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J> traps and Jatts. ? Frank Josef Petmeky was hanged at Auburn, N. Y., last Friday for the murder of Mrs. Paulina Froleschein on the 1st of June, 1883. His neck was broken by the fall. He confessed the crime. ? The North Carolina Commissioner of Immigration says that about 1,800 immigrants, mostly foreigners, settle in that State annually. But to offset this, the Wilmington Star calculates that several thousand natives go out in the same period. ? Business failures for the last week number, for the United States 158, Canada 19, total 177, against 168 the week previous. The failures continue light in most sections of t.hp nnnntrv. esneeiallv in Southern States. The Pacific States alone show a decrease. ? The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Press makes a guess that President Cleveland and Secretary Manning will recommend a reduction of the tariff to the amount of about $40,000,0000, and that this measure will be adopted by the Democratic majority in the House. ? Drinking water, says a hygienic writer, may be tested in this simple way: "Fill a pint bottle three-quarters full of the water. Dissolve in it one-half teaspoonful of the best white sugar. Set it away in a warm place for forty-eight hours. If the water becomes cloudy it is unfit to drink." ? The Republican drift in New York seems to be turning towards Mr. Evarts for Governor. Evarts is willing, as if elected it would give him a boost for the nomination for the Presidency, for w hich he has a hankering. It will "not be a lone race with Evarts, for Levi P. Morton and several other gentlemen are also willing. ? The Hon. Patrick Walsh is spoken of as a candidate for Gubernatorial honors in Georgia. Mr. Walsh is eminently fitted for the position, and should he consent to run will be strongly supported. He has done yeoman service for the Democracy, and is beloved by the entire people of the State. ? A couple of years ago James H. Hopkins lacked but one vote of enough to nominate him for Governor of Pennsylvania instead of Robert E. Pattison. Recently he was defeated in an attempt to go to the Democratic State Convention as a delegate from a legislative district. "Politics is cu'rus," remarked "Nasby." ?Senator Riddleberger, Republican, of Virginia, has been in Chicago lately, and while there, speaking on negro suffrage, characterized it as an evil of the worst description. This is the conclusion that many esteemed Republicans are coming to. The negro vote for them has no longer the charms it once had. ? John Morris, Sheriff of Reeves county, Texas, got on a big spree the other night and used his pistol freely. An attempt was made to arrest him by Sergeant Courtright and three other State Rangers, when Morris opened fire on them and killed C. P. Night and seriously wounded Samuel Lane. The Sheriff was then shot three times and killed. O;1Q*7Q fLo Kloolr aonrl nofpolonm fpr. "" kjiuw 1UIU 1/liU Miuvn OUiivt j/vwi ?w. | ritory has produced 130,499,038 barrels, and the white sand 57,446,281. The most productive year was 1881. Various causes, added to the the extreme cheapness, have extended the use of petroleum enormously. For the past nine years the average increase in consumption has been 1,571,363 barrels per annum. ? Tony Auray, heir to a French fortune, crazily started out to find a perfect girl. He saw Marguerite Vagnair in a theatre, and fancied she was the object of his search. He made her acquaintance, courted her, and won her love. Then his mania took a murderous turn, and he killed her, afterwards attemping suicide. He is on trial for the crime. ? The Boston Globe abandons to a history of patent medicines about two-thirds of its ample space. It seems that venders of these drugs estimate their annual sales at about $25,000,000. Many fortunes have been won and lost in this trade, but it is constantly increasing, because the enterprising proprietors nave spent $10,000,000 in advertising. Like all other commercial pursuits, there are hundreds of failures to one success. ?The most conspicuous foreign complication now is the alleged seizure of the Caroline Islands by Germany. These were islands which Spain claimed without having exercised dominion over them. The wrath over Germany's usurpation seems to be like a cholera move in Spain, and Alfonzo threatens to throw up his commission in the German army which was given him during his recent visit to that country. ? Thomas Smith, aged 46, a farmer employed by Mahlon Hoagland, near Rockaway, N. J., became involved in a dispute with his son, Lodie, last Friday night and threatened to kill everybody in the house, wherei*>on the son drew a revolver and shot his father three times, killing him instantly. The parricide walked to Rockaway and surrendered. He is only 19 years of age. ? A mob of fifty masked men raided Dala 1X7 n/l Acrln *r rti/vK^ on/1 VUII) vicmgia, uu tt tunc.7uaj mgiu auu warned all the inmates of disreputable houses to leave immediately. The warning was emphasized by the wrecking of several of the worst houses and severe whippings administered to their proprietors. One notorious man fought and 30 or more shots were exchanged before he fled and allowed his place to be cleaned out. ? J. R. Walkup, of Emporia, Kansas, died last Friday. He was Dresident of the City Council and acting Mayor. He was also Deputy Grand Dictator, Knights of Honor, in Kansas. His death was occasioned by poison, generally believed to have been administered by his wife, a young woman whose acquaintance he made while visiting New Orleans last winter, and whom he married about the 21st of July, in Covington, Kentucky. She has been arrested. ? It is stated at the postoffice department that the system of special letter delivery ! will not go into operation before October 1. It is found that it takes a long while to get the preliminary work done in connection with its introduction. Clerks are preparing lists of the towns designated by the law, based upon the returns of the last census. Upon examinatton, it is found that there are G20 cities and towns in the United States, containing a population of the required number. ? The biennial session of the North Carolina Grand Lodge Knights of Honor was in session last week at Winston. The reports of the grand officers showed the order to be in a highly prosperous condition throughout the State, with $2,000 surplus in the treasury. The per capita tax of the members was reduced twenty per cent, for the next two years. The next biennial session of the Grand Lodge will be held in Washington, ir? "Rpnnfnrt. eniintv. on the 3rd Mondav in August, 1887. ? The return to life of a little child in Detroit, on Friday, fifteen hours after its apparent death and when it was lying in its coffin, is the third instance of the rescue of a living person from burial that has been reported in the United States within the past month. It is horrible to think that cases may have occurred where animation was only suspended at the time of actual interment, but these instances of recovery at the last moment are terribly suggestive of such accidents, and the lesson they teach should not be ignored. ? A correspondent of the Iialeigh News \ ? ^? XT 1.1. XT n ! ana uoserver says: ^>ear riymuuwi, i\.c., i a remarkable discovery has been made of j trees which bear cotton. They are on land [ which belong to a Norfolk cotton dealer, I who has had them carefully examined. The trees are numerous and are in a swamp. | They are thirty-five feet in height and per- j haps a foot in diameter. They are laden J with bolls which are now opening. These are two-thirds the size of ordinary cotton 1 bolls, and are filled with a good lint. The discovery may lead to some results. ? A Montreal dispatch of Saturdary says : j Mr. Fitzpatrick one of the Riel counsel, ! writes that it is probable that the Kiel j case will not be allowed a hearing before the Manitoba Courts. Some time ago a j newspaper of Montreal addressed a circular of inquiry to the country papers of the Dominion, asking their opinion on the justice of executing Kiel's sentence. Fifty-four replies have been received, 41 of which consider that the sentence of death should be executed, 7 question the prisoner's sanity, 2 question the right of the Government to hang the offender, claim prejudice and ! unfairness in the trial, and ohe wishes the Government to deal with the ease free from suggestion. J ?The New York State tramp law pro! vides that every tramp, upon conviction as ; such, shall be punished by imprisonment at ! hard labor at the nearest penitentiary not ! more than six months. Tramps are defined ! as "all persons who roam about from place to place begging, and all vagrants who live without labor or visible means of support, who steal over the country without lawful occasion." Tramps who enter any building without the consent of the owner, who maliciously injure propertv, or carry fire-arms, under the act mayne imprisoned for three years. ? A strange occurrence is reported to have happened at Leakey, Bandera county, Texas, on the 16th instant. George Tutweiler, a farmer, shot a hawk that was just rising with a young chicken in its talons. I The bullet passed through the hawk, and ! over a hundred yards distant, in a thicket it penetrated the heart of Albert Johnson, a neighborand intimate friend of Tutweiler. : Johnson ran over fifty yards after he was j struck, then fell and expired. A post mortem examination revealed the fact that the bullet had passed through the centre of the heart. Tutweiler was exonerated by the Coroner's jury. ?The County Prohibition convention met in Cincinnati on Friday and nominated a full ticket. The platform declares that inasmuch as the prohibition doctrine had not been recognized by the Democratic or Republican party this year, it is the sense of the convention that the purposes of its party are only to be accomplished by placing in the Legislature men who are friendly to the Phrohibition cause. The resolutions express the highest confidence in the sincerity and ability of Dr. A. B. Leonard, the party candidate for Governor, and the disbe-1 lief in the aspersions that have been cast upon him during the campaign. She ?otlhiiUc ^ lUKHtlliLb, S. V.v? -y THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27,1885. THE CHOLERA. A Madrid dispatch of Saturday says: The condition of Granada remains pitiable, and hundreds of people are attacked by the cholera in the streets nearly every day. There are no doctors and no authorities to look after the victims, who often pass through their agonies in the streets, and expire unattended in the gutters. Most of the unaffected population have fled, and the few healthy citizens that remain are disheartened and apathetic. Corpses remain uncoffined and unidentified. The very misery wrought by the plague has become a nuisance and the Government has resorted tr? thA HpsnprotA pxnpdient of comDelliner soldiers and convicts to carry on the work of removing from the public ways and interring the bodies of unknown dead. King Alfonzo has donated 12,000 to the Granada cholera fund. The money was badly needed at that place. There were reported throughout Spain on Saturday 4,519 new cases of cholera and 1,220 deaths from the disease, as against 4,483 new cases and 1,441 deaths on Friday. The cholera is spreading in Marseilles. Thirty localities are infected and there were 140 deaths from the disease on Saturday. Several cases o 1 cholera are also reported near Nice, Italy. A PROMISING OUTLOOK. The last issue of the Baltimore Manufacturers' Record publishes nearly five pages covering the whole South, from Virginia to Texas, showing that the prospects for crops and the outlook for business in this section are remarkably good. Not only is the acreage of the cotton, corn and tobacco crops the largest on . record, but the reports are almost unanimous in saying that the yield of these crops, excepting wheat, will greatly exceed the best crops ever before produced. It is also shown that the crops have been made at a lower cost than any preceding years, and the liens on crops for money advanced to farmers are much less than heretofore. Reports from South Carolina show that while that State will produce about 4,000,000 bushels more corn and prob ably over 300,000 bales of cotton more than last year, the aggregate amount of agricultural liens given to obtain advances on the growing crop is $3,000,000 less than in 1882, notwithstanding the fact that the interveningyears 1883 and 1884 were unfavorable crop years. In Georgia the Agricultural Department estimates corn at 40,000,000 bushels against 30,000,000 bushels last year and 24,000,000 bushels in 1883. Regarding corn, reports from the whole South are most flattering, some stating that the yield will be the best for years, others the best for twenty years, and many the best ever known. It is thought by the United States Commissioner of Agriculture that the increased acreage in corn over last year and the splendid yield which is now assured will give the South not less than 50,000,000 bushels more corn than last year. The cotton crop is believed safe for much the largest yield made, and for at least 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 bales more than last year. The tobacco, fruit and vegetable crops are the largest ever made in the South. Rice promises a large yield, and sugar a far more satisfactory and profitable crop than in 1884. Stimulated by the unprecedented crops, business is already showing a decided improvement, and prospects through the South for the fall and winter trade are reported as unusually good. In the organization of railroad and manufacturing enterprises there i&great activity, and the outlook for industrial interests is particulary promising. STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS. The State Democratic Convention of Iowa met at Cedar Rapids on the 19th instant, and adjourned on the same day. A platform of orinciDles was adoDted endorsing the national platform, commending the ad-! ministration of President Cleveland and de- j claring in favor of the repeal of the pro-1 hibitory liquor law. The resolution endors-; ing the administration of Cleveland was j received with much enthusiasm.' On the j subject of prohibition the resolution is as | follows: We pledge ourselves to favor and use our best efforts for the enactment of the license law of 1830, with power to increase from $?>0 to $1,000 as may be deemed best for the public interest in the various localities of the State as expressed by the constituted authorities of the locality. We pledge ourselves to favor and use our best efforts for the enactment of a law which shall punish as criminal the manufacture and sale of all adulterated liquors, such being the direct cause of intemperance and destructive ! to health. The first formal ballot resulted in the nomination for Governor of Hon. Chas. E. Whiting of Monroe county, a farmer, exJudge and member of the last Senate. Hon. W. H. Brannon, of Muscatine county, was nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court. A spirited debate on fusion resulted in the nomination of Hon. E. H. Gillett, of DesMoines, the Greenback candidate for Lieutenant Governor and ex-Congressman from the 7th District, and F. M. Moore, of Davis county, the Greenback candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Mississippi Democratic Convention met at Jackson last week and adjourned last Saturday afternoon, a deadlock having ensued over the nomination of Attorney General, which was ended on the sixtieth ballot by the nomination of T. M. Mille/, of Vicksburg. Governor Lowry was renominated on the first ballot, over Darden, by a vote of 190 to 42. A full State ticket was nominated. The Convention numbered (518 delegates. In reference to the present administration the following resolution was adopted: That in the policy of President Cleveland, so far as disclosed, we see not only nothing A 5 1 * lU'wn. inuniro nnn_ IO condemn, uuieveryunug i^? nwp'"- v.w.?fidence in his wisdom, integrity and statesmanship, and we hereby express our unqualified endorsement of the same. The Ohio Democratic Convention which met in Columbus on Thursday, adjourned on the same day, after a harmonious session. Governor Hoadly was nominated for reelection by acclamation. The administration of President Cleveland was endorsed by the following resolutions : Upon the election and inauguration of the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. These fortunate events and the wise administration that has followed have already dispelled the illusion that Democratic success is inconsistent with the business interests ot the country or perilous to the rights of freemen. The revival of prosperity and the increase in value of property have already begun to demonstrate the beneficence of Democratic principles, and even before a session of Congress has enabled the country to realize the full fruition of their application by legislation. Wp pnnorrflfnifltp President Cleveland and his Cabinet upon the auspicious, beginning they have made in the necessary reforms of government and heartily endorse their administration. AN INTERESTING SIGHT. Chancing to pass the well known houses of Wittkowsky & Baruch yesterday, a special reporter saw an odd sight?porters, trucks, and shoe and boot cases all in a whirl, the rattling of trucks on the rock pavements going at the rate of a mile a minute. All sounds, animation, bustle and life. Our reporter, not having any curiosity, was accosted by one of the trucking imps with "Mjster, please move on lively." Now, a reporter can stand to be invited to festivals, church fairs, wedding Earties, &c., and be told to walk up and elp himself; but to be told to "step lively" is more than he can stand; so for spite he planted himself right in front of that "live" establishment to watch developments and thinks he was well repaid for his loss of time. There he stood sometime, watching boxes coming out of their wholesale warerooms until they reached 500 or more and still the fun ran "fast and furious." Boxes of shoes, boxes of boots, boxes of rubber shoes, until they were piled apparently as high as the standpipe, and reaching almost from the square to Taylor's restaurant. Not being able to retain our desire for a short local, we inquired of the shipping clerk, Mr. Witherspoon, "What all that meant? Were Wittkowsky & Baruch moving?" He replied, "Why, no! This is only a shipment of about 500 cases of boots and shoes, going to every point of the compass?as far south as Green| ville and Laurens counties in South Carolina, and in this State to every county east of here, as far as Cumberland and Bladen, (in other words, in sight of Wilmington,); north as far as Surry, Stokes and Rockingham counties; west as far as Watauga, Mitchell and Henderson. So you see that this house does a large business in snoes. The business of our house in this one line has more than doubled this season, which is not altogether owing to the prospect of good crops, though it has a great deal to do with it; but tnis house warrants to its wholesale buyers every shoe it sells, and re quires the country raercnant to warrant to his customers the shoes thus purchased, and refund the money to any one not satisfied. So then, when a country merchant once buys from Wittkowsky & Baruch he is almost compelled to buy from them again, as their customers call for the Wittkowsky & Baruch warranted shoes. But," he continued, "do not suppose that in this line alone we do a large business, for if you will come around here to-morrow you will see a similar shipment of dry goods, notions, hats and clothing, and," he added, "I think it will be brisk now until the season is over." So, cogitating in his mind how these energetic and live business men manage their large business, and how much they add to the commercial status of our city, county and State, and wondering whether they are duly appreciated as they ought to be by our people, the reporter wended his way back to the office.?Charlotte Observer, 19th. A Death Drink.?Last Friday morning, between 4 and 5 o'clock Joe Jolly McGuffin, a white man confined in the Greenville countv iail, suddenly fell to the floor of his cell" and died without speaking a word, before help for him could be obtained. He was in the front cell on the first floor, the windows of which look out on Broad street, and five other men occupied the same cell. Early in the night somebody gave him whisky through the window, folding a piece of paper so as to make a trough of it and passing it through the bars and coarse wire netting by which the window is guarded. The liquor was poured into this trough from the street and ran through into a tin cup held by McGuffin. Pie offered the whisky to his fellow prisoners, who did not drink much of it as it was unusually bad. He drank some, but did not seem to be drunk when he was last seen at that time, and the next known of McGuffin was when his fall to the floor awoke the others. Squire McBee held an inquest over the body on Friday. The evidence of McGuffin's cell mates was taken and Dr. G. T. Swandale testified that he had made a post mortem examination and found that death was caused by congestion of the brain. A verdict was rendered according to that evidence. McGuffin was a United States prisoner from Oconee county. He was brought here several days ago and lodged in jail, charged with retailing liquor without a license, and had been much worried by his failure to obtain release by giving bond. His attorneys had arranged to secure bail for him, and he would have been released if he had lived until P"riday afternoon. He was thirty-five years old and a farmer, and owned some property. He leaves a wife and several children. He had been in bad health for some time.?Greenville News. Looking for Another Route.?The Gaffney City Inspector of last week says: Our people should not delay for a moment, but should go to work at once, and take such action as will attract the Augusta, P]dgefield and Newberry railroad to Gaffney via Union. Edgefield and Newberry are moving. The townships in Union county, through which this road would be built, have already subscribed ninety .thousand dollars, and our town and townships have ? ? t 1 i. x? n XI .1 J?f, _ 11 suuscnueu twenty-iive wiuusuuu uuuars, tin of which has superior attractions. Besides Gaffney will guarantee a desirable Northern connection. With Col. R. M. Mitchell, of Augusta, and Hon. James Callison, of Edgefield, attended with some of Newberry's thorough-going men, and Hon. Wm. Munroe, of Union, to manage this enterprise, success will follow as does the night the day. . ^ ^ Tiie Citadel Academy.?Were we allowed a suggestion it would be that the Citadel be closed; that the appropriation for it! go to the South Carolina College at Colum- j bia, and that the College at Columbia be ' raised to the rank of a real university. There is no use for a military education, ! and those young men who are now Ca- j dets could be taught as well at the College at Columbia by the faculty there. It is gross extravagance in a poor, debt-ridden State j like this to attempt to carry on two institutions for higher education, with two sets i ! of instructors, when one institution and one faculty could do all the work as thoroughly ' as both do now.?Newberry Observer. ' Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM NEW YORK. New York City, August 18.?The city i of Washington has grown very rapidly dur-1 ing the past quarter of a century. From a I population of about 60,000 at the commencement of the war, it has increased nearly four fold, numbering at the present time something over 200,000 souls. Taking its beautiful situation into consideration, and all the advantages it has fallen heir to as the seat of the national government, the wonder is that it was so long at a stand-still. It has indeed at last lost the right to be called "the city of magnificent distancesbut the grandeur of its plan, its lovely streets and avenues, its handsome public buildings, and its elegant private residences, with the Potomac on one side over a mile in width, and low hills encircling it on all other sides; all these give it some show of right to the claim it now sets up for itself as being the most beautiful city in America. One cannot see very much of Washington in a day. For a person that has the time, a very good plan would be to take a I whnlp ?lnv to learn the ereoerraphy of the city thoroughly with the aid of a city map and guide, which can readily be procured at any of the news stands, and then, as the street cars run by every point of any interest, he can, with very little walking and less expense, take in everything to be seen in one or two days more. Another great convenience of the present day to sightseers, is the number of restaurants scattered here and there over all the large cities, where one can get his meals whenever he feels so inclined, without the trouble of having to go back to his hotel. And by stopping at a house kept upon the European plan, where you are required to take only a room, nothing is lost i;i the wayof extra expense. I was only a day in Washington myself? just long enough to learn how to get about; but through the kindness of Mr. Sam'l B. Lathan, late of Yorkville, now in the War Department, I was enabled to see a good deal. Prominent amongst the places that I visited were, the Capitol, the Smithsonion Institution, the National Museum, the Botanical Gardens, the War and Treasury Departments, and the Washington monument. This last is an immense structure. The marble obelisk is 55 feet square at the bottom, and decreases in size as you go up at xi ~ ~ nf iiinK fn flio fnnt meruit; ui uuc-iuuim ui tm iui.ii iv. <w. until the top is reached, which'is 555 feet above the gneiss rock foundation upon which it is built, or 159 feet taller than the Capitol dome. From Washington I went immediately to Philadelphia, where I spent a very quiet and very pleasant day. This is a great big country town of a million people?the most orderly city of half its size in the world. Of course a great deal of new blood and new life has been infused into it since colonial days, but the impress of the quaker founders is still plainly to be seen on all sides; in the general plan of the city; the character of the buildings; and the style of dress and temperament of the people as exhibited upon the streets, &c. I have many a day seen the people of Yorkville look more stylish and more pretentious generally. Without stopping to mention points of smaller note, I may say at once that I visited the Centennial grounds, and also Independedce Hall of course, taking a long look at the old bell [ which rang this great country of ours out I of the grasp of King George III; but it j seems to me that its work of liberty will not ! have been completed until it rings forth again to proclaim to the world the solution of the great problem how to keep "the land of the free" out of the grasp of the * ' ; great ana ever increasing uiuuupuucs ui mc great and ever increasing cities of America. The Union Depot at Philadelphia is a very grand affair of the kind, and affords all the modern conveniencs of which the traveling Kublic can feel the need, until another step e taken upon the road of general progresstowards Western civilization. On Friday morning after a two hours' ride?the cleanest I ever experienced?not a particle of dust or cinders, or a puff of smoke, felt or seen along the whole line of 95 miles?I found myself in the great city of New York, in and around which I have spent four days with much profit, pleasure, and interest, and of which I may tell you something at an other time. c. E. s. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. PnfiT.'. Utt t SI f A ncrnst. 94.?This sec AXlULij Ml) ? _ . ? ? tion is still dry and the crops are suffering very much. Yesterday was the warmest day of the season, the thermometer registering 102 in the shade. Those persons who are interested in improved stock are requested to meet at the library building in this place on Thursday next, at 11 o'clock, A. M., the object of the meeting being to perfect a permanent organization.. Mr. James Walker, of Millsdale Farm, in Greenville county, was in our town on Friday and Saturday last, and took a look at several of the horses and cows entered for our coming stock exhibition. He was very much pleased with those he saw, and seemed sumrised to learn that we have such stock in this section. The Catawba Rifles received forty new Springfield rifles a few days ago. These guns are much lighter than the old guns, and a great improvement on them in every respect. The company will turn out as soon as the hot wave passes over. Elvin and Robert Kelly, colofed, had a Sreliminary hearing before Trial Justice . P. Westbrook on Saturday last, charged with larceny of live stock. Robert Kelly pleaded guilty and was started to jail in charge of constable John Peay. When within a mile of Yorkville Robert slipped the rope with which he was bound, gathered a stick and struck Mr. Peay a blow on the head, felling him to the ground. Robert then made his escape and has not been heard from since. Elvin was committed to jail to-day. Mr. Robert A. Steele sold the first bale of new cotton this evening to Messrs. A. Friedheim & Brother at 10.40. This bale was ginned on the Mason gin. The Trusteesof Rock Hill Lodge Knights of Honor, to-day paid Mrs. Mary A. Cobb 82,000, the amount of the policy on the life of her late husband, Mr. Chas. E. Cobb. Mrs. Laura J. May, widow of the late Robert I. May, died in this place on Saturday morning, in the 38th year of her age. She leaves three little girls and one little boy. With the resignation of a true Christian she has patiently and uncomplainingly bore her sufferings until finally her hour of deliverance came and her spirit soared aloft. Her death cast a gloom over our entire community. She was universally esteemed and loved by all, as was shown by the large concourse of friends who attended her funeral yesterday afternoon. Hal. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, August 24.?The funeral services of the late T. Chalmers Gaston were held at this place on last Monday afternoon in the Presbyterian Church. The church was filled with sympathizing friends of the family of the deceased, liev. James Saye conducting the services, assisted by Rev. It. W. Sanders and Rev. L. C. Hinton. The Lee Light Infantry, of which Mr. Gaston was a member, attended the funeral in a body. Dr. James Gaston, of Atlanta, Mr. Richard Lee, of Sumter, and Mr. Torrence, of North Carolina, were present. Rev. Mr. * 1 Ml A A 1 A1 ?aye in nis auuress uiusiraieu me uncertainty of lile by Mr. Gaston's sudden and unexpected death. He referred in appropriate terms to the confidence reposed in him by the people. Rev. Mr. Hinton made a very impressive and touching prayer on the sad occasion. It touched a sympathetic chord in the hearts of the entire congregation, and was certainly calculated to give great comfort to the bereaved family. Reference was appropriately made to the high character and exalted worth of the deceased. At the close of the services the funeral procession, preceded by the Lee Light Infantry moved to the cemetery, the pall bearers, Messrs. G. J. Patterson, S. Hamilton, J. M. McNeel, J. L. Glenn, W. A. Sanders, David Hemphill, T. N. Youngblood, J. B. McFadden, W. H. Hardin and Dr. G. B. White, walking by the hearse. Arriving at the cemetery all that was mortal of T. C. Gaston, one of the best, purest and noblest men of Chester county, was laid away in the I grave. Our county and State can ill afford to lose such a man. An assault and battery affair took place at the depot on last Friday afternoon. William Moore, a merchant of our town, pre sented an account against Gregg Beard, j an engineer on the C. C. & A. Railroad. A | misunderstanding arising about the account, [ the engineer proceeded with iron knucks j to assault and batter the merchant in an ! outrageous manner. The latter was badly | injured. Desiring satisfaction for the as-1 sault, if not for his goods, he stated his grievances to Trial Justice Lecky, and obtained a warrant for the arrest of Beard. The warrant, however, could not be executed, as Beard had left for parts unknown. Hereafter when one of our merchants wishes to collect an account, he must go armed cap-a-pie in order that he may be prepared for any emergency that may arise. A picnic was given at Tall Oaks in this county on last Saturday. A large crowd was in attendance, and everybody, old folks as well as young folks, enjoyed themselves immensely. The dinner was splendid. As usual on such occasions there were many soft speeches by sentimental young men and sentimental young ladies. Delegates from the various Townships of this countv interested in the construction of the proposed Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad, met at the Court House in this place on last Saturday. An organization was effected in the election of major Julius Mills Chairman, and J. K. Henry, Esq., Secretary. The Chairman was directed to correspond with the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, and secure such information as is desired by the Township committees. The Chairman was also instructed to secure the co-operation of the Western townships of York county. Miss Lizzie McClintock, of this county, died on yesterday. At the late fruit exhibit of the Chester Fair Association the following persons obtained premiums: John Banks?largest watermelon on exhibition ; Jesse Hardin? t i 1_? ? i. u i. r t Desi nieion on e.xmuuiuu; ? . .j. jkiuj? largest variety of melons; J. A. Walkerbest Cherokee watermelon; W. A. Rosborough?best squashes; Mrs. R. H. Lovebest beets; C. B. Smith?best tomatoes; J. C. McAfee?best stock beets; J. A. Walkerbest peaches; J. F. Atkinson?best Susquehanah peaches; J. D. Means?best pears; E. P. Moore?best Foster peaches; J. H. McLure?second best pears; J. 1). Mans?best variety of apples; J. H. McLure?largest and best variety of grapes; C. B. Smithsecond best variety of grapes; .J. S. Bratr ton?best Concord grapes; C. B. Smithbest Clinton grapes; Jesse Hardin?best exhibit of growing cotton. m. - ? m The McKxigiit Investigation.?The end of the McKnight investigation resulted in the acquittal of DaLy and Divine. The entire investigation seems to have been carried on with unnecessay bitterness, and the finale was certainly a "consummation devoutly to be wished." The' evidence against both prisoners was entirely circumstantial, and, considering a fact brought out in the evidence, that Daly and Divine bore a good character, we do not see how Trial iv; 115 mn rt nrmlrl havo flnnp flfhpr U UOlrltC M lllllliau WUiU v.v??v/ Wi.wt. wise than acquit them. Detective Weber worked up the ease faithfully, but was unfortunate in giving away too much information to the newspaper reporters, which Major Buist took advantage of and used against him. Pie also put himself in bad odor with thespectators by his cutting and sarcastic replies, and the spectators exhibited their feelings by cheering lustily whenever Maj. Buist made a point against the detective. Thp TVTp.wh nnd Courier is of the opinion that Daly and Divine may be again called upon to answer the same charge. This may be possible, but will amount to nothing unless further and more substantial evidence is offered. No South Carolina jury will ever find Daly and Divine guilty of murder on such flimsy, circumstantial evidence as was offered in Trial Justice Williman's court. We sincerely hope and trust that the murderers will be discovered, and it is presumable that the detectives will continue the trial. To our mind the whole affair is shrouded in mystery,, but with some faith in the old maxim, "Murder will out," we are inclined to believe that sooner or later a halter will dangle about the neck of the murderer of the unfortunate Mrs.|McKnight. Columbia Record. Desperate Escape of Convicts.?The most daring escape in the history of the Arkansas penitentiary occurred at that institution between G and 7 o'clock last Friday evening. Seven convicts forced their guards to surrender and cooly walked away. There were forty-seven convicts working at thie brick-kiln at the time of the escape under a guard of eleven men armed with Winchester rifles and double-barrelled shotguns. Nothing was noticed till the time for work to cease approached, when George D. Anderson, a notorious convict, serving out a three-year term for grand larceny, suddenly snatched a shotgun from a sand box where it had been secreted and leveling it at the guard said : ."Jim, I don't want to kill you, but unless you drop your gun I'll do it." The guard let the gun fall, and at the same moment two convicts, named John Vest and Thomas Kelley, procured guns and pointed them at the guard Lange. The other guard ordered the convicts into the stockade and the order was obeyed by all but seven. Of these, Anderson, Kelley and Vest, white men, stood with their guns ready, while four colored convicts joined them. Anderson then took the leadership, and arming two of the colored men, marched with the seven convicts outside of the walls. P. On reaching this point the whole band hastily disappeared. A posse is after them. A bloody battle is expected, as all the convicts are desperadoes and it is thought will never be taken alive. Bloodhounds were put on their trail, but they succeeded in killing one of the dogs and eluding the others. The escape has caused a sensation, and news of the capture of the fugitives is anxiously awaited. The Columbia Seminary.?The Directors of the Columbia Theological Seminary held a meeting at Augusta on Wednesday. The principal business was the filling of the vacant professional chairs. Rev. C. C. Hersman, I). D., President of Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., was elected to the chair of Biblical Literarure, formerly occupied by Dr. Hemphill. Dr. H. had been previously elected to the Perkins Professorship, but declined ; he has, however signified his willingness to accept this one. Rev. C. R. Vaughan, 1). D., of Brownsburg, Va., was elected to fill the Pastoral Theology chair. This completes the faculty for the present, which includes Rev. J. L. Girardeau, D. D., Professor of Didactic Theology, and Rev. Dr. Tadlock, Professor of Church History. This is believed to be the strongest Faculty the Seminary ever had. Rev. J. B. Mack aays the duties of the Perkins Professorship, which at present consists of two recitations a week, were considered too light to demand the services of a separate Professor now, but as the chair is to be enlarged so as to include the whole field of Christian Apologetics by the synods this fall, a Professor will then be elected. The duties will be divided among the other Professors until then. The session of the Seminary opens on the 21st of September, and the next meeting of the Board of Directors will be held in Columbia on the 7th of October.?Columbia Record. A Singular Case.?The Greenville News reports the following case, terminated last ; week, in the U. S. District Court: i\r:n;o.n T/irrion n tall rnsneotable look ?T XIAltWXl UU*V?l?tif ?.? ing but plainly dressed young black man, was the prisoner. He is a citizen of Hock Hill. The evidence for the Government i was about as usual. Bishop Patton, yellow youth, and Randall Berry, black, swore they had frequently bought liquor?pints, half pints and drinks?at the rate of fifty cents a pint and ten cents a drink. They , got it about Christmas time and up to , March of the present year; went to the prisoner's house and purchased directly from him. This was the case for government and Isaac 31. Bryan counsel for the ! prisoner, arose and played a little joker in the shape of a license to Jordan to retail liquors from November to March in due < and legal form issued by the proper author- i ities. Judge Carpenter, for the government, promtply consented to a verdict of , not guilty. Why the license was not produced on the preliminary examination before the commissioner was not explained. ? - - ? A quantity of finished material for the State House?mostly finished balusters, and valued at$3,000 has been accidentally found in the basement under the corridors of the building. The material was stored there about the close of the war and had been for- i gotten. ' LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. .T. B. Beal, Gastonia, N. C.?Manufacturer of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, &c. O. A. Darby, D. D., President?Columbia Female College. J. Beatty Williams, Probate Judge?Citation? John D. McConnell, Applicant?Reuben McConnell, deceased. J. R. Schorb?New Howe Sewing Machine, Jth page. C. E. Spencer, Plaintiff's Attorney?Notice to Absent Defendants of William McKeown, deceased. John C. Kuykendal?Operatic Mortar Notes. Lowry it Starr?Attention ! Ye Shivering Mortals. Hunter it Oates?Lower Prices at the Mammoth. H. F. Adickes?Extraordinary Offer. W. C. Latimer ?Grand Clearing Out Sale. T. M. Dobson it Co.?Great Bargains in Millinery. M. Strauss?Trunks and Valises. R. L. Wallace?Beef Market. J. Beatty Williams. Probate Judge?CitationFrank H. Brown, Applicant?Hence Wallace. deceased. J. H. Wilson, Principal?McConnellsville High School. McElwee ife Darwin?1,250 Watermelons. J. Beatty Williams, Probate Judge?Citation?T. G. Gulp, Applicant?Westley G. Graham, deceased. THE FIRST TO GO. Mr. W. C. Latimer starts to-day for the northern markets to purchase his supply of fall and winter goods. BAPTIST S. S." CONVENTION. The York County Baptist Sunday-school Convention will meet in the Baptist church in this place at 11 A. M. to-morrow. UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 1SSO. * We will furnish the Yorkville Enquirer from this date until January 1st,*188(5, for 75 cents, the cash, in all cases, to accompany the subscription. SASH FACTORY. Attention is directed to the advertisement of J. B. Beal, manufacturer of doors, sash, blinds,_ <fcc., Gastonia, N. C. Mr. Beal has all the facilities for tilling orders at short notice and at satis factory prices. ANOTHER FINE MELON. Messrs. McElwee & Darwin have again placed us under obligations for a line Georgia watermelon, sent to us from their market last Tuesday evening. It weighed forty pounds. ARMS FOR THE JENKINS RIFLES. The Jenkins Rifles, of this place, have just been supplied, through the Adjutant and Inspector General's oflice, with a complement of Springfield rifles and accoutrements of the U. S. regulation pattern. " THE MoCONXELLSVILLE POISONING. We learn that Adam Williams, the fifth victim of the poisoned bread, near McConnellsville, last week, will recover from the effects of the poison which he swallowed. Fortunately for him, he did not eat as much of the "sweet cake" as the others. Rev. E. N. JOYNER. We regret to learn that Rev. E. N. Joyner was suddenly summoned from his home in Rock Hill on Tuesday last to the bedside of a sick reli ative in North Carolina. In consequence of his unexpected absence, the series of meetings to have begun at Sutton's Spring to-day is indefi nitely postponed. TWELFTH REGIMENT SURVIVORS. By a note received from J. R. Boyles, Secretary of the Twelfth Regiment Survivors' Association, we are requested to give notice that the next reunion of the Survivors will be held in Yorkville, on Thursday, the 1st of October, next. Special rates will be obtained on the railroads for those desiring to attend. THE LIGHT GRAIN CROP. As showing the lightness of the small grain crop this year, Mr. W. Nelson, of Smith's Turnout, informs us that he threshes for the public and for a number of years has averaged as a season's work 19,000 bushels. This season his machine covered one-third more territory than eyer before and threshed only 4,38:1 bushels. COLUMBIA FEMALE COLLEGE. We have received a catalogue of Columbia Female College for 1884-8T), which shows an attendance of 121 pupils during the past session, and should be sufficient evidence as to the high favor in which the college is regarded. The college is under the direction of Rev. O. A. Darby who will furnish any information in connection therewith that may be desired. See advertisement. McCONNELLSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. Attention is directed to the advertisement of the above school, which* begins its next annual session on Monday the 31st instant. The school is under charge of Prof. J. II. Wilson as principal, who enjoys a high reputation as a teacher, having formerly been principal of the Male High School at LaGrange, Ga. Under his management, McConnellsville High School bids fair to take high rank. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal. Sunday-school at 5 P. M., next Sunday, the bell ringing at 4.30. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, forenoon and evening. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at 11 A." M., next Sunday, and in ^ie evening at 81 o'clock. Prayer meeting Thursday at P. M. Sunday-school at 41 P. M. Preaching at Templeton's School House at 4 f. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church next Sunday at 11 A. M. A SUIT FOR DAMAGES. In the Superior Court of Kurke County, X. C., held at Morganton, the suit of Mrs. Mary Kirby against the lessors of the Chester & Lenoir railroad was tried week before last. Mrs. Kirby was a passenger on a train that was thrown from the track near Dallas, in October 1883, and she claims to have received severe internal injuries by the accident, and brought suit to recover 810,000 damages. The jury awarded her the amount claimed. As explaining how .Burke county, X. C., was the place of venue in the suit, it may be stated that the road touches one corner of that county, and we suppose this fact was made the pretext for trying the case as remote as possible from the main line. AX EXTERPRISIXG HOUSE. We print from the Charlotte Obsewer of the 10th an article under the caption of "An Interesting Sight," giving an account of one day's shipment of goods by the lirm of Messrs. Wittkowsky ik Baruch, of Charlotte, proprietors of the wholesale and retail store which is aptly styled "the colossal establishment of the C'arolinas." The firm is personally known by us, awl we are tree 10 say inai me uwuau ntu^ reserves the success that has attended it. Our readers, when visiting Charlotte on business, are advised to give Wittkowsky it Baruch a call. Mr. B. N. Moore, of Yorkville, is now connected with the house, and will make jt to the interest of his friends to give him an opportunity to serve them. THE PISTOL IX LANCASTER. News was received here last Monday morning of a fatal shooting affair in Lancaster on Saturday night, in which W. C. Moore was shot and instantly killed by B. F. Welsh. Particulars of the affair have not been received, though the statement is made that the men had quarreled on Saturday, and the two meeting in a store late that evening, the quaarel was renewed, when Welsh lired upon Moore, the bullet passing through his breast and killing him almost instantly. Welsh was arrested and placed in jail for a preliminary examination. Both men are respectably connected. Welsh has been long known as a merchant in Lancaster, and Moore had recently moved to that place, where he had opened a drug store. lie leaves a wife and two children. A SINGULAR FREAK. Mr. Erwin B. Carnes, who lives with Mr. Sam. M. Scott i>\ miles west of Yorkville, informs us of the remarkable freak of a partridge which recently came under his observation. A few days ago he was walking in a pasture field near the houso and discovered two young chickens which were chirping. Not seeing a hen, his curiosity led him to make an investigation, when he found that the young chickens were under the protection of a partridge. He tried to catch the chickens, when the partridge, somewhat after the manner of a hen when her brood is in danger, essayed to light, with the view of protecting the chickens from harm. Mr. Carnes left the chickens, and a few days later, when near the same place, he found them still under the maternal wing of the partridge. This time he captured the chickens and look them to the house. After keeping them there for a short time, he returned with them to the field, and released them near the spot where first discovered. They commenced chirping and soon the partridge appeared and assumed the care of them. Mr. Carnes intends to watch the results f'oT this curious freak. There are 110 other chiek| ens of the same size on the premises, and the supposition is that the partridge hatched the hen's eggs which produced the chickens. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The State Sunday-school Convention met in Columbia on the 18th, and adjourned on Friday night, the sessions being marked by the utmost harmony, while favoraable and interesting reports were received from different sections of the State. ? The Air-Line Railroad, through its attorneys, Messrs. Duncan & Sanders, of Spartanburg, have arranged a compromise of damages for all the persons injured in the recent smash up at Wellford. The money has been paid and the road has no fear of suits. ?The Methodists of Spartanburg for the next twelve months will be without a house of worship, as their church is to be torn down soon, preparatory to building a new church. At a recent church conference it was decided to use the court house in the , 1 morning and to join with the Presbyterians in the evening services. ? A meeting of the citizens of Winnsboro was held on Wednesday, to devise plans for raising money for the improvement and reJmirof the buildings of the Mount Zion Colege, which are now used for the Winnsboro GradedSchool. The state of these buildings is such that unless something be done at once, they may become so bad as to be out of reach of repair. ? J. J. Cooly, and A. J. Surratt, citizens of Williamston, both wardens of the town, and hitherto respectable citizens in the community, have been indicted in the LV S.' District court now in session at Greenville, 4 for manufacturing spurious coin. Their case will be tried this week and will be one of the most important and interesting ones of the term. ? Sometime ago a lamp filled with kerosene oil exploded in Dr. A. M. Snider's bedroom, in Orangeburg county. The explosion was caused by an improper fitting wick and attempting to extinguish the light by blowing down the chimney. The lamp was shattered into atoms, one piece striking Mrs. Snider, who was some distance off, cutting a severe gash in her foot. The clothing of Mrs. Snider and her little baby were badly burned, but neither of them was badly injured. The doctor, who was standing right over the lamp, was not touched by either the oil or the flying particles of glass. ? Greenville News: Many people do not believe in the existence of the jointed snake and very few persons have seen one, but a number of young men from this city who are trustworthy, assisted in the killing of one last week, it was in nates townsnip, upper Greenville, and was between two and three feet long, gracefully shaped and beautifully striped. When killed it broke into eight or nine pieces, the largest piece, that attached to the head, being about a foot long. The other fragments were from one to four?inches long. They wriggled and worked about, but seemed to be unable to get together. ? Lancaster Review: The authorities at Columbia of the Insane Asylum sent back to Lancaster one day last week Mr. James Croxton, an inmate of the Asylum from this county, probably believing he had sufficiently recovered to be restored to his family ; but it turns out they were badly mistaken. On Sunday morning last before daylight, Mr. Croxton went to the house of his brother, Butler Croxton, a few miles below town, and threatened to kill everybody in the house. As he was effecting an entrance at one door Mr. Butler Croxton with his wife and children escaped through another and fled to the woods for safety. The lunatic has been secured and will doubtless be returned to Columbia without delay. mereTmention. The next Keutucky Legislature will stand, so far as known, 56 Democrats to 13 Republicans. The Knights of Labor have ordered their members employed on all railroads west of the Mississippi to refuse to handle any of the rolling stock of Jay Gould's Wabash railroad. Florida will hold an election in November on the question of adopting a new Constitution. The youngest son of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Virginia, died at his home in Fairfax countv. Virginia, on Thursdav of last week. It is estimated that $9G,500,000 is invested in newspapers in the United States. Several cases of yellow fever have been reported in New York city recently, though due precaution has been taken against the spreading of the disease. A fire in Texarkana, Arkansas, last Friday, destroyed $150,000 of property."" The case of Maxwell, the alleged murderer of Preller, in St. Louis is set for a preliminary hearing on the 2nd of September. The small pox is decreasing in Montreal. On Sunday night a killing frost occurred over the greater portion of the Northwest Territory, extending southward to the northern part of Minnesota. The Famous Gaston Suit.?The celebrated case of Davenport vs. McKee was concluded in the court at Shelby last Satur day evening, and resulted in favor of McKee, after the jury had completed a few hours wrangle with one refractory member. The amount to which McKee is entitled by this decision is to be announced by Judge 4 Shipp, in this city next Saturday. This is a suit between ex-Sheriff McKee, of Gaston, and Mr. Davenport, the treasurer of that county, to recover $1,700, which McKee claimed to have paid Davenport in settlement, but which' Davenport denied. McKee produced receipts for the money signed by Davenport, but the latter held that the signatures were forgeries. Though we have not been so informed, we will state that this case is probably destined to meet its end in the Supreme Court.?Charlotte Observer, Tuesday. Utarkt Reports. YORKVILLE, August 26.?Cotton 9 to 94. NEW YORK, August 24.?Cotton steady; middling uplands, 10 5-16. Futures closed lirm with sales of 57,900 bales as follows: August, 10.21 to 10.22 ; September, 9.79 to 9.80 ; October, 9.64 to 9.65; November, 9.59 to 9,60; December, 9.(52 to 9.63; January 9.70 to 9.71; February, 9.80 to 9.81; March, 9.91 to 9.92; April, 10.01 to 10.02; Mav 10.12 to 10.13; June 10.22 to 10.24; July 10.29 to 10.31. LIVERPOOL, August24.?Cotton dull; middling uplands, 5 7-16d. CHARLESTON, August 24.?Cotton dull; middling, 10. CHARLOTTE, August25.?Cotton dull; middling, 101 to 10 5-16. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, August 21.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending August 21, 1885: 1885. 1884. Receiptsatall portsfortheweek, 4,402 2,865 Total receipts to this date 4,716,929 4,762,601 Exports for the week 17,722 11,642 Total exports to date, 3,881,732 3,873,446 Stock at all U. S. ports 145,427 147,440 Stock at all interior towns 6,459 8,770 Stock at Liverpool 684,000 777,000 AmericanafioatforGreatBritain 15,000 12,000 HYMENEAL. Married?At the residence of the bride's fath er, on tkehth instant, bv vv. L>. tamp, i nai justice, Mr. HENRY WILSON and Miss.SALLIK HARDIN. All of this county. By W. D. Camp, Trial Justice, at his residence, on the liith instant, Mr. GEORGE WHITE and Miss AMANDA McDANIEL. All of this county. jsgraal gfotices. For Warden. The name of Mr. JAMES H. RIDDLE is recommended to the voters of Yorkville as a candidate for Warden to till the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. J. A. Darwin. Many Voters. August 27 35 It Diamond Dyen, Diamond Dyes. We have now on hand a complete line of these exceedingly cheap, durable and perfect Dyes, consisting of every color, and being suitable for dying Wool, Cotton, Silk, Feathers and Fancy * Wood Work, they supply a long-felt want. No trouble. Any child can understand the directions. Everybody call and get a package for ten cents. ' * LOWRY A STARR.