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Straps and Jarts.
? It has been learned by scientific investigation
that if Atlanta bores through the
earth with the artesian well she will not
strike China, but will reach the bottom of
the Indian Ocean several hundred miles
West of Australia. A full supply of water
is thus assured. The well is now more than
a quarter of a mile deep.
? Mr. E. Matthews, of^Jackson county,
Ga., has a colored man living on his place,
who, he claims, was left in the Cherokee
Nation, in Twenty-nine-mile Stretch, sold
twice by John A Murrell, and shot at three
times by the Confederate soldiers. He is
now the father of 49 children and is 90 years
old. He can plow as much in a day as any
man.
? The Cummin, Ga., Clarion says: "A
gentleman who is well versed in regard to
cattle, says that after the sap rises in the
spring, cattle driven from north to south,
a distance of thirty miles or more, are sure
to (lie, ana tnose unven irom soutn 10 norm
will not die, but the cattle they come in
contact will die. Driving them east and
west has no effect upon them.
? The business failures throughout the
country occurring during the week ending
last Friday, as reported to K. G. Dun & Co.'s
mercantile agency, number for the United
States 248 and Canada 29, making a total of
277 against 278 the preceding week. The
failures for the "Western States are lighter
than for sometime past. The Southern and
Middle States show an increase. Very few
assignments are reported in New York city.
? A West Virginia paper has been urging
the establishment of a new State of which
Pittsburg would be the natural centre and
capital, out of eighteen counties in West
Pennsylvania, seventeen in Eastern Ohio,
and eighteen in West Virginia; and the
papers in that part of the world are discussing
the project in all seriousness. The obstacles
are, of course, insuperable. The consent
of all three of the States affected would
be required, and the passage of an enabling
act by Congress also.
? The Omaha Bee explains the Oklahoma
troubles in the following terse paragraph:
"All there is in the Oklahoma business is
that the boomers who want to secure homesteads
and improve the land, are being kept
out for the benefit of the cattle kings,
who have fenced in the country. If tne
farmers are to be kept out on technicalities,
then let the cattle king land-grabbers be
driven off the disputed territory. It is the
cattle monopolist, who are the ones that are
blocking the way of the homesteaders."
? The executive committee charged with
the arrangement for the inauguration of
President Cleveland, have held a final meeting
and closed their accounts. The expenses
of the inauguration ceremonies were, in 1
round numbers, $46,500, and the receipts j
from inauguration ball tickets, privileges,
sales of lumber, &c., were about $46,000, leavinoe
a rlpfim'pnnv r?f nnlv fthout ItoOO. The
committee, will, therefore, be able to return
nearly the whole of the guarantee fund subscribed
by individuals.
? The Savannah Neics thinks that "the
young men of the South will make a mistake
if they seek offices in Washington.
There are very few piaces there that they
would be likely to get which pay more
than enough to afford a living. There is
very little chance for advancement, and at
the end of four or eight years they would
be little, if any better off than when they
entered the service. Those who have a hope
of accomplishing something in life will,
if they are wise, avoid getting a position
under the government at Washington."
? The United States Supreme Court has
rendered a decision recently, declaring the
Edmunds law, which prohibits polygamists
from voting, to be consitutional. The decision
is sweeping in its character. It defines
the jurisdiction of the United States
over the Territories and the power of Congress
to restrict, limit or abridge any right
of suffrage which it might previously have
fiven to the people of any Territory. No 1
oubt this decision will be unwelcomed by
the polygamists, but it comes from the highest
Court in the land, and if it can do anything
in the way of suppressing the growing
evil of polygamy, it will have done much
for the morality of the country.
? The shameful conduct of some of the
Pennsylvania militia while in Washington
attending the inauguration has called forth a
letter from the district commissioners to the
Governor of that State, regretting that the
praise due the Pennsylvania volunteers for
their excellent behavior and discipline must
be qualified by the bad conduct of a few
members of the fourth, eighth, fourteenth
and eighteenth regiments. They were accused
of forcible robbery and other depredations
regardless of military discipline, law
or morals. The charges seem to be substantiated
by trustworthy evidence. The commissioners
suggest that payment be made
to the injured parties, and a suitable apology
tendered them.
? A special dispatch from Washington to
the Chicago Daily News savs: "President
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uieveianu, a iew uuys sinue, uauseu me inquiry
to be made of ex-President Arthur if
he contemplated a European trip, and if he
did would he accept a diplomatic position
to the several European courts, the President's
intentions being to offer the exPresident
some high position of this character.
This reachea Mr. Arthur in due time,
and he replied that while the compliment
was greatly appreciated, he preferred to go
abroad, if at all, simply as a private citizen.
The relations between the two gentlemen
are of the most cordial nature, as has been
shown by the numerous courtesies extended
to each other since Mr. Cleveland arrived
here."
? The aggregate appropriations of the last
session of Congress amounted to $217,(589,243.44--an
excess of $23,801,747.02 over the
appropriations for the current year. The
increase arises from the increase in pensions,
amounting to $39,000,000. But last vear
there was an unexpended balance, which
enters into the appropriations, being some
$27,000,000 in excess of differences. This
year there is no river and harbor appropriation.
Last year it amounted to some $14,000,000.
Omitting the pension item, the
appropriation made for the next fiscal year
amounts to some $1(>,000,000 less than for
the current year; or, with the amount of
river and harbor of last year's appropriation
deducted, would show the narrow margin
of $2,000,000 retrenchment, exclusive of
pensions.
? There seems to be great suffering both
by man and beast, in some sections of West
Virginia. The sections affected by the last
year's drouth have no seed to plant and
none for feeding purposes, and are in a very
bad condition generally. A dispatch from
Charlestown, W. Va., says: "So great is the
suffering of the people in the drouth-affected
district that the authorities and people of
Kanawha county have been appealed to
and quantities of provisions have been ordered
sent by the County Court for the relief
of the distressed. Tales of suffering
men, women and children and of beasts
reach here from portions of Jackson, Gilmer,
Calhoun anu Koane counties. The
mountain farmers in these counties are unable
to pufchase either food or seed, and as
the season for planting is near, things look
decidedly serious. Kanawha county can
take care of her own needy people, but help
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win oe ueeueu ior omer tuuuuus."
? Highlands, a smalltown in Swain county,
N. C., is considerably stirred up over
the action of some of men the vicinity.
The town is situated near the borders of
Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, and
they claim that desperadoes from these
States gather there in winter to the great
annoyance of the public. They have been
engaged in illicit distilling in the wild regions
around the town. A few days ago
some revenue officers made arrests of the
ringleaders, and shortly afterwards a mob
from Georgia attacked the posse and a considerable
scrimmage ensued, killing one or
two and wounding others. Governor Scales
directed the Solicitor of that circuit, together
with the Adjutant-General of the State,
to proceed to Highlands and investigate the
trouble. After making investigation, Adjutant-General
Jones reported to the Governor
under date of last Friday as follows:
"I have just returned from Highlands.
Quiet has been restored, but apprehensions
of further trouble are felt. There is no need
of troops at present. The contemplated
vigorous enforcement of law by the State
and Federal authorities is all that is required.
No disturbance had occurred since
the affray of the Kith of March, but threats
of murder and burning have been commuI
nicated. Almost a reign, of terror exists
among the Highland people. The lawless
people consist mainly of citizens of Rabun
: county, Georgia. Only a few North Carolians
are among the disturbers of the peace."
? The famous Dr. Burchard, to whose alliterative
propensity some Republicans are
wont to ascribe the election of Cleveland,
| delivered a lecture a few nights ago in the
j United Presbyterian church, New York.
: He complained of pains in the head, heart
and back before he began. He told the re;
porters that if they came to hear mention
| of "any prominent men who have been
lately before the public eye," they would
be disappointed. Dr. Burehard said that
the daily papers had mistaken him for "a
religious slouch, an ecclesiastical dude, an
old fool, and a mule with ears like those of
j the mule Balaam rode." He had been called
everything but a thief and a loafer. Only
i last week he had been taken for a plumber,
j He had also been mistaken for the head
waiter of a hotel in Venice. In referring to
pride and riches, the speaker made use of the
i ifrktvle "nnrcAn nnrvfi and nnlflPP." And then
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added: "you see I am given to alliteration."
[Laughter.] Dr. Burchard said he had
been called a bigot. He denied that he
was a bigot, who was one who stood on a
segment of truth and never looked around
the circle.
?fte fflrferille Jupiter.
YORKVILLE, S. C. :
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 2,1885.
FEDERAL OFFICES.
Senator Butler, in conversation with a
Washington correspondent, says that there
are a good many persons in South Carolina
who believe that the heads of departments
have placed the patronage of certain States
in the hands of the Congressional delegations.
This is a wrong impression, and he
was sorry such an idea was entertained for
one moment. The offices are open to competition,
and doubtless the one making the
greatest impression will secure the appointment,
as those who have the least political
influence behind them seem to have been
the most successful so far in receiving appointment.
CENTRAL AMERICA.
The \var in Central America seems to be
an actual fact. The Republics of San Salvador,
Costa Rica and Guatemala have entered
into a formal treaty, offensive, and defensive,
for forming a union and carrying
on war. The forces of Honduras and those
of San Salvador have already come into collision,
and several skirmishes have occurred.
The armies of Guatemala and Honduras
are acting in harmony and are now
confronting the forces of San Salvador. Active
measures are being taken by San Salvador,
Nicaragua and Costa Rica to protect
themselvesagainstthe revolutionary scheme
of President Barrois. On the 2oth ultimo,
the alliance, defensive and offensive was
formally entered into by these three States,
and arrangements were perfected for putting
an effective force into the field. San Salvador,
whose territory is most threatened,
takes the leading place in this alliance. She
will put her whole army into the field.
Nicaragua will provide 4,000 men, and
Costa Rica sends 2,000. Costa Rica at the
same time contributed $100,000 toward the
expenses of the war. President Zaldivar,
of San Salvador, will assume the chief command
of the allied forces, President Cardevas,
of Nicaragua, will be second in command,
and Gen. Soto, of Costa Rica, will
probably take the third place.
Gen. Justo Runno Barrois, the leader of
the revolutionary scheme, was born July
10,183o, iu San Loreazo, Department of San
Marcos, Guatemala. His father was Don
Jose Ignacio Barrois, and his mother Donna
Maria Josefa Anjon, and he is of pure Spanish
descent, having no Indian blood in him.
His father was a farmer, ana young liarnos
was brought up to hard work. From a
primary school he was sent to the University
of San Carlos, in Guatemala, where he
graduated in law. He returned froin the
University in 1862, and began business as a
a notary public, and continued until 1867.
On the 3rd of August of that year, having
secured the co-operation of a few of his
friends, he suddenly attacked the barracks
and fort of San Marcos, and the garrison
surrendered to him. This at once brought
him to the front and fixed the attention of
his countrymen upon him. Gen. Cebna,
the President of Guatemala at that time,
made light of Barrios' coup, but from that
moment Barrios became a factor in the
politics of Guatemala.
RECENT APPOINTMENTS.
On Friday the President decided to appoint
N. J. Coleman, of St. Louis, Mo.,
commissioner of agriculture. Coleman is
about sixty years of age. He is editor of
Coleman's Rural World, and was selected
at the earnest solicitation of Senator Cockrell.
Bepresentati ve Aiken, of South Caroli-<
na, Robert Beverly and ex-Senator Withers,
of Virginia, were his leading competi!
tors. Senator Cockrell called at the White
House early Friday morning, when it was
! agreed that Coleman's nomination should
! go in at once. An hour later Col. Beverly
| called to advise the President to select a
i practical agriculturist and to oppose the selection
of Withers. He was informed that
I such a man as he suggested had already
been chosen for the place.
The following nominations were sent to the j
i Senate last Monday: To be consul generals !
j of the United States, Thos. M. Waller, of
I Connecticut, at London; Frederick Payne, j
| of Maryland, at Berlin; to be ministers res- j
| ident of the United States, Isaac Bell, Jr., |
! of Rhode Island, to the Netherlands; Rufus !
i MacGee, of Indiana, to Sweden and Nor-:
way; to be minister resident and consul j
' general of the United States, Edward Parke :
1 Custis Lewis, of New Jersey, to Portugal; j
Rasanus B. Anderson, of Mississippi, to j
| Denmark; to be consul of the United States, :
A. Haller Gross, of Pennsylvania, at Athens;
Evan P. Ilowell, of Georgia, at Man-1
! Chester, England ; to be envoys extraordi- i
nary and ministers plenipotentiary of the
{ United States, Thos. J. Jarvis, of North
; Carolina, to Brazil; Alexander R. Lawton,
of Georgia, to Russia; Anthony M. Keiley,
of Virginia, to Italy; to be minister resi
dent of the United States, Geo. W. ZVIerrill,
of Nevada, to Hawaiian Islands; to consul
general of the United States, Edmund Jussen,
of Illinois, at Vienna, Austria; Brown,
Shipley & Co., of London, England, to be
special fiscal agent of the navy department;
to be collectors of internal revenue,
Nathan Gregg, of Tennessee, for the 22nd
district of Tennessee ; Alexander McCue, of
j New York, to be solicitor of the treasury;
David Settle, of North Carolina, to be marshal
of the United States for the western
district of North Carolina; Joseph E. Johnston,
of Virginia, to be commissioner of
railroads; Lewis Mullen, of New York, to
be appraiser in the district of New York,
State of New York; Clement l)owd, of
North Carolina, to be collector of internal
j revenue for the 3ixth district of North Carolina;
Capt. Wm. J. Volkmar, of the ">th
calvary, to he Major and assistant adjutant
general; Capt. Geo. H. Burton, of the 21st
infantry, to be major and inspector general.
The following South Carolina confirmaj
tions were made on the same day: Mrs.
J Elizabeth C. Herbert, postmaster at Newberry;
Donald G. Auld, postmaster at Sumter.
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.
England can, according to competent authority,
rapidly assemble an army of 800,000
men, with 5,000 guns, on the Afghan
frontier. Of these troops, 02,000 are English
and 140,000 native Hindoos. A writer
in the Cburier-Journal, quoting from experts,
says: "If needs be, England can put
1,000,000 in the field in Asia and 100,000 at
any point of strategy in Europe. The Itussian
army, on a peace footing, numbers
about 500,000 with an additional reserve of
500,000. Her military strength on a war
footing represents about 2,000,000 men. The
Russian fleet has 870 vessels, of which 81
are iron clads, but there are no heavy guns,
and the thickest armor is 14 inches. This
writer argues that one first-class English
iron-clad could sink the whole Russian
fleet; and if war should be proclaimed it
will be a quick and easy task to cork up the
outlet to the Rlack and Baltic seas."
Though sore beset in Ireland and the Soudan,
and cordially hated in many quarters,
England is still the money changer of the
world and mistress of the seas. Her power
is enormous with purse and sword.
Fighting England at this time will be
with Russia a question of money and allies.
If the financial strain can be borne and powerful
alliances made, Russia may make
England fight. How each country would
emerge from such a conflict and what other
nations would be involved, must be nfatters
of pure speculation. It would not surprise
us at all if Russia were to recede this
time, watchful of a better opportunity for
advancing. That Russia and England will
eventually and inevitably clash for the possession
of the East cannot be questioned.
But the time for the collision in its fullest
proportions may not have come. The wiles
of diplomacy are infinite and the ways of
the speculators are devious. How much
of war and how much of speculation the
present crisis portends must be left to future
development. The principal beneficiary,
so far, appears to a be canned beef prince,
whose millions have been chiefly made by
cornering the market, who is ready to feed
the fighting fools of the universe, at the usual
rates.?Augusta Chronicle.
THE EUROPEAN ^VAR CLOUD.
That England is making gigantic preparations
for war there can be no doubt, and
that the people and the press are enthusiastic
over the prospect of war with Russia is
equally certain. The London Globe of Friday
says:
A proposal partaking of the nature of an
ultimatum has been telegraped by the Government
to St. Petersburg, and it was requested
at the same time that the Russian
governmeut should send an answer by the
3Uth of March.
Earl Granville has had an audience with
the Queen at Windsor Castle. It is expected
that at present 20,000 men of the first class
will be called out with 5,000 picked efficient
militia. The war ship Mercury will be supplied
with two first-class torpedo boats and
appliances. The military authorities state
that a force of 20,000 men could be dispatched
from England within a fortnight. A
contract was concluded with Tyne merchants
to carry 12,000 tons of coal to Cronstadt
during the season, with the option of
delivery at Copenhagen or Aahrhuus in the
event of war with Russia.
Great preparations are being made at Aldershot
for the reception of the army reserve
forces and the militia called out by
the Queen's message. Quarters are ready
at Chatham for a large force. The greatest
activity prevails in the ordinance department
in hastening the armament of vessels
ordered for immediate service. Extra
hands are employed for this work. All
available quarters at Chelsea have been
made ready for occupation. It is reported
that the naval reserve will be immediately
called out for service. The government has
given contracts for 100,000 uniforms.
The Times says: "When Disraeli called
out the reserves in 1878, Earl Derby retired
from the Ministry. Earl Derby's opinion,
therefore, and his experience were unique.
The risks of a rupture with Russia now are
greater than they were then. The Czar's
forces are almost at the gates of Constantinople.
Even if the Cabinet were after concession,
it is now clear that such a policy is
unsafe as it would be dishonorable. Yielding
would alienate the Afghans and degrade
us in the eyes of all the people of the
East, without, in reality, averting war,
which would only be postponed at most for
three years. Delay would only benefit Rus
sia to the detriment or England. vv naiever
frontier shall be traced we must protect
the Afghans. It will be always in the power
of Russia to provoke a quarrel unless we
convince her that it will not be to her advantage
to do so. A compromise in the
present state of affairs would be represented
as a Russian victory and would produce opposite
convictions in the Russian and Afghan
minds. We are persuaded that if
Russia depends upon a want of spirit and
inadequate resources in England and is preparing
herself for war, it will be in order
for her to test the strength of the cohesion
of her vast empire, which will bring the
dreams of her ambitious States to a cruel
ending."
The Standard says: "We appear to be on
the verge of what is likely to draw into its
vortex the whole civilized world. There is
no tendency to boasting but a firm, rational
conviction that there must be an end of
yielding. Negotiations might tend to peace.
It would be a matter of regret if Russia
would allow her whole fabric of government,
finance and society, to fall to the
ground with a crash; still nothing less is
expected. If owing to the madness of their
rulers, England and Russia come to blows,
the peace of the world will be broken."
The Queen's message calling out thereserves
and the militia for permanent service
has been received by the country with
great enthusiasm. The enthusiasm is especially
marked at the various military
stations throughout the kingdom. Everywhere
active efforts are being exerted to
get the barracks ready for the reserves and
to have arms and accoutrements at hand
with which to equip them. The immense
stores of arms at the Tower of London are
ready at this moment to be issued. They
can be distributed at any moment when
they are required. The war feeling is
strong among the reserves and many of
them have already joined the guards before
the orders summoning them to service
had been received.
Hanged for Crime.?Wm. Neal, the
hist of the criminals Known as me ivsmanu
murderers, convicted of murdering a family
near Ashland, Ky., about three years ago,
was hanged at Grayson, Ivy., last Friday.
He refused the attendance of ministers until
the morning of the execution. At 1
o'clock he was taken to the gallows where a
large crowd was waiting to witness the execution
and was escorted by guards armed
with double barreled shot guns and pistols.
Neal ascended the scaffold with great composure.
He said: "I say to one and all,
you know this is no place to tell a lie. 1
stand here to-day to suffer for a heineous
crime I did not commit, and one day my
innocence will be established beyond a
i doubt. I bid you one and all good bye.
I Oh! Lord, thou knowest I am innocent.
| Into Thy hands I commit my soul. 1 am
innocent." The last words were said just
as the drop fell. He was pronounced dead
in ten minutes. Xone of his relatives were
! present.
On the same day John Sexton was hanged
at Barboursville, Ky., for the murder of
George liowden, the object being robbery.
? Rev. L. L. McAvoy, I). 1)., the wellknown
Presbyterian divine, suddenly dropped
dead on the morning of the 2oth ultimo,
at hishomein Tryon, on the Spartanburg
and Asheville Ralroad. Dr. McAvoy was a
native of Pennsylvania, but had been living
in Upper South Carolina for the past
fifteen years. His death is attributed to
heart disease.
? Thomas Workman, of Laurens, has invented
a cotton press which packs a round
bale. When the cylinder is run down the
ties are all fastened and the ends of the
bale are closed up. A pair of scales will be
attached, and when tne amount of cotton
desired has been put in a bell strikes.
A patent has been applied for.
! LOCAL A77AIBS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
j Application for Charter.
Hunter A Gates?An Invitation.
John C. Kuykendal?Solid Shot from the Mortar.
What is the matter with M. Strauss?
I Herndon Brothers?Attention,
j H. F. Adiekes?Grand Central Fancy and Dry
Goods Establishment.
Withers Adiekes?Seasonable Sundries.
Berry it Barber?Baker's Bread.
Mason Bratton, Guthriesville, S. C\?Attention ! i
Progressive Farmers.
H. A. D. Neelv, Treasurer of York eonntv?Tax
Notice?1884.
Dr. W. G. White?Medical Notice.
The Domestic Fertilizing Co., Columbia, S. C.?
Anunoniated Fertilizers.
UNTIL JANUARY 1ST 18Htt.
We will furnish the York villi-: Enquirer
from this date until January 1st, 1S8G, for $l.HO,
the cash, in all cases, to accompany the subscription.
THE KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
The Grand Lodge Knights of Honor of South
Carolina, will meet in ninth annual session at
Odd Fellows' Hall, Chester, on Wednesday, 15th
inVtjmt, at 8o'clock P. M.
/ ROBBING A CHURCH.
Gn? niirbt last wflfik the Presbvterian church
in this place was burglariously entered and robbed
of two lamps?one taken from the pulpit
and the other from the organ. The theft was
discovered last Sunday morning, and had been
committed between that time and Thursday
night previous.
THE LAUREXSYILLE HERALD.
The Laurensville Herald was issued last week
from its own press and types, it being tho first
issue thus printed since the office was destroyed
by fire some weeks ago. JKgcongratulate friend
Crews on the handsoriie appearance the Herald
makes after passing ^through the fiery ordeal,
and commend the energy and enterprise he has
displayed in the early resumption of his paper
under the difficulties by which he was environed.
The Herald is a well conducted paper, both
sides printed at home, and is one of our most
valued Stato exchanges.
THE PETERKIN COTTON SEED.
Attention is directed to the advertisement of
Mr. Mason Bratton, of Outhriesville, in this
county, offering the above improved variety of
cotton seed for sale. This seed was originated by
Oapt. J. A. Peterkin, of Orangeburg county, in
this State, who has been planting it as a fixed
variety for the past three years, offering it for
sale for the first time last season, when it commanded
$5 per bushel. Its superior qualities are
highly attested by the numerous certificates ot
those who have cultivated it, and from the recommendation
it has, we think it deserves a trial
by the progrestive farmers of York.
V PERSONAL* MENTION.
Mr. Cherry, a young member of the local bar,
whose office is in Rock Hill, is in attendance up
on Court, it being his firs t term.
Hon. J. J. Hemphill, Giles J. Patterson, Esq.,
and S. P. Hamilton, Esq., of the Chester bar,
came upon Monday to attend the Court of Commou
Pleas.
Rev. Edmund X. Joyner, Rector of the Episcopal
churches of Rock Hill and Yorkville, returned
last Saturday from a mission visit to the
Xorth under direction'of the Bishop of the diocese.
He will not officiate in the Church of the
Good Shepherd next Sunday, it being his day in
regular course for service in the Church of our
Saviour at Rock Hill.
CH URCH NOTICES.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate,
Pastor. Easter services will he held in this
church next Sunday. Sermon at 11 A. M. by the
pastor; at 7.30 P. M. by Rev. L. A. Johnson. At
the close of the morning service the sacrament
of the Lord's Supper will be administered.
King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson,
Pastor. Servicesat 11 A. M., next Sunday,
at the Shannon School-house.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at the usual hours, morning and evening,
next Sundaj'.
Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. The
pastor will till his regular appointment at Union
next Sunday morning. Services in the church
at Yorkville at 7.30 P. M.
TIT""
THE COURT.
Xo Judge on the Circuit bench of the State
makes a more favorable impression than Judge
Wallace. Courteous and affable to all brought
in contact with him, he yet presides with ease
and dignity well becoming his exalted position;
while his attainments as a jurist are well atotioil
hv thn nrnmntness with which his rulings
vs,*vv% "J """ I" 1
are announced from the bench.
Mr. Solicitor McDonald is now on the circuit
for the first time since ho received his commission,
and the ability with which he discharges
his duties fully meets tho expectations of the
public. A young man, he has already shown
that he is fully competent to contest with older
practitioners, and what is no less gratifying to
the advocates of law and order, he evinces a
determination to discharge his official duties
fearlessly, and without favor or affection.
v VIOLATORS OP THE LAW.
On Friday last, United States Deputy Marshal
T. C. Beckham arrested in tho this place and
lodged in jail Edward Boheler, who at last August
term of the United States Circuit Court in
Greenville, pleaded guilty of retailing spirituous
liquors without United States license, but failed
to appear for sentence. He will be taken to
Charleston when the U. S. District Court meets
in that city, this month, for the purpose of receiving
his sentence. Boheler is a citizen ( f Union
county, and was in Yorkville last week as a witness
in the Wisher trial.
On Monday Deputy Beckham arrested Adolphus
Rico and Wheeler Henry, both colored, of
this place, charged with violating the United
States Internal Revenue laws, and they were
lodged in jail to await a formal hearing before
Commissioner Pride, at Rock Hill, on Monday
next.
MINISTERIAL CALL.
Rev. L. R. McCormiek, recently in charge of
the Presbyterian churches of Gastonia and New
Hope, in Mecklenburg Presbytery, N. 0., has accepted
a unanimous call to Zion church in Bethel
Presbytery. This church is located near Lowrysville,
in Chester county, the pastorate of which
was made vacant by the recent resignation of
Rev. W. T. Matthews. Rev. Mr. McCormiek is
well known by our people, being a native of
Chester county, and formerly a member of tho
Presbytery to which lie returns. A correspondent
of the North Carolina Presbf/tei inn, speaking
of Mr. McCormick's acceptance of the call to
Zion church, says:
Mr. McCormiek, in leaving Mecklenburg Presbytery
and the very desirable field lie is now oc,,-iil
n?f niit. ibn imnulscs ,>f dutv. We I
have reason to know that under his administrations
both charges have increased largely in liberality.
During his short pastorate there have
been thirty-four accessions to New Hope and
twenty-four to Gnstonia. We are truly sorrv
that our Synod will lose Mr. McCormick, but
Gaston ia has already made a must excellent
| choice in inviting Rev. W. 10. Mcllwaine tosup|
plv them for the remainder of the year.
GRAND' JURY'S REPORT.
The following is the presentment of the grand
jury, made 011 Thursday afternoon last, after
: which they were discharged for the presentterm:
To Ilitt Honor, W.m. II. Wallace, Presiding
| Judge: The grand jury of York County make
the following report:
We have examined all the public ollices of the
j county, and with one exception which will be
j hereinafter named, wo are pleased to find them
! in perfect order; the officials attentive to their
j respective duties, and their books neatly and
: properly kept. The exception noted is that of
j the Probate Judge, whose journal book has not
1 been posted for the past year. We recommend
that he be required to post thesaid book properly
: and have it ready for inspection by the grand
: jury by the next term of the Court.
We have examined the public buildings of the j
I county and find all in good condition with the |
j exception of the jail, which requires some re-1
pairs. It is the unanimous opinion of the grand j
jury that for the want of several needed repairs i
j the building is suffering damage, and we rcc- j
ommend to the proper authorities to give the j
I subject their investigation. In regard to the
management of the jail, four of our number !
made a personal examination and inspection, j
and report that the jail is well kept; the prisoners
confined there represent that they are well !
and humanely treated, and we have no com- I
plaint to reprt from this source.
A committee of four of our number also visit- !
ed the poor house and farm of the county. There !
I are now at this institution seventeen paupers? 1
j ten whites and seven colored. With the general j
mangementof the poor house the committee was !
favorably impressed. Oftheproductsofthefarm [
from last year's crop there are now on hand 22 j
bales of cotton and nearly enough gram and
provender to feed the stock until harvest?all the
product of the poor house farm. With the present
manager the inmates express satisfaction.
The committee make only one recommendation
011 this subject, and that is that the keeper be
requested and authorized to furnish some aged j
and infirm inmates with some needed delicacies
not in the line of the fare usually supplied to in- J
mates of the poor house.
In regard to the public roads we regret to have
to report that generally they are in a deplorable
condition; aiwl on information, wo especially
present that portion of the Landsford road between
John G. Steele's house and Anderson
Hall'sshop, in the eastern part of the county, as
heingin an extremely bad and dangerous condition.
For the generally bad condition of the public
roads, there would seem to be no individual
responsibilty, and it may be attributed, as much
as from any other cause, to the defective system
of the roacl laws of the State. That these laws
should be repealed and a different system of
working the public roads adopted, is the unanimous
opinion of tho grand jury.
The grand jury has been deeply impressed
with the large amount of crime on the Sessions
docket of this term, the greater part of which
is attributable to the illicit sale of ardent
spirits. 111 IU1S connection t\e apixmn* Jiitrsent
Joseph Thornburg, Sylvanus Thoriiburg,
William Thornburg and ? McCullough, living
about two miles east of tho Court House, as
being engaged in this unlawful traffic; which
information is derived from the sworn testimony
of the following witnesses : James Reese,
Elijah Sutton, Isaac Wright, Jeff. Williams,
I lamp. Witherspoon, Nathan Lindsay, T. J.
Thomasson, J. O. Walker; J. T. Norman, J. M.
Davinney, Dr. J. M. Lowry, I. T. Parish, Wm.
Ferguson, W. P. Norman and A. Q. Adams, all
of whom testify to having bought whisky from
the parties heretofore named. We therefore present
the house at which whisky is illegally sold,
in open defiance of the law, as a public nuisance
which should be abated.
It has also come to our knowledge that the
following persons, to-wit: Will Jackson, Robert
E. Jackson and John T. Clark are guilty of
habitually carrying concealed weapons, in defiance
of the law, witnesses to prove which are
as follows : T. H. Allen, Gus Matthews, Joe
Matthews, W. T. Jackson and G. F. Foard, who
have testified to that effect before us.
With the above facts we close our report for
the present term, taking occasion to acknowledge
the courtesies we have received at the
hands of the honorable Court and recognizing
the ability with which the presiding Judge and
the able' Solicitor discharge their respective
duties.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
R. T. Riooins, Foreman.
AN UNFORTUNATE CASE.
The Charlotte Observer of last Thursday contains
the following:
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Thomas Arledge, son
of Mr. Mcl). Arledge, left this city under escort
for the insane asylum at Morganton, where admittance
has been secured for him. The young
man had been going to school in Baltimore and
recently sullered an attack of sickness, by which
his brain was seriously affected, but the full
extent was not realized until one day last week
when he made an attack upon one of the waiters
at his table, and the truth then became known that
the young man was insane. It was decided to
bring him home, and he arrived here from Baltinirriif
iWnro lnaf. TTia mind is hadlv af
fectcd, and at times his insanity is of a violent
nature. Accommodations having been secured
for him in the asylum at Morganton, it was decided
to send him there for treatment without
delay, and it is to be hoped that under his treatment
there his mind will be fully restored. He
was naturally a bright young man, and his sad
affliction calls for the sympathy of our community.
The parents of the unfortunate young man are
well known in Yorkville, his mother being a
native of this town, and in their distress they
have the sympathy of our people with the hope
that the affliction of their son may at most be
only temporary.
THE SESSIONS COURT.
As foreshadowed in these columns several
weeks ago, the Sessions docket of the present term
of the Circuit Court was heavier than it has been
for yoars, not only as to the number of cases*
but the serious character of many of the crimes
charged. Besides one case of arson, three of
murder, and three prisoners charged with being
accessories to a murder, the alleged principal of
which was convicted at the last term of the
Court and is now under sentence of death, there
was also developed during the term a case of
bigamy, which, with the usual number of petty
offences, increased York's criminal calendar beyond
its usual proportions.
At the time our last issue went to press the
case of the State vs. Sylvan us Thorn burg, charged
with retailing spirituous liquor, was pending.
On the convening of Court, Wednesday morning,
they returned a sealed verdict of not guilty.
The next case taken up was that of the State
vs. Andrew Glover, colored, charged with burning
the barn of James II. Sutton, near Fort
Mill, in this county, on the night of the 17th of |
November last. This being a capital crime, and
the prisoner having no counsel, the Court assigned
as counspl Maj. J. F. Hart and Mr. Cherry.
The following jury was impaneled: A. B.
Crosby, foreman; \V. N. Gold, S. G. Iveistler,
Lee Campbell, R. A. Westbrooks, P. K. Mull, A.
C. McKnight, R. L. Crook, George R. Shillingl.>?.
T W f'ufrnll Pnlnnpl A Afiirtin Alfixan
tier Gill.
A large number of witnesses were examined
both for the prosecution and the defence. Mr.
Sutton testified that his barn and two cribs were
burned on the night above mentioned. The
first crib set on tire was about one hundred und
fifty yards from his dwelling. The crib was
built for a corn crib, and contained two bales of
cotton at the time it was burned. The cotton
was in the seed. It was burned about f) or 10
o'clock. The next morning he examined the
ground for tracks and saw a track made by
a man running from where the crib was tired.
Both shoes were run down. The defendant was
there the next morning, and witness measured
his track and his shoes. The shoes were round,
like the tracks from the crib, and witness
thought it was defendant's track.
Marion Watson, colored, testified that the
defendant had confessed to him that he burned
the barn. Other witnesses were examined, their
testimony pointing to the guilt of the prisoner.
The defence rested entirely upon an alibi, which
it was attempted to establish by proving that on
the night in question the defendant was at the
colored church in the neighborhood; and a cloud
of witnesses?members of the church?were introduced
to prove that the defendant was at
the church from about dark that evening until
after the alarm of lire was raised. The defendant's
case was ably argued by Messrs. Cherry
and Hart, and the State was represented with
equal ability by Mr. Solicitor McDonald. The
jury took the case late in the afternoon, nnd at
;> o'clock next morning sent for the Judge and
notified him that they were unable to agree;
whereupon the jury was discharged and a mistrial
entered. We learn that the jury stood
four for conviction and eight for acquittal. On
Friday, on motion of Mr. Hart for bail for the
accused, the Solicitor having also been heard on
the motion, the Judge granted bail in a bond of
$500.
On Thursday morning Ilarney Davis, a colored
boy about twenty years of age, was put upon his
trial for the murder of Jackson Meek, also a
colored boy about the same age, in the Hickory
Grove neighborhood, on the night of the 12th
of last January. Messrs. Chambers and Cherry
were employed for the defence. #The following
jury was impaneled: C. M. Greene, foreman,
S. B. L. Brown, P. M. Burris, Lee Campbell,
colored, George R. Shillinglaw, J. P. Dun-I
can, Samuel G. Blair, Alfred Long, colored,
Colonel A.Martin, Alexander Gill,colored, John
K. London, A. B. Crosby.
The killing was not denied, but the plea set
up by the defence was that the act was acciden- i
tal or unintentional. The defendant and the deceased,
while returning home from a frolic,
were scuttling and playing at "holts." The defendant
had an old cheap 32-calibre pistol, the
cylinder of which would revolve only when
turned by the hand, and besides, the cartridges
he had were No. 30, two sizes smaller than the !
calibre of his weapon. Placed in the chambers
they were liable to fall out, and he claimed that
only ashort while beforethe playing commenced
he examined the cylinder and thought the chambers
were empty. He playfully placed the pistol
at the head of the deceased and pulled the trigger
with fatal results. No malice was shown,
and it was proved by others who were present
that the prisoner and the deceased were on
friendly terms. The case was argued by counsel
and the Solicitor, and after the charge by the
Court clearly explaining the law as relating to
homicides resulting from accident or carelessness,
the jury returned a verdict of not guiltyCourt
then adjourned until .'1 o'clock.
When Court convened at 3 o'clock the case of
the State vs. Robert Wisher for the murder of
James L. Rolin was called. Rolin received a
mortal wound, indicted by the hand of Robert
Wisher, at the house of Elizabeth McCarter, in
the Clark's Fork section of the county, on the
13th of last December, from the effect of which
he died on the 21st.
Maj. J. F. Hart was retained to aid the Solicitor
for the State, and Messrs Wilson it Wilson were
engaged for the defence. The following jury
was impaneled: R. J. Love, foreman, S. Cf.
Keistler, A. R. Crosby, R. L. Crook, W. K. Boyd,
R. A. Westbrooks, Colonel A. Martin, W. J.
Miller, A. C. McKnight, J. If. Duncan, W. M.
Cold, P. K. Mull.
The testimony in this ease developed the fact j f
that 011 the day the wound was inflicted a party >
of eight or nine persons had gathered at the i
house of Mrs. McCarter, among them the prison- j <
er and the deceased, the attraction being some ' 1
whisky?the carriage containing which had bro- j i
ken down near Mrs. McCarter's, while en route for <
Union county where the owners lived. They >
stopped at her house on the previous evening to <
have their carriage repaired by a neighboring
blacksmith, and the next morning the crowd
gathered in. The fight terminating in the death
i of Bolin, was the result of drinking too much
whisky. i
Dr. J. P. Ifanibright testified to giving Bolin
| his professional services after he was wounded, i
He had two wounds, one In the head and the other
under the left shoulder blade. The immedi- i
ate cause of death was the wound in the head, i
which appeared to have been made with a sharppointed
instrument.
Several witnesses were examined for the State,
but none were clear as to how the difficulty originated.
It was claimed that after a difficul
I ty in the yard, when Wisher inflicted the flrst
! wound under Bolin's shoulder, Bolin attempted
to run into the house, and on reaching the door,
stumbled and fell, when Wisher, pursuing him,
ran up and inflicted the second wound in his
head, passing on through the house and leaving
the place.
The plea of self defence was made, the defendant
contending that Bolin had struck at him with
his knife, cutting his shirt, which was produced
in Court to show the nature of the thrust, and
that when he ran in the direction of Bolfc after
Bolin had fallen at the door, it was to escape a
blow aimed at him with a chicken trough in the
hands of W. C. Farris, who had already in the
melee struck him across the shoulders with it'
On Friday morning the testimony was concluded,
and after able and exhaustive argument
by counsel on both sides, his Honor charged the
jury, who took the ease at 2 o'clock P. M., and
at half past 3 returned a verdict of manslaughter,
with a recommendation to mercy.
Council for defence gave notice that they
would make motion for a new trial.
At 4 o'clock, all the venire being present, the
case of the State vs. J. H. Holland for the murder
of James R. Barber was proceeded with.
The shooting of Barber occurred at the house
of Holland, near Clover, in this county, on the
morning of the 18th of last November. Messrs.
Wilson <fc Wilson were associated with the Solicitor
for the State, and Messrs. Hart <fc Hart and
Mr. Chambers were engaged for the defence.
The following jury was impaneled : A. C. McKnight,
foreman, R. J. Love, O. R. Shillinglaw,
W. F. Boyd, S. B. L. Brown, J. H. Duncan,
A.J. Downs, R. L. Crook, R. A. Westbrook, Allen
B. Crosby, W. M. Cold, Colonel A. Martin.
This case, like the one preceding it, was the
outcome of too much whisky, the testimony
going to show that both parties had been drinking
freely on the night of tho shooting.
On that night several persons, by no precon
ceived arrangement, had met in the road, about
a mile from Holland's house. While at this
place of meeting a fire was built, and Holland
proposed to one of the party to accompany him
to John Barber's house, a short distance away,
as he wished to pay Mrs. Barber a sum of money
he owed her. Returning from John Barber's
and joining the persons in the road, Holland extended
an invitation to them to go to his house.
All started in that direction, it being on the road
to their respective houses. Some separated from
Holland and Barber, however, before reaching
Holland's house, though on the near approach to
his house, Holland produced a jug which he had
concealed in some bushes, and he and Barber and
perhaps others drank, both Holland and Barber
being somewhat under the influence of liquor in
the meantime. J. H. McCarter, who wa3 in the
employ of Holland and boarding with him, was
in the party. He testified for the State that soon
after reaching the house he went to bed and was
in bed when the shooting took place. He did not
know how the difficulty originated, nor did he
hear the report of the gun. The first he knew of
the shooting was when Holland came to his room
and awoke him, telling him that he had shot
Barber.
On cross-examination, he said Barber was shot
in the bed-room of Mrs. Holland and her children.
When witness entered the room Barber
was lying on the floor, his head under the foot of
the bed, and his body four or five steps from the
door.
Mrs. Holland testified mat aooui a year preyious
to this occurrence Barber had made improper
advances toward her, of which she duly
informed her husband, which incensed him very
much, and he threatened vengeance; but she
dissuaded him from adopting violent measures,
as Barber was drunk at the time. She also testified
that on the night of the shooting, when her
husband insisted on taking Barber to McCarter's
room and putting him to bed, he refused to go,
but said he would go to bed with her.
The defendant testified to this effect, and further
that when he found that he could not induce
Barber to go to bed, he insisted on him leaving
his house and put him out of the room three or
four times. Whilo on the piazza, the last time
he put him out, during the scuttle, Barber drew
his knife. As Holland retreated to his room,
Barber followed him, and it was then he took
down his parlor rifle and fired.
This is an outline of the case, though the testimony
was quite voluminous, much of it pertaining
to previous threats, the reputation of the
deceased for violence when drinking, etc.
The argument was opened by Mr. Solicitor
McDonald for the State, followed by Messrs.
Chambers and Hart for the defence, Col. W. B.
Wilson closing for the State.
After the charge of the Judge, the jury retired
at half past 2 o'clock P. M., on Saturday,
and at 4 returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter
with recommendation to the mercy of
the Court.
The Sessions Court was then adjourned until
10o'clock A. M., Monday.
When Court convened on Monday, the following
jurors, drawn for the second week of the
term, answered to their names: J. A. Adams,
Milton Allison, colored, J. W. Byers, W. B.
Black, A. A. Barron, Walter T. Barron, J. F.
Davidson, C. S. Good, J. R. Harris, A. C. Hambright,
T. L. Johnston, W. I). Johnson, Allen
Jones, W. I. Jones, W. E. Kimbrcll, A. L. Lock,
J. M. Lindsay, J. M. Laughridge, J. Leonidas
Moore, R. A. Matthews, J. R. MeCarter, J. S.
McCullough, Isaac R. Gates, Joseph L. Plexico,
J. W. Quinn, R. M. Roark, W. L. Roddy, B. F.
Rawlinson, B. D. Springs, James Scoggins, W.
P. Wylie, W. H. Williams, W. C. Whitesides.
Of the venire drawn, L. McKnight could not
be found ; T. J3. Withers was excused on physician's
certificate; S. E. White was excused on
the ground of having been a juror last year, and
Mr. Quinn, who was present, was excused for
the same reason.
The figjt case called was the State vs. Quay Tigler,
Giles Good and Sam Good, all colored, charged
with being accessories before thcfaet to the
murder of Ellison Sanders, colored, on the night
of the .-*h of last October, for which oflence Columbus
Cranford, colored, is now in jail under
sentence of death as the principal.
Major James F. Hart was associated with Mr.
Solicitor McDonald for the State; Messrs. Wilson
Wilson for the defence. '
Before proceeding with the drawing of a jury,
announcement was made from Dr. J. F. Lindsay,
county physician, that Quay Tigler, one of the
defendants, was sick in jail and not well enough ,
to be removed from the jail to the court-room,
unless provided with a bed after being brought
into Court.
The Court ruled that the case of Tigler should
be continued, and the other defendants be put
upon their trial.
Col. Wilson then made a motion for severance
as to the trial of Giles Good and Sam Good. This
was at first opposed by the Solicitor, but he afterwards
gave his consent to tho proposition and
the Court so ordered ; wheroupon Giles Good, a
man past tho middle age of life, of copper eom|
plexion, with waving black hair, and bearing
Indian features, was placed in the dock.
The following jury was impaneled: W. L.
Roddy, foreman, H. M. Roark.A. C. Hambright,
J. M. Laughridge, B. D. Springs, W. I. Jones, R.
A. Matthews, W. E. Kimbrell, J. A. Adams, J.
R. Harris, W. H. Williams, Walter T. Barron.
For this murder Columbus Cranford was put
011 trial at the last term of the Court and convicted.
Subsequently, in the month of December,
evidence was discovered justifying the arrest of
Wallace Iteid, Quay Tigler, Giles Good and Sam
Good, as accessories before the fact, and on a
warrant being issued by Trial Justice McCaw,
these persons were brought before him for a preliminary
examination. This examination resulted
in the Trial Justice holding them all for
trial. Wallace Reid, on his own motion, became a
witness for the State, and on his testimony in the
present trial the prosecution mainly depended.
His testimony was to the effect that a conspiracy,
headed by Giles Good, existed among several
of the negroes of the neighborhood to kill Elli-1
ion Sanders, the reason being that Ellison had
ihot at Giles, and afterwards caused his arrest
ind committal to the Chester jail, and that while
Giles was in jail Columbus Cranford had incited
the conspiracy at Giles Good's bidding, and that
it was at the instigation of Giles that Ellison Sanders
was shot from ambush on the night of the
r>th of last October; but witness averred that ho
did not aid in killing him.
Other testimony intended to corroborate Wallace
Reid's was introduced.
The line of the defence was to break down
Wallace Reid's statements, and to this end a
number ot witnesses, among them his companions
in jail, were introduced, who testified to contradictory
statements made by him to them. W.
B. McCaw, Esq., was also introduced. He was
the committing trial justice, and he testified
that on the preliminary examination of Wallace
Reid, Quay Tigler, Giles Good and Jim Good,
Wallace desired to make a statement. He, Mr.
McCaw, cautioned him against it, telling him if
he did so it would be at his peril; but he made
the statement and in it admitted that he shot Ellison
Sanders.
The case was more ably argued by all the counsel
eniravred than either of the capital cases pre
reding it, in which the same array of legal talent
had been engaged on one or the other side: Major
Hart opening for the State, followed by W. 11,
Wilson, Jr., and W. B. Wilson, Sen., for the
defence, Mr. Solicitor McDonald closing for the
State.
The Court charged the jury by explaining the
law specifically bearing upon the case, when
the jury retired, returning in half an hour with
a verdict of not guilty.
Court then adjourned until half past !) o'clock
Tuesday morning.
On the convening of Court, Tuesday morning,
an order was granted admitting to bail Quay
Tigler and Jim Good, in jail as accessories before
the fact to the murder of Ellison Sanders.
Wallace Reid, State's witness in the same case,
was discharged.
State vs. William Thornburg; retailing liquor
without license. Continued.
State vs. Drayton Parks ; retailing liquor without
license. Continued.
State vs. D. A. Long; bigamy. Continued.
Long married a lady in Rock Hill a few months
ago, and it is now alleged that he has a wife living
in North Carolina. The case was continued
on motion of the State, the prosecution desiring
the necessary time in which to procure complete
testimony, and also, as stated, to give the
defendant ample time in which to vindicate himself,
if innocent, of the charge. The defendant
was admitted to bail and gave bond in the sum
of $300.
The motion for a new trial in the case of Robert
Wisher, found guilty of manslaughter was
argued by W. B. Wilson, Jr., and the motion
overruled.
The motion for a new trial in the case of James
Holland, convicted of manslaughter, was argued
by Major Hart, and the motion overruled.
The State vs. W. C. Clark; assault and battery
of a high and aggravated nature. Prosecutor,
M. C. Wallace. This was a case sent up by the
trial justice at Clover. Messrs. Hart and Barron
appeared for the defence. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced
to pay a fine of $100, or imprisonment in
the penitentiary for six months.
State vs. James R. Hovle; assault and battery
with intent to kill. Continued, by consent.
State vs. Joseph Jackson ; assault and battery.
Prosecutor, Win. Turner. Appeal from trial
justice's court. Remanded to trial justice for
new trial.
With this case the Sessions docket was ended
and Court took a recess until 3 o'clock P. M.
At 3 o'clock the prisoners under conviction,
who had not been sentenced, were brought into
Court and sentenced as follows:
Lee Borders, colored, for retailing liquor without
license, having pleaded guilty in two cases.
Sentenced to the penitentiary for six months in
each case, or to pay a fine of $200 in each case.
Robert Wisher, convicted of manslaughter.
Sentenced to the penitentiary for five years.
James Holland, convicted of manslaughter.
Sentenced to the penitentiary for seven years.
The Court of Sessions was then formally adjourned
and the Court of Common Pleas opened.
??m
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
CARD FROM THE PROBATE JUDGE.
As that part of the Grand Jury's report
at Spring Term, 1885, relating to the Prohate
office, might mislead those unac
quainted with the character of the particular
book mentioned, I feel it but due to
myself to state that the same is the minute
book of the office and is intended simply
for the convenience of the Probate Judge.
So unnecessary was it regarded by my
predecessors that none has been kept in
the office for years until I assumed charge
thereof. J. Beatty Williams.
Probate Judge.
Yorkville, S. C., March 30, 1885.
MEBE-MENTION.
At the request of the President, the Senate
continued its executive sessions until
to-day, when it formally adjourned. A
recent death notice says: "She was of sound
mind and excellent health, but used kerosene
to light the fire." Thirty houses
were destroyed by an incendiary fire at
Oakland City, Indiana, last Thursday morning
Hon. Jacob Thompson, Secretary
of the Interior under President Buchanan,
died on the 24th ultimo, at his residence in
Memphis, Tenn., in the seventy-fifth year of
his age. Mackin and Gallagher, convicted
of election frauds in Chicago, and sentenced
to the penitentiary, have neen admitted to
bail in the 9um of $50,000 each pending the
hearing of a writ of error granted by Judge
Gresham, of the United States Circuit
Court. Hon. E. D. Clark, of Vicksburg,
Mississippi, who was appointed Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, died in Washington
before assuming the duties of the
office. Crawford Jeter, colored, was arrested
in Texas the other day, on the charge
of having murdered A. F. Ellington, in
Prinoo Edward county, Va., twenty-three
years ago. Jeter was Ellington's slave at
the time he committed the deed A
movement is on foot in the New Jersey
Legislature, and is meeting with much encouragement,
to remove the State capital
from Trenton to Newark. Gen. Grant
has lighted two cigars since December last,
but they were so distasteful that he did not
smoke enough of them to produce an ash
at the end. It is reported that the negroes
near Eufaula, Ala., are looking for a
body of Yankee soldiers who are expected
to massacre the whites who voted for Cleveland.
It is said that ol those who particpated
in the war of 1812, hardly a dozen are
now living. Astoria, 111., has one who is
93 years old, and saws wood for a living.
The editor of the Kansas City,
Mo., Evening Star, tried last week for murder,
has been acquitted on the plea of self
defence. At a former trial he was found
guilty and sentenced to twenty-five years'
imprisonment. Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee
has resigned as adjutant-general of the
Virginia militia. It is thought that he
will be the next Democratic candidate for
Governor of Virginia. The appropriations
for the Illinois Legislature are nearly
exhausted, and no United States Senator
yet. The Legislature is provided with 170
janitors who draw $10,200 per month, or
$60 each per month."" The testimony of
Grant in the case against J. 1). Fish shows
Grant was a partner. He said at one time
he was worth nearly a million dollars. He
thought Ward had genuine Government
contracts. The testimony develops no
specially new features. The latest intelligence
as to the condition of Gen. Grant
represents that he is sinking rapidly, and
that his death may be expected any day.
a Model Girl.?Robert Yergin, a one
armed ex-Confederate soldier of Dial's
township, Laurens, has a daughter of whom
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lie can ne very prouu. one nas ior several
winters acted as engineer, running her
father's engine to gin cotton, using her
books, even while at the engine for self improvement.
By her self-application, energy
and industry, she made money enough
to educate herself, first teaching and then
attending school. She is now in the graduating
class of Columbia female college, has
been elected to write her class's valedictory
address and holds the position of first honor
in her class. Miss Yergin is now but 17
years of age, handsome and intellectual.
She bids fair to run a bright and useful career
in a lady's proper sphere. Miss Mary
Yergin's younger sister, Miss Lilah, 14
years of age, now runs her father's engine
and promises to follow in her elder sister's
footsteps.?Greenville News.
? Most of the Kershaw farmers have their
lands in better preparation for planting this
year than for many years past.