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* ? IZZI==ZZIZ=ZZZZ===== Jtoaps and facte. 1 ? In the United States 100,000 bushels of hemp seed are annually consumed for bird j food alone. Much of it is imported. ? The new gambling law of Arizona re-; quires each house where gaming is carried on to pay a quarterly license of $500, one-half j to go the school fund. ? A demure, diminutive girl aged 18, is under arrest in Philadelphia for bigamy. She ; has three living husbands, all of whom she has married within two years. When asked /Why she had done this, she said : "They were ! all good fellows, and they coaxed me so." ? There are about 60,000 Mennonites in Amerioa. They have 500 meeting houses. They abstaiu from taking the oath, do not infiict punishment, do not accept public offices, and never go to law. They are nearly all farmers. ? They say that a Southern delegation walked into the Grant headquarters at Chicago Vf n?*/J VTAI1 A I* A /*A1 n rr tr\ uii iuuuuaj a Liu oaiu i i ?uu mo gviug w i pay out aud money it's about time to begin," the friend aud brother has a keen eye for business. ? Chicago despatch to the Boston Journal, says: "Lieutenant-Colonel Fred. Grant has undertaken to electioneer for his father, but his visits to doubtful delegations have not produced any known change of front. His favorite remark, as quoted, is that "it will be a d?d shame if they don't nominate father.'" ? Jefferson Davis' plantation at Hurricane, Miss., is leased by Montgomery & Sons. This firm is composed of four negroes who were formerly owned by a brother of the exPresideut of the Confederacy. They own plantations worth $75,000, hire several more, and do a large mercantile business at Vicksburg. ? Here is what the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution says on the subject of round dances: "A young man watched the waltzes at a certain dancing school for some time last night, and then asked somebody to tell him why it was that the young ladies who submitted to hugging in public would not permit it in private, whereupon a bright fellow remarked that that had not been his experience." Food for thought! ? The Constitution of Kentucky excludes colored meu from juries, uo alteration having ever been made to make it conform with the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution. Juries have all along been entirely white in that State. Judge Barr, of the United States Court, has decided that convictions by such juries are void. If that doctrine is carried out, all Kentucky couviets can gain their freedom. ? Under the postal laws, if you spoil a stamped wrapper or envelope, you can have it redeemed at iis face value at the postoftice. When postal cards were introduced postmasters were instructed to redeem such as were spoiled before using at the rate of four cents in stamps for every five cents in face value of the cards. Many postal cards are spoiled in printing, others in direction, wnue many printed cards are simply unused. These can all be exchanged at the rate mentioned. ? Subscribing for a newspaper is a simple matter of business. When the paper ceases to be worth the subscription, stop it. Many subscribers subscribe for a newspaper with the air of a person who is bestowing a favor? of paying money for which they receive no equivaleut. The newspaper man does not so regard it. He feels con6dent that he gives a quid pro quo, a full consideration. His capital is invested in the enterprise, and from it he expects to eke out a living. He !o ou triiii.h entitled In nnv no the mpri'hant for his goods. ? This story of a prophetic dream comes from California: Amasa Wilsey, of Petalunm, dreamed last autumn that he would die on the 1st of May, 1880. The occurrence oppressed him, although be affected to attach no importance to it, and he took out policies in three insurance companies, so as to leave his wife provided for in case of his death. On the 1st of May he was apparently in perfect health, and preparations were made to give a dinner to his friends in the evening, to celebrate his escape from the fulfillment of his vision. The party had just gathered, however, when he fell from his chair, stricken with heart disease, and died in a few minutes. > ? The fall in iron has been from 840 to $23 a ton, a loss in expectation of $50,000,000 to furnace owners since February. About $5,000,000 have been lost to holders in a lump by the deciine in wheat. The loss in cotton is about the same, during the past tfto months. The Springfield Republican, a sagacious observer, thinks the country spent six months in marking up its goods and "made" millions; it has spent three months in marking goods down and lost millions. The future course ot prices is likely to be down for six months to come, rather than up. Meanwhile food and clothing will be cheap and the laborer will be wise if he sees that the same wages will buy more tban a year ago. ? The fuud for the Hood children had a few days ago reached $17,864. The children were left by their grandmother to the care of J. C. Morris, who has adopted John Bell. Duncan has been adopted by a rich lady of Fifth avenue, New York. The two oldest daughters, Ethel and Anna, have gone to Furope with Mrs. Hennen, their step-granamother. The twins, Miriam and Marion, have been adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Thrasher Adams, who live near New York, and the other twins, Odile and Ida, have been taken in charge by Mr. and Mrs. George McGee, of Woodville. Miss Oswold, three years old, was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Harnsy, of New York, and Anna Gertrude by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph, of Columbus, Ga. They are all under the care of excellent people. ? A correspondent, who sets himself up as a prophet, writes : "From 1851 to 1858 we had seven years of plenty. From 1858 to 1865 we had seven years of want. From 1865 to 1872 we had seven years of plenty. From 1872 to 1879 we had seven years of want. Consequently I prophesy as follows : From 1879 to 1886 we shall have seven years of plenty. From 1886 to 1893 we shall have o A r11 seven years or warn, vjrraiu win ue eiecieu next Fall, and the country will never see better times; near the close of his term we ; shall have another invasion of Mexico, which will render it necessary to keep Grant in the Presidential chair. The Canadians will also invade our Northern States, in retaliation for an incursion which will have been made on them by the Irish National Land League in the Spring of 1881." ? Jn the late war, from first to last, the Federals had 2,600,000 men, and the Confed erates bail in like manner about 600,000 meirr Of Federal prisoners during the war the Confederates took in round numbers 270,000/ while the whole number of Confederates Matured and held by the Federals was in round numbers 220,000. Of the 270,000 Fweral j prisoners taken, 22,376 died in Confduerate hands ; and of the 220,000Confederatesltaken j by the Federals, 26,436 died in their hands. : The whole number killed in battle and died < of wounds and diseases is estimated at 1,000,- j 000 of men. At the end of the war the whole 1 number of the Confederates surrendered, including Lee's and all, amounted to about j 150 000. The whole number of Federals j fher in the field and mustered out of service J was 1,050,000. The aggregate Federal popu- j laticn was some 22,000,000; the Confederate : population was less than 10,000,000; 4,000,- ! 000 of that being slaves.?Estimates made by Alexander H. Stephens. ? A few months ago and the whole colored population in States south of us were greatly excited over emigration to Kansas, apd ?ctu-, ally some sold out and left comfortable homes i and caused themselves and their families great suffering. The following from a Canadian, ^writing to a friend in Toronto, throws much light ou the subject. All Southerners, both white and black, should remain at home and build up their own country: hundreds of peo-1 pie are leaving their farms and moving out of tbis State on account of the drought. There has not been any i lin for a year in the western ! part of Kansas, arid there will not be a wagon load of wheat raised this season. I was of-1 fered a 160 acre farm for $50 yesterday, but j it would be dear at any price. If there is 1 any person around your section thinking about moving to Kansas, do not say anything j about this, for we must get in some emigrants for next year, because we have cleaned out all the money out of the niggers who came from the South, and must have some fresh ; victims soon, for you see the more people we j get out here the better it is for those who own i property. %rhviUe (frmjuiw/ YORK YILLE. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING. Jl'NEj.0.1880. STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. We devote nearly the whole of our available space on the 'first and fourth pages of the Enquirer to the proceedings of the State Democratic Convention held in Columbia on the 1st and 2nd instant. As will be seen by j the published proceedings, which we copy j from the Charleston News and Courier, the : sessions of the Convention were harmonious throughout, and the result is a ticket which will prove eminently satisfactory to the Democrats voters of the State. The following is the ticket as nominated : For Governor?Gen. Johnson Hagood, of Barnwell. For Lieu'enant-Governor?Gen. John D. Kennedy, of Kershaw. For Secretary of State?Col. R. M. Sims, of York. For Comptroller General? Hon. James C. Coit, of Chesterfield. For Attorney General?Hon. Leroy F. Youmans, of Richland. For Superintendent of Education?Major Hugh S. Thompson, of Richland. For Treasurer? Hon. John P. Richardson, of Clarendon. For Adjutant ard Inspector General? Gen. A. M. Manigault, of Georgetown. for presidential electors. At Large?John L. Manning, Wm. Elliott. First District?E. W. Moise. Second District?C. H. Simouton. Third District?J. S. Murray. Fourth District?Cad. Jones. Fifth District?(Jr., \V. (Jrott. The News and Courier gives the following brief sketch of the gentlemen composing the State ticket: Gen. Johnson Hagood, the Democratic candidate for Governor, is a graduate of the Citadel Academy. He was elected Comptroller-General in 1876 and re-elected in 1878. He commanded, with distinction, a brigade in the Confederate army, and is a successful planter, having large estates in Barnwell'and Edgefield counties. The characteristics of Gen. Hagood are thoroughness in preparation and vigor in execution. Alike in private and public life hir reputation is withoutstain, and his ambition is to crown his career by serving for a single term as Governor of the State. Among the Carownians who have been named as fully equal to the difficulties and daugers of leadership in this trying year, Gen. Hagood stands without a superior. The people know aud trust him, and his nomination is an earnest that the Democracy, in every emergency, will be ably, prudently and boldly led. Gen. J. D. Kennedy, the candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, was Chairman of the State Executive Committee in the last campaign. One of the most effective speakers in the State, he will devote himself to the interests of the party, and prove himself, once more, a gallant and devoted son of South Uarolioa. Mr. Coit, the candidate for Comptroller General, was a member of the Bond Com mission, and is the Commissioner of Claims, having, as such, authority to determine the degree of the invalidity of the whole of the disputed and unfunded indebtedness of the State. In this capacity he exhibited qualities which caused him to be chosen, without opposition, as the candidate for the most important fiscal office under the State Government. Mr. Coit is full of energy, and thoroughly understands the duties of the office that he will be called on to fill next November. Political parties rarely make so wise a choice. Col. R. M. Sims, the candidate for Secre tary of State, has held that office since 1876. Such opposition as there was to his renomination was mainly due to a desire to change the geographical distribution of offices, and not to dissatisfaction with the manner in which he conducted the office. Mr. Leroy F. Youmans, the candidate for Attorney-General, has held that position for nearly four years, during which period he has been called ou to deal with questions of great moment and vast importance. The highest compliment that could be paid him was his unanimous renomination. Major Thompson, the Superintendent of Education, was unanimously renominated for a third term, an evidence that South Carolina appreciates the value of one who is able to cope with the difficulties of popular education, and has shown himself able to develop the School system and carry out, in good faith, the pledges of the Democratic party. The schools are in better condition than ever before, and the increase in attendance, during his term, has been 45 per cent. Gen. Manigault, who is nominated for Adjutant and Inspector General, is, in the truest sense of the word, "a soldier and a gentleman," a veteran of the Mexican and Confederate wars, and fully conversant with the needs of the Volunteer service, in time of i peace, as well as with the handling of troops ! in war. A better selection could not have j been made, and the Volunteers will look j hopefully to Gen. Manigault, one of the j [ fathers of the old Militia organization, for : effectual aid and encouragement. Mr. John Peter Richardson, the candidate ' | for State Treasurer, is one of the most popular men in Clarendon county, and will make j a competent and faithful officer. Mr. Rich- j ardson is a fine speaker, and will add largely to the animation and fervor of the canvass. ? 4 X GARFIELD NOMINATED! r ^ The Natioual Republican Convention which assembled in Chicago on Wednesday of last week, did not succeed in making a nomination for President until the morning session on Tuesday, nearly a week after the Convention assembled. Grant's strength had been, pre- j vious to the Convention, greatly overestima- i ted, as a counting of the ncses on the ground clearly demonstrated. His adherents resorted to tactics to secure his nomination, and : thus the struggle was prolonged several days.1 On re assembling. Monday, 28 ballots were taken with variable results, Grant leading off with 304 on the first, and reaching 308 on the 20th, which latter figure, however,! did not increase, and at the 29th his strength was 307. Blaine received 284 on the 1st and 279 on the 29th ; Sherman 93 on the 1st and 02 on the 29th ; Edmunds 35 on the 1st and 31 on the 29th ; Washburue 30 on the 1st and 34 on tiie 26th ; Windom 10 on every ballot; j aud Garfield front oue to two votes on occasional ballots. On Tuesday, Garfield began to appear as the traditioual dark horse, his strength increasing with each ballot, when o# ; the 36th ballot, the contest having narrowed 4 down to himself and Grant, the vote stood: J Garfield 399 I Grant 809 I And Garfield was declared the nominee of , the Republican party. Whatever may be j the success of the Republican party, in the j approaching contest, all dread of Grantism, and that he and his myrmidons will be in* , dieted upon the country for another four years, is now at an end. The question is also practically settled that no man shall be eli* j gible to the office of chief magistrate for the third term. ( At the afternoon session, Chester A. Arthur, of New York, was nominated for Vice-Presijdent on the first ballot, aud at 8.30 P. ML/' the Convention adjourned. A ftnrfiplH, _Qm> iirTfimT^rTdHTTp'TEpr i publican party for President, represents the ' - - - i ? rt r-v. TT J 19th Congressional district oi c/nio. xie , lives in Mentor, and was born in Orange, ^ Cuyahoga county, in that State, November 19, 1831. He graduated at Williams College, Mass., in 1856; studied and practiced low ; was a member of the State Senate of Ohio in 1859 ? 60; entered the Union army in 1861 as Colonel of the 42nd Ohio Volunteers ; was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, January 10, 1862; whs appointed Chief of Staff of the Army of the Cumberlaud, and was promoted to the rank of Major General, September 20, 1863. He has served continuously as Congressman since the commencement of the session of the thirtyeighth Congress. He was also a member of the electoral commission of 1876. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 31st ultimo, the bill was called up to carry into effect the resolution of Congress, adopted October 19th, 1781, with regard to a monumental column at York- i town, Virginia. It appropriates one hundred thousand dollars for the erection of a monument, and thirty thousand dollars to defraying the expenses of the Yorktown centennial celebration. After considerable debate the bill was amended so as to provide that 13 Senators shall be members of the commission for the selection of a site, and was then passed. The Eaton tariff bill was then discussed until the hour of adjournment. The session of the House was devoted to the consideration of appropriation bills. In the Senate on the 1st instant, Mr. Vance, from the select committee on the exodus of negroes from Southern to Northern States, submitted a report from the majority of the committee. Mr. Windom, of the same committee, announced that he would hereafter xmptos i\f flip minnritv. The river I ",,w ,,w,,w v* ? J - and harbor appropriation bill was called up, aud various amendments made and agreed to, but pending the discussion of the bill the Senate adjourned. In the House the general deficiency appropriation bill was discussed without action. In the Senate on the 2nd, the river and harbor appropriation bill was resumed, and after various amendments, the bill was read a third time and passed. It appropriates $1,000 for improviug the Ashley, aud $15,000 for improving the Waccamaw river, in South Carolina, aud also provides for a survey to determine the feasibility of connecting the head waters of the Savannah river with the Tennessee and Hiawassee rivers by a canal. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasuary recommending sundry applications for lighting the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers, and also recommending an appropriation of $400,000 to continue payments to land grant railroad companies, was read and referred. The session of the House was devoted to the consideration of the general deficiency appropriation bill. In the Senate on the 3rd, the House bill, designating certain cities as ports of entry for dutiable goods was taken up, and alter amendments, passed. On motion of Mr. Hampton, the House bill granting the use of four condemned cannon to the Marion, S. C., artillery, J T>I - mi was passed, lue jciuuju uiriu um wna mcu called up and discussed until adjournment In the House, a joint resolutiou appropriating 830,000, for the erection of a monument to mark the birth place of George Washington was unanimously agreed to. A resolution for final adjournment of Congress at 12 M., on the 16th instant, was agreed to by a vote of 106 to 68. The general deficiency bill was then considered until adjournment. In the Senate on the 4th, a number of bills for the relief of private individuals were passed. On motion of Mr. Butler the bill authorizing the Secretary of War to adjust and settle account for arms between South Carolina and the United States was taken up and passed. Mr. Voorhees spoke at length upon the report of the exodus committee, and at the conclusion of his remarks there was some further general discussion of the same subject. In the House the proviso in the Senate post office appropriation bill for the re letting of the star routes was stricken from the bill, and it goes to the Senate for its action j iu regard to this and other Senate amend- , ments which were non concurred in. On , motion of Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, the Senate bill removing the political disa- , bilities of J. H. Carter, of South Carolina," , was taken from the Speaker's table and passed. ] In the Senate on the 5th, on motion of Mr. , Saulsbury, the Kellogg resolutions were taken | up without opposition ; but Mr. Kernan, of ] New York, who had the floor thereon, yield- , ed it for other business. A number of bills ( '1 -1 J - ot do general interest were consiaereu, anu a | bill was passed appropriating $251,000 to reimburse the Creek orphan fund, which has been diverted to other uses. In the House, Senate amendments to the ( following House bills were concurred in : To ( establish a District and Circuit Court at 1 Chattanooga, with amendment requesting the ] Presideut to open negotiations with France, ] Snain, Austria and Italy, relative to the im- ; portatiou of tobacco into their dominions. 1 The bill passed. To remove the political dis- 1 abilities of C. M. Morris, of Georgia. A ma- ? jority of bills on the table were referred and ^ nothing was left thereupon but Bayard's mar- * shal bill, the Eaton tariff commission bill and ^ the bill relative to the supervisors of election, ( which, by unanimous consent, were passed ^ over without consideration. The House, at * 5.20, adjourned. J SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. 1 ? Seventy three new buildings are in pro- J ? cess of erection in Charleston. j i ? An unfortunate lady, who has been an in- f mate of the asylum for the insane in Colum- 1 bia, for many years, aud who was known to t visitor as "Lady Washington," died in that j 1 institution on Wednesday of last week. ! s ? Dr. J. I. Bonner has recently returned : ? from Glenn Springs, and is now at his home J i in Due West. It is said that his health is j t somewhat improved, though he is still in a i 1 precarious condition. ] ? L. E. Folk, the auditorof Newberry coun- i :y, shot himself in the head with a pistol, on Monday of last week, from the effects of which ije died on the following Wednesday. From ;he time of the shooting until his death, he was unable to talk, and it could not be ascertained whether the shooting was accidental or intentional. ? The Hon. D. W. Voorhees, United States Senator from Indiana, has accepted the invitation of the Agricultural aud Mechanical Association of South Carolina, to deliver the annual oration before the Association on the occasion of the State Fair, to be holden in Columbia, commencing on the 9th of NoZber next. The Charleston and Savannah Railroad (fas sold in Charleston on Monday last at public auction for 8300,200. The purchasers Df the road are the representatives of the holders of the six per cent, and seven per cent, bonds. The following gentlemen will be the board of directors of the new company: H. B. Plant, Wm. Cutting, W. T. Walters, B. F. Newcomer, W. H. Brawley, A. F. Ravenel and C. G. Mernrainger. Mr. H. B. Plant will be the president of the Road. ? The following resolution, unanimously adopted by the Democratic State Convention, was accidentally omitted from the report of the proceedings as published in the News and Courier: "Reeolved, That this Convention, assembled in its wisdom, hereby expresses the most profound admiration for the ability, statesmanship and distinguished services rendered the party by theHHon. M. W. Gary, and that we do hereby teuder our unfeigned thanks and appreciation of his character, his unswerving patriotism and devotion to the'best interests of the State of South Carolina." ? A colored man, living within twenty miles of Sumter Courthouse, recently beat his Bon (a youth of ten years) to death with a leather thong. He first beat him until his arm wearied with a switch and then tied him up to stake in his yard and struck hiin in the neighborhood of four hundred lashes. The boy expired under the lash. It seems that he had beeu married twice, this boy being the child of his first wife, who is still living. On this occasion the wrath of the father was evoked by the boy having gone to see his * i o i n . i j moiner id violation 01 nis ratner s oruers. He has been arrested and is now in jail charged with murder. ? The grand jury of Clarendon county, in their presentment made at the recent term of the Court, say: "The grand jury is deeply impressed with the importance of legislation for the suppression of carrying concealed weapons, and the indiscriminate use and sale of intoxicating liquors?two monstrous evils which threaten the peace and good order of our county and State at large, and believing them to be the prolihc source of a large number of the broils and bloodshed now disgracing our civilization, would therefore recommend that no license be issued by the county commissioners, and that those already issued be at once revoked, and that our representatives be requested to use their influence in the passage of such stringent laws as will abate the evil of carrying concealed weapons." ? At the recent Democratic State Convention, the several counties of the State voted for and against immediate nominations of State officers as follows: For immediate nominations?Aiken, Barnwell, Beaufort, Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Georgetown, Hampton, Ker>haw, Laurens, Orangeburg, Spartanburg, Sumter, TTninn Willinmshnrcr. For nostnonement? " O" I 1 Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Horry, Lancaster, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Richland, York. In the election of 1878, these counties favoring immediate nominations, gave Hampton 66,366 votes. Those counties favoring postponement, gave him 53,183 votes, which-shows a majority for im mediate nominations of 13,183 votes. POLITICAL NEWS. ? Dispatches from Utica, New York, show that ex-Governor Seymour's candidacy for the presidency is positively and wholly out of the question. He gives two reasons for declining to run: First. That he cannot carry the State ; and second, that his health would not allow him to discharge the duties of his office. It is further stated it is Mr. Sevniour's belief that Mr. Tilden would throw his whole influence against any New York man who would secure the presidential nomination, and hence for this reason he favors the nomination of a man outside of New York as the Democratic candidate for the presidency. ? A letter from Senator Hamptou says : "Bayard is gaining strength daily. Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey will Bupport him, and other Northern strength will come to him. If the South comes to his aid he will win. If his friends press him in the Convention h9 will win." The chancesof Mr. Bayard he thus suras up : "As far as the South is concerned, he will have the solid delegations of Delaware, Maryland, North and South Carolina and Mississippi, besides a number from Virginia, Georgia and Alabama, and possibly from Kentucky and Tennessee. His speech in opposition to the scheme to unseat Kellogg lost him Louisiana's vote, and he will have none from Texas. Bayard will have at least 100 votes on the flrst ballot, and his friends confidently expect he will get 150. At St. Louis he got 33 on the Srst ballot, and all these except 10 deserted him on the second. There will be nothing rf that sort at Cincinnati. He will hold his strength, and his friends expect it to increase from the first ballot." MERE-MENTION. The Democratic Gubernatorial Convention )f Georgia will be held in Atlanta on the 4th )f August. North Georgia will not make nore than half a wheat crop this year. S. P. Ruggles, the inventor of presses for printng in raised letters for the blind, died at Lisbon, N. H., last Friday. He was also the nventor of other printing machinery which ivas popular in its day, but which has been luperseded by better devices. Horace Vlaynard, of Tenn., has been confirmed by | he Senate as Post Master General, vice Mr. Key, resigned. The ship Monrovia, sailid last week from New York for Liberia with 1 136 negro emigrants, seven of whom were ' Yom Newbern, N. C. The Empress of ( Russia, Maria Alexandrovena, died last i Thursday morning, in her 56th year. On Wednesday of last week, 3,404 immigrants! irrived at Castle Garden, New York. It 9 said that about twelve hundred of the reedmen who emigrated from Alabama to Northern States have returned. There ire now six telegraph cables connecting the United States with Europe. Cotton blooms iquares and forms are reported in Stewart, sounty, Georgia, but they are generally found . ipon shoots which come from stalks left in he fields from last year's crop Cadet I kV hitaker is still pursuing his studies at West Point. It is thought he will pass the exami- j lation. j X.OGAX.I&TrAXRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dr. John May, Agent?To All whom it may Concern. J. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation?Q. W. S. Hart, Applicant?Edward G. Whiteaides. deceased. J. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sale. Withers Adickes?Fruit Jars?Cocoanut?Beefloo? Grain .Cradles. Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?The Emporium of Fashion. Dobson A Pariah?Flour?Hams?Tobacco?Molasses?Coffee and Sugar?Hoes. T. M. Dobson?The New York House. Kennedy Bros. <fc Barron?Dry Goods. H. H. Beard A Co.?Whv He Starved to Death? Coffee and Sugar?Flour. J. M. Adams?Attention ! Housekeepers?Just Received?Oil Stoves. J. A. McLean?Probate Sale. James Scoggins, Chairman?To Bridge Builders. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.-Sheriff's Sales. W. H. McCorkle, Enumerator?Census Notice. H. C. Strauss. Secretary?Masonic Meeting. FINE PEACHES. Mr. B. C. Pressly has our thanks for some nice peaches, the product of his orchard. SHIPMENT OF FBlflT. Last Tuesday morning, Mrs. W. B. Metts shipped to New York 38 crates of peaches. This is the first shipment of fruit ever made from Yorkvilleto a northern market. CHURCH NOTICES. The pulpits of the Presbyterian, Associate Reformed and Baptist churches will be filled at the usaul hours of worship by. members of the M. E. District Conference, of which announcements will be made hereafter. SALES-DAY. On Monday last, sales-day for June, the following property was sold: The interest of II. I. Hullender in the Whisonant Mil. act; sold by the sheriff at the suit of Brem, Brown & Co., and others. Bought by R. A. Caldwell for $450. LAST YEAR'sTfHITTON PLANT. Mr. W. W. Culp, of Fort Mill, has sent us a stalk of cotton from a root of last year's growth, which remained in the ground all winter. In the note accompauying it, he says the crops in that section are looking well, and the farmers are well up with their work. COTTON SALES. Within the past week, Capt. J. R. Gardner, cotton buyer in this market for Messrs. J. M. Ivy & Co., of Rock Hill, has bought from three or four parties in or near town, 313 bales of cotton, for which he paid from to 10$. The total of the purchase amounted to $14,5)10.75. COTTON CROP. The cotton crop in this section is two weeks earlier than has been known for several years, and under all the circumstances is in a very satisfactory condition. The greatest drawback to it is that some fields have not been worked, owing to the fact that some farmers nlonto/l lu.uon/1 tlio nanupitu nf flip lnlwr at. their command. JENKINS *KIFLES. At the annual election of officers of the above company, last Tuesday night, the following commissioned officers were elected: Captain?J. Robert Lindsay. iFirst Lieutenant?Rufus A. Parish. Second Lieutenant?Joseph G. Wardlaw. Secretary and Treasurer?Henry C. Strauss. KING'S MOUNTAIN MONUMENT. Col. A. Coward, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the King's Mountain Centennial Association, desires to procure a pamphlet copy of the proceedings of the celebration of 1855, for the purpose of placing it, among other relics, under the corner stone of the monument to be laid on the 23rd instant. Any person having a copy of the pamphlet which he is willing to donate for the purpose, will confer a favor by communicating with Col. Coward immediately. SUDDEN* DEATH. We learn that on the 2nd ultimo, Mrs. Elizabeth Ingram, aged 47 years, wife of John Ingram, of Broad River township, in this county, died suddenly, falling from a chair in which she had been seated but a few minutes after scouring the floor of her house. .Trial Justice tf. U. .Leecn, acting as coroner, suramoneu a jury gf inquest, of which Mr. J. M. Hope was foreman, and after thoroughly investigating the facts, they returned a verdict that she came to her deatli by the providence of God. KILLED ON THE RAILROAD. On Saturday last an excursion for the colored people was run over the Chester and Lenoir Railroad from Chester to Dallas. In the afternoon, while the train was returning from Dallas, when near Pleasant Ridge, Wm. Legare, one of the excursionists, who is said to have been drunk at the time, attempted to step from one car to another while the train was in motion, and in doing so fell between the cars 011 the track. One of the cars passed over his legs, nearly serving both of them above the knee3, and he was otherwise bruised and injured. He lived in the neighborhood of Clover, and his body was taken back there next day for burial. ITEMS FROM THE "POINT." Mr. S. S. Smith, who resides on the "Point," near Zeno, in the upper part of this county, shot and killed a young bald eagle on the 21st of last month. It measured 2 feet 2 inches from tip to tip. He also recently shot and wouiided a fowl in Catawba river, about the size of a duck, which is not usually seen in this section. It is web-toed, and supposed to be a water rail. Mr. Smith succeeded in capturing it, and has it alive. He proposes to uonU if fn fVU Rnfler the Commissioner of Agriculture, at Columbia. Mr. E. D. Thompson, of the same neighborhood, recently had a goslin hatched on his place, with three legs and four feet. The third leg, which was in rear of the other two, had upon it two well developed feet. The goslin lived several weeks. A SMALL FARM WELL TILLED. As showing what can be accomplished on a small farm, by good cultivation, we give the following as the actual results last year on a farm of 41 acres, near town: 5,225 lbs. ginned cotton, $535 00 400 bushels cotton seed, 60 00 195 bushels corn, at 75 cents, 146 25 42} bushels wheat, at $1.25, 53 12} 125 bushels oats, at 50 cents, 62 50 20 bushels sweet potatoes 10 00 40 cords fire wood, 60 00 $926 87} EXPENSE ACCOUNT. Plowman, $125 00 Extra labor, 175 00 Fertilizers, 90 00 Blacksmithing, 25 00 Feed for 1 mule, 75 00? 490 00 Excess over cost of production, $486 87} The land for the above crops was apportioned as follows: In cotton, 30 acres; corn, 8 acres; wheat, 6 acres; oats, 7 acres. DEATH OF Dr. F. M. ROSS. Dr. Francis M. Ross died at the residence of Mr. S. Anderson McElwee, in this place, 011 Thursday evening last, after a brief illness superinduced by a.bilious attack. Dr. Ross was born in Mecklenburg county, N. C., on the 19th of June, 1800. When a youth lie learned the printer's trade ill Charlotte, and while thus employed, he also read medicine, and afterwards graduated from a medical college in Louisville, Ky. After his graduation, however, he did not devote his attention to the practice of medicine; but after beiny connected for a short while with a newspaper enterprise in Charlotte, he accepted the office of county register of Mecklenburg county, which he held continuously for about thirty years. He was also postmaster of Charlotte, which position he held until 1803 or 1804. In all the different public positions to which he was called, be discharged his duties faithfully and honestly, and though previous to the close of the war he was abundantly blessed with this world's goods, he shrunk from the performance of no labor or duty which his hands found to do. As he learned the art of printing for the employment it afforded, so in after years, on account of his fondness for the business, acquired in early life, did he accept the position of book-1 < keeper and mailing clerk in one of the daily 11 papers published in Charlotte after the close ( of the war. Since 1873 he made his home with | Mr. McElwee, his son-in-law, in Yorkville. His remains were taken to Charlotte for in- (] terment, and on Friday evening were buried in the cemetery from the First Presbyterian ? church. i PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. J. M. Selden and his family, of Augus- 1 ta, Ga., will spend the summer in this place, ' having secured boarding in the family of Dr. j T "11" T U. JXA.. liWWIJf. 1 We regret to learn that Capt. J. Thomas Lowry is quite ill with a bilious attack. Mr. ( J. E. Smith was similarly stricken on Thursday morning, but his condition is improving. ' Miss Missouri Williford, of Winnsboro, is visiting the family of Mr. R. H. Glenn and 1 other of her friends here. Miss Hattie West, i of Chester, is also here on a visit. i Rev. J. A. White, pastor of Hopewell A. , R. P. Church, in Chester county, preached in the church of that demomination in this place on Saturday and Sunday last?two sermons each day?and on Sunday night occupied the pulpit of the M. E. Church. We were pleased to receive a call, last Monday, from Mr. James E. Wilson, who for a number of years was connected with the editorial management of the Enquirer. Mr. Wilson is now connected with a grain and milling establishment in Nashville, Tenn., and we are ghvd to learn that he is prospering. CIRCU1TCOURT. The next term of the Circuit Court for York county, his Honor Judge Kershaw to preside, will convene on the fourth Monday of the present month. In conformity with the requirements of the law, 011 Tuesday last, under supervision of Jury Commissioner D. C. McKinney, the following petit jurors were drawn, to serve at the approaching term: Juror. Township 1. R. A. Gilflllrn, York. 2. Ilandy White, colored, Fort Mill. 3. William Dickson, York. 4. R. L. A. Smith, Broad River. 5. Robert II. Fulwood, Fort Mill. 0. W. J. Neely., Bethel. 7. John J. Garvin, York. 8. Green B. Collins, Catawba. 9 John Neelands, Broad River. 10. Jesse I. Faris, .. Ebenezer. 11. Arch. Dillingham, King's Mountain. 12. Robert Coonrad, Bethesda. 13. Sampson Carothers, colored, Ebenezer. 14. F. D. Davidson, Bethesda. lo. J. Ed. Leech, Broad River. 16. Bowman Merritt, Fort Mill. 17. Thomas O'Farrel, Jr., York. 18. James B. Collins, Cherokee. 19. W. A. Jackins, Cherokee. 20. M. J. McElwee, Catawba. 21. Sam. Hanna, colored, Bethel. 22. W. E. Adams, BetheL 23. B. G. Sandifer, Ebenezer. 24. Samuel W. Jackson, Ebenezer. 25. Samuel D. Barron, Ebenezer. 20. Wm. Crawford, King's Mountain. 27. James B. Adkins, Ebenezer. 28. Andy Mills, Sen., colored, Ebenezer. 29. James A Withers, Fort Mill. 30. J. M. Stricklin, Catawba. 31. Charles H. Williams, Catawba. 32. Ross Watson, colored, Bethel. 33. George Adams, colored, Bethel. 34. Zach. T. Bailes, Fort Mill. 35. Wm. F. Jonas, Bethesda. 36. John S. Bratton, Bethesda. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The bullion assays at the Charlotte mint for the month of May, amounted to 91U,403.06. ? Capt. J. F. Freeland has written the Adjutant General, saying that he will take 50 or 55 men of the Durham Light Infantry and band to the King's Mountain celebration. ? Governor Jarvis has deemed it necessary to publish an address in vindication of his official acts while chief executive of the State. His strongest competitor for the uominatiou, as candidate for Governor, is Judge Fowle. ? According to the report of Adjutant-General Jones, the organnized military force of North Carolina, on the 1st of January, 1880, was 2,567, including officers, privates, musi' cians and chaplains. ? The case of VV. W. N. Hunter, charged with the recent burning of the court house at Kiii8ton, had a hearing at that place on Tuesday, and after examining a number of witnesses, the justices announced their decision Wednesday morning, discharging the defendant. ? The Charlotte Observer says: The Hor n?/i Ml J?M1 nets in est ruuemen win urm twice a iuumu for the King's Mountain celebration. They have decided to give a favorable response to the request contained in the letter of the Adjutant General. ? Mr. Best and his associates, purchasers of the Western N. C. Railroad, have formally taken possession of that property. Two engineer corps will at once be started from Asheville?one to Paint Rock and the other to Ducktown?and the work of completing the entire road will be pushed forward as rapidly possible. ? The battle of Alamance was duly celebrated on Saturday, the 29th ultimo?the 110th anniversary of that event?which was really the first conflict between American patriots and the advocates of British despotism in the colonies. About 5,000 people were present at the celebration. A statue on a monument, erected in commemoration of the event, was unveiled, speeches were made, and a barbecue dioner was partaken of. ? Under the caption of "The First Day's Fruits," the Monroe Enquirer of Saturday says: "License law went into effect only yesterday morning, yet anyone almost anywhere within the corporate limits, could have readily told that "King Alcohol" was already at work. In short we had several cases of drunkenness. Two or three of the parties were regular visitors to the place, but have ot been known to be intoxicated for the past i year. No, no, Prohibition does no good I Does not in the least lessen the sale of whisky I So they say?but it seems to us we had 1 sufficient oroof to the contrary only yester- ( day." ! EDITORIAL INKLINGS. j King's Mountain Monument. The followiug is an official announcement i from the King's Mountaiu centennial com* < mittee, through I. W. Garrett, of King's Mountain : ' "On the 23rd day of June, the corner stone ' of the monument to be erected on the battle ground of King's Mountain, will be laid by the Masonic fraternity under the direction of the Grand Master of South Carolina, assisted probably by Grand Masters from other < States. In obedience to instructions from < the executive committee, the members of the t Masonic fraternity at large are cordially in* i vited to attend. To those who may come, I t would state that the place to stop at is King's t Mountain village, on the Atlanta <& Char- t lottee Air Line Railway, where private conveyances will be in readiness to convey them i to the battle ground, at reasonable rates." i A Remarkable Murder Trial. Quite a remarkable murder trial has | recently closed in the Superior Court of Row- . an county, N. C. In February last, a horri- t ble infanticide was committed in that county. A young white woman, Mary Poteet, mother ( of the murdered child, and Jane Rankin, ( colored, were supposed to be implicated. The * two women were together when the crime ? was committed, and when the body was found near the house, a few days afterwards, each ? accused the other of the crime. On the trial i both women reiterated their charges against v each other and there was no evidence found to controvert or sustain the testimony of either. The testimony of both had, therefore, to be rejected, and with this left out there was ot sufficient evidence to convict either. They were accordingly acquitted by the jury. John F'oteet, Mary's father, and Scott Rankin, Jane's husband and father of the child, were indicted as accessories. "It was thought for awhile," says the Watchman, "that they ^ would have to atone for an outraged law, and 1 it was confidently predicted on the streets that they would go to the penitentiary at the least. But meanwhile Judge Buxton was searching the law and authorities as to the effect of the verdict rendered in the case of Mary Poteet and Jane Rankin, and when the case against John Poteet and Scott Rankin as accessories was called, to-wit: on the same day, announced that he was compelled to order a nol. pros, in their case, and the whole party marched out of the court house in the face of the sun, and returned to their homes ? A.1. ?J FJ*r, /In/ii'olnn ivaa ko Oil/1 uuscauieu. AX 18 IIUIIUI a uctioiuu niu uaovu on the argument that accessories could not be guilty of a crime of which the principals were declared innocent, which we suppose is good law, though it must be admitted that the law is strangely at fault when such crimes may be committed and the guilty ones escape the penalties due them." NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. The following is, the platform adopted- by the Republican National Convention at Chicago on Saturday last. The resolutions, after, reviewing the administration of the Republican party, ask for the continued confidence and support of the people, and submit for their ' approval the following statements of the prin- < ciples and purposes which will continue to inspire it: ' t First. It affirms that the work of the last twenty-one years has been such as to commend itself to the favor of the nation, and the fruits of the victories should be preserved and the dissevered Union, happily restored, should be perpetuated, her credit should never be impaired and reviving industries should be further promoted. 8econd. The Constitution is the supreme ^ law, and not a mere contract out of confederated States; it made a sovereign State, it made a nation. Some powers are denied to a nation, while others are denied to States, but the boundary between the powers delegated and those reserved is to be determined by the nation, not by the State tribunals. Third. Popular education is to be left to the care of the States, but it is the duty of the national government to aid that work to extend its constitutional duty. Fourth. It recommends the Constitution to be amended so as to forbid the Legislatures of each 8tate to make any law respecting the establishment of religion and to forbid the appropriation of public funds to support sectarian schools. Fifth. It affirms the belief that duties levied for the purpose of revenue should so - 4 discriminate as to favor American labor. -IVo further grants of the public domain to railway corporations. Slavery having perished in the 8tates, its twin in barbarity, polygamy, must die in the Territories. That everywhere the protection accorded to citizens of American birth must be secured to citizens by American adoption. It acknowledges obligations to the men who preserved its integrity in the hour of battle, and invokes Congress and the treaty-making power to restrain and limit Chinese immigration." * Seventh. It endorses the administration of Hayes. Eighth. It charges that the Democratic party, to obtain possession of the national * and State governments and control of place and position, have obstructed all effort to promote the purity and to conserve the freedom of suffrage, and have devised fraudulent certificates and returns; have labored to unseat lawfully elected members of Congress to secure at all hazards a vote of a majority.of States in the House of Representatives; have endeavored to occupy by force and fraud fn Afliopo K?r tha nunnla pidUCO VI liuot ^1 VOU IAJ Vl?IIV?U 9IJ va v of Maine, which attempt was resented by ti e courage and action of Maine's patriotic sons; have attached partisan legislation to appropriation bills upon which the movements of the - government depend ; have crushed the rights -i of individuals, advocated the principle add sought favor of the rebellion against I te nation, and endeavored to obliterate the sacred memories of the war and overcome its inestimably valuable results of nationality, . personal freedom and individual equalities. A The equal enforcement of law and the M protection of all citizens in the enjoyment of all privileges and immunities guaranteed MM by the Constitution are the first duties of the nation. The danger of a solid South can only be ^ adverted by the faithful performance of every promise which the nation has made to the citizens in the execution of the laws and the puuishmeut of all those who violate them, ? the only safe methods with which enduring peace can be secured and genuine prosperity established thoughout the South. The solid South must bo divided by the peaceful agencies of the ballot, and opinicns must there find free expression, and to this end honest voters must he protected agaiiiRt terrorism, violence and fraud. A resolution reported by Pierreport of New York, after being read, Barker, of Mas ' 1 rt AAlnr* iliA sacnuiieiuj, muveu lo uiucmu vjj auumg following: "The Republican party adhering to the principles affirmed by its last National ^ Convention of respect for constitutional rules * governing the appointment to office, adopts , the declaration of President Hayes that reform in the civil service shall be thorough, radical and complete ; to that end it die- > mauds the co-operation of the legislative with the executive departments of the government, and that Congress ohall so legislate that the fitness ascertained by proper practical t:St shall admit to the public service; that the ' tenure of administrative officers, except these through which the distinctive policy of the Karty in power shall be carried out, shall e permanent during good behavior, and that the power of removal for cause, with due responsibility for good conduct of subordinates, shall accompany the power of appointment." Anthony, of Illinois, moved an amendment, which Barker accepted, and the amendment of Barker was adopted, and then the resolution as amended was also adopted without a call of States. The resolution as adopted omits the tenure )f offices clause, otherwise it is practically as iriginglly introduced. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chesteb, 8. C., June 7.?The farmers of Chester are now busily engaged with their jotton and corn crops, which look well and it this time are quite promising. The bar- > resting of small gr&in proves that the wheat tnd oal. crops are better than it was expected hey would be. Thrashing machines have ilready been put in operation. A gentle rain is falling to-day, which was leeded and will be of great benefit to grow* ng crops. On the 28th ultimo, Mrs. J. L. Bigham, of BJackstocks, aged 61 years, died suddenly at jer residence. Her remains were buried at 3opewell A. R. P. Church, she long having >een a consistent member there. One day last week the horse of Mr. Win. j. Gladden ran off with his buggy, while Mr. 5. was in town. He and Mr. Joseph Wilson >arely escaped serious injury. The buggy ^ yas entirely demolished and the horse badly njured. At a meeting of the town council last week >55.60 of redeemed Chester scrip was burned, kt the same meeting of council an ordinance eas passed prohibiting the carrying of coui i - ? .?">