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Uttmora ?tpartraent. HOW A PRACTICAL JOKER WAS CURED. "No, gentlemen," said Captain Skiddy, decisively, "you don't eafch me taking part i in any practical joke. I went out or that 1 business for good over ten years ago." ] "How was that?" asked a group of beer I exterminators. 1 "Well, it was in the winter of '72, maybe , '78. I was living in Davenport, Iowa, and i a man came 'round there giving balloon as- 1 censions. One day it was advertised the i mayor of the town was going up with him. 1 Now, the mayor of th'e town was a big fat 1 man, who always wore a light suit of clothes i and light hat. This put me in the notion i of working a joke off on the people. I got i acquainted with the aeronaut, and he agreed ? to assist me in the scheme. We then got < an old suit of licrht clothes and fixed up a < dummy, which we filled up with sand, so that it weighed tmout 200 pounds, and would therefore drop Straight and heavy like man. The dayibf the ascension therewtfre over 80,000 peaple on the ground^fla the excitement wis very great. Sifere was a slight wind blowing at the tupreT After the balloon got up about a mij^tnd maybe that far south ofir the towa^hey dropped the dummy ovdr." "Big senntion tjKn, eh?" "Well, / sho^m say so. Of course the crowd riJide Jrbrenk. out of the town to scrape u? thje remains, and I rushed home to get |5Vnshing tackle, for.it struck me that thlr most healthy thing I could do would be to go fishing for a day or two. ' Before I left the house, however, I was arrested for murder." "For murder." "Exactly. A lot of boys, accompanied by the sheriff, rushed in and collared me. < They claimed that the dummy had fallen on a farmer and driven his skull clear . into the heels of his boots. They said that the balloonist had turned State's evidence, ( and the chances were that I'd be hung by a mob before night." "That was rough." "Well, so I thought. I was just scared to death, and I begged the boys to stand by and protect me. I ponied up $50 for legal expenses, and they hid me in the garret of a neighbor's house. They kept me there ten blessed days and there wasn't a day but they struck me for a twenty or two for contingencies. One night the whole gang came round and said they had concluded, as an additional precaution, to hide me in the hollow of an oak tree about three miles out in the woods. I saw through the whole < business then and drove 'em out with a club. It was a square case of the biter bit, I know, but they never let up calling me Dummy Skiddy' after that, until they actually ran me out of town, and I had to emigrate to this jumping off place of creation." And the captain shook his head with a disgusted air and walked out.?Sun Francisco Post. Two Views.?Colonel Clepmore? editor of the Daily Blue, 117ng, went fishing one Sunday and broke his le$. The Rev. Mr. Gidfelt heard of the accident, and in his Sunday evening sermon said: "Here we have a striking example of the 1 ' - " At - ? -1.1* xi recriDuuon ionowing me violation oi tue Sabbath. If Colonel Clepmore had been at church he would not have broken his leg." The following Sunday, as the Rev. Mr. Gidfelt was ascending the steps of the pul?it, he stepped on a piece of orange peel, ropped by a child of the Sunday-school, slipped, fell and broke his leg. The next issue of the Blue Wing contained the following: "Here we have a striking example of the retribution following self-appointed censorship. If the Rev. Mr. Giafelt had been fishing he would not have broken his leg." Arkansas Traveller. Borne in Mind.?"Gem'len, dar am sartin tings dat it am well to b'ar in mind," said the old man as he slowly uncoiled himself and stood up. "De man who boasts dat he can't be convinced by argymeut hain't wuth de trubble o' knockin' down. "De man who flatters hisself upon alius speakin' his mind am de werry pusson who I kicks hardest when criticised. "A shillin' in money am mo to be desired dan a dollar's worf ob credit. "It's much easier to spoil a boy ob ten dan to reform a man ob fo'ty. "A man worf a millyon dollars may be friendless. Yew kin buy praise andflattery, but true frien'ship seldom soars higher dan de poo' man's cabin. "jDe man who sees nuffin' good in de world aroun' him can't have much good in hisself."?Lime Kiln Club. A Well-Known Name.?A resident of the West End recently employed a colored gentleman to clear the winter accumulation of ashes from his cellar, and the job being well done, he summoned the Senegambian to his presence, commended his work, and intimated the possibility of further employment. "Glad to take yo' order, sah," said knnillai. nritK O CnfictioH CTHn "Atlfl uic aou"ii?uuiti j nivuwM?vwtivx.b what is your name?" asked the employer. "George Washington," was the complacent answer. "George Washington ?" pondered the inquirer, quizzically. "Seems to me I have heard that name before." The darky's eyes rolled and his ivories glistened as he delivered the crushing answer: "Golly, boss, tink you orter heard of it befo'. I'se been hollerin' ashes roun' here dese ten yearsBoston Traveller. Temperance Item.?Bill Snort, editor of the Crosby county Clarion and Farmers' Vindicator, was in Austin the other day, and we asked him about the state of morality in Crosby county since the local option law forbidding the sale of intoxicating liquors had gone into effect. "Why there i ain't a prisoner in the county jail. It is as empty as the head of the fellow who is trying to run an opposition paper to mine in i Crosby county." "Is the vacant condition i of the jail owing to the local option law?" ; "That's just it. The sheriff had to go over I in the adjoining county to get drunk, and while he was gone all the prisoners, < about 27 in all, made their escape. Oh, I < tell you, local option is doing wonders for 1 Crosby county."?Texas Si/tings. i ? < A Business Transaction.?Bill was a J country boy, who was doing odd jobs for old ] man Feeling, a down-town wholesale mer- ^ chant, and one day Bill died. It was neces- j sarv to send the remains back to the farm, , and the undertaker came to see Mr. F. about ; it. The old gentleman was busy at his desk j over a lot of bills and orders. < "I've got him all fixed, Mr. Feeling," said the undertaker. . < "That's right. Ship him!" 1 "How must I mark the box ?" . "Oh?ah?let me see"?still looking over , his papers?"just mark it 'Bill inside;' I \ guess that'll do "?Merchant Traveller. | < *ST "So you struck the man because he called you a liar?"said the police judge. "Yes, sir." j "From which I am to infer that you were s not a liar?" i "Oh, no; I was a liar, and am yet. If I f had not been a liar I should have paid no 1 attention to the fellow's remarks. Truth is i so scarce, judge, that when I hear it I can't 1 keep down my enthusiasm."?Arkansaw < Traveller. 1 i Difference in Milk.?Jones?"What a i lot of lunatics there is in this world. A New ] York crank thinks he can live sixty days on i a milk diet." j Smith?"Milk contains all the elements of the human blood. Why do you call that < experimenter a lunatic ?" ' i Jones?"Because he intends to try it with < New York milk." < 1 t&~ "Yes, they are excellent boots," said ] the shoe dealer to the young lady purchaser, i "they will wear like iron." "Do you think j ] the buttons are sewed on securely?" she | j asked. "They are; the boots are supplied 3 with the 'old maid's wedding button,' a i new invention." "Why is it called 'the old i maid's wedding button?" "Because it nev- i er comes off." i j First Old Gentleman: "Who is that i handsome young man standing there?" Second do.: "That's my daughter's hus- i band; very brilliant young man; he made 1 a fortune through the law." First o. g.: l "Indeed!" Second o. g.: "Yes, the law : r iademe his father."?Harvard Lampoon. : f alitial UJiareltaiig. LETTERS TO BE REMEMBERED. Among the so-called" "Mulligan letters" ivith which Mr. Blaine's name nas been so amiliarly associated, says the Woonsocket, El. I., Patriot, are the following, written in lS69to Mr. Warren Fisher, of Boston. They lave been reprinted from the Congressional Record in several newspapers and have lever been explained by Mr. Blaine or his riendsin a way to relieve him of tbe record ipon his official character which their pubicity made clear to all men at the time who lad "heads on their shoulders that could mderstand the English language." It does lot seem possible that a man who, while Speaker of the National House of Representatives could write such letters as these, jould be elevated by the voters of the Unitid States to the highest office in the nation, rhese four letters are not given to the pubic for the first time. They are part of a "ecord that defeated Mr. Blaine's ambition " DntMiKlinon Vo+innol PAniroritinnS lint.il ill J. vcpuuiivan xi wvivuui w*< t ;he Star Route gang captured the convention of the party in 1884, and now demand the support of Republicans on the ground that the party must be saved. Isn't the real question whether the party can live if it cannot find within its ranks men as candiJates for President who are not given to letter-writing of such character as these four letters exhibit?? Augusta, Me., June 29, 1869. My Dear Mr. Fisher: I thank you for the article from Mr. Lewis. It is good in itself, and will do good. He writes like x man of large intelligence and comprehension. Your offer to admit me to a participation in the new railroad enterprise is in avery respect as generous as I could expect or desire. I thank you very sincerely for it, and in this connection I wish to make a suggestion of a somewhat selfish character. It is this: You spoke of Mr. Caldwell's offer to dispose of a share of his interest to me. If he really desires to do so I wish he would make the propostion definite, so that I could know just what to depend on. Perhaps if he waits till the full development of the enterprise he may grow reluctant to part with the share, and I do not by this mean any distrust of him. I do not feel that I shall prove a deadhead in the enterprise if I once embark in it. I see various channels in which I know I can be useful. Very hastily and sincerely your friend, James G. Blaine. Mr. Fisher, India street, Boston. Augusta, Me., July 2, 1869. My Dear Mr. Fisher: You ask me if I am satisfied with thp offer you made me of a share in your new railroad enterprise? Of course I am more than satisfied with the terms of the offer; I think it a most liberal DroDOsition. If I hesitate at all, it is in con siderations in no way connected with the character of the offer. Your liberal mode of dealing with me in all our business transactions of the past eight years has not passed without my full appreciation. What I wrote you on the 29th was intended to bring Caldwell to a definite proposition That was all. I go to Boston by the same train that carries this letter, and will call at your office to-morrow at 12 m. If you don't happen to be in, no matter; don't put yourse'f to any trouble about it. Yours, j. g. b. Mr. Fisher, Jr. Augusta, Me., Oct., 4,1869. My Dear Sir : I spoke to you a short time ago about a point of interest to your railroad company that occurred at the last night of the session, when the bill renewing the land grant to the State of Arkansas for the Little Rock Road was reached, by Julian, of Indiana, Chairman of the Public Lands Committee, and by right entitled to the floor, attempting to put in the bill as an amendment to tne Fremont El Paso scheme, a scheme probably well known to Mr. Caldwell. The House was thin, and the lobby in the Fremont interest had the thing all set up, and Julian's amendment was likely to prevail if brought to a vote. Root and the other members from Arkansas, were doing their best for their own bill, to which there seemed to be no objection, and were in despair, for it was well known that the Senate was hostile to the Fremont scheme, and if the Arkansas bill had gone back to the Senate with Julian's amendment the whole thing would have gone on the table and slept the sleep of death. In this dilemma Root came to me to know what on earth he could do under the rules, for, he said, it was vital to his constituents that the bill should pass. I told hini that Julian's amendment was entirely out of order because not germane. But he had not sufficient confidence in his knowledge of the rules to make the point, but he said Gen. Logan was opposed to the Fremont scheme ancl would probably make the point. I sent my page to tien. L<ogan with the suggestion that lie at once make the point. I could not do otherwise than sustain it, and so the bill was freed from the mischievous amendment moved by Julian, and at once passed without objection. At that time I had never seen Mr. Caldwell, but you can tell him that, without knowing it, I did him a great favor. Sincerely yours, J. G. Blaine. W. Fisher, Jr., Esq., No. 24 India street, Boston. Augusta, Me., Oct., 4,18G9. My Dear Mr. Fisher : Find inclosed contracts of the parties named in my letter of yesterday. The remaining contracts will be completed as rapidly as circumstances will permit. I inclose you part of the Congressional Globe of April 9, containing the point to which I referred at some length in my previous letter of to-day. You will find it of interest to read it over and see what a narrow escape your bill made on that last night of the session. Of course, it was my plain duty to make the ruling when the point was once raised. If the Arkansas men had not, however, happened to come to me when at their wits' ends and in despair, the bill would undoubtedly have been lost, or at least postponed for a year. I thought the point would interest both you and Caldwell, though occurring before either of you engage in the enterprise. I beg you to understand that I thoroughly appreciate the courtesy with which you have treated me in this railroad matter, but your conduct toward me in business matters has always been marked by unbounded liberality in past years, and of course I have naturally come to the conclusion to expect the same of you now. You urge me to make as much as I fairly can out of the arrangement into which we have entered. It is natural that I should do my utmost to this end. I am bothered by only one thing, and that is definite and expressed arrangements with Mr. Caldwell. I am anxious to acquire the interest he has promised me. But I do not *et a definite understanding with him as I r AV r -1- ~ 11 n nave wiin you, i siuui uu m du^iuu m u few days, and shall then have an opportunity to talk matters over fully with you. I mi disposed to think that whatever I do with Mr. Caldwell must really be done through you. Kind regards to Mrs. Fisher. Sincerely. J. G. Blaine. W. F., Jr., Esq. Logan's Black Law.?Gov. St. John, the Prohibition candidate for President, made i speech at Port Jervis, New York, lastSatjraay. In that speech he said that he had ilways been a Bepublican up to the 4th of last June when he became disgusted with the manner in which the convention dodged on the question of prohibition, and he concluded that he would no longer act with a party which exhibited so much moral cowardice, ind was false to the teachings advanced and inculcated when the grand party went into power. He then recalled an incident to illustrate the manner of man John A. Lojan is,thus: "There was a law once in Illinois to the effect that any white person caught in the ict of giving aid or sustenance to any colired man woman or child should be arrested, and, upon proof of the charge, should be thrown into prison for two years. I was practicing law at that time in an Illinois town, when a little colored lad came to my bouse and said: "Please, Mister, won't cou give me something to eat? I haven't had anything to eat in two days." I called my wife and told her to get the boy a big i slice of bread, butter it all over, and get i some meat. "Would it not be better," she i said, to have the boy come into the house, i is everybody seems to be watching us?" 1 j said: "No, I want this people to see that | I am not afraid to give and sustain any of [iod's poor unfortunates." The grand jury was in session at the time, and an indictment was soon found against me for giving sustenance to a negro. I was accordingly irrcsted and brought before the court, and pleaded guilty of the charge, and stated in open court that I would do so again, and whenever I found the laws of man interfering with the laws of God, I would violate the human law every time. The testimony given had the desired effect, and the court announced to the packed court house that he found the prisoner at the bar "not guilty of the charge," and I was set free. The man who was the prime mover and factor in the passage of this bill was none other than John A. Logan, the nominee for Vice-President of the Republican party. CLEVELAND'S LINEAGE. H. G. Cleveland, of Cleveland, Ohio, has furnished for publication the following sketch of the lineage of Grover Cleveland : There came to this country from Ipswich, Suffolk, England, in 163o, a carpenter's ap-~ Srentice by the name of Moses Cleveland, [is master, Edward Winn, a housewright of experience and skill for those days, settler! in Boston, and. after a sojourn in Bos-1 ton and vicinity for a few years he, with young Cleveland, became one of the pioneer settlers of Woburn, Masschusetts, in 1641. In 1643 young Cleveland was made a freeman, and in 1648 he married Ann Winn, the daughter of Edward and Jo-, anna Winn, by whom he had a family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. One of the latter died young, but the others grew to adult age, married and had families. Moses Cleveland filled several responsible positions in the township, to which he was elected by his fellow-townsmen, and was much respected. As the old records show he died there in January, 1702, in the 80th year of his age. His sons were as follows: Moses, Jr., Aaron, Samuel, Edward, Josiah, Isaac and Enoch. The daughters were Hannah, Miriam and Joanna. Ex-Governor Cleveland, of Hampton, Conn., is a lineal descendant of the above Edward, as is also Hon. Orestes Cleveland, of New Jersey. Gen. Moses Cleveland, for whom the city of Cleveland was named, descended from the above Josiah. Lorenzo D. Cleveland, late city architect of Chicago, descended from Moses, Jr. Gen. Alvin P. Horey, late United States minister to Peru, descended from Samuel, &c. The present Governor of the great State of New York, who has just been nominated to be the standard-bearer of the Democratic party in the Presidential canvass of 1884, is a lineal descendant of Aaron Cleveland, the second son of the emigrant Moses Cleveland. In the old cemetery at Woburn may still be found the tombstone of this Aafon Cleveland. His first wife was Dorcas, a daughter of John Wilson and the belle of the place where she lived. By her he had a large family, and among the sons an Aaron Cleveland, for many years a resident of East Haddam, Conn., to which place he emigrated from Woburn, and where he was widely known as Capt. Aaron Cleveland. His wife was a lovely and accomplished lady of Irish parentage?Abigail Waters by name. A large family blessed this union, and the familv name of Aaron was perpet uated in one of their sons, who became a celebrated divine and married Susannah, a daughter of Rev. Aaron Porter, of Medford, 5lass., and where he was a clergyman for several years. A family of cultivated sons and daughters were among the poor clergyman's earthly blessings and the father's and grandfather's and great grandfather's given name was perpetuated by a son, Aaron Cleveland, a distinguished writer and poet of some eel-, ebritv in his day. He married Abiah, daughter of William Hyde, of Norwich, Conn., for his first wife, by whom he had several children. One son, William Cleveland, became a silversmith at Boston and married Margaret, a daughter of Richard Falley, whose father emigrated to this country from the Emerald Isle about the middle of the last century. William Cleveland named one of his sons Richard Falley Cleveland, who studied divinity, married a Miss Anne Neale, of Baltimore, a lady of Irish descent, and was a much esteemed minister in Caldwell, New Jersey, where his son, Stephen Grover Cleveland, was born in 1837. BLAINE AND THE GERMAN ELEMENT. A Washington letter says: "Three weeks ago New York was the battle State of the campaign. While the Blaine managers have been making their combinations to carry that State, the prospect in a number of Republican backbone States in the West and Northwest has changed. And chiefly for two reasons. First, the German vote gave signs of alienation. Blaine's Maine law antecedents have helped to do it. For years Main-elaw politics were, and for aught that appears on the record, are still, Blaine's politics, in Maine at least. If he had a different kind for other regions it don't help the matter much. As the editor of the Kennebec Journal, Blaine preached the Maine law ideas to keep the Republicans in power. They are the ideas topmost there now. "No decent Republican in Maine," says Senator Fry, "is not a Maine-law mau." Of course that includes Blaine. This is what is turning the Germans against him in those States where they are a numerous class, especially west of the Alleghanies. It is no news that the Germans are disposed to stand together for their lager. The attitude and growth of the Prohibition idea has intensified this spirit and compelled them, as they iK ! ?1, " r.Alf d nA Ill 1II is., u; iiut ill sen itcitiivc. While Blaine gets none of the support of the Prohibitionists it is his misfortune to be considered unsound by the brewers and their customers and to have incurred their hostility. The nomination of St. John will take from Blaine large blocks of Republican voters. At present there is no prospect of compensating influences in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, the Republican supremacy in at least some of which States is threatened. The minimum of Republicans in Ohio, who will go for St. John, is placed by thoroughly intelligent Republicans there, speaking calmly and acting in Blaine's interest, at fifteen thousand. It may be much more. Even that number of votes taken from the Republican side creates a danger in Ohio. Last week the case was not far different in the other States named. What will be the case as the canvass progresses is a serious question for Mr. Blaine. It is this that makes New York so much less the battle State than it was. The most certain thing in the canvass is the fact that the Prohibitionists are making headway. Three-fourths, at least, of their recruits will come from the Republican side. At the last election in New York, the liquor question made its mark to the extent of more than thirty thousand votes, when Carr was elected State treasurer, while the Democrats elected the other State officers by from five to twenty thousand. This was an isolated case, relating to a single candidate, mere is no certainty this time, then, about this vote, only the chances are bound to run against the ltepublicans. The saying that at Presidential elections voters sink back into the old party lines is so far from the truth now that previous calculations fail. Blaine's Siiower of Gold.?Speaking of Blaine's $10,000 checks reminds me that he has always made money easily. A venerable citizen of Boston told me not long ago how he was the means of putting $57,000 into Mr. Blaine's pocket without Mr. Blaine ever having invested or risked a cent. The gentleman referred to is Mr. J. M. S. Williams, who was the leading man in the Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railway. The road was built through the usual instrumentality of a construction company and it did not differ from the ordinary construction company of the period. It was very profitable indeed. Mr. Williams allowed his friend, ex-Governor Abner Coburn, of Maine, to take stock in the construction company to the amount of $228,000. Mr. Coburn went in half for himself andhalffor Blaine, he supplying all the money required. By the time he had got $114,000 invested he had $228,000 to his credit. His profits within a short period were one hundred per cent., and Mr. Blaine received as a gift from Messrs. Williams and Coburn the sum of $57,000.? Washington Capital. 86T Ex-Gov. St. John, the Prohibition candidate, says he expects to get at least 30,000 votes in the State of New York. He thinks he will poll a very large vote in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Illinois and Nebraska. In the North he thinks the Prohibition vote will bedrawn principally from the ltepublicans, and will make the result doubtful in some of the Republican States. ?hc |J01MI* (Biqvim. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, $ 2 50 For six months, 1 25 For three months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give postoffice, county and State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or postoffice money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. 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Clover Thursday, August 14. Black's Station Saturday, August 16. Hickory Grove Monday, August 18. Hoodtown Wednesday, August 20. McConnellsville Thursday, August 21. Yorkville Saturday, August 23. The primary election will ho held on MONDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF AUGUST, at each of the voting precincts in the county ; the polls to be opened at 9 A. M., and closed at 5 P. M. The following is a list of" managers to conduct said election: Black's?W. A. Bridges, John S. Mintz, John Moore. Blairsville?T. A. Gwin, J. C. Blair, J. P. Blair. Bethany?Lawson Howell, L. A. McGill, J. L. Davies. Bethel?W. E. Campbell, Win. Stanton, S. S. Smith. Buffalo?Jonathan Moore, Albertis Moore, W. D. Gaston. Bullock's Creek?J. M. Sims, S. M. McNeel, James Ashe. Clay Hill?Andrew Stewart, A. A. Barron, W. J. Neelv. t*?i. wt vr \vr UliirK S r OIK?>V . au. >Y illieaiuca, ?? . >UTOI\ Faulkner, M. V. Moss. Clover?D. J. Jackson, W. D. Moore, R. A. Matthews. Coates' Tavern?A. M. Black, W. T. Anderson, A. K. Smith. Fort Mill?J. A. Withers, L. N. G'ulp, J. H. Coltharp. Hickory Grove?J. Harris Wylie, John M. Morrow, R. K. Seahorn. McConnellsville?F. D. Williams, W. B. Love, W. N. Elder. McElwee's Mill?W. S. Adams, J. R. Logan, R. E. Sadler. Rock Hill?R. J. Hagins, S. A. Fewell, E. R. Mills. Yorkville?J. M. Hope, T. B. McClain, George T. Schorb. Managers of the primary election are respectfully urged to bo prompt in making returns of polling lists and ballots, for the purpose of canvassing roturns, before the Executive Committee at the Court House, by 12 o'clock M., on TUESDAY, AUGUST26th. The rules governing the primary election in 1882 were re-adopted by the County Convention for the government of the approaching election. Rule 3 of "Additional rules reads as follows : H o. All persons known to be in full sympathy with the Democratic party, who will be qualified to voto at the ensuing general election, shall bo entitled to vote at the primary election. The managers, or any bystander, sha ll be entitled to challenge any voter, and put any relevant questions to him as to his right to vote, and the managers shall determine his right to vote, and may accept or reject the voto thus offered. Candidates are notified that NOMINATIONS WILL CLOSE at G o'clock P. M., on TUESDAY, AUGUST 12th, by which time all candidates who expect their names to appear on the primary ballots must pay to the Secretary and Treasurer the sum of six dollars?five dollars for "campaign fund" and one dollar to defray the expense of printing ballots. R. II. GLENN, County Chairman. W. B. McCaw, Secretary. July 31 31 td TAX NOTICE-1883. IN conformity to law, my books will be opened, for final collection of State and countv taxes, on MONDAY THE 1st DAY OF SEPTEMutt'tj ond will Ko closed on and after MONDAY THF 20TH DAY OF OCTOBER. For the accommodation of tax-payers I will meet them at the following places on the days named. At Yorkvillo, Monday 1st, to Saturday 13th day of September, inclusive. At Clover, Monday, loth day of September. At Bethel, Tuesday, Kith day of September. At Clay Hill, (Neely's Store) Wednesday, 17th day of September. At Fort Mill, Thursday 18th, and Friday 19th days of September. At Massey's Store, Saturday, '20th day of September. At Hickory Grove, Monday, 22nd dav of September. At Rainey's Mill, Tuesday, 23rd day of Sep tembor. At J. W. Carroll's Store, Wednesday, 24th day of September. At McConnellsville, Thursday, 2oth day of September. At Yorkvillo, Friday 2<>th, and Saturday 27th days of September. At Bethany, (McGill's Store) Monday, 29th day of September. At Whitaker's, Tuesday, 30th day of September. At Buffalo, (Moore's Cross-roads) Wednesday, 1st day of October. At Black's Station, Thursday, 2nd, and Friday 3rd days of October. At Clark's Fork, Saturday, 4th day of October. At Coates' Tavern, Monday, 0th day of October. At Rock Hill, Tuesday 7th, Wednesday 8th, Thursday 9th, Friday 10th, and Saturday, 11th days of October. And at Yorkville, Monday 13th, to Monday the 20th day of October, inclusive, after which day the 15 per cent, penalty will attach. H. A. I). NEELY, Treasurer. August 7 32 tf APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. NOTICE is horeby given that the undersigned, Administrator of the estates of CHARLES McILWAIN, Sr., deceased, and of .TAMES McILWAIN, deceased, has made a final settlement with the Judge of Probate for York county, and on Monday, the 8th day of September, next, at 11 o'clock, A. M., will make application for a final discharge from liability as Administrator of the said estates. JOSEPH F. WALLACE, Administrator. August 7 32 " 5t ri>iticni> u. IT1HI.F, INSTITUTE. Winchester, Va, REV. J. C. WHEAT, D. D., Principal, assisted by a full corps of experienced teachers. The 11th annual session opens September 10,1884. Terms moderate. Number of boarders limited. Applications for the vacancies created by the retirement of members of the graduating class will now be received. Apply for circulars to the principal. J. C. WHEAT. August 7 32 4t? PI BLKI Sl'KAKIXG. IN addition to tlio appointments for public speaking, made by the County Executivo Committee, in their meeting on the 28th instant, candidates make the following appointments, at which times and places they will be pleased to meet their fellow-citizens: Clay Hill Wednesday, August 13. Bethany Friday, August 1">. Blairsville Tuesday, August 19. Antioch, (Blackjacks) Friday, August 22. July 31 31 tf JAMES F. ItART. OEO. W. S. HART. HART & HART, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkvillc, S. C. Gi EO. W. S. HART, Notary Public, and ComI" missioner of Deeds for Arkansas, North Carolina and Texas. April 24 27 tf BLOODED BULLS FORTSALE. ONE full blooded AYRESHIRE BULL, four years old. Also, oue grade AYRESHIRE BULL, aged about 18 months. Both fine animals. For further particulars, apply to SAMUEL BLAIR. Blairsville, S. 0. July 31 31 3t? F. HAPPERFIELD. SEASONABLE GOODS. I WOULD respectfully inform my friends and the public generally that I have on hand, in my store near the depot, a full stock of Family and Fancy Groceries, Adapted to the season. In my stock can be found Coffees and Sugars of tlie best brands? cofl'ees, roasted and green, and various qualities of Sugars. Teas, Spices, Ac. Sugar Cured Hams and Salted Sides, Lard, Flour, Meal, Grist, Ac. A fine line of Smoking and Chewing Tobacco and Cigars. Candies and Confectionery. Canned Goods in full variety, and, in fact, a full supply of the necessaries and luxuries of this life. BOOTS AXO SHOES. A full stock of Boots and Shoes, for men, boys and women. Hardware and Wooilen Ware. I keep a general assortment of Hardware and Wooden Ware, including farming tools and utensils, and am prepared to otter advantageous prices to all who may inspect my goods. MARBLE YARD. I SHALL continue to give particular attention to the Marble business. I have first-class workmen, and an abundance of all qualities of Marbles, and am fully prepared to furnish anything in that line, from a plain headstone to the most elaborate monument. Prices as low as can be obtained elsewhere.* Call and examine my work, specimens of which may be seen in my yard at all times. F. HAPPERFIELD. Specific Remedies for Woman's Woes. SBASFIELrt FEMALE BE3BLAT0B la a result of a skillful and scientific combination of that special class of medicines known to act specifically on the womb and uterine oigans; and Is therefore a special remedy for all diseases pertaining to the womb, rts great efficacy in cases of suppressed or painful menstruation, the Whites, and Partial I'rolnpsus, stands unchallenged. In these cases it nfiords immediate relief, and permanently restores the menstrual function, and thus protects woman from a long train of disastrous consequences. As an unfailing remedy to be used during that critical period known as " Change of Life," this Jq. valuable preparation has no rival. PHICE^-Small size, 75c.; Large size, $1.50. MOTHER'S FRIEND^ auios AND EAST C3ILE.BI2TH. This is an inestimable boon to all child-bearing women. When applied according to. direction insures a safe, qnick and comparatively painless delivery. Thousands of women over the land gratefully testify to the wonderful effects of this great remedy. It not only shortens labor and lessons the intensity of pain, but, better than all, thereby greatly diminishes the danger to lifb of btoth mother and child. This great boon to suffering woman is Holme ?' Liniment, or Mother's Friend. Price, 81.80 per bottle. Scat byExpitfiS on receipt of the price. tar Sold by all Druggists. These remedies p&eparxd oklt by J. RQADFIELD. Ho. 108 8. Pryor Street, Atlanta,' Oa. For Sale by Dr. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. August 23 34 ly IT STANDS AT THE HEAD. TIic Ught Running DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE. THIS is the lightest-running, the simplest anil the best Sewing Machine on the market. It has a high arm, the attachments are all easily worked, and it will do any kind of work, from the lightest to the heaviest, and in as goc1 manner as any other machine. Call and exa mine the Machine and learn particulars. We will sell on as liberal terms and at as low prices as i ny firstclass Machino. can be bought; and in addition, will compliment every purchaser with a number of photographs of himself or any other person the purchaser may designate. PHOTOGRAPHY. I would also inform the public that I am yet making PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles. Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of pictures. Pictures by the photographic process enlarged, and all work done in the best style of the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. J. R. SCIIORB. January 31 ;> tf (JAJLDWUJLJL & JJJUJiLMJU. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR prices on Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes and Snuff. FRUIT JARS. Mason's Fruit Jars, Canned Goods of all kinds, Tinware of all gradesand kinds. Wooden Ware, Churns, Buckets and Tubs. Baking Powders? Royal and Patapsco. Matches, Starch, Blueing, Soaps, Kerosine, Ginger, Black Pepper, Spice, etc., etc. CIDER, CIDER. The best in town for live cents a glass. Call and try a glass. CALDWELL A DICKSON. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. IScEIrce's JEWELRY PALACE, 254 King Street, CHARLESTON, 8. C. Largest Stock. LOWEST PRICES IN THE SOUTH. Repairing; A Specialty. SEND ME YOUR WATCHES. November 22 47 ly ~ AGRICULTURAL HALL. I HAVE just received a supply of EMPIRE GRAIN DRILLS with force feed and agitators. Warranted to put in any kind of Guano or Phosphate and to sow wheat or rust-proof oats, or return the Machine. Mr. L. R. Williams bought one of mo hist season, and says it is the best Drill ever used in his section. Iam also receiving Cotton Gins with Condensers, And I expect, during the next week, to receive THREE TANNER ENGINES, of which announcement will bo made hereafter. We are building THE BEST COTTON PRESSES, Both portable and stationery, now known. This Press is operated by strong nialable steel rack bars, insuring great power, durability and rapid packing. Persons desiring to use these Presses will please leave their orders soon, or we will not be able to get them ready. ? I Keep On Hand, Iron Pipe. Couplings, Babbit Metal, Packing, Belting, Globe and Check Valves, WaterGauges, Gin Bristles, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Ac. T. S. JEEEERYS. GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of _ IRON ROOFING | CRIMPED AM) CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, FIREPROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS 4C., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 May 10 CANCER. The development of the treatment of Cancer with Swift's Specific seem so wonderful, that all so afflicted should write us. CANCER for 14 TEARS. Spartanburg, S. C., March 14, 1884. I have for 14 years been a sufferer from a running sore on my face that everybody called a Cancer. I have used over $300 worth of medicine and found no relief. About four months ago I bought one bottle of Swift's Specific from I Tlr IT I? TTninRali onrl a inn a hovo nnnarhf fivo others, have taken it, and thev have cured me sound and well! My face is as free from a sore as anybody's, and my health is perfectly restored. I feel like forty vears had been lifted off my head. Yours thankfully, ELIZA TINSLEY. Mr. B. F. Burns, Hope, Ark., says, under date of Jan. 22, 1884: "I have taken five bottles of Swift's Specific for a sore on my temple?said to be a cancer. I have been wonderfully benefitted and will soon be a well man." Mr. W. R. Robison, Davisboro, Ga., writes, under date of Jan. 3,1884: "I am getting on finely, the ulcer is gradually healing. I feel that [.Swift's Specific will cure the horrible cancer which has been feeding on me forover20 years." Mr. W. H. Gilbert, Albany, Ga., says: "A gentleman named Moore, near this city, had an eating cancer on his taco, which had "eaten away his nose and his under lip, and had extended up until it had nearly reached his eye. The cancer was eating his gums and had rendered his teeth so loose that he thought they might at any time dropout. He has been taking Swift's Specific about three months, and its effect has been wonderful. It has driven the poison from his system, the cancer has healed greatly, his teeth have become strong again, and he thinks he has been rescued from an awful death. He is the most enthusiastic man I ever saw." Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free to applicants. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. X. Y. Oifice, 159 W. 23d St., bet. 6th A 7th A vs. For sale by Dr. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. August 23 34 ly WALKER ?& WALL THE BIG RTJSH STILL continues for our Goods, and you don't know how cheap we are selling our canned goods of all kinds. Hams, Lard, Flour, Sugar, Green and Parched Coffee, Molasses, Pickles, Mustard, P. & L's Worcester Sauce, Cheese, Crackers of all kinds. (!i>avs. (Iiftwiue* and Smokinff Tobacco. ~ "O 7 O C7 7 And a full line of all kinds of Soap, Starch and Blueing for the wash women. Kerosine Oil always on hand. Vinegar, Cider, Lemons and Apples. Highest market price paid for Eggs, Butter and Chickens. WALKER & WALL. COME TO THE YORK TEA STORE AND get one pound of the best Grand Central XXX Blended Tea, with one monogram Cup and Saucer of the best China, for 80 cents. Full directions go with each package. All guaranteed to give satisfaction. WALKER & WALL. J. ED. JEFFERYS & CO. NEW FlJMmjRE STORE. WE have on hand, and constantly arriving, a complete stock of Furniture and Funeral Goods, on which we are prepared to offer special inducements. Funeral Goods. Consists of Wood Burial Caskets, Cases and Coffins, all sizes, Gloss White Cases, children's size. Gasket and Coflin Handles and Screws and other Collin Hardware. For sale at very reasonable terms. Cottage Furniture. A full assortment of Cottage Furniture, consisting of Bedroom Suites of different grades. Marble top and plain Bureaus, Centre Tables and Washstands. BEDSTEADS IAD EOF AGES. Walnut and Maple Bedsteads, common Bedsteads from #2.00 to #5.00 each. Also a lot of Lounges very cheap. Sideboards and Dining-room Safes. Round, Square and Fancy Top TableSj Spring Beds, Mattresses, and Cradles. Rocking, Office, Parlor, Diningroom and Children's Chairs. Furniture repaired on reasonable terms. Thankful for past favors. We respectfully soI licit vour further natronaire. *J. ED."JEFFERYS & CO. FOUNDRY AND 33Eacliine Shop. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared to do all manner of work in light iron and brass castings, and general machine work. REPAIROO, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice. Steam Engines, and agricultural machinery of any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any class of work that may be wanted in hisshop, he will attend any call for repairing stationary engines, doing the work on the premises, thus obviating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion ofthework. EDWARD THOMAS. May 10 19 tf HUNTERSVILLE HIGH~SCH00L FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. THE SIXTH SCHOLASTIC YEAR and Eleventh Session of this reliable and excellent School will opon on the WJS* 3RD MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER, next, being the 15th dav of the month. The following are some of its advantages: 1st. High and healthy location. 2nd. Daily mails, being directly on the A., T. ?fc O. Railroad. 3rd. No temptations to vice or idleness. Whisky not allowed to be sold within 3 miles of the town. 4th. Thoroughly competent and wide awake teachers. 5th. Constant care and vigilance over every nunil. 6*th. Thoroughly organized and well equipped musical department, in charge of one of the best teachers of the State. 7th. Improved methods of teaching. 8th. Thoroughness. Pupils prepared for the Junior or Senior class of any College. 9th. Cheapness. The cheapest to be found anywhere of its grade. 10th. Satisfaction in amount and quality of work guaranteed. Rev. W. W. ORR, A. M.,} Princiiml(. ' Prof. J. C. CORK, A. B., J 1 nnciPal?Apply to Rey. W. W. ORR, at Huntersville, N. 0.. for Catalogue. July 17 29 lOt GINNING OUTFIT FOR SALE. /~\NE splendid 4-liorso power Frick Engine on Skicfs. One splendid 40-saw Gin. One good Screw. I will sell the above out fit separately, or all together. A bargain can be had by applying early. Terms easv. J. C. MILLER. I July 31 31 3t v OFING COMPANY, ^ IRON ORE PAINT 8Anil Cement. 152 T0 158 MERWTN STREET Km Cleveland, O. InfviSL^- ^s2rSendforfireularand Piice 1 1 List No. 75. F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 ly \ C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C'., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, June 1st, 1884. Standard of time, clock in telegraph office at Chester. GOING SOUTH. Leave Lenoir, 6.00 A. M. Arrive at Hudsonville, 6.30 A. M. Arrive at Lovelady, 6.53 A. M. Arrive at Hickory, 7.30 A. M. Leave Hickory, 7.?5 A. M. V, i Arrive at Conover 8.21 A. M. Arrive at Newton 8.30 A. M. Leave Newton 8.40 A. M. Arrive at Maiden, 9.10 A. M. ? | Arrive at Lincolnton, 9.50 A. M. Leave Lincolnton, 10.00 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 10.29 A. M. Arrive at Dallas 10.54 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 11.10 A. M. Leave Gastonia, ..11.20 A. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 11.35 A. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek, 11.43 A. M. ^ Arrive at Bowling Green, 11.51 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 12.05 P. M. Leave Clover, 12.10 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 12.47 P. M. Leave Yorkville, 1.00 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia 1.13 P. M. Arrive at Ciiunriesviue. i.?> r. ai. Arrive at McConnellsville, 1.35 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 1.54 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.25 P. M. going north. i Leave Chester, 4.05 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 4.36 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 4.67 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.05 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 5.10 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 5.33 P. M. Leave Yorkville, 5.45 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 6.25 P. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 6.35 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 6.45 P. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 6.55 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia,.. ?....; 7.07 P. M. Leave Gastonia, i 7.30 P. M. Arrive at Dallas 7.46 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 8.11 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 8.40 P. M. w Leave Lincolnton, 8.45 P. M. Arrive at Maiden, 9.17 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 9.45 P. M. Leave Newton 9.55 P. M. Arrive at Conover 10.03 P. M. Arrive at Hickory 10.30 P. M. Leave Hickory, 10.40 P. M. Arrive at Lovelady, 11.16 P. M. Arrive at Hudsonville, 11.39 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, 12,10 A. M. D. CARDWELL, Gen. Passenger Agent. James Mason, Div. Supt. May 29 22 tf JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. We have recently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men : ^ BILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $6.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet oill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For 500 For 100(1 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3,25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 ^? For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in everv instance. ninA ?r o ^IYC opcwiai aiiuuiiwii IU tuc iiuui^ of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST. Yorkville, S. C, November 30 48 tf ~ BIG BOOM AT THE Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. 3TEW VEHICLES. EXPECTED to arrive this week, a nice lot of / ->rColumbus Buggies, the best Buggies now made. Also, a nice lot of Cincinnati Buggies, Carriages and Jump-seat Phaetons, all standard /'/ grade work, which will be sold at the most rea- j t sonable prices. S Second-Hand Vehicles. /< I also have on hand a number of Buggies aiid Wagons that have been in use ashort while which I will sell at reasonable prices for cash or 011 time. Buggy Cushions, Shafts and Poles kept in stock for sale. SOMETHING NEW. I have just purchased a No. 1 Queen City HEARSE, and will now be prepared to furnish funeral occasions with Hearse and Carriages for *~ town or any part of the county, at short notice, and for moderate charges. Feed Stables. Have your horses fed at the YORKVILLE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, where they will be well fed and groomed. JF. E. SMITH. YORKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, 1884-85. THE next Session begins SEPTEMBER 10, and continues ten months. The school is conducted in the Female College, a substantial brick building 60 by 100 feet, three stories high, which is pleasantly situated in a grove of large oaks, in a quiet part of the village, and has attached to it a well of excellent freestone water. Yorkville is one of the most beautiful villages in upper Carolina, and is noted for its pleasant and salubrious climate, and the morality, intelligence and hospitality of its citizens. The school is open to both sexes, but boys and girls occupy different ^ nr\oi*tiYiantu nvnnnf wbon nn rnoifohnn F.VArv \ aj'^l WHBUWJ " uui. V** J VV.VMV1V... J \ precaution is taken to prevent all undue inter- v, course, and so far as the Principal is aware, no complaint has been made by the patrons against the mixed feature of the school. Girls only are received as boarders in the College building, and every effort will be made for their social, moral and 'intellectual improvement, and to render their stay pleasant. Board, per month, ?10.50. Tuition, per month, in primary classes, ?2.00 ; intermediate, ?3.00; higher English, Latin and French, ?4.00; German and Greek, each ?1.00 extra ; music ?4.00 extra. For testimonials or further information, address the Principal, J. T. ROBERTS, Yorkville, S. C. June 26 26 3m COFFINS AND CASKETS. fTlHE undersigned, thankful for the patronage _1_ heretofore extended to him, would respectfully inform the public that he is still in the Undertaking Business, ^ And is prepared to furnish COFFINS in all stvles of finish, and CASKETS and METALIC I*URIAL CASES, in all styles. WHITE GLOSS COFFINS, Childrens' sizes. Prices of all my BURIAL GOODS as low as sold by any other house in this section of the country. Customers Waited On at any Honr, Day or night. All I ask is an inspection of my goods and prices. J. E. SMITH, Agent. TOZER ENGINES. ~ THE undersigned would respectfully announce that he is the duly appointed agent in York county, for the sale of the celebrated TOZER ENGINES, manufactured by TozerA Dial, of Columbia, and that he will be pleased to hear from parties contemplating the purchase of either stationary or portable ENGINES of any-desired capacity. Being a practical machinist, I feel confident that aside from the superior quality of the Engines here offered, I can also make it to the interest of parties to consult me before buying. EDWARD THOMAS. July 24 30 tf OUTSIDE POOR. ALL orders heretofore issued by the Board of County Commissioners, upon petition, on and after the 31ST DAY OF AUGUST, 1884. are hereby countermanded, except in cases where the Board is hereafter furnished with the sworn certificate of a practicing physician that the petitioner is either physically or mentally unable to provide for their own support. ' By order of the Board or County Commissioners. JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk. July 24 30 fit