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fttaps and Jacts. ? Thomas Fortune, editor of the colored organ Freeman, says: "1 think instead of going to Liberia the best thing the poor colored people can do is to go to Mexico and accept the liberal propositions made to immigrants by that country." ? It is estimated that 2o0 wine and beer saloons in St. Louis, Mo., had been closed and their proprietors gone out of business since July 1, under the high license law, and that some 400 or about one-quarter of all the saloons in the city will be shut during the month. ? Mrs. J. E. B. Stuart, the widow of the dashing Confederate cavalry general, is vis iting her father, Gen. Philip St. George Cooke, of Detroit. Mrs. Stuart married six months before the war broke out and the father and son-in-law entered the opposing armies. Gen. Cooke was opposed to Gen. Stuart only once on the battlefield. ? A good anecdote comes from Leavenworth, Kansas. During the recent rise in the Missouri River a man was standing watching the drift-wood float past, when he called to several colored brethren standing by and said he would give them half of all they fished out. They went to work and got out enough to make a nice little sum for both. ? The Baltimore 6'iih, commenting on the frequent miscarriage of justice in criminal wises, says "that out of 3,377 murders perpetrated during the year 1884, the total numbor of murderers executed was but 313 and of this number 210 met their death by lynch law and only 103 by legal process." Is it to be wondered at that Judge Lynch does so much business? ? The dreaded web worm has made its appearance in several cotton fields south of Dallas, Texas, along the river. Thus far their ravages have been confined to a district only a few miles square. The planters dread this worm more than any other and nnnsidfirahle anxietv exists amoner the cot ton dealers of North Texas over the sudden appearance of this scourge in the very heart of the cotton belt. ? Late on the night of the 13th instant, five murderers, among them Ed. Kay and W. A. Anderson, made their escape from jail at Asheville by overpoweriug the jailer and locking him in a cell. All the prisoners had pistols and a number of shots were fired. All these prisoners escaped to the mountains. A posse of citizens and a company of State troops started in pursuit. ? The San Francisco Bulletin states that G,700 Chinese have landed in that city between the dates of August 1, 1882, when the restriction act went into effect, and July 6, 1885. Over 8,100 Chinese landed, or 1,400 more in one year, under the amended act than during twenty-three months under the original act. This is attributed by the Bulletin to the increase of fraudulently obtained certificates. ? English is now spoken by all but some 500,000 of the 37,000,000 persons in the British islands, by 53,000,000 out of the 56,000,000 inhabitants of the United States, by 4,000,000 in Canada, by 3,000,000 in Australia, 1,700,000 persons in the West Indies, ana pernaps i,ouu,uuu in .mum <niu umci British colonies. This brings up the total to 100,000,000, which cannot be very far from the truth. ? The total number of hogs packed in the West week before last was i9.3,000 compared with 125,000 for the corresponding time last year. The total packed to date from March 1st was 2,475,000, distributed as follows: Chicago, 1,390,000; Kansas City, 410,000; St. Louis, 102,000; Cincinnati, 58,000; Indianapolis, 89,000; Milwaukee, 117,000; Cedar Rapids, 101,000; Cleveland, 56,000; St. Joseph, Mo., 12,000; Ottumwa, Iowa, 36,000. ?The last report of the death of the Madhi is not denied though it is a week old. It is possible, therefore, that the defender of the Soudan has gone to that heaven which he recently described to his soldiers as follows: "Oh ! ye faithful, I assure you that, if you die in the morning, fighting against the infidels, you will, even ere it is noon, be withthe prophet in paradise. Silken robes of green will clothe you and golden bracelets adorn you. You will repose by the banks of cool rivers, sipping refreshing drinks, while sixty ever youthful houris, bright as the moon, will smile upon you." ? Cyclone pits have promoted a schism in a Milton county (Ga) church. Some of the members had dug and fitted up such places of refuge,- which were considered by the majority of the brethren as a flagrant violation of their doctrine and a temptation to God to wipe them off the face of the earth. As the pit-diggers were more fearful of cyclones than of the wrath of God, they organized themselves into a church under the name of Cyclone Primitives, whereas the old church has assumed the name of Anti-Cyclone Primitives. ? In the approaching trial of Riel, at Winnipeg, Manitoba, it is announced that the course of his counsel will be to plead justification in behalf of Riel and the other prisoners. They will seek to establish that the half-breeds had sustained grievances; they had petitioned the government time and again to have these grievances removed, and they were forced, as a last resort, to adopt rebellion. In support of their plea the counsel will make use of a speech on the half-breed troubles delivered in the Canadian House of Commons by the Hon. Edward Beakes. ? The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record says: "The outlook for business in the South is now very promising. Rarely if ever have the prospects for growing crops been more encouraerine at the South than at present. Every indication points to magnificent corn and cotton crops, the largest ever produced, while for rice, sugar, fruit and vegetables it is qui te gratifying. With abundant crops produced at low cost, with her railroads, manufacturing and mineral interests steadily improving, the South bids to enter on an era of great prosperity this fall." ? At Marion, Indiana, on the 14th instant, a colored man named Wallace assaulted the fourteen-year-old daughter of a well-known citizen named Vinson. The girl wasthrown into spasms and her death was declared to be but a question of a few days. That night it became evident that an attempt would be made to lynch the brute and Sheriff Holman surrounded himself with a strong guard. At about 11.40 o'clock the mob made a desperate assault on the jail. The Sheriff warned the mob and then fired a volley, killing James Keily and wounding three or four others. ? An Erie, Penn., dispatch of the loth says: Alphonse Drecht, a sentimental youth of Rockland, Texas, took arsenic today in front of the dwelling occupied by a young lady he had come on to meet and marry. From a list of society ladies furnished by the agent of a Texas correspondence bureau, young Drecht selected a lady who next Wednesday is to be married to a doctor of divinity. lie wrote her a letter, which was thrown aside by the recipient in disgust. A younger sister clandestinely answered the letter in sport and invited the poetic Texan to come on and wed her. She signed her elder sister's name. The lovesick gentleman took it seriously and arrived here to-day, creating an exciting scene when expelled. He came back and took arsenic on the door step. The poison was pumDed out and his friends telegraphed for. ? John S. Wise, the Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia was a member of the Last House of Representatives at large from Virginia. It was his first political office. lie was elected by about 5,000 majority and made a personal canvass of the State. Like his father, who was governor of Virginia from 1850 to 1800, he is an electric speaker and possesses all the elements of personal popularity. The wonderful canvass made by Henry A. Wise in 1855 against the Know-Nothing or American party under the leadership of Flournoy and iiis triumphal election by upwards of 10,000 majority will never be forgotton by the Democratic party. It was a great canvass, and the bitter invective, biting sarcasm and brilliant scintillations of wit poured out by the man who afterward hung John Brown is well remembered by the older generation. ? A singular scene was enacted in Atlanta on the 15th instant, at the election of a banking association. When the Grant & Ward failure took place, John H. James, a private banker of Atlanta, failed for $390,000. His depositors were principally of the poorer class, though one of them, James Finley, was caught for $30,000. An agreement was fixed up, however, by which the Central Bank Block Association was formed, with John H. James as fiscal manager, he pledging his wife's property for interest on the amount involved, and the depositors holding stock to the amount of their de-! posits. The first annual meeting showed ; the presence of two parties, the one com- j pose of the broken banker, who had bought, up much of the stock at 25 cents on the dol- | lar, and the other headed by James Finley, the heaviest depositor. The two men faced ! each other angrily in the presence of the hundreds of depositors present, Finley making a bitter arraignment of the man | who hadgotton all his money. The Finley : ? *-? -? At?. -.-1 A2 ~24-*% rtlrnf IA* ! i. party won in me selection ui m umci iv> : directors. There were epithets enough thrown across the room to have justified half a dozen duels. fjodbille (JNquim. YORKVILLE, S. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1885. THE HOT WAVE. A Chicago dispatch of Monday says: Dispatches from various points throughout the Northwest show that the hot waVe extends all over Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska. At 8 o'clock this morning at Des Moines the mercury stood at 88 and at noon marked 92. Dubuque reports 90 and Omaha 93. Cooler weather prevails in Minnesota and Manitoba. At Winnipeg the mercury marks 69, and in Chicago the heat is increasing, it being 91 at noon in the cViarlo Vn fnfalitips: hovp vftthpen reuorted. r ? si * , In New York the weather was extremely warm, but up to 2. P. M. only one case of sun stroke was reported. The thermometer registered as follows: 3 A. M., 84; 6 A. M., 85; 9 A.M., 86; 2.30 P.M. 89. At Washington the mercury reached 93. The driver of a baker's delivery wagon was overcome by heat before 9 o'clock in the morning and died in two hours. At Baltimore Monday was' the hottest day of the season. At 7 o'clock the thermometer registered 80 degrees, at 9 o'clock 90, and at four in the afternoon 99 was recorded at the signal service office, and 100 at several points in the city. There were numerous cases of sunstroke and three deaths are reported. In the afternoon a fair breeze cooled the atmosphere slightly, but the mercury at 8 o'clock P. M. was still in the nineties ana tne greai quantity of moisture in the air is causing much suffering. The death rate in Baltimore has been largely increased by the hot weather, which has had continuance for several days. GRANT ON TinfGRUMBLERS. Gen. Buckner, of Kentucky, the West Point classmate and life-long friend of Gen. Grant, called upon the latter the other day for the first time since their memorable meeting at the surrender of Fort Donelson. Most of the interview concerned personal matters, but Gen. Grant wrote one paragraph touching current affairs which his visitor thought ought to be given to the public as an evidence of the dying soldier's patriotism. He said: "I have witnessed since my sickness just what I have wished to see ever since the war?harmony and good feeling between the sections. I have always contended that if there had been none left but soldiers, we should have had peace in a year. and are the only *two that I know of who do not seem to be satisfied on the Southern side. We have some on ours who failed to accomplish as much as they wished, or who did not get warmed up to the fight until it was all over, who have not had quite full satisfaction. The great majority, too, ot those who did not go into the war have long since grown tired of the long controversy. We may now well look forward to a perpetual peace at home and a national strength that will screen us against any foreign complication. I believe myself that the war was worth all it cost us, fearful as that was. Since it was over I have visited every State in Europe and a number in tne East. I know as I did not before the value of our institutions." What a rebuke to the stay-at-home politicians of the bloody shirt stripe who are so anxious to fight the "rebels" twenty years after the necessity for doing so has ceased to exist. THE GROWING COTTON. The June cotton report to BnuhtreeVs shows that the condition of the crop on July 1 was as a rule exceptionally good. While the number of answers denoting good and fair conditions as governing the crop were in the majority, the number of replies indicating a bad condition of affairs was comparatively small and insignificant. To the question as to the condition of the weather since June 4, 710 correspondents out of l,18f> report it as good, 31G as fair and 140 as hurl In this relation. Mississippi makes a particularly favorable showing. The answers to the question regarding the condition of the plant as to blooming and fruiting are satisfactory. Mississippi on this question also answers well. The state of the plant as to cultivation appears to be good. To the question as to the general prospects for an an average crop, the replies appear very satisfactory. The answers to this question again make Mississippi appear in a favorable light, and the same may be said of Louisiana and Texas. North Carolina? with two exceptions?reports a greater number of bad replies than any of the States in answer to all the questions. A review of the progress of the crop since the beginning of the planting season shows that this State suffered considerably from the effects of bad weather both in March and April up to about the 2oth of that month. Fairly good weather then set in, and the progress of the crop was satisfactory from this date down to May 10, when rainstorms became frequent and continued from ten days to three weeks. The rain, which at first was generally needed, became troublesome, and with the consequent growth of grass, the farmers were disposed to take a rather depressed view of utnto r,r ofT.ilrs Krnm .Tuno 1 to IS the me ui cvnuii ?.' . v... ... ? crop was struggling for a mastery with the grass. From June 20 to July 1 some parts of the State reported heavy rains, with large growth of grass and weeds. This caused the farmers to go to considerable expense in order to clear their fields. The damage by worms in the State up to July 1 was so slight as to be practically nothing. Indeed for whatever damage has occurred the blame may be laid wholly upon the rainy weather and grass. The Eastern* War.?The Afghan trouble seems about to break out afresh. An advance of the Itussians to the Zulfikar pass has stirred up the dwellers beyond the mountains and they ask Great Britain again to call a halt. We have no idea that Russia will stop for any great length of time upon the borders of Afghanistan unless she is compelled to do so by force of arms. Her manifest destiny in her opinion is a march southward to the Indian ocean, and no mere agreements on paper will prevent her undertaking to fulfill that destiny. She is not in the habit of paying much regard to diplomatic agreements. HARD TIMES OVERCOME. Congressman Warner, of Ohio, being in Washington on Friday last, was interviewed by a reporter for the Post. He said the silver question would be one of the most important subjects for the action of the next j House of Representatives, and he thought it must be disposed of. We quote: Mr. Warner: 1 believe if the proper solution could be arrived at and the result put into operation now there would be at the end of the year an increase of $500,000,000 in the business of the country. Reporter: What is the proper solution ? Mr. Warner: The thing to do is to take up independently of other countries, and re-establish bimettalism. Not at a fixed ratio, but at a ratio made adjustable to the market ratio of the world for the time being. This would be bimettalism on an international ratio that would depend on the loiriclaf inn nf nthpr mnntripS. Reporter: What is the general feeling among members of Congress? Mr. Warner: So far as I have talked with them they are in favor of this course. THE PRESIDENT'S PURPOSES. A few facts will go further than any number of words to explain the recent reports about the Administration's policy concerning removals and appointments. It is to be said that the report of the calling of a halt by the President was well founded, but not precisely accurate. It was the President's answer to the question: "What truth was there in the report that removals and appointments were to be made at an accelerated rate?" He gave an emphatic negative. In this sense he called a halt. Democrats from many quarters began to arrive here in the expectation of better times. It went forth, therefore, that the President had called a halt, when he had merely let it be known that, so far from going ahead faster, he intended to go even slower than before. To Governor Hoadley, of Ohio, and Representative Barbour, of Virginia, Mr. Cleve land gave an assurance that fourth-class postoffices should be filled with Democrats. The business is going ahead pretty well, though the fact is that the department is yet behind in filling vacancies, saying nothing of removals. The only halt that has really and positively been called is on making charges against Republican incumbents. This will henceforth work in favor of keeping Republicans in till their terms expire, and thus, so far as it goes, a backward step has been taken. It is the uniform impression of distinguished Democrats who have lately visited the White House that the President gives no indication of changing, but, if anything, is more resolute than ever in keeping his Administration as distinct as possible from party politics. He especially regards it as an excellent feature of his Administration that certain Republicans should be kept in office. He considers that this is the spirit of the civil service law and of his letter to Mr. G. W. Curtis; and his defence of his In tV>Io rosnof'I. ic nlwavs fnllnwprl hv the observations that as between Democrats and Republicans the latter are sometimes to be preferred. This rule he has deliberately adopted in a number of cases, and will continue to adopt, because he thinks it strictly according to civil service reform. It is the uniform report, too, that when the President is told that his course is calculated to lose for the Administration the support of Democrats in numbers, he meets the observation promptly by declaring that the people are with him, and that the party will ultimately be all the stronger for this treatment.? Washington Cor. X. Y. Sun. RAILROAD TALK. From the Shelby New Era, July 15. A NEW SURVEY. Capt. O. Ramsaur, of the engineering corps of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company,arrived at Shelby on Saturday night and remained until Sunday, and Col. Urquhart came to town on Monday night. From these gentlemen it is learned that a new survey, independent of theoldi road bed, is being made of the route from Shelby to Rutherfordton. AN ELECTION ORDERED. After much discussion and full consideration, a vote has been ordered by the Board of County Commissioners upon the proposition that Cleveland county subscribe $75,000 in bonds to the construction of a railroad from Blacks, South Carolina, via Shelby to Rutherfordton, X. C., and $50,000 in bonds for the construction of a railroad from Shelbv in the direction of the Cranberry Iron Works. Col. R. A. Johnson, superintendent of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, accompanied by Col. P. J. Sinclair, of Marion, arrived in Shelby on Saturday night, prepared to present to the peonlp nf fMpvplanrl pniintv a nronosition to build their trunk iine from Charleston to the West through Shelby and Cleveland county. After some preliminary conversation with the railroad committee and other leading citizens a public meeting was called for Monday at 11 A. M. TIIE PUBLIC MEETING. At the appointed time a large number of the most prominent men in Shelby, with several from other townships, met in Blanton's Hall. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Reuben McBrayer, upon whose suggestion Capt. Wm. P. Love was made chairman, and Messrs. Wm. H. Miller and Geo. A. Frick, secretaries. Mr. McBrayer explained the object of the meeting when, upou motion, Col. Johnson was requested to address the meeting. COL. JOHNSON'S REMARKS. fVJ .Tnhirann was hrniirrht to the meeting" and introduced by the secretary. The Col. stated that his company, the Massachusetts and Southern, had completed their survey from Marion to liutherfordton by way of (iaft'ney City. Col. Urquhart, however, the Southern agent of the company, wrote to the directors concerning the desires of the people of Black's and Shelby to have the road located through their towns. This induced the Board of Directors to cousider the matter and after fully reviewing the subject and obtaining preliminary estimates from their engineers, in view of the fact that the town of Shelby and the county of Cleveland had produced a favorable impression upon Mr. Harris, the president of the road, and others, it has been determined to divert the road from its original route so as to pass by Shelby, provided Cleveland county voted to subscribe a hundred thousand dollars to the stock of the company. Col. Johnson then stated that the company had So,000,01)0 pledged to it. Col. Sinclair, of Marion, then read the terms on which the company proposed to build the road. It as .ed that the bonds of the county, which were to be exchanged for otn/iL- /->f tlin iinmnon\r tit. linr chrmlrl lio LUV? OtUV \J 1 Vliv J li W |'n? ) ui?vv?iv? wv placed in some safe depository acceptable to the company and to the commissioners of Cleveland county. They were then to be delivered to the company in proportional parts only when sections of five miles within the county should be completed with track laid, provided that the company should have the option of receiving onethird of the bonds when the road should be graded in sections of five miles and the rest when the track should be laid. Subsequent proceedings of the meeting resulted in the adoption of resolutions favoring the road, and calling upon the County Commissioners of Cleveland to submit the question of a county subscription of ?7">,000 to the voters of the county ; where-' upon, on Wednesday last the County Com-' missioners ordered an election to be held at i the various voting places in the county on ! Saturday the 29th of August next. Hkuelliocs Mormons.?A special dis-1 patch of July lo, from Omaha, Nebraska, j to the New York Herald says: Gen. Howard, commanding the department of the Platte, j has returned to Omaha from Salt Lake City, I in which place he spent the Fourth of July. | He says there is a great apprehension there j over the bad feeling existing between the ; Gentiles and Mormons. The situation has 1 assumed graver proportions, and has been greatly intensified by the insult offered by the Mormons to our flag. The end is not yet, and serious trouble may occur at any hour on the slightest pretext. The Gentiles and United States soldiers are very indignant. The bitterness of feeling is much greater than the public is aware j of, as the half has not been told in the pub- j lishod accounts. Tn anticipation of an out-1 break occurring at any day the war depart-; ment has made preparations for it. By order of Gen. Howard the troops that were to leave Fort Douglas and Fort Laramie for Kansas to suppress the Cheyennes have been retained at those posts. A col- i lision between Mormons and Gentiles is! looked for on the 24th instant, which is a ' great day with the Mormons, it being the! anniversary of the settlement of Utah. They come in by thousands on that day to Salt Lake from all parts of the Territory to unite in the celebration. Should they attempt to repeat any such performance as they carried out on the Fourth of July there will probably be bloodshed. The Mormons in Salt Lake are all armed. On the Fourth of July they gave evidences of this by freely flourishing revolvers in the faces of Gentiles and defying and insulting them. Backed by the many thousands who will be in Salt Lake on anniversary day, they no doubt will be inclined to be more defiant and insulting than before, and will invite and challenge a conflict. 41 ^ + - The Noose.?Joseph Palmer, colored, whs hane-ed at Cincinnati on the loth in stant, for the murder of William H. Kirk in his stable on the afternoon of December 24th, 1S83, and the object of the crime was robbery. William Bernerand Palmer, both of whom had been employed by Kirk, planned and executed the murder. They were almost immediately arrested and both confessed, each charging the other with having struck the fatal blow. It was the verdict in the Bernercase, manslaughter, that was the chief inciting cause of the rioting in which the Court House was burned in March, 1884. Berner is now in the Ohio Penitentiary serving out his sentence of twenty years. Palmer said nothing,^ .the gallows. Joseph Taylor, who oh May 31st, 1884, brutally murdered the keeper, Michael F. Jloran, at the Eastern penitentiary, by beating his brains out with a wooden bobbin and bar of iron, was hanged in the corridor of the Philadelphia county prison at ten o'clock lastThursday morning. Taylor was only 28 years of age. He was of a vicious disposition, and the public records show that he stabbed seventeen persons and shot twenty-eight during ten years before the murder, the crime for which he was executed. When he killed Keeper Doran it was committed 24 hours after he had concluded a term of three years for stabbing a policeman and a special officer. His crimes began with cutting a boy companion urhoti Kut fiftonn vonrc nlrl nnrl hi? viPPS; date from his babyhood. On Friday David Aekles, colored, was hanged at Helena, Arkansas, for murdering Frank Burrell and Scylla Flannery last year. Eaton Mills, colored, a noted desperado, was hanged last Friday afternoon, in public, at Halifax, N. C. In the spring of 1883, he waylaid Henry Pouton and shot him in the head, causing instant death. Mills fled to Virginia, and after a long pursuit was captured and put in jail at Halifax. In May last he was sentenced to be hanged on June 2G. A petition to Gov. Scales for a commutation of his sentence to imprisonment for life was refused, but a reprieve was granted until last Friday. Five thousand people, mainly colored, witnessed the execution. Mills was cheerful to the last. He made no confession. Attempt to Steal a Pay Train.?An Atlanta special dispatch of the 14th instant to the Augusta Chronicle says: This morning when the up passenger train on the Georgia railroad reached Clifton, four miles from Atlanta, a service train engine, No. 2G, was found off the track, with the pay car of the Richmond and Danville railroad badly smashed in on one side. Maj. Greene was on board the passenger train, and upon examining the wreck, found out that a daring attempt at robbery had been made. The pay ear of the Richmond and Danville railroad, with $25,000 in the safe, had been coupled to engine 2G, of the Georgia railroad, by parties who had run the car down the road from Atlanta with the evident intention of robbery. The paymaster, A. Groser, who slept in his car and who was to go over his road this morning, was awakened about 3 o'clock by feeling his train move. So soon as he could realize his position, he called out to the parties on the engine, but getting no satisfaction, put on his brake. Four pistol shots were fired at him, and he jumped from his car and made his way to a house near by for assistance. While he was gone, the robbers on the engine smashed in the car by running the locomotive against it, but could not get in to find the money. When the paymaster returned with help they had fled. The pay car was standing at the time it was stolen away, in the heart of town, and an engine that was to leave over the Georgia railroad, at daylight with the service train, was quietly seized by outsiders and moved quickly over the track for the work. It was a daring attempt, but not a dollar of the $25,000 in the safe of the car was stolen. It is believed that the pay car was stolen away by parties who followed it down the AirLine railroad, and that they got on the Georgia railroad track by mistake. Otherwise the car might have been robbed. George Rose and Charles Rose are suspected of being the instigators of the attempt to steal the car, and both have been arrested, charged with the crime. George was found wounded in the leg, supposed to have been the result of the fusilade during the attempt to rob the car. His brother Charles, who is supposed to have murdered his wife in Atlanta about a year ago, is a graceless scamp. He was captured in the woods on Monday. Cleveland's Plain Words to Statesmen.?The President's habit of seeking information with regard to men and public affairs from other than the customary official sources has already become a matter of considerable comment. Recently a prominent business man in one of the middle States, whose name is entirely unknown in politics, became personally interested in the proposed transfer of an official from one post to another and wrote to the President, giving his reasons in a business man's way for opposing the change, which reasons were chieny personal to the official, the order for whose transfer had ready been issued. The President wrote in reply that he appreciated the validity of the reasons which had been given him and would countermand the order for transfer. lie also expressed a wish to meet his correspondent whenever the latter should find himself in Washington. A brief friendly correspondence grew out of this episode, and the gentleman, who had business at the capital on a recent Saturday, called at the White House. Although the new custom excludes visitors on that day, the caller was cordially greeted. The President sat for an hour conversing with him, and spoke freely upon many general matters of public policy. He expressed a determination to have none but good men in office, and said, with some emphasis that when a politician deceived him in making a recommendation to office that would end that mail's innuence wnn mis aummisiration. Among the topics referred to more particularly was the selection of Collector Hedden for the. port of New York. The President is reported to have said that this was not made in compliance with the suggestion or wishes of any politician or any political organization, but with a view solely of meeting as far as possible the views of business men. To ascertain what their views were the President had first set on foot a private inquiry among business men to see whom they would like to have in the place. In this way Hedden's name was brought to the President's attentiou, and thereafter the inquiry was pursued more directly to ascertain if his appointment ; would be acceptable. The result was strongly affirmative, and the appointment followed at the proper time. The President said that he was giving close personal attention to the matter of appointments, and the personal fitness of an applicant for the office sought was the first question considered. , Rkpuhlicans Ruling Florida.?'The , Jacksonville Times-Union says: The Re- , publicans, it seems, are to frame our Consti- '< tution for us, after all. Holding the balance 1 of power between the two Democratic fac- ; tions, they determine every important ques- 1 tion as it suits them. Yet they number but , little more than a fifth of the convention. The Next State Election.?Kentucky i will lead off with the coming State election ' on the first Monday in August. There is J only a State Treasurer to be elected, but ; matters are badly mixed up, as there are , three tickets in the field?Democratic, lie- . publican and Prohibition. LOCAL affairs. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. McElwee A Darwin?1,250 Georgia Watermelons Just Arrived. 2VIay A May?Warts, Warts, Warts. J. W. Dobson?Wheat Bran?Oats, Corn and Bacon?Candles?Writing Paper. Riddle A Pegram? Studebaker Wagons. Withers Adickes?Mackerel and New Orleans Molasses. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Why is Dobson Selling so Many Goods. Mrs. J. Bolton Smith, Jr.?Claim Your Watches. J. Beatty Williams, Probate Judge?CitationMrs. Martha E. McLean, Applicant?Mrs. Ann E. Phillips, deceased. FINE MELON. Messrs. McElwee & Darwin have our tlianks or a fine fleorgia water melon weigliing HO pounds. As will be seen by their advertisement, they have a car load for sale. UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 1880. We will furnish the Yorkville Enquirer from this date until January 1st, 1880, for$1.0O, the cash, in all cases, to accompany the subscription. Rev. l)r. ABERNETHY. This eminent divine, of the North Carolina Conference, has delivered a series of able and instructive sermons in the M. E. church at this place, beginning on Sunday and closing on Tuesday night. On Sunday afternoon lie delivered his lecture, "Mind and Soul," to an appreciative audience in the M. E. church. SKATING TOURNAMENT. On to-night, the 23rd instant, the skating club of Chester propose to give a character costume skating entertainment, aiul in connection therewith they also propose to have a contest for the championship between Yorkville, Rock Hill, Chester, Lancaster and Winnsboro, provided two contestants be entered from each place. Messrs. T. L.Alexander and F. M. Galbraith, Jr., are the managers. FINE VEGETABLES. Mr. Alon/.o Rose has favored us with some fine potatoes and tomatoes, the product of his successful mode of cultivation. The potatoes are of the Early Rose variety. The largest was 71 inches long and 11 inches in circumference, and weighed 11 pound. The average weight of those sent us was l.'l ounces. The tomatoes are of the Trophy variety, one of which was 13 inches in circumference and weighed 13 ounces. Mr. Rose's method of cultivating potatoes is to plant them in rows six feet apart and at the proper time run a furrow in the middle and nlant f*nni Tlis tlicnrv is that, the nntnfnos arc benefitted bv the shade of the corn. RETURNING HOME. Mr. David G. Wallace, whose disappearance from his homo was reported in an item reproduced in these columns from the Rock Ilill Herald, called in our office last Monday and said he had read the item in the Enquirer, and desired his friends to know.that he is still living (he having conceived the idea that we published him us dead) and that he was on the way to his home in Clay Hill. lie abandoned the idea of going to Florida, as he proposed when here last Spring, and when he left Yorkville in April, he went to the residence of Mr. James F. Davidson, on Turkey Creek, only a few miles from town, where he has been ever since, a portion of the time quite sick. Ho endeavored to communicate with his people at home, but it seems that he failed in conveying his messages to tfiem. CHURCH NOTICES. Associate Reformed Presbyterian. Rev. G. R. White, of Kbenezer Church, Mecklenburg county, X. C., will preaeb at Tirzah on Sunday next, at 11 A. M. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Ser vices next Sunday morning will be conducted by Rev. J. L. Huggins, pastorof New Bethel church, at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at9.30. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Services at Canaan Church at 11 A. M. next Sunday. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at 84 P. M., next Saturday ; sacramental service at 11 A. M. on Sunday, and preaching at 84 Sunday evening. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate, Pastor. Services at the usual hours next Sunday, morning and evening by Rev. B. D. Hall. TWELFTH REGIMENT SURVIVORS. Mr. J. R. Boyles, Secretary of the Twelfth Regiment Reuion publishes the following notice, which will be of interest to all of that association who may desire to visit the battlefields of Virginia in company with the Sixth Regiment Survivors on the occasion of their proposed excursion : "At a meeting of the Survivors of Companies F and C of the Twelfth Regiment, S. C. V. held on Saturday, lltn July, 1885, it was unanimously 1 i ii..t .u? ? rCSUlVCU I Hill >VU, LUO 91U VIVUIS \/k WHO x u cum *_>. V. V., avail ourselves of the cheap rates offered to survivors of the Sixth S. C. V. to attend or reunite at Richmond, VaM on the 6th of August next, to visit the battlefield of Gaines' Mill, or some other of the battlefields in which the regiment was engaged, be accepted, and that we cordially invite the Richland Volunteers of the First Regiment and the Rock Hill Band to accompany us on this occasion. Round trip tickets will be sold at $5.75, and will be good for one week." A SEPTUAGENARIAN". The New Orleans States of the 11th instant contains the following pleasant paragraph in reference to our old friend, Mr. R. C. Kerr: "Mr. R. C. Kerr, Secretary, Supervision Department of the Cotton Exchange, celebrated the ' -1 : KS? K;Mflwl.??f AM seveniy-secouu anniversary m uu munuui un Thursday in style. The President and the Quotation Committee, for whom he furnishes the data upon which they make up their daily reports, drank to his health and happiness in overflowing beakers. The memorable "tar heel" has our warmest congratulations and ardent wish that he may live to celebrate many more such anniversaries." As indicated above, Mr. Kerr is a North Carolinian, being a native of Mecklenburg county, lie is well known in Yorkville, however, and was met by several of the citizens of York county who visited the exposition last Spring, to all of whom he was courteous and obliging. He is an old printer, and consequently we have a reverence for him, joining with the Slates in our congratulations, and wishing him many more returns of his birth-day anniversary. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. On Monday last a change of schedule went into effect on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. Goinir south, the mail train now leaves Lenoir at (i A. M., and arrives at Yorkvillo at 11.45 A. M., arriving at Chester at 1.45 P. M. doing north it leaves Chester at 4.50 P. M., arrives at Yorkville at 6.05 P. M., and Lenoir at 12.20 A. M. The Charlotte Observer notes the following change in the schedule of the running of the trains on the Western Division of the Carolina Central Railroad, which went into effect on Tuesday: No. 0 (the train between Charlotte and Shelby) will leave the depot at 7 p. in., arriving at Lihcolnton at 0.05 and at Shelby at 10.60 p. in. No. 4 (the train between Shelby and Charlotte) leaves Shelby at 7.20 a. in., arrives at Lineolnton at 8.35, a. in., and at Charlotte at 10.45 a. m. This allows ample time for passengers by the C., C. ?fc A. K. 11. to make connection in Charlotte, and the train will also connect at Lineolnton with the Chester and Lenoir Railroad for Lenoir and points on the Western North Carolina Railroad. THE .JOINT SUMMER MEETING. The Columbia Iieyister says the meeting at llennettsville, on the 5th of next month, promises to be the largest and most important meeting of the agriculturalists that has yet taken place. The interest which has been stirred up is shown by the large number of organizations which have sprung up in response to the call made by President Duncan. Already Secretary liolloway has received lists of delegates from twenty counties in this State, besides a number in Georgia. The delegates from York county ! are .John S. It rat ton, J. G. Steele and R. II. .Mas- ! sov. Secretary Holloway publishes a card in which ! he says : "I desire to say a few words to those who an- | ticipate attending the joint summer meeting of | the Agricultural Society and State Grange on the 5th of August. It appears from letters I have received that some are of the opinion that only three delegates from a county will berecog- j nixed in the Convention, when such is not the | case. Each county can send as many delegates as it chooses,representing either an Agricultural Society or the Patrons of Husbandry. And, besides the subjects already published for essays, any question may be introduced on the lloor ! and discussed. "As to passage for delegates, other than the | three from a county to whom free passes will bo issued, the rates of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad and branches will be live cents a mile for the round trip. The Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad will charge six cents a mile for the round trip. The South Carolina , Railroad has not been heard from, but its rates ' will be equally as low as either of the above. To the proper railroad authorities I have forwarded i list of delegates received to this date to go by way of Coluinbiaand by way of the Wilmington, i Columbia and Augusta Road, namely: The delegates from Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Fairfield, Greenville, Lancaster, Laurens, Newberry, Lexington and York. "All visitors, including the three delegates I from each county, who expect to attend the , meeting, will drop a postal to Hon. C. S. McCall, Bennettsville, Marlboro' county, S. C'., so that provision may be made for transportation from Society Hill to Bennettsville and homes assigned to them." THE MASON GIN CYLINDER. The public test and exhibition of the Mason gin cylinder, at Rock Hill, on the 14th instant, 1 was witnessed by a large number of persons from Charlotte, N. Fort Mill, Yorkville, Chester, Lancaster, Winnsboro and Charleston. The following particulars of the exhibition are given in addition to the notice published by us last week of its operation : The cylinder which was used had been placed in an old Van Winkle gin frame, fifty-saw size, the saws and ribs having been taken out and the cylinder put in by gentlemen who had had 110 experience whatever in making the change. After a very thorough test with good cotton, bad trashy cotton and wet cotton, an exhibition was given of the peculiar advantage possessed by the cylinder of being able to gin the motes. Every one seemed to be impressed with the success of the new process ot ginning cotton: the best evidence of this being the numerous orders which were given on the spot for the cylinders by gentlemen present. The capacity of the cylinder which was exhibited was considerably less than it should have been, and was just equal to a saw gin of the same size, a "><)-saw selt-feeder being used. The reason of this was that the cylinder was made to lit a frame in which ten-inch saws had been used, whereas it had been placed iu a nine-inch saw frame. This made the roll-box smaller than it should have been, and prevented the full capacity of the cylinder from being utilized. * The essential feature of this process of ginning cotton is that the cotton is taken from the surface of the roll, instead of being cut out from the interior of the roll by the saws. It .is, therefore, very important to present as much roll-surface to the cylinder as possible. The reduction of one inch, therefore, in the diameter of the roll made a difference of 114 inches, or nine feet and a half less of surface upon which the cylinder could operate. Many persons present were surprised to see the gin work at all under the circumstances and expressed the positive opinion that if 10-inch saws were put into a 9-inch roll-box the roll would not turn at all. Correspondence ol' the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, S. C., July 20.?The farmers in this section have about finished threshing their wheat and oat crops, both of which turned out far below their expectations. Water melons are now coming to town freely, and the small boy and the darkey are both happy. Capt. W. L. Roddey is building an addition to his handsome residence, which, when completed, will make his residence one of me nanasomesi in me piace. Messrs. A. Freidhiem & Bro. are building a large brick warehouse in rear ol their store. John Avery, colored, a boy about 17 years of age, was given a preliminary hearing before Trial Justice Fewell, in this place on Tuesday last. He was charged with having made an outrageous assault upon Sudie Thomasson, the eight-year old daughter of Lawrence Thomasson, colored. The evidence was such that the Trial Justice committed the accused to jail to await his trial at the next term of the Sessions Courts/ A meeting of a number of gentlemra interested in improved stock, was held at this place on Saturday last. Maj. A. H. White was selected chairman and stated the object of the meeting, which was for the purpose of making arrangements for a live stock exhibition at this place in the near future. After some discussion, it was decided to have an exhibition of improved stock of all kinds at this place on Tuesday, September 1st. A resolution was adopted, requesting all persons in Eastern York, interested in improved stock, to meet at Hock Hill on Saturday, the 1st of August, at which time all necessary arrangements will be made for the exhibition on the 1st of September. Let every farmer attend the meeting on \ 1 r.4- rpKJo rl._ i'lU^USU 131. X1113 ct 111UVC 111 II1C 11^111/ VI1rection. We want more improved stock in York county, and this is the best way in which to awaken an interest on the subject. Dr. Frasier, of the State Board of Health, seems to think your correspondent did him an injustice on the occasion of his recent visit to this place, and requests that I insert the following card: "The object of Dr. Frasier's visit was to find out how, in case of epidemic of Asiatic cholera, the disease could best be combatted, and funds best expended in preventing the spread of the disease." Mr. Hyder Ratterree, a young gentleman well known throughout this section, died in a convulsion ai nan pasio ociockhiis evening. He was on the streets (luring the day, and his sudden death was quite a surprise to the community. He leaves a wife and one child. Quarterly Conference will be held at Antioch M. E. Church, six miles from Rock Hill, commencing on Saturday next. The pastor, Ilev. J. B. Traywick, will be assisted by the Presiding Elder, Rev. J. A. C'authen, and Revs. 31. A. Connelly and A. B. Brown. The ladies of the missionary society at Adnah M. E. Church will'hold a mass meeting on Saturday next in the interest of missionary work. * Hal. + Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. K LETTER FROM CHESTER. Ciiestkii, July 20.?The yield of wheat and oats in this county has been very poor this year. As farmers have finished threshing a correct idea of the yield of these crops may be formed. The turnout of wheat exceeded that of oats. A farmer from the lower part of the county says that he harvested seventy-eight bushels from ten acres planted in wheat, which fell short of what he expected by twenty-two bushels. The same farmer states that a piece of ground which last year yielded him six hundred dozen.bundles of oats yielded this year one hundred and fifty dozen. A farmer on the upper side of the county states that ten acres planted in oats yielded one hundred and eighty bushels, from which he expected three hundred and sixty bushels. The same farmer states that he obtained about two hundred bushels of wheat from land which ought to have yielded four hundred bushels. A farmer in the Rich burg vicinity reports that from four acres planted in wheat he obtained twenty-five bushels, and from thirty acres planted in oats he obtained two hundred bushels. A farmer within a short distance from town reports that from ten acres, planted in wheat, he obtained forty-five bushels, and from sixty acres planted in oats, he obtained three hundred bushels. A prominent farmer in the neighborhood of Lowrysville tells me that in his section the yield of the oat crop is about two-fifths of an average crop, and that of the wheat crop is not quite one half of an average yield. Farmers on the western side report a great reduction in the yield of these crops. I do not believe that in this county the yield of oats exceeds one-fourth, and that of wheat one-third of a good average crop. )C_ A party of young people left here one afternoon last week in a wagon for a pleasant place about four miles from town. The wagon was supplied with straw, which rendered the use of chairs unnecessary#and otherwise added to the pleasure of the ride. The party reached the desired destination after a very merry ride. After strolling around for a while they spread refresh ments in a beautiful spot on the bank of a gently flowing stream, and there and then did they experience the height of happiness in tilling their bodies with good things, and theirsouls with words and looks of love, lake all earthly joys, this happiness soon ended, for threatening clouds, portending rain, appeared in the heavens. They were not far on the homeward journey, when drops of rain began to fall. They hurried up, but in vain, as a heavy rain soon fell, soaking to the skin the ladies as well as the gentlemen. It is needless to say that the wetting placed an effectual damper on the sentimentality of the party. Mr. J. H. Buchanan, secretary of the Chester division of the Sixth Regiment Survivors' Association, is in daily receipt of letters from survivors in this and other counties announcing their intention of joining in the proposed excursion to Virginia. He has not a single doubt of there being a sufficient number of excursionists to place the railroad fare for the round trip at $0.70 per man. The picnic given on last Friday at the close of the session of the Lowrysville' Academy, Prof. Bigham principal, was an enjoyable occasion. The number of those that honored the cause of education with their presence was large. The stores of the growing town of Lowrysville were closed, and proprietors and clerks, with their families turned out in force. The speakers of r the occasion were Solicitor McDonald, Hon. (J. J. Patterson, Mr. F. T. Morgan, and Mr. v J. II. Buchanan. With such eloquent advocates the advantages of education were portrayed in strong and glowing colors. The addresses were followed by a splendid dinner. A participator in this elegant repast was quite rapturous in speaking of the many nice things that composed the bill of fare. Prof. Bigham is one of the best teachers in our county. Mr. Young Murphy, of our town, was last week licensed as a druggistand pharmacist. Of the number that applied he was the only one that successfully passed the examinaton. As he is quite young, he ' . ?J"'-- itri+n merits great creuitiur mc uuiigcm.s ....... which he applied himself to his studies. The picnic given on Saturday by Mrs. Annie ilinton aud the pupils of her school was an exceedingly pleasant affair. The attendance of patrons and friends of the school was good. Mr. F. T. Morgan delivered an address, which pleased his audience. This dinner is said to have been very fine. Mutton, chicken, etc., abounded. Mrs. William C'order, of the neighborhood of Blackstocks, died on yesterday. M. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The editor of the Abbeville Medium asserts and offers proof that the "cruelty to convicts" business has been grossly exag- y gerated in some of the newspapers. t ?Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell, who lives near ? Tiller's Ferry, Chesterfield county, was 100 years old on the 4th instant. The neighborhood celebrated her hundredth anniversary by a picnic. She was born in Kershaw, but married early in life and went with her husband to Chesterfield, where she has ever since resided. ?Charles A. Boyd, arrested a few weeks ago in Columbia for forgery committed by him in Ohio, died in the peniteutiary of that State on the 10th instant. He was arraigned on the 0th of June and pleaded I guilty, whereupon he was sentenced to four years. He had served one month and was i or O'j ears uiu. ?Teachers attending the Normal Institute in Charleston will be required to pay full * fare over the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad and leased lines, but will be allowed to return free on presenting to conductors on the trains certificates of attendance, signed by the secretary of the Institute and countersigned by the State Superintendent of Education. ? Says the Abbeville Frees and Banner: In a private letter to Mr. G. A. Visanska, of this town, Dr. Griffin, superintendent of the lunatic asylum, expresses the belief that Charles Auerbaeh is hopelessly insane. He says: "He does not seem to have any mind. His physical health is good. There is very litle hope of his recovery." Auerbaeh is the uncle of Benedict who was clerking for him when shot to death by Ferguson. ?Walhalla adopted a unique plan for recommending a postmater. There were three prominent candidates. They held a primary election, as is done in some of the counties in the State for county officers. At the first election none of the candidates had a majority. The lowest candidate was dropped and a second election was held. Dr. Ben S. James, a former citizen of Goldvilie, Laurens county, received the highest number of votes and was accordingly declared + olinina r\f fKo r*nrvr*1n r\f Walhollo UH, V.1V.VV w.~ ? Chester Reporter: "We have been shown by Itev. James H. Saye the diploma conferred by Mount Zion College, Winnsboro, on ltev. John B. Davis, bearing the date of July, 1791, and signed by Thomas H. Mc- 4 Caule, President, and John Winn and James Craig, Professors. At that time Mount Zion was the only institution of learning in the State having authority to give diplomas. Mr. Davis was for a period ? of forty years, beginning in the latter part of the last century, pastor of Fishing Creek Church. His name and memory are held in much esteem and reverence." ? A fire broke out in the town of Lancaster last Thursday morning about 1 o'clock. It was first discovered on the second floor of the frame building belonging to Mr. James F. Hunter on Main street, and it spread rapidly until the buildings adjoining, belonging to Mrs. M. A. C'ureton and S. C. Shaffer, were enveloped in the flames. These three frame buildings were totally jp consumed, together with the whole stock of goods belonging to W. F. Swaringen in the 'Hunter building, a remnant of a stock of goods in the Cureton building, and everything in the barber shop and the tin shop belonging to the Bennett Bros, in the second floor of the Shaffer building. The flames were finally checked by strenuous exertion on the part of the citizens, after great damage was done to the brick buildings belonging to L. C. Payseur, on the south side, and the large brick store belnn<nna tn ftmvth Sr. Arla-sr. nf Charlpston. on the north side. The stock of goods belonging to B. F. Welsh, in the building of Smyth & Adger, was damaged somewhat by being carried out, and the Crockett House, on the opposite side of the street, 4 was pretty badly scorched. The citizens who sustained loss by the lire were insured and the insurance of most them will, it is thought, equalize the loss. The origin of the fire is unknown. Some think it resulted from matches ignited by rats, while others believe it to nave been the act of an incendiary. Tiie Kentucky Way.?Meagre, particulars of a terrible tragedy that occurred at Stepstone, Ky., last Saturday, have been received at Louisville. The tragedy grew out of the revival of an old grudge between town marshal Perry Oakley and. John ^ Smith. Very few words were exchanged before Oakley tired on Smith. Before Smith could return the lire he was shot dead. Nute Osborne, a friend of Smith, came up to take part, firing at Oakley, when he was himself shot in the breast. He died in half an hour. Henry Smith, a brother of John, was next shot, twice in the head and in the breast, and died last night. The light occurred in H. C. Hooker & Co.'s store and it does not appear at all clear who tired the fatal shots, which were all from pistols. John Smith's body was left in the store, but the wounded men were removed to the house of It. McGuire, where they both died. Later, as McGuire was going between his house and store with a loaded shoterun in his hand, he was fired on by Oakley, without effect. McGuire returned the fire with one barrel of his gun, the shot taking effect in Oakley's right eye, neck and body. Oak- * ley was also shot by unknown parties. lie was removed to the residence of Major Cassidy, where he lies in a critical condition. All was quiet at a late hour last r night. Ail inquest was to be held to-day. ?. More trouble is expected, as both sides are well represented and the feeling towards each other is very bitter. Pi*kmc School Sentiment in* the South.?The Springfield liepu/jliean'x recent statement that "in no Southern State is the public school sentiment stronger than in Georgia" requires an exception to be noted in favor of South Carolina. The number of children of school age in South Carolina in 1S82-1883 was half as great as the number in Georgia, and the value of the taxable property in South Carolina was less than half as much as the value of such property in Georgia. The amount of the school fund in South Carolina for the same year, however, was $517,937 27, while the ? school fund in Georgia was only $(508,172 8(5. Had Georgia contributed as freely as South Carolina, in proportion to its taxable property, the Georgia school fund would have amounted to at least $1,200,000. It is plain, therefore, that, if measured by the amount of money contributed in proportion to the value of the property in the respective States, which is the only proper way to test such a matter, the public school sentiment is stronger in South Carolina than in Georgia, or, indeed, than in any other Southern State. The Palmetto State is entitled to be assigned to the lirst place accordingly. The Republican can profitably ponder the lesson presented in this brief statement of facts, and may be assured that an investigation of the progress of South Carolina in other directions as well will yield equally favorable results .?News and Courier.