Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 08, 1883, Image 2
Scraps and Jfattis. !
? The time when the two cents postage I!
shall go into effect has been the main sub-:'
Ject of controversy in the conference com- ,
mittee. The House fixed the date January i
\r 1884, and the Senate July 1, 1883. Then
conference committee has decided upon <
October 1,1883. i
? The excess of tariff and internal reve- <
nue receipts over the necessities of the Gov- I
em men t for the month of February was 11
nearly $275,000 daily, or. more than five j i
cents every day for every man, woman, <
and child in the country; and yet Congress 1
has acbourned without affording any substantial
relief to the people7
? The Mississippi has about done its worst,
and gives signs of falling. The levees on
the Mississippi side held well, but the new
ones on the Louisiana bank suffered heavily.
3,000 men have been at work night
and day since the beginning of the freshet,
but the river tore its way through in many
places.
? At Columbia, Mo., hist Thursday night,
Edward Dai ley, a farmer with a large family,
was shot and killed by Mrs. Sarah Parson
for an alleged assault. Daile.v went
to the house on Thursday night, in Mr. Parson's
absence. When he was near the door
of Mrs. Parson's room she fired upon him
twice, the last shot killing him instantly.
? By the election of Senator Edmunds as 1
President of the Senate, he would become {
President of the United States in case of (
Arthur's death. Mr. Edmunds is accounted :
one of the best lawyers in the Senate, but he
has a vein of implacable bigot and spite to- <
wards the South which detracts very much- <
from him as a man. However, he is honest '
and above aboard.
? Governor Butler, of Massachusetts, has s
issued a fast day proclamation, concluding i
as follows: "And I do specially exhort the '
ministers of the Gospel on that day to feed
their flocks with the Divine word, and not J
to discourse upon political and other secular ,
topics which may divert the serious thoughts
of the people from humble worship of the
Father." <
? The peanut business is assuming large
proportions. 1,500,000 bushels are raised
in Virginia, 400,000 bushels in Tennessee,
and 200,000 bushels in North Carolina. The
total value of the annual yield is estiirfated
at $2,000,000, and the question as to wheth"
' ? "? -"1 1 J
er tnis iramc snouia De proiecieu ur nui
threatened last year to become a political
issue.
? W. H. Pratt, President of the Bank of
Mobile and Vice President of the Mobile
and Montgomery Railroad and a prominent
capitalist of Alabama, while attempting to
pass between the cars of a freight train at
the Louisville and Nashville Depot in Birmingham,
last Saturday, fell and was run over
and killed instantly. His body was terribly
mangled.
? The business failures for the week ending
last Friday, as reported to R. G. Dun &
Co., number 274?an increase of 42 compared
with last week. The failures are
distributed as follows: New England States
22, Middle States 38, Southern States 65,
Western States 90, Pacific States and Territories
13, Canada and the British provinces
So, New York city 10.
? Two men, strangers to each other, were
assigned the same sleeping room in the
St. James Hotel, Atlanta. A. suggested to
t* thov l/vk' thpir vflhiflhles in a bureau
drawer, himseif putting in a $300 check. 1
B. agreed and put in a gold watch and $75
in money. A. locked the drawer and the ,
new acquaintances retired to bed. When
B. awoke in the morning A. was gone, and
so were all the valuables.
? The House of Representatives of the !
Maine Legislature has adopted an amendment
to tne capital punishment bill providing
that a jury, in rendering a verdict
for murder, may recommend the prisoner
to the mercy of the Court; also an amend- j
ment that the counsel for the prisoner shall
have the closing argument to the jury.
The bill restoring in full the death penalty
was then passed to be engrossed.
? "The factors of St. Louis" have united
to advise southern planters of the cotton
belt to raise food products. They show
that the present price of cotton is 15 per
cent, below the average of the past five
years, and that corn is 33 and provisions
50 per cent, above the average, thus causing
the mere cotton miser to lose largely in
two ways. The southern planters should
now combine in taking this advice.
? Mr. Benjamin's retirement from active
practice at the English Bar calls out from
the Law Times a statement that "his rapid
and brilliant success culminated in his making
in his last year the prodigious income
of $125,000." It adds that when in practice
in the United States he received in one case
"a fee of 10,000 guineas ;" that in England
he once received a fee of 1,000 guineas, and
in several recent cases he received 500 guineas.
? Wiggins renews his prophecy of the
storm, the hurricane, the tornado, the flood
and general demoralization of the elements,
which in to occur durinsr the latter part of
the week, and. if verified must occur tomorrow
or next day. He says that the
storm will be as great as any that has ever
occurred on earth or can possibly occur, and
that among its other features there will be
a tidal wave in the Gulf of Mexico, as well
as in the Bay of Bengal, and on the coast
of Australia.
? A woman was the only passenger in a
Montana stage except her baby, whom she
wrapped in ner fur cloak, leaving herself
unprotected from the zero temperature.
The driver saw that she was benumbed and
Mould freeze to death unless aroused to
violent exercise. He dragged her from the
coach and left her by the roadside. "Oh,
my baby!" she cried. The driver cracked
his whip. The stage flew over the snow
with the woman running after. The race
was kept up for near two miles, when the
driver took the mother in again and wrap(>ed
his coat around her. lie had warmed
ler blood and saved her life.
? Work on the great bridge which is to
connect the cities of New York and Brooklyn
is being pushed with unusal vigor, and
tnere is now a fair prospect that the structure
will be open to the public, at least so
far as foot passengers are concerned, by the
Fourth of July. On the New York span the
carpenters have almost completed their
work, and the carriage road on either side
of the bridge is finished ; the longitudinal
and cross planks are in position, except in
one or two places, where few of the former
have been torn up. The carriage road and
foot walk on both the approaches are ready
for use : the ballasting for the road bed of
the railway track is also completed, and
most of the ties are in position.
? At the Baptist ministers' meeting in
New York on Monday, Rev. Harvey Wood,
\vho has recently resigned the pastorate of
the Baptist Church in Leadvilie, Colorado, 1
which ne pronounces "the wickedest town ,
on earth,''gave some incidents of life there.
ijq ooiH ?.\s t/ithp standard of Christian
OUlUj ...v ..
ity in Leadville it is not exalted. For in- ;
stance, next to the church building was a
blacksmith shop, and on Sunday the black- ?
smith was always busy. As I did not be- (
lieve that pounding and expounding go to-1
gether on Sunday, I went out just before the i1
sermon and asked the blacksmith to stop.!
The blacksmith told me to go to a place con-1
siderably warmer than Florida and added i
that he was working for a member of my
church. And sure enough, there stood the !
treasurer of the church having his horse j
shod. Gambling is licensed and so is rum.!
Last year $80,000 was paid for rum license |
and $10 a table in the gambling hells. I j
did my level best to get some of my people >
to go into some of these gambling places,
but they were afraid, for murder is an ev- I
ery day affair."
? Negroes from the plantations in the riv-[
er counties of Southeast Arkansas, Missip- ;
pi and North Louisiana are leaving in large
numbers by boat and train, fearing a repetition
of the disasters of last year. On Sat-!
urday last the water was two feet deep in
Arkansas City and was rising at the rate of
four inches every twenty-four hours. The ,
cotton planting season is at hand and operations
are seriously retarded. The loss between
Helena and Vicksburg, 400 miles, is j1
very heavy. The latest news from the over- i
flowed country along the Mississippi River
is that what are known as the sunk lands in 1
the St. Francis River region are entirely i
submerged, and nearly as far down as;1
Helena there are few places above water.
The peopleare living in the upper storiesofj
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houses. When there is not naore than one
story to a house they are floating round on
rafts or in boats. 5lost of the inhabitants,
however, have deserted their homes ana
gone to the highlands back from the river.
The streets of New Madrid are submerged
to the depth of from two to four feet and
there is water in almost every house. The
whole country back of that place as far as
Cairo, on the Missouri side, and from Hickman
south for over fifty miles, is inundated.[torn,
live stock and fences have been destroyed,
but no great amount of suffering
imong the people is reported.
?be ?otfeyiHe tfuQuim.
YORKVILLE, S*. :
THURSDAY MORNING, MAR. 8, 1883.
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ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.
Congress adjourned without day at noon
last Saturday. Before adjournment the revenue
tariff bill was passed. Among the
last acts of the Senate was the adoption of
an amendment to the deficiency appropriation
bill authorizing a payment to Charles
IT. Reed, for defending Guiteau, not to exceed
$3,000; and a bill to refund to the State
nn?w,;? n?id nut. for the common
L/l VJ Wiglli IIIVUVJ defence
in 1779. The President was promptly
in his room near the Senate chamber and
signed all the bills that were passed. The
Senate refused to confirm the nomination
of June S. Mobley for postmaster at Union,
S. C., and G. H. Deas as postmaster at
Florence. Almost at the last hour of the
session of the House, an attempt was made
to displace Representative John S. Richardson
of the First South Carolina district,
and give his seat to Sam Lee, the colored
contestant, but the scheme failed. The
work of the Forty-seventh Congress, just
closed may be briefly stated as follows:
All the regular annual appropriation bills
obtained passage in both Houses and have
become laws. The sundry civil, the last
upon which an agreement was reached in
conference, received the President's signature
at 10 o'clock Saturday. During the
Forty-seventh Congress 10,670 bills and joint
resolutions have been introduced in the two
houses, 8,018 in the House and 2,652 in the
Senate during the session which has just
closed. In each house the great majority
of these measures still remain with the committees
to which they were referred, and of
those reported from committees the larger
number remain upon the calendars of the
respective houses. Aside from the regular
annual appropriation bills 163 bills and joint
resolutions have passed both houses during
this session, and have become laws. Seven
hundred and sixty bills and joint resolutions
are left on the House calendars and
233. upon the Speaker's table, having failed
to secure final action by the House, and '398
of such bills and resolutions remain on the
Senate calendars. The shipping bill, which
passed the Senate in its last hours, because
of the deadlock on the South Carolina election
case. The last bill which passed the
Senate was the House bill to fix the
terms of the United States Court for the
Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas.
The bill reached the House just as Speaker
Keifer began his remarks preliminary to
declaring the House adjourned nine die.
The clerk, bill in hand, rushed up to the
ClUSK tlllU eniieuvereu IV auiwi me ?.7|jcaiver's
attention, but without avail, and the
gavel fell without the coveted signature.
The aggregate amount of appropriations
called for by the bills of the session just
closed was $529,327,511. The amount of
last session's appropriation was $295,509,939,
including $18,728,875 for rivers and harbors.
The bill providing for rivers and harbors
for the session just ended was killed in
the Senate. It called for $8,047,000.
INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION.
In reply to inquiries the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue explains the effect of the
law reducing internal revenue taxation as
follows: That taxes upon capital and depos
its of banks and bankers and national banking
associations are repealed from this date,
except such taxes as are now due and payable
; that the reduction of tax upon checks,
drafts, Ac., and upon matches, perfumery,
medicinal preparations, and other articles
imposed by "schedule A," as following section
3,457 revised statutes, takes effect July
1st, 1883; that after May 1, 1883, the tax on
manufactured tobacco and snuff will be 8
cents per pound; on cigars $3 per thousand,
and on cigarettes 50 cents per thousand; that
there will be a rebate on tobacco, snuff, cigars
and cigarettes of the difference in taxes
recently imposed, and taxes as now provided
for. Where claims amount to $10, they
must be presented within sixty days from
May 1st. Regulations upon this matter will
be immediately issued, and blanks will be
furnished upon which claims can be made.
That the law provides for a very large reduction
in special taxes upon dealers commencing
May 1st, 1883. The Commissioner
also states that immediate arrangements
will be made for changing the form of
special tax stamps, and stamps for payment
of taxes upon tobacco, snuff, cigars, Ac., so
as to supply collectors with these stamps in
time to meet the requirements of the trade
prior to May 1st, 1K83.
GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS.
The United States Government, through
its agents in this Shite, headed by Attorney-General
Brewster, is busily preparing
for the prosecution, for political effect, of
citizens of South Carolina for alleged violations
of the election laws, the intimidation
of voters, and similar charges. On Tuesday
of last week United States Commissioner
Bauskett, at Columbia, issued warrants for
the arrest of the following citizens of Monticello,
Fairfield county: Jas. Ilerron, J.
M. Kirkland, S. S. Currv, Thos. McGill, Jr.,
James McGill, Joseph McMeekin, Joel McMeekin,
Nicholas Peay and Thos. Aiken.
Two white Greenbackers, J. W. Aughtry
and J. H. Martin, swore out the warrants,
charging the parties with violating the
election laws in refusing to assist them as
Deputy Marshals when called upon do so at
the polls. Aughtry swore out a warrant
against Ilerron for assaulting him at the
polls. Yesterday was appointed as the day
for hearing the charges against the accused.
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DEATH OF HOT. STEPHENS. | (
Governor Alexander H. Stephens, of Geor-> <
gia, died in Atlanta, about half past 3 o'clock i
last Sunday afternoon. Governor Stephens 1
had been in a worse state of health than '
usual ever since his recent visit to Savannah, i
on the occasion of the cesqui centennial, but <
no alarm as to his condition was felt until I
Sunday morning. An Atlanta dispatch, an- i
nouncing his death, says : I
The news of the Governor's death caused 1
the profoundest sensation as it was not gen- 1
erally believed he was so near death's door. I
To-day his remains have lain in state at the 1
Executive Mansion where they were viewed i
by 20,000 persons. This afternoon a meeting i
of citizens was held and addresses were de- 1
livered by Senator Colquitt, Judge Martin,
J. C. Crawford, Judge Logan, E. Bleckley,
and other prominent citizens. A citizens'
committee was appointed to co-operate with \
a committee from tne Legislature ana tne
State House officers in the conduct of the
funeral. The remains will lie in stateat the
Capitol until the burial, which will occur on
Wednesday or Thursday.
Col. John A. Stephens, a nephew of the
Governor, said last night: "I have never ]
known him to speak so little of death as du- i
ring his present illness, or to make so few j
arrangements for the worst that might come.
In all his other attacks he has been most
careful to impress on me the minutest details
of his wishes and intentions. In this ill- *
ness he has not said a single word of any of ]
his desires." This but confirms the theory .
of his illness. It was exhaustion rather
than disease that brought about his death.
It was mind and not body that gave way. (
Mr.Stephens made his will some time ago. J
He leaves $10,(KM) in money to the children i
of his late brother, Judge Stephens, and the <
rest of his estate, with the exception of a j
few minor bequests, to his nephew, Colonel
John Stephens. AY hat his estate will foot
up depends largely on the sale of his new 1
History of the I nited States. He made 1
about $30,000 on "The War between the i
States," and his new book is selling well. <
Above his bequests his estate will probably .
pay $10,000. (
The funeral ofGovernor Stephens will take
place in Atlanta to-day. Several municipal ,
bodies, military and civic associations and '
distinguished citizens of Georgia and other 1
States will participate, and arrangements ,
have been made to render the obsequies of
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ine (llSUIlgUlSIieu ueuu an impressive aim
memorable affair. On the reception in Coluv
ia of the information of Governor
Stephens' death, Governor Thompson communicated
the following telegraphic rues- (
sage:
"There is the most profound sorrow among
the people of South Carolina for the irreparable
loss which Georgia and the country ]
have sustained by the death of Governor
Stephens." :
James L. Boynton, president of the State :
Senate, was sworn in as Governor on Mon- <
day morning. Under the law, he is required
to issue a proclamation immediately, i
ordering an election for Governor, in not less ]
than 30 nor more than 60 days, and then to i
order the legislature to convene in 15 days
after said election, to count the votes and ]
declare the Governor. Col. Boynton will
probably be the choice of the people to fill
out Governor Stephens' unexpired term.
THE GEORGIA RAILROAD.
The Supreme Court of Georgia, in a decis- ,
ion rendered last Thursday, has sustained
the decision of the court below in the case
of the Georgia Railroad Company against
the Railroad Commission. This was an ap- ;
plication for an injunction to restrain the i
Commission from enforcing its rates as i
against the Georgia Railroad. The case ;
will probably go to the Supreme Court of
the United States. The Court below had ,
sustained the Commission and refused the
bill.
As this decision is of general interest, the .
oninmomr r\f viri 11 nnf
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be out of place : Last Spring a bill was filed
by the Georgia Railroad and BankingCoinpany
and William M. Wadley, as lessee,
praying the Chancellor to enjoin the Rail- ,
road Commissioners from enforcing certain
rates of freight as against the Georgia Rail- (
road, upon the ground in chief that the
charter of the Georgia Railroad Company
authorized it to charge certain other rates,
and that it had a constitutional right to do
so ; that the Legislature could not interfere ,
to take those rights away. Its charter provided
that it might charge not exceeding 50
cents per 100 pounds per 100 miles on freight
and 5 cents per mile passenger tariff". The
Commissioners' rates were of course lower.
The matter' was heard by Judge Simmons, at
Macon, and after a legal fight of two or three
days resulted in a refusal of the application
for an injunction. The case was brought to
the Supreme Court by counsel for the road,
and the Court rendered its decision affirming
the decision of the Court below. The
decision was practically unanimous, Judge
Hall stating that while he differed with his
associates in the matter of the reasoning he
did not differ with them so far as the law
in the case was concerned.
Commenting upon this decision, and any
bearing it may have upon the Railroad law ,
of South Carolina, the News and Courier
says:
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mis decision esuumsiies ucyunu quenuuu,
so far as the Courts of Georgia can do so, the |
right of the Georgia Commission to regulate
the charges of the railroads in that State, :
What degree of weight will be attached to
the decision in South Carolina remains to be 1
seen. There is a fundamental difference between
the Commissions of the two States,
inasmuch as the Georgia Commission was 1
created under a special constitutional pro- '<
vision, while the South Carolina Commission
is simply the offspring of legislative en- ]
actment. But in principle they are the :
same, and the action of the Georgia Courts, 1
in sustaining the authority of the Georgia <
Commission, cannot fail to strengthen the 1
hands of our own Commissioners in dealing i
with the railroads. (
THE EGYPT COTTON CHOP. 1
Advices from Cairo, Egypt, under date 1
of February 10, represent the situation in 1
that country as getting from bad to worse.
Egypt is after all only a large farm. Her 1
annual revenue of $45,000,000?of which ;
$22,500,000 goes directly into the pockets
of the "bloated bondholder"?is derived al- {
most exclusively from the crops of cotton, '
Indian corn, wheat, sugar and barley. The
..nuioiiUnHi^lu iii?u linwr (rnftiiifr frurVitAiiPil '
il^lnUllUliOlK) <11 V HUM 4A*bi?vv?IV<?
about the cotton and sugar crops. Land '
which twelve years ago yielded per acre 1
ten cantars of cotton (the ran tar equals !
ninety-eight pounds) now only produces 1
two or three cantars. Chemical investigation
now proves that this startling falling
off is due to the fact that cotton takes more
out of the soil than is put into it by tin; 1
yearly deposit left by the Nile inundation. 1
Previous to MehemetAli no such exhaustive s
crops as cotton and sugar were grown in j
Egypt. Consequently the cotton and sugar (
have for the past forty years been annually |
i drawing upon the deposit of the Nile thathad s
I for centuries been gradually accumulating, '<
I This reserve fund of phosphates and nitre I
! required by cotton is now coming to an 1
end. Hence the astounding decrease in the .
! iii><trlii/ firm lipr Hfrp. .
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There are now over one million acres of \
| land in Egypt under cotton cultivation, t
; The total value of the Egyptian cotton crop is
about $60,000,000. The decrease in the *
annual yied per acre has hitherto been com- j
pensated for by constantly planting more (
acres with cotton, and this has in i\ great ]
measure been done by trenching on the 1
land producing Indian corn, which is the
staple food of the fellah. But the number "
of acres under cotton cultivation cannot be j
increased forever, and the sole remedy <.
which can avert the failure of Egyptian <
iotton raising?a catastrophe that would at
>nce plunge the country into hopeless bankruptcy?is
the use of manures and artificial
fertilizers. At present all the bones in V
Egypt, which would be worth their weight ?r
n gold when converted into fertilizers, are j,
jxported to Europe. The Egyptians steadiy
refuse to allow any concessions to be j
made to any artificial manure company on
:he ground that the "bones of some. Moslein
saint might l>e disturbed and put to
rile use." If a plebiscite were to be taken
to-day the overwhelming majority ofEgyp:ians
would vote against the use of artificial
manure. English diplomacy will soon find h
itself face to face with this manure question.
THE MICHIGAN SENATOR. fc
The balloting in the Michigan Legislature ^
for United States Senator ended last Thursiay
by the election of Thomas W. Palmer,
)f Detroit, who received seventy-five votes,
)n the fifth ballot that day. Forty-two si
rotes were cast for Stoutr and two for Ferry y
>n the last ballot. The contest has been un- w
pfecedentecl in the history of the politics of
:hat State, eighty-one ballots in all having
aeen taken. And with the final result ig- ^
lominously ends the Senatorial career of
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Ferry, whose sudden and terrible collapse is j
i sad commentary on the uncertainty of po- ^
litical supremacy, even after reaching a po- ^
jition of absolute authority, which position
Ferry had attained. He had, as presiding
officer of the Senate,'held the deciding voice
as to the fate of Hayes and Tilden. No ?
man was more resprrtisible for the commis- Irion
that made fraud triumphant. Now, he 01
is bankrupt in purse and person, conuner- ^
2ially and politically. Alcoholic stimula- I
tion and morphine have, in conjunction 11
with desperate straits, brought him almost ^
bo death's door. At a dinner party it was
once remarked that he refused wine and
J rank only Apolynaris water. He was ^
even at that time a secret drunkard, or
one of those men who keep liquor at home
and imbibe it during the night. When j
misfortune overtook him he soughtconsola- v
tion in excessive intoxication, which is just ^
about the worst thing any man could do. rj
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ('
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LETTER FROM BLACK'S STATION. *
Black's Station, S. C'., March 5.?The {
3pirit of improvement in our little town is <l
manifesting itself more at this time than
ever before. Lots on Cherokee street are
ready sale and command good prices. Sash, e
blind and floor factories and shingle mills "v
are kept constantly employed. The shingle t
mill here turns out 100,000 per week, which S
command ready sale at s-i per thousand. ij
Cotton continues to come into our mark- li
et. One firm bought in small lots 47 bales t
last week. Mr. Ilufus G. Whitesides, of c
Clark's Fork, sold a very fine bale last t<
week. It graded high, and brought a fancy t
price. It is what is known as the Ozier a
variety. ' n
A. S. Hopper, living near here on Broad I
River, in this county, had his barn, with
its contents, burned last Wednesday night.
It contained about 6(H) bushels of corn, a lot y
of hay, fodder, cotton, harness, &c. Mr. j
Hopper narrowly escaped with his stock.
His loss is estimated at $800.
Dr. John G. Black and Mr. Win. F. Dye j
have each received from the U. S. Fish
Commissioner, at Washington, a quantity
of German carp, for which they had prepared
suitable ponds.
Mr. Luke Weston, near here, was bit by
a dog supposed to be mad. The dog had
bit a mule and some other stock. The fatality
among the canine race, in qur town, is j
astonishing. They are found dead in every
direction. It would"*not be right to suspicion
any one of putting out poison to kill
his neighbor's dog; but it is evident that
the work of death among the dogs goes on c
and no investigation of the cause has been 11
had. Every one seems to think that some ^
other animal in the shape of a hog or sheep 0
would be more profitable than the worth- d
less, prowling cur. a
Week before last there was a party here
from Lexington, N. C.f and this week an- t
other party from Georgia, was here,
looking after the minerals of this section. ^
A party of capitalists are also expected in i
a few days from the North for the same 1
purpose. This section is rapidiy gaining a j
reputation abroad for its mineral resources, (
and properly so, as every succeeding inves- (.
tigation goes to show. Ego. j
Importance of the Publication of
County Treasurers' Reports.?Some
weeks ago the treasurer of Richland, in com- a
pliance with requirements of the Act of 1882. r
published in the Register his statement ,
of the disbursements on school claims, giv- L
ing the names of all parties to whom pay- *
ments had been made and the amount paid B
to each. On examining the statement the a
school commissioner discovered that the
amount exceeded by $75 the amount vouched
for in his office, and he immediately proceeded
to ferret out the cause of the discrep- a
ancy. It was found after dilligent search a
that the treasurer had paid a check for $75, ?
drawn in favor of Sarah Allison, purporting J
to be a teacher of the Fifth school district . a
The check was apparently genuine, but as p
no teacher of that name appeared on the fc
lists of the Fifth school district, further in- 0
[juiry showed that the whole thing was a
well executed forgery of the names of John
McLaughlin, chairman, and Dave Roberts,
one of tne trustees of the school district, and
idso of School Commissioner Sylvester.
Treasurer Gibbes cannot recall from whom t'
I./-. wuinintmrl tlia si ml flip llWS Will I
lie ictue V WiV v?yv?) MV?W ?... ^
fall upon him. It if* certainly the duty of
the scool commissioner, the treasurer and
other officers whose names have been forged T
to make every effort to discover the forger e.
and bring him or her to justice. And the I
i-ase suggests that some certain method t
should be used by the treasurer or other dis- -y
bursing officer to enable them readily to
trace the checks paid by them to the parties
who present them.?Register, Saturday. ^
Sunday's Register says that parties from a
the country embraced in the school district 0
involved in the forged certificate held by ^
Treasurer Gibbes were in the city on Satur- *
lay and called to examine the paper. This ^
examination brought out imforination ^
which, it is thought will soon fix the. crime
an the guilty party, as there are earmarks M
ibout the transaction which in the opinion T
3f one or two of the parties, give unmistakible
indications of the perpetrator of the
forgery. 11
Indian Piioghess.?The report of the tl
Board of Indian Commissioners shows a d
eery gratifying improvement in the condi- j ^
tion of the nation's red wards during the |
past few years. The efforts to civilize them i
ind make them self-supporting seem to be! j
crowned with success, and they are rapidly j
learning and practicing many of the arts of j Q
civilized life. Considerable progress has i15
been made in education. A number of If
schools have been established among them, j h
uul one-tiftli of the Indian youin 01 scnooi; v
ige are now attending either day or board- jj
ing schools. I j
In the matter of industry, the improve- j ?
ment is even greater, and the agricultural ^
ind stock wealth of the red-skins has quad-1
rupled in the last few years. The following tl
ire sonic of the figures for 1808 and 1802 : j w
Acres of land under cultivation increased |
from 54,207 to 569,082, an increase of 955 per : u
ent.; bushels of wheat produced increased : .
from 120,117 to 670,983 bushels, or 4.32 peri?1
. ent; hogs owned, from 29,890 to 424,740, or
1,350 per cent. ; and sheep owned from 2,083 fa
:o 1,304,730, or more than 50,000 per cent. j k
No state in the Union can make a better }tj
showing than these savages, and these fig- j
ires would seem to prove that the despised
Indians can be civilized so as to become re-;
spectable and industrious money-making, fo
itizens. j e<
,ww
LOCAL AFFAIES.
.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Withers Adlckea?Wooden Ware.
[. Strauss?Yes! Yes!!
. M. Dohson?Read ! Read !! Read !!!
olm R. Ashe?Fertilizers?Powder?The Cox
Cotton Planter,
olcock <fe Miller?(iuano.
atta Brothers?Baker's Standard (iuano and
Acid Phosphate.
. H. O'Leary?Parlor Furniture?Bed-Room
Sets?Chairs?Stoves?Saddles?Collars,
Bridles?Harness.
SALES-DAY.
There were no official sales of property .
IOU Auuuviaj Pftic^-via^ u/i maiviii
COTTON SHIPMENTS.
The shipments of cotton from this place j
>r the week ending last Monday were 277 !
ales, and the total shipments of the season |
) that date aggregate 6,(592 bales.
LIENS RECORDED.
There have been 1,223 liens for rent and
applies recorded in the clerk's office this
ear, of which 168 were recorded during the
eek ending last Tuesday.
DWELLING BURNED.
A dwelling house on the plantation of
Ir. H. II. Thomson, on Broad River, and
L'cupied by Ilufus Jeter, was accidentally
estroyed by fire, at noon last Sunday,
he contents of the dwelling, consisting of
lrniture and wearing apparel, were lost.
THE ROCK HILL CASES.
A preliminary hearing in the cases of
lenry and Julius Massey, colored, of Rock
till, charged with the illicit sale of spirituus
liquors in Rock Hill, was held in Ches;r,
last Friday, before U. .S. Commissioner
Aidd. The accused and two other colored
len were bound over for trial in the U. S.
istrict Court.
GONE NORTH.
Mr. Hunter of Hunter & Qates; Mr. Lindiy,
of J. R. Lindsay & Co.; 31 r. \V. C. Latilerand
Mr.T. M. Dobson, leave thisweek to
lake their purchases of spring goods. Mr.
Vilicnn aniumiiuiniatl lur \trc
,dio goes for the purpose of making a selecion
of millinery goods for the spring trade,
'lie milliner connected with Mr. H. F. Adickes'
house is also in New York making
urchasesof millinery goods for tlie opening
eason. The present outlook is favorable
jr a good spring trade, and our merchants
re making ample preparations to meet it.
THE CONFEDERATE ROLLS.
Adjutant-General Manigaulthas made an
arnest call in an official circular on the suriving
Confederates to aid him in coinpleing
the roll of the troops furnished by the
itate to the Confederate army. He also
niblishes a list of the commands not yet
leard from. From this list, it seems that
he rolls of all the companies from York
ounty have been made out and forwarded
o the Adjutant General's office, except
hose of Company A, Twelfth Regiment,
nd Company K, Eighteenth. This last
amed company was enlisted in York and
Jnion counties.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Baptist?Rev. R. W. Sanders, of Chester,
/ill preach at Union church nextSunday at
1 o'clock, A. M.j and in the church at Yorkille
in the afternoon at 3.30.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
t. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his
egular appointment at Tirzah next Sunday.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pasor.
Services at the usual hours, morning
nd evening.
Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss. Services
111 A. M.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks,
'astor. Services in the church at Yorkville
,t the regular hours, morning and evening.
THE PALMETTO REGIMENT.
On Wednesday of last week the various
oinpanies composing the Palmetto Reginent
voted for Colonel of the regiment to
ill the vacancy caused by the resignation
f Hon. Hugh S. Thompson. The candilates
for the office were ('apt. J. Q. Marshall
nd ('apt. R. X. Richbourg, both of C'olumiia.
The following are the full returns of
he votes cast:
Mars/mil. Richbourg.
lovernor's Guards .'51 14
licliland Volunteers 1 44
*1 vimr Artillery 'JS
.fight Dragoons 24 2
enkins Rifles 21
iUnoaster Grays 34
iordon Light Infantry 37
!ataw ha It i fi es 15 7
klisto Kitlcs 27 3
.ee Light Infantry 311 2
Totals 223 10!)
Tlie Palmetto Rifles, of Aiken, reported
, vote of 84 all cast for their commander,
Captain Williams. One vote was cast in
Columbia for Major White. The total vote
herefore shows a majority for Capt. J. Q.
Marshall over Capt. R. N. Richbourgof 114,
ntl a majority over all of 79.
club-make rs--pr emi ums.
The time limited in which persons were
uthorized to form clubs for the Enquirer
t $2 per annum expired on Monday last,
'lie following club-makers having returned
nd paid for the number of subscribers oposite
their names respectively, are entitled
o choice of premiums in accordance with
ur offer:
W. O. Glover GO
J. D. Gwin 54
J. C. Wood 50
C. A. Domett t-i
The following persons having returned
vventy or more names are entitled to a copy
f the Enquirer for one year and any
weekly newspaper or monthly magazine
ublislied in the United States: J. N. Robrts,
W.J I. Crook, C. M. Smith, Mrs. D. A.
iUinpkin, D. T. Lessley, Capt. E. R. Mills,
'. G. C'ulp, H. K. Roberts, R. lv. Seaborn,
V. N. Elder.
The following persons having returned
jn or more names, but less than twenty,
re entitled to a copy of the Enquirer for
ne year: Mrs. M. C. Grier, S. M. McNeel,
Irs. Mattie It. Pegram, J. Parks Boyd, D.
). Gaston, S. G. Brown, Maj. M. Smith,
. M. Adams, T. J. Roach, J. C. Sanders,
V. B. Byers, Jr.
Those entitled to choice of premiums, and
'ho have not yet signified their choice, will
lease notify us at once of their selection,
iat we may order them immediately.
According to our published prospectus no
lore names will be added to any of the
hnvp flubs; but until further notice anv of
le above club-makers or others desiring to
o so, may form new clubs at $2 per annum?
le subscriptions invariably to be paid in
d vance.
JEATH OF MRS. NANCY L. WALLACE.
Mrs. Nancy L. Wallace, wife of Hon. A.
. Wallace, of this county, died at 3 o'clock
tst Saturday morning, at the residence of
er son-in-law, Mr. Calvin Brice, near
Woodward's, in Fairfield county. Had she
ved until the 17th of the present month j
le would have completed her seventy-third
ear.
Mrs. Wallace was the oldest daughter of
io late George Ttatchford, whose residence
as about two miles south of Yorkville. In
ecember, 1833, she and Mr. A. S. Wallace
ere married. She became the mother of
ght children, six of whom are still living,
s a wife and mother Mrs. Wallace was
itliful until death ; as a neighbor she was
ind and charitable to a fault, and was
ighly esteemed by a large circle of friends
id relatives.
Mrs. Wallace had been in delicate health
r several months and in the hope that she
add be temporarily restored, by change of
scene, visited her daughter in Fairfield, j
about three weeks ago, but while there her |
disease relapsed, and death ensued. j th
Her remains were brought to Yorkville tii
on Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday the di
funeral services were conducted in the Pres- ai
byterian church by the pastor, Rev. T. R. !
English. After the funeral services, her re-! di
mains, followed by a large concourse of people
from the town and country, were con- e]j
veyed to the cemetery and deposited by the j)(
plat of ground which contains the dust of tt
lier ancestors. She lived and died a consist- hi
ent and exemplary member of the Presbyterian
church.
ti
DRAWING OF JURORS. ti
On Tuesday last, under supervision of , ,
Jury Commissioner McKnight, the follow- ^
ing grand jurors were drawn to serve as the fr
inquest of York county for the present year: oi
Juror. Township. al
Alvin Smith, colored Broad River, ir
W. S. Crawford ...Bethesda. st
J. C. Gwin York. p)
William Dickson York.
J. P. Epps Fort Mill. '
D. T. Part low Bethel.
James Betts Catawba, hi
r i? iVonlr 11
Alphonso Gettys York, n
A. W. Gladden ; Bethesda. yy
R. M. Carroll .- Bullock's Creek, jj
Andy Hall, colored. Kbenezer.
Peter Nance, colored Bullock's Creek. '
George Gunning, colored...'!, York. P
Joseph A. Smith York.
W. J. Garrison York. P
S. A. Fewell Kbenezer. \\
James K. Plexico Broad Uiver. o
The following petit jurors were drawn to w
serve at the ensuing term of the Circuit "
Court, which convenes on the fourth Mon- *
day of this month : j,
Juror. . . . .. Township.
Jerry Darwin, colored Broad River. v
W. 1). Parks Bullock's Creek.
(). J. Gwiu Bullock's Creek. 11
Thomas J. Garrison Fort Mill.
I). C. Williams Catawba, h
W. If. Moore Bethesda. h
J. W. Beamguard .T. King's Mountain, f]
W. R. J. Stanton Bethel. ^
Ben Youngblood, colored. Bethel. 1
Harmon Blanton, colored .....Vf!. Cherokee.
Samuel Jackson, colored.....V?King's Mountain.
J. M. Wylie Broad River, d
.1. C. Brown Broad River, n
W. A. Carson Bethesda. u
Perry Anderson, colored York, f]
Andrew Atkinson, colored..'/fT. York. ?
L. M. Davis Catawba.
J. A. Dickson Cherokee.
W. T. Sinarr Bullock's Creek.
D. W. McCarter ^.. Bethel. s<
Jacob Caldwell, colored.King's Mountain, h
D. W. Brown Bullock's Creek. x\
W. S. Starr s-u** Kbenezer. ^
Miles Dates, colored..JfTT. King's Mountain. ,
D. M. Hall King's Mountain. 0
T. M. Allen Catawba. 9
George II. O'Leary York, i'
James It. Kennedy .-Broad River, il
B. F. Garrison ! Fort Mill, h
William Caldwell Cherokee.
R. B. Youngblood King's Mountain. '
W. Y. .Jones Bethesda. .
S. A. Matthews Kbenezer. "
W. G. Finlev Bethel, &
Elijah Nix....*.T Bullock's Creek, ti
Robert H. Moss C'hdVokee. f<
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. 0
? The physicians of Rmcaster county will ^
organize a medical society on the first Mon- ^
day in April. a
? George Clark, a negro horse thief, was t
captured in Newberry county last week and t
lodged in jail. o
? Manning is soon to have telegraphic n
communication witn ine ouisiae worm, s
The poles are being put up. 11
? Rev. \V. N. Prentiss of Hampton lost
his dwelling house and nearly all its con- n
tents by fire last Sunday night. Accidental. F
? Rumor says that the authorities of the I.1
South Carolina Railway have in serious con- 1(
templation the extension of the Camden 8
branch to Raleigh. P
? In the election held at Belton last Friday !]
on the question of a subscription for the Carolina,
Chicago and Cumberland Gap Rail- J!
road, 40:3 votes were cast, the advocates of ^
subscription scoring a majority of one. 't
? Three thousand dozen eggs were shipped
from Williston, Barnwell county, last week. ?
They were the surplus from portions of v
Rosemary and Williston townships, and (|
netted the nice sum of 8481) to the shippers. v
? The Marion Index says that some of the c
horse drovers who have visited that section a
recently have their horses' teeth filed to h
put the right age on them. Many pur- p
chasers have been swindled. v
? By a supposed incendiary fire, the barn
and stables of Mr. Frank Gilbert, in Abbe- ti
ville county, were burned last Friday night, o
Three mules, two horses and all of Mr. Gil- b
bert's corn and fodder were burned. Loss, ti
about $1,500; no insurance. ti
? The remains or the late touis Tetonte. ^
who died last week in Colorado, reached
Columbia at 11 o'clock last Saturday, having s
been in transit five'days. The funeral ser- &
vices were conduced under the rites of the "
Episcopal Church. t
? Captain P. L. Breeden of Marlboro coun- 0
ty gathered 321,000 pounds of seed cotton #
from 194 acres and packed 217 bales weighing
over 500 pounds, and none of it classed ?
below low middling. He also gathered 172 u
bushels of clean peas from 8 acres sown after .?
oats. ?
? Lewis Coleman, a near sighted and im- 0
beeile negro boy, while chopping wood near c
Greenville, on Monday, killed a negro child {j
four years old. The child ran in the way j,
of the axe just as it was descending. Its ?
skull was split and its death instantaneous. ^
? The U. S. District Court at Greenville c,
will adjourn this week, if it did not adjourn n
yesterday. Over one hundred criminal cases
have been disposed of at this term. Of a
these thirty-nine were found guilty, seven- p
teen not guilty, eighteen entered pleas of d
guilty and thirty one were discontinued. 0
? The following patents have been issued si
to South Carolinians during the month just a
ended: Henry I). Wilson, Abbeville, head sj
rest and attachment for railway car seats;
P. II. Low, Williston, floating caisson; tl
Thomas 1). Faulkner, Fort Mill, spring mo- g
tion; H. O. King, Greenville, ice cream e<
freezer. ii
? Columbia Re//iater: In reply to an inquiry
as to the sale of tobacco by farmers to r<
their hands, Internal Revenue Collector P
Brayton says: "Under the department ruling
they are made liable as regular dealers
and have to pay special tax. Until about a
year and a naif ago, farmers were allowed '
the privilege, but based upon the decision N
of the United States Circuit Court, the de- ^
partment made the above mentioned de
eision." ^
? The Barnwell People &lys: "Mr. John 11
B. Nixon, an energetic and intelligent n
Charlestonion, is preparing to start a first
class stock farm in our county. Ileisthor- C
oughly posted on the subjects of grass and p<
grain growing, and is making his lands Si
ready for the new departure. He will set a n
hundred acres in Bermuda grass for a per- manent
pasture and hopes to prove in prac- S]
tice, as he has done on paper, that it is more tl
profitable to buy improved implements than ai
to hire unimproved laborers and to raise! t<:
fine stock than to raise low priced cotton." yi
? The Aiken Recorder says that the fen- resin
that county are gradually disappear- e<
ing under the operation of the stock law. Ci
.So far it has worked in a most peaceful and tl
satisfactory manner. We have heard of no 11
ill feeling or inconvenience experienced by t?;
any one. Some farmers have removed thei r .
fences and others are allowing them to gracl- a
ally rot down. If stock are found straying a
it ...... 4....... .,.,,1 +1.,, mi-iuip ic ?l
liiuy arc uikuii uu (luu uiu wn uvi *.7 m/v...v? , iu
in neighborly fashion to come and take j tli
them away." This is a sensible way in |)(
which our farmers are acting and it is pleas- j _
ing for us to record it. p]
? McCarney Alexander, Lewis Lineber-; to
ger, Joe Tillman and Frank Crawford, j i,|
colored Republicans, competetely demolish- a
ed the school-house in Waxliaw township, tli
Lancaster county, a few nights ago. It: w
seems that the teacher, a competent colored
man, employed by the trustees, but who 1
was a Democrat, did not give satisfaction to (n
a few of the colored population 011 account j?
of his political principles. Hence a number w
of them visited the house at night and
razed it to the ground. The trial justice of jj1,
that township took immediate action and ()f
very properly indicted them for misdemeanor
and sent the case to the Circuit Court in
session at Lancaster. But the house was; u
built upon lands belonging to a colored ol
church, although built by the patrons of the sli
school, and for this cause the case was nol. i Pi
prossed by the solicitor. I to
SOUTH CAROLINA ROAD LAW.
The following is a complete synopsis of
le road law of this State, showing the dues
of overseers of public highways, their
iscretionary powers in repairing roads,
id a list of exemptions from road duty.
Each township constitutes a highway
i strict.
The county commissioners shall annually
ipoint a superintendent of highways for
ich highway district, for which he is aplinted
and liable to road dutv, but exempt
lerefrom by reason of his office. He shall
ive superintendence of*highways in his
istriet,.under the direction of the county
unmissioners, to whom he shall make
report once in three months of the condi011
of the roads in his district.
Each superintendent shall divide the
ighways in his district into suitable .secons
of not less than two, nor more than
ve miles and appoint overseers for each
F said sections. He shall likewise divide
1 persons liable to road duty in his district
lto two companies or squads and assign a
marl f/? mwh nvorseer. as far as nractica
fe, assigning the road hands to the near-\
it road, and shall require the overseer to \
ill out the hands to work the roads, repair \
nd build bridges of same whenever he
lay deem it necessary, after twelve hours
otice and shall require each hand to bring
ith him a hoe, axe, mattock or other tool,
le shall determine the number of days for
ich working and the tool to be brought,
rovidod not more than twelve days work
mil be required of any hand in a year,
'or refusing or neglecting to carry out any
ork required by the county commissioners,
rany of them, the superintendent of high ays
shall be deemed guilty of a misdeleanor,
and upon conviction, before a
rial Justice shall be lined not less than $10
or more than $50. Overseers for neglectlg
to call out hands and work roads, when
squired by the superintendent, upon coniction
in trial justice court, shall be fined
ot less than $5, nor more than $20.
Superintendents shall jointly divide a
ighway running along the line of two
ighway districts, and shall assign hands
om their respective districts to work the
ime. Overseers shall require their hands
i to do such work on bridges, as will presrvethem
and keep them in order, when
5 can be conveniently done. If bridges
eed such repairs as should be given out
nder contract, superintendents shall report
lie same to the county commisioners withut
delay.
When any highway shall become obtructed
by storms, or otherwise, the over?er
shall summon a sufficient number of
ands to open and repair such highway,
my overseer failing to call out hands, for
lie space of a day, after application made
y any citizen, shall unless he has sufficient
xcuse therefor, forfeit $15, to be collected
l an action in the name of the county commissioners.
Any person liable to work on
ighways and neglecting to turn out, on
Lich extraordinary occasions and assist in
poning and repairing such highways, after
eing summoned, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor una uponiuiiviiuuii uuan uc
ned $.'1 per day. If any person shall perjrm
more days labor than is required
y law, he shall be paid $1 per day tor the
verplus.
All able bodied male persons, between
be ages of sixteen and fifty years, are liable
a road duty, except members of the State
nd county boards of examiners, school
rustees, members of boards of assessors,
eachers and students at colleges; ministers
f the gospel, millers engaged in grist or
aerchant mills, where they are kept open
ix days in the week, and the warner fbr
ive days.
The overseershall make a list for the warier,
requiring him to give notice to each
ierson of the Kind of tool to be usedA which
lotiee shall be given twelve hours hours beare
the time fixed in the notice and also
tate the hour and place of working. If any
ierson, after receiving such notice shall
icglect to appear or refuse to work accorling
to the direction of the overseer, he
hall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
nd upon conviction before a trial justice,
hall be fined not less than $o, nor more
han ?10, or be imprisoned in the county
lil for not less than five days nor not more
han twenty days. Any person notified to.
rork can pay the county treasurer $1 per
ay for the time he is required to work,
rhich shall be received in lieu thereof.
Iverseers shall allow two days labor for
man working one day and furnishing a
lorse and plow, or three days labor for any
ierson working one day and furnishing a
ragon and two horses or mules or oxen.
Overseers have power to cut down and use
imber, or use any woodj stone or earth, in
r near the highway, bridge or causeway to
e repaired, necessary for that purpose, but
be owner snail be entitled to compensation
herofor if demanded. But no overseer
hall authorize the cutting down of timber
rees reserved by the owner, or planted for
hade or ornament, either in the fields,
round the spring, or about the dwelling
ouse or appurtenances, the cutting of rai l
iniber when other timber can be procured,
r the taking of stone or earth from enclosed
rounds without the owner's consent.
Any person prohibiting or hindering an
verseer from cutting down and using timer,
or from using wood, earth or stone, in
r near roads or causeways, for the purpose
f making or repairing such road or causeways,
or for making such repairs of bridges,
r shall obstruct the passage of said roads,
auseways or bridges, by gates, fences or
itches or any other obstruction, or shall
inder or threaten or forbid any traveler
rom traveling any public road, shall be
eemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
onviction shall be fined not less than $o,
or more than $10.
Any person removing from one county to
nother, who has, prior to such removal,
erformed road duty, shall, upon the prouction
of the certificate, or receipt of the
verseer of the district where he last resided,
bowing the labor performed, be entitled to
complete discharge for the amount therein
pecified.
Persons over whose lands any road, other
ban a public highway, shall pass, may erect
ates thereon, but shall be liable to be indict
(1 for a nuisance, should he fail to keep them
1 good repair.
Superintendents of highways shall cause
>ads to be posted and numbered, and a
ointer placed at each fork and for neglect of
lis duty, he is liable to a fine of $10.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
?Mrs. J. M. Worth, wife of State Treasurer
^orth, died at her home, in Randolph coun/,
last Friday.
?Col Samuel L. Wright, a prominent and
realthy citizen of Edgecombe county, comlitted
suicide in New York last Friday _ v
ight by shooting himself.
? The emigration of negroes from North
arolina to Arkansas has grown to such proortions
that the Legislature of the former
tate has been urged to apply remedial
leasures.
? Col. It. Y. McAden, President of the
[>artanburg and ASheville Railroad, says
mt the road will be completed to Asheville
id connect with the Clyde Syndicate line
> Maryville and Knoxville within two
ears.
-The North Carolina Legislature has pass1
a bill giving relief to the Western North
urolina Railroad Company, and allowing
ait company to market its bonds and reeving
it from its contract to build its line
> Murphy.
-A Charlotte clergyman was walked half
mile through the mudafter dark to marry
runaway couple. When the ceremony was
)out to be performed the groom discovered
tat he had lost his gloves and went out to
ly another pair. He did not return.
-The Charlotte Observer says that the peoe
in the vicinity of the Rock Island Faery,
on the Catawba River, are having a
g time killing wild geese. The river for
mile above and below the factory has been
ironged for several days past by flocks of
ild geese and numbers of them have
?en killed.
-While some little boys?the oldest not
wr fourteen?were playing with anairgun
i Greensboro, on Wednesday of last week,
hen the gun was in the hands of John Mcean
it was prematurely discharged, and
iebali struck George W."Alley in the back
the head, from the effects of which he is
cpected to die.
5-2?* Another effort is soon to be made to
>tain a pardon for Sergeant Mason who
lot at Guiteau and is now confined in the
onitentiary. It is thought that an appeal
the President will now be successful.