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Straps and Jacts. ? The Toccoa (Ga.) News predicts that in three years, at the longest, there will not be a single retail liquor shop in the State of Georgia. In less than a generation the people will look back into the past and talk about bar-rooms, and the children will ask, "What is a bar-room ?" ? Waldo H. Johnson, who represented Missouri in the United States Senate at the outbreak of the war and was expelled from that body, died at Osceola, Mo., last Saturday. He served in the Confederate army early in the war, and was afterwards electa/I IV?a pAM'Wrlr\r?c%fn CnnqIn cu IV UlU * Anucutiaw/ utuaiv. I ? A petition is being extensively circulated in Massachusetts appealing to the Secretary of State to use his influence in behalf of Riel who is under sentence to be hung on September 18. The appeal is made on the ground that he is an American citizen, and therefore is entitled to the influence of the American government. ? In Atlanta last Friday afternoon, Lewis Henke, first baseman of the Atlanta Base Ball Club, while trying to reach the first base during a game, cafne in collision with the first baseman of the Nashville Club, and suffered rupture of the liver, from which he died Saturday afternoon. Henke was from Cincinnati. He leaves a wife and one child. ? The business failures occurring last week throughout the country, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States 151 and Canada 17, making a total of 168 against 180 the previous week. The Western and Pacific States furnish more than .one-half of the entire number of business casualties in the United States. ? The greatest cow in the world, Princess, Second, owned by Mrs. Samuel M. Shoemaker, of Baltimore, is dead. Inflammation of the lungs killed her. She yielded in seven days forty-six pounds ten and a half ounces of batter. She had a voracious appetijgr Her first cost was $4,800. An offer oMg^l 000 was refused. Her last calf coul^'not he bought for $10,000 ? Cotton crop reports fronearly every section of Texas indicate^onsiderable damage from drought within the past ten days, in a number of plag?? t,he plant is reported as shedding being otherwise injured. ^j^fTthstanding this there is no r?P?5><rom any single section which does ^^..JSwTistimate a better cotton yield than last year. ? The recent law passed by the Legislature of Pennsylvania prohibiting the employment within the coal mines of boys unaer fourteen years age, throws out of employment 10,000 boys whose places are being filled by Poles and Hungarians as rapidly as they can be supplied. These boys got from 65 cents to $1 per day, but' the foreigners are willing to work for even less. ? Col. Thomas Dodamead, a prominent citizen and well known railroad superintendent, died in Richmond on Friday, aged 08 years. He was a native of Philadelphia, but had resided in Virginia nearly half a century. He had been superintendent of almost every old railroad in Virginia, and H13U Ui biiu vuiuiuum anu iv?u. He was a distinguished Mason and highly esteemed throughout the State. ? Meade, the man who was appointed postmaster at Copiah, Miss., by President Cleveland and whose appointment was revoked by the President because of his being implicated in the killing of a Republican last year, was recently a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the legislature. He was defeated. This fact does not seem to imply that the Democrats of Copiah are anxious to rebuke the President. ? A Boston dispatch of the 11th says: ExGovernor Franklin J. Moses, of South Carolina, who was released from custody in Middlesex county, where he was serving out a term of imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretenses, is again in trouble, having been brought into the su. perior Criminal court to-day charged with obtaining money from Samuel C. Coble, Fred L. Ames and others of this city on false pretenses, in representing that he was Col. Simms, of Charleston. ? On Thursday last the North Carolina Adventists held their State Conference at Wilmington. The majority of theirstrength is in the western part of the State. They have a singular belief. They accept Scripture literally, and believe that after death the outer body or "shell," as they term it, slips off, much in the same manner as the shell of a locust, and that another body, smaller but in other respects similar, comes out and goes heavenward after a short probation in some place. ? Republican newspapers are badly mixed upon the question whether to deny that the Democratic Administration is actually engaged in the work of reforming the Civil service, or to proclaim that the Democratic party has been split wide open on account of the Administration prosecuting that work so vigorously. Not being able apparently to choose between these two schedules, the organs are running both at the same time? with the natural result of frequent and painful collisions. ? "I know Jefferson Davis intimately," says Dr. Divine, of Atlanta, formerly a neighbor of Mr. Davis in Mississippi, "and the prevalent idea that he is dyspeptic or sour is very unjust. He is a great student, much given to his books, and consequently not on the 'hurrah' order of men. But he is as gentle as a woman, as approachable as a child, and his sympathies are readily worked up when stories of the suffering are poured into his ear. Davis is one of those 3,i men whose fame will come out in bold relief when his detractors are dead and for gVlfiVU* ? During the past two weeks reports of the appearance of caterpillars have come from various sections of the South. With the present agricultural outlook, i:he best the country has had for years, it would be a matter of serious regret should the crop be endangered from this cause. A leading exchange has taken the trouble to investigate the reports thoroughly, the result of which shows that the appearance of the caterpillar is too late to affect materially the present crop, and that they have appeared in localities in which the cotton crop is furthest advanced, and therefore there is little danger to be apprehended from them. ? Two of the most prosperous and apparently contented men in New York just now are Messrs. Warner and Work. They live in palaces and have one of the most luxurious business officesin the city. These gentlemen know something of the whereabouts of all the money Ferdinand Ward absorbed during the existence of the firm of Grant & Warcf. Mr. Warner took $G,0U0,000 out of that firm in less than eighteen months, and to him Ward transferred his property about the time of the big failure. Mr. Work, his partner, emerged from the financial cataclysm of May, '84, a millionaire. It is generally believed in New York that if Ferd. Ward, Mr. Warner and Mr. Work would be a little candid they might explain the mysterious disappearance of the Grant & Ward cash. ? Maxwell, who is charged with murdering C. Arthur Preller in St. Louis, some months ago and made his escape to New Zealand, where he was arrested, has arrived at St. Louis in charge of an official. He talks but little, though he says that in due time he will produce Preller alive and well and show where he got the body found in the trunk. Maxwell asserts that the body in the trunk was bought by himself and Preller and left in the hotel for the purpose of procuring the insurance money upon Preller's life. Since Maxwell's return to St. Louis, Charier Bieger, a trunk-maker recognized him as the man to whom he sold the trunk in which Preller's body was found, and a porter at the Southern Hotel recognized him as having been a guest at that house in April last. ? Two hundred newspapers are received daily at the White House. Three thousand dollars is appropriated for the purpose of paying the subscription price of these papers. Besides those regularly subscribed lor, marked copies are sent in large numbers every day. Col. Lamont reads these papers and cuts out anything of interest to the Administration. These clippings, carefully arranged in chronological order, are i pasted in scrap-books under the heads of tariff, finance, civil service, foreign policy, appointments, current comment, Indians, personal, and the like. Col. Lamont has a quick, retentive memory, and such is his j control of this faculty that he can tell the President, with whom he is closeted every day, the sentiment in regard to any par tieular policy in any section of the country he may mention. ? "The Secretary of State may soon have an opportunity to do some really clever di-; plomatic work," remarked a naval officer in Washington who had been much in South ! American waters in the past fifteen years and has just returned from a long sea voyage. "All the Spanish-American nations despise us," he continued, "and lose no opportunity of expressing their contempt. I know that if the Chillian Government had consulted the wishes or ambitions of some of its military and naval officers that alliance which Ecuador tried to effect would have been made and then we would not have got Santos out of the Ecuadorian clutches without a fight. In Santiago the DeoDle showed their dislike for us in every possible way. Their officials openly declared that the Chillian navy could destroy ours in a three hours' conflict, and that nothing would please them better than a chance to loot San Francisco." Ibc ftotfctiUe <JNqmw. YORKVILLE. S. C. THURSDAY MORNING^^tjSTSO, 1885. ^^Ptt^HACKS MUST GO. ^j?&HTmenting upon the recent rupture in rtne uitauei -Acnueiuy, me ^iiaiieoivu j.?c?.o and Courier closes a timely editorial with the following suggestions which will commend themselves to the people of the State as being eminently wise and proper: A little iconoclasm is now in order in South Carolina. It is time to select for public offices the men who are absolutely lit for those places, and to disregard absolutely the notion that rank in the Confederate army, or eminence at the Bar, or a long pedigree (of a. hundred years or thereabouts) is an all sufficient qualification for any post of honor or trust. Who are the best men for the places to be filled ? It matters not a jot whether they spell their name one way or another; or whether their name has a flavor of France or of England; or whether they have, or have not, a great-grandfather who signed the Declaration of Independence, or who would have signed it if he nad had the opportunity. The image-breaking, we fancy, is about to begin. We would not allow it to take the shape which was taken in Europe, where the noses of the images seemed to be singled out for especial opprobrium and attack. We would leave in peace the probosces as well as the toes of these good old images. But give us the best men for the places, and the best man for every place. A good point to start at is right here in the South Carolina Military Academy. EFFECT OF DEMOCRATIC RULE. The effect of the past five months of Democratic rule upon the South is summed up by a prominent Southern politician as follows : Mr. Cleveland's attitude toward the South has not been such as to please a very large element of the Southern Democracy, but it has been such as will best advance the interests of that section and finally strengthen the party throughout the country. The party workers who were waiting to swoop down upon the offices and get as much as they could in the scramble, are disappointed and out of humor.. In some cases, remarkably that of Louisiana, the minority faction of the party has been recognized to the utter exclusion of the great body of the practical politicians who have been pedaling ballots at the polls. But the offices, it is said, have gone as a general thing to men against whom no objection could be urged, | and the hand of the Administration has been extended to strengthen the conservative Democrats who are seeking to purify politics throughout the South.' In most cases the local Federal offices have been turned over to the Democrats, but not to the "craftsmen," to be used as political tools. fr" Laam 4- /-v fKo rvAAnlo in JL lit? result 11US UCCll IU ^1VC Uic ill | that section confidence in the Administra-1 tion. This is particularly the case with the colored people, who find, instead of the bulldozers they expected, that the men they respect most are being put in power. THE CHOLERA IN SPAIN. Returns on last Sunday from the cholera infected districts of Spain show the total number of new cases on Saturday to have been 4,700, and the total number of deaths from the disease 1,758. The plague has made its appearance at Barcelona, where twenty-three cases and sixteen deaths are reported. The cholera reports for Sunday show that there were fifteen new cases and twelve deaths in the city of Madrid and sixty-five new cases and deaths in the province. The slight panic which broke out a few days ago has subsided. The epidemic shows no further sign of an increase. Wherever the disease prevails the most stringent precautions are taken to prevent its spread. Some of the most crowded houses have been emptied and their tenants temporarily lodged a few miles outside of the city. The public buildings are disinfected daily. The epi demic is still ravaging Granada, but is decreasing in other Southern provinces. At Marseilles there were 20 deaths on Saturday and 27 deaths on Sunday. Several deaths from the same cause are reported in the suburbs of the city ; and a letter from Saigon reports that six hundred French soldiers have died of cholera in Formosa and Pescadores, that the hospitals are overflowing with sufferers, and that the epidemic is increasing. The places in Spain in which the principal increase of cholera occurred on Sunday, as compared with Friday last, areTerragora and Valladolid. In the former place, there were on Sunday, 77 new cases and 30 deaths, and in the latter 61 new cases and 10 deaths. Official returns show that in Granada the disease has reached its height and remains stationary. In Albacete on Sunday there were 28 new cases and 23 deaths. In Castillion de la Plana 22 new cases and 17 deaths. In Cuenca, 154 new cases and 17 deaths. In Teruel, 46 new cases and 32 deaths. In Valencia, 32 new cases and 49 deaths, and in Madrid, 20 new cases and two deaths. All of these returns show decrease in numbers of both new cases and deaths. The total number of deaths in the infected districts since the outbreak of the epidem ic is ")7,0()0, and it is estimated that 00,000 I persons have fled from their homes toes-! cape the scourge. The Gallows.?James Horace Jones! was hanged at Troy, N. Y., jail last Thursday for the murder of his wife, July 3rd, 1884. Pie died in the Catholic faith. Ilenry PYeese, colored, was hanged at i Catlettsburg, Ky., on PYiday for the mur-1 der of Chester Honaker, in May last. I Fully 3,000 people witnessed the execution, i Freese ascended the scaffold with firmness, ! and bade all farewell. Cristino Aldava and Caledomes Chevar-, ria, two Mexican murderers, were hanged : at Laredo, Texas, at 5 o'clock hist Friday ; evening, in the presence of several thous- j and spectators, many of whom were Mexicans from across the river. Aldava confessed from the scaffold. Chevarria stood smoking a cigar while Aldaya was reading, I then he harrangued for 40 minutes endeav oring to establish his innocence. Both [ men adjusted the nooses about their necks j and were stolidly indifferent to their end. Just as the black cap was being adjusted Aldava recognized an acquaintance and asked him to take charge of his body to which request many Mexicans responded. Both men fell at the same moment and their necks were broken. The bodies were cut down in ten minutes. ; For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. SOME PERTINENT SUGGESTIONS. Yorkville, S. C., August 16th. Editor of the Enquirer : Permit me to express through your columns a few thoughts which occurred to me yesterday evening while perambulating over our pretty little town. Leaving the Barracks and moving gently yet warmly along Main St., I was soon reminded of a scriptural and scientific fact, that "of dust we are and unto dust we shall return." But, to state it facetiously, the dust of which man is composed, say about 12 lbs, is "wet up1' in six pails of water, whilst the dust to which we return on said street every summer is not wet up at all. Now, this fact might be overlooked were it not for another fact?and it is a gri m one to have for a vis-a-vis?that dust to which we return each summer is certainly shortening the number of returns and the number of summers those who live and do business on Main St., may otherwise reasonably expect to enumerate. To state the facts plainly, the dust on Main St., is detrimental to life and property. What merchant does not know that his merchandise is damaged by dust; his sales reduced because the lady customers will not, cannot, face the poisoned sirocco daily and hourly raised before his store? What clerk, male or female, or professional man on that street does not feel that life is slowly but surely being invaded because of "a penny wise and poundfoolish" policy which withholds thsmfeor barrels of water to alla?j{]?4*^andjmrify the lung^loggieg^iauseous, odorant and horg&jHffiJnure permeated atmosphere ? The remedy? It is at hand If the Council cannot afford to purchase a watering cart theu let each resident and business man on. said street subscribe the amount he thinks equivalent to his direct interest in the matter. Those desiring to commit suicide slowly need not subscribe. The water supply ? It is at hand also. The pump at the Court House and the cr?ek behind the jail? a few dollars and a litt.< engineering would make this latter supply ample. Cost of cart ? Marietta and Rome, Ga., paid $150, for fancy and use. We may sacrifice fancy and concentrate on use by rigging up a. molasses hogshead?any plumoer ana tinner can supply the valve, lever and sprinkler. Our \ork artist Monsieur Allen, can do the Italian frescoing. Cheapness, however, is not always economy. Pursuing this thought why not permit it to lead on the erection of a handsome windmill and tank with sufficient capacity and height to supply the business portion of the city with water ? This makes a system of waterworks upon a small scale and of course cannot be general, but it would be of great convenience in the public places and about the immediate centre of business. The expense would be several hundred dollars. One more thought. There is no reason why our little town should not be a popular summer resort if we get rid of the dust. We are on a healthy, elevated ridge, within sight of spurs of the Blue Ridge, with pure water, not needing ice ; with railway, telegraphic and mail facilities, cultivated and hospitable people, but we have no city park. Now, there is on East Liberty St., a large lot, say six acres, on which are a lew unsightly negro cabins. This lot is known as the Avery lot, the property of a Mrs. Wallace. The said lot forms a parallelogram with its sides on streets in a retired yet beautiful part of the town. There are large shade trees on the lot. Here then is the germ of a city-park?with sidewalks all around, no fences would be necesary?fences and walls in this and other towns protected by a "no fence law" are a hideous abomination any how?a blue-^rass plat, the windmill and waterworks in one corner, a fountain and band stand in the centre, nice walks and neatly painted benches, pretty women, girls and children, posing and reposing matrons and sires, music, laughter and innocent pastimes make a picture that would change the cynic and even reform the misanthroDe. Will it pay') Yes : Yorkville will never be a summer resort at all, much less an attractive one until it claims these features. Then it will be a successful competitor with other towns as the locale of the State Normal Institute, the Press Association, the Medical Association, the Agricultural Association, other associations and assemblies. The dollars left behind will many times pay for the attractions offered, and the surplus will fill the purse and rejoice the heart of the man who is always asking, 44 Will it pay ?" The mountain will not go to Mahomet, let us arouse ourselves and bring Mahomet to our mountain village, and, 44the winter of his discontent will be changed into a glorious summer by the sons of York." J. C. Lynes. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, August 17.?The Lee Light Infantry lately received from the Governor a supply of new guns of an improved character. The gun was manufactured in Springfield, Illinois, and is the same kind that soldiers of the United States Army are armed with. In addition to the guns which the Lees are greatly pleased with, the Governor sent a supply of new equipments. The cartridge box especially is a "thing of beauty." The old guns and equipments will be returned to the Governor. In answer to a call of some citizens of the neighborhood of Mount Zdon Church, near the~Chester and Fairfield line a large number of citizens assembled last Tuesday to discuss the proposed railroad route from Camden to Chester, and through to the North Carolina line. Thisrailroad, if built, will cross Chester county diagonally from the south-eastern corner through to the northeastern corner, and 40 or 50 miles thereof will be within the county. The railroad was the absorbing theme of the day. Old man and young, maiden and lass, husband and wife?all with one consent talked railroad. A few opposed and an overwhelming majority in favor. Some advocated, "let those who wanted the railroad build it;" others were for taxation. The meeting was called to order by Capt. W. S. Hall, the chairman. Rev. Mr. Cartlege opened with prayer, invoking the divine presence and blessing upon the enterprise which was now to engage the attention of the assemblage, and prayed that it might prove a success and promotive of good. J. K. Henry, Esq., was then introduced. He spoke of the political benefits to our government accruing from transportation fflpilitip* ?s nn element of the strength and durability of our Republican government. The government, in aiding the construction of railroads was preserving a wise policy. The Roman republic pursued the same policy. It was nothing new for governments to assist in great public works. It was the policy of the Lnited States government, and of our own State. He proved by the sworn returns from the auditor's books, Chester county, by comparing townships with railroad facilities and those without, the enormous enhancement of the value of real estate, and the increased amount of personal property. That lands in Landsford township had enhanced in value 20 percent, within five years from the completion of the Chester and Cheraw Railroad. He brought to the attention of the farmers the benefits of railroads by showing from statistics that to bring a market for cotton five miles nearer the cotton-fiehl would save enough expense in the two items of guano and cotton to pay a railroad tax of 3$ mills on a three horse farm. Mr. Henry auswered many of the objections to railroads, and their construction by taxation, and closed his forcible remarks by saying that the roar of the Catawba Falls (near the place of meeting) was a voice of condemnation of the lack of enterprise of the people. Major Julius Mills was next introduced and in a good speech of three-quarters of an hour spoke of the line and course of the proposed Railroad, and the different points it would touch. He showed the danger of allowing this opportunity to co-operate with the Massachusetts Construction Company to pass without embracing it. He said that if a railroad was now constructed opening a new route to the great Xorth-west, and that line did not run the proposed way, that portion of the country would ever remain without a railroad. Col. J. I>. Blanding, President of the Georgetown and X. C. Xarrow Gauge Railroad, arrived upon the ground while the meeting was in session. He was welcomed, brought forward and introduced. He first paid his respects to the ladies in some very appropriate pleasantries, and with reluv tance turned from his spirit of humor and gentle talk to business-railroad talk. He first explained that he was President of the Georgetown & N. C. Narrow Gauge Railroad, that the railroad was started as a narrow gauge) and still retained the name, but was by amendment to the charter a standard gauge railroad. The object was to connect the North-west with the Atlantic coast. This road was built to Sumterville, and though Georgetown was the original point on the Atlantic coast* Charleston was now the point. He had conferred with the managers of the Massachusetts Construction Company, and was warranted in saying that what they proposed they were able to fulfil. Large capitalists were interested in it. The Construction Company would pursue the route along which they could procure the greatest assistance. At all events they were determined the line should pass as near the Catawba falls as practicable, and the point in North Carolina was Shelby, and not Rutherfordton. It was a matter that was determined by the amount of aid /imilsl rmt mhothor it wrmlrl run lin thp east or west bank of the Catawba River. The construction company, he said would furnish the rails and equipments, if the pie and county provided the roadsfafflt'and crossties, which wouldjcesf not more than $4,000 per mile. After the speeches came the dinneiyThe attention to the speeches was marked, that paid to the table was mpfe"^so. The meeting dispersed unanimously in favor of a railroad by all means. Col. Blanding came to Chester in company with some prominent citizens. He expressed himself as pleased with the topography of the country, and said that the cost of grading would be very little from Rossville to within Gor8 miles of Chester. ^ On last Wednesday, by the Rev. David Levy, of Charleston, lifn E. Skalowski, of Macon, Ga., and Miss Esther Simmons, of our town, were married. The friends of the newly married couple wish them all 'possible happiness. On Saturday morning a house on York street, belonging to Rev. J. P. Marion, was destroyed by fire. The property was covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. " On Saturday last, Lewis Mills colored, charged with larceny, in attempting to make his escape, was shot and instantly killed by constable Wash Estes. - The Summer meeting of the Chester Fair Association was held at this place on Saturday. The attendance was good, and the exhibition of fruits, though not large, was good. The graces especially were very nne.. jnon. v;. iv.. juuugms, ui wimisuuiu, delivered an interesing address. He spoke of the importance and dignity of the farmer's occupation. >r. For the Yorkville Enquirer. TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. The York County Teachers' Association, which was organized at the close of the County Normal School, will hold its first meeting at Yorkville, in the Female College, Saturday, September 5th. It is hoped that all who have enrolled themselves as members, and, in fact, every teacher in the county who can, will be present. The object of the Association, as set forth in the Constitution, is the improvement of its members in teaching and the advancement of the cause of education. That there is great room for improvement, all must admit ; for no matter what may be his scholarship, how clear his judgment, or how ripe his experience, the best teacher in the land must feel and acknowledge that his methods are imperfect, his teaching far short of what it ought to be, that he needs more light, and, above all, that sympathy and encouragement which only his fellow-teachers can give. The cause of education demands that we do all in oirr power to promote it. Unless we have that cause at heart, we can never expect to accomplish anything worthy of our profession. If we are teaching from no higher motive than to make money, we are prostituting to a selfish and sordid end one of the noblest and most philanthropic callings, and degrading ourselves in the eyes of God and man. As true teachers, who are not ashamed to bring our deeds and ourselves to the light, with mind, heart, soul and body consecrated to the sacred work of instructing and training the youth of our country, let us unite our enoris, miu nmve forward in one solid phalanx, determined to elevate our profession to that usefulness, dignity, and honor that belong to it. The adage, that in union there is strength is eminently applicable to the teacher's profession. Let us no longer singly, aimlessly, and hopelessly labor, each by himself and for himself, but let us stand firm together, each receiving help and encouragement from the other. There is a prize not only for the most gifted, but for every teacher who will avail himself of the means of improvement. An association like that we hope to see ours, must prove an invaluable aid to its members. Let us have a full and enthusiastic meeting, and let us gather strength and draw inspiration that shall carry us on in our work, accumulating more energy and more hope at each succeeding meeting, so that our progress for the coming year, notwithstanding hindrances and discouragements, may be onward, and our influence, individually and as a profession, may grow deeper and wider from day to day. Every teacher is at liberty to introduce and discuss any question relating to schools or school work. We hope that the principals of the high schools in the county will be present, and give us the benefit of their views and experience. Will not some of the lady teachers favor us with essays on educational topics? The meeting will be public, and a cordial invitation is extended to every person who feels an interest in the cause. A Teacher. From the Wlnnsboro News. THF. CITADEL ACADEMY. Messrs. Editors: In your issue of the 11th instant we notice the name of our very efficient and worthy Superintendent of Education (Col. Coward) suggested, to fill the vacancy in the Citadel Academy, caused by the resignation of Col. J. P. Thomas. While we admit that no more competent person could be selected to fill the vacancy, yet we think it would be doing injustice to the cause of popular education to deprive the State of the services of one so well qualified to discharge the duties of the office of State Superintendent of Education, and one so acceptable to the people of the State, both white and colored. Not because we love the Citadel less, but because we love popular education more, would we regret to see the present Superintendent of Education give up.^his position to take charge of the Citadel or any other institution of learning. During his administration, educational matters have gone on smoothly, quietly and progressively, and we hope and believe he will be retained in his present position so long as he is willing to serve the people. There are many in the State who could take charge of the Citadel, but few who would suit the position of State Superintendent of Education. Col. Coward is the right man in the right place, and let us keep him there as long as we possibly can. c. Hayes and Arthur.?Those acquainted with various incidents of the Grant obsequies on Saturday last comment freely on the fact that ex-President Arthur, who rode in the same carriage with Mr. Hayes, nevo ft AT f! 111*5 no* CI aUUiCOOCU lAt IV/IiiUllV V\/ citv UMA4?ib the whole period they were together, and when spoken to replied only in monosyllables. Mr. Arthur looked morose and miserable* while Mr. Hayes had his oldtime eareless and indifferent manner. At the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Vice President Hendricks left a large party of friends with whom he was conversing and advanced some distance to meet Mr. Hayes, whom he took warmly by the hand and talked to for some time. The Vice President afterwards remarked that notwithstanding his deep personal interest in the contested Presidential election of 1876-77 he had never felt the least resentment toward Mr. Hayes; that Mr. Hayes was no more than the passive instrument of the men who stole the Presidency, and he would have been almost more than mortal had he withstood the pressure that was exerted on him. One who is very high in the counsels of the Republican party, and to whom the remark was imputed, said that no matter what might have been the inward convictions and wishesof Mr. Hayes, he would not under the circumstances have dared to refuse the P-esidency, for there were plenty of desperate men in his party who would have countenanced his assassination had he done so?Correspondence Baltimore. Sun. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, S. G\, August 17.?As the time appointed to hold the stock show draws nigh, more and more interest is manifested by the people, which is demonstrated by the large number of entries that have been J made. At 12 o'clock to-day more than one hundred entries have been made, consisting i of thorough-bred horses, jacks, Jersey, Holstein, Ayrshire and native cattle, Berkshire, i Essex, Poland China and Jersey red hogs, I Southdown sheep, and a number of fancy ! chickens. The committee of arrangements have decided to charge twenty-five cents for : each entry made. The entry book is in i charge of Mr. F. H. London. Persons de-! siring to make entries will call on him. Col. C. J. Pride, U. S. Commissioner, returned from Greenville, where he has been attending the U. S. Circuit Court, on Sunday. He informs me that Mr. D. C. Williams of our town, has made a very favorable impression as foreman of thegrand jury. John Carroll, (white,) and Henry Potts, (colored,) pleaded guilty of the charge of retailing liquor without a license, end were setfttoYork jail for four months and fined $100 each. Henry Williams and Joseph Massey pleaded guilty of the same charge, and were sent to York jail for one month and fined $100 each. Col. Pride has attended every term of the U. S. Court at Greenville for a number of LA fLnl f LofQ om TY1 A1*0 nOT itliu lie nnja man <n v, uiun/ sons attending the present term than he has ever before known. Our section is needing rain badly. If we do not soon have some rain the crops will be materially injured. Cotton is shedding badly and the farmers are blue. The crops, which looked so promising a few weeks ago, wear altogether a different appearance now. Messrs. Frew Bros, moved into their new residence on Monday last. They have one of the handsomest residences in our town. Rev. J. S. White preached at Ebenezer Church yesterday. The pastor. Rev. J. H. Thoruwell, is still at Cleveland Springs. The Rock Hill cotton factory will resume work on Saturday next. Col. J. M. Ivy was expected to return home last week, but a telegram from him at Chicago says that he will remain in that city a week or so. We are pleased to know that his health has been improved. Hal. The Confederate Colony in* Brazil. Mr. Beckford Mackey, consui at Rio Grande doSul, who has just returned to Washington, brings interesting occounts of the Confederate colony in Brazil. Some of these latter returned home, others are still settled in the interior of Brazil, and are getting on comfortably. Mr. Mackey says: "Mr. Robert Burton, civil engineer, a leading member of the colony, called on me at mv consulate in Rio Grande doSul in April of the present year. He says that the colony now consists of about GOO souls, the males preponderating. It is located in the province of San Paulo or St. Paul, about four hundred miles southwest of Itio de Janeiro. With the exception of Rio Grande do Sul and Parana, this is the most southerly province of Brazil. Its members, who have lived there now nearly nineteen years, are nearly all engaged in farming and manufacturing?the cultivation of cotton, coffee, corn, tobacco, &c., and the manufacture of wagons, plows, and other agricultural implements. It is a fine farming region, well watered by many navigable streams, apd in the centre of the great coffee section. It abounds also in good iron ores, and there are extensive iron works at St. Paul, the capital of the province, about thirty miles north east of Santos, its principal port of entry. Mr. Burton informed me that he has, with several of his old comrades in arms, builta house in the wilderness of San Paulo, and hung a sign from it on which they have inscribed the words, "The Rebels' Rest." The members of the colony are reputed to be highly moral, thrifty and prosperous, and loyal and law abiding subjects of the empire in which they have made their homes. They are still thoroughly American in character and sympathies. They live in a healthy country and among a brave and hospitable people. The United States Presbyterian board of foreign missions has several missionary stations in the province of San Paulo, comprising ten or twelve clergymen and four or five churches. There is no religious intolerance in Brazil." Beast Butler Tells the Truth.? Of all the memorial addresses on Grant, at the North, that of Gen. Butler, of Lowell, Massachusetts, stands conspicuous for its courage of conviction and impartial analysis. While preachers and politicians elevated the deceased to high rank in statesmanship, Butler dismisses him with scant praise and remorseless logic. As a military man, Butler regards Grant as having invented but one thing?the conquest of an inferior foe with ruthless waste of men and material, "to fight and fight again, without regard to loss of life or treas ure, or even to immediate military resuns, knowing that his own losses could be replaced while the enemy's could not, and that thus in time the war must necessarily come to an end." Butler, in this connection, cities the historic fact, already suggested in the Chronicle, that the exhaustion of the worn out forces of the South was made more complete and preciptious by a refusal to exchange prisoners of war. And yet tho South was robustly cursed for the horrors of AndersonviHe, while Grant escaped all censure! "This policy," says General Butler, "put an end to the rebellion. Grant held to it until, in the spring of 1865. Lee had neither men nor rations to feed them upon, nor could the Confederates supply him with either, and then came Appomattox and the conclusion of the war."?Augusta Chronicle. The Small Grain Crop.?The State Department of Agriculture makes the following report on the area and yield of wheat and oats in the State: The area in wheat in South Carolina in 1883-84 was 197,631 acres, and in 1884-85, 195,97G. The area in oats was in 1883-84, 331,920, and in 1884-85, 339,727 acres.' A drought which prevailed late in the fall of a-j il? --*4* 4-vir* iioik.i1 o rno isttt prevenieu me suwujk ui uow?.. of oats at that time, and a much larger area of spring sown oats was the result. The yield of spring sown oats is rarely ever as large as the fall sown, and although in some localities they were better this year, the difference was not sufficient to make up the deficiency resulting from other causes. The seasons were very unfavorable during the growth and development of both crops. The winter was unusually severe, and the crops were winter killed, and seriously injured by the drought and cold weather in the early spring. Owing to these causes the yield of both crops has been considerably decreased below an average year. Effects of a Giiaxt Story.?"Now, gentlemen," said a passenger in the smoking car, "I want to tell you that I am one of the veterans of the late war. I was in a good many battles. And now if you will kinder gather up this way I intend to tell ye a little story about somethin' that I saw with my own eyes down in Virginny?I'll tell you a little story about Gen'ral Grant and" In two minutes the story-telling passenger was alone. The other occupants of the car had Hed, leaving their baggage behind them. They unanimously agreed that any time up to Saturday last they would have remained patiently ana respecuuuy, uui now they intend to exercise a freeman's right and runaway whenever anybody begins to tell a story about Grant. "In a year or so," said a healthy citizen, "we may be able to stand one or two, but j not now?not now." And he looked over his shoulder in ter-; ror at the thought that the story-teller was ! after him.?Chicago Herald. South Carolina at West Point.?The i cadets from South Carolina at the United! States Military Academy at West Point are j doing well. In the class recently graduated j South Carolina had no representatives. In j the present first class John A. Towers, of j South Carolina, the only representative from ! South Carolina, in a class of eighty-three : members, stands eighth on the list. In i the present second class, which consists of seventy members, John M. Jenkins, of this j State, is seventh, and T. Q. Donaldson is thirteenth. Thomas S. Lucas was on sick leave during the examination and therefore i could not be examined. In the present third class Henry Jervey, of South Caroli- i na, stands first, and M. C. Butler, Jr., thirtysixth, in a class of eighty-two members. In the present fourth class the applicants have , only just been examined, and, of course, there is no standing given. These ratings are taken from the official register of the i Academy. SOUTH CAROLTNA NEWS. I ' ? The first bale of new cotton for Fairfield county wassold in Winnsboro last Saturday by Mr. Alexander Williford at 11 cents per pound. ? Captain L. J. Walker has resigned his | membership of the railroad commission to accept a position tendered him in the j Charleston Custom House. ? Robert Miller, a former resident of Lew- j isville, Chester county, died at Santa Bar- ( ham Sooth America, a few weeks ago. He was in charge of a large coffee business. ? The stock law excitement has again broken out in Colleton, and meetings to protest against the law are being called in eye^y, township. ? The State Normal Institute, in session for several weeks in Charleston, was dismissed last Frday, after an excellent address by the State Superintendent of Education. ? H. L. Ford, a resident of Aiken, and nearly blind, has invented and patented a railroad switch, which prominent railroad men, after witnessing a recent exhibition of it at Staten Island, pronounce a complete success. ? Dr. Fraser, of theState Board of Health-, has inspected the sanitary condition of sixty towns, cities and villages of this State and has printed his report. Columbia is the only place he finds in perfect condition. Charleston is in fair condition. ? The uVeir.f and Courier says: Col. John P. Thomas has gone to Columbia. He has determined not to enter again in scholastic pursuits, but will direct his energies and talents in purely business channels. He has not yet definitely determined whether he will locate in Columbia or Charleston, but will probably remove to the State Capital. ? Piedmont Inspector: "A tree was cut down one day last week, on the Pacolet river, on the estate of Mr. McNally, which measured six and a half feet through. It was a white oak and was cut into logs measuring 30 feet in length, and when sawed into plank it is estimated that it will make upwards of 10,000 boards. This is thought to be the largest tree ever found in that section of country." ? During a fight in Darlington recently a negro man had his eye so injured that the sight was destroyed, the membrane cover ing the eyeball and a portion of the pupil of the eye being torn completely around and rolled backwards in the socket. Cocaine was applied, and the membrane was caught up and sowed to the piece remaining over the pupil and the eye is now as good as ever. ? Edgefield Monitor: The rumors circulating regarding the defalcation of Ex-Treasurer B. C. Bryan have taken definite shape, the grand jury having investigated the matter and recommended that proceedings be had against the sureties to secure to the county the amount of the deficit, which was found to be about ?1,900. Among the sureties were M. A. Markert, J. H. Hollingsworth, \V. B. Penn and the late Gen. B. E. Nicholson. ? The Prosperity Reporter tells of a physician in Newberry county who prescribed tarter emetic as a dose for watermelon thieves. Shortly after he was summoned to attend a darkey down with cholera morbus, and when the doctor was about to leave he was offered a melon by another negro on the place.' The doctor declined, but said he would take a piece to his buggy and eat it on the way home, which he did, much to his sorrow, for it proved to be one of his own tartar emetic melons and made him awful sick. ? The conference of representatives from the denominational colleges of this State, in roloronno tn frPP t.nitinn in the Stfltfi Uni versity and the Citadel Academy, will take place in Greenville on next Thursday, August 27th, at 8 o'clock P. M. The following gentlemen were chosen to represent the several institutions: Prof. W. W. Duncan and Hon. W. K. Blake, Wofford College; Prof. Wlliam Hood and Gen. R. R. Hemphill, Erskine College; Prof. G. W. Holland and Hon. \V. A. Sligh, Newberry College; Hon. E. B. Murray and Col. James A. Hoyt, Furman University. ? Says the Columbia correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle : The elections that have been held in different parts of the State for the purpose of levying taxes to build railroads have caused a great deal of important results in some sections. Those who favor these taxes and those who oppose levying them, accuse each other of working for the negro vote, and, of course, both deny the accusation, and this has, in some instances, produced bitter feelings among neighbors and friends. It to be regretted that all cannot take the Jwrie view of things, but when they can nfirxhe minority should follow the good old^Democratic rule and submit to the will of the majority. MERE-MENTION. The improvement in harvesting machines has reduced the cost of harvesting grain in California from more than fifteen to four cents a sack. The man who discovered gold in California died the other day miserably poor. Out of 202 Illinois physi cians whose aeatns are reporieu, six committed suicide, seven died from overdoses of chloral or morphia, and thirty used ardent spirits to excess. Senator Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania, is said to be worth $9,000,000. The Prohibitionists are organizing for the next campaign in Pennsylvania. Thorough organization has already been effected in twenty counties. 100 houses have been destroyed in the city of Chimbote, at the foot of the Cotopaxi mountain, by an overflow of lava, resulting from an eruption. The Egyptian cotton crop is expected to be very abundant. The steamer City of Columbia ran from Charleston to New York inside of 47 hours, last week. This is the fastest time on record. W. H. Jones and his son are in jail at Asheville, N. C., charged on strong evidence with having murdered the Joyce family and burned their bodies in their cabin in April. Senator Coke, of Texas, has started on a vigorous anti prohibition campaign. He charges that prohibition is an assault on personal liberty and the Democratic party." The Southern Exposition at Louisville, Ky., was opened last Saturday with elaborate ceremonies and with highly favorable prospects of success. The Massachusetts State Democraticcommittee met last Saturday and decided to hold a State Convention at Worcester, on the 7th of ()ctober. There are forty cases of small pox in the hospital , at Montreal, and over one hundred resi- , dences in the city are placarded as contam * ? ' ...!AL inated or containing patients amicieu wim the disease." ' " Iieavy rains in New York and other northern States, last week, were damaging to the growing crops. Rev. 1 L. McKinnon, pastor of the Columbia Presbyterian church, has been elected President of Davidson College, and his congregation agree for him to accept the position, which he will do. The high license liquor law 1 in Wisconsin, which runs from $200 to $500 J a year, in the option of the town or city authorities, is giving great satisfaction, and meets with growing popular favor. <. Cluvebius Hopeful.-?A prisoner who 1 recently came out of jail and who while i there had opportunities to see and talk to < Cluverius, reports the distinguished prisoner calm and confident that he will get a new trial. lie was recently visited by his mother and his brother and 3Irs. Tunstall 1 comes to see him quite often. J The record in his case has not yet been completed, but it will be in good time. 1 There is, however, but faint prospects that 1 his appeal will be reached for hearing by i the Supreme Court before the Christmas recess.?Richmond Dispatch. Starvation* in* Jamaica.?Mr. R. G. < Haliburton, a son of the author of "Sam < Slick," now on a visit to Jamaica, in a letter i dated JulyO, gives a deplorable account of the condition of that colony. He says he was simply horrified at the state of the 1 colored people there; that 90 per cent, of the deaths were poor persons who died and were buried without the aid or attendance of a physician or clergyman?many of them ; dying from actual want. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. F. A. Gilbert, Clerk?Town Election. T. L. Plonk, Newton, N. C.?Agents Wanted. John It. Ashe?Proclamation. Withers Adickes?New Goods. Itiddle <k Pegrarn?Bagging and Ties. J. W. Dobson?To the Traveling Public. Martha K. McLean?Administrator's Notice. S. S. Smith?Land for Sale. J. Realty Williams, Probate Judge?Citation?J. F. Wallace, Applicant?A. J. Davinney, deceased. Mrs. J. Bolton Smith, .Jr.?Watchmaker and 1 Jeweler. RAIN. This section was visited with a long-neeaeu and refreshing rain last Sunday afternoon. UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 1880. We will furnish the Yorkville Enquirer from this date until January 1st, 1880, for HO cents, the cash, in all cases, to accompany the subscription. RELIGIOUS REVIVAL. An interesting religious revival closed at Union Baptist Church?a charge of Rev. J. E. Covington?on Sunday last. There were ten accessions to the church membership. The pastor was assisted by Rev. J. I). Huggins, of Chester county. ! EPISCOPAL RECTOR. -'T?ev. Gilbert A. Ottmann, of Utica, X. Y., has accepted a call to the rectorship of Yorkville and Lancaster parishes, and will enter upon his duties about the first of October. He will reside in Yorkville. BULLOCK S CREEK ELECTION. The election advertised to be held in Bullock's Creek township on the question of a railroad subscription by that township has been indefinitely postponed on motion of the petitioners., Our notice to discontinue the advertisement ordering the election was not received until after it was printed on our outside forms. SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION. At a meeting of the Town Council, on Monday last, the resignation of Mr. J. A. Darwin as a member of Council was offered and accepted. Mr. Darwin's resignation as a member of Council is regretted by many. Alive to the best interests of the town, young, enterprising and liberal in his views, he has the ability to fill the position creditably to himself and acceptably to the citizens. A special election has been ordered on the 1st day of next month to fill the vacancy. PERSONAL MENTION. -Rev. J. E. Covington, pastor of the Baptist church, has gone to Cleveland Mineral Springs for a few days of recreation. J Mr. Ed. K. McClain and Mr. Paul G. McCor KitJ Jiaye ruturiieu irum tuc i^iuuuiuic wmuicicial Oollege, where each has taken a full course of business instruction. ^ Rev. T. M. Lowry, a native of Yorkville, but now pastor of the Presbyterian church at Eufaula, Ala., is here on a visit to his parents and other relatives. In the absence of Rev. Mr. English he filled the pulpitof the Presbyterian church in this place last Sunday. V. S. DISTRICT COURT. In the U. S. District Court at Greenville last week, as we learn from the Daily News, sealed sentences for Robert Lanier and Lawson Meacham alias McGill, convicted of retailing, were opened. Each was given three months in York county jail and fined ?100. John Carroll and Joseph Massey, charged'with retailing, pleaded guilty. Carroll was sentenced to three months in York county jail and fined ?100, and Massey was seutenced to one month in York jail and fined ?100. The grand jury returned about 120 true bils, the majority of the cases being violations of the internal revenue laws. THE IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SYSTEM, Postmaster-General Vilas has issned a circular to postmasters in relation to tne immediate uelivery system, which goes into operation October 1. The ten cent special delivery stamp, when attached to a letter iii addition to the regular postage, entitles the letter to immediate delivery within the carriers' limits of a free delivery city or town of not less than 4,000 people. The stamps will be sold in required quantities by postmasters, but can be used only for the purpose of immediate delivery. Letters not having the ldgal postage, even if a special delivery stamp is attached, are to be held as for postage. Letters with special stamps can be mailed at any office, but will only be delivered at special delivery offices. Fourth class postmasters get no commission on special delivery stamps. CASE OF POISONING. ''"Last Tuesday evening Mary Ellen Williams, colored, was committed to the jail in this place, charged with having administered poison to her husband, Adam Williams, and her three step children, Mary, Daniel and William, children of her husband by a former wife. The family lived on the plantation of Mr. George J. Steele, two and a half miles below McConnellsville, in this county, and fromopr information, the husband and wife lived disagreeably together. The facts of the case, as developed on the coroner's inquest, are as follows: On Sunday last, Mary Ellen Williams, in company with her husband and Mary, one of the children, went to preaching at the famous Mt. Zion negro church, near Guthriesville. Before starting to the church the accused gave a cupful of sugar to one of the children named Adam, with instructions to make up some wheat bread and put the sugar in it. Before making the bread, Adam gave some of the sugar to several children on the plantation, and after eating the sugar, though each partook only of a slight quantity, they were nauseated and complained of being sick. Adam subsequently made the bread, putting the balance of the sugar in it. After baking the bread, it remained undisturbed until Monday morning, when at breakfast all the family partook of it except "Mary Ellen Williams, the step-mother. Soou after breakfast, those who had eaten of the Viroorl liooomo vinlontlv ?ir?k with intense nausea and pains in the stomach. Dr. Anderson was summoned, and he had Dr. Love called, but the subtle poison had gained the mastery, and despite their efforts the last of the victims died at 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning. It was shown that after breakfast on Monday, Mary Ellen took the bread left over from the meal and threw it into a pen containing two hogs. The bread was eaten by the animals, one of which died, and the other showed the effects of poison. Crumbs of the bread were swallowed by chickens, several of which died. All the persons who ate of the bread have died except Adam, the step-son, who took only a small quantity, and he is dangerously sick with but little prospect of recovery. The jury of inquest, empaneled by Trial Justice Nunnery acting as coroner, was composed as follows: S. X. True, foreman : A. W. Gladden,*' W. It. Conrad, B. F. Hardin, W. J. Smith, J. C. Hudson. W. Y. Dunlap, Joe Williams, Allen Roberts, John Lowry, Lawson Holts and Monroe Lowry, the last live named colored. The following is the verdict they returned: "That the deceased came to their deaths by reason of poison ('rough on rats,') administered by Mary Ellen Williams." In accordance with the finding of the jury the Coroner issued a warrant for the arrest of the nee-used and she was duly committed to jail. A quantity of poison known as "rough on rats," was found in the house, which Mary Ellen admits she purchased in Chester a short time ago. Ill view of the deadly nature of this preparation, and the ease with which it can bo handled by anybody, this and similar cases that have occurred throughout the country recently, should admonish druggists to be more careful as to the responsibility of the persons to whom they sell it. Physicians tell us that it is as deadly a. poison as. strychnine or arsenic, and should come within the prohibition of the statute the same as all other poisons. -a SUICIDE OP T. C. GASTON, ESQ. The many friends and acquaintances of T. C. GSaston, Esq., of Chester, will be shocked and pained at the intelligence of his untimely death, which occurred by his own hands in Atlanta, Ua., at 2 o'clock last Saturday afternoon. He had been in bad health for several months, and two weeks ago went to Atlanta for treatment. He stopped at the infirmary of his brother, Dr. I. McF. Gaston, at 107 Marietta street, where he had the advice and treatment of several physicians. An Atlanta dispatch of Saturday to the Charleston Siniday Neius gives the following account of the sad affair: This morning, at 11 o'clock, his brother asked him to go with him to the train, but he declined, saying that he believed he would take a walk. I)r. Gaston returned and found his brother gone. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon news was brought of a terrible tragedy that had been committed at a boarding house at 155 Marietta street, a few doors below the house of Dr. Gaston. On rushing to the scene he was shocked to find that