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Straps audi Jfattis. ? There have been thirteen yellow fever cases at Key West, Florida, of which four have resulted fatally. The government has furnished bedding, etc., and is ready to held in the suppression of the disease if called on by the State authorities. ? Senator Ingalls, Eepublican, of Kansas, is dissatisfied at the breach made in the color line in some of the States of the South. He is quoted in the Boston Herald 9 J . UT La..A as naviug re mans.eu reccuu^ ; x nave uu hesitation in saying that granting the right of suffrage to the colored people has proven an absolute and unqualified failure." Grant Brest, the colored youth who killed three of his companions and wounded two more at one shot, near Wilmington, N. C., a few weeks ago, has been tried in the Superior Court of New Hanover coulty for murder and found guilty. At the time of the shooting there was a general impression that it was the result of carelessness. Best is 17 years old. ? The Sacramento Record- Union reports that C. H. Orr, a prominent young lawyer of South Carolfha, is in Marysville, Cal., as a representative of a colony of South Carolina people, having from $500 to $10,000 each, and comprising many families, who have resolved to remove to California, v and have commissioned Mr. Orr to locate _^them. r ? The late Texas drought is said to have disposed of the last few surviving buffaloes in that State. In the wilds of Crockett county a miserable remnant of the once countless herds had been allowed to eke out an existence without molestation from the cowboys or the settlers. But when the drought had destroyed crops and stock, necessity drove the people to slaughter the buffaloes, and they are now no more, u?-It is now estimated at the pension office that the number of Mexican pension claims will not exceed 30,000. Eighteen thousand, of which number three thousand are widows' claims, have already been received, and two thousand two hundred certificates have been issued. It has been determined to increase the force of the division having these cases in charge, an that thovmav be turned out at the rate of two hundred per diem. (_jpJMayor Cooper, of Atlanta, asserts that after considering the matter in all its phases, he is satisfied that prohibition in Atlanta has proved a success. He believes that the experiment has demonstrated the fact that prohibition laws can be enforced withoat detriment to the business interests of the city. The declaration is regarded as significant, coming from a man who has been a consistent and pronounced AntiProhibitionist, and it has occasioned much talk. I?Jt-will not be long before preparations roFtaking the eleventh census will be in order, and yet there are four volumes of the tenth census that have not been published yet. This is due in part to the failure of Congress to make the necessary appropriation, but the reason why Congress has refused to do this is because of the great delay of the statisticians in preparing the volumes for the press, which, it is held, has destroyed their usefulness and Nmade it not worth while to publish them. ^-Notwithstanding. the murder of two Mormon elders in Lewis county, Tennessee. two years ago by enraged citizens, and the passage of a law by the legislature making it a felony for any one to preach the doctrine of polygamy in that State, Mormon elders are again at work. Several have made their appearance in Lincoln and adjacent counties, and are quietly expounding the faith to the more ignorant classes. In some neighborhoods they have met with a cold reception and been warned to leave. None have been seen in Lewis county since the massacre, but a few, have made a tour of counties in the middle and eastern section. Franklin J. Moses, who, as Governor 'of South Carolina, at one time occupied a large share of public attention, but who is now an occupant of the Massachusetts State Prison, nas been pardoned by Gov f ernor Ames, and will" be released from confinement as soon as the customary formalities can be complied with. The strange career of Moses finally culminated in the forgery of the name of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the author, early in the year 1885. In October of that year he was sentenced to three years in the State prison. It has been represented that Moses was in poor health and could not live long. ? The national convention of colored men appointed to meet in Indianapolis, Ind., last Wednesday for the purpose of considering the political bondage in which the race has been held since the war, was but 8liraly attended, and adjourned without transacting any business of i m portance. For several weeks prominent Republicans there have been writing to colored men of influence in cities denouncing the proposed meeting and claiming that it owed its inception to Democratic influence, and that the colored men who would take part L in it were under Democratic influence. % Mopely, who had charge of the local part Of the programme, denounced these statements ana declared that the Republicans were opposed to any meeting of the colored men which would tend to awaken a spirit of independence amoDg them. A resolution was adopted calling for a national convention next June. ? The question of instrumental music in churches will not stay settled in the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church. It came up in the General Assembly at Philadelphia last week, in the " '? * ~r il. discussion 01 me report ui me vjeucitti Committee on Home Missions. To bring . the point formally before the Assembly, the Rev. A. G. Carson, seconded by the Rev. George C. Vincent, presented this proposition: "Resolved, That no part of the money appropriated in this report shall be expended in any congregation which is known to use instrumental music in connection with the worship of God." The yeas and nays were called for on this resolution, the result being a decisive victory for the advocates of instrumental music. The resolution was overwhelmingly defeated. The vote was: For instrumental music, 122, against 58. ? R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade for the last week gives an encouraging view of the situation. Reports are cheering as to the crops and generally fayorable as to the state of business, collections and supply of money. Copious rains dispel the agricultural gloom in Wisconsin, rigt. crop prospects are brightened by rain in P Texas, and rains give encouragement in Alabama. In Alabama the most striking feature is that 2,000 stores and dwellings are being erected at Birmingham alone, an operation that turns some available into fixed capital. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the week number for the United States 125, Canada 25, total 150 failures, against 175 last week, and 180 the week previous and 187 for the corresponding week of last year. Failures are steadily diminishing in all sections of the country, especially in the Western States, where the nuinl>er for this week is the smallest recorded for years, the failures for the Western and Pacific States being fifty-two all told. ? The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says: "The closing day's Droceedings of the National Drill were crowned by every advantage of gorgeous weather and large and distinguished attendance. It seemed as if every prominent citizen in Washington, from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States downward, had made a point of being present at the closing ceremonies. But there is an unmistakable feeling of disappointment as to the general result of the drill. The awards, though no one questions the integrity aud competency of the judges, do not accord with popular sentiment. Miserable jealousies and bickerings and ante-bellum prejudices outcropping from day to day took the edge off of much of the popular appreciation of the exhibition. The influx of strangers was not anything like what was expected. The drawv ingof the color line in the early days of the drill entirely shut off any participation from the "Bourbons of Maryland. Consequently, all assertions of the local press to tne contrary, the drill has proved financially ufisuccessful, and those who signed the guarantee fund will be called upon to make good a deficiency, the amount of j which is placed at $5,(MX) by the lowest esti A mate, and $25,000 by the highest. It may i be safely predicted that a national reservation in Washington will not soon be set j apart again for any similar purpose, in the face of the provisions of Section 1,818, Revised Statutes, which require the secretary of the interior to prevent the occupation or inclosune of any public reservation, except temporarily for the use of the United States." <Tltc ^othrtUe (jfotijahw. iffi ? r u r . WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8,1887. THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. While several names have been mentioned as successor of Mr. McBryde as President of the South Carolina College, with due regard for the gentlemen named, we suggest as a competent gentleman for the position, Col. Asbury Coward, long known as the successful principal of King's Mountain Military School at this place, and for four years the acceptable State Superintendent of Education. Col. Coward's mental endowments and life training fit him specially for the position; and while it would be foreign and repugnant to his taste to enter into an unseemly contest for the presidency, yet we believe, should the trustees of the institution favorably consider his name, he would accept the position, and by wise and judicious administration place the College in the front rank of the leading institutions of learning in the land. CONSOLIDATION EFFECTED. The meeting in Columbia last week of representatives of the Georgia and Carolina Midland and the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad resulted in a consolidation of the former with the latter, and it now passes into the control of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company. The News and Courier publishes the following as the terms of the consolidation : First. The mode of carrying this consolidation into effect shall be that described by the law of South Carolina as found in the General Statutes of South Carolina, 1882, Part 1, Title 12, Chapter 40, Sections 1,425,1,426,1,427. Second. The name of this corporation formed under this agreement of consolidation shall remain and continue to be the :'Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company." Third. The present directors for the current year of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company, shall continue to be the directors of this Company until others are duly elected and qualified in their stead. Fourth. The number of shares in the capital stock of this corporation shall be 150,000. Fifth. The par value of each share of stock in this company shall be $150. Sixth. The manner of converting the capital stock of the said "Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad Company" into that of the "Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company," shall be as follows : Every owner of shares of the capital stock of the Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad Company shall be entitled to one share of the capital* stock of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company of the par vulue of ?150 each for each four shares held by him, and for any number of shares less than four, scrip of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Cnmnanvtn renresflnt such fraction of shares. Seventh. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the company shall be held on the second Tuesday in October, 1887, at 12 o'clock, noon, at the Charleston Hotel, in the city of Charleston, S. C., at which meeting it will be in order to transact any business within the power of the corporation. Eighth. The stockholders in general meeting may adopt by-laws providing for the election of such other officers and agents as the interests of the company may require and for the removal of any of its officers already elected, or for such other purposes as they may see fit, and the present by-laws of the "Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company" shall govern until others are adopted. Ninth. The seal of the company shall consist of the words "Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company" in a circle, and "organized September, 1886," in the centre. This was signed by all the directors, with the exception of W. T. Gary. Resolved, That said agreement is hereby adopted as the act of the stockholders of this company, and that the directors are hereby authorized" and empowered forthwith and as" rapidly a posssible, to carry out the details of the provisions of that contract, and to do anything which may be required to be done to complete said consolidation which this body as stockholders can legally do. The next resolution passed required that bqfore this consolidation should take effect, the Three C's should pay off all the floating indebtedness of the Georgia and Carolina Midland. The secretary of the meeting was requested to file the articles of corporation in the office of the Secretary of State. The auditing committee of the road, Messrs. A. J. Morris, J. H. Day and E. It. Snvrier. were continued as the auditing committee until the accounts can be straightened and settled. All the offices ofthis road .will be vacated and the directors are no more. The great Three C's has taken ineverythingand will have the sole management and direction. Of the effect of the consolidation in Edgefield, the home of President Mitchell, the Edgefield correspondent of the News and Conrier writes: Some of our people express themselves as being entirely satisfied with the results and the terms upon which the consolidation is based, which is generally understood to be that the entire road-bed and the future management of the Carolina Midland is to be turned over to the Three C's company, which assumes the liability of the road and its future and final building, without, however, any definite stipulation as to the time work is to commence or end. This last feature of the terms of consolidation is thought by some to be a liberality too general and indefinite on the part of the merging company, and is thought to be the deathblow, while others, who have unbounded confidence in the good faith and financial ability of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago corporation, feel assured that this mammoth enterprise will, without any delay, extend its gigantic hand and soon fashion our long expected and delayed road into ruuning shape. We have good reasons from past experience to approach railroad consolidations with temerity and misgivings, but the sequel to this one it is expected and confidently honed will prove that it is a good thing. There is every reason why the controlling company should build this road, and that speedily. It will, among : other things, be a good feeder for the | main trunk, and we believe the Carolina ! directors will not allow the confidence i placed in them by the consolidators and + infn.niKt nf I lin tiAnnlo a I An f. tKa rn ntn I lliC 1U yjl tiic jiuuj/iv uiv/ug titv iv/Mbg to suffer by not having the road built. The Rise in Coffee.?The increase in the price of coffee is becominga serious matter. It is double to-day what it was a year ago; and as we are the largest coffee consuming nation in the world, this means , that what we paid $40,WOO,OIK) for last year | will cost us $80,000,000 this year. Last year we consumed 537,211,000 pounds of coffee; if we consume an equal quantity this year i it will, at present prices, cost consumers $154,000,000. The increase of the per cap| ita consumption from 2.43 pounds in 18G5 j to 9.20 pounds in 188(5, shows liovv largely ' the article is used by all classes of the peoi pie as a stimulant beverage and how imj uortant it is that the price should be low. I The doubling of price in the last eight ; months is ascribed partly to a disease that has attacked the leaves of the coffee tree in Asiatic and East Indian coffee districts, a reported short crop in Brazil and speculative schemes in New York to take advantage of these facts. It is probable that high prices will have the effect of reducing the quantity consumed one-third and forcing excessive adulteration of the other two-thirds. THE CONDITION OF THE CROPS. i Under date of last Sunday the following s crop bulletin was issued by the chief signal officer at Washington : During the week ending June 4, the weather has been cooler than the av- 1' erage for the week in all agricultural dis- j ( tricts e^t of the Rocky Mountains. In the Ohio and lower Missouri Valley, Ten- , nessee, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina and the Eastern portion of New : England, the deficiency of temperature for J the week ranged from 25 to 50 degrees, or a daily average of about 5 degrees cooler than usual. The temperature was slight- j ly in excess of normal in Oregon and < Northern California, while in central and , Southern California it was about the j average. i The temperature for the season from , January 1 to June 4, 1887, differs but j slightly from the normal temperature in the Northern States and in the Southern ( wrtn tVio At.lnnf.ir? coast. Dimes uuiucimg UII v..v/ ... , while the average daily excess in the cotton States ranges from 1? to 2?. , During the week the rainfall has been j generally in excess in States east of ( the Mississippi River, and in Louisiana, eastern Texas, southern Missouri and eastern Kansas. Slight deficiencies of rainfall for the week are reported in upEer Mississippi Valley, Minnesota, Ohio, >akota and Nebraska. But numerous i | and well distributed showers occurred ? throughout the grain regions of the North- ( west, which appear to have affected the ( crop in those sections favorably. The cotton region has been favored during the week by an excess of rainfall ranging from one to two inches in North- I em Louisiana, Mississippi, northern Ala- i bama, North and South Carolina and : Georgia. Although there is a large seasonable deficiency of precipitation in these i States, the recent rains appear to have 1 been very beneficial to the growing crops, i owing to their timely occurrence and favorable distribution. The weather during the week apparent- i ly proved favorable for growing crops. Needed rains have occurred throughout the wheat and corn region, excepting in < portions of Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, j where light showers occurred, and tele- J graphic reports received thismorning(Sun- 1 day) show that showers have occurred in the past eight hours and are likely to i continue for the next forty-eight hours in : the States above named. i Correspondence or iae loi'tmue iipim-. NOTES OP TRAVEL. New York, June 1.?After some days , of thorough enjoyment in Washington, I concluded to run up and see how they did things in Philadelphia?"the city of : brotherly love"?the Quaker city. The , run from Washington to Baltimore was made without a stop. I had nothing else j to do, and was curious to know how fast we were running, so I timed it from one mile post to another and found that we were making a mile a minute most of , the way, and some of the miles were made in 58 seconds, and they did not seem to be hurrying themselves much either. 1 The country on either side of the road between Washington and Baltimore is level and pleasant looking, and chiefly given up to truck-farming?that is, the raising of vegetables for the cities. For example, it was not uncommon to see a field of twenty or thirty acres sown entirely with English-peas, and so throughout ; the entire list of vegetables. It was a relief to get into a country where no cottonstalks could be seen. Soon we began to draw near to Balti more; and there Deiore us ior miies mm miles, stretched away In the distance houses and chimneys, spires, streets, men, horses and every vehicle that runs on wheels, and every sound that comes up from a great city. But the stop is only f<jr a moment and then we rush away across th'e fields and through the towns to Philadelphia. I think there was scarcely a vacant lot in the limits of either Baltimore or Philadelphia, in sight of our train, in which there were not persons engaged in baseball. Verily it is a national craze. My visit to Philadelphia was in connection with the meeting of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church. But as this is not a matter of any interest to your readers, I will not speak of it, only' * I might say that I was treated like a prince, and that much interest and curiosity was shown because I was "from the South," and that I was accorded a most courteous hearing by the Assembly. I found people everywhere full of interest about the South and anxious to know how we are progressing. But, by-the-way, such occurrences as the refusal of the two military companies from Mississippi to march in the same procession with the colored companies in the military review in Washington last week, has created a most unfavorable feeling here. The uni- ; versal sentiment here condemns it. The people in the North do not understand the real state of things in the South any more than the people of the South understand the real state of matters in the North. If thpsp pnmnnnies had not made up their minds to compete with tny and everybody that might come, they ought to have staid at home. Sentiments of that kind will not be tolerated here for a moment. It is , as well for us to understand these things , now; whether we like them or not. They J are facts and I give them without comment. By-the-way, my host in this city (Philadelphia) related to me the followiug story: During the war a lieutenant in the Fed- ( eral army was scouting through the country in Virginia, and came to a farm house. ( As he went up the steps an old colored raauma came out and said, "you had better ( leave here quick?you had better leave ( here quick." As he reached the door a ( young lady opened it and thrusta revolver in his face, but it snapped. He wrested it out of her hands. Then she reached around and seized the slop bucket, sitting ( by, and emptied its contents over him. Said he "I don't want any more of this foolishness," and placed her under guard. After the war he returned to Philadelphia and went into the real estate business. Bye and bye a party up north applied to him to purchase a Virginia farm. Here- : membered that the farm on which he , had the encounter with the young lady 1 was a good one, and he went down there to see if he could buy it. Yes, the owner wanted to sell. During the negotiations ( he frequently met the young lady who had given him such a rough reception , years before; and he liked her?in fact the liking was mutual. Well, to cut a long story short, it was the old story?"they ( fell in love, were married, and are now living happily in this city." j. e. g. Correspondence ol' tbe Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. The greatly needed rain came lastTues- j day afternoon and night, reviving, as it > fell, the thirsty crops. It was general, ex- 1 tending throughout the county. Its delay in coming has been attended with some injury to the wheat and oats crops. The . yield of these crops will not meet expec- i tations in consequence of the dry weath- i er. Yet some farmers who have had more < !- .1 : I K/.nof!,, ?f , lillll liutu lUtJir UClgllUUia, uuaomif; ui their fine wheat and oats. They are now engaged in harvesting. The late rain has been of immense benefit to cotton and corn. The condition of these crops was never better at this time, and if the seasons continue favorable, Chester county will make plenty of corn and plenty of cotton. The outlook wreaths in smiles the faces of our fanners. They have had several years of scarcity; they believe this is to be the year of plenty. Some trouble has arisen between our railroad agent and the railroad company in tconsequence of alleged discrimination in freights. He is charged with making a difference between our brokers in the rates on merchandise between this point and Kichburg. The company claims that he required one broker to pay only through rates, while local rates were collected of other brokers. It was brought to light by one of the brokers affected thereby reporting the matter to the authorities in Columbia and demanding that the same rates be given him as to his competitor. He also declared his intention of appealing to the ltailroad Commission if the demand was refused. The railroad authorities, after investigation, found the discrimination to be as represented. Mr. Lumpkin has made many friends here by his accommodating: 3pirit, and his retention by the company would be acceptable to our people. Some parties here have written to Mr. Cardwell isking his retention, but he replied by saying that the settlement of the matter was not in his hands, but those of higher Dfficials. The following persons of Rossville township died recently: Mrs. Frank Gladden, Mr. Turner McCullough, and a child of Mr. G. G. Jackson. They were victims 3f dysentery. A majority of the freeholders of Court House township have signed a petition for an election to vote a subscription of E?0~ AAA f/\ thn C.1 A .P. "NT Pollrnorl flnm P IU U1C u* \Jm %Ju i.1* muilivuu pany. The County Commissioners will doubtless consider the petition to-day and appoint a day for the election. There is some opposition to the subscription, but it don't amount to much. Mrs. Marshall, an old lady of our town, [lied on yesterday. There were no official sales here to-day. Our town and county were blessed with splendid rains last week, and farmers are exuberently happy over the outlook. Crops are fine. m. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES PROM WESTERN YORK. Hopewell, June4.?Since my lastcommunication, our section was visited by a severe rain and hail storm, the latter doing considerable damage to cotton and wheat on the plantations of Messrs. Edward Leech, John W. Whitesides and John Smith. The latter mentioned had about fifty acres of cotton that was badly cut and torn. Gardens also suffered. Bean 3talks were left standing leafless. I Corn and cottdn aw looking well. Seasons are splendid, or have been until this time, but now the rain3 are becoming too frequent. The bud worm has made its appearance in some places, much to the annoyance of the husbandman. The many friends of Mr. J. D. Smarr, who has been confined to his bed for several weeks at Mrs. M. E. Smarr's, will be fiflofl in hoor nf hio nnnuolooponnp ft. is E^AIVVA VV 1IVU1 VTA 4*<0 WU * MAVUVVUVV? AV >>' hoped that he will soon be able to return to his family. The second quarterly conference for this circuit, was held at Mt. Vernon on the 21st and 22d ultimo. A large congregation was present on Sunday. The morniug services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Cauthen, P. E.; the afternoon by Rev. Mr. Ariel. Time for vacation is approaching, ai> p daily the school boy can be heard counting the days that he will have to pore over his books before he will again be free for a few weeks, to enjoy pure atmosphere and summer sports. The school near Mr. William Wilkinson's, taught by Miss Agnes Wylie, closed last week. According to promise, Rev. Mr. Ariel preached in Spartanburg on Sunday last at one of the churches that was in his last year's charge. Our mail facilities are becoming greater. The route heretofore terminating at this place has been extended to Etta Jane. Wheat fields are beginning to have a golden appearance and will be ready for the harvesters in a few days. On Wednesday last, Mr. John Dowdle sustained a very painful but not a serious wound in the hand, necessitating a surgical operation. While uncapping an empty shell, the cap exploded ana lodged in his hand. Novice. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. GASTONIA HIGH SCHOOL. The commencement exercises of "Gastonia High School," which took place on the 27th ultimo, maybe of interest to your readers, as this institution has a patronage from South Carolina (principally from York county) as well as from a large section of North Carolina. The school is fully up, in the line of progress, with the flourishing town in which it is located. The faculty is thoroughly imbued with the ideas and principles of modern progress in teaching, and the recitations and declamation of the pupils showed a correctness of method and an appreciation of their subject matter, seldom seen in similar exhibitions. At the close of the morning exercises, Gen'l E. M. Law, of Yorkville, delivered the anniversary address, which was listened to with marked attention and elicited frequent and hearty applause. We would be pleased to give an outline of the address, as well as a more detailed account of the exercises of the morning, and of the admirable concert at night; but space forbids. We never saw a more attentive and interested audience, or a more thoroughly disciplined corps of students on any similar occasion. The principals, Messrs. Reid & Bigham, have great reason to congratulate themselves on their success thus far, and to look forward with confidence to the future of the excellent institution under their charge. South Carolina. The Death of Ex-Vice-President Wheeler.?The Hon. Wm. H. Wheeler died at his home in Malone, N. Y., last Saturday morning. He remained in a comatose condition during the night and passed peacefully away without a sign of recognition to those about him. Wm. A. Wheeler was born June 30,1819, in Malone, Franklin county, N. Y.; entered the University of Vermont in the class which graduated in 1842, but the sudden rloofh nf Lie fathpf romnelled him to leave his collegiate course uncompleted. He commenced the study of law and was at different times.employed as a school teacher. Soon after his admission to the Bar he rose rapidly in the legal profession and was made district attorney for Franklin county, holding the position until he declined to retain it longer. For several years he was superintendent of schools for Frauklin county. In 1850 and 1851 Mr. Wheeler represented Franklin county, in the New York House of Assembly ; was a member of the Senateof New York in 1858 and 1859, and president pro tern, of that body. For several years he was much engaged in banking and railroad affairs. He was a member and the president of the New York Constitutional Convention in 1867-68; was elected a Representative in Congress to the 37th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd and 44th Congresses, and in June, 1876, was unanimously ..nominated for the VicePresidency of the United States by the Republican National Convention at Cincinnati. In the political complications which arose in Louisiana during the session of the 43rd Congress, Mr. Wheeler was conspicuous, he having been chairman of the special committee of the House of Representatives that visited Louisiana, and finally adjusted the difficulties existing there, on the basis of what is known as the Wheeler compromise. Ax Extra Session almost Certain. A Washington letter says: An extra session of Congress in the fall is regarded as almost a certainty now, and leading Democrats are discussing the prospect for the passage of a tarifr reform measure this winter. They feel if something is not done this winter they will not only lose the Presidency, but control of the House as well. The Democrats had a minority of over seventy in the lower House of the 18th Congress. This was reduced to about forty in the succeeding Congress, and now they have less tnan twenty inujurity. ?ome of the Democrats think that if they could not pass a tariff bill while- they had such large majorities if will be extremely iiflicult to do anything with the largely reduced majority. There is a disposition among the extremists in both factions to come together jn a common ground. The necessity to Jo something to reduce the rapidly increasing surplus is apparent to all, and if Congress is convened in October it is believed that some kind of a tariff measure will be passed. Friends of Mr. Randall say they will join with friends of Mr. Carisle in passing a moderate measure. Congressman McAdoo, of New Jersey, said recently that Mr. Morrison could have passed a tariff bill last winter, or the winter Defore, if he had evinced a disposition to lefer a little to the wishes of Mr. Randall ind his friends. Next winter Mr. McAdoo :hought both factions would be in a mood :o harmonize and concentrate their forces. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. B. H. Massey?Administrator's Notice. George H. O'Leary, Intendant?The Ollicial Monthly Report. R. T. Fewell <fe Co., Rock Hill, S. C.?Wool ' Wanted. J. R. Schorb?Photograph Gallery. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriffs Sales. McElwee & Moore?Fresh Beef and Mutton. George T. Schorb?Farmers, Stop. Kennedy Bros. & Barron?The 14 Fingered Grain Cradle?Lawns?India Linen?Tobacco?Muslins?Sewing Machines?Cassimeres. H. F. Adickes?A Bid for Everybody's Money. Lindsay <fc Moore?Undertakers. May <fc May?Are Still to be Found. Withers A(lickes?An Old Story. Parish & Kennedy?Everything to Eat. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1888. The Enquirer will be furnished from this date until January 1st, 1888, for $1.30. SALES-DAY. Last Monday was sales-day for June, but the attendance of people in town was quite small. There were no official sales. The only one advertised was continued until sales-day in July, which this year, will occur on Tuesday the 5th, the first Monday, the Fourth, being a legal holiday. war literature. The leading paper on the war, from a Confederate standpoint, in the June Century, is from the pen of Gen. E. M. Law, of this place. It is entitled, "From the Wilderness to Cold Harbor," and besides being profusely illustrated, is a graphic and well-written sketch of the campaign under review. ) gray eagle killed. Thursday morning last, William Turner shot and killed a gray eagle near his house, 1} mile from town, on the Gabbie's ford road. The bird measured 0 feet 8 inches from tip to tip. Mr. Turner brought it to town and it was purchased from him by Withers Adickes, who has had it stuffed and mounted as a York county specimen of the bird of freedom. j!^>uth carolina cadets. Reports from West Point show that Cadet T. Q. Donaldson, Jr., of Greenville, stands thirty-eighth in the graduating class of sixtyfour members. John M. Jenkins, of Yorkville, is eleventh. Cadet Donaldson is in the third section in engineering, in the fifth in ordnance and gunnery, in the third in modern languages, and in the sixth in law, there being eight sections in each department. Personal" mention. Rov J n Giillewav. nastor of the A. R. P. Church at this place, and who was fraternal messenger of the A. R. Synod of the South to the General Assembly of the U. P. Church recently in session in Philadelphia, returned homo last Saturday, having extended his trip to^ewYork after the adjournment of the Assembly. Mr. G. L. Riddle, ofthis county, who attended the Southern Presbyterian Convention at St. Louis, as a lay delegate from Rethel Presbytery, returned home last Sunday. RAILROAD EARNINGS FOR APRIL. The Railroad Commissioners have issued in tabular form the report of the earnings of the railroads in the State for the month of April, comparing the same with April, 1886. From it the following facts and figures are gathered: Ot the twenty-one roads from which reports were received, twelve show an increase of 822,970.08, the remaining nine a decrease of 813455.10, a net increase of 89,514.98, or 2.1444 per cent. The total passenger earnings for April, 1886, were 8140,892.62, and for April 1887, 8155,927.40, an increase of 812,034.81 or 8.3632 per cent. The total freight and passenger earnings for the same months were: April, 1886, 8443,713.33; April, 1887, 8453,228.31, an increase of 89,514.98. The earnings of the Chester and Lenoir were 85,040.58, as against 85,134.10 in April, 1886, showing a decrease of 893.52, or 1.82 per cent. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Ran lot, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 8.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 8.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 9.45 A. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapel next Saturday and Sunday, at 11 A. M. each day, the occasion being quarterly meeting, at which Rev. A. J. C'authen, P. E., will be present. STOCKHOLDERS' CONVENTION. The annual convention of the stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company was held at Hickory, Catawba county, N. C., on Thursday last, 2nd instant. H. C. Hamilton, of Catawba county, N. C., was called to the chair, and L. M. Grist, of Yorkville, S. C., elected secretary. The committee on proxies reported the entire capital stock of the company as being represented by 3,475 share's, of which 410 were represented in person and 2,450 by proxy. , W. Holmes Hardin, President, and John J. McLure, Secretary and Treasurer, submitted reports. president's report. To the Stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Co.: Gentlemen: I am much pleased to meet you again in annual convention, and am gratified to report that the present holders of the lease of your road have promptly met and performed tfieir obligations under the lease. The road and equipments have been kept in good operatiug condition, so far as I have oeen able to observe. The rental has been promptly paid to the treasurer as it matured. Since your last meeting, the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company?the 1 i ?Iioa itanlf honn original leaseo ui jum ?u leased, with all its leased lines, by the ichmond and Danville Railroad Company, ..nd it is by this latter company that your road is now operated in conneetion with the remainder of its system. I have no special measure to suggest. Respectfully submitted. W. Holmes Hardin, President. secretary ani) treasurer's report. To the Shareholders of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad CompanyAs Secretary and Treasurer, I beg leaye to Toport that the rental of the road has been promptly paid by the lessees, as it matured, by the terms of the lease. The capital stock of the company is now represented by 3,475 shares, on which the rental dividend of ?1.50 per share is paid, semi-annually, by the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, the present holders of the lease. The dividends have been paid to the shareholders when called for, or remitted to them by check. Such dividends as are unpaid, are deposited in the National Bank of Chester to the credit of the Company, awaiting the call of the stockholders. Respectfully submitted. J. J. McDure, Sec'y Treas'r. The following persons were elected oilicers for the ensuing year : President?W. Holmes Hardin, of Chester, S. C. Directors?J. L. Agurs and J. II. Smith, of Chester, S. L. M. Crist and Joseph F. Wallace, of York, S. L. A. Mason, of Gaston, N. C.; V. A. Mcllee, of Lincoln, N. C.; W. H. Williams, of Catawba, N. C.; G. W. F. Harper, of Caldwell, N. C. Secretary and Treasurer?J. J. McLure, of Chester, S. C. The next annual convention will bo held at Lincolnton, N. C., on the first Thursday of T 1 UUl> .JUIIU, inoo. ^SUDDEN DEATHS. On FridarNxfternoon last, the sudden death of a brother and sister occurred under peculiar and distressing circumstances, the victims being Mr. Edward A. Black and his sister, Mrs. Margaret Dickson, wife of Mr. J. \V. Y. Dickson, both living in tho same neighborhood, about threo miles west of town. Mr. Black was a member of Company A, Twelfth Regiment S. C. V., and in the battle of Spottsylvania, C. H., Va., on tho lUth of May ISiW, he received a severe wound in the head, carrying the ball in the wound for several years after. From the effects of the wound lie was subject to catalepsy, though ordinarily ho was not incapacitated from his regular duties, nor was his mind impaired. lie was liable, however, to catalepsy at almost anytime, of which there was no premonition. Since the war he has made his home with his brother, Mr. Robert Black. On last Friday, about 4 P. M., he left the house for the purpose of taking a bath in a stream only a short distance away. He told a member of the family where he was going and said he would soon return. In the meantime a rain came up, and as he had failed to return to the house, his brother started to look for him, and found him lying with his face in the branch, dead. It is supposed that he was seized with a spasm and falling, face downward, in the branch, in his helpless condition -he was drowned. Mr. Black was in the 47th year of his age and was a good citizen, commanding the respect and esteem of all who knew him. On the morning of tho same day, his sister, Mrs. Margaret Dickson, in company with Mrs. Black, left her house in a buggy to visit her uncle, Mr. Samuel Black, who lives near Sharon Church. .She was perfectly well when she left her home and complained none while at her uncle's. Soon after leaving his house in the afternoon, on her return home, she complained of a severe pain in the head, and on reaching Mr. W. P. Wylie's house, only a short distance from her uncle's, her companion suggested that they stop there until she should feel better. Mr. Wylie came out to assist her to the house, but before reaching the door with her she was dead. The fatal disease was paralysis of the brain. Mrs. Dickson was in her 45th year and leaves a husband and four children. RAILROAD NOTES. On Monday morning last, Messrs. Griffin A Gorton commenced work, opposite the cemetery, on their contract, which is for five miles west of town. The contractors intersecting them, west, are Messrs. Smith ?fc Lathrop, and as their part of the line is now permanently located, they will soon be enabled to commence work, when the entire lino from Camden to Black's will bo covered by contractors. The permanent location from the Misses Gilfillens', to Yorkville, is known as the second survey, entering town on the south side, and is practically the same as heretofore published. The most important change in the preliminary survey is on the land of Rev. L. A. Johnson, in town. Instead of running diagonally through his lot, as first surveyed, the line bears around it, missing entirely Mr. Lewis' lot, and intersecting Church street near the residence of Mrs. McPheters. The damage to Mr. Johnson was assessed by arbitration, the railroad representatives selecting Capt. J. Robert Lindsay and S. Anderson McElwee, and Mr. Johnson selecting Sherifl R. H. Glenn and Frank E. Smith as arbitrators, They assessed the amount of Mr. Johnson's damages at 3502.50, which conclusion is satisfactory to both parties. Mr. C. R. Kinsley, who has the contract for grading the first eight miles this side of Black's, was in town yesterday for the purpose of purchasing carts at Mr. Willis' shop. He reports satisfactory progress with his work, and represents Black's to be on a boom of expectancy ir anticipation of the early extension to that town of the Georgiaand Carolina Midland. Capt. Lewis will put a force of men to work to-day on the trestle over Fishing Creek, near Gabbie's Ford. Mr. R. Haskell Dobson has been engaged as book-keeper for Griffin A Gorton. They have also employed, as one of their foremen, Mr. George W. Beach, of Columbia. The Lancaster Review says that Albert Randall, colored, has taken a contract to grade twe miles of the road, commencing near Cane Creek, in Lancaster county, and going in th( direction of Catawba River. We print in another column the salient points of the terms of the agreement entered into between the Georgia and Carolina Midland and the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago, by which the former is consolidated with the latter road. Col. Matson, chief engineer, has ful confidence in the successful completion of this enterprise. He has selected Mr. W. C. Whitner, who graduated from the South Carolim College last summer, and who has been for ter months resident engineer on the Augusta Edgefield and Newberry Railroad, to survey and locate the line of road from dewberry to th< point where it will connect with the Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago. The first survey will begin this week. It will run from Newber ry io union, tueucu rmvnuoji i-onj, w Broad River, and thence to some point intersecting the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago west of Yorkvillo ; thence to Yorkville, and thence through Bethel township, and thenc( to Charlotte. Other lines will be surveyed however, the adoption of either to be' determined hereafter. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER PROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, June 6.?The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Rock Hill Cotton Factory Company was held in Rod dey's Hall on last Tuesday evening. Rev, J. S. White was elected chairman." A large majority of the stock was represent ed. The annual report of the President showed that the mill had done a prosperous business during the past twelve months. A semi-annual dividend of 3} 5er cent, will be paid to the stockholders, uly 1st. The stock of the company is held firm, and none is offering. From the President's report, the intrinsic value is probably $130 per share. The yarns manufactured have a high reputation in the market, and command the highest market prices. At the recent meeting, the following gentlemen were elected directors for the ensuing year: A. E. Hutchison, John R. London, W. L. Roddey, James S. White, A. H. White, Rock Hill; C'. A. Chisolm, Charleston; W. G. Atkinson, Baltimore. After the adjournment of the stockholders' meeting, the directors held a meeting and elected Capt. A. E. Hutchison, President; J. R. Neisler, Superintendent; and D. Hutchison, Secretary and Treasurer. ~ - - ? i --LJI. iL. c i 4 On .Last Tuesday nignt, wnne me ireigm train was standing at the depot in this place, a keg of whisky was stolen from one of thecgrs. JuneMassey, colored, who has been the depot hand here, was suspected. On Thursday he was arrested, and on Friday given a preliminary hearing before Trial Justice Win. Whyte, who, considered the evidence sufficient to require him to send the case to the Circuit Court. The defendant gave bond in the sum of ?600 for appearance. The ladies of the Presbyterian congregation gave an ice-cream supper in Dr. Fewell's new drug store on Main street, last Friday evening, the proceeds of which will be donated to the fund for building a parsonage. At an early hour on Sunday morning, the stable of Jack Knox, colored, was discovered to be on fire, and in a few minutes the building was in flames. It was a small structure, and the loss is fully covered by insurance. It is not known how the fire originated. Those of your readers who have wool for sale will find an advertisement in your columns which may beof benefit to them. Large quantities of peaches pass through this place daily, by express, from below Columbia, for the northern markets. Dysentery and diarrhoea are prevailing to a considerable extent in this section, and the doctors are kept busy. .On last Thursday morning the citizens of our town were called upon to perform a painful duty?to lay at rest in Elmwood Cemetery all that was mortal of Marion Porcher Jones, eldest daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Allen Jones. This sweet little girl was taken sick on Saturday and died on Wednesday at 10 o'clock, A. M. Her disease was peritonitis. Her death was a nkA,>'' "AiHrniinifv Thmio-h VOlltl? oilUtrv lu uui vvuituuutvj a?.w?.q.. ^ n in years, being only eleven years of age, her patient, tender and womanly character won for her the respect and love of all who knew her. She was the favorite of her schoolmates, as was demonstrated by their grief as they marched in line, following the casket to the cemetery, and at the grave. In the death of this sweet little girl our town has been bereft of one of its loveliest daughters, and loving parents of a child of which they had cause to be proud, No words that I can add could mitigate their distress. The funeral services were held at the Episcopal church, Rev. E. N. Joyner officiating. Rev. James S. White chairman of the board of trustees of the Rock Hill Graded School, has received several applications for the position of superintendent of the school. Some of the applications are from persons residing in the State, and others from persons outside of the State. Hal. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Blackwood, over whom Georgia and South Carolina have been having so much legai learning displayed, and about whom there has been so much newspaper talk, has been returned to Georgia to be tried for forgery. ? Hewlett Sullivan, said to be the third richest man in Greenville county, and who was one of the most widely known and marked men in that part of the State, died on Monday of last week, at the residence of Dr. J. P. Latimer, in Greenville. ? The State Supreme Court has adjourned until Monday, the 21st of next November. The Sixth Circuit will be called on the 22nd, and will be given four days. Applications for admission to practice must be filed on or before November 29th. ? Col. John W. R. Pope, who has for years euneu mc wiummo , resigned from the editorial staff of that paper. He will be succeeded by Col. John P. Thomas, a gentleman well known for his journalistic experience, and as a ripe scholar and polished writer. ' ? Rebecca Lewis, a crazy woman, was committed to jail at Pickens, last week, for killing her own child. She acknowledges killing the child, but says if she had not done so she and the child both would have been destroyed by a great noise she heard coming, and to save herself she killed her infant child. ? Prof. J. P. Kennedy has resigned the presidency of Due West Female College, at Due West, on account of ill health. Prof. J. H. Miller, who has filled the chair of mathematics in Erskine College, at the same place, has been elected his successor. Mr. Miller is quite a young man, having graduated from Erskine College only a few years ago. ?i At Greenwood, in Abbeville county, ? on Saturday last, while the two sons of Mr. It. W. Major, Robert and George, aged respectively fourteen and twelve, were playing with their father's pistol, long unused and supposed to be unloaded, the pistol was accidentally discharged, the ball 'striking George in the upper end of the heart and killing him instantly. i * * * .MEKK-JUSMTIU.-N. > Sentence of death has been imposed on Mrs. Chiari Cignarele, of New York, who was convicted of murder in the first de. gree for shooting her husband. She was condemned to be hanged in the Toombs > prison yard, Friday July 22. In Elberton county, Mo., on Thursday, a farra| er named Davidson shot and killed a lawyer named Van Eaton who had called on him to demand redress for damages done his stock by Davidson's dogs. A brilliant meteoric stone descended near Lown1 anville, N. Y., on Saturday, making a hole ' in the ground twenty feet deep by forty 1 wide. It will be dug out. On Wed nesday last, Wm. Steele was hanged at 1 Jackson, Miss., for the murder of Nel? son Potter. He protested his innocence to the last. On the same day George H. : Disque was hanged in Hudson county jail, Jersey City, for the crime of wife murder. Gen. D. H.Hill delivered an adl dress before the Confederate Memorial Association of Baltimore last Monday , night. S. B. McElreth, the comedian, will make his home this summer at . Johnson City, Tenn. News has been , received at Mansion, Calhoun county, Iowa, that the Rev. Dr. Reid, who left j that place last winter to become a missionary in Central Africa, has been killed and eaten by cannibals. In Perry county, Indiana, last week, two brothers ' named Davis, criminally assaulted ayoung girl aged fourteen, and the story goes that subsequently they and Wm. Kellam, ' father-in-law of one of the brothers, were 1 lynched for the offense. Maj. Peter 1 M. Hale, a veteran newspaper man of North Carolina, died at Fayetteville last i Friday. The Texas and Pacific Kaili road express train was robbed by four , masked men eight miles west*of Fort r Worth, Texas, last Sunday night. The 3 sum of $1,360 was taken frOm the express , car and three registered letters from the L mail car. The passengers were not mo. lested. In the election at Charlotte, l N. C., last Monday, on the question of . prohibition, the license party v/as success. ful by a majority of 40 in a vote of 1,532. Last year the anti-prohibition majority ! was 429 in a vote of of 1,607. Raleigh gave a majority of 31 for license in a [ total vote of 2,615. The Mormons and Suffrage.?The registration officers in Utah have completed their work, and the Mormon authorities do not appear to be satisfied with the result. It has been announced that I Mormons generally would take the new oath. But ten days ago there were indi" cations that many of them would not take . to it. Two-fifths of the voting population . had been disfranchised, and it was report. ed that thirty per cent, of the remainder - were unwilling to register. '.'All should ! understand," urged the Mormon organ, , "that the swallowing of the oath is ab' solutely essential t* the exercise of the franchise. All should know that a'yote ! will have greater value in Utah next Au , gust than ever before in this Territory." j The lists now show in many districts a . total registration that falls below the vote , cast at the last election, when not more ; than one-third of the registered voters cast their ballots. Part of this decrease is , accounted for by the disfranchisement of 1 the women in the Territory, who constitute two-fifths of the voting population. At the next election the ratio of registered voters to the entire population in Salt Lake City will not exceed one to fifteen, , as the lists now stand. But it does not seem probable that, even under these conditions, the Gentiles will outnumber the Mormons at the polls. Prohibition in New York.?The i Prohibitionists of New York have rei solved to enter the lists early and earnesti ly this year. They propose to contest every inch of ground in the State, and, to that end a full State ticket \Vill be nomii nated and a candidate for Senator and Assemblymen will be put in the field in every district. The Prohibitionists reckon upon a vote Of 50,000 to 75,000. They do not propose to form an alliance with either the Democratic, Republican or AntiPoverty party. They approve Gov. Hill's veto of the Vedder Whisky Tax bill. , They are not in sympathy with the anti-saloon movement. They are oppos, ed to the latter because they believe that it will fall far short of results possible to a straightout prohibition policy. Heretofore the Prohibitionists North have looked to the Republican party for recruits; now they say that helpers are coming to them from Democratic ranks. They have been looking over the results of past elections, and their hopes for the future are based on the fact that last year the vote for William J. Groo, the Prohibition candidate forjudge of the Court of Appeals, was .36,414, a gain of 6,000 over Bascom for Governor in 1885, and again of 11,000 nvpr St., .Tnhn for Prfisiflont in 1RR4?,Ui. gust a Chronicle. * The Color Question in Alabama.? A Huntsville, Ala., dispatch reports a sensation there in which W. H. Councill, colored, principal of the State Normal Institute at that place, was chief actor.. Councill is the man who was ejected from the white car on the Western and Atlantic railroad and applied to the Inter-State commission for redress. Last Saturday at Huntsville he took some fifteen of his pupils into the car of the whites on the Memphis and Charleston road. One white man and twelye white ladies were in the car. The colored car was entirely empty, and all the whites went into that, leaving the . negroes in complete possession of the white car. The railroad officials did not interfere. Iron Ore.?The King's Mountain correspondent of the Shelby New Era says: Garrett Brothers own between seven and ten thousand acres of land near here and have turned it over to prospectors from ri.hatfanrvnnrrj unrl A flonfo fni* inonAAfJ/\r? viiwivuuvugu iiuvi JUl lllO^/CVblUllt They have found a very satisfactory quality of ore and if the quantity can be ob' tained, of which they feel confident, they will go into business on a large scale at once. Major Anderson, who tunneled the Blue Ridge for the Western North Carolina Railroad, is sinking shafts, etc., and will make a thorough investigation.