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Scraps and ?|arts. ? The Legislature of Illinois, on becoming aware that all their passes over the State railroads would be cancelled on All Fools' . Day, have rushed a bill through the Legislature reducing legal fares from three cents a mile to two cents. ? Early Friday morning a hurricane did a large amount of damage in the vicinity of Wheeling, West Virginia, although the city Itself escaped, owing to its sheltered position. A large number of farm buildings, a church and several residences, were .either blown down or badly damaged. ?The otate of Texas is building a $5,000,000 State-House of native granite and marble, and its Legislature has just voted $100,000 to furnish the structure. Texas claims to be the Empire State of the South, and proposes to house its government in a manner worthy of its present and prospect ive greatness. ? Senator Collum says that Mrs. Collom's enthusiasm for the Inter-State commerce bill was simply intense until she learned, by the merest accident, that when it became a law she would not be able to ride on passes any more. After that she turned a regular somersault and became one of the leaders of the opposition. ? A verdict was given in Atlanta, Ga., last week, against the Air Line Railroad for $2,000. The action grew out of the failure of the defendant to forward within a reasonable time 1,200 cords of wood delivered to it for shipment. The case, it is said, involved many interesting points of law to shippers of freight. ? The State Democratic Committee of Virginia, met at Richmond and decided to call a State convention at a time and place to be determined by the Executive Committee. The work of the convention will be to map out a party policy for the legislative campaign this year, and to indorse the action of the Legislature on the debt question. ? News was received in Raleigh, N. C., on Saturday, of a tidal wave in Albermarle Sound and Edenton Bay, which caused the tide to rise several feet. At Avoca immense shad seines were washed on shore so covered with sand that itrequired the entire day to dig them out. Boats were drifted, and the tidal wave cause considerable damage, and the streets near the water were partially submerged. ? The Secretary of State of Massachusetts has issued a report showing to what extent women have taken advantage of -the law < passed in 1880 permitting them to vote 'at school.board elections. In 1881,1,517 ladies voted, and in 1886,1,911. The largest possible female vote in the State is 840,000, and hence it would appear that after six years, less than six women out of every thousand take the trouble to record their votes. Nt*At Cadereyta, Mexico, the other day, /iminez, a corporal of the Second Cavalry, 'got drunk on the marihuana, or Indian hemp, and taking his carbine and forty cartridges, ambushed himself near the barracks and began potting off the soldiers and officers of his command. After a rather successful afternoon's sport, in which he bagged three men killed and five wounded, the ! troops, finding it impossible to capture him, moHAfaArl Ia lrill Kim uinuoguu i>v Ain uiui* ? The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia rendered a decison in the case of Holmes R. Puryear, convicted of the murder of his wife, by poison, in Dinwiddie county, in June, 1885. The prisoner, when brought to trial, asked for a change of venue on account of the prejudice against him in Dinwiddie. This was granted and he was tried in Prince George county, and was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged October 29th of the same year. The decision of the Supreme Court sustains the judgment of the lower court and Puryear will be hanged on a day to be hereafter fixed. ? More women have been appointed postmasters under the two years of Cleveland's administration than under Arthur's entire administration. This is what a prominent ' Postoffice Department official said recently after footing up the figures. He went on to explain that in many cases, particularly in the West and Southwest, when a contest became particularly severe between the men, a woman would be chosen as a compromise. "The widows make the best officials," said he. "The young women are passable, but the spinsters are forever fussing about something. There is one maiden in Illinois who never, I should say, lets a day pass over her head without writing a complaining letter to General Stevenson." ?In Wall street, the general expressions concerning the personnel of the Inter-State Commerce Commission are favorable. The President's action is highly commended. It is believed, from the standing of the. commissioners, that they will so interpret and administer the law that many of the evil features which were so much talked about when the bill first passed, will prove harmless, and that neither business nor the railroads will suffer. Mr. Schoonmaker is spoken of highly, and it is thought that his selection as representing his State is eminently a good one. Some disappointment is betrayed by railroad men that a practical railroad manager could not have been secured for the commission, but on the whole the J" DmaoJVioa nKnoon lOVUlttl UIC X I COiucu V ua^ vmvovia wisely. V ^^Dne of Ore most causeless and wanton ^cts of Injustice ever committed by the government authority, was the hanging of Mrs. Surratt, accused of being a party to the death of President Lincoln, murdered by a madman. The chief witness against the unfortunate woman was a man named Spfcbdauer, whose testimony was then believed by many to be false, made up for the occasion, and but for the popular rage against the perpetrators of the murder, would npt in all probability have been accepted by the Court. The poor woman suffered death through his statements, and since then he has turned up as a manufacturer of perjured evidence to order. Only a few days ago in Baltimore this miscreant was sent to jail to answer charges of subornation of perjury in a divorce case. It is to be hoped that full and complete justice will at length overtake him. ? The fight over railroad legislation in Missouri has been very hot this winter. The Legislature dodged acting upon the railroad bills by adjourning, buf this will not avail them, for Governor Marmaduke has notified them that he will call a special session to dispose of those very measures, in response to the general public demand. The extra session is expected in May, and the whole question will have to be fought out then. The public demand a railroad commission with power to prevent discrimination in rates, and also the passage of a statute to make effective the prohibition of the issue of free passes contained in the State constitution, but which has never been enforceable because of the lack of such provision. The Gould roads have fought these measures with a trained lobby and a full treasury, and so far as the Legislature was concerned, successfully. ? The New Orleans papers continue to give encouraging reports of the crop outlook in that section. The Times-Democrat of the 21st says that, so far, the present month has been the best agriculturally ever known. The crops, it is estimated, are now better than for ten years past, are from six to eight weeks ahead of any previous season, and with an increased acreage, and a 1 premise of much larger yield. This is especially true of cane, cotton and corn, and nothing but the very worst weath- i er, a continuously bad season, can prevent j this being the best agricultural year that Louisiana has ever known; and what is true of Louisiana is largely true of Mississippi, Arkansas and the other neighboring States. Money is easy, supplies cheap, and, consequently, the planters will raise j the growing crops more cheaply and profitably than they have ever done before, not even excepting 1882. Again, the levees are in good condition, better than ever before, and planting and cultivating can begin at a much earlier season than ; hitherto. I ?As showing the extent of the deluge in the Nortwest last week, a Bismarck, Dako-, I ta, dispatch of Thursday says: All attempts : to break the Sibley Island gorge with dy-! namite are unavailing. A man was seen i test evening riding down the river on a ! Bake of ice frantically calling for help, but It was impossible to help. Twelve families near Livonia had a most thrilling experilence. After they had been on the roofs of their houses for twenty-four hours, a crust of ice formed over the river and on this they . i walked to the shore, two miles, some break- > ing through several times but being res- ( cued. The water in Washburne is ten feet ? above the high water mark of 1881, while f here it is not quite up to that record. This ( shows that there is a gorge between here t and Washburne, and when that ten feet of i water comes it will make the flood surpass ( any previous record. A party of twelve i persons, while attempting to cross from < Mandan, Wednesday evening, were driven { by the wind and ice into a willow thicket ] and passed the night there, momentarily i expecting death. They were rescued Thurs- < day forenoon. I if* forfeviUe < YORKVILLE, S. C. :* * WEDNESDAY, MAlfCH BO, 1887. THE INTER-STATE COMMISSION. The President having appointed the commissioners provided by the Inter-State Commerce bill, it is understood they will meet in Washington this week, and after organizing they will immediately begin the official consideration of the interpretation wfricl# shall be given the most important provisions of the law. It is thought that Judge Cooley will be elected President of the Commission. The executive committee of the Southern Railway and Steamship Association was in session foj three days in New York last week. They prepared the tariff of freight rates in accordance with the provisions of the Inter-State Commerce act. After thorough investigation of the situation, it was determined not to put into operation that part of the schedule which prevented lower rates for a long haul than for a short one without regard to the circumstances, until the matter can be brought before the Inter-State commission. It was thought that such arrangement would greatly derange the business of the SouthernStates, and that it could not be applied to that section as easily as to the section covered by the trunk line pool. They failed to decide upon any satisfactory scheme of classification of rates, and finally turned the whole matter over to the arbitration committee of the association. They also referred to the same committee the memorialpresented by the New York Chamber of Commerce protesting against discriminating in favor of freight by the car load. The arbitration committee announce as the result of their labors that after April 1st cotton piece goods will be taken by every line in the association, in consignments of less than a car load, at third-class rates, i and consignments by the car load will be taken at fourth-class rates. This decision removes what has been considered a discrimination heretofore existing in charging third-class rates for south-bound consignments in any quantity, as against sixthclass rates on north-bound consignments in any quantities. # THE THROES OF^i BIG CORPORATION'. We last week printed an item of news to the effect that Senator Butler was then in Richmond, Va., for the purpose of appearing before the Committee on Railroads of the House of Delegates, in the interest of a bill before the Legislature of that State, "permitting and authorizlngthe Charleston, rinninnoi; and Phinonrn "Rnilrnnd fnmnanv Viuviuuaii uiiu vmvu^v vmv. n, v ? r ^ , to construct and operate its road in Vir i ginia." On Tuesday, Senator Butler and 1 Col. T. E. Matson, chief engineer of the road, appeared before the committee in behalfof the bill. Senator Rhea, of Washington county, a member of the Legislature, also appeared before the congmittee and proposed an amendment to the bill binding the company to build its road through Bristol, and warmly advocated its adoption. He was favorably disposed to the road, should the route via Bristol be adopted; otherwise, he opposed it. There was considerable informal talk, when finally Gen. Imboden proposed a substitute, which Senator Butler said would be acceptable to the Company, and which was adopted, leaving the selection of the route to the engineers in charge. In this shape the bill was reported ; but subsequently Senator Rhea introduced in the Senate the following: Whereas, it has been brought to the attention of this body that the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company are represented here by a number of lobbyists ; and, whereas, from information received it is believed that the said Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company, through some of its lobbyists, have been ancl are improperly endeavoring to influence the action of the Legislature upon the bill granting certain rights to said company; therebe it Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to inquire into the conduct of the representatives of said, railroad company, and that said committee shall have power to send for persons or papers. Senator Rhea, in advocating the passage of the preamble and resolution, said that he was in receipt of information given him by a person, whose name he could not di- 6 vulge, showing improper motives on the part of the persons wno are lobbying for 1 the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad bill. N Senator Meredith repelled any reflection i j made upon the character of United States i C< i. ? Iiitin annaarorl hofnro thp I 1 OCUtllWi iJULici, miu U|ip>.uivu committee in behalf of the bill; also any J intimation of any action on the part of < that gentleman at variance with honor and ? integrity. f Senator Rhea said he did not propose to ? charge that any member of the Senate has 1 been or would be influenced by these lob- kbyists. Then he added again: "I say that l' from authority I cannot divulge, improper T means have been used for the passage of c this bill." r Of course, Senator Rhea's remarks were 1 not intended as any sort of reflection upon ? Senator Butler. ( The resolution offered by Rhea, with some slight amendment, was adopted by i the Senate. I The true cause of Senator Rhea's oppo- y sition to the bill is explained to us in the j fact that he is the attorney for and one of J the incorporators of the South Atlantic j and Ohio, chartered four years ago, but i never yet built. The road is intended to t pass Bristol, and he desires to force the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago to con- c nect with them at that place. The Charles- c ton, Cincinnati and Chicago Company do j not wish to run their road through Wash- j ington county to Bristol, but prefer to pass r through Scott county, via Moccasin Gap, ? about twenty-five miles west of Bristol, j t Senator Rhea's resolution was introduced i ? for the purpose of staving off action on j ' the bill during the present extra session ! 'Q of the Legislature, thereby deferring it j (. until thv regular session, which will not con- | 1 vene for nearly eighteen months. i rJ A further reason for the opposition to the 1 charter asked is given in the following ^ Richmond dispatch to the News and Courier t of last Monday: g The chief objections to the granting of a j b charter to the Charleston, Cincinnati and I Chicago Railroad Company by the Virginia C Legislature, seem to come from the friends b of the Norfolk and Western Railroad. This company's road penetrates the very section v of the State through which the Charleston, ii Cincinnati and Chicago desire to enter, u At present the former road has no opposi- b tion in the coal and mineral traffic of that I ich country. These have done much tovards building up Norfolk, and have add;d materially to the prosperity of that city. Should the proposed line enter this field ind carry the coal and other products to Charleston, it would, of course, be detrimenal to the Norfolk and Western. General Manager Johnson, of the Charleston, Cinlinnati and Chicago, is credited with sayng that it was the intention of his road to ;arry out this very scheme, and this has jreatly added to the opposition to his company's securing a charter from the Virgina Legislature. Among the most influential )f those antagonizing this legislation are *" 1 " * 5 T\yvi??.y,*rt TPii 1 ImrDAn I senator itnea auu jL/uiegaic x- um&icuu, Doth of Washington county. It was at the nstance of Mr. Rhea, that the Senate ippointed a committee to investigate suggestions that lobbyists in the employment )f the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Company were endeavoring to use indue influence in securing the passage of :heir bill. This committee meton Saturday ror the first time. At the instance of Senator Blackstone they were directed to investigate both sides?those who are favoring and ;hose who are opposing the Charleston, Cinlinnati and Chicago bill. It is not expected :hat this investigation will result in anyhing. The Camden correspondent of the Colum>ia Register of last Saturday has the followng to say in reference to the Kershaw subicri ption: This week's Journal makes a mistake ibout the business attended to by the Coun:y Commissioners of Kershaw and Major Hart, counsel for the C., C. & C. R-R.,last Thursday. The Journal calls the company 'A Little too Previous," which is the headng of the article, which goes on to say: 'An officer of theC., C. & C. R. R., was in. ;own last week endeavoring to get the Board of County Commissioners to turn >ver to the company the county bonds voted iy the county in aid of the C., C. & C. R. R." [ have it on the authority of County Chairnan C. W. Birchmore, that there was no equest made to turn over the bonds to the ailroad company. The first business at;ended to at this meeting between Major Hart and the County Commissioners, was :he official signing by the Commissioners of ;he late subscription to the railroad, as their predecessors in office had officially signed ;he subscription that was voted before. Then they consulted about and decided ipon the form of the bonds. After this, Major Hart requested that the bonds would resigned by the County Commissioners,and :urned over to the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust ConiDanv, but not to be delivered to ;he railroad company till the terms of the subscription had been complied with and ;he chief engineer of the road and a majori;y of the County Commissioners had certiied to the fact that the terms of the subscription had been carried out. This the Commissioners refused, for the present to igree to, till their attorney, Mr. Hay, could . orrespond with the Governor and Secreta y of State of Massachusetts, and business nen of New York, as to the reliability of his safe and deposit company. If this :orrespondence proves satisfactory to the Commissioners tney will probably agree to he request. This request was not made for ihe purpose of placing the bonds as collateril security for loan, but to avoid delay. Of :ourse the bonds will never be repudiated >y the county, nor will repudiation ever be illowed by any of the Courts; still some me might bring an injunction suit, which vould only delay matters. It certainly ieems that if the railroad company should lemand the bonds by law they could get i hem, for what is law now certainly says ,hese bonds are to be used in constructing he road in Kershaw County; and how are hey to be used for this purpose if they are rasigned, unprinted, or in the hands of a j rustee, with the order not to deliver till J he road is constructed? The bonds, accordng to the terras in which they were subcribed, are to be delivered in small imounts, as portions of the road are ready or the ties and rails. The completed portion of the rokd, from Slack's, in this county, to Rutherford ton, N. C., moves the Shelby Aurora of last week o say: The Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad has finished its first forty-five niles of railroad from Black's to Rutherordton, and simultaneously began work at ts lower terminus at Camden. Thus one lundred and eight miles are now under :ontract for grading with a promise of its lompletion in one year This road began wo years ago inauspiciously with one man vorking to hold the contract. It was atbad jeginning for a railroad with such a big Tf Kno rrn i n o el uiicHnm lnf'rpnspfj JUUlCi JLb HCiO ^(Viuvu If iwuvwi) ?mvw?*?wv. ts capital, won the confidence of the eoun;ry, has abundant means at command and vill push the enterprise from Camden, S. to Kentucky, to an early completion. Senator M. C. Butler, of South Carolina, is low in Richmond asking the Virginia Legslature, now in extra session, for a charter 'or the C., C. & C. to pass through that State. This shows they mean a great through line lenetratinga region rich in mineral resources awaitingdevelopment. The coal and iron ieds are said to be inexaustible and of the iest quality. Cranberry has a mountain of nagnetic ore, rivaling the Swedish iron, ind will become a second Birmingham. The coal deposits are pronounced by experts to be of vast wealth, awaing the magic ;ouch of railroads. The opening of this oad will develop our resources and give a lew impetus to manufactures, so dependent ipon cheap coal. It will give us a new outlet to the North md West and will open up to civilization a lew and undeveloped region, and we trust he enterprise will richly reward the capialists. Its inception was viewed with disrust by many prudent men, but since abunlant capital has come to its aid, its early :ompletion through North and South Caroina is almost a certainty. THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. The following is a sketch of the public areers of the men composing the Interstate Commerce Commission, recently apjointed by the President: THOMAS M. COOLEY vas born at Attica, N. Y., in 1824, studied aw in that State and removed to Michigan n 1848, where he has since resided. In 857, he was elected compiler of the State aws, and in 1858 reporter for the Supreme .Aourt. In 1859 he was chosen by the regents as commissioner to organize the law lepartmentof the University of Michigan, ind he has ever since been connected with t. In 18G4 he was elected Justice of the Jupreme Court, and was re-elected in 18G9 nil 1877. He was nominated by the Re>ublicans for re-electioji in 1885, and was lefeated. Judge Cooler is the author of lumerous standard legal works. lie was ecently appointed by United States Judge Iresham receiver of the Wabash Railroad Company. A LI) ACE F. WALKER s a Vermont lawver. about 44 years old, a Republican in politics, who studied law vith Senator Edmunds, served as Colonel n the Union army and has since then praciced law at ltutland. In the Vermont lenate he has taken a leading part in framing legislation to solve the railway probem, and has given much study to the quesion. AUGUST SCIIOONMAKER if Kingston, N. Y., was born in Ulster ounty, March 2, 1828, and is a lawyer in ctive practice. He has always been a )emocrat in politics. He has been County j fudge of his county, and candidate of his, tarty for Supreme Court Judge. He was state Senator during Governor Tilden's erm as Governor, and was one of the leadrs in the Legislature on whom Tilden reied to carry his reform measures. He was Iwaysaclose personal and political friend if Tilden's. Schoonmaker was Attorney ieneral of New York State in 1878 and 879. In 1879 he was presented by the Auti'ammany delegation from New York, in he Democratic State Convention, as their andidate for Governor, and he was a dele;ate to the Democratic National Convenion in 187G and 1880, and also to the Chicao Convention in 1884. He is now a mem?er of the Civil Service Commission of sew York State, having been appointed by Jovernor Cleveland and retained in office y Gov. Hill. WALTER L. HRAGG /as born in Alabama in 18.88, but resided Arkansas from 1848 to 1861. He was edcated at Harvard University and Cainridge Law School, and practiced law in Arkansas for some years. At the close of the war he settled in Alabama, and for some years was the law partner of Senator Morgan. He has been a leading Democrat in that State for some years, and has served as National Delegate, Presidential Elector and a member of the National Committee. In 1881 he was made President of the Alabama State Railroad Commission and served in that position four years, during which time many important questions arising between railroads and their customers were satisfactorily adjusted. WM. R. MORRISON. Mr. Morrison's fame has most of it come from his insistent championship of free trade, and the circumstances of his defeat for re-election to Congress last fall on that issue are well remembered still. Of his private life comparatively little has been written. He is thoroughly domestic in his tastes, and his wife, who was Miss Ella Horine, is a "homebody," instinctively avoiding society as much as her position will admit. Before her marriage she was counted one of the brightest and most popular girls in Monroe county, Ills., of which she as well as Mr. Morrison was a resident. Her fafhpr u'as ft lpnrlincr mernhant, nf Waterloo. that ccunty, and was a Lincoln candidate for the State Legislature in 1860, while Mr. Morrison was the Douglas candidate. Mr. Morrison won, and Miss Horine became Mrs. Morrison before she was 18. After her marriage she abandoned the political faith of her father, and at once espoused the cause of her husband. When he was a member of the Legislature at Springfield she was with him assisting in his correspondence and making his social life attractive. When he fell in the desperate assault on Fort Donelson at the head of the Fortyninth Illinois and wfcs reported killed, this heroic wife hastened to the front of battle. She found awaiting her the sad but hopeful consolation of her brave husband's life spared, though suffering from a dangerous wound in the hip.- During his suffering and subsequent illness with typhoid fever she nursed him, and through her tender care and solicitude really brought him back to life and saved him. It was in this battle that Gen. Logan also fell wounded. The domestic life of Col. Morrison, through the companionship and thoughtful love of his wife, is extremely happy. They have no children living. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? An.artesian well has been successfully sunk at McCormick. ? It is thought the fruit has been very generally killed in the Piedmont section by the recent cold spell. ? There are two veterans of the Mexican war in Pickens county, Messrs. J. B. Southerland and James A McKee. ? B. F. Huger, postmaster at Charleston, died last Saturday morning. He was appointed by President Cleveland. ? Darlington county sent fifteen criminals to the penitentiary last week, one white man, one woman and two boys among the number. S^It is stated that a number of intelligent ladies in Greenville have formed a society which meets weekly to discuss woman suffrage. t>? tit m ^r ? xvev. w. x. luaiuit:\va, pasiui ui vjticcuwood Presbyterian church in Abbeville county, has decided to remain with that congregation. ? The handsome residence of Col. S. M. Rice, of Unionville, was destroyed by fire at noon on Thursday. Insurance $3,000?a sum far below the actual loss. ? Three new Methodist churches are now in course of construction in Newberry county at the following places: Jocassee, Whitmire's and Laurel Springs. ? In the Spartanburg Court of Sessions, last week, Tom Abernathy, a white youth, tried for the murder of his father, was acquitted, on the plea of self defence. Both were drunk when the crime was committed. ? The Governor has commuted the sentence of Marcus Horlbeck to life imprisonin the penitentiary. Horlbeck was convicted of murder at the February, 1887, term of court for Charleston county and sentenced by Judge, JJudson to be hanged. ? There will be a called session of Enoree Presbytery at Spartanburg, on the 4th of April, to consider an application from the Spartanburg Presbyterian church, for a call .for Rev. W.'B. Jennings to become the pastor. ? Lewis Stuart, the negro now under sentence of death in Laurens jail, for the murder of his wife, has made a confession, saying that he was driven to the crime by her unfaithfulneas. The prisoner is now penitent and prepared. He is to be hanged next Friday. ? The Court of Edgefield adjourned last Friday. Judge Norton refused to hear the argument of counsel for the release of Jones on bail, postponing it to this week, when it will be heard in Columbia. Jones was discharged on the two indictments for the killing of the two young Pressleys, having been convicted of manslaughter as to the old man. The case will go to the Supreme Court on appeal for a new trial. ? Mr. B. F. Turner, the yard-master of the C. C. & A. Railroad, at Columbia, charged with stealing a car-load of cotton, was given a preliminary hearing on Thursday. The trial justice bound him, together with Joe Taylor, a colored man, in whose possession the cotton was found, over for trial at the next term of the Court for Richland county. They both gave bond in the sum of $1,000 each for their appearance for trial. MERE-MENTION. V imt. ? A ?1 ? - TT/vunn Kit a iiaIa rtf JQ +r\ yKJ.JlU ./VrKUllStlS 11UUOC) uj a. vuic ui iu iu 39, has passed a bill to prevent the mortgaging of unplanted crops."' j^The telephone has been successfully used along barbed wire fences in California. New York city has 30,000 landlords, who collect $40,000,000 rent. The Chinese alphabet contains 30,000 characters. The business failures in the United States last week number 218. In view of the recent de| ci9ion of the Supreme Court, tax collectors in Mississippi have been notified to stop collecting a tax on commercial travelers and whisky drummers. The annual revenue from these sources was $40,000 The drought stricken section of Texas is yet suffering severely for rain and the distress is undiminished. On the 272nd ballot, Wm. H. Martin was unanimously nominated for Congress in the Second Texas district to succeed Senator-elect Ileagan. In the Rhode Island House of Representatives, last Friday, a resolution proposing an ainendment to the Constitution, abolishing the registry tax and property qualifications, was unanimously passed. Snow was five feet deep at Kaston, Pa., last week, and at Hartford, Conn., from 1G to 24 inches. **At Galveston, Texas, last Thursday, 8,118 bales of cotton were sold, representing over $400,000, the largest single transaction in spot cotton in the history of Texas. On returning to Cincinnati from his southern tour, Senator Sherman referred in a public speech to the marvelous development of the resources of the South, and said the territory reached by the Cincinnati and Southern Railroad and its connections, would in five years double and perhaps treble the value of that road. + ? ? The Pistol in Newberry.?From a dispatch to the Charleston Sunday News we learn that a terrible tragedy occurred at Newberry last Saturday in the office of Trial Justice Henry H. Blease. During the progress of an argument some words passed between George Johnstone and John 11. Jones, attorneys, representing opposite sides 01 tne case, whereupon both drew pistols and emptied the chambers of both at each other in quick succession. Nine shots were fired in less time than a minute. Johnstone was shot in three places, through the right ear, in the left arm and in the thigh, but not seriously hurt. Jones wasshotonce through the body, and is seriously, if not fatally, wounded. George B. Cromer, who was also engaged in the case, in attempting to stop the shooting, barely escaped being shot, three balls passing through his clothing. The office was crowded with people, and it is a wonder some one else did not get hurt. The whole affair is deeply regretted, as both parties are men of good standing in the community and highly connected. The case before the trial justice was an attachment suit between two North Carolinians, and after the shooting the case was mutually settled between the parties, and all proceedings stopped. LOCAL AFFAIRS ; James R. Kennedy, Probate Judge?Citation? < Thomas F. Jackson, Applicant?Dr. H. G. i Jackson, deceased. i W. E. Stoney, Comptroller-General?Insurance . Licenses to J. R. Lindsay. T. S. Jefferys?The Cyclone Extinguisher. M. Strauss?During tlie Season. Lindsay A Moore?Fancy Groceries?177(5?See i and Try?Mrs. filler's Snuff? Garden ] Seed?Soap. H. F. Adickes?Come to the Grand Central. Lowry <fc Starr?Tobacco, Tobacco. Hunter & Oates?Mr. Hunter, the Buyer for the Mammoth. Withers Adickes?Some Few Things. EDUCATIONAL ADDRESS. According to appointment State Superintendent of Education Rice made an address in the Court House last Thursday on topics connected with the educational interests of the State. THE CIRCUIT COURT. The Circuit court lor iorK county, j uuge Pressley to preside, will convene next Monday morning at 10 A. M. The indications are that it will be an interesting term, there being a large amount.of business on the Sessions docket. ' the telephone. The Enterprise Telephone Company, which 1 is now a body corporate, is preparing to extend its business. A wire will be run from the office in Yorkville to the depot, and telephonic communication opened between those buildings within eight or ten days. the cold wave. On Monday afternoon the Signal Station at this place received the following dispatch from Washington, dated 12.20 P. M.: ""Hoist the cold wave signal. The temperature will fall suddenly 20 degrees by 7 A. M. Tuesday morning." The prediction was verified to the letter. The temperature fell, the thermometer yesterday morning registering 20? above zero and 6? below freezing point. The ground was slightly frozen, ice formed and there was heavy frost. The fruit prospect is bad. ^personal mention. Miss Ella Avery, of Ebenezer, is visiting Mrs. J. O. Walker. Miss Grace McElwee accompanied her father to Charleston last Monday. Mrs. C. J. Robertson, of this plac is visiting Mrs. N. B. Bratton, at Brattonsville. Mr. J. T. Lipscomb, a traveling salesman for F. W. Wagner <fc Co., of Charleston, has been at the Parish Hotel since Friday, confined to his bed with a severe affection of the throat. judge wunerspoon lias ueen assigneu uv Chief Justice Simpson to preside at the Circuit Court of Marion, vice Judge Wallace, who is ill, and he left last Friday for that purpose. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector?Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Mr. English will be at Gastonia, assisting Rev. Mr. Mcllwain, next Sunday. No prayer meeting this week. Sunday-school as usual. Baptist.?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor?Communion services at Union next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Preaching in Yorkville at 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock P. M. Methodist Episcopal.?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Prayer-meeting next Sunday morning at 10.15 o'clock. Preaching at 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayermeeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Preaching to-morrow evening at7.30 o'clock by Rev. R. G. Miller; Friday evenihg at the same hour by Rev. John T. Chalmers ; and on Sunday morning by Rev. C. B. Betts. ^IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. James H. Riddle is building a handsome residence on the Dennis lot, which he recently purchased, on the corner of Main and King's Mountain streets. Mr. S. A. McElweeis preparing to build a residence on King's Mountain street. Several notable improvements have been made recently on the property of the Methodist parsonage. Mr. L. George Grist is building a neat residence on his lot next south of the Baptist church, on Main street. Cleveland street is a new thoroughfare recently opened through the lands of Maj. James F. Hart and intersecting with Jefferson and California streets. There are now three handsome residences on this street?Maj. Hart's, Mr. Jas. A. Watson's and Mr. John E. Lowry's. "^DEATH OF TWO BROTHERS. Too death of two half brothers on the same day, both past the middle age of life, is a coincidence seldom noted. At 3 o'clock on Friday morning last, Col. Andrew Jackson died at his residence, seven miles north of town, and at half past 4 on the same afternoon, his half brother. Dr. H. G. Jackson, died in Yorkville, 134 hours elapsing between the two events. Both were natives of York county, having been born five miles north of Yorkville. Col. Andrew Jackson was born on the loth of March, 1832, and at the time of his death was aged 55 years and 10 days. His death resulted from a carbuncle between the shoulders. Col. Jackson was a farmer by occupation, having devoted himself to that pursuit all his life, excepting the period of his service in the Confederate army. Ho volunteered as a soldier soon after the commencement of hostilities and was elected Captain of a company which composed a part of the Fifth Regiment, S. C. Y. By promotion ho attained to the rank of Lieu tenant-Colonel or tlio regiment, ana wnen in command of his regiment at Gaines' Mill, June 27th, 1802, he received a wound in the left arm necessitating amputation above the elbow. He then resigned his commission and returned home. On the 11th of October, 1864, he was elected tax-collector of York district, the duties of which oflice he continued to discharge until the State was placed under military government, when he resigned in March, 1808, and was succeeded by Mr. W. J. Stephenson, an appointee of the Military Governor, Gen. Canby. Col. Jackson had no ambition for public office, but rather shrank from seeking political proferment at the hands of his fellow citizens; yet, much against his desire, the Democratic county convention of 1878 nominated him for the office of Judge of Probate. He reluctantly accepted the nomination and made the canyass, which was the last political struggle between the Democrats and Republicans in York county. It is now sufficiently remote from that political incident to recur to the fact that some of the nominations of the convention of 1878 gave great dissatisfaction to many true Democrats of the county, and it is only making proper acknowledgment of Gol. Jackson's fealty to his party and a recognition of his personal popularity, when we say that he accepted the nomination and wont through the canvass only to unite the ' party on the ticket placed in nomination. It was seen, and he modestly recognized the fact, that if he withdrew from the race, the way would be opened for independent candidates and the 1 possible disintegration of the party. His ticket 1 | was successful, but he resigned the office to which he was elected a few months after the election. Col. Jackson was twice married. By < his first wife he had three sons and three daughters, all of whom reached the age of maturity. His second marriage occurred on the 28th of ; last September, and his wife survives him. Col. Jackson was in every sense of the term a frnnrl oiH'/pn. Ho was a conscientious man whose character for honesty and integrity could never be questioned, and one who swerved not in the performance of what ho conceived to be his duty. < His remains were interred in the cemetery at 1 Clover on Friday evening. ] nn. ir. a. jackson. Dr. Hugh Gordon Jackson was the senior of his brother Andrew, having been born December 17th, 1820, and on the day of his death being ; aged f)(> years.'! months and 8 days. Nearly up to the time of attaining his majority ho was employed on his father's farm; but when about ^ twenty-one years of ago he engaged in teaching ( school. After teaching for a while ho served an . apprehticeship to the trade of blacksmith under 1 Mr. James Fitchott, who lives near Clover, a i town sineo built up on the Chester and Lonoir ' Railroad. Tiring of the occupation of black- ' smith, and having secured some capital, in March, 1848, ho came to Yorkville and engaged s in the business of merchandising in copartner- ] ship with his cousin, Samuol W. Jackson. Ho . continued in this connection until October, 1849, j when the copartnership was dissolved, and the t following month, in company with a friend, 1 James P. Jefferys, the oldest son of the late James Jefferys, he went to McLemoresvillo, ] Tenn., with the view of trying his fortunes in i " the West. While at McLemoresvillo, his friend ' i Jefferys died, on the 9th of March, 1850. During ;he illness of Mr. Jefferys, Mr. Jackson remained with him, giving him every attention. But ifter the death of his friend, he determined to return to Yorkville after an absence of only ibout three months. Shortly after his return he took employment In the drug store of Drs. Thomasson & Lindsay, und at the same time commenced the study of medicine under their.tutelage. He made such rapid progress in the acquirement of medical lore as to prepare himself for the first course of lectures in the winter of 1850-51, when he entered the Charleston Medical College for that purpose. After concluding this course, he -returned to Yorkville and resumed his position in the drug store, at the samo time continuing his studies assiduously for about two years, when he was qualified to matriculate in the University of New York, from which institution he graduated in March, 1855. Immediately after his graduation he returned to Yorkville and soon thereafter commenced the practice of medicine. In August. 1861. he volunteered as a private in Company A, Twelfth S. C. V. Soon after his regiment was mustered into service, ho was detailed as assistant to the regimental surgeon, in which capacity he acted for about a year, when he was appointed and commissioned an assistant surgeon. In this service he continued, both in the field and in hospitals, until only a few months before the close of the war, when his health having become seriously impaired, he resigned his commission and returned home, again resuming his local practice, in which he was unremitting until stricken down with pneumonia but a few days before his death. Dr. Jackson was never married. For many years he boarded in the family of Mr. T. M, Dobson, and while he was fond of children and seemed to prefer the'attractions of home life, yet he was never so much contented as when in th( private room of his well appointed office surrounded by genial friends with whom he was always sociable. He was faithful in the discharge of every duty devolving upon the patriotic citizen. In his boyhood, with a mind seeking knowledge, he labored on the farm, studying at his leisure moments and storing up knowledge until he was enabled to teach ; then serving an apprenticeship to a mechanical trade, engaging in mercantile pursuits studying for a profession, answering the call ol his State to arms, and later becoming a devotes to his chosen calling for which he was so well qualified, it can be truly said that in no positior was he derelict. His charity, especially in the course of his practice as a physician, was i marked feature of his career. One of our local physicians remarked in our hearing, since his death, that "Doctor Jackson has done more charity practice than all the other physicians ol Yorkvillecombined." During forenoon Saturday, his body, encased in an elaborate silver-mounted casket, was viewed by a large number of people, men, women anc children, who paid the tribute of a sympatheth tear to the memory of him whom all had learned to love. The funeral services were conducted in th( Presbyterian church, of which he was a member, by the pastor, Rev. T. R. English, wh( read the ninetieth Psalm and a portion 01 th? 20th chapter of the first book of Samuel, drawing an impressive lesson mainly from the las' clause of the 3rd verse: "But truly as th< Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is bui a step between me and death." From th< church, his body was borne to the cemetery followed by an immense concourse, the following friends of the deceased acting as pall-bearers W. H. McCorkle, L. M. Grist, Dr. J. R. Bratton, Dr. J. F. Lindsay, Dr. W. M. Walker, Dr. J. B. Allison, Dr. R. Andral Bratton, Dr. W. G. White, Geo, H. O'Leary, Jno. F. Gates, J. R. Lindsay, " J. W. Dobson, L. George Grist, R. A. Parish. In the funeral cortege, saddle and bridh draped in mourning, was the Doctor's faitbfu horse, led by Hannibal Beatty, who has beer the Doctor's constant servant for twenty-twt years, and whose grief, it is fair to say, was as genuine and sincere as that of any of the sor rowing throng. Gently was his body laid to rest, and as th< floral tributes, supplied by thoughtful and loving hands, were placed upon his grave, tin thought occurred, "he has passed to his reward the good he has done will live after him." sSOtJTH CAROLINA MEDICAL STUDENTS /Of seven South Carolina students at the Balti more Medical College, all passed through th< graduating exercises last week honorably, thougl 13 per cent, of the class failed. The full list o those from South Carolina is Charles Lewis Allen W. D. Hope, Whitefoord S. Stokes, Charles C Taggart, William McCullongh Lester, John J Lindsay and Ebenezer Wideman Pressly. Mr Pressly is a son of Rev. W. L. Pressly, D. D., o Due West. He took two prizes, one, the Uni versity prize, a fine gold medal, for the highes average in all the studies, and the other, th< Mittenberg prize, a case of fine instruments Mr. Pressly has the exceedingly high honor o not only leading his class, but of boating th< record for the life of the University. He is wel known in York county, having successfully conducted for a number of terms the high schoo at Clover. We learn that he will locate at Clover associating himself in the practice of medicim with Dr. A. P. Campbell. Of the otheifSoutl Carolina graduates, W. D. Hope is a native o Yorkville, and we congratulate him on his sue cfissfnl p-rjirlnnt.irm. THE CATAWBA INDIANS. The Columbia correspondent of the Charles ton Sunday News writes the following concern ing the Shite appropriation for the Catawba In dians in York and Lancaster counties: Governor Richardson was called upon Satur day by Jim Harris, a delegate from the mem bers of the Catawba Nation of Indians residing in this State. Harris was accompanied by Col J. Q. Marshall as attorney. The Indian's object was to obtain from the Governor a construction of the Act of the Legislature appropriating $800 for the support ol the Catawbas. The Indian agent, Mr. A. E, Smith, of Rock Hill, construes the Act to mean that the money is to be divided among the members of the nation in and out of South Carolina, The Indians in the reservation in York and Lancaster counties consider that they alone arc ontitled to the money, there being 20 of the tribe in other States and Territories. The Governor stated to the delegate that he could not take any action in the matter without consulting the Attorney General, and even then he did not think he had the power to place a construction upon an Act of the Legislature, He advised Harris to take the case to the Courts and obtain a ruling in the matter. While it was evidently intended that this appropriation should be given to the Indians in this State, the wording of the act makes it appear that the money is to be distributed among all of them, no matter where their residence may be. RAILROAD NOTES. The rbute by which the railroad will enter Yorkville has not yet been determined upon, During the past week the engineer corps has been engaged in running lines entering on the south side of town. The last of those surveys begins at the "old Campbell house." west of W, J. Stephenson's, thence to Edward A. Black's, thence through W. J. Stephenson's land to J, 0. Walker's, near Bratton's old saw mill, thence through the lauds of John Jackson, Mrs. Burris, W. L. Goforth and estate of Peter Funk, crossing the Chester and Lenoir railroad south oi J. J. Garvin's houso and intersecting, through the lands of Mrs. W. B. Wilson, S. Rufus Moore and Rev. L. A. Johnson, with the line previously surveyed from Rock Hill. We suppose it will bo some days before the line entering town will be adopted. The work of grading from Yorkville to a point twenty-tive miles this side of Camden, has been taken by W. II. Kirby, who will put on a force of hands at the lower end this week. Col. Kirby was one of the contractors for the grading between Shelby and Rutherfordton. For the present Lis headquarters will beat Rock Hill. The contract for grading between Yorkville and Black's has been given out to a Northern company, but we have not learned when they will commence operations. Preparations are being made at Canulen denot to receive and unload 400 tons of iron. The Shelby New Era of last week suvs: The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad has it last reached Rutherfordton and are now handling as much freight as they can conveniently carry. Their passenger engines and cars ivere*shipped to them last Friday, and as soon is they arrive, regular passenger trains will be put on. Mr. Samuel H. Harris, of Shelby, has been ippointed depot agent at this place and will begin his duties on April 1. Mr. Robert Babington, of Winston, is to be the agent at Mooresboro, and Mr. J. D. Scruggs, of Forest City, the agent at Forest City. Mr. Rudasill, he contractor, will complete the depot by next Wednesday. Messrs. J. A. Darwin, T. II. Glenn, Arthur G. Hart and W. D. Glenn, young gentlemen ol Sforkvillo, have entered into a contract to fnrush :i">,000 cross-ties for the road. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER PROM CHESTER. | Chester, March 28.?The first case to be j tried in the Circuit Court at this place was I that against James Pratt, colored, charged with an assault and battery with intent to kill. The prosecuting witness was a color ed man, with whom the defendant became engaged in a difficulty in a Christmas frolic. The jury found him guilty with a recom 1 mendation to the inercy of the Court. John Houze, colored, was next tried for assaulting Mr. A. M. McMullen with an intent to kill. In the difficulty between them the defendant struck the prosecuting witness three times with a hoe. The latter admitted on the stand that he had a knife in his hand at [ the time of the assault, but had no intention of injuring the defendant. The latter swnrf* that his life had been threatened and that he used the hoe as an instrument of ' attack for self-protection. Thejurymadea mistrial of the case. The next case tried was that of the State i vs. James Alexander, colored, charged with assault with intent to kill. The prosecutor was also colored, who swore that the defendant shot twice at him. Thejury rendered a ; verdict of not guilty. The next case tried was that of the State , vs. Thomas Agurs, colored, charged with the .nurder of Itay McClellan, colored. The defendant testified in his own behalf, and swore that an improper intimacy existed between Ray McClellan and his wife, and that on the evening of the difficulty, which ' grew out of this intimacy, Ray advanced on h'm with an axe, and that he shot him in self-defence. This testimony was in di rect conflict with that of the State's witness. 1 The defendant was found guilty of mant slaughter. ' The next case tried was that of R. D. "Moore, colored, charged with arson. The i defendant was charged with burning a large vacant dwelling, the property of Mr. Cluff Farrar, of Union county. Isotwith. standing the witnesses for the defendant . swore that he was in his own house the , night of the fire, and did not go out of it 1 until after the discovery of the fire, circumstances pointed with an unerring hand to his guilt and the jury found accordingly. j. The next case was that of Hay Robbins, colored, charged with the murder of Pres. ton Vaughn, colored. The killing occurred in June, 1885, in a bateau on Broad River. 1 A jug of whisky, belonging to Preston 5 Vaughn, and which in some way was brok1 en, led to the difficulty between him and 1 the defendant. The State's witnesses estabJ lished a clear case of murder. The defend antswore that Vaughn made threats against f him, and attempted to draw a pistol upon him, but his testimony was contradicted by I disinterested witnesses who were present. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter, I which, considering the aggravated circum. stances of the case, was a triumph for his 1 attorney, Mr. \V. A. Sanders. The Court then entered upon the trial of 3 Jesse Bobbins, colored, charged with an assault and battery with intent to kill, upon , Mr. David Good. The prosecuting witness made the following statement on the stand: While returning home from the Chester " Fair on the 28th of last October, the defendant came up behind him in a wagon and 3 was driving so rapidly that the tongue of 1 the wagon struck his horse. He asked the } defendant what he meant. The latter im? mediately jumped out of the wagon and seizing rocks began to throw them at Mr. : Good, who by this time had dismounted. He was struck three times before he was able to make an advance movement on the defendant, who found safety in flight. The defendant told the following tale on the stand: He was returninghome in a wagon, and was driving so rapidly that the tongue 5 of the wagon ran against the horse of Mr. 1 Good, who was riding ahead of him. An 3 apology was offered, but Mr. Good was too , indignant to accept it, and jumping off his , horse drew his knife and advanced on defendant. The latter, who by this time was on the ground, seized rocks, and to save his own life, hurled them at the prosecuting witness. These conflicting accounts of the difficulty were both corroborated by the 5 witnesses for the defendant and the State. 5 Considerable time was consumed in proving the defendant's character. The predominating sentiment of the people among whom he had lived was against him. The Judge enjoined upon the jury the necessity of divesting their minds of all race prejudices f in the consideration and decision of the case. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. ' Thesolicitorentered a notfeprosstfi/i in the case of the State against Jennie DeGraffen reid, colored, charged with arson. James Coleman, colored, pleaded guilty f to the charge of grand larceny. The next case tried was that of the State t against Walter Fonser, colored, charged b with grand larceny. It. D. Moore, colored, . the prosecuting witness, swore that the def fendant, on the 23rd of last December, stole a his mule, rode it to North Carolina and sold 1 it. The defendant swore that Mooore inj structed him to take the mule to North l Carolina and sell it for one hundred gallons nf whiskv. His testimony was suoDorted g by strong circumstantial evidence. The j prosecuting witness made no effort for some f time to recover the mule, and not till he had been charged with the perpetration of a crime in regard to which he had made to the defendant some damaging admissions, and of which he was convicted on . . Tuesday. The verdict was not guilty. The next case tried was that E. L. Gaston, . charged with the murder of W. E. Estes, his son-in-law. The principal facts are these: Gaston and Estes were in Chester on the ! 14th of last December, and after spending r the day in town left for their homes shortly . afterdarkinanintoxicatedcondition. They had not gone far when Gaston was attacked * by some one, and he came back to get a i pistol. Getting it, he again started homewards. After riding several miles, Estes, [ who was still with him,and had been drinking in the meantime, put his arm around . Gaston's neck and threatened to cut him. 1 They were both on their horses and Gaston ! was in danger of falling off. He again said 1 to Estes to loose him, but Estes would not, , and again reiterated his threat to cut him. ; In the struggle that ensued between them, i Gaston's pistol was fired and Estes was 1 shot, and after riding a short distance fell ; off his horse and died. Gaston swore that | the firing of the pistol was accidental; that ' he had no desire or intention of killing Estes. There was some conflict of testimoi ny on this point. One of the witnesses for , the State swore that the defendant told him the same night of the shooting that he shot at Estes, and that he shot to kill. There . was also evidence to the effect that hostility existed between the two men, and that the defendant had threatened to kill Estes. The ' jury returned a verdict ot not guilty. 1 The next case tried was that of J. Har1 vey Neely, charged with an assault of a high and aggravated nature upon the four* year old child of G. B. Mosely, of this county. A tremendous crowd filled the 1 Court House.to hear the trial. No such public interest in any previous trial has been manifested in many years. The so' licitor, assisted by Mr. A. G. Brice, represented the State, and Messrs. J. K. Henry and W. A. Sanders, the defendant. Contrary to general expectation not much time was consumed in obtaining a jury. The first witnesses were the physicians who saw the child on the day of its injury. Their opinions harmonized on this point: that the injury to the child might possibly have been accidental, but the probability was uuil suuic persuu prouucea me injury. Mrs. Mosely, the mother of the child, gave an account of the unfortunate affair, which is substantially as follows: She left her child with the defendant and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. While doing so she heard the child screaming, and going to its assistance she asked what was the matter. The child replied: "Uncle John Neely has hurt me." The mother said: "1 reckon not," and took the child with her to the kitchen. It continued crying and repeated the remark: "Uncle John has hurt me." The defendant remained at the house until after breakfast and then left. The continued crying of the child led the mother to make examination, and she found the injury which the defendant is charged with perpetrating. Another lady witness who saw the child shortly after it was hurt, testified to its condition and to its making use of the same language to her that it had used to its mother in speaking of the perpetrator of the act. The defendant was placed upon the stand ' and denied the charge brought against him in the most unqualified terms. When asked the direct question as to his perpetrating the V