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?maps and ^acts. ? Suit has been brought against ex-eoni missioner Loring for $20,000, said to hav been illegally expended by him in the pui chase of seed, etc., for the department c agriculture. Investigation in this depart raent has been in progress for severs months and the present suit is the resul of it. ? Cholera failed to strike a single one c the 4,000 women employed in the nations tobacco factory at Valencia, Spain, thoug the disease raged violently in that city, an the Medical World recalls that tobacco work ers were also noticed to enjoy exemptioi from attack during an epidemic at Am sterdam. ? During the first quarter of the presen year there were 308 suicides in the Unite States, an increase of 104 over the corres ponding quarter of last year. Of this num ber 218 were males and 118 men with fami lies. There were 62 bachelors. Farmer AU/v lA<*A./vr.4 mnhont iurmsuuu UIClill^C3Uiumuui auu iucA^iutui came next. -Ex-Senator Chaffee, Republican, of Col orado, believes the victors should hold th offices: "The people" he says, "are not i favor of a system that makes a victory a empty one. Let Mr. Cleveland go ahea ana turn out all the Republican offleehold ers he can. I, for one, will not object. W will do the same when we get in, and mak fuss about it either." 72*- Jumbo, Barnum's famous elephant, wa "klllled on the Grand Trunk Air Line trac half a mile east of St. Thomas, Ont., las Wednesday night. His keeper was lead ing him along the track, when a freigh train came up behind unnoticed and ra him down. He was injured so badly tha he died in thirty minutes. The trick ek f>hant, Tom Thumb, was also injured, hi eg being broken. ? Willis Dyar, who has been reportin violators of the revenue law in Gum Lo and Red Hollow Districts of Franklin coun ty, Ga., for the past six months, was way laid and shot through the head by some ue known person as he was returning from mill, last Thursday evening. He was rid ing in an ox cart when shot, and the o carried him to his home a corpse. His so went out to meet him and thought that h was asleep, but soon saw the blood in th cart and tne hole through his father's heac ? For some time various attempts hav been made to run a yacht race between th American boat Puritan and the Englis Oenesta. The race was for the America cup and has created much interest in Nei York and other cities. The Puritan ha won the best two out of three, and const quently the cup will remain in America There seems to be great rejoicing in Ne\ York and Boston over the victory of th Yankee craft, as much even as if it was Hsuccess at arms. Ur- At a Mormon conference held in Londo on the 15th instant, President Penrose, c Salt Lake city, in an address boasted tha Mormonism was spreading in Englanc Scotland and Wales, but admitted tha small results were being met with in Ire land. He said that there were six Moi mon meeting-houses in London and severs thousand converts, and that two years ag last January 1,200 Mormon emigrants hai been sent to Iowa and Utah. He predicte the defeat of the United States Governmen in its efforts to suppress polygamy. ? A Salt Lake City dispatch of Frida; says: "Bishop John Sharp, Utah directo of the Union Pacific, one of the wealthies and most inufluential Mormons, appeared ii court to-day and plead guilty to unlawfu cohabitation. He claimed that the plura marriage in question was entered into be fore there was any statute against it, ii good faith, according to his religion, but hi recognized the supremacy of his adopte< country's laws and would live within then henceforth. He said he would not advis any one else to break the laws. He was fin ed $300 and discharged on payment of tha amount. ? The Prohibitionists of Ohio are makinj this year the strongest canvass that the: have ever managed in that State. Dr Leanord, their candidate for Governor, ha addressed some very large meetings. Thi main point of his speeches is that prohibi tion is the foremost issue in American pol itics, that it is to destroy one of the tw< great parties by absorbing the best mei * * '1 * - ? nAnoAfiuonn in Dotn 01 Dnoriij mm tum mc wuocuutuv will be the breaking up of the solid South This is in harmony with the privateconver sation of the leading Prohibitionists here who express the belief that the South i ripe for just such a movement, and wh< have even gone so far as to name Colquitt of Georgia, as their probable next candidate for President. ? A Monmouth, Illinois, dispatch says th spectacle ot an enormous balloon sweepinj above the city a few hundred feet drew th' people from the stores and houses Thursday afternoon until the streets were crowded The excitement became intense when short ly the air ship swooped down and impale* itself on the spire of the Catholic church near the public square. The balloon a once collapsed, and a hundred citizens help ed to drag the concern to the ground. Th< basket was empty, barring a torn shir sleeve, a cuff and some branches of oak indicating a collision with tree tops some where and the possible death of the teronaut All efforts to discover where the ballooi came from and the name and fate of it occupants have been unavailing. ? A correspondent of the San Francise Bulletin says that Brigham Young. Jr., an< his agents are busy perfecting arrangement for Mormon colonization in Mexico, am that, too, within the zone wherein foreign ers are prohibited from acquiring real estate They lease lands for ninety-nine years, am introduce a clause by which the lands are b be released to the assignees or their heirs a the expiration of the lease for a trifling sum Had tney selected land in Mexico beyorn the zone they could have obtained bette land and better terms, and the inference i that they desire to erect a territory of thei own between Mexico and the United State whereby they may, in the event of an Amer ican purchase of the Northern States o Mexico, have a location outrivaling that o Wo If T o Iro uaiv J^UUV* ? In the Constitutional Convention of Da kota last Friday, while considering thi bill of rights in committee of the whole Hugh H.Campbell, of Yankton, introducec a resolution to the effect that the "peopl* have the right at all times to alter, reforn or abolish their form of government as the? may think proper." Judge Edgerton,presi dent of the Convention, protested agains the resolution, and fiery speeches were mad* both for and against it. One speaker callec it the "Secession resolution," and it wa carried by a vote of 40 to 17. Pending i motion to report the resolution to the Con vention, Judge Edgerton asked that th< matter be deferred till next day, but the mo tion to adjourn prevailed. The greates excitement prevails over the matter. ? The south bound freight train on th< Richmond & Danville railroad on Wednes day, of last week, went through a bridg* over Coddle Creek, fifteen miles east o Charlotte, X. C. Twenty-three box cars with their contents of merchandise, wer* totally wrecked, and two unknown men supposed to have been tramps, were killed Firemen James Davenport and Will Ow ens went down in the wreck and were se verely but not fatally injured. The fore* of construction were repairing the bridg and sent out a flag to warn the approach ing train. The distance, however, was to* short, the train being heavily loaded, am the engineer could not stop it, before reach ing the bridge. In attempting to stop, th< cylinder head on one side blew out. Thi accident delayed travel for several days. ? Riel, the Canadian rebel, has been respi ted until October loth, pending the aetioi of the privy council of Great Britain. II was officially notified of the respite las Thursday. Mass had been celebrated ii his cell for two or three days previous, a the prisoner expected death. He had pre pared a manifesto for publication afte .death. He expressed resignation thereii and asked forgiveness if he had done wrong lie persists in the belief that he is a proph et and expressed the wish that after the nex election the country would be ruled b; neither Conservatives nor Liberals. To-da; the following Indian prisoners were arraign ed on the charge of treason-felony befor Judge Richardson and Dr. Dodd, J. P. The Hole, Red Eagle, Poor Crow, Re* Bean and Left Hand. All pleaded guilt; except Poor Crow. The offenses alleged took place at Duck Lake on March 26, and _ ; at Batouch May 21. William Tompkins j and John W. A. Astley proved the rebellion l" and identified the prisoners. The jury1 0 found all the prisoners guilty with a recom-1 mendation to mercy. They will be sen- j tenced on the 2oth "j ? A few nights ago a mob of citizens of J [i Chester, Neb., started out to hang Warren j Coon, a blacksmith, who had repeatedly beaten his wife and threatened to burn the 'j j town. For many days he had been drunk if and had whipped his wife several times. |J His threat to destroy the town excited the d citizens and culminated in a determination " to hang him. They surrounded the house, a captured Coon and were about to lynch him, when his wife pleaded for him on her knees, and prayed to heaven and to the mob to t spare him and to give him one more chance, d Coon also prayed on his bended knees, >- and promised on oath over a Bible never 1 ? ? ? A? ? ' ? ? ^ 1. mm mi M rl Ml W 1V again 10 mistreat ms wiie nuu lu oivp ummi ing. Upon the understanding that a viola's tion of his oath would result in his hanging, s the mob concluded to let him have another chance, and thereupon dispersed. I lb* ?0rfeviUe inquirer. > YORKVILLE. S. C. S THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 24, 1885. * THE FAIRFIELD REGULATORS. The grand jury of Fairfield county havl ing had their attention called, by the prea siding Judge, (Kershaw) to reported viola'3 tions of law by certain unknown parties, * calling tnemselves' "regulators," gravely e considered the remarks of the Court, and in e their presentment said: "Beyond the stateI. ment made by the presiding Judge, and the e accounts which have been published by the ? newspapers, we have no information upon the subject." The grand jury went on to v say that the "course of justice, as admister5 ed by our officials, of whatever rank, is i- alike untainted by corruption and unimpedL ed by personal considerations." The report ,v also takes the ground that the laws are and a can be enforced whenever occasion arises. THE COTTON CROP OF LAST YEAR. )f The Financial and Commercial Chronicle ,t publishes a statement of the cotton crop of l? the United States for the year ending August 31st, 1885, from which it appears that ? the total crop of the year reaches 5,669,021 Lj bales, while the exports have been 3,939,495 0 bales, and the spinners' takings amounted d to 1,685,689 bales, leaving a stock on hand A at the close of the year of 120,639 bales. * The total receipts at the Atlantic and Gulf shipping ports this year have been 4,776,199 bales, against 4,850,575 bales last year, and t 6,019,738 in 1882-83, and the exports have a been 3,930,495 bales the previous year, 1 Liverpool getting out of this crop 2,413,181 1 bales. If now we add the shipments from ~ Tennessee and elsewhere direct to manuQ facturers, and the Southern consumption, i we have the following as the crop statement a for the three years : 1883?6,992,234 ; 1884? e 5,714,052; 1885?5,669,021 bales. The num" ber of bales taken by Southern spinners was 1 266,000. I MEXICAN VETERANS. ; The National Mexican Veterans' Associs ation met in Indianapolis last Thursday e and adopted the following resolutions: ^ ? -1.. mu 4- ???a nf511 V*Ann fK o f Pnn. JUXSUIVKU, llmt VVC sua Jiupv UIUU vwu - gress, which has hitherto failed to recognize 0 the services of the soldiers, sailors and ma1 rinesof the Mexican war, will at no distant e day, do justice to them all by giving them i. such pension as benefits their services, and - as well save many of them from want and ', sufferings, and comfort and cheer their last s days by the assurance that they are not 0 wholly forgotten by their country. :, Jlesolved, That whatever claims these e veteran survivors of the war with Mexico may have upon their country, they stand e upon grounds so peculiar in respect to c time aud circumstances in which they orige nated as to fairly entitle them to the eonj sideration of Congress upon their own merits. r The President of the Association was em1 powered to take charge of the resolutions ? concerning pensions, and bring the subject _ matter thereof to the attention of the Pres; q identand Congress at the earliest possible t day. - THE CITADEL ACADEMY. / ' At a meeting of the Board of Visitors of ? South Carolina Citadel Academy On Tuesday of last week, the affairs, of the institu0 tion were generally discussed and the con1 elusion was reached that the ne^t session s promises to be a successful one. The prin* cipal business of the meeting was the election of'a Superintendent to supply the vaj cancy caused by the resignation pf Colonel o John P. Thomas. Gen. George If. Johnston t of Alabama was elected unanimously. The * newly elected Superintendent was iinmedi* ately communicated with by wire and apg prised of the Board's action. A response r was received in a few hours by Gen. Has good. The dispatch contained Gen. John ston's thanks for the honor conferred on f him and said that he would at once proceed I to Charleston. Thus he tacitly accepts the I position. ~ The Register, from which we obtain the r above facts, speaking of the new Superin1 tendent, says : "Gen. Johnston was a gallant j e soldier in the corps of Gen. Stephen D. Lee 1 and for a long time commandant of the [ corps of cadets of the Alabama Universit ty, the cadets of which institute, it will be 0 remembered, recently took the first prize 1 at the competitive drill in New Orleans." s a A QUIET REBELLION. The populace of Philipopolis, the capital I of Eastern Romelia, almost to a man, rose t in rebellion last Friday and seized the Governor General, deposed the Government e and proclaimed a union with Bulgaria. A - Provisional Government was established." 3 The revolt was so well planned that no disf order or blood-shed occurred, everybody ? being in sympathy with the movement, exj cept the Government officials. Foreigners ] | in the city are perfectly safe from harm, as - j is also the property of foreign residents. -! Immediately after the organization of the e | Provisional Government the militia was 0 I sworn in, taking the oath of allegiance to 0 j Prince Alexander of Bulgaria. 11 Prince Alexander has issued a proclama j tion announcing that in accordance with e! the wishes of the entire populace he ase j sumes the sovereignty over the two provi inces of North and South Bulgaria. Meas- j ures will be taken to preserve the peace e and all who oppose the new Govern-1 t! ment will be severely punished. The [i Prince expresses the hope that the people s | will defend the union at any sacrifice. The !* deposed Governor, Gabriel Pasha, is under ? guard. He is well treated in accordance . with his rank. 1 The army of Bulgaria is being mobilized, t i and when united with the Iloumelian miliY tia will form an effective forceof ">6,000 men. y liussian officers command the bulk of the " i ltoumelia. Advices from Berlin and Vien. na favor the opinion that peace will be ] maintained, on the ground that the revoluy ' tion was concerted in St. Petersburg. EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH. The Kev. Dr. A. D. Mayo, who, from personal observation, knows more, perhaps, than any other northern man about the educational condition of the South, has recently issued a statement on the subject for the | benefit of the people of the North. He ! sums up the situation by saying that every Southern State "by the deliberate action of its own people, without compulsion from without, has established a system of free education for children of both races, and indorsed the whole American idea of the support of the secondary and higher instruction of the Commonwealth," and he simply states a fact when he says that the efforts of the South to push free schools and higher grades of teaching have been equaled "by no people inhuman history." The sum of $17,000,000 paid last year by the Southern States for educational purposes is no mean evidence in support of the statement. Dr. Mayo favors Congressional aid for the South, the encouragement of industrial schools to supplement the common school system, and the aid of Northern men of fortune, the practical suggestion being made that $100 given to the public school authorities in any Southern locality under suitable conditions . will do more for the education of the colored and poor white children than twice that sum spent in sending a foreign teacher to open a rival school here. PROHIBITION IN THE SOUTH. Ex-Governor St. John, the Prohibition candidate on the Presidential ticket in the last campaign, in a recent interview in Washington, in reply to a question, whether the prohibition movement as an organized sentiment is making much progress in the South, said: It has been making most wonderful advances in that section of the country. Look, for instance, at the elections in 1884. I polled a little over 4,000 votes. This August the prohibition vote showed an increase of 130 per cent., and it carried thirteen counties. Look at Georgia, too. It is nearly a prohibition State. The number of its dram shops, in proportion to those of my State, and in proportion to the respective populations, are as one to seven. Msssissippi has 800 dram shops to California's 10,000. Prohibition is in favor in Tennessee, and even in Texas. It is, in fact, growing everywhere. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, September 21.?The Bishop of the Diocese, Rev. W. B. W. Howe, visited this parish on last Tuesday. He was accompanied by Rev. Mr. Joyner and Rev. Mr. Gass, of Winnsboro. On Tuesday morning he preached an excellent sermon from the text, "Cast your care upon God,< for he careth for you." At night the rite of confirmation was administered by the Bishop in the presence of a large congregation. Tlie following persons were confirmed: Mr. N. B. Alexander, Mrs. Scriven, and Miss Millichamp. The Ladies' Mission Society of Chester met at the Baptist Church on last Wednesday morning. Rev. John Stout, who is a member of the executive committee of that organization, made some intresting remarks. His congregation was composed almost entirely of ladies. They were greatly pleased with his account of what has been done by the Ladies' Mission Society in this State. Mr. James M. Heffley, of the eastern portion of this county, died on last Tuesday. He was an old man, and his death may be attributed to the infirmities of old age, of which he had been suffering for many months. He was a large stockholder in the Fishing Creek factory, near which he lived. His son Robert, a young unmarried man, died about two hours after his fathor's death, of typhoid fever. The Chester oil mill will soon be iu operation again. It was successfully managed during the past season, and some progress was made towards reducing its indebtedness. With a few more successful seasons this enterprise will not owe a dollar and mil be declaring dividends. >>On last Thursday afternoon, Thomas San~ Ttf? rp TVT Cnnrln **o r\f nnr uers, SOU U1 1U1> ii iu. uauutiO| ui uui town, while shooting birds, accidentally shot himself. His arm was so badly shattered that the doctors were compelled to amputate it. He is doing as well as could hp pxnpptpd On Tuesday night, Itev. R. W. Lide, of Darlington, preached in the Baptist church, from the familiar text, "Harden not your heart." He preached again on Friday morning. His hearers were greatly pleased with both his sermons. On Friday night, Rev. L. C. iinton, of'this county delivered a sermon at the same church. The ^Baptist Sunday-school institute of Chester county began its meeting at the Baptist church at this place on Friday morning. Capt W. H. Edwards was elected Pesident, and Col. E. T. Atkinson, Vice President. Mr. T. N. Berry was elected Secretary. Several important questions bearing upon the subject of Sunday-schools were discussed. The Institute closed on Saturday afternoon after a very pleasant meeting. Rev. J. C. Furmau, D. D., of Greenville, arrived on Tuesday, and participated on Saturday in the proceedings of the Institute. The Baptist church was dedicated on Sunday. A large congregation filled the new and beautiful edifice to hear the dedication sermon by Rev. Dr. Furman. His sermon was based on the words, "The church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth." Rev. Dr. Burkhead, a minister and revivalist of considerable reputation, is expected to arrive here to-morrow for the purpose of beginning a series of meetings at the Presbyterian Church. His preaching is expected to result in great good to the church. XHon. C. L. Smith, otherwise known as "Bill Arp," has been invited to deliver an address at our approaching fair in November. A building for the exhibition of machinery will be erected in a few days on the fair grounds. Mr. William Lewis was the successful competitor at the examination held on last Friday for the vacancy from this county in the Citadel Academy. m. Investigating the Massacre.?A dispatch from Rock Springs, Wyoming, says the commission investigating the recent massacre of Chinese miners will make a thorough examination of all the facts. The investigation will continue for several days. It is certain that the Chinese Government will demand indemnity from the United U.?4- f attam nrnncu tfio aiilie?, uut lie eauiiui/ ,yi;i even ^uv.u v..e amount. So far all the testimony has shown that the Chinese had returned here ; of their own freewill, after receiving official assurance from the President that they would be protected if it took the whole army. Though the miners are quiet and no trouble threatens apparently, the soldiers keep guard over the company's property at different mines. Every night a strong picket line is thrown about the freight cars in which the Chinese are domiciled. The Union Pacific is apparently firm in its determination to put the Chinese back in the ( mines here. It is building some GO cabins for them and when these are completed the "heathens" will commence work. The officials of the road here doubt that the . Knights of Labor will interfere, but say they will maintain their position in spite 1 of them in case the strike should ensue. Malt Liquors.?Statistics show that the United States now rank third in the production of malt liquors, Germany and Great Britain beiug the two countries ahead of i us. Of the total production of one billion i gallons of malt liquors the United States < produces annually six hundred millions, i The growth of the business in the United : States has been almost phenominal. The capital employed in it was trippled between j I860 and 1870, and between 1870 aud 1880 | nearly doubled. In I860 it was nearly 81G- j 000,000; in 1870 it had increased to 848,000,-; i 000, and in 18S0 it was 891,000,000. Since h then it has continued to increase and is now < near somewhere 8100,000,000. Theconsump tionin this country is only one-half per head 1; what it is in Great Britain. The most pe- j j culiar feature of the industry, however is'i this: That while the beer tax in England is one of the most reliable and important sources of revenue possessed by the exchequer, in this country it is comparatively insignificant; yet the price to the English consumers in the former is less than onehalf what the American drinker pays. Correspondence of the Yorkville finquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, S. C., September 21.?On yesterday the Rt. Rev. W. B. W. Howe, Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, ordained in the Church of Our Saviour at this place, Mr. E. A. Cornish, of Aiken, and Mr. Alexander R. Mitchell, of Mount Pleasant, S. C., as deacons. The ordination sermon was preached by Rev. John Gass, 1 T_ i.i _ _ a?? ui vv iiiusuuru. in Lilt; tuiei uuuu, uic xvov. 11. W. Barnwell, of Barnwell, S. C., delivered an address to the children of the Sunday school. The Bishop preached at night and administered the rite of confirmation upon six candidates. At the close of the service the Bishop, in a few remarks, said to the congregation that he regretted to hear of the death of one of their vestry-men, and paid a beautiful tribute to the memory of the late Col. James M. Ivy. As a coincidence in the death on Tuesday evening last, of Mr. J. M. Heffley and his son, William Henry, both of whom lived just across the line in Chester county, it may be mentioned that in 18G1 the widow of Mr. J. M. Iletfley buried her first husband, Mr. John Ferguson, and two children in the same grave, all having died on the same day. Cotton came in freely last week and the merchants were all happy. The ruling prices were 8? to 8J. U. S. Commissioner, C. J. Pride and Trial Justice Fewell had no offenders of the law before them last week. It has been raining hard all day, which will do the cotton in the fields some damage, but will put the land in nice condition for sowing oats and wheat. I am sorry to report that the Enquirer came near causing trouble in a family near this place a few days ago. The old man came to the postoftke and got his paper and carried it home with several other papers, and took his seat on the front porch and began reading the Enquirer. His wife came out and asked for the Enquirer, but he handed her another paper to which she strongly demurred. He has decided to take two copies of the Enquirer in order that he may have peace in the family. Hal.. Work Started on the State House. As a reporter strolled through the State House yard yesterday he was accosted by one of the officials who asked, "Don't this remind you of ante helium times?" The rereporter replied that his memory did not carry him back so far, but would like to know what was meant by the remark. "I mean," put in the official, "that the work now going on here reminds one of the good old times just before the opening of the war, when several hundred workmen were employed in getting out stone for the building. Then the chisels and hammers made the place resound with music." About this time we reached the group of stone cutters who had begun work just to the left of the main entrance of the State House. A force of some fifteen or sixteen men were busy with their hammers and chisels. They had begun early in the morning, and already could be noticed the fruits of their labors. Another still larger force will soon be put to work. The sheds for the tools have rapidly run up and are now nearly finished. There is a bustle about the yard which shows that the work is actually begun. From this time forward the busiest place in Columbia will be the State House yard.?Columbia Register. Heavy Rains in Texas.?A Galveston dispatch of Friday says: This city and island are experiencing a veritable deluge. For five days past leaden-hued clouds have obscured the sunlight, and the rainfall has been almost incessant. The streets are perfect canals. In many places for two or three squares, the water stands knee deep. Up to 9 o'clock to-night since the first day ~r o?i. ~ ci: ? ?i ui oepieiuuer uit? oi^uui oci vice itim gua^c shows 17 90-100 inches rainfall in Galveston. This record is without precedent. The total annual rainfall at this place averages 52.57 inches. It will therefore be seen that in 18 days over a third of the annual rainfall has fallen. Heavy seas have prevailed ever since the rain set in, and a series of encroachments are reported from the easterly end of the island. The velocity of wind this afternoon was thirty miles an hour. At 11 o'clock to-night the down pour still continues. At Indianola to-day the wind blew at the rate of fifty miles an hour, and report of serious damage was anticipated down the coast. Something tiie Blaine Organs Won't Publish.?We do not disguise the fact that we are considerably surprised at the very sudden and vehement revival of the "bloody shirt" issue by the Republican party. There is something most significant in this revival. It smells most rankly in the nostrils of the race as a counter move by the party, based as much upon barefaced hypocricy as the absence of a living issue with which to confront the Democratic party. We are free to say we do not clearly perceive what the leaders of the party are aiming at. We are unable to declare that we believe that they are actuated by a sincere desire to see fair play done the race. The history of the past, wherein the party played fast and loose with the race question at the South, stares us in the face and makes us scrutinize the matter with our eyes wide open and the pages of history unfolded before us for guidance.?New York Freeman, Colored Organ. f ? ? The New York Prohibitionists.?It is said that a conference of the leaders in the Prohibition party of New York and several prominent Republicans was held in Troy cn Friday. The Republicans made a proposition that the Prohibitionists withdraw from a separate political contest all the candidates they have in the field, and in return accept a plank in the Republican platform advocating the submission of a prohibition amendment to a vote of the people. These terms the Prohibitionists would not accept, unless accompanied by an assurance that their candidates already nominated ne represented on the Republican ticket in State and county this fall. No understanding was arrived at, and the result of the conference has been kept very quiet. A Ciiii.d Killed by a Train.?The Air Line passenger train which arrived in this city from Atlanta,* Sunday afternoon, killed a little white girl near Gastonia. The child was four years old and was the daughter of a Mr. Mayo, who lives one quarter ot a mile from the railroad track. The unlortunate little girl, with an older sister were in a field near the road, and saw the train coming. They attempted to run across the track, the elder sister leading and getting across in safety. The younger one, however, was not quick enough, and when about half way across the track was struck by the engine and hurled into the air. She fell a few feet from the track and was dead before any one could reach her .?Charlotte Observer. Women at the Polls.?In the election for schools commissioner at Bingham ton, N. Y., last Thursday, the women generally voted. This had the effect of bringing out a very large male vote and the total number of ballots cast was twenty times as great as usual. Many young ladies tried to vote who were neither mothers nor taxpayers, inn thnir hiillnts worn reieeted. The scenes at the polls where women were electioneering was novel. The women generally voted for the successful candidates. Dismissed for Hazing.?Naval Cadet Henry A. Wyley, of Texas, a member of the second class of the Naval Academy, has been dismissed for hazing Louis Driggs, of South Carolina, a candidate for naval cadet. Wiley was the leader of a gang of cadets that gibed Driggs, pulled his nose and slapped his cheeks on Sunday afternoon several weeks ago when Drgigs had walked into the Naval Academy. A Curious Collection.?The Anthro-1 pological Congress which is soon to be held j at Home will have a curious feature in a! collection of 700 skulls of crminals, number- j ed and classified. To these will be added ; the photographs of 3,000 apd the brains of j more than 150 convicts, thousands of auto-! graphs, poems, sketches, and special instru- j ments, the work of criminals. ' RAILROAD TALK AND GOSSIP. 1< [From the Shelby, X. C'., Aurora, September 17.] c WORK BEGUN. The citizens of Rutherford and Cleve- r land gave an enthusiastic support to the * railway scheme and voted liberally to aid I j the enterprise. The Boston Construction Company have begun work in earnest, have , spent several thousands of dollars in sur- . veys from the Tennessee line to and through i North Carolina and South Carolina. They mean business and will build a railrQad f soon. They begin near Rutherfordton on c Saturday throwing dirt in the presence of ^ a large crowd of citizens and the force will ]. be increased so as to complete the contract r at the stipulated time. All doubts have been banished and they will prosecute with diligence the road from Rutherfordton to the Air Line. fjpAvriv.R r;nnr?K o\* hand. + . L A largo delegation from Shelby will go to 1 Rutherford ton on Saturday noon to witness f the throwing of the first shovelful of dirt on J the new and great Railroad. President i Walker, of Rutherford, will throw the first c dirt and begin thegrading. Granger Goode, j of immortal railway fame, will be present t and deserves a wreath of laurel. * Ruther- t fordton is now jubilant over the event and r is happy in the idea of soon seeing the t iron horse. j king's mountain's offer. a Dr. F. 3tf. Garrett, of King's Mountain, with twelve other substantial citizens of King's Mountain and Yorkville offer to the Boston Construction Company to grade and i crosstie the proposed railway from Shelby t via King's Mountain to Yorkville for $5,000 ? per mile. They guarantee to complete the l work in one year, the distance about 31 miles to Yorkville, and now renew their t offer since the election in Cleveland. They ( are able and ready to take the contract. They have formed a company, have the \ capital to back their offer and mean busi- i ness. They offer to com mence work at once or any time desired, and will give bond for , the performance of the contract. They wish * their route via King's Mountain to be sur veyed. They assert there are three practicable routes over the Mountain?Shearer's gap ? road leading to Yorkville ; the lower route c near the Steps, where the U. S. Signal corps were located, and the upper Gap between c Crowder's Mountain and King's Mountain. 1 Col. Jones has promised to examine their route and to consider their offer. ( [From the Shelby New Era, September 10.] { WORK TO BEGIN. The work of giving out the contracts for the new railroads has already been begun. Messrs. Hampton Bros., of Rutherford county, have been awarded the contract for the first section of five miles, to be built in Rutherford county. The section will begin at Rutherfordton and extend to within a mlie of Forest City. The Messrs. Hampton have already gathered together a force of hands and implements and have ordered a sufficient quantity of the latter to enable them rapidly to push to completion the work of grading their section. Negotiations are now pending with reference to giving out contracts for grading other sections. The first sod will be broken on Saturday, the 19th instant, in the vicinity of Rutherj fordton, by Hon. Martin Walker, president of the Rutherford Construction Company. Speeches will be made by Rutherford and Cleveland county gentlemen who are interested in the roads. A large number of persons will probably be present and a good time, generally, is anticipated. After the speaking a force of between thirty and fifty men will be put to work and'these will be increased in number as rapidly as circumstances permit. WORK ELSEWHERE. Col. R. A.Johnson, general manager of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, left Shelby on Wednesday of last week for Marion and returned on Friday. During his absence he accepted the subscription of McDowell and Mitchell counties and secured contracts for $50,000 in bonds of the former and $100,000 in bonds- f of the latter upon terms similar to those J which exist in the case of Cleveland county. * In Hickory Grove and Bullock's Creek townships, of South Carolina, votes have \ been ordered upon the question of subscrib- { ing to the Massachsetts and Southern Con- a struction Company the full amount allowed i by law, which is eight per cent, of the total ( valuation of the property of the townships. This amounts to $24,000 in the case of Hick- ( ory Grove and $32,000 in Bullock's Creek. * A WARM RECEPTION. < Cnl. R. A. Johnson, general manaerer and ? Col. A. Urquhart, southern agentof the Mas- * sachusetts and Southern Construction Company, left Shelby on Sunday to visit Blairs- t ville and Bullock's Creek townships to ad- ? dress a meeting called for Monday after- y noon. Mr. Patterson, attorney at law, and { Mr. Julius Mills, of Chester, were present, i looking after the interest of Chester county. From a misunderstanding, the adver- g tised notice had been token out of the pa- i pers and this meeting was called to arrive c at an understanding on the subject. After l the subject was thoroughly discussed the y meeting resolved unanimously to instruct the committee to direct the Board of Com- <. missioners of York county to. order the ? election at the earliest date possible. g Cols. Johnson and Urquhart left Blairs- i ville at five o'clock and arrived at Black's f about 10 P. M., on Tuesday morning and ^ left that afteruoon for ltutherfordton to look g after matters connected with the opening work of the construction of the line from f Rutherfordton to Shelby. Col. Johnson's . efforts in behalf of the enterprise are inde- ~ fatigable and success is fully assured. s CAROLINA CENTRAL MOVEMENTS. \ On Saturday night a corps of engineers, c in charge of Mr. Moncure and in the em- v ploy of the Carolina Central Railroad Company, arrived in Shelby and next day went r to Forest City. A few colored men were r put to work clearing off" the old road bed. ? The engineer then went to work to run a f line from Forest City to Ruterfordton. Up ? to Tuesday afternoon the line had been run r\ within a mile of Rutherfordton, part of it c passing through a ravine, the object seem- o ed to be to get as low a grade as possible. ' The line of the Carolina Central crosses the j. line of the Massachusetts and Southern Con- j struction company aDOUt two miies inis t side of Rutherfordton. It is not generally s believecj that the Carolina Central has j any bona fide intention of building to e RutherfoAlton, but its movements are re- j garded as an attempt to drive off the Mas- t sachusetts and Southern Construction Company or sell out its partially graded road . bed. The officials of the latter company t state that the action of the Carolina Central ^ will not affect their course in the least. o THE CLEVELAND COUNTY EONDS. t The County Commisssoners met to-day to a complete the arrangements between the t county and the Massachusetts and South- a ern Construction Company in reference to u our subscription to the Itutherford Construction Company. In the main the ^ articles as submitted were satisfactory to c both parties in interest, but one clause in- t, troduced by the commissioners seemed to f strike Major Jones, the representative of 0 the Massachusetts and Southern Construe- p tion Company, as arbitrary and uncalled ? for. The commissioners have their modi- ^ fication under consideration. r The "arbitrary and un-called-for" condi- n tions above referred to, which seem to be an impediment to the Massachusetts and a Southern Construction Company, are ex- n plained, perhaps, in the following extract 11 from a letter written last Thursday, to a ; gentleman in this place, by a citizen of t' Cleveland county: a "Our commissioners demand that the l< work on this road shall begin at the Air- li Line Iioad and go to Shelby; and on this k point the first hitch occurred yesterday, the t commissioners refusing to sign a contract h for the issuing of the bonds, except on this condition. Whether this difficulty can be1 overcome I do not know." i ^ MERE-MENTION. j jj A fire at Hot Springs, Ark., destroyed the b Willard and Phoenix hotels and about a 8 dozen business houses; loss about 830,000, 1] insurance light. During the month of w August 851,753.09 was received in tolls over d Brooklyn Bridge. The postoftlce de- ii partment has issued proposals for carrying g mails from July 1, 1886 to June 30, 1889, in a North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, | d Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Ten- a nessee. Gen. D. II. Hill has enter- a ed upon the duties of President of the Ale- v chanical and Agricultural College at Mil- ei edgeville, Ga., to which position he was re- j ently elected. The price of cotton seed ; tas advanced from ?10 to ?10 per ton in ficksburg, Miss. Out of eighty-five > Collectors of Internal Revenue now in of-h ice in the country only fifteen are Repubicans. Col. E. P. Thomas, formerly gen- j ral manager of the Cincinnati, Cleveland, j' ,'olumbus and Indianapolis ltrilroad, has ,' teen appointed general manager of the < iichrriond and Danville Railroad Company, ice A. I j. Rives, resigned. Judge Alxender Rives, the oldest Judge in the j State of Virginia and a leading Republican : tolitician, died Thursday morning, aged 80 j 'ears. The business failures, occurring j' hroughout the country for the last week I lumber 178 against 203 the week previ- j; tus week. Cholera is spreading in Siei- j: y and the situation is becoming serious. A I arge military force has been dispatched to ! he island to mantain order. The New J fork State Republican Convention met at j Saratoga last Tuesday. Unijfd States \ Minister Cox and Consul General Heape ; lave succeeded in obtaining the revocation j ?f the order expelling American Jews from ( ferusalem. A number of Indians of , he western reservation in New York, atempted to wreck a West Shore train which un out from Buffalo on last Saturday light. There were 23 deaths from small i iox in Montreal on Friday. There is no ibatement in the virulence of the disease, j SOUTH CAROUNA NEWS. ^Laurens Circuit Court is in session this yeek, Judge Witherspoon presiding. ^j\Ir. G. B. Iteagan, of Newberry, has a i stalk of cotton containing 307 bolls and dooms. ? The nominees for Governor and Lieuehant-Governor of Mississippi are natives )f South Carolina. ? James Hunter, convicted of manslaugher, was married in Chesterfield jail to Miss Jora Evans, a niece of the murdered man. ? The Governor has appointed Eugene P. lervey, of Charleston, railroad commission;r, vice L. J. Walker, resigned. ? A little son of Mr. Davis, of Sumter was [mothered to death while playing in the :otton in his father's cotton house. . ? Homer, a vouner son of Mr. Calvin Brice, )f Fairfield, was badly crushed by a cotton bale being accidentally rolled upon him. ? The Synod of the Associate Reformed L'hurch of the South will meet at Due West ro-day. A large attendance is expected. ? The phosphate royalty due the State on ock mined for the last year amounts to >177,019, against $160,422 in 1884, an increase bf about $22,000. ? A remarkable revival has been going on n Shady Grove Baptist Church, Anderson :ounty,and over ninety converts have been uade in seventeen days. ? Rev. Robert D. Hunton, who claimed :o have resided near Charleston, was killed n a difficulty in the Chickasaw Nation by i man named White. Who is he? ? The Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad is completed to Spartanburg, md regular through jbassenger trains comnenced running last Tuesday. ? R. H. McMurray, the photographer vho was arrested upon the charge of setting ire to the Thespian Hall at Winnsboro, has been granted a change of venue and will be ;ried in Chester. ? Congressman Hemphill has been informed by Prof. S. F. Baird, United States comnissioner of fisheries, that applications for :arp should be filed in the department at Washington by the loth of October. ? Laurens Advertiser: If we are able to udge the signs of the times correctly, a :hange in the road law in this State must )e made. It is impossible to make any bermanent improvement under the present system of working. ? A little child of Mr. David McNab, of iiken, was recently found playing under ;he house with a huge rattlesnake, which lad encircled the little toddler's body, but lid no injury. The reptile was afterwards dlled and found to have 16 rattles and a button. ? Mr. William Hammond, of Edgefield, ,vas shot down on the premises of his employer, Mrs. S. B. Culbreath, (who had icparated from her husband,) and died the lext day of his wounds. There is much . jxcitement among the neighbors. ? Laurens Advertiser: Mr. Epps Hellams, )f this county, who recently entered suit igainst the News and Courier for libel, died >n the 8th instant of fever. He was taken lick while attending the United States Court it Greenville. ? Speaking of the crops in Fairfield coun;y, the Winnsboro' News says: Notwithitanding a promising prospect the crops vill not be as good as expected, but compared with the yield of last year, the result s indeed very flattering. -Twenty-one licensed distilleries will ;oon be in operation in the Greenville di/ison and others will likely follow. One :oncern proposes to manufacture pure grape prandy and eleven other brandy distillers vill be working at an early day. ? In a difficulty which occurred at a livery itable in Greenville on Monday night, Rob:rt Walker, who was drunk at the time, itabbed Ben Brockman, colored, in the left preast with apocketknife, inflictinga wound rom which Brockman will probably die. iValker was arrested and put in jail soon ifter the stabbing. Senator John B. Moore and Major E. B. Hurray, of the Intelligencer, had a shooting crape in the streets of Anderson on Tueslay of last week, in which the former was lightly wounded in the thigh, while the atter was unhurt. The difficulty grew out if Senator Moore charging Major Murray vith uttering a falsehood. ? D. J. Telfair, a white man 38 years old, ecently from Augusta, Ga., was arrested lear Woodruff, Spartanburg county, last Junday for horse-stealing. He took a horse rom It. L. Taylor, in the upper part of J Spartanburg county, on Saturday night. < faylor followed him Sunday morning and aught him. Telfair seems to be an intelli- 1 ;ent, business man. 1 ?The Columbia Register says that a gen- , leraan of that city will prepare a bill to be ntroduced in the Legislature providing hat all legal hangings in South Carolina hall be clone within the wans 01 tne ren- < tentiary by a regular executioner, to be i lected or appointed. Such a law is in force . n Ohio ancl has been found to work well < bus far. s ? Lynch law under any circumstances is ' o be deplored, and all law-abididing citi- t ens will approve the recent course of the ] heriff ot Spartanburg in foiling the attempt j ?f a mob to hang two prisoners confined in } he jail at that place. The laws of the land < re still supreme and effective, and until i hey become a dead letter there is no palli- f ,tion or excuse for any body of inert to take ipon themselves to vindicate it. t ? Winnsboro Xeics: Mr. A. Williford s wrought to this office on Friday a boll of j otton which in make up was an exception f o any that we have seen. It was a large, ] ully developed boll, but different from the L rdinary ones, in that it had eight distinct j j! iods, which is just double the number j" f the ordinary boll. It was grown on Mr. j Villifords's place one mile from town. He egrets very much that his whole crop is ? iot of the same kind. t ? Thomas A. Jones, a drummer for a Phil- < delphia molasses house, wrote an insulting 1 ote to a young lady of Sumter last Sunday l norning/ He was waited upon by a com- a nittee of gentlemen, headed by the irate: u ither, at the Jervey House on Sunday af-1 j ernoon, was treated to a sound thrashing,! t nd given two hours to leave town. He j j 3ft. Jones claimed to be from North C'aro- j ] ina. This is the second instance of this! f :ind that has happened at Sumter within ( he last year, and in both cases the offender ;1 as been subjected to severe chastisement. ? Carolina Saprtan: Miss Maggie Brown, i f Union county, was visiting her sister, t Irs. Lewis Johnson, near Walnut Grove, nd while there took fever. After she had i een sick about a week, she was missed c y the family early Tuesday morning, the A th instant. She was found at the spring j >dng on the ground with her head in the | * ;ater sufficiently deep to cause death by ' j rowning. Dr. L. C. Xesbitt was attend- j ig the case and did not consider her dan-1 y erousiy sick. It is supposed that she took JI high fever during the night and became J elirious and went to the spring for water, * nd while leaning over to drink she fainted ! c nd fell with her head in the water. It is a 1 ery sad case and the friends of the deceas- a il have general sympathy. l LOCAL AFFAZHS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Enquirer Oflice?Sewing Machine for Sale. P. E. Spencer, Plaintiffs Attorney?Notice to Defendants, r. M. Dobson <t Co.?Purchasing Stock, fhos. G. Gulp?Administrator's Notice. Tos. N. Steele, Chairman?Railroad Election in Bullock's Creek township. W. C. Latimer?Dress Goods. Withers Adickes?Where Does all the Merchandise Go ? II. F. Adickes' Grand Central Fancy and Dry Goods Establishment and Depot for Boots and Shoes. John C. Kuvkendal?Why Should a Living Man Complain. McElwee it Darwin?Mountain Beef. Latta Brother^?Just Received. M. Strauss?A Splendid Stock. Lowrv it Starr?Headquarters for Tobacco?Vio" 1 ? ?Tom no T ,nnf nriw nil ami uuiuii ouiii^n? ? and Lamp Goods?Dr. Holt's Dyspeptic Elixir. UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 1886. We will furnish the Yorkville Enquirer from this date until January 1st, 188#i, for 33 cents, the cash, in all cases, to accompany the subscription. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. A slight change has been made in the railroad schedule. Going south the train now arrives at Yorkville at 12.15 P. M.; and returning north it arrives at 0.01 P. M. MAIL SERV ICE EXTENDED. The mail service on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad was extended from Newton to Lenoir last Tuesday, and the mail is now transported the entire length of the road, requiring the services of three postal clerks. TWELFTH REGIMENT SURVIV ORS. It is now definitely settled not to attempt to have a reunion of the Survivors of the Twelfth Regiment this year. It is already announced byC'apt. Boyles, Secretary of the Association, that the next reunion will take place on the battlefield of Fredericksburg, Va., in August, 1886. THE CHESTER FAIR. We have received from Mr. J. K. Henry, Secretary of the Chester Fair Association, a premium list for the fair, which begins in Chester " 'P"n?.rln*r fLo Q?.rl /law A i' "V Arom hot* noyf unil continues four (lavs. The premium list is attractive, and should stimulate farmers, mechanics and others to make the exhibits worthy of the counties composing the Association. K. M. MILITARY SCHOOL. We are pleased to learn thatacomjdeteoutfit of new cadet rifles and accoutrements, such as are used at West Point, have been issued to King's Mountain Military School by the Adjutant and Inspector-Gerieral of the State. We congratulate the school upoii the acquisition of these beautiful guns, which corneas a gracaful recognition of its long life of usefulness. A SINGULAR TREE. M r. W. 0. Glover, the mail contractor between this place and Garibaldi, N. C., tells us of a singular tree growing on the lands of Mr. A. Barron, near Wright's Ferry in this county. The tree has grown up within the last three or four years. It is about ten feet high, and the trunk three inches in diameter. The leaves, which form the singular part of the tree, measure 22 inches in length, and indicate that the tree is of some tropical variety. ELECTION' POSTPONED. The attention of the voters of Bullock's Creek township is called to the fact that in consequence of changes in tho terms of the proposed contract between the tax-payers of the township and the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, tho date of the election in that township on the question of a township subscription has been postponed, on proper representations before the County Commissioners,Juntil Saturday the 24th of October next. THE GAME LAW. For the information of sportsmen and gunners, we copy below the law in reference to the season in which game birds may be killed without incurring the penalty of the statute. Title 13, Chapter 52 of the General Statutes reads as follows: Sec. 1(594. It shall not be lawful for any person in this State, between the 15th day of March and the 1st dav of October, in anv vear hereafter, to catch, kilt or injure, or pursue with such intent, or to sell or expose for sale, any wild turkey, partridge, dove, woodcock or pheasant; and any person found guilty thereof shall be lined not less than ten dollars, or be imprisoned not less than ten days, which line, if imposed, shall go, one-half thereof to the informer, and the other half thereof to the school fund of the county wherein the offence was committed. CHURCH NOTICES. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Communion services next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 10 A. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M., and 8 P. M. Prayer-meeting at 8 P. M., on Thursday. Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate, Pastor. Service at Philadelphia Church at 11 A. M., next Sunday and at Yorkville at 8 P. M. Prayer-meeting on Wednesday at 8 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapel next Sunday, at 11 A. M. Episcopal. Sunday-school on next Sunday at 4 P.M. " V BEREAVED EDITORS. The editors of the Lancaster Ledger, father and son, have our heartfelt sympathy in the bereavement they have sustained by the death of the wife of Mr. D. J. Carter, the senior editor. Mrs. Carter's death occurred on the 13th instant. The Review, recording her death, says: Mrs. Louise Frances Carter was born in Kershaw countv, and was the daughter of Jas. RidII 1 Al- ~ -.rlw^ U1U, <i Iliemuur Ul tilt? i ujuicuu nc^iinciib, ?liw died in Mexico. She was forty-four years of age, and was the mother of twelve children, but only six of whom are now living. She was marto Mr. Carter in 1858. Her mother, one sister and two brothers Mr. T. S. liiddle and Maj. J. M. Riddle, also survive her. Mrs. Carter was a devout Christian?had been a member of the church for twenty-seven years, and lived fully up to her profession of faith. She was a woman of strong intellectual powers, all'ectionate in disposition and kind ana gentle in her manners. Her devotion, too, to her domestic duties was one of the distinguishing traits of her character. MEETING OF* CREDITORS. The creditors of the late firm of J. M. Ivy A Co., of Rock Hill, met in the banking house of :he late firm on Tusedav evening of last week. J. Adger Smythe, of Charleston, was selected chairman and Capt. Allen Jones, of Rock Hill, jeeretary. Richard P. Williams, of the firm of yVilliams, Black A Co., who are the largest credi;ors, was selected as agent, his firm and Ivy A b'ewell supporting him, the other creditors supporting Capt. Allen Jones. The schedule of asiets showed, with 825,000 life insurance assigned, 1258,000. Liabilities 245,000. J. li. London, Alen Jones and J. Adger Smythe, were appointed icommittee of creditors. At the meeting a resolution was adopted by die creditors that the assingee and agent be instructed to sell the residence of Col. Ivy and all ts contents, together with nine and a half acres >f land adjacent to the dwelling, to Mrs. A. V. [vv, (widow of Col. Ivy,) for the sum of ?100, tnd to make a deed of conveyance to her for the lame for benefit of herself and her children. ^STANDARD DRAMATIC COMPANY. The Standard Dramatic Company will appear it Hunter A (dates' opera house two evenings his week, commencing on this (Wednesday) svening. While the Standard is the most popuar company that visits Yorkville, it is also the jest, and since it was last here several important tccessions have been made to the corps of actors, imong them Mr. Harry Brown, who has a wide eputation as a tragedian. Mr. McElreth is a general favorite wherever he is known, as is diss Irving, the leadipg lady of the company, fho company has recently played successful mgagements in Montgomery, Ala., Columbus, 5a., Wilmington, Raleigh and Charlotte, X. C., md is now on its regular autumnal tour. The company's Charlotte engagement closed last rhursday night, and of the closing performance he Observer of Friday says: "The members of the Standard Dramatic Comianv must have felt gratified last night at the ividence'of appreciation by the Charlotte people vhich was displayed by the presence of one of ho largest crowds ever assembled in the opera louse. It was the farewell performance of the Standard, and the fact that such a large audience greeted it, shows how well our people have been >leased with the company. Miss Irving has frown immensely popular and herself and com>any will always be warmly greeted in this city." Zingara, or Fiowers of the Forest, is the play lelected for the opening night. This play is a lompanion piece of Romany Rye, which has lad a successful run in all the cities of the Union, md the Standard presents it entire and with a nil cast.