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caps and .facts, j ? Governor Hill has addressed to the committee of notification a letter accepting the nomination for Governor of New York by the recent Democratic State Convention, in which he takes occasion to put himself on record as an ardent supporter of Presi- I dent Cleveland's Administration. ? From the reports received at Washing- | ton, it appears that nearly all the postmasters speak well of the feature of the special delivery system, and the business is increasing. The local matter exceeds outside mat- j ter in volume. The reports show that the j letters have been delivered with surprising promptness. ?The business failures occurring through-j onf tho onnntrv rlnrincrthp u.ppk-.pnflinp1 last I Friday, as reported to the mercantile agency of E-. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States 139 and for Canada 27?a total of 166 against 207 the preceeding week. Failures are below the average in all sections of the country, and fewer are reported from the Southern States than for any previous week this year. ? The docket of the Otcober term of the United States Supreme Court, now in session, contains 1,400 cases, and others are coming in daily. The court, by reason of its energetic work during the last four or five years, has ceased falling further behindhand. Four hundred and sixty cases were disposed of last year, at which rate, if continued, the last case on the present docket will be adjudicated within three years. ? In the New York Criminal Court, on Monday afternoon, Ferdinand Ward was arraigned before Judge Barrett, on an indict- : ment charging him with having fraudulent- j ly oouuneu $<i,ouu uy means ui an uvei uci- ^ tifled check on the Marine Bank. Ward deposited a check for that amount drawn on the First National Bank where he had little or no money. He then drew against this worthless check, having received a certified document from the Marine Bank. His lawyer pleaded not guilty, and the case went over until to-day. ? The President carries his idea of "non-interference in the affairs of the States so far that he will not go the Virginia State Fair, lest his trip be misconstrued into a campaign expedition in theOld Dominion. The fair is held at a date when the whole State will be in a political ferment, and were he to go into the State under such circumstances the visit could not be made simply a social event. As the President is anxious to separate his office from political machin ery, he feels it would be out of place to make the journey. ? The only Republican candidate for the Legislature positively known to be defeated in Hamilton county, Ohio, is Robert Harlan, a venerable mulatto whose 1 chief occupation is wagering money on horse-races. Harlan is a native of Kentucky, and at one time held a small office in the postal department through President Grant's personal liking for him. It is not known whether the Republicans scratched ( him because of his negro blood or his im- 1 moral practice of buying pools on equine ! contests. ; ? The October election has already been abolished in Indiana. It happily disappears ' in Ohio. Now the only remaining October 1 States will be Georgia and West Virginia, . which are of no political significance or j importahce. With the change in Ohio, all ! but eleven States of the thirty-eight in the j Union will vote for State officers on the day fixed for the general election, Tuesday j after the first Monday in November. Of ' the exceptions Maine, Vermont and Arkansas vote in September, Alabama and Tennessee in August and the rest in the spring. J ? Dakota is not yet admitted into the J Union as a State. It is not likely to be for ; nnite ?. Inner while tn on me. Still there is , Seree contention going on there for the United States Senatorship all the same as if Dakota was admitted. That tells the story of the one big motive behind the desperate agitation for the State of Dakota. It is Federal office?two United States Senators in addition to a member of Congress. Under the circumstances the contest out there between Judge Edgertou and Judge Moody for an office not yet in existence is something like the engagement of a widower while attending his wife's funeral. ? It is reported from New Mexico that various counties in that territory have offered, or are about to offer, rewards of from $250 to $500 each for the scalps of "buck" Indians, and that the ranchmen and cowboys are organizing armed bodies to go on an old fashioned Indian hunt. The simplicity of this scheme, which assumes that all Indians are alike and none good except the dead, is only equalled by its shocking brutality. The same reports state that the popular sentiment in favor of the removal of General Cook is very general on the ground that he is not up to the local standard as an Indian fighter. ? G. W. Butler, of St. Louis, is the oldest living graduate of West Point Academy. He is in his eighty-sixth year, graduated in 1820, eighth in his class, and was then commissioned in the Engineer Corps. He married a grandniece of George Washington. He resigned in 1831, but re-entered the army from civil life as a colonel of the Third Dragoons, serving in Mexico during the war. He was in Louisiana during the civil war, but did not serve the Confederacy. He had two sons in the service. His daughter is the wife of Col. Williamson, duringGrant's first administration Minister to the Central American States. ? The trial of William Gooch and James A. Smith, young white men, for the murrvf* TaKh A PKaofhom a mnrnKonf r\f i UV/1 U1 uwiiu i. x viivutiiuui) (i HIV* virnii v vi ^ Raleigh, N. C., ended last Saturday, after a , continuance ol two weeks. A verdict of t murder was rendered as to both by the \ jury. Judge Waiter Clark sentenced them ? to be hanged November 17th. An appeal ( to the Supreme court was granted. The ( murder was committed last June in Cheath- ; am'sstore, and James Cheatham, a brother j -pfthe murdered man, was terribly stabbed. ;, Thejtrial excited the most intense interest. \ Goecffs wife and three small children were 1< in the^Jburt room and heard the sentence I passed. j * ? The Illinois Central road is chiefly own- 1 ed in England. The capital of Great Britain 11 has an enormous grip upon many other corporations in this country. Millions of acres j i of American soil are in English hands, and ! 1 so are the best gold and silver mines. The New York Telegraph says: "British influ- J ence, British money, British policy, seek to |' control and utilize all that is valuable in i' America. The Cobden Club sends emissa- j 1 ries to preach British free trade, there are i } Americans that can be bought to work for j i the interests of a foreign nation, to break I '< down the wages of labor, to blast and mil- 1 dew the young but vigorous enterprises that! 1 give employment to our people and stand ' 1 in the way of the greed of foreign commrce ; 1 and loreign industry." i ? John W. Coffee was hanged at Craw- j' fordsville, Indiana, last Friday. The drop ;, fell at 12.32 o'clock. lie was hanged for ! the murder of an old man named Mc- i Mullen and his wife in January last, the ! i house being burned afterwards to hide the i crime. During his imprisonment he made j three confessions implicating at various j times several other parties. James Dennis j was also sentenced to death for his connection with the crime, but he was given a new ' trial by the Supreme Court and will now j doubtless be released, although he has been removed to another county as a precaution against possible trouble. Cotfee had been utterly prostrated since Thursday night and refused food. The efforts of his spiritual j ] adviser failed to afford him any consolation, and he had to be carried to the scaffold. Before the drop fell he made a short speech. ( The rope broke twice, but was finally adjusted satisfactorily, and after hanging twelve minutes life was pronounced ex- i tinct. ? Henry W. Shaw, better known as "Josh 1 Billings," who died on Wednesday, was 60 I years old, having been born in Lanesborough, Berkshire county, Mass., in 1820. He resided in his native town until he had reached the age of fourteen, when he went : west and for several years led a frontier life, being engaged in the various occupations of steering steamboats, keeping a country store and acting as auctioneer in the small 1 Western towns and cities. Finally, becom- . ing weary of this irregular life, and being desirous of giving his daughters a better education than the limited facilities in the, West at that ti 1110 afforded, Mr. Shaw in 1 < I860 removed to Poughkeepsie, X. Y., and | devoted himself to editing a small paper. It was while engaged in this work that he > wrote the first humorous article which attracted attention principally by his phonetic spelling. He called it "Essa on the Muel." It was extensively copied, and the name of Josh Billings soon became known throughout the land. From that time until . his death his career was one of continued ? financial success. One weekly paper alone ? in New York city paid him $100 a week for x a half column of matter, and his lectures / brought him in a large and steady revenue. ^ In 1873 he began the publication of his ? "Farmer's Alminax," a book which in its : second year had a sale of 127,000 copies, and r in ten years had netted the author and publioVmr IVKI oonli i $be fflrbviUc inquirer. 3 8 " J " - s YORKVILLE, S. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22,1885. J THE OHIO ELECTION. f The election for Governor and members of r the State Legislature of Ohio was held on * Tuesday the 13th. The Republicans elected j1 Foreaker Governor, and have secured a ma- c jority in the Legislature. While a different v result was wished, the success of the Re- r publicans is no surprise. The State is Re- P publican, having given Blaine a heavy ma- j jority last fall, and the prohibition question f running into State politics?the Prohibition- g ists running a candidate?prevented a square t issue between the two political parties. The J loss of the Legislature is more to be regret- F ted. Had the Democrats secured a majority in that body they would have placed : Allen G. Thurman in the U. S. Senate. As { it is, John Sherman, chief ensign of the 1 bloody shirt signal corps, win ue re-eiecieu. v t ECHOES FROM OHIO. < A Columbus dispatch of last Monday says: ? Odds are being offered by a number of Dem- F ocrats that Sherman will not be the United ^ States Senator. This is based on the theory ? that there has been a canvass of the new 1 members made, and information elicited that there are several Republican members ? who will not support Sherman, in case the ^ Legislature is Republican. The outward ^ claims from each headquarters at this point made are that they will each have three majority on joint ballot, conceding that the li Democrats will have Hamilton county solid, d This county, with Hardin and Montgomery t< senatorial district, are the ones on which t interest just at present is centering. h The official count of the vote cast in Ham- "\ ilton county at last Tuesday's election was t< begun to-day. Republican and Democrat- t ic candidates are represented by counsel, a The returns from three precincts are missing and a mandamus for the production was issued in each case. It may require two or three days to complete the work. The case of Col. Hudson, Chief of Police, 1 sharged with dereliction of duty in not ar- P resting men charged with violation of the j registry laws has been continued until next Monday at the request of the State. The ? rases of others charged with violating the * registry law were continued to enable their 0 attorneys to argue the demurrers which are T[ based on the unconstitutionality of the law, v i-Ko rvnint hoinor that it. ntmlips to f'inrMnnati f * *V/ pv/lllb V*il? V ?v ?w md Cleveland. The official count of this county was con- ?! tinued to-day. In the 13th ward the origi- ~ aal vote stood, 503 for the Republicans on 11 the head of the ticket and 1,203 for the Democrats. Three hundred tallies had been ^ idded to the full Democratic ticket with L :he exception of Athernon for Supreme ? Iudge, who had been given 200. This made Sl :he total vote a little over 1,000, about 300 Cl nore votes than are in the precinct. The M Board decided to count the votes of the pre- ? :inct as returned. This will elect about an 11 ;ntire Democratic county ticket, and Taylor, ? Rep., for Legislature by 450 votes. Myers ind Young, Dems., for Representatives will . je defeated. M ii A Coi.ored Diplomat.?Rev. Moses A. C [lopkins, of North Carolina, the newly-ap- b jointed minister to Liberia, is now in Washngton making preparations to sail for Mon- C ovia about the 1st of November. To a \ eporter Hopkins said he secured his ap- j1 jointment through friends in North Caro- ? ina, Pennsylvania and New York. Mr. ?ox, a Democratic member of Congress from ^ Sorth Carolina, aided him a great deal. ^ )( his own political proclivities, and his 1S jpinion of the President he said: n "I am not a Democrat; that is, I have not Ir aken any part in politics. Time and again [ have voted in county and State matters c or Democrats because I believed them to je the best men running for the offices, i'ou must know that among colored men :here are few who are Democrats in the a strict sense of the word, but the colored C k'oter is fast learning to stand by those who si ire his friends, and colored men can't live k my longer on the old promise of forty acres ii md a mule. I was very much impressed n yith Mr. Cleveland, and am frank to say ci hat he and his Administration have acted b 'airly and friendly to the colored people; t( >*,# 1 if tVin nmoonf iu iitj ! nftl IllPfl 3 11IV4 11 pv/UVJ ikj iiMMiiiiutix v? v??v iolored people will have a great deal more a jonfidence in the Administration and the d Democratic party. The colored people are p looking for friends, and so long as the new a Administration gives them a chance to hold v 3n to their places here, they will have the C Wrongest proof of the friendship of the Ad- j* ministration. The colored people of the south will consider the Administration ii their friend as long as their leaders stay d liere in Washington." t< On being asked if he thought his race is a improving its opportunities in North Caro- c; lina, he said : ? "Yes. Colored men are acquiring lands, S ind they have long since found out that ^ there is no money in politics. They realize u that they have to work. 'By the sweat of c< thy face thou shalt eat bread' says the good ^ book. These flaming politicins who came v into the South some years ago and went a \bout among the colored people did great A barm. They told the negroes of a land tl flowing with milk and honey, and to get ft] there was to follow them. Now, the fact is, h the negroes got plenty of bees, but they did not taste any honey through these politi- ti iians. The colored brother wants honey." s< "Do you look for,any political division b \mong the colored men ?" t< "Colored men, more than ever, are be- b ginning to think and act for themselves, ft Ihe Republican party made one grand h mistake. Whilst it was natural for the a negro to be under great obligations to that a party, it was a mistake for their leaders to ft think that they owned the negroes politi- tl [. ally. Everywhere that I have been, in a public and in private, I hear the colored b people speaking in the highest terms of Mr. h Cleveland's administration." i J "1 4- ' *" " O Oru State Finances.?Columbia letter ii to Augusta Chronicle: I have several times e< lately alluded to the sound financial condi-1 J tion of South Carolina and the prices at rI which her securities have been ruling. Re- c cently there was a sale of the Brown consols ii in New York at 110, and State Treasurer t< Richardson informs me that this does not! t represent the value of these bonds, as they rl are really not in the market at any price. j ii The financial statement, furnished by the State treasurer for the first ten months of the current year, shows receipts amounting i 1 to $811,998.90, which added to the balance ! v in the Treasury on the 31st of October, 188-1, j fj $102,350.98, makes the aggregate $914,355.88. v The disbursements have been $78(5,010.24, s leaving a balance in the State treasury to s date of $128,345.04, and the second and larg- a est instalments of State taxes for the year h just beginning to come into the treasury, t Nearly one-half of the amount expended t has gone to pay interest on State debt, and a this shows how economically the State gov- ; eminent is administered. * g RAILROAD RUMORS. VIIAT THEY AHE SATING AND DOING AT THE HEAD OF THE ATLANTIC AND NORTH WESTERN RAILROAD. [From the Shelby New Era, 14th.] A NEW LINE TALKED OF. During the past week Shelby has been alking more about a railroad to Spartaniurg than about either the Atlantic and Corth Western or the Carolina Central, ^he completion of the extension of the ieorgia Central system to Spartanburg eemed to warn the people of Snelby that hat system would be continued still furher to the north, and that if Shelby desired o become the terminus, it would be necesary to take prompt action in the matter. U'ter considerable discussion it was deternined to hold a public meeting upon the i\n Mainrrlnv At this niPPtinP" fld Iresses were made by a number of speakers, .11 of whom dwelt upon the importance of he line and the necessity of endeavoring to ecure its location through Cleveland couny. After the subject had been fully disussed it appeared to be the sense of the ueeting that every effort should be made 0 obtain such a result. Upon motion the hair was empowered to appoint delegates rom each township who should visit Sparanburg on Tuesday of this week to conult with the people there and with the lirectors of the railroad company which vas formed sometime since, and has had 50,000 subscribed to it already. THE ATLANTIC ANI) NORTHWESTERN. Messrs. Hampton, Long & Co., the conractors for the first section of the Atlantic .nd Northwestern Railroad, have made exellent progress during the week. Their orce has been somewhat increased and is low thoroughly trained. Mr. S. 1). Hampon came to Shelby on Monday to purchase 1 large quantity of stores and provisions for lis men and animals, and while here, orlered an additional supply of tools, so as to vork still more men. About a mile is now learly ready for the track and work is well irogressed on about two miles. The engineer corps is still encamped near Hat Rock and is at work upon the estimates or the section between Forest City and Jhelby. During the week Major Jones has >een to Rutherfordton and Marion and Col. Fniincnii hoc tmnp to f!hpstpr and other >oints in South Carolina. Major Jones will eave early Thursday morning for a hasty rip to South Carolina. Pie will return at ince and on Sunday will start for the North o attend, with Col. Johnson, the annual neeting of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, to be held in Boson on the 21st instant. Major Jones and ;ol. Johnson will return to Shelby in about , week. In reference to work upon the est of the line Major Jones states that pracically the whole of the line between here nd Forest City will be put under contract mmediately after his return from the North. )uring his absence the engineers will be ngaged in developing that part of the line hrough Shelby, upon which no work has et been done. ON THE CAROLINA CENTRAL. The Carolina Central Railroad Company las kept its force of hands steadily at work :uring the week and is making good progress oward Piney Ridge. A contract for the welve miles between Shelby and the Ridge as, it is understood, been given to Mr. L. Vright, of Virginia, who is expected soon o begin work. The ultimate destination of he road has not yet been determined upon nd, for a time, will not be. [From the Shelby Aurora, loth] MAKING HASTE SLOWLY. The Massachusetts and Southern Construcion Company are pursuing the I^abian olicy and have adopted the advice of the jatin poet "Hasten slowly." Hampton & lampton have sixty-four laborers employd on their six-mile contract from Rutherirdton to Forest City, and have graded ver one-half a mile of railway. They have eceived their pay for work promptly every The Boston Construction Company promse to push the work more vigorously and \y they will soon have a force at work in leveland. The surveyors having finished heir surveys and estimates of embankments nd excavations will soon leave for South 'arolina, where they will again survey, apt. Ramseur, who has charge of the enineer corps, has made many and numerous jrveys, and we suppose the railroad will 3me before many years. This company ill have to increase their force and accelrate their work, or their rival, the C. C. Railway, will push them off the track and et Rutherford county's ?100,000 bonds. The iirrent in Rutherford and Cleveland, so ivorable to these Northern capitalists and limical to tardy Carolina Central, is changlg and drifting to the latter. The Carolina entral does not survey much, talk much, ut works vigorously, therefore the current f public opinion is more favorable to the arolina Central than the Boston capitalists. Ve do not think they will ever construct a ne from Cincinnati to Charleston. This is n possible with their capital. They are able and may build from Marion, T. C., on the Western N. C. R. R., to King's lountain farther South. They now prom- i ie vigorous work along the line, but we do j ot yet know their routes and plans and ! lust wait and see. orrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, October 19.?The first case tried t Court last week was that of the State vs. harles Mobley, colored, charged with aslulting Mr. J. McL). Hood, Sr., with a nife. The trouble arose from the manner i which Mr. Hood disturbed the morning ap of the defendant. Finding some diffiiilty in awaking him, he pulled him up y the ears, which so excited his wrath as ) lead him to attack Mr. Hood with a knife, 'he Judere in his charge made some allow nee for the manner of the arousing of the efendant, and suggested to the jury the ropriety of rendering a verdict of guilty of n assault and battery of a high and aggraated nature, which was accordingly done, harles Mobley was sentenced to the county til for a period of five months. True bills were found against the follow)g persons, all colored: Josh Sims, inicted for assault and battery, with intent ) kill; David Walker, indicted for burglary nd larceny, and Tony Myor, indicted for jrrying concealed weapons. The next *se tried was that of the State vs. Josh ims, charged with assaulting with a stone Ialry Davis. The scene of the disturbance ras on church grounds, a favorite place for olored people to settle their difficulties, is usual in cases where the prosecuting fitness and defendant and other witnesses re colored the testimony was very conicting. As it was shown on the stand that ne prosecuting witness had made threats gainst the defendant, the jury found for the itter by rendering a verdict of not guilty. Tuesday was almost entirely spent in the rial of the case of the State vs. Lem Atkinm, colored, charged with an assault and attery with intent to kill. The prosecu)r, Brown McKlry, also colored, was shot y the defendent for the reason that the irmer was improperly intimate with the itter's sister. The prosecution and defendnt gave different accounts of the shooting, nd the testimony of the other witnesses ivored one side or the other according to tie leaning of each particular witness. The ttorneys argued the case with considerale warmth, and the Judge gave the law ivolved with his usual clearness and force. l verdict of acquittal was rendered in favor f the defendant. David Walker, colored, (ulicted for burglary and larceny, made a " * * * 1 i- 1 1... oniession 01 nis gum, una semeuceu uy me udge to seven years in the Penitentiary, 'he case of the State vs. Charles Carter, harged with malicious mischief in poisonng a mule, was then tried. The prosecuor was Thomas Wilks, colored, whose tesimony against the accused was very strong, 'he defendant was acquitted notwithstanding. On Wednesday the case of the State vs. Vash Estis, indicted for the murder of jewis Mills, colored, on the loth of August, /as tried. The testimony established the *ct beyond question that the defendant, /hile in the discharge of his duty as contable of Trial .Justice Leckie, shot and intantly killed Lewis Mills who was underrest at the time and. attempting to make is escape when shot. The Judge applied he law to the facts of the case so clearly hat the jury had no difficulty in rendering verdict of acquittal. Eldridge Simpson, colored, confessed his uilt of the charge of burglary and larceny, and was sentenced by the Judge to seven ! years in the penitentiary. Cliarles Halsell, j colored, confeased his guilt in stealing grain ' from the field, and was sentenced to three 1 months in the county jail. The case of the State vs. D. 11. Read, charged with selling liquor without license, was tried Wednesday afternoon, J. J. Hemp, hill, Esq., and J. M. McNeel, Esq., reprei senting the defendant, the Solicitor representing the State. The jury after considering the case all night, were unable to agree on a verdict. The testimony was conflicting, the witnesses for the State swearing to the purchase of whisky from the defendant or his clerk, the defendant and his clerk denying the sale of it to the witness for the State. Legal points similar to those raised on a previous occasion were discussed and decided bv the Judge in favor of the Slate. " V i - -i -1 1 ...UL nenry Mcuunougn,coioreu,t;iiargeu wim selling liquor without license, was tried on Thursday morning and convicted. As he was recommended to the mercy of the Court, the Judge sentenced him to six months, in the county jail, or the payment of a fine of $200. W. A. Moore, charged with selling liquor without license, was tried and acquitted. John Harris, colored, indicted lor assault and battery, with intent to kill, was tried, convicted, and sentenced / to imprisonment for five months in the county jail. The grand jury made their final \ report. They recommended the establishment of a County Court in the place of the present trial justice system and the appointment of a stenographer for the Circuit. The Judge highly approved both recommendations. On Friday morning the Court was engaged in the trial of the case of the State vs. Emmett McArthur and James Dunlap, the charge being malicious mischief in destroying the watermelon patch of a colored man. Through the able and milous offorts of J. K. Ilenry, Esq., the defendants, who were only boys, were acquitted. At the conclusion of this case the Court adjourned until to-morrow, when the civil business will begin. On last Monday night by the Rev. R. W. Sanders, I)r. S. E. Babcock and Miss Eugenie Coleman, both of this place, were married. Cole's circus performs here to-day. The crowd in town is immense. The procession was large and imposing. m. A Chief Justice Suspended.?Secretary Lamar on Wednesday, showed what kind of a reformer he is by having Judge Vincent, chief justice of the territory of New Mexico, suspended. This was done by the direct order of the President upon the report and suggestion of the Secretary. Vincent is a Democrat, from Illinois, recommended by Congressman Springer. It has been deemed of the utmost importance by the administration to have the judicial offices in the territories filled by a high class of men. The interior department is busy investigating the various land frauds. It ' is, therefore, very important to have honest courts to assist them. Mr. Vincent is one of the new appointments. He has shown signs of being controlled by the ring influences in the territory, but it was only recently that he came out boldly and acted in such a way that it became imperative to suspend him. His suspension was ordered because of his appointment of Stephen W. Dorsey and two associates of his in business?A. G. Burnham and Juan Carrillo? members of the commission to select grand and petit jurors in Colfax county, where Dorsey resides. As grave land frauds have been perpetrated in this county and questions of their punishment will be tried in this very locality, the appointment of Dorsey and his associates naturally disclosed the character of the chief justice. He has not been removed, but his suspension is equivalent to removal. He will hardly be able to explain satisfactorily his appointment of Mr. Dorsey as general superintendent of judiciary proceedings. State Railroad Commission.?The Supeme Court of the United States heard argument last week upon the Mississippi Railroad Commissioners' cases. These are three in number, holding points of difference but similar in their main features. They are being argued together. They involve a decision upon the right of a State to fix tariff rates, prescribe localitiesfordepotsand make other regulations for railroads which are built and operated under the charters of other States or of the United States. In 1884 the Mississippi Legislature passed a Railroad Commission bill providing for the appointment of a Hoard of Commissioners authorized and required to fix tariff rates for railroads lying in and passing through the State, and to exercise certain other functions in the management of lines, ""tEa C'ntnmiecir\n tnrlpmnnrl. nuu ciupuwcicu ciio vx/ v. T under penalties for non-compliance, such information from the roads as might be found desirable in the performance of its duties. j The Commissioners took steps to carry out the law giving the roads notice of the fact, whereupon the Farmer's Loan and Trust Company, as trustees of the Mobile > and Ohio Road, and the Illinois Central i and the New Orleans and North Eastern, i attacked the law in the Federal Courts, ; holding it to be unconstitutional, and secured an injunction restraining the Com- < missioners from carrying the State law into effect. The question came before the Su- , preme Court upon appeal from the court below. A Realistic Bloody Shirt.?Great ex- j citement was created in front of the Bern- , ocratic quarters in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday evening, and a riot was narrowly avoid- , ed. Soon after noon some one about the , headquarters caused to be swung across the , street in large form a bloody shirt with the | inscription: "New North?New South?A new deal?The last of the bloody shirt." It is stated that a Grand Army of the Republic man called and gave the committee a half hour to have the shirt taken down, and by orders of members of the committee it was being done when a man from the 1 Republican headquarters grabbed the garment, and after soaking it with kerosene, returned and burned the shirt in front of the Democratic headquarters. A crowd of several hundred collected and excitement prevailed. The counsel of cooler heads pre- i vailed, and after much loud talk and threats the crowd dispersed. The yelling 1 caused the people to leave their business, while many locked their doors. The Re publicans denounce it as an insult, and both , sides are condemned by the better citizens for participating in a move which, in the present political fever heat, might have led to loss of life and property. A Tight Rope Walker Killed.?A tight rope performer named W. L. Davis gave some remarkable exhibitions of his j skill in Spartanburg on Wednesday of last i week, having his rope stretched across Main street at a height of 40 or 00 feet from the 1 a ?i 1 f u grounu. -.'Hiei umiiii^ Bi/iubicKtuiui, uumu I , ing on one leg, hanging by his toes and per- ' forming other feats, he undertook to drop, j fall within four feet of the ground and j catch by one leg on a small rope swung from i the big one to the street below. lie failed ' to tie the small rope securely, and as he shot to the ground head foremost and caught at the rope it parted above and he fell with un| checked force. He was immediately picked up and cared for, but at eight o'clock Wed- 1 i nesday night he had'been unconscious three 1 I hours, all efforts to restore him had failed and it was believed that there was no hope ] for his recovery. Elections This Year.?As to the rest of the year politically Arkansas will hold a i' special election November 10 to choose an 1 j associate justice of the State supreme court; 11 I Colorado will elect a judge of its supreme j( court November :J; Connecticut will also, on I' November 3, elect one-half its State senate ' and all the members of its house of representatives ; Iowa, on the same date will I < elect a Governor and State officers and a j' | legislature ; so also will Massachusetts, Mis- j I sissippi, New York and Virginia. On the 5 * I same day Maryland will elect a comptroller ! and clerk of the court of appeals; Nebraska, j 1 1 a supreme court judge and regents of the ! j I State University; New Jersey, part of its 1' ! senate and assembly and Pennsylvania, a j( j State treasurer. | j A Capitalist's View.?Mr. John H. < Inman, a native of Tennessee, but now a . New York millionaire, says: "The fact is, t I we in New York look upon the South as in 1 a state of prosperity she has never known. ( It promises in fifteen or twenty years to be 1 the greatest section of the country." 1 i LOCAL A77AZES. 1 < NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sale. S. W, Burns?Public Sale. A. Willifonl A Son?Fine Horses ami Mules. J. W. P. Hope A Co.?Notice. Herndon Brothers?Remember?Wanted. Withers Adickes?Groceries, Pure and Fresh. H. F. Adickes?Grand Central, Ac. Parish A Colcock?Guano?Corn Mill?Groceries. T. S. Jefferys, Agent?Navassa Guano. T. M. Dobson A Co.?NuYurk Iloose. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Our Mr. James R. Kennedy lias returned. W. C. Latimer?Millinery Department. John C. Kuykendal?The Lost Paragraph. Lowry A Starr?Bluestone. May A May?New Goods. PERSONAL MENTION. We were pleased to receive a call yesterday from Mr. I. E. Orchard, of the staff of the Columbia Re<jis{cr. UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 1880. We will furnish the Yorkville Enquirer from this date until January 1st, 188f>, for 40 cents, the cash, in all cases, to accompany the ' subscription. / CHURCHES SUPPLIED. The pulpits of the Episcopal and the Associate Reformed Presbyterian churches, which have been vacant for some time, were filled last Sunday by the pastors respectively chosen for them? Rev. G. A. Ottmann to the former, and Rev. J. C. Galloway to the latter. railroad'election. The vote in Rroad River township, on last Saturday, on the question of the township makings subscription of 824,000 to the capital stock of the Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, resulted as follows: For subscription, 194; against subscription, 28. Majority in favor of subscription, 160. equal, to an editor. A little five-year old boy who entered school' for the first time last week, on being asked how he was progressing, replied, "Bully, and don't you forget it; I can write now so that the teacher can't read it." An editor from an adjoining town, who heard this matter ot fact reply, declared that he and the little boy are both in the same class. the chester fair. The attractive announcement of the seventh annual fair of the Agricultural, Horticultural and Mechanical Association of Chester, York, Fairfield and Lancaster counties, appears in our advertising columns. The fair begins on Tuesday, the 3rd of next month, .and continues three days longer. The management have spared no effort on their part to ensure this to be the most successful exhibition yet made by the society. We hope York will be fully represented in the list of exhibits. school census. /Under the direction of the school commissioner, Mr. T. C. Dunlap has just taken a census of this school district, for the purpose of ascertaining the number within the district of the proper age admitting them to the free public school. The following is the result: White males 72 White females, 100 Colored males, 63 Colored females, ;..71 Total, 306 There are also within the limits of the district 117 white polls, and 81 colored polls. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. G. A. Ottmann, Rector. The rector will officiate at Lancaster next Sunday* Sunday-school in the Church of the Good Shepherd at 4 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate, Pastor. Preaching in the church at Yorkville, at 11 A. M., by Rev. C. H. Bernheim,of the Lutheran Church. At 7.30 P. M.f by the pastor. Prayer-meeting on Wednesday at 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. The pastor will preach at Philadelphia Church at 11 A. M., on Sunday. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services atTirzah next Sunday at 11 A. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Services at Canaan Church next Sunday. Baptist.?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services at 7 P. M., next Sunday. Sunday-school at 9.30 A. M. Prayer-meeting on Wednesday eveningat? o'clock. RICE IN YORK COUNTY. That rice can be successfully grown in York county has been fully demonstrated by Mr. James Gordon, who lives six miles east of town. He planted a patch of lowland rice last spring, drilling in rows the width apart of cotton, selecting bottom land on a branch, so as to overflow the rice at pleasure, a dam being built for the purpose. In cultivation he plowed and hoed it one time, an important point being to get it clear of grass. After carefully working it, he turned the water on it, keeping it submerged until the grain ripened, when the water was turned off. When fully ripe and the ground dried up, he cut the rice, which attained the height of six feet. He beats out tbe grain in a wooden mortar with a pestle. Mr. Gordon has favored us with a sample of his rice, which is equal to the commercial article, if we make allowance for the broken grains, which is unavoidable in his primitive mode of separating it from the hull. On onesixteenth of ait acre he raised 5} bushels, and 2 two-horse loads of straw which has some value us forage. CIRCUIT COURT. The Fall term of the Court of Common Pleas finu General Sessions for York county, his Honor Judge J. B. Kershaw presiding, will convene on Monday morning next. Besides the usual amount of sessions business sent up at every term by the trial justics, the following persons are in jail awaiting trial for the respective offences charged: Jack Hersch, colored , grand larceny and carrying concealed weapons. David Long, white; bigamy. Continued by the State from last term. John Workman, colored; accessory to murder. This is the case in which Mat. Rose, who lias not been arrested, is principal. John Avery, colored, rape. Jack Stewart, colored; assault and battery with intent to kill. Wm. Cassey and Thomas DeGraffenreid, both colored; misdemeanor. Calvin Smith, colored ; housebreaking and larceny. Mary E. Williams, colored ; murder. Charged with administering poison to four of her step children on the 16th of August last. Elvin Kelly, colored ; larceny. Charles White and Bob Pettis, both colored; larceny of livestock. Sherman Crawford, colored; burglary and lar 011V. Jack Wright, white; grand larceny. Besides the above, George Beckham, colored, is in jail pending appeal to the Supreme Court, under conviction of murder committed at Mt. Zion, (colored) church last summer. There are also four United States prisoners in jail, serving terms imposed by the United States District Court at Greenville, for violations of the internal revenue laws. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer NOTES FROM McCONNELLSVILLE. McCoxxellsville, S. C., October 19.? Knowing the deep interest manifested by the Exquiker in the advancement of the material interest of the grand old county of York, irrespective of any particular section of the county, I take pleasure in giv- ' ino- vmir readers a few items from McCon tieilsville. McConnellsville is situated equidistant between the towns of Yorkville and Chester, on the C. & L. Railroad, and backed on the east and west by as fine an agricultural , country as can be found in the county ; it ! being fifteen miles to Broad River on the west and about the same distance to Rock Hill on the east, showing a large contiguaus territory that can be induced by energy .md enterprise to trade here. '< While there has been no organized or special eflort to build up the place, yet it is growing quite rapidly, as within a few months about eight or ten new dwelling bouses have been put up or contracted for. ' The congregation of Olivet Presbyterian < church have in process of construction, a 1 neat brick church at a cost of about three :housand dollars when complete, and those 1 enterprising merchants, Messrs. Ashe & ( A.she, have about completed a large, two- : story brick mill house, intending to place :herein a flour mill, grist mill, saw mill and 1 ;otton gin. Last, but by no means least, is j :he McConnellsville High School building vhich is now occupied for the purpose in- ; tended, and presided over by the best teach-1 ers that could be procured, viz.: Prof. J. H. j Wilson, Principal, assisted by Mi&s Kate i Johnston. The building is arranged under the latest and most approved plans in school house architecture, and is partially equipped with the best school furniture, and as the demand is made by increase in pupils and patronage, more furniture and apparatus will be added, so that nothing needed by pupils or teachers shall be lacking to make the school a success. It may be well to state the wants of the place. We need a carriage and buggy repair shop, together with a warehouse and shop in which agricultural implements and machinery can be kept for sale, and repaired ; also a shoe and harness shop, a tan yard, a cotton buyer or two, a depot and side track, a telegraph and express otlice, and a little push and vim in our efforts to build up and improve our little village. Now to any one who desires to go in almost any kiiiu of business, or educate their children, and bring them up under good moral influences, and have the advantages of post office, churches etc., they cannot do better than to come here, as there is not a more moral, upright, and kind hearted people to be found anywhere. A stranger coming here, and acting the part of a Christian and gentleman will not lack for friends, and neighbors of the right kind, as the writer of this can testify. * * * * Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, S. ., October 19.?The Rock Hill Dramatic Association will have their first rehearsal of "Our American Cousin" tonight. They expect to appear before the public, in Roddey's Hall, the first week in November. The school building, in the course of erection in front of the residence of C'apt. Allen Jones, will soon be completed. Those interested in building the same were kindly assisted by money contributions from several Baltimore and New York firms. Mr. R. W. Roach exhibited on our streets last week a limb of a peach tree which contained a cluster of twenty-six peaches averaging the size of a hen's egg. The limb was only tweive inches in length, and was cut from a tree on the farm of Mr. Samuel Roach. The tree was a seedling. Mr. W. S. May, a former citizen of our town, who has been living in Alabama for several years, returned to this place last week. His many friends were pleased to see him return. The officers of Palmetto Council, American Legion of Honor, have paid to Mrs. Ann V. Ivy $5,000, the amount ot the policy due her on the death of her husband Col. J. M. Ivy. One of our young men, a book keeper, leaves this place to-morrow afternoon for Greensboro, N. C. When he returns he expects to be accompanied by a wife. Full particulars next week. Trial Justice Fewell had two cases before him last week. Charles Robinson, colored, sold a mule upon which A. Freidheim claimed to have a mortgage. Robinson waved a preliminary hearing and gave bond for his appearance at the approaching term of Court. The other case was against Schofield Johnson, also colored, who was opposed to having good roads in York county. He was charged with refusing to work on the public highway; pleaded guilty and was fined $5 and costs, which he paid. Cotton came in freely last week and sold for 9 cents. To-day sales have been made at 9.05. Several persons in this section who have been drawn as jurors for the second week of Court had made their arrangements to attend the Chester fair. Mr. J. G. Steele, a director of the fair, had made several entries, and unless he is excused from serving as a juror, there will be one disappointed man in York county. Hal. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Mrs. Munro, wife of ex-Judge Munro, died in Union on the morning of the 15th instant. ? Dr. John L. Giradeau has written a letter tendering his resignation from the faculty of the Columbia Theological Seminary. ? Twenty-five white families will leave Laurens county next month for homes in the "West. ? The Edgefield and Augusta railroad project has collapsed. The Greenville and Laurens railroad is rapidly approaching completion. ? Tn the Anderson Court of Sessions last week, two young men who keep a drug store in the town, were convicted of selling whisky illegally and fined $50 each, which was promptly paid. ? On Sunday last, Rev. H. A. Whitman preached an excellent sermon in the Edgefield county jail, from the text: "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." ? A few days ago several men committed an outrage upon a negro near Goldville in Laurens county, by cutting of his ear, and since then, as the rumor goes, attempted to kill him. Two of the perpetrators of the deed?A. C. Workman and W. H. Workman?publish a card in the Laurensville Herald, stating that their victim had been circulating slanderous reports about them. ? On Thursday night, October 8, Mr. Jas. B. Clary, who lives seven miles from Newberry, while in a fit of delirium tremens imagined that he was being attacked by a crowd of negroes. In firing at his imaginary enemies one of the balls from his pistol struck his little son, aged six years, making a very serious wound. At this time it is thought the little fellow will recover. ? J. C. Chaldwick, of a New York company, will establish a special line of fruit steamers between Charleston and West Indian and Central American ports on the first of November. They have leased a wharf and will make Charleston a distributing fruit depot for Northern and Western markets. ? The Greenville News desires that South Carolina shall go slow on tobacco culture, and adds that if a big crop be made "there will be no market for it except at distant points where the freight will eat up the shipments. Nobody is going to build factories and warehouses in our towns before there is a demand for them, and on the strength pf a doubtful experiment." ? The Greenville Nexes says that a petition is being actively circulated in that county asking the Legislature to order an election to be held in the county to determine whether or not licenses to sell liquor shall be granted. As Greenville is the only town in the county granting licenses, the proposed election is to be merely the transfer of the wet and dry fight from the city to the county generally. The petition is receiving signatures everywhere. ? A Chester dispatch of last Monday to the Columbia Reyhter says: At a point six miles from Ridgeway, on the Catawba river, yesterday, a fight between a negro named Wilson and a white man named Moran, a well-known cattle-dealer, resulted in the shooting of the latter by the former. It is said that Moran was the aggressor, and that the negro acted in self-defense. The wound is in the neck, and is ugly and dangerous. This afternoon Wilson went to Ridgeway and surrendered. ? Columbia Record: Mr. J. S. Guignard, Air. J. 31. Campbell and a colored man named Joe Green, all of Lexington, went out on a turkey hunt one day last week. Mr. i 112 in ,1 J r\f\ LiUlgnarci was caaiug mc tuinuj, auu ..iuc Green stood between him and Mr. Campbell. The latter fired his gun, but instead of killing a turkey, he came near killing two men. Mr. Guignard was shot in the hand and leg and Joe Green in the arm and shoulder. Dr. Taylor picked out the shot. The wounds are not serious. ? John N. Parnell, who lives in Lisbon township, Darlington county, informs the Darlington Vindicator that about six months ago a puppy was born on his place having two heads, two tongues, four under jaws, three eyes, six legs and two tails. This wonderful prodigy, Mr. Parnell says, is still living and in good health, and is much sought after by fox hunters, and is the leader of the dogs in all the fox chases in that section, having caught no less than sixteen foxes without any help. This dog has this advantage over others?having two heads, one on each end, can watch both ends of the road at once. If the fox gets in the rear, all the dog has to do is to reverse lever and take the back track without making any halt. ? Messrs. J. It. London and A. E. Ilutchi-1 son, of Hook Hill, have become associated I with Capt. Wilie Jones and Dr. T. C. Robertson, of Columbia, in the ownership of the Red Bank Cotton Factory in Lexington county. The property was bought the other day at assignees' sale by Messrs. Jones and Robertson for$23,500and was a bargain. The present owners propose to apply to the Legislature for a charter under which the present owners, and perhaps others, will operate the mill. The captital stock will be $50,000 or more. It is expected that the mill will resume- work in about a fortnight. Improvements to the property are contemplated. Among these will be electric lights, enabling the mills to be run night and day. ? Edgefield Chronicle: There are at present forty-seven persons confined in our county jail, a greater number than was ever before confined there at any onetime in the history of Edgefield county. Of this numhnr Hvpntv-pio-ht nrr> white inen and nine I teen are negroes. Of the white men, twenj ty three are charged with being implicated in the lynching of Culbreath. The other five white men are Henry Goggans, William Snipes and the three Hamiltons, who are serving out sentences. The three Hamiltons were put in a year ago and have another year to remain and then to pay a fine of ?200 apiece. Wm. Snipes is in for assault and battery; his time will be out next month. Henry Goggans is in for swindling and was convicted at the last term of Court. Of the negroes, there are four women and fifteen men. mereTmention. Broken bone fever is seriously impeding business in Austin, Texas, 1,000 cases having been reported. It does not kill. In Kansas, thirty counties have nominated 'Prohibition tickets, and it is expected that at least an equal number of Prohibition tickets will be chosen in additional counties. Frederick Greiner, the murderer of Margaret Seeling, who refused to marry him, was hanged in Franklin county, Ohio, last Friday. Colored Republicans of Danville, Virginia, have formed an antiMahone club. By giving the wrong signal, a telegraph operator at Marion. N. J., caused a serious railroad accident last Sunday night, by which eight or ten persons were killed. Ex-Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina, publishes a strong letter in the Boston Advertiser, in which he bitterly denounces Hoar and Mahone, calling them political Bourbons, maligners and false leaders, and challenges the former to meet him on the stump. For the week ending last Friday there were 203 deaths from small pox in Montreal, and 101 at other points in Canada. William S. Warner, who received most of the Grant & Ward plunder has surrendered and given 1 A f Doco Tovoc \r n Sini. Ucili. vi x aoo? xvac*oj ^ ro has successfully conducted an extensive swindle, doing business on the faith of an alleged inherited fortune in Germany. A cablegram exposed him, hut he escaped to Mexico with $15,000cash. Seven thousand Christians are said to have been massacred in Anam Sandersville, Ga., reports an earthquake shock on Saturday afternoon at 5.20. Destructive prairie fires are still raging in Dakota. F. 0. Prince has accepted the Democratic nomination for Governor of Massachusetts. The vote in the Gubernatorial election in Ohio in 1883 was, for Hoadly, 359,693; for Foraker, 347,164; for Schumaker, Prohibitionist, 8,362; scattering, 2,949. Hoadly's majority overall, 1,218. On Wednesday night of last week, W. H. Dawson, clerk of the Marshall House in Savannah, Ga., was shot by a drunken gambler named Jack Walsh. Dawson was a Charleston man, and highly respected. The shooting was without provocation. More Arrests.?A dispatch from Trenton, Edgefield county, to tne Sunday News says: On the affadavit of Dr. W. A. Culbreath, Trial Justice Glover has issued and lodged in the sheriffs office warrants for the arrest of Morgan Dorn, Elbert Dorn, Arthur McDaniel, Richard Hammond, W. H. Thurmond and Wyatt II. Zeigles as accessories in the Culbreath lynching. They will be arrested at an early day. Elam and Burnett, the parties who escaped from jail a week ago have not yet been recaptured. It is confidently stated, that they will return and surrender to the sheriff in the next day or two. An Edgefield dispatch of Monday to the News and Courier says: "Mutterings loud and deep and with no uncertain sound are heard from the western side of our county, protesting that this arresting business is being carried too far and that innocent men (as they claim many of them are that have been and are being arrested) should not be subjected to the great hardship of arrest and imprisonment on the most groundless suspicion. The people from that section will probably he heard from in public meetings at an early date. Coroner Johnson is in town to-day waiting the return of Sheriff Ouzts, as he (Johnson) has a warrant for the arrest of the sheriff and the jailer, sued out by Dr. Culbreath, on the charge of official misconduct in allowing prisoners to escape." Convicted of Burglary.?Andy Stewart and Newton Davis, two negroes, were convicted in Charlotte, N. C., last Monday of burglary. Three weeks ago they arrived in Charlotte from Wilmington. On the night of their arrival a house was robbed. The strangers were arrested. When the case was called in court Stewart boldly took the witness stand and swore that his partner was the guilty party. Then Davis, who was dumbfounded by this proceeding, took the stand and swore to Stewart's guilt. In this manner the two men were convicted. As burglary is a hanging offense in North Carolina, both men will be sentenced to death. _ A Jealous Postmaster.?Charles F. Ohlney, late assistant postmaster at Clarksburg, Va., has been indicted for opening mail matter addressed to other persons. From the inspector's report it appears that he had a rival in the affections of a young lady living at Clarksburg, and could not resist the temptation to open their letters and inform himself of his rival's progress. A bench warrant has been issued for his arrest. mmmmmmmmmmmmmamammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmamtAM ^Jtarfcct gUjiorts. YORKVILLE, October 21.?Cotton 8j to 9. LIVERPOOL, October 19.?Cotton firm with good demand; middling uplands, 5 7-10d. NEW YORK, October 19.?Cotton firm ; middling uplands, 9 13-1(5. Futures closed firm, with sales of 105,400 bales as follows : October, 9.81 to 9.82; November, 9.73 to 9.74; December, 9.75 to 9.7(5; January,9.84 to 9.85; February, 9.96 to 9.97 ; March, 10.08 to 10.09; April, 10.19 to 10.20; May, 10.30 to 10.31; June, 10.41 to 10.42; July, 10.5*0 to 10.52; August. 10.57 to 10.59. CHARLESTON, October 19.?Cotton firm ; middling, 9f. CHARLOTTE, October 20.?Cottons 9-16*to 9iJ. Comparative Cotton .Statement. NEW YORK, October 16.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending October 16, 1885: 1885. 1884. Reeciptsatall ports for the week, 230,707 240,546 Total receipts to this date 857,210 827,985 Exports for the week 130,493 115,819 Total exports to date, 334,940 361,743 Stock at all U. S. ports 459,990 453,522 Stock at all interior towns 08,336 37,559 Stock at Liverpool 362,000 484,000 American alloat for Great Hritai n 119,000 136,000 Special Uotitcs. <*luo. Try our Proctor's Glue, at 15 cents. Will mend anything. Sold in town only by MAY it MAY. October 22 30 tf Sunday-School Hooting. There will be a basket picnic at Mt. Vernon Church, on the 24th instant, on which occasion Sunday-school addresses will be made by Rev. J. Thomas Pate, of Yorkville, Profs. Xeill and George, of Black's, and Capt. W. T. R. Bell, of King's Mountain. S. J. McLEOD. Octobers 41 3t To Sloop Sweetly. A good conscience is necessary, and A. D. Moore's Feather Renovator is a desirable aid in courting "tired nature's sweet restorer"?sleep. + lw? Imu Tvtinfrul SJltnHiv wliifa tirifh I UI UUU UlUllkU wv, i*?o ^..i.ivvv '-' 'V.vj ????W feather hods gathered from many a homo, and his work is no fraud or humbug, but gives satisfaction and induces sleep. The editor had two beds renovated and the feathers were so elevated and puffed up that ho was almost forced to got a ladder to climb upon the feather bed the first night. He left to-day for South Carolina, and we can say he knows how to work hard, make money and clean feathers.?Shelby Aurora, sth instant. October? |:5 It