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Scraps and Jarts. | ? The faculty of Dickinson College, Pa., has declined to admit Robert C. Young, a colored boy who was recently graduated with a large class of white and colored studeuts at the high school in Philadelphia. His father, formerly a slave, is the janitor of the college. Young was rejected simply on account of his color. ? A heavy snowstorm visited southwestern Montana lasi week. The stage coaches were delayed and several cowboys, who were out on a round-up, were lost in the storm Tuesday night and were obliged to camp under the sage brush without food, blankets or fire. The storm is the heaviest of the season and will cause considerable delay in the fall range work. ? Fifteen years ago the buffalo ranges of Kansas and Colorado were covered with thousands of these animals. The other day a party went out from Denver, and after a week's hunting managed to kill three from a herd of twenty-nine that they found in Lost Park. It is said that there are not more than two thousand buffaloes now in existence. Svstematic slaughter has pro duced this shameful result. ~ ? Cluverius, who issentenced to be hanged at Richmond, Va.,on December 10 for the murder of Lillian Madison, is cheerful and still hopeful of averting this fate. Two petitions for the commutation of his sentence are now in circulation for signatures. Until that is submitted to the Goveror and acted upon it is not believed that the condemned man will make any statement of his connection with the death of Miss Madison. ? John M. Thompson, of South Carolina, has been appointed a copyist at $900 per annum in the Indian Bureau under civil service rules. Mr. Thompson is a son of Assistant Secretary Thompson of the Treasury Department, who dissuaded his son from entering the government service as an employee of the Treasury Department, although he had passed a civil service examination. ? The limited passenger train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad was ditched at an early hour last Thursday morning and thirteen persons on board are known to be dead, though it is impossible to obtain a complete list on account of the charred condition of some of the bodies, the wrecked cars taking fire immediately. The disaster occured, about thirteen miles from Portage, Wis., and is believed to have been caused by the neglect of a brakeman to close a switch. ? A man named Hamilton fell from the top of a car at Barabo, Wis., Friday and broke his neck. He was removed to his , home in Evansville and is still living. The case is attracting the attention of the medical fraternity throughout Wisconsin. The shock from the fall paralyzed his whole Krvrl.r f?nm Via noolr HnrL'n vpt. hp has the UVUJ iUV uwu \??/ VTMJ ^ v? power of speech and converses with all visitors. This is supposed to be the first case on record where a person has lived so long with a broken neck. ? A steamer which arrived at New Orleans last Friday from Puerto Cortez, Guatemala, brings news of an interesting character from that country. The greatest excitement was caused in the town of Guatemala on the 10th ultimo by the exposure of an attempt to poison the president by two brothers, druggists, in the city. They prepared the poison and gave it to a servant of the president's, with a bribe of two thousand dollars to administer it. But the servant proved honest, and handed over to his master both the money and the poison. The druggists were arrested and put to death. ? An exhaustive official report upon the phenomena of the recent earthquakes has been received at the Geological Survey in Washington from Earle Sloane, of Charleston, who was employed by the Survey to continue the work begun by Profs. McGee and Mendenhall. It is a mass of tabulated statements measurements and technical details, possessing in its present form little or nothing of popular interest, but is spoken of by the scientists of the Survey as a masterly evidence of patient, laborious and intelligent research, promising results, when digested with the materials gathered from other sources, of great scientific value. ? Robert Evan Sproule, an American subject, was hanged at Victoria, British Columbia, last Friday for the murder of Thomas Hammil in June, 1885, in Kootenay mines. The condemned man ascended the scaffold without a tremor and made a short speech protesting his innocence. Efforts were made by the United States authorities to secure a reDrieve for Snroule. and I the Canadian authorities postponed the execution three times upon the request of the American Department of State; but on Thursday evening the sheriff was notified that no further leniency would be extended and that the law must take its course. ? The steamship British King arrived at Philadelphia from Liverpool last week, having among its six hundred passengers three hundred and seven Mormon immigrants, in charge of John Greenwood, of Utah, who has spent the past two years in Great Britain doing missionary work for : the Mormon Church. Of the total number 2(H are from Scotland, England and Wales, the rugged Scotchmen predominating. There were 100 Scandinavians and i three from Germany and Switzerland, about one-third of the number, but there are quite a number of pretty, bright and neatly dressed young women, who are perhaps attracted to the New World by the i prospect of gettng at least a fraction of a husband. ? It is possible that gold may ere long be as cheap as silver. Marvelous accounts are given by the Engtisfr papers of the richness of .the gold mioes in South Africa. The Sheba mine apparently is enough to supply ' the world with the precious metal forever. The formation on one side of a 35-foot reef has been carried away, leaving exposed a mass of gold quartz which, at a rough calculation of sixteen cubic feet to the ton, will yield a million tons of "payable" stone without sinking one inch below the level of its exposed base. Visible gold shows freely wherever the quartz is chipped; and it is asserted that nowhere in the whoie of the known mining world can such a marvelous deposit be matched. ? A Charlotte, N. C., dispatch of Thursday says: One hundred adqlt negroes, besides a large number of children, have ; started out on pilgrimage to Liberia. For some time the Rev. R. A. Masssy, a plausible colored preacher, has been preaching j up Liberia in the two Carolinas, represent- 1 ing it as a land of milk and honey. As a i result he has secured the first shipment. The negroes will take the steafher at Norfolk and thence depart for the African para- ' \ dise. The scene as the train pulled out with 1 the pilgrims was a remarkable one. The 1 travelers were crying and singing such songs as "De Promised Lan," while those left behind set up a terrible lamentation. 1 The emigrants are mostly from Lancaster county, S. C., and Mecklenburg county, N.C. i ?Six United States prisoners were sentenced last Saturday to be hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas, on the loth of January next for murder committed in Indian Tee**, ritory. They were: Pat McCarthy, for v the murder of Maloney Boy, in the Cherokee Nation last February; Albert Odell, ] and James Lamb, for the murder of Ed- j ward Pollard, in the Chickasaw nation last , December; John W. Parrell for the mur- j der of John W. McAdams, his son, in the i summer of last year; John F. Eehals, for , me muruer 01 uonn renneyage in tne tnerokee nation, and John Stephens, for the murder of Dr. J. T. Pvle in the Cherokee nation last winter. All are white men, but Stephens, who is a negro. They were tried ana convicted at the August term of the United States Court. ? The new two-dollar silver certificates, it is expected, will be ready for circulation : about the 1st of next month. The vignette of Gen. Hancock is said to be the best likeness of the great general ever engraved. The adoption of the vignette of Martha Washington for the one-dollar silver certificate was an innovation, only the likenesses of men having been used on Goverment currency heretofore. In the two-dollar certificate another innovation is made by putting the 2nd and 3rd army corps badges, which formed Gen. Hancock's command, beside the vignette of the general. The 2nd corps badge was a clover leaf and the 3rd corps a diamond. The engraver has very cleverly put the former within the lines of the latter, making it a historical tribute to the unity of the two corps under 1 Gen. Hancock. It is not generally known ; that Gen. Phil Kearny originated the idea i of an army corps badge and that the 3 diamond was the first design adopted, and its appearance on the two-dollar silver cer- < tificate will perpetuate a bit of war history. < ? Bartholdi's colossal bronze statue of Lib- i erty Enlightening the World was unveiled 1 on Bedloe's Island, in New York harbor, last Thursday. The weather was unpropi- < tious throughout the ceremonies which were, nevertheless, of the most imposing i character, and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed among the people. The occasion was generally observed as a holiday. The pageant, in which military and civic organizations took part, was notably brilliant and was reviewed by the President and the visiting French dignitaries. There was also a fine marine parade. M. Bartholdi was given au ovatiou. The address of presentation was by William M. Evarts and the statue was received in behalf of the United States by President Cleveland. There was also an address by M. A. LefaivKe, Minister Plenipotentiary and Delegate Extraordinary, on behalf of the French republic, and a commemorative address by Hon. Chauncey M. De^ew. In the evening the statue was illuminated by electricity and there was a display of fire-works on Bedloe's and Governor's Islands and the Battery. Stor fjfltfevUle inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C. : ( WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1886. ( A KNOW NOTHING REVIVAL. < Under the heading of "A Sensation in 1 Local Politics," the Chicago News of Satur- J day says: ? "It is generally known that there exists < in Chicago two societies that are directly the outgrowth of the Know-Nothing politi cal party which reached the zenith of its ] power and entered into its death in 1850. < Out of its ashes have risen in later years < "The patriotic Sons of America," and "The i United Order of Deputies." j The principles and objects of these Orders < are the same as those of the old party. They aim to promote the election of native born Americans to the offices of the Gov- ] eminent and oppose foreign interference . with the State interests; to foster public ( education through the medium of free f schools, to oppose the union of church and State and?ecclesiastical interference with j public affairs. Both Orders declare that ( there shall be no discrimination against an American in his own land in favor of an j alien; urge that aliens shall remain here twenty-one years before being permitted to i vote, that Americans shall be prefered to , foreigners for such offices as are the gift of the people. The main object in short is to prevent the election to political office of all foreigners. Both Orders confer degrees and enjoin secrecy upon their members, who are sworn not to vote for any foreign-born candidate for office. Thereare nine "camps" of the "Sons of America" in Chicago, claiming the membership of about 1,500 votes 1 and several "councils" of the "United Order Deputies." The Order of Deputies are taking very active interest in the present campaign, ana by means of circulars and private means are endeavoring to work up a feeling against foreign-born candidates, particularly against those of the Roman Catholic faith. They have issued a circular, in which are printed the Democratic, Republican and Union Labor tickets. Each candidate's name is marked with a peculiar sign, and members of the Order have a key which shows whether the candidate is an "enemy," a "sympathizer with the enemy," a "member," or a "friend." The Daily News reporter gained , admission to a meeting of the Order as a member, and reports the proceedings in detail, including the oaths administered to ' the candidates, &c. One prominent resi- : dent of the west side, addressing the meeting said: "I am a firm believer in keeping ! out of otfice all foreigners where an Ameri- ] can born of proper belief is in the field. I ' am for Americans on guard; gentlemen first, last and all the time." The chairman of the meeting said the strength of the organization in Cook county was away up in the thousands. "But," he < added, "the latest rules of the supreme coun- ' cil are to keep the strength of our organiza- j fcion secret, even from the main body of our 1 members. Next spring it will be impossible to estimate where our members or our ' strength will end. It will surprise not only j the people of this city, but the entire Union, j Our strength will be known when it is felt, and can only be understood by its result in ' elections." A plan of work was agreed I upon, the main feature being to oppose for- ' eigners at the present election, to organize 1 for the spring campaign, to purge the city | government of foreigners, and to secure the ' election of members to the Legislature who < will favor the taxation of church property. --4- ?? Enforcing the Rules.?The President 1 has directed the suspension of M. E. Ben- I ton. United States Attorney for the Wes- ] tern District of Missouri, and of Win. A. i Stone, United States Attorney for the Wes- ] tern District of Pennsylvania. The action in the case of District Attorney Benton was based upon the information that he is now, and ha's been for some time past, engaged in addressing a series of political meetings throughout Missouri, with appointments advertised for nearly every evening up to the time of the election. The President endorsed the paper setting forth the above: "Let this officer be suspended at once," and returned it to the Attorney General for an enforcement of the order. The suspension of District Attorney Stone was made for similar reasons. Benton is a Democrat and Stone a Republican. Benton lives at Kansas City. On being interviewed in reference to his suspension from office, he declined to talk except to ] say that he spoke in the campaign at the request of Senators Vest and Cockrell and 1 the State Central Committee. Benton is a 1 nephew of Thomas Benton, the Missouri ! statesman. Senator Cockrell was interviewed at Lathrop, Mo., and he said: "I do not consider the fact that Benton made a polit- < ical speech sufficient cause for suspension < under any fair interpretation of the Presi- I dent's order." i Tirv f-iii."r riio Pimyi'i;?On Thiirsdnv last, in accepting, on behalf of the Ameri-11 can people, Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty, I < the gift of France, then unveiled, President | Cleveland said: f The people of the United Sta-tes accept 1 nyJJLi gratitude from their brethren of the t Fteneh Republic the grand and complete i work of art we here inaugurate. This to- 1 ken of affection and consideration of the i people of France demonstrates the kinship I uf Republics, and conveys to us the assur- I ance that in our efforts to commend to mankind the excellence of government resting i upon popular will we still have beyond the i American continent a steadfast ally. 1 We are not here to-day to bow before the J representation of a fierce and warlike god, J filled with wrath and vengeance, but we joyously contemplate instead our own deity, ( keeping watch and ward before the open 1 gates of America; and, greater than all that ( have been celebrated in ancient song, in- ( stead of grasping in her hand the thunder- s bolts of terror and of death, she holds aloft . the light which illumines the way to man's i enfranchisement. We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home, nor shall her chosen altar be neglected. Willing votaries will con- ! stantly keep alive its fires, and these shall 1 gleam upon the shores of our sister Repub- I lie in the East. Reflected thence and join- i ed with the answering rays, the stream of ! light shall pierce the darkness of ignorance and man's oppressson, until liberty enlight- : ens the world." YORK BAPTIST SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION. Reported for the Yorkville Enquirer. < The ninth meeting of the York Baptist i Sunday-school Convention was convened at 1 Mount Paran church, two and a half miles < north of Black's Station, on Friday morn- ' ing, the 29th ultimo, at 11 o'clock. After prayer by Rev. J. K. Fant the Con- i vention was called to order by the Presi- ' lent, Rev. J. A. White, the roll of Sunday- 1 schools was called, and the names of dele- < jates enrolled as follows: Antioch?E. Hardin, R. M. Roark, A. F. ' Johnson, J. A. Whisonant. Berea?Black's?G. M. Moore, M. C. By- 1 iirs, J. R. Smith, J. L. Lucas. "Branch School"?an offshoot of Berea? 1 H. P. Moss, J. \V. Gaffney, G. W. Blanton. i Flint Hill?Rev. J. K. Fant. Mt. Paran?\V. M. Bookout, J. B. Blalock, G. G. Moss, Elam Martin, Farmer Moore, T. D. Moore. Nazareth?H. G. Moore, R. F. Starnes. 1 King's Mountain?A. J. Hardin. Union?A. J. Sturgis, S. N. Johnson, W. G. Turner, William Dobson. Unity?J. L. Parker, William Neal. Shiloh?J. A. Graves. Yorkville?Rev. J. E. Covington, Sam M. Grist. After the enrollment of delegates the election of officers for the ensuing year took place. The old officers were unanimously re-elected as follows: Rev. J. A. White, President; Rev. J. K. Fant, Vice- ; President; F. H. Dover, Secretary ; S. N. j Johnson, Treasurer. Adjourned to 2 P. M. At 2 o'clock P. M. the convention was called to order by the president, who announced as the next business in order the 1 ippointment of various committees, which he proceeded to do, after which the list of queries to be discussed was read as follows: 1. Ought we to teach the children to ijive to the Lord's cause in the Sundayschool ? . ' 2. Are the Baptists right Jn their communion? ( 3. Obligation of the Christian to give to the Lord's cause and how much. 4. Objects of our Christian beneficence ( md their importance. j o. Has the Christian the right to drink whisky as a beverage? - ' ; 6. Duties of Christian parents to their 1 . hildren. ( On motion the discussion of queries 1 and 1 3 was postponed until Sunday for the mass meeting. The other queries were takeu up 1 md discussed by members of the convention in their regular order, the remarks of each speaker being listened to with filter- : est. The discussion of these queries consumed the balance of Friday and the great er part of Saturday. On Sunday morning queries 1 and G were discussed, after which Rev. J. K. Fant preached a very interesting and instructive sermon on the importance of foreign mis- ' sinno frnm Sf .Tohn f\r. A:" <U! .17 1ft Affpr WW. WW..W * T . WW) vv, the sermon a collection was taken up on the Eioor of the convention, amounting to 537.10. The treasurer made his annual report which showed that during the past year he had received $199.57, which added to the imount collected on Sunday and the amounts sent up by the various Sundayschools made a total of about $265.00 After the reading of the treasurer's report i resolution tendering the thanks of the invention to the members of Mt. Paran for their hospitality, was unanimously adopted, after which the convention adjourned to meet with the Yorkville Baptist church on Friday before the fifth Sunday in January, 1887, at 11 o'clock. The church was tastefully decorated with flowers and evergreens and appropriate mottoes were hung on the walls. The convention was pronounced a complete success by all who attended and will be remembered with pleasure by every delegate for many days. Much was added to the enjoyment of the occasion by the fine music, both instrumental and vocal. Miss Zulia Byars, a young lady of about 14 years, presided at the organ and displayed marvelous skill for one of her age and experience. Besides the regular devotional exercises, two special services were held by requestone on Saturday night, conducted by Rev. J. E. Covington, and the other after adjournment on Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. G. M. Webb. . 1 Tfie York Baptist Sunday-school convention was organized at Antioch church on Friday, before the fifth Sunday in November, 1884, and has, therefore, been in exis- 1 tence nearly two years. It was organized for the purpose of stimulating the Sunday- f school work within the borders of the York< 1 Association and since its organization more than five hundred dollars have beeu dis- | bursed by it for the various benevolent ob- \ iects, which amount was contributed by the Sunday-schools and collected on the floor of ; the Convention. POSTMASTERS' CONVENTION. A convention of the third and fourth dass postmasters in South Carolina will be field in Columbia on the 10th instant. The , object of the convention is explained as fol lows in a circular issued upon mesuDjeci: ( On the 15th. and lGth days of February last, there was held in Chicago a Postmasters' National Convention, the first gathering of the kind convened in this country. The object of that convention was to discuss the grievances of third and fourth class postmasters and to make plain the inequalities of certain postal laws and to seek re- ; lief at the hands of Congress. The conven- ( tion was attended by 500 delegates, representing twenty-five States and Territories, and ( me of the objects accomplished by the con- , mention was the appointment of a National ( Executive Committee to look after the interests of third and fourth class postmasters, especially those interests pertaining to , postal legislation. In pursuance of its pre- \ rogatives this Executive Committee ap- ( pointed a committee which prepared and ( laid before Congress a memorial setting . forth the disabilities, disadvantages and in- i equalities of the law as applied to third and fourth class postmasters. That committee . was also authorized to have a bill introduced , in Congress that would meet their wants in the matter of compensation. Such a bill , was introduced and is still pending before ( Congress. If the bill succeeds all third class postoffices will be placed on the same foot- I ing as the first and second class in the mat- ^ ter of allowances for rent, light, fuel and j . lerk hire, all of which will make adecidaddifference in the amount of their incomes. , Besides, fourth class postmasters will reaeivethe first $100 instead of the first $50 , taken in as at present. A committee of J postmasters has been designated to go to Washington this winter and look after the bill, and it is for the purpose of furthering ' this matter that the postmasters of this State will organize. ( Tiie Temporary Legislative Halls. , Considerable progress has been made by the contractor, Mr. Champion, in preparing the lalls of the Agricultural Building for the \ ise of the Legislature at its coming session. , The large hall in which the House of \ Representatives will meet necessitated but , ittle change to fit it for the requirements ] }f the legislators. s The rostrum has been reduced in size \ ibout twelve feet across its entire breadth , which increases the space to that extent on ( :he floor of the house and still leaves the ] ostrum of ample size for the aeeommoda- ? :ion of the speaker and clerks, and affords j really better facilities for their business { :han the arrangements in the Representa- < fives hall in the capitol. < The partition wall between the two rooms ( n the front of the building has been re- \ moved, making a single chamber of a size i larely sufficient to accommodate the .34 Sen- ( itors and the officers of the Senate, with , standing room only for a very few visitors. ( There will be several committee rooms < in the same floor between the Senate cham- i ier and Representatives hall, but other r :ommittee rooms will have to be provided ] ilsewhere, and it is understood they have ' ilready been secured in buildings near the ] Agricultural Department.?Columbia Reg-! ] 'ster. y 1 Hami'tox and the Administration. s Unlike many of the Southern politicians, i Senator Hampton does not seek to evade ] the civil service reform issue, but ranges \ himself boldly on the side of the adminis- ^ tration. In a recent speech at Summerville he took occasion to point out the folly of those Democrats who were anxious to quar- < rel with the President for not disregarding j his campaign promises, and at the same < Ame he indicated the policy of the President with regard to appointing colored ! men to office. "I will venture to say that there are more colored men holding small affices in Washington at this moment," he said, "than during the whole reign of the Republicans. I think that where he can reward a competent colored man who has been a good Democrat he should do so. I have urged him to do it, and he was kind enough to say to me that wherever I could recommend men of that sort he would give them appointments." With such sentiments as these being uttered amid applause on the South Carolina stump the race issue will soon cease to exist in politics, and even disappear from the columns of the most reckless organs. It is time.?Philadelphia Pl'&tS. PROHIBITION*!N ATLANTA. Mayor Hillyer, of Atlanta, telegraphed as follows to the New York Voice, under date of October 26, in regard to the status of prohibition in the Georgia capital. JL W1SI1 10 say mat in me uarruuiu ubjs drunkenness was common and not always noticed. The police were less attentive, and many escaped arrest. Now if a man gets drunk, or partly drunk, it attracts attention. The police are active and vigilant, and arrests are nearly certain to follow any indications of illicit sale. The figures of the police office show that the arrests for disorder and drunkenness last Saturday and Sunday were twenty-two; the corresponding day in 1885 such arrests numbered thirty-one, and in 1884, twentyfive. Many of the cases occurring at present are chargeable to the use of demestic wine, which is not prohibited, and which, it is said, is often "doctored." The figures in the express office show that hardly one jug or demijohn isnfihipped per 1,000 inhabitants, and all exagerated reports are to be condemned. The good effects of prohibition here are apparent. Trade in all branches except whisky traffic is prospering. There is marked improvement in the habits, the morals and happiness of the people. Increased prosperity is admitted and rejoiced in, both as to private and public affairs. The attitude ol the newspapers throughout the Union is greatly to be deprecated. Scores and hundreds of facts prove the efficacy of the law. Atlanta now has peaceful streets and happy homes, with sober husbands, sons and brothers, with plenty to eat and wear, where before there were broken hearts, fear of domestic outrage and sometimes actual want. The great daily press abroad says nothing of the great good that has resulted, but if a hand truck load of jugs is seen, which is no great matter to GO,000 people, this must be magnified into a "jug train" and the whole press of the United States made to ring with it. There is not one-tenth as much intoxicants drunk in Atlanta now as there was a year ago, possibly much less than that. Formerly the advocates of barrooms were numerous and powerful, now nobody advocates their restoration. Formerly the temperance issue was high license; now the very most that the opponents to total prohibition would contend for is high license. The barroom nuisance has gone out from Atlanta forever, and we would like all the world to know it. We are determined to give total prohibition a fair trial under the law, and are greatly strengthened and encouraged with it so lar. Our people are already practically united in the belief that the barroom will never come back. I only wish that the outside world could see the truth as we have it demonstrated here. They would thus escape the danger of being misled by the many exagerated and prejudiced rumors that are published in other States on the subject. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. V /LETTER FROM JFORT MILL. KG/ft Mill, November 1.?Things have been moving along very smoothly here. Indeed, the movement is rather too smooth: for matters have a down hill tendency, ana everything seems greased for the occasion. Work is nearly done for this season, and, as the laborers are not all able to get to Liberia, it is a source of wonder as to what they are to do for a living. But that which gives us more concern is, what unfortunate people of the white race are to do for something to eat and wear and?well, paying debts is out of the question. The Quaker did lecture on Wednesday night last and enlightened many as to the religious belief and workings of that society.^-He is not learned nor eloquent; but his^elmple earnestness was impressive. /That interesting social event came off also on last Wednesday night. Mr. A. 11. Kimbrell, of this place, and Miss V. C. Cunningham, of Mecklenburg county, N. C., were united in wedlock, at Harrison Church in that county, by Rev. Mr. Thompson. The young couple, accompanied by several friends, came to the bridegrooras's father's, near this place, where they partook of a generous supper. They will reside in Fort Mill. A new system of merchandising has been inaugurated in the "cut off." For some time past the midnight freight trains have occasionally lost packages from the cars. Circumstances pointed to that part of the railroad between here and Pineville as the locality where the losses occurred. It was found that the cars, on those occasions, were broken into and the goods thrown'out while the train was in motion. At this place the north-bound train waits, frequently as long as an hour, for the south-bound train to pass it. While the train is waiting Dn the switch beside the depot platform the robbers, under cover of darkness, open a car and enter it and when traveling re-open the doors and throw out the goods. Conductor Land became tired of this amusement and started legal proceedings, by which nine bolts of sheeting (part of a missing bale) were found in the house of a colored man named Walter Hart. Some ?4-V*a*?A nT on inner ^UUUS wuc JUUUU uiuc auu ill Carson's house, but none have yet been identified. The two men made their exit in time to avoid arrest. It is thought, from what has been dropped in coversation, and the general trend of circumstances, that some negroes contemplated running a 20-operative store where they could go, after times get too hard to do otherwise, and iraw supplies in proportion to the amounts put into the stock. One negro, who was to be one of the managers, abandoned his crop some time since in order to attend to this business. As he and his confreres are, like ather folks about here, without money, it is suspected that the capital stock of this coaperative store depended on the luck the stockholders might find on their midnight axcursions. The railroad authorities will loubtless take steps to have the marauders apprehended and punished ; at least, they aught. Several of our citizens are visiting your town at the command of the court. The 'cut off" is too fully recognized in the matter of jurymen just now. Anon. Another Railroad Lease.?The Washington Post of Thursday says: It is reportad here to-day that the rumored lease of the Washington, Ohio and Western railroad tc the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company has been confirmed by the statements made by the officers of the lompany. It is said that the lease, which will take effect November 1st, was made in arder to prevent the Baltimore and Ohio from purchasing the Washington, Ohio ind Western road, and by extending it to Berry vllle, make a junction with the Shenindoah Valley road thereby getting the southern connection which the Richmond ind Danville desired to meet, as such ionnection would probably affect the lat:er road. If the lease is made the road kVill not be extended farmer tnan its presint terminus at Round Hill. The Richmond and Danville road recently left two leeds for record with the clerk of the Jorporation Court of this city, one of which was a mortgage deed of trust to the Central Trust Co., of New York, to secure the payment of $12,500,000 in bonds issued by the Virginia Midland road, and the other a ease for ninety-nine years of the Virginia Midland road to the Richmond and Danville road. The lease was withdrawn at :he request of of Vice President Hinkoper, shortly after its admission, for reasons, which were stated at the time, but it is now believed that the lease is withheld, awaiting ihe action of the directors of the Richmond md Danville Company. -/Mr. Martin Bishop, a worthy citizen of Sfaffney City, died on the 27th ultimo, aged ibout 65 years. He had been sorely afflicted for several months. LOCAL AFFAIRS J NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. j C Latta Brothers?Mr. J. F.Ashe at Lowrvsyille. ^ T. M. Dobson it Co ?That Tell-Tale of Yours. . I H. F. Adickes?Headquarters for Boots and ; ^ Shoes. i Withers Adickes?Our Debtors will please take ! Notice. : v W. C. Latimer?Guano Notes. Lowrv it Starr?Tobacco and Cigars. o May A May?Diamond Dyes. 0 Hunter A Oates?Cash. r M. A. McNair, Sole Agent for State, Columbia, S. C.?"The Lee Book." | v J. W. Dobson?Axle Oil?Rust Proof Oats? d Hams?Snowflake Crackers. t Wm. G. Campbell, M. D.?Special Notice. c UNTIL .JANUARY 1, 1887. 1 The Enquirkr will bo furnished from this date until January 1,1887, for 35 cents. ! c PERSONAL MENTION. c Mr. John T. Grist, of Lenoir, N. C., spent a portion of this week in Yorkville, visiting rela- t tives and friends. U-SECOND CROP FRUIT. n Mr. Mason Carroll, who lives near Blairsville, r has sent us several fully matured apples, being * of the second crop the tree has produced this year. ^ Uinv MILL BURNED. The saw mill known as Wallace's mill, near e Wm. Love's, eleven miles west of town, was 1 burned early last Monday morning. Tho fire was discovered in time to save much of the c lumber on hand from destruction, and the engine was but slightly damaged. The loss will probably amount to four or five hundred dollars. A QUIET ELECTION. Tho most quiet State election ever held in Yorkville occurred yesterday. Only 132 votes were cast for the State and county ticket and 124 for Congressman. This meagre vote is not attributable to apathy, as all the candidates except those on the State ticket were nominated by primary election; but the absence of opposition prevented any general interest. The election was equally light throughout the county. ^UPLAND CORN. Mr. E. M. Bankhead, of Bullock's Creek, raised 350 bushels of corn on ten acres of upland, i six acres of which is new ground and four acres has been in cultivation three years. This is an average of thirty-five bushels to the acre, and while a satisfactory yield, shows conclusively what can be accomplished on York coil when the proper effort is made. Mr. Bankhead has shown us specimen ears of his corn, one of which is eleven inches long, and another nine inches in circumference. FAMILIAR GOSPEL MINISTERS. On Sunday night last the Presbyterian pulpit of this placo was occupied by Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson, formerly pastor of Bethesda congregation, in this county, but now pastor of the Presbyterian church in Abbeville ; and on the same day Rev. Thos. E. Gilbert, former pastor of the M. E. Church, but now pastor of a church in West Haven, Conn., preached in the church which he once acceptably served for two years. During their visit here these Reverend gentlemen wore cordially met by numbers of their friends. RAILROAD MORTGAGE. On the 27th of last month the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company caused to be placed on record in the office of the Clerk of the Court of York county a mortgage on the line of road extending from the city of Charleston, S. C., to the northern terminus on the State line of Tennessee, in Mitchell county, N. C. Ac- \ cording to the provisions of the instrument, the road is mortgaged at ?20,000 per mile, its ti rat m ort trace bonds to bear date October 1st. 188(5, and to be payable in United States gold coin on the first day of October, 1916, the said j bonds to bear interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum, payable quarterly in like gold coin j on the first days of January, April, July and October. The object of the mortgage is for the j purpose of raising money to be used in the con- j struction and equipment of the road. l CHURCH NOTICES. , Episcopal?Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M., the j bell ringing at 3 o'clock. r Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. j Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 j A. M. and 3 P. M. Sunday-school after evening ( service. * ( Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor, j Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. j Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Monthly concert of 1 prayer to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. j Methodist Episcopal.?Rev. W. W. Daniel, ( Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M., and i 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer- ? meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. ^ Baptist.?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Ser- < vices at Union next Sunday at 11 A. M. and at j Yorkville at 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. J Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. * King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Preaching at King's Mountain j Chapel next Saturday and Sunday at 11 A. M. j The sacrament of the Lord's supper will be dispensed on Sunday. ] PUBLIC SALES. V t On Monday last, sales-day for November, the ? following property was sold by the Sheriff: At the suit of Edwin Bates & Co. ys. John W. ? Rhyne, on complaint for foreclosure, a tract of 1 74 acres of land. Bought by T. R. McGahon for ?2r>- 1 By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, at the suit of ^ S. Younts, Son it Co. vs. John N. Epps, a lot of one acre in Fort Mill township. Bought by S. r Younts for $50. r The Clerk of the Court sold the following ^ property: At the suit of S. E. White and others vs. Sam- i uel Berry and others, on complaint to foreclose j mortgage, tract of 73 acres in Fort Mill township. I Bought by S. E. White at ?5 per acre. 1 By decree of the Court at the suit of Charlotte 1 R. Foster, Administratrix, vs. Jane Craig and others, lot in Rock Hill. Bought by C. R. Fos- ) ter for ?335. * At the suit of Tbad. L. Carroll vs. J. Latinus ^ Williams, tract of 54 acres, lying in a westerly " direction from Yorkville. Bought by Thad. L. ! nnrrnll fnr SWOO : At the suit of Wm. Caldwell, Trustee, vs. Mary j J. Mulholland and others, tract of 75 acres four ^ miles west of Yorkville. Bought by Mary J. j Mulholland at ?8 peracre. At the suit of S. E. Graham and others vs. T. j G. Gulp and others, two tracts in Fort Mill town- j ship. Tract No. 1, 49 acres, bought by T. G. t Culp at ?2.05 per acre. Tract No. 2, 93 acres, t bought by B. D. Springs at ?3.50 per acre. At tho suit of Edward Latham and others vs. c Clarinda Latham and others, tract of 50 acres on I the east side of Catawba River. Bought by Cla- ( rinda Latham for ?500. C At the suit of Mary J. Guthrie vs. Arthur Wil- J liamson, two tracts: one of 101 acres, bought by * J. L. and It. J. Williamson at 82.50 per acre; ? one of 131 acres, bought by J. L. and R. J. Wil- ^ liamson at 82.50 per acre. i At tho suit of John S. McCjillough vs. Nancy McCullough, two tracts: one of 100 acres, bought by I. B. McCullough at 87.00 per acre; one of 1021 acres, bought by W. L. Roddey at 85.00 per acre. At the suit of W. S. Lauguridge vs. Nancy y Laugh ridge and others, tract of 190 acres, a Bought by John R. Ashe at 80 per acre. h At the suit of Lucretia Giles vs. John Alder- d son and others, tract of 105 acres. Bought by C. t! A. Withers at 811 per aore. r At the suit of T. W. Whitesides vs. F. II. Bar- & bcr, tract of 218 acres. Bought by T. W. White- 6 sides at ?0.40 per acre. ? At the suit of A. R. Smith vs. J. B. Massey ^ and others, lot in tho town of Rock Hill. Bought " by A. It. Smith for ?200. fj The lot in Yorkville, known as the "Dennis 15 lot," was offered at auction by John L. Dennis ~ and Mrs. Mary L. Davies, and bid off by John L. ^ Dennis at?wu. _ p CIRCUIT COURT. V The Fait term of the Circuit Court for York a ceunty was convened at 10 A. M., last Monday, d his Honor Judge Aldricli presiding. tl The grand jurors were present as follows: y J. T. Lowry, foreman.; Erwin Blair, W. H. f( Stewart, W. E. Good, J. B. Blanton, R. M. Flax- J1 ico, W. T. Hartness, D. M. Ferris, W. C. Aber- ? nathy, D. W. Fowler, S. S. Plaxico, W. R. Warren, J. B. Whitcsides, B. J. Gold, T. A. Mc- V Keown, Felix Dover. Messrs. Abernathy and Fowler were excused, 'p on their own petitions, on account of sickness. p Of the thirty-six petit jurors drawn for this o week of the term all were summoned except A. A J. Morritt, who could not be found, and the fol- tl lowinganswered to their names : W. T. Alder- tl son, J. D. Brandon, W. S. Creighton, J. W. Dob- a son, Hiram Davis, colored, J. T. Ferguson, R. 0 / >. Gauldin, J. W. Good, John D. Hamilton, . J. Kimbrell, J. R. Lindsay, Perry Martin, E. Merritt, J. Wilson Marshall, G. M. loore, John A. McGill, A. B. Parks, W. L. 'lexico, R, G. Ratchford, W. T. Sturgis, J. A. f. L. Stewart, John L. Stacey, M. M. Tate, W. i. Wilkie, W. C. Wherry, C. S. Wilson, R. M. Vhitesides, R, B. Youngblood. Mr. Wherry was excused, on his own petition, n account of sickness, and S. A. Beard, T. H. Slenn, John Haffner, J. J. Hagins, B. F. Massey, I. J. Qninn and W. T. Sniarr, of the original enire, having failed to answer, the Court orderered that ten additional names be drawn from he five-mile box. Under direction of the jury mmissioner the following names were drawn : Iorace Bnrris, A. Y. Dickson, W. C. Owen, ames McFarland, Henry Keller, John S. Sader, Adolphus Rice, colored, Samuel Jackson, olored, Calvin Bryant, colored, Lawrence Meek, olored. His Honor dispensed with a formal charge to lie grand jury. Solicitor McDonald handed to the grand jury , number of indictments, when the grand jurj' fiHrflH tn ihait* rnnm Mr. Harry I. McCaw was sworn in by the Herk as official stenographer of the Court. The following cases were disposed of on Monlay: State vs. Wesley Smith, colored; selling propirty under a lien. Prosecutor, T. A. McKeown. lart <fc Hart for defendant. Verdict, not guilty. State vs. Win. Jordan, colored; carrying con:ealed weapon. Prosecutor, Henry Massey, colored. Wilson Sc Wilson for defence. Verdict, lot guilt}'. State vs. Meek Barnett, colored; assault and lattery with intent to kill, and carrying conrealed weapon. Prosecutor, Richard Meek, dr. Mason appeared for the defendant, and enered a plea of assault and battery of a high and iggravated nature and carrying a concealed veapon, which was accepted by the State. At 4 P. M. Court adjourned until 10 A. M., his morning, intermittingyesterday on account >f the election. Correspondence of tbe Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, November 1.?The Chester Fair opened on last Tuesday. The followng were the exhibitors in the stock and cattle departments: Mr. Moses Clowney, oi Fairfield county, exhibited a beautiful mare tnd some beautiful home raised colts; Mr. r. M. McDaniel, a mare and two fine colts; Mr. J. E. Cornwell, a mare and colt. Mr. I. W. Knox, a horse noted for his travelng qualities; Mr. J. T. Roddey, of Rock Hill, a magnificent black horse; Mr. D. A. Crawford, of Fairfield county, mare and :olt. Messrs. Hall and Crawford, of Winns \r\rr\ ovhihitoH nino HoaH r>f st/ick. OOni /V4UJ V/AU4V44VU 4J4UV MVltM >/? w? j ? ? arising horses and mares; Mr. Sam Cath:art, of Winnsboro, a thoroughbred stallion ; VIessrs. T. H. Glenn and W. D. Glenn, ol Jforkville, a thoroughbred stallion ; Mr. R. Love, a fine mare and colt, Mr. J. A. Darwin, a splendid single harness horse; VIr. John Hardin and Mr. Holmes Hardin iplendid driving horses. Andy Hall, colled, of Rock Hill, exhibited a beautiful lome raised colt; Capt. J. G. Steele, of Etock Hill, a thoroughbred horse of great aeauty, and having many fine qualities. Messrs. G. W. Boyd, T. W. Shannon and Wm. Chisholm had on exhibition very ine stock. The following were the cattle exhibitors: 2apt. O. A. Wylie, a herd of thorougbred Jerseys; Glenn & Hardin, Guernsey bull mdcow; R. A. Love, a herd of Devons: 3. M. Wylie, a herd of Ayrshires; Paul Hemphill, an Ayrshire cow; J. S. Withers, in Ayshire bull, a heard of Jerseys, and some graded Jerseys; W. Holmes Hardin, i Jersey bull; Rev. George Summey, a Devon cow, and I. N. Cross, Devon calves. Mr. J. D. Means had on exhibition a lot ol Angora goats. They were paragons ol aeauty. The household department was not so full :his year as on previous occasions. While :his is so, the articles on exhibition ware ol are beauty and taste. '" Thursday was the big day of the "Fair: The addresses of Capt. B. R. Tillman and Dol. A. Coward drew a large attendance, rhe former pointed out the defects of the present system of farming in South Caroina. He referred to the vast host of farmers in this State who were now on the brink )t bankruptcy. The causes of the present mpoverished condition of the farmers were ittributed to the planting of too much cot;on, and their ignorance of the true principle ef farming. In discussing this latter ause Capt. Tillman laid great stress upon :he necessity for the establishment by the State of an agricultural college. He said he vanted no office and would be satisfied if he :ould be instrumental in relieving the armers from their present unhappy condilion and placing their feet in the way that eads to prosperity and happiness. Col. Coward followed in a* very happy adIress He also attributed the farmer's ;roubles to planting too much cotton, and ailing to diversify their crops. He favor;d the establishment of an agricultural colege, but at the same time favored the coninued support by the State of the Univerlity and the Citadel. He proposed a plan or the establishment of an agricultural ichool at Yorkville. With this plan the >eople of York county are already familiar. On Thursday afternoon there was a dis)lay of driving qualities of horses on exhi)ition. It was witnessed by the crowd vith great interest. Friday, the closing day, was devoted to acing, and amusements of different kinds. The lair was a succeas, notwithstanding the jreat scarcity of money. Among the exhibitors who won premiims are the following of Yorkville: H. F. idickes, display of millinery; display of joots and shoes. J. A. Darwin, single harless horse. B. N. Moore, pair of match lorses, open to the world. The Circuit Court was engaged here last ,veek in the trial of civil cases. The most mportantcase probably was that of James Selson vs. J. Harvey Neely which was a luit for damages for personal injuries, aleged to have been sustained by the plainiffatlhe hands of the defendant. These njuries consisted of several stabs in the )ack. The ground of the defendant was hat he had the right to defend himself rom the assaults of the plaintiff and other nembers of his family. The verdict of the ury was that each one be required to pay lis own share of the cost which wasavicory for the defendant, as the damages of he plaintiff were laid at ?3,000. A meeting of the Baptists of this county :losed on yesterday. The introductory sernon was preached on Friday by Itev. Mr. Carpenter, of Winnsboro, and the missioniry sermon was preached on yesterday by lev. Mr. Curtis, of this county. In connecion with the meeting the ladies of the ame denomination held a meeting of the Yoman's Missionary Society, of which kfrtj John \V. Wilks of this count v. was 'resident and Miss Ida Brice of Fairfield ounty, was secretary. The latter read an dginal article on the subject of missions. m. Death of a Parricide.?Frank Walworth, the young man who a few years go acquired national notoriety by killing us father to avenge his mother's wrongs, lied at Saratoga on Friday last. He was he son of parents divorced soon after mariage, and consequently knew nothing of father's love. His father made his mothr miserable by threats and insults, even oing so far as to threaten to kill her. Toung Walworth met his father and made im promise to cease his persecution of his lother. The father soon forgot this promse and sent the unhappy woman letters of lore outrageous character than ever before. >n June of 1873, young Walworth sent for is father to meet him in the Sturtevan louse in New York. There young Walworth shot his own father and killed him s he cried for mercy. The parricide then elivered himself to the nearest police staion. Mr. Chas. O'C'onor's defence of the oung man was one of the most brilliant irensic appeals in the history of American irisprudence, but Walworth was convicted nd sentenced to the Sing Sing Penitentiary, n 1877 he was pardoned. In May, 1881, he was admitted to the New York Bar. Justice Balked by Unwitting Judges. "wo men were locked up in a box car at 'rederick, D. T., for being drunk and dis rderly, there being no jail in the town. l few moments later a brakemen heard tie men in the car and thought they were rying to steal a ride. He opened the door nd ordered them out. They willingly beyed him.?Chicago News. Correspondence of the Vorkville Enqnlrer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, November 2.?Since the date of my last correspondence, our section has been visited by a most welcome visitor?a good rain?which has laid the dust and been of great benefit to the small grain crops. t Tllt'Jv U/?i\ f KA T)I aaom HA in Jiuy ^ivuu uj tiic J. icoauic viuu, in the dining room of the Globe Hotel, on last Tuesday night, complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Avery, was a most enjoyable affair. There were a number of charming young ladies from our sister towns, Chester, Lancaster, Yorkville and McConnellsville, who added much to the pleasure of the occasion. The costumes of the ladies were elegant. On lastTuesday, Mr. W. S. May, Deputy U. S. Marshal, brought to this place Pleasant Witherspoon, colored, formerly a citizen of this town, charged with selling whisky. He was given a preliminary hearing before Commissioner Pride, who considered the evidence sufficient to bind him over to the next term of the U. S. Court at Greenville, in a bond of $300. Failing to give bond, he was committed to jail in Yorkville to await his trial. Mr. John Ratteree's corn crib, in rear of his residence, was entered by a thief on last Monday night. The rascal was discovered leaving the crib with a bag of corn, and when tired on by Mr. C. J. Pride, he dropped the bag and ran. Rev. McNeely DuBose, of Uuion, a brother of our townsman Dr. T. M. DuBose, preached a most excellent sermon in the Episcopal church at this place on Sunday morning. Rev. Mr. DuBose is one of the rising young ministers of this State. Our bird-hunters began cleaning up their guns last Saturday, preparatory to starting .on ahunt yesterday. '""The residence of Mr. Peter Garrison, in F.hpnpypr tnwnshin stv milea frnm this place, was destroyed by fire, at about 11 o'clock last Saturday night. His smokehouse and kitchen were also burned. Only a few articles of clothing and some bedding were saved from the flames. At the time of the fire, Mr. and Mrs. Garrison were from home, having gone to visit their son in-law, Mr. S. A. Fewelly a few miles distant. The only person in the house was Mr. Eugene Garrison, who was sleeping in the second story and was awakened barely in time to escape. Mr. Garrison thinks the fire was caused by some accident in the stove room. He estimates his loss at over $2,000. He was insured in the Georgia Home Company for $1,000. ^?be Rock Hill Library Association will give an entertainment in Roddey's Hall on Friday night. All the participants will be dressed in costumes of 1776, and they call it "an old folk's concert." I The sale of real estate assigned to John . CTHaskell by J. M. Ivy ana J. M. Ivy & Co., for the benefit of creditors, took place in this town to-day according to the advertisement of the assignee. The following is a list of the property sold and the pur- chasers: REAL ESTATE IN YORK <X)UNTY. No. 1?Tract of 25 acres near Rock Hill; U.? A n At 1CA uuugiib uy VJT. XJICUJK. IUI No. 2?Lot in Rock Hill; bought by A. G. Black for $2,500. No. 3?Lot of A acre in Rock Hill; bought by A. G. Black for $1,12$. No. 4?Lot in Rock Hill known as the "Hagins lot"; bought by A. G. Black for ; $530. No. 5?Tract of 60 acres in Catawba township; bought by A. G. Black for $77. No. 6?Tract of 221 acres one-half mile south-east of Rock Hill; bought by A. G. ( Black for $50. No. 7?Tract of 100 acres, known as the "Connelly Place bought by A. G. Black f for $700. . No. 8?Tract of 100 acres on Thorn's and Wright's Ferry roads, withdrawn. No. 9?Lot in the town of Fort Mill, con( taining \ acre; bought by Sep. Massey for r $105. Np. 10.?Tract of 830 acres, of which 810 is %a iYork, and 20 in Laucaster county, including Cureton's Ferry. Divided into three tracts. Tract No. 1, "Mobley Place," ( 81 acres; bought by J. Ii. Abernathy for $505. Tract No. .2, containing 20 acres, in . Lancaster, bought by A. G. Black for $90. Tract No. 3, containing 729 acres, including Cureton's Ferry, bought by A. G. Black for ; $365. No 11?Tract of 115 acres in Bethesda township; bought by A. G. Black for $850. No 12?Tract of 62 acres, bounded by lands of W. S. Moore and others; bought by Ju, lius Friedheira for $531. i Nos. 13, 14, 15?Being respectively the ! Rawlinson lands, 215 acres, interest in a : tract of 62 acres near Rock Hill, and three. fourths interest in tract of 110J acres one mile south of Rock Hill$ withdrawn. LANDS IN LANCASTER. No. 16?Tract of l,247vaicres in the Waxi haw settlement; bought by A. G. Black for $4,425. \T/\ 1*7 /PnfA 4-xnnfu An Pnfn mKn T) i irni? Ann V?i I x vy \j vi rtLio uu vaiair un xvi vv^i j vug known as the "Mill Tract," containing 700 acres; bought by A. G. Black for $3,000. The other, containing 725 acres; bought by A. G. Black for $2,075. No. 18.?Tract in Waxhaw settlement containing 500 acres; bought by A. G. Black for $2,000. No. 19?'Tract in Cedar Creek township, known as the "W. H. Greene place," containing 440 acres; bought by A. G. Black for $1,250. No. 20?Tract on Catawba River, containing 116 acres; bought by A. G. Black for $885, No. 21?Tract known as the "Turner Hill place," 'containing 241 acres ; bought by A. G. Black for $910. Hal. MERE-MENTION. The Goverment pays out $7,000 in pensions every hour, according to the calculation of the Washington correspondent of the Nashville Union. Mr. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, and Mr. R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, it is said, are the only two living who withdrew from the United States Senate in 1861. The business failures for the week ending last Friday, throughout the country, number for the , United States 196 and for Canada 19, a total of 215 failures. Greece, the oldest of the ancient classical nations, is about half the size of Pennsylvania.?"""Eariy Friday morning fire broke out at Franklinton . on the Raleigh and Gaston Railway, 28 miles north of Raleigh, N. C., and burned seventeen stores, nealy all of which were of wood. The loss is about $50,000, with only $3,500 insurance. Consul Brigham, at EI Paso, Texas, says that the rumor set afloat a few days ago that a large ftilibustering party had been organized to go to Mexico with A. K. Cutting at its head is positively untrue. The assessed value of Texas property has increased $8,000,000 in the last year. In the Chicago Criminal Court, last Saturday, Attorney Soloman, conned fnr the Anarchists, annenrefi hefnre Judge Gary and asked to be heard on a motion for a new trial, based on documents submitted to the Court a few days since. The Court peremptorily refused to listen to a renewal of the argument. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union, in session at Minneapolis, Minnesota, has decided by a-vote of 252 to 38 to support the prohibition party. The union has 4,G81 local unions and a membership of 92,480. Silver Change.?The Philadelphia mint is now prepared to meet the large demand for one and five cent pieces. The demand for minor coin isalmost unprecedented, and is equally great in the West, South and North. A natural tendency of business depression is to reduce the demand for small coin, and the fractional and minor coin finds its way to the Treasury. As business revives and small transactions increase in number the demand increases. In this case the one and five cent pieces in the Treasury are being cleaned and reissued as rapidly as possible by the Philadelphia mint under a small appropriation for that purpose, and dimes are being coined under an appropriation for the recoinage of obsolete or uncurrent coin in the Treasury. the railroad.?xne Massacnusetisana Southern Construction Company have this week received ?8(3,000 to liquidate claims, and a thousand men are happy and expectant of their share. The iron bridge and viaduct at Puzzle Creek was finished Tuesday, and the track will be completed to Broad River by Saturday night. On Monday they will begin the erection of another iron bridge across Broad River.?Shelby Aurora, 28th ultimo. d