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Jtoaps and darts.
? It is estimated that the public expense
connected with the late Senator Miller's
funeral will exceed $18,000. There are some
Senators the Govenment might bury at that
figure and make money.
? Local option is creating a great deal of
excitement in Richmond, Va. A petition
with 5,000 signatures was gotten up on Mon- j
day petitioning the judge of the Hustings
court to order an election on the question, j
It is expected that an election will be held I
at an early day.
? The State election in Rhode Island will
take place on the 7th of April. The people
will be asked to vote on two amendmentsone
to allow soldiers and sailors of foreign
birth who served in the late war to vote
without property qualification, and the
other prohibiting the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating liquors in the State.
? There has been no Congress since the
war wherein ex-soldiers of both Union and
Confederate armies are so numerous as the
; present one. There are fourteen Ex-Union
officers in the Senate and seventy-nine representatives
in the House. There are nine
vccu xjA-vuuicuciaic umwcis uuvv in cue OCiiate
and forty-two in the House.
? Maud, the twelve year-old daughter of
Dr. K. J. Wilson, of Salem Ind., arose in
her sleep the other night and went across
the^street. Then she went back and stood
at her own door fumbling with the lock.
Her father heard her and thinking burglars
were there, drew his pistol, and when
the door opened shot. The ball struck
Maud in the shoulder. It will not^kill her,
but it awakened her thoroughly.
? John Drake, colored, was hanged at
Thomaston, Ga., last Friday for the murder
of his wife, last December. He confessed
the crime, which was a most brutal
one. He cut her head open with an axe,
gashed her throat with a knife, and, piling
old clothes on the body, saturated the bedding
with kerosene and set it on fire. On
the same day Frank Mulowski, a Pole, who,
brutally murdered Mrs. Agnes Kledzeik,
last August, was hanged in the jail yard in
Chicago.
? The Hon. Ward Hunt, Ex-Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme Court,
who died on Wednesday, was born in Utiea,
N. Y., June 14, 1810, and has always resided
in his native place. He graduated at
Union College in 1828, and turning his attention
to law, attended the law lectures of
Judge Gould, at Litchfield, Conn. In 1865
he was elected a Judge of the Court of Appeals
of the State of New York, which position
he held until 1872, when he was appointed
a Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States.
? A tornado passed over F.ellemore, a
' small town in Putnam county, Ohio, last
Thursday. The heavens suddenly became
dark and then came a terrific storm cloud,
funnel-shaped, tearing up trees by the roots,
blowing down small buildings, and destroying
everything in its path. A protracted
meeting was being held in the Methodist
church at the time. The steeple was blown
down and the roof carried off. The congregation
was panic stricken, but fortunately
no one was killed, though many received
bruises and cuts which may result fatally.
The damage done by the cloud will amount
/\ mnmr I/*
w many uiuunauu uuiiais.
? A remarkable duel was fought on the famous
battle-field of Waterloo last Friday.
The contestants were Mme Nalsayre, a native
of France, and Miss Shelby, an American.
The duel was the result of a dispute
on the relative merits of French and American
female doctors. After stormy altercations,
Mme. Nalsayre threw her glove in
Miss Shelby's face and a duel was forthwith
arranged. The weapons were swords. Miss
Shelby was slightly wounded on the arm.
The four seconds were Americans. . These
expressed themselves satisfied that the duel
had been conducted fairly, and that honor
had been vindicated and the insult avenged.
? Avery queer phenomenon is reported
from Oshkosh. Wisconsin, a few davs aco.
An account says: The most remarkable
atmospheric phenomenon ever known here
occurred at 3 p. m. The day had been light,
though slightly cloudy. Suddenly at the
hour named darkness began settling down,
and in five minutes it was as dark as midnight.
General consternatiou prevailed,
people on the streets rushed to and fro,
teams dashed along, and women and children
beat a precipitate retreat into cellars.
All business operations ceased until the
lights could be lighted. Not a breath of
air was stirring. The darkness lasted from
eight to ten minutes, and then passed off,
seemingly from west to east.
? The Senate Committee on the District of
Columbia has decided by a tie vote, not to
advise and consent to the nomination of J.
B. Matthews, colored, of Albany, to be Recorder
of Deeds for the District of Columbia,
and Senator Blackburn was, therefore, authorized
to report the nomination adversely.
It is understood that the votes in favor
of the confirmation were cast by Messrs.
Ingalls, Pike, Palmer, Browu, and those in
the negative by Messrs. Blackburn, Vance,
Harris and Riddleberger. The death of Mr.
Miller, of California, who was a member of
the District committee, leaves the committee
with eight members, hence the tie vote.
The motion to report the name favorably
not receiving a majority of the votes cast
was lost. Senator Itiddleberger, it will be
noted, voted with the Democrats in the
negative?some evidence that that gentleman
is, very properly, trying to slacken his
allegiance to the Radical party.
? The trial of Wm. H. Jones and Frank
Jones, father and son, indicted at Asheville,
N. C., for the murder of Mary Joyce and
her father and mother, closed last Saturday
afternoon with a verdict of not guilty.
The jury was out about one hour. The trial
was one of unusual interest, having been
begun on the 10th of March. The evidence
was purely circumstantial. One hundred
and seven witnesses, from first to last were
examined. The crime for which the prisoners
were tried involved the murder of
three persons and burning of their dwelling
over them. The indictments were for
the killing of Mary Joyce, her father and
mother. After the*verdict a nolle pros was
entered as to the other indictments. With
leave the prisoners were discharged. An
effort was made to show a motive for the
crime in that Mary Joyce had said Frank
Jones had criminally assaulted her, and
that William II. Jones said she would never
testify against his son.
? The third annual report of the civil service
commission, made to Congress on|
Thursday was accompanied with a message
by the President, in which he says: "The
exhibit thus made of the operations of the
Commission in the account thus presented
of the result of a faithful execution of the
civil service law, cannot fail to demonstrate
its usefulness and strengthen the conviction
that this scheme for reform in the method
of administering the government is no longer
aq experiment. Wherever this reform
has gained a foothold it has steadily advancnrl
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111 me csigcm ui muse una.igt;u >viui |>uii
lie administrative duties, while the people
who desire good government, have constantly
been confirmed in their high estimate
of its value and efficiency. The benefit
it has already secured to the public is
plainly apparent, and with its promise of
increased usefulness easily appreciated, this
course is commended to the liberal care and
iealous protection of Congress."
? A veritible Mormon has been brought
to light in Crawford county, Georgia, by
the flogging of two white women, Mrs. i
Julia Hutto and Mrs. Vina Hutto. They |
are the wives of William Hutto, the story j
of whose lives is a scandal to the community.
Years ago he started his matrimonial i
ventures by selling his first wife for a fid- j
die to which he had taken a fancy, lie
got in addition a pen of shucks. He receiv- j
ed a barrel of syrup in pay for making him-:
self the husband of No. 2. That lady died
before she could be traded off. The third!
wife he sold for a bushel of cow peas. His j
fourth wife was so hard to dispose of that
he abandoned her in desperation and established
himself with his present two
wives. When the maskers appeared at
his house, several nights ago, Hut to broke j
through the back door, ran and escaped into
the swamp. The women were taken out
of bed, and under the repeated laying on of
whips, they were warned to leave the country.
The men then disappeared, promising
to call again. The women are now preparing
to leave.
? Mr. George Hearst, who has been ap
pointed by Gov. Stoneman of California, to
succeed the late Senator Miller, has an
eventful history. He went to California
across the plains in 1850, and commenced
as a common laborer in the mines. Finally
he made some money, and formed a partnership
with Haggin & Tevis, and the firm
has amassed a large fortune in jumping
and buying claims. They now own one of
the largest and most profitable mines in
Butte City, M. T., and also mines in
Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Mexico, Idaho
and California. Mr. Hearst is considered
the most expert prospector on the Pacific
coast, and his judgment in regard to a
mine has never yet been at fault. He is a
tall, well-formed man about 55 years old.
At the time of Senator Stanford's election
in 1885, Mr. Hearst received the complimentary
votes of the Democrats. He is a
very wealthy man and among his real estate
owns 40,000 acres of the finest lands in
the State, situated in San Louis Obispo.
He is the sole owner of the San Francisco
Examiner.
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YOItKVILLE, S. C. :
THURSDAY 5I0RNING, APRIL 1, 1886.
CONGRESS.
In the debate on the Silver question, in
the House, last Saturday, Mr. Dargan, of
South Carolina, spoke in repudiation of the
Bland Dollar, and made a strong plea for
the establishment of a single gold standard.
He occupies the same position as does Representative
Hemphill on this question, a
synopsis of whose speech on the subject is
printed on the fourth page of this paper.
Foreshadowing the work of Congress the
present week, a Washington letter of Sunday
says:
The unfinished business in the Senate for
; i o T kill
1116 Illuming 11UU1 IS OClunui iJUgau o uui iyj
increase the efficiency of the array. At 2
o'clock to-morrow Senator Piatt will call up
a bill to admit Washington Territory to the
family of States. Next to the two measures
mentioned the Inter-State commerce bill
and the bankruptcy bill are booked for consideration.
Senator Wilson will continue
his watch for an opportunity to try the passage
of the Des Moines River settlers' bill
over the President's veto.
In the House the friends of the education
bill will seek to open an issue with its opponents.
Mr. Willis will report a new education
bill under the call of the States and
move its reference to some other than the
education committee. This committee has
indefinitely pigeonholed the Senate bill, and
all similar measures now before it, and its
members are expected to resist the effort to
take this subject from its jurisdiction. The
result to-morrow is looked forward to as a
test of the strengh of the measure in the
House. Of the fourteen regular appropriation
bills three have passed the House,
namely, the pension, urgent deficiency and
Indian bills.
The committee of ways and means will
probably call up for consideration during
the present week the bill relating to the
establishment of export tobacco factories,
and the committee on banking and currency
will endeaver to perfect and secure consideration
for some measure to guard against
the contraction of currency.
"A PICAYUXIhH POLICY."
Under the caption, "A small way of doing
business," the Aiken Itecorder has the
following just criticism on the "picayunish
policy" displayed by the. Legislature in
imposing upon the press of the State to advertise
public business gratis, for which in
all fairness payment should be made. The
article was evoked by the circular of Comptroller-General
Stoney?published in the
Enquirer last week?concerning disabled
Confederate soldiers, and is a true present-j
ment of the case:
"The following circular, respecting in-1
formation concerning disabled Confederate
soldiers, has been forwarded to us by the
Comptroller General, with the statement
that the Legislature made no appropriation
to defray the expenses of carrying out the
provisions of the act, and that there is no
way in which he can reach those interested,
unless the newspapers of the State will generously
publish the circular. Of course
Comptroller General Stoney is in no way
to blame, but it is different with the Legislature,
for it is the same picayunish policy
of detestable meanness which subjects the
press of the State to so many drafts upon its
time and capital. If a new carpet had to
be bought for the legislative halls or new
desks for the members, very good care
would be taken to provide for payment, and
it would be thought a freak of insanity if
the Sergeant-at-Arms were to write to the
carpet or furniture dealers, and state that
the Legislature had decided that new carpets
and new desks were neeesrary, but had
made no appropriation, and that there was
noway of getting them uuless the carpet
and furniture dealers would qrnerowity supply
them. Now this is precisely what the
Legislature lias done in this instance. In
fact, it is the meanest kind of sponging,
because that body relied upon the fact that
the newspapers touched by sympathy
would not refuse to publish, for the reason
that it would inflict a hardship upon the
meritorious beneficiaries of the act. No
profession or occupation is subjected to so
many drafts upon its generosity, for which
no thanks are ever returned, as the news-j
paper press, and no profession is liable to !
so many risks and heavy charges for cur-j
rent expenses. When the beneficiaries are i
churches, benevolent institutions, or needy
private individuals, we grin and bear it,
without uttering a complaint, but when it
is the great State of South Carolina, to
which we have to contribute our quota of
taxation upon the capital engaged in our
business, we protest that it is a very small,
miserable way of doing business. Nevertheless
we think our patriotic ComptrollerGeneral
has done right in appealing to the
generosity of the press in behalf of the
wounded veterans, who have so many
claims upon the sympathy of our people,
and for their sake we make room for the
circular, while at the same time we protest
against this forced levy upon our capital
and resources."
The Greenville Convocation.?The I
Greenville Convocation of the Protestant
Episcopal Church met in Trinity Church,
Abbeville, on March 17. The following delegates
were present: Rev. J. 1). McCullough,
dean of the Convocation ; Rev. Ellison
Capers, Rev. E. C. Logan, Rev. Thomas :
F. Gadsden, Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rev.
G. A._ Ottmann, Rev. McNeely DuBose, 1
Rev. John Uass ana Kev. \v. ji. nacKnei, j
and Messrs. W. II. I). Gail lard, S. L. Lowry,
\V. II. Parker, W. A. Pee and W. C. !
Benet.
The Convocation sermon was preached by j'
the Rev. Mr. Ottmann. An essay on the 1
Proper Position ot Christians was read by j <
the Rev. 3Ir. BuBose on Thursday morn- '
ing. The Rev. Mr. Capers preached an j J
able and eloquent sermon on Wednesday <
evening. The Rev. Mr. Joyner read a pa- <
per on Parochial Missions, and also preach- i
ed on Thursday evening. On Friday even- ]
ing the Rev. Mr. (lass preached and the s
Convocation came to an end. The Rev. <
Mr. BuBose was appointed by the dean '
to deliver the next Convocation sermon,
with the Rev. Mr. Capers as alternate. The
Rev. Mr. Capers was appointed to read an <
essay at the next Convocation on the subject i
of free pews, with the Rev. Mr. Hanckel as J'
alternate. The following other subjects are <
also then to be discussed: The extent of <
pastoral authority, the Church and the i
Press, and which is the more effective mode i i
of preaching?with or without manuscript ? I
The next Convocation will meet in York- ]
villo.? CnrrespntHlmoe Xeirs mid Courier. 11
THE EVANGELISTS.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey, the evangelists,
conducted a series of meetings in
Charleston last week, closing on Sunday
night, and from that city they proceeded
to Columbia where a series of meetings
were conducted on Monday and Tuesday
under their ministrations. Their meetings
in Charleston were largely attended and
conducive of much good. On being introduced
to his Charleston audience on Wednesday,
Mr. Moody spoke of the work in
which he is engaged and said he didn't
know when he had been more encouraged
thad since he had been traveling through
the South. He then spoke generally on the
subject of religious awakenings and at the
night service preached a regular sermon
from Galatians vi : 7. "Be not deceived;
God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap."
He said that he most earnestly desired
that the congregation should be thoroughly
imbued with the full meaning of the
text, for it would be far better that they
should remember one of God's words than
all that could be said about it from the pulpit.
Perhaps much good would be done by
these services, but he felt assured that a
true knowledge of the spirit and significance
of the text would be of more importance
than anything that might be said or
done. The text, he said, was for every
man, woman and child in Charleston, Jew
or Gentile. It appeals to them all alike.
It enunciated an eternal law of God. You
may close the book, you may endeavor to
escape from its truth, but the proof of the
truth of the text will be apparent in every
walk of life, in every country, in every
clime. You cannot take up a newspaper
which does not show that the law is being
fulfilled in every part of the globe. Its
truth is the truth and it is going to stand
forever, whether you believe it or not. We
must keep in mind above all things that the
God of our Bible cannot be deceived; neither
does he deceive anyone; and therein
comes in the difference between the god
of this world and the God of the Bible.
The god of the world has deceived men
ever since the time in which mankind was
created in the Garden of Eden. God sees
everything. He can read our innermost
thoughts better than we can read his
actions. On that phase of the text Mr.
Moody said that he would have but little to
say, but would rather treat it under four
principal heads. First, a man expects to
reap when he sows; second, he will reap
of the same kind that he sows; third, he
expects to reap more than he sows, and
fourth, he will reap just what he sows.
Mr. Moody maintained the first proposition
by familiar examples of agricultural
pursuits. These illustrations, he said, were
applicable to and were true in God's King
dom as well as in the natural world, and no
one could doubt that in either a man must
reap what he sows. Mr. Moody then took
up the subject of falsehood as taught to children,
and showed that eventually the sin
would retroact on the parents. The lie sown
in the mind, of the child would be reaped
by the father and mother as a bitter harvest.
Again, no man on the face of the earth could
sell liquor with impunity, because he would
reap the same kind of seed. If the seller
made somebody's son a drunkard it would
almost inevitably be the case that somebody
else would make his son or brother
or father a drunkard. Hence the application
of the text.
Mr. Moody then took up some of the examples
from sacred literature, as those of
of Cain and Esau and Jacob and David, and
showed that as they sowed they reaped. It
may have been long years before the truth
ol the text was proved as to them, but the
infallible application can be found in the
msiory 01 ineir imiureu, uuu even in ineujselves.
Mr. Moody's illustration of the text
from the story of Joseph and his brethren
was particularly happy and interesting.
All these examples he took as a proof of the
great truth that was enunciated by inspiration
when it was said, "Be sure your sin
will find you out." There is no man whose
grave will be so deep that his sin will not
arise to confront him at the Resurrection.
Your conscience can never sleep. It will
march up and down in the chambers of
your soul lashing the guilty with constant
fury. Man may escape the verdicts of juries,
but he can never escape the sting of a guilty
conscience. In this connection Mr. Moody
spoke with much earnestness and force of
the sin of adultery and drew a contrast between
the seducer and his victim, administering
a scathing rebuke to the former, who,
as if untouched, with no loss of caste for his
crime, walked the streets openly and boldly,
while the latter was a social and moral
wreck forever.
The third point of the text that a man
will reap more than he sows was illustrated
again by the story of the sons of Jacob, in
whom the father found ten fold the hypocrisy
with which he had stolen the birthright
ef Esau. It did not take Cain a great while
to commit his great impulsive sin, but didn't
it take him a longtime to expiate it? It
did not take Judas a long time to sell his
master, but he has not finished paying for
it yet. But we need not, he said, go back
so far as biblical times to point the moral of
the text. Are there not proofs enough of it
right here in Charleston,nay, in the bosoms
of many families themselves? Don't you
see the examples around you on every side?
Everything depends upon what kind of
seed you are sowing. If a farmer were to
say he did not care what kind of seed he
was sowing, wouldn't he be a fit subject for
the lunaticasylum ? Itemember, then, that
you are sowing for eternity. I am not a
prophet or the son of a prophet, but if you
tell me the manner of your lives, I will tell
you what your harvest will be. Do you go
fishing on the Sabbath ? Do you keep your
saloons open on Sunday ? [A voice, "Yes."]
Are you in the habit of cursing? If you do
all these things let me tell you you are
going to have a bitter harvest. These curses
are going sooner or later to come down on
yourselves. How do you treat your parents?
Do you speak of your mother as the
"old woman" or your father as the "governor?"
Xo; don't smile. 1 never yet in
my life knew a young man who treated
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who prospered.
31 r. Moody then paid a noble tribute to
the mothers of the land and their affection
for their forgetful children. The picture he
drew was extremely affecting and touched
many a heart in the vast audience. In fact,
the remaining part of 3Ir. Moody's address
was just what it was expected to be. He is
not an orator in the usual acceptance of the
word, but he has a most insinuating manner.
which keeps the attention of his hearers
riveted to his subject. lie pointed quite
a number of his statements by episodes from
his career, and invariably with very significant
and forcible application. He is thoroughly
in earnest in his works and he
throws a large share of his earnestness into
his very effective language.
THE NATIONAL INQUEST HILL.
Asa further aid to secure a free ballot and
a fair count in all the elections hereafter to
be held, Senator Hoar has introduced a bill .
providing for "National inquests," of which :
the following is the full text:
Section 1. Whenever any three citi- 1
sens of the United States shall, under oath, 1
present to any Judge of the Circuit Court, 1
either in term or vacation, their petition
netting forth that within the circuit for 1
which such Judge has j?,ri?diction any person
has been killed, or h.. sustained bodily
injury, lor serious injury in his estate be- 1
fause of the race or color of such person so
killed, injured or threatened, or because <
:>f the political opinion which such person 1
so killed, injured or threatened, may have I
held in regard to matters affecting the gen- <
sral welfare of the United States, or with 1
Jesign to prevent such person so killed or '
injured or threatened, or others from ex- i
pressing freely such opinion, or from voting <
is he or they may see fit at any election of <
officers whose election is required or provided
for by the Constitution or laws ol the <
United States, or to influence or effect the <
votes of such persons or others at such 1
elections, it shall be the duty of such Judge ]
as soon as may be to hold an inquest into (
the circumstances of such killing, injury 11
er threatening, at such place within the ; <
circuit as he may appoint, to ca^ise to be I
summoned and examined before him all j
such witnesses as he may think proper. <
Sec. 2. Said Judge shall forthwith re- ]
port the evidence by him taken and his t
[ onclusions of fact thereon to the President 1
of the United States, to be by him laid before
Congress.
Sec. 3. The Judge may require any district
attorney of the United States within
his circuit to attend such inquest and to aid
in preparing and conducting the same, or he
may in his discretion appoint any other
counsellor at law to prepare and conduct the
inquest.
Sec. 4. The expenses of such inquest
shall be certified by the Judge to the department
of justice and paid out of the appropriation
made for the expenses of Courts
of the United States.
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THE SENATE'S EMPTY VICTORY.
On Friday the Senate passed the resolutions
of the Judiciary Committee by a vote
of 32 to 25, condemning the Attorney-General
for not delivering up private papers in
connection with making removals from
office, or nominations sent to the Senate by
the President. The action is simply a matter
of record, showing the extent of partisan
feelings in the National legislative body,
and has no practical effect. On Friday the
discussion closed, with speeches by Ingalls,
Harrison, Logan and Edmunds, all favoring
the adoption of the resolutions. The following
is a report of the closing proceedings:
After the debate closed the question was
then on Senator Van Wyck's amendment,
providing that "In all such cases of removals
the matter of confirmation shall be considered
in open session of the Senate."
Senator Butler thought that if there ever
was a time in the history of the Senate or
theGoverment when the injunction of secrecy
should be removed from the proceedings,
this was the ocfcdi^bn. The Senate had
been talking about the Star Chamber proceeding
of the President, and attacking him
because he had not seen fit to disclose to
the Senate motives which prompted him,
and at the same time it had been closing the
doors on nominations, which he (Butler)
would be very glad to have discussed in
open session in order that the country might
understand the reasons and grounds assigned
by the majority of the Senate for refusing
to confirm the nomination.
At the suggestion of Senator Harris, Senator
Van Wyck modified his amendment
by omitting the words "of confirmation."
Senator Hoar raised the point that the
amendment was not in order, inasmuch as
it changed the rules of the Senate, and no
notice had been given of it.
The President pro tern, sustained the
point of order, and an appeal was taken by
Senator Butler?laid on the table, yeas 31,
nays 28?a strict party vote, except that
Senators Van Wyck and Kiddleberger,
voted with the Democrats.
The vote was not considered a test of
strength on the proposition for open executive
sessions, since Republicans who favor
the principle voted to table the appeal and
Democrats who opposed it voted against
tabling it.
Senator Harris having demanded a separate
vote upon the resolutions, the first resolution
adopting the reportof the Committee
on Judiciary was adopted?yeas 32, nays 26.
The second resolution condemning the action
of the Attorney-General in not sending
copies of the papers called for by the Senate
was adopted?yeas 32, nays 25. Against
the third resolution declaring it the duty of
the Senate to refuse confirmation, Senator
Gray raised the point that it changed a rule
of the Senate and was not in order.
The President pro tern, overruled the
point of order and Senator Gray appealed
from the decision.
Senator Morgan inferring from some remarks
of Senator Edmunds that he held
the Senate to have the rightto imprison the
Attorney General for refusing to answer the
demand made on mm in mis resolution, inquired
of Senator Edmunds whether that
inference was correct.
He replied that he was bound to say for
the progress of constitutional liberty and
law, that, if any officer of the United States,
except the President, about which he would
go into no discussion now, was lawfully
bound to answer to a demand of either
House of Congress, and if he failed he could
be punished for contempt.
Senator Morgan?The Senator has stated
in his resolution that the Attorney-General
is lawfully bound to obey this order.
Senator Edmunds?Most undoubtedly.
Senator Morgan said that Senator Edmunds
evidently meant to say that the Senate
had the right to call him before it on
this issue and imprison him for contempt if
he did not produce the papers. That was
the doctrine that the Senate now proposed
to assert, though it had been carefully concealed.
Senator Gray's appeal was jam on mutable.
Senator Brown moved to amend by striking
out the third resolution altogether.
The motion was not agreed to.
A vote being taken on the third resolution,
it was agreed to?yeas 30, nays 29,
Mitchell, of Oregon, Kiddleberger and Van
Wyck voting with the Democrats. The
fourth resolution, condeming the discharge
of ex-Union soldiers and the putting in
their places of men who had rendered no
military service for the Government, was
then voted on and and agreed to?yeas 50,
nays 1 (Morgan).
Before that resolution came to a vote,
Senator Butler said that if he had time he
could demonstrate that the Republican party
had violated the law relating to soldiers
ten times, while the present Administration
had not departed from it once.
Senator Morgan offered a resolution declaring
that nothing in the resolutions already
adopted was to be construed as declaring
that the conduct of the AttorneyGeneral
rendered him liable to impeachment,
and that the Senate disclaimed the
right or power to punish him by imprisonment
or other than by impeachment for the
offence charged against him in the resolutions.
On Senator Edmunds' motion this reso
l-'.l ,-nne '? } .
JUtlOn WUS J<1111 un uiu iuuiu?jtao, 'j'i ,
nays, 20.
Jefferson Davis to Speak.?The
Monumental Committee of Montgomery,
Alabama, has received from Jefferson
Davis, ex-President of the Confederacy, a
letter formally accepting the invitation to
lecture in Montgomery in behalfof the monument
to be erected on the Capitol grounds
in that city in memory of the Alabama
soldiers who died in the civil war. Mr. Davis
will go there about the last of April.
His lecture will be delivered in a large
ware house with a seating capacity of 5,000
persons, lie will also lay the cornerstone
of the monument, which will cost $50,000,
of which $10,000, or enough to complete the
pedestal, has already been raised. John
W. Daniel, of Virginia, has been invited
to deliver an address on that occasion. All
the men who bore a prominent part in the
civil and military service of the Confederate
Government have been invited to be
present to meet Mr. Davis, as also many
prominent men North, and ex-Union Generals
now in active service. All the Alabama
State troops, some 30 companies
strong will be there and invitations will be
sent to militia companies of all the States,
North and South. Great interest in the
occasion centres in the fact that on the porch
of the Capitol building in Montgommery
Jefferson Davis took the oath of office as
President of the Confederacy, and the Government
was there organized.
Two Worthy Ministers.?Says the
Concord, N. C\, Times: Itev. J. E. Pressley, ,
1). D., has offered his resignation as pastor ,
of the Coddle Creek Church. For thirtyis?
?koo K?r>r> faithful nnstnr of
II VU }A.*ilI3 lie 1IU3 uucn niu , (
that church, and severs that relation on ac- ,
count of accumulated years and bodily infirmity.
ilis years of active work in the
ininistry of good to humanity are about
numbered, but the work itself and its influ- ;
cncc will go on in its good mission until the !
lay of final reward to this good man.
Concerning another faithful minister the
Charlotte Home-Democrat of Friday says: !
3ur friend, Rev. John Hunter, of Sharon
township, had a severe attack of nervous
prostration while preaching at a new Associate
Reformed Church in Morning Star '
township last Sunday morning. Mr. Hunter
had only began his sermon when he fell I
to the floor. As Mr. Hunter is somewhat 1
ulvanced in years the attack was probably
caused by over-exertion, mentally and
physically. lie is one of the best men in j
this section, and his many friends hope for I
nis speedy restoration to good health.
LOCAL A77AZHS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
W. G. Reid & Co., Rock Hill, S. C.?Organs and
Pianos.
Frew Brothers, Rock Hill, S. C.?Get Your Seed
Potatoes?The Perry Cotton Planter and
Cely Guano Distributor.
Hunter <k Dates?Our Buyer, Mr. Hunter.
M. Strauss?New Goods.
Lowry-ct Starr?Certain Chill Cure.
H. F. Adickes?New Goods.
J. Beatty Williams, Judge of Probate, Citation?
L. A. Barron, Applicant?Samuel D. Barron,
deceased.
T. M. Dobson <fc Co.?New Goods.
Withers Adickes?Every one Who Comes to
Yorkville.
Lindsay it Moore?The City Grocery?Potatoes?
Stoneware?Harness?Crockery--Wanted?
Save Money?14(10 Times Annually.
Tho Cotton Plant.
W. S. Wolls, Grover, Cleveland County, N. C.~
Millsand Mill Machinery.
W. Peyre Poreher.?State Medical Association.
UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1887.
Wo will furnish the Enquirer from this duto
until January 1, 1887, for $1.80; or for one year
to two names paid for at thesame time, $4.00.
Single subscriptions $2.50 per annum.
THE PRESS.
Mr. Theo. Dellon, the traveling agent for the
Charleston News and Courier, and Mr. Edward
Moore, the agent for Dixie, a magazine published
in Atlanta, (la., were in town this weok presenting
tljo claims of their respective journals.
I ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
OnjThursday last James Dulin, who lives near
Zeno, in the upper edge of this county, while
laboring under a fit of delirium tremens, attempted
to commit suicide by cutting his throat with
a razor. He cut a severe gash, severing his wind
pipe, but at our latest accounts he was still living.
RELEASED ON BAIL.
Thomas Maguire, of Mecklenburg county, N.
C., whoso arrest on tho charge of violating the
United States internal revenue laws was noted
last week, had a preliminary hearing before U.
S. Commissioner, G. W. S. Hart, on the25th ultimo,
and was bound over for appearance at the
U. S. District Court. He gave bail and returned
to his home.
- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Attention is directed to the advertisement of
Messrs. W. G. Iteid & Co., of Rock Hill, who
offer pianos and organs of reliable makers, at
prices which they claim will meet any competition.
As will be seen, they are not agents, but
buy their instruments direct, and are free to sell
them at as low prices as they may choose.
DEATH OF J. P. HERNDON.
W^egret to learn of the death of Mr. J. Pinckrley
Herndon, son of Mr. Joseph Herndon, of
this place, which occurred from lung affection,
in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday last. Mr.
Herndon left Yorkville for Texas in 1879, since
which time he has resided in that State and in
the Choctaw Nation. At one time ho held a position
in one of the agencies in the Indian Territory.
He was a charter member of Home Reilef
Lodge, No. 389, Knights of Honor, of this
plaee, but a few months ago transferred his
membership to Sherman Lodge, Sherman, Texas.
He was in his 34th year at the time of his death,
and will be remembered by a largo number of
friends for the many generous traits of his character.
_
A VALUABLE BOOK.
"Our Album of Authors, a Cyclopedia of Popular
Literary People," is the title of a large oc
ovn irAlnmn r\f .llfi linfrcy which urivPS a fill 1
knowledge of the men and women who haye
made the standard literature of the world, containing,
as it does, biographical sketches of fiftj'six
authors, men and women, in the various departments
of literature. This work will prove a
valuable accession to any library, as a book for
reference or study, and we predict for it a wide
sale. It is handsomely bound in three different
styles of binding, and profusely illustrated.
Sold only b\' subscription, at $2.75, $3.25 and
$3.75 per copy. Miss M. Fannie Grist, of this
place, has taken the agency of the book for Yorkville
and vicinity, and is now ready to take orders
for it.
church" notices.
Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Com
munion services atLnion unuren nexiounu.i.y
at 11 A. M. Preacliing in the Church in Yorkville
at 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C.
Galloway, Pastor. On next Sunday services at
10.30 A. M., the bell ringing at 10; and services
at 3 P. M., the bell ringing at 2.30. Sundayschool
at 4 P. M.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at 11 A. M., and 7 P. M., next Sunday.
Sunday-school at 3 P. 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. Services next Sunday at 11 A.M.,
at Philadelphia Church.
CIRCUIT COURT.
Last Monday was noted as the most rainy day
that has occurred here for years, the rain falling
almost incessantly from about 5 A. M., until
late in the afternoon. But notwithstanding the
disagreeable weather, there was a good attendance
of people in town, and the Court of Sessions
was promptly convened at 10 A. M., his
Honor Judge Hudson on the bench, and the respective
oflicers of the Court at their places.
The following grand jurors, summoned for
the present year, answered to the call of their
names: Irvin Blair, W. II. Stewart, W. E.
Good, J. T. Lowry, J. B. Blanton, R. M. Plexico,
W. T. Ilartness, B. M. Faires, W. C. Abernathy,
I). W. Fowler, S. S. Plexico, W. R. Barron,
Felix H. Dover, J. I). Whitesides, J. A.
Abernathy, D. J. Gold, T. E. McKeown. Mr. J.
A. Abernathy, was excused on his own petition,
and the grand jurors were then instructed to retire
and nominate one of their number for foreman.
They returned and announced that Capt.
J. T. Lowry was their solection, and he was accordingly
appointed by the Court to act as foreman.
His Honor then proceeded to charge the grand
jurors as to their duties as the grand inquest of
the county, his instructions being comprehensive
and remarkably clear. He impressed upon
them the importance and dignity of the office
of a grand juror, a position in which extraordinary
power is exerted, and explained the character
of the solemn obligations imposed by the
oath which they had just taken. The various
duties of the grand jury as relates to all the municipal
affairs of the county, their investigation
of the public offices, the poor house and
r ?..l.i:,. ?An,lo nuil fli,? poliifinns thov
mrm, uiu ?..? . ~ ^
sustain to the public in presenting offenders of
the law were fully explained, and in conclusion,
bis Honor delivered to the foreman the annual
report of the County Commissioners, the County
Treasurer and the County School Commissioner,
which, he said, by a wise provision of the law
these ollicers aro required to publish and have
ready for inspection at the lirst term of the
Court after the close of each fiscal year. As directed
by the law, he placed these reports in
the hands of the grand jury, and it is their duty
to inspect thesamo and report upon any errors
or inaccuracies they may find, after which the
reports arc to bo tiled in the clerk's otlice for
preservation and future reference.
The Solicitor then sent up a number of bills,
and after being specifically instructed as to the
law bearing upon the offences charged, the
grand jury retired to their room.
The names of the petit jurors drawn for the
first week of the term were then called, and
thirty-three answered as follows: J. 15. Pegram,
Hruce Hopper, B. P. White, J. 11. Wood, L. 1).
Johnson, W. I). Lesslie, A. J. Oofortli, J. M.
Hope, J. L. Williamson, A. Cody, M. It. lteese,
Leroy S. Xivens, J. B. Robinson, John Knox,
S. K. McFadden, J. II. Campbell, J. J. Shaw, ,
J. W. Brown, W. J. Caveny, J. R. Barron, W. G. <
Dowdle, J. B. Heath, J. W. Anderson, J. J. Gaulilen,
I). A. Fulton, J. T. Bigham, W. E. Smarr, K
S. Thompson, Johnston Moore, J. C. Pressley, J. j
E. Leech, O. J. Gwin, J. B. Smith. Messrs. [1
Reese and Dowdle were excused on their own j
petitions, and to complete the panel tho Court :
figned an order directing that four additional
names be drawn from the seven-mile box, which
was done under direction of the jury commissioner,
the following names being drawn:
Milton Jackson, David P.Owen, W. L. Evins, S. ;
B. Carroll.
Tho following cases were disposed of on Mon- !
lay: (
State vs. Dr. John G. Black; improperly
granting prescriptions for intoxicating liquor, j
Continued, on motion of defendant's counsel. (
Daniel Darwin, colored ; burglary and larceny, j
Prosecutor, R. A. Parish. Defendent pleaded I
guilty and was remanded to jail to await sen- j
tence. <
State ys. Sam. Moore; appeal from trial jus- i
tice's court. Appeal dismissed, and case re- '
manded to trial justice for enforcement of judg- i
ment. James L. Wilson for defendant.
The following cases were disposed of on Tucs- |
day :
State vs. Robert Jackson, Elijah Jackson, \
Thomas Jackson, Lowry Jackson, Win. Brake- j
field and Joseph Jackson; riot. Verdict, not ,
guilty. Chambers and Cherry for defendants. I
State vs. W. R. McG'ullough ; carrying con- j
cealcd pistol. The defendant submitted an af- j
fidavit through his counsel, Wilson A Wilson, i
to the effect that he was not carrying the pistol j
in question with wrong intent, but carrying it to
deliver to another person?its proper owner.
Granting the truth of this affidavit the Court
imposed a line of $15 and costs, or two months j
in the county jail.
State vs. Mosos Starr, colored ; carrying concealed
pistol. Through his counsel, Mr. Wilbourn,
the defendant pleaded guilty, and submitted
an affidavit to the effect that he was moving
his household effects from one plantation to
another and carried the pistol without wrong
JmnAuml thn aomr* finp in
the case of McCullough.
State vs. Sam Patrick and Rufus Anderson,
colored; gambling. Sam Patrick pleaded guilty,
andja nolleprosequi was entered in the case of
Rufus Anderson.
State vs. Hosea Norman; carrying concealed
weapon. No prosecuting witness appearing, a
nolle prosequi was entered in this case.
State vs. Wylie Fewell, colored ; assault and
battery with intent to kill. Defendant, through
Hart & Hart, his counsel, pleaded guilty and
submitted affidavit in extenuation ofthe offence.
Sentence not yet pronounced.
Lee Hambright, a white man, claiming to bo
of Portuguese descent, was next arraigned on
the charge of grand larceny?the stealing of a
horse from Elijah Hartin?and having no counsel
and pleading not guilty, Messrs. Waters and
Cherry wero assigned by the Court to conduct
the defence. The case is progressing as we go to
press.
The trial of Robert C. Bishop, charged with
the murder of Arthur N. Turner, is set for 10 A.
M. to-day.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
Rock Hill, March 29.?About the 1st of
last November a young man came to this
place and stopped at Gordon's Hotel, giving
his name as W. M. Henry. lie said that
he was from near Lynchburg, Va., and that
in Rock Hill he wished to rent a store room
and engage in the mercantile business. In
a few days he left the town and soon after
returned with a young girl whom he said
was his wife.- lie also rented box No. 107
in the postoffice, and a few days subsequently
to renting that box, he rented box No.
83, as he said, for a friend, J. J. Smith.
Since his stay herfe he has had very little
social intercourse with the people, and was
AVOArvf
j rai'cijr cvci accn upun mg ^av.^v
when going to or returning from the post
office. This created suspicion and there was
considerable speculation as to the nature of
his business. On Wednesday last he was
arrested by Deputy United States Marshal
C. J. Pride, Jr., upon a warrant sworn out
by W. C. Boykin, United States Postoffice
Inspector, charging that J. J. Smith, alias
W. M. Henry, alias John Andrew, alias E.
E. Turner, alias W. H. Martin, did use the
j United States mail during the year 188G,
by opening correspondence with one or more
persons for the purpose of defrauding them,
by selling or offering to sell them counterfeit
money of the United States of America,
I ?n violation of Section 5,480, Revised Statutes
of the United States. When arrested,
he had on his person about $1,200, which
was examined by Capt. Allen Jones, an
I expert, who pronounced the bills genuine.
A search warrant was also obtained and his
house was searched. Several letters were
found and also a bundle of circulars and the
press or copy plate from which they were
stricken. The following is the style of his
circular and a faithful copy:
Rock Hilt., S. C., 1880.
My DkarSir: Yours of recent date to hand,
and as I take you to be a gentleman of a speculative
disposition, and one who would be willing
to liinU-n !i lot of irionov mnidlv. provided it could I
lie made safely, I make known to you the speculation
referred to in your letter. Incase you do not
engage in the business, I trust you will not violate
the trust imposed in you. If you enter into
this exchange business, you can make money
faster than in any other business. You can
make all the money you want in a short time
with perfect safety. The goods I want you exchange
are very line imitations of "Uncle Sam's
Greenbacks." I have them in No. 1, 2, 5 and
$10; also the 10 tfc 20 Doll silver bills. I guarantee
you the goods are equal to the genuine, and
there is absolutely no fear of detection. You
can get them at lb Doll per 100, or $300 for 25
Doll, and 1000 Doll for 75 Doll. I will not sell, or
send out less than $100, price 10 Doll. If you
want to make money very fast I advise you to
raise all the money you can and send it on at once,
and get a large stock of the goods while the opportunity
lasts, as no one can tell how long that
may be. Send monej- in a plain envelope, marked
if not received in 5 days return to yon, in this
way, if not delivered to liie it will be returned to
you, and will be entirely safe. Under no circumstances
will I receive or sign for a Registered
Letter or Money Order, as the Authorities might
get proof against me that way. Hoping to start
a business that will prove mutually profitable,
I am yours in confidence,
Address carefully * J. J. SMITH,
and return all Lock Box 83,
communications. Rock Hill,
S. C.
After his arrest, Henry was given a preliminary
hearing before U. 8. Commissioner
C. J. Pride. Several witnesses were examined,
the most important being our
worthy Postmistress, Miss Jiuena V. Wood.
She had suspicioned that the person who
rented box S3 was using the United States
mail for fraudulent purposes, having seen
an advertisement in 1 e.cux ntjunyx which
read as follows:
"Greenback.?$10 invested returns $100 in ten
to twenty (lavs. Address Ilox S3, Rock Hill,
S. C."
Miss "Wood at once turned detective, wrote
a letter to Box 8,'J, Kock Hill, S. C., postmarking
it with pen and ink, "Pleasant
Valley, Lancaster Co., S. C," the letter asking
how 8100 could be realized for $10 invested,
and signing the fictitious name "Ed
Williams." In a few days a circular, of
which the above is a copy, was dropped in
the letter-box of the postofiice addressed to
the supposed correspondent. Miss Wood
immediately reported the matter to the
postofiice department, and Inspector Boykin
was instructed to investigate the case at
once. He arrived here the first of lastj
week, and thinking the evidence against j
Henry sutficient to prove his guilt, caused '
his arrest.
After hearing the testimony Commissioner
Pride decided to require Henry to give I
a bond in the sum of $1,000 for his appear- j
ance at the next term of the Cnited States '
Circuit Court to be held in Greenville. He j
gave the required bond and was released, j
His young wife was with him during most i
of the investigation, and her devotion created
considerable sympathy for the defend-!
ant.
Services were held in all the churches in !
this place on yesterday morning. I regret I
to say that this is something unusual. It is !
seldom that there is service in all the church- !
es in our town on the same Sunday.
The prospect for a good fruit crop in this j
section is very encouraging, and unless we j
are yet visited with some severe weather j
the crop will be a large one. Hal.
MEItE-MENTION.
Mr. Manning, Secretary of the Treasury,
was stricken with paralysis on Wednesday
oi last week, ana tnougn nis conumon is
somewhat improved, he is in a precarious ;
condition. George Q. Cannon, the fa- j
mous Mormon, has forfeited a $25,000 bond
for his appearance for trial on the charge of ;
polygamy. The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the
last week, reported to It. G. Dun & Co., '
number for the United States l'J7, Canada .
25; total 221, against 225 last week and 23!) <
the week previous. Maggie Wilson, j 1
the girl accidentally shot at Charlotte by <
Mike C'opela, the leader of the Italian band,
is dead, and Mike is thought to he dying of l
pneumonia. A snow storm in Iowa <
und other sections of the West, on the 21st [ <
ultimo was very heavy, snow hilling to the <
depth of two feet. The county jail in I
Wilmington, N. C., was burned on the 1
morning of the 26th ultimo. The prison- i
crs were rescued and one escaped. Ten I
per cent, of the present freshmen class at
L'ornell are girls, and Prof. Jones, of that <
institution, is quoted as saying that the av- i
3rage scholarship of the young women is 1
superior to that of the young men. 11
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Supreme Court has decided against
Ed. Bundy, the Spartanburg negro waiter
who killed a disreputable white woman,
and he is to be hanged.
? Mr. John Carey, a school teacher, who
lives in West Wateree, Kershaw county,
shot himself dead on Monday. His mind
had been effected from ill-health, and it is
supposed he was insane when he committed
the tragic deed. lie was a useful and respected
citizen.
? Lucy Moore, an old colored woman,
while returning from the funeral of her
daughter at Simpson's Turnout, on the C.,
C. and A. It. It., on Tuesday, of last week,
fell in front of a passenger train while trying
to cross the track and was ground to
pieces.
? Thomas Hamilton, ex-member of the
Legislature of this State, died at Beaufort on
the 24th ultimo. Hamilton was a member
of the Legislature in 1876, and was one of
the three colored members who first gave in
their adhesion to the Hampton government
and secured a quorum for the Democratic
House of Representatives.
? In the game of baseball at Charleston
lnof rTI,iiro<-la\r hota'onn thn T'hnrlpet/in flnfl
iOOb X 11U1 UV4UJ UV.VM VVU 1.11V vnui ivvw..
Philadelphia club, Bryan, the manager and
centre fielder of the Charleston club, broke
his knee cap and Lanser, the catcher, his
finger.. Bryan will be disabled for life.
Lanser's injuries are not serious. The game
resulted in favor of Philadelphia.
? Lancaster ledger: The body of Mr.
Charles Barnes, the unfortunate young man
who was drowned in the Catawba River on
the loth of last January, while cutting ice
from the river for the Messrs. Fudge, of
Fort Lawn, was found, on Monday of last
week by Mr. Sam Ballard, in the river just
below Broun's old ferry.
?Says the Lancaster ledger: Congressman
Hemphill has introduced a bill granting a
pension to Dr. J. F. G. Mittag, of this place.
Dr. Mivtag is now an aged man and has been
well known for more than forty years, as a
deep thinker and writer on science. It will
be very gratifying to his many friends, as
well as a merited reward for his services, if
the bill is passed.
? Winnsboro News: Mr. Jno. S. Douglass,
one of our largest and most successful
farmers, can trace the title to his land
back to the original grant of George III.
He has in his possession all of transfers and
the original grant. If all other men were
as particular about their titles there would
be much less litigation.
? In the Spartanburg Sessions Court, on
Wednesday of last week, Ike Montgomery,
colored, was sentenced to the penitentiary
for two years for resisting an officer. When
hewascarried back to jail he was placed alone
in a cell. He proceeded to hang himself to
the cross bars in his cell window, using a
.blanket for a rope. A deputy went to the
jail about half an hour later and found him
hanging there dead.
? The State Supreme Court has rendered
its decision in the case of C. C. Habenicht
vs. Iiawls and others, appealed from Fairfield
county, and involing a question of
general interest. It was an action to hold
Knkln no ntiilnK-ornn o nnto whdn it.
lilt; >v 11c liauic ao euuutovi vu ?? uv?v ?? <?vw .v
was notspecifically mentioned that it was intended
to bind her separate property. Our
court follow the decision of the New York
courts and say to bind the wife it must appear
from the instrument that it was intended
to bind her separate estate.
? For some time a vigorous canvass has
been in progress in Columbia over the municipal
election, which took place on Thursday.
Two candidates have been in the
field soliciting the votes of the citizens for
[ the mayoralty?Col. John T. Rhett and Col.
J. Quit. Marshall. The primary election
came off on Thursday and was hotly contested
by the friends of both parties. NotI
withstanding the fact that Col. Marshall
was the candidate of the young men who
. are apt to take more interest in such
campaigns than men of maturer years, he
was defeated by his opponent over one hun[
dred votes.
RAILU0A1) MATTERS.
Concerning the progress of the work on
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad, the Shelby Neto Era of last week
says:
The weather of the past week, favorable
to all kinds of out-door work, has been improved
by the several contractors on our
railroads. Between Shelby and Black's
the amount of work done is such as to
indicate the completion of that section on
or before May ,30th. Those having contracts
for delivering timber have made
good showing and for some of the trestles
and bridges all that is required is now on
the ground. Those having contracts for the
construction of trestles have made good
progress and the crossing at Buffalo will
soon be completed.
The Shelby Aurora of last week says:
The Massachusetts and Southern Construction
Company have shown push and
enterprise since November. The entire
route from Rutherfordton to Black's is under
contract or completed. Six miles from
Rutherfordton to Forest City have been
graded and the bed is now ready for the
iron. One half of the work of grading
from Black's to Shelby is finished and on
the other half a large force is now at work.
Colonel Colton informed us that he
thought the construction train would reach
Shelby on October 1,1886. There is now
no doubt of the road being built and run
from Black's to Rutherfordton. So Rutherford
will be happy and soon awake to
new life and prosperity. The Massachusetts
and Southern Construction Company have
developed backbone and capital, and say
they will immediately after the completion
of the 40 miles from Rutherfordton to
Black's, build another 40 miles each direction
from Black's southward and from Rutherfordton
northward towards Tennessee.
Some suggest that the Air Line is ready
and willing to aid them. It is asserted that
Colonel Frank Coxe is backing with his
money the railway venture of the Massachusetts
and Southern Construction Company.
Concerning movements on the other end
of the line, the New Era says: Captain
Ramsaur has pushed the preliminary line
of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction
Company below Lancaster and
will reach Camden this week.
The Lancaster Review of Thursday says:
We have just received information that in
order to induce the new railroad company
to cross the river at Landsford, Lancaster
will have to contribute one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars to the enterprise.
We do not know whether this is
the ultimatum of the company or not, but
we would suggest to the friends of the
enterprise in this county not to become discouraged,
tor the present at least. Await
further developments.
The Farmers' Movement.?Colonel D.
Wyatt Aiken, one of the leading agriculturalists
of our State, has the following to
say of the farmers' movement, which
strikes us as tho most sensible view of the
situation:
"I think it well that the farmers should
meet in convention to make known their
grievances, but let them do so in raininess
with truthful facts before them." After
advising them to consider the lien law,
the assessment of property for taxation and
the agricultural department, he says:
"These and many other topics peculiarly
agricultural, are legitimate subjects for investigation
by farmers. At the same time
no other interest will be in the least antagonized.
For the farmer to array himself
against other classes would be such folly
that I do not suppose such a step would be
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?oon to be held."
Painting the Town Bed.?Larkin
Thorn burg, whose father is a distiller near
King's Mountain, X. C., invaded that town
an Sunday, full of whisky, pistol in hand on
horseback. lie charged through the streets,
aver the side walks and wherever else his
whisky suggested and his horse could go,
terrifying the people and defying the law
officers, until Mayor Dixon seized the halter
af his bridle, and, although he was severely
?ut in several places about the head and face
by the drunken madman, he so checked his
headway that others came up and arrested
\nd lodged him (Thornburg) in the calaboose.
When it was known how Mayor
Dixon had been cut it was all the Sheriff
:ould do to protect the drunken man from
t mobbing. He paid $40 fine and costs to
:he town and gave bond to answer in the
Superior court for cutting Mayor Dixon.