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Straps and <facts.
? The Senate has confirmed the nomination
of Gen. J. B. Kennedy, of South Caro- j
lina to be Consul General at Shanghai.
? A dispatch from Richmond announces
that Stonewall Jackson's old charger died
at the Confederate Soldiers' Home, Richmond,
Saturday morning from old age. It
is the intention of the governors of the
home to have a cast made of the horse, and
to have his skin stuffed and skeleton i
mounted.
? The death of Senator Miller, of California,
will give the Democratic side in the
Senate an additional member. The Governor
of the State, who is a Democrat, will :
of course appoint a Democrat. The Legis- j
lature is now Republican. The body which j
will choose a Senator for the regular term |
is to be elected next fall.
? Business failures occurring throughout j
tin nAiinlrir Hnrinnr tho loct- woolr ns rpnnrt. I
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ed to R. G.' Dun & Co., number for the ;
United States 214, and for Canada 25. To- j
tal 239, against 216 last week, and 248 the
week previous. Business casualties are on
the decline in every section of the country,
especially in the Eastern and Middle States.
? One of the Democrats recently appointed
to a place in the treasury at Washington
has been discharged for theft. It was his
business to count silver dollars into bags of
$100 each and he had learned the trick of
slipping one or two coins from each bag up
his sleeve. The discovery will make it
necessary to recount 10,000,000 silver dollars.
? Governor Lee, of Virginia, unhesitatingly
signed the local option law passed by
the \ irginia Legislature, and both forces
are already preparing for the struggle that
must come sooner or later in each community.
It is thoughtthat the city of Richmond
will test the the strength of the parties before
long, and interviews with opposing
leaders are the first signs of the work being
done. The majority of these incline to the
belief that the city will vote against local
option.
? The old time Virginians were a proud
set. There once lived in Henrico county a
/ Sir Patrick Coutts, who was a regular
"blood." Some distance from him lived
another "blood," one Colonel William
/. Byrd. It chanced that both fell sick, and
\ daily expected death. Colonel Byrd dispatched
an outrider to Sir Patrick with the
s message, "Do not go before I get ready."
In reply Sir Patrick said: "Tell Colonel
Byrd that when Patrick Coutts gets ready
he waits for no man." Coutts died the
next day and Byrd soon followed.
?A special to the New Orleans Times.
Democratsays: "The son of Gen. Robert
E. Lee, Gen. W. F. H. Lee, likely to succeed
the Hon. John S. Barbour in the
House, is a man over fifty years of age, a
farmer in comfortable circumstances, thoroughly
unpretending and popular. He
bears a strong personal resemblance to his
. father, and is called "Runy" Lee, a name
coming down from nursery days. He is
without experience in politics, but is represented
as possessing an uncommon practical
grasp of affairs.
? The Baptist Congress in session at Danville,
Va., last week, adjourned on Friday.
The Congress discussed the points of difference
and agreement between the Baptist
and other denominations as to the
Lord's Supper. The financial problems of
the church were discussed, and Dr. J. W.
McCown made a sensation by saying some
severe things about church fairs as a means
of raising money for church purposes.
Among the interesting papers read was one
from Prof. Winston, of Richmond, in which
he took the ground that State colleges
ought to be opened for females desiring
to push their studies beyond the curriculum
of the average female school. The
Congress will hold their next session in
Lynchburg.
? J. A. Harrell is the proprietor of a job
printing office at Weldon, North Carolina.
Some months ago James M. Mullen, Esq.,
lawyer of Halifax county, sent Harrell
some manuscript to be printed. Harrell
found some difficulty iu making out the
writing, and Dr. J. E. Green passing at the
time, he showed it to the Doctor with the remark,
"I'll give you fifty dollars to read
fhio nonor " Tho TVuifnr hoincr cnmpwhfit
acquainted with the peculiarity of Mr.
Mullen's chirography, read the paper and
demanded the fifty dollars. Harrell demurred,
claiming that the Doctor hadn't
read it correctly, and that there was no consideration
for his charge. The Doctor
brought suit, and the case was brought before
a justice, who gave judgment for the
plaintiff. Harrell then appealed to a higher
court, and the judgment was sustained.
He will carry the case to the Supreme
court of the State.
? The cotton movement of the United
States, as made up by the New Orleans National
Cotton Exchange for the six months
ending with February, is as follows: Port
receipts 4,530,090 bales; overland shipments
815,727, of which to mills 599,062; to ports
175,360; to Canada 17,867; in transit overland
23,138; total takings of Northern spinners
1,318,853; at sea between ports 23,552;
exports to Great Britain 1,538,173; to France
310,718; continent 1,018,353; export total 2,887,246;
stock at ports at the close of February
1,029,595; spinners takings February
181,201; overland shipments February 07,904.
The total supply in sight at ports and
points of crossing overland and the stocks
, reported at interior towns to the close of
February was5,000,277 bales, against 5,095,
zaz Daies last year anu 0,001,zoi in me nig
crop years of 1882 and 1883. Home spinners'
takings this year are the largest on record.
? In accordance with the resolution of Mr.
Boutelle, adopted the latter part of January
by Congress, requesting the Secretary of the
>iavy to transmit certain papers relative to
the conduct of certain officials of the Norfolk
navy-yard, charged with erasing inscriptions
from cannon and a number of
others of a similar nature, the Secretary of
the Navy has sent to the House a letter from
Commodore Truxton, commandant of the
navy yard. This letter shows up the charges
made by Congressman Boutelle to be
false. He should have been a little more
careful in his assertions, for the statement
of the commandant of the yard are in direct
conflict with those made by him, and the !
public will be the judge to decide the issue.!
The letter is a full and complete statement i
of the workings of the navy yard, and
shows that in all instances of removals
ample reasons could be furnished.
? Sadie Hayes, a colored woman under
sentence of death in St. Louis, Mo., for the
murder of Police Sergt. Jenks, has a lover
named William Lacy, who is as black as j
she Is. She wanted some tangible proof .of I
his love, and said that if he really loved her i
as he nrnfessed. he would, before their final
separation, present her with a gold ring he !
wore, with the finger on which it was worn.
Last Saturday lie was to have been taken to
the penitentiary, having been sentenced
to a term of three years for burglary. Friday
evening his sweetheart received* the de-1
sired proof of his love?the little finger of
his right hand, adorned with the gold ring.
I>acy had actually sawed or cut off his little !
finger at the joint with a steel shank taken 1
from his shoe and sharpened on the iron
bars of his cell. He wrapped the bleeding
stump of the finger in his handkerchief,
and Saturday night it was amputated and
dressed by a surgeon.
? The Washington correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch says: "The revised
bill to pension soldiers of the Mexican war, I
which has been favoiably reported, has a
good prospect of passage. The danger to
be apprehended is from amendments that
may be offered to affect the votes of soldiers
of the civil war. The report accompanying
the bill estimates that of the 70,000 soldiers
enlisted in the Mexican war about 35,000
are now living, aud that about 15,000 widows
of soldiers of that war survive. The
bill proposes to pension them all, without
distinction of rank, at $8 a month from the
date of the passage of the bill. The Pension
Bureau estimates that the average age of i
the surviving soldiers is sixty-five, and
puts their expectation of life at eleven
years. The committee say in their report
that the territory annexed to the United
States by the Mexican war has produced
enough gold to give every soldier who participated
in that war his full weight in gold.
? An Ashland, Ky., dispatch says: The
horrible murder on Christman Eve, 1*81, '
when three children were murdered here,
which resulted in a lynching, is recalled j
again bv developments about to be made ;
which demonstrate that Neal, Craft and
Ellis were innocent of the crime for which
they suffered. For some time seven gentlemen
have been employing a competent detective
to sift every theory and investigate
ever}' clew. Their work lias been crowned
with success, and it is claimed that the arrest
of the real criminals will soon follow.
The evidence is said to be conclusive and
will show thatthe triple murder was commit-!
ted early in the evening; that the perpetrators
went to the house by appointment with
one of the girls, who had previously been
on intimate terms with one of them, and
that the triple murder followed the unintentional
killing of the boy for resisting the
assaults on the girls. The arrests would
have been made before but for the excited ,
state of public feeling here on the subject.
The suspected parties hold very respectable
places.
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YORK VILLI;. S. C. :
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH IS, 188(1.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE SENATE.
As was expected, the recent special message
of the President to the Senate on the
question of the right of that body to demand
from the executive private papers,
has created a debate of considerable interest.
Mr. Edmunds, theacknowlged Republican
leader, opened the debate on Tuesday
of last week. Ilis speech was expected to
bethebiggun of the occasion, and in itall
Republican interest was centred. He maintained
that the Senate not only has the
right to call for papers relating to suspensions,
but that a Democratic judiciary committee,
headed by A. G. Thurtnan, had
made a similar request upon the AttorneyGeneral
;n 1879, in regard to the removal of
a Territorial Judge. He said that under
the law the Attorney-General had a perfect
right to make the removal, and that the
Democrats are now estopped by precedents
of their own from contesting the right of
the present judiciary tosimilar papers. Mr.
Edmunds presented no new points in support
of his position and his effort was generally
regarded as a disappointment to his
nnlitieal friends.
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On Wednesday Senator Pugh, of Alabama,
replied to Edmunds, and on Thursday Senator
Wilson, of Iowa, addressed the Senate
in support of the resolution demanding the
private papersin connection with Presidential
nominations for office. His speech was
in the line of argument that now for the
first time in the progress of this government
its executive power is being used as a
means of assault on the character and reputation
of its citizens. He described the existing
situation as a curious political phenomenon,
the result of equally curious political
evolution. He then attacked the
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between his civil service reform utterances
and his actions.
But the masterly effort of the discussion
was the speech of Senator Kenna, of West
Virginia, on Friday, sustaining the course
of the President. He met the arguments
of the opposition with masterly vigor and
though but a young man he proved himself
an orator and a statesman of the first class.
Concluding his speech Senator Kenna said:
When President Cleveland assumed the
functions of the office of Chief Executive of
this Government, I do not believe there is
a citizen in the land who had any reason
whatever to doubt that he came to the discharge
of the duties of that high office determined
as far as in him lay, to devote himself
conscientiously to the discharge of such
duties, and this Senate may continue, as his
message indicates, to ply him and his various
subordinate departments with harassing
and embarrassing issues; it may defeat
every nomination that stands before it for
consideration; it may oppose any measure
arbitrarily or otherwise every prerogative
granted or not granted in the Constitution;
but I mistake that man if hedoes not stand
to his post, mainain his duty under the
Constitution of his country, maintain every
prerogative in his high office and transmit
it unimpaired, to his successor.
"UNCLOUDED PEACE AN1) TRUST."
Col. A. K. McClure, editor in chief of the
Philadelphia Time#, spent several days in
Charleston recently, and in a letter to his
paper from that city, he says:
It was fifteen years after the sorrows and
sacrifices of war began, and ten years after
the tread of hostile armies had ceased, that
Charleston began the work of rehabilitation,
and even the presumably energetic and versatile
people of the North, with like prostration,
wasted resources and sluggish surroundings,
would have progressed little, if
any, better than has the city of Charleston.
Instead of repining over the countless woe
which befel them in thediscomfitureof war,
the emancipation of slaves, the destruction
of wealth and a revolution in popular government,
to which they were not only strangers,
but trained to misunderstand, they have
rapidly rebuilt their commerce, enlarged
their industries, quickened their surrounding
producers, and entered the race to regain
their position and wealth with a heroism
and steady endurance that have accomplish- j
ed marvelous results. But it will require |
years to restore the thrift, the beautiful
homes and churches and schools and other
monuments of wealth and culture by which
old Charleston marked her magnificent pro-1
gress, and there is pardonable decay in the !
external signs of the city while energy and |
growing advancement are visible in till the
channels of business enterprise. There is
now unclouded peace and trust between the
North and the South ; the advent of a national
revolution in politics has dissipated
the last hope of the partisan demagogue and
the last fear of the sensitive capitalist, as it |
lias proved with a president elected by the |
solid vote of the South there is thoroughly i
loyal devotion not only to the I'nioii, but j
also to the irrevocable judgments of the war. ;
If the administration of Cleveland were to
fail in all its confidently expected governmental
reforms, it would still leave one
priceless blessing to the whole nation in the
absolute and stable faith it has established
between the material interests of the two
sections of the country.
Thk Blair Him..?Senator Blair says
that the passage in the Senate of his bill lor |
the aid of common schools was no surprise
to him. He thinks that the amendments
adopted will srtengthen the measure, nota- j
bly the addition of by Senator
Logan, which he thinks will secure about
twenty thousand school houses.
He is glad that the Allison amendment!
making a race distribution to the disadvan- j
tage of the whites was withdrawn.
The measure, if it becomes a law in its
present form, will add to the school fund of
the Southern States about one half the present
expenditures of those States for education
purposes. The money becomes a part!
of the school fund of the State, and its ac- j
ceptance insures a distribution of the entire |
amount, State and national, in such a way i
as to best equalize the school privileges of!
all sections, irrespective ot race. Although |
the distribution to States is made upon the !
basis of illiteracy, according to the standard :
of the census, which simply is inability to
read and write, the bill aims to do more:
than teach reading and writing. It seeks
to bring a good common school education
within reach of the children of all the freed- !
men, Senator Blair says, and to do this
without relieving the States of any sense of:
their own responsibility, and without creat- i
ing an impression that the blacks are the !
wards of the nation, to be forever cared for. !
Senator Blair entertains no doubt that the j
bill will pass the House, were it already has
many ardent supporters.?Ain/us/a C/rron if
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SPIRIT OF THE STATE PRESS.
[Winnsboro Herald.]
In many of the counties of the State, j
meetings have been held for the purpose of
electing delegates to the the Farmers' Convention
which will be held some time this !
spring under the supervision of Mr. Tillman.
We hear of no such movement in
our county, and we think we voice the senti- j
timents of our people when we say that it is I
from the factthatour people see and believe j
that our government is run on as economical |
a scale as is possible under the circumstane-!
es, and that the dissatisfaction arises more i
from the general business depression of the j
country than from any other cause. This j
depression is felt by all classes of men, and j
cannot be remedied by arraying one class |
against another. A mutual dependence j
?hmiirl he the feeling of every one, for from j
this mutual dependence arises the greatest I
prosperity.
[Keowee Courier. 1
What every good citizen most desires is j
good government administered as cheaply j
as possible, and if the farmers can give us j
this cheaper than we now have it, they will I
become public benefactors. If they can reduce
taxation without lessening the competency
and efficiency of our officers, we care
not if they hold every office in the State.
The cheapest government, if it be a good
government, is the best, and if Captain
Tillman can lower taxation he will benefit
every profession and avocation in the State.
Taxation bears equally 011 all our citizens,
and if it be reduced 011 the property of the
farmer it cuts otf equally on the property of
the professions. For this reason there can
and will be no division of opinion on any
feasible effort to correct wrongs and improve
the government.
[Anderson Intelligencer.]
No one other than a demagogue Would
urge any class to organize as such to control
this State. It would not be right for any ]
one class to control the State, and any class i
which attempts it will only bring disaster
on itself and discord to the State. Now,
we do not mean to be misunderstood on this
question. We say that a man is not entitled
to any more influence in our government
who is engaged in agriculture than
another man who is engaged in mechanics.
Every man is free and equal before our
laws, and it is an equality of men, not of
avocations. Now in legislation we believe
that the various interests in theState should
be cared for in proportion to their importance
and their needs, and we do not hesitate
to say that in this State our agricultural
interests are the most important, and
should be more particularly cared for than
it has been in some respects, but the agricultural
interests cannot be built up by tearing
down any other interest in the State,
and the men who would attempt to antago
ni/.e one class against all other classes would
lead that class to certain disaster.
[Orangeburg Times-Democrat.]
As we understand the situation, know the
causes and feel the effects, relief may be
obtained by supplying the following needs:
cheaper and quicker justice, less crime,
multiplied industries, increase in theamount
and value of farm products, improvement
in educational and transportation facilities.
Everybody wants these and whatever class
of men is able to bring them about will confer
lasting blessings upon the entire community.
By virtue of their number,
wealth and experience in close economy,
the farmers, as a class, are better calculated
to accomplish these results than any other;
but it cannot he done except by the co-operation
of all the individuals in the class.
Let them meet in the State convention to
calmly consider general topics and to adjust
local with general issues, and when
thov hn vp nprfpftpd u nlnn. if it be wise and
calculated to advance the public good, we
and every other good citizen will support it
to the extent of our ability. The conservative
and hard common sense of the farmers,
expressed through a convention, can do
no possible harm to anybody or class of our
citizens, because the agricultural interest
of the State is the keystone of every other
interest. Knock that out of the fabric and
the prosperity of ministers, physicians, lawyers,
mechanics, clerks, merchants and even
editors fall in one common ruin.
[Carolina Spartan.]
The farmers of the State should not complain
in regard to the Governorship of the
State being in the hands of lawyers. Since
187G there have been five elections. Farmer
Hampton was elected in 187(1 and 1878, and
farmer Hagood in 1SS0. Then Governor
Thompson, who was forced into the office,
is not a lawyer. The farmers in convention
lifted him in, contrary to his will
and desire.
[ I,aureus A(1 vertiser.]
The government is for the people, of
the people, and by the people, and it is
a bad feature of politics when one class
combines for the purpose of forming a
monopoly. We advise farmers to organize
clubs, and although we doubt the good
faith of the present can ior organization, u
can be turned to good account. Join not to
be led blindly, and used as a political tool,
but as men of intelligence to do all that
will benefit yourselves, without injuring
the rights of others.
[Ilonea Path Plaitnlealer.]
Col. J. X. Lipscomb attempts to reply to
Mr. Tillman's arguments, but he fails to
give any satisfactory reasoning, which, if
he did, would be outweighed by the fact that
he is in a fat office of the State now and we
doubt not that his aspirations are as strong
as ever to remain there, and he thinks if the
farmers come together and unite on their j
farming interest that they will do the same
in voting, which is right that they should,
for they have been ridden by lawyers, merchants,'"big
bugs," d*c., long enough.
[Charleston News and Courier.]
The convention will no doubt be able to
devise some plan by which the farmers can
obtain just political recognition in the councils
of the Democratic party, and this should
be their first and chief endeavor. They j
have the votes. They lack combination, i
This, in few words, is all that stands be- i
tween the farmers and political sovereignty j
in South Carolina. But, while this is true, I
it is also true that the twenty-four per cent,
of the population of the. State who are not'
farmers have rights which a wise and safe
policy cannot disregard. We hope that every ,
county in the State will be fully represented
in the convention, and that every agricul- |
tural club will see to it that its best and
wisest men are selected to go to Columbia, j
Composed on this basis, the convention will
be enabled to do infinite good. This, we
take it, is the hope and desire of all of the |
gentlemen whose names are signed to the j
call which is published to-day.
THE OUTLOOK IX CONGRESS.
Foreshadowing the work of Congress during
the present week, a Washington dis- j
patch of Sunday says:
The most important morning hour business
in the Senate during the week is likely I
to be an attempt to pass the bill to quiet the ;
title of settlers upon Des Moines River
lands in Iowa over the President's veto, i
and the consideration of the electoral count |
bill. At - o'clock each day the judiciary 1
committee's resolution will be taken up. j
The wide range taken by the debate in :
the House of Representatives last week on
the Indian appropriation bill prevented
final action upon it; but as the general discussion
is now limited to one hour, there is j
no doubt it will be passed early in the pres- j
ent week. The next appropriation bill on
the Calendar is the postottie appropriation !
bill, which is likely to give rise to much i
discussion and consume the remainder of
the week, exclusive of morning hours.
After the call of the States on Monday
for the introduction of bills and resolutions,
the speaker will call the committees in i
their order for motion to suspend the rules.
Owing to special orders on previous "third
Mondays," the monthly call has not been
made so far during the session, and will
therefore begin with the first committee on
the list, the committee on elections. None :
of the committees will have anything to
offer until the committee on banking and
currency is reached. The committee will j
move to suspend the rules and pass the bill
to provide for the change of location and
increase of capital stock of national banks, j
The debate on this measure will probably
not occupy the time allowed under the rule,
and when the next committee, coinage, j
weights and measures, is called, Chairman
island will offer a resolution to fix a day
for the consideration of the silverq uestion.
If the committee on commerce, which is
next on the list, is reached, Mr. ilegan, under
instructions from the committee, will i
ask that a day bo fixed for the consideration
of the inter-State commerce bill.
When the labor committee is called a '
resolution will be offered to fix a day for the
discussion of the eight hour bill.* If the
pensions committee is reached Mr. Kldrege,
of Michigan, intends to offer an
amendment to the Mexican pension bill,
which it is believed, will not be subject to
the objections made against the measure
that was sought to be passed last Monday
under suspension of the rules.
The committee on claims has upon the
public Calendar several measures in regard ;
to claims of States against the United States,
and the discussion of these, and possibly
some measure called up by the District of
Columbia committee, will occupy the morning
hours of the week.
Tiie President's Position.?A Washington
letter in the Philadelphia Times
says: A prominent member of the Cabinet
speaking of the issue between the Senate
and the President, said that the Administration
was disposed to treat the matter as a
movement on the part of Senator Edmunds
to re-establish himself in favor with an important
element in the politics of his own
party after his apparent indifference to the
success of Mr. Blaine in the campaign of
1S81. As the movements preliminary to
the making up the legislative ticket of the
Green Mountain State develop, the fact
becomes more certain that a quiet intrigue
against Mr. Edmunds'return to the Senate
was commenced almost simultaneously with
the announcement of Mr. Blanc's defeat,
and what impetus has been given it in various
ways since that time has been contributed
by Mr. Blaine's friends in and out
of the State. The President understands
this to be the situation and he is not disposed
to disappoint Mr. Edmunds, if he can
help it. At the Cprrgressional and press
i levee at the Executive Mansion on Tuesday
night conspicuous among the distinguished
i assemblage were Senators Edmnnds, Sher|
man and Evarts and the ladies of their
families. That very day Mr. Edmunds had
made his speech, and when greeting the
Senator to his hospitality as a guest of the
evening the President was exceptionally
cordial, and expressed a hope that the relations
of these co-ordinate branches of the
Government might be wisely adjusted.
The President has said that he has no desire
to stand upon abstractions, and therefore
only asks a sound construction of the
true relations between the Chief Executive
and the Senate as an advising or consenting
body. The President has his own pary in
the Senate well in hand, and their opposition
to the constructi'onput upon the prerogatives
of the Senate in the premises by the
Republicans will give the question a strict
ly party character. The views expressed
by leading Republican Senators do not at
present indicate any division of opinion as
to the correctness of the Republican position
and as to its support when a vote shall have
been reached. The point which the Republican
Senators wish to make prominent is
that they are not contesting for a retention
of their friends in office, but to prevent Republican
officials from removal 011 account
of trumped-up charges inspired by partisan
malice and which cannot be met by parties
affected. The Republican Senators are a
unit on this point. They also put the question
in another light, claiming that under
the doctrine of the President, should the
reasons for suspensions be well established,
the Senate would be equally at a loss how
to act. The effect of the controversy will
be to put a stop to purely partisan charges
against officials in office, whether Republicans
or Democrats.
? ?
Lancaster Moyinc.?Col. R.A. Johnson,
General Manager of the Massachusetts
and .Southern Construction Company, paid
our town a visit on Monday night last, and
at their request addressed a large number of
our citizens at the Court House upon the
new projected railroad from Cincinnati to
Charleston. The meeting was organized by
calling R. E. Allison, Esq., to the chair
and the appointment of Paul Moore, Esq.,
Secretary. The object of the meeting was
explained by the chairman, after which Col.
Johnson, in a business way explained the intention
and purposes of the company. He
! said that the building of the road was a certainty,
and that the Company would guarantee
to put in $5.00 for every $1.00subscribed
in township or county bonds through the
country in which the road should be finally
! located. Surveys had been made irom
Black's Station via York to Rock Hill and
that so far the Road had been located.
Surveys had also been made from RockJIi
11 to Rocky Mount on the Chester side of
the Catawba; that his surveyors were now
I at this place, having crossed the river at
Landsford, and would run a line via this
place, Pleasant Hill, and Flat Rock to Camden.
But the location of the road depended
upon the aid which the sections through
which passed would give it. lie did not
ask for a dollar of bonds or money subscribed
only as the road progressed. For
instanceas the work progresses, say
one third finished, the company would
| require one-third the bonds issued, Ac., until
the road was completed. It was also
contemplated by the company to run a
branch Road from Monroe, N. C. to this
place, which would make Lancaster a grand
central point of three Roads. Col. Johnson
| said many other things which encouraged
us in this grand enterprise, and if carried
j out will make Lancaster a city of 110 small
I dimensions, in a few years.
Major Ifart, of York, and Mr. (L A. Frick,
j of Shelby, being called upon, also addressed
the meeting, showing the great advantages
to be derived by the completion of this
grand enterprise.
On motion of Major B. F. Miller, a committee
of five was appointed to confer with
Col. Johnson, and report to an adjourned
meeting of the citizens to be held on Saturday
the 18th instant.?Lancaster Ledger.
Mormons in the Mountains.?Some
citizens about Danville, Oconee county, desire
to know what course they had best take
to rid their settlement of some Mormon
priests who it seems are industriously engaged
in propagating their doctrines in that
section. Our information is that they have
gained a few converts and seem to be encouraged.
The summary process of violence
has been used with complete success
in several portions of the State, but this
should not be resorted to, for citizens have
no right to take the law into their own
hands except to prevent a felony. These
priests would not stay long in a place unless
they met with some encouragement. Hut
if they or any of their converts violate the
law by practicing the polygamy department
of the Mormon faith.""then'every obstacle
between such offenders and the State
penitentiary is removed.
The easiest and surest way for the citizens
of Danville to ascertain their legal rights in
the matter is to find out precisely what the
Mormons are doing, and to report the same
to some member of the grand jury, who
will bring the matter to the attention of the
court. When Solicitor Orr finds out what
a man is doing in a community, and the
effect of his deeds, if the statutes furnish the
peg he will soon suspend him.? U'alItalia
Courier.
Uaii,roai> Work.?Work from .Black's
to Shelby is progressing rapidly and an
early completion of the grading is promised.
Messrs. Jack ins & Bros., contractors, are at
Black's with 80 laborers on the tirst section,
Messrs. Kirby <Sc C'olton are working 150 on
the second section at Buffalo, where there
are heavy excavations and costly embankments
in their three miles. Messrs. (J. M.
Oreen & Ilelan's two mile section extends
from near Buffalo to Abel Earl's and now
employs 10 men. Kelly & Thomas begin
next two mile section with a small force of
thirty and extend to Wm. Patterson. P. O.
Lemons, an experienced contractor, begins
at Patterson's and terminates at Jesse
1 Iogue's. On his three mile section he has
now seventy. Mr. Halliburton has the contract
to grade the remainder to and through
Shelby. There are total over 400 now at
work from Shelby to Black's. Mr. Strceter,
of Ohio, began this week trestle building at
Buffalo and will soon have a large force at
work on his contract.?Shell'a/ Aurora.
A Miskrarle Fate.?On Monday morning
Mr. J. Burton Smith brought his grown
son to Spartanburg to haye him committed
to tlie lunatic asylum. In last September
an earwig entered his ear ; he suf- l
fered excruciating torture. His head became
so swollen that it burst at the temple. 1
Twelve days ago pressure upon his neck
forced the putrid little viper from his ear. ;
But his sufferings have been so intense that i
his intellect is gone?his mind is a blank.? i
Carolina Spar/an. ,
li ocal affairs.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
I*. Ainlral Bratton, See rotary?York Medical Society.
Mary <>. Miller, Administratrix?Application
for Discharge.
Dowry A* Starr?Gttinn's Pioneer Blood Konower.
Withers Adickes?Oats.
Lindsay A* Moore?For the Next Forty-live
Days.
Dowry A Starr?Drug Emporium.
Frew Brothers, Hock Hill. S. ('.?"jo,nun Pounds
of Choice Timothy Hav.
W. C. Latimer?Spring Goods.
T. M. Dohson A Co.?Zeigler's Shoes?Our Cincinnati
Clothing?At Cost, ForCash?Black
Cashmeres?School Books?Spring Dress
Goods?Cloth Shoes?Dross Making?Millinery?(iossamers?Hubher
Shoes?Yarn.
C. E. Spencer, Plaintitl's' Atlorney-?-Xotiee to
Defendants.
Koch A Sons?Celebrated Fashion Catalogue.
UNTIL .JANUARY 1, 1H87.
We will furnish the Knqtmrkk from this date
until January 1, 1SS7, for SUM); or for one year
to two names paid for at thesame time, $4.00.
Single subscriptions $2.50 per annum.
CALL EXTENDED.
We learn that Bethesda congregation, in this
t i. 1-.1 ^ _.I1 4 XT.. 1
county, lias exienueu a can i<> ia-t. .111. i.mi,./.
Virginia, to fill tlio pulpit recently vacated by
Rev. d. Lowrio Wilson, who accepted a call to
the Presbyterian church in Abbeville.
KICKED BY A MULE.
On Sunday afternoon last, Charlie,$1 little son
of Mr. John ('. MeClain, was kicked in the face
by a mule in R. A. Parish's livery stable lot,
sustaining severe injury in the loss of six teeth
and having his jaw bone broken.
EDITORIAL PORTRAITS.
We have received a beautifully printed chart
containing portraits of a number of editors of
leading daily papers in the Union, the portraits
appearing on a reduced facsimile of the first page
of the paper ot which each gentleman is editor.
The South is represented by Messrs. Howell and
(Irady, of the Atlanta Constitution, and Captain
F. W. Dawson, of the Charleston Xew.s and
Courier.
PERSONAL MENTION'. V
Rv reason of the small amount of litigation in
Oconee county, Judge Withorspoon dispatched
the business in that Court in three days last week
and returned home on Friday, where he enjoyed
a few days of rest. I le will open Court in (Jrecnvillc
next Monday.
Mr. I. E. Orchard, of the Atlanta Constitution,
spent last Friday in Yorkville, and we were
pleased to meet him in our office frequently,
where his genial countenance is always welcome.
Mr. Orchard lias a line reputation as a wide
awake newspaper writer and competent musical
critic.
YRRKST OF A BURGLAR. \
On the night of the 5th instant, the store of
Messrs. Stroup Brothers, in this county, a few
miles above Bethany Church, was burglariously
entered and robbed of several articles. ()n Monday
of last week a negro named Mack Parker,
suspected of being one of the burglars, was arrested
in Hasten county, X. and being found
in possession of some of the stolen goods, the
proofagainst hint was conclusive. He was committed
to the jail in Dallas, and will be brought
to this county, on a requisition, for trial at the
approaching term of the Court.
SUICIDE OF W. W. GAFFNEY.
We regret to learn of the death of Col. Win.
W. Gatlney, which was the result of his own act
by jumping into a well at Gatlnev City and
drowning himself on Friday night last. He
took off his overcoat and hat before making the
fatal leap. Col. Gatlney was a prominent citizen
of his section of Spartanburg county, and was
well known in York, his connection for a number
of years with the King's Mountain Iron
Mine property having brought him in business
connection with a number of our people, lie
was a generous-hearted, liberal-minded man
and popular with all who knew him. His rash
act, which is the cause of sincere sorrow, is attributed
to mental aberration.
CHURCH NOTICES."
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C.
Galloway, Pastor. <)n next Sunday services at
10.:J0 A. M., the bell ringing at 10; and services
at :t P. M., the bell ringing at 2..10. Sundayschool
at 4 P. M.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor, j
Services at 11 A. M., and 7 P. Si., next Sun- J
day. Sunday-school at:! P. M.
ij -.-j:,.. i>?.. i i.' i Spv- !
? lir> . .# . IJ.
vices at Union church at 11 A. M., next Sunday,
and in Yorkville, at 7.JO P. M. Sunday-school
at 3 1?. M.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor.
Services every Sunday at 11 A. M., and 7
P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. every Sunday.
Prayer-meeting Wednesdays at 7 P. M.
King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson,
Pastor. Quarterly lneetingat King's Moun- I
tain Chapel next Saturday and Sunday, on which I
occasion Rev. A. J. Cauthen, Presiding Elder,
will he present.
THE RAILROAD ELECTION.
Jh the election last Saturday on the question
of York township making a subscription of
$75,000 in aid of the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago Railroad, considerable interest was
manifested, and the aggregate vote is a gratifying
evidence that one citizens are alive to the
importance of any enterprise intended, as they
may determine, for the public weal or woe. In
this instance a decided majority voted in favor
of the subscription as follows:
For subscription 4DK
Vn onltaprinHfin.. J4S |
Majority for subscription .'?"><)
A careful examination of the poll list ami an
analysis of the vote shows that till! ballots were
cast, 322 by white voters and 324 by colored
voters, and that the majority in favor of subscription
is .'}"?(); that white and colored voting
against subscription number 14S, which deducted
from 322 ballots by white voters, gives a certain
vote of 174 white voters in favor of the subscription;
and deducting 148 ballots of white
and colored voters from the ballots of 174 white j
voters, a majority of 2f? white voters is in favor
ot the subscription, after counting all the votes
cast in opposition by both white and colored
voters.
.1 r KO RS--SECOXD W KK It.
On Tuesday last the following petit jurors
were drawn to serve during the second week of
the Circuit Court, which convenes on the fifth
Monday of the present month :
J. L. Huflmun, Broad River.
J. A. Flannigan, King's Mountain.
John A. livers, Broad River.
R. F. Lindsay, liothesda.
w If Crook* Fort Mill.
It. Walker Moore, Cherokee. !
A. It. Kimbrcll, Fort Mill.
It. B. Davison, King's Mountain.
J. Oscar Moore, Bethesda.
W. J. Anderson, Bethel.
.1. L. Doggett, -....King's Mountain.
W. Meek Adams, King's Mountain.
A. D. Holler Catawba.
\V. J. ltawlinson, Catawba.
K.S. Crawford King's Mountain.
.1. W. Dales Fort Mill.
F. W. Moore, Cherokee.
.1. (J Sadler, Catawba.
J. A.Stewart Dethel.
D. J. (ilenn, Sen., Bethel. |
W. It. Digger, King's Mountain.
John D. Davies, King's Mountain.
D. M. Ford, King's Mountain.
T. C. Spritt, Fort .Mill.
J. It. Hallo, Fort Mill.
J. V. McFadden Catawba.
T. 1'. Whisonant, Sen., Cherokee.
J. J. Whisonant, Cherokee.
It. Leroy Sherer, Dullock's Creek.
Prestont Joforth, Cherokee.
Sam Smith, colored, King's Mountain. |
J. L. Moss, York. i
Nelson Knox, colored, Ebenezer. |
J. D. Dlaloek, Cherokee. j
W. T. Poag, Catawba, j
.Junius W. Thomson, Cherokee. !
The impression prevails with some that Court ;
does not convene until the first Monday in April, i
This is erroneous. By act oi'thc last Legislature j
the time of convening the Circuit Courts of York
was made a week later for each term than hereto- j
fore, the act reading, "The first Monday after
the fourth," Ac. There being live Mondays in
this month, the Spring term consequently con-j
venes on the fifth Mondav.
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V FIXE EXTEltTAIXJIEXT.
As tine a musical entertainment as was ever j
given in Yorkvilo was presented last Friday i
night by the Boston Star Concert Company under
the direction of Mr. Ozias W. Pond. The high j
reputation of the company had preceded them,
ind but for the inclemency of the weather the
artists would have been greeted by a house com- ;
inensurate with the performance. But if the aulienee
was lacking in numbers it was not deli-1
cient in appreciation of theadmirabloprogramme
which was rendered without a hitch. Mr. ('has.
If. Dennec, j)ianist, showed his complete mastery
of that instrument; and Mr. Walter Emerson,
as a cornet soloist, fully sustained the tine
reputation he enjoys of being peculiar to himself
with all the best points of Levy and Arbuckle.
Miss Medora llenson-Emerson's pure and faultless
voice captivated the audience; and the reading
selections of Miss Nella Brown were much
enjoyed. She is a most ellective elocutionist,
whether in recitation of the humorous or pathetic.
Her last recitation, the "Bivouac on the
Battlefield," was exquisitely rendered. The entertainment
was highly enjoyed by all, and is a
lirst-class musical and literary combination.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION".
At lf? minutes to 1" o'clock last Tuesday, on
the lands of Mr. B. .1. Dunlap, three miles south
of town, the boiler of a traction steam engine,
or twelve horse power, attached to a poriauie
saw mill, exploded, killing the fireman, James
Sigman, a white man, and slightly wounding
I). 1'. Holman, also white, who was employed
as a sawyer. The mill was operated hy Mr.
W. L. Ooforth, and had only started np on
Monday, having just been removed to Mr. Dunlap's
land. The explosion was terrific in its
effects, it having been heard in Yorkvillo, and
was of such force as to completely wreck the
boiler and engine. The dome and a part of
the boiler to which it was attached, weighing700
pounds was blown a distance of 22."> yards.
Mr. Sigtnan's skull was fractured and he was
blown some sixty feet from the engine. He
was a young man from Alexander county, X.
having been employed bv Mr. Ooferth since
last August, and was but recently married in
this county.
The engine was comparatively new ami originally
cost $1,1 Art. It is now a complete wreck,
worth only the price of scrap iron. No satisfactory
reason can be assigned as the cause of
the explosion.
TWO CHILDREN BURNER.
About 5 P. M., on the 12th instant, near Mr.
Alfred Moore's residence, in Hethesda township,
two little boys, children of Sue Clifton,
colored, were burned to death. On being notified
of the occurrence, Trial Justice Xuunery,
acting as coroner, impaneled a jury of inquest,
which was held on last Friday with Mr. C. S.
Wilson, as foreman.
Hefore the inquest Sue Clifton testified that
she was staying in the cabin with another woman,
and on the evening in question had left the
children in the house alone?she having gone to
procure some milk for them. They were left
sitting in front of a small fire of coals. Other
A a?.., ? * 1. a flxit ITrtnuif 1) mi I ton
ICSIMIIOIIV was IU till: <;uei:t una 11UIII > IIH1I1WII
discovered the fire from his house and rushed to
the spot, finding un grown person there. Other
persons were attracted to the burning cabin and
soon the mother also appeared, when it first became
known that her children were in it. ('. S.
Wilson and others commenced pulling the logs
down and the youngest child was seen on the
bed, its head, hands and feet burned off. The
other child was also discovered burned to a crisp.
After a thorough investigation the jury returned
a verdict that "The children came to their
death accidentally. Though the mother had not
surrounded them with the necessary care,
there was nothing to find against her."
j ?aMariniii r ? n
A Iloituihlk llAXtifXG.?-Probably the
most horrible hanging by the clue administration
of the law yet recorded in the
history of our country, occurred at New
Orleans last Friday, in the hanging of Murphy
and Ford, white men, convicted of
the crime of murder. When the jailor visited
the cells of the doomed men during
the morning to warn them that their last
hour was fast approaching, the prisoners
were found to be in an insensible condition,
having during the night previous taken
of poison. The Governor was notified of
[ their comatose condition, but ordered that
the sentence be carried out. All efforts to
revive the men proved ineffectual. Between
12 and 1 o'clock the death warrant
was read to ears without hearing and to
eyes without sight, the unfortunate victims
dragged to the scaffold, and unconscious
of what was going on, were launched into
eternity. The men were carried to the
scaffold at exactly 12:45. It was indeeda miserable
spectacle. At the gallows they were
placed in a sittiug position with their backs
to the wall to give them support. Nearly
all present involuntarily turned away from
the sickening sight, some even having to
nerve themselves against a fainting fit, and
to hold fast to the balcony rail for support.
Fortunately there was not long to wait. It
only needed a few minutes for the executioner,
in domino and mask, to adjust the
: ropes and black caps, lie then as quickly
re-entered his cage. Almost instantly a
I _l It ?< n ,..no hn?nl no if
Slltll'p SWI3II hi IIIU ilac >? u.-J iiciuu un j?.
cut the rope, and simultaneously the trap
fell and the bodies shot downward eight
feet, rebounded with a jerk and then fell
back, stretching the cords to their utmost
tension. Death was almost instantaneous.
The bodies were allowed to hang 25 minutes,
and were then cut down at 1:15 p. m.
The same jury which witnessed the hanging
viewed the bodies and gave a verdict of
death by hanging. The necks of the two
men were dislocated. The bodies were taken
in charge by the Ford family.
Grain Statistics.?The March report
of the Department of Agriculture on
the consumption and distribution of the
grain crops makes the proportion of corn
still in the hands of the farmers 40 per cent,
of the last crop. One year ago the proportion
was 37.0 per cent.; two years ago 33 per
cent, of the short crop of 18S3. It amounts
to 773,000,000 bushels, 08,000,000 more than
in lafst March and 200,000,000 more than in
March, 1884. The proportion is lowest in
the West, where heavy winter feeding was
required, averaging 38 per cent, in twelve
States. It is 45 percent, in the South, where
it is required for the feed of plow teams in
the spring and early summer, and 40 in the
MiduJe States. The proportion merchantable
is 82.0 per cent., which is slightly above
the average of a series of years. The value
of the merchantable average is35.0 cents per
bushel; of unmerchantable 21.5 cents. This
makes the average value 33.3 cents, which is
a half cent more than the December value
of the crop, when the aggregate value was
estimated at 8035,000,000.
The stock of wheat in the hands of the
farmers is 30.1 percent, of the crop. It was
33.1 one year ago, and 28.4 two years ago.
t * ?^ f/> 1/17 flfin nnn Itnclmlc I
II till Jl/U 1110 IW n;i,uuvjWu k/uonv
169,000,000 last March, and 119,000,000 two
years ago. It is only 9,000,000 bushels more
than March, 188^, the shortest invisible supply
of recent years. The visible and invisible
supply on March 1 was 1 ">9,000,000
against 212,000,(M)0 last March. The proportion
of the crop estimated for consumption
within the country where grown is 41.(5 per
cent. The average weight per bushel is
estimated at 67 pounds, against 68..'5 for the
previous crop, and 6(5.9 for that of 1884.
The consumption for bread and other uses
and seed sown is approximately 86,000,000
bushels. Exports since 1st March, 1886,
make the distribution equal to the supply
from March last.
Tiik llrxE Ridge Scrip Decision.?'The
Columbia correspondent of the AV//\v ami
Courier writes that a transcript of the decision
of the I". S. Supreme Court in the Dine j
Ridge Railroad cases has been received at j
Columbia, and is a lengthy document. It!
is said that the decision does not settle 1
finally the invalidity of the scrip. The j
points determined are these:
First. As the State has not been and
cannot be made a party to the suit, man-;
damus will not lie against the State officers?that
is, the county treasurers.
Second. The bill has no equity, for none J
of the plaintiffs, (except the Blue Ridge
Railroad, which has no standing, as it is the
principal of the debt which the State assumed,)
have tendered their scrip for taxes J
and the receipts for taxes have been refused.
Third. The conduct of the State officials .
in their treatment of the scrip, thereby diminishing
its value, is no cause of action.
The opinion is a very long one, and was
written by Justice Stanley Matthews.
Tiik Truth Tersely Stated.?There is :
no business that suffers as much from the j
evils of dead head ism as the newspapers. 1
The corporations that they help to establish
and the men that they help to make great
are the very first to prove ungrateful, j
(Jratitude is a virtue, but few practice it.?
A ut/uxfu ('hronicle.
? The I'ickens Sentinel of the 11th instant
states that the health of Congressman I). :
Wyatt Aiken has improved very little if
any. Ho is still suffering much pain. i
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The body of the unfortunate white man
who was drowned under the ice near Landsford,
Chester county, last January has never
been heard of since.
? Snow fell to the depth of three inches in
Spartanburg on Wednesday of last week.
The ground was also covered at Union and
a slight fall is reported as far over as Sumter.
? The I )emocrats of Columbia are reorgan- 4
izing for the municipal campaign. There
is a strong feeling in favor of primaries instead
of the old ward meeting and convention
plan.
? The whole town council of Barnwell has
been arrested on the charge of official misconduct,
the allegation being that a jury
was packed against parties tried for violating
the prohibition law.
? J. Hendricks McLane, the leader of the
defunct greenback party, is endeavoring to
come to the front again as an independent.
The opportunity is presented now for him
to catch on to the farmers' movement.
? Charlie Haines, colored, who died in
Newberry a month or so ago, had accumulated
?300 in silver, which he hid away somewhere.
In his last illness he became speechless,
and could not tell where he had hidden
the money.
? On Monday of last week, J. II. Shelton,
of Union county, left his home and went
into t ho woods noar bv. He did not return
and liis friends made search for him and
found him late Tuesday evening hanging
to a limb of a tree. He had hung himself
with a plow line. I lis father died about two
months ago and since then his mind has
been wavering.
? On Tuesday of last week, at Little Rock,
Marion county, Mr. K. Norton was arrested
by W. A. Wall, a deputy of Sheriff E. W.
Johnson, for the murder of York Davis, an
escaped convict from the penitentiary, and
for whom a reward of twenty-five dollars
had been ofl'ered. Mr. Norton is a prominent
man in his neighborhood, and hisarrest
was a surprise to every one. He was arrested
on a mandate from Governor Thompson
to Sheriff Johnson, directing him to arrest
and deliver Elias Norton to the Sheriff of
Itobeson county, N. C. In Mr Norton's
eagerness to arrest Davis he followed him
for about half a mile into North Carolina,
and when he attempted to make the arrest
Davis was shot. The shooting occurred in
October. Sheriff Johnson was greatly surprised
when he received the mandate.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, March 15.?The Circuit Court
will be in session at this place this week
and next. The following cases were continued
from last Court, and will he tried if
no objections are made: It. II. Murry,
charged with arson; Charles Dunlap, assault
and battery with intent to kill, Tony
Myer, carrying concealed weapons; Wood
Goore, selling liquor without license; Abe
McC'allum, malicious tresspass, D. It. Iteid,
selling liquor without license. There are
now twelve prisoners in jail, three of whom
are serving out their respective periods of
imprisonment. The balance, charged with
different crimes, will be tried at the present
term. These persons are all colored, with
one exception?Tony Myer, charged with
carving concealed weapons. Among the ,
prisoners are George Stroud and Antony
Heath, who will be tried for their late outrageous
assault on Sheriff Hood. The
probabilities are they will be sent to the
penitentiary for at least twenty years. The
trial of the whisky cases will be very interesting.
The counsel for the defendants
will make a big effort to secure the acquittal
of their clients.
Shannon Massay and Win. Mayfield, both
colored, were arrested a few days ago and
lodged in jail for the crime of breaking into
the smoke house of J. J. Gibson, of this
county, and stealing meat and meal therefrom.
A hole in the bag containing the
meal led to the detection of the guilty parties,
as they were tracked to their houses
by the meal spilling from the bag.
It is my sad duty to announce the death
of Mrs. J. J). Means at an early hour on
Saturday morning. The distressing event
' * J---1 CJU,. I.
was sucuien anu unexpecit'n, one nno uinen
critically ill about the.evening before the
morning of her death, and though three
physicians were present and did" all that
medical skill could do, their efforts were
of no avail. She was the youngest daughter
of L. C. llinton, of this county, and
was married about one year ago. She
was one of the most lovely and lovable
characters it was ever my pleasure to know.
She was popular with all classes, and never
was sympathy in a community more genuine
and general than that displayed on
yesterday on the occasion of the funeral
services. A most excellent address was
made by Rev. Mr. Sanders, her pastor, and
touching and comforting prayers were made
by ltev. Mr. Summey, and Rev. Mr. Wannamaker.
Mr. Sanders' deliniation of her i
character, while not extravagant was just
and beautiful. lie spoke of her connection
with the church in early life, and her fondness
for its privileges* the lack of which
she lamented during her life in the country.
During her brief married life she had
greatly enjoyed these privileges, and only
a few. days before her death showed her love
for her church by sending her contribution
to one of its benevolent objects. Mr. Sanders
made a touching allusion to the little
infant of a few hours she left behind. At
the close of the funeral services the remains
were taken to the cemetery and buried.
The attendance both at the church and cemetery
was very large. The community
mourns the loss of this good and noble woman.
The Circuit Court convened nere 10-ciay,
Judge Hudson presiding.
The Judge made a tine charge to the Grand
Jury, lie gave them full instructions as to
their duties. Col. \V. It. Davie is the foreman
of the Grand Jury. During the day a
number of true bills were found. The defendants
were negroes, charged with larceny,
assault and battery and other crimes.
The defendants made confessions of their
guilt. The Court was engaged during the
afternoon in the case of the .State vs. Henry
Morris, charged with larceny. lie was acquitted.
On Tuesday morning the Court was engaged
in the morning in the trial of the
case of the State vs. Cap. Jaggers, charged
stealing grain from the field, and Win,
Mayfield, and Shannon Massey.
with larceny. The defendant was acquitted.
The prisoners who confessed their
guilt were George Stroud, charged with
The Court will be engaged all this week,
and probably a portion of next week, in the
trial of criminal business.
Mrs. Margaret Woods, of our town, is
dangerously ill. There is little hope of her
recovery. m.
Death of Ex-Skxator Chaffee.?ExUnited
States Senator Jerome II. Chaffee
died on Wednesday of last week, the loth
instant. He was born in Niagara county.
New York, April i!7, lSiD, and received
an academic education. In 18G0 he went
to Colorado, then a poor Territory, and
located in Clear Creek county. He has related
himself how he spent his last twentydollar
piece in treating his fellow-travelers
at the end of the journey. He went to work
at the mines and at the end of ten years he
could probably have counted up 8100,000.
lie embarked in politics, secured Colorado's
admission to the Cnion and became her
Senator. His political sagacitysoon secured
him a high place in the national councils,
and for many years his influence at Washington
was very great. When the LeadviHe
deposits were discovered he went
into them with ardor and was the ruling
spirit in the coalition which took 82,500,000
out of the Little Pittsburg and Chrysolite
claims. I Ie began to invest largely in mines
and bank stock, and was one of the great
rich men of the Pacific coast. On October
1, 1881, his daughter was married to t lysses
S. ({rant, Jr., son of the dead General. At
the time of the marriage of hi.s daughter to
young Grant he had $1,000,000 in cash securities,
and he gave her $400,000 in bonds.
These were all put into the firm of Grant
it Ward, and every dollar of them was lost
in the grand crash of May, 1884. He had
been losing heavily in his Wall street speculations,
and then he started West, just
before the Grant & Ward failure, he had
placed half a million in cash securities in
the hands of his son-in-law to keep for him
during his absence. It was not an investment,
nor was it for the purpose of securing
any investments. This money reached the
hands of Ward, and was lost, and Mr.
Chaffee was left penniless. .Since this disastrous
affair he had been living in retirement.