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Straps and Jacts.
?The next house of Representatives will
consist of 325 members, instead of 293 of the
last house. The Eastern States have 75, as
before; the Western States have 109 instead
of 92, and the Southern States 121 instead
of 106. The Democratic majority is 64.
? Walter Clark, a brother of Rose Clark
Ambler, a jeweler, of Maple Park, 111.,
leaves for Stratford, Conn., shortly, to cause
the arrest of Will Lewis for the murder of
his sister. Clark and Lewis were school
boys together, and Clark thinks his old
friend capable of committing the crime.
? A St. Paul. Minn., dispatch says that
advices from all parts of the Northwest last
Thursday night show that the thermometer
varied from 15? to 40? below zero. A strong
wind was blowing, but no snowr fell. All
trains were delayed on account of the wind.
Navigation has been practically suspended
for several davs.
? The weather in the Northern States and
Canada turned intensely cold on Monday
night, and there was snow in New Yorkand
on the south shore of the lakes. A fierce
gale prevailed. In Toronto considerable
? damage was done, fences and chimneys being
blown down and roofs being carried
away. In Cleveland a night/vatchman was
blown off a high stairway and killed.
? Elder Morgan, of the Mormon Church,
passed through Kansas City last Saturday
en route for Salt Lake City, with seventyeight
recruits from the Southern States.
The proselytes are said to be of the most
ignorant class, and appear to have no idea
of Mormonism. They say they have been
promised homes, with no restrictions as to
choice of religion.
? The Rev. Edwin Theodore Winkler, D.
D., for a long time Pastor of the Citadel
Square Baptist Church of Charleston, but
more recently of Selma, Ala., and one of
the most eminent ministers in his church,
died at Selma on Saturday, aged GO years.
He was regarded as the most eloquent man
in the Baptist pulpit, and his loss will be
severely felt everywhere.
? With as much truth as humor the
Washington Post says: "The country
should understand that Congress will meet
next month for the two purposes only ol
Sroviding the House with a Speaker and
eciding the political status of Senators
Mahone and Riddleberger. These matters
settled, it will adjourn until January, and
then, and not till then, will any public business
be considered.
? The business failures of the week ending
last Friday, as reported to R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Mercantile Agency, throughout the
United States and Canada, number 23.3
against 215 the previous week. Failures
continue numerous in the Western States
and are on the increase in New England,
the South and in New York, although in
the city no very important assignment is
to be noted.
? Dr. J. Marion Sims, a physician well
known in this country and Europe, died in
New York city on the morning of the 13th
instant, of heart disease. He attended a
patient on the evening preceding his death,
and on the morning of his death he conversed
with his wife. Soon after the conversation
she observed that something was
wrnncr and immediatelv summoned their
son, who is also a physician. An examination
showed that the Doctor was dead. Dr.
Sims was a native of Lancaster county, S. C.
? Says the San Francisco Call: "The
somewhat general belief that the Democrats
can not elect a President without New York
is based rather upon confident assertions
than on known facts. A Western candidate
who is closer to the people tlmn any
representative of Eastern capital can be,
who represents rather the industries than
the accumulated wealth of the country,
might easily carry several States that have
been put down as reasonably certain to give
their electoral votes to the Republican
ticket."
? Colonel Huguley, of Governor Butler's
staff, has commenced suit against Hon. A.
A. Beard for an alleged libel uttered in his
speech, first made at Lawrence and repeated
at other places. Huguley's attorney, Edward
Avery, has, it is reported, attached
Beard's property to answer the claim for
damages to the amount of $25,000. It is
further rumored that William A. Simmons
is also about to sue Beard for an alleged libel
against him uttered in the same speech,
and it is said to be probable that three of the
daily newspapers of Boston which gave
currency thereto are to be joined as defendants.
? Gov. Butler has proclaimed Thanksgiving
Day in Massachusetts in the most
handsome and appropriate style. Let him
have credit for that. He concludes as follows:
"Let everyone be merry and mirthful
with every innocent sport and pleasure,
rejoicing thereby in the goodness of God.
So shall all men testify to the glory of the
Father who, in His providence, has given
the earth her increase for the farmer,
strengthened the arm of the artisan, stayed
the tempest from fishermen and merchants,
raised up the poor and lowly, and ordained
an upward progress of the people, and given
them power in the end, in the due time
of His providence, to obtain equal justice
and equal rights for all men."
? Says the Wilmington Star: In 1884
there will be two centenary celebrations.
The Presbyterians will celebrate the beginning
of their denomination in the United
States. Rev. Francis Makenzie organized
the first church in 1784. either in Maryland
or New Jersey. We believe the Episcogalians
contemplate celebrating in Novemer,
1884, the consecretion of I)r. Seabury
as Bishop of Connecticut, which occurred in
1784. In 1787 two other Bishops were consecrated,
and in 1789 the Episcopal Church
was organized. The Methodists, now numbering
nearly 4,000,000, members on this
continent, will celebrate their centennial
soon, but of the precise time we are not
certain.
? John Smith, colored, the murderer of
Joseph Harding, was hanged at Oakland,
Md., last Friday, at 1.14 P. M. He made a
confession during the morning to Rev.
Benjamin Isor, his religious adviser, and
said he killed Harding, out only did it because
he was under the influence of liquor.
On the morning of the execution, he ate a
hearty breakfast and ate his dinner about
12 o'clock with great relish. He was led
into the jail yard, smoking a cigar, which
he threw away at a sign from the sheriff,
as he mounted the scaffold. After Mr. Isor
had read the 51st Psalm and offered prayer,
Smith made a short speech, confessing the
crime and saying that he was not sorry to
go. At the close of his remarks he burst
into tears. His neck was broken and death
was painless. The execution was private,
within a small enclosure adjoining the jail.
? John Wapfen, a German, aged 44 years,
died at Cleveland, Ohio, on the loth instant,
from the effects of too much whisky.
"VVapfen lived with his wife and five little
children the youngest but four months old?
in humble quarters, in Bethel block. Wapfen
was under the influence of liquor Saturday
night and Sunday. On Wednesday
evening he entered Duggett's saloon, corner
Seneca and Canal streets, and while still
under the influence of liquor drank fifteen
drinks of whisky in fifteen minutes, on a
wager. He then went home and was seized
with a violent fit of sneezing. His
chest expanded with his efforts to get his
breath. His lips were set firmly together.
His abdomen sank in, and he remained in
an awful condition until morning, when he
died. Wapfen worked as a laborer on the
docks and was very poor. Some very unpleasant
complications may ensue to the
parties who were concerned in that wager
if the coroner decides that it was the cause
of the man's death.
? The celebration of Evacuation Day in
New York, to come off on the 26th of November,
promises to assume larger proportions
than was at first anticipated, Governor
Butler has accepted an invitation to attend
with his staff and some of the Massachusetts
militia. President Arthur will
also attend. The Governor's Foot Guard
of Hartford, Conn., will take part in the
procession as escort for Governor Waller
;aad his staff. They will wear their redcoat
uniform and will be accompanied by
. a baaid of thirty pieces. It is also understood
that about 3,000 of the New Jersey
militia will participate in the pageant,
together with the City Troop of Philadelphia,
the Providence Light Guard, and
various other visiting organizations. Governor
Cleveland lias agreed to review the
troops. Another feature will be the presence
of 12,000 members of the Grand Army
I of the Republic with twelve military:
bands, together with the veterans of the
National Guard, the veterans of the Mexican
war, &c. Besides all this there will be a
j novel parade of river steamers and tug
; boats off the Battery, in which it expected :
at least five hundred vessels will take part, j
She ^orhviUc (SNpiw.
YORKVILLE, S. C . :
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 22, 1883.
EMORY SPEER'S MISSION.
Emory Speer, United States Attorney
for Georgia, has been assigned by the Attorney
General of the United States as special
U. S. Attorney to assist Mr. Melton in
the political eases to come up before the approaching
term of the United States District
Court at Columbia. A Washington
dispatch says Mr. Speer was met coming
down from the Department of Justice the
other day, a bundle of legal papers in each
hand.
"I have just been up getting my instructions,"
said Mr. Speer, brandishing the
documents.
"Your instructions appear to be voluminous,"
was suggested.
"Oh, this is Butterworth's brief. I go in
his place, you see, and they gave me his
papers, which were prepared. I go South
immediately."
"Do you expect to convict?"
"I have just convicted seven Georgia Ku
TClux and thev seem to think I might have
luck. I haven't examined the cases as yet,
but will go to- work right away. Butterworth
has gone into patents," said Speer,
laughingly, "and I think perhaps it would
take a patent lawyer to convict the South
Carolina men."
Mr. Speer had a long conference with
Attorney General Brewster, and it is to be
the policy of the administration, since the
Mahone failure, to run the Southern outrage
mill for all it is worth.
In connection with the visit of Major
Earle, ex-State Marshal, to the Executive
Department in company with Mr. Speer,
Major Earle authorizes the following statement,
which is telegraphed to the JYem and
Courier from Washington, under date of
Sunday: <
Major Earle of South Carolina, says, with
reference to a recent Washington dispatch,
that it is true he was at the White House
at the same time with Emory Speer, but
that neither he nor Wallace went or came
with Speer and had nothing to do with his
(Speer's) political business there. Major
Earle is a Republican, but is evidently desirous
of repudiating the Speer-Melton combination.
He will have something to say
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THE BAPTIST STATE CONTENTION.
The sixty-third session of this body commenced
yesterday at 10 o'clock, in the First
Baptist Church of Charleston. Besides an
interesting article on the subject, on the first
page of this issue, copied from the Xeics and
Courier, we also take from the same paper
the following:
The Convention was formed in the City
of Columbia, on December 4,1821. Itichard
Furman, then the pastor in Charleston, was
the ruling spirit in its formation. He was
its first President and held that office for
four years. At its organization there were
nine delegates in all.
The Baptists of the State are divided into
twenty-eight district Associations. These
are composed of representatives from the
churches alone. An Association is restricted
to a portion only oftheState ; sometimes
only one county, in other cases more than a
county.
The Convention embraces the whole State.
It is composed of delegates from the several
Associations, and from other religious bodies
of the Baptist connection concerned in
the promotion of the same objects with the
Convention. Each Association is entitled
to five delegates irrespective of money contributions,
and to an additional delegate for
each twenty dollars contributed since the
last session of the Convention to the work
of State Missions. Any Baptist Church
Sunday School, Missionary or Education
Society is entitled to representation on the
same moneyed basis.
The grand object of the Convention is the
union of the Baptists throughout the State
in i-.fforts for the spread of the Gospel in all
i i i .1 TVm
lanus. ?ne special uujecis hhhu mic ^invention
undertakes to promote are: Preaching
in destitute portions of the State, the
work of colportage, and the interests of
foreign and domestic missions.
The Convention is in nowise a legislative
or judicial body. It does not enact laws ; it
does not try cases or settle disputes; it has
no power over any individual minister,
church or association; it does not adjust difficulties
between associations or churches, or
troubles which may arise between pastors
and their churches, or between pastors and
their fellow-pastors.
The Convention elects annually an executive
board, consisting of twelve members.
The officers of this board are, a president,
vice-president, corresponding secretary and
treasurer. The executive officer of this
board is its corresponding secretary and
treasurer. The ltev. K. II. (Jrittith, of
Greenville, at present holds this office.
This board plans and carries on all the missionary
work of the Convention, and makes
its reports to that body every year.
The present officers of the Convention
are: Col. B. \V. Edwards, of Darlington,
president; T. P. Smith of Charleston, vicepresident
; Dev. L. Broaddus, of Newberry,
secretary; Prof. C. II. .Judson, treasurer.
These officers have been re-elected for several
years.
The Baptists have in this State 040churches,
about 325 ministers and 58,500 communicants.
They contribute annually about
?9,000 for State Missions, ?6,000 for Foreign
Missions and ?3,000 for Domestic Missions.
They give for all benevolent purposes about
?130,000. They own church property to the
nmniint of nhoiit ?600.000. TllOV sustain
three colleges?the Furraan University, the
Greenville Female College and the Cooper
Limestone Female Institute.
The Convention has not been held in this
city since At that time W. B. Johnson,
D. 1),, was president and Basil Manly,
I). I)., secretary. Once before, in 1829, they
met in Charleston and the same officers
served. The present meeting of the Convention
promises to be one of great interest,
as the First Baptist Church, with which the
| Convention meets, will celebrate its 200th
I anniversary during the next meeting.
Thk Political Prosecutions.?'The selection
of District Attorney Sneer, of Georgia,
to assist District Attorney Melton in the
prosecution of the South Carolina Democrats
who are accused of election offences is
! the direct result of his success in convicting
Democrats in Georgia. Mr. Attorney GenI
1 Df/vntMiAw -fhof u'linf All* SsDnitp
i dill lJlCWaid lllllino tuuv
did in Georgia he can accomplish in this
; State.
There is a difference in the respective situations.
The Georgia offenders are accused
j of acts of violence, while in South Carolina
the principal charge is that the State eleci
tion law was obeyed by the State officers.
! There is another difference.
The Georgia Democracy took no special
interest in the defence of the accused Geor:
gians, and left them to be defended bycoun:
sel whom they paid out of their own pockets.
In South Carolina the Democracy understand
that they are assailed, as a body,
in the prosecution of their comrades, and
that the sole object of the proceedings is to
I furnish campaign material to the Republican
party. Knowing the accused to be in-1
noeent and knowing the purpose of the j
prosecuting officers, the Democracy will'
stand by the accused to the end. Mr. Speer :
i will make a big failure of it in South Caroli- j
1 na.?Xeirs ami Courier. '
THE NEW TIME DIVISIONS.
The new method of computing time, proposed
in connection with the change in the
standard of railroad time, is not likely to be
adopted speedily, or if adopted at all, without
much opposition and discussion. The
present system in use on the continent of
Europe and on this continent was introduced
by the Komans of the fourth century, derived,
it is believed, from the Chaldeans or
Babylonians. The method proposed is a
modification of the system employed by astronomers
and by the people of Italy. That
is to say, the day is not divided into halves
of twelve hours each, but into twenty-four
hours. The astronomers thus divide the
day from midday to midday, the Italians
from sunset to sunset.
The objections to our present system are
the repetitions of numbers. In order to be
exact and accurately understood one must,
under the present system, strictly define
the hour. lie must say "Seven o'clock in
the morning," or "Seven o'clock in the evening
or 7 A. M., or 7 P. 31. To many
minds it is not at once and strikingly clear
what time of day 12:.'l(i A. 31., or 12:ilOP. 31.,
refers to. This is especially true in railroad
time tables. Indeed, the confusion is so
perplexing that the best and most convenient
time tables set the afternoon hours in
distinctly different type from those denoting
the morning hours.
in order to avoid the circumlocution and
confusion of a double period, it is proposed
to count as they do in Italy, right on from
the twelfth hour at midnight or noon up to
twenty-four. One o'clock at night, if the
astronomer's method is adopted, would,
therefore, be l.'i o'clock: 11 o'clock in the
morning would be 23 o'clock and noon ill
o'clock. This would reduce the friction and
much simplify the reckoning.
But-its immediate adoption is doubtful.
The unknown friction in adopting a new
system will prevail against the known friction
of the old system. People would rather
put up with the' inconveniences of 1 A. M.,
than 13 o'clock, of 12 M. than 24 o'clock. It
will probably be ridiculed in many ways,
but its only objection after all is its oddity.
There is nothing more absurd in saying
half-past fifteen o'clock than there is in halfpast
eleven or half-past nine. Again, all
those owning watches and clocksof the present
standard and all manufacturers of time
pieces with large stocks on hand would, of
course, oppose it. It would require such
radical changes in the machinery and dials
of their wares as to set them unanimously
against it. The only hope of introducing
the new system lies in the adoption of it by
railroad companies and the manufacture of
a certain number of new watches to meet
the new demand, which perhaps would
gradually increase as people became accustomed
to it. But the revolution would not
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ne accompiisneu, pruuuuiy, m nw uhwi ii
generation. Habit is as strong as the millions
of little rootlets which prevent even a
tempest from uprooting the oak.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Governor Thompson has issued his proclamation,
appointing Thursday the 20th instant
as a day of general thanksgiving.
? Billings, the young man charged with
being a defaulter in Bamberg's bank in
Barnwell, was tried in the Sessions Court of
that county last week and acquitted.
? Laurens had the most destructive fire
last Thursday morning that has ever occurred
in that town, the buildings destroyed
being the old Continental Hotel and Traynham
and Dial's block. In the latter were
four stores, the entire stock in one of which
was consumed. The other stocks were partially
saved. On the same day a destructive
tire occurred in Sumter, destroying 12
stores, and some other buildings.
? Chester Reporter: Mrs. Mary Logan
of this place, received on the 12th instant,
a draft for the full amount of the insur
ance, $2,000, on the policy issued by the
American Legion of Honor on the life of
her husband, Thomas Logan, who died on
the 6th of October. This is one of the
promptest payments in all the records of
life insurance?only 84 days from date of
death and 26 days from official notice received
at the headquarters of the order in
Philadelphia.
? A petition for an election on the local
option question has been presented to the
city council of Spartanburg. It was signed
by more than three hundred persons, nearly
all of whom were colored. An election was
ordered, and Friday, the 80th instant, fixed
as the day. The campaign will probably
begin next week, and promises to be quite
animated. The Young Women's Christian
Temperance Union have invited Senator
Colquitt, of Georgia, to deliver a public address,
and other prominent gentlemen are
expected. The excitement among the ladies
is already nearly up to fever heat.
? Columbia Itegister, Sunday : Fish Commissioner
Huske is in receipt of lo,000young
carp from Washington, which he will distribute
among those who have applications
on file, at the rate of twenty fish to each applicant.
Those whose applications were
first received will be first served. There
will remain about 800 applications which
cannot be supplied out of the present shipment,
but Mr. Huske hopes soon to obtain
another supply sufficient to satisfy all demands.
He requests the statement made
that it will be useless for any one to apply
specially for carp from the present shipment,
as he intends to distribute them as
above indicated.
? A horrible murder was committed on
Wednesday night of last week at a place
called Herlong's Mill, about six miles from
Johnston, in bdgefield county. An old man
by the name of Henry Ktiever, a peddler by
trade, was the victim. A colored boy by
the name of Jim Green is suspected of the
crime. Green had been working with tttiever
about three weeks, driving his wagon,
and could not be found that morning, lie
left his shoes and took the old man's. The
killing was done with a wagon standard
while he was sleeping. When found the
body was cold and had been dead two or
three hours. Green has been arrested.
? The Marlboro' Sun and Monitor says :
"Our town has been considerably excited
over the imprisonment of a drummer by the
name of Smylie, a few days ago. The town
marshal, it appears, had instruction from
Mayor Johnson to imprison any drummer
found offering goods within the corporate
limits without a license. Smylie was arrested
for attempting to sell his wares without
paying license and was lodged in jail for
three hours. He was released upon the payment
of So. The matter was carried before
the Council, where the action of the mayor
was reversed and the money paid back to
Smylie. It is said that the matter will be
brought up in the United States Court in a
suit for five thousand dollars damages.
? ?
Ax Intkkview With Gaulish:.?A
Washington dispatch gives the following in
regard to the Speakership:
The Speakership contest isgrowingwarm,
even at the distance from the meeting of
V_OUgrCSS. IWUU1 Wit; lliu?t/piumim-nt vuu"
didates, Carlisle and Cox, are on the ground,
and although neither of them has yet formally
established himself in headquarters,
the friends of both are gathering about them
and getting in readiness for active work.
Randall has not yet arrived, but is expected
to reach this city early next week. He is
already represented here by numerous
friends.
A steady stream of visitors poured in upon
Carlisle and Cox Thursday. Many members
elect of the coining Congress called to
pay their respects to the candidates and to
discuss the situation. An Associated Press
reporter called on Carlisle Thursday evening,
and, directing that gentleman's attention
to the interview published in the morn
in# papers, asked him what he thought or
the Jatter's statements.
"Mr. Randall," replied Carlisle, "is much
more confident than the facts warrant. I do
not see how it is possible for hi 11 to receive
more than sixty votes on the first ballot,
and I do not believe he will get that many.
The most careful estimates made by my
friends do not give him near that many, al- j
though they allow him a considerable num- j
ber of doubtful votes."
With respect to the estimates made by
his friends, the accuracy of which Randall
disputed the interview published this morning,
Carlisle said : "Of course all of their
estimates may be very inaccurate, but they
are made upon what is considered reliable
information, and are certainly as likely to
be correct as any put forth by the friends of
the other candidates. 1 notice that Randall
states that the vote for Cox will be merely
complimentary, and that after the first ballot
he (Randall) will receive large accessions
from that quarter. For my own part I have '
j no reason to believe that the friends of Co:
I are less sincere in their support of him thai
: the friends of other candidates are. But i
: Cox should be dropped or withdrawn be
i fore the nomination is made, I feel quit<
; sure that the majority of his supporter:
I would not go to Randall."
Mr. Carlisle was asked whether, in viev
of the recent statements concerning his po
sition with respect to tariff legislation dur
ing the coming session of Congress, be hat
anything to say on that subject. He ex
pressed an unwillingness to say anything
for the reason that his views with regard t<
the revision of the tariff were well known
He would say, however, that he did not be
lieve in the agitation of that question fo
the sake of agitation.
The reporter asked Mr. Carlisle if then
was any truth in the reports that his friend:
were seeking to secure a viva voce vote ii
the caucus.
Mr. Carlisle replied that he did not knov
that any efforts were making to bring abou
a change in the method of voting. He hac
heard some talk about that sort of votinj
being the proper thing for a Democratic cau
cus. For his own part, he said, he was no
afraid to submit his chances to a viva voci
I vote i n caucus.
SOUTH CAROLTNA NEWS.
? A recruiting office for the enlistment o
white men in the United States Army, ha:
been opened in Charlotte.
? Bishop Keener will preside at the Meth
odist conference that meets atStatesville 01
the 28th.
? Thomas Gordon, a colored man livinj
in Mecklenburg county, committed suicidi
last Thursday by shooting himself in th<
head with a shot gun, ratner than appea
before the inferior court as a witness in i
barn burning case.
? At 4 o'clock last Friday morning, a fir<
broke out in Charlotte, and before it eouk
be checked four dwellings were destroyed
involving a loss of about $12,000. Mrs. J
Rintel, Mrs. A. II. Tate and T. II. Gaithe
a.e the principal losers. Loss partially cov
ered by insurance.
j ? The annual meeting of the Fasten
J Fields Trial Club was commenced lastMon
| day at High Point with a large number o
members present and plenty of dogs. Tin
trials opened on Monday in members
stakes. Birds were abundant, but the seen
was poor, and the field was left upon an un
decided heat between Thayer's "Rue" an<
Coster's "Buckellew." The heat was trie*
over on Tuesday, on which day the all age
trials also came off. For these trials ther
were fifty-three entries.
?TheGnstonia Gazette of Friday announce
the death of Hon. James H. White, of tha
county, who died on the 1st instant. Speaking
of Mr. White, the Gazette says; Hewa
a man of good natural Irish sense, firm ii
his convictions and honest in all his actions
For a number of years he was one of th
leading minds in thissection of North Caro
Una and he goes down to his grave honore*
jukI respected by all who knew him, and ?
far as we know he departed this life at peac
with everybody.
? Charlotte Democrat: The barn of Mr
Hugh K. Reid, in Sharon Township, wa
destroyed by tire on Saturday night last
A lot of farming implements, a wagon am
some roughness were burnt. Two mule
were saved from the burning building b;
the extraordinary efforts of a colored man
The lire is thought to have been the work o
an incendiary, and a negro man named Xel
son Porter has been committed to jail on i
charge of being concerned in the burning
Suspicion rests on others.
? The Charlotte Observer learns that th
mnnnl nf Wilful 1 . KllipMu HlP SlinrPUll
Court of North Caroiina, from the Superio
Court of Mecklenburg, on conviction of tli
murder of James Sitton, was not heard a
the present term of the Supreme Court, bu
goes over to the Spring term, and will b
heard about next May. The Observer says
Should the finding of the Superior court b
affirmed, Shields will have to remain in jai
until after the fall term of Mecklenburg Su
perior court, in 1884, when the sentence o
the law will be re-passed upon him. Taking
into consideration the past record of ou
jail as a prisoner-killer, it is a matter of ex
ceeding doubt whether or not the unfortu
nate Shields will ever live to see the end o
his case in the courts. So far, his health ha
been good and he has held out well agains
his confinement with no indications of ;
break down, but there's no telling wha
twelve months more in jail will do.
Convicted of Murder.?Yesterday a
Shelby, the trial of Burt Ellis, the negr*
charged with the murder of Mrs. Wm
Logan, near King's Mountain, on Friday
evening, October 19th, was concluded, tic
jury finding a verdict of "guilty," almost a
soon as the case was given them by Judgi
Gilmer, immediately upon receiving tin
verdict of the jury, the court passed sen ten?
of death upon the prisoner, condemninj
him to be hanged on the 14th day of nex
December.
Our readers may yet remember the cle
tails of Ellis' crime, which was one of thi
most cold blooded murders that has eve
been perpetrated in this State. An olc
man named Wm. Logan, lived alone witl
his wife on his farm near King's Mountain
and about dark on the evening of the 19tl
of October, a negro called at his door anc
asked to have a five dollar bill changed
Mr. Logan refused to do this, and the negri
then told him that a lot of cows were in hi
corn field and agreed to go and run then
out, if Mrs. Logan would go with him ant
let down the fence. This Mrs. Logan con
sen ted to do, and as she got beyond her bus
band's sight, she was felled by a blow witl
a club in the hands of the negro, and wa
then choked to death. The negro returnee
to the house and attacked old man Logan
choking him till he was dead to all appear
ances and then burying ins bony uncier s
pile of cotton. After this the negro sachet
the house and found ?10. lie then buriet
Mrs. Logan's body under a pile of cotton
set tire to it and fled. After a time Air
Logan regained consciousness and burrow
ing from under the cotton, made his waj
to a neighbor's house and told the awfu
tale. A party of neighbors returned Witl
him and after a search Mrs. Logan's bodt
was found under the burning cotton. Grea
excitement prevailed and on Monday Elli:
was arrested on suspicion and Air. Logan',1
note book was found in his pocket. Severa
efforts were made to lynch him, but th<
sheriff succeeded in safely lodging him ii
jail. The evidence produced at the tria
was dead against him and all who heard i
were confident that the jury could rendei
but one verdict, and that was "guilty." El
lis wili swing on December 14th. There ii
no hope of a respite or pardon for him.?
C'har/offe Observer, Sunday.
Thk SpkakKitsi11p.?A late Woshingtor
dispatch says that there are twenty mem
bers of the House of Representatives, o
both parties, in that city, Among then
I there are two subjects talked about?th<
Speakership and the elections. The elec
tions are a new and important factor in th<
Speakership contest. They are discusset
with special reference to their effect upor
Randall's chances. There are two theories
as to the manner in which he will be affect
0(1. One is that Randall will be strengthen'
cd in that the result in Virginia shows thai
the Republicans are likely to revive tin
issue of a solid North against a solid South :
that Randall will be able to keep off' objectionable
issues of the campaign, and will prevent
any possible agitation of the tariff; and
that if the Democracy is prudent it will
avoid any such dividing issue in the close
States of the North, notably in New Jersey
and Indiana. The second view is, that the
election has weakened Randall. Those
who advance this theory point not south
of the Potomac, but to Pennsylvania, and
say that Randall and the Democratic protectionists
of that State, with a reform Democratic
Governor at Jlarrisburg, in an off
year have been unable to retain the control
of the State, and that fact alone shows that
the Democratic alliance with protectionist*
is futile; that the Democracy will do well
to assert itself, declare its principles for revenue
tariff only, abandon the ostrich policy,
and draw sharply the line throughout the
whole country exactly on the tariff.
Meanwhile, the friends of Cox are much
more confident than they were, and the
indications are that he will have strength
in unexpected quarters. He has votes in
'Ohio, in California, in Texas and in many
portions of the South. The Speakership
canvass now seems very much closer than
it has been. The leading candidates art
more nearly even, and the elections have
not rendered the situation less complicated,
' Ij OCAL AFFAIRS. I'
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1 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
^ Alex. S. Hand? Noticeto the Public.
" j James B. Allison, Clerk of Board?Retirement
* | of County Bonds. (
May A May?Dr. Holt's Dyspepsia Elixir.
,r Happerlield A Met'lain?New Hoods. I t
- H. F. Adiekes?Hats and Clothing. i j
. I Hunter A Dates?At the Mammoth.
i J Coleoek A Miller?At Cost. .
You will tiiul at <1. H. O'Leary's. 1
M. Strauss?Shawls, Blanketsand Overcoats. j
? I McKlree's Jewelry Palace?Charleston, S. ('.
) I C. K. Hemphill?Administratrix' Sale. I (
. T. M. Dobson?The Old Chap's Trade. | ,<
'v HYMENEAL.
The Meridian, Miss., Mercury of the lllth j
3 instant, contains the following notice of the j [
s marriage of Dr. M. J. Lowry, a native of %
1 Yorkville, who has been living in Missis- 1
sippi since the completion of his medical j
j. course: t
1 "A very quiet and private wedding oc- ,
r curred in the city nignt before last, there ,
I being only a very few of the most intimate
t friends of the bride and groom present. The '<
hitrli contracting parties were Dr. J. M. 5
Lowry anil Miss 5lamie Harris. We ac- 1
knowledge the compliment of the bride and j
groom and extend to them both our most c
f hearty congratulations. I)r. Lowry is a r
s young physician of eminent ability and '
Miss Mamie is a lady in every way worthy j
to be his wife." i
t
1 PERSONAL MENTION. j
We regret to announce the severe indispo- j
I sition of Dr. It. Lathan, who has been con- ^
j fined to his room for several days, and is yet ,
! quite feeble. .
i ltev. J. E. Covington, pastor of the Bap- (
tist Church, started to Charleston on Tues- i
5 day morning, to attend the Baptist State ?
* Convention, which met in that city yester- j
' day. I
r Mr. J. (J. Wardlaw/ for several years con- j
- nected with the hou>4 of Hunter & Dates, in ,
this place, has accepted the position of book- ,
\ keeper for the CliftoA Manufacturing Com- (
- pany near Spartanbiirg, and left for that f
place last Tuesday. jMr. Wardlaw is well
,> and favorably knowp in this community as
t a young gentleman df unblemished charac
ter and fine busines ; attainments, and the *
1 establishment securi )g his services may be 1
1 congratulated on ha ring in him a reliable 1
^ and worthy assistani,
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THE STATE FAIR.
s The .State Fair at Columbia closed last '
t Friday. The general character of the exhi- .
" bition was good?better, it is claimed, than
. any preceding year?and the managers and
pvhihitnrs nre tn be oone-ratulated unon the .
' ~ 0 * J
e success attending their efforts. The receipts j
>- amount to about$8,500 of which about $7,000 ,
1 was received at the gates, indicating a paid (
p attendance of nearly 15,000. In the list of f
premiums published in the Columbia liey- (
^ inter, we find the following awards to York ,
s county: Net shawl, Miss Louisa O'Hear, j
Yorkville; pillow sham, Miss Kate E. Mas- j
| sey, Fort Mill; easel in oil on silk, plaque ^
s in oil, and flowers in water color, Miss M.
^ Fewell, Itock Hill; panel in oil from na- ^
j ture, and photograph portrait, Miss F. T.
- Jordan, Yorkville ; best thoroughbred stal- ^
ii lion two years old, best thoroughbred filly ^
' three years old, Whitaker Berry, York- -j
ville ; best thoroughbred filly three years
g old, It. Morrison, Rock Hill.
r CHURCH NOTICES. 1
^ Episcopal?Itev. Aug. Prentiss, Rector, i
f Services in the Church of the Good Shop- i
e herd as follows: Friday, 23rd, evening pray- "
: er, with instruction to rector's parochial r
e class. .Sunday, 25th, early celebration of the ]
1 Holy Communion, at 7.30 A. M. Morning ]
" prayer at 10.30. Sunday school at 4 P. M. 1
Evening prayer at 7 P. M.
r Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks,
- Pastor. Services in the church at York
ville at the usual hour in the forenoon; at
Philadelphia Church in the afternoon.
^ Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
x R. Lathan, Pastor. Owing to the indisposit
tion of the pastor there will be no service
at Tirzah next Sunday.
Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor.
^ No services in this church next Sunday, the
3 pastor being in attendance upon the State
y Baptist Convention in session at Charleston.
3 Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pass
tor. Services at the usual hours next Suns
dav, morning and evening.
3 .
3 railroad matters.
; For the present the Chester and Lenoir
t Railroad will continue to rnn on the schedule
as published on the fourth page of the
~ Enquirer, and will connect at Chester with
r the south-bound mail and passenger train
:l on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
i Railroad, but will not connect with the
north-bound mail and passenger train of
j that road.
A freight train, with passenger coach atj
tached, now leaves Chester every afternoon,
s except Sunday, at 0.30 and arrives at Yorki
ville at 7.00 P. M. Returning to Chester,
I this train leaves Yorkville at 7.30 A. M.
~ This train carries no mail.
^ The iron has been laid to Hickory, and
s the road will be operated from that point in
1 a short time, the only delay being the await>
ing of the necessary material for completing
switches, Ac. When the trains commence
| running from Hickory, the south-bound
1 train will arrive at Yorkville at 12.10 P. M.,
, and the north-bound train from Chester will
arrive at Yorkville at 7.00 P. M.
r" the standard time.
1 The authorities of the Charlotte, Columi
bin and Augusta Railroad Company have
' issued a circular directing that at noon on
^ Sunday last the standard of time on the
nnnrnfpfl 1 v the Cnmimnv would be I +
g IW.,UO?rv...vvv. .v - r.?? t
1 changed by setting forward the standard }
3 clock in Columbia eight minutes, making \
i the standard time eight minutes faster than '
' Washington time. This change is in pur- j
suance of an agreementbntered into by very j.
. nearly all the railroad systems in this coun- ^
i try and Canada, at a convention held in i
- Chicago last month. The whole country is 1
divided into five divisions?the Inter-eolo- |
l nial, GO degrees west from Greenwich ; the
. Eastern, 7"> degrees whst from Greenwich ; j
f the Central, !)() degrees west from Green- Li
i wich ; the Mountain, 10."> degress west from a
; Greenwich; the Pacific, 120 degrees west 1
[ from Greenwich. The divisions are fifteen v
I degrees apart, which is equivalent to one ^
i hour of time. The whole earth is divided
s into twenty-four sections of fifteen degrees
" | each?one for every hour of time in the day. *
' The difference in fime between any two x
, | places is therefore one hour for every fifteen ^
I ! degrees that the places are distant from each t
other. By this system the difference in time t
may be ascertained, at least approximately, e
j by a moment's calculation. Yorlcville time j ?
[ is about ten minutes faster than Washing-1 1
, ton time. I.j
SYSTEMATIC ROBBERIES. I
5 i GVnni tho number of svstematic robberies i
, I - ? " |n
| ! recently perpetrated in a number of North u
. Carolina towns, we deem it not out of place : t;,
to advise our citizens to be 011 the alert for j o
' j similar operations here. There is 110 doubt tl
' I but a band of skillful thieves is traversing j ,
' I the country, and the recent sad experience
I' of our neighbors should prove a warning.; t|
. | A Charlotte dispatch says :
, 1 JIalf a dozen citizens of Statesville had v
t their houses robbed 011 Saturday night. The b
business seems to have been done systemat- J r
11 ically as only gold watches and money were ! I
!; taken. Two strangers were noticed in
I j Statesville on Saturday, who are suspected d
t of the robberies. One was a medium-sized j t<
' man, stoutly built, with black hair, a little
> black mustache and side whiskers. The o
II other had red sandy hair with short cut I
! j whiskers, all over his face. They were , b
! traced in a westerly direction from States-1 tl
.' ville. There are probably more than two ' >S
nen in the party, and it is undoubtedly th
ame gang that has been operating in s
nany of the towns in this State. They fir<
ntered North Carolina about two month
igo, coming in on the Wilmington and We]
ion Railroad, and burglarizingall the town
rom Weldon to Wilmington. They open:
ed in Wilmington for several nights, an
lextvisited Laurinburg. KromLaurinbur
hey went to Wadesboro, and from tin
ilace to Rockingham. After leaving ltocl
ngham they next appeared successively i
he following towns: Durham, Reidvillj
ireensboro, Winston, Company Shops an
Statesville.
AN EXCITED DAHKEY.
On Sunday night a negro came rush in
nto town, in a state of intense excitemen
tnd making inquiry for the sheriff. Ti
esidence of that official being general!
cuown, he had no difficulty in lindingit, lal
is was the hour; but he was unexpectedl
net at the portals by two fierce dogs, an
le hastily retreated to a neighboring hous
md awoke the inmates, announcing tin
i murder had been committed about fiv
niles in the country, and he had come in 1
lotify the sheriff and the coroner, but 1:
ould not approach the sheriffs house o
iccount of the dogs. The master of tli
louse advised him to mount a small builr
ng near the jail and call the sheriff. Th
;he sable messenger did, proclaiming fror
;he house top, as it were, that murder ha
ieen done. The sheriff was aroused, an
;he coroner, who lives five miles from towi
lotified, and early Monday morning in con
)any with a physician, the party proceec
;d to the scene of the crime?the planti
;ionof Mr. J. It. Ilogue, in the Clay Ili
setions, where it was alleged that one negi
nul killed another by striking him on tli
lead with a slung shot. There was no di
iculty in finding theiassaulted negro, but li
vas not dead. < )nmthe service of the phj
iician was required! who found a sever
. ontusion 011 the held of the victim of tli
slung shot, and the officials departed.
i!LAIKSVILLI?~CORNET BAND.
On Wednesday evening of last week 01
:own was agreeably surprised by the aj
peanince of the Blairsvalle Cornet Banc
who, in a wagon, paraded the principj
streets, discoursing fine, music in front <
learly every residence in town. They wei
iddressed, 011 different occasions as they pre
pressed through town, bir Hon. W. B. Wi
son, Hon. J. F. Hart, jCoI. Coward, Ger
Law, and J. C. Chambeiis, Esq.
After making the circuit of the town, tli
nembers of the band jtnd a few invite
friends repaired to the l lptel de Ville, when
)y the liberality of Messrs. Jno. M. Iiopi
J. (r. Parish and J. W.iHope, a bountifi
supper was spread. 3fr. Sam B. Latha
lid the honors of the {hosts, on behalf c
kvhom, and the citizens generally, he ai
cnowlodged the pleasure derived by the vii
,t of the band, appropriately complimentin
;hein on their proficienqy in music.
The Blairsville Band;is a new organize
;ion, representing the Western side of th
;ounty, and have been practicing only sim
;he 13th of August, during a part of whic
:ime they had the services of Prof. It. .
HEerndon as teacher. 1$ is not mere eoinpl
nent to say that they perform very credit.'
)ly, indeed. They areKvell equipped wit
ine instruments, and :u*e preparing for th
lext campaign, and tiiey say if music
lecessary to ensure a Democratic success i
irork county, they will furnish their quota
nu ? \ ?,o fr.1l/Mtra . "P <
JLIlt! UilllU in tu llotluilLfVi tin iuiiu nc > xii. x
Plcxico, Captain, 1st alto; W. L. Plexic*
1st leader, E flat cornet; W. M. Lucas, 1:
deader, E flat cornet; J. M. Plexico, 1st
(iat; A. C. L. Robinson, 2nd B flat; J. .
llobinson, 2nd alto; R. M. P. Robinsoi
tenor ; S. A. Itobiiison, baritone ; W. t
Plexico, E flat tuba"; It. R. Plexico, ba:
.iruni; Lee Plexico,"snare drum.
Searching for His Daughter.?A
lanta's detective talent is now assiduousl
jngaged in attempting to unravel the my
terious disappearance of a young lady froi
Chester, South Carolina.
The young lady is known in the villag
if Chester as Miss Carrie Timme. She
the daughter of Mr. W. O. Timme, and
was through the presence of her father i
Atlanta that the search for her became pul
lie. The young lady is about 17 years of agi
She is quite deaf, but is described as bein
real pretty and well educated. She has blui
lancing eyes, a very fair complexion, dar
tiair, and is quite stout. The real facts i
regard to her absence from home are nc
known, as her father is quite reticent coi
rerning the matter. Mr. Timme reache
Atlanta last Sunday and alone began searcl
ng for his child, lie dreaded any public
ity about the matter, and it was not unt
lis schemes all failed him that he invoke
1 - 1? -- -1 A A V/wi4.*,
;nc am 01 tne ponce uepiirimuni. xesicj
lay lie made a call upon Chief Connolly
ind, giving him an accurate description (
lis daughter, asked for assistance in reco\
;ring her. The Chief listened to Mr. Tin
ne's recital and then detailed Captains Baj
)y and C'rim and Patrolman Simpson to ir
/estimate the case. To the Chief the Sout
Carolinian stated that his daughter had bee
joing to school in a town near Chester an
hat she left the school about four weeks ag(
vith the avowed intention of returning t
ler home. Mr. Timme exhibited to Chic
ConnQlly several letters written by an Atlar
a family to his daughter, in which the,
isked her to come to Atlanta. These lettei
lad fallen into the father's possession, anc
ogetherwith a letter or two directed to hiir
elf from his daughter, post-marked Atlar
a, induced him to believe that hisdaughte
ame direct to Atlanta. I le has reason to bt
ievethatshehas been assuming the name c
ressie Melton since her arrival in Atlanta
>ut why she should desire to change he
lame the father does not know, unless it i
or the purpose of destroying all trace of liei
dr. Timme also stated that he had been i
he city several days searching quietly fo
lis daughter, but that so far he had me
vith little success, lie said, however, tha
le had ascertained that a certain person ii
he city knew the whereabouts of his daugii
er and that he faced him with theinforma
ion and demanded her return to him. Th
:oung man promised that he would lead th
ather to the child, but so far has failed t
ceep his promise. Mr. Timme is satisfie*
hat his daughter intended no wrong ii
eaving her home, and that she had com
nitted no wrong. He is exceedingly anx
ous to recover her, and will leave no stow
inturned to accomplish that desire. He i
, modest, intelligent, well appearing gentle
nan, and in his laudable wishes the officer
cho have been detailed and Chief Connoll;
rill give him every possible aid.?At I ant i
.'oust it at ion, November 15.
Tiik Outlook in 1884.?The recent elec
ions have cleared the sky sufficiently t<
warrant a few observations for 1884. The?
an rest only on probabilities at the best
loreover, it is peculiarly in the power o
he Democrats to fulfill Republican predie
ions by aetingso foolishly in the States the?
ontrol and in the coming session of Con
ross as to throw away their chances for car
ying the Federal election next year.
' The whole number of electoral votes i:
Dl, of which a majority is 201. The crush
ug defeat of Mahone in Virginia raises i
trong presumption that all the Southeri
tates will go Democratic next year. Tin
mvillingness of a considerable body of tin
olored voters to any longer follow the leat
f Republicans who have so often deceivec
hem has a tendency to confirm this opinion
The aggregate electoral votes of the six
?en Southern States is J53. This is 48 shon
f the needed 201. Where in the North car
lie 48 votes be found ?
We will name only those States which
r*ith a good candidate for President, and n<
* 1......n,
lunucring in uungrussur uisc unc, ????.
easonably certain to cast their votes for the
)emocratic nominee:
New York 30, New Jersey !<, Ohio 23, In
iana lo, Nevada 3, California 8, Oregon 3
>tal i)7.
Such are the probabilities of the coming
ontest for the presidency. I f, however, the
)emocrats hope to win the battle in Novemer,
1884, they must meanwhile so conducl
tiemselves as to deserve; success.?Xetr York
tin.
e ROCK HILL ITEMS.
0 , From the Herald, 15th.
? We hear of at least a dozen farmers liv,s
: ing in a radius of a few miles west of this
place, who have on hand nearly their entire
IS cotton crop. There is said to be a lot of the
l: Heecy staple in this county yet to be sold.
" ? Thiscommunity deeply sympathize with
? Mr. and Mrs. David Gordon in the loss of
l} their daughter Laura. She died of congestion
of the brain, on Tuesday morning last,
11 aged about 10 years. Her remains were in\
terred in Laurelwood Cemetery.
cl ? Mr. J. P. Gage has bidden his old friends
in Kock Ilill a final adieu and returned to
Union, his native town. He left on Mon!
day afternoon last. He goes back to his old
? home in deference to the wishes of his pat)1
rents, who are growing old. He will look
le after their business, at the same time will
y continue the practice of his profession and
will hang out his shingle in his native town.
? Prof. W. S. Moore, son of ourtownsman,
Capt. D. 1). Moore, has resigned his profes"
sorship in Adger College, at Walhalla, and
5e has accepted a like position in Austin Colit
lege, at Sherman, Texas, of which Dr. E. P.
-e Palmer, formerly of this State, is President.
.Q Prof. Moore left on Tuesday last, and will
enter upon his duties as soon as he arrives
at Sherman.
11 ?The Factory Company has bought an
ie automatic engine from the Westinghouse
1- Company, of Pittsburg, Pa. Its capacity is
125 horse power. It is already on the way,
^ and is expected to arrive within a week.
, This additional engine will increase the en(l
gine capacity of the factory to 275 horse
d power. It is believed that the factory will
i, be in operation again in about three weeks.
i- The hands areat work giving the machinery
j. a thorough cleaning.
MEREOfENTION.
" On Thursday, two female Nihilists were
'o handed at St. Petersburg, by the official exle
ecutioner, and another committed suicide
f? by hanging herself in prison. There
ie are forty grades of cotton in the Liverpool
market. Southeast Georgia has over
J~ 50,000 miles of virgin pine timber. A
cat's cries wakened a canal boat captain
ie and family at New Haven. The boat had
tilled and was sinking. Sixteen lives were
thus saved. The underground railway
system, which will soon encircle London,
ir is being built at a cost of $15,000,000 per
)- mile. The United States has iuj aoc]
tors to every 10,000 persons. In England the
j proportion is G to 10,000 : in France, 3; Uerf
many, 3 and a fraction; Hungary and Italy,
}I G, and Switzerland, 7. A business man
'6 in Portland, Me., subscribed liberally for
)- a church purpose the other day, and isac1
cused of reducing the wages of his employes
^ sufficiently to cover the amount thus
pledged by him. The Richmond State
claims Virginia by 30,000 as the popular
ie vote; 25 Senators out of forty, while the
d House stands G3 Democrats, 35 Republicans
e, and two doubtful. The Georgia Pacific
B Railroad was completed from Atlanta to
Birmingham, Ala., last {Saturday. In
the examination at Fortress Monroe last
? Saturday for commissions in the army, the
son of Senator Vance failed to pass, on acc
count of physical disability. Chinese
3- labor in the southern California cotton fields
p. is so slow that the crop is a ianure, comparatively.
Negroes are to be employed
hereafter. The organization of secret
l" antipolygamy societies is extending to Salt *
Lake City, to the mining camps in Utah
:e and Idaho, and to the Pacific States and
h Territories. General Mahone's term as
j Uuited States Senator will not expire until
.' March Gth, 1887. There were nine negroes
elected to the Legislature of Virginia
l" in the recent election Negotiations are
h pending between officers of the United
te States and Mexican armies looking to a 4
[s reciprocal protection of the frontier by the
n troops of the two governments against Indians
and organized marauders Forty]'
eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-five
immigrants arrived in the United States
3, during the month of October. By the
3t burning of a large cotton steamer on the
13 Mississippi river, last Sunday, 3,564 bales of
j cotton were destroyed.
Charleston's Calamity.?A Charleston
dispatch of Friday says : It has leaked
'H out that the loss of life by the recent disastrous
fire in the building of the Charleston
Clothing Company might easily have been
t- avoided if the hatch in the roof had not been
y nailed down. The flames spread with such
s- violence and rapidity that the panic-strickn
en women employed in the factory no sooner
smelled the smoke and heard the alarm
;e than they found both front and rear avenues
is of escane impassable, and had to face the
it awful alternative of roasting to death in the
n flames or leaping from the third-story win>
dow. In thisdreadful condition one of them
thought of escape by the roof, but the hatch
g was securely nailed down,
e, Of the seven women and girls employed
k three are known to have perished. Mary
n Herron, 25 years of age, a member of the
>t Spring Street Methodist Church, was killed
l- by her falling from the building. Laura
d Green, who perished in the flames, wassevl
enteen years old and quite beautiful. Mrs.
i- Guy, also lost, was 65 years of age and emit
ployed as a finisher in the factory. She
d lived in the Church Home on Laurens street,
r- The loss of Robertson, Taylor & Co., is
', now placed at ?60,000, fully covered by in)f
surance. The building was a mere shell.
j- The walls were thin, insecurely braced, and
l- between the houses destroyed there was no
r. dead wall, which might have served as a
l- barrier to the flames. The only egress from
h the upper stories was by a narrow stairway
n of wood, and there was not in the whole row
d a single fire-escape.
)
q Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
jf NOTES FROM BLACK'S STATION.
y Black's Station, November 19.?We
s are now having cool, clear weather. The
i I farmers are takim? advantage of it and are
i- sowing largely of small grain,
i- On last Friday night, a young colored wor
man by the name of Mary Cathey, from
Mecklenburg county, N. C., who was visit>f
ing Henry Hany, colored, in this place, was
t, handling a loaded pistol, when it accidenr
tally fired, the hall taking effect in her fores
head and killing her instantly. Trial Jus\
tice Camp, acting as coroner, impannelled a
11 jury, and held an inquest. The finding of
r the jury was that the woman came to her
t death by accident.
t George B. Ilanna, assistant assayer in the
a United States Mint at Charlotte, X. C., was
i- at our place the other day, examining the
gold mines in the vicinity,
e Mr. Henry Corkendoll, formerly a resie
dent of our town, has returned, after a year's
o absence, and bought property and settled
il again. lie moved from this place to Flori11
da a year ago, but the pure air and water of
- York county induced him to return.
Ego.
? Akthuk is a Candidate.?A Washington
dispatch to the New Y ork Post says: "A
~ member of the administration said to-day :
? Chester A. Arthur is a candidate for the
presidential nomination. I know it, and I
do not know that there is any necessity for
keeping quiet about it any longer, and 1
. think that before long the party will have
3 no doubt that he is a candidate. The result
, of the election in New York, has, perhaps,
' made it proper that the candidacy should be
si vowed. i think that Gen. Arthur is the
. man to carry New York, and that from pres,
ent appearances he will convince the party
1 leaders that he is the man."
This statement, coming from a person as
to whose knowledge upon the subject there
s can be scarce a doubt, is perhaps the first
. positive declaration by any one near the
t president that Gen. Arthur is a presidential
j candidate.
( Jfmaiwial ititb (Commercial.
YORKVILLE, November 21.?Cotton 8} to 9}.
CHARLESTON, November 19.?Cotton <|uiet
' and stock light; middling. Id],
t NEW YORK, November 1!).?Cotton quiet; upi
lands, lot. Futures closed dull and steady, with
sales of73,000 bales, as follows: November 10.48;
! December 10.50; Januarv 10.70; February 10.85
' to 10.80; March 11 to ll-i2; April 11.15 to 11.14 ;
May 11.25 to 11.20; June 11.50 to 11.57; July 11.47
' to 11.48; August 11.50 to 11.58.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK, November 10.?The followiugis;
" I the comparative cotton statement for the week
I ending November 10: 1883. 1882.
Receiptsatal I ports for the week, 240,027 250,845
r Total receipts to this date IJtiA 903;
? Exports for week 1,870 775
'm Total exports to date, , 207,401 1(51,525
[ Stock at all U. S. ports.,,,.,,..,..... 980,59(5 1,054,447
c Stock at all interior towns ,..848,019 098.579"
* Stock at Liverpool 1(58,942 125,097
American for ttreat Britain 454.000 484,000