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t ~~ miI (fatte. ^ * ? Advocates of prohibition say that it certainly does diminish crime, and point with exultation to the fact that for the first time in the history of Iowa, the penitentiary at Fort Madison, is without a sufficient number of convicts to enable the authorities to fill contracts made upon the basis of the usual supply. ? The new capitol of Texas is to be in the shape of a Greek cross, with rotunda and tall dome at the intersection of the main corridors. It is 562 feet long and 288 feet in greatest width, classical in style, and approximating to the National capitol at Washington. It will be the largest State capitol in the Union. ? The State Supreme Court of Missouri, in the case of Brooks alias Maxwell, condemned for the murder of C. Arthur Preller, and sentenced to be hanged August 12, has overruled the motion for a rehearing. A tttoo nrvo ntorl fn rlpfpndfint un A H3JIIIX7VO TT CIO giuuwv* w til August 26th. The defense will take an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. ? The Forty-Sixth Ohio Regiment, without the fear of Governor Foraker before their eyes, propose to return to the Thirtieth Louisiana, the battle flag which they captured from that regiment in July, 1864. The two regiments will hold a reunion sometime in August, and the Governor will probably not undertake to interfere with the festivities. ? Half of the new quays at Zug, a Swiss watering plape, fell into the lake last Tuesday night. Forty houses, a crowded inn ana the Hotel Zurich, a four-story structure, full of visitors, vanished entirely. The occupants of the building were engulfed yhile they slept, and at least 100 perished/ The scene or the catastrophe is the capital of the canton of Zug, situated on the east shore of the lake of that name, and 52 miles north-east of Berne. ? Governor Gordon, of Georgia, was hung in effigy last Friday at Dalton, from the gallows erected to hang Holman who was sentenced to death for murdering'a young woman in Whitfield county last year, because he commuted the sentence to imprisonment for life. Four thousand people, who had flocked to Dalton to witness the hangingof Holman, became so indignant at Governor Gordon's action, that they heaped upon his effigy every indignity. ? If the concentric rings in trees are a correct index of their age, that mysterious structure near Manchester, Coffee county, Tenn., called the Old Stone Fort, is of a very ancient origin. The trees growing on the rude stone walls that surround the old structure show, by their rings, fully five hundred years growth. These trees, now being cut away, are the only witnesses to the age of the stone work. Will their testimony be accepted by historians? Will the antiquarians ever find out who .built that old stone fort, and for what purpose? ? The Evangelist Sam Jones was all the r^ge in Baltimore last winter. Thousands were turned away every night because they could not secure seats in the hall where his services were held. On Saturday night the revivalist delivered a lecture to which an admission fee of fifty cents was charged. Instead of the thousands he was accustomed to speak to in Baltimore, there were not a hundred people in the hall. But Jones struggled on with his Georgia philosophy for an hour, and then, alluding to certain contrasts, exclaimed: "Good Lord, how a fifty-cent admission thins them out!" ? The Commissioner of Agriculture has given formal notice to its owners of the abandonment by the government of the land at Summerville, S. C., recently occupied as an experimental farm. The permanent improvements made by the government revert to the owners of the prop?1? T? nnfina fho Hnrnmis. tjriy J.LI giviug lino uvuvv VMV sioaer writes: "On behalf of the government I desire to express its appreciation of the public spirit of the late Mr. Middleton in so generously co-operating in the important experiments which have been made at Summerville?experiments which have been none the less valuable because they proved futile." ? The most exciting and extraordinary election ever held in Floyd county, Ga., occured last Saturday, in which Prohibition won by a five hundred majority out of a registered vote of 2,907. Three out of eleven county precincts gave majorities against prohibition. There were many ladies, girls and children present all day. The voting was done at the court house. Ladies furnished free dinners to negroes voting Prohibition, and such white men as desired were also bountifully fed with a Prohibition meal. Prohibition banners and transparencies adorned the grounds, whilst a negro brass band attachment from Atlanta regaled the locality with music. ? Delia Heinby, son of the old head chief of the Cherokee nation, was put upon trial in Arkansas charged with the murder of his sweetheart. He pleaded not guilty, and then began to sing the wild death song of his tribe, and continued till taken out of court. The murder of the fine Indian girl has resulted in the death of about 100 warriors of the Choctaw tribe (to which the girl belonged) and adjoining tribes who took a hand in the family tight. Young Heinby, while pleading not guilty, deemed it best, in view of the situation, to attune his voice to the "death song." ? A negro named George Griffith was lynched at Lexington, Ga., at about 1 o'clock last Sunday morning. On Friday night he entered the room of Miss Sallie Schakelford, a highly respected young lady, and attempted to outrage her. He concealed himself in the house until she retired, when he entered her room. When Miss Schakelford discovered his preseuce rtrvlK*t +Kq tKrnaf Tho vniUlO* 1IC DClliCU 1IU1 UJ Witv ituvuv* AMV J lady fought desperately and tore his face badlv with her nails. A child's scream in another room frightened him and he escaped. A dog tracked him and he was captured. He was given a terrible beating. The crowd had a rope around his neck early in the evening, but were dissuaded from carrying out their intention by other parties. At 1 o'clock Sunday morning, however, he was taken from the jail and hanged. ? W. H. Heard, a colored man of Charleston, S. C., who complained to the Interstate Commerce Commission of discrimination against him on account of color by the Georgia Railroad, has reduced his complaint to the form of an affidavit, which document has been received by the commission. It sets forth that complainant having purchased a first class ticket from Cincinnati to Charleston, was, when in company with Dr. Wesley J. Gaines and Mrs. Jennie Gunsagger, compelled by the employes of the Georgia Railroad at Atlanta to enter what is known on said Georgia Railroad as the44 Jim Crow car." This car, he avers, was inferior to the first class cars, was dirty, and one-half of it was a smoking car. He asks that said Georgia Railroad be compelled to furnish equal accomodations to persons holding first class tickets "irrespective of race or color, according to the act of Congress in such cases made and provided." ? Perry county, Ind., is wildly excited over the defalcation and flight of Hinton Miller, the county treasurer. He owes the county $40,000 and private parties $10,000 more. The county safe, when opened, contained nothing of value. Following on Treasurer Combs'defalcation and imprisonment laot ,.no f if io harrf tft finH ft tlPVlT uuiucut iaov j tai j iv ao ?n?iV4 v ?. treasurer, as bondsmen cannot be obtained. Miller's bondsmen are trying to avoid the liability. Floy Mason, a wealthy citizen, will probably be induced to serve. To make the matter more desperate, Prosecuting Attorney Vance has absconded, having been detected in bribing jurors. Some of the latter will probably follow suit. Vance was highly respected. He leaves a small family and Miller a large one. ? Falling back from the battle-flag incident, the New York Tribune, has found a new issue in Grover Cleveland's army substitute. A man named Brinski has been turned up who says that he represented Mr. Cleveland in the army for the sum of $150. He is now in bad health. He thinks he ought to have had $300 for the services he rendered, and an effort is made to create the impression that the President vl v ought to take care of his destitute ex-substitute. This is a powerful issue to raise on the verge of the Presidential campaign. It may revive an interest in the man who represented Mr. Blaine on the array rolls. It is claimed that this man served most of his time in jail in Maine, while Mr. Cleveland's man, according to his own statement, spent his time nursing the wounded in hospitals. According to this standard the country owes Mr. Cleveland a larger debt of gratitude than it owes Mr. Blaine. forkvHIe tihtynim. YORKVILLE, S. C. : nrrmvncm A V TfTT V 19 1CC7 TTEiUilLOl/Al, UUUJL if) iuui . THE MORMON CONVENTION. The Constitution of the proposed Staie of Utah was completed and adopted last Friday by the Mormon Convention in session at Salt Lake City. The provisions for the entire separation of Church and State, for non-sectarian education, for- | bidding the employment or rejection of school teachers on account of their faith or. non-belief in any doctrine or sect, forbidding bigamy and polygamy and providing penalties therefor, not to be changed or amended without the consent of Congress and the President, and apportioning representation, as recently provided for the Territory, so as to favor the minority, and other important sections, were all adopted in their entirety. The Utah commission will permit votes for ratification or rejection of the constitution to be counted by the election judges, the vote to be taken at the general election on August 1. The convention adjourned, subject to the call of the president. There is much discussion on the polygamy provisions. The members of the convention express their sincere desire to settle the question, but it is understood that the prohibitory law will be enforced bona fide by the State if admitted to the Union. Everything was fully debated by the convention. Only registered voters who have taken the test oath will be al lowed to vote on the question. The matter excites intense interest. Reviewing the action of the Convention, the Salt Lake City Tribune pronounces the section of the proposed Constitution abolishing polygamy a fraud. The section, it says, fails to condemn unlawful cohabitation, and adds: "All that a Mormon would need to do in order to live up to his religion, would be to quietly marry polygamously and keep the knowledge of the fact from obstrusively offending the Mormon prosecuting attorney for three years, and thereafter he could live in most shameless and indecent polygamy, with neither law nor constitution to say hi in nay. He would also be backed by the church and dominant sentiment, and the constitution would be laughed to scorn, as the church programme contemplates." The Tribune contrasts this move with the declaration of grievances and protests made by Mormons two years ago, in upholding polygamy in the true church doctrine and complaining of legislation against it as infringing on the rights of conscience. Delegate Cain presided at the * ' ' XLS meeting at wmcn mis was nuupicu, ?uu signed it as chairman. He also presided over the constitutional convention. The same persons and the same powers ordain both, then and now?then in earnest, now parading for effect and with an attempt to deceive the public. If admitted as a State the priesthood will have it all their own way. A MANLY LETTER. The acceptance by President Cleveland of an invitation to attend the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at St. Louis, next month, having created dissatisfaction and much adverse comment in the ranks of that organization, he has written a manly and dignified letter giving sufficient reasons for declining the invitation that he had accepted before the affront was put upon him and his high office?an indignity which seems to be a part of the tactics of the opposition party to create political capital and place the President before the people of the country as a "rebel sympathiser," a synonym which has been obsolete for many years, and which can never again be revived. Butthreatsand insults were leveled against him by the corporal's squad in the G. A. R. who compose the color guard for specially flaunting the bloody shirt, and while they frantically wave their ensanguined but time-worn and tattered emblem, he quietly steals a march on them by declining to give those heroes an opportunity for further display of their bombastic efforts to save a Union which has already proved indestructible. The President's course is generally commended. Discussing the question in Washington, his friends say he pursued the proper course, in view of all the abuse that has been heaped upon him by prominent Grand Army men. No gentleman would force himself upon a community when he was not wanted, and under the circumstances they think that the President's action will be approved by all reasonable men. At the White House, it is said, the St. Louis affair may not intorforo with the President's contemplated Western trip, as other Western cities seem to be anxious to have him visit them. A member of the Cabinet, speaking of the subject said it was unfortunate that a few men were allowed to spoil the pleasure of many. The business men of St. Louis, and those who were anxious to welcome Mr. Cleveland to that city, not as a Democrat, but as the President of the United States, must, he added, feel provoked at the course pursued by the Grand Army people. The President's visit to St. Louis would have benefitted that city upwards of one million dollars, and those persons who had begun to prepare for his reception will probably condemn the interference by outsiders in unmistakable terms. In St. Louis the opinion is freely expressed that the Grand Army will be the chief sufferer by the President's refusal to visit that city. Already several business houses have declined to pay the subscriptions they made to the Grand Army fund. ! One subscriber said : "I think the Grand j Army fund will be reduced to $25,000 by ! the President's letter and his refusal to { come to the city. The finance committee ! has collected more than half the amount j subscribed, but there still remains over. | $40,000 to be collected. It is probable that | many of the subscriptions will be scratched i off in view of the President's action." j The First Bale.?The first bale of Georgia new crop cotton, weighing 433 ! pounds, was sold at auctioif on the floor of the New York Cotton Exchange, last Friday. After spirited bidding by members of the Exchange, it was knocked down at 20 cents per pound. The grade was considered green and its market value between 9 and 10 cents. THE PETITION' WITHDRAWN. J The petition that was in circulation, to j be signed by such freeholders of York county us might desire to do so, requesting i the County Commissioners to order an 1 election to be held at which a vote would i be taken on the proposition to substitute a 1 county subscription of $300,000 for the \ townshipsubscriptionsnow made,amount- < ing to $217,000, the $83,000 in excess of the original township subscriptions to be applied to the Augusta and Charlotte division of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, has been withdrt wn. The letter of Col. R. A. Johnson, General Manager of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, to Maj. Jas. F. j Hart, counsel for the company, making * known the fact, is as follows: , Charlotte, N. C., July 7th, 1887. T . ...... T.l TT . i iutljur JAi>l?S r. 11AKT, ^UUllBCl, OiU. . ( My DearSir: Sometime since, when our i railroad company contemplated the merg- i ing of the Georgia and Carolina Midland ( Railroad,underconstruction from Augusta, * Ga., to Union, S. CM into the Charleston, ( Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Compa- ( ny, no definite plan of connection east of c Union had been decided upon. s The original plan of the Georgia and { Carolina Midland Railroad Company was i to run from Union to Gaffney City, thence to intersect our railroad at some point in g the vicinity of Forest City, in Rutherford c county, N. C. The towns and townships i between Union and Gaffney City have ^ voted a subscription of about $120,000, and t these subscriptions are recorded and valid t beyond question. During the considera- c jjtion of the question of merging the Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad into 4 the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago i Railroad Company, I had frequently been t asked and urged to bring the railroad from i Union into York county, through Bullock's Creek township. f My reply to these suggestions has been i that our Company would certainly not ( abandon the subscription, amounting to t over $100,000, upon the line between Union 1 and Gaffney City, when, at the same time, j a connection by the way of Gaffney City is i in some respects more desirable to us, by i reason of the fact that we would thus ( obtain a beavy iocai tramc, wnicn we f could not hope to secure by any connection or route in York county. I conferred fully with several intelligent citizens of York county, and the belief was freely expressed that the county ought and would act liberally to secure a railroad connection so advantageous and from a direction so desirable to the county. I had always felt that I should be greatly pleased to have an opportunity to give Bullock's Creek township such railroad facilities as it desires, especially as its people had so generously voted to our company a subscription equal to the limit allowed by the Constitution. This desire, coupled with the belief that t the Augusta division, running through York county and giving to us and the people along the line a Charlotte connection, which would so clearly make the whole enterprise a county matter, induced me to put in circulation the petitions which have recently been offered to the freehold voters of York county for their signatures ; and here I may add, in reply to certain accusations which I learn have been made against certain individuals and sections, that the proposition to submit the question of a county subscription, as well as the terms and conditions of the petitions, originated solely and entirely with our company. If the petitions had been promptly signed and adopted, a loss of $40,000 in subscriptions to the company would have been caused by relinquishing the Gaffney r route for that through York county. T nnnlH see no wronc in the DrODOSition to exchange the township for a county c subscription, especially as the Augusta ? section would aad largely to the taxable j property of the county, over and above i that which will be added by the construe- ? tion -f the main line of our road. And I g conf .ss myself simple enough to have in- ] dulged in the belief that the people would 1 promptly have seized the opportunity to \ secure the great benefits which would } have accrued therefrom. t The petitions were placed in the hands ? of canvassers on Thursday, the 30th of {] June, and on Monday, the 4th of July, a <3 meeting was held by the people of York- ? ville, the object of which was to prevent rj the signing of the petitions by the people t of the county, upon the avowed grounds: f 1st. That it did not originate with the ( Yorkville people. 1 2nd. That they had not been consulted in regard to its terms; and , 3rd. The location was not sufficiently definite to suit the people of Yorkville. c The legitimate inference from the resolutions of the Yorkville meeting is this? that the petitions did not definitely fix the t line of the Augusta division through the c town of Yorkville. But no objection was ? raised at that meeting to the general prin- t ciple involved in the proposition for a s county vote, nor upon the ground that in- c justice might be done to any other part of ? the county. ? Of course, I could not discriminate in t favor of the people of Yorkville by giving < them such guarantee as they requested, t for the following reasons: ? 1st. The location of the Georgia and Gar- 1 olina Midland Railroad, a line which will t be of so much importance to our system, 1 will require the most careful and mature ? consideration, and is to be determined by c accurate and painstaking surveys by our 1 engineers as to cost of construction, and also by the Company, with a view to traffic 1 adyantages. s 2nd. It seemed to me that so far as the 1 general interests of the county are con- ] cerned, the adoption of any one of the ? routes through York county, as indicated 1 in the petitions, would secure to the whole I county, by means of the connection with 2 the main line, direct communication with ? the south-west. fi 3rd. The Charleston, Cincinnati and s Chicago Railroad Company has already c had one unpleasant and bitter election ex- ? perience with the people of Yorkville, 1 which grew out of an assured fixed line \ ^ -*r 1 Ml- 3 1 / irom isiacK's 10 lorKvuie, ?uu naviu^ j a vivid recollection of the labor, inconve- i nience and expense of inducing the people ( of Yorkville to modify the terms and conditions of theirsubscription so asto permit ^ us to build by the way of Hickory Grove, c and thus to secure a practicable route, and > at the same time enable us to give to the r people of Western York the railroad facil- 1 ities they so much needed and desired, we > have no desire to repeat the experience. In view of all these considerations, you will please, as our attorney, at once, have withdrawn from circulation the petitions ( asking for a county vote. * In closing this letter, I am prompted to s add that I have no greater regret in taking 1 this step than that caused by the remem- t brance of the position in which it leaves t the people of Bullock's Creek, and, while ? I am sorry that I cannot do more to secure ( the road for this township, it can hardly be expected of me to do any more than I j have done, while other sections of the { county obstruct ray efforts to accomplish , that which, in some measure, they had a . right to expect in return for their prompt j support of our enterprise in the past, and which circumstances at that time pre- ^ vented us from accepting. I am with great respect, truly yours, \ R. A. JOHNSON, Gen'l Manager. For tbe Yorkville Enquirer. SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION. 1 The annual Sunday-school Convention, 1 held by order of Bethel Presbytery, will j meet at Blackstocks, S. C., July 27th?29th. , Each school and each church where there i is no school is requested to send one dele- 1 gate. Pastors and superintendents are 1 ex officio members of the convention. The 1 following programme has been arranged: , J u ?/? U Vf An.nim.on.. >V UUIIU?UHV , .1 Uljr -l , o.uw x . .i?* . v/^uuiu^ovi- I moil, Rev. J. Y. Fair, Charlotte, N. C.; alter- ^ nate, Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick. Organization. , Thursday,28th,8.30 A. M., 12.30P. M.?1. The . relation of the pastor and session to the Sunday- ' scliool; Rev. T. P. Burgess, Rev. J. S. White. < :2,. The opening and closing exercises of the ( Sunday-school; Rev. W. B. Jennings, Rev. ( J. R. "McAlpine. 3. Sunday-school records; s Col. A. R. Banks, Rev. J. A. Wilson. 4. j Query box. 2 to" 5 1\ M.?1. Doctrinal instruction in the Sunday-schools Rev. C. R. Birnbach, Rev. H. * B. Garriss. 2. Qualifications of a successful < ? eacher; Rev. W. G. Nville, Mr. J. H. Wilson ; {. Giving in the Sunay-school; Rev. B. P. Reid, Rev. D. E. Jordn, D. D. 4. Query box. 8.15 P. M.?1. Sunda-school music; Superntendent J. W. Wallue, of Augusta, Ga. 2. Yddress ; Rev. J. H. Tormvell. Friday, 8.30 A. M., 12.30 P. M.?1. Verbal eports from the Sundoschools. 2. Duties of he superintendent; Sot. J. W. Wallace, Aurusta, Ga. 3. The Sunay-school library; W. B. Thompson, Esc[., lev. S. P. Fulton. 4. iuery box. 5. Adjournment. Rev W. G. Nevillk, RevW. B. Jennings, Rev G. A. Blackburn, A. E White, R. Sdler, Cmmitt.ee of Presbytery. coxdition'oIthe crops. A. P. Butler, direcur of the South Carilina weather servie, furnishes the folowing data concernhg the effect of the -veather on the varias crops during the ,veek ending July 9tlj: The rainfall for tto present week has leen slightly above the average in the State, although in sone of the upper and niddle counties it bs been rather un ivenly distributed, its effect on the crops, specially corn, has ?een very favorable. Copious showers ha? occurred in many :ounties on five daysDf the week, the rain; >f the Gth in Fairfleh having caused small streams to overflowithereby doing slight lamage to corn, but wis was offset by the jenefit derived fromj;he rain. The temperature {: the week has been generally about the^verage, two or three :ounties in the uppeuind middle divisions, eporting slightly beow the average. Its general effect on the crops, especially cot;on, has been fa viable. In counties ,vhere it was reports below the average, :otton has not suffe-ed. Sunshine has been somewhat less than jyerage; corn has. j^n benefitted thereby, fnd cotton, wJffUiic^benefitted, has susained no injury3e evenings and nights )eingwarm. ' Corn has been veil cultivated and is iff ine condition, tlnugh needing more rain n some sections notably in Marlboro, Dhestefield and lampton counties. Coton has probably received sufficient rain, >ut no injury is reported and the prospect s good. Chinch bigs are reported as dongsome damage tc corn in Chesterfield, )ut with recent rains it is thought the lamage will not prcve serious. They are ilso reported in Barnwell. The statistician, cf the Department of Agriculture at Washington reports, under late of July 9th, a further extension of the :oru area ot about ?ne ana a nan minion teres, an increase ot 2 per cent, over the tcreage of 1886. In ;he States of declining vheat culture, maize has advanced its area argely, notably in Kansas. A marked id vance is noted tie the district between he Mississippi and the Reeky Mountains, tnd considerable increase is reported in he cotton States; The season has been airly favorable, both for planting and growth, and the condition is high, avertging 9.47, which differs a little from the fuly condition of the past three years, and s materially higher than for the three rears preceding ,1884. The great corn growing States which furnish the surplus, tverage nearly 99in condition. The condition of Winter wheat on the irst of July, or at the time of harvest for he more Southern States, is 8.35, a reducion since the June report of 14. There las been a heavy decline in Kansas, a naterial reduction in California, with ome loss in several Southern States. Some of the remainder have gained a >oint or two others haye lost. The chinch >ug has wrought some damage in the nost Western States and in Maryland and Virginia. Where harvested grain has >een threshed, the results are variable, vith plump sound grain in some localities tnd a shrunken berry indicated in others, ["he general average is 7.93 against 8.33 ast year. The status of the cotton crop has not leclined since the last report. In the southeast there is a slight reduction, com>ensated by a small advance in the States West of the Mississippi. The average is 17, which is four points higher than the tverage for July in the previous ten years, t was exceeded in 1878 and 1880 and near y equalled in July 188J and 1884, which vere years of small production. There lave been but tvo July records below linety since 1873. The State averages are is follows: Virginia 98, North Carolina?* 19, South Carolina 57, Georgia 96, Florida ?8, Alabama 9S, Mississippi 99, Louisiana, ?8, Texas 93, Arkansas 99, Tennessee 98. The crop is under unusually clean cultivaion, there being few reports of injury rom excessive moistureana few of drought. Cotton worms are indicated in very few ocalities. The following is the weather and crop mlletin of the Washington signal service >ffice for the week ending July 9th: During the week the weather has been varmer than usual generally throughout he Northern States and on the Pacific :oast, the average daily excess being about i degree from New England westward to he upper Mississippi Valley, and about .even degrees on the Pacific coast. It was :ooler than usual throughout the Southern states, and in the cotton region the daily iverage was about three degrees below he normal excess of temperature through)ut the Northern States during the past wo weeks. The cool weather in the southern States during the same period eaves the average daily temperature for ;he season from January 1 to July 9 about lormal, the difference of the daily averige from normal being generally le9S than me degree throughout the agricultural egions. The rainfalls have been in excess of the lsual rainfalls in the Southern States. The iame is also true northward to the Lake egions including the southern portions of !4ew England and the Middle Atlantic states. There has been less than the isual amount of rainfall in theStates of the Missouri Valley. Numerous and abund int rains nave occurrea in tne cutum regions and in that portion of the corn rerion east of the Mississippi. For the seaon from January 1 to July 9 the deficien:y of rainfall continues throughout the southern States and the Mississippi Valey, but the rainfall during the past two veeks has greatly reduced the deficiency or the season, and occurring at critical periods has probably affected most benefilially corn and cotton. The weather generally during the past veek has greatly improved the condition if the growing crops. Both grain and liarzesting are well advanced in the extreme lorthern portions of the country, though it las been retardediti some sections by severe local storms. MERE-MENTION. The Georgia Legislature met on Monlay of last week. The session is expected o last three months. The sale of the state road, the convict lease system and -he local option bills will occupy the atention of the body. Three hundred tnd fifty-five new money order offices and me hundred and ninety additional postal lote offices were established last week by he Postmaster General. rne uettysburg reunion," says the New York World, 'kills forever the hope of the politician hat there is yet one more President in the bloody shirt." A committee is being >rganized in Genoa to arrange for a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the iiscoyery of America by Columbus. All :he States of America will be invited o send representatives to the celebraion. James Christianson, who killid Dr. E. N. North, in Indianapolis, Ind., ,vas taken from the jail last Friday by a nob and hanged. A rector in Shropihire has recently made himself prominent by celebrating a communion service .vith water instead of wine. The Piite Indians of Nevada do not fade away before the pale faces. On the contrary, ;hey have increased nearly 2,000 in number since 1880. In the last six months 5,744 miles of railway have been completed in the United States, and the Railoay Age thinks the record for the year .vill exceed 10,000 miles. This year's California wine crop is estimated at 22,100,000 gallons, the largest in the history bf the State. By the burning of a variity hall in Hurley, Wisconsin, on Friday, seventeen actors lost their lives. The irst bale of the new crop of Texas cotton vas sold at auction in New York on Monlay. It classed middling, and brought 23 ?ents per pound. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. G. H. O'Leary, Intondant?The Official Monthly Report. Mrs. L. M. Bonner and H. E. Bonner?Due West Female College. Terrell E. Simmons, President, Norcross, Ga.? The Georgia School of Language, Science and Art. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?To the Creditors of Joseph Rose, deceased. J. H. Coltharp?Executor's Notice. McEhvee & Moore?Reduction in Roast. Withers Adickes?We Still Claim to Protect. i Jno. C.Kuykendal?Another Invoice of Zineman's Diamanta Spectacles. H. F. Adickes?Just Opened This Week. M. W. White, D. D. S.?Notice. Parish & Kennedy?Cash is the Closest and should be the Wisest Buyer on Earth. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1888. The Enquirer will bo furnished from this date until January 1st, 1888, for $1.15. ?MILITARY INSPECTION. . The Jenkins Rilles, Capt. Withers AdickeV ?.jii L/v Kir A rlinfunf flonovnl "Rnnlirtm Will UU VJJ ivu;ui,uuv ^uuvn** next Friday afternoon. LITERARY ENTERTAINMENT. ^/The next reading, recitation and musical entertainment under the auspices of the lady i members of the Presbyterian church, will be held at the residence of Maj. Jas. F. Hart, on ' Cleveland street, on Friday evening next, beginning at 8.30 o'clock. A general invitation is ' extended. ADMITTED TO THE BAR. Cm Thursday last,in the Circuit Court at YorkVille, Mr. X. W. Hardin, a member of the Georgia bar, was admitted to practice as an attorney ' in the South Carolina Courts. Mr. Hardin has located al Black's, his old home, where he will practice as a partner of C. E. Spencer, Esq., under the Arm name of Spencer & Hardin. S CaPr- TILLMAN AT TIRZAH. *\Ve have been requested to announce that Capt. B. It. Tillman has accepted an invitation from the Tirzah Farmers' Club, to address the people of the county atMassey's Store on Wednesday, the 27th instant. There will also be a basket picnic and addresses by other speakers. A general invitation is extended to all to contribute to make the occasion a success. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. On Tuesday morning Henry Wilson, colored, employed on Mr. Ross' railroad work, 3 miles east of town, was accidentally shot with asmall pistol in the hands of Joe Rankin, another railroad hand. The ball entered the face on the right side of the nose and lodged in the back portion of the brain. Dr. W. G. White was summoned to attend the wounded man, and from the nature of the wound he thinks it may prove fatal. SALES-DAY. ?-i-" -1~. rpllnci,iQ? OcUUS-Ufct^ , tins iiiuiiiU) uv;gungu vu i wwowuj , Monday, the 4th, being a legal holiday. By virtue of executions the Sheriff sold the following land levied on as the property of Thomas M. Whitesides, deceased, at the suit of A. S. Wallace and others: Tract No The Martin tract, containing 210 acres ; bought by C. E. Spencer, attorney for the heirs, for $210. Tract No. 2?The Home place, containing 572 acres ; bought by C. E. Spencer, attorney for the heirs, for $1,300. Tract No. 3?100 acres, part of the Home tract, bought by C. E. Spencer, attorney for the heirs, for $100. Xy/jfORK FARMERS' ASSOCIATION. Uapt. Iredell Jones, President of the Farmers' Association of York county, has issued a circular notifying members of the executive committee that a meeting will be held at Yorkville on Monday next, the 18th instant, at 11 A. M., the object being to arrange for a reunion of the farmers dilring the summer, and to provide for their entertainment by inyiting distinguished gentlemen to deliver addresses. A full attendance of the committee is desired. The executive committee is composed as follows: Antioch, R. D. Sealy; Black's, M. M. Tate; Blairsville, J. C. Blair; Bethel, D. G. Stanton ; Beth-Shiloh, L. R. Williams ; Bethesda, W. S. Adams; Bullock's Creek, Elias Inman; Clay Hill, R. G. McCaw ; Clover, L. K. Armstrong; Hickory Grove, R. G. Whitesides ; Rock Hill, A. H. White ; Shiloh, W. J. Waters ; Tirzah, A. M. Black; Yorkville, Ervin Gordon ; Bethany, J. B. Whitesides; Coates' Tavcru, J. Wylie Roddey; Fort Mill, T. G. Culp; Clark's Fork, R. J. Love; Buffalo, W. D. Camp. \A AUTHENTIC SNAKE STORIES. />ln Wednesday afternoon George Brown, a colored man who lives near King's Mountain Chapel, exhibited in town a dead "coach whip" snake, 4 feet in length, which he says attacked him on the morning of that day. The alleged offensive characteristic of this snake may be apocryphal or not, but if its traditional reputaI firm is rorrnnt it would seem to be of the con strictor genus. George says the snake coiled around bis body and gave hiin several lashings with its tail before he succeeded in choking it. It is an authenticated fact that last spring, in this same neighborhood, a snake of this same species attacked a mule, belonging to Milton Jackson, colored, and lashed it to death with its tail. While on snake stories wo copy the following from the Greensboro (N. C.) North State of last week : There was an interesting sight on the sidewalk in front of the North State office yesterday morning. Abo Gorrell produced a king snake which had entwined itself with a moccasin, and killed it. When laid on the ground the king snake carefully examined to see if the moccasin was dead, and then unraveled himself, holding th" head of the moccasin fast in his mouth. He then proceeded to swallow him. This feat was performed in twenty minutes. The moccasin was four times as thick as the king snake. The latter was thirty-eight inches long, and the former about thirty-four. A large crowd witnessed this performance. THE MAGNETIC LiT E. Of the inception and growth of this enterprise the Georgetown Enquirer says: "We claim the honor, in Georgetown, of beingthe projectors ofthisgrand system, known, at first, as the Georgetown and N. C. Narrow Gauge Railroad. Syndicate after syndicate was organized and failed. Finally one syndicate was formed with sufficient financial strength to take hold and give vitality to the enterprise. No man connected with the road labored more assiduously to bring together means and conditions, than our fellow citizen David Risley, Esq., and it is largely due to his indomitable will that the weakling enterprise has grown to be a mammoth concern. Rut one sows and an-' other reaps." The first accident 011 the work in this vicinity occurred last Friday afternoon by the caving of a bank of earth in the cut in Hope's field, on Miles Hunter, a colo'red laborer from Pineyille, N. C. The falling mass struck him on the shoulder, dislocating it and fracturing the collar bone. Mr. Gorton, on whose work the accident occurred, immediately ordered necessary surgical attendance, and supplied him with other needs. On Monday the wounded | man left for his home until ho recovers. He struck the first blow on Griffin <fc Gorton's contract, and says he will be with them again as soon as he gets able to work. Messrs. Smith it Lathrop commenced work last Monday on their contract of six miles, which begins five miles west of town and includes a good deal of heavy work. They commenced with a full force of laborers and teams on the west side of Bullock's creek, and though they have been late in getting started, Mr. Lathrop, who has immediate supervision of the work, is confident of being able to accomplish his undertaking in due time, llis general superintendent is Mr. Sam. J. Ilichins, who arrived on Friday from work the firm of Smith & Lathrop is prosecuting on the North Pacific Railroad. Having taken a now contract on that road, Mr. Smith will remain there with their stock and equipment, which at one time they contemplated transferring to their work on the Magnetic Line. Mr. Lathrop's headquarters will be at the residence of Mr. John A. Byers. Mr. A. F. McConnell goes as his book-keeper. Among his foremen are Mr. John B. Ross and Mr (innvpn fiillilan. Mr. C. G. Parish has fitted up a commissary establishment to supply Smith it Lathrop's force, which will be under tho management of James Ross and John McNeel. The engineering corps of the Georgia and Carolina Midland survey, Capt. W. C. Whitner,\ Chief Engineer, arrived here yesterday, haying completed a preliminary suryey from Newberry to Smyrna Church, where, on the lands of Mr. John L. Raine}', that lino connects with the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago. Capt. Whitnor and his corps will remain here for a few days for the purpose of working up their notes. Tho Lancaster Review of last week says : Col. Johnson paid Mr. "\V. H. Burns, last 1 week, 81,500, for his house and lot, the amount awarded him by arbitrators solected to lix its value. It is thought by many that the depot ; will be located on the Burns lot, but the railroad authorities are silent on the subject. Messrs. Hallyburten <fe Burgin, having about;' finished their work in the Salem neighborhood," are concentrating their forces iu the direction of Lancaster. The Johnson City, Tenn., Comcl of last Thurs- j day says: Col. T. E. Matson returned yesterday morn- j ing from South Carolina. He reports every thing favorable for Johnson City and says there , is nothing to fear any longer. He can't tgH j exactly how soon, but thinks work will h<S commenced here in less than 60 days. * < The county commissioners of Kershaw have firmly taken the position that they will not sign the bonds in aid of the railroad until it is completed to Sumter, and the shops located at Camden?conditions upon which the county subscription of Kershaw and the township subscription of Camden, aggregating 8140,000, were made. PERSONAL MENTION. ' 'Mrs. W. B. Moore, of this place, is at Glenn Springs. Miss Annie G'orkill, of Chester, is visiting relatives in this place. j Miss Emma Itoach, of Rock Hill, is in Yorkville, visiting the Misses Gist. Miss Jennie H. Miller, of Charlotte, N. C., is visiting Mrs. it. N. Moore of this place. '"Mr. Robert J. Latta, resident engineer on the Florence Railroad, is at home on a visit. .?Mrs. Mary Webster, of Cowpens, Spartanburg county, is visiting her parents in this place. -''Miss Mary Fraser, daughter of Judge Fraser, of Sumtor, is in Yorkville, visiting Miss Leslie Witherspoon. -^Mr. Robert T. Allison, a postal clerk on the Charlotte and Atlanta Air-Line Railroad, is in Yorkville visiting his parents. Mrs. A. M. Weathersbey, and three children, and Miss Sallie Parker, of Williston, S. C., are in Yorkville visiting the family of Rev. F. C. Hickson. SCHOOL ADVERTISEMENTS. Attention is directed to the advertisement of Due West Female College, now in its twentyseventh year, the next session of which will begin on the lirst Monday of October next. As a non-sectarian female institution of learning, it may be truthfully said that Due West College is unexcelled by any similar seminary in the South, it being provided with a full and competent corps of teachers, and a complete equipment in the art and music departments, all under direction oi Mrs. L. M. Bonner, Principal, a lady of fine ability and extended experience, assisted by her son, Mr. H. E. Bonner, a gentleman favorably known and recognized as eminently qualified for the position of vicePrincipal. The Georgia School of Language, Science and Art, located at Xorcross, Ga., also presents its claims through our columns. This school was chartered in 1872, since which date it has been in successful operation, having accommodated over 200 students the past year. The course is full and thorough for both sexes, and as will be seen by reference to the advertisement, the rates are very low. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Morning service, with the holy communion, at 10.30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 5 P. M. Evening service at 6 o'clock. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Rev. S. Leard will preach at Philadelphia next Sunday at 11 o'clock A. M. The pastor will be absent. Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Services at Union next Sunday at 11 A. M., and at Yorkville at 5 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.46. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30. 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. Prayermeeting at 8.30 P. M. to-morrow. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, 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. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 o'clock, A. M., and 8.30 P. M. Sundayschool at 5 P. M. Correspondence of the Yorkrllle Enquirer. LETTER PROM PORT MILL. Fort Mill, July 11.?Nothing of great interest has transpired in the "cut off' lately. Every person seems to be satisfied with the crops. Even those who generally are inclined to croak and grumble, now wear pleasant, hopeful countenances and speak cheerily of the prospects. There was a disastrous explosion on the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad on last Friday. While a number of hands were employed in a cut, about two miles east of Catawba river, a blast was being arranged. The shaft sunk to receive the powder was very deep; and, the powder clogging in the shaft, a steel drill was used to unchoke the channel. It is sup" ' T * 4I-.X 1. XI ? xn.1 J posed tne arm must nave -sirucK. me against a gravel and ignited the powder. The explosion was terrible in its results. Eight negroes and two mules were killed outright and one white man, the foreman, Mr. Lee Agee, was so severely wounded that he died on Sunday morning. Two mules were badly hurt, and several carts blown to pieces. It was thought that a ninth negro was killed ; but on Saturday he made his appearance in camp much to the surprise of his associates. He could, however, give no straight account of himself, and seemed to be still very much frightened; I learn that several kegs of powder were already in the blast, and it is generally considered that the use of a steel drill under the circumstances was very culpable. Work at the factory grounds continues to progress. Another kiln of bricks has just been burned and the tenements are being erected wit a reasonable speed. There is a queer dog, of the setter species, in this community. When he sees his mistress or the cook going to gather Irish potatoes for dinner, he goes along and digs them, always choosing the best hills. Fact! Anon. y Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Q LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, July 12.?A meeting of the Rock Hill Hook and Ladder Company was held on Wednesday night. It was decided to reorganize the company and change its name to the Rock Hill Steam Fire Company. Mr. A. IT. White was elected president, and Mr. J. F. Reid foreman. Mr. J. H. Miller, the former secretary, was retained. The remaining officers will be appointed at a subsequent meeting. The company decided to name the new steamer "Marion Jones," in honor of the sweet little daughter of Capt. Allen Jones, whose recent death has been announced in your columns. I am pleased to learn that the farmers of York are again beginning 10 move. Iredell Jones, President of the York Counts Varmers' Association, has called a meet ing of the executive committee to assemble in Yorkville on the 18th instant, to make arrangements for holding meetings in different parts of the county in the interest of agriculture. I have always advocated the propriety of the farmers forming an organization, and have always maintained that it was not the intention of the members of the association to make it a political organization, but that its object is to advance the agricultural interests of the county. I think it is clearly shown that my views were correct, as this movement will be made during a y*>ar when there will be no elections held. I am more than pleased to see that it is their intention to make it a permanent organization. June Massey, the colored man who was convicted at the last term of the Sessions Court and sentenced to live years in the penitentiary, leaves in Rock Hill five children, the oldest ten years of age. His wife died about six months ago. The children have been taken in charge by friends. The Rock Hill Cotton Factory Company 'hasjust purchased two new steel boilers for use in the factory building. These boilers are of greater capacity than those which they replace. On last Thursday morning, Mr. Thomas 0. Flowers, a salesman for Messrs. Friedheim <fc Brother, while in Mr. Friedheim's yard, was severely bitten by the dog. On that afternoon Mr. Flowers purchased a piece of beef, and after charging it with poison, engaged a colored man to go to Mr. Friedheim's yard and feed it to the dog. On Friday morning the dog was found dead in the yard. Mr. John T. Roddey, our champion baseballist, has abandoned the game and is now at White Sulphur Springs, Va., trying to catch not a ball, but a wife. I will say to Happy Cal Parish that if he can get up a base ball team, now is the time to play our boys. Rock Hill now has a large number of young lady visitors. I saw in Mr. Miles Johnson's shop last ' tfeek a set of harness belonging to Mr. B. F. Rawlinson, that was made by Mr. Johnson when he was employed by B. T. Wheeler, in Yorkville, in 1848. Adjutant General Bonham will inspect the Catawba Rifles on the evening of July 14th. If the company does not pass a favorable inspection, it will be no fault of the members, as most of their uniforms and guns were destroyed by the recent fire. James W. White, of Graham, N. C., for-/ TITMI ?4. merly a citizen 01 run mm, unm ?t *un Mill at 7 o'clock this morning of apoplexy. He visited his plantation on this side of Catawba river yesterday to superintend the thrashing of his grain crop. In the afternoon, while sitting under the shade of a tree, smoking his pipe, he was stricken with apoplexy and lingered until this morning, when he died. He was a brother of Capt. S. E. White, of Fort Mill, i Hannah Faris, an old colored woman who lived on Capt. W. J. Barry's plantation, six miles from this place, was found dead in her bed this morning. She was perhaps the largest woman in the county, weighing 287 pounds. Trial Justice Wilborn is now holding an inquest. Hal. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER PROM CHESTER. Chester, July 11.?The following is an abstract of personal property in this county, as returned by the County Auditor and equalized by the County Board, for the year commencing November, 1,1886: Number of horses?1,255; value, $70,280. Cattle?3,134; value, $40,745. Mules?2,281; value, $125,345. Sheep and goats? 1,489; value, $1,585. Hogs?2,127; value, $4,650. Gold and silver watchesand plate? 499; value, $14,310. Pianos, melodeons and organs?151; value, $11,120. Wagons, buggies and carriages?1,840; value $47,875. Dogs?1,351; value, $6,755. Average value of property appertaining to merchandise, $175,475. Average value of property appertaining to manufacturers, $7,- ? 585. Value of machinery, engines, tools &c., $85,545. Value of moneys, including bank bills and circulating notes, $16,590. Value of all credits, $217,100. Value of stocks of any company or corporation in this State, except National Banks, $24,430. Bonds not exempt from taxation $42,195. Value of other property, including household furniture and crops, $230,800. Total value of all taxable personal property in Chester county, $1,079,030. Mr. Joseph Lindsay of our town, and Miss Bessie Duffie, of Columbia, were married on last Tuesday at the residence of the bride's father by the Rev. Mr. Wood. The attendants were: Mr. John White and Miss Annie Duffie, Mr. John Duffle and Miss Mamie Lindsay. Congratulations and refreshments followed the marriage service. The happy couple arrived here on the afternoon train. May their happiness be endless and boundless. A lodge of Knights of Honor has recently been organized at Blackstocks: The following are the officers: Dr. W. C. Cornwell, Dictator; J. R. Craig, Vice Dictator; R. J. Mackorel, Assistant Dictator; G. L. Kennedy, Reporter; D. H. Stevenson, Financial Reporter; Alex. McDonald, Treasurer; Rev. J. L. McClain, Chaplain; R. B. Mills, Guide; J. E. Douglas, Guardian. Dr. L. S. Douglas, T. W. Brice and J. E. Craig, Trustees. The lodge begins with twenty members. Mr. Tilman Dixon, while seining in Catawba river last Monday with a party of friends, was drowned. He was attacked with cramp, and being some distance from his friends met an untimely death! A wife and many children lament their bitter affliction. Through the instrumentality of Rev. Mr. Chreitzburg, a Lodge of Good Templars was organized at this place a few months ago. It is in a very prosperous condition, and gives promise of accomplishing much good. The membership has increased from 14 to 68. A number of qur young men who were inclined to indulge their taste fr>r nrrlpnfc snirits. havfi ioined the Lodere. May they be true to their pledge eveifto the end of life. A considerable number of Grangers of this county contemplate attendance of the inter-State Grange encampment at Spartanburg in August. They expect to go in wagons and live in tents during their absence. It is to be hoped they will not only carry out their present plans, but will in addition take along some of the products of Chester county to be exhibited at the encampment. The resources and products of our county are entitled to a place in the Spartanburg picture. The National Bank of Chester has declared a semi-annual dividend of four per cent. The Chester survivors of the 6th Regiment decided at a late meeting to abandon their proposed trip to Petersburg. They will hold the annual reunion with the Fairfield veterans of the same Regiment, in Winnsboro, next month. Hon. H. A. Gaillard will be the orator of the occasion. Heavy rains last week did some damage in the county. m. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. NOTES FROM FODDER. Fodder, July 11.?Thinking that perhaps some items from our quiet section of York county might prove of interest to some of the readers of the Enquirer, I venture to write a few lines. The agricultural outlook is most encouraging. As a rule, both corn and cotton have been well cultivated; the seasons have been propitious, and, as a consequence, the crops at present are very promising. We earnestly hope that our most sanguine expectations may be fully realized; that we, not only the people of our section, but all throughout the length and breadth of our country, may be blessed with abundant crops in order that we may be relieved of the financial pressure which has so long oppressed us; that we may be enabled to meet our obligations fully; that we may * ? ? nn v-v rt ? /-! Ua IUa raise our UWU supplies till iiuine, auu ue uic independent, prosperous, and happy people which, I believe, we are destined to become. The grain crops have been harvested and the hum of the threshing machine can already be heard in every direction. I am told the wheat crop is turning out well. Dude. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Mr. Lawrence Johnston, of Edgefield, has corn which will make 150 bushels to the acre. ? Slight earthquake tremors were felt at different points in the lower part of the State last Sunday afternoon. ? The Craig Kaolin Company of Aiken started to work last week, employing a number of hands. They have been shipping samples and have received some very favorable acknowledgements from dealers who use it in the adulteration of food and other articles of daily consumption, returning it to South Carolina at 100 per cent, profit. ? Rev. J. C. Chalmers, a minister of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, died at Winnsboro on Thursday morning. The deceased had reached the advanced age of 70, and had been in feeble health for more than a year. Owing to infirmi lies 01 age ne nas not Deen actively engaged in the ministry for several years, but had been living quietly with his son, the llev. John T. Chalmers. His funeral was held on Friday. ? Congressman Tillman is spending his vacation experimenting with grasses. The Edgefield correspondent of the News and Courier writes: Upon a visit to Clark's Hill, the home of the Congressman, a few days since, I discovered a small field wherein numerous grasses were growing. This I found to be his experimental farm. Among the grasses were the "raelelatus" and "lupin" species, unknown to this country, and for which great merit is claimed by their introducer. This field contained various other plants of foreign growth. The introduction of new grasses and a protective tariff are the two things