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Jtoajjis and ^acts. j
? In sixty-five towns and cities in Indi
ana the Democrats made gains in Wed
nesday's elections. Many cities hereto- j
fore Republican have elected the Dem- j;
ocratic tickets. Lafayette and Shelby ville \
for the first time elected Democratic may- g
ors.
? According to the latest returns, which c
have been recently made up from official (
sources, there are in the fourteen Southern
States and the Indian Territory, 2,050,885 :
Baptists. Of these 1,065,171 are white,
ana are in accord with the body known as
the Southern Baptist convention.
? At San Francisco last Friday the customs
officers seized one hundred and fifteen
cases, marked "Nut oil," on the
steamer Bio Janeiro from China, which
arrived on Wednesday. The cases upon
being opened were found to contain hermetically
sealed cans of opium, placed in :
nut oil. The seizure is valued at $20,000.
? A Boston dispatch of Saturday says:
Man/)a ftf "Pranlrlin T TVTrysPS R IhW
1UO Uiguuo VTA A AMUttAAM V* ?
yer and ex-judge and ex-Governor of South .
Carolina, have made application to Gov. Ames
and the Council for pardon. Moses,
in October, 1885, was sentenced to three
years in the State prison, having been 1
convicted of forgery. It stated that he is ^
in poor health. c
?The businessfafluresoccurring through- ?.
out the country during the last week, as
reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number for I
the United States 135, and for Canada 32; c
total, 167, against 182 last week, 191 the 1
week previous, and 176 the corresponding (
week last year. Failures are decreasing in a
all parts of the country, except, perhaps, t
Oanada and the provinces.
? A Michigan farmer's son was plowing [
in a field last Thursday, when the plow '
point struck a dynamite cartridge, which r
nad probably been forgotten by the men
extracting stumps. The cartridge explod- j
ed, badly mutilating the boy. His right j
hand w*s blown off, hearing totally and {
eye-sight nearly destroyed, and fragments s
lodged in his body. His injuries are prob- c
ably fatal. s
? The monument to the Confederate
dead of the battle of Bentonville, the last ?
important engagement of the late war, t
was unveiled on the 10th instant at Smith- c
field, Johnston county, N. C. Hon. A. M. t
Waddell, of Wilmington, delivered an
address. Many distinguished men were >
present, among them Hon. W. R. Cox, \
. State Commissioner of Agriculture Rob- c
inson, and others. Three thousand peo- 8
pie witnessed the ceremony. 8
?A party of armed men went on Sunday
to the jail of East Carroll parish, at Floyd, 8
La., and took therefrom two of the pris- !
oners, a negro woman named Grace Blon- j
ton and a negro man named Richard *
Goodwia. The mob carried the prisoners J
to a tree in the vicinity and hanged them. J
The unfortunate wretches were charged 4
with stealing a small quantity of goods <
from a country store. The woman con- j
fessed the crime and the lynching fol- J
lowed. r
? By the operation of the new law, J
known as the Indian Severalty Act, mil- F
lions of acres now set apart for the use of J
Indian t ribes will eventually be released
for the U3e of white settlers. Fortunately
the law contains provisions which, if en- t
forced, will give this land to actual set- t
tiers and keep it out of the hands of spec- t
ulators and thieves. The law says that no
patent of quarter section of it shall issue T
except to a person who has taken it for a 1
homestead, and only after the land shall *
have been occupied as a homestead for I
five years. T
? Helen Spurrell, of London, has made g
a translation of the Bible which is highly j,
praised by scholars and is said to be far
more eqjoyable to the English reader than
the "revised version" of the committee. s
This woman, we are told, seems to have fc
drunk in the dramatic spirit of the Hebrew b
more profoundly than the male transla- g
tors, while her original arrangement of g
the Psalms, Songs of Solomon and sever-'
al other books, furnishes a key to clearer
interpretation. In the language of a reviewer,
"no translator in the future will t
venture to ignore her work." r
? Two or three weeks ago Squire Silas r
Stofer, of Mt. Sterling, Ky., took the un- v
"* _
usual course of reviewing a decision 01 me t
State Supreme Court, declaring it uncon- <j
stitutional, and by his "review" of the q
case liberated from jail a man named Cor- a
neilison, who was serving a two years' tj
sentence for assaulting a Judge, who in
consequence of the assault committed sni- t
cide. For his high-handed act Squire f
Stofer has been arrested on the charge of i
unlawfully aiding the escape of a prison- c
er. This proceeding is under provision a
of the General Statutes, and the trial will c
begin to-morrow. t
? Nearly ten thousand passengers land- c
ed ffom foreign ports at Castle Garden,
New York, last week. It is thought that c
the immigration this year will exceed v
1,000,000. The character of the immigra- t
tion has greatly changed of late years. 1
Germany now sends us about one third as c
many settlers as she did six or seven years s
ago, and Irish immigration is falling off. f
Ireland and Germany have disposed of s
their surplus population for the present, a
Russia, Austria, Hungary ana Italy j
show an immense increase. Of the new (
comers the Russians present rather the c
best appearance, being tall, vigorous and c
with an air of resolution. They are chief- c
Jy from the grain-growing regions of the t
Black Sea. 1
? Many inquiries are made whether t
trade dollars can now be used as circulat- ?
ing medium among the people. Yes. A I
trade dollar is as valuable as the standard c
dollar for all the purposes of trade, and e
business men will receive them, of course, J
as will banks and other financial institu- <.tutions,
but banks and financial institu- < '
tions will send them to the treasury for t
redemption, and not pay them out again. 1
In short, the trade dollar is now the legal I
representative of the standard silver dollar
arid will continue to be so until the 4th
day of September next. It will, there- c
fore command the value of a dollar in all j
the channels of trade during that period, s
after which it will be only silver bullion
worth a little over 80 cents. J
? On Friday last the Governor of Texas J
received a petition from the county officials
of Medina county, asking for a special ses- *
sion of the legislature to provide for sufferingand
famishing people in Medina, Trio, .
Atsoca and portions of Bexar, Edwards,
Uvalde and Bandera counties. The great ^
mass of the people are represented as hav- t
ing no money, no credit, no crop prospects t
and no property that can be sold, pledged A
or mortgaged. Many are living upon half e
rations of corn bread and tank water, and "
seed corn and cotton have rotted in the c
ground. In one precinct in Medina county ^
three hundred men, women ana cnuaren ;
are in a famishing condition, and in other
Erecincts the people will soon starve unless
elp is furnished. The petition is certified t
to by the county clerks ,in the respective ,|.
counties. "j
? The district attorney of Washington j
has at last discovered that many of the j t
provisions of the Acts relating to polyga- ]
my, bigamy, adultery and kindred crimes, ! (
which have been passed in the last four or
five years, are law for the District of Co- : j
lumbia as well as for Utah and other Ter- '
ritories, and he is now talking about en-; f
forcing them for the improvement of the : <
city's morals. The penalties provided in t
tnese Acts for adultery and certain other j (
crimes are very severe. But if the author- (
ities at the Capital have not heretofore per-11
ceived that parts, at least, of these Acts (
were law for the District, the fact has re- (
ceived some attention in other Eastern \
cities and in Utah. A section which is de- (
clared to be in force "in any Territory or i
other place over which the United States | <
have exclusive jurisdiction,seems to be law ! (
for Washington." (
? The old story that the United States j
government is about to pay for Confeder- j s
ate bonds has been started on the other! i
side of the Atlantic and is not only credit- j (
ed there, but has revived in certain cred- s
ulous circles in this country a confidence i
in the future payment of these issues of t
the "lost cause." The new boom was (
started by a column advertisement in the j c
London Economist, a banking paper of t
high standing in England, addressed to i
the holders of Confederate bonds. It al- p
? leges that a New York lawyer has been (
#
!mployed to plead the case of the bondlolders
before Congress, and intimates j
hat the - case is a strong one, as the gov- j
irnraent of the United States has render-;
;d itself liable by forbidding the Confed- i
irate States to redeem the bonds. It also |
ntimates that the people of the United
states are gradually coming around to !
he idea that the debt is a just one and
ihould be paid.
lie ?otfetUle
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18,1887.
THE BLACKWOOD CASE.
The case of Blackwood, kidnapped at
lis home in Aiken county, this State, some
veeks ago by Augusta policemen and incarcerated
in the jail of that city, came up
>efore Judge Honey, of the Augusta Su>erior
Court. The guilt of Blackwood,
harged with passing a forged order in
Vugusta, did not enter into the question.
)ur State authorities only contended that
irrests within our borders should be made
>y due process of law and the regular
nanner which the comity between States
ias long prescribed. After hearing argunent
of counsel, Judge Roney said:
"The highest aim of a government is to'
jrotect its citizens. No person shall be derived
of life or liberty, except by due
jrocess of law. The question arises, shall
i citizen of one State set aside the laws of
ixtradition and go into another State and
irrest a citizen without due process of law ?
"If the Courts of Georgia or any other
Jtate recognize this, it would set at naught
he provisions of the Constitution. If a
iriminal goes into another State, the way
o get him is by a requisition.
"Then the question is brought up as to
vhether or not the arrest of Blackwood
vas according to law ? Was he deprived
>f his liberty by due process of law ? If
o, he should not be remanded; but if not
>o, he should be.
"The facts, as elicited by the testimony,
ire that when Blackwood was arrested it is
:onceded that at the time Stone and Mc
Tally were not armed by due process or
he law. The question is whether or not
Blackwood was extradited. It is an un>leasant
duty to pass upon facts. This
nan was not only not arrested by due proess
of law, but was arrested illegally.
Phe affidavit of Mr. Altman is to tne efect
that he warned them they were not
naking the arrest in accordance with the
aw. Their reply was that they would
ake chances. I am obliged to hold that
le did not come voluntarily, and shall
herefore remand the prisoner."
Judge Roney afterwards issued an order
hat Blackwood bedelivered to the Sheriff,
o be by him taken to South Carolina and
here released and discharged from custoly.
Accordingly late in the afternoon
Deputy Sheriff Campbell took Blackwood
o Sand Bar Ferry, where he was released,
>ut was rearrested by Constables Spees and
/andever an officer from Augusta having
;one over ahead and had a warrant for
lis arrest issued by Trial Justice Mason,
f Beech Island. When arrested, the contables
took him to Aiken, where he will
>e confined in jail until a requisition can
>e obtained from the Governor of Georgia
and be'honored by the Governor ot
louth Carolina.
A SCHISM PTTHE CHURCH.
The Diocesan Convention of the Protesant
Episiscopal Church in South Carolila,
met in Charleston last Thursday
norning. There are fifty three parishes
vhich are entitled to send delegates, and
here are forty-eight clergymen in the
liocese. On Thursday and Friday the
[uestion of the right of colored clergy to
.dmission to the floor as delegates was
liscussed.
A great many speeches were made on
?oth sides of the question, and considerable
eeling was manifested. Friday morning
lishop Howe announced the convention
rgani? :d for business. The effect of this
.nnouncement was to seat the colored
lergymen. An appeal was taken from
his decision, and the debate was renewed
in the color question.
After discussing the matter all day the
onvention re-assembled Friday evening,
vhen the Bishop put the question on sus
aining the appeal irom nis decision.
The convention refused to sustain the deision,
whereupon the Bishop ordered the
ecretary to read the rules of order. This
irecipitated an entirely unanticipated
cene. Hon. C. G. Memminger, lay delerate
from Grace Church, Charleston,
umped to his feet and announced that
Jrace Church would withdraw from the
onvention. He was quickly followed by
?ther members of the laity all over the
hurch, who announced that they and
heir delegates would also withdraw.
tVhen a count was made, it was found
hat lay delegates froiti fourteen parishes
tad withdrawn, and that of the clergymen
lev. R. S. Trappier, of St. Michael's
hurch, Charleston, and Rev. Win. Hancksl,
of Trinity church, Abbeville, had
oined in the scession. The rules of the
hurch provide that ten parishes shall
onstitute a quorum. There were more
han enough delegates, lay and clerical,
eft to make a quorum and the convention
>roceeded with the transaction of business.
The convention met at 10.30 A. M. on
Saturday, and the morning services were
onducted as usual, after which the meetng
was called to order, the Bishop preiding.
After the transaction of business in the
egular order and the appointing of standng
committees for the eusuing year, a
esolution was adopted inviting the delegates
who withdrew on Friday to return
ind assume their places in the convention.
V committee was appointed to convey the
esolution, and to report on the same.
\fter being out some time, they returned
ind made a report, in which they stated
hat the delegates had consented to reurn
only under certain provisions, which
vere read by the secretary. Some discusion
ensued when a resolution was offered
ind adopted declining to accept the propo;i
tion. Some of the seceding delegates were
jresent, and afte^JM^rote was declared
etired. The pr^fB^ion was that if the
>roeeediners of Fridav on the Bishop's re
:ommendation, as far as the colored pass's?Pollard's
name on the Bishop's
oil was reconsidered they would return
:o the convention.
The first Wednesday in May, 1888, was
substituted for the second Wednesday
:or holding the next convention in Anlerson.
The proceedings of the three days meetngs
were read and confirmed.
The Bishop here took occasion to state,
;hat this was the ninety-seventh convention
of the Episcopal church?nearly
i hundred years?and he regretted exceedingly
the occurrence of the withdrawil
of some of the delegates to the convention.
But he would say that the withIrawal
of the delegates does not withIraw
the parishes they, represented; that
he withdrawal of the delegates who were
elected by the parishes they represented
tvas not to be considered as affecting the
church proper; that the mere seating of a
colored clergyman in the convention, a
question which has been agitated over
ind over again for past years was not of
such a serious nature as many think. The
iction of the convention must be regarded
as right and proper under the circumstances;
that the action of the delegates
.vho withdrew would not affect his rela;ions
as Bishop in visiting the old colonial
churches unless their doors were closed
m him. In conclusion he hoped that
hose brethren who have acted so hastly
will reflect seriously on the situition,
and, at the next convention, if
jod should spare their lives, that he
would meet them all again in convention
at Anderson. The Bishop then invited
the whole audience to prayer. After concluding,
he dismissed the congregation
with the benediction. The Rev. J. H.
M. Pollard, the colored assistant rector
of St. Mark's Church, and who was the
bone of contention causing the division
in the convention, was not in attendance
on Saturday.
The convention, was the most notable
ever held during the past ninety-seven
years.
CONDITION OF THE CHOPS.
The report of the Department of Agriculture
at Washington for May, issued on
the 10th instant, relates to the condition of
Winter grain, the progress of Spring plowing
and the proportion of the proposed
cotton area already planted. It indicates
a decline in the condition of wheat of two
points since April 1st, the general average
for the whole country being 86, against 95
at the same date in 1886, 70 in 1885, and
94 in 1884. The changes in condition
have not been uniform throughout the
Winter wheat region, some oiaies suuwmg
an increase, a majority a slight decline,
and a few a heavy falling off.
Rye has suffered from the same conditions
which have injuriously affected
wheat, but on account of its hardier nature
the general average is considerably higher,
standing at 90.8, against 92.8 on April
1st and 95.7 ht the same date in 1880. The
condition is barely below the average,
being 87.8, against 96.7 in May, 1886, and
82 in 1885.
The season has been more generally advanced
in all parts of the country than
usual, Spring plowing being seriously behind
only on the Atlantic coast South of
Pennsylvania, and on the Pacific slope.
In these sections it has been delayed by
cold and excess of moisture. Elsewhere
the work is ahead of the average year, the
season, especially during April, having
been generally favorable, with temperature
above normal and rainfall in minimum.
The proportion already on May
1st is estimated at 80 per cent, of the whole,
while the-amount usually completed at
that date is about 76 per cent.
The proportion of cotton already planted
amounts to more than four-fifths of the
proposed area, and is slightly greater
than at the same date in any preceding
five years, but is a little less than the proportion
returned by correspondents as the
average planting at that date. The proportions
by States are as follows:
North Carolina 70, South Carolina 80,
Georgia 84, Florida 96, Alabama 88, Mississippi
84, Louisiana 83, Texas 82, Arkansas
80, Tennessee 80. There is some complaint
of slow germination and poor stands
on account of drought at the time of planting
in some sections, but with favorable
weather replanting is rapidly filling all the
traps.
THE SOUTHERN MPTIST CONVENTION.
The second day of the session of the
Southern Baptist Convention, which met
in Louisville, Ivy., on the 7th instant, was
devoted to the announcement of various
committees, and addresses by members
prominently engaged in different branches
of the evangelical and educational work
of the church.
Br. George C. Larimore, of Chicago,
came forward as the representative of the
Baptist home mission society with its
headquarters in New York. He said the
home mission board had carried on work
in the past year in forty-tive States, and
in Canada, Alaska and Mexico. There
were 678 laborers; of thse eighteen were
in the Eastern States, 140 in the Western
States, six in Canada, filty nine in Mexico
and two in Alaska. They were maintaining
seventeen schools for colored people
and Indians and several Sunday-schools
for Chinese. They had erected in the year
sixty-two church edifices. Their receipts
for the year were $572,500.03.
Br. George B. Eager, of Virginia, read
the report of the committee on missions
in Catholic countries. It first reviewed
the work in Mexico. In Coahuila alone
there have been fifty baptisms, and 150 are
ready for baptism. Missions have been
extended from Coahuila south through
three States. It is proposed to establish
in Mexico literary schools in connection
with the mission. In Italy there are
twelve evengalists and there have been
twenty baptisms, with as many more seeking
baptism. Attention was called to
the defense of the Bible made in the Italian
parliament by an able member of that
body. Priests, he said, are calling secretly
for the Bible. These books had gone far
toward producing a sentiment in favor of
thoughtful personal Christianity, which
had its reflex in the reyoltof I)r. McGlynn
and his followers in this country.
Dr. Powell, a missionary at Saltillo,
Mexico, spoke of the work of his field.
On Sunday the pulpits of almost all the
churches of Louisville were supplied by
ministers of the Convention.
During the proceedings of Monday
much enthusiasm was elicited in the reception
of fraternal delegates from the Northern
societies. Utterances of fraternal
feeling made in the eloquent speech of
Dr. Henson, of Chicago, were received
with much- applause. Strong resolutions
on the subject of temperance were passed,
and the address of Gen. Green Clay Smith
in introducing them was of great power.
The routine of the Convention business
respected home missions.
The report of the Committee on Suggestions
to the Board of Foreign Missions
was read by Dr. W. C. Cleveland,
of Alabama. It was prepared by Dr. John
A. Broadus, who was indisposed and unable
to read the report himself. It pointed
out that the missions were much in
need of money, and that the missionaries
in some cases, must be sent home, but it
would cost them as much to bring them
home as to support them until the stringency
for money was passed. It suggested
means to raise the needed money. In discussing
the report, Dr. Rowland, of Maryland,
called attention to the comparatively
small amount given by the Southern
Baptists?eight cents per capita per annum.
lie urged that more foreign mission
tracts should be printed. The report
was adopted.
Dr. Frost, Chairman of the Committee
on General Work of the Home Mission
Board, reported that there had been increased
support from all the States represented
in the convention. There was
tmr\i 1 \ivirlr <lninor nndpr flip hoard limflllL'
the negroes and Indians, and within a
year wonderfully successful work had
been begun in Cuba. For all there was
need of money and more work.
Dr. Holt, of Texas, Secretary of the
Home Mission Board, said that the board
had always greatly aided that State, but
yet there are eighty-seven counties where
they have neither preachers nor churches.
The Baptist number 109,000 white and
52,000 colored communicants. The recent
drouth had affected many portions of the
State, but the frontier work needed assistance,
and must have it. There are
two hundred thousand Germans in Texas
and no missionaries among them,
where there should be at least ten.
Dr. Penick, of Louisiana, spoke of his
State as a missionary field. He said:
"There are now about 20,000 Baptists in
Louisiana, with thirteen missionaries at
work, who were heart and soul engaged
in Christianizing the people. There are
two hundred and fifty thousand French
speaking people, all Catholics, in the State,
while among them are daily working two
Baptist missionaries. These people are
growing tired of the yoke of Catholicism,
and stand ready to throw of the demands
of the priesthood. Many of them have
already become Baptists and others of the
Creole population will follow shortly if
the opportunity is given them.
ltev. J. J. Monroe, Indian missionary,
referred to the work in the Indian Territory?the
weakest mission connected
with the association. "There are," he
said, "247,701 Indians in the United States
not including Alaska. Of these 75,000 are
civilized, 141,310 wear citizen's dress, 38,- ,
801 read the English language and 50,000
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comprises an area of 04,222 square miles, I
77,701 Indians and 40 tribes. There are
three missionaries and seven thousand j
Baptists. But we need more workers!
and more help. We call upon this Board
earnestly to come to our aid."
Fraternal delegates from the Northern
Church next addressed the Convention
briefly. They were Hon. Horatio Jones,
of Pennsylvania, and Rev. Dr. Ilenson, of
Chicago. The latter made a very humor-,
ous speech, keeping the audience in a continual
roar of laughter. The convention
then adjourned till evening.
When the Convention assembled in evening
session, Gen. Green Clay Smith, of
Kentucky, from the Committee on Temperance,
reported the following:
Resolved, That we do solemnly protest against
the manufacture, sale and use of ardent spirits,
and express our sympathy with the prohibitionists
everywhere.
This resolution was discussed until the
hour set apart for other business, when
further debate was postponed.
On Tuesday, which was the last day of
the session, Gen. Green Clay Smith's report
of the previous day from the temperance
committee was adopted after some
sharp debate upon the clause: "Liquor as
a Beverage." A number of the delegates
held that intoxicating liquors should not
be allowed even as medicine.
Dr. J. D. Renfroe, of Alabama, read
the report of the committee on system-t:_
I 1 Ti 1 Ikn nklnf
<uic ueuevoience. At urgeu man mc tinc?
purpose was to secure the blessing of
regular and cheerful giving for every mem*
ber of the Baptist Church in the South./
It recommended complete co-operation be*
tween this Convention and the St; te conventions
and general associations. It recommended
that State organizations use
every effort to secure the pledged amount
by contributions from every member
weekly or monthly; that State boards be-appointed
and church meetings for benevolent
work be appointed for every fifth
Saturday and Sunday in months of the
year; that pastors be given as much freedom
for the work of promoting systematic
benevolence as possible, and appropriate
committees of this Convention be instructed
to devote themselves to this work.
After a long dfebhssion the report was
adopted. - *
The report of the committee on co-operation
of trie home mission board with State
mission boards was read by the Rev. Bailey,
of Florida. It stated*that under the
present form of the constitution the States
co-operating directly with general boards
do not receive fair representation in convention.
Therefore it recommended an
amendment giving in addition to present
representation to each State in convention
one delegate 'or each $500 spent for missions
within its own bounds.
J. P. Eagle, of Arkansas, moved a minority
report retaining the present basis of
representations. The minority report was
Hflnntprl.
At 5 P. M. the Convention adjourned, to
meet the second Wednesday in May, 1888,
at Richmond, Va.
THE EARTHQUAKES.
There was a slight shock of earthquake
at Summerville and a slight rumbling at
Charleston last Thursday night. The vibration
at Charleston was not greater than
would be caused by a loaded wagon passing
along the street. Slight earthquakes
are reported as having occurred on the
same night at Eureka, California, Rhonville,
California, and San Buenaventura,
California.
Of the western earthquakes of the first
of the month a letter of the 9th instant
from ex-Lieutenant Britton Davis, manager
of Carrolitas Mining Company, in the
State of Chihuahua, Mexico, 150 miies
southwest of El Paso, reports great havoc
by the earthquake of May 3. The people
were panic stricken and could only appeal
to the Almighty for mercy.
At Bavispe forty families are reported
destroyed, and other small hamlets are
supposed to have suffered even more. An
active volcano is reported at Casas Grandes
and near Carrolitas. The letter also states
that a spring throwing a stream as big as
a man's body, thirty feet high has broken
out. The spring has been dry for decades, '
and is known as "Ojo De Don Pedro."
Dr. D. E. Goodfellow, of Phoenix, Arizona,
has made the following careful report
of the earthquake, which has been
sent to Washington:
The area covered by the earthquake is
twelve hundred miles long and six hundred
miles wide. The general direction
of the shock was southwest to northeast.
Its average duration was one and threequarter
minutes. The damage in New
Mexico and Arizona is trifling. In Sulphur
Springs Valley, within twenty-five
miles of Tombstone, fissures occurred in
the bed of an old stream and a considera1
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three days all dried up but two, which appear
permanent, and are supplying a small
amount of water of ordinary temperature.
Succeeding the shocks fires were
observed in many mountain ranges, giving
rise to reports of volcanic action. The
first and most severe shock rolled boulders
down the mountain sides, raised
clouds of dust, which, with the accompanying
noise, caused many to think a volcano
had broken ont, all of which was
purely imagination, there having been no
eruption in any part of the section disturbed.
The railroad track at a point
where it ruus east and west was bent four
and a half inches out of line for a distance
of three hundred feet, convexly looking
south. Miners working in a GOO foot level
felt the vibrations severely. Some became
seasick. In Fronteras, Mexico, ten
houses were thrown down, one child was
killed and one man fatally injured. In
Cumpas, one mile southeast, four houses
were demolished. Governor Torreo telegraped
on the 8th instant that southwest
Cumpas was totally destroyed and that
many lives had been lost.
Dr. Goodfellow has gathered data and
confirmed every statement before making
his report.
I For the Yorkville Enquirer.
A GRADED SCHOOL.
To the Citizens of Yorkville: Why can
we not have a graded school ? We need
one. We have an abundance of material.
We have quite a number of very competent
teachers among us. I know of several
families who wished to move to a town
to educate their children^ who have gone
elsewhere, because of the present condition
of our schools.
We can not hope to give our children,
anything more than a good education, and
that we can not do in the present broken
condition of our schools. A good school
is of more importance to Yorkville than a
railroad.
Can we not for one time forget our petty
jealousies and stand up together as titizens
for this most needed enterprise ? Is Yorkville
going to be for all time like the caw's
tail?always behind f If there is anybody'
else in this town like minded, please let
us hear from you. ^ , x.
Improvements in the Signal Service.?The
Columbia correspondent of the
News and Courier writes to that paper of
last Monday:
The chief signal officer at Washington
has made a new departure which will
doubtless prove of great value to those
interested in the staple crops of the counTirolmm
woe fn.flov on
U J. ^l^liaiUUitCl vjiiaiiuiw ?? W?J vv V.MJ VM
gaged in writing the necessary instructions
to all the volunteer signal service
men havingcharge of stations in this State.
They are requested to send to the officer at
Columbia on every Saturday a statement
of the effect of the weather of the past
seven days has had upon the crops.
Mr. Graham will condense these reports
and telegraph them to Washington, when
the chief signal officer will have the reports
from all agricultural sections of the
country arranged in proper bulletin form,
and this will be given to the Associated
Press in time for publication in Monday's
papers. Those who are sufficiently interested
can study the reports, compare them
with those of previous years, and obtain
a pretty accurate idea of the crop possibilities.
In conformity to the plan above outlined,
the signal office at Washington has
issued a weather and crop bulletin for the
week ending May 14, from which we take
the following in reference to the cotton
region:
"Although there is a large deficiency in
rainfall"in the cotton region, recent showers
have improved the condition of the
crop in the lower Mississippi Valley, while
the weather in North and South Carolina
and Southern Virginia is reported as favorable
for the growth of the plant."
? The Hon. P. M. Hamer, who was a
member of the Wallace House, died at his
home in Marlboro county on Wednesday
night, aged Go years.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. N. Roberta?Meat Market. 1
George H. O'Leary, Intendant?An Ordinance. |
George T. Schorb-^-Another Week Gone.
II. F. Adickes?To Cash Buyers.
Hunter it Gates?A Booming Business.
T. M. Dobson it Co.?The Old Chap Smiling.
John F. Gates, Dictator?Life Insurance.
Lowry it Starr?For the Farmers.
May it May?Drugs, Drugs, Drugs.
Lindsay it Moore?Returned to Headquarters.
Withers Adickes?A Calm Review.
Parish it Kennedy?Table and Smokehouse I
Combined.
J. W. Dobson and W. T. Barron?Pasture for .
Cattle.
UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 18B8.
We will furnish the Enquikkr from this date 1
until January 1st, 1888, for lj>1.55.
A FISHING PARTY.
A party of gentlemen, with camp equipage, !
f'n l/*ff t'nr Vinpfv.Tlinft
iakiunn| ioiv jgoKWiww i ???wj < ?
Islands to enjoy a week's sport at fishing in
that romantic locality.
accidentally shot.
C On yesterday morning, while working with 1
a pistol, Campbell, the oldest son of Mr. J. N.
Roberts, who liyes about two miles south-west
of town, accidentally shot himself, inflicting a
severe wound in the left leg below the knee.
kerosene" accident.
X)n Monday night, Mary Beckham, ft colored
woman who lives near the A. R. P. Church,
went to extinguish her lamp by blowing down '
the chimney, when the oil ignited sending forth 1
a volume of flame which set her clothing on 1
fire, and she was so badly burned that she may .
not recover.
, i
w" bethany church. i
Oh Friday last, Rev. R. n. Stevenson was in- I
stalled as pastor of Bethany Associate Reform- <
ed Presbyterian Church, in this county. The (
installation services were conducted by Revs.
Drs. R. A. Ross and E. E. Boyce. '
On Friday, Saturday andSunday, there were
26 accessions to the church?18 on profession of 1
faith, and 8 by certificate.
v PERSONAL MENTION.
Apro. A. M. Brice, of Due West, is visiting
her daughter here, the wife of Rev. J. C. Galloway.
Mr. John Alexander, who had been ill here <
for several weeks, started for his home in Phil- 1
adelphia last Saturday, in charge of members 1
of his family who had been with him nearly s
over since his attack, and Dr. Bruen, of Philadelphia,
who with local physicians, treated his
case.
? ^.WATER WORKS. ,
The que/tion of securing a system of water 1
works for Yorkville has been discussed among |
some of the citizens, and as an experimental j
step to secure a needed supply for the purpose <
of extinguishing fire, a shaft has been sunk, ]
by individual subscription, at the site of an old (
spring between Mr. Schorb's residence and i
the jail, for the purpose of testing its probable
capacity. Should the supply from this (
source seem likely to be adequate, the scheme 1
will probably develop into something practical. *
RAILROAD EARNINGS. |
The tabulated statement of the earnings of 1
thoState railroads for the month of March has
been issued by the Board of Railroad Commissioners,
and shows the following facts : Of 1
nineteen roads, from which returns are given, 1
six show an increase of $12,939.95 over the
earnings for March, 188(i, the remaining thir- '
teen show a decrease of $47,724.38, a net de- 1
crease in the month of $34,787.43, 5.1070 per 5
cent. 1
The total passenger earnings for the month !
were: In 1880, $150,654.75; in 1887, $144,413.03;
an increase of $3,757.08. j
Tho totol froifrhr. nnrninffs for the month i
were: In 1886, $-169,880.99; In 1887, $428,189.76; j
a decrease of $41,691.23. j
The earnings of the Chester and Lenoir ,
Railroad for March, 1886, were $7,868.34 ; for
March, 1887, $5,652.51, showing a decrease of |
$2,205.83, or 28.07 per cent. j
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CHURCH NOTICES. ,
Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector?Sun- day-school
at 4 P. M. <
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J.
C. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next 1
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school ?
at 4 o'clock. <
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, I
Pastor. Services at 10.30 A. M. and 8.15 P. M. '
Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Prayer-meeting
this evening at 8.15 o'clock.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services next Sundav at 10.30 A. M. and 8.15
P.M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Prayer-meeting
to-morrow evening at 8.15 o'clock. 1
Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hicltson, Pastor. Ser- 1
vices next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school !
at 9.45 A. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at
8.30 o'clock. 1
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A STARTLING FACT.
A fact, which may be of interest to the farm- i
ing community, is contained in the statement
that since the 1st of last December there have
been received at the depot in this place 57
standard gauge car loads of corn, representing !
34,200 bushels, to supply a deficit in the corn
crop, not of York county, but the area only of 1
which Yorkville is the market. When we add 1
to this the immense quantity of oats, hay, .
ship-stuff and other food for stock, the flour,
meat and other necessaries of life, all brought '
here from the western markets, but which
could be produced in our own fields, the farmers
of York can see how totally dependent they
are upon the products of distant States. They
can never be truly independent until cotton is
produced as a surplus crop. When the farmers
of York commence Droducine their own
supplies they will start 011 the road to independence
and prosperity; but until they do,
they may expect to be the > .'~tinis of liens and
mortgages and the slaves of foreign speculators
who grow rich 011 the fruits of their toil.
True, last year was exceptional and almost
unexampled in the destruction of growing
crops, cutting them off to the extent of corn
planted in bottom lands; but yet the theory
holds good that our farmers should spare 110
eftort to be self-sustaining.
RAILROAD NOTES.
Owing to the masterly inactivity of Col. Johnson,
the general manager of the Massachusetts
and Southern Construction Company, who is
clothed with the prerogative of adopting surveys
and locating depots for the Charleston,
Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, nothing has
been promulgated regarding his intentions as
to Yorkvillo. Four lines, all starting from a
common-poiu^ eight or nine miles west oftown,
ha^beenflurveyed. One of these enters town
oitftbe north side, and the othors on the south
si^je. The last one surveyed is a little south of
south and seems to have been run with the view
of locating as far from town as possible and yet 1
comply with the wording ot the Act which requires
that Yorkville "shall be a point on the
road." In the same spirit of this survey it is j
containnlated to locate "a cheap depot" as fur
out as possible. One rumor places it near the
residence of Mr. \V. B. Steele, about a mile east
of the court-house, and another near the lands
of Dan Lowry, about a mile north- st. "We '
have heard that Col. Johnson said, \. uile here (
last week, that the drayage for Yorkvillo is
too frivolous a matter to talk about. From his ;
action in locating the depot, it would seem
that he places a similar estimate upon the J
freight and passenger traffic of the town. Ac- ,
cording to the lights before us the general
manager will reach his decision without the ]
assistance of the citizens, and he now has noth- ?
ing to gain by further delay.
By reason of this delay no work has yet been j
commenced on the first two sections, five miles j
each, west of town. All the other ground between
Black's and Camden is occupied by con- ]
tractors, who have full forces at work. Six <
contractors are working in Lancaster county, 1
and the work of trestle-building will soon (
begin in Kershaw.
The Camden correspondent of the Columbia
Register writing under date of last Saturday, *
says: "Five wagon loads of laborers passed
through town to-day. going from the depot to j
tho railroad works a few miles north of Cam- ^
den. Domestic labor proved so unsatisfactory
that contractors were forced to send off for .
hands. Nine hundred kegs of spikes and four- j
teen hundred bundles of fish bars have arrived j j
at tho depot, and crossties are at the road ready i
for track laying." (
? Miss Emma Lathan, daughter of Rev. 1
R. Lathan, of Due "West, while playing
with some of her schoolmates on Saturday 1
of last week, had her oollar-bone broken. <
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Correspondence of the YorkvHle Enquirer.
LETTER FROM FORT MILL.
Fort Mill, May 16.?The contracts for
brick and wood work of the factory and
the tenements pertaining thereto have
been let. The work will begin as soon as
materials can be placed on the ground.
This enterprise, it is hoped, will be of
considerable benefit to Fort Mill.
Some persons have suggested that the
County Commissioners obtain the consent
of the railroad authorities, and place a foot
bridge under the railway bridge at Nation
Ford. It is surmised the railroad people
will consent, because such an arrangement
would keep foot passengers off their track,
thus lessening risk of life. Will our county
authorities look into the matter?
In pursuance of the subject of justices'
courts it should be observed that the writing
of testimony in civil cases, and the
trial of the case on that written testimony
in appellate court constitute a very unsatisfactory
proceeding. Not one justice in
ten will be found to write testimony fully
and correctly. They Will omit some of
the most important points, because they
do not know on what particular words the
party wishes to rest his success. They may
be good citizens, but failure here is inevitable.
Is it not absurd to require of a man,
unskilled in writing and ignorant of the
best testimony to be used in a case, to perform
what a skilled stenographer, assisted
1 1..1 i i J i i ? ?..iAr..i
anu corrtcieu uy u it:arueu juuge, wuitiuui
barristers and the witnesses themselves,
often fails to accomplish? Is it not more
absurd?nay, unjust?to compel the trial
of a cause on such imperfect work ?
The remedy is simple. Let appellants
have a full rehearing before the circuit
court?a trial de novo. Then juries can
scan both the words and manners of witnesses,
and justice may be arrived at;
otherwise appeals from justices' courts are
only farces.
It may be urged that this method would
be more expensive than the present one.
All good citizens should of course look at
this side of the question. We fail to find
objection on that account. If a farming
tool costing one dollar will not perform the
work required, and one costiug five dollars
will perform the work, do we not use
the latter? If, then, by one method justice
is not attainable, but by another is attainable,
ought we to hesitate? Justice is
claimed to be the end pursued ; then we
should use the proper means to attain it.
j Anon.
y^Torrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
Rock Hill, May 17.?The fight with
grass and weeds has begun in earnest.
The recent rains, while they have been of
great benefit to the growing crops, have
ilso caused the grass to grow, and I would
suggest to my farming friends that by
properly and thoroughly going over the
crop in the first working they will be more
successful in conquering "General Green."
The serai-annual closing exercises of Ebcnezer
Academy will be held on Friday
aight the 27th instant. The exercises will
consist of declamation and dialogues by the
niL/>r,rv AvUtklflAnO liovfl Q1 \I7Q \7?3
JlUUeilUJ. JL11CSC CAUiUiUV/uj J1UTV ^
ueen pleasant and very much enjoyed by
ihose attending them; but the approachingexhibition,
from all I can learn, will far
surpass all former occasions. Prof. Shur!ey,
principal of the school, extends an invitation
to all to attend the exercises.
The sub-committee on the location of the
buildings for the graded school at this
place is not yet ready to report. Several
sites have been suggested, and the committee
has them under consideration; but
notwithstanding the delay, it is a certainty
that Rock Hill will have a graded school.
Dr. W. B. Fewell, of Ebenezer, had his
foot broken on Thursday last. He was on
tiis way to his farm and when crossing a
iuridge, the mule he was riding slipped
md fell. The Doctor's foot was caught
under the mule, causing the fracture.
Mr. George Conway has begun the manufacture
of smoking tobacco at this place,
ind those of our citizens who have tested
his tobacco say it is nice and fragrant?the
squal of any. The stock he is working up
was grown in York county, some of it
within five miles of Yorkville.
The contract for building the Globe Hotel,
the First National Bank and Roddey
fc Co.'s store, has been awarded to Mr. W.
G. Adams, of Pineville, N. C., who will
begin work to-day. These buildings will
be a great improvement on the old ones.
sj ... HAI"
jpwcrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK.
Hopewell, May 10.?The majority of
the farmers have finished planting cotton
and are boastiug of their splendid
stands of corn.
Wheat is looking remarkably well, but
oats are just the reverse, and without rdin
soon the crop will be short. A good rain
would be a very welcome visitor, as everything
is needing it.
The late frosts left a few scattering
peaches remaining.
Our community was visited a short time
since by lightning rod agents, who, notwithstanding
the scarcity of money, did
some work. Several persons' had rods
erected to their residences.
The Ninety-nine Islands were visited
last week by some of our neighbors who
nn/?lin? onfl xy-ora eiirvo<3?fiil in Pnn
cljjuj augiiiig) auu tt vkv ?... .?r
turing some of the finny tribe.
Communion services were held at Salem
on Sunday last. Rev. W. W. Ratchford
preached two very instructive sermons to
a large congregation.
Mrs. McLeod, and son, of Spartanburg,
have been spending a few days with
friends and acquaintances in this section.
Our community has again been called
upon to mourn the loss of one of its oldest
and most respected citizens. Mr. Jeremiah
Moss died on Wednesday evening,
the 4th instant. Mr. Moss had been in
feeble health for some time, but was not
confined to his bed until a few days before
his death. His remains were interred
in the burying ground at Salem
church. A concourse of sympathizing
friends gathered to pay their last respects.
He leaves three daughters. Novice.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, May 10.?Memorial services
on last Tuesday were about the same as
previous similar occasions. Major J. K.
Marshall, marshal of the day, rode at the
head of the procession, which marched
from the Presbyterian church to the cemetery
in the following order: The Sandy
River band in their handsome uniform of
blue and red, followed by the Lee Light
Infantry, commanded by Capt. G. J. Patterson,
then different kinds of vehicles
containing citizens and members of their
respective families followed by many persons
on foot. Arriving at the cemetery,
tin appropriate prayer was made by Rev.
It. 11. Chrietzburg. No orator had been
provided for the occasion, and consequently
no memorial address was delivered.
The impressive and beautiful work of decorating
the graves of the Confederate
dead began and continued until every
mound, with its sacred dust, had received
its mark of remembrance from a loving
people. The Sandy River Band played
some stirring airs during the work of decoration.
The graves of the Federal dead
were also strewn with nature's floral guts.
The stockholders of the Fishing Creek
manufacturing company will hold their
sinnual meeting on the 2oth of this month.
A. good dividend is confidently expected,
as the factory has been doing a flourishing
business during the past year.
Mr. J. C. Mclveown, of the neighborhiood
of Blackstock's, died very suddenly
an last Monday. Mr. Meredith Only, of
the western portion of the county, also
lied last week. He was an old man and
has been in feeble health for some time.
I)r. S. M. Davega and Messrs. J. L.
Agurs and J. J. Stringfellow have been
appointed by the town council a sanitary
committee. They will give their attention
to such matters as affect the health of
:he town.
In addition to the Lee Light Infantry a
party of twenty-five more will visit Washington
at the time fif the national encampment.
In the party will be many ladies
who have been promised good accominolations.
The cost of a single ticket for
;he round trip in a club of twenty-five
irom this place is $6.90.
Rev. Lowrie Wilson preached at the
Presbyterian Church on last Wednesday
evening. He was here seeking aid in the
effort to rebuild the Abbeville Presbyterian
church, which was destroyed by fire
some time ago, and of which he was pastor.
The Presbyterians, as they always
do on such occasions, responded to the
call.
The colored people are now occupying
the building erected by them as an Odd
Fellow's Hall. The building is of good
size, and reflects credit on their enterprise.
Major W. A. Metts, of Columbia, has
been sent here by the Adjutant-General to
drill the Lee Light Infantry preparatory
to their visit to Washington. His efforts
in this direction will doubtless result in
great improvement of the Lees in their
knowledge and practice of military tactics.
Charles Whitus was tried by the town
council on last Saturday on the charge of
selling whisky without license. His defense
was that he sold it on a prescription
given by Dr. J. S. Crosby. He' claimed
that the latter was both a physician and
druggist. Tlie fact However was conclusively
established by testimony that Dr.
Crosby had not obtained his license as a
druggist from the pharmaceutical Association
at the time of the giving of the
prescription in question. W. A. Sanders,
Esq., attorney for the town council, received
the testimony and read the law
bearing upon the case, after which the
council gave it their consideration. They
fined the accused twenty-five dollars. The
public manifested considerable interest in
the trial. It is needless to say that our
people are pleased with the determination
of our new council to enforce the liquor
law.
Mr. Abner Carter, of this county, died
on yesterday. He was an old man.
\V. I. Clawson, assignee, Is selling today
at auction the stock of good3 of J.
L. Simmons.
The services at the Methodist church on
yesterday were specially intended for the
children. To suit their comprehension
and to make deeper impressions on their
minds, the pastor illustrated his remarks
with a magnet and nails of different sizes.
Miss Dora Brown, of Ehenezer, York
county, is visiting Mrs. H. W. Haffner, of
our town. M.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Prof. J. P. Kennedy has resigned the
presidency of the Due West Female College.
? The salaries of the professors of Claflin
university have beeu reduced from $1,200
to $1,000 a year.
? Judge Aldrich visited Augusta, Ga.,
last week -to consult an oculist about his
eyes, which have been in a bad way.
? Farmers in Spartanburg have heretof?i.u
vnrra frlarl thomBolvoa a a fnrfnnntA if
1UlC 1V6??UVU
they could pet a stand of cotton by the 10th
of May. This year it is estimated that
nearly half the cotton has been thinned
and chopped out.
? The News says Greenville is 6,000 bales,
of cotton behind last years' receipts, and
17,000 bales behind the big crop of 1880-1.
Probably a million dollars less has been
paid out for cotton there than was paid six
years ago.
? Wednesday morning Mr. M. Luther
Harman, of Lexington, went down in the
well on his premises, which is 60 feet deep,
with Mr. Warren Weed to clean it out.
When Mr. Harraan was being drawn up
with the rope he lost his hold and falling
back from the top of the well, was stunned,
and died in an hour.
? Mr. J. Frank Ellis, who arrived at Columbia
last Thursday evening with a car
belonging to the United States Fish Commission,
distributed 1,600,000 shad frys in
the Congaree and Saluda rivers soon after
his arrival. Two thirds of the number
were placed in Congaree. On the way
down 500,000 were put in the Catawba at
the railroad bridge near Fort Mill.
? The Greenville News of Wednesday
says: The hail of Monday evening was
very severe in the Tigersville section, upper
Greenville, Some farmers there and
in the lower part of the county talk of replanting
cotton, but it is thought a few
days of good weather will show that there
is no need for it.
? The Marion Index reports that an immense
number of caterpillars on the Pee
Dee trestle recently brought a W., C. & A.,
mail train to a full stop. Sand had to be
freely used on the rails before further
progress could be made. The caterpillars
have destroyed the foliage and given Pee
Dee swamp a wintry appearance.
? On Friday there was a very destructive
hail storm at Pendleton, extending
seven miles below that town, a few stones
falling at Anderson city. Where the full
force of the storm was felt there was very
serinns rlamae-e. CroDS are said to have
been entirely destroyed and fruit trees
were stripped bare. The hail is said to
have been a foot deep in drifts.
? Considerable uneasiness is now felt in
some sections of Spartanburg county over
organizations. It is believed by a good
many that about the last of this month'
laborers will strike for higher wages and """
tenants for lower rents, and it is thought
that if their demands are not acceded to
that they will quit the crop? until ruin
compels the farmers to come to terms.
The Spartanburg Herald says: We know
positively of a secret organization in this
city.
? During the prevalence of a heavy thunder
storm, Percy It. Dinkins, of Providence,
in Sumter county, in company with
C. C. Myers and two children of Myers,
went into a barn on the premises of Joshua
Myers, for shelter. They had hardly laid
down before a bolt of lightning struck a
tree near the barn and instantly killed
Mr. Dinkins and severely stunned Mr.
Myers and his children. As soon as Mr.
Myers regained consciousness he found his
children and himself surrounded by fire.
He barely had time to throw his children
out and make his own escape, Mr. Dinkins'
body was badly burned. The entire
building and contents were destroyed.
MERE-MENTION.
The Pennsylvania Legislature passed a
high license bill, which the Governor has
signed. A few weeks ago Jennie
Bowman a white woman of Louisville,
Ky., was brutally assaulted by two negroes
named Turner and Patterson, from
the effects of which she died on the 9th
instant. Since her death Turner was indicted
by the grand jury, tried under his
confession of guilt and sentenced to be
hanged on the 1st of July. The Supreme
Lodge of the Knights of Honor was in session
in Philadelphia last week. At
Texarkana, Texas, James Jones, colored,
was hanged last Friday for the murder
of Cato Hicks, in Bowie county, last August.
Two thousand persons witnessed
the hanging. The President has appointed
James W. Hyatt of Connecticut
to be Treasurer of the United States, to
succeed Conrad X. Jordan. The Republicans
of Kentucky have nominated
Hon. W. O. Bradley for Governor. A
cyclone in Nebraska last Saturday blew
down several buildings, wrenched others
from their foundations, and while the
storm was raging two persons were struck
and killed by lightning. Railroad
building is booming in Nebraska. It is
expected that 1,100 miles of new railway
wiM be laid in that State this year. A
i rraxninn i>nqp nf lpnrosv has hppn diopnv
ered in" Minneapolis, Minnesota. The
victim is a Norwegian, aged thirty-six,
who says he contracted the disease in Norway
and has suffered nine years. He is
apparently in the last stages of the disease.
Justice Woods, of the United
States Court, died in Washington shortly
after 12 o'clock last Saturday. Heavy
rains fell throughout the Itio Graode Valley
last Saturday night, continuing for
four hours. The Rio Grande began rising
very rapidly about midnight, and by noon
had risen eight feet. One of the largest
ferry boats on the river was sunk, and the
custom house was washed away on Sunday.
No casualties are reported. The assayer
of the Charlotte, N. C., mint shipped
$12,175.S4 worth of gold bullion last
week, which represents the work of six
days by the mines of thatvicinity. The
monument to Garfield, erected to his memory
by the Army of the Cumberland, was
unveiled in Washington, on Thursday, ?
with appropriate ceremonies. President
Cleveland delivered an address. The
distance from New York to San Francisco
by Cape Horn is 15,900 miles; distance by
the Panama canal, 4,200 miles. Reports
received at the treasury department