Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and Jarts. ? Before the high license law went into effect there were 13,000liquor saloons in the city of Chicago. High license has increased j the revenue $1,300,000 and reduced the number of saloons to 9,000, leaving one saloon to every fifty-five inhabitants. ? A man named Ross, who has been imprisoned in New York for debt during the : Sast six years, was released in time for 'hristmas. He appealed to a wealthy man, who, though an entire stranger to him, took an interest in the case and compromised the debt. j ? Mrs. Benner, widow of the gallant Lieu-! tenant Benner, who sacrificed his life while bringing relief to the yellow fever sufferers of the lower Mississippi river, several years ago, has been appointed postmistress of the village of Rodgers Park, Illinois, where she has resided ever since the death of her husband. ? The Supreme Court of North Carolina i Inst week decided that the law reouirinc ! i Jhome drummers to take out a license to I? solicit trade on the streets is unconstitu- < tional. As a consequence, the State Treas- < urer will be called upon to refund about one < hundred thousand dollars which has been < collected from home merchants under the \ provisions of the law. ] ? At Davidson College, X. C., on New < Year day a street encounter occurred be- ] tween J. D. Hood, a merchant, and J. W. < Summers, a lawyer, in which Hood was ] shot, and it is supposed was fatally injured, j Hood and Summers are brothers-in-law, ? and quarreled about the settlement of an ( estate. Hood was attacking Summers with i a hatchet when the latter used his pistol. ? A Philadelphia lady is in deep distress concerning her coachman. She returned from a drive in very dejected spirits the other day, and explained the cause to a friend by saying: "I sent clear to South Carolina to get a man to match my brougham. He was a real olive green, and I was delighted all summer. Why, you don't know how many congratulations I received on my taste at the city troop races! But ? now the cold weather comes, he turns that nasty gray. The wretch, I believe he knew he would." ? The New York Herald1 s Washington correspondent says: "It is now well under 1. _ .1 ?A. ! .? Am maSmm 4U/V nf f Kfi boo CHI mill 1U ilUUIllI^ tlic luuiiumra \ji lilt House Speaker Carlisle will so constitute them that the majority in the important committees will be in harmony with the recommendations in the President's ' message and with the declared policy of the Administration. To do otherwise would, ' of course, be for the Speaker to declare war J upon the President; and it is known that j they are on the best of terms personally and | politically, Mr. Carlisle heartily agreeing with the President in his policy." ? The dockets of the Superior Courts of ! Savannah and Atlanta are crowded with 1 divorce cases. In Savannah last week there ' were eight cases tried and divorces granted. ] In Atlanta at the opening of the court on j Monday, there were six cases set for that , day, all of which were disposed of and the divorce remedy granted. Quite a number * of the applicants are white, and the charges range all the way from simple habitual drunkenness to adultery. The courts have only begun their work, and from the indi- ] cations they will be kept busily engaged j until the time of adjournment in the settle- , ment of matrimonial infelicities. nPUrx \1/\nr VA??lr T/\*jy%urt7 nf ? lie VY lvna HVW V/ W"W??v? vv v?.?w a beautiful article thus: The happy Christmas chimes are still vibrating in the common air. The promise of help and hope is for every ear. No bonds so strong, no anguish so keen, no guilt so great, no need so urgent and pressing, but may find here a < f>resent |deliverance. Freedom, joy, absoution, help and peace are offered to despair- . ing captives in tne great redemption. We ' stand to-day before the threshold and the 1 words "Ho every one that thirsteth," in- i vite the attention of every fevered lip. It ; is, to all who listen and accept, the voice of , Life, and it is the promise of a happy new year. ? Says the Chicago Times: Many of the old railroads in the South in existence in * 1880 have been purchased since by syndi- 1 cates and vastly improved and extended so ] as to develop new territory or make new j connections. Besides this, however, many millions of dollars have been expended in 1 building new roads and a wonderful impe- | tus has been given to the development of $ the resources of the South. The increase in < mileage alone in five years has been 9,323 j miles. The smallest increase of any State j has been in Maryland?forty-two miles? , and South Caroliua comes next in smallness with 136 miles. Virginia shows an increase ( of 794 miles, which is exceeded by only two 1 States?Texas and Arkansas. ? The authorities of a New England j town recently applied through their Congressman to the War Department for trail- . scripts of the military records of soldiers ' furnished to the army by the town during ( the war of the rebellion. To furnish these 1 was against the ordinary rules of the de- < partment, but as they were "for historical purposes," to be used at some approaching anniversary, a concession was made. The files were examined and disclosed the fact , that the names of about sixty citizens of the township had been drawn in, and twenty- * four of these persons were, upon examina- 1 tion, accepted. Further search disclosed 1 the fact that twenty-three of them furnished substitutes and the other fled to Canada, i ? Mr. Beck's enemies are numerous, even : in Kentucky. The hardest lick he gets is i in connection with an attempted appointment. His man, though of distinguished ( origin, had been indicted for burglary, and $ only escaped because of family influence. < A few days ago, we learn, that Mr. Beck's s friend hired a horse and buggy in Paducah, i got a jug of whisky, and taking with him a 1 young lady, his own cousin, went to Hink- i ville, Ballard county, remained there all < night, and the next day went to Missouri 1 where he sold the horse and buggy he had 1 hired and has never returned. His mother had to pay the keeper of the livery stable 1 for the horse and buggy, mortgaging her 1 lot to do so. She has since advertised all 1 her property for sale. ? R. G. Dun & Co.'s mercantile agency re- ' port that the total number of busii ess fail- I ures in thd United States during 1885 was ! 10,637, with liabilities of a little more than ] $124,000,000, as compared with 10,968 fail- ] ures in 1884, with liabilities of $226,000,000. J While the failures for 1885 are only 8 per 1 cent, less in number than in 1884, the liabil itioa hnro rlpf?rp?spfl nparlv 50 ner cent. The number of traders reported in business in 1885 was 919,990. Of these one in every 86 failed. In 1878, with 074,000 traders, one in 64 came to grief. The average amount of liabilities of each failure in 1885 was $11,678, against $20,632 in 1884, and $22,369 in 1878. It is seen from these figures that while business casualties have decreased but slightly in number they are far less significant in amount and importance. ? The estimates of the statistician of the ; Department of Agriculture at Washington for the principal crops ot 1885 are completed, and the aggregate bushels are as follows, in round millions: Corn, 1,936; wheat, 357; oats, 629. The area in corn is 73,000,000 acres, of wheat 34,000,000, and of oats 23,000,000. The value of corn averages nearly 33 cents per bushel, and makes an aggregate of $635,000,000?$5,000,000 less than the value of the last crop. The decrease in the product of wheat is 30 per cent., and only 17 per cent in valuation, which is $275,000,000. The valuation of oats is $180,000,000. The reduction in wheat is mostly in the valleys of the Ohio and in California. In 18S4 the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas produced 170,000,000 bushels, and last year 80,000,000?a reduction of 90,000,000 bushels. The production of all cereals is 53 bushels to each inhabitant, and the aggregate volume is larger than any former j year. ? The following story of religious fanatacistn comes from Palmyra, Wisconsin : Saturday last was the eighteenth day of Thorn- i as Ijrreeil S nisi/ urvauw KJI iciifcivuo ! during which time he and his attendants ( claim he has entirely abstained from food ( or nourishment. He insistson refusing food j until he shall have become "sanctified." It also transpires that the Itev. Mr. Pitt, of White Water, who has charge of these meet- ( ings, claims to have eaten on two occasions 1 only since Mr. Green began abstaining, and 1 that several other members of the society ( are also fasting. The fast began at the insti- t gation of the pastor in order that his co- j workers might receive more power to con- c /ert outsiders to their belief, the meetings laving been entirely unsuccessful in that lirection. The whole congregation seems :o be on the point of starvation, some being . scarcely able to walk, owing to weakness, 1 ind it is feared death or intanity may esult. Several members of the society have 1 withdrawn from the meetings, thinking the 1 natter is being carried too far. < ? The Washington correspondent of the New York ITerahl says: "The friends of \ iniversal education are very hopeful of massing an educational bill through Congress 1 ;his session. Mr. Blair in the Senate and J Mr. Willis in the House will press the mat- : ;er, and both are sanguine of success. The J jills introduced by these gentlemen are dif- s erent in many matters of detail, but both c provide for the same amount to be appropri- 1 ited by Congress for the public free schools * n the States, and if the bills pass the two j houses, respectively, their differences can jasily be adjusted. Senator Blair says he ' ?xpects the committee will report the bill to J :he Senate soon after the holidays, and he * fias no doubt of its passage. lie receives a ?reat many letters and petitions upon the I subject, and says there is an almost univer- . * x_ _ ? iKA I 5ai uemanu ior congress to jiruviue iur mc istablishment of common schools throughout the country. He says that the money kvhich Congress thus expends would be returned in the increased value of each man's [hbor, and the investment would be a good oue. The increased industrial value of the people in the South, he thinks, would be *qual to $241,727,000 a year if all the illiterate people should be educated according to the plan proposed." She ffwfeviUc inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. :*> THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 7, 1886. ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. We regret that indisposition of Senator Black has prevented him from preparing for our columns, as he intended, a summary I if the Acts of general interest passed at the ' last session of the Legislature. Since Sen- r ator Black's return to his home from Colum- , bin he has been confined to his bed, but a i uote received from him on Monday informs lis that he is improving, and he expects to have his promised article ready for our issue next week. On the fourth page of this paper will be found a number of Acts of importance, and we shall hereafter print the full text of other Acts affecting the general public. SOUTH CAROLINA'S PROSPERITY. The Charleston News anil Courier of the 1st instant prints a review of the industrial growth and resources of South Carolina covering a period of five years since the United States census of 1880. The review shows an increase of $25,142,805 in the value of real and personal property, of nearly 20 per cent, decrease (more than $500,000) in the public debt of the State during the same period. In 1880 the value of the products of the State and of agricultural machinery was $74,189,879; in 1885 the value ?114,908,647?an increase of $40,718,798, made up as follows: Increased value of live stock $9,018,380, agricultural productions $8,629,221,agricultural machinery $1,405,978, manufactured products $21,005,249. Individual deposits in State and National uanks during the past year show an increase ?911,080. The commercial capital is estimated at $40,982,000 as compared with $40,150,000 in 1880. There are 3,250 manufac;uring establishments in the State, ascomuared with 2,708 in 1880. The capital emiloved has increased from $11,205,894 to *23,367,510, while the products have increased from ?10,738.008 to ?38,403,249. During :he five years 240 miles of railroad have , i>een built, at a cost of ?2,000,000. In fine, ? :he review shows that the people have ad- j led in five years ?00,300,000 to the total [ vealth of South Carolina. The review, which is elaborate, and an f idmirable paper, was prepared by Major L. r fV. Hanson, of Columbia, whose high repu- j ;ationasa statistician will certainly be in- r :reasedby his present work, which is com- c pleteand satisfactory to all who are inter- 1 jsted in the prosperity of our State. J A TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT. & The New York World of last Monday c morning publishes a Washington dispatch j jiving a report of an interview of its cor- t respondent with the President. Thecorres- t pondent inquired : "Do you believe Congress will carry out f four recommendations about silver? Do 51 fou not think some compromise will be the I ictual result accomplished?" The President said that he had no means ^ >f knowing what would be done. It was a J subject which had now passed beyond his ^ rontrol or direction. He had not the ^ slightest wish or desire to influence in any p vay the consideration of Congress beyond 1 he methods employed by him in direct- jj) ng attention to the subject through his * official message. The President was asked " iow he regarded Senator Heck's speech on f he tariff. He replied: "My own personal idea about that is that 1 he only practical way to pass a bill would jJ1 je to have the House committee charged | kvith this work to take up the subject in a * business fashion and modify the present1 aw in such a way as to help the poor pen- i j pie who labor, and to take away needless protection from the few who have grown i { nnrdinntolv rich sit the OXnenSG of the t many. There are many incongruities in 1 :he tariff which coulcl be remedied by lookng at the whole system from a business j standpoint." j Upon the subject of the Senate and the J onsideration by that body of his appointments, the President said: "J have made !' 10 hasty selection of officers, but, onthecon-; 1 rary, have given very much time and in-,51 /estigation to the subject, appreciating that j I; /ery much depends on the personnel of the I * jrovernment. Possibly I may have erred | 'l] n some instances, but lam sure they are i s few, and I have every evidence that the I% country is satisfied with the new officials. } [ have no knowledge as to what course the J senate will pursue, but I have no idea it j J ,vi11 assume to interfere with the perroga-1 r ives of the President. I have my duties, j' t has its duties. One thing I do not be-i ieve, and that is that the United States!1 Senate will spend its time listening to petty | c riticisms of appointees which come from i lisappointed applicants for office." I s Singular death or a i'ri.soxkr.? ? Daniel Osborne, wanted at Prospect, Ohio, j 1 or forgery was arrested at Winchester, in j1 hat State on Friday, and afterwards met;1 lis death in a singular manner. The officer t ,vas on horseback, while the prisoner, hand- j > uffed, walked in front. At some point on 1 he road a farmer was met who informed , r he marshal that the prisoner was armed, j * is he had seen him trying to get his re vol- r ,rer out of the breast pocket of his coat, j G The marshal thereupon dismounted to dis- i v irm the fellow, and as he approached ()s- j t lorne he saw him draw the weapon from j t lis breast pocket and apparently point it at v lim as well as he could, handcuffed as he r ,vas. The marshal seized his hand and at! r :he same instant the revolver was discharg-; ;d, the ball entering Osborne's leftside, be- j c iween the ribs, and passing through his: t leart. | Pkohimtiox ix Atlanta.?In Atlanta,; r in Monday last, Judge Clark, of the Supe- i ior Court, dismissed the petition of the | iquor men for a mandamus, compelling the t Ordinary of Fulton county to hear the con- i est of the recent prohibition election for j 1 Fulton county and the city of Atlanta. The v ?ase now goes to the Supreme Court. | I Correspondence of tbe Yotkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, January 4.?The Christmas holdays passed off pleasantly at this place. )n Christmas eve night there was a Christnas tree at the Court House for the pleasire of the pupils of the Presbyterian Suniay school. It is hardly necessary to say hat the tree and the presents thereon filled ip to the brim the cup of enjoyment of the . ittle ones. On Christmas day the whites / emained for the most part at their homes, vhile the colored people took possession of lie streets. The latter gave vent to their oy in masking and music-making. They r seemed to be happy notwithstanding the ;ry of hard times. An unfortunate occur ence of the day was the shooting of a colorid man by policeman Gordon in the dis:harge of his official duty. The wound, lowever, was not serious. Another colored nan had his coat ripped by the knife of anither billigerent man of dark skin, but forturntely the coat was the only sufferer. On Friday and Saturday nights tne coiorea >eople gave a festival at the Court House n behalf of one of their churches. The enoyment was commensurate with the large erowd in attendance, A the receipts of the > evening were good. / On Christmas day the house on the subirbs of town that was used for many years is a Presbyterian parsonage, and belonged o the Presbyterian Church at this place, ,vas destroyed by fire. It was a bone ot contention for many years between certain larties, but this is now removed by the iery element?a more potent factor for good n some respects than the power of Chrisian love. The loss was fully covered by nsurance. On last Monday night S. A. Murphy, our >resent Coroner, was elected Noble Grand >f the Lodge of Odd Fellows at this place; iV. W. Graham was elected Vice Grand; G. iV. Curtis, Secretary ; and Saling Heymati, freasurer. On last Tuesday the narrow gauge train >n arriving at this place from Lenoir was hrown from the track by a misplaced iwitch. The engine turned over on its side, ind was considerably damaged. The engineer and lireman, seeing the danger, jumped in time to escape serious, if not fatal njuries. The responsibility for the mis)lacemeut of the switch could not be traced ;o any particular person. Mr. C. H. Brice, who has been the assist mt postmaster at tnis piace ior a mng unit;, las received an appointment in Washingion. He leaves to-day for his new scene of jperations. He will be an assistant doorteeper?a position that will pay him about M,200 during the session of Congress. On the 24th ultimo, at the residence of Thomas Wren, by Trial Justice Flenniken, ]. A. Wilson and Miss Mattie Wallace were narried. The Masonic fraternity gave a supper at he Marshall House on last Tuesday night, [n addition to the brethren from this and )ther Lodges, a considerable number of jentlemen who were not members of the >rder were present. After a hearty enjoynentofthe good things, remarks were in >rder. Messrs. J. J. Hemphill, G. J. Paterson, F. T. Morgan, F. T. Whitlock, J. tf. McXeal and W. A. Sanders were called )n, and appropriately responded. The nembers of the "mystic tie" and their "riends conducted themselves with remarkible sobriety, as on such festive occasions here is generally more or less indulgence n the intoxicating cup, but on this occasion )eer was the only beverage enjoyed. Our church bells tolled the departure of ;he old year, and welcomed with their mer y ringing the coming of the new year. New year's day passed of quietly and pleasantly. Our town was full of colored people, happy and apparently untroubled )y any anxious thought respecting the fu;ure. The pleasure of the day was not narred by any unfortunate occurrences. Intelligence has been received of the ex;reme illness of Mr. T. L. Chambers, of our own, who went to Florida some time ago or the benefit of his health. His uncle, Mr. J. Chambers, has gone to be with him. There is no hope of his recovery, as he has :onsumption. The weather is so very disagreeable tolay, there will doubtless be only a small rrowd in town, notwithstanding the fact hat it is sales-day. The Clerk will sell two racts of land, and the Sheriff some personal jroperty. jr. ? ? Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, January 4.?Since my last etter the joyful Christmas season has come tnd gone, ancl we have entered upon a new ,'ear, which I trust may may be a nappy and >rosperous one to all. Chistmas passed off very quietly here, ind I am more than pleased to be able to eport no accidents of any kind. There vas less drunkenness than was ever known lere at the festive season. There were a lumber of colored people on the streets who onducted themselves in a quiet and ordery manner. But for the pop of the fireracker and the discordant blast of the tin10m, one would have taken the day for Sunday. The places of business were all :losed and the heads of the firms and their tmployees had a day of rest which all enoyed. Most of them spent the day with heir families and partook of the Christmas urkey. The ladies of the Episcopal church gave he Sunday-school scholars a Christmas tree it the rectory and each child was made hap>y when his or her name was called to revive some token of love from the teachers, several private families had Christmas rees laden with presents for children and riends. few days preceding New Year, it was uggested by some of the young men that he natal day of 1880 should be celebrated by i paper dime, which was something novel in his place, and proved to be a very pleasint affair. Considerable enthusiasm was nanifested by the devotees of equestriansm, and a party consisting of the folio wng ladies and gentlemen, was organized nd took part in the chase?all being handomely uniformed: Mrs. W.B.Jennings, diss Ammi Pride, Miss Kate Roddey, Miss A'illie Miller, Miss Hattie Rawlinson, Miss vate Russell, of Rock Hill; Miss Minnie A'ilson, Yorkville; Miss Minnie Fewell, \benezer; Miss Cammie Cook, Greensboro, V. C.; Messrs. J. T. Roddey, Ed Fewell, J. 0. Poag, Emmet Watson, it. T. Fewell, A. [. Pride, S. .J. Kimball, Pride Rattaree, lock Mill; DeFoix Wilson, Yorkville; C. 3. Simmons, Charlotte; Julian Avery, Obenezer: and John Sandifer, Rock Hill. At an early hour the pioneer couple or oxes, consisting of Miss Itussell and Mr. vimball, (who is an old coon) left town half m hour in advance of the remainder of the larty. It was the office of Miss Russell and dr. Kimball to select the routes over hills Hid valleys, the same being designated by lips of paper being thrown upon the ground vhenever a deviation from the main road vas made. The prize offered for the capure of the foxes made the excitement inense, as whoever should be so fortunate as o capture them was to be rewarded by a landsome white plume. The chase started in the direction of Ebelezer, at 0 o'clock. At 12 o'clock the foxes ame into llock Hill, soon followed by the ixcited party. The foxes rode down Main treet, in the direction of the cemetery, I ,nd when the chasing party turned the cor-1 ler of Railroad street and saw their game, he excitement increased, each being anxous to gain the prize. The riders urged heir horses forward, when Miss Cook soon , ' ? 4 1* " 1 1 "Mrl IUa r\f AIT? UUK lilt? lUilU, ellJ11 llie nuwu ui optv.tcitv/io cho had lined the streets stood in awe, fearng that the horse which she was riding was mining away. I5ut this proved not to be he case. He was only leading his fair i ider on to victory. Considering her limitd experience as a horsewoman her victory cas a grand one. The plume was awarded o the fair winner by Mr. Joseph Davis, of , Charleston, in a few appropriate remarks, chile her graceful acceptance of it amidst a irofusion of blushes won for her much admiation. So great was the enjoyment of this first hase that a determination has been formed o organize a permanent club. i The Knights of Honor and the Knights nd Ladies of Honor are to give their anlual supper on Wednesday night the Gth , nstant. Emancipation day was not celebrated by he colored people of Kock Hill. Rev. A. P. Pugh left on Tuesday last for lis new charge in Carrollton, Miss. He i vill be succeeded by Rev. J. Q. Adams, of )arlington, who will arrive this week and 1 preach in the Baptist church on Sunday i morning. Rev. J. B. Traywick, who iiad charge of the Rock Hill circuit, left last week for his new charge in Chester county. Rev. John C. Ivilgo and family arrived here on Tuesday last and and were met at j the depot by a large number of Mr. Kilgo's I congregation, who gave him and his family ! a warm welcome. j/^Ir. John S. Stultz, who for a number of i years has been a member of the firm of W. G. Reid & Co., has moved to Gastonia, N. C. Quite a pleasant ball was given at the Globe Hotel on Monday night of last week. A number of Yorkville young ladies and gentlemen attended. A number of changes have been and will be made in the business firms of our town, and the hard times and dull trade have caused a number of salesmen to lose their positions. Mr. M. I). I31um and Mr. J. H. 1. i ?i t-u a 1?na?m wveruHsii, juiniur siuesmuii wiui a. riciuhiem & Bro., expect soon to go into the general merchandise business in this place on their own account. Trade is now very dull in Rock Hill and very little cotton is coming in, the price being so low. >CjMr. L. H. Massey, an old citizen of this county, died at the residence of his son, Mr. Sep. Massey, 011 Friday night and was buried at Fort Mill on the next day. There will be an election held at this place on next Monday to elect an intendant and fotir wardens to serve the town for the year. The new charter of the town goes into effect on the 2nd of March. Mr. John J. Roach, one of the oldest merchants of Rock Hill, who has been a partner for a number of years in thefirm of J. R. Allen & Co., has withdrawn from that firm. Mr. Roach was a member of the firm of Ivy, Roach & Jones, oue of the pioneer houses of Rock Hill. He* is a*'good merchant and an excellent salesman, and while I regret to see him retire from business, it is hoped that he may be induced to change his mind and again enter into the mercantile business in Rock Hill. Hal. BUItXEI) AT THE STAKE. On Friday week, at Gainestown, Clark county, Ala., a young lady named Carrie Boyer, seventeen years old, the daughter of an ex-Sergeant in theU. S. Army, was waylaid while on her way home from a neighbor's. She was found dying with a bullet hole in the back of her neck, and with her skull crushed in. A broken gunstock with blood upon it, was found lying in the road. The gunstock was recognized as belonging to Alexander Reid, a negro living near at hand. The barrel of the broken gun was found in his house. It had blood and hair upon it. Reid fled when the avengers came to look for him. The people of Clark and adjoining counties, both whites and blacks, organized a hunt for the murderer. The river banks had been scoured and every avenue of escape cut off. Two negroes captured him at the county line. When captured, a guard was placed over Reid, who was placed in chains and marched to Gaines town. People along the road demanded that Reid should be lynched, but the guard replied that he must be taken to the scene of the crime. The guard, then numbering two hundred men, reached Gainestown with the prisoner at 8 o'clock Sunday morning. The prisoner mantained sullen silence Sunday, when he confessed his guilt. Then he said that he had not intended to kill the young lady, but that his gun went off accidentally and wounded her. Seeing that he was in forjit anyhow, he beat her brains out with the stock of the gnn. The crime, it will be remembered, was one of great ferocity. Reid assaulted the young lady while she was walking home after having visited a friend near Gainestown. He con-1 cealed himself with his gun by the roadside and sprang on the young lady as she passed through a stftp of woods. She resisted and was too strong for hirn to carry out his purpose. He then struck her with his fist and gun. The brave girl fought him until he shot her and murdered her by striking her repeatedly after she fell. After the arrival of Reid and the guard at Gainestown it was evident that but short shrift would be allowed him. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon a crowd of five hundred persons, white and black, took "the prisoner out on the road near the spot where the murder had been committed and chained him to a tree. Blacks and whites piled Jightwood about the miserable criminal, and when the pile was breast high one among them applied the torch. As the flames shot upward the negro gave shrieks of agony. The crowd seeing the smoke and flames enveloping him, did not wish him to die so easily. They scattered the brands and the man was seen writhing in agony. Once more a pile of lightwood was constructed and the flames sprang up briskly, scorching the negro terribly. Before they became fatal, however, they were again subdued, and again the doomed wretch was seen convulsed in terror and pain. The third time the pile was lighted it was allowed to do its work, and the body of Reid was completely reduced to ashes. The crowd then dispersed to their homes. This is the second incident of the kind in the same place. About seven years ago a negro preacher who murdered an old lady and a little boy and assaulted a young girl was in a similar manner tied to the stake and roasted to death. The Case of Fitz John Porter.?The friends of Fitz John Porter in the two Houses expect to see the bill for his relief passed by Congress and signed by the President before the 1st of March. "Fighting Joe" Wheeler, of Alabama, who Introduced the Fitz John Porter Rill on Monday, said the other day: "The bill will go through by a tremendous majority. I have received a late number of Republican papers containing editorials in favor of the passage of that bill, and some of these editorials are written in the very strongest language; for instance one of them says that Fitz John Porter's honor is no longer really in the hands of Congress; that the people have passed upon the question and demand his restoration to the rank which belongs to him." Senator Logan will, of course exert his influence as Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs to retard the bill in the Senate, but Senator Sewell thinks it cannot be delayed long. If Logan should try to hold the bill in committee, its friends in the Senate could carry a motion to discharge the committee from its further consideration, and so bring it out. The friends of the bill do not anticipate a veto this time. They understand the position taken by President Arthur and Attorney General Rrewster in regard to the former Fitz John PWter bill will not be taken by President Cleveland and Attorney General Garland. They expect to see ? ' 1 i- 1L. 1.JI1 the ^resident's signature ainxeu 10 uie uiu promptly upon its passage. A Brave Lad.?On Sunday morning last a desperate attempt was made to burn the town of Tarentum, Pa. Several buildings were destroyed. The villains had taken every precaution to make the destruction sure. They had cut the ropes of the two alarm bells, broken the principal pumps in the village and carried off the tire buckets and tubs. The cries of tire aroused a lad named William I)ibbell,an employee of a large planing mill, upon which was a bell, lie ran to the mill, and upon finding the bell-rope cut climbed to the roof and sounded the alarm by striking the bell with a hammer. This awakened the entire community, who turned out en masse and soon extinguished the flames. About two weeks ago there was an attempt made to burn the village down. IIailkoad Rumors.?The Newton, N. C., Enterprise of last week says: We have heard two rumors this week with regard to the Chester & Lenoir Railroad, which we give for what they are worth, and await future developments. First that the passenger traffic is so large that another will be put on the road early in January, for passengers alone; second, that in a very ' j ' -41 - ? f snort 11 mo, ine roau, irum ;>tiwiuu ujj, will pass into the hands of the "Western Road, making Newton the terminus of the Chester and Lenoir. The third rail between Newton and Hickory will then be taken up, and the road from Hickory to Lenoir changed to a broad gauge. -4- ? ???? ? The license fee for retailing spirituous liquors at Aiken has been fixed at $500 per year. The special license granted to hotels and boarding houses for $150 has been revoked, and hereafter they will be required to pay the regular fee of $500. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Lindsay A Moore?A New Firm?Don't Forget Where we Are! Geo. T. Sehorb?Stoves and Tinware. Withers Adickes?1885 is now no More. John F. Speek?To Reduce Stock. J. N. Roberts?Notice. T. M. Dobson A Co.?New Year, 1880, W.C. Latimer-.. 1880. A. F. Love?Dak Boards For Sale. W. W. Jenkins-ForSale. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sale. II. F. Adickes' Grand Central Fancy Dry Goods Establishment. J. II. Winburn?Photography. John C. Kuykendal?December 81st, 1885?Midnight.* Dowry A Starr?A Card of Thanks. May A May?The New Year. Ti If Olnnn Sheriff York cnnntv?Sheriff's Sale. Jos. C. Gwin?Mortgagee's Sale. Jos. F. Wallace, Clerk Court Common Pleas and General Sessions?Notice. Frew Brothers, Rock Hill, S. ('.?Seed OatsTimothy Hay. M. Strauss?1880. J. Ed. Jett'erys?Dissolution of Copartnership. Hunter A Oates?lSvSd. J. W. Dobson?Molases. G. H. O'Leary?1880?Furniture DepartmentCarpets and Window Shades?Cooking and Heating Stoves. OUR PREMIUM BUGGY. Club makers for the Enquirkr, or others interested, are informed that the splendid buggy which we oiler as a first premium can now be seen in the buggy and carriage repository of Mr. Frank E. Smith. CHRISTMAS TREE. The teachers of the Presbyterian Sundayschool gave their pupils a Christmas tree on New Year night, and the hearts of all the little ones were made glad by the appropriate presents with which it was profusely laden before the distribution took place. THE DEPOT. Several important improvments have recently been made on the depot in this place. The east end has been partitioned into three rooms, two of which are to be used as waiting rooms for passengers, one of them exclusively for ladies, and the central room to be the office of the agent and the toletrranh ollice. While these changes will be a great convenience to the public, they will also greatly facilitate the agent in the discharge of his duties. THE METHODIST PASTOlt. Rev. W. W. Daniel, the new pastor of the M. E. Church, arrived last week and preached his first sermon to his new charge on Sunday last, making a favorable impression upon his hearers. Mr. Daniel is a native of Laurens county, graduated from Newberry College in 1879, and has been in the ipinistry three years. Last year he was stationed on Fort Mill circuit in this county. He has not yet moved his family to Yorkville, but will do so at an early day, and occupy theM. E. Parsonage. By the action of the last Conference the pastor of Yorkville church will now giye his undivided time to that congregation, Philadelphia being now embraced in King's Mountain Misssion, which this year is a charge of Rev. L. A. Johnson. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. \V. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at the usual hours, morning and evening. Episcopal?Rev. G. A. Ottmann, Rector. Morning service at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Evening service at 4 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Preaching next Sunday at Tirzah, at 11 A. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church at 11 A. M. next Sunday, Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Service in the Church at Yorkville next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Owing to the continued indisposition of the pastor service may not be expected at this church next Sunday. ^ / CIRCUMVENTING THE LAW. The various expedients resorted to for toe purpose of securing drink for those that thirst are novel and some of them decidedly original. The latest dodge that has come under our observation is the following "prescription" presented at a drug store in town last Monday. We regret that wo cannot reproduce the chirography. The name intended to vouch for the sincerity of the writer could not be rightly guessed in a coon's age, and if we were to make it known the reader would at once conclude that the gentleman personating the physician had been liberally quaffing his own prescription : Decembor the 4th 188(5 to any Drugis Pleas to let Mr John Martar have any A Mount of sperets that he wants for Metical purposes to the A Mount of one half galon Dn Carles It is but just to the druggist to say that he did not fill the unique prescription. What action the physician will take on this reckless forgery of his name remains to be seen. EBUSINESS CHANGES. The firm J. Ed. Jefierys it Co., furniture dealers, has been dissolved and the business will be conducted in the future by Mr. Jefferys. Parish it Colcock, grocers, have sold out their stock and retired from the business. Lindsay it Moore is a new firm composed of Capt. J. R. Lindsay and Mr. Walter B. Moore, who will continue the grocery business heretofore conducted by Capt. Lindsay. Mr. A. A. Gilbert, Jr., for the last fifteen months a clerk in the store of John R. Ashe, left last Monday to enter as a pupil in Rutherford College. Mr. John M. Rawlinson succeeds Mr. Walter B. Moore as salesman for Withers Adickes. Mr. Sam. W. Guy, for the past two years a clerk for Mr. Ashe, has returned to his home at Lowr3*syille, where he will engage in business. Mr. Dan. G. Crawford, formerly with Mr. Ashe, but more recently engaged with Capt. Lindsay, has returned to his home at McConncllsville. ' SALES-DAY. On Monday last, sales-day for January, the following property was sold by the Clerk of the Court: At the suit of Susan E. Barron vs. Thomas G. Enken and others, a tract of !M5 acres, sold for nartition. Bought by Mrs. Susan E. Barron at $8 por acre. At the suit of John M. Devinney vs. Sarah Devinney and others, a tract of 61 2-5 acres, being a part of the lands of the late A. J. Devinney, deceased. Bought by James McFarland at $12 per acre. At the suit of J. S. McKenzie vs. A. H. McKenzie and others, the lands belonging to the estate of A. A. McKenzie, deceased, as follows: Tract No. 1, the Home place, containing 343 acres, bought by J. S. McKenzie at $2 per acre. Tract No. 2, containing 100 acres, bought by J. S. McKenzie at $2 per acre. The Mill tract, 2 acres, including mill and fixtures, bought by J. S. McKenzie for $200. Lot in the south-western part of Yorkville, known as the Funk lot, containing three-fourths of an acre. Bought by W. L. Goforth for $57. The McKenzie property was sold by a mutual understanding of the heirs of A. A. Mckenzie, for the purpose of freeing the land from entailment, which will explain the merely nominal prices at which all was bid off except tho last-named lot. L. J. Dickson, as agent, sold at auction 108 acres on Turkey Creek, known as the Lockhart place, which was bid off by M. T. Pratt at $2 per acre. M. It. Smith, administrator of James Mason, deceased, sold 4 shares of stock in tho Yorkville Female College property, par value, $100 per share. Bought by Jos. F. Wallace at $22 per share. Miss Agnes Moore sold six shares of the same stock to foreclose a mortgage in her favor by B. P. Boyd. Bought by John E. Mason at $22.50 per share. FRATERNAL SOCIETIES. .The following are the officers of Philanthropic Lodge No. 32, A. F. M., of Yorkville, for tho 1 co,!. r^c. 10 W \f . WltKnpa Adickcs, S. W.; W. J. Hyiulman, J. W.; H. C. Strauss, Secretary; T. 1$. McClain, Treasurer; Joseph O. Walker, S. 1).; It. A. Parish, J. 1).; Stewards, J. Ed. Jell'erys, J. It. Allison ; A. Cody, Tiler. Home Relief Lodge No. .'589, Knights of Honor elected the following officers for 1880: J. 15. Allison, Dictator; John F. Gates, V. D.; T. C. Dunlap, A. 1).; L. M. Grist, Treasurer; John G. Ferguson, F. It.; A. W. Ingohl, It.; C'. II. Dixon, Guide; John J. Hunter, Guardian; A. Cody, Sentinel. Trustees?Joseph F. Wallace, C. K. Spencer, John C. Kuykcndal. Medical examiner?J. F. Lindsay, M. I). The following are the officers of Homo Lodge No. 00, Knights and Ladies of Honor, for 188(5: J. G. Ferguson, Protector; Mrs. S. B. Allison, Vice Protector; Miss A. K. Ferguson, Secretary and Financial Secretary ; C. E. Spencer, Treas- j urer; Mrs. R. L. Ferguson, Guide; Rev. J. E. , Covington, Chaplain; Mrs. M. C. Smith, Guardian; C. H. Dixon, Sentinel. Trustees, John C. ( Kuykendal, J. J. Hunter and Mrs. M. E. With- ( erspoon. Medical Examiner, Dr. J. F. Lindsay. At the last regular meeting of Yorkville coun- j cil No. 1121, American Legion of Honor, the ( following oflicers were elected for the ensuing j year: W. J. Hyndman, Commander; R. A. Parish, V. C ; J. A. Darwin, Orator; A. W. In- ^ gold, Secretary; J. M. Starr, Collector ; Sam M. j Grist, Treasurer; J. A. Hope, Chaplain; R. B. | Lowry, Guide; J. F. Hyndman, Warden; G. ; M. Low ranee, Sentry. Trustees? 1.1). Wither THE COFFIN EXPLOSION. A Charlotte drummer, who has .just returned from a trio through South Carolina, yesterday gave us some additional particulars of the explosion of a coffin at Bethel, York county, noted in Tuesday's Obsei-vcr. Mr. Watson, who was injured by the flying glass has been suffering froma well delineil case of blood poisoning, caused by the gas from the coffin. At the time the 1 glass panel blew out he was leaning with his face directly over it looking at the features of his : child within the coffin, and his face was painfully cut by the glass. A few days afterwards blood poisoning set in and Mr. Watson has since been in a serious condition. Fears are entertained that he may not recover. The body of the child was found to be in a perfect state of preservation, and a wreath of flowers that had been in i the casket since its interment four years ago, looked as fresh as if it had just been made up of newly cut flowers. The above is from the Charlotte Observer of last Thursday. The Observer's informant is mistaken in several particulars regarding the information he essays to give. First, Mr. Watson is not in a "serious condition" as a result of the explosion, having suffered no great inconvenience from the wounds received in the face. He was in Yorkville several days after the occurrence and informed us that the fear of blood poisoning did not enter his mind for some time after he was hurt, though many of his friends were solicitous 011 that point. The wounds produced by the fragments of glass are now healed up and no fears are entertained of further trouble from that source. The explosion occurred in the Yorkville Cemetery and not at Bethel Church; and the child was buried nearly thirteen years ago instead of four years ago. UNION PRAYER MEETING. During the present week a series of union prayor meetings is in progress in different churches in the town, they being conducted in accordance to a custom, throughout the Protestant world, having its origin in events connected with the famous Sepoy rebellion in India, in 1&">7. Previous to that rebellion the English government discouraged missionary labor in its ilAinininnu 1 i m 5 11 ?1 (T thn PVtf auuii'uai uanu vivuuuiviio} v**?a ? <? w...v.. sion of such labor by finallj' prohibiting the landing of missionaries in India. Their good work, however, previous to this edict, had not been without its results; for on the suppression of the insurrection it was found that not a single convert to Christianity was engaged in the revolt. In the massacre which followed the uprising several missionaries were slain, and after the rebellion was suppressed, while the British crown recognized and admitted the mistake it had made in reference to evangelizing its eastern dominions, the surviving missionaries recommended that all Protestant churches throughout the world should unite once a year in a week of special prayer for the success of the missions cause. Ever since the close of the Sepoy rebellion this recommendation has been observed at some period of the year by nearly all the Protestant churches of the world, and in no country has it been more faithfully and zealously observed than in the United States. On the occasion of its observance in Yorkville, this year, the pastors of the Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, and Associate Reformed Presbyterian churches united on the following programme : Monday night at the A. R. P. Church, subject?"Revivals and our need of them." Speaker, Rev. J. E. Covington. Tuesday night at the Presbyterian Church, subject?"Missions, especially foreign missions." Sneaker, Rev. J. C. Galloway. Wednesday night, at the Baptist Church, subject?"Family Religion." Speaker, Rev. T. R. English. Thursday night, at the Methodist Church, subject?"The Christian Life." Speaker, Rev. W. W. Daniel. Although the programme begins with Monday night, the services at the A. R. P. Church on Sunday were conducted with reference to the union prayer meetings to follow during the week, the pastor, Rev. J. C. Galloway, taking for his theme, "Christian Faithfulness," his remarks being founded on the 13th chapter of Paul's Epistle to the Romans, 11th and 12th verses: "And that knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep : for now is our salvation nigher than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the the armor of light." His discourse was instructive and calculated to inspire the Christian heart with renewed devotion. A large congregation assembled in the A. R. P. Church'on Monday night. The exercises were opened with prayer by the pastor, and after singing the 1 CO:!i psalm, Rev. Mr. Daniel offered prayer. The 02nd psalm was then sung, when Rev. Mr. Covington read the 58th and a part of the 59th chapters of Isaiah. After prayer he then preached upon the subject to which ho had been assigned, taking for his text the second clause of the 2nd verse of the 3rd chapter of Habakuk: "O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years," and in connection with these words the first clause of (5th verse of the 85th psalm: "Wilt thou not revive us again?" His remarks were earnest, and eloquent in behalf of an extension of the Word. The services were closed with prayer by Rev. L. A. Johnson, of the M. E. Church, and singing the 133rd psalm. On Tuesday night a large congregation assembled at the Presbyterian Church, where Rev. J. C. Galloway of the A. R. P. Church conducted the services. Rev. Mr. Covington read the 594th hymn, being a prayer for the spread of the gospel, which was sung, after which Rev. Mr. Daniel offered prayer. The prayer was followed by singing the 59<ith hymn, when Rev. Mr. Galloway read the 19th and 20th verses of the 28th chapter of Matthew: "Go ye therefore, and teach . all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all tilings whatsoever I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you ahvay, even unto the end of the world." The minister took as his text a part of the 15th verse of the Kith chapter of Mark : "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." His subject, "Missions," was ably discussed, the discourse embodying a strong appeal for the spread of the gospel in all parts of the earth. Mr. Galloway then offered prayer, ' when hymn (50(5, "Watchman, tell us of the night," was sung, and Rev. Mr. Daniel pronounced the benediction. Services will bo continued this (Wednesday) night, at the Raptist Church, and should Rev. Mr. English, whose illness has prevented him from attending any of the meetings, be unable to fill the pulpit, his place will be supplied by one of the other ministers. msanmm ? Iiev. W. I). May field, the head centre of the Atlantic Division of the recently bursted Tov?a Mutual Tnsnrnncp concern, was re cently tried by his church in Greenville county for immoral conduct and expelled from its communion. If Mr. Mayfield is 1 innocent he is deserving of symathy. He was published as a defaulter in Memphis, : Tenn., years ago. He was published for something worse in Bristol, some years later, and now in Greenville his business is entirely broken upand he is tried and turned out of the church for conduct unbecoming a Christian. The elders who composed the ( commission which sat in the case, have published a card in which they say that | Mayfield's connection with the exploded < mutual insurance agency did not bias them < in their decision, but the charge against him?undue familiarity with female mem- ] hers of his church?was decided strictly up- j on its merits. 1 - < ? Dr. S. F. Pendergrass, of Kingstree, had 1 a singular adventure with a fox a few days ] ago while hunting birds. His dog pointed < at what the doctor supposed to be a bird, < but on ordering the dog to Hush it a large ( fox ran and was shot and wounded. The i dog pursued it, but soon returned with the ( fox running after him. When the fox ( reached the Doctor it attacked him and r was killed with a lightwood knot. Dr. i Pendergrass says he is an old hunter, but 1 this is the first time he ever knew a fox to J attack a man. t SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The town council of Laurens has contracted to have one hundred shade trees set Dut on the streets. ? Mr. John Agnew, a prominent citizen M Columbia, died at his residence in that ;ity on the 30th ultimo. ? The area sown in small grain in Chesterfield county this winter is much larger than jver before. The prospects are fine for a large yield. ? Great improvements have recently been made in the town park of Gaffney. Trees have been set out and arrangements have been made for an artificial lake for gold fish. ? Work on the Greenville and Laurens Railroad is progressing rather slowly at present, owing to the difficulty in obtaining cross-ties. The track has been laid nine miles from Laurens. ? Two negro men who murdered and robbed a crippled store-keeper at Miles' Mill, in Edgeheld county on the night of the 28th ultimo, have been captured in Augusta, Ga. ? The Baptist Courier warns the churches against a preacher named Fields, who has been preaching in Greenville county. He was requested by the officials of the church to leave on account of gross misconduct. ? According to a census just completed, the city of Charleston has a population of 00,145, an increase of twenty percent, over 1880. Of these 27,605 are white, and 32,540 colored, the excess in colored consisting mainly in children. ? A colored man on Mr. Daniel Hall's % plantation in Fairfield county has a novel way of securing a divorce. He became tired of his wife and by means of a pistol and razor persuaded her that it would be best for her to leave the home fireside. ? The liquor license has caused a deadlock in the Darlington town council- Two members favor the present fee, while two are in favor of a mucn higher license. The mayor, who has the casting vote, issick and cannot attend the meetings. ? At a special session of Charleston Presbytery, held in Charleston on Monday night, resolutions were adopted expressing a loss of confidence in Dr. Woodrow, and directing the student, from that Presbvtery, Mr. J. G. Wenzenberger, to withdraw from the Columbia Theological Seminarv at once. ? The Georgetown Enquirer says: "It is rumored that the Georgetown and Lane's Railroad will be sold in May. The president of the Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad talks about buying it with the $100,000 of bonds voted by Georgetown county to his road. ? John Erb LeFevre, a sixteen year old white boy, has been arrested in Lancaster county on the charge of breaking into a mill and stealing from the safe therein $30 in money and papers valued at $G,000. He says he was induced to commit the robbery by three men whose names he declines to reveal. ? The Ivingstree Herald says there seems to be a good deal of commotion among the laborers of that county as to their plans for another year, and the question of labor is unsettled. Large numbers of the best hands have and are still going to Florida and Georgia to work turpentine and some of them are carrying their families. The farmers cannot compete with the prices offered by those engaged in the manufacture of turpentine, and are therefore put at a disadvantage so for as labor is concerned. ? The Charleston News and Courier says the Washington Light Infantry, of that city, is the only corps in South Carolina, and perhaps the only one in the South, that pays a regular annual pension to the widows and orphans of their dead comrades who served in the three W. L. I. companies in the war between the States. The trustees have managed this charity fund with great success during the past ten years, and their annual disbursements amount now to $1,000. In the past twenty years over $10,000 has been paid on this account. ? At Winnsboro, last Monday, while the sheriff and his deputy were selling personal property, a party of about thirteen whjte men went to the jail and one of them told the jailor that they had the sheriffs permission to visit the cells. Obtaining entrance they went to the cell where Ben Dubose and another negro were confined, charged with burning the barn of Mr. Daniel Hall, Jr., of Fairfield county, last week. The sheriff, being informed of their visit, went with a deputy and ordered the party out. After some parley, they retired. Their evident purpose was lynching. The two prisoners were taken to Columbia Monday afternoon. ? In Florence on the night of the 26th ult., Mr. T. B. Baxter was accidentally shot and killed by the premature discharge of a pistol in the hands of Mr. James Xaismith. Both parties are young men, well connected and the best of friends, and much respected in the community, they having recently returned home on a visit to spend the holidays. Baxter held a position in Augusta, Ga. He leaves a young wife, having married a young lady of Florence only a few few months ago. Xaismith held a position in Fernandina, Fla. The accident occurred in a barroom. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental shooting. ? At a meeting of the Trustees and Faculty of Wofford College, on December 17, the venerable Dr. Whitefoord Smith presented resolutions expressing deep regret at the death of the Hon. Simpson Bobo, who for years served as chairman of the Board of Trustees. The resolutions speak in feeling terms of the fidelity of Mr. Bobo in the discharge of his duties, and of the interest he ever took in the welfare of the College. The Faculty, the Board of Trustees and the students of Wofferd College were requested to attend the funeral services of Mr. Bobo in a body. Asa memorial of the upright, honorable and Chirstian life of Mr. Bobo, the resolutions were ordered to be filed among the records of the College. ? In Union county, on Christmas day B. B. Going and H. It. Fowler, whose lands join, had a difficulty over an old grudge, and Going killed Fowler. Going surrendered himself to the Sheriff and was afterwards admitted to bail by Judge Wallace in a bond of $3,000. Going is a man of means and a successful farmer and merchant. Mr. Fowler was also a prosperous ana useiui man. me uniuriumue olxuirence which cost the life of one good man and involves the trial of another for his life is much regretted. The evidence is very conflicting, and it will require the judgment of a Court to determine who was right in the difficulty. ? Dr. Girardeau, who was called to the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia has declined to accept the call, and on Sunday, the 27th ultimo, quite a warm fight took place between the two tactions in the church, Woodrow and Anti-Woodrow, about the choice of another pastor. The name of Dr. Eugene Daniel, of Memphis, Tennessee, was proposed, but he was strongly objected to by the Anti-Woodrow side on account of the stand he took on the Woodrow question. After some discussion, Dr. Daniel was called, and it is understood that he will accept. Several of the members have expressed their determination to withdraw and go into the Second Presbyterian Church. Three left the church when the call was made, but the secession will not assume large proportions. MERE-MENTION*. lion. John I3igelow,who was recently appointed United States treasurer at New York, and confirmed by the Senate, declines the appointment. His letter to the President, declining to accept the office has not yet been made public, though the reason assigned is that the duties of the office ire not congenial to his tastes. The unount expended in extirpating the small pox epidemic in Montreal is $118,000, and it will take a further large amount to meet the remaining engagements entered into. Compulsory vaccination is now being strictly enforced. The amount of mileage paid to Senators and Representatives in Congress is $143,000. Mr. Samuel L. Cohen, a prominent and well known merchant, of Charlotte, N. C., died on the 27th iltimo. At Oakland, Cal., lives Mrs. C. A. Bryant, now aged, once a belle^vhom ieorge IV once kissed, and to whofeitfjaloleon III is said to have offered hi3 land and empire.? Fifteen lales of cotton were burned at Halifax v i., the other day, supposed to have \ aused by spontaneous combustion.