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fcraps and Jacts.
? The committee appointed to count the
cash in the treasury and unfinished notes in
the bureau of engraving and printing completed
its work last Friday. It has found
the cash and unfinished notes to correspond
with the account on the treasury book.
?Chattanooga, Tennessee, has grown since
the war from aclumpof white-washed warehouses
and shanties to a city of 2o,000 inhabitants
; from a tax roll of $1,300,000 to one of
$7,000,000, and has developed her industries
from a capital of $209,000 to a capital of $5,000,000.
? The Spanish authorities endeavor to conceal
the truth about the cholera scourge.
But it is known that the progress of the horrible
malady has not been checked. The
boards of health in American cities have
received an early warning of the danger of
an invasion of this country by the Asiatic
mnnetpp
? President Cleveland was visited several
days ago by an Ohio Congressman who
wore a straw hat. To the President's remark
that he had invested early, he replied: "I
didn't want to be considered too slow in making
the necessary change." The President
is said to have acknowledged the point by
a faint smile.
? The business failures throughout the
country during the week ending last Friday,
as reported to Dun & Co., number for the
United States 203 and for Canada 26, making
a total of 229 against 248 the previous week.
The failures are pretty evenly divided between
the different sections of the country.
? The seventeen year and the thirteen
year locusts are booked to appear this season
according to the government enthonologist.
They will soon be here, to remain
until July. This is said to be the first time
in 221 years the two broods appear in conjunction.
Farmers must look out for this
double pest.
? The Washington, D. C., Graphic thinks
that if one-fourth of the offices throughout
the country are filled by Democrats during
the first year of Mr. Cleveland's administration,
it will indeed be rapid work. On the
basis of 114,000 offices, in round numbers, it
ineans28,500 apponitments of all sorts, which
are 2,375 a month, 548 a week, 91 a day of
eight hours, eleven an hour, or one every
five minutes?excluding Sundays.
? The New Orleans Picayune has com.
menced printing on paper made from bagasse?the
refuse sugar cane after the juice
has been pressed out. It is thought that it
will be an excellent substitute for old rags.
Should the experiment prove successful the
price of white paper will be materially reduced,
and the large sugar growers will find
a bonanza in what has hit herto been thrown
away as useless.
? There have been many greater masters
of war than Grant among his contemporaries,
says the London Telegraph, and the
tremendous American struggle itself developed
more than one leader who was
technically his superior. He had close rivals
on his own side, and on the other there
arose directly above him the chivalrous figure
of Robert E. Lee.
? A farmer in Maryland was missing and
his friends became alarmed. Search was
instituted. He was found stretched out on
top of a hay pile in a barn, where he had
taken a solid nap of ninety hours duration.
They had to shake him pretty hard to wake
him up. He said he thought he had been
asleep an hour or so. He does not drink,
says he will never more go to sleep outside
of his own house and insists upon his wife
seeing that he is waked up every morning.
? Sea going men say there never was the
like of the icebergs so far from the Northern
seas now floating in the Atlantic. The
steamer Critic, arrived in New York from
England, Wednesday, ran for sixty hours
along a field of packed ice trying to find an
opening. The ice extended as far as the
eye could reach in a northwest and southwest
direction, and was composed of icebergs
of enormous size. Old sailors say there
is no record or tradition of such quantities
of ice so far from the polar regions.
? Senator Sherman will soon visit the
South. Fearful, perhaps, that his bloodyshirt
record would prejudice him in the
minds of Southern people, he has written a
letter to prominent Tennessesan, in which
he "hopes to remove prejudice and relieve
the apprehensions of a large number of
Southern people that Republicans like myself
do not have the same hearty desire to
promote their interests and prosperity as
fully as we do the interestsand prosperity of
our own State and section."
? Secretary Manning has directed that the
issue of one and two dollar notes be dis
1 ? ?i ta : , ??:,] k..
continued ior me present. n- is suiu w^v
some that this action has been taken for the
purpose of forcing the subsidiary coins
into circulation, but this is denied at the
treasury department. It is stated that the
discontinuance became necessary by reason
of the excessive issue of these notes of late,
and because they are coming back to the
treasury for redemption in about as good
condition as when first issued, which adds
a very considerable item to the expense account
of the department. The order of the
Secretary is simply in the line of economy.
? A Washington letter to the New York
Sun says: "Democratic senators and representatives
cannot be accused of neglecting
their household. The telegraph makes
daily reports of the success achieved by
them in providing places for sons, brothers,
nephews and other kindred. Senator Blackburn's
brother was appointed collector of
internal revenue in the Ashland district on
Wednesday. A son of Senator Vest was
put in the consular service. So was a son
of Senator Pugh. Senator Butler, who
urged the appointment of Morgan as consul
to Melbourne, has a son in the consulate at
Liverpool, and a brother librarian to the
house of representatives."
? On the subject of color-blindness a correspondent
writes to the Pall Mall Gazette:
"A very large proportion of so-called colorblindness
is, I am convinced, due to ignorance,
and, in confirmation of this opinion,
there is the undoubted fact that it is
rarely found in examination of female candidates.
If color-blindness is an organic
defect of the visual aparatus surely it ought
to exist in somewhere about the same ratio
in the male and female. 1 don't for a moment
deny the existence of genuine colorblindess,
but I do contend that the genuine
defect is a rare one. My suggestion is that
instruction in colors and their names ought
to form a distinct item in the curriculum of
all elementary shools."
? The second trial of the case of Lewis
Itosenweig against the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway for $100,000 for
damages to his person by being ejected
from a limited express train, near Cleveland,
a year ago, began at Erie, Pa., on Monday
of last week. Col. liodgers, the Lake Shore's
attorney-general, startled the court with a
motion to compel Itosenweig to be put under
the influence of anaesthetics for the
sake of making experimental tests of the
alleged paralysis of the plaintiff's lower
limbs. Itosenweig offered to submit, but
his family physician demurred, and testified
that he would not be responsible for
hi* rmtient.'* tiff if he were chloroformed.
The court ruled that the motion was preposterous,
and ordered that the case go on.
? President Roberts, President of the defunct
Bank of Augusta, Ua., for whom a
requisition was made by Gov. Hill, of X. Y.,
and whsch is now pending in the courts, cut
his throat with a razor from ear to ear on
Tuesday morning of last week. While the
wounds are gaping and ugly, the physicians
say they will not be fatal. The jugular
vein and carotoid artery are not severed. I
Recent complications have so affected Rob- j
erts' mind astorender him partially insane. :
The grand jury had found true bill against l
him for forgery and embezzlement as Pres- j
ident of the Batik of Augusta, and he was j
required to furnish bond for his appearance ;
in the sum of $1(5,000. These true bills, |
with other troubles, led to the rash attempt
to take his life. It is also reported that
the grand jury found a true bill against K.
H. Watson, cashier of the bank of Augusta,
for perjury. Bail is required in Watson's j
case in the sum of $12,000. Speculation on
Wall street led to the downfall of these
men, as also Geo. T. Jackson, President of
the Enterprise Manufacturing Company,
whose trial for embezlling $250,000 of the
company's money, ended last Saturday |
with a verdict of guilty. He was sentenced
to the penitentiary for six years. His
counsel gave notice of appeal.
?On last Thursday evening the town of
Somerset, Pa., was shaken from centre to
i circumference by an explosion of nitro-gly-'
I cerine and dynamite at the Somerset Chem- i
ical Works, located one mile east of town on
; the farm of JohnStone. The explosion occurred
in the nitro glycerine oven, where
one of the proprietors, W. T. Beach, of New i
i York city, was at work. He was blown into
atoms. The largest pieces of bone, flesh or ;
| clothes that could be found were not larger
j than a silver dollar. The nitro-gly cerine i
I building with eight others were strewn to ;
I the winds, portions of them being found j
| miles away. The works are situated in an i
I opening in a dense wood, the large trees of
which were uprooted and blown down tor
rods around by the force of the explosion.
From 12 to 15 men are employed at the
works, but owing to its being a holiday none
of them were at work. Where the building
in which the explosion occurred stood, there
is a hole large enough to bury the building
in. There was 800 pounds of nitro-glycerine
and 3,000 pounds of dynamite in the
different buildings.
fJorfeviUe inquirer.
l'ORKVILLE, S. C. :
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 21,1885.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
The Columbia Register of Saturday says:
"The Civil Service Commissioners have
designated C. M. "Wilder, J. S. Leaphart
and Henry A Wallace, connected with the
Postal Department, as a Board of Civil
Service Examiners, who will assemble at
the United States Court House in Columbia
on the 9th of June, for the examination of
applicants for positions in the Classified Departmental
Service at Washington, and for
the conduct of such other examination as
the Civil Service Commission may request.
Blanks and all necessary information will
be furnished persons who desire to stand
the examination upon a request addressed to
the Civil Service Commission, Washington,
D. C."
MR. SCHURZ^ANlTTHE SOUTH.
During the trip of Carl Schurz through
the South last winter he was so much pleased
with it he has written a pamphlet upon
the New South. It is the result of hisob- i
servation and inquiries on this trip. The
New York Times, in commenting upon it,
says: .
"The topic is certainly a seasonable one i
at this time, when, as Mr. Schurz observes,
every candid man in the country has become
convinced that the Southern people
were not 'waiting the advent of the Demo- 1
cratic party to power to put forth disloyal !
sentiments and schemes/ and Mr. Schurz 1
has treated it in a way which will make
his: nnmnhlet, instructive and profitable
reading, ^North or South."
THE RICHMOND TRAGEDY. I
The trial of Cluverius for the murder of 1
Miss Madison on the 13th of last March, is
now progressing in Richmond. This is the 1
most noted capital case that has been on
the Virginia criminal dockets for a number
of years. In connection with this affair
public feeling in Virginia has run very '
high, and it was with difficulty that a jury
was secured, a week having been consumed
in this feature of the case alone, several (
hundred men having been summoned on 1
different v en ires. The jury was completed
on the 11th and the hearing of evidence
commenced on the 12th. The examination 1
of witness is slow and tedious, and the trial
bids fair to consume several weeks. It is '
understood that the aim of Cluverius will 1
be to prove an alibi, which his friends assert
he will be able to do. We print on the
fourth page of this paper a full history of
this interesting case, and upon its features 1
as there outlined the State is now conduct- !
ing the prosecution.
CONVENTION OF JUDGES.
Pursuant to adjournment the Convention !
of Judges assembled in the Supreme Court 1
consultation room, Columbia,on Wednesday j
evening of last week. The following were i
present: Chief Justice Simpson, Associate $
Justices Mclver and McGowan, and Judges
Aldrich, Hudson, Kershaw, Witherspoon, i
Wallace and Cothran. 1
The Committee on Revision, appointed ]
at a previous meeting, reported through <
Judge Wallace that they had no proposi- (
tion to make as to any change in the Rules 1
of the Circuit Courts. (
Rule 14 of the Circuit Court rules was ]
amended so that it now reads as follows: 1
Rule 14?No agreement or consent be- i
tween the parties or their attorneys, in re- [
spect to the proceedings in a cause, shall be ]
binding unless the same shall have been re- .
tho fnrm nf ?n nrrlpr hv consent
UUVVU iV V * V/ -J, .
and entered ; or unless the evidence there- 1
of shall be in writing, subscribed by the 1
party against whom the same shall be al- ?
leged, or by his attorney or counsel; or un- j
less made in open court and noted by the j
Presiding Judge.
The State Reporter was requested to pub- ^
lish in the next volume of Reports, all new i
Rules and modifications of the Rnles adopted
since the publication of Shand's Manual.
THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS.
The elections to occur the present year are J
already being discussed throughout the i
country. After a President has been chos- i
en the next thing is to test the public ver- <
diet on his administration by another pop- '<
ular election. Hence those to be held next
fall, which, ordinarily, are of a purely local *
character, will be watched with more in- j
terest than usual. It is said that Cleveland ,
is chagrined at the election of Weaver, Re- j
publican, to the Illinois Legislature, from a 1
strong Democratic district, though it is ad- ?'
mitted that Weaver's success is attributable \
entirely to the apathy of the Democratic j
voters, who were so confident that no effort |
was made for their candidate. The Presi- 1
dent censures the Democrats of that dis- i
trict none the less, however, properly claim- j
ing that apathy is no exsuse for defeat.
Elections are to be held this year in the j
States of Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, i
Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New i
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Isiand
and Virginia. Of these, Connecticut, Ken- <
tucky, New Jersey, New York and Virgin- 1
ia went Democratic in last year's election, 1
and Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, i
Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were Re- 1
publican. As a general thing, however, the t
Democratic pluralities in these States, par- <
ticularly Connecticut, New York and New 1
Jersey, were small, whereas the Republican <
pluralities in the Republican .States were
large. There ought to be no doubt about ?
Iowa and Pennsylvania. Massachusetts al-, i
so may be considered as a reliably llepubli- j
can State. It is on the the States of New J i
York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Ohio j s
that the interest will chiefly centre. In all i
these, the two parties go into the contest
largely on national issues, and it is acknowl- (
edged that the result will be a fair test of the '
present strength of the parties, and indicate \
whether the election of a Democratic ad- |
ministration has strengthened the Democ- .<
racy or not. 11
I ]
A Clean* Sweep.?Commissioner Col-; i
man, of the Agricultural Department, finds 1'
the balance in the treasury due to the de- j i
partment to be just S3f>, his predecessor hav- i
ing consumed, with this exception, all the i
funds on hand. ! <
THE CENSUS.
The last Legislature failed to make the
necessary appropriation for taking a census
of the State this year, as required by the
Constitution. This failure is attributed to
the Senate branch alone, the House having
passed the bill, which was rejected by the
Senate. The object of taking the census, as
required by the Constitution, is to reapportion
the representation in the General Assembly.
A reapportionment would increase
the representation from the up-country, and
would proportionately decrease the representation
from the low-countrv. For this
reason, it is alleged, Senator Smythe, of
Charleston, was an active opponent of the
bill in Senate, on the ground, to quote his
own words, that "it would enable a few
more rural members to draw a day."
By the aid of the low-country Senators, including
the three negro Senators, the bill
was defeated after passing the House.
In the doubt upon the subject, the Governor
addressed a communication to Attorney-General
Miles, requesting to be advised
whether the enumeration can be
made under existing law, there being no
appropriation by the General Assembly for
the expenses of such enumeration.
The Attorney-General gives a lengthy
opinion on the question, which is to the effect
that the Governor must call an extra
session, or let the matter go over to another
year, insomuch as there is no appropriation
out of which the Secretary of State could
meet the necessary preparatory expenses of
the work. If an extra session is to be called,
there is not a day to be lost in doing it.
It is claimed by those who have investigated
the subject, that from an examination
of the United States census of 1880, some of
the counties of this State have a greater representation
than they are entitled to, and
some not as many as they should have.
END OF THE KIEL REBELLION.
Riel, the leaderof the Manitoba rebellion,
was captured at noon last Friday, three
miles north of Batouche by three scouts of
the Dominion troops. He appeared to be
unconcerned after his capture, but begged
not to be shot. He was taken to General
Middleton's headouarters. While riding to
camp he expressed himself to his captors
that he did not think the uprising would be
without result, as the complaints of formers
would now he regarded with some degree
of attention.
When told that his books and papers had
been captured, he said : "lam glad; this will
show that I am not the actual leader of the
rebellion. I have been encouraged by people
of good standing at and around Prince
Albert who invited me over from Montreal."
He asked would they give him a fair
trial?civil or martial law. He was told he
would be tried by martial law. Itiel drew
a long breath, but said nothing. He spoke
again of not being the head man in the rebellion
and then commenced praying and
made the sign of the cross. He asked
whether his family would be blown up with
the gun with a crowd, meaning a Gatling
gun, and then said he didn't want to be
selfish, and hoped none of the Half-breeds
would suffer, nor his own family. He then
commenced praying again. In appearance
he is now a common Half-breed, and looks
very dilapidated. He spends most of his
time talking in a wandering manner, and
praying that his capture will end the rebellion,
so for as the Half-breeds are concerned.
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A Oanu 01 inamns cume m jxuiij me trcai
on Saturday to help Riel and were met by
the Half-breeds, who told them the war
was over.
Everything is now very quiet around Batouche.
Most of the prisoners taken have
been allowed to return to their homes, but
the ringleaders, including Riel, were taken
to Prince Albert last Monday.
THE COST OF CATCHING HIM.
The wonders of the magnetic telegraph
ire illustrated in the detention at Aukland
rf Maxwell, the murderer of Preller, in St.
Louis about four weeks ago. The murderer
went from St. Louis to San Francisco, from
which city he sailed for Aukland, New
Zealand. As soon as it became clear that
Maxwell was the murderer, the St. Louis
luthorities immediately put the telegraph
into requisition. The message cost over
>3 per word, and was sent from St. Louis to
New York, and from New York to North
Sydney, Cape Breton, by land lines; cable
:o Valencia, Ireland; thence by land across
Ireland; cable underneath St. George's
Channel to London; by another cable, Lon:lon
to Lisbon, Portugal, thence by cable
:o the Island of Malta, where it was repeatid
through another cable to Alexandria,
Kfrypt; land lines conveyed it to Suez, from
whence it went by cable beneath the Red
tea to Aden, Arabia, on the Gulf of Aden ;
)y cable again under the Arabian Sea to
Bombay, India, and land wires Bombay
:o Penaug, on the Malay Peninusula; ca3le
again to the Island of Java, where it
was repeated through another cable to Port
Aarwin, North Austrailia; land lines took
t to Sydnney, from whence it again took
:o water by the South Pacific cable to reach
Wellington, New Zealand. From Welling;on
it went by land to Auckland, where, it
was effective in capturing the murderer.
THE MORMONS.
A Delegation from Utah called on the
President some days ago and presented the
esolutions adopted recently at a mass meetng
of Mormons protesting against the acts
)f the Federal officials. The following is
in extract from the presentation:
We protest against uniair treatment on
;he part of the Federal Government. We
protest against a continuance of Territorial
bondage, subversive of the rights of freemen
and contrary to the spirit of American
nstitutions. We protest against special
legislation, the result of popular prejudice
ind religious interference. We protest
igainst the conscience of one class of citizens
being made the criterion by which to
udge another. We protest against the
breaking up of family relations formed previous
to the passage of the Edmunds law,
ind the depriving of women and children
jf the support and protection of their husbands
and fathers. We protest against the
prosecution of persons, many of whom are
infirm and aged, who entered into plural
marriage before it was declared a crime,
ind have never violated any law.
After hearing the statements made by the j
delegation the President told them that so i
far as he was able he would see that the J
law was impartially administered, and in I
making appointments he would endeavor;
to give them men of character who would J
see that justice was administered to all. i
Concluding his remarks the President's face '
broke into a smile as he said: "I wish you
but there could be like the rest of us."
"All we ask," rejoined the speaker of the
delegation, "is that the law be impartially
administered."
"You are entitled to that," said the Pres-!
ident, "and so far as I am concerned, I shall
see that it is so. I will give these matters
my attention as early as posssble."
Mon Violence in Virginia.?On last
Saturday K. A. Jeter, a prominent business
man, and one of the most popular citizens
:>f Bedford county, Ya., was shot and killed
by H. W. Terry, son of Gen. \V. it. Terry,
superintendent of the Virginia State penitentiary.
The tragedy originated in the
following trivial manner: Terry gave Jeter
i dog some time ago, and he named it after
ferry's sister. On the occasion of the shooting,
Terry was passing Jeter's place of business,
and, jocularly, Jeter asked why he did
not come to see his kinsfolk, referring to the
log. Terry took the remark as an insult, i
and drawing his pistol fired and instantly |
killed Jeter.
The murder created great excitement
throughout Bedford county, which was in-!
tensified on Sunday at the'funeral of Jeter,
and at 2 o'clock on Monday morning a party
of twenty disguised men rode into Liberty,
the county-seat, gained possession of the
jail by force, and taking the murderer out,
hanged him. After the commission of the
murder, Terry's friends claimed him to have
been insane, but other cases recently tried
in Virginia, in which murderers were cleared
on claims of insanity, made the lynchers
i more determined. The lynchers are thought
I to be relatives of Jeter.
THE KNIGHTS ^OF HONOR.
I The Supreme Lodge of Knights Honor
i met in St. Louis, Mo., on the 12th instant.
On the second day of the meeting the Supreme
Secretary's report was submitted,
and shows that there were on the first of
January of this year 2,500 working lodges
in the country, with a total membership of
128,848. Since then twenty-five new lodges
have been added, and there nas oeen a net
gain of 2,2(50 members, making a present
membership of 131,180. During the
year 1884 twenty assessments were called,
which yielded an aggregate amount of $2,709,5G1,
and the number of deaths was 1,409.
The Supreme Treasurer presented a
financial statement, which shows since the
last annual meeting there has been received ^
82,409,(5%, and the disbursements have been 1
82,274,120, leaving a balance in the widows'
and orphans' benefit fund of $145,075. The
general fund report shows receipts $36,585,
expenditures $14,578, and a balance to the
credit of this fund of $22,000.
After these reports had been disposed of,
Delegate .Russell offered, a resolution that
the part of the report of the Supreme Dictator
which refers to the conduct of exSupreme
Treasurer Breckinridge be printed
and be distributed throughout the rank
and file of the order. After a heated discussion
the matter was referred to the committee
on state of order.
On Thursday, the question of paying benefits
in case of suicide was taken up and
discussed at length. The Supreme Lodge is
in favor of paying the insurance in such
cases when the person committing the deed
is insane beyond question, and does not appreciate
the effectof his act, but in any event
it thinks the benefits should be withheld.
The Treasurer submitted a statement regarding
the expenses incurred by the Supreme
Lodge in the Breckinridge case in
Kentucky. On motion, it was decided to
leave the salaries of officers of the Supreme
Lodge the same as during the past year.
All the old Supreme officers were re-elected
for the ensuing year.
A BLAST FROM YILAS.
The following circular, which explains
itself, has been issued by the Postmaster
General. It has thus far been sent to the
Democratic members of Congress from the
States of Ohio, Indiana and Virginia and
will be sent to members of delegations
fW\iv> of Vmr .Qfatoc:
[Confidential.]
postoffice d epa utmext,
Office of Postmaster-General,
Washington, d. c'., April 29.
Dear Sir: The continued illness of Mr.
Hay will delay his coming for some time
yet to the Department, and I think it desirable
that some action he taken in the way of
removals, and am impatient to assist our
people in securing relief to which they are
justly entitled from partisan postmasters.
I have had a conference with the Virginia
delegation and they will soon bring in their
cases, and I shall hope to make the earliest
removals in that State. As soon as they
shall all be ready, and I hope within a week,
I desire to appoint from three to ten in a
county in Virginia amounting to several
hundred altogether. I had intended to invite
yourself and the Democratic delegation
from Ohio, to meet me this week and
consider the plan upon which we should proceed
in making removals in Ohio. But I
understand it will be inconvenient for some
to travel hither now, and it has occurred to
me that perhaps the same end might be accomplished
by writing. I shall beg you,
therefore, to consider4 the suggestions I
make as to the methods of procedure, and
if you can adopt them and get some cases
ready within the next two or three weeks,
I think within the month of May I can give
substantial relief that will take away the
importunity and discontent. I think that
from fifteen to twenty-five per cent, of the
fourth class postmasters in Ohio might be
removed within the next two months, and
great good accomplished thereby, if our
people will adhere to a proposed plan.
This is, in short, to pick out the most obnoxious
and offensive partisans in each
county, to the number 01 a sixm to a quarter
of all, and choose first-class men to take.their
places. I will require no more proof
of partisanship in these selections than the
affirmation of knowledge on the part of a
Representative or Senator that the postmaster
has been an active editor or proprietor
of a Republican newspaper printing offensive
articles, easily shown by slips; or a
stump speaker, or member of a political
committee, or officer of a campaign club,
or organizer of political meetings, or that
his office has been made the headquarters of
political work, or that his clerks nave been
put into the performance of political duties.
Possibly other acts of equal force may be
noted in cases. If the Representative does
not know the fact, it should be established
by some affidavit of some person whom he
can affirm to be of unquestioned credibilty,
or by some documentary evidence.
In recommending for appointment, I
beg the Representative will state the age,.
business, and what kind of business experience,
and a description of the business
character of the applicant, and also of his
habits and standing in the community. It
would be well to file evidence showing that
he will be satisfactory to the community,
and when there are various candidates; I
shall be obliged by any explanation which
the Representative can give.
This necessarily imposes a little trouble,
and yet not very great, but it seems to me
resonable to require very extraordinary
care and trouble enough to be taken to represent
surely the facts. The earliest removals
and appointments of this kind will
challenge the keenest scrutiny. The former
must be justifiable and the latter beyond
criticism. Some mistakes have perhaps
occurred, and our adversaries are keenly
interested to make the most or every muit,
because they have perceived a strong current
of general approbation of the purposes
of the administration,
In rendering this justice to our people,
which consists of the removal of obnoxious
the and substitution of our friends, I feel
that it is very desirable to proceed with extreme
care, and that I am correctly representing
the President's wishes and purposes
in earnestly soliciting that every
step may be taken accordingly. I may
add that the common good is infinitely
beyond the welfare of any one person,
however great his place, so appointments,
to further mere personal ends, should be
absolutely forbidden, and recommendation
upon that basis may as well expect disfavor.
I shall very willingly take up the case
of any district or of any county, whenever
they are ready; and I shall be glad if the
Representatives can personally attend and
go over them. Papers should bo sent in as
soon as possible, and will be then carefully
briefed in the Department; and when so
,1~ .no.l.,.,u,,nintn,nntc Prtn hp mnrlo Wl til
great rapidity.
Should you think it desirable to have a
personal conference before this is begun, I
shall be very glad to meet the delegation.
But as I have felt it desirable to relieve
them of unnecessary journeying and ex-!
pense, I have written asimilar letter to each !
Representative from Ohio, and respectfully
solicited responsive action in accordance j
with the spirit of it. Very truly yours,
\Vm. F. Vilas, Postmaster General.
? A notable event in the proceedings of
the Diocesan Convention in Columbia last
week, was the question of admitting colored !
delegates. The discussion was lengthy, con-1
suming nearly two days, and was partici- j
pated in by most of the prominent members
of the Convention. The decision was in
favor of admitting colored members to the
privileges of the Convention.
? The appointment of Hou. Leroy F.
Youmans to be United States District Attorney
for South Carolina gives general :
satisfaction throughout the State.
LOCAL AFFAIRS, if,
new advertisements. J w
.T. R. St'horh?Treasurer's Report. st
Berry it Barber?Something Nice in the Bread p
Line. In
W. C. Latimer?Dry Hoods.
Herndon Bros.?Grain Cradles?Hoes, itr. tl
Withers Adickes?Our Stoek. tl
J. W. Dobson?Grain Cradles. oi
M. Strauss? Let it be Understood. ^ ai
Wilson it Wilson, Plaintiffs' Attorneys?Notice s|
to Defendants. s<
Geo. ii. C. Neal it Son, Baltimore, Md.?Write
for Samples of Dry Hoods. o
until january 1st, 18so. n\
We will furnish the YoiiKVir.r.K Esquibku w
from this date until January 1st, 188(>, for $1.45, t(:
the cash, in all cases, to accompany thesubscrip- J'
t*>p. < ci
A the telegraph line.
The telegraph line between this place and <
Chester lias just been equipped with new poies i
and the entire line put in first-class order under '
the supervision of Lineman Romanstine.
Dr. MAYO. C,
Tlie public are reminded that on this (Wednes- | p
day) evening at 8 o'clock, Dr. Mayo will deliver q
a lecture in the Court House on educational top- o
ics. The lecture is free, and a general invitation tl
is extended to all interested in the cause of edu- tl
cation to attend. \
f * i(
X THE NEW TOWN COUNCIL. g
The town government was turned over to the ci
new board last Monday afternoon, which is com- p
posed as follows: John R. Ashe, intendant, and tl
J. A. Darwin, F. A. Gilbert, John M. Hope and p
Sam M. Grist, wardensv The new board elected p
Mr. Darwin senior warden, and Mr. Gilbert a
clerk and treasurer, and without transacting any d
further business adjourned until Wednesday af- S
terpoon. b
CHANGE OP* SCHEDULE. . n
It is stated on what is deemed reliablo authori- ti
ty, that a change of schedule will be made on b
the Chester and Lenoir Railroad next Monday, i.'
The train coming south will arrive at Yorkville
at 1 o'clock, P. M? and at Chester at 2.0f?. Going t!
north, the train will leave Chester at 4.30 P. M., C
and arrive at Yorkville at5.35 P. M. During the V
continuance of this schedule no freight cars will A
be attached to the passenger trains.
HOUSE MOVING. S
The most successful job of house moving yet g
done in Yorkville. has been accomplished by C
Messrs. J. F. Kendrick and W. L. Goforth, their i
part of the undertaking having been completed 1
last Friday. The house moved is the two-story C
frame house which adjoined the Adickes build- d
ing on the east. Besides having a porch in front *
and a shed in the rear, it was on a stone founda- s
tion four feet above the level of the street. Get- *
ting the house off tho foundation was the great- ?
est difficulty, and it required several days to
move it out into the street, which was just wide ?
enough to admit the structure, and it blockaded .
the street until it was rolled to its destination on
- ft ? i ~ :a. ?:n UA ^
aiot adjoining tne ranruau, wiiere ? ?m w uhcu ^
up for a residence. c
CHURCH NOTICES. t
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate, 8
Pastor. Preaching at 11 A. M. next Sunday. At }(
8 P. M., this congregation will unite with the j1
other churches in the meeting of the Bible So- .
ciety at the Presbyterian church. ,
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Regular services at 11 A. M. At 8 P. M., Rev. C. ?
H. Wiley, agent of the American Bible Society, jj
will deliver an address in the church, before the v
York County Bible Association, on which occa- 0
sion all the other churches of the town are invited
to attend. Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M.
Prayer-meeting at 8 Thursday evening. jj
King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. John- ]<
son, Pastor. Services at Canaan Church next j
Sunday, at 11 A. M.
Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Ser- 1;
vice at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 9.30. S
Episcopal?Rev. E. X. Joyner Rector. Service ti
at 10.30 A. M., and at 8 P. M., next Sunday. r
TAX COLLECTION. ^ ?b
The county treasurer is now meeting his ap- C
pointments for the purpose of collecting the May rI
installment of State and county taxes. Up to k
last Saturday his collections were as follows: J
State tax $1,440 57 d
Ordinary county tax 054 95 A
Railroad tax.....". 445 15 ti
Poll tax 70 50 C(
School tax 523 80
Special school tax, district 13 8 75 ^
Total $3,143 78 S
The collections for the same period liist year S(
amounted to $3,288.40
The treasurer is now in the eastern part of the ^
county,and will be at Rock Hill the last three
days of this week. Commencing with Monday
next, he will be at his otlice in Yorkville for the v
C'
remainder of the month.
X CHURCH NOTES. a
Rev. T. R. English will preach at the Poor
House next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Rev. W. W. Duncan,D. D., of Wofford College, Jj
preached an able and instructive sermon in the 11
Methodist church at this place last Sunday
evening. Dr. Duncan has a wide reputation as
one of the leading divines in the M. E. Church.
Rev. J. R. McAlpine, the new pastor of Bui- ..
lock's Creek and Beersheba Presbyterian Church- o
es, has entered upon his duties, though he will
not l)e formally installed until the third Sunday c,
* **- t
UI I1UAL IllUUtll. x
Rev. L. R. McCormick was installed pastor ti
of Zion Presbyterian Church on Saturday last, si
Rev. T. R. English of Yorkville, and Rev.
George Summey, of Chester, assisted in the in- C
stallation services. a
Rev. C. ii. Wiley, LL. D., of North Carolina, l'<
agent of the American Bible Society for that fi
State and South Carolina, will deliver an address tl
in behalf of the work in which Ite is engaged, in
the Presbyterian church at this place at 8 o'clock
P. M., next Sunday. All the churches in town
are invited to attend. Dr. Wiley's life has been
devoted to the cause of education and religion. e
He is well known as a writer and theologian, f.
and is an earnest worker in the Bible cause, to (j
which he has devoted all of his time for the last n
fifteen years. h
railroad" earnings. !
The Columbia Register publishes a statement ^
of the earnings of railroads in this State for the
month of March, 1885, giving also the per cent, j
of increase and decrease as compared with the ?
same month last year. From the statement we jj
take the following: S(
Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line?1884,8103,73(5.- I
8:5; 18$5,$114,558.(52; increase, ?10,821.79; 10.4:5 t(
per cent, increase. jj
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta?1884, $55,(511.119;
18815, $58,910.12; increase, $3,298.13; 05.93 J'
per cent, increase. P'
Chcrawand Chester?1884, $3,104.32; 1885, $4,047.35;
increase, $943.03 ; 30.38 per cent, increase, w
Chester and Lenoir?1884, $5,225.17; 1885, $7,- y
4(57.88; increase, $2,242.71; 42.92 per cent, increase.
While several roads in the State show a de- (
crease of earnings for the corresponding date
last year, none of them make such a showing as
the Chester and Lenoir, which shows an increase L
of nearly 43 per cent., or to be precise, 31.49 per ol
cent, more than the Atlanta and Charlotte Air- Ct
Line, and 3(5.99 more than the Charlotte, Colum- O'
bia and Augusta. The average net per cent, in- ir
crease of all the roads in the State was 04.98.
THE COTTON OUTLOOK. U
We are in receipt of a circular of last Satur- W
day's date, from Messrs. Latham, Alexander A* P1
Co., the well known cotton merchants of New *C
York, in which they say: J1'
mt__ ?u? ?? e..,. .1/li'nin.nil tsi# . (Iip size
Hie cuuoii vcai is mi i?n ,
of the crop now coining to market can ho closely j?(
arrived at. It will not vary materially from 5,- | lo
700,000 bales. This much being established, it is j 13
apparent that the supply of cotton now and the 1 ( ?
in-coming of the new crop will, at no time, be i
large, and that with any revival in trade it will be ;
inadequate for the requirements of the world, j
unless spinners' takings should be checked by)
the usual result of light supply and advance in y1
price. * A.
The position of cotton, both in price and sup- j jtl
ply, is as exceptionally favorable now as com- j
pared with former years. i n(
The stock in the United States ports is .'12,542
bales less than last year, and (Hi,750 bales less I4
than in INS.'!. : ry
The total visible supply of cotton in the world Ah
is .'510,.",04 bales less than last year and (>49,050 bales A
less than in 18s:5. ' ill
Were general business in a normal or usual fp
condition, cotton, with its position so strong, as c)#
shown above, would naturally be higher. Hut
various causes have prevented it from feeling the
intluenceot its own exceptional situation. Chief .
among these causes, and the one dating farthest I P1
back, has been the long-felt and much harped
upon dullness in trade; hardly secondary to this ; in
its ell'ect upon prices, has for some months j oj
past, been the fear that England was about to be- j pe
come involved in war with Russia. Happily, ^
this great war-cloud that threatened Eurone has I ?i
blown over, and signs of improving trade are j 4
daily becoming more apparent. Only yesterday sc
20,000 packages of cotton goods?the greatest fH
number ever offered at a singlesale?weresold at of
ublic auction in New York, at highly satisfac>rv
prices.
\V"ith returning activity in manufactured goods,
ith peace seemingly assured, and with cotton r
anding again on its'own merits, the outlook for 8
lantersand merchants is more cheerful than it !
as been for many months. , j
Latest accounts*from the East India crop are to 1 *
le etfect that.it is backward. In some districts
le yield is turningout disappointingly small, in
tilers it is only three-fourths of last year's crop, I ?
ad in others again it is reported as being very j c
tiort; the shortage likely to increase as the ]
?ason advances. i j
At the opening of the planting season in our I
wn country the ground was in unusually line I
mdition, owing to the hard frosts of the past I
inter. Planting was satisfactorily completed, j I
'ithout decided increase in the acreage devoted i f
> cotton, and the growing crop, though late, has j (
p to this time, progressed favorably. But no j
rediotion as to the ultimate out-turn of a cotton j ,
rop can be made at this early date. 1
n.uiiuinniuiiiniuia <if ihn Vn?Irvll1n Knniilrer. ! _
? ' It
X LETTER FROM CHESTER. J
Chester, May 18.?The religious ser- j
ices at Gethsemane colored church in this ?
Dunty, were recently disturbed by disorder/
negroes. Complaint being made before (
'rial Justice Lecky, with the names of the j
ffenders, a warrant was issued, and five of 5
le parties were arrested, three making ?
lieir escape. Cain Hicklin, James Glenn, ]
Valker McClellan, Watts Sims and Maur:e
Marshall were lodged in jail, and Josh
ims, James Lowrv and William Sims es- .
aped. On last Wednesday, the day ap- !
ointed for a preliminary examination in j
tie case before Trial Justice Lecky, a comromise
was effected between some of the *
rominent officers of Gethsemane Church j
nd the parties in jail, and the latter were
ischarged. James Lowry and William
imms, who made their escape, were em- 1
raced in the compromise. In addition to *
articipating in the disturbance, Josh Sim- <
aons was charged with an assault and bat- 1
ery with intent to kill. A warrant has 1
een issued for his arrest. The prosecutor i
3 Mabry Davis. 1
Memorial day was observed as usual at '
his place, Major J. K. Marshall being the
hief marshal of the day. The procession 1
/as composed of the Lee Light Infantry, <
allowed by citizens in carriages and on i
Dot. Mr. J. K. Henry, the orator of the 1
lay, made a most excellent address. He 1
poke in appropriate and touching lan- 1
;uage of the brief life of the Southern !
'onfederacy, and of the noble example i
t had set to other nations struggling for
iberty and independence. The Confedera
y, he said, had not lived in vain, as it pro- ]
iuced those two immortal characters of his- j
ory, Lee and Jackson. He paid a hand- 1
ome tribute to one of Chester's honest and i
rusty soldiers, Col. W. A. Walker. At the ]
lose of the address, the graves of the dead \
leroes were adorned with flowers and ever;reens.
,
A considerable number of dogs died at ,
his place a few days ago from the effects ,
?f poison administered by unknown par- (
ies. A reward was offered for their disovery,
but thus far without any substan- ;
ial result. Great indignation was excited j
,mong those citizens who had suffered the j
oss of their dogs. Their wrath, however, ,
3 subsiding, and will soon pass away, unless ]
he dog slaughter is renewed. (
Crops have been greatly injured by the
ute dry and cool weather. Wheat and
ats are hurt beyond recovery. It is not
ikely that they will produce more than one- i
ialfof a good average yield, with favorable '
weather from this time to harvest. More- .
ver, corn and cotton have been injured by
he cold as well as by the dry weather. One ;
armer informed me that his corn on bottom ;
and was killed by frost. There were doubt- .
sss other farmers whose corn suffered a sim- J
lar misfortune. {
The skating rink was the scene of a live- (
y gathering on last Friday night. The
katers appeared in masque. Their cos- '
umes were quite beautiful. The ladies rep- .
esented music, crazy quilt, Mother Hud- :
ard, United States, peasant, roses, Maid ;
f Orleans, purity, sun-flower, milkmaid, ,
rirl of the period, red roses, butterfly, nun. ;
'he gentlemen represented: boss of the
itchen, lady of the house, Jesse James, '
apanese, Chinaman, Turk, bootblack, boyude,
coachman, Hip Van Winkle. Miss 1
Ldeline Watchel, representing music, ob- j
lined the prize for the most beautiful lady
osturae. Mr. F. M. Galbraith Jr., repressing
a Japanese, obtained the prize for J
he best gentleman costume. Mr. R. F.
immons wore a splendid costume repre- '
enting an organ grinder. 1
The Stonewall Fire Engine Company of I
his place have been invited to attend the
larriage of Stonewall Jackson's daughter at
tichmond on the second of June. The in- '
itation was extended in consequence of the i
ompany bearing the name of her distin- 1
uisned father. The company will hold 1
meeting to consider the question of at- i
ending tne marriage, n iney I'ttunui uiend,
they will send a handsome present 1
o the daughter of the lamented and illus- 1
rious Stonewall. sr. i
For the Yorkville Enquirer. .
FARMERS' CLUB OF BETHEL.
The Farmers' Club of Bethel township
/ill meet on next Saturday, May 24th, at
o'clock P. M. ' I
The way is still open for farmers to beome
members and to contest for the prizes,
f you live too far from the place of meeting '
3 attend, and wish to bdcome a member,
end us your name and address.
Many farmers have neglected to join our '
lub from the fear that it would fall through, {
nd members become disinterested after a .
iw meetings. This fear you may banish 1
om you minds. Our Club is growing, and
tie members seem to become more enthusi- (
stic and interested at each meeting.
T. W. CAMPBELL, Pres. J
E. I). Thompson, Jr., Sec. j
Mrs. Hendricks Was Right.?The 1
vening before Mrs. Hendricks went West s
om Washington she and the Vice-Presient
dined with a gentleman with a short e
ameand a long record in Congress, who j
as been appointed to a foreign mission, c
luring the evening the latter told Mrs. a
lendricks that he was going to take with f
im, as Secretary of Legation, a Republi- f
m. Mrs. Hendricks retorted: "Gov. Henricks
is not responsible for my opinions in e
eneral, and particularly for my opinion <
l this instance, but I think you owed your r
;at in Congress to Democratic votes, and >\
think you owe your present appointment r
> Democratic votes. If you are under ob- 1
gations to your Republican friend, I think f
ou ought to settle the matter with him r
ersonally, and give the office of secreta7
to a Democrat." The Minister after- ,
ard told the story, and said he guessed
Irs. Hendricks was right, and he had bet- c
>r take a Democratic Secretary with him.?
hh-ayo Time*. ^
Sentenced to Penal Servitude.?In ^
ondon, last Monday, the jury in the case c
f Cunningham and Burton charged with J
lusing the explosions at the tower of Lonon
and elsewhere, returned a verdict find- d
ig both prisoners guilty. They were both 3
mtenced to penal servitude forhfe. v
Cunningham maintained his self-compos- y
re, but Burton broke down and sobbed f
hen the verdict was rendered. When the v
risoners were asked if they had anything a
i say why the sentence of the law should si
:it be passed upon them, Cunningham pro- g
sted that he was innocent. He said that i
3 was willing to accept penal servitude
>r life, but they could not touch his soul, y
urton simply declared that he was inno- ft
;nt. a
The Gallows.?Charles Ilenry Rugg, f(
dored, who murdered Mrs. Lydia Maybee ?
id her daughter, Mary, at Oyster Ray, L. t]
, nearly two years ago, was hanged in the f,
il at Hunter's Point, last Friday morning. t(
John Langster, who is described as "the \,
?gro ex-cavalryman, ex-lunatic, desperado C(
id thief," and the murderer of police offiir
Fowler, was hanged in the corridor of "
ie jail in Washington City at J) o'clock
. M., last Friday. The murderer was a A
ember of the chain gang. He escaped ?
om the gang while at work on September 1
He was pursued by Officer Fowler, who 0
und him in an outhouse. A struggle enied
in which Langster got hold of Fowler's "
stol and shot and killed him. p1
b
- There seems to be some difference of 0
linion existing in Kershaw county in Jference
to the result of the vote cast in $
at county in the late railroad election, I
though the Gazette declares that "the ^
heme has been carried by an overwhel- 1
ing majority." No official declaration a
the result has yet been made. u
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A heavy frost in Pickens county, a few
lights ago,'killed the tops of Irish potatoes
md other tender vegetables.
? The Governor has appointed E. B. Muray,
of Anderson, a director of the Peniteniary,
vice Major D. F. Bradley, resigned.
? Rev. Thomas E. Gilbert, late of the
touth Carolina Methodist Conference, was
ihosen one of the assistant lecturers of the
STew York East Conference (of which he
rns been a member since April, 1884,) at
ts late annual session at Hartford, Conn.
? George C. Tanner has been appointed
>y the President to be Consul of the United
states at Chemnitz, Saxony. This is spoken
if as a good appointment. Mr. Tanner is
veil known in railroad circles, and has
riends all over South Carolina.
? At Belton, Anderson county, on Monlay,
seven negroes, Allen Gaillard, wife
tnd five children, were poisoned by bread
?aten at the family meal. One of the chilIren
died Wednesday. At the inquest the
poison was traced to the bread. An analysis
will be made.
? William Logan, a negro barber, of Lan:aster,
while on a visit to Monroe, X. C.,
ast Monday, got into a difficulty with Hen y
Stockton, another negro, about a woman,
tnd shot him through the bowels. Logan
led, it is supposed, back into South Carolila.
Stockton will die.
? The last issue of Scientific American contains
an illustration of a new cotton picker
nvented by R. K. Charles, of Darlington,
which may come in and take the place of
ill others. It is made on an entirely new
orinciple, and the inventor claims that it
ivill work.
? Greenville News: The revenue officers
eport signs of increased activity among
:he moonshiners in the upper end of this
county and in Pickens, and Collector Bradley
will not have to wait long for an opportunity
to begin operations. Three or four
stills in upper Greenville and the same
lumber in Pickens are said to be known of
ijy the revenue officers.
?Vanus Hawkins, a good citizen of Greenville
county, came to his death last Thursday
in a singular manner. He rode up to
i country store, and after alighting from his
horse, and while in the act of hitching it to
the limb of a tree, the animal gave a violent
jerk which had the effect of breaking
Mr. Hawkins' neck. Death resulted almost
instantly.
?The case against the three negroes, Peter
clcott, William Burden and Ralph Mills,
for breaking into the Darlington postoffice
md stealing between $o00 and $700, has
been discontinued in the United States District
Court at Charleston and the prisoners
have been turned over to the State authorities
of Darlington on the charge of burglary.
? At the annual meeting of the board of
directors of the Columbia Theological Seminary,
last week, eleven of the thirteen
members being present, the following officers
were elected: President, Hon. James
Hemphill; Secretary, Rev. J. B. Mack, D.
D.; Treasurer/!. A. McCreery, Esq.; Librarian,
Rev. J. L. Girardeau, D. D. Rev. C.
r' TT" ^ r\f WTnofmin.
u. nersman, u. u.t rreaiucm m "wwinir
3ter College, Missouri, was elected as Perkins
Professor, to fill the chair formerly
occupied by Professor Woodrow.
? The United States fish commissioner's
oar reached Columbia last Thursday with a
million and half of young shad to be placed
in rivers in this State. Sergt. Brainerd, of
theGreely Arctic Expedition, was one of
the party having charge of the fish. Sergt.
Brainerd made the famous expedition
northward from the Greely headquarters
with Lieut. Lockwood, and reached the
furthest point north ever attained by man.
As his companion died from the hardships
of the expedition the sergeant has approacnsd
the Aorth Pole more closely than any
living man.
? Laurensville Herald, Friday: Miss Lula
West, of this town, who was spoken of
in this paper two weeks ago as being totally
paralyzed for over thirty days, yet lingers
in that deplorable condition, and has not
tasted any nourishment "for forty nine days
without any perceptible change, only as she
weakens down the last few days. It is
noticed she can move her hands and feet
it timesa little, yet she has a littleeolor of
blood at times about the face, and appears
to know her friends when they go about
her.
? The Greenville News of Thursday says:
Two Mormon missionaries are at work in
the mountains along the line of Spartannurg
and Greenville counties. They have
traveled around about three weeks, but had
not made any converts at last accounts,
rheir plan is to go among the poorest and
nost ignorant people and preach their doctrines
in private houses where they are allowed
to spend the night. Excitement is rising
and indignation is developing, and
it is not at all unlikely that the unwelcome
visitors will feel the weight of public wrath
very distinctly, and forcibly before many
more nights. The people of upper Greenville
do not propose to stand any nonsense
)f the sort being taught among them now.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The colored mail agent, Calvin, be;ween
Charlotte and Shelby has been removed,
and John Harrell, a white man,
\ppointed in his place.
? Cant. Waddell, who has long been conlectea
with the Chester and Lenoir Rail oad,
resigned the position of conductor last
Friday, and will go to Blowing Rock,
Wataugua county, for the purpose of openng
a hotel.
? Newton Enterprise, Friday: By referjnce
to our last year's file we find the
rtatement in the issue of May 2d, that
vheat was heading and much of it in full
)loom. It is now the fifteenth of May and
rery little wheat shows any appearance of
leading yet. But it is in keeping with the
eason.
? It is now thought that the Spartanburg
ind Asheville Railroad will not be competed
this summer. It seems that there is
>ne job near Asheville that will take nearly
ill the summer to finish with the present
orce. If this be so the road will not be
inished this year.
? The President has appointed Mr. Samuil
A. Ashe, editor of the Raleigh Xeivs and
Observer, to be postmaster at Raleigh, in
Pace of Mr. Nichols, commission expired.
Chis is a very proper nomination, and a
ecognition of the eminent services of Mr.
Vshe has rendered the party of which he
las been for years an able and willing chamPon.
? After a protracted contest, Col. Hamilon
C. Jones has received the appointment
?f United States District Attorney for the
vestern district of North Carolina. Col.
ones is an able lawyer and a gentleman.
?hat he will fill the office with credit to
Pmself and satisfaction to the people there
an be no doubt. His competitor was Mr.
ohn Staples, of Greensboro.
? Shelby Aurora: John Scates, a well
Pressed carpenter, was arrested here on
londay, charged with having three living
rives. Etta Waters, whom he married 12
ears ago, Rosaline Owens and Martha
Saris, of York county, S. C., are alleged
rives of this uxorious man. He lived here
vpnr nor* nnrl rotiirnofl rpppntlv\ Rp
aid "he came in search of a job and has
ot one now," when thesheriff arrested him.
le married his last wife one year ago.
?Joseph H. Martin, a North Carolina
outh, who, while in a State of intoxication,
itally shot Percy L. Carrington on board
Virginia Midland passenger train near
harlottesville, Va., last March, was tried
>r murder and acquitted on the ground of
alcoholic insanity." His counsel moved
lat he be delivered to the custody of his
iends, but Judge Taylor sent him to jail,
> await preparations for commitment to an
isane asylum. The verdict is generally
jndemed by the North Carolina press.
? A three-story brick building on Trade
ireet, in Charlotte, occupied by Hamthond
.Justice as a hardware store, fell in a mass
f ruins at0 o'clock last Thursday morning,
he disaster was caused by the weakening
f the foundation of "the west wall by the
xcavating of a cellar for a new building on
ie site of one recently burned there. The
racking wall gave timely warning and noody
was hurt. The adjoining building,
wned by W. J. Yates, editor of the Homedemocrat,
was damaged to the extent of
3,000. The fallen building was owned by
>r. J. H. McAden, whose loss is $7,000.
tammond & Justice's loss on stock is$25,000.
'hey are insured for $11,000. The ruins
lught fire, but the flames were soon got
nder control.