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gttWMouis ftepattmrnt That's All.?The minister called at the house of Mr. Snagwell the other day. "You ' are very comfortably situated," said he to the Christian wife and mother. "Your little place is almost self-sustaining; but, sister, where areatbyour chickens? When last here I noticed flocks of them in the yard." "Yes," replied the Christian lady, "we raised a great many^-but they became so troublesome to our "neighbors, that, rather than give offence, we sold them." "Very considerate, I am sure." "Oh, I cannot bear to be looked upon as an imposition and"? "Ma!" called young Snagwell. "Yes son." "Did'you sell the/chickens 'cause they was a trouble?" "No, son; run along, now." "No, you didn't, cause I heard-you tell pa that the chickens all'hadthe^nolera, an' that he'd better take them clown and sell them before tney all dted." The good ladyf magined that the minister was not so cordial when he took his leave, and shortly afterward the boy had reason to believe that the mercury had gained an altitude of several inches. Uncle Zeke Gives the Bicycle Man a Point.?Old Zeko came along where a party of bicyclists, "nick platers," stood about their machines. One of them winked for some fun and said : "What have you got there, old man ?" "Sassfrus, boss." "What's it good for ?" "Hit <*ood for med'cine in de spring, boss. Take all dem pimples offn your face, sho'. Kin I sell you a bunch ? Jes er nickel." He didn't sell any, and after hesitating a moment spoke up : "Kin I ax yer som'n boss ?" "Go ahead." "What dat ar thing yer straddle uv jes' now ?" "Oh, that'sa bicycle." "Sah ?" "A bicycle?bicycle." "Yes, sah, boss, thankee sah." Then a silence, followed by: "Boss, whatdo you do fur livin' ?" This in evident trepidation. No answer. Then, actually retreating : "Case ef yer wuks es hard at yer bizness ez yer does to run dat 'ar thing yer mighty quick ha'? nuff to get a sho' nuff hoss."?St. Louis Herald. Aaron Burr's Sarcasm.?When Aaron Burr returned to New York city to practice law, after his voluntary exile in Europe, he found the late Rev. Jedediah Burchard, then a celebrated revivalist, holding a series of protracted meetings in his family church. He attended from habit; always went late, anrl riistnrhed the services bv attracting to himself the attention of the audience on account of his infamous notoriety as the maa who shot Alexander Hamilton, and who had been tried for treason. Mr. Burchard resolved to rebuke him openly. The next Sabbath, when he came in and got about half-way up the aisle, the clergyman paused in his discourse, and pointing to Colonel Burr, said in the most scathing manner: "You hoary headed old sinner, I'll appear against you at the day of judgment!" The proud, defiant old man, standing as erect as ever, with that perfect composure which never deserted him, and fixing his fine grey eyes on the occupant of the pulpit, replied: "Mr. Burchard, I have observed through a long course of professional experience, that the very meanest class of criminals are those who turn State's evidence!" Uncle Abe and the 'Possum.?Uncle Abe was a Virginia negro. He was fond of 'possum. Having caught one in a persimmon tree he got his wife, Dinah, to cook it for him. Abe having no appetite for it when it was "done/ brown," requested that it be placed in thex;upboard until morning. The favor was granted, and Uncle Abe laid down before a log fire and wen?io-ste?p. His son, Mdse, comimp^rrfTate, got the 'possum and/foe it^wtfthe bones down at Uncle AbeVj^adTsmeared the old man's face and hands with the grease, and went to bed. The following morning Uncle Abe awoke and asked Dinah : "Whar'sdat 'possum?" "In de cupboard," which she explored, and found it missing. Returning, Dinah inquired: "Abe, when did you eat dat 'possum ? Dar's de bones at your head, yer face smells of 'possum, and your hands are greasy." "Maybe I did eat dat 'possum, but if I did it did me less good dan any 'possum I ever et."?Nashville Journal. A Dream of a Husband.?Said the hotel-keeper: "There was a lady of my acquaintance once, who awoke her husband in the night by the most extravagant manifestations of delerium. "When he inquired what ailed her she told him 'to mind his own business and not bother her; she was thinking.' "At breakfast she told him she was dreaming, oh! such a delightful dream. She thought she was at an auction where they were selling men. Oh, there were such splendid specimens there. But they went so high she feared she couldn't get one of them. At last the auctioneer took compassion on her and knocked down a glorious fellow to her and?and then?she awoke. " 'But pleaded the anxious husband, "didn't you see any there like me ?' 'Like you!' said the spiteful beauty; 'laws, yes. They were put up in bundles, like celery, and sold at ten cents a bundle.'"?Pittsburg Telegraph. 4?" Two farmers in Texas, Tom Baker and Sam Piles, became involved in a suit concerning the. ownership of a piece of land, and finding themselves unable to settle the dispute, appealed to a justice of the peace. The magistrate listened attentively to each statement, and said: "Gentlemen, if you don't think that I understand this case, and all the law that happens to hang around in its neighborhood, why, you are very much removed from your centre of gravity. Mr. Baker you may take the land." "Your honor," said a lawyer who had heard the statements, your decision is unjust, and I am sure that a higher court will reverse it." "i\ow nere," saiu ine justice, i am jusi about as sudden as any higher court you ever saw. I can reverse the decision myself. Mr. Piles, you may have the land. You see it makes no difference to me." Ax Obedient Servant.?In Austin it is impossible to ascertain when any particular train leaves, without going to the depot and inquiring of the ticket agent how many, hours behind time the train is. Col. Yerger wished to go to San Antonio on the eleven o'clock train, so he said to his colored servant : "Sam, go down to the depot and see what time the eleven o'clock train leaves." It was about three o'clock when Sam returned. "Well, when does the train leave?" "It's done left, boss." "What?" "I did jess whut yer tole me. Yer tole me ter see when de train left, and I watched till it was plain outer sight on de udder side ob de Colorado ribber."? Texas Siftings. Love's Labor Lost.?"Once upon a time," began the teacher, "two brothers larted to Sunday-school on Sabbath morning. Their way led past a fine peach orchard, where trees were hanging over with ripe, luscious peaches. One of the boys proposed going into the orchard and getting some of the fruit, but the other refused and sped away, leaving his companion greedily devouring the peaches. Now it happened that the owner of the orchard saw them, and the next day rewarded the good boy who refused to steal his peaches by giving him fifty cents. He got a prize for his honesty, and what do you suppose the other boy got for his dishonesty ?" "He got the peaches!" yelled every member of the class and thus another penitentiary story was brought to a close. Not Quite a Call.?"Ah, Mr. Habbleton, I hear you have been called to the ministry." "Well, I can hardly term it a call. They only offer me five hundred a year. Sort of a whisper, you understand." agrHe?"Which is your favorite composer, Wagner or Mozart ?" She?"I would i rather listen to one of Mozart's pauses than ' the best piece Wagner ever composed." I Hisitfllaneaus Heading. TH E ELECTIONS OF 1884. All the States will elect Presidential Electors on Tuesday, November 4. The Electors then chosien will meet at their respective State capitols on Wednesday, December 3, and cast their ballot for President and VicePresident of the United States. Alabama elected State officers and Legislature on Monday, August 4 ; Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Arkansas elected State officers and Legislature on Monday, Sept. 1, and will vote upon an amendment prohibiting the levying of any tax or the making of any appropriation to pay certain railroad and levee bonds of the State; will elect Congressmen on Tuesday, November4. California will elec^iart of its Legislature and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4, and vote upon a proposed constitutional amendment Drovidinir for a State Board of Education. Colorado will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen, on Tuesday, November 4. Connecticut will vote upon an amendment providing for biennial elections on Monday, October G, and elect State officers, Legislature and Congress on Tuesday, November 4. Delaware will elect Legislature and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Florida will elect Governor, LieutenantGovernor, Legislature and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Georgia will elect Governor and Legislature on Wednesday, October 1; Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Illinois will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen, on Tuesday, November 4. Indiana will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Iowa will elect minor State officers and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Kansas will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen pn Tuesday, November 4. New York will elect two Judges of the Court of Appeals, Assemblymen und Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4, and vote upon a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State prohibiting the loan or use of public money for private purposes, and restricting the indebtedness ol ? amJ *?? 1 In /V\?? COUUlltJb, CUIUS) LUYYU9 niiu vuia^Wj iui auj purpose whatever, to 10 per cent, of their valuation. North Carolina will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen, on Tuesday, November 4. Ohio will elect minor State officers and Congressmen, on Tuesday, October 14, Oregon elected a Republican Congressman and legislature and a Democratic Supreme Judge and defeated a woman's suffrage amendment to the State Constitution, on Monday, June 2. Pennsylvania will elect Legislature and Congressmen, on Tuesday, November 4. Rhode Island elected Republican State officers and Legislature, on Wednesday, April 2; will elect Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. South Carolina will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen, on Tuesday, November 4. Tennessee will elect Governor, Railroad Commissioners, Legislature and Congressmen, on Tuesday, November 4. Texas will elect State officers. Legislature and Congressmen, on Tuesday, November!. Vermont will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressman, on Tuesday, September 2. Virginia will elect Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. West Virginia will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen, on Tuesday, October 14, and vote upon a proposed amendment to change the time of the general elections to November. Wisconsin will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen, on Tuesday, November 4. Kentucky will elect Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Louisiana elected Democratic State offi" * * * m - 1 A M oo cers ana legislature, 011 xuesuay, Apru i-, and voted on several amendments, some for and some against, including among the latter one providing for an increase in the rate of interest upon the public debt; will elect Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Maine will elect Governor, Legislature, and Congressmen, and vote upon a proposed prohibitory amendment to its Constitution on Monday, September 8. Maryland will elect Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Massachusetts will elect State officers, Legislature, and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Michigan will elect State officers, Legislature, and Congressmen on Tuesday November 4. Minnesota will elect Legislature and Congressmen on Tuesday November 4. Mississippi will elect Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Missouri will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Nebraska will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Nevada will elect Supreme Judge, Legislature, and Congressmen on Tuesday, November. 4. New Hampshire will elect Governor, Railroad Commissioners, Legislature, and Congressmen, and vote upon the question of holding a Constitutional Convention on Tuesday, November 4. New Jersey will elect Legislature and Congressmen on Tusday, November 4. MONEY IN ELECTIONS. A Washington letter says : It has been stated that the Republican managers will put twenty thousand marching men, fully equipped, into the field in Philadelphia during the present campaign, and that the cost of their army of shouting torchbearers will be not less than $2,000,000 in cash. This is only one item of the cost of a- presidential canvass in one city. What, therefore, if this be true, would be the grand aggregate on all accounts throughout the Union ? The T^amnnrate will it i? hplipvprl not. mn Itp litsp II ***J vv??v ? W V V..7 V/ of one-tenth of that aggregate, whatever it may be. It is a mere matter of ordinary business to spend money for the attainment of desired objects, and, but for the methods employed in spending it, not peculiar to Republican politicians by any means, men might scatter millions broadcast through a political campaign and the country be none the worse for it. In fact money is as necessary to conduct a political campaign as it is to carry on a camp-meeting, and there can be no more reasonable objection to its legitimate use in the one case than the other. It is the corrupting use of it which is the point of objection. Since 1864 the Republican party has relied upon the power of money to secure renewed leases of its control of the Federal Government, as no other party ever did in this country. And the reliance has seldom failed them?indeed, it has never failed them in the main struggle to retain the Presidency. It was not unnatural that men and interests favored by the policy of the Republian party, at the expense of the masses of the people, should be more than willing to pour out a small portion of their gains to preserve a state of things so favorable to their own pockets. After the destruction of slavery the animating principle of the party in its better days was lost, and adopting the views of the old Federalists it became the party of centralization, of monopolists, of rings, and of favored classes, until it may be said to be but a vast aggregation of special interests, seeking perpetuation and artificial advantages at the expense of the productive labor of the country. Such a party necessarilv favors high taxes and extravagant ex penditures. The existing Federal'surplus is the inevitable result of the whole policy of the Federalist Republican leaders, and any measure looking honestly to a reduction would be directly contrary to the spirit of the party. It would be very remarkable if an organization composed of such materials could not command money in any amount deemed necessary to keep it in power. In 1876 its expenditures were fabulous, though they were not sufficient to prevent the decree of the ballot boxes against its candidates. But money combined with corporate influence accomplished by fraud in counting the votes the end which they had failed to accomplish in the elections. Mr. Tilden, the reform candidate of that year, had declared that such was the adamantine front of this huge organization of office-hold- T , ers, corporations and monopolies, that it fc could never be overcome by.a majority of less 4, than tsvo-thirds of the American people, pi and he was probably less surprised than w most men by the bold crime which seated 5 the defeated candidate. In 1880 money was , even more freely applied. The State of In- ir ' diana was completely debauched, and with- lii ' in a few weeks after the event the men fr who .supplied the means; men who ex- ai Sended them openly boasted that the ver- tl ict of that State had been bought. Wheth- In i er the managers will this year be able to W raise corruption funds of equal magnitude hi . we cannot say. It will be recollected that p* ( in the summerof 1880 Mr. Garfield and Mr. b? . Blaine and their peculiar friends were in 2C sore straits. They believed Indianaand even fa i Ohio were lost to them as matters then el i st6od. They had exhausted their resources ar and confessed defeat. Nothing but a fresli tli ! and a very lajge corruption fund would save A , them. In thei r extremity they bargained lij [ with the stalwarts ; got the means to buy w r Indiana and to rescue Ohio; and then when the administration, thus created, came into sa . power, they declared a war of extermina- a . tion upon those who had won the tainted vi victory. That source of supply will doubt- IS i less be found to be dried up in 1884. But ar , the officeholders, the land grant lords, the m remnant of the star-routers, and the peculiar friends of Mr. Blaine, with whom he dealt so freely, while in Congress, remain. The increasing corruption of elections? di and especially of presidential elections?is tr one of the most omnious signs of the times, re The cost direct and indirect is beyond com- a putation, because the data for any calcula- 0t tion, instead of being published, as it should f0 be, is studiously, ana for obvious reasons, st concealed. It is time that good citizens re- So fleet seriously upon their duty in the premi- 0f ses. It is not an agreeable spectacle? this jn of prosperous men, standing well in their tli communities, and many of them identified with churches and philantropical enterpiis- D( es, subscribing hundreds of thousands of p-r * " ' ? J-.i i ? dollars to De expenuenueu uy puuuwvi ar agents without accountability to anybody, th ? w DR. WHITMAN'S RIDE. I 1 . bi HOW O It EG OX WAS SXATCHEl) FROM THE TC nuns ox hat compaxy. tu I U1 1 In 183G Dr. Marcus Whitman and his part- ca ; ner, Spaulding, with their wives, says a wri- to ter in the Chicago Inter-Ocean, went to Ore- I gon, under the auspices of the American e> ' Board. It was a bridal tour, begun in May, m and ended at the gates of Fort Walla Walla el in September. A curious feature of the trip was an old wagon, known in history as in "Whitman's wagon." He was determined ar to get it through to demonstrate the feasi- m bility of immigration. The Hudson Bay n< Company discouraged every roll of its old er wheels, and threw every obstacle in the ca 1 way. It was dismembered, dragged by B pieces, ingloriously dwindled to the dimen- b? sions of a cart; but, through the indomita- cl ble will of its owner, it kept rolling toward th the Pacific. ni Prior to 1842, the United States and Eng- th land were in joint occupation of the Oregon hi region. It was generally understood that as the country would be English or American, & according to the tide of immigration. One su day in October, 1842, Dr. Whitman was called on a professional errand at Fort Y Walla Walla, twenty-five miles from his is home. It was a trading post of the Hudson tu Bay Company, and was quite jubulant just uj at this time over the annual line of goods, bi Tables were spread for the feast, at which hj the doctor found himself a solitary Ameri- H can. The festivities were at flood tide, cc when an express courier rushed into the P< fort and shouted that an English colony of n< 140 persons was on its way up the Columbia. In the excitement of th 3 moment a yo&ng Englishman jumped to his feet and A I-T -1 11TT L c I A ?v\AMiAn A exciuimeu : nurran iui uicgv,u ; iiiiuuita is too late! we have got the country!" The m doctor excused himself at the earliest possi- T< ble moment, and in two hours pulled up di his foam-flecked pony at the cabin door, T> made known the English plot before dis- M mounting, and his determination to set out re for Washington and return the next summer ar with a caravan of emigrants. None could SI dissuadehim; he must go; the Webster-Ash- is burton treaty was pending; the Oregon ques- gi tion must be settled before Congress adjourn- T1 ed on the 4th of March; Oregon must be ar saved! pi In less than twenty-four hours he was in sa the saddle, galloping for "Washington and ot Webster." Home and wife behind him, Winter and 4,000 miles before him! With th Amos L. Lovejoy and a guide, he bounded of over the trail, through Fort Hall, whose vi jealous commandant would have been glad tl< to have detained him had he not shown a gs "past " from Lewis Cass, Secretary of War. en The mountains are passed, but Winter is a setting in, and has already frozen the rivers ne to rapid current, Impassable? Not to the doctor and his errand of life or death to re Oregon! He rides his horse to the edge, Cc and then horse and rider are pushed into m the angry current; out of sight; there they tu arefloating far down to the other side; a jump m to the ice; good fire and dry clothes again, ag Lost in the snow; wanderingj freezing; to dying; almost buried; hope entirely gone; P< every avenue of escape cut off?saved by a ej mule's ear! His Mexican rider noticed w some peculiar twitching and movements of hi the auricular appendages, as if their owner A was cogitating a scheme In a little while so the animal, left to himself, led them to the $2 slumbering embers of their morning fire. bi Precious time lost! Seven days to Fort sii Wintee for another guide; an extra ride for T< Whitman ! To avoid hostile Indians he ag makes a sharp deflection to the south at T1 Fort Hall, to go by Salt Lake, and thence to is Bent's Fort on the Arkansas, and follow up m the Sante Fe trail. Here he is at a branch hs of the Arkansas; no material for fire only on the other side ; thin ice; rapid current; Whitman lays flat on his back?"wriggles" Y himself across?secures wood and pushes w DacK over me nun iue. nt Bent's Fort! half way ! three months in in the saddle ! his companion broken down m and left; new outfit. After resting four Bi days the wiry doctor takes the spur again, ti< and scatters rumors of an immense emigra- in tion to Oregon ! "Meet us at Westport on sa the Missouri, next June !" "Good wagon CI road !" As he came flying up the trail he pi distributed circulars, setting out the advan- pi tages and resources of this wonderful El of Dorado. "Next June we will meet you !" to In such enthusiasm he arrived at St. Louis; lis though nipped in his nose, toes, hands and sh face, he could talk of but one business?the wi fate of Oregon ; "Westport next June !" to "Is the country passable?" "Passable!" tei we can imagine him replying, "look at me: he I have come through in the dead of Win- th ter!" One look would have forever im- se: Eressed upon memory ; buffalo overcoat and th ead ; buckskin breeches; fur undergar- th ments and vest; fur leggings; boot mocca- ca sins; face scarred with the bitter frosts; of "meet us in June," and he is off for Wash- ev ington, where he arrives March 3, the last hi day of the session, and just five months from et< the day when he spurred down the valley co from Fort Walla Walla. th But what of the treaty ? It had been 0* signed and proclaimed as the law of the land Pe two months before he had set out, and ratified while he was lost in the mountains, bu Four thousand miles and Oregon left out. Sr Will this weather beaten, frost-bitten man te( have galloped to Washington for nothing ? su Not he. He rides through Washington rni nhmit. ns he had done over the mountains and up the southern trail; "Early in June you will meet me." From department to th department, to the "White House, every- ba where, rumors are flying fast of a great Ore- eo gon emigration. President and secretaries ey become infected with his enthusiasm. The fai British Premier proposed to hold Oregon for E; English emigrants. If Marcus Whitman tii could get his emigrants there, Daniel Web- pr ster proposed likewise to stand by them. tei No "meet" for a chase was ever called in which had in itsuch a magnetic charm as that di June "meet" on the banks of the Missouri, in Whitman was there, overseeing, organizing, a 1 ' electrifying. People were gathering from is the North, East and South. One man came ey from Texas, having received one of Whit- m< , man's flying circulars at home. The last tic wagon was packed and the canvas stretched tri over the great hoops. What a proud mo- sit ment it must have been for the doctor to have seen 200 wagons wheel into line with ? 87G emigrants and 1,300 head of cattle head- G( ed for the distant "half mythical" Oregon, gi No train ever had more elements of N< strength, none a better commander. The toi Government deputized Capt. John C. Fre- in mont, with several companies, as an escort, ba he vigorous doctor preceded his escort by irty-nine days! After his gallant ride of 600 miles he felt safe enough with his cominy, though more than half of them were omen and children. ****** Again the sounds of horse-hoofs are breakig upon the ears of an affectionate and socitous wife, and Marcus Whitman is riding om the shadows of the Cascade Mountains, id is soon in her arms?three months from ic Missouri, and eleven from the day when j first took stirrup for "Washington and Webster"?and Oregon. "There followed im into that splendid valley, in little commies and in long, weary file, jaded and ittered,and mended, after mountain style, 10 emigrant wagons. They emptied their milies here and there, the women and uiuren ; anascattereu ail aDoui. were cuiuu id dogs, while lank backwoodsmen, with ie inevitable rifle, lounged and strolled, nd they continued to arrive even after the ?ht snows of the country had come. It as the army of occupation for Oregon." The question was settled; Oregon was vedand in three years made the subject of satisfactory treaty. But alas! for liersator and his noble wife! November 28, 147?the saddest page of Oregon's history? id about a year after the treaty, they were assacred by the Indians. campaiqFcomments. When Vermont Republicans can be inlced to bolt a national ticket the very exeme of political chaos has surely been ached. Yet a hundred and fifty such held meeting in the town of Brattleboro' the her day and resolved to have a conference r the purpose of putting an Independent ate ticket in the field. They further reived that tliev recognized in the selection Blaine "the triilmph of the worst eleents of the party," and they pledged him ieir "hearty and inflexible opposition." The Rev. Henry Ward Beecner said to a iwspaper correspondent yesterday, in reird to the editorial in the Independent: "I n in no way moved by the utterances of iat paper and the announcement of its ithdrawal from the support of Cleveland. am not only determined to support him, it I shall, in future, decline to listen to or ad anything further of a scandalous nare regarding the Democratic candidate, lless something occurs far beyond what I ,n imagine. I equally decline to listen or * refer to any scandal against Mr. Blaine, shall vote the Republican ticket with the cception of the electors. Those I shall reove and replace with the Democratic ectors." Leading friends of Mr. Blaine appeared i the Connecticut Republican Convention id urged the nomination of ex-Congressan Lounsbury, a millionaire, for Gover)r, on the ground that he would be a "lib al contributor" to the State and National mpaign fund in event of his nomination, ut he was defeated for the nomination / Hon. Henry B. Harrison, whose friends aimed that with his name at the head of le ticket there "would be no use of pinng a pocketbook to it." The friends of ie pocketbook aspirant are very sore over is defeat, and prophesy that the successful ipirant will fail to enthuse the party, overnor Waller is confident of Democratic iccess in November. An Illinois correspondent of the New ork Herald writes: "The German element decidedly for Cleveland. The Stoats Zeing of Chicago, Herman Raster, editor, >ed to be a bitter Republican sheet and a tter hater of the Democratic party; but it is now hoisted the ticket of Cleveland and endricks at the masthead of its editorial ilumns. I understand that seventeen pairs in Ohio that supported Garfield are )w for Cleveland." A-Woman Her Murdered Husband's venger.?Mrs. Alice L. Thompson, of tlanta, Superintendent of the Press departent of the Woman's National Christian smperance Union, was in the city yesterly en route to Waxahatchie, Texas. A Imes reporter had the pleasure of meeting rs. Thompson while in the city. She repsents the true character of a high born, istocratic Southern lady in every respect, ie is a brilliant conversationalist and one held as if by magic by .her eloquent lanlacra onnl-on in o Griff: mpllmv VOIPP. MfS. ?6V) v"*v'" ... - ".v, ...?.. hompson, is a writer of considerable note, id the work of her pen is in demand by lblishers. During: the reporter's convertion with the lady she stated to him the >ject of her visit to Texas. Twenty years ago Mrs. Thompson was e wife of Col. Seffels, then the colonel a Confederate regiment in Texas. Preous to the war he was engaged in the catj business. When the war broke out her Jlant husband organized a regiment and itered the Confederate service. He placed man named Pellon in charge of his busies before leaving home. The manager proved to be a man of disputable habits and frequently disposed of )1. Seffels' stock and appropriated the oney to his own use. When trie latter rerned home on a furlough he at once disissed Pellon. The latter swore vengeance [ainst Colonel Seffels, and the day previous his return to the army he was shot dead by 3llon, who was concealed, before his wife's res. Pellon was arrested, but broke jail hile a mob was being organized to lynch m. Mrs. Seffels left Texas and went to tlanta where she married W. L. Thonapn several years afterward. A reward of ,000 was offered for Pellon by Mrs. Seffels, it nothing was heard of him until ten days ace, when he was captured in western 3xas. Strange to say all the witnesses :ainst Pellon are still living, and with Mrs. tiompson, will appear against him. Pellon now eighty years old, and since he comitted the terrible deed has married and us four children.?Chattanooga Times. Scaring tiie Republicans.?The New ork correspondent of the Baltimore Sun rites: Gen Butler and Secretary Chandler ild a private interview on Friday morng. It is stated that the Republican anagers have to-day expressed alarm at utlers programme for a fusion electoral 3ket, and its effect on Blaine's prospects States like Michigan, Iowa and Maschusetts. It is also said that Secretary landler's interview with him was for the irpose of inducing him to reconsider this an, and to run a straight electoral vote his own. A friend of Gen. Butler's said -night that he had positively refused to .ten to this advice, and had stated that ould he follow thai: course everyone hplipvo the assertion recently made the effect that lie was running in the inrest of Blaine. This was not his purpose ! was running solely in his interests and at of the working men whom he reprcnted, and he did not intend the people of is country to believe for one moment at he was a dummy for any man or any ndidate. He intended to make the best the resources at his command, and to do erything to build up his party. Should s programme of fusion in electoral tick5 in doubtful States be carried there, there uld probably be only one result, namely, e throwing of the election into the House Representatives. Should that occur, the ople of this country would no longer look iwn upon the party which he represented, it would hereafter regard it as a factor of eat importancej and one to to be concilia3. In his opinion it would also have reIt in giving to it an impetus which would ake it one of the great parties in 1888. Language op the Eyes.?It is said at very quiet eyes that impress and emrrass one with their repose signify selfmplacency and some conceit. Restless es that cannot look one steadily in the ze denote a deceitful, designing mind, pes in which the white has a yellowish lge and is streaked with reddish veins, mnnh r>f cfrrmrr TVlQqirtn find llJlstv I U VI/ 111UVU \/A >Jii \;w^ w. ?v..v? .? . mpers. Very blue eyes bespeak a mind | clined to coquetry; grey eyes signify! gnlty, intelligence, and excellent reason-1 g faculties; greenish eyes, falsehood and ! fondness for scandal. A malicious mind j often indicated by greenish eyes. Black i es show a passionate, lively temperaent, and oftimes a most deceitful disposi>n ; brown eyes are generally tender and je, indicating a kind and happy dispo;ion. aT "Happy John," formerly a slave of )v. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, is ving a series of open-air concerts is in ")rth Carolina. John is a good laugh orar, and ought to be happy, and he rakes plentyof change, is the owner of a fine njo and is a Cleveland darkey. lite ?0tMk (grnquim. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Single copy for one year, 9 2 50 Fornix 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, anil send the amount of tne subscription by draft or postoffice money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to I the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?'The date on the "address-label" shows the time to which the subnnfinSnn l u nqili Tf nil llHCr 1 llPrS f]f) llftfc Wisll their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must bo distinctly understood that our terms for subscriptions, advertising and jobwork are cash in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. ONE DOLLAR per square for the first insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven lines of this size type. Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. All contract advertisements will be confined to the regular business for which the space is engaged. jjzSf* Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to this office for publication and desire a copy of the same, should make a duplicate. .23*-Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices charged for at the rate of ten cents a line. Usually there are about seven words in a line. IT STANDS AT ^ HEAD. . _mb a?mw - W i-k'mLm IL. jl.ll'll ''I" The Light Riiimiiig DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE. THIS is the lightest-running, the simplest and the best Sewing Machine on the market. It has a high arm, the attachments are all easilyworked, and it .will do any kind of work, from the lightest to the heaviest, and in as good manner as any other machine. Call and examine the Machine and learn particulars. We will sell on as liberal terms and at as low prices as any firstclass Machine can be bought; and in addition, will compliment eve. y 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 makifig 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. SCHORR. January 31 5 tf parish, Mcknight & co. IN > EW YORK! OUR young man, Mr. C. G. PARISH or Happy Cal, the Daisy, is now in New York, wherehe expects to purchase the most complete stock of Dry Goods and Notions Ever kept in Yorkville, and we hopo our friends will at least call and sco our new and HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF GOODS. , Wo only ask you to call and see. If you are not pleased, we will not ask you to buy. And as far as the prices go, We Intend to Sell as Cheap as Any IIouso in town. The Daisy will not allow any one to undersell him. parish, Mcknight & co. FOWdry and 3?acliine Shop, i THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on his lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY j AND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared | to do all manner of work in light iron and brass j castings, and general machine work. KEPAIROG, Of all kinds, promptly done on short notice, i Steam Engines, anu agricultural machinery of , any kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any ' class of work that maybe wanted in his shop, 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 of the work. EDWARD THOMAS. | May 10 19 tf AGRICULTURAL HALL JUST received and on band the following celebrated Tanner Engines: ' '' a i ?....... ) ol.'ViVi, g-iiursu puwoi uu n iiccjo. < ROMEO, 5-horse power on wheels. < JULIET, 4-horse power on wheels. 8-horsc power on skids. 2 EMPIRE DRILLS. . 1 CHAMPION DRILL. Orders for J umbo Cotton Presses Arestill comingin. Parties desiring to use them this season will please leave their orders as early as possible. I regard this Press as being WITHOUT AN EQUAL, In strength, durability, ease and rapidity in ope- ' ration. T. S. JEFFERYS. TOZER ENGINES. TIIE undersigned would respectfully announce that he is the duly appointed "agent in York eountv, for the sale of the celebrated TOZER ENGINES, manufactured by Tozer?fc 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. Doing 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 buy- f ing. EDWARD THOMAS. 1 July 24 30 tf TO ALL WHOM IT ill AY COMEKX. i NOTICE is hereby given that after the expira- f tion of 30 days from the date hereof, the sub- J seriber.s to the capital stock of the McCONNELLSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, will apply to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for York ( county, for-a Charter for said School under the { name and style of the McConnollsville High g School. E. N. CRAWFORD,) Agents F. D. WILLIAMS, \ W. G. CAMPBELL, J of Subscribers. 1 August? 32 ut p GARRY IRON RO< Manufacturers of all kinds of _ IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, FIREPROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS 4C., IKSSSSmI THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF May 10 F. HAPPERFI FLD. I SEASONABLE GOODS. | 1 WOULD respectfully inform my friends and the public generally that I have on hand, in j my store near the depot, a full stock of Family and Fancy Groceries, j Adapted to the season. In my stock can be j found Coffees and Sugars of the best brands? I coffees, roasted and green, and various qualities j ' of Sugars. Teas, Spices, &c. Sugar Cured Hams ! and Salted Sides, Lard, Flour, Meal, Grist, Ac. ; 4 a..- i:_? 1.:^ i ni t l cv nut? line ui oiuuKiug auu i/uewiiig luuaa'u una | Cigars. Candies and Confectionery. Canned> ' Goods in full variety, and, in fact, a full supply : of the necessaries and luxuries of this life. BOOTS AND SHOES. A full stock of Boots and Shoes, for men, boys and women. Hardware and Wooden Ware. I keep a general assortment of Hardware and Wooden Ware, including farming tools and utensils, and am prepared to offer advantageous prices to all who may inspect my goods. v MARBLE YARD. T 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. WALKER <& WALL. THE BIG RUSH CiTILL continues for our Goods, and you don't 5 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, Cheeso, Crackers of all kinds. Cigars, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, 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 <fc WALL. COME TO THE YORK TEA STORE AND get one pound of the best Grand Central XXX Blenaed 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 <fc WALL. J. ED JEF^RYS & CO! JilEW FURNITURE 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. Fniioral Goods. Consists of Wood Burial Caskets, Cases and Coffins, all sizes, Gloss White Cases, children's size. Casket and Coffin Handles and Screws and other Coffin Hardware. For sale at very reasonable terms. Cottage Furniture. A full assortment of Cottage Furniture, consist- 1 ingof Bedroom Suites of different grades. Marble top and plain Bureaus, Centre Tables and ' Washstands. 1 BEDSTEADS A>D EOUSTGES. Walnut and Maple Bedsteads, common Bedsteads from $'2.00 to So.OO each. Also a lot of ( Lounges very cheap. Sideboards and Dining-room Safes. Round, Square and Fancy Top Tables, Spring ( Beds, Mattresses, and Cradles. Rocking, Office, i Parlor, Diningroom and Children's Chairs. Fur- ] niture repaired on reasonable terms. Thankful for past favors. We respectfully solicit vour further patronage. J. ED. JEFFERYS & CO. BIO BOOM AT THE , Vnr'Lvillp Tivprv mill FWd Stables. 1 XEW VEHICLES. EXPECTED to arrive this week, a nice lot of Columbus Buggies, the best Buggies now made. Also, a nice lot of Cincinnati I3uggies. Carriages and Jump-seat Phtetons, all standard ;rade work, which will be sold at the most reasonable prices. ( Second-Hand Vehicles. 1 1 also have on hand a number of Buggies and ( Wagons that have been in use a short while which j I will sell at reasonable prices for cash or on time. ) Buggv Cushions, Shafts and Poles kept in stock , for sale. , SOMETHING NEW. 1 have just purchased a Xo. 1 Queen City 1 HEARSE, and will now be prepared to furnish ! funeral occasions with Hearse and Carriages for 5 ;own or any part of the county, at short notice, ind for moderate charges. Feed Stables. Have your horses fed at the YORKVILLE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, where they will be well fed and groomed. F. E. SMITH. | caldwellTdickson.~~ , CALL AND EXAMINE OUR prices on Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes and SnutT. FRUIT JARS. Mason's Fruit Jars, Canned Goods of all kinds, Tinware of all grades and kinds. Wooden Ware, * I'hurns, Buckets and Tubs. Baking Powders? ' Royal and Patapsco. Matches, Starch, Blueing, Soaps, Kerosine, Ginger, Black Pepper, Spice, 1 3tc., etc. CIDER, CIDER. The best in town for live cents a glass. Call t ind trv a glass. CALDWELL A DICKSON. - J SEND FOR PRICE LIST. McElree's \ JEWELRY PALACE, 254 King Street, 1 CHARLESTON, S. C. Largest Stock. LOWEST PRICES IN THE SOUTH. Repairing A Specialty. . SEND ME YOUR WATCHES. ! November 22 47 ly J COFFINS AND CASKETS. [ rllE undersigned, thankful for the patronage I heretofore extended to him, would respect- a 'ullv inform the public that ho is still in the 1 c Uii tier taking 11 lis in ess, c t Ynd is prepared to furnish COFFINS in all styles r >f linish, and CASKETS and METALIC BU- c UAL CASES, in all styles. a WHITE GLOSS COFFINS, 1 'hildrens' sizes. Prices of all my BURIAL . 400DS as low as sold by any other house in this * lection of the country. * Customers Waited On at any Hour, 1 )ay or night. All I ask is an inspection of my ;oods and prices. J. E. SMITH, Agent. 3FING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland., O. EaR/' f^r-) ^ Send for Circular and Price ffr N List No. 75. ' IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 ly C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. :* * F, SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. (!., taking eifect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, June 1st, 1884. Standard of time, clock in telegraph office at Chester. GOING SOUTH. rM?0r ?nn|1. fi 00 A. M. ucaYo ucuvis | " ? Arrive at Hudsonville, 6.30 A. M> Arrive at Lovelady, 6.53 A. M? Arrive at Hickory, 7.30 A. M? Leave Hickory, 7.55 A. MArrive 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 Guthriesville, 1.25 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 1.35 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 1.54 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.25 P. M. GOING- NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.05 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 4.36 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 4.57 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 5.05 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 5.16 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, 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. 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 r. 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. C'ARDWELL, Gen. Passenger Agent. James Mason*, Div. Supt. May 29 22 tf TAX NOTICE?1883. IX conformity to law, my books will be opened, for final collection of State and county taxes, on MONDAY THE 1st DAY OF SEPTEMBER and will be closed on and after MONDAY THE 20TH DAY OF OCTOBER. For the accommodation of tax-payers I will meet them at the following places on the days named. At Yorkville, Monday 1st, to Saturday 13th day of September, inclusive. At Clover, Monday, 15th day of September. At Bethel, Tuesday, 10th 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 day of September. At Rainey's Mill, Tuesday, 23rd day of Sep tember. At J. W. Carroll's Store, Wednesday, 24th day of September. At McConnellsville, Thursday, 25th day of September. At Yorkville, Friday 20th, 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. Saturdav, 4th day of October. At Coates' Tavern, Monday, 6th day of October. At Rock Hill, Tuesday 7th, Wednesday 8th, Thursday 9th, Friday 10th, and Saturday, lltli 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. D. NEELY, Treasurer. August 7 32 tf ~Tob printing. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and lirst-class appointments throughout our oflice, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior stvle, 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 Dill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet fit proportionate prices. LETTER, HEADS. For 500 For 1000 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 sf paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in evary instance. We also give special attention to the printing af 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 aare to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, ind will be pleased to furnish estimates for any jtyle of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C. November 30 48 tf "hlntersville high school FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Vflfeh, THE SIXTH SCHOLASTIC YEAR and Eleventh Session of this reliable and excellent School will opon on the l&jB' 3RD MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER, next, being the loth day of the month. The following are some of its advantages: 1st. High and healthy location. 2nd. Daily mails, being directly on the A., T. t O. Railroad. 3rd. No temptations to vice or idleness. Whiscy not allowed to be sold within 3 miles of the own. 4th. Thoroughly competent and wide awake eachers. 5th. Constant care and vigilance over every lupil. 6th. Thoroughly organized and well equipped nusical department, in charge of one of the best eachers of the State. 7th. Improved methods of teaching. 8th. Thoroughness. Pupils prepared for the runior or Senior class of any College. 9th. Cheapness. The cheapest to be found any- ? vliere of its grade. 10th. Satisfaction in amount and quality of vork guaranteed. Rev. W. W. ORR, A. M.,) Princiuals Prof. J. C. CORK, A. B., \ 1 nnclPalsApply to Rev. W. W. ORR, at Huntersville, st. C.. for Catalogue. July 17 29 lOt fORKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. 1884-85. THE next Session begins SEPTEMBER 10, and continues ten months. The school is conducted in the Female 'WjSr College, a substantial brick building 60 by 100 feet, three stories high, which s pleasantly situated in a grove of large oaks, in i quiet part of the village, and has attached to it i well of excellent freestone water. Yorkville s one of the most beautiful villages in upper Carolina, and is noted for its pleasant and salu)rious climate, and the morality, intelligence and Un Tho c/ihnnl tu nnon to iVOUiUMHJf XJ1 IUkl^CttO. xuu ovuvv* ? >oth sexes, but boys and girls occupy different ipartments except when on recitation. Every >recaution is taken to prevent all undue intercourse, and so far as the Principal is aware, no complaint has been made by the patrons against he mixed feature of the school. Girls only are eceivcd as boarders in the College building, and every effort will bo made for their social, moral md intellectual improvement, and to render heir stay pleasant. Board, per month, $10.50. Tuition, per month, in primary classes, $2.00 ; nterinediate, $3.00; higher English, Latin and French, $4.00; German and Greek, each $1.00exra; music $4.00 extra. For testimonials or furher information, address the Principal, J. T. ROBERTS, Yorkville, S. C. June 20 20 3m