Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 06, 1884, Image 2
J>traps and Jfacts.
? Sergeant Bates is a sad, dismal tramp.
Returning tothe North, he said "that among
the upper classes of the whites in the South
is a growing feeling of liberality and toleration,
but among the lower classes there is
a violent hatred of the Union and the
North, and the flag he carried was the subject
of a great deal of abuse and derision."
? The business failures in this country occurring
during the week ending last Friday,
as reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number for
the United States 193 and for Canada 42, total
235, against 246 the preceding week?a
decrease of 11 failures. The decrease is all
in the United States, as Canada has two
more failures than last week.
?The following incident will mark how
things will be after awhile when twelve
good women get on a jury: "The proprietor
of a bar room was placed on trial in Washington
Territory, under an indictment for
keeping a disorderly resort. Seven women
were on the jury and all were firm for conviction,
and the five men stood doggedly
for acquittal."
? While Judge Wright, of the Georgia Supreme
bench, and Attorney General Ely
were discussing an old case in the rotunda
of the Markham House at Atlanta on Wednesday,
Judge Wright arose and slugged
Ely with the dexterity of a Sullivan. They
were separated and steps were at once taken
to settle the dispute according to the method
in vogue among gentlemen. A board of
honor is now in charge of the case.
? Last year the loss of property in the
Ohio valley was estimated at fifteen million
dollars. In actual property destroy
itjJUit, """ .ymK jmaAunt U.-UC
lost; in indirect damages to business stopped,
postponed, etc., seventy-five million
dollars would be nearer the mark. The
floods will cause more loss at and above Cincinnati
and less below, for precautions were
taken lower down and the water was no
higher than a year ago. Three fourths of
the iron furnaces, foundries and mills on
the Ohio Valley have been inundated.
This is true at Louisville, the lower end of
the Ohio Valley list of iron centres, of
which Pittsburg is the upper end.
? The committee appointed by the Senate
to investigate the alleged political outrages
in Copiah," Miss., returned to Washloot
Uotnrdav Sonntnr .Tnnas. nf
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Louisiana, a member of the committee,
says that a full investigation shows that the
killing of Matthews grew out of a personal
difficulty, and there is no evidence to indicate
that national politics entered into the
dispute. It was simply a local election
trouble. There has been no session of the
courts there since the trouble occurred, and
there is every reason to believe that justice
will be administered when the Court meets
in April. He says there was not the slightest
necessity for a Congressional investigation.
? The great building at Salt Lake, which
the saints have been twenty-eight years
in constructing is approaching completion.
The main walls are done. It is built of
granite, which is hauled from the mountains
back of Salt Lake on great wagons or
trucks, with wheels twelve feet high. The
walls are 10 feet in thickness and 85 in
height. It has cost up to this time $4,500,ivKint.
Vioo Koun nnllontorl h\' tho tiHiincr
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tax. It will require six years more to finish
the work. Probably no other church
building in the United States has been constructed
in a way to secure such durability
as is possible to this. Some of those who
predict the early ruin of the Mormon hierarchy
are wondering what use they can
make of this temple.
? A peculiar case involving the validity of
slave marriages was decided in theCommon
Pleas Court of Toledo, Ohio, last week.
A colored man named Anderson married
here in 1883 and was thereupon arrested
for bigamVj it being charged that he was
married while a slave to a slave woman in
Bedford County, Virginia, in 1861. The
case hinged on the validity of the slave marriage.
The Judge instructed the jury, that
slaves, being property, could not make legal
contracts, but the courts had decided that a
wlanr? miMTiAg? Wmns\ valid by cohabitation
as man and wife after me %mnrcrpaT!un
proclamation went into effect in 1864. The
case thus turned on the question of fact
whether the pair had co-habited or not, as
shown by the evidence. The jury rendered
a verdict of not guilty.
? In the Criintnal Court of Louisville,
Ky., last Friday, Thomas Crittenden, a son
of ex-United States Marshal Crittenden,
and a grand-son of John J. Crittenden, the
noted Kentucky statesman, was sentenced
to three years in the nenetentiary for killing
a negro boy named Rose Mosby, at Anchorage,
Kentucky. Crittenden is a wild,
reckless youth, continually getting into
trouble. The negro had testified in court
against him, and when they next met,
Crittenden killed him with a shot gun.
The sentenced man is related to the Governor
of Missouri, and on account of his
family, the best legal talent of the State
defended him. The case has attracted much
attention here. It was doubtful if the jury
would convict Crittenden for the murder of
the negro and the decision was watched
with intense interest.
?A Greenville, Miss., dispatch of Saturday
says: For several days past the weather
has been unfavorable for tne safety of the
levees. Yesterday news reached here that
early in the morning a crevasse occurred on
the lower end of the levee in front of
Hughes's place in Bolivar county, thirtyfive
miles above Greenville. The levee is
a very large one, and the break is 350 feet
wide, and is enlarging. The plantations
behind will be overflowed. The water will
then flow through Clear and Shell Lakes
into Phalia Bayou. Last Thursday two
breaks occurred in Columbia levee in Arkansas,
twelve miles above Greenville. The
plantations in that vicinity will undoubtedly
be overflowed. The river has been at
a stand still for the past three days, and is
now five inches higher than last year, and
ten inches lower than in 1882.
? The latest, noveltv in Paris is a nrivate
circus, which is owned and managed by M.
Molier. The arena, which is as large as
that of the public establishment of the same
kind in the Champs Elysees, presents the
appearance of the square of some Spanish
city, the spectators occupying the places of
the windows on the balconies of the surrounding
houses, and the effect is heightened
when, as on the first night, these balconies
are crowded with the prettiest women in
the capital, escorted to the evening's entertainment
by the most distinguished representatives
of the Paris clubs. The troupe
is composed of amateurs, professionals being
excluded, and includes a number of
horsemen and horsewomen, gymnasts and
clowns, nearly all of them M. Molier's
own pupils. The proprietor himself rides
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lilt' Illt'llltsuiut nuioca iiiab lie lino nnvi
the patience to train.
? The greatest stqrm this season in the
North-west occurretl on the 27th ultimo
A St. Paul, Minn., dispatch says: On the
Manitoba line, high winds prevailed, but
the snow has not drifted much, and the
main line was not obliged to run snow
plows to-day. The branches were not open
for business and thetrainson the main line
were geneially late. At St. Vincent the
mercury was twenty-nine degrees below zero,
and at Winsor, on the Breckenridge division,
it was ten degrees below. These
extremes cover the range on all the lines.
On the Northern Pacific trains are running,
but there was a detention twenty-four hours
by a wash out. The mercury is seventeen
degrees below zero in Dakota and thirty-five
degrees above in Montana. The
storm continued nearly all of last night
west of Dakota with the thermometer ranging
from twenty degrees below zero, but it
is over now. The weather was cloudy and
cold, with some snow all along the Omaha
line.
? Minister Hunt, who died in St. Petersburg,
Russia, on "Wednesday of last week,
was born in South Carolina but emigrated
to Louisiana during the nulification troubles,
all of his relatives being opposed
to the doctrines of Calhoun, and in consequence
in disfavor politically in their
native State. Mr. Hunt was a student of
Yale College and for many years occupied a
distinguished position at the New Orleans
bar, His family is prominently represented
in the legal and medical professions.
One of his brothers, Randall Hunt, was for
many years the leader of the bar of New
Orleans and of the Whig party in Louisiana;
another brother, tne Hon. Theodore
G. Hunt, was for several terms a leading
j member of Congress in New Orleans. Ii
1878 Mr. Hunt was appointed a judge of th<
Court of claims and unanimously confirm
ed by the Senate. When Gen. Butler tool
: possession of New Orleans, one of the fire
Union men to greet the advent of the na
tional troops was Judge Hunt, and it is saic
! he was the main reliance of Generals Butlei
: and Banks. In 1870 he was the Republicar
j candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Lou
j isiana on the ticket with Governor Packard
! When Garfield was inaugurated as Presi|
dent Mr. Hunt was appointed Secretary 01
i the Navy, in which position he served unj
til the death of the President. He was
j then appointed minister to Russia by PresI
ident Arthur and discharged the duties ol
I the post with credit to himself and country.
j?hc fiflrfevillc (Sfopim.
TOItKVII.I.R. S. <'. :
! THURSDAY M0RNIN6, MARCH 6, 1884.
SENATOR HAMPTON'S VIEWS.
Senator Hampton has been -interviewed
bv the New York Herald on the nnnroaphjnc
T'rpjiTfl^iiCarTiQmpAign, ftlul from the
report he has evidently been thinking over
the strength of the Democratic party in the
South and the Republican party in the
North. He is reported as saying that it
would be a good idea to leave to the six
doubtful States?New York, New Jersey,
Ohio, Indiana, Nevada and California?the
task of selecting the Democratic candidate
and constructing the platform. While Ohio
has invariably chosen the Republican electors,
the fact that she is now the only October
State makes her vote doubtful and therefore
to be the more earnestly contended for.
Nevada and California were Democratic in
18S0. Indiana and Connecticut in 1878.
New Jersey in 18(54, 187G and 1880, and New
York in 1868 and 1876. The tariff issue is
now supposed to eliminate Connecticut from
the list of doubtful States in favor of the
Republicans, leaving ninety-four electoral
votes to be contended for in the six doubtful
States, forty-eight of which, added to
the vote of the solid South or the solid
North, would determine the result.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 25th, a lengthy discussion
ensued upon Mr. Ransom's resolution
to appropriate $100,000 for the relief of
the sufferers by the recent great wind storm
in the Southern States. After the reference
of this resolution to the committee on appropriations,
the Senate resumed the consideration
of the currency bill, and it was passed
as reported from the committee on finance,
with the addition of Morrill's amendment
extending the provisions of the act to banks
which had been organized for the purpose of
!t.on!n/f notou novohlo in wilfl
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In the House, under the call of States a
number of bills were introduced, among
them one by Mr. I)owd, of North Carolina,
appropriating $50,000 for the relief of sufferers
by the late cyclone in North Carolina.
The bill for creating the Bureau of Animal
Industry was then discussed.
In the Senate on the 2Gth, the committee
on military affairs reported favorably the
House bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter.
Wilson, from the committee on postofhces
and postroads, reported favorably the
bill to prohibit the mailing of newsnaners
containing lottery advertisements. Placed
on the calendar. A resolution expressive
of thanks to the English government for
the present of a vessel to be employed by
this government in the search for the Greely
Arctic expedition was adopted without
debate. The bill to authorize the construction
of additional steel vessels for the navy
was discussed until the hour of adjournment.
In the House, the session was devoted to
the consideration of the Bureau of Animal
Industry bill.
In the Senate on the 27th, Van Wyck offered
the following resolution, for which he
asked immediate consideration : That the
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be directed to inquire whether at any time
the Western Union and Baltimore and Ohio
Telegraph Companies, or any officers or employees
of said companies, have entered
into a contract or negotiation for the purpose
of consolidating the said companies,
or making a combination for any purpose.
Referred. Sherman, from the sub-Committee
on Privileges and Elections, submitted
a report to the effect that that committee
were unable to continue its work, because
there was no money with which to pay
witnesses. A joint resolution appropriating
money for the committee had, Sherman reported,
been sent on the 21st of February to
the House of Representatives, and had not
yet been acted upon by that body. The
Secretary of the Senate had refused to pay
vouchers lor the expenses 01 a numuer 01
witnesses, on the ground that there was no
money available for that purpose. The
committee, had, therelore, declined to summon
further witnesses, and would suspend
work until funds were provided, when they
would continue and speedily complete the
investigation. The House bill repealing
the test oath was taken up and passed, after
being modified by amendment proposed by
the Senate Judiciary Committee, providing
that no person who had held a commission
in the United States army or navy before
the war and was afterward engaged in military,
naval or civil service of the so-called
! Confederate States, shall be appointed to
I any position in the army or navy of the
United States.
j In the House, Lefevre, of Ohio, offered a
j resolution reciting that speculation and
I gambling in American farm products have
! obtained control of the market value ol
j those products, and directing the Committee
j on the Judiciary to prepare a bill prohibit
ing the purchase or sale of wheat, corn, cotj
ton, provisions or other articles of prime
| necessity, unless an actual transfer of arti,
clesor warehouse receipt accompanies such
I action. Also a bill authorizing such gov;
ernmental interference as will give stability
to the price of those commodities. The bill
;nrr Uni-uoii nf Animal Tnrlnclrv
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was discussed until adjournment.
In the Senate on the 28th, the bill to authorize
the construction of additional vessels
for the navy occupied the greater part of the
session.
In the House, the bill creating the Bureau
of Animal Industry was passed. Publit
business was then suspended and the House
proceeded to pay an appropriate tribute te
the memory of D. C. Haskell, late Itepresentative
from Kansas.
! In the Senate on the 29th, the resolutior
introduced by Ransom making an appropriation
for the relief of sufferers by the reeenl
storm in the Southern States was rejected
having been reported adversely by the committee
on appropriations. The naval bill
occupied the day, and when the Senate adjourned,
it adjourned until Monday.
In the House the postoffiee appropriation
bill was reported and referred to the committee
of the whole.
In the House, on the 1st instant, the daj
was devoted mainly to the consideration 01
the bill for the construction of additional
vessels for the navy.
i I THE CONFEDERATE DEBT.
\ 1 '
- We have received a pamphlet entitled, :
"The Confederate Debt and Private South-11
k i ern Debts," by J. Barr Robertson ; printed j.
. I in London, February 1st, 1884. The eonclu1
j sions of the writer regarding the Confederate ! <
r i debt are given in his introduction as follows: I:
1 "I have no pretentions whatever to be a .;
lawyer, and therefore the following obser
vations must be regarded as simply and 1
" solely that of a financier and a man of busi'
ness. The conclusions arrived at in the fol"
lowing pages are that the Confederate States '
' had only belligerent and not international
' rights ; that the Confederacy, being an ille'
gal corporation, according to the United
States law, could not issue bonds which
' would be valid against either the United 1
fir Hi?-? lpfrnl Slhitp (invprrnriMnts tin- 1
Soutli ; that, therefore, neither the cotton (
bonds nor the dollar bonds have any validi- i
ty whatever as Confederate debt in the ab- 1
sence of the Confederacy; that there is notli- >
ing in the opinions and cases adduced in
support of the bonds which really conflicts
with this view of their Illegality in the Uni ted
States ; that the equities arisising out of )
the original controversy between North and '
South, and not being cognizable by any *
court, are reserved as subject matter for consideration
by the United States, and are 1
therefore outside the scope of the present (
discussion ; and that there is in the dollar t
bonds an omitted international claim against
the United States for payment of private {
, debts owed by Southern citizens to Euro- ^
peans at the beginning of the war and which .
are now represented by dollar bonds that
were sent to them as the only means of re- .
mittance from the Southern States; and 1
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> citizens not engaged in the war and of Eu- '
ropeans for property taken by force and for '
, which Confederate bonds were compulsorily
tendered are not in any way affected by the ?
fourteenth amendment and therefore ought i
' to be paid by the United States." '
ECHOES OF THE CYCLONE. j
? \V. S. Ingraham writes to the Charlotte
Observer to say that he was not killed in s
Randolph county, N. C., by the cyclone, as j
reported. He was not traveling in the <
track of the storm. ^
? The cyclone destroyed every house on <
Mr. X. Z. Felder's place, near Bamberg.
His family was buried in the ruins of the .
dwelling house, but all were rescued and ,
none were dangerously wounded. (
? The Xew York World thinks that John j
Sherman outrht to have the cvclone investi- .
gated with a view to ascertaining whether '
it treated blacks and whites impartially. It
may have been a Democratic cyclone direct- (
ed especially against colored voters.
? The Union (S. C.) Times says that in the
i Fish Dam section of that county the suffer- .
ing from the cyclone is truly jaeart-rend- \
ing in many cases. Not less than a hundred r
persons were made houseless, without food
clothing and no means of procuring these
and other necessaries.
? Robert Mingo, of Midway, Aiken coun- (
ty, a colored parson, weighing 200 pounds, (
was blown 200 yards by the cyclone. At the '
edge of the swamp he caught a small bush '
and held on faithfully until the storm was
over. His overcoat was blown four miles. 1
His house was destroyed and several of the
inmates painfully injured. '
? Mr. J. C. Munday, who resides about (
half a mile from Windsor, Aiken county, !
was greatly surprised on Wednesday last to j
fine his field strewed with the debris of the ]
1 storm, although his place is situated many 1
miles from its actual track. Quantities of (
moss and bark from trees in the swamp,
clothing, bedding, and portions of a buggy, ]
besides numerous other articles, were scat- i
tered over his field, although nothing on 1
his place was injured. ]
? A rough estimate of the loss by the
storm in the section of Darlington C. H., 1
will be ten thousand dollars. A good many J
that have lost their houses will not be able i
to rebuiltl without assistance. A commit- <
tee here have raised about $400 or $500, but that
fund has been only applied to those 1
that were wounded by the storm. Those
whose only loss has been their houses and ]
furniture are vet without any relief. Out- <
L side aid is needed I ij
? Three more deaths are reported from j
Cabarrus county, N. C., of parties injured <
by the cyclone. Mrs. Elizabeth Robeson, i
Mrs. Ferguson and daughter Lizzie, all ]
living near Pinoneer Mills, are the victims. I
One of the parties had a leg broken, an- '
other an arm, and the other was injured i
about the head. Lizzie Ferguson, one of i
victims, leaves two small orphan children, 1
one six months and the other two years
old, without any one to care for them. It \
has been suggested that a little aid could (
well be bestoyed upon the unfortunates in 1
Cabarrus, and especially upon these little (
children. I
? A gentleman in Lancaster county, S. C., i
, the morning after the tornado, found lying r
, on the road two fishes of the pike or jack f
1 species, about eight inches long and in a 1
live state; quite two miles from any stream. (
1 A correspondent of the News and Courier (
asks how came they there? and could they ]
have been caught up from some creek or 1
mill pond by the tornado and carried i
through the clouds to the place where they <
were found? The News and Courier replies
that such is possible, but suggests as more
probable that they were dropped by some
careless or frightened fisherman. To which ,
the Wadesboro, N. C., Intelligencer says: ?
"Very well, so far as the Lancaster fish arc ?
concerned ; but now, dear friend, we want ?
tn lml?> iic nut t\f ? littlf trnilblo ! HpV- 1
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oral days after the cyclone a darkey was
plowing in a field of Dr. Battle's about sixmiles
from Wadesboro. The land was low
and flat, like the place where the Lancaster
fishes were found, and at one time had been
the bottom of a sort of pond, but was then
comparatively dry. From six inches beneath
the surface the darkey plowed up a
live fish, some twelve or fourteen inches I
long, and of an unknown species. This is I
a fact. Some folks might not believe us, j
but there is not a man in Anson county who j
would question Dr. Battle's word. Will
the jYew# and Courier kindly tell us how
i that fished happened to be embedded in the
earth, how he managed to get along with,
out air or water, and also what kind of fish
it was?"
THE CIIERAW OUTRAGE.
A Cheraw special dispatch of last Friday
i to the News and Courier says: Our town
marshal, W. H. II. Richards, who was so
ruthlessly shot down on the streets of ('heraw,
on the ?3rd instant, by W. B. Cash,
' after lingering in great agony for nearly a
week, died from his wounds this morning
at half-past 3 o'clock.
Richards was a member of Company G,
Thirtieth Massachusetts Veteran Volun|
teers, and was promoted to a first lieutenan.
cy for gallantry. lie was also a member of
Chatham Lodge, American Legion of Ilon!
or, of this place. His tragic end is a matter
for deep regret, not only by this community,
. in whose service he was murdered, but by
, the whole State, on whose fair name this
crime will he a blot in the eyes of her sister j
States. !
1 The coroner has been sent lor, and an in
quest will be held to-day, and it is to be
- presumed that it will result in some honest
I effort to capture the murderer.
Mr. Coward, the unoffending bystander, j
who was wounded by one of the bullets intended
by Cash for the town marshal, lies in
! o \xipv nrofurinim condition, his lower limbs
> being paralyzed, and in all probability this 1
? shocking tragedy will prove to be a double 1
j murder. ]
A later dispatch gives the following addi- i
(j tional particulars of the ending of this sad s
5 j tragedy : i
' The jury of inquest was impanelled to- 1
>: day at half-past 1 o'clock and adjourned for J <
. | the hearing of evidence until half-past 7 j
I this evening. In the interim Drs. Kol- 1
lock, James, Wilson and Waddill proceeded , s
to perform the autopsy. The autopsy re- j *
"1 vealed the fact that the ball had entered the j
t left side, penetrating the fourth dorsal ver- j.
, tebra. Spicuhe of the bone were also driven 1
. into the spinal marrow. The examination s
i of four witnesses, whose evidence differed r
in no material points, was then made. Up- 1
' on the conclusion of the evidence the jury j1
rendered the following verdict : "That W. 1
i H. H. Richards came to his death from a ! 1
. pistol shot in the hands of W. B. Cash on the ! (
23rd of February." i
Mr. Richards leaves a wife and three small .<
children. lie came to Cheraw with the first i
^ garrison sent to this town in 1865, where he j i
I married and has since resided. js
James Coward, the other victim of Cash's s
reckless disregard of life aid of law, is a re-1
spectable young man, a natveof Marlboro' I
county and a brother of Ml Coward of the ;
firm of Coward & McInto.?h, merchants of ,
this place. 11]
The funeral services, urner the auspices j'
of the Legion of Honor, ofwhich order Mr. 1 i
Richards was a member, were held at the ! .1
Baptist Church this aftermon, the pastor, |
the Rev. Mr. Hlckson, offbiating. rl he at- j
tendance was large, all paces of business j ^
being closed. i]
A Cheraw dispatch in tie Columbia Rey- I
ister of Tuesday, says: Tie physicians at- j
tending James Coward are ly no means satisfied
with his present condition. They had
fioped that by this time a change for the j
letter would have taken place, but instead,
lis symptoms are constantly growing more
ilarming. While the physicians are rath- j
?r reluctant to converse on the subject, it is r
generally believed that Mr. Coward's death nnlv
o riMcsfinn nf tiinn PfLSh has 110t U
fet been arrested.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
?Two small negro children were burned
A) death in Abbeville county last week. '
The parents were not about the house when I
t caught fire. ' 1
? All the newspapers that have spoken <
:hus far favor the selection of candidates for j
Jongress by primary elections in each Disrict.
s
? Charleston had a hard freeze on Friday
md the strawberries and green peas on the
;ruck farms are put back and seriously damiged.
? The Gaffny Carolinian learns that there <
s an old-fash joined bar post in Union coun- (
Jowpens.
?The residence of Lieutenant-Governor
Sheppard, at Trenton, Edgefield county,
was destroyed by fire at five o'clock last
rhursday morning. Most of the furniture (
was saved in a damaged condition. Fully
nsured.
? Two illicit distilleries were recently destroyed
by Dr. Ensor?one a seventy-five
gallon still, found in Panther Mountain,
ireenville county, and the other a twenty !
gallon "copper," on Broad River, in York
:ounty.
? Charles So well stabbed policeman Campjell
in the left breast in Camden last week,
while resisting arrest. He also split one
)f Campbell's hands open with his knife,
lie has been held under heavy bond for his
ippearance for trial lor assault and oattery
with intent to kill. (
? The dwelling and outhouses of the Rev. i
Simpson Brummond, near Woodruff, Spar- (
ranburg county, were burned on last Monlay
morning. The fire commenced about
J o'clock. Its origin is unknown. Butlit:le
of the furniture and bedding was saved.
There was no insurance.
? Brooks Lathem, colored, alias Brooks
Ferguson, was shot last week by the officers (
)f the law in Pickens county. He was
jharged with housebreaking, and when the
)fficers attempted to arrest him, rati and !
was fired upon, receiving a fiesh wound,
which it is thought will prove fatal. He j
made his escape.
? A negro man living in the Mars Bluff
leighborhood took his gun to go hunting (
me day last week, and went to throw it
iver his shoulder with a swing. As usual
in such cases the gun went off', depositing
the load in his abdomen, causing a wound I
from the effects of which hesoon afterwards
died. j
? A few days ago a tobacconist, Mr. J. R. i
Rierson, of Hal ton, N. C., was robbed of $61
i few miles from Laurens, by his negro driver,
Bill Locknow, who hails from Winston,
is. C'. Mr. Rierson and his driver were 1
sleeping in the wagon, and some time during
the night the negro slipped the sum of
money from under Mr. Rierson's head and ,
immediately decamped. He was captured
in the Laurens Railroad train by Conductor 1
Meredith and has been lodged in jail at Lau- (
rens for trial.
? Mr. Jay Could arrived in Charleston '
last Saturday morning by the fast mail train
m the Northeastern Railroad. He came in
miuia llui iuiirnev J
from Jersey City to Charleston in saietyanu
jomfort. He was accompanied by his wife,
ind by his two younger sons and daughter. :
Mr. Gould and his family drove directly i
rrom the Northeastern depot to Boyce's j
vharf, and went directly on board of his (
/acht, which has been anchored at Charles- (
on for several weeks. Mr. Gould and his
amily are on their way to Florida.
? By a blunder inthedrawingof the juries
or Lancaster the recent term of the Circuit
2ourt for that county was adjourned on
Wednesday evening of last week?the third
lay of the term. There was little or no
Dusiness transacted in the Common Pleas, 1
lothing but orders and matters of course.
The lawyers and everybody else expecting
i long term of the General Sessions were (
:aken somewhat by surprise when it was ,
leveloped that the juries were illegally '
Irawn, and the homicide cases were post- 1
[joned. The judge went tohishomein Barnveil
011 Thursday morning, and will have
nore than a week to rest before the Chester ,
I'ourt opens. ,
THE FREQUENCY OF TORNADOES.
A correspondent in Augusta, Ga., asks us
,vhy tornadoes are so much more frequent
ind disastrous in the United States than for- 1
nerly ; whether the atmospheric conditions <
ire changed, and if so are thechanges "like- ]
y to continue to produce the same results?" ,
Though these storms may not have in:reased
greatly in frequency, as is generally
supposed, there is good reason to believe
i.ot thou oro riMVL' ?niYip\vh:vt mnrrt frpnnent .
md disastrous than formerly. The essential (
ondition of the birth of a tornado is the
mdden formation of a belt of strikingly 1
variant temperatures. These conditions '
ire realized when the polar winds can, with- i
>ut topographical obstructions, approach j
he vapor laden equatorial currents on the
nargin of a barometric depression. What- '
iver tends to remove superficial obstruc- i
ions to a rapid coming together of opposing
varm and cold currents facilitates the gen- '
^ration of tornadoes. Were the Mississippi
Galley a smooth surfaced, treeless waste it
vouki present the best topographical condiions
for the formation of these desolating :
yclones. The denudation of the soil which J
s now going 011 at a rapid rate must appa- ently
have the effect of augmenting in *
>ome degree the number and intensity of '
ornadoes. The deforesting of the country ]
lrained by the great lakes also may have j
he effect of increasing the ascensional move- .
nent of the air over this vast area in suinner,
thus causing the barometer to fall and ]
nducing the freer and more violent north- .
.vard rush of the tornado-bearing currents
rom the Gulf. (
If, however, this outlook is not encourag- '<
ng the knowledge gained in late years of
;he origin, formation and normal move- ;
nents of the tornadoes, as well as of the j
neans of safety upon their approach, is considerable.
Were local telegraphic weather ]
services established in the storm ravaged |1
listricts there can be little doubt that the 11
eports thus obtained with the aid of the na-; ]
:ional weather telegrams, would enable lo-1 (
;al meteorologists also to proviso and sue-1
ess fully predict the occurrence of many of!
Vio niftcf fotnl iVftr Vovk I
Herald. " j i
],
Tiik Gallows.?Wm. Moore, colored, I,
ivas hanged at Franklin, La., last Friday,;
for the murder of Lee Annan, a Chinaman, j'
ast spring. Moore expressed his willing- j1
less to die. At 12.18 p. m., the trap was *
sprung. After hanging about half a min-!
jtc it was discovered that the rope was too
long. The feet of the culprit were resting
m the floor. He was raised to the platform, 1
:he rope shortened and a minute later the
:rap was again sprung. The fall was not ]
sufficient to break his neck and he died of ]
strangulation in ten minutes.
At Lancaster, Ohio, K. O. Luke and W.
I. Luke, who, with Laban Stephens, had
aeen found guilty of the murder of Anderson
Lackey were hanged on the same day. 1
The minister made a prayer lasting full
lialf an hour. The drop fell at 1.12 p. m. <
Wm. Jones struggled, Tbut Luke was still,
iiis neck being undoubtedly broken. The <
jody of Jones swung around, his legs being 1
lrawn up till they touched his brother's f
)ody, causing a shudder of horror among the s
spectators. The bodies after the usual med- ]
leal examination, were cut down and placed i
n the hands of their friends. There was i
ioine talk in the crowd of lynching John- I
>on who is in jail for a recent murder. i
Xi OCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
dcElwee ?fc Darwin?Turkeys Wanted.
fohn C. Kiivkendal?The York Drugstore Man
Discourseth on Debt and Credit,
jatta Brothers?Peerless Cotton Seed,
f. Beatty Williams, Judgeof Probate?CitationJames
B. Heath, Applicant?D. R. S. Blake,
deceased.
1\ B. Met,'lain it Co.?A Bargain for the Ladies,
bis. B. Allison, Clerk?To Highway Surveyors,
-kirish it MeKnight?The Best Oiler of the Season.
[. Beatty Williams, Judgeof Probate?Citation?
J.*II. Wylie, Applicant, Thus. G. Wylio,
deceased.'
ilunter it Dates?At the Mammoth,
r. F. Adickes?Millinery, Millinery.
T. R. Lindsay it Co.?In order to Reduce our
Stock.
iiddle it Pegram?Just Received.
P. M. Dobson?That Old Chap.
(no. A. Darwin?Administrator's Notice.
firs. Walker it Cartwright?Dental Surgery.
Mr. STRICKLAND'S CONDITION.
We learn by a note received from Dr.
Latimer, one of the attending physicians,
;hat on Tuesday last the condition of Mr.
Strickland, the man who was shot at Clover
;hree weeks ago, is not so favorable. His
condition is considered critical, tne danger
ipprehended being abscess of the liver.
/ EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT.
The Governor has re-appointed Col. Wm.
H. McCorkle, of this place, Supervisor of
Registration for York county. In his previous
discharge of the duties of this office,
Col. McCorkle has given no cause to voters
of either party for complaint,and his re-apPhe'cmui?!'
e'vo "onem' satisfaction in
V ' REQUISITION.
The Sheriff started on Tuesday evening
last for Charlotte, N. C., armed with a requisition
from the Governor of South Carolina,
for the delivery to him of Soloman
McLean, colored, charged with burglary in
Fort Mill township. He has the order of
the Governor of North Carolina on the
Sheriff of Mecklenburg for the delivery of
the accused.
SALES-DAY.
On Monday last?sales-day for Marchbut
one piece of property was sold, viz.:
the land formerly belonging to the estate of
Vincent Parks, deceased, and conveyed to
W. Holmes Hardin by the Sheriff, by virtue
of an order of the Judge of Probate of York
county. Sold by virtue of an order of the
Circuit Judge at the suit of W. D. Parks vs.
W. Holmes Hardin and G. L. McNeel.
Bought by Jas. F. Hart for $2,500.
CIIURC'H NOTICES.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood,
Pastor. Services next Sunday, in the
fhiin-h at Yorkville at the usual hours.
morning and evening, by Rev. L. A Johnson.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
night. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Preaching
by the pastor at Mt. Vernon at 11 A. M.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
Robert J^athan, Pastor. Services next Sunday
at Tirzah.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
There will be no service in this church next
Sunday.
Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor.
Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sundayschool
at 9.30.
BONN IK MKYEU COMBINATION.
The Bonnie Meyer Combination Comedy
Company is playing an engagement in
Yorkvilie the present week. This company
is under the management ot Mr. J. H.
Thome, one of the best comedians on the
stage ; and Mrs. Thorne (Miss Bonnie Meyer)
is unexcelled in the various roles in
which she appears. As Fanchon, she is the
equal of any impersonator of the character
we have ever seen ; while Mr. Thorne, as
Dirfier. in the same Douular and pleasing
nijunlly jwrftwit in hid n??* U? I ody
Audly's Secret, the principal characters
are well presented by Mr. and Mrs. Thorne,
and they are well supported by actors of fine
ability. The company is a good one in every
respect, and general favorites in South
Carolina.
CODDLE CHEEK CIICKCH.
"We regret to learn of the accidental burning
of Coddle Creek Associate Reformed
Presbyterrian Church, Cabarrus county, N.
C., on the 24th ultimo, just after the close
of the services or that day. The supposition
is that dry leaves around the church were
iirnited bv a cigar thoughtlessly thrown
down among them. The church was large
and was built of the best pine lumber the
country afforded forty-five years ago, and
was painted inside aud out. The present
Pastor had preached there without any
change or interruption in the pastoral relationshipsince
the first sabbath in December,
1850, or about one-third of a century. The
work of re-building will begin at once. Contributions
for this purpose may be sent to
the pastor, Rev. John E. Pressly, Coddle
Creek, N. C.; or we will take pleasure in
forwarding any sums that may be left at
this office for that purpose.
CLUB-MAKKKS?PREMIUMS.
The time limited in which persons were
authorized to form clubs for the Enquirer
expired on Monday last. The following
club-makers having returned and paid for
the number of subscribers opposite their
names respectively, are entitled to the premiums
in accordance with our offer:
J. X. Roberts 1(>8
Mrs. \V. IT. Moore 104
['. M. Smith 72
R. I,. Wallace 71
IV. (). (x lover I!7
2. A. Dorsett 57
llrainerd McLure 52
J. (). Gwin 40
I. D. Gwin 48
L. CI. Grist 87
Mrs. I). A. Lumpkin 22
D. T. Lesslie 15
J. A. Flannigan 13
D. F. Jackson 12
Joseph Black 10
Maj. M. Smith 10
Miss Mattie Pegram 10
I. IL B. Jenkins 10
Besides the above, u number of clubs of
less than ten were formed, which do not enter
into competition for any of the premiums
jffered, and hence arc omitted from the
ibove list.
According to our published offer, Mr. J.
N". Roberts is entitled to the premium of a
nuggy; Mrs. W. II. Moore to the sewing
machine; and Mr. C. M. Smith to the cooking
stove. Those entitled to other premiums,
under our offer, who have not yet signified
their choice, will please notify us at
nnce, of their selection, so that we may or:ler
them promptly.
According to our published prospectus, no
? ??? "".vinLi nrill Kn .1 ilrbul til anv nf thonlinvp
dubs; but until further notice any of the
ibove club-makers, or others desiring to do
io, may form new clubs at $2 per annum?
the subscriptions to be invariably paid in
idvance. f DEATH
OF REV. JAS. WILSON.
The Southern Presbyterian of last week
thus announces the death of Rev. James
Wilson, a venerable divine, who was well
known in this community, having resided
here for a number of years with his son,
Itev. L. II. Wilson, formerly pastor of the
Presbyterian church of this place :
Mr. James E. Wilson, of Nashville, Tenn.,
writes us that his father, the ltev. James
Wilson, the venerable ex-missionary to In3ia,
fell asleep yesterday week, the 13th instant.
He says: "I write to announce the
;leath of my father, Rev. James Wilson,
which occurred on Wednesday, the 1.3th instant,
at my brother Luther's in Tyler, Texts.
He had gone there last fall to spend the
winter, with the expectation of coming here
in the spring and making his home with
ny family, and his remains are now en route
l.o be buried here. My brother John was
ilso at Luther's on a brief visit, and was on
the eve of starting back to South Carolina, j c<
when he was detained by the illness of fa- i
ther, which from the first was of an alarming
nature.
"Thus providentially comforted by the in
; presence of his sons, he passed away, 'ready m
! to depart and be with Christ, which is far n*
j better.' He was unconscious for most of the Sr
; time, during which his mind wandered to ne
the scenes of his missionary life in India, eo
when he would sing and preach in the Hin- w
dustani language. But he had frequent P<
lucid intervals, when he testified to the full ta
assurance of his faith, which was unclouded ih
by a single doubt. it
"I have not the data to give just now even n<
!nn fiufiinonf hi* eventful life, reaching al- ft'
| most to eighty-two years, but request that ??
i you will make such an announcement of it w
j as you can gather from this hurried letter, m
I in order that the fact may be made known so
i to his numerous friends all over the South." af
st
CIRCUIT COURT. m
March term of the Circuit Court for York m
county will convene on the fourth Monday g*
of this month?his Honor Judge Aldrich to l}1
preside.
On Tuesday last, under the supervision of 0|
Jury Commissioner McKnight, the grand d;
jury for the present year, and the petit ju- is
rors for the first week of the term, were ?'
drawn as follows: ir
Grand Jurors?Cooper Smith, colored; W.
C. Owen, B. F. Caldwell, Handy White, col- ^
ored ; It. S. Moore. W. 1). Garrison, Allen a1
Barnett, colored; Taylor Edwards, colored; ei
W. Meek Adams, Gabe Bowden, colored; rr
John J. Biggers, H. W. Huffman, John R. q
Ashe, J. W. Martin, John Ramsey, W. A. n
J. Robinson, R. H. G. Caldwell, A. C. |)(
Petit Jurors^?A". 11'."White, \v. ir. raurr, .
J. W. Rhvne, M. R. Wells, J. W. Wallace, '
C. H. Williams, R. W. Workman, J.H. Ca- y
ton, D. M. Hagins, Edmund Reid, colored ; b
J. 1). Withers, R. J. Davies, J. P. Reid, W.
J. Waters, J. B. Rawls, C. H. Dixon, J. H. n
Glenn, J. A. N. Glenn, J. M. Allison, W. ,,,
E. Patrick, Robert Conrad, J. O. Walker, "j
John E. Plaxico, R. A. Parish, Henry Kel- ,r
ler, J. J. Smith, Giles Good, colored; L. M. 7;
Hardin, Sam'l N. True, F. W. Moore, W.
It. Draffin, Sam'l Bird, colored; J. N. Mc- u
IIwain, W. F. Dye, W. S. Adams, M. W. n
Russell. >
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MERE-MENTION. h
Mrs. Mary Brown, widow of John Brown, "
of Harper's Ferry, Va., notoriety, died at *
San Francisco last Friday. Marshall T. P
Polk, ex-State Treasurer of Tennessee, 'j
against whom indictment was pending for "
defrauding the State treasury, died of heart P
disease, last Friday in Nashville. In P
caucus of the Democratic members of the ?
Senate and House of Representatives, last
Friday, to appoint the Democratic Con- .
gressional Campaign Committee, Hon. Samuel
Dibble was dioseu for South Caroli- ^
na. Five fires occurred in Philadelphia *
last Friday night, destroying a large amount 9.
of property. Among the buildings burned ^
was Powers and Weightman's chemical J1
works. They were extensive manufactur- P
ers of quinine, and in consequence of the ?
destruction of their works, dealers in for- 1
eign quinine have put up the price from P
?1.35 to$1.55 per ounce. The Louisville *
Courier-Journal says that they don't send ?
negroes to the Legislature in Ohio, as they
do in the Southern States, but they do send P;
them (for dissecting purposes) to the medi- *
cal colleges. 'Hie Apache Indians are rp
reported to be committing depredations in A
Sonora and fears are entertained of a gene- **
al uprising of them. Abraham Lincoin's
tomb at Springfield, 111., is going to F
ruin. Two of the supporting arches have P,
collapsed, one corner of the monument has
settled several inches, and it is estimated 1
that the restoration will cost $4,000 The F*
Judges of the Court of Appeals of New FF
York in compliance with resolutions of the L
Bar Association of the city of New York 5,
and the State Bar Association, have put on F
flowing robes of black silk. A negro
man has been sent to jail for three months
and fined $100 atToleaa, Ohio, for marrying I*
a white woman contrary to a statue enacted F,
in 1840 ltiver navigation in Georgia is A
becoming more difficult every year, the beds !*j
Court oM^ennessee ?has deelarecf tli^ItaW^
road Commission of that State unconstitu- j'
tional. By a bolt in the Democratic A
ranks the city election of Lexington, Ky.,
on Saturday resulted in a victory for the }:
Republicans. Resolutions have been in- [Jj
troclucea in tne Mississippi legislature ~
looking to the impeachment of Gen. J. J*
Argyle Smith, State Superintendent of Ed- fj
ucation, on account of his intemperate use V;
of whisky. The Court House and all J
the county records at Weatherford, Texas,
were burned last Saturday. Loss $16,000.
The sheriff of Bryan county, Ga., J;
was killed by mistake while out deer hunting
last week. In consequence of re- j
cent dynamite explosions in London, English
detectives in New York have been
instructed to ascertain the antecedents of
all passengers from that port to Europe
since February 1st. Alexander Jeffer- ..
son, who is under sentence of death in
New York, has written a letter to the news- t
papers in favor of the abolition of capital *
punishment. Mr. Jefferson views the question
from a strictly personal standpoint. A *
convention of Texas stockmen was held at
Fort Worth, Texas, last Saturday, and a
resolution was adopted favoring the divis- t
ion of the State with Fort Worth as the cap- n
?*' ? {J
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqairer. s
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>- NOTES FROM BLACK'S STATION. hi
Black's Station, S. C., March 8.?We ^
ure now having a very severe spell of cold
weather, and on Saturday there was a light w
fall of snow. The small grain crop is killed pi
in places, but it is hoped that the bud is not
injured, and that only the blades of the JjJ
plants are affected. A
The effects of the storm in the north-westera
part of the county will remain for years tt
to come, so terrible was it in its ravages. It ti
is still the subject of conversation, and many
curious stories are told in connection with j
the work of the wind. Mr. John Martin, C(
who lives in the track of thestorm, onemile
from Broad River, says that the wind struck j,
his premises fifteen minutes in advance of
the rain cloud, and that almost instantly his jn
house was inundated with water, brought rc
by the cyclone from the river, which theory 0j
is clearly demonstrated by the manner in q
which the ground from the river to his house ai
is washed. At the time Mr. Martin was 0i
reading by his fireside. A cat was lying in t.j
the corner. Near the fire-place stood an old- cj
fashioned clock that reached from the floor j)(
to the ceiling. In an instant both clock and jj
cat were blown out through the top of the ce
house. Mr. Martin's houses were destroyed tli
and their contents blown in every direction. Ti
Ilis cat returned on the next morning, but
finding the house in ruins, it manifested no w
inclination to remain, and had it not been j
caught would have precipitately fled. J n<
Samuel G. Brown, Esq., a citizen of our | ja
town, and an old and well known citizen of
the county, is at this time verv ill with an i th
-11?l- ??NT.V;r? I
I ill lilL'iV Ui paiaijoio. j HI
Secretary of State.?Col. John T.! p)
Sloan, Sr., is a candidate for Secretary of jt
State. All right. We do not endorse much j0
of what Col. Lipscomb teaches, but if he is ! 0f
I to he made an object of attack, let us open fa
j the fight all around. No one element or set
[ can rule this State. Col. Lipscomb is the
' solitary representative of up country far- j ^
| mers?the men who do the bulk of the Dem- et1
ocratic voting?in the State House. If he ry
I has to leave, let us have a general leaving
and changing. We advise the very astute 0f
and distinguished gentlemen who are managing
the party and the State to nip this to'
movement in the bud, lest a hornet's nest
be stirred up.?Greenville News. j m
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j South Carolina Republicans.?The
j Republican State Executive Committee was ^
in session at Columbia on Wednesday of J
last week. The committee appointed April
loth as the date for holding a State Conven- 1U
tion to send delegates to the National Re- .
publican Convention. The committee de- j
cided to hereafter allow each congressional
district to elect delegates to its conventions and
the State Convention to select delegates ix
for districts where 110 election of delegates is sa
held. A committee was appointed to ex- tr
press regrets over Mackey's death. It was dt
decided to hold the convention to nominate of
a successor to Mackey, in the Seventh Dis- ar
trict, at Sumter, on March 10th. ot
trrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, S. C. March 4.?At a late meetg
of the stockholders of the Catawba Oil
ill Mr. Joseph Wylie tendered hisresigition
of the Presidency, and Mr. J. Harvey
nith was elected in his place. Without
'glecting his other business, Mr. Wylie
uld not give that attention to the mill
hich its important interests demanded,
assessed as he is of fine administrative
lents he would doubtless have managed
3 affairs wisely, and in time have placed
on a substantial and paying business had
)t circumstances compelled him to retire
om the presidency. Mr. Smith has manfed
successfully other business, and will
ithout doubt be successful in the manageent
of the oil mill. While it is true that
ime of the stockholders became panicky
ter the destruction caused by the late
orm, and parted with their stock at a trelendous
discount, the majority of them are
ot dispirited, and at the late meeting
ive evidence of their faith in the enterrise
as a paying investment by taking
* * * - ?5,1 i ~ -1 i/\ 4U a * ?>-? n/1 J o fo
icn action as Will icau iu Uir iiiiuicu.uw,
.'pairing of all damages. Mr. C. W. Winn,
r Charlotte, has contracted to repair the
images in fifteen days. As the third story
not essential to the successful operation
f the mill, it will not be replaced. The
ijury to the machinery is lar less than
as supposed to be the morning after the
orm. The breaking of the fly wheel is
le greatest damage, which can be repaired
t a cost of $200. Other parts of the machinry
are broken or injuried, but they are of
linor importance and can be easily fixed,
he new presses, of which mention was
icently made, have arrived and will soon
e placed in their proper position. Good
isults are expected from them when the
illl Irs again in operation. At the late
leeting of the stockholders J. J. McLure,
!sq., was elected a Director in place of I)r.
Irown White, resigned.
Mr. W. W. Crosby, of the Crosbyville
eighborhood, being in our town last week,
ave a distressing account of the late cylone.
He thinks the wind blew with much
reater violenceat his place than it did here,
lis mother's residence, which he considered
very strong and substantial building, was
lown down, from top to foundation, and
ieces of the lumber were blown four miles,
mta single building of any kind was left
anding on the place. Such a scene of desoition
he never witnessed before. His
lother's loss was $3,000. Considerable deduction
was caused by the storm in the
eighborhood of Rossville. A number of
ouses on Mr. Ross Dye's place were blown
own. Mr. Munro {Stroud's dwelling and
ther houses also yielded to the violence of
lie storm. His wife was so severely injured
y the falliug timbers that fears of her reuvery
are entertained. Mr. Wm. Stroud's
tore was blown down, and his goods scatired
to the four winds.
Richhurg was visited with a fire on last
Wednesday night. The depot, a quantity
f goods and 15 bales of cotton were burned,
f this cotton 6 bales belonged to Mr. Mulnax,
a cotton buyer of our town ; 8 bales
elonged to Mr. C. E. Nunnery, and one
ale to Mr. Os. Barber, both of Richburg.
Ir. Hemphill McDaniel also had 11 bales
n the platform, but this was saved. Mr.
lullinax had bargained for the purchase
f all the cotton on the platform, and had
int his weigher to Richburg to weigh and
lark the cotton, but the fire came and in;rfered
with his calculations. The cotton
-ould have been weighed and marked on
hursday, the day after the fire, and would
len have passed in to Mr. Mullinax's posission.
As it, he claims that he had not
jceived the cotton, and does not consider
imself bound in law or equity to pay for
r 1 1 .. 1?
i. ivir. iviuuniaA uau si.\ uuics ui mo wwu
n the depot platform, and had been pro;cted
by a policy of insurance on the cot)n,
but unfortunately the policy expired a
iw hours before the lire. The origin of the
re is attributed to a snark from an engine,
he railroad company had insurance on the
epot and goods.
P. M. Leucher, charged with obtaining
loney from Mrs. Logan under false pre?nces,
was arrested in Charleston on last
Wednesday by Mr. A. Murphy, and by him
rought to this place the next day. The
mount obtained by him was $700, which
trrrlA/gHll'llt lllni?Tm-rrr >> ??K?-^frcr oth3ct~~ "
anding that he would invest it in lumber,
t was a kind of partnership arrangement,
he was to furnish the capital, while he would
ttend to the business. Getting the money,
e left town ostensibly for the purpose of
uying lumber. Becoming uneasy after
aiting a while, and hearing nothing from
im, Mrs. Logan appeared before Trial Jusce
Glenn, and making an affidavit as to his
audulent intentions secured a warrant for
is arrest, which was placed in the hands of
tr. Murphy, who made the arrest as stated,,
1 Charleston. On his arrival at this place
e was lodged in jail. A preliminary exmination
in the case was to have been
eld on last Saturday, but he waived the
lamination, and will remain in his preset
quarters until the meeting of the Cirlit
Court when his trial will take place.
The Governor virtually left the tilling of
le vacancy in the office of Trial Justice at
lis place to our delegation in the Legislate.
He signified his intention to appoint
hoever received their recommendation,
[r. W. T. Itobinson was so honored, and
ill consequently be commissioned this
oek.
The Baptist congregation has secured
anporarily a room on the first floor of the
da reiiows nuuuing i?r uie purpose t?i
aiding religious services. The pulpit and
(ats have been removed to this room, and
irvices were held there Sunday. $3,000
*ve already been secured by our Baptist
iends for the purpose of erecting a new
lurch building. The remaining $2,000 will
aubtless be raised in the course of a few
eeks, and the new building will in all
robability be under way by May or June.
Our Presbyterian friends intend io repair
le damages to their church without delay,
he contractor will begin work in a few days,
ame changes are contemplated in the 111'rior
arrangement of the building, and
ley will be such as will add to its attracveness.
I hear that the breach of promise case, in
hich Miss Lucas was the plaintiff and Mr.
P Vormiann (ho <lofondnnt h?S been
nnpromised. The basis of the eomprolise
was an agreement on the part of the
?fendant to pay a sum of money.
Hon. J. J. Hemphill recent'y introduced
i Congress a bill having for its object the
,'storation of the name of Captain Thomas,
" this county, to the pension roll. The
aptain lost an arm in the Mexican war
id drew a pension until the breaking
at of the late war, in which he partipated,
and in consequence of this partipation
his name was dropped from the
?nsion roll. It is to be hoped that Mr.
emphill, who by the way makes an exllent
member of Congress, will succeed in
le effort to secure a pension for Captain
homas.
Yesterday being sales-day, the county
as represented-in town by quite a num?r
of its best citizens. The farmers are by
) means dispirited by the short crops of
st year, but seem quite hopeful, and have
>ne to work with hope in their hearts and
ie determination in their minds to do all
their power. Only one piece of real este
was sold. This was a town lot benging
to the estate of the late C. S. Briee.
brought $55. A lot of confectionaries bengin<j
to J. H. Nail, was sold at the suit
L. H. Cole & Co. The goods brought
ir prices.
Fort Lawn is quite a flourishing town,
essrs. Jordon & Bros, and McFadden &
iitfi/lcnn fho nt nil
irly day of convenient and beautiful storeoms.
Mr. S. S. Killian intends to build
dwelling in a short time. The friends
our neighboring town are glad to hear of
3 improvement. May the "Fort" continue
make rapid strides in the path of progress.
Rev. T. W. Ebiltorf has declined the call
ade by the Blackstock and Hopewell
aptist Churches. Mr. \V. H. Edwards,
ho, by-the-way, is one of the best men of
liscounty, informed me that these churches
ive another good man in view, but he
ade me promise not to give his name.
The spring term of the Circuit Court, will
;gin its sessions at this place next Monday,
ulge Aldrich presiding. m.
-The gamblers who shot a number of eitens
on the streets of Hot Springs, Arkans,
a few weeks ago have been put on a
ain and sent away by citizens. There is
mger of a serious'tight between the Chief
' Police and militia supporting one faction
id the Sheriff and his posse backing anher.