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Jtoaps and |afte. ? The failures for the week ending last, Friday in the United States and Canada, reported to R. G. Dun & Co.'s Mercantile Agency, number 187, as compared with 183 last week. There Is some increase in the Southern States. ? In Boston, on Saturday, Edward G.; Walker, a colored lawyer, entered a libel suit against the Boston Post Publishing Company for defamation of character, con- , tained in an article published in that paper that morning. The papers have been served j upon the Post Publishing Company and a : keeper has been placed in that establish- j ment. ? The Methodist Church in Canada has i stricken the word "obey" from the niarri- j age service. It is asking enough of a woman to make her promise to love and honor j her husband, reasonable obedience follow-! ing thereupon. It is assumed that tne Church only desires her to love and honor him and do as she pleases when he pleases she shall do right. ? On the 8th instant, policeman Street, of Huntsville, Alabama, was murdered by a negro, who split his head open with an axe. The murderer was committed to jail, but on the following night he was token from the jail by a band of fifty or more masked men and hanged. The negro was a stranger at Huntsville, and up to the last refused to give his name. ? A remarkable phenomenon has been observed lately at several places in the Madrad and Bombay presidencies and has caused much interest mingled with not a little alarm, among the superstitious. For some days the sun presented a distinctly freen color. Several explanations have een put forward, of which the most plausible appears to be that offered by the government astronomer, that it is due to the passage across Southern India of clouds of sulphurous vapor from the Java volcanoes. ?The Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line < Railroad company has attached additional < restrictions to the use of the thousand mile < tickets. The new issue of the tickets, in addition to the old agreements that must be J accepted by the holder, contains this new { item : "Parties purchasing this ticket agree ' notto drum for any hotel or boarding house ' while on the trains of this company." Passengers had been complaining that they ( were annoyed by hotel drummers, hence this new wrinkle of the ticket issuers. ? The visit, last Monday, of the veterans ^ who took part in the Bull Run battles of 1 1861 and 1862 to that historic battle ground, was a complete success, the party number- i ing about one hundred ana fifty veterans of the rank and file of the federal army , from many different States, some of whom , had fought in both battles. They were ' joined on the battle-field by a large number of distinguished Confederate officers and soldiers, among them Gen. Longstreet, of 1 ? John A. Ferguson, who shot policeman < Parks, in Danville, Va., on the Gth of last , month, while the latter was trying to ar- ' rest him, from the effects of which wound Parks died the following day, was tried last 1 week in the Hustings Court of Danville. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. : The jury acted on the ground that there ; was no legal warrant for the arrest of Ferguson, and under instructions of the court, ; that a man has a right to defend himself ' even to killing an officer who endeavors to ! arrest him without a warrant. ? Four suits were begun in the Supreme J court of New York city last Monday by Mr. i Frank R. Lawrence, as attorney for Henry , Belden, Jr., and others, against Win. P. Clyde, of New York city, and Thomas M. Logan and Joseph Bryan, of Richmond, Va., to recover in the aggregate about $200,000 damages. Mr. Belden is a well-known ; stock broker, and the defendants have been ! interested in the railroad and other com- j panies composing what is known as the , Richmond and Danville system. Mr. Beld- . en and his co-litigants allege that they have ' lost $200,000. . ! ? At a meeting of bank presidents at Boston last Friday, a resolution was adopted "that it is the opinion of the Bank Presi- 1 dents' Association of Boston that a speedy : enactment by Congress of a national bank- ; rupt law, equitable iu its provisions for the , debtor and creditor, in all sections of the , country, is indispensable to the maintenance ' of confidence between banks and their constituents, and we endorse and approve the < Lowell bill, so called, with possibly some ! needed amendments, as the most expedi- 1 ent and best adapted to the wants of the < people." It was also voted to send delegates to the convention to be held in Wash- ; ington in aid of the bill. ? The Philadelphia American says: "It 1 cannot be said that the statistics of business 1 failure.-, occurring in the United States during the first nine months of the current ? year are of an encouraging character. They ' show that the number of failures has largely increased, and that there has been an 1 even greater proportionate increase iu the ] amount which these failures represent, j This is not exactly a cheerful state of things, j Yet the situation leaves room for the con- ' soling reflection that the main body of business must be established on a pretty sub- 1 stantial basis to have been so little affected by the commercial misfortunes to which so many have succumbed. At the present < time trade is both active and profitable, and the wrecks of the year may be taken to , reuresent so manv weak houses weeded , out. There has been no general crisis, nor anything like one threatened." ? A singular disease is reported to have j stricken several persons at Brewton, Ala- J bama, last week. A number of deaths occurred, and in the first days of its prcvalance j it was supposed to be yellow fever, and ( afterwards black vomit; but according to ( one of the attending physicians, Dr. Ford, it was neither. Under date of Saturday he , telegraphed from Brewton that during the j East four days there has not been sufficient elp to bury the dead. Regarding the na- < ture of the disease he says, I state as a fact < that there have been no deaths from black vomit here. The matter ejected by some of the sick bears about the same relation to the black vomit of yellow fever as slier- ' ry wine does to ink. The constituent parts 1 are bile and gastric mucous, which contain a trace of coagulated blood and charcoal water. The disease is to be investigated by Surgeon Stone, of the Marine hospital service. ? An official order relieving Gen. Sherman of the command of the Army on the 1 1st of November and installing Gen. Sheridan in his place and also changing the status of the other General officers of the 1 A lDonod bicf Cofnivlo tr At? o i?n_ iLiinj f y tw iwucvi KIOI uaivn ucit> # xxo u *vsuit of further deliberation on the subject, and in accordance with the preferences of ' General Haucock and the other officers named, it has been decided that General Hancock shall remain in command of the Division of the Atlantic, with headquar ters at New York; that General Schofield shall take command of the Division of the Missouri with headquarters at Chicago; and that General Pope will succeed the 1 ast named in command of the Pacific Division at San Francisco. The Department of the Souih has been consolidated with ( the Department of the East, with MajorGeneral Hancock in command. A general order announcing these changes was also issued on Saturday. ? At the annual Convention of the Na- ' tional Cotton Planters' Association to bo held at Vicksburg November 21, addresses will be made as follows: "The Industrial , Future of the South," Wendell Philips; "Immigration," Col. McWherter of Tennessee; "Tne Grasses of the South," Dr. I). L. Phares, of Mississippi; "Commercial and Home Made Fertilizers," M. McGeehee, of : North Carolina; "Diversified Farming," J. ; T. Henderson of Georgia; "Cotton Fields and Cotton Mills," S. It. Cockrill, of Arkansas ; "The Relations Between Growers and Handlers of Cotton," W. H. Gardner, President of the National Cotton Exchange; "Preparation of Cotton for the Market," President of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association; "Tlje World's Industrial Cotton Centennial Exposition of the South," Director General Burke; "Improvements of the Cctton Staple by Hybridizing and Other Methods," W. IE. Collins and C. B. Allen; the Fibre Plants of the South, Ramee, Jute and Cotton Stalks," T. Harvey, of Louisiana, and C. Menelas, of Mississippi. ? The average daily attendance at the recent Mormon conference in Salt Lake City was six thousand. During the sessions addresses were delivered by Apostles Richards, C'arryington, Lvman and Cannon; all of whom impressed on their hearers the necessity of living up to their religion of going into tithing. Apostle Cannon presented statistics of the church which showed a membership in Utah of 127,294 ; number of families 23,000, births in the past six months, 1,200 males and 1,100 females; number of children under 8 years, 37,000, number of marriages in the past six months, 339; new members, 23,040, and deaths 781. j The church organization embraces 12 apostles, 58 patriarchs, 3,885 seventies, 3,153 J high priests, 11,000 elders, 1,500 bishops, and 4,400 deacons. Arizona reports a mem-1 bership of 2,3G4. Idaho is not reported, but has double that of Arizona. Eighty-one missionaries have been appointed to go on missions to Europe and tne United States. Eighteen of this number were set apart for missions in Southern States, where the /ih.iwiL \im+K r?rvnciflortihlp viiui^ii 10 aiucuu^ tutu wuwiuv4??v.v cess in increasing its membership. .Southern converts are being colonized mainly in Colorado." ?ovhviUc #n<juim'. YORKVILLE, S. ('. : THURSDAY MORXIXti, OCT. 18, 1883. THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS. Elections were held in Iowa and Ohio on Tuesday of last week. But little interest was centered on the result in Iowa, that State being considered irretrievably Republican, and a Republican victory conceded. The Republican candidate for Governor was elected by about 20,000 majority. The Senate will stand 40 Republicans, 1) Democrats and one doubtful. The House complete figures stand: Republicans f>2, Democrats 30, Greenbackers 8, and Independents 1; doubtful 1. The Republican majority on joint ballot is 24. The result in Ohio was si Democratic triumph by a comfortable majority. The Republicans had confidently predicted the :lefeat of the Democrats by not less than 20,(MX) to 30,000, majority, and from the weak canvass conducted by Hoadley, the Democratic nominee, it was feared that their prediction would be verified. But the Democrats not only defeated all hostile expectations, but gained thousands of votes, rendering their victory more signal and complete. The Legislature is also Democratic thus ensuring Senatorial succession. This victory brings Ohio to the front as a factor on the Democratic side in the coming Presidential election, and retires her Presidential aspirants on the Republican side. The result does not absolutely ensure that State for the Democrats in the Presidential race, but it gives them vantage grounds, and puts it in their power, if they act wisely, to hold it in the Democratic column. A CIVIL RIGHTS DECISION. An important decision was rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States last Monday, in five cases commonly known as the Civil Rights cases, which were submitted to the Court on printed argument about a year ago. The titles of these cases And the States from which they come are as follows: No. 1, the United States against Murray Stanley, from the United States Circuit Court, for the District of Kansas; No. 2, the United States against Michael Ryan, from the United States Circuit Court, for the District of California; No. :J, the United States against Samuel Nichols, from the United States Circuit Court, for the Western District of Missouri; No. 26, the United States against Samuel D. Singleton, from the United States Circuit Court, for the Southern District of New York; and No. 28, Richard A. Robinson and wife against the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company, from the United States Circuit Court, for the District of Tennessee. These cases were all based on the first and second sections of the Civil Rights act of 1875, And were respectively prosecutions under that act for not admitting certain colored persons to equal accommodations and priviUirrt>? in innu i\r lintnls; in ruilrnnd oirsiind in theatres. The defence set up in every case was the alleged unconstitutionality of the law. The first and second sections of the act, which were the parts directly in controversy, are as follows: Section 1. That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to full and equal enjoyment of accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land tind water, theatres and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions andlimitationsestablished by law and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude. The second section provides that any person who violates the first section shall be liable to forfeit $500 for each offence, to be recovered in civil action, and also to a penalty of from $500 to $1,000 fine, or imprisonment from thirty days to one year, to be enforced by criminal prosecution. Exclusive jurisdiction is given to the District and Circuit Courts of the United States in cases arising under the law. The decisions were rendered by Justice Bradley. I Ie decided that the first and second sections of the act are unconstitutional. Justice Bradley took the ground that the scope of the 18th and 14th amendments did not extend to the social privileges sought to be guaranteed by the legislation in question. The court was unanimous with the exception of Justice llarlan, who said that under ordinary circumstances he would be slow to oppose his individual judgment to his colleagues, but this decision defeated what the people intended to secure, and supposed they had secured, and hence lie must dissent from the opinion. He had not had time to formulate his views, however, and would, therefore, merely announce his dissent. Quite a number ol prominent lawyers were within the bar to listen to opinions, including the Attorney-General, and Senators Bayard and Garland. The decision will apply to the five civil rights cases in the ('ourt, U<w-wl 4-K/a on/1 cnn/inrl l/\nc nf Mm UtifcCU Uli lliv; mot llllV*. OV VVIUI Vf* w.V civil rights act of March 1st, 1870. They arc respectively prosecutions under the act for not admitting certain colored persons to equal accommodations and privileges in inns or hotels, in railroad cars or theatres. The Court holds as stated, that Congress had 110 constitutional authority to pass the sections in question under the loth and 14th amendments of the constitution. The decision, however, is held to apply only to the validity of the law in the States, and not in the Territories or the District of Columbia, where the legislative power of Congress is unlimited. The decision is the subject of unusual comment in Washington, and it is safe to say that no other decision of the Court, siqce the famous Dred Scott decision by Chief Justice Taney, has created so much excitement and discussion. ? The Advertiser says: "At this term of court Edgefield had no case of homicide, and sends but two negroes to tno penitentiary. ()ur virtue and peaceful ness know no bounds." WOMAN AT THE POLLS. Besides the election for State officers and members of the Legislature of Ohio, last ! week, there was a vote also on the adoption ; or rejection of three amendments to the eonI stitution, as follows: The first proposed j amendment is intended to reorganize the I judiciary of the State. The other two proposed amendments relate to the liquor trnfic, and are in the following language : First?"The additional section" in and with section 18 of the schedule shall be repealed, and there shall be substituted for it the following: "The General Assembly of I Ohio shall regulate the traffic in intoxicating liquors so as to provide against evils therefrom, and its power to levy taxes or assessments thereon is not limited by any provision of this constitution." The other proposed amendment is as follows: Second?"Theadditional section," in and with section 18 of the schedule, shall be repealed, and there shall be substituted for it the following: "The manufacture of and traffic in intoxicating liquors to be used as a beverage are forever prohibited, and the I ? Ul.. ?K?U K,r 1.,,,. < /,?. WIKTcll ?'\SSeiIlUiy SlUVll [iiuwur ??t> kin ivji. the enforcement of tliis provision." For the success of the Sbcond and third amendments, the women of the State labored zealously, having1 the Woman's Christian Temperance Union as an auxiliary to the temperance movement advocated by voters. Not only did woman workduring the canvass, but she was busy on the day of election. She was at the polling places, working with woman's tact for the success of a measure precious to the mothers and children of the State, giving the voters coffee and cakes, and posting mottoes, such as "Betty and the Baby vs. Boodle and Beer," and "Vote for Sally and the Babies." One immediate result of this novel spectacle was masculine merriment, not always complimentary, over the means employed, though no indignities were offered them. It may be urged that in this attempt to secure the success of a temperance measure, at the polls, woman was out of her proper sphere, but what less could the women of a rum-cursed State do to lessen a vice by which they and their children are the prin cipal sufferers? We fear, however, that their experience with the ways of the men at election is not at all complimentary to the methods of the masculine politician. Their eyes were opened to many of the arts .ni/l nraotuioic nf tlin \-nfpri; nnrl tlipir rppitjih; of their experience are highly amusing. One good woman was inexpressibly shock ed. At a meeting after the close of the polls, she said: "It's perfectly wonderful how dreadfully untruthful gentlemen are." The women will learn in time that in politics, as in love, all means are fair; and though the; good ladies of the Buckeye State have now failed in their efforts to secure a noble reform, we hope they will not despair of ultimate success. THE VALUE OP COTTON. Latham, Alexander tfc Co., in their cotton book for 1883, give some figures on the cotton crop, which the Atlanta Constitution condenses as follows: "The largest amount of money, these figures show, ever realized from a year's cotton crop, was realized in 1875-70. This amount was $399,000,000. The number of bales was 4,000,000. Last year a crop of 0,900,000 brought only $327,000,000. Though in excess of 1875-76 by 2,300,000 bales, it realized $72,000,000 less money. In 1880-81, a crop of 0,000,000 bales brought $330,000,000, or $9,000,0(H) in excess of last years, though there was 300,000 fewer bales of cotton sold. In 1872 a crop of less than 4,000,000 bales brought more money than a crop of virtually 7,000,000 brought last year." Commenting on this the Constitution says: "The meaning of this is plain. Good prices come with moderate crops. Big crops tumble the prices down to the point of general demoralization and loss. If the South could confine the crop to 5,500,000 bales a year for three years, it would realize more money than if she raised three annual crops of 7,000,000 bales. Another view is suggested. The cotton crop of the past three years has brought into the South one thousand million dollars. If the corn, grain and meat to make this crop had been home-made, the South would be richer to-day than any country in the world. If she could keep the cotton money at home for five years to come, her wealth and progress would be the miracle of the century. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Presbyterian Church at Rock Ilill has elected Rev. W. B. Jennings as pastor. ?The merchants of Bamberg expect to collect 85 per cent, of their advances, and do not desire a repeal of the lien law. ? The people of Gaffney'are talking about building a cotton factory. Several new residences are going up in that growing town. ? \V. S. Hughes, the engineer who was suspended on account of the accident on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad at Newton, has been reinstated. ? Mr. J. A. Eliott, of Anderson county, has just received letters patent on a new cotton planter and fertilizer distributor of his own invention. ? Two railroad contractors are now hard at work grading the last nine miles on the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad. ? Clem McLaughlin, the negro who was shot at Florence by Andrew Marshall, another nergro, some weeks ago, died on Wednesday of last week. Marshall is in jail at Darlington. ? TheColumbia Jter/isfersays the Railroad Commission has had several meetings this month, but have not yet concluded their labors. They will have their final meeting on the 23rd instant. ?The Greenville Agricultural Fair, held last week, is reported to have been a decided success in every particular. The exhibit of agricultural and mechanical products was exceptionally large, and the display of stock and blooded animals fine. Senator Vance, of North Carolina, delivered the address. The gross receipts were over ?3,00(1. ?The Spartanburg municipal election, las Monday, resulted in the election of Colonel Joseph* Walker, the "wet" candidate for mayor. Considerable interest was manifested in the progress of the election and hot work was done at the polls. Col. Walker's majority was 120. The following is the ticket elected : Joseph Walker, mayor, and George Cofield, T. A. Irwin, L. A. Mills and John Hoyden, colored, aldermen. ? On Tom Holmes' plantation, three miles from Johnston, Edgefield county, last Friday morning, a white boy b^ the name of \V. M. Glenn and a negro boy named Gus West were out in the field at work, but had stopped to play cards and had some words and a scuffle ensued, when Glenn shot the negro in the back of the head, causing death in a few minutes. West had about in his pocket. Glenn took it and tied. ? Oconw Courier: John Fielder, who lives near Clinton, Laurens county, is 10.1 years old and is able to walkabout his place and attend to his business. His memory of the stories of the ltovolutionary War are fresh and interesting. Oconee can beat Laurens, however, as .ur. uuruur, 01 inis cuimiy, i* reported to be 105 or 10G years old. A few years ago he would ride to Walhalla on horseback and was good on a horse swap. ? Chester JiuUetht: The residence of Mr. 1). \V. Steadman, in Landsford township, was totally destroyed by lire last Thursday morning about 10 o'clock. Almost the entire contents of the house, together with eight bales of seed cotton, were also destroyed. The fire originated in the cooking apartments adjoining the house, and caught from a stove. The total loss is about $2,500 which is covered by $1,500 insurance?$500 on the furniture and SI,000 on the house. ? The executive committee of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Carolina have perfected arrangements for their convention with an energy that ensures success. The convention opens tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, in the Masonic I fall, at Spartanburg. Distinguished visitors from Georgia and our own State will ?be present. Mrs. Hannah Whitall Smith, of Philadelphia, will deliver an address. ! She will also give Bible readings 011 Sunday, ; the day following the adjournment of the | convention. The ladies of Spartanburg are ready to welcome their guests, and from i present indications there will be a full at- r j tendance of delegates and a general increase of interest in the cause. | ?In the Anderson Court of Sessions, last j j week, Frank Earle, a negro, who has been j in jail for upwards of a year, on a charge of ! murder of another negro, was tried, convict-1 u ed and sentenced to be hanged on the 7th of, g, I December next. John Gwin, a white man, j Jo J tried on a charge of arson, was found guilty, i J. I but recommended to the mercy of the Court. I lie was sentenced to a lifetime imprison-1 ment in the penitentiary. From both sen- j .p'1 tences an appeal has been taken. j' ? A general convention of all the churches j F. in Barnwell county?-one delegate from each j ten members?was held at Barnwell Court j House last Tuesday to devise means of enforcing "Prohibition" throughout the co county. The law now provides that no in-! de toxicating liquors shall be sold .outside of | w innn?.i/M?itn/1 nifioe tnu-lil; oiul Vl'llnofOi! (liul i I1IU/1 JJUKIIW V4v'vo "??' ? ?**n^vuj i*tsvt j .wj the municipal governments of Barnwell C. I J I., and some other places in the county are i prohibition governments; hut it is desired i to make the whole county absolutely a pro- / hibition county, without the risk and iurmoil of local elections. ot POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS. re ? It is stated, as if by authority, that the Irish vote of Hamilton county, Ohio, is !)!)8, and the German vote 10,(5">0; the Irishborn vote of the State 28,HGtt, and the Ger- c'o man-born vote The colored vote of or the State is 21,70(1. sj( ? The right of the people of a State to of elect a Legislature, without having "the ^ whole weight of the Administration" thrown into the scale on either side, is what the Virginia Democrats are struggling for, 111 and it is the most important question before co the people of any State at this time. ? The Washington Star says that Senator Edmunds, who has been in the city several days, has stated most positively, since his arrival here, that he does not intend to Ui retain the position of President pro tempore Y< - V 11.- 11- IT? I ? t VI U1U oviuuv. jiu iim:uus iw lcaigu mimediately upon the orgnization of the Senate, ^ and Senator Anthony will be elected in his ." place. ? In a speech delivered before the negroes at Zuni, Va., the other day, Mahone said wl that Mr. Goode held his seat in Congress by co fraud, and was therefore a cheat. Goode was not present, but when he heard the charge he wrote a letter to Mahone denouncing him as a liar and a coward. This pr opens the way for further proceedings. A: ? It is needless to say4 that the Democratic eg prospect of carry i ng Ne w York i n Xovember (j. is as bright as could bo wished. The same ,,c sourness and discontent in the Republican camp which left Mr. Folger 102,(H)0 votes behind Cleveland last year are still at work, ha and it looks as though the largest State in di the Union had passed from Republican con- h trol for good. ur ? Boston Herald, Independent: The elections of this year are merely the skirmish lines of the battle for presidential nominations. The real battle for position prelimi- ba nary to the election itself will be fought the ej] next session of Congress. If the Democrats wish to secure the key to the situation* they . will reduce the war tariff taxes, prune the 111 appropriations and support civil service an reform. ne ? Philadelphia Record: Partisanship is be often responsible for wholesale lying; but it also carries on a retail business in truthtelling. The Massachusetts Republicans are now denouncing the conduct.of General |U1 Butler as Military Governor of New Orle- it ans as outrageous. They say that their ap- lai 1 l.j , ?,1.,*.:..... 4-K.rv pruvili ui iur> iiiiiiu(^i;iiiuul uuiiii^ t-nv ?ui t'U was clue to a misguided and unenlightened loyalty. They are very sorry for it now f that he is running as the Democratic candidate for Governor. ? Congressman Jas. II. Hopkins, of Pittsburg, says Pennsylvania is booming for p. Tilden. Mr. Hopkins explains the feeling upon the ground that the Pennsylvania Democrats believe a mistake was made in 1880 in not nominating Mr. Tilden. Now, he in says, the Democrats of his State want to remedy the blunder by giving him their p< support. Mr. Hopkins is certain that "nothing but a peremptory and positive refusal upon the part of Mr. Tilden can prevent at his being the unanimous choice of the next convention." So ? The St. Louis Republican, Democratic, lie has to say of Ben Butler's presidential aspi- st rations: Southern Democrats must be par- cju doned if they insist in taking a Democratic ' instead of a Republican view of the situa- 't, tion in the ancient commonwealth. They Wl regard Butler as the fittest of all men to be Governor of that State. He is no to: worse now than he was 20 years ago. Indeed he is the self same person. II it was an enlivening sight to see the people of Maryland and Louisiana dance to liis music a score of years ago, it is no less animating re: and far more appropriate to see the Itepub- (ja licans of Massachusetts dance to his music . in these dull, sluggish days. ? The situation in Massachusetts is curi- W1 ously mixed. Butler is supported by a con- se< siderable number of Republicans, while ' many Democrats are violently denouncing rei him. The Independents have resolved to an helo the Renubliean candidate for Gover- a nor; and the Prohibitionists are divided sei into three factions?one rallying around an roi independent ticket, another supporting Hut- co lor and a third doing all in their power for 3A the Republican ticket. Hardly any result th that can come out from such a remarkable ch mess as this will be surprising. At present, wi however, the boom is undoubtedly for un Butler. * pu ? The New York papers announce that I)U the various factions of the Democracy of r01 that city have agreed to unite on a local co ticket, the important places upon the tick- |'1: et having been practically settled upon. by When the county conventions meet confer- *h ence committees will be appointed, but this will be merely a matter of form so far as the question of a union and the composition , of most of the ticket is concerned. The New York Democrats are jubilant over the 110 result in Ohio, and with all the factions Es united on a single ticket it is argued that a ha majority so overwhelming will be rolled f01 up as to insure a decisive victory in the State at the November election, and also for ' the status of the State as unquestionably "1 Democratic at the Presidential election in to 1H84. rel NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The third annual conclave of the Orand Com man dory of Knights Templar of North Carolina convened in Charlotte last week l)r and adjourned on Thursday. tin ? James Drummond, colored, was killed tin last Saturday at Warrenton by Jesse Macon, tin white. They quarreled, and Macon stabbed C}li Drummond with a knife, severing the jugu- ' lar vein. In five minutes the negro was a , corpse. Macon tied and at last accounts had not been captured. I -S()' ? Felix Wilson, colored, confined in tin* j W Charlotte jail, under sentence of death for | ye the murder of Mose Uendleman, also color-1 th, ed, in May, 18K:>, died in his cell last Friday ! pu morning. Wilson's case was appealed to : ' the Supreme Court and was to nave been j. reviewed by that tribunal next month. ! *"1 | ?The Charlotte Democrat says an explo-1111 sion occurred at the Pitcher gold mine, near | an that city, on Tuesday of last week, caused I an by a spark from the forge falling into a j of box of dynamite that was sitting near,, waiting to be sent down the shaft. At the time of the accident there were present three | men, \V. (Jilmore, white, engineer, who i r had his jaw broken; Punnivan, colored, sa jaw broken, head and arm severely injured; m( Clements, colored man, fortunately was un-1 ju| ; injured. It was a narrow escape for all, as | ni( ! scraps of iron and fragments of timber were ! Jin I scattered promiscuously, demolishing the I fe{1 i blacksmith shop and some out buildings, i tw i ? A savage murder was committed at j tin ; jiciuvmu iit ivucKingnam i'uuiii,y, ?n xuo-i^u ! day of last week.- The parties to the affair ! Sci I were two negroes who quarreled in a gamb- ] of ling saloon, when one of them drew a pistol by and shot at the other, missing his mark wc however. This broke up the game, and the Til negro that was shot at went off and borrow- Mi ed a shot gun, paying oil cents for the loan fai of it. He loaded it heavily with squirrel j de; shot and then hunted up his partner in the i kil game and was not long in finding him. On da finding the man for whom he was searching, by the negro raised his gun and fired, lodging tin the entire contents of the gun in his oppo- tic nent's body, killing him almost instantly, wc The murderer was lodged in jail. A LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. Clean ?S. Y. O.?Sherilfs Sale. Beatty Williams, .Tudg:eof Probate?Citation? ' Mrs. Catharine K. Ilempliill. Applicant, S. <?. Hemphill, deceased. >hn H. McConnell?Land at Pnbli< Sale. Beattv Williams, Judge of Probate?Citation? .ros. P. Wallace, ('. C. C. Pis., Applicant, Joseph Smith, deceased. . Strauss, Secretary?Masonic Meeting, snnedv Bros. A- Barron?Our Stock, ha H. Ashe?Ware House. M. Adams?New Goods, unter A' < >ates?The Maimnoth. ithers Adickes?Low Prices, itta Brothers?Wc Invite Consumers. M. Dobson?That Awful Fever Again. A. (ilenn?Dental Notice. Happertield, Intendant?Town Ordinance. CUT WITH A RAZOR. Wo learn that Clarence Bratton, of this unty, a son of N. B. Bratton, and a stutnt at Davidson College, X. C'., was cut ith a razor and seriously wounded by si tgro at the College one tlay last week. PERSONAL MENTION. Judge Witherspoon is presiding over the rcuit Court of Berkeley county this week. >> i* were pieuseu to i m-ivc v.mi, mv her day, from Mr. Thos. J. LaMotte, repsen tative of the Columbia Iter/isWr. CIRCUIT COURT. The Circuit Court for York county will nvene next Monday at 10 A. M., his ] IonJudge T. B. Fraser presiding. The ses)iis business will comprise all manner offences from petit larceny to murder, .velve prisoners, all colored, are in jail raiting trial, and there will probably be a imber of cases sent up from trial justices' urts. YORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, The fifteenth anniversary of the York iptist Association will be held with the tiion Baptist Church, four miles north of orkville, commencing to-day. The introictory sermon will be preached by Elder , W. Thomasson, and the charity sermon ' Elder B. (}. Covington. This Associa)n numbers eleven churches, the most of tiich are represented to be in a growing ndition. COTTON PLANTERS' CONVENTION. In accordance with the request of the esident of the National Cotton Planters' ssociation, for the appointment of two del ates from each county, to represent South trolina at the National Cotton Planters' invention, to be held at Vicksburg, Miss., ovember 21, 1S8J1, Governor Thompson is made the requisite appointments for the fferent counties. As delegates from York, i names Dr. T. C. Robertson, of Rock Hill, id Dr. A. P. Campbell, of Clover. A YORK INDIAN LOOSE. Pony Horn, a York Indian of the Cataw. tribe, \ient over to Charlotte to see the reus, anil while in the city, imbibed so uch of tiie Charlotte lire water, that he lagined nimself on his own native heath, id began to whoop 'em up in such a man:r as to/terrify the good people over the rder. The consequence was that Pony was iltered/by the police, and the mayor senneed aim to pay a line for his rashness, id iq default of the ready money, to work out on the streets. He was forced to the tter/alternative, and the Observer says he mp/eted his task last Saturday, and on ing released, he shook the dust of the city mi his moccasins in a hurry. ciiuiiceTnotices. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, istor. Services at King's Mountain Chap *. in OH A \T . orwl nffav o llt'Al OUUUtVy ill/ jl/.uv xx# ^TX. ? turn cv&vv-j. tv cess of one hour, a second service. Preachg at Yorkville at night. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. }bert Latlmn, I). D., Pastor. Services at .:}() A. M., next Sunday. Sunday-school 9 A. M. Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss, Rector, rvices in the Cliurch of the Good Sheprd to-morrow, (Thursday) the festival of . Luke, the evangelist, at 4 P. 31. On mday next, Sunday-school at 4.15 P. M., d evening prayer at 5 P. M. The rector ill officiate in Rock Mill next Sunday. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pasr. Services at the usual hours, nextSun,y, morning and evening. SECOND CLASS TICKETS. By the following, from the Columbia corspondent of the News and Courier, under ,te of last Monday, it will be seen that 'o railroads in the State have complied ith the popular demand to sell first and cond class tickets: The railroad commissioners have to-day ceived from the Port Royal and Augusta d the Charleston and Savannah Railways, joint tariff of first and second class pasuger rates between all stations on the two ads, and put into effect this day. The mmission allowed these roads to charge cents a mile for first class passage, and Oy Jllive now voiuiuurny jiuuic u secuuu iss rate of 3 cents a mile. This example ill probably be followed by other roads, itil all will be compelled by competition to it on second class tickets. Certainly the iblic will give its preference to the" railads which offer this accommodation. The mmissioners have, from the first, expected at second class rates would be established the railroads, and there is no probability at the present mixed condition of passenrs will long continue. JOURNALISTIC CHANGES. The Columbia Register of last Sunday anunces the severance of John W. It. Pope, iq., as editor of that paper. Mr. Pope s been the editorial writer on that paper * nearly five years, and leaves Jt an asred success. In his card of retirement, r. Pope intimates that he does not propose quit the journalistic field. In whatever lations he may hereafter sustain to the ess of the State, he hits our best wishes success and prosperity. In the Register of Tuesday, Mr. Calvo, oprietor, announces that a conflict of auority and some unpleasantness resulted in e retirement of Mr. Pope. After thisdate e editorial work will be performed by a pable staff under the recognized managcmt of the proprietor. Phe Charlotte Journal-Observer has been Id by its proprietors, Messrs. It. IT. & II. . Harris, to Col. C. It. Jones, for many ars and until the recent consolidation >f e Journal and the Observer, the successful blisher of the last named paper. The | >rd "Journal" is dropped from the head- j *, and the paper already assumes its old-! ne appearance. , Col. Jones has the ability ! (1 the ononrv to make a first-class naner. ! (1 in liis hands the future success of the) tsmrr is assured. MERE-MENTION. The Jasper Monumental Association or vannah has ?(>,887 with which to build a mument to Sergeant Jasper of the lievo;ion. The amount necessarry to erect the : mument is about ?10,000. Cholera J d other contagious diseases are doing irful work in Mazatlan, Mexico. Over o thousand people are prostrated, and ! ere are hundreds of death daily. A { ung lady named Jennie Noon died at i ronton, Pa., the other day, from the effect a shock resulting from the announcement a friend, who called at her house last ;ek, that she had heard of her death, ic friend expressed surprise at seeing iss Noon alive, whereupon the latter nted and remained unconscious until her ath. Joseph Tate shot and instantly lied William Zeal at Virginia City, Tuesy night. This is the second man slain Tate during the past sixty days. At 2 Lansinburgh, New York, school olefin, on the 10th of this month, 22o votes, ;re cast by ladies out of a total of 1,000. j number of women were challenged, it i being alleged that they were imported from Troy. Several colored women voted. Mr. Blaine is said to have accepted an offer from a publisher of $75,000 cash and fifteen cents a volume royalty for his book "From Lincoln to Garfield." Thus far this year there have been laid 4,: 181 miles ol hew railroad. Sixty-six divorce cases were on trial at Chicago, in one day of last week. There were 1,970,000 bushels oi peanuts consumed in this country during the twelve months ending September 80th. There were, however, several extra sessions i of legislatures held. The farmers of i Hartford county, Md., have $1,000,000 invested in factories for canning fruit and I vegetables, and are building more. Five : inches of snow fell at Denver, Colorado, on I Thursday. There were twenty deaths from yellow fever at Havana last week. The deaths during the month of September numbered ">02, of which 00 were from yellow fever. At the meeting of the American Bankers' Association, in Louisville, Ky., last week, an important question discussed was a plan for the perpetuation of the national banks after the securities upon which their circulation is at present based, shall have been extinguished by the process ol j redemption now going on. 'The firsl challenge to mortal combat, on the field ol honor, between a white man and a colored man, was made public in Richmond Va., last Saturday. It grew out of politics. The colored man was the challenging party. The General Episcopal Convention is still in session in Philadelphia. On our first page will be found some interesting proceedings of the first days of the sessions. Governor Murray, of Utah, has made a report to the Secretary of the Interior on the condition of affairs in the territories, with reference to the Mormon problem. lie calls for troops to suppress polygamy. ? Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FR03I BLACK'S STATION. Black's Station*, S. C., October libit is common for correspondents to puff tlu towns in which they reside, but of this place, I can say sincerely that within the last two years it has grown beyond the anticipations of the most sanguine citizens, Several new buildings have been erected recently, showing a marked improvement on the the architectural style of some of the first houses built here. Messrs. J. A. Deal, J. A. Abernathy, John Keetee and A. B, rhmw'hir opo Knilrlinry cr\1nnrlwl TAri\rnfo roci. dences. Dr. T. B. Wnitesides and Dr. It, R. Darwin will soon commence building, To give the finishing touch to the wood work, we now have here Nelson Davies, the accomplished painter, of Yorkville, whc is plying his brushes with his wonted skill, Messrs. D. C. McKinney and Wm. 8. Wilkerson will soon have their business houses completed. The former is for the grocery trade, and the latter for saddles, harness and furniture. We can boast of a flourishing school with the Rev. J. A. White as principal, and competent assistants in the different departments. The Baptist congregation have subscribed a sufficient amount to build a comfortable parsonage. The work of building will be commenced at once. The colored Baptists here will soon commence the building of a house of worship. A terrible accident occurred on the railroad here last Saturday afternoon. Three freight trains were passing. They were scheduled ten minutes behind each other. While the second train was shifting cars on the side track at the depot, the engineer pushed a car into one end of the switch with such force as to cause it to bound out to the opposite end on the main track, on a /lmi'n irivirlri moot!iter thntliirrl train Thp car moved with great velocity, meeting the train oil a straight line, and they collided with,such force as to wreck the car and the engine and tender and throw several cars in the rear of the engine off the track. Conductor Strickland was badly scalded while extinguishing the flames that threatened to destroy the debris scattered along the track. After the smoke and vapor from the steam disappeared sufficiently to enable examination to be made, fireman Weaver was found with several ribs broken, and bleeding internally. Engineer McDougald was found fifty feet down the jjmbankment, badly bruised, but not seriously hurt. The track was torn up for about one hundred feet. Ego. The Harvest of the Hangman.?On Tuesday of last week Samuel McDonal was hanged at Fort Wayne, Indiana, for the murder of Louis Laurent, committed in March last. The following executions are reported on last Friday: Ellis Craft was hanged at Grayson, Ky., at 2.80 P. M. Ilis neck was broken. He was cool, and proclaimed his innocence to the last without faltering. He said on the scaffold that the witness against him had committed perjury. His crime was the murder of the Gibbons girl. Carl Back was hanged at Bowling Green Ohio, for the murder of his wife in October, 1881. In a quarrel he killed her with a corn-cutter. He was tried twice and convicted each time. On the scaffold he was cool, and responded to the prayers of a Ger man priest, lie cnargeu jus aeatn 10 me persistent efforts of the District Attorney, whom he forgave. His neck was broken. Bill Johnson was hanged at Monticello, Arkansas, for the murder of Calvin Williams, three years ago. Jack Radiford was hanged at Fremont, Ohio, for wife murder committed last October. He made a tierce tight against the officers, and cried, "Let me go, you hell hounds!" and showered blasphemous and obscene epithets upon them. After being dragged to the scaffold he tried desperately to break away and jump from the platform. With much trouble he was bound, and the noose adjusted. The drop fell at 12.05 o'clock. Jladiford spent his last night carousing with his guard, drinking whisky, talking about horse races and telling obscene stories. While standing on the gallows, pinioned with the noose about his neck and the clergyman offering up prayers, ltadiford discovered among those in the jail Mr. Greensdale, father of the murdered woman. Then ensued an indescribable scene. Radford made a furious effort, strapped as he was, to rush upon his fatherin-law ; and the sheriff' and his assistants had all they could do to hold him. He raved and cursed everybody. The hanging was successful. The body scarcely quivered after the drop. At L'Orignal, Canada, Frederick Mann, who murdered the Cook family, was hanged in the jail yard. He stepped upon the trapdoor with firmness and without flinching, and carefully inspected the pinioning of his legs. He wore a cheerful smile and said good-bye to his attendants, and after an impressive prayer had been offered by the Anglican minister, dropped into eternity. Ho said it is only a hop, skip and a jump from a sinful world into an eternity of love. Mann's crime was the murder of his employer, Ruggles W. Cooke, his wife and son and a daughter in January last. He made a confession. The Grain Crop.?The October report of the grain crop has just been published by the Department of Agriculture. The returns fully sustain the report of the 10th of September, relative to injuries by frost of the 8th, 9th and 10th. There were light frosts later, the more noticable being on the Kith in the northeast. The State averages of condition show the extent of the injury which was great in Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio and New York. There was also some loss in Minnesota and Dakota and the some damage in the elevated portions of Pennslvania, and West Virginia, in the northern counties 01 maiana, auu mmuis, ?mi m the least advanced fields of Iowa, but scarcely any in Nebraska and none in Kansas is reported. Kxcept a few places in northern Kentucky and Missouri, there is no mention of frost in any States south of Pennsylvania. The loss of condition from drought has become more apparent, causing slight reductions of the September estimates of many of the Southern States. The general average of condition for the entire field is 78, six points less than on the first of September, four from frosts in the North ana two from drought on the Atlantic seaboard and south of the frosted areas. It is five points below the October average of 1882, while there is four per cent, increase in area. The product of this year will be close to 10,000,0(H) bushels with more September corn than hist year, mostly in regions that con sume their entire crop. The returns of yield of wheat per acre indicate a production of about two and a fourth bushels per acre less than the crop of last year. The aggregate will exceed four hundred millions of bushels and may reach four hundred and twenty. The quality is not up to an i average. The yield of oats is a full average of a series of years or about twenty-eight ! bushels for the whole country. The crop will aggregate ahout five hundred million bushels, quality is high and the border crop will average between one and two . bushels per acre more than last year, approximating fifteen million bushels. The 1 potato crop is in better condition than in any year since 187"). The average is 98 while the October averages of 1882 and 1879 were each 90. The prospect is favorable for a crop above medium. The Cotton Crop.?The cotton returns i of the Department of Agriculture, as published by that bureau on the 10th instant, show that the condition of the crop, on . ! the 1st of October was worse than oh the t j 1st of September. The continuance of the [ ; drouth at many places, ravages of worms n in regions most infected, and the more vis ible results of previous injuries, have re duced the general average from 74 to 08. i In October of last year 88 foreshadowed a crop of seven million bales; in October of 1 1881 the average was 56, and the crop less 1 than five and a half million bales. The ; rate of yield per acre was a third greater | than last year. The indications point to . a crop a little larger than that of 1881, but ; falling short of the last crop by more than one million bales. The highest condition ' is in Florida, where a small breadth had an ' early and favorable start, the lowest in | Texas. The entire Gulf coast sufferedl both ' from drouth and caterpillar. More Jsortliern States of the cotton belt escaped ii^ect injuries and the worst severity of the dry , season. Averages of the conditions are as follows: Virginia, 07; North Carolina, 09; Georgia, 00; Florida, 82; Alabama, 07; Mississippi, 07; Louisiana, 68; Texas, 65; Ar| kansas. 71; Tennessee, 75. An attempt was ; made for the first time in October to get an ' estimate of the probable average yield of counties in a hundreth of a bale per acre. The result after the correction of obvious [ errors, is stated as follows: Virginia, 36-100 . of a bale per acre; North Carolina, 37-100 of [ a bale per acre; South Carolina, 32-100 of ' ^ h-1~ on inn il UiVIC jJCl ituit: , vjret.?l{?C, ?i7-ltni Ul ii uau; ' per acre; Florida, 24-100 of a bale per acre, ' including Sea Island; Alabama, 31-100 of a bale per acre; Mississippi, 35-100 of a bale ' per acre; Louisiana, 4:3-100 of a bale per [ acre; Texas, 37-100 of a bale per acre ; Arkansas, 40,100 of a bale per acre, and TenJ nessee, 33-100 of a bale per acre. Hampton at Greenville.?On Thurs; day of the fair at Greenville, Senator Ilampj ton spoke to the assembled multitude. Tne ' announcement previously made that the 1 distinguished Carolinian would speak attracted many people to hear him. His ad1 dress was admiraDle in every point of the subject on which he spoke and characteris' tic of Hampton. There was evident disappointment, however, in the faces or his old 1 soldiers when the speaker took his seat at ! the end of ten minutes, having touched upon nothing but the subject upon which he had been innvited to speaK by the I Ladies' Memorial Association, namely : the erection of a monument to the Confederate dead of Greenville county. This theme he handled with feeling, and his words werp well chosen. After an eloquent and fitting introduction by ex-Governor Perry, Senator Hampton said that in a work of this kind he had always regarded a call from the women as a command that 1 must be obeyed. His allusion to the heroic deeds of the men in the war and the women at home during the great four years' strug1 gle were touching, indeed. The men of Greenville, many of whom were his comrades in the war, would, he knew, subscribe liberally to so noble a cause as erecting a monument to our Confederate dead. He spoke to his living comrades, and appealed to them feelingly to do an act of justice to the memory of thenoble deeds of their dead comrades. The address was warmly received. Subscription lists for the erection of the proposed monument were at once started and a handsome sum in the aggregate was subscribed. Senator Hampton was met and warmly greeted by a large number of old soldiers of the Hampton Legion upon his descending the stand, and magnificent floral offerings were received from the ladies. Crooked Postal Officials.?An Atlanta dispatch of last Saturday says: "The indictment against ex-Gov. Conley to-day, in connection with the late money order clerk, J. 0. Nail, charging him with'embezzlement of the postoflice funds, by a unanimous vote of the grand jury, created a genuine surprise. The first count charges that the defendant having been postmaster, and with the assistant postmaster having custody of publicmoney to theamountof $802,257, they unlawfully failed to deposit the same in the sub-treasurv, at New York, as required by law. The second charges them with conspiringto withhold postal revenues of the United States. The third charge is that being officers and agents of the government they unlawfully failed to render just and true accounts of the same. Great sympathy is freely expressed for Gov. Conley, and but few who know him believe him guilty of criminality." Frank M. Shouse, assistant ptstmaster at Talladega, Alabama, was arrested last Saturday, by Post Office Inspector, T. B. Bong, for embezzling six hundred dollars, and afterwards falsifying the records of the money order office. After his arrest he made a full confession in both cases, had the amount purloined returned, and gave bond to answer at the next term of the United States District Court at Montgomery. Gov. Cleveland on the Ojiio Victory.?Saturday evening the democratic pha- v lanx of Albany tendered a complimentary serenade to Gov. Cleveland and to the democratic State candidates. It was congratulatory of the democratic victory achieved in Ohio. Governor Cleveland said in the course of his response: "We celebrate tonight a victory in a most important field, and a victory which gives us an earnest of a much greater yet to come. We look with pride and joy to the achievement of our brethren in a sister State, and yield to them all the praise and admiration which their gallantry and courage claim. The first battle in the great campaign of 1884 has been fought and won. umo in the van cans on us to follow. What shall the answer be? The democracy of New York sends back the ringing assurance that we are on the way, and in a few short days will be at her side bearing glorious trophies. This is not an idle boast full of temporary enthusiams, nor the voice of blind parti/an zeal. We shall succeed because we deserve sucesss, because the people are just, and because we bear high aloft the banner of their rights." Violations of the Liquor Law.? The report of the grand jury, W. If. Ilardin, foreman, of Chester county, submitted last week, contains the following paragraphs : Our attention having been called to gross and flagrant violations of the law prohibiting the sale of ardent spirits in the town of Chester during the past few months, and particularly on the 5th instant, we instituted a searching investigation; as the result of the i same we present Benjamin David, William Goore and Henry MeCullough for violation of this law and have handed names of witneses to the Solicitor to prove the same. We would again call the attention of phy sicians giving prescriptions to purchase liquor of druggists without certificates. We understand that the law means that physicians are only permitted to prescribe spirits as a medicine. From many prescriptions given by some physicians, this privilege is still greatly abused. 4 ? ? Progress in the South.?CoJ. A. K. McLure, editor of the Philadelphia Time*-, who visited the Louisville Exposition last week, says the late Atlanta Exposition and the present Louisville improvement upon it, may be accepted as dating the new departure of the new South?the departure that is to diversify Southern industry and vastly enlarge the capital and the permanent prosperity of the Southern States. Col. McLure carefully noted the multiplied evidences of Southern progress in the industrial and mechanical departments of the exposition, and concludes that they are far in advance of Northern appreciation. He says the presentation of the coal and iron resources of the Southern States would bet