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Jwaj)* and Jatts. ? It will not be fashionable to tell a man he lies this season. He is to be informed that he is suggestive of a summer resort circular. ? There are said to be nearly 550,000 Freemasons in the United States, more than one to every hundred of population. The number in New Jersey is 11,968, nearly one to every hundred of population. ? Mr. John A. Appleton, the eldest of the brothers composing the well-known publishing house of D. Appleton & Co., New York, died on Wednesday, of last week, at Clifton, Staten Island, aged sixty-five years. ? A suggestion has been made that a con- j vention of delegates, appointed by the Goveruors of the several States, be held to draft some uniform law on the subject of divorce, to be presented to the legislatures of the States. ? The New York Public reaches the con elusion that the wheat crop will be as large as in 1879 ; 440,000,000 to 460,000,000 bushels?about 40,000,000 less than last year? and that the United States may find it difficult to market its surplus with a fair showing for wheat in Europe. ? At a National Convention of Hebrews, now in session at Chicago, there will be a discussion of a proposition to substitute Sunday for Saturday as the day for observance of the Sabbath. In some parts of Europe this change has been already made, and Hebrews and Christians may be seen attending divine service on the same day. ? A woman belonging to the sect called Perfectionists, undertook to run herself to death pt Dallas, Texas. She got the idea from a Scriptural passage about "running the race to the end," that if she run till she died she would go direct to Heaven. She could not kill herself by pedestrianism, however, and resorted to drowning instead. ? A New York "medical professor" has been amusing himself for several days by firing shots from a pistol, similar to that which Guiteau used, into the bodies of subjects as nearly as possible like the President in size, weight, etc. These bodies belonged to men who died in some of the public institutions. v ? Last Thursday, in Arkansas, was generally observed as a day of fasting and prayer for the recovery of President Garfield, it having been set apart by Governor Churchill for that purpose. Religious services were held in all the churches, and all the State offices were closed, as well as a number of prominent business houses. ?Some of the clerks at the White House are now engaged in the Herculean task of getting together and preserving in scrap books the various newspaper accounts of the attempt on the President's life, together with the accom panying editorials. These books?there will be a great many of them?will make a most interesting and valuable collection, and the President will be pleased to look it over when he gets well. . ? Since the census was taken in June, 1880, very nearly a'raillion immigrants have landed in the United States. In New York alone, during the first six months of 1881, the arrivals numbered 240,000, They are nearly all bound for the West, and do not produce an appreciable effect on the labor markets of the Atlantic coast. The new-comers are of the self-supporting class, and on the virgin land of the West will soon be producers of breadstuffs for export to the Old World. ? In the Georgia Legislature, on the 14t!, an extraordinary scene ^occurred. Mr. Northen, of Hancock, made an eloquent speech on woman's work for temperance, and then presented a petition for a local option law, which stretched down all the aisles and went clear around the hall. It was six hundred feet long, and had on it thirty thousand names when enrolled. It was greeted with great ao plause. It is thought the local option law will certainly pass. ? To-day is the twentieth anniversary of the "First Battle of Manassas." Post 201, Grand Array of the Republic, of Carlisle, Pa., has arranged for a grand jollification, and will go on an excursion to the Luray Caverns, and at its invitation will be met by the survivors of the Confederate array of the Shenandoah Valley?the "home of the "Stonewall" brigade. It will doubtless be a hearty aud happy meeting, the Blue and the Gray joining hands on the anniversary of the first great battle of the war. ? The total leogth of the Southern Pacific Railroad, from New Orleans to San Francisco, will be 2,397 miles, of which all but 350 miles have been completed. The various sections of this line are: Southern Pacific, 1,268; Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad ("Sunset" Route), 431 ; Houston to Orange, 106, and Louisiana Western, 112. The value of the property of the road is 8130,873,900. The Southern Pacific has a land grant in California of 11,000,000 acres, and the "Sunset" Route a grant in Texas of 1,800,000 acres. ? At a conference of the leading sugar refiners, held in New York a week ago last Monday, an agreement was made to reduce the production of sugar about one third. The total amount melted each week is from 20,000,000 to 30,000,000 pounds, and it is proposed to reduce the daily production from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 pounds. This will be done fbr one week, as an experiment, to see how it will affect the market, which is claimed to be very sluggish just now. In case there should bv no change, the reduction will be continued until the market regains a healthful condition. ? According to the New York papers, good progress is now being made on the Hudson River Tunnel, which is now in charge of Gen. Win. S. Smith, a Western engineer of considerable reputation. The new work is said to be progressing at the rate of about five feet a day. The length of the tunnel from shore to shore will be about 5,400 feet, and the approaches will add about as much more to the j length. The work now extends 300 feot un^! der the river from the Jersey shore, and a heading from the New York side is now being started. The present arch is thirty feet below the bed of the river, and a system of air-1 i locks has been introduced, which will give additional safety and allow more rapid progress of the work, which will be completed in about three years. ? The Spanish government has issued a decree allowing Jews to return to that country, from which they were brutally expelled and banished in 1492. The concession has been secured by the intervention of an influential Jew at Constantinople, who suggested to the Soanish minister that his fellow countrymen, who were receiving such bad treatment in Russia, Germany and eastern Europe, might be again received in Spain, where they achieved such prosperity during the middle ages. Sixty thousand Jewish refugees have arriyed in Turkey, and it is proposed to have these continue their exodus to Spain, the country which for seven centuries was the only part of Europe where they were free from persecution and their rights: were respected. Their subsequent treatment, during the fifteenth century is one of the j darkest blots in Spanish history. ? Says the Boston Advertiser: It is report- j ed that Keene, Flood, Mackey and others are rapidly organizing their new telegraph scheme, j and that the work of building will be begun j at once. It is intended within a year to have an extensive service established iD all the principal paying points in the United States. All branches of business now performed by the Western Union will be carried on by the new management, but under different organi- j zations. One special feature of the general commercial and telegraph department will be i a system of receiving and transmitting night! messages, which will be dropped in the post j office as soon as received, and for which an j unparallelled low rate will be charged. An-; other department will be gold and stock re-' portiDg lines between the different cities, and 1 there will also be the inevitable construction j and maintenance company. One of the evi-1; dences that the combination means business ; is the purchase, within a day or two, of the j! factory at Ansoniu, Conn., which has the pat- I ent and control of what is known as the com- ! pound wire. They have also purchased the | recent inventions for rapid telegraphy made by Elisha Gray, of Chicago, and also the Lago patents which provide for the quick i transmission of art exact duplicate or fac siru- | ile of any message or drawing. j $fte (gtoqitim. YORKVILLE. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1881.! How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free ol postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-omee nere, without additional charge to the subscriber. i Watch the Figures.?The date on the"8ddrcsslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in a Ivance. SOUTH-CAROLINA NEWS. ? The town of Batesburg, in Lexington county, elected a dry ticket last Monday. ?? The waters in Broad and Catawba rivers, have recently been lower than has been known for years. ? Spartanburg has voted a county subscription of 875,000 to the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad. ? The annual re-union of the survivors of the Sixth Regiment, will take place at Chester on Thursday, 4th day of August. ? The Sumter Watchman and True Southron are to be consolidated after the first of August. ? The Southern Christian Advocate learns that Bishop Wightraan shows indications of permanent convalesence. ? At Union C. H., on Monday of last week, Mr. H. Schappaul, a drayman, while at the railroad depot with his dray, receiving freight, fell in a fit and died in about an hour afterward. ? A contract has been closed for the erectiou of a cotton factory building at Sumter. The machinery of the factory is to be driven by steam and the building is to be completed by the 15th of November next. ? It is reported, says the Orangeburg Dem ocrat, that the oak trees in some sections of the dbunty are casting their leaves as they - - - - * 1 - j do in the tall ot the year oniy, parcnea wuu the sun. Pine trees are dying and vegetation generally looks sick and suffering. ? It is said that Mr. Edward F. Stokes, of Greenville, intends to sue Solicitor Orr, of the Eighth Circuit, for $300,000 damages for. accusing him of Junacy during the progress of the recent trial of the Greenville incendiaries. ? On Tuesday of last week, a sever thunder storm occu rrld m Sgartanburg, duriDg which lightning struck in several places. Mrs. Revan and one of her daughters were instant ly killed and her baby was badly burned ; her two other daughters were severely shocked. ? N. B. Barn /ell, Master irr" Equity for Richland county, has filed his decision fn the _i_.it.._ i'u. m?rVil.im. I matter as to wnetuer me uuailuut, wiuiu bia and Augusta Railroad charged cotton freightage by weight or measurement under the charter of December, 1846. The Master decides that the custom has been to charge by weight. ?* Miss Bessie Springs, of Rock Hill, a daughter of the late Mrs. F. A. Conner, and Mr. L. D. Childfi, of Columbia, were married in Charlotte, at the residence of Mr. A. B Davidson, on Wednesday of last week. The bride is a niece of Mr. Davidson, and also of Col. A. B. Springs. The groom is a son of the late L. D. Childs, of Columbia. ? In Greenville, the Democratic municipal nominations resulted in the selection of three "wet" and three "dry" candidates for aldermen. Mayor Townes was endorsed by the wet party and was nominated for reelection. Col. J. A. Hoyt, Dr. J. T. Dorrah and Samuel Stradley, representing the Prohibitionists, and A. B. Wright, W. B. Henderson, and Wm. Wilkins, representing the license faction, were nominated for aldermen. ? The superintendent of education desires all the teachers in the State who expect to attend the Normal School at Greenville, this summer, to notify Mr. A. M. Howell, the secretary, at once of their intention. This information is important, as the supply of text books and other necessaries is dependent upon it The secretary's address is Greenville, and he would also like to know the names of those who hav# not yet made their boarding arrangements. ? The Census ret.urns show that South Carolina has now 4,178,354 acres of improved land, being 400,000 less than in 1860 ; but a million more than in 1870. Her farm lands are now valued at $68,600,000, against $139,652,000 in 1860, and about $48,000,000 in 1870. She pays two millions less in wages; and produces $6 ,000 more than in 1870. She raised in 188 J, 516,490 bales of jcotton, against 224,500 in 1870, and 353,412 in 1860. She raises more oats now than in 1860 or 1870, more corn than in 1870, but less than in 1860, and her production of rice is 62,948,537, pounds ; being 67,000,000 less than in 1860, but twice as much as in 1870. ? William Dodson, Pleasant Adams, Richard Bates and Joseph Burton, the four negros charged with burning the Academy of Music in Greenville, on the night of December 7, 1879, were tried in Greenville last week, and found guilty by a mixed jury, consisting of six white and six colored men. They were sentenced by Judge Hudson to be hanged on ; the 9th of September next. At the conclu- i sion of the sentence, Dodson fainted and fell 1 backwards to the floor. His associates in , crime received the judgment of the Court ( with stolid indifference. It is intimated by < the counsel for the defence that the case will i be again carried to the Supreme Court. 1 This is the second trial and conviction of these parties for this crime. They were first j brought to trial ori April 6, 1880, and after a f fair hearing and an able defence, were sen- t tenced to be hanged on the 18th day of June * following. The case was carried to the Supreroe Court, which granted a new trial. In , the trial which has just been concluded, the State was represented by Solicitor Orr and by Col. W. E. Earle, of Washington, D. C., and the defendants by Messrs. J. T. Nix and . E. F. Stokes, of the Greenville bar. . i EDITORIAL INKLINGS. i The New York Senatorship. < Warner Miller, who came into the Geld I as a candidate for the long term United i States Senatorship from New York, ou the < withdrawal of Mr. Piatt, was elected last < Saturday, having received seveuty-three votes, i one less than he had received the day before. < When he received seventy-four votes, as he i did Friday, he lacKed nve, seveniy-mne oe- i ing necessary to elect, but on the following i day he pulled through on seventy-three, four- < teen members being absent from their seats. i The balloting on Monday resulted without i an election of the second Senator. The vote, : was as follows : Lapham, 54 ; Potter, 34; Conkling, 27 ; Evarts, 1. Necessary to a | choice, 59. Mormonism in Georgia. Most people have an idea that Mormorisra flourishes only in Utah, but judging from the following notice which appears in the Atlanta Constitution of Friday, it would seem that the peculiar 3ect is making some headway in Georgia: "The annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Georgia Mission, will be held in Mormon meeting house, Haralson county, Ga., July 22, 23 and 24, to which a cordial invitation is extended to all. There will be present ten or twelve traveling elders from the different parts of the State, also John Morgan, President of the Southern States Mission. Walter Scott, President." The Constitution makes this notice the subject of an editorial, in which it acknowledges that, surprising as it may seem, these people have made considerable progress in that State. That paper says: "This nefarious business has been making considerable headway iu certain sections of the State for several years past. Only a short while ago, a namber of wretched emigrants from the mountain regions of Alabama and Georgia, passed through Chattanooga on their way to the great centre of moral degradation in Utah, and this has been going on for years. When it assumes the aggressive, as it seems to have done in Georgia, and establishes 'missions' in the States for the purpose of contributing fresh victims to the unbridled lust of the 'saints,' it is time for Congress, to apply the remedy. There is a 'Georgia Mission,' and there are missions in all the States, and fresh supplies of'converts,' mostly women, are constantly arriving in Salt Lake City. In view of all these things, it is the duty of Congress to pass such laws as will effectually abolish the lustful practices of the 'Saints.' They should be made to conform to the code of morals which govern decent people everywhere." Mr. Davis on the Assassination. The Philadelphia Press contains a lengthy interview between a representatative of that paper and Jefferson Davis, at his home in Mississippi, a few days after the attempted assassination of the President. The first words of Mr. Davis to his visitor were ail inquiry as to the condition or the rresident. After hearing the purport of the latest bulletins Mr. Davis said : "This assault on General Garfield is a horible crime, and there can be but one sentiment among the people of this country at the enormity of the offense. When a man will kill the President because he refuses him office, what may not be expected ? Assassination is usually the outgrowth of seasons of oppression. Even then it is the result of a force or sentiment too cowardly fur revolution?too contemptible for civilization to tol erate. This crime is without even the excuse of excitement. A vulgar man murders the President in his wild delirium about office. Such a crime makes the whole nation kin, halters all prejudice and hushes partisan thoughts. It is evident that the crime is the outgrowth of a greedy scramble for office, which of late years has been so marked. It is hoped that the reaction which this great crime will produce, will correct this alarming evil. It has for a long time been growing into our system until it has finally resulted in the murder of the executive. The South had much hope in the President's administration, and will sincerely mourn his loss as it joins in the national sorrow in the l:~ i:r_ r Ur. auempt upuil Ills inc. l eaincoujr uupc ut may speedily recover. Appointments and removals for political consideration is a bad use of executive power. When the Confederacy was organized at Montgomery, it was provided that no man should be removed from office by the executive except for cause, which the law required should be specifically stated. The political power concentrated in the hands of the President by his control of patronage has been growing greater every day, and its administration has for a long time been vicious." Reports of the Growing Crops. Returns to the Agricultural department at Washington to the 1st instant, show an increase in the condition of the cotton crop since the reports of June. The average condition is 95 per cent, against 100 at the same time last year. The following are the reports by States: Thirty-four counties in North Carolina average 94 per cent.; nineteen counties in South Carolina ; average 93 ; fifty-seven counties in Georgia average 98; thirteen in Florida average 99 ; thirty-two counties in Alabama average 102; thirty-niue counties in Mississippi average 94; eighteen counties in Louisiana average 96 ; sixty-four counties in Texas aver age 89 ; thirty-two counties in Arkansas average 92; eighteen counties in Tennessee average 105. The plant is generally reported small and ten days late. Hot and too dry weather is almost universally noted, except in Southern and Western Texas little injury i was reported for that cause. At the date of ( the returns, Alabama and Georgia, each reported a better condition than last year, while Texas and Arkansas are lower. Insect injuries are seldom mentioned. The condition of the wheat crop, as re- i ported July 1st, is much better than on June 1st, and averages eighty-three for the whole country. The Atlantic States fell off slightly as com- 1 pared with the returns for the same time ' last year, but the large wheat region north | of the Ohio River and west of the Mississippi ( returns a low cqndition compared with 1880. ( Michigan reporls only 64 per cent, and Illinois 60. Ohio and Indiana are below last i year, but report fair prospect. Missouri and < Kansas each make great complaint of damage fromjinsects. In the spring wheat States, I Iowa alone returns the condition much lower 1 than last year and which is only 72. The i increase of area planted in corn is nearly 2 per cent, over that planted in 1880. The I average condition, of the crop is not so high < as the last two years and is 90 per cent.' i against 100 last year. In all North Atlantic j i States the crop is backward, owing to the | 1 3old, wet spring, but in the States of south j Df the Delaware River and the Gulf of Mex- ( ico it is reported as fair. Texas, however, t reports serious injury from drought. t In the great corn producing region, border-, 1 ng on the Ohio ana Mississippi Rivers, the i v iverage is below last year, particularly in the i i >tnte of Iowa, which only reports a condi-' r ion of 77 per cent, caused by the cold spring ' tnd too much rain in June. In Illinois and Missouri the condition is reported very favorHie President's Couditiou. The President is recovering slowly, and ,Yith such favorable prospects that his physicians feel safe in saying that the danger line , s passed. On Monday night his fever was j i little more strongly marked than on the ! aight previous, his pulse showing an increase | jf 4 beats, his temperature a rise of 5-10, and i bis respiration a slight corresponding acceleration as compared with the maxima of Sunlay. In any other patient this trifling increase in intensity of fever would be regarded is a natural fluctuation and would not excite especial remark, but the President's symptoms are so closely watched from day to day, and almost from hour to hour by the whole nountry, that any unfavorable change, however slight, seems to have greater significance than is really attached to it, and is liable, in the absence of explanation, to cause apprehension. It is proper, therefore, to say that the facts give no uneasiness to the attending surgeons. There is a slight increase in the fever, but it arises from known causes, and is undoubtedly transient in its character. The reasons assigned for it are as follows: The President, during the past three days, more especially on Monday, has taken a largely increased quantity of solid food. His stomach is still sensitive, and manifests its sensitiveness when in anyvPay overtaxed by symp-l toms of disturbance. Such was the case on Monday, and this gastric trouble is thought to have been largely instrumental in aggravating the febrile symptoms. Then the President, on Monday afternoon, became overwearied in the hands of the barber. He expressed a desire to have his beard and hair trimmed and his head rubbed, and at his request a barber was summoned. The latter spent some time in rubbing him, and although the immediate effects were pleasurable, the results were over fatigue and increased feverishness. Aside, however, from the transient rise in pulse and temperature, the President's symptoms continue to be favorable. The Crops in the State* The following is a consolidation of the reports of the cotton and corn crops for the month ending July 15, 1881, from returns to the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. The estimates given are based upon one hundred and seventeen replies from thirty-two counties, Pickens county alone not reporting. Nineteen correspondents report the weather unfavorable, twentv-six favorable : Cotton.?There has been a marked decline in the condition of cotton since our last report. The continued dry weather has had a telling effect on the plant. In some counties it is reported small, but fruiting well, while in others the growth has been checked and it is wilting and sheddiDg the under leaves. In portions of Aiken, Darlington, Marion, Sumter and York it has commenced blooming on top. Lice have appeared in Kershaw, Richland and Abbeville, but no damage is reported. The caterpillar appeared on James Island, but not in sufficient numbers to cause anxiety. The worm is also reported on the islands in Colleton county. In seven counties it has bloomed earlier than usual. One correspondent, in Marion county, reports that some farmers planted as late as July 1st. A correspondent at Rock Hill, York county, says, "in many places cotton has not over four leaves, in otnefe^tfo'tfup'; a half crop will be impossible with the most favorable seasons." In Marlboro' it is reported doing finely. The average condition for the State is reported at eighty-one. With favorable seasous the condition would be very much changed. Corn.?The protracted drought has seririously injured the corn prospects. Many correspondents say a hall crop is impossible. The corn on bottom lands is doing very well, but in nearly all cases uplands have been a failure. In parts of Laurens county it has been badly damaged by worms. A correspondent in Barnwell says where it was plantrtofo o Apnn will nrnhRhlv cu anci uow, a vnv vi v|/ ?j be made. In most of the counties it has been too dry to plant on stubble land. A correspondent at Aiken Court House says the prospects for a good crop are the best in several years. In Sumter it is reported twisting and drying. The average condition of the State is reported at 65. The outlook, at present, is not encouraging. A large crop of cotton has been planted, at heavy expense for provisions and fertilizers. In some counties it has been too dry for fertilizers to be beneficial. The partial failure of the oat crop is a serious loss. One correspondent in Chester county reports that the farmers are housing wheat and oat straw for winter use. A failure in the corn crop would add to the difficulties of our fanners, and any mishap to the cotton crop would seriously embarrass them for another year. Only one correspondent reports a surplus of corn on hand. Fine seasons from this time forward will materially change the condition, and we hope for some favorable reports next month. Severe Storm in the West. The town of New Ulra, Minnesota, situated on the Minnesota river, sixty-five miles from St. Paul, containing about 3,500 inhabitants, was wrecked by a cyclone last Friday afternoon. The town and its suburbs are now a mass of ruins. According to the evidence of eye-witnesses, two tornadoes met right over the place and the work of destruction was accomplished in less than fifteen minutes. The course of the cyclone could be distinctly discerned, and it seemed to be moving in separate volumes from north and south. At 4.30 P. M. black clouds gathered with great rapidity. The thunder and lightuing were terrific and the wind blew a hurricane, while the rain descended in blinding sheets. There was a moment's lull and then the cyclone struck the town, almost destroying it, and then disappeared as suddenly as it came. Its effects are almost indescribable. Some houses were struck by lightning ; others were lifted up bodily by the violence of the wind, and others were demolished by flying debris from other buildings. Scores of dwellings and stores were entirely destroyed. Very few escaped uninjured, but many had their roofs blown off*or were so badly disjointed by the wind that they will have to be pulled Jown aud rebuilt. A correspondent of the 3t. Paul Pioneer Press gives the following graphic description of the terrible ruin wrought: "The first place where any of the effects of ;he storm were seen was about three miles west of New Ulm. There it tqre down a house rnd killed a number of cattle and horses, rhe members of one family saved themselves Jy going to the cellar before the storm reachid them. Where the storm struck the rail oad track, the ground is lined with bedding, umiture, wagon wheels, farm machinery, Ac. West of New Ulm the wind tore up telegraph >oles and completely ruined crops. Heads >f wheat were cut off as clear and smooth as hough done by a heading machine. From i he piace where the storm first struck into < !tfew Ulm, everything was swept away for the i vidtb of about one mile. The sight is sicken- I ng. Trees were torn up by the roots and i leither house nor barn is left standing in the i line of ihe storm. A gentleman, who stood on a bluff two miles north of New Ulm and witnessed the cyclone, says that it was the grandest and most terrible sight of which he was ever a witness. One cloud came from the northwest and one from the northeast, and when they met it appeared to be a contest as to which should have the right of way. The storm struck New Ulm at 4.34 P. M., and lasted just twelve minutes, and iu that brief time not less than $300,000 worth of property was destroyed and a number of persons killed and many wounded. During the storm there was a perfect blaze of fire balls. It would have been almost as dark as night had it not been for the continued flashes of lightning. It would take columns to give a full list of the property, but an estimate of twenty men places the damage at $300,000. Three churches were completely destroyed and Turner Hall was partly demolished. 1 Glass fronts were completely wrecked. Not i less than one hundred horses were killed, j many being lifted bodily and carried a long distance. The cyclone devastated a stretch ' of country a mile wide and forty miles long." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Mr. Geo. W. Swepson has five brick-yards in operation making brick to rebuild his cotton factory in Chatham county, a short while ago destroyed by fire. The new mills will 1 contain 80,000 spindles. ! ? Says the Raleigh Observer: "These scorching days and hot nights are as the breath of life to the cotton plant, which in all this section is vigorous. Farmers in Wake are jubilant over the appearance of the crop, though the enormous prices paid for labor in . many sections will eat largely into possible profits. The general appearance of the plant in the cotton belt of the State is good." ? Says the Gastonia Gazette of last Saturday : "The skeleton of an infant was found in the woods near Dallas, last Monday. Coroner Fronebereer summoned a iurv and held 0 J J ail inquest over the partly decomposed body on Monday, which led to the conclusion that Ann Ehyne, a mulatto woman, was the author of the crime. She was subsequently lodged in jail to await trial at the next term of Gaston Superior Court." ? Says the Lincolnton Progress of Saturday: "We were shown yesterday, by Mr. William Hope, a large snake which was captured near the lower paper mill. It measured five feet, ten inches in length, and seven and a quarter inches in circumference. It made a hissing noise like a. goose, and was pronounced by some to b? a boa-constrictor, and by others a bull snake. It has no teeth, its gums being filled with file-like projections, and the fatal fang which characterizes a poisonous snake was conspicuously absent." ? On Monday last, traius on the Western N. C. Railroad were run from Asheville to Alexander's, with schedule to that point. As soon as the bridge at Big Ivy is completed, the road will run into Marshall, and will reach there early in August. A thousand hands are making remarkable progress. At .1 .1 i e .i i; T) l. me omer ena or me nue, neur rami, xvuuk, a force is doing rapid work, to make the connection with the East Tennessee and Virginia road, the latter named road having the work done. ? The survey for the North Carolina Midland Railroad will proceed east from Salisbury in a few days. The Salisbury Watchman says thi3 party of surveyors will proceed in the direction of Goldsboro via Asheboro and Pittsboro?the old stage route from Sal-f isbury to Raleigh. The Hue will be located1 immediately after the preliminary survey is made, and the grading will be begun as soon as several miles of the road is located. This Midland has been a pet scheme of Mr. Best's for a long time, and it now seems that bis hopes will be realized. PfiUAPC AT TUP ACC iCCfV ITMV V UO Vi. 1UU AkJunuuJLLiitJiivi<f ? Garfield will very likely get well, but about a half dozeo persons have been killed at the North for expressing a wish that he might die. One crime begets raaDy. ? A fan worked by an electric motor was placed by the President's bed Friday. It has two large fan-like arms, which revolve slowly. Ever since the President has been suffering from the wound some one has been constantly fanning him, and this apparatus will relieve bis attendants. ? Secretary Blaine says he is confident that the President will now recover. He says that the expression of sympathy manifested by the people in every section of the country has gone a great way towards bracing the President up. It has cheered him more than anything else, and will prove an important factor in his struggle for life. ? An effort, is to be made by means of an electric apparatus, contrived by Prof. Bell, the electrician, to locate the ball in the Prea ident's body. It is said that the experiments tried have been so satisfactory that Mr. Bell has no doubt that his apparatus will designate precisely the locality of the ball, so that the doctors can go to work with certainty of success. ? The records show that during the four years of President Hayes' term, there were thirteen persons arrested for hanging about the Executive Mausion, eleven of whom were sent to the asylum. Among the number were two women?one a very wealthy young 1 lady from Indiana, and another an older woman, both of whom were under the halluci- i nation that President Hayes had sent after them to marry them. ? Mrs. Dr. Edson is trusted with greater responsibilities by Dr. Bliss than any one else. ' She is not, however, regarded during the physicians' long consultations. Mrs. Edson is a < tall, broad shouldered, robust looking woman, | dressed in plain and rather ill-fitting gar- , raents. Her yellowish grey hair is cut short ' and combed down straight like atman's. She ' wears gold-bowed glasses, which are continually falling off her rather prominent nose. She is tender and the most knowing, and is trusted almost to any extent by Mrs. Garfield, ] who gives up her place at the President's , bedside during the night only when Mrs. Ed- 1 son is summoned to it. ? Speaking of the chances of the Presi- . dent's recovery, Dr. Hamilton says : "I do 1 not attach much importance to the mere fact 1 of his being a strong and robust man. A i small thin man stands just as good a chance t of recovering from a gunshot wound as a large and heavy man. Large people, as a , rule, make the worst patients. They suffer * the most, and their recovery is apt to be very ^ slow. On the other hand, thin, wiry people 8 develop extraordinary recuperative powers. . The fact that President Garfield has been a temperate man all of his life certainly is a great advantage to him now. No human f system overcharged with alcohol could have c withstood such a shock as his has received." ] ? A correspondent, describing an interview g with the ^resident's wire, says, sne reraaraea : i ^ "If it were only possible for ray husband and j me to go around and see all these dear peo-1 8 pie who have been so grateful in their remem- j t brance for us here of late days, I would be so ii happy; and I know he would, too. I want to thank thera?to tell thera all how kiudly I feel toward thera for what they have said r to rae. I never could understand anything ^ about politics, and if I liked a person it made , C no difference whether they were Republicans ! tl or Democrats; and now I have grown to ! ^ think that there is not much difference be- , tween the two great parties, for one says just as kind words in our present affliction as the ; C other." ' h LOCAL AFFAIRS. ? f NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. }r. John May, Agent?News at the Corner Drug . Store. Latimer A Hemphill?The Grand Rush still Con- \ tin lies. r. M. Dobson?Garfield Getting Well?Empori- 1 uni of Fashion. c 2. A. Falls?Land for Sale. VI. Strauss?Prices according to the Times. ] derndon Brothers?Cider?Bread and Cakes? Country Turnio Seed?Hams. ( Latta Brothers?Family Groceries and Plantation | Supplies, Kennedy Bros. *& Barron?Bargains, Bargains. iV. T. R. Bell, Principal?King's Mountain High School. Rev. S. Lander, President?The Williamston Female College. ] KING'S MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL. By notice in another column, it will be j seen that a business college will be opened | n connection with the above popular school, ill September next, under direction of Prof. ( R. S. Collins, a young gentleman well and favorably known as a teacher of penmanship. ' ARRESTED FOR THEFT. 1 On Monday afternoon, a man who Bret gave ( his name as McCarter, but afterwards said it 1 was Abe Brackett, was detected in the act of stealing a pair of pantaloons, of the value of 3even dollars, from the store of T. M. Dobson. It so happened that Mr. Dobson's eye detected the thief in the act of concealing the pants under his coat, and headed him off as he attempted to make bis exit from the frontdoor. In default of bail, McCarter alias Brackett was committed to jail by Trial Justice Lewis. DEATH OF Mrs. T. S. JEFFERYS. We regret to announce the death of Mrs. Mary Jefferys, wife of Capt. T. 8. Jefferys, which occurred on Tuesday afternoon last. Mrs. Jefferys had been in bad health for several years, but bore her afflictions with Christian fortitude. She was a consistent member of the M. E. Church, and in her death the church loses a steadfast friend, while society may well mourn the death of an affectionate wife, a kind mother, an obliging neighbor and a friend ever ready to alleviate distress. Mrs. Jefferys was a sister of Dr. C. L. Clawson, of Chester, and the late Win. I. Clawson, Esq., of this place. WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE. Attention is directed to the advertisement of Williamston Female College, Williamston, S. C., of which college Rev. Samuel Lander, D. D , is President, with experienced and competent assistants. Dr. Lander has made teaching a life-time profession, and his varied experience and extensive acquirements combine to render his school one of the best in the land. With the course of instruction at this school, the "one study" plan is a leading fea: ture, and public examinations, exhibitions, etc., are done away with. The school has taken a high position among the institutions of learning in the South, and its reputation is well deserved. CHURCH NOTICES. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday as follows: Church of the Good Shepherd?EpiscopalRev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The rector will visit Lancaster next Sunday, where he will officiate. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Marion Dargan, Pastor. The third quarterly conference will be held at the church in Yorkville on to-morrow night, 22nd instant. The presiding elder, Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, will preach at 8. o'clock, and the business meetiug will beheld immediately after service. The services on Sunday morning at King's Mountain Chapel, and in the evening at Yorkville, will be conducted by the pastor. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. K. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular appointment atTirzah next Sunday. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours morning and evening. FIRE IN ROCK HILL. About 12 o'clock on Sunday night last, a block of two stores and a small building, adjoining, on Main Street, Rock Hill, and belonging to Capt. A. E. Hutchison, were destroyed by fire. The buildings were worth about $3,000, on which there was some insurance. Onestoreroom and the adjoining small house were occupied as a furniture store by Reed & Gill, and the other store-room of the main block was occupied as a drug store by Fewell h. Steele. Reed & Gill's loss is about $3,500, on which there was insurance for $1,800. The loss of Fewell & Steele is estimated at about $2,800, on which there was insurance for $1,500. Besides ihe loss to this firm, Pr. Fewell loses heavilyin the destruction of much valuable private property?such as surgical instruments, Ac. Robertson's Hotel and the Gordon House, both narrowly escaped destruction. So imminent did their loss appear, that the furniture was removed from each, the proprietor of each house sustaining a damage of about $500. Mr. Robertson's loss was covered by insurance. During the fire, Samuel Gordon was seriously hurt by a bureau, thrown from the second story of Robertson's Hotel, and striking him on the back. It was only by the most strenuous exertions of the fire companies that these hotels, as well as other adjacent buildings, were saved. We are iflformed that the fire originated on the outside of the south-west corner of the furniture store?which room was unoccupied-^nd is supposed to be ot incendiary ori- j jjiiy j V RAIN. , Within the past week there have been co- < pious rains in various sections of the county, i lccompanied, in most instances, by strong i winds and thunder and lightning. A note of I ;he 16th, from Zadok, six miles north of town, ( nforms us that on Thursday the 14th, that ? ;icinity, was visited with a heavy storm of i wind and rain, doing considerable damage to ( he growing crop of corn, nearly all of which 1 vas blown down; fruit trees and fences were ? down down, and land was badly washed. It ? vas the heaviest rain that had fallen in that s ection for the past twelve years. There f vas also a heavy rain on the following day. 1 The writer adds that he had just returned i rora a trip to the vicinity of Wright's Ferry, c tn Catawba river, and from that point to ? 3ineville, N. C., the drougth has been very t ;reat. The Steel Creek section, in Mecklen- o >urg county, N. C., has suffered much. It is s aid by the old citizens in these localities, that ? he prospect for a crop is more gloomy than o n the year 1845. c On Sunday afternoon there were heavy p aius in various sections of the county. In b he Bullock's Creek section, as also near s! "lay Hill, on the opposite side of the county, v he wind was very severe, blowing down fruit r rees, and fences, and breaking timber. We c jarn that the storm was equally severe in the b /'lark's Fork section. There was also a if envy rain in the Bethesda section on Friday,' w ind in the Rock Hill section there have been jood rains. In this locality there was heavy rain, acsorapanied by high wind, which, however, inlicted no serious damage. Lightning struck i tree on the lot of King's Mountain Military School. Since the rain there has been a } jleasant change io the temperature, the mer:ury falling from the nineties to froth seven;y-two to seventy-five. DEATH OF AN AGED MAN. On Monday, the 11th instant, Mr. Abraham Hardin died atihe residence of his son, [ra Hardin, of Black's Station, in this county, iged 92 years and 19 days. Mr. Hardin was born on the 22nd of June, 1789, on the line between Lincoln and Rutherford counties, near Patterson's Springs, in what is now Cleveland county, N. 0. When quite a young man, he removed to this county, settling near the present location of Wbitaker's Station, on the Air-Line Railroad, where he continuously lived until a short while previous tn his death. He was one of the few remaining links connecting the present with the past. Having been contemporaneous with many of the actors in the straggle for American independence, and from their own lips heard the narrative of the thrilling events of that memorable time, bis recital of them to listeners of this generation was more vivid than the pages of history, while his presence seemed to carry his hearers back to the eventful days the scenes' of which he so graphically depicted, To Mr. Hardin are writers of Revolutionary history, and especially Dr. Hunter, for the material of his sketches, indebted for much interesting information, which, but for him might have passed into oblivion. Notwithstanding the limited opportunities for acquiring learning in Mr. Hardin's earlier days, by close application to the study of such books as he could procure, he stored his mind with much useful knowledge. His mind was specially adapted to mathematics and mechanics, and he long had the reputation . of being one of the most accurate surveyors in this section, while his skillful hands readily turned to any mechanical pursuit which the times demanded. He worked with equal facility in wood or metal, and supplied bis neighbors with many useful implements of husbandry and articles of household utility, which in those days were so difficult to procure. About the year 1820 he was appointed a justice of tbo peace, the duties of which he performed until the beginning of the late war, n period of forty years. In 1836 he was elected to the General Assembly and served as a legislator from York for three terms, or until 1842. As a public officer and legislator he discharged his duties to the public with conscientiousness and fidelity. In bis administration of justice as a magistrate, his course, frequently, partook more of the patriarchal than the judicial form, which was not without its benefits to would-be litigants. As a member of the General Assembly, he acted as a conscientious legislator, supporting sucb measures as be couceived to be for the welfare of his constituency and for the general prosperity of his district and State. In 1815 he married Miss Rachel Whiso nant, whom he survived only a few months By her he reared a family of children, aH oil*' whom are useful members of society. PToi-s^n'a foliorinna nnininna wprfi fftund iUii UOilUlU a IVilglVUH W|/>W?VMV - ? ? ed on the Baptist faith, with which church he connected himself in August, 1812. Two years later, when Antiocb Church was constituted, he was chosen a deacon, in which capacity he regularly served until incapacitated with the afflictions of old age?a period of not less than sixty-two consecutive years. In *11 his relations of life, Mr. Hardin was an estimable, upright man?fulfilling all the duties of a useful citizen, and leading a life worthy of emulation by the generation of this day. ? Since the above was prepared, we have received a note from our correspondent at Black's Station, from which we quote: "The loot t.imfl Mr. Hardin aDDeared in Dublic was on the 5th Sunday in May last, in the quarterly meeting held here iirthe M. E. Church, by Rev. J. M. Carlisle, op which occasion he addressed the Sunday-school. On Monday last, 11th instant, all earthly scenes with him closed. He quietly fell asleep, seemingly without pain or disease. He was buried in Antioch church yard, by the side of bis wife, in the presence of numerous friends. His coffin, neatly constructed of cherry wood, was made by his own hands a few years ago." MEBE-MENTION. The first bale of cotton of the season of 1881 was raised in Texas, and sold in Galveston on the 11th instant for $825. According to English authority no less than fifty people have been killed and eaten by the natives of Polynesian islands within the past eighteen months. The Ohio Democratic Convention nominated J. W. Bookwalter for Governor. On Saturday of last week there were sixteen cases of sunstroke in St. Louis, some of them fatal. Four were found dead iu their beds in the morning from the intense heat of the night. Of the imtni grants landing at New York, a third remain in that State. Illinois is the next favorite, being the destination of 32,641 of the new vomers, and Pennsylvania of 31,302. Cincinnati seems to have suffered very much From the extraordinary heat within the past Few days. It is said that there were probably 5fty fatal cases of sunstroke. Postmaster general James has thus far made a total laving of $1,250,000 in the star route service. Gen. John C. Pemberton, who commanded the Confederate forces at Vicks>urg when surrendered to Gen. Grant, died it Penlynn, Pa., on the 13th instant. Seviral boys in Baltimore have djed of lock-jaw ind other maladies arising from wounds inlicted by "toy pistols" on the Fourth of Juy. Six boys are also reported to have died n Rochester, New York, from the same ause. Justice Clifford, of the United States Supreme Court, has undergone ampuation of the foot for gangrene. The chances >f his recovery, however, are exceedingly mall. A Cleveland, Ohio, dispatch of iunday says: Mrs. Eliza Garfield, mother f President Garfield, had a severe attack of holera morbus on Friday, from which she artialty recovered, but she is now prostrated y fever. On account of her extreme age, he being 81, her condition is regarded as ery critical, and fears are entertained of her ecovery. The crops of all kinds in Cobb ounty, Georgia, are better than they have een in thirty years. General Hawley i authority for the statement that in the late rar there were only about twenty cases of re