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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
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viiui^ii 10 aiucuu^ tutu wuwiuv4??v.v
cess in increasing its membership. .Southern
converts are being colonized mainly in
Colorado."
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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,
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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
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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.
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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<
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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
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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