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1 Scraps mr- Pixtf?^oeeph Tasso, the celebrated violinist,\died at his home in Covington, Ky., Bast Thursday. He was born in Italy eighty ve^years ago, but early in life came to Blexico and thence to the I'nited States. Be has become famous throughout the Bountry by the composition of that quaint Hipdy, "Arkansas Traveler." ? In the contest for engrossing clerk of he Tennessee Senate, there were five candidates?all ladies. On the seventh ballot Bliss Will Allen Dromgoole, the incumbent Bf the last session, was elected. Georgia Book the lead in employing ladies as legislative clerks. Now Alabama, Arkansas and Bennessee observe the same rule. 1- A. A. Ames, late Democratic candidate B>r Governor of .Minnesota, appeared before Budge Carril, of the municipal court of St. Baul, on Thursday, and took the oath of ofBce as Governor, it is understood that this proceeding is preliminary to contesting the Boat of rjowornnr-oloot who wtL<! in acted into office on the same'day. ?The wheat crop of Melbourne, Austraa, threatens to be a feilure. A Melbourne rculftr gives the estimated yield as from lirty-five to forty bushels on irrigated knds and four bushels'to the acre on dry ands. The greatest trouble appears to be he lack of the irrigating facilities, the unsrtainty of the rainfall in Australia being be great drawback of the farmer. - Five colored Baptist missionaries, Rev. . J. Coles and Mrs. Coles, of Richmond, r*. ; Rev. E. B. Topp and Mrs. Topp, of ackson, Miss., and Rev. J. J. Diggs, of hipland, Miss., sailed from New York, ist week, for Africa on the bark Cardineus. tiey $vere Ment by the Southern colored taptlsfcforeign mission conference, and their fork will to among the negroes of West tAniaAl A fwt /in ^UUBI auivo* ?The business failures occurring throughout the country during the week ending list Friday, as reported to R. G. Dun <S> o.. umber for the United States 271 and for fenada 28; total 299 against 273 the week revious. The increase noticed in the num er of casualties are in the South, the failures here beingexceptionally numerous, though ot important. Assignments in New York Bty are few and of little consequence. ?A prominent life insurance man in fcartford, Conn., says that his experience Bkl the records of life insurance have town him that young men of twenty fcSTs of age who abstain entirely from all Kinds of intoxicating drinks, have a good respect of living to be sixty-four years of ge; while the moderate drinker, at twenty ears of age, can only expect to live to be Biirty-flve and one-half years old. - The mileage of railroads built in 1886? I tore than 8,600 miles?is evidence of the apidity with which railroad construction as been carried on in the United States, bis is about one thousand miles more than hat was first supposed would be the lim t a short time ago. We are laying track inch faster than in previous eras of railBay expansion, because of the greater la tltiesvgcefitei?~kubwledge and greater ex ?The Chicago Tribune, in reviewing the Business of 1886, takes a hopeful view of the iture. The Tribune calls attention to the ct that during the year which has just osed the improvement has been so gradual that there are many people left who feny that there has been any improvement. Bnt the statistics of manufacture pd distribution that have recently been ablished are unmistakable in their significance. There has been a steady gain in Roe UOU pruuui iur BiA U1 cigui aiuuui^. B? A Baltimore dispatch of the-4th says: Viliiam H. Richardson, proprietor of the ^People^s Voice, a newspaper published at Bownson, Baltimore county, was convicted lome time since of having published a crim ai libel on Judge Fowler, one of the CirBuit Judges. The case was taken to the Bourtof Appeals and the verdict affirmed. Wo day Judge Waters, the Associate of Budge Fowler, sentenced Richardson to two Bears' imprisonment and imposed upon ? Among tlV petitions and memorials resented in the Senate on Thursday, were uitea number praying for ^n appro ppaBon, and in some cases asking the okuinite Bum of $100,000 to enable ytolored citizen^ to migrate to Liberia. These petitions con^e Brom coloretl citizens of Lancaster county. B. C., the Rev. A. A. Lewis. 6f Florida^ Bolored citizens of WhitfleldfOpunty, Ga., Buncombe county, North Carolina, GrayBon and other counties in "Texas, Manhatpn, Kansas, and one general petition of Btizensof Africau descent. -The most harrowing story of the recent id wave comes from Rockaway Beach, . I. Five men in two row boats started m cross Jamaica bay. The tide ran out Burying quantities of drift ice which soon Surrounded the men and made their further Brogressin any direction impossible. They ere in plain view from the, beach but no Belp could reach them through the breakBrs and tossing masses of ice, and at last " ?i ' ^rawuiB limy were e.vpeeieu iu uic ui mc Rente cold and exhaustion within a mile Viand, in broad day light and before the Ryes of hundreds of helpless people. H-^-Ab|but a year ago George Hamilton, a Resident of \\ ellsville, Pa., fell on the icy Havemfent in front of one of the churches Hnd broke his leg. He immediately instiHited aroceedings against the corporation, aimittg $5,000 damages, and was awardHd $70O^ln the jury which tried the case Ras'-a ;man from Salem, who persistently HTughtthe award, and finally succeeded in Having it reduced to $.'100. the headstrong Hiror returned to his home a few days ago, Hid, while walking along one of Salem's Hiorough fares, fell and broke a leg also. He Rtends suing the town for damages, and Hie' question naturally arises, will he he H>nterit with $300 for his own leg? It is robable that when the case comes to trial is action in the former suit may influence H? Among the callers on the President last j Hhursday morning was a young man who ! Has recently pardoned frdm the penitentia- ! R by tbe President. The young man had leveled a long distance to thank the Presi- : A ~ K'o /m V/l ! ^id"e|rkTonceTeco^z?d thc nain<; and , Kij Af the voung man becallea in. the S?r the President received BSHlMa cordial sbake of the hand, and the young man thanked. hin ttrHberty and to his faini K, TUie PnSbe?t made some inquiries rout trhsi prison/aSd for some moments h iked to nim in a fath >iy manner, telling ra thattrtere was plenty of room in the I odd for hiVi to become a useful citizej^ ma advised Aim to go to work antpHl^kba uof-hiouw ana he should watcTrnis ttnifce with interest. -It is alleged iha^a combination has been I *med among Southern Democratic Con essmen which is known among thei^se)lve? Hthe Southern Revenue Reform Orgaitfza Kd, which dates its formal existence from meeting of the Congressmen of Virginia, nrtt^arolina, South Carolina and Geor BBi early in Dedember^of which Mr. j H^Vof Virginia, ^as m^^Chairman. 1 ^ ct is said to be to ^BVthe internal T^ven^M^^BBjj^BR ^^Btnd -dll its manufafl^^^^^^HH HBandifs. This ^^ the revenue of fires that prove too hot for worn-out stoves or imperfect heating apparatus. A little extra care and attention in proper season would save millions of dollars of property and hundred of lives.v She fj0rfevUle inquirer, YORKVILLE. 1.^ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12,1887. r Suffering ,i? Texas.?The following estimate of the number of sufferers from the drought in Texas by counties has been carefully made by the Fort Worth Gazette. In speaking of the situation the Gazette. says: The State of Texas and its people should face the truth in this matter regardless of the natural resentment at mischievous exaggerations. There is privation and want in certain counties that demand immediate Telief, and the truth concerning it should be told in the interest of suffering humanity. The truth will not only result in giving bread to those who need it; but it will extract the mischief from exaggeration. But for the wholesale falsehood that people in Texas were suffering by the hundreds of thousands, those who were actuated by Selfish interests would riot have been able to create the impression that no suffering at all existed. There is suffering which imperatively calls for immediate aid, but it is limited to oertain counties, and in these counties is due to special conditions." A. E. Hendry, County Judge of Palo. Pinto county and formerly member of the Legislature from Cherokee county, was in Fort Worth a few days ago on his way to Austin in behalf of the sufferers. Judge Hendry admitted that he, with very many others, did ndt credit the rirst reports of the suffering in his own county, but when he took his place as County Judge the truth natvia tn Kim ir? a luow that, loft nn rlnilht. VaiUV IV IliUI ! ? M i?nj VlfNW va? ..v and he was astonished at the details of a want whose very existence he at first doubted. Judge Hendry was a participant in the Albany Convention. The statements from- each county were submitted by county judges and commissioners, as the Albany Convention would entertain none but official reports. * In concluding its appeal the Gazette says: "Strong men who would go away to other localities in search of work dread to leave wives and babies in their homes without bread. Men who have homes paid for grow desperate and consider whether they shall carry their helpless families to the county site and leave them as paupers to be cared for while they seek work and money and bread wherever among other communities it may be found. All these counties are not suffering in the same degree and to the same extent, but there is general need, and in some, privation so intense that without aid, without some recognition I of common humanity, there may go out to the world a story of more bitter shame and greater hurt to the State than any which has occurred in the past." The Proposed Agriculutral Stations.?The Columbia correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle writes to that paper of last Saturday^ One of the first things the Board of Agriculture will have to determine this year will be the location of the agricultural experimental stations provided for by the recent Legislature. The act requires;that one of the stations shall be located in upper Carolina and one in the lower tier of counties. I am informed that very ad^qtageous proposition? will be mades to the board by several parties in the upper counties. Spartanburg the Grangers are making/^xtepsive preparations for their "top-tffatA pncflmnmpnt. The Legislature dieted the Boartl of Agriculture to erect a {funding at that point and make an exhibit of the resources and products of South Carolina during th?J3range gathering. As it is iproposed to hoKKthese encampments annuItflly, the farmers of that section are natuj rally anxious to have the experimental sta1 tion located there. I understand they will oJer the Board of Agriculture all the land that may be necessary without charge, and Niey will urge the acceptance of their proportion, and if necessary support it by additional inducements. It is also said that the Anderson people will bid for the station. Yorkville will also be a competitor and no doubt other sections will come to the front in due time. The law requires the board to give ninety days notice that they will receive from counties, committees or persons, bids or proposals to donate lands or buildings or money for the purpose of establishing said experimental farms and stations,so that every section of the State will have ample time to prepare their proposals. A Fearful Railroad Accident.?A dreadful accident occurred near Tiffin, Ohio, at four o'clock on Tuesday morning of last week. The fast train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which left New York about 1) o'clock Monday fur Chicago, with five coaches and four sleepers, all well filled with passengers, collided with an eastern bound freight train. The fast train was about fifty minutes late and was running at the rate of sixty miles an hour. Passing Republic, a small station, like a flash, it rushed along to a curve one mile west of that town, when suddenly the engineer saw the freight train under full headway within one hundred yards of him. He at once applied the brakes and reversed the engine, but it did no good, and the next instant the crash came, telescoping the coaches and piling them up on each other. To add consternation to the horrible scene, fire broke out in the smoking car and soon spread to the other cars. Many were killed outright, while others, wedded in anion? the broken cars, were slowly consumed by the flames. The accident was due to a misunderstanding of train orders. Another statement is that the engineer of the freight train was drunk. Th^wtteJe number of passengers was 65. Tl\e number of killed was 20^^Jth many wounded, HE Experiences ghoes who sas.?heury fjr 8 m nrotn back set cou n ts con, ton tal J| Correspoudenre of the Yorkville Enquirer. , ; LETTER FROM FORT MILL. Fort Mill, January 10.?A mantle ol snow and ice has so covered up the little , world composing the cut-off that no news '. could travel for the last ten days. Last night n slight rain fell and froze, making the .surface very smooth and slippery. Jtabbits have fared but middling, acid it is feared that the supply will be cut short. Many have gone to that bourne/from whence no traveler returns. \ Wood is an item not to be despisedin the household economy of our population] Water is not scarce, but something to w^rm it is sadly missed. A very exciting (?) election is in progress for town officers to conduct the destinies of this city for another year. Up to thi^writ' t rt TIC ? ~ ~" irxr. Lrt ?./\ KA/IVI* AQCt nig, i-ju., juuneeu vuies uu\o uccu v?u?| and it is thought as many more may be. Thus about half of the voting flora* will turn out. This is a large poll compared with that taken in some other elecjtions. It is suggested by some considerate citizens that a primary election beheld nextjweek to recommend some one to be appointed by the town council as chief of police, i This would be a hotly contested race. Many of our citizens are "hard up," and the salary of this office is a thing to be sought after by the impecunious. Commercial travelers have begun tocome around, but do not meet with much fencouragement. The would-be Liberiafemi. grants have all about settled down in! new homes, but their frowns have notaltogfether be(*n changed to smiles. It is rumorecfi that th&Rev. J. C. Davidson, so-calM, the chief acror in the swindle, has been lodged in Chester jail, but it is only rumor; atj least Doc. Bennett will not vouch for the truth of tne statement. AitoN. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ; LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rogk Hill, January 10.?Our towq has been unusually quiet for the past week. The severe cold weather and snow have prevented our friends in the country from coming to town, and the town people nave kept themselves close to their fire-sides, coming on the streets only when necessarily compelled to do so. As a consequence ttade has been very dull. Tlie only persons rathe really seemed to enjoy the snow were the boys, with rudely constructed sleds, coasting on the hillsides, and the young pejople , sleighing. t ^Kyorkville and Rock Hill are soon tb be connected by telephone. A joint stock company, with Mr. R. T. Fewell as President, has been organized and will build the line. The wire and instrument, have been ordered and the contract given for erecting the posts. A branch office will be established at the store of Mr. Henry Massey. 'The company hope to have the line in working order by the loth of February. The Rock Hill cotton factory company have declared a dividend of 3.1 per cent., which was payable on the 1st of January, 1887. The mill is doing a good business, and the yarns of its manufacture sell at the highest market price. \ V An election for intendant and four'war' aens to serve the town of Rock Hill for one year, will be held on Thursday. I lea^n that there are two tickets in the field?one headed by the present intendant, Maj. A. H. White, and the other by Mr. David Hutchison. There are 230 voters registered?150 whites, and 80 blacks. The main issue will be, Who shall be town marshal? That officer is to be elected by the council. Sd3ol. John J. Waters and Miss Ida, daugh ler ol Mr. Wade Brice, of Fairfield county, were married at the residence of the bride's father , on Wednesday last, Rev. J*. Adams, pastor of the Baptist Church at this place, officiating. Immediately after the ceremony the happy pair took the train for this place, arriving here at a o'clock P. M. " To the happy couple I extend my hearty - congratulations. Mr. V. B. McFadden is taking advantage 1 the snow aud filling his ice-house with 'is/Col. J. W. Rawlinson leaves to-day for 'Washington City, to attend the National Farmers' Congress which assembles there this week. Col. Rawlinson goes as alternate for Capt. Iredell Jones, \yho is necessarily detained at home. The sympathy of our community goes out to Capt. and Mre. Iredell Jones in the death of their little son Wilie, aged 18 months, which occurred on Friday night last. The little fellow had been unwell for the last two weeks, but no immediate danger was apprehended until a few hours before he died. Little Wilie was the life of the household, which is now bereft of a rosebud to brighten and cheer two loving parents. The number of interments-in Laurelwood Cemetery for 1830 was 16?adults, 7 ; children, 1>. About two weeks age, a negro man was found in the woods near Anderson Hall's shop, four miles from this place, in a little hut made of brush and pine-tops. When found, he was in an unconscious condition. He was brought to this place and cared for by the town authorities, Dr. T. M. DuBose civinc him medical attention. He gave his name as John Hardin and said he was from Chester county. He was suffering: from pneumonia, and his exposure to the severe weather rendered his condition beyond human aid. He died yesterday. Hal. Correspondence of tbe Yorkville inquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, January 10.?-Land brought good prices at this place on last Monday. The Gaston property, situated on the eastern side of the county, was sold in tracts. A tract of i>20 acres was bought by G. W. Kirkpatrick at $10 per acre. He also bought another tract of 220 acres at $8 per acre. His son, W. J. Kirkpatrick, bought a tract of the Gaston land at $8 per acre. A tract of land on the upper side of the county, and belonging to W. A. Moore, was bought by Elias jnman at $3.10 per acre. It is observed that land in the eastern portion of the county commands better prices than in any other section of the county. This is due in a great measure to j the superior railroad facilities with which the eastern side is favored. Our friends on i the western side, in consideration of this ; fact, would therefore promote their own ini terest by securing a railroad through their section. They have an opportunity at the present time of obtaining railroad facilities, and yet they are not improving the opMt extent. If they delue of this land they ous support to the Railroad Company, his proposed line of mense benefit to the id holders of this side ^^B|^^^H^^MH[ndtheir children to indifference to a nd ^^H^B^^B^^^ftrnplete morning ^^^^^H^B^H^^HHBegistered de^^^^^HHS^^^B|^B\rlicr the ! posed to express their views, the building I of this road may be regarded as one of the J . fixed facts of the futuVe. Considered in ; ' j this light, the citizens of Chester have reason 1J to take courage and work with the greater i ! earnestness for the promotion of the wel-1 ; fare of their town and county. ' Mr. Win. Strir.gfellow, who has been engaged in the grocery business at this place for the past three years, made an assignment on Saturday to E. T. Atkinson for the benefit of his creditors. Plis many friends hope he will be able to make some arrangement by which he can cqntinue his business. Dull trade and the inability to make collections led to his embarrassment. TVIr. Miles Hunter, who was engaged in [ the confectionary business, is also to be added to the list of unsuccessful merchants. He failed a few days ago. On Friday afternoon after the snow, - the boys, with /their snowballs, took the town. Tjreyiyere not very particular as to . their objemsi^ftf.attack. >r. ^ TOE-MENTWN. During the year 188G the'New York police arrested 17,800 personsJbr intoxication and 29,G3G for disorderly conduct. It is estimated that 60 per cent, of the "disorderlies" were intoxicated persons. Preparations are being made to re-open the old King's ? Mountain Gold mine. It is expected that a large force will be put to work as soon as the weather will permit. The census of France for 188G shows a total population of , 38,218,903, against 37,672,018 in 1881. The population of Paris increased only 75,000 against an increase of 28,000 recorded in 1881. A concurrent resolution providing , for the submission of the question of the f prohibition of the sale of intoxicating beverages to a popular vote, has been introduced in both branches ofHh^Missouri' Legislature. There are $117,246,670 of silver certificates in circulation.'? Four of the young men condemned to death recently 1 for an assault upon a servant gifl were hanged at Sydney, Nova Scotia, last Friday. 1 Two others, who were to have been hanged, were reprieved. There is a hitch in the 1 Indiana Legislature. The Senate is Demo cratic ana tne nouse iiepuoncan, ana me Senate will not consent to a joint session for ' any purpose. Says the Philadelphia & rJfyqi*: The administration is apparently trying: to muzzle the Mormon monster with a tow string. It is like'trying to head off a > tornado with a bellows. Jim Jones, colored, was hanged at Belview, La., last Friday, for the murder of a colored woman named Emma Edwards, whom he shot in a fit of jealous rage in ISov., 1884. For ! the week ending December 31,511,GGG standard silver dollars were issued from the ' mint. The hist cotton crop of Texas is estimated at 1,350,000 bales. Secretary * of Stale Lamar was married, on last Wed' nesday morning to Mrs. Wm. S. Holt, of Macon, Ga. "Since the re-assembling ?f Congress little has been done except the, passing of pension bills. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. 1 ?Richard Parr, a White man, and a carpenter by trade, froze to death in, Union ' county, on Tuesday night of last vsveek, ' ,while in a state of intoXieatipn. , /Mine hundred and fifty negroes leftSfcrother, Fairfield county, last week for Texas i and Arkansas, seeking bread and better -homes. Wives have gone and left tbeir husbands. They are very poor and dissatis? fled, having had four successive failures in the crops. ? Lancaster Legder: Messrs. A. J.Baker and N. Cook, who left Lancaster county t with tJieir'families for Palestine, Texas, about three weeks ago, had the misfortune, while lyVng over at Houston, Texps, to be robbed oft. $275. The thieves wqire kind enough to fbare them about $9. ^ ? Anderson Journal: Rev. J. Walter Dickson, the new Prestdjpg Elder of the Greenville District, preached in the Methodist Church, this city, last Sunday. We are glad to note the fact that M>. Dicksbn will reside in our county during his form i/n this district. He will make his home 6n his plantation near Townville. f ? W. A. Latta, a jeweler of Darlington, is in trouble. On Wednesday last his $tock ...Mn a/ nr\Ar\ n uti) l?rO n t QlloH Alif hf? Wrth 11ililL'llcu upuil a uaiiaiik quwu uu-|/ uv Henry Carter, of Baltimore, charging Lfttta with disposing of his property with intent to defraud his creditors. Latta was subsequently arrested on the same charge, and'1 in default of $1,000 bail was lodged in jail. ? Postoffice inspector Moore telegraphed , to Atlanta on the 0th instant that he hadJ arrested at Mayesville, S. C., one May|fl charged with having used the mails in therancc of a scheme to defraud. was taken before the United States^^B| missioner at Sumter, and while the H nation was in progress he escaped Commissioner's office. ? A sad accident occurred one Westminster, in Oconee county la|^^^^B day. J. H. Rice and his stepson, E^^^^^B zier, went into the woods to cut as Rice had cut a tree, and as act of falling, a rabbit came Eddie ran toward the caught under the body instantly killed. mutilated. Pie was News, meeting of the Plxecut^H^^^B^^^H Baptist State Conventic^^^^^^^^^^H of Col. J. A. Rev. deuce Ipst assigning about forty fields covered by the misf^^B^^^B^^B by the Board will new stations The new ISducational bB^B^^BB^^B a ^^B^BM^H ? A sad accident Station, four miles froq^^^^^^^^^^B afternooon of the 4th insHH^^^^^HH an estimable young^^H^^H^^BB an open fire her clothing caught. ShB^HJ^Bj^HH the house in the road, and after runnin^H^^^^H^^HB yards, to the ground^^^^^^B^H^H completely burned off badly burned. She members family a^^^^B^^^^^B the house, but, after inte^^B^^^^^^^fl the following morning. ? Henderson, color^BB^^^HHB Edgefield ten years agBa^^^^^BBH and sentenced to terward sent the to Edg^^^J^^B^^^B ago reported to had defended him at his ed in having his sentenc^^H^^^^^HH penitentiary. Joe promi^B^B^^H^^H time was^^^B^^B^^^B to him work foi^^^B^^^^^B| paid him'his fee for savii^^^B^J^BBB work for Mr. Sh^^^^^^^BBB Faithful long c.jb^HB^BBB ble mafc^|^B^^^^^^^^^Bfl| of h^^B^^J^BB^^B^^fl LOCAL AFFAIRS g \ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. _ James D. Piekard, Manager, Columbia, S. VC.? Inter-State Life AsAociation, Staunton, Va. Lindsay it Moore?Patience. Withers Adiekes?leaving Moved. Lowrv it Starr?New Goods. .Tno. C. Kuykendal?Her Cargo. T. M. Dobson it Co.?Just Listen to the Old Chap! nuycor iv: uaies?ah fames wuo wwe ls. H. P. Adickes?Some things xvo have too many Of. Geo. T. Schorb?Bear this in Mind. M. Strauss?The Corner Store. C. G. Parish?To our friends we send Greetings. E. A. Sharretts, Secretary, P. 0. Box 1107, Baltimore, Md.?Elastic Gun Wadding. Theo. E. Matson, Chief Engineer, Parish House, Yorkville, S. C.?Cross-Ties Wanted. T. S. Jeflervs?"Cyclone Spark Arrester." R. H. Glenn, Chairman?Trial Justice Elections. John R. Ashe, Intendant?Town Ordinances. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sale. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriffs Sale. DO THEY MEAN BUSINESS? By reference to a notice in our advertising columns, it will he soen that Thomas K. Matson, Chief Engineer of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, advortises for IIOO.OOO crossties to he delivered along the line of the road. Specifications will be furnished bv him on application at the Parish Hotel. V PAINFUL ACCIDENT. /On Monday morning last, Jos. F. Wallace, Esq., fell from the steps of the back door of his house, venturing on them heedless of their icy condition, and sustained a painful hurt by spraining the muscles of his hack and shoulders. Although painfully hurt, he hopes to occupy his accustomed seat in the Clerk's office to-morrow. v, EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS. JK/%?FA?n/vM DG.lt.jM/lfirtM VIOCJ onnAUifnH TTT7/1 or A X'JUVCI IIU1 IVlUIiaiUOUll uao u^|/?/iiivv\4 v?v* - ? i). Neely county treasurer of York, and W. B. Williams county auditor, which appointments were duly confirmed by the Senate. The .fridge of probate elected at the recent primary election for recommendation for appointment, and the trial justices elected at the same time for recommendation for appointment, have not yet been appointed. ? - - ONE MORE TIME. By referonce to the official notice of the Chairman and the Secretary of the York County Democratic Executive Committee, it will be soen that a primary election will be held at the regular polling precincts of King's Mountain, Broad River and Bethesda townships, on Friday next, for the purpose of electing for recommendation for executive appointment, a trial justice for each of the sjrid townships. PROMPT PAYMENT. Ydrkvillo Council of the American Legion of Honor was instituted on the 21st day of May, 1883, and the first death occurring in its membership was that of J. B. Williams, who had a benefit certificate of ?1,000 in the order. He died on the 27th of November, and the amount of his KonaOf woo rorioltrarl Vru f.ho nfflners of f.hfl York ville Council on the 1st of thta month, which speaks woll of the promptness Wjth which this feature of the order is conducted. ,V ' : ACCIDENTAL FIRE. .v About^ll o'clock, last Thursday night, afire occurred-about limile from the Court House, on the road leading to Union. The tire destroy^ ed the dwelling. house. ant( stables of Mr. ;W. Schubert, a German, who settled on the piace about a year ago as the purchaser. Mr. Sebubert saved the furniture and bedding in one room, but lost his clothing, cooking utensils, fanning tools, about ten bushels of conrand a quantity of fodder. His loss is about $200 The origin of the tiro, which was accidental, is not known. /, . X PERSONAL MENTION. Air. Ernest B. Beard, who has for thepast four years been employed by the mercantile house of W. O. Latimer as book-keeper and talesman, left here on last Monday for Palatka,FIa., on a prospecting trip. We were pleased to receive a call o? yesterday from George I). Wallace, Captain o' L. Troop, Seventh United States Cavlary, now^tfttioned at Fort Buford, Dakota. CaphS^^ee vtith his wifo, is visiting his fathmg^H^Hrelatives in York countv. and extends to the 10th grau the -^^B J. Ed. ! Grand Lodge?A.Springs Withers; alternate?.T. Robert Lindsay. The following are the officers for 1SS7 of Yorkville Council No. 1121, American Legion of Honor: W. J. Hyndnian, Commander ; R. A. Parish, Vice-Commander; J. A. Darwin, Orator; Rev. J. C. Galloway, Chaplain; J. M. Starr, Collector; Sam M. Grist, Treasurer; A. W. Ingold, 'Secreiary; Paul G. MeCorkle, Guide: J. F. Hyndmaiu. Warden; G. M. Lowrance, Sentry. Medical Examiner?W. G. White, M. D. Trustees?I. D. Witherspoon, J. F. Hart, A. Coward. I These officers will be installed next Friday night. The following arc the officers of Homo Lodge No. 60, Knights and Ladies of Honor: Geo. W. S. Hart, Protector; J. J. Hunter, Vice-Protector; J. G. Ferguson, Secretary and Financial Secretary; C. E. Spencer, Treasurer; John F. Gates, Guide; J. M?-Rawlinson, Chaplain ; Mrs. S. B. Allison, Guardian ; C. H. Dixon, Sentinel; H. F. Adickes, Past-Protector ; J F. Lindsay, M. D., Medical Examine*. Trustees?John C. Kuvkendal, L D. Witherspoon, Mrs. M. E. Withorspoon. These officers will be installed at the next regular meeting. . ;>_ THE TOWN COUNCIL. Under the provisions of the oW charter of the town of Yorkvillo, the intendajit and wardens in office at the time of tho expiration of the old charter, hold over until a ,new election shall be ordered. These are John R. Ashe, intendant; F. A. Gilbert, John M. Hope\ J. H. Riddle and Sam M. Grist, wardens. V A meeting of the Council was held on Monday night last at which some business of ptublic importance was transacted. An ordinalice was,.adopted making a tax levy of two mills for the purpose of defraying the expenses lpf the town for the year 1886. Also an ordinance renealintr an ordinance relating to livorv. salok. and-^txchahge -stables; and an ordinancerepcat-V ing tie ordinance relating to the licensing of J dogs.'These ordinances are officially promul- J gated in our advertising columns. | A resolution was adopted granting the right 1 of way to the Rock Hill Telephone Company J through the streets of the town. Mr. R. E. O'Farrell was elected town marshal. 1 Mr. O'P'arrell has acted as special constable for : the town since the lapse of the old charter, discharging his duties faithfully and satisfactorily, and his election to the position of marshal is a compliment well deserved. RAILROAD MATTERS. During the past six days several informal con- 1 ferences have been held between promioetrf members of the Charleston, Cincinnatrand Chicago Railroad Company and citizens of Yorkville, looking to the early commencing of work ( in the construction .of?*W1road. Col. R. A. Johnion, the general manager, and Cols. P. P. Dickinson and Thomas E. Matson, engineers, arrived here on Wednesday evening, and on Thunday night met a number of the citizens in the parlor of the Parish Hotel, to whom the railroad men expressed their views and opin- f ions on the construction of a portion of the line through this county. On Friday evening Gen. ' J. T. Wilder, Vice-President of the Company \ arrived, and on that night was met by a large number of citizens who wore highly entertained by his description of the rich mineral sec-' tions of country through which the road will run, and the bright prospects for business and traffic on the road when completed from the Ohio river to Camden. He also made enconr-? aging st&tements as to the ability of the Com-' pany to construct the road. A meeting of the citizens^ York township; is called in the Court Houseat 10 o'clock to-day, to discuss with the managers "arrangements for immediately commencing the location andf1 construction of the road." At this meeting Senator M. C. Butler, Col. Frank Coxe, President of the company; Gen. J. T. Wilder, Vice-PresK dent; Cols. P. P. Dickinson and Thomas E, ^Matson, engineers ; Col. R. A. Johnson, general manager, and others, will be present. . / UNUSUAL WEATHER. Bill Nye came to Asbeville, N. C., as a pleasant winter resort, to spend the present winter, and detailing his sad experience in crossing the\ street through 26 inches of snow Tor the nearest "grocery," he says the inhabitants all tell him that the weather of this season is an unusual spell, fie inveighs wofully at his unfortunate experience for twenty-six successive winters, having invariably struqk an "unusual" winter < at each pleasant winter resort which he has successively visited during that period. How 1 ^k^unontation of the western humorist ap- I mountain town of Asheville we do V to know; butheWwe can vouch / HHBBHH i i H This says he willrl^^HHHy I^^^BHHwritten communicatioWBj^^^j H^H^Ee Executive department oi^H , I^^^Vhe attempt of Cluverius' friends), ^^^^Hthe Legislature of Virginia con- .,i special session, in order to bring l ^^^Before that body, proved abortive. ^ hope now is in executive clemepcy. . ^^Hoomv Outlook.?If anything "could | H^Hice our farmers of the folly of the > HBotton" system, the present condition ( of our country should do so. We be&in the new year in poor condition. The cotton crop has been sold almost entirely Ind most of our people are unablo^o pay their debts and will have weight to'carry through the coming seasons. There is not gra\n enough in the county to-fe'ed the stock until Spring. No provisions have been kept o/i hand for the people to" support life. Much of the cattle and stock has been sold to meet the demands of creditors; sold to.pay for the supplies in the production of the cotton CITo meet the coming necessities our farmers will be compelled to lroy corn, flour, bacon, hay, stock, farming;tools, harness, CKr>oa ointhimr nnrl nearly everything else KHi ere is no' money on hand Brnands. The outlook is Hnd nearly the whole trouH want of judgment. The H supplies and abandon the K has brought us so low.? Indians Looking^mTiieir Rights.? There are ninety-three^lvivors of the Catawba tribe of Indians located in York county, this State, near Rock Hill, who have for their chief an Indian brave, Thomas Morrison by name. Two members of the tribe, William and James Harris, have been appointed by their chief to come to Columbia and look after the interests of his people. They have engaged the services of Justice J. Q. Marshall, who will act as their attorney. Hitherto the State has made a small annual appropriation for the benefit of these Indians, who have set apart for their occupancy 750 acres of land. They believe, however, that they have just claims to some 144,000 acres, and have come here to have the matter investigated, and, if well-founded, to take the necessary legal steps to secure this territory.?uounnma icegixrer, j/iurmuy. ? Crops in the West.?The Chicago Farmers' Review of this week says: "Reports from correspondents show that fields of winter wheat in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri are very generally well protected with snow. There is a free movement of corn to the market reported in Illinois and Nebraska. There is very little movement of corn in Iowa, and one-fourth of the counties of the State are importing corn from adjoining States. There are serious reports of cholera among hogs from fully one-third of the counties in Illinois, with more or less prevalence of the disease in Indiana, Iowa and Missouri. In Adams and Mason counties, in Illinois, the disease is inflicting serious losses." pfgis* Homicide at Geover.?On the night of December, 23, Murray Nichols, colored, stabbed and killed Till Marrow, also colored", .'" iWuK) f&T W ITS gl*v itag-Tr-paajdy at his house when Marrow made his appearance in an intoxicated condition and began to disturb the guests. Nicholsordered him several times to leave the house and finally Murrow did so. Nichols followed ^lira and an altercation arose with theabove ptated result. Nichols was arrested and is now in the Shelby jail.?Shelby New Era. ! 4-There are now 1,009 convicts in the penitentiary, of whom 503 are hired out to contractors or employed outside the institution. i Jltatfett Hearts. f YORKVILLE, January 12.?Cotton, 8 to 8j|. ) CHARLESTON, January 10.?Cotton quiet; middling 9i. .LIVERPOOL, January 10.?Cotton steady; uplands, 5 5-1 (Id. NEW YORK, January 10,?Cotton quiet; uplands, 91. Futures closed quiet, with sales of j}3,500 bales las follows: January, 9.43 to 9.44; February, 9f50 to 9.51; March, 9.01 to 9.02; April, 9.72 to 9.73 ;|May, 9.82 to 9.83 ; June, 9.92 toil.93; July, 10.01 ;jAugust 10.05 to 10.00. Sgttial ftofes. Something From New York. 207 Pearl Street, New York, January 1st, 1887. Jno C. Kuykendal, Yorkville, S. C.?Dear Sir: Do us the kindness to extend to the good people of York county our best wishes in this, the season of such compliments. Readers of your most excellent paper, the Enquirer, and other sheets in your country through which we advertise, must, by this time be familiar with our name and work. Aside from the common interest that every good citizen feels in a common country, we have a commercial interest extending all over your sunny Southland that must be favorably or unfavorably affected by prosperity or depression of your people. Apart from any pecuniary interest we feel, we beg to assure the people of the Southern States, that wo are in hearty sympathy with them in every effort they make to retrieve the losses they have sustaiued in the failure of crops or from any other cause; the development of the resources of their country; the maintenance of good and stable government, and the education of the masses. Yervsincerelv, ' LONGMAN ifc MARTINEZ, Manufacturers of Pure Prepared Paints. I Campbell's Cough Cure. : TiHr it for Croup?one to two doses give relief. 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That onee loved form now cold and dead, Each mournful thought employs, Wo weep, our earthly comforts tied And withered all our joys.