family are visiting
Cleveland.Springs.
Miss Missouri Williford, of Rock Hill, and
Miss Nannie Glenn, of this place, left here
Tuesday morning for Patterson's Springs.
Miss Sue P. Lowry is visiting friends in
Chester.
Mrs. Clara D. McLean returned from Warm
Springs, N. C., last Thursday.
Miss Irene Harty, of Charlotte, is visiting
relatives in this place.
Messrs. John F. Oates and J. R. Lindsay
have returned from their trip to Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
Miss A. D. Clark is visiting her relatives in
Lincolnton. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Smith, who
have been visiting friends in the same town,
have returned.
Miss Alice Owen is visiting friends in Chester.
Misses Minnie and Fannie Rothrock, of
Chester, are visiting Mr. W. C. Latimer.
Mr. Thomas Beard, of Columbia, father of
T. P. Beard of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad,
is visiting the latter at this place.
Mrs. J. A. Moody and Miss Carrie Moody,
rf Columbia, are visiting the family of J. M.
Rawlinson.
Miss Lucy Neel, of Ebenezer, is visiting
Miss Luella Smith.
Col. WILLIAMS' GRAVE.
We acknowledge the reception, through our
Black's Station correspondent Ego, of a beautiful
crayon sketch, by Mr. S. M. Jeffries, of the
spot marked as the grave of Col. Williams,
vho fell at the battle of King's Mountain,
rhe drawing represents the valley of Broad
iver, with the railroad in the distance, formng
a beautiful and picturesque landscape,
vhiip thp artistic execution is admirable. Ego
'urnishes the following facts in connection
vith the grave of Col. "Williams:
Col. Williams fell mortally wounded at the
tattle of King's Mountain. On the night
lucceeding the battle, our men bivouacked on
he bank of Broad river. During the march
o the river, Col. Williams died at a point
vhere Mr. A. Hardin now resides. His body
vas taken on until the men went into camp,
vhen it was buried in a field near the river
tank. John Randall told Wm. Camp, Esq.,
vho was a very intelligent and reliable gentlenan,
but is now dead, and who took great inerest
in Revolutionary incidents, that when a
toy he was present with his mother at the burial
>f (^1. Williams. He told the circumstance
o iff. Camp, and showed him the ruins of an
Id house. From that point on a sunset line,
etween there and the river, in an old field,
Col. Williams was buried. Mr. Camp made.
this statement to Capt. John B. Mintz, who
now owns the land. The old field having
grown up, Capt. Mintz had it cleared a few
years ago, and in cutting down the timber,
discovered the grave in the direction as described
.by Mr. Randall to Mr. Camp. The
grave was covered by an immense grape vine
which rendered it difficult to find it, though it
had often been searched for. No other grave
has ever been found near that place, and as
the people at that time buried their dead at
BufTajo Church, near that place?the church
having been established before the Revolution?this
fact, with other circumstances, removes
all reasonable doubt of the identity of
the grave.
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. *
LETTER FROM BLACK'S STATION.
Black's Station, S. G\, Aug. 11, 1879.
We are still having an abundance of rain.
The farmer88ay that the upland corn has been
greatly improved by the rains, and that a good
?ill La a?? !itlanrlo tnliilo tKo
CrUp Will UC plUUUtxu uu upiauuof nuiiv miw
present prospect on bottom lands is as fine as
ever was known in this country. The cotton
crop in this section is also the very best *
There is now more sickness here than is
usual in this section at this season of the year.
Mr. Z. P. Moore, of this place, died last Tuesday
morning of bilious fever. At 9 o'clock
next morning his remains were taken to the
Methodist church, when Rev. B. M. Boozer
delivered the funeral sermon before a large
congregation, after which his remains were
j followed to the grave by a procession, composed
of the teachers and children of the
Methodist Sunday-school, of which the deceased
was su]>erintendent
There is a revival of religion progressing
at the Methodist church. Rev. B. M. Boozer
is assisted by the Rev. R. C. Olliver and. the *
Rev. R. R. Dagnal. Quite an interest is
taken in the meetings, and a number of able
and instructive sermons are being delivered.
Mr. Elijah Turner, a merchant of Whilaker's
Station, died on the 8th instant of consumption.
A negro, proclaiming himself to be Jesus
Christ, passed near here a few days ago. He
is supposed to be the same colored individual
spoken of by the Chester correspondent of the
Enquirer as having been recently marched
out of that town at the bead of a procession *
of policemen.
Two thieves, Joseph Deal and Levi Lockhart,
colored, were arrested and tried last
Saturday before Trial Justice Camp, charged
with stealing com from the premises of J. Mv
Deal. The former turned State's evidence,
and his testimony convicted his partuer, who
was sentenced to thirty days' imprisonment
John Melton and Abe Moore, the latter
colored, who have rented the farm of Mrs.
McCosh near this place, recently detected a
negro stealing corn from their field, when
they gave hira the alternative of answering
before a trial justice or taking twenty-five
lashes on the bare-back from them, and then
leaving the neighborhood. He chose the latter,
on condition that he should not be tied,
as he said he wanted plenty of prancing
ground. His proposition was accedtd to, and
Mr. Melton gave nim twelve stripes, and Abe
laid on thirteen, repeating between each blow
the eighth commandment?"Thou shalt not
steal." The negro was then released and he
left the scene of his exploits.
A difficulty occurred near here a few days
ago, between Coke Duncan and Seaborne
Allen. The former shot the latter in the
thigh, inflictingaslight wound. A warrant
was issued for Duncan, but thus far he has
evaded arrest
The township assessors, appointed to revise
the assessment of the real estate in this township,
met on Thursday and Friday last and
completed their work.
Rev. J. H. Tillinghast, an Episcopal minister
from Eastover, Richland county, preached
last Sunday in the Methodist church at this
place.
Mt Paran, Antioch and Buffalo churches, *
I mAinUw Karro inuf oIaqo/1 ^ tfinitPaA nf
Ml fcllu) v IVtlllVJ y umi v jm?v viww. w ?revivals.
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Correspondence of the Yorkvilie Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, S. C., August 12, 1879.
The weather here now is exceedingly fine;
the air is cool, pleasant and bracing, and we
do uot feel the necessity of going to the mouutains.
For the past few nights blankets have
been comfortable. ?
The Sixth Regiment Survivors had a pleasant
reuniou at Winnsboro on Thursday last.
A number of our citizens went down and report
that they had an enjoyable time. Rev.
Moffat Grier, D. D., of Due West, delivered
an admirable address, and a sumptuous dinner
was eaten by the Survivors and their invited
guests. The next reunion of the Survivors
cf the Sixth Regiment will be held at
Blackstocks.
Dr. Grier remained in Wiuusbtro, and
preached in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church of that town on Sunday..
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Cheraw and Chester Railroad, was held
last week at Ricbburg. The reports of the
officers were read and received with satisfaction.
The road is represented to be in fine
condition financially and otherwise. The
floating debt has been materially decreased '
within the past .year, by the sale of county
i and mortgage bonds. President Hardin bas
I displayed considerable ability in the construction
and management of the road.
The following gentlemen were elected-officers
of the company for the ensuing year:
Directors?W. H. Hardin, John J. McLure,
Joseph Wylie, O. Barber, Chester; John B.
Erwin, Wm. Stevens*Dr. Foster, Lancaster;
W. A. Evans, E. N. Bedford, ? Hardin,
Chesterfield. Mr. W. H. Hardin was elected
President, and David Hemphill, of Chester,
Secretary and Treasurer. The next annual
meeting will be held at Lancaster on the first
Tuesday in August, 1880.
The new locomotive for this road, the
"Richburg," grrived last week. It is a very
handsome engine, weighs 14 tons, with 31-fect
driving wheels, and will be used on the regular
passenger trains. The engine first bought
.will now be used exclusively on the material
train.
The survivors of the Seventeenth Regiment
will meet here to morrow. Among other fea
tures of the occasion will be a fine dinner.
Senator M. C. Butler has engaged rooms at
the Cotton Hotel, and expects to attend the
meeting of the Survivors.
Allen Gale, colored, while under the influence
of mean whisky, last Friday night, made
a rumpus with his wife, and she, with more
vehemence than affection, caressed him over
the eye with a frying pan.
Mr. David S. Watson has returned from
the springs very much invigorated, and taken
his position behind the counter, awaiting the
calls of the fair ones of Chester.
Mrs. M. J. Gaston and daughter Janie,
left last week for Catawba Springs. Mrs.
Daisy G. Bacot and Miss Jennie Reynolds,
of Winnsboro, and Miss Dora Elinck of Charleston,
are here on a visit to W. T. Robinson,
father of the first named lady.
* Our theatrical atnateurs are rehearsing
"Pinafore," and we may expect its rendition
on the Chester boards ere long.
The "boys" had their annual fishing frolic
at Landsford last week. They returned on
Saturday without any serious accident, and
report having had a fine time and pleBty of
fish. Your correspondent's family recollects
various promises of a mess of finny frame, but
it must be only a dream. Camping on the
river must be a rough life; for some of the
boys looked as if they had been "drawn
through a knot hole" after their return.
Bill McKnight, colored, has shown me two
cotton bolls, which are a curiosity. Both bolls
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arc uic pruuucuuu ui a eiugie uiuuiu, yet mey
appear to be twin bolls. One-third of his crop
is distinguished by this peculiarity.
Ou Saturday last, Mr. J. H. Smith,"of the
Cotton Hotel, was unexpectedly summoned
to King's Mountain, N. C., to attend his wife,
who is quite ill there. Mr. Smith has our
deepest sympathy. He has been sorely afflicted
recently. Chester.