Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fccaps anil (facts. ? "In what condition was the patriarch Job at the end of his life ?" asked aSundayschool teacher of a quiet-looking boy at the foot of the class. "Dead," calmly replied the boy. ? Southey records in his "Common-place Book" that a physician who had seen more than 40,000 cases of smallpox said he had never met with the disease in a person with red or light flaxen hair. ? "First come the missionaries, then the consuls and after them the armies," said King Theodore, of Abyssinia, some years ago to a French traveler, explaining his abhorrence of explorers and missionaries. ? Arch. Orrae, the Union Ticket Agent at Atlanta, Ga., who shot himself two months ago when his defalcations were about to be <?*v loaf X?Hirln?T riirrKf TTn Vicirl SI1UWII UJ?, U1CU KVOU J. I 1U?J Ulglll'. AAV iiuu settled up with the roads. ? The New York wholesale dry goods dealers say that the fall trade will be fully three weeks late, and from the present outlook the sales will be lighter this year than last. No change in prices, however, is expected. ?It was predicted early in the spring that the summer of 1884 would be notable for its storms and other elemental disturbances. Thus far the prediction has been baseless, for the months of May, June and July have been remarkable for the absence of storms. ? Niles G. Parker, who was State Treasurer of South Carolina, while the thieves were in possession of the State Government and who is doubtless remembered by a number of our citizens, is now located at Le Beau, Dakota, engaged in the practice of law and real estate agency business. ? The crop reports from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky are to the effect that wheat is the best in quantity and quality that has been gathered in years. Corn has suffered from drought, but the rains of the past week have rescued it, and the yield will be an averge one. ? An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch of the 1st, says: Assistant Postmaster Camp, of Boston, who was summoned to participate in the trial of the Chief Post Office Inspector Myler, who has been arrested charged with embezzlement, while in charge of the Atlanta post office, was arrested him.self on his arrival to-day on the same charge. ? The official report of the Secretary of the Iowa State Agricultural Society, embracing the condition of the crops from June 15 to July 30, inclusive, shows the condition of corn to be 117 per cent., an increase of 5 per cent, over the former report; broom? corn 96 per cent.; winter wheat 95 per cent., and spring wheat 99 per cent. ? The business failures for the week ending last Friday, as reported to B. G. Dun <fc Co., number for the United States 232, and fnr rnimda. IS; total 250. against 234 the week previous, showing an Increase of 1G failures. The whole increase appears to rise in the Pacific States and Territories where the casualties are more numerous than have been reported in any week for years. ?The rear wall of the United States hotel building, in Washington, gave way last Sunday evening without warning and a general collapse of the whole rear of the house followed. There were forty-five persons in the house at the time, seven of whom were buried in the ruins, but all were rescued alive. Some were seriously hurt, and the wife of the proprietor of the hotel narrowly escaped a horrible death. ? Captain St. George Tucker Mason, a son of Hon. John Y. Mason, who died in Paris in 1859, while U. S. Minister to France, died in Tonquin a few days ago. He served in the Confederate army, and at the. close of the war went to France and entered the French army. He served with distinction in the war with Prussia, and afterwards in Algiers, where he married the daughter of a French officer. ? Dio Lewis reaches the conclusion that consumption is found in every climate. Inhabitants of the frozen regions, and those t who live under the equator, die of consumption. As to the United States there is no doubt that New England has the largest ratio of mortality from consumption. But the difference is slight, and is probably accounted for by her immense cotton, woollen and other great factories, and her very close houses. ? It has been discovered that persons who are condemned to life imprisonment have their years actually prolonged by being provided with food, shelter and raiment, and relieved of all the troubles which assail men who have to look out for themselves. Hence the Italian newspapers are demanding a return to the death penalty on the score of economy. In this country life imprisonment rarely exceeds ten years, the prisoner then being turned loose upon the community to prepare for another term. ? A dispatch of August 3rd, from Vanhof-n, Texas, says : Capt. McMurray with a company of State Rangers, arrived here this morning. He was joined by a number of cowboys and started in pursuit of the escaped Apaches. A company of cavalry has arrived at Camp Rice and is now awaiting orders. The Indians have taken a northerly course and the Rangers are closely pursuing them. The Texas Pacific Railroad Company has furnished a special train for the movement of troops along the line. ? Kentucky never does anything in a half way style. She don't take a back seat on fine looking men nor handsome women, carries the honors for prize bourbon, takes the lead on blue grass, walks the turf proudly with her fleet-footed racers, and when it comes to the barbecue, why, she's just the neplus ultra. At a Democratic barbecue at Lexington, Tuesday, eighty-five oxen,south down sheep and hogs were roasted whole in the trenches, and served out with wagon loads of bread, roast fowls and vegetables, <&c., to a crowd of at least 10,000 persons. ? Hon. William W. Culberston, Republican Representative in Congress from the 9th Kentucky District, attempted suicide in Washington City, on the 30th ultimo, by shooting himself five times in a room in the National Hotel. Two of the shots were in the back of the head and depressed the skull but did not penetrate the Drain. He had been drinking hard recently, and to that circumstance is due is present condi4 tion. The chances are favorable for his recovery. -Ex-Governor Moses of South Carolina, who has, withinthe past two or three years, been several times under arrest on charges of swindling, and who spent some weeks in jail at Chicago, just after the Republican national convention, on a charge of obtaining money bv false pretences from Chicago physicians, claiming to be a Philadelphia doctor, was again arrested Monday night on an allegation of false pretences. The charge comes from Massachusetts this time. Moses was released on a writ 01 naoeas corpus. ? The rescue of the few survivors of the Greely expedition after their long sojourn in the land of eternal ice, is a fearful warning to scientists to let this unknown field alone. The sacrifice of human life is too great for the benefits that may accrue. Greely, though supposed to bo unable to stand the rigors of an artic winter, managed to pull through all right and is now home at last. A number of his comrades were left buried amid the snow and ice. A few bodies however, were brought home by the ships in their alcohol tanks and will be consigned to their last resting place shortly. ? The cholera epidemic at Marseilles and Toulon has abated to some extent, though deaths from the plague are daily reported at both places. At Toulon the physicians fear the return of the people to unhealthy lodgings will cause a fresh outbreak of cholera, and possibly an outbreak of smallpox and typhoid fever. A Marseilles dispatch of Monday says : A fact that the swallows, which migrated at the outbreak of the pestilence, have not yet returned, and that there are no sparrows at all in the city is adduced as evidence that the atmosphere is still vitiated. This migration of birds has made a deep impression upon the public mind and has led to the demand for the purification of the atmosphere by means of bonfires. Between 9 o'clock and '1 to-day there were three deaths here from cholera. ? The Atlanta Constitution says: "It is not generally known, but it istrue, nevertheless, that Georgia came near being tangled up in a Presidential nomination. It is a wellknown fact that Senator Colquitt is a temperance man, as well as a man of the highest moral ideas. For some time before the meeting of the National Prohibition Con | vention he received many and various letj ters and epistles, asking that he allow the use of his name before the Convention of Prohibitionists as a candidate for President. These appeals were all from prominent peoEle, and the Senator was pressed to consent, ut he declined. During the session of the Convention Senator Cola uitt was telegraphed and asked if he would not accept the second place, as he could not accept the first. He replied that he had official duties that claimed his entire time, and he could not accept a place on the ticket." fJatMle tfiqnim. YORKVILLE. S. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1884. THE GREELY EXPEDITION. Commander Schelley's vessels, the Bear and Thetis, of the Greely relief expedition, arrived at Portsmouth, N. H., last Friday morning?one day earlier than they were expected. In consequence thereof, Secretary Chandler ordered the plan of reception arranged for last Saturday to be carried out on Friday, which was accordingly done. Lieutenant Greely's wife and mother had arrived at Portsmouth, besides a great number of distinguished persons who also gathered there to do him honor. In addition to the vessels of the navy and those of the Arctic expedition, merchant vessels took part in the review, and the harbor was filled with private craft. A numerous company of invited guests including many distinguished persons and families of naval officers were carried by naval steam launches to the log ship, Tennessee, on the quarterdeck of which the chief ceremonies were held. Secretary Chandler received the Commanders of the Thetis, Bear and Alert. Lieutenant Greely did not leave his ship, but after an affecting meeting with his wife and mother, who came on board, he was visited by Secretary Chandler and Commodore Luce. After an hour spent in conversation and general handshaking, the commanding officers of the relief ships returned to their vessels. Many were the appeals made by all classes of people to Secretary Chandler to permit them to go on board the Thetis to catch a glimpse of the Arctic hero. Greelv. but these requests were invariably refused. Just before dark, Lieutenant Greely, his wife, mother and brothers-in-law were taken ashore in the acting Admiral's barge, and were driven to the residence of that officer, where they will remain until they go to Newberyport. The other survivors remain on board the Thetis for the present. Gen. Hazen accompanied secretary Chandler on his visit to the relief squadron, and notified the survivors that they would be promoted as soon as they were well enough to occupy the positions that would be opened for them. A Portsmouth dispatch of Saturday says: The Thetis, Hear and Alert, comprising the Greelv relief squadron, will leave Potamouth for New York Tuesday night. This afternoon the survivors of the expedition were landed and put under the care of the War Department, represented by Gen. Hazen. They will rest quietly here to-day and to-morrow. On Monday, great demonstrations in honor of the return of Lieut. Greely will be held. An organization of the naval division which will be landed to participate in the ceremonies of Monday has been completed. The survivors will review the nrocession from the hotel piazza. It has been decided to keep them at the navy yard for medical treatment and supervision for a couple of weeks. They are in good condition, but have gained flesh faster than strength, hence require rest and watchfulness. A reporter interviewed some of Greely's men to-day, one of whom said: "The greatest loss to the* expedition was when the Kami5man* died. He was able to get game footl for us that we had not the strength and knowledge to get for ourselves. When the reporter asked if they believed other ex peditions would bo sent to the Arctic, one and all" replied: "Yes, and we are all ready to go with them, and could start to-morrow if necessary." Sergt. Brainerd said that the party did not suffer much on the journey down from' Lady Franklin Bay, there having been but little inconvenience from cold. "It was when we began to stir,' he said "that we began to suffer." When the parties asked him if the Greely party could have gone still further north than they had, Sergt. Brainerd replied that it would have been very difficult. "A ship," he said, "certainly could not have gone further north. The ice would open and close so rapidlv that the vessel would surely have been nipped and crushed had the passage further north been attempted. "The same ice conditions," he said, "would prevent sledging northward, because where the ice was opening so often it would have been of great danger to life." When asked as to whether future Arctic expeditions would succeed in finding the North Pole, Sergt. Brainerd said he did not believe this would be accomplished. "Nor do I believe," said he, "that any explorer will ever reach a higher latitude than the Greely expedition did." A tyoxtt 4 t pdauPjut Tlnvsnv A nnr II 1 1VV.U X X^xx J.... agtaph having appeared in several of the State papers recently to the effect that Capt. F. \V. Dawson, managing editor of the Charleston News and Courier, has Senatorial aspirations, that gentleman makes prompt denial of the statement, in the following words, telegraphed last Thursday from New York, where he was when he first became aware of the circulation of the paragraph in question : I have just learned that a paragraph has appeared in some of the newspapers of South Carolina saying that it is reported that I am ambitious to be Gen. Hampton's successor in the United States Senate. It is due to myself to say that, in my judgment, Senator Hampton deserves to be, and will be, his own successor, and that, furthermore, I am not a candidate for any public office, high or low, and will not accept any such, at this time or hereafter. South Carolina can command my services whenever there is work to be done for the public good ; but I have no ambitions or hopes outsideof my profession as a journalist, and for such services as I am able to render, I desire and can accept no other reward than the confidence and good will of ray fellow-citizens. F. w. Dawson. ? ? ?. A Railroad Programme.?Capt. F. W. Dawson, of the News and Courier, recently met Col. A. B. Andrews, a prominent railroad man of North Carolina, and as the outcome of their conversation, Captain Dawson communicates to his paper the following: I met President Andrewsof the Western North Gjiroiina Railroad, the line which is now in op eration from Salisbury to Waynesville and Warm Springs, and to a point nearly thirty miles west of Waynesville on the Ducktown branch. The engineering dilliculties were immense, but the worst of them have been overcome, and by September 1 more than thirty additional miles of I road beyond Wavnesville will have been eon- j i structed in accordance with the agreement with ; the State. The obligation to build a given num- : her of miles of railroad west of Waynesville by i September 1 is, I am informed, the immediate ! cause of the hitherto unaccountable delay in I I building the railroad from Hendersonville to | Ashevillo, which, with the exception of a few i miles, is graded and ready for the ties. It is in- i | tended to operate the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad jus a part of the Western North Carolina j Railroad, and Colonel Andrews hopes to begin I work upon it this fall. There would not be so \ I much loss of time, but for the imperative neees- , I sity of concentrating all the available force, this , summer, on the Ducktown branch." The Canvass in Chester.?Voters in i Chester have propounded through the coun| ty press the following questions to the Leg' islative candidates in that county : 1?If elected, will you vote for an appropria- I ! tion for the Citadel Academy. If so, why ? 2?Are you in favor of continuing the Railroad ! Commission ? If so, why ? :j?Are you in favor of the repeal of the lien ! ! law ? If you are, please give your reasons. | 4?Will you favor a modification or the en: tire abolition of the Trial justice system ? If not, j i why not ? 5?Do j'ou favor the repeal of the law which exempts manufacturers from being taxed ? If ! . you do, why so ? : * 6?Are you in favor of an appropriation to complete the State House ? If not, why not ? j 7?Is it right, think you, to tax both the mortgagor and the mortgagee on the same property ? THE DYNAMITERS ON TRIAL. The trial at Warwick, England, of the men charged with causing, for felonious purposes, the recent dynamite explosions in England was concluded last Friday. McDonnell, who pleaded guilty to the charge of treason and felony, was released on bail, to appear at any time he may be called for by the officers of the crown. James Eagan was sentenced to penal servitude for twenty years and John Daly for life. Daly's defense of himself was very able. He argued that nothing had been proved against him, except that he had borne an assumed name. But the Queen moved about under an assumed name. Why had he not as good a right ? He asked for justice, not mercy. He was gratified that he was on trial before Englishmen. There was no clap trap, as in Ireland. The prosecution, he said, had failed to show that he had joined in the plot to coerce the government. Daly denounced the detectives and officials of Dublin Castle. The latter, he said, had reduced Dublin to the condition of Sodom and Gomorrah. He admitted having burned nitro glycerine in a garden, and that he had explosivesin his possession, but he contended that this tact did not constitute treason and felony. Acknowledged the Compliment.? Governor Cleveland was elected a member of the "iiacheJors' protective union," a social club of Winnsboro, and on the 23rd of July, Mr. G. W. Ragsdale, the secretary of the club, notified him of the fact. The following acknowledgment was promptly returned under date of July 26th : Dear Sir?I have received your letter of the 23rd instant, containing the very complimentary resolutions of your club. Please convey my thanks to your friends for the flattering assurances of support they give me. Very truly yours, " Grover Cleveland. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? William Denton, of Lancaster county, has a five-acre patch of cotton that he would not sell for $300. ? Winnsboro News, Saturday: We are glad that we were in error about the burn ing of the mills of Mr. A. B. Douglass, near Blackstock. The building did take fire on the morning it was reported to have been burned, but Mr. Douglass and his hands succeeded in extinguishing the flames and saved the mills. ? At the last session of the Legislature an Act was passed authorizing the Town Council of Gergetown to provide a system for the registration of births, deaths and marriages within the limits of the town of Georgetown. At its meeting last Thursday, the Council fixed the salary of the Registrar at $200 per annum and elected Mr. LeGrand G. Walker to the position. ? At 40 minutes past 3 o'clock last Saturday afternoon the Saluda cotton mills, situated 2? miles from Columbia, were discovered to be on fire, the fire originating in the loft of the building, and supposed to be the result of accident. The destruction of the building was complete. About 150 operatives are thrown out of employment. The loss is estimated at $150,000, covered by $118,000 insurance in various companies. ? 1 V ? - T 1 ? rne uoiurauia jxeyusitr itiiuua num reliable authority that typhoid fever prevails to a great extent along the track of the cyclone which passed through Fairfield county last spring. Several deaths have occurred in families attacked by the fever, and physicians have noted it is a singular fact that a majority of typoid fever cases are confined to the stretch of country visited by the cyclone. ? An official in the postal service has enumerated the postofflce3 in this State, the result of which he furnishes us for publication. There are, up to to the present date, 808 postoffices in tne State, distribnted as follows: Abbeville, 29; Aiken, 24; Anderson, 32; Barnwell, 25; Beaufort, 14; Berkeley, 27; Charleston 3; Chesterfield, 1G; Clarendon, 14; Colleton, 27; Chester, 18: Darlinntnn Ifi. TTV1 nrnfl ol f] AH- "F" fl 1 rfi f>lfl . 22 ! nugiuu, .ivy , uugvv.v., 7 j , Georgetown, 10; Greenville, 38; Hampton, 24; Horry, 19; Kershaw, 8; Lancaster, 25; Laurens, 32; Lexington, 29; Marion, 4G; Marlboro, 12; Newberry, 19; Oconee, 24; Orangeburg, 19; Pickens, 25; Richland, 9; Spartanburg, 52; Sumter, 23; Union, 26; Williamsburg, 22; York, 23. ? Says the Carolina Spartan: Dr. J. F. Ensor'has been traveling over some of our upper counties in his official capacity, and reports that in Union, Chester and Fairfield the traffic in whisky is increasing. It is not confined to towns and railroads, but it is usual to hear of a man out in the country selling whisky from his house or shop, or on the road. He has lately made thirty arrests in Union county. These lawbreakers are generally poor and ignorant men who would prefer to make one dollar by this unlawful traffic rather than twice that amount by hard labor. In Spartanburg county fewer cases have been reported to him, and the most of this traffic is carried on here in town. White men of bad character and negroes "who are very poor get a flask of whisky and retail it out in alleys at ten cents a drink. In some cases white men buy direct from the negroes, paying them a small amount for their trouble. POLITICAL NOTES. ? The Prohibitionists of Maine repudiate St. John, the nominee for President of that Dartv. and erive their preference for Blaine. ?The Republicans and Greenbackers of West Virginia have coalesced, with Edwin Maxwell as candidate for Governor. ? Mr. Flower's efforts to be nominated for President by the Democrats is said to have cost him ?350,000. He got four votes in the Chicago Convention. ? Mr. Tilden telegraphed to the huge Democratic ratification meeting at Albany, X. Y., expressing confidence of Cleveland's election and promising his hearty co-operation in securing; it. ? John M. Allen, the Democratic candidate for Congress in the first District of Mississippi, is said to have entered the Confederate army at the age of fourteen and carried a musket for four years. ? Gen. Perry, the Democratic nominee for Governor of Florida, is a New Englander by birth, settled in Florida before the war, and served with distinction in the Confederate army. ? Gov. Cleveland grasped the situation when he said, in response to the address of the committee that notified him of his nomination : "We go forth not merely to gain a partisan advantage, but pledged to give to those who trust us the utmost benefits of an honest administration of national affairs." ? A dispatch from Albany says: Governor Cleveland has written a letter to prominent Democrats who purchased a cottage for him at Long Branch, thanking them for the honor, but declining to accept it. He will pass the remainder of the summer at Albany, with a few days at Saratoga. ? Thomas D. Johnson has been nominated I in the Asheville, N. C.,district, for Congress, ! over Gen. Robert Vance and Mr. Robbins. j Gen. Vance is the present member, in tne i Charlotte district, Judge Bennett was unan- j imously nominated on the first ballot with-, out opposition. Two years ago he was! elected as Congressman at large. ? The editor of the New York Freeman's j Journal has examined Cleveland's public j record, and, with rather reluctant, but \ characteristic candor, admits that there is j nothing in his political career to prevent j Irishmen or Catholics from voting for him. ! Indeed, the writer rather prefers him to Mr. Blaine. This authoritative declaration j ought to disabuse the minds of many prejudiced persons who are condemning the Governor without just cause. ? There is frankness, sincerity and honesty in all that Governor Cleveland said in accepting the nomination, and his brief and modest speech may well be .termed a platform itself. No one can read the Governor's remarks without feeling that he fully realizes the great responsibility that has fallen upon him, and that if he should be ; elected to the Presidency, we will have a j manly, straight-forward, pains-taking and thoroughly honest Executive. Judging it by what he has said at Albany, his formal j letter of acceptance will be a model one in I in its style, and in the simple earnestness of its treatment of the great public questions of the day. ? A Democratic member of Congress who has recently visited New York, on return- j ing to Washington, told a reporter that he had, while there, a long talk with Mr. Kelly. He says Kelly admitted his disappointment at the nomination of Cleveland, and reiterated his opinion that the latter is a weak candidate, but he said Tammany would support the ticket. Mr. Kelly declared that he was laboring quietly to bring the workingmen of Tammany around to Cleveland. Pie said they were bitter against the head of the ticket, and that at first they refused to listen to any argument in his favor. He added that he hoped to persuade that element of Tammany to consent to support Cleveland, and that formal action in the ratification of the ticket would be taken. He gave the difficulty of dealing with the workingmen as his excuse for delaying his formal declaration of allegiance to the party nominees. ? A Saratoga dispatch of July 31st says: This has been another eventful day for the Democracy. Cleveland and Plendricks have met and conferred for the first time. There was no display, no noise, music or fireworks. All was as quiet as though two ordinary citizens were exchangingsocial calls. Governor Hendricks had so intended. To be sure he had passed through Albany in coming to Saratoga, but this was the evening before the committee was to notify both candidates of their nomination and he thought it best to postpone his first call on the head of the ticket until after the formal notification had taken place. As soon as this was over, Governor Hendricks notified ^ i ?* i i l. governor uieveianci mar newouiu visinuin to-day and pay his respects. It was so arranged. The candidate for Vice President on the Democratic ticket left here on the rhgular train for Albany. He was accompanied by Col. Fordice, of Arkansas and Col. E. 1). Bannister, of Indiana. There was nothing notable in.^he.trip. ?The State canvass in North Carolina opened at Newton last Saturday. Gen. Scales, the candidate of the Democratic party, led off in a speech of an hour and a quarter's length and was followed by York, Liberal Republican, both making rejoinders of fifteen minutes. The meeting had been extensively advertised, and people amountting to several thousand, were present from the adjoining counties. The Democratic campaign club had erected a pole eighty-six feet high on which was displayed to the breeze a beautiful National flag, and another on which was "Cleveland, Scales and Reform." Scales, in the opening of his speech, confined himself almost exclusively to State politics, and showed why it was to the interest of the people to continue the Democratic party in power. York was listened to attentively, but soon evidenced that he was no match for his competitor?Scales being familiar with the State and Federal politics, and handling York with much ability. York stood on the Republican platform at Chicago and favored the election of Blaine and Logan, thus narrowing down the contest between the Democratic and Republican parties. Much enthusiasm was created among the Democrats in favor of the State and National tickets. The Republican coalition and liberal fusion amounts to little. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? It is stated that a sale of 12,000 acres of land was made the other day in Caldwell county, to Boston capitalists. ? The North Carolina State Fruit Fair opened in Goldsboro on the 30th. An address was delivered by Governor Jarvis. The display of fruits was magnificent, and the fair was a grand success. ? The North Carolina State Department of Agriculture receives most gratifying reports of the crops from nearly every section of the state. The outlook is gratifying, and it looks as if the crops, taking them all j around, will be equal to those of any year since the war. ?The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Itailroad has been completed to Shoe Heel, and connection was made there last Thursday with the Carolina Central. Bennettsville, S. C., is the next point aimed at. On the other end of the road track-laying will soon commence between Greensboro and Walnut Cove, the iron for that purpose having already been purchased. ? Says the Lenoir Topic: It is a singular! fact that the first cotton ever sent abroad j was raised in Burke county. John Ruther-1 ford, Sr., who had learned the hatter's trade | in the old country, raised the cotton as an experiment, picked it and packed in bags, carried the crop to Charleston, S. C., in his wagon and shipped it to England to test its value as a fibre compared with flax, for making cloth. ? The Monroe Enquirer reports the following shocking confession made by Mrs. Frances Stegall, who died in Union county (N. C.) a few days ago: On her deathbed j elm mnrle ? sfrirtlinc confession to the effect i that 30 years ago she killed her husband by pouring melted lead into his ear. At the time of her death Mrs. Stegall was about 70 years old. Her husband came home drunk on that eventful night 30 years ago and she killed him by pouring the lead into his ear. No suspician of foul play was ever entertained. The neighbors supposed that he had died in a drunken stupor, his body was i buried and he was soon forgotten. His wife survived him 30 years, but at the end her conscience rebelled, and the burden of a [ secret that she had carried so long was cast j off be/ore the grave could claim her. ? Says the Lincoln Press of last Saturday: Our readers will doubless remember that a few weeks ago we published in these col- j umns an account of the horrible death a: young son of Moses Stroup, of Gaston county, whose death was caused by being dragged j by a runaway team. Last Monday Mr. ! Stroup was hauling lumber with this same j pair of mules. In going with his empty j wagon to the mill for lumber Mr. Stroup's j foot was caught between the wagon axle 1 and a stump and badly hurt. On his return j with a load of lumber and in going down a hill the mules ran away. Mr. Stroup at- j tempted to spring from the wagon, but be- j ing disabled by his wounded foot could not' jump clear of the wheels and consequently j received painful and serious injuries, the : worst wound being a horrible gash on his ! arm and shoulder. His condition is critical, j The Gallows.?Last Friday was a busy i day with the hangman, no less than seven criminals making their exit, by means or j the executioner's noose, from the scenes of . 7 l their sublunary exploits. At Edgefield, in this State, Wilson Ste-' vens, colored was launched into eternity. | In November last he mqrgerid H. M. Steif- j er, an old man andfva'^pedler, near Herlong's Mill, in that county, under eircum- j stances of peculiar atrocity. His execution I was conducted privatetly, as was required ! by law, and but few persons were present. ! The gallows was erected over the flight of stairs that leads to the second story of the jail; j The trap door was supported by an upright: scantling with a hinge in the middle. The j gallows gave a fall of four and a half feet and was so constructed that the trap was sprung by a wire which was run through the adjacent wall, and was so arranged that the executioner was concealed from the gal- i lows. The execution of Stephens passed off without any hitch whatever in the arrange- j ments. His neck was broken by the fall. , He confessed that he was guilty of the crime for which his life paid the extreme penalty. Alexander Jefferson, colored, was hanged in New York city for the murder of another colored man. At Cambridge, Maryland, Fred. Cephus, colored, was hanged for the murder of Mrs. Celia Bush Murphy, on the 7th of April j last. lie confessed the crime. Frank Williams, colored, who shot and . killed his wife in a cotton field last October, and seriously wounded her daughter, was : hanged at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in thepresenee of a great number of people. George Smith, Asbury and George Hughes,; all white and under 25 years of age, were i hanged at Scottsboro, Ala. They were con victed of burning the house of Henry Porter on Sand Mountain. It was the first instance of the death penalty being enforced for ar-1 son in the first degree in that State. They were all baptized just before they left the j jail. George Hughes tried to inflame the j crowd by a speech from the jail window i and succeeded in creating considerable feel- j ing. Smith and Asbury Hughes all made I short addresses from the jail window, both denying their guilt, but the former confessing to other cri mes. They mounted the gallows with a firm step. At 1 o'clock the drop fell and they died with but few struggles. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Jos. Thornburg?Steam Engineand Saw Mill for j Sale. May & May?Wanted?S. S. S. John C. Kiiykendal?Faith and Works. L. M. Grist?For Sale. Parish, McKnightcfe Co.?Especial Sale. H. F. Adickes?1500 Pairs. T. IJ. MeClain & Co.?Unprecedented Bargains. T. S. Jefferys?Agricultural Hall. Rev. J.C. Wheat, I). I)., Principal, Winchester, Va.?Episcopal Female Institute. W. E. Stoney, Comptroller-General?Insurance License. H. A. D. Xeelv, Treasurer?Tax Notice?1883. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C'.?SheritPs Sale. Joseph F. Wallace, Administrator?Application i for Discharge. E. N. Crawford, F. D. Williams and W. G. j Campbell, Agents?To All Whom It May Concern. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1885. We will furnish the Enquirer from this date j until January 1st, 1885, for JjU.OO, the cash in all | i cases, to accompany the subscription. THE JUDICIAL CONVENTION. The Chester Reporter announces that the Judicial Convention of this Circuit will be held in Chester on the 13th instant. This, we think, is erroneous. If any such appointment has been i made, it is without the knowledge of our county chairman. THE TRANSCRIPT. We have received the first and second numbers of a neat little semi-weekly bearing the above title, the publication of which has been commenced at Black's, in this county, by Britton Bros. The Transcript gives evidence that it will be a worthy candidate for public support, and we wish it the most abundant success. CHURCH NOTICES. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at 10.30 A. M., and 8.30 P. M., next Sunday. The pastor will also conduct seryice at Templeton's School-house at 4 P. M.,on the same day. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Morning and communion service at 11 o'clock A. M., next Sunday. In the afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the rector will hold a mission service at the Poor House. Evening service at 8 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pastor. Services at Mt. Vernon next Sunday. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Service in the church at Yorkville next Sunday, at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 9.30. SALES DAY. Monday last was sales-day for August, and | notwithstanding there were no judicial sales ad| vcrtised for the day, there was an unusually i large crowd in town. This is accounted for by I the fact that crops generally are laid by and I the farmers have a little leisure time which was : improved by meeting in town and comparing notes. Candidates were nresent in full force, and, to use a favorite expression of one of the number, each one was busily engaged in "dead! ening timber" for the approaching primary clec| tion. They were as affable as candidates could j be and the people were in a pleasant humor; 1 so that handshaking proceeded uninterruptedly, I compliments passed, and while there was no I public speaking, taken altogether, it was a fieldday in local politics. BRIEF MENTION. About the hour that this paper goes to press [ the Congressional Convention jor this district I will have been called to order in Lancaster. SevI eral persons wont from this place on Tuesday I to attend the Convention. We learn that Mr. Oliver J. Ilart, Jr., whose appointment to a clerkship in Washington we noticed hist week, has been assigned to duty in the money order division, Sixth Auditor's office. Mr. R. M. Whitesides has sent us some mammoth Irish potatoes of his raising. Three of them weighed four pounds. The past few days have been favorable to the growing crops, and we hear but little complaint from the farmers. The primary canvass opens by authoritative appointment, at Rock Hill, next Monday. Mr. S. W. Alexander, manager of the Cerro Plnnriiin Afille nmir TTilL in tills - ) *7 7 county, lias favored us with a sack of the excellent Hour made at those mills, of which Mr. S. D. Simril is proprietor. A THE COURT HOUSE. The work of painting the Court House has been completed, and the building now presents a fine appearance, creditable to the county. Every portion of the house was painted, inside and out; several needed repairs in woodwork and masonry were made, and two rooms in the west end were converted into three, with a new window in the centre room. This was a change much needed, and will add greatly to the convenience of jurors, and by the increased light and ventilation, add to the comfort of those occupying the court-room. The painting, which was by far the most important part of the improvements, was done by Nelson Davies, and he has faithfully performed his part of the contract. He applied to the entire outside wall one more coat ot paint than thespecifications required, thereby securing more satisfactory results, and to all the details in finishing he was equally careful. His work is admirably done; and while the people of the county are to be congratulated upon the improved appearance of their Court House, the county commissioners are no less deserving the thanks of the people for their action in this longneglected but needed work. THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION. A meeting of the assistant commissioners appointed for York county, to procure native products and articles for exhibition at the World's Cotton Exposition in New Orleans, was held in the Court House on Monday last. Dr. John G. Black was called to the chair, and T. W. Clawson requested to act as secretary. After discussion, it was decided to divide the labor among the different members, giving to each a special department, with the hopo that each one might be able to interest his neighbors in the work, and thus render the exhibit from York worthy of the county. In accordance with this plan, the following appointments were made for the respective departments named: Wheat?Iredell Jones; Oats?A. H. White; Corn?S. L. Blair; Grasses and Fruits?T. W. Clawson; Minerals?J. A. Deal, Dr. John G. Black; Woods?J. Leander Adams, Dr. A. P. Campbell, Henry Massey; Cotton?James M. Williford, Samuel E. White; Vegetables?John S. Bratton, T. W. Campbell. J. A. Deal and Dr. T. C. Robertson were appointed to procure and forward a survey of the waters of Broad and Catawba Rivers, in York, showing the water-powers, mill-sites, etc., of these rivers in the county. As the .collection of a proper exhibit of the specimens of woods and cereals would necessarily involve some outlay of money, it was resolved that each member of the commission be empow ered to take up a subscription in his neighborhood, for the purpose of defraying these expenses. The members of the commission are enthusiastic in the work before them, and with the aid and co-operation of the citizens of the county an exhibit may be made at the New Orleans Exposition which will be creditable alike to York and the entire State. ?J?J The State Campaign.?The State Democratic Executive Committee met in Columbia Wednesday night of last week, and remained in session until midnight. Thirteen of the twenty-one members were present. This was the first meeting of the campaign. The session was very interesting. Reports made by members from every quarter of the State were to the effect that tlie National and State tickets were heartily approved, and that no disaffection whatever, existed in any quarter. The party is solid. It was the general opinion that from the present appearances the Radicals would not put up a State ticket, but would bitterly contest the electoral vote. It was determined to make a thorough canvass of the State and hold campaign meetings in every county, and that the campaign begin not earlier than September 1. It wasnotdecided at what point to begin the campaign meetings, or at what date. This will be determined by the committee at a subsequent | meeting, which will be called by the chair-1 man, (Gen. Izlar,) and will probably be held ! towards the last of August. The State offi- j; cers will not be required or expected, as' heretofore, to address the voters of every county, but there will be appropriate meet-1 < ings in each of them nevertheless. The question of the manner and plan of the campaign was referred to a committee i on canvass, of which Mr. George D. Bryan, j! of Charleston, is chairman. The committee 1 on finance is headed by J. W. Williamson, I of Darlington, one of the best organizers in the State. The chairman of the committee on printing is Capt. F. W. Dawson, of Charleston, and the chairman of the committee on campaign documents, &c., is Col. George W. Croft, of Aiken. Various financial details were arranged by the committee. Although no decision was announced, it was said to he the general sentiment of thecommittee that a Democratic candidate should be run against the notorious Smalls in the Black District. Smalls has reason to be alarmed. The meeting was entirely satisfactory, and the committee are sure of a regular South Carolina majority for the National ticket if the Democracy remain alert.?News and Courier. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, August 5.?A meeting of the Chester Democratic Club was held, in the Court House on last Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of electing managers of the primary election at this box. G. W. Gage, Esq., the President of the Club, was authorized to appoint the managers. A considerable discussion arose a3 to the propriety of receiving as members of the Club and allowing the same to vote at the primary election a number of colored men whose names had been added to the list of Democratic voters. There were those who held that colored men should not participate in the nomination of Democratic candidates unless they had given unmistakable evidence of their allegiance to the Democratic party. The requirement was deemed necessary that they must vote with the party at one general election before being allowed to take part in va democratic primary. It was left to a committee to examine the record of those colored men whose names had been added to the poll list, and strike from the list the names of such as were deemed unworthy of joining in the primary election. A big picnic was given at Aurora Academy, near Corn well's Turn Out,on last Thursday. A large crowd was present from different portions of the county, and everybody appeared to enjoy the occasion extremely. The p-nnd nennle nf RIackstoeks townshin o L x - - & entertained their friends in handsome style, and everything was done to make the day one of pleasure to all who attended. The candidates were out in force and of course were zealous in asking the important question, "how is your wife and how are you." Before the speaking began a game of baseball was played between the Halsellville Blackstocks clubs. The game resulted in a victory for the Blackstocks club. The playing was very good, and was witnessed with much pleasure by a large number of spectators. The orators of the occasion were the candidates for the Legislature, Messrs. F. T. Morgan, R. T. Mockbee, S. P. Hamilton, J. L. Glenn and W. R. Davie. As I have already informed the public as to the views of these gentlemen respecting many important questions that will come before the next Legislature it is not necessary to repeat their opinions in this correspondence. The most enjoyable feature of the picnic was the dinner, which was all that could be desired. The good things that loaded down the tables gave abundant evidence of the ability of the ladies of Blackstocks and Halsellville townships to prepare in a proper way what tickled the palate and pleased "the inner man." A heavy rain storm came up in the afternoon which threw a considerable damper, literally as well as figuratively, upon the enjoyment of the picnicers. It was my pleasurure to spend the night before the picnic with my good friend. Mr. John Ross. Major S. P. Hamilton ana myself were the recipients of his warm hospitality. Fort Lawn was the scene of a lively gathering on Saturday. The good people of that section of the county gave the candidates and all who chose to attend the pleasure of a picnic. A large crowd was present on the occasion, which proved one of great enjoyment to all present. There was a goodly array of candidates on hand. Those for the Legislature indulged in their usual speech making. They answered the following questions : If they favored an appropriation for the Citadel Academy, also an appropriation for completing the State House and the Columbia Canal, if they favored the repeal of the lien law, the exemption of manufacturers from taxation for ten years, and the levying of a tax on both the mortgagor and mortgagee. After the speaking the ladies spread out on the table a splendid dinner, which was partaken of with great joy by all. The Lewisville Band dispensed music on the happy occasion. The Jordan Brothers, Messrs. McFadden & Davison and Mr. Thomasson are merchandising at Fort Lawn, and doing 1 well. On last Sunday very interesting religious services were held at Caper's Chapel in honor of the establishment of Methodism in this country. Several preachers and a large number of people were present on the happy occasion. Mrs. Eliza Melton, an old lady of our town, died the first part of last week. She had been a great sufferer for many weeks. Mr. Hugh White, an estimable citizen of | our town, was seriously hurt last week while - j. L!, i IT:,, uI,-:., 1 riuing in ins uuggy. xiio uuisc, uiiviug fright, ran away with the buggy, and he was thrown out, sustaining serious injury. : Next Tuesday is the day for the primary , election in this county. The candidates are ; glad of the near arrival of the time when 1 their fates will be decided. A very large . vote will doutless be cast, and the election , will be exciting. j In portions of our county fine rains have j fallen within the past few days, and crops are looking splendidly. In other portions rains have oeen light, and crops are begin- j ning to suffer. m. MERE-MENTION. | It is now thought that there will be 50 millions bushels more wheat made thisyear < than at any previous time. In 18G1 the cost of transporting a bushel of wheat from Chicago to Liverpool was G9 cents ; this year it i has been carried between the same cities for 15 cents. Lightning struck a house near < Maryvilie, Kansas, last Sunday night, kill ing the four daughters of Nathan Miller, aged respectively 17,15, 9 and7 years, while asleep in bed. The coal area of Tennessee is estimated as comprising 5,100 square . miles. Governor Abbott, of New Jersey, has appointed Miss Mary F. Seymour, , commissioner of deeds. She is the first woman who ever took testimony in a court in that State. Tremendous rains have caused disastrous freshets with some loss of life and much of property in Cumberland county, Maryland. The sum of $20,000 ! is distributed annually from the treasury of New York city among the deserving desti- J tute blind of that city. The number of this class in the city is 485. During the past week rain has fallen in some portions of the north and east of Texas, and while more is needed in many parts of the State, indica- . (innonm fV>\rnrn hip for nn flV??rA?re CrOD Of cotton. The Baldwin locomotive works in Philadelphia were burned last Monday night, involving a loss of $150,000. The fire is supposed to have been caused by s lightning. ( Blaine and the South.?There is one paragraph in Mr. Blaine's letter of acceptance that is characteristic of the man. He says : "The South needs capital and occupation, and not controversy." ! The truth of the declaration cannot be l questioned, but that it is made by Mr. Blaine A is sufficient to excite the risibilities of any ( one who is familiar with his past record. [ There is no man now in public life who did a more to keep open the sores made by the civil war than did Mr. Blaine; none labored so assiduously to keep alive issues that the " people wished to bury. The "bloody shirt" has always been a! chief stock in trade with him, and he lost j no opportunity to flaunt it, whether in the , , House, the Senate, or on the stump. The | carpet-baggers, who robbed theSouth so long i and mercilessly, had no stronger champion | j than he ; full many a tilt did the "Plumed j t Knight" ride in their behalf. Under these t circumstances, his desire that the issues of t the war should be closed, and that controversy should cease, is very amusing, and would be more so if it were not just a trifle . humiliating to think that a demagogue of this stripe may become President.?Exam- ? iner. t A CARD FROM JOSEPH BLACK, ESQ. From a recent publication in the Yorkville Enquirer, I have felt called on to publish the following papers, which will best explain themselves. I pronounce the insinuation or allegation that I have ever affiliated with or sympathized with the Radical party as utterly false and without foundation. Never having sought office at the hands of my own party, I have attempted to serve the Democracy to the best of my ability and shall do so in future. I here denounce the whole thing as an attempt on the part of two or three personal enemies in this section to injure my standing in tie county. Jos. Black. As shown by the following, some of the persons who signed the petition, were inveigled into doing so, and four, at least, never signed the paper: To the County Democratic Executive Committee: We desire to say that we signed a petition that was in circulation asking for the appointment of J. A. Deal instead of Joseph Black on your Executive Committee, because of a personal choice; and we did not know that Joseph Black's loyalty to the Democratic party v/as questioned in said petition as we signed it without reading it, and upon reoresentation made by the party present ing the petition. M. C. Byars, J. F. Whisonant, Peter Pruitt, H. Gibson, R. R. Darwin, C. Q. Webber, A. H. ** Moore, W. Brandon, Robert F. Gibson, R. J. Starnes, T. P. Whisonant, Jr., John Starnes, R. W. Moore, Roan Gibson, Ben Bowlin, W. A. McDaniel, Lewis Bollin. South Carolina?York County. Personally appeared before me Jonathan Moore, who, being duly sworn, says that his name was placed on the petition presented by D. D. Gaston? W. R. Lipscomb and others to the County Executive Committee, bringing charges against Joseph Black, was placed there without his knowledge or authority and he pronounces it a forgery. (Signed) Jonathan Moore. Sworn to and subscribed before me. W. A. Jackins, [Seal.] Notary Public. Black's Station, S. C., July 2(5, 1884. To R. IT. Qlenn, Chairman of the County Executive Committee: I desire to state that I signed a petition asking for the substitution of J. A Deal for that of Joseph Black 011 the Executive Committee was done under a misapprehension of the facts. It was stated to me that the petition was not to displace Joseph Black, but that Joseph Black did not desire to serve. I also know that Henderson Martin, W. J. D. Williams and others signed the paper under the same misapprehension. M. C. Byars. Test: J. B. Ross. I never signed my name to a paper that was presented to the County Executive Committee, asking the removal of Joseph Black from said committee and the appointment of J. A. Deal; the signature of my name to that paper was unauthorized and without my consent. ? John A. McGill. I never signed my name to a paper that was presented to the County Executive Committee asking removal of Joseph Black, on said committee and the appointment of J. A. Deal, and the signature of my name to that paper was unauthorized. A. J. McGill. I did not sign my name to a petition that was presented to the Countv Executive Committee asking the removal of Joseph Black 011 said committee, and the appointment of J. A. Deal in his place. The signature of my name to this petition was without my knowledge or consent. Thomas McGill. The following shows the popular feeling of the Democratic voters at this precinct : To the County Democratic Executive Committee : We, the undersigned, believe Joseph Black to be loyul to the Democratic party, and that the petition sent up against him was conceived in personal ill feeling and we ask that he be retained on the Executive Committeeandnoexaininingcommittee is necessary here. M. L. Ross, Junius VV. Thompson, John I. Snrratl, J. B. Ross, J. J. Whisnant, T. P. Whisnant, Sr., A. J. Bridges, J. B. Cashion, R. A. Westbrook, Richard Sansing, Farmer Moore, Daniel Dover, J. D. Goforth, William Carroll, J. F. Smith, William M. Smith, F. N. L. Broom, Joel Green Broom, Josiah Palmer, J. C. Smith, W. F. Broom, James McSwaln, J. A. B. Smith, J. Blanton Moore, J. J. Moss, G. W. Moore, J. L. Broom, D. Cllnc, D. L. Broom. W. S. Byars, P. R. Byars. Jr., J. J. Broom, W. C. Hopper, YV. F. Dye, W. P. Rlppey, J. F. Gibson, William W. Mullinaz, J. C. Webber, W. D. Stirrer. R. B. Starnes, Preston Harmon, C.G. Webber, Joseph Moss, J. G. Webber, W. C. Starnes, G. R. Moore, T. G. Hopper, Hazel Turner, James H. McGill, John D. Moss, D. G. Webber, G. L. White, Robert Moss, G. W. Mullinaz, H. G. Moore, Louis Ramsey, Silas Moss, J. L. Wilson, Robert Moore, A. P. Duncan, Jobn Mulliuax, E. A. McDanlel, Win. Whlsoriant, Ira Hardin. R. S. Stewart, J. J. Jenkins, J. B. Carroll, W J. Beauton, YV. W. Cobb. D. YV. F. Moore, E. M. M. Green, W. J.Cobb, H. M. Moore, J. J. Purseley, 8. T. Brandon, R. A. White, YV. R. Ballin, R. P. Dempsy, YVm. Moss, Wm. Sensing, C. M. Abeniathy, Cort Moss, YVm. A. Westmoreland, J. K. Carpenter, R. M. Wilson, A. R. McDaniel, John Foster, Albert Whisnant, W. T. Sansing, John Montgoui ery, W. J. Reese, J. R. Smith, D. M. Hopper, T. P. Whisonanr. Jr., J. P. Holt, R. A. Moss, J. L. Husky, T. Dixon Moore. YV. H. Hurkmer, A. B. Crosby, Jos. E. Plcxico, S. J. Wilson, N. YV, Moss, G. T. Etters, A. M. Dover, Jason Cannon, T. P. Goforth, T. B. YVhitesldes M. D., G. M. Moss, W. A. Hayden, C. YVIIson. C M. Green, J. G. Holt, G. M. Cline, Jacob Cline, A. F. Moore, 116 voters. Black* SI C., July 27,1884. To the Count)/ Executive Committee: I recommended Joseph Black as my successor from this precinct on the Executive Committee. He is in accord tvith the Democratic party, and has been serving its vice-chairman of this precinct since 1882. The impression is general here that the petition against him Yvas conceived in personal ill-feeling. In recommending Mr. Black for mv successor, I did so without his knowledge or consent. Respectfully, Ira Hardin. Colonel Coward and His Duties.? Some time ago the editor of the Temperance Worker, published in Columbia, wrote an article commenting in severe terms on Colonel Coward's conduct as State Superintendent of Education. This attack was replied to by "York," and wesee the Rev. A. Coke Smith keeps up the fight by replying to "York." Space does not allow us to give the charges and replies, but in behalf of Colonel Coward we say what we think will be endorsed by every School Commissioner in the State, by every one of his old cadets, and there are a legion of them, and by every one who knows the private and public character of Colonel Coward, before the war, as one of the principals of King's Mountain Military School, he showed himself to be a thorough educator in mind and morals; during the war, as a soldier he was in front of the conflict, since the war he returned to his grand work of educating our youth and in all our disaster and poverty, he was one of those who stood by the State and her young men and did what he could for the advancement of both. Two years ago he was called to the position of State Superintendent of Education. This duty he has performed, with his characteristic firmness and attention to detail, and with unremitting ardor has pushed forward all the ideas of his predecessor, our present Governor, and is to-day one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the modern school of educators in the South. He should command the confidence of every one of our people; he uuea vuihujuuu uunui u majority, us pruveu by his unanimous nomination in the State Convention. His course as Superintendent has and will be acceptable to all, except to those who are opposed to the public school system and to a few who had looked with longing eyes to the place he occupies.?Darlington News. v HYMENEAL. Married?In York county, on the 3rd instant, bv Trial Justice W. D. Camp, Mr. CHEVIS COLLINS and Miss CHALA Y TURNER. Roth of Cleveland county, N. C. vf OBITUARY. Died?Near Hickory Grove, S. C., on the 4th ultimo, ISAAC FAIRES, only child of E. S. and Mollie Thompson, aged 1 year 11 months and 10 lays. FOR SALE. 1 N excellent MILK COW with a young calf. i Apply to L. M. GRIST. August i 32 tf steam engine and saw mill for sale. I OFFER for sale privately my STEAM SAW MILL AND ENGINE, both in perfectorder, lituated 1$ miles north-east of Yorkville. By >arly application a bargain may be had. JOS. THORNBURG. August 7 32 3t application for discharge. VTOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, LI Administrator of the estates of CHARLES VIcILWAIN, Sr., deceased, and of JAMES Me[LWAIN, deceased, has made a final settlement ,vith the Judge of Probate for York county, and m Monday, the 8th day of September, next, at 11 >'clock, A. M., will make application for a final liscliarge from liability us Administrator of the ;aid estates. JOSEPH F. WALLACE, Administrator. August 7 32 5t episcopal female institute, Winchester, Vn, REV. J. C. WHEAT, D. D., Principi.l, assisted by a full corps of experienced teachers. The 11th annual session opens September 10,1884. Terms <aa>r moderate. Number of boarders limted. Applications for the vacancies created by he retirement of members of the graduating lass will now be received. Apply for circulars o the principal. J. C. WHEAT. August 7 32 4t* , wanted! rWO good and reliable men can get good employment by addressing or seeing JNO. JAY, Jr., at May May's Drug Store, not later ban the 12th instant.