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Straps anil dads. ? The new postal treaty between this country and Mexico, recently signed, to take effect next Friday, will be highly advantageous to the business men of the United States?Mr. Romero, the Mexican Minister, estimating that it will be worth to them $10,000,000 annually. ? Of the persons charged with being implicated in the murder of Col. Soudekin, chief of the Russian police, who was assassinated in 188-3, seven have been sentenced to death and fourteen to deportation to Siberia. Two of the accused were acquitted. The executions will take place on Monday next. ? Mrs. Simmons, of Canawaugus, N. Y., stood by a window with a steel fork in her hand the other day during a heavy thunder storm. Suddenly there was a blinding flash of'lightning which rendered her in' anncDtla fnFtion hnnro ffho hniKO woe nflt OCUOIU4V JVi VTTVIIVUIO* A UV AWMuv ?. vw -w. struck, neither did any of the inmates experience any shock. ? A marble quarry sixty miles from Carson, Navada, was completely destroyed by the recent earthquake in the West. The marble was broken into cubes not over a foot square. The ledge was over five miles long and 400 feet wide, containing a fine grade of marble ranging in shade from pure white to black. The quarry was valued at a million dollars. ? The New York Herald has renewed, with vigor, its suggestions in regard to the candidates in the next campaign. It says: "On the next Presidential ticket a wholesouled southerner should have the second place. That will make the administration national, bury the last remnant of the old feud and briDgthe north and south shoulder to shoulder for all time to come." ? The war department is informed that 106 persons successfully passed both the physical and mental examinations for admission to the West Point Military Academy, as cadets. Six applicants failed to pass the physical examination; 85 failed In '.the mental examination, and 60 failed to report. The four candidates at large designated by the .President were successfnl. ?The most destructive fire that has occured at Louisville, Ky., in years, broke out in the tobacco quarter of the city early last Saturday morning. The entire square between Main and Market and Ninth and Tenth streets, was the scene of the fire, and twoacres of buildings, with their contents, were lost. The loss is estimated at fully half a million dollars, including the value of five thousand hogsheads of tobacco. ?News of a wholesale slaughter comes from Ringgold, Qa. Farmers Dennis and Clark quarreled over the result of a law suit, and Dennis, to save his life, thrust a knife Into Clark's throat. Clark's father and brother, who witnessed the fight, then attacked Dennis, each armed with a club. Dennis stabbed the brother, inflicting a fatal wound, and'turning, plunged the knife into the elder Clark's heart, leaving the knife sticking there. Dennis fled. ? Ferd. Warde, formerly of the banking house of Grant & Warde, and who seems to be the scapegoat of that institution, is Retting type in Sing Sing. He is the only workman of this class in the penitentiary, and besides setting type, corrects the galleys, locks up the forms, takes proofs and does the press work. Ferd. is on the right line now, and his restoration to the ways of the honest and upright is being gradually worked out. ? Governors are to be chosen this year in Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts and Ohio. Kentucky will vote on the 1st of August; the other States in November. Rhode Island has already elected its Governor. New York and Pennsylvania will also elect minor state officers in November, and these elections will be the most important to the country at largo of all those to occur. Prohibition and Labor candidates will be in the field in both the last named states. A " ? v ?*?1- V /*! ootro TVf Joe ? A Jtuueigll, n. V>) U19JWK.U oajro. J'iiuu Rosenthal was run over by the last mail on the Atlantic Coast Line and killed last Thursday evening. She was riding in a buggy with a young man. The horse became unmanageable and backed upon'the track before the advancing train. The young man'jumped out, better to manage him, and the laayjumpedout on theother side, fell on the track and was caught by the train, which so crushed her that she died within an hour. ? An unknown suicide was found in Jerome Park N. Y., last Sunday. When the coroner investigated the case he found that the man had tried to hang himself with a heavy string which broke. As he fell his foot caught in the crotch of the tree. His head struck the trunk in the fall, causing hemorrhage at the mouth. He hung suspended by his foot until discovered. A letter was found addressed to M. M. Amarket, Edgefield C. H., S. C., with five dollars in money. He was not dressed like a laboring man. ? A peculiar sentence, which is virtually banishment from the United States, is attracting interest at Canton, Ohio. Stanislaus Loichat is in jail, charged with stabbing Dr. E. 0. Portman with intent to kill. It was proposed by the prosecution that if the friends of Loichat would send him to France, where he would stay and never return, he would be released; otherwise he would be tried at once. In case he ever returned the indictment for stabbing with intent to kill would be revived. The conditions were agreed upon by his friends and on Thursday he started to serve his term of banishment. ? Alfred Blount, a wife murderer, was hanged at St. Louis at 6.35 last Friday morning. Life was extinct in six minutes and fifteen seconds after the drop fell. His neck was broken. He was thirty-two years old, a hunchback, and maintained that his wife despised him because of his deformity. He was tried in Decemberand the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment in April. At Independence, Mo., Edwards Sneed was hanged on Friday afternoon for the deliberate murder of a boon companion named Loomis. Sneed was perfectly self possessed, and no incident occurred. ? The Douglassville, Ga., Star, tells the following snake story: "A short time ago Mr. Aderhold, of Douglasville, saw a large black snake drive a partridge away from her nest and swallow the eggs. A few days later Mr. McElathers of the same town, saw a convey of young partridges fly out, one by one, from the snake's mouth and gather around it. They had evidently just been hatched from the eggs in the snake's belly, and the.reptile seemed very fond of them. Not long after this Mr. Butler observed the snake gliding through a patch of oats and picking the kernels from the out-heads. After filling its mouth the snake would drop the kernels on the ground to feed the young pftrtridges as they followed it." ? Writing on the subject of "The Mormon Propaganda," in the Andover-Renew, D. L. Leonard, who is a resident of Salt Lake City, finds the striking success of the Latter-Day Saints in making proselytes one of the most startling phenomena of the age. Over 500,000 people in the New World and the Old have, since 1830, accepted the teaching of Joseph Smith. The missionaries have had easy work in converting vast numbers of the more ignorant classes and in persuading them to flee to "ZiQn." The missionaries who were sent abroad were instructed to withhold certain "truths" (those regarding plural marriage, for example,) and to answer all questions touching that subject with the promise that all would be explained when "Zion" was reached. At present converts are not so easily gained, as is proved by the comparatively small numbers brought in. Apostacy is frequent in the Church, and the danger attending the practice of polygamy, no doubt, deters many from entering who would otherwise become "Children of the house of Israel." The height of Mormonism has been reached, siAnlinn Vtoa KonPiil ttuu 1 tO UCTJJ1U*? liUO L/vguai ? The refusal of the Supreme Court of Missouri to interfere with the decision of the court below in the case of Maxwell, recalls the facts of that noted case. Hugh M. Brooks, alias Dr. Walter Lenox Maxwell made the acquaintance of C. Arthur Preller, a young English commercial traveler, on an ocean steamer. He decoyed Preller to St. Louis, on April 5,1885. He chloroformed him to death at the Southern Hotel. He robbed the remains ! of $1,000 and packed the body in a trunk. The murder was not discovered for eight days, and meanwhile Maxwell was on the Pacific, bound for Auckland, New Zealand. He was arrested on his arrival and returned to St. Louis. He maintained that Preller's death was due to accident, but the State introduced a detective into the jail, who under the guise of a prisoner, claimed to have wormed a confession from Maxwell. The defense hoped for a reversal on this point. The case was one of the most sensational that ever occurred in this country, and attracted considerable attention at the time. IbrljtfrfeMne inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C. : WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29,1887. THE CROP OUTLOOK. A. P. Butler, director of the South Carolina weather service, furnishes the following data concerning the effect of the weather on the various crops in the State during the week ending June 25: Rainfall.?The general rains that have occurred have brought the rainfall up to about the average, except in the seaboard counties and in somesections of Hampton, where a deficiency is reported. Up to the , 22d corn was suffering for rain, but the opportune showers which occurred on that date and until the 24th, came in time to prevent Serious injury, and the crop has now recovered and is in fine growing condition. Temperature.?The temperature has been about, or slightly above, the average. Its effect on corn has been rather unfavorable; for cotton it was favorable. Sunshine.?The percentage of sunshine has been about the average. Condition of Crops.?All crops were favorably affected by the climatic.condition of the week, especially of the latter part. The refreshing rains have revived vegetation, and all crops are now in a promising condition. Harvesting is over and grain has been housed in fine condition. Chinch bugs are reported as doing some damage in Lancaster and Chesterfield counties. THE WASHINGTON REPORT. The signal office at Washington has issued the following weather crop bulletin for the week ending last Saturday: During the week the weather has been slightly cooler than the average for the week in all the agricultural districts east of the Rocky Mountains, while it has been warmer than usual on the Pacific coast. In the States of the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys ana upper JuaKe region, the daily average temperature ranged from 3? to 7? below normal, while on the Atlantic coast, south of New England, and in the cotton and tobacco regions, the temperature differed but slightly from the normal. In northern California, Oregon and Washington Territory the average daily excess of temperature for the week ranged from 4? to 10?. The excess of temperature for the season from January 1 to June 25, amounting to a daily average of from 1? to 2?, continues over the cotton region, the central Mississippi valley and thence westward to the Rocky Mountains, while in all other agricultural districts, except at isolated stations, the daily average daily temperature for the season differs less than 1? from normal. During the week the rainfall has been in excess in all the States on the Atlantic coast, along the immediate east Gulf coast, and in western Missouri and eastern Kansas, the heaviest rainfalls occurring along the middle Atlantic coast. In the Mississippi, Ohio and and Missouri valleys there was less rain than usual, the deficiency amounting to about an inch in the States of the Mississippi valley. The large seasonal deficiency of rainfall exceeding ten inches, continues over the cotton region, and a seasonal deficiency, exceeding five inches, exists in Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. In all other sections the rainfall for the season differs slightly from normal. The weather during the week has been generally favorable for the principal crops. The rains in the South Atlantic States doubtless improved the condition of the staple crop in that region. More rain is needed in the cotton region, and the indications are that rain will occur in the lower Mississippi and Ohio valleys by Monday afternoon. The weather has been favorable for harvesting in the wheat regions, there having been an excess of sunshine and very little rain. In the corn region the weather has been generally favorable, although in some localities more rain is needed, and the cool weather of the past week must have slightly retarded the growth of the corn crop. In New England, where haying is now in progress, the conditions have been especially favorable to the hay crop. All the crops in this section and in the Middle Atlantic States have been improved by rains, although in the northern portions of New England and New York there has iimio) amniinf nf cnn_ UCt/ll ICS9 limn Hie usual aiiiuuim kji ouushine, attended with cold weather. The Carolina Midland Route.? The Union Times is strongly in favor of a railroad connection with Charlotte. It says it has always given preference to Charlotte over any other point, and adds: "It is now quite probable that our preference will be endorsed by the 3 C's road, as we learn that the engineer now in command of the survey from Newberry ' to Union has been instructed to continue the line in that direction, through York county. Of course we may expect that more than one line of survey will be made, and that the line offering the greatest advantages, in the way of present aid in building and the best business prospects, will be selected. The location of gin houses and prospective towns are not now considered in selecting railroad lines, but the shortest and cheapest route from and to the most important termini, insuring the best connections with first class roads running to the great business marts of the country, are the main controlling influences in deciding railroad routes, and we have no doubt that these great considerations will determine the route of the 3 C's upon this form. While we have interposed no objection to the other points generally spoken of on the Air-Line road, we have always felt that Charlotte offered better and more general outlets and would give more liberal aid in money than all ?f them combined, to a road through this section of our State, while the many connections at that point would operate as a competing line and give us more direct outlets to the best markets in every part of the United States than any other point we could select. If money, strenuous efforts and superior advantages will have any weight in determining the route beyond Union, it will go in that direction, particularly as it will only change the junction with the main lines from a point on the Air-Line to a point lower down in York county." From Roanoke to Charlotte.?Mr. W. V. Lomax, of New York, was in the city yesterday in the interest of the new railroad from Roanoke, Virginia, to Charlotte, N. C. This is a railroad that is coming if our people will only invite it. Mr. Lomax represents a New York syndicate of railroad builders who have already secured the right of way between Roanoke and Winston, in this State, and who have guaranteed the completion of the road between those points within two years. It is the intention of the company to bring the road from Winston to Charlotte, where it will strike an independent line for Charleston and Augusta. At Roanoke they will have eastern, western and northern connections. The company has the money to build the road and only wants local encouragement.?Charlotte Chronicle, Sunday. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. g| LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. th Rock Hill, June 27.?The chinch bug ai is still making havoc with the corn in the Blackjack section. I append the following letter from the U. S. Department of Agri- ^ culture to Capt. Iredell Jones, which may b( be of benefit to the public. The letter is written by Norman J. Coleman, Commis- cf sioner: * "Your letter of the 13th instant, accompanied , : by specimens of the chinch bug, has been re- " ceived and roferred to the entomologist, who reports as follows: 01 "The chinch bug is, perhaps, the most difli- le cult insect to fight in the whole range of econ- tl omic entomology, and there are really no new and improved methods of encompassing its de- ui struction. Where the insect occurs, as in your !: locality, upon small grain, there is no present remedy. It may be prevented to a certain ex- tr tent from crossing to your corn-fields, by sur- W rounding said fields with a ditch, which in tl compact soil may be only a single plow furrow with the perpendicular "side towards the field to be protected., . "With a little watching and occasional drag- jV ging of brush through the furrow to keep the " soil friable, this method will keep the cornfields reasonably clear from immigrating bugs, te After the corn-field has once been stocked, but n] ?" > ? T* Una Imnn olinwn that a JJUIU t'iUl ug UUilO* J.V uuo wvv?* ? ? dilute kerosene emulsion, sprayed with a force- ^ pump upon corn, will kill the bugs, but upon held corn on a large scale, this remedy would ei be too expensive to be worth trying. y "After all, the best means that can be employed against this insect are the preyentive vi methods, and these consist in the main of clean w cultivation and the collecting and burning of all the rubbish during the winter, and the burning over of such uncultivated gullies and fence corners as may occur upon the farm. "The bugs hibernate in the winter in the perfect state, under rubbish of all kinds, and hence the necessity of this cleaning up work. Where this is done, the farmer will not be troubled to :V any great extent with the bugs, except by the ^ flying in of the winged individuals from ad- VI joining and more carelessly cultivated farms, cl "Observation has taught that wet weather is T very unfavorable to the increase of the bug, ^ and that when present in enormous numbers it m will.be speedily destroyed by successive hard f showers. Hence the very good remedy of irrigation has been suggested by us, butof course to the localities where this can be practiced are few and far between. "Another remedy which promises some th practicable results is the sowing of a border of di spring wheat around a field of winter wheat, ac The bug^ will collect on the spring wheat as fo soon as it has come up well, ana they can then di be destroyed by spraying with kerosine oil. th "Rotation of crops is another preventive, th And diversified farming brings about the great- Ii est immunity from insects. C. "The following conclusions of the late Mr. 01 LeBaron are very much to the point: fii "'1. That it is useless to attempt to raise in spring wheat or barley where chinch bugs have tr been present in any consideracle numbers the ar preceding year, unless we have reason to believe a that they have b^en killed off by heavy rains. to " '2. That in case the season should be favorable to the propagation of the chinch bug, we ar always have it in our power to get rid of the y< pest by the abandonment of these two kinds of grain for one or two years. But to make this course effective there must be a concert of ?? action bv farmers over a considerable section tc of country. Al; " '3. That the presence of chinch bugs the P preceding year, will not prevent the raising of a corn or any of the winter grains. al " '4. With regard to oats, the testimony thus s far is that if this grain be sown where chinch 0] bugs abound, and especially if it is sown ox- ,,( clusively, it will be damaged to a greater or less * extent the first year, but that the bugs proba- *e bly will not continue to breed in it to any great tc extent in succeeding years.' * ti "It is expected that the next annual report of T this department, viz., that for 1887, will contain an extended article upon this insect, as all of e, the published accounts are out of print, and as t the insect has been doing considerable damage both the present season and for one or two ^ seasons past." , T Our town is certainly on a building boom. In addition to the buildings which " are being rebuilt on the burin district, Dr. C( J. B. Patrick has contracted for the erec- 01 tion of a handsome two story dwelling on cc Hampton street. Mr. E. B. Rock is build- P; ing a neat cottage on Railroad street. Mr. r J. E. Miller will build a cottage on the j*] lot adjoining Mr. Rock's. Mr. M. W. b< Russell is building a two-story dwelling house on Main street near the Presbyteri- & an Church. Plans and specifications for J? the Rock Hill Academy, which will be of p brick, tin roof, 50 x 95 feet, have been tc made,and work on the building will begin in a short time. The town authorities J have contracted for the immediate erec- P tion of a brick, tin roof, engine house, which will be located on the corner of Railroad and Main streets. There is not a dwelling house for rent in our town, and 01 in several instances two families are living f".( in the same house. " A basket picnic will be given at Ebenezer Church on July Fourth. Hon. John ^ J. Hemphill has accepted an invitation " to deliver an address on the occasion. The Gold Hill brass band ha9 been invited to furnish the music. A pleasant time is anticipated, and those in charge rj will be pleased to see all who desire to attend. The merchants of our town have agreed to suspend business on that day. j. And the country people will do well to remember this and save an unnecessary trip to town. On Sunday night last, at the hour of 9 ? o'clock, Mr. E. R. Avery, while sitting with his wife, on the front porch of the residence of Mrs. James M. Ivy, had his V attention attracted by a disturbance among the cows in the stable lot in rear of the " house. Going at once to the spot he discovered one of the cows missing, and im- fi mediately made search for it and discov- " ered the cow tied up behind the stable ready to be slaughtered, a platform having been arranged for the purpose. On P! approaching, Mr. Avery saw two or three Eersons running from thespot. Mr. Avery as no idea who the persons are. The J* robbery was well planned and evidently ^ showed that the persons knew their business. j! During thQ? last week the smoke house w of Mr. Wra. Whyte, our trial justice, was robbed. gl One morning of last week a colored man, w leading a cow, called at the residence of C Mr. Wm. Thomasson, three miles from g, this place, and offered it for sale at a rea- ^ sonable price. The animal was purchased pj by Mr. Thomasson. The negro, who was w ,a stranger, stated that his mule had died p and he was compelled to sell the cow to nj raise money to work his crop. A few days p after the transaction a colored man living ^ on a plantation of Capt. W. L. Roddey, called upon Mr. Thomasson and demand- p ed the cow, stating that the cow had been tr stolen from his wife a few days ago. Mr. ni Thomasson being satisfied that he had ? purchased stolen property, turned the cow over to its owner. The many friends of Dr. Thomas C. Robertson, ex-Treasurer of this county, will regret to learn of his misfortune, having lost by death his only son, Allen Jones, aged 9 years. The little fellow died at V Columbia, on Saturday last, after a painful hi illness of several weeks. His disease baf- o' fled the skill of the physicians, and the p' little fellow's sufferings were intense. if The blackberry crop, which never fails, e* comes in'good time this year, as it is about r* the only fruit we have, and the housekeep- P ers are taking advantage of the opportunity and are buying all that are offered ^ and are making preserves, jam and wine. S< Hal. if Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. W LETTER FROM FORT MILL. * Fort Mill, June 27.?Amid the ex- jr tended discussion of economy to State and county that occupied the public mind for several months back, one source of ]\1 expense was lost sight of. Under our o< laws a person who fails to pay his poll- 5. tax, and out of whose property it cannot si be made, is subject to imprisonment. This rr is about as reasonable a punishment as ir that inflicted by a man on his ox by strik- ti ing it on the head with his fist. Only one a r*r noi-Hoo ;a hnrf Tf the flelinouent ri \Jl mu J/C4A (.IV/O lu t*M? Vf ? - ^ _ _ is unable to pay his poll-tax, he certainly II cannot pay the additional cost of arrest and tl imprisonment. Wherefore, the govern- b< ment is put to that expense without any w return, and figuratively cuts off" its own n< nose to spite its face. If the poor fellow G were left to work, he might procure the ai wherewithal to cancel his debt; but when tv he is deprived of that privilege, he can- tl not be expected to pay. Why not change tl this law? Letanything be subject to levy w for taxes without exemption, and then G force the amount of taxes and costs out ec of the delinquent's property; or force him at to borrow, or adopt some plan to pay. He ri may not care much for a term of imprison- B ment which costs him nothing; but he is ot afraid of an officer armed with a writ of in fieri facim. If he prefers he may leave the tr tate in its debt. But this will not harn le State. It will only give room fo lother and more reliable tax-payer. Another matter which seems to me t 3 opposed to progressive civilization, i nprisonment for debt. A man cannc take money in jail to pay debts; let hin 3 where he will have a chance to makeil It may be said that this is obsolete es ipt in casesof fraud. How is fraud de icted without a trial of the accused b, is peers? Therefore, why incarcerat lm for being unfortunate? Besides, i le is to be tried and imprisdned for fraud t the fraud constitute the crime, an le amount a subject of civil action. Dickens and other writers have so forci ly portrayed Fleet Street prison?th? >ul blot on English society?that it seem le law-makers of the present day woul ipeout similar institutions in horror c leir existence. Will our Commissioners endeavor t jild a walk way under the railroad bridg ; Nation Ford? The cost would be les lan three hundred dollars. The chinch bug continues to be a myj try to our formers, and its depredation roceed. Some say that we need plent " rain, so that the corn roots shall be abl ) feed both the bug and the plant. Wheth this is authoritative or only speculative 3ur present deponent saith not. The cool winas from northward are nc sry beneficial to cotton, and that plan ould gladly welcome warm sunshine. Anon. Correspondence or the YorkvlUe Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, June 27.?A preliminary e> nination was held here last Thursday i lecase of J. Harvey Neely, charged wit iolating the BtAtate against duelling, i mllenging J.tT: ^IcMurry tofightaaue he defendant was bound over for trial o le Circuit Court, which meets here to-daj he following is the challenge, which wa nbraced in the affidavit of the proseci ir: At Home, June 14, '87. Mr. J. 0. McMurray?Sir: Your insoler reats, tannts and challenges have been er ired in patience until to-day. Now you hav icomplished your end, and at the same tim und your match. I take this method of vir eating myself, and at the same time give yo e privilege?a settlement has to be made, an iat at once. In answer to your last messagi appoint to-morrow, 15th, at 9 o'clock, betwee , Hicklin and Mrs. Montgomery, each wit le witness, and to meet and settle the mattt inlly without changing a word. I have notl ig to say in relation to fighting you, but wi y and muster up enough courage to meetyo id to stimulate you, to say I believe you to I brag, a liar and an infamous coward. Youi the end. J. Harvey Neely. P. S.-Remember, I mean to nave sausiacuoi id you may depend upon it. Have swallowe sur insolent messages as long as I intend to. . J. H. N. The prosecutor also states in his affidav; that at 9 o'clock. A. M., on the loth Jun< 187, the said J. Harvey Neely was at th lace named in his challenge armed wit double-barreled shotgun loaded." H so states in his affidavit that "he neyt snt any messages, or made any threats t r toward the said J. Harvey Neely, eithe erbal, written or otherwise." The d< mdant in this action blames the prosect >r for accomplishing his suspension froi le membership of Fishing Creek Churcl his led to the present difficulty betwee lera. As no case of a similar kind hi /er been tried in this county, it promise be the most interesting and importar ise at this term of our Circuit Cour he defendant in this action, as your reac s will remember, was the defendant s le late term of the Circuit Court in th debrated Moseley case. He was arreste i the morning of the loth June by th instable and Trial Justice McGill, on th roposed duelling ground, armed an >ady for the fray. He and Mr. McMurra ;e both successful farmers in the neigl Drhood of Fishing Creek Church. The County Commissioners were er aged on last Tuesday in hearing the ot etions to a petition for an election i ourt House township, to subscribe $25,OC > the capital stock of the Georgia, Carol: a and Northern Railroad Company. Ma ulius Mills headed the opposition to th roposed subscription. The Commissior rs, after hearing all the flimsy objection; ecided ifrfavBtof the petitioners and oi ered the election to be held on the lot f July. The friends of the proposed rai )ad are determined pn carrying the ete< on. A son of Mr. James Darby, of Lowryf ille, died suddenly last week, at Mr. Is lei McNinch's, in our town. His deat 'suited from congestion. The closing exercises of the Cheste raded school were held on last Thursda ad Friday. The pupils passed an exce mt examination in their different brand 5 of study. They also acquitted then ;lves in an admirable manner in thei ialogues and recitations. A pleasar :ature of the exercises was the broor rill, by the following girls: Misses Lilli [ardin, Susie Chisholm, Annie Bennefr elle Gunhouse, Susie Atkinson, Ida C( en, Maggie Simril, Janie Hood, Edn arroll, Annie Gill, Maggie McFadder jabel Stringfellow, Ida Wachtel and Ine [unter. They executed the various raovt lents with precision and promptness. The farmers were blessed last week wit ne rains, and as a consequence are no^ imforled with fine crop prospects, ltev. Dr. Hemphill, of Louisville, Ky reached an excellent sermon on Sunda; ight to young men. The example c aniel was held up to them as a model c nitation in his faithfulness to his relig ius convictions, and unflinching discharg i duty. The Circuit Court met this raoruinp udge Norton presiding. Several bill ere handed out by the Solicitor to th rand jury and acted upon as follows: Th tate vs. Molly Gibson and Banks Wooc ard; arson; true bill. Phil Craig, lai my of grain from the field; true bil ime larceny of live stock, true bil -rm. Davis, petit larceny; true bill. J 'arvey Neely, sending challenge to figl: :*U ? .rI.no/41tT ii'Oq nnn t.rilp hill. MOS 1LII a uuavilj T? VMpvt' y ? *?w ? odds, assault of a high and aggravate iture; true bill. William Wilson an liza Wilson, larceny of live stock ; tru ill. Peaded guilty. Bob Gaither an om Romlin, petit larceny; true bil leaded guilty. Win. Lee, grand larceny ue bill. Pleaded guilty. Marcus He} lan, assault and battery with intent t ill; true bill. Tried and found not guilt} M. 1 ? # - ? For tlie Yorkvllle Enquirer. McCOXN ELLSYILLE HIGH SCHOOL. The closing exercises of Prof. J. II Wilson's school at McConnellsville wer eld last Friday evening, opening at S clock. A large audience assemblet iridently expecting a pleasant time, an 1 this they were not disappointed. Th zeroises consisted of declamations, chi ides and music. The efforts of the pu ils were highly creditable to themselve id their teachers, Prof. Wilson, an lisses Addie Diehl and Kate Johnsor ime very amusing characters appeare pon the stage. "Josiah Allen's Wife as present, and entertained us highl ith some grave reflections on busines; he people of McConnellsville and il icinity are to be congratulated upon ha> ig a good school. Somebody. Riot in Louisiana.?A dispatch c Londay from Girard, La., says: A ric :curred at Oakridge this morning abou 30 o'clock, in which one wnue man an x negroes were killed, and several whit len dangerously injured. Parties arri\ ig here to-day, give the following pai culars of the affair: Yesterday evening negro man liviDg in the vicinity of Oak dge, indecently assaulted a white gir [e was arrested about 7 P. M., and whe le deputies were taking him to the cala lose they were fired upon by Jerry Bale! in, colored, his two sons and three othe sgroes, wounding deputies Baker an ardner. The negroes then disperse id later rendezvoused at a negro cabi vo miles from the town. On learnin leir whereabouts, officers went to arres lem. On approaching the cabin the; ere fired upon, and one of their numbei . W. Iligginbotham, was instantly kill 1, and Constables John Conyer, Gardne id Baker dangerously wounded. Du ng the melee which followed, Jerr; aldwin and one of his sons and fou her negroes were killed. Great excite ent prevails at Oakridge, and furthe ouble is apprehended. n LOCAL AFFAIRS. r NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 0 John R. Ashe?Land Sale, s C. K. Spencer, Plaintiff's Attorney?Notice to Absent Defendants. ^ Withers Adickes?Received this Week. , Hunter it Oates?Previous. Jno. C. Kuykendal?Make a Note of This. W. S. Creighton it Co., Rock Hill?Just Re! ceived. y James K. Kennedy, Probate Judge?Citation? e ' Robert N. McElweo, Applicant?Miles jf Wallace, deceased. May it' May?Just Arrived. '' Parish it Kennedy?Plonty to Eat and Drink, u W. C. Latimer?As Cheap as Anywhere. M. C. Willis?I Take Pleasure." i- Lowry it Starr?Machine Oil?Seeds, <te. kt H. F. Adickes?Just Opened This Week. ^ UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 18S8. ? The Enquiukb will bo furnished from this date until January 1st, 1888, for $1.20. 0 CADET JENKINS. 6 Cadet John M. Jenkins, of Yorkville, a re13 cent graduate of the West Point Military AcadO""' lioiili/inn aaciicmnrl tr? rlnfv n? ?f>r>r?nrl 1 ifill ? will J t ??o uvwu ?V ~? ~ tenant in the Fifth Cavalry. y A CORRECTION. e It is due to Mr. Henry Latham to say that of i* the cotton blooms we noticed last week, the one purporting to come from his field and phvked on the 19th, (Sunday) was brought to this office 'j' without his knowledge, nor did he know that a bloom had been sent from his house until he read the item. ANOTHER RAILROAD IN YORK. Col. B. S. Guion, ongineer on the line of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad, was in Yorkville last Saturday for the purpose of n having recorded in the clerk's office the right h of way for his road through thirteen tracts of II land in this county, all in Catawba township. V DEATH OP Mrs. GOOD. r. Mi's. M. L. Good, the lady whose illness we noted last week, died on Thursday night, havl ing been confined to her bed 25 days, during which time she swallowed no other nourishment except small quantities of water and cofit fee. She died at the residence of her brother, l~ Dr. B. E. Feemster, and was in the 64th year of her age. _____ 'J READING AND MUSIC. d The next reading and musical entertainment e, under the auspices of the ladies of the Presbyn terian church will take place on Friday evenh ing next, at the residence of Mr.G. II. O'Leary, j. commencing at H.30 o'clock. Arrangements 11 have been made for securing the services of the u phenomenal musicians, the Grimes children, of 10 Columbia, who will perform on this occasion. 19 A general invitation is extended to the public. d K YORK INSTITUTE. The closing exercises of the above institution in this place, Prof. J. T. Roberts principal, occurred on Friday evening last with reading, recitations and instrumental music, in which ? the pupils acquitted themselves very credita. bly. By invitation Rev. Roger Martin deliver? ed an address, choosing for his subject, "The Art of Living," in the treatment of which he 1 entertained the largo audience for upward of an hour with a discourse embodying practical j thoughts interspersed with humor. PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Cora Kuykendal is visiting friends n near McConnellsville. [s Miss Mary Arledge, of Charlotte, N. C., is visiting friends in this place, j. Mrs. S. W. Guy, of Lowrysville, is visiting ^ her parents in this place, f Mrs. R. H. Glenn, of this place, is visiting e Mrs. Wade H. Williford, of Winnsboro. d Mrs. E. C. Willis, of Barnwell, is in Yorke ville, visiting her son, Mr. M. C. Willis. e Mr. J. A. Tate, student at Furman Universid ty, and Mr. T. S. Bratton, of the South Carolina y College, have returned to their homes to spend 1- the Summer vacation. Mr. Wm. H. Speck, formerly of this place, 1- but now a citizen of Palatka, Florida, arriyed )- in town on Saturday afternoon. He loft on n Monday to visit relatives in Lincolnton, N. C. 0 Col. R. A. Johnson, general manager of the [" Massachusetts and Southern Construction Com-# 1. nonv ond Phiof T<!n{rinpor ATatsnn arrived here ' y e Saturday evening and left on Monday for Camdon. 3, " . f- A DURABLE PAINT. J1 We feel that wo can render a practical service to those who contemplate house painting, whether on old or new work, by calling to their attention the merits of the "Pure Prepared 3" Paint," prepared by Longman <fc Martinez, of ?" New York, and sold in Yorkville by John C. Kuykendal. We have used this paint on our ,r own buildings, with the most gratifying rev suits, and from our observation since its intro|_ ducti<^n in this market several years ago, we are fully convinced that it possesses every i_ merit claimed for it, and that as a durable coatr ing for the protection of wood it is superior to it white lead. When this paint, ready mixed for q use, was first introduced, it met with the ope position of some painters who thought they t, saw in it a departure of their power as possess) ors of a secret knowledge in the art of mixing a colors ; but so far from injuring them in this l, respect, their business has increased as a result of improved methods, and as their prejudices have been overcome, they are but few now who will advocate the method of painting with n white lead in preference to using the paints of v Longman <fc Martinez. All colors suitable for house-painting are prepared, ready mixed for '' use, and all information desired by those con^ templating painting will be furnished by Dr. Kuykendal, who controls the paint in this marr. ket. ) e THE CIRCUIT COURT. r An unauthorized statement havinggone from lg Yorkville that the approaching term of the e Circuit Court for York county would not cong vene until Tuesday, the 5th of July, the first |. Monday occurring on the Fourth, the attention _ of jurors, witnesses and suitors is directed to [, the following note from Judge Norton to the j 1. Clerk of the Court, which fully explains itself: f. Chester, S. C., June 25,1887. it J. F. Wallace, Esq., Dear Sir: I shall hold e the Court on the 4th of July. I have no doubt jj that by doing so I shall promote the interests ^ of your people. If we succeed in getting the ^ co-operation of the bar, we will be able to do *? a full day 's worK. lours iruiy, d J. J. Norton. ! From the above it will be seen that the Judge > expects all having business in the Sessions r" Court to be in prompt attendance on Monday. 0 The indications are that the Sessions business r' will be light, there being only four prisoners in jail for trial, as follows : Effie Conner, colored, charged with arson, in which case there was a mistrial at the last term. James Webb, colored, charged with burglary e and larceny. 'J Simpson Petty, colored, charged with assault '? and battery with intent to kill. " Martha Cox, white, charged with resisting ? an oflicer. l" In addition to the above, the following prisoners are in jail for the reasons specified: ^ Alfred Berry, colored; serving sentence of j trial justice's court. Elijah Sutton, colored ; serving out sentence ? of Circuit Court. y Anthony Blalock and Henry McCullough, serving out sentence of the United States ;g Court. r- Sam Meek, awaiting trial in the U. S. Circuit Court on the charge of violating the internal revenue laws. if >t RAILROAD NOTES, it While Chief Engineer Matson admits that the d chartered title of the railroad is too cumbere some for colloquial purposes, he thinks the term "Three C's" too flippant to be applied to > an enterprise of its magnitude and importance; >1 and in view of the fine coal and mineral region j" through which it runs, he proposes to club it ' tlio "Magnetic Line," which appellation he n trusts will he generally adopted as short, eu.l* phonious and appropriate. Col. Matson is entitled to the privilege of bestowing upon the j road a permanent diminutive name. ^ The road has just received two new locomon tives, weighing 45 tons each, made to order by _ the Schenectady locomotive works, and after jf. the most improved designs. They are named y "Rutherford" and "Cleveland" respectively. The next one will be named "York." It has [. also received 15 now freight cars of 40,(KM) r pounds capacity each. 1- Previous to tho reception of the above equipy ment, the company returned for taxation 2 r passenger coachos, 1 baggage car, 2 box cars, i- 12 llat cars, 7 hand cars and 9 push cars. The r completed track from Black's to Rutherford ton is 43 3-5 milos of main track and one mile of side track. Four miles are in South Carolina, iuj 21 in Cleveland and 18 3-5 in Rutherford. The j we assessment in South Carolina is $5,000per mile; j Th in North Carolina it is $3,500 per mile. j am The Shelby New Ei~a notes the arrival in that | tin town last week of Col. P. P. Dickinson, the well th< known engineer and contractor, who with other kn railroad men passed over the line on a tour of ,ni inspection. It was the opinion of all the vis- esc itors that the road bed is the finest they over saw on a new road. A stretch of eight miles of grading this side * of Camden is now complete, and cross ties and t01 track will soon be laid and a construction train will be run. * frg On Thursday morning, says a correspondent of the Columbia Iietjisler, Mrs. Ira B. Jones, of Lancaster, gave birth to three girls. The mother and babies are all doing well. Mr. Jones is somewhat puzzled to know what to do in this CQ| streak of good fortune, but he believes he will ge name the triplets "Charleston," "Cincinnati" frj and "Chicago" or the "Three C's," and he also jjj thinks his county ought to vote another sub- wj scription. th Mr. O. W. Bowman, assistant engineer, pass- bl< ed through town yesterday to join Engineer th' rv iUKur a uurpa uu i/iic aovcuiu loaiuouuj, um- jui ing been transferred from the second. he The engineer corps of the Georgia and Carolina Midland survey, under Engineer Whitner, arrived at Union from Newberry last Friday. 1 Col. Matson is of opinion that they will cross da Broad River into York countv this week. !_ ru CHURCH NOTICES. W< Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. w! C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at w, 10.30, A. M. and 8.30, P. M. Sunday-school at ?,( 5 P. M. J? Baptist?Ret. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Ser- . 1 vices at Union next Sunday at 11 o'clock, A. M.t , communion after service. Preaching in Yorkyille at 5 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.45. Pray- pj er-meeting this evening at 8.30. W( Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Sunday-school at 5 P. M. to Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 8,30 P. M. Sunday-school at 5.30 P. M. Prayer- jd meeting at 8.30 P. M. to-morrow. iei Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, qi Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M., vi by the pastor, and at 8.30 P. M., by Rev. J. W. ri< Arial. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. There will de be no prayer-meeting this evening. er ab TAXABLE PROPERTY IN YORK. 18 County Auditor Williams has completed his nc abstracts of real and personal property in York be county for the fiscal year commencing Xovem- en ber 1st, 1880. From these abstracts we compile SU the following: * 1 REAL ESTATE NOT IN TOWNS. C0 Township. Acres. Value. ?J" Bethel, 41,765 S'202,590 Betbesda, 50,408 269,400 Fj Broad River, 35,600 164,695 til Bullock's Creek,..51,776 230,430 Df Catawba, 59,280 298,510 n, Cherokee 50,498 227,850 "i ' o-t rum Kto rrfi W1 ...o(tuua Fort Mill, 32,044 177,355 n? King's Mountain, 51,571 204,985 til York, 59,791 316,065 th Total 469,802 $2,305,350 The following shows the number of buildings not in towns, and the value thereof in the respective cr townships: Jfl Township. Number. Value. id Bethel, 263 840,270 la: Bethesda, 303 39,855 to Broad River,.: 162 27,755 Bullock's Creek, 275 30,005 fi; Catawba, 366 43,890 11( Cherokee 308 40,260 aE Ebenezer, 173 21,280 in Fort Mill, 266 31,005 at King's Mountain, 313 31,215 th York, 366 41,765 fa Total, 2,795 $353,300 * J? Total value of land, $2,305,350 "U Total value of buildings, 353,300 m Cg $2,658,650 A REAL ESTATE IN TOWNS. ca In the towns of Yorkville, Clo- m ver, Black's, Fort Mill, and Rock pr Hill, including Ebenezer, there are 737 lots valued at $153,505 ; 730 buildings valued at $427,885, makinga total value of ? 581,390 at Ui Total value of real estate $3,240,040 th PERSONAL PROPERTY. V The following returns show the w aggregate of personal property, moneys and credits in the county: Article. Number Value. fog Horses, 1,917 $106,760 ]a Cattle 6,756 72,823 th Mules and Asses, 3,692 204,492 Sheep and Goats, 2.845 2,845 Hogs, 3,943 9,169 60 Gold Watches, &C......727 17,348 . OS Pianos and Organs,....168 14,100 SO Pleasure Carriages, 3,732 91,766 lii Tlncrs 2.912 14.700 w o-t ? . ? Merchandise, 267,305 Manufactures, 1,585 J" Manufactured articles for one year 1S4,409 Of Value of moneys, in- be eluding circulating W notes and bank bills, 20,895 lit Value of all credits 26-1,775 pn Stocks, 250 Bonds not exempt 51,885 Value of all other prop- ?** erty, 271,963 W; Express, Telegraph and fif Insurance Companies, 14,083? ?1,622,123 th ? ar Grand total ?4,802,163 The above is exclusive of railroad property in the county subject to taxation. The taxable jj, valuation of the railroad property in the county is ?438,387. In the returns for 188(5, as compared ot with the returns for 1885, there is an increase of ?14,132' in the valuation of real estate and a of decrease of ?305,091 in the valuation of personal H property. W. ???? th SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? President McBryde has withdrawn his re resignation and consents to continue to T( serve as President of the South Carolina cj College. Ci ? The crops in Lancaster are being re- w vived by refreshing showers, though the farmers are still fighting the chinch bug, which nevertheless multiplies and spreads, m ? The Lancaster Court of General Sessions co adjourned afteroneday'ssessi.on, last week, w: Only three cases were tried. Lancaster is sa to be congratulated on the decrease of th crime in her midst. ra ? Citizensof Fairview township, Green- w: ville county, are arming an organization Pa in consequence of the organization of P[ Hoover societies among the negroes in that neighborhood. uf ? Mrs. L. M. Bonner has been chosen principal of Due West Female College, {P with her step-son, Mr. H. E. Bonner, as JP vice-principal. Mr. Bonner is also post master at Due West. 7^ ? A full investigation of the reported ^ troubles in Laurens county represents that ^ the story that the negroes were preparing W) for a lawless uprising was without found- WJ ation. th ? Rev. L. W. Tribble, a Baptist minis- cl< ter who lived about one and a half miles P( south of Anderson, died on the night of nc the 20th instant from erysipelas. His suf- to fering was intense?so much so that his Tl eyeballs actually bursted out of their sock- ar ets before death came to his relief. The in disease appeared in the shape of a little in pimple on the upper lip, near the nose, bl From this it spread all over the face. The ar deceased was about 55 years of age. th ? The case of Blackwood, the South Carolina forger, came up for trial in the Superior Court at Augusta, Ga., last Wednes- m. day.. Upon being arraigned, he pleaded A guilty to three indictments for forgeries P? to the amount of $130. He also pleaded vi guilty of having attempted to pass a forged t*e check on another person in Augusta. His ni counsel made a strong appeal for mercy, m and Judge Roney gave him nine years at ea hard labor in the chain gang. Thus the ba inter-State issue is now at an end. ag ? Says the Columbia Record: "The edu- ?n cational institutions in South Carolina seem to have been unusually successful *n during the scholastic year now closing. lr* This is truly encouraging; and we hope cr it is but the promise of still better things in every coming year. While we have y( assurances of an unprecedented revival of V our industrial interests, we should not for- sjj get that our schools at last are the surest gu foundation on which to build up prosperity and greatness." pr ? A dispatch to the News and Courier lal says: Thursday morning J. L. Hamlin, of fai Abbeville, was shot and killed by A. C. M and R. Norton, at McNeil's saw mill, Par- an ler's Station, on the Eutawyille Railroad, ra in Orangeburg county. Hamlin was haul- of f lumber, and being caught in the rain snt into his house t< change his clothes, ere R. Norton and himself had words, d Hamlin ordered him out, when Norton jwa pistol and shot him. A. C. Norton ?n ran and stabbed Hamlin with a large ife. Mr. Wilson, who works at the saw 11, went between them and narrowly aped being killed, as R. Norton shot a :ond time. Then A. C. Norton turned his son saying, "Ho r.jt shoot again, chard!" They both were arrested and mmitted to Orangeburg jail. -A Spartanburg dispatch of Monday to 9 Columbia Register, says: A horrible igedy was enacted yesterday alt Valley ills Cotton Factory, five miles above this y. George S. Turner, the proprietor of e factory, became engaged in a dispute th one of his employees over a little acunt involving one dollar and three cents, veral hours afterward, the employee, a endless German, who came here from inois, last Fall, returned to the store lere Turner was standing, when Turner rust a shot gun through the window and 3W the laborer's brains out, scattering em over the road. No further particu s of the tragedy have yet been received i*o 'Pnrnor hoa nr>f. hppn flrrpsfpfl. MERE-MENTION. Two million postal cards are printed ,ily at present. It is a well known 2t among railroad men that on railroads nning north and south the west rails 3ar out the faster; that five rails will 3ar out on the west side of the track hile three are doing service on the east ie. A man at Americus, Ga., went bed thinking so intently of a mulberry 3e that he was to transplant in the morng, that he got up in his sleep and transanted the tree and went back to bed ithout waking up. Indian River, orida, is said to be the straightest in tlffe arid. A straight line can be drawn rough it for seventy-five miles without uching shore. The Fidelity NationBank of Cincinnati has suspended, with ibilities of $0,000,000, and the Vige-Present, the Cashier and the Assistant Cashr are in jail. The citizens of Albulerque, New Mexico, have organized a gilance committee, and contemplate iding the country of malefactors of all tgrees who infest it. Adjutant-Genal 3)rum, who has raised such a bobbery out the flags, was a Blaine man in 84. The Queen's jubilee is pro>unced by the English press to have ten a grand success. Among the presits she received was a purse of ?75,000, bscribed by three million women. The resident of the United States sent the ngratulations of the people 6f his govnment. The New York Commercial dvertiser advises the members of the iftieth-Congress to study public ques3ns before they assemble in Washington ixt December. There were 171 busies failures in the United States last eek. The presence of many promimt Democrats in Washington at this me lends color to the rumor in that city at there is to be a conference with re,rd to party policy, revenue reduction, c. Grasshoppers are reported to be sry destructive to the grain and garden ops of Ottertail county, Minn. Gen. imes Speed, attorney general under Present Lincoln, died at Louisville, Ky., 3t Saturday morning. It now seems be definitely settled tt\at no extra ses)n of Congress will be called. No juor-seller will hereafter be received into ly Masonic Lodge in Dakota, either by itiation or affiliation, the Grand Lodge Huron having adopted a resolution to at effect. The United States Senate r the ensuing twelve months will cost 80,000 for salaries of members, and $33,0 for their mileage fees, with nearly as uch more ($344,942 82) for Senatorial offirs, clerks, messengers, &c. A fire in rmour's pork packing establisment, Chigo, last Sunday morning destroyed a illion and a charter's worth of pork and operty. On to-morrow the Mormons Utah will hold a Constitutional Convenan. They intend to frame a constitution id apply to Congress for the elevation of lah to the rank of a State. Work by e surveyors on the road from Roanoke, a., to Winston, N. C., is to begin in two eeks, it is stated. The Kentucky Vendetta.?Another ittle occurred in Rowan county, Ky., st Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. In is fight Craig Tolliver, the desperado ho has lorded over that section, was killl. It is said that a large party of men, tensibly led by Dr. Logan, whose two ns were murdered in cold blood by Toiler men about two weeks ago, and who as in jail in Lexington at the time of the agedy, had organized a band of regulars for the purpose of ridding the county the desperadoes. Rumors of this band ling in the neighborhood of Morehead ere frequent. Wednesday morning, at a ;tle after 9 o'clock, the regulators, being ncealed in closfe proximity of Morehead, >ened fire on Tolliver and some of his ing, who were on the streets. Tolliver as killed in the engagement, and the fht assumed a bushwhacking character, e men hiding behind houses and trees id shooting at any one that could be seen, eports differ as to the number killed, one acing the number at five, including Toller; while another stated that Craig filiver, two of his brothers and thirteen hers had been killed. A later dispatch corroborates the story the killing of the three Tollivers and arvey Cooper. Sheriff Hogg's posse had arrants for the arrest of the men, and ey were supplied with arms and amunition by Governor Knott. F" *ce was ily resorted to after the desperaaoes had fused to submit to arrest. Bud and Jay Dlliver were cousins, not brothers of aig Tolliver. Andy Tolliver, another of aig's cousins, escaped. He was slightly ounded. Sowing the Seeds.?Says the Baltiore Sun: It has been stated in these lumns, on the authority of a gentleman riting from North Carolina, that eraisries from the North are at work among e colored people creating discontent and ce antipathies in the hope that, benefit ill result therefrom to the Republican irty. There are several interests to be omoted by such a propaganda. Senator lerman and Mr. Blaine rely largely >011 an outcry of discontent from the lored voters of the South for an issue the next Presidential election, and ey are embarrassed by the circumstance at at present there is no discontent and > outcry. But they can be manufacturI, and the work is now to be taken in ind. If the colored man were to vote e Republican ticket, it is argued, he Duld somehow vote himself higher ages, which would impair the power of e South to make cheap iron and cotton ath and would thus sustain wages in mnsylvania and Massachusetts. The >rthern workman is ruined, according Mr. Blaine, by colored cheap labor, le theory is ingenious, though baseless, id we may count on the "emissaries" North Carolina and elsewhere producg in due time in the New York Tribune ood-curdling accounts of the low wages id poverty of the colored employee of e South. The Last Survivor of Custer's Comand.?Thomas Underwood, a native of lamance, N. C., but who for a lew years st has been living in and near Gainslie, Ark., died in destitute circumstans near that town recently. He was a ember of Gen. Custer's ill-starred comaud, which was so ruthlessly slaughter by Sitting Bull and his Indians at the ,ttle of Little Rosebud, several years o?and so far as is known was the only ie of the little band of heroes to escape ath on that bloody day, he himself beg desperately wounded in several places, ton .the effects of which he has been a ipple ever since. Imported Contract Labor.?In New ork last Monday, Collector Magone instigated the case of eighteen French k weavers who landed at Castle Garden inday, and ordered that they be sent ck to France under thp act of Congress ohibiting the importation of contract bor. The investigation developed the ct that the weavers were under contract. . Chaffanjon will appeal to the courts for l injunction, and meanwhile the Frenchen will be caredfor by the Castle Gardeu ticials.