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J> traps and ? Daring the severe storm at Saleski, Ohio, in the Hocking Valley Thursday night, two sisters, named McMasters, were struck by lightning while removing clothes from & wire line. The youngest girl was instantly killed and the other rendered unconscious from the shock. ? The Jacksonville, Fla., News-Herald thinks the burning of the old Cathedral at St. Augustine, although widely deplored on account of the historic value and romantic associations of the structure, is in one sense a fortunate event, since it has served to bring to light several vaults and inscriptions beneath the ruins, and to unearth some valuable records "covering a Eeriod about which very little has been nown." ? By the recent overflow of the Savannah river in Augusta, the Chronicle estimates the individual loss to citizens at $50,000; the loss to corporations at $25,000, and the itamaoQ +/\ farmora alonor nn t.hfi river at $1,000,000. It says: "^Fhe loss in Augusta falls on that portion of our citizens who are least able to bear it, and there are cases ?and many?that are now subjects for private and public benevolence." ? John Beall, thirteen years of age, who has been in jail at Eaton, Ohio, six weeks on the charge of killing his mother, has made a confession to the prosecuting attorney, the sheriff and ex-sheriff. No motive for his crime can be assigned,.except that he was angry at what seemed to him to be evidences of favoritism shown to his sister by his mother. On the day of the murder he expected to go to Eaton with his mother to get a new suit of clothes, but instead his father took his sister to town, and thus he was left at home with his mother. ? The Kansas Legislature having limited passenger rates in that State to three cents per mile, the railroad commissioners propose to have the law literally enforced without any modification. The St. Joseph and Grand Island Company asked that where its stations were nine miles apart it might be permitted to charge an even thirty cents for the distance, but the com missfoners decided that the charge cannot exdeed twenty-seven cents, although the company will be allowed to make it twenty-five cents if it is anxious about the even change. ? Says the Philadelphia Press: The United States has 61,000,000 of population against 50,000,000 in the census year, 1880, very nearly one-third of the addition being from-immigration. But while adding so heavily by steamship and in other ways to the mouths to be fed, the United States is growing no more wheat, cotton, corn or hogs, has less sheep and only 17 per cent, more miich cows than seven years ago. It has added 37,000 miles to its railroads, two-thirds to the pig iron product and doubled its copper output. But its food supply is no larger than seven years ago. ? Justice Miller, of the Uuited States supreme Court, has granted a writ of error id the case of Maxwell, the SI. Louis trunk murderer. Mr. Fauntleroy, one of the attorneys for Maxwell, selected Justice Miller .because that gentleman seemed to him the most humane, he having already granted writs to two St. Louis murderers. Mr. Faunfcelroy asserts that there are constitutional points involved, but this is a legal license, as the most astute constitutional lawyers fail to find them. The effect of this order will be to bring the case of the little chloroformer before the United States Supreme Court on constitutional points raised by the defence. As it cannot be heard within the time specified in the sentence, the issuance of the writ will act as a supersedeas and stay the execution. Maxwell was to have been hanged on the 19th instant. ? The returns from the election for chief of the Cherokees indicate that Mayes has been chosen over Bunch by a small majority. Joel B. Mayes, the newly elected chief, is one-quarter Cherokee, and belongs to an illustrious family. He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation for a term of years, and is an able and distinguished man. Samuel Smith, who was elected Assistant Chief, is a full-blooded Cherokee. The triumph of Mayes will completely change the political situation of the Cherokee country. Bushy Head and Bunch have held office for years, and have shaped the policy of the Cherokee Nation, regardless of the wishes of Mayes. The official machinery was under their control, and their defeat is regarded as miraculous, mayes is noerai huu progressive, and is pledged to reform. He is chosen for a four-year term. ? A Salt Lake, Utah, dispatch says: The question of the suceessorship to the Presidency of the Mormon Church has been settled temporarily by the appearance of an address signed by Wilford Woodruff, President of the Apostles. He says: "As upon two former occasions in our history, the duty and responsibility of presiding over and directing the affairs of the Church of Jesus Christ in all the world devolves upon the twelve apostles. With the blessing of the Lord and the faith and prayers of the people, we hope to do our duty until we, too, shall be laid to rest." It has been thought by some that either George Q. Cannon or Joseph Smith, son of the original Joseph, would assume the leadership. Woodruff is in the regular line of succession and in his address assuming control would indicate that there is to be no departure from the orders. Woodruff is 80 years old and a man of mediocre ability. He has been in hiding two years, and is still out of sight to all save the "faithful." ? A terrible tragedy occurred at 11 o'clock last Sunday night in a private room in the Kimball House, Atlanta. E. M. Horn, one of the most prominent citizens of Atlanta, was instantly killed by Col. Bud Veal, equally prominent. Col. Sara Yenable and Veal were engaged in a fisticuff, when Horn and several other gentlemen attempted to separate them. Veal fell to the floor with \ enable on top. Veal managed toiget out his revolver from his hip pocket and fired twice in quick succession. Iloro was shot through the brain and died in less than a minute. Horn came to Atlanta from Cincinnati a few years ago. He was the owner of large granite quarries and had a contract for building the State capitol. Veal is in jail. The affair occasioned intense excitement on account of the prominence of all parties connected with it. ? The war in Taylor county, Kentucky, over the railroad tax continues, an effort made in a conference between the citizens' commission and the bondholders' lawyers haviner failed. The United States Marshal I has returned to Carapbellsville to continue making levies. The last hope of an amicable adjustment is gone, and riot seems inevitable. Two more mandamuses have just been issued by the Circuit Court?one to Judge Bass of Taylor county to lay an additional tax of 35 cents on the $100 to Eay the interest of $2,008 on the railroad onds, and one to Judge Towles of Green county, to levy $2.04 on each $100, to satisfy an execution for $21,065 on bonds issued for the same road over which Taylor county is involved. The first sales will be made about the 15th instant. A big crowd will be present from Green county as well as Taylor, and a collision between the crowd and the buyers for the bondholders will | occur when the buyers try to remove the j property. ? One of the most brutal butcheries ever recorded occurred about twelve miles from Macon, Ga., last Friday night, in the murder of the Woolfolk family, consisting of, nine members, Capt. and Mrs. It. F. Woolfolk, their six children, ranging in ages trom 18 months to 20 years, and Mrs. West, an aunt of Mrs. Woolfolk, aged 80. The coroner's jury found a verdict of murder against Thos. G. Woolfolk, a son of the captain's first wife, who was sleeping in ; the house. His statement was that sometime before daybreak he was aroused by groans and the sound of blows proceeding from his parents' room. His halt brother Richard ran into the room which adjoins his, and thinking that murder was being committed he (Thomas) jumped from the I window in his night clothes and bare feet I and ran to the house of a negro three or four hundred yards distant to get them to arouse the neighborhood. He says he was ! afraid to return, fearing that he himself would be murdered, but went back after j half an hour. No help had arrived and j he went in to see if the family had been murdered. He found them all dead. He stepped in a pool of blood in passing and left footprints on the floor. He found his stepmother lying so that her head was on j the floor and her body on the bed. He raised her up and placed her on the bed. He then changed his clothing. By this time a crowd had arrived and soon after he was taken into custody. The theory is that he murdered the entire family in order that he might inherit the property. The funeral of hi9 nine victims took place at Race Hill Cemetery, in the presence of three thousand people. The services were brought to an abrupt termination by the arrival of Mrs. Edwards, own sister of the murderer, who was at Athens at the time of the murder. Heartrending scenes followed, bringing tears to the eyes of every spectator. Woolfolk was carried to Atlanta early Sunday morning for safe-keeping. He continues to deny his guilt. Art** Mrtvfcittlti* flprttrtitiwt* " i YORKVILLE, S. C. : | ' ? WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1887. THE SPARTANBURG ENCAMPMENT. * (Condensed from the News and Courier.) The Inter-State Farmers' Summer Encampment was inaugurated at Spartanburg on Tuesday of last week, and continued until Friday afternoon. Despite the rain, I which fell in torrents on Tuesday, people from the surrounding country commenced gathering in, and at an early hour the streets were crowded with a bustling, though a dripping throng, on foot, on horseback and 1 n wagons. Up to 11 o'clock the rain continued to descend, and so gloomy was the prospect that it was suggested by the leaders in the enterprise that the campaign at the Encampment should ' L ' ' ^ ? "V* > /? Ka AAITA/1 06 aoauuuneu, aiiu iuat ? uiccuu^ uc tmiEu in the Courthouse to consider th.e situation. In the meanwhile, however, the farmers from Greenville, York, Laurens and the nearer counties, who had arrived in the morning, had moved over to the ground,, and invested the dormitories or prepared themselves to stand the siege in their wagons. Soon after 11 o'clock the rain ceased and an immense crowd poured into the streets. The spirits of the visitors were stirred into life by the strains of the band i of the 2d Palmetto Regiment, which was stationed in front of Adj. Gen. Bonham's j tent on the camp-ground, and the music of the Spartanburg Brass Band, which discoursed its music under the pavilion. Under these favorable circumstances it was determined to proceed with the business of the encampment, and the committee made arrangements immediately to entertain the assembled farmers. The rain in the morning had well filled the pavilion, the great and necessary element of a mass meeting was already present, and all that was needed was a power to set the machinery in motion. At about 12 o'clock, therefore, the Hon. John W. Wofford called the meeting to order. The stage was occupied by the following named gentlemen: N. F. Walker, of Spartanburg, the Rev. R. H. Reid, ! the Hon. J. W. Wofford, Dr. C. E. Fleming, Col. A. P. Butler, the Hon. R. S. Bedon, of Colleton, T. J. Moore, of Spartanburg, the Hon. I). R. Duncan, of Spartanburg, Mr. E. L. Roche, Prof. D. A. DuPre, J. H. Montgomery, B. F. Montgomery, one aged farmer from Texas, and other distinguished citizens. The opening prayer was offered up by Rev. R. H. Reid, of Reidville. Upon motion of Mr. John W. Wofford, who stated that there was no likelihood of the presence of the commissioners from the four other States, Capt. N F. Walker was called to the chair. T? oocnmi'm. tho fhoir Pnnt Wnllrprdp JL U UOUUlUlllg VIIV v/v^/vi ?> ?- ? wlivered a short and stirring address, in which he pledged himself to further in every possible way the objects of the Encampment. He also introduced the Hon. D. R. Duncan, who delivered the address of welcome. The only other address delivered during the day was .that of Mr. T. J. Moore, of Spartanburg. "Bee culture," was the subject of his essay. Mr. Moore treated his subject from a practical standpoint and in an eminently entertaining manner. On Wednesday there was a large increase in attendance, not only of the farmers of South Carolina, but from several counties of Western North Carolina. The first address at the morning session was delivered by State Chemist Philip E. Chazel on the subject generally of the official inspection of fertilizers?the principles which underlie it and the practical difficulties which stand in the way of a recognition of its value by the farmer. The second address was delivered by Col. A. P. Butler, State Commissioner of Agriculture, who prefaced his remarks by congratulating the Grange upon the success of "this great meeting." Hi said that it probably surpassed in number and in work of practical value to planters any similar gathering that has ever been held in South Carolina. He considered the rtonnnoo r\f V\ /~v Vnoo m nno f + Kn I ^ICSCUt outtcsn ui ijiivaiupui^iu ni^/ most convincing proof of its permanence as an institution. Col. Butler's address was devoted to the bars to the progress of the farmer. He denied that the farmers of the State are being impoverished by anything emanating from the executive, legislative or judicial branches of the State Government, and if there were anything that it could be promptly removed. Summing up, Col. Butler suggested as remedies for present difficulties the diversity of crops, the practice of rigid economy, the ; improvement of the tenant system, more independence of factors and merchants, intelligent use of commercial fertilizers, improved methods of agriculture, and the use of improved implements. The next address was that of the Hon. D. P. Duncan, which was devoted principally to a discussion of the best methods of i educating farmers and farmers' children. ; It was a carefully prepared essay. After the above address there was a stock show, and the State agricultural < exhibit occupied the attention of the visitors until the afternoon session. Governor Richardson attended the meeting and was called upon for a speech. He was introduced felicitously by Mr. N. F. i Walker, upon which Governor Richardson responded, congratulating the State Grange upon the splendid attendance and expressingthe hope that with each returning Encampment its proportions would increase, and that the farmers, of whom he was proud to be one, would receive in the coming years the full benefits of the enterprise. The Hon. J. J. Hempeill, in response to a call, delivered a humorous and taking little speech which was repeatedly cheered and applauded. Secretary Ludwig, of the North Carolina State Grange, addressed the meeting on , the subject of what the North Carolina State Grange was doing. The remainder of the day was devoted to out-door sports and amusements of various kinds. The discussions on Thursday were as follows: An instructive essay was read by Mr. .Tnhn V. Tnumspnrl thp wpII known fitnnk raiser and cotton planter of Edisto island, ov the future of the sea islands. A great many of the points made were all of a revelation to the up-country farmers. The next address was by Mr. E. T. Stackhouse, of Marion, on experiments with the cotton plant. The deduction being that the farmer who makes a living at home, and makes cotton a surplus crop, is generally solid and safe. Then came an interesting discussion of the question whether it pays the farmer to substitute cotton seed meal for his cotton seed as a fertilizer. Among the speakers were Chancellor Johnson, of Marion, Messrs. M. L. Donaldson, of Greenville, Holleyman, of Orangeburg, and W. Jen nings, of Berkeley, who maintained the negative of the question. The affirmative was unsuccessfully argued by Mr Peterkin, of Orangeburg. This inauguration of general debate has been looked upon by the promoters of the enterprise here as the beginning of the practical school work and education of the farmer, and will be developed with wonderful results at future encampments. < Col. W. D. Evans, of Marlboro, read a paper on the duty of the farmer as a citizen and as a legislator. Mr. D. K. Norris, of Anderson, discussed in a very able paper the necessity of diversified agriculture. Experiments with the corn plant, by Mr. B. F. Perry, of Greenville, contained many suggestive points and brought about another experience meeting, the debaters being Capt. C. Petty, of Spartanburg, Messrs. C. Dixon and A. McBee, of Greenville, C. Turner, of Spartanburg, and H. T. Hawley, of Darlington. The session closed with an excellent and humorou^ speech by Col. I. G. McKissick, of Union. Friday was "Governor's day" and ttmnlAoincf /-loir nf (ho onnomnmont It: wna V1VSO1U0 \4UJ VI mv V?IVMU?|yi*JVU V* aw **iy expected to be the big day, but although the attendance was large, the number was not in excess of Thursday. At the tabernacle N. F. Walker presided, and, while awaiting the arrival of the Governor, Chancellor Johnson, of Marion, made an address deprecating the idea that there was any great depreasion of agriculture except where the colored people were in a large majority and the whites had let slip the control of the land and labor. Governor Richardson, arriving from the camp where he had inspected the soldiers' quarters, was received with great enthusiasm, and delivered an address covering many important subjects with their bearing on agriculture; the tariff, in particular, receiving his unqualified condemnation. The Governors remarks were followed by an address by Senator Giles J. Patterson, of Chester. After recess, Congressman Perry also spoke, paying his respects to the tariff. J. F Lyon, Secretary of the Georgia State Agricultural Society, made a few remarks and extended an invitation to the Piedmont Exposition at Atlanta this fall. Robert Graham, the United States Signal officer at Columbia, read an interesting paper on the Signal Service and its relation to agriculture. An "experience" meeting followed, in which brief speeches were made by Chancellor Johnson, Representative Ansel, Editor Charles Petty and Col. D. P. Duncan, whose remarks closed this part of the exercise of the encampment. At6 P. M., the military paraded and was reviewed by the Governor, after which, at 7 o'clock, the order was given for breaking camp. A grand military hall at night closed the festivities of the most notable and pleas ant gathering of people ever assembled in Spartanburg. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. A. P. Butler, director of the South Carolina Weather Service, furnishes the following report concerning the effect of thev weather on the crops during the week ending August 6, 1888. ?Tne rainfall during the past week has been above the average. In some sections the showers were heavy, but throughout the State generally the precipitation has been fairly distributed. The effect on the growing crop has been unfavorable. The temperature has been about the average and has affected the crops favorably. Theamountot sunshine during the week has been less than the average. . Cotton has suffered from the excessive) rains, which caused the plant to shedT Traces of rust are also reported. Upland corn continues in good condition, but much of that in the bottom lands along the Broad, Congaree, Wateree and Edisto rivers has been reported destroyed by the overflows. Altogether the outlook, though still encouraging, is not so favorable as it was a week ago. THE SIGNAL OFFICE REPORT. The weather crop bulletin of the Signah office at Washington for the week ending: last Saturday says: Drought continues in the States north of the Ohio Valley, but there has been an excess of rain during the past week throughout the cotton and tobacco regions, and in the interior of New York and Pennsylvania. There was also an excess of rain during the week in the Missouri Valley, and numerous showers occcurred in Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota, and near Lake Superior. During the past four weeks the large seasonal deficiency of rainfall in the cotton regions has been greatly reduced, while during the same time, the seasonal deficiency in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and southern portions of Wisconsin and Michigan has been increased. Drought in this section has proved decidely injurious to growing crops. Reports for the week ending August G indicate that the weather has been favorable in the west portion of the cotton region, from central Alabama to Texas; but from Alabama eastward the rain has been greatly in excess, probably resulting in injury to growing cotton in the low lands. Numerous showers occurred in Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, northwest Missouri and northern Kansas, improving tut; LUIJU1 tlUll UI giuwiug 1U 111USC sections, but the drought continues in the corn States east of the Mississippi, resulting in serious injury to all growing crops. The weather in New England and the Middle Atlantic States is generally reported as unfavorable, the wet weather retarding the harvest and injuring the grain, hay and potatoes, near the coast. While the conditions are reported as favorable for corn in these districts, an excess of sunshine and temperature, combined with slight excess of rainfall in Kentucky and Tennessee during the past week, has probably improved the condition of the tobacco crop. COTTON AND CORN IN THE WEST. The monthly crop report for the Memphis district, which embraces West Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama and North Arkansas, published last Monday, says: "The weather during the month of July was in the main favorable for cotton. This is emphasized by the splendid reports received from Mississippi and Alabama, where crops are more promising. Complaints are received from Arkansas, where drought has prevailed in some localities and damage has been done to the plant. In Tennessee rain is badly needed in several sections, and injury to both cotton and corn are reported. "The outlook on the whole, however, is very satisfactory and a yield largely in excess of last year can be confidently anticipated. The season is fully two weeks earlier than last year and picking, which will commence in some localities about the 20th of August, will become general throughout the district by September 10. "The corn crop, especially in Alabama and Mississippi, is reported unsually fine, and the yield will be above an average and more than necessary for home con SUIlJpi/IUII. More Trouble in Walhalla.?On the 2nd instant, G. \V. Sadler and J. R. Hunter, two of the alleged libelers who have caused so much trouble in Walhalla, were brought to that place from Greenville jail, where they have been held for some time for safe-keeping, and appeared in Trial Justice Robert Jayne's Court, with their attorney, Geo. Johnstone, from Newberry, who applied for bail in the libel case. Nothwithstanding the great enormity of their crime and the terrible indignation it was known such an action would excite, the Court granted them bail. As wasexpected, the cit izens of the town and country for many miles around convened in West Union, and held an indignation meeting, with Col. R. A. Thompson, of the Walhalla Bar, as chairman, and Prof. E. R. Doyle, of Westminster, as secretary. The meeting, after a few brief remarks, passed a resolution to the effect that G. W. Sadler, J. R. Hunter, A. Morgan and J. Walter Hodge were men dangerous to the peace, safety and good order of society, and that the said named parties should be notified to leave the State of South Carolina immediately, never to return. Sadler and Hunter went direct from the Court-room to Seneca City. Morgan took the first train, but Hodge refuses to leave. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ><ii:TTER FROM ROCK HILL. "Rock Hill, August 8.?Your regular correspondent left here on last Saturday in company with his wife on a pleasure trip to Wilmington and Carolina Beach, N. 0., where they will visit relatives and enjoy the delightful sea breeze for a few days. (--Mr. Edward Robertson, Messrs. R. T. Fewell & Co.'s book-keeper, has gone to Birmingham, Alabama, on a pleasure trip. The ladies of the Presbyterian Church will give a baby show on Tuesday afternoon at Roddey's Hall. No children over five years will be admitted. They are to have judges who will decide upon the prettiest baby, and award the prize. A large turnout is expected. Sam Massev, colored, one of Mr. W. G. Adams' hands, while at work on Roddey's new building last Thursday, was prostrated by the heat. Oi>r town was full of railroad men last Veek. Col. R. A. Johnson and his private secretary, Mr. G. A. Frick, were here /? * .. - . . - . * mi loouing alter the interest 01 tne xnree *_/a. Mr. G'olvin, the gentleman who is superintending the masonry for the bridge over Catawba river, left here on last" Friday morning with his hands for the scene of his work. He will begin at once, building the piers. Messrs. Frew Brothers' elegant new store is finished and they are busy moving into it to-day. This store is certainly an ornament to our town, and the proprietors deserve great credit for erecting such a handsome building. The tinners are now busy putting on the roof of the Roddey building. The brick work is about finished. The young men of our town have taken a great inttoeit in the match game of base ball' played Charlotte last week between Charlotte and Columbia. Of course Rock Hill was on the Charlotte side as our clever young townsman, Mr. John T. Roddey, was playing with the Charlotte nine. And by-the-by, John is considered as good a player as the Charlotte nine have. Watermelons are still plentiful here and are almost selling for little or nothing. Apples are very scarce. They were sold on our streets for one dollar and sixty cents a bushel on last Saturday. The meeting which has been going on for the past week in the Baptist Church at thi3 place came to an end last night. The services have been well attended by large congregations. Every one that attended was delighted with the sermons preached by Rev. G. B. Moore, of Darlington, who has been assisting Rev. J. Q. Adams, the pastor. There were a good many conversions and some came forward last night and were naptizea. The farmers are still very hopeful, notwithstanding there is so much rain. A good deal of damage has been done to the corn on Catawba river. Mr. A. R. Smith, formerly of this place, but now of Camden, says the Wateree river has played havoc with his com crop, and that he will lose five thousand bushels by the river overflowing on it. Work will begin on our new graded , school building this week.' The many friends of Miss Minnie Wilson, of your town, who has been quite sick here at her brother's, will be glad to hear that she is improving. The town council will meet to-night and decide on the names of our streets and have signs put up at each corner with name of streets. As usual Rock Hill sent her share oi witnesses and criminals to the United States Court which is in sessson at Greenville. About thirty white and colored persons left on the 5 o'clock train yesterday. ? Mr. E. R. Avery is the happiest man in town. It is a thirteen-pound boy. John Thompson, a negro laborer in the employ of the G., N. & C. Railroad, was killed by lightning about 5 J o'clock last Saturday evening. He was walking through a cotton field at the time the fatal bolt descended, and the cotton plants on which he fell were burned as if by fire. Trial Justice Whyte empaneled a jury of inquest which rendered a verdict in accordance with the above statements, i^ltfr. W. J. Roddey, Cashier of the First National BanKj returned to-day after an extended trip of nearly three months through most of the Western States. He was very much pleased with the" section of the country he visited. Felix. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.-- " LETTER FROM FORT MILL. Fort Mill August 8.?You never have heard of a duller time, except during war or epidemic, than afflicts the "cut off' at this time. No startling tragedy nor amusing comedy excites our people to laughter or a sense of horror; but they plod on in the same beaten track that they have pursued for years. Not even the meeting of a farmers' club relieves the monotony. What is the matter with these last named that they no longer hold forth their views and interchange experiences ? They were wont to meet at this season of the year and discuss what to do next year, and speculate as to the reconciliation of labor and capital as well as intensification or diversification of crops, etc. Now they seem to have lost interest in such discussions. At this season of the year, when no other work is pushing, it is certainly improving to one's debating powers to join in such discussions, though there might be no other benefit derived. Besides, it is highly consistent with the general mode of operations to have such meetings at a season when people are otherwise idle. It serves to keep them out of mischief; the gas accumulated during the busy season finds vent; matters prospective and retrospective can be fully canvassed; and afterwards, when they become busy again, all can be forgotten so easily. If farmers form clubs, and wish to accomplish good thereby, they should meet at stated intervals throughout the year. Then they could discuss matters as they present themselves in the very near future; and thus they would be able to not forget. Last week the Catawba got on a tare and did considerable damage to corn on the banks and in low places. This will be a hardship on those immediately concerned, but general indications point to an abundant harvest of the staff of life. In some places there is complaint of too much rain for cotton. Rain began to fall this morning before daylight, and there is a prospect of its continuance until the afternoon, if not all day, in such a drizzledrozzle way as the old backwoods preacher prayed for, Dnrino- thp frpshpt. last week, the White & Springs mill belov^ Nation Ford was rendered useless by the caving in of the foundation. It was moved several feet last year. Work at the factory progresses as well as the weather permits. Our townsman, Mr. C. F. Rogers, bosses the brick work, and estimates that six hundred thousand bricks will be used in the factory building and about the machinery. Anon. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM BLACK'S. Black's August 5.?Ten days ago, the people murmured on account of dry and excessively hot weather Now they are sorely vexed because of excessive rains. The flood has been destructive to corn and cotton on the bottoms of Broad River and Buffalo Creek. The oldest citizens say that Broad River was fully three feet higher than during the freshet of 188G. Your correspondent went down to Broad River, on the Air-Line train, No. 50, Tuesday morning, to witness the passengers cross Broad River bridge, and found the bottoms on each side of the river inundated, the crops ruined and the first pier on the south side of the railroad bridge so badly damaged thattrains could notcross over the bridge. It seems that the pier was not originally put on a good rock foundation. Trees hurled by the rapidly rising river, against the pier, caused the masonry to u:,.u +v,Q rvior Fa oaFFIq give wtt^i Wllieil lauotu tiiv i?vy owviau on the upper side, drawing the bridge and track with it, It was rendered so unsafe by this defective pier that trains did not cross the bridge from Monday night until Saturday evening. This has been a great trouble to the Air-Line road, retarding freight and passenger traffic and a more especial vexation and trouble to the traveling public on account of having to walk the bridge from one train to the other. Trains on the C., C. & C. have been on time and had no accident during the heavy rains. A number of our town people went to the Spartanburg Fair, but did not enjoy the visit on account of rain, mud and want of hotel accommodation.. They think there were. too many people there and not ( enough to eat, though they were much i pleased with the goods exhibited. Our ^ people are fully convinced that Governor J Richardson is conversant with matters agricultural as well as matters governmen- r tal, and that all the Duncans are rattling j good talkers. u Col. R. A. Johnson, general manager of 1 the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago 1 Railroad, is among us, prospecting the . town in the interest of the road which he } represents. It is well that he believes in, ] and advocates a substantial road bed and i rolling stocK?ne is a neavy one. ne ana other officials went in a special carto Shel- ] by to-day, in the interest of the road. Mr. James W. Black, our Intendant, is confined to his bed and is quite sick. Senator John G. Black went to Columbia on last Tuesday to represent the interest of Cherokee township in the C., C. & C. Railroad. The object of the meeting was t to perfect the consolidation of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad with the Geeorgia and Carolina Midland Railroad. W. t Correspondence of tbe Yorkvllle Enquirer. j LETTER FROM CHESTER. , Chester, August 8.?The order of Good Templars at this place continues to add to its list of members. Beginning with thirteen members, the membership now ex- i ceeds seventy, and if present applicants ] were initiated, the order could boast of j almost 100 members. It has already done i a good work in our community, and gives 8 promise of greater usefulness in the future. ? On Friday evening the following officers were re-elected : J. K. Marshal, Chief Templar; Claude Edwards, Secretary ; J. Cauthen, Treasurer; Reuben Ferguson, j Financial Secretary; G.E. Latimefr, Mar- , shall; W. R. Nail, Sentinel; Miss Cattie Atkinson, Vice Templar; Miss Nellie Douglas, Guard; Miss Bessie McFadden, \ Assistant Secretary. The train that left this place on last * Wednesday for Lancaster, spent the uight at Fort Lawn in consequence of the washing away of the track at the river on the Lancaster side. The rise in the river was j , occasioned by heavy rains in North Caro- 1 ! lina. Bottom corn was greatly damaged. 1 The loss on Broad river by high water i is serious. I hear of one farmer who lost : 1,000 bushels of corn and eight bales of < , cotton; of another who lost about 1,200 < i bushels of corn and another who had one i hundred acres of cotton swept away. . There are doubtless many similar losses of , which I have not heard. The destruction . to crops is a heavy blow to farmers. Those who have suffered from the effects of the I freshet may make a sufficient quantity of l. corn on their high lands to answer their , ! own purposes, but they will not have any i to sell, according to their expectations of ~ a few days ago. The freshet of last Wed nesday lacked four feet of reaching the ( high water mark of last year, which was j the highest known in many years. The Sixth Regiment Reunion at Winns, boro last Thursday was slimly attended by Chester survivors of the same com- 1 mand. They gave the preference to the ' Spartanburg Encampment. > Col. J. S. Wilson, of our town, has been appointed United States Commissioner. ( He made no application for the position and does not know who recommended his ! ? appointment. ' i The colored hook and ladder company ! of this place returned on last Thursday < from Charlotte, where they had partici- ; pated in a contest with the colored fire- i men of that city. They succeeded in taking < the second prize and claim that with a ( ! better understanding of the city hydrants i they would have taken the first prize. The location of the line of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad on the 1 ! southern side of our town was finished on Thursday. This line has some advantages over that of the line on the northern side. ! The depot would be nearer that of the C., , C. and A. Railroad, thus facilitating the 1 transfer of passengers and freight. < Mr. John Simril, after an absence of j many months in Florida, returned last ; week. With his experience in the "Flowery Kingdom" he is now fully prepared to admit that South Carolina is the best i i.1 tt j nt-i /~i! i.l_ ~ ouue m me unueu ouites anu ^nesier me j best town in South Carolina. M. , Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. Hopewell, August 8'.?The late rains , have done considerable damage to the corn and cotton on the river. The river began to rise a week ago yesterday, and continued to rise until Tuesday, when it reached its highest point?higher, it is j stated, than it has been for thirty years. Corn and cotton were entirely covered. When the raging water subsided a very ; sad spectacle presented itself. Bottoms ; that were only a few hours before waving with corn and cotton?the best , prospect that had been for years?was broken down, uprooted and covered with mud. Old residenters say that it is sour and will not be fit for use. Those who failed to plant any upland corn are to be pitied. One of those is Mr. Howell who lives above Howell's ferry. His entire : crop of corn is ruined. The wire across the river at Howell's i Ferry broke during the freshet. Rev. Mr. Ratchford has been conducting a protracted meeting at Salem. There ] were a few additions to the church. On < Sunday, during the meeting, Mr. Thomas , Estes and Mr. John Lee were elected dele- , gates to attend the county Sunday-school Convention which meets at Sardis, the . second Sunday in August. One day last week, Early Good and Vic- , toria Simmons, living on Mr. H. F. Hor- ( ton's place, were struck by lightning. It was thought at first that Victoria was killed, but in a short time it was seen that life was not extinct. Rev. J. W. Arial and Mr. Edward Leech have returned from Lancaster where they 1 have been attending the District Confer- 1 ence. 1 Protracted meeting is appointed at Mt. ( Vernon the fourth Sunday in September. < Novice. 1 For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. i PICNIC AT BEERSHEBA. Ou Saturday morning last, I found myself and a congenial companion wending t our way through shady groves, blooming ^ cotton fields, mature corn, and across i meandering streams, in search of the picnic given by the Farmers' Club of Beer- i sheba Church. Without much effort we ] found the place to be at the school house 1 of Mr. E. B. Castles, the acceptable teacher in that neighborhood. We found the Club a living fact, with all its machinery in working order, and the f books kept in a business-like manner. All 1 the arrangements for the picnic were com- ? plete, due to the good management of c Mr. Castles, master of ceremonies, who 11 performed his duties with ease, grace and H dignity. < The speaker of the day was Capt. Ire- r dell Jones, Chairman of the York County c Farmers' Association, who delivered an t address, acceptable to his hearers on sub- \ jects germain to the agricultural interests, c The speaking was concluded by an inim- t itable and impromptu address by Rev. W. t W. Daniel, who also opened the exercises t with prayer. His address was well con- j ceived, well delivered and captivated his j hearers. r After Mr. Daniel's address the Master of the Club thanked all present for their good behavior and attention to the speaking, ? and announced that dinner would soon be E ready, the people possessing themselves 1 with patience. 0 We have heard of tables that groaned, E but this one groaned with groanings that 1 could not be uttered. The Master called a upon the people to help him relieve the table of its trouble, and they responded wi th r alacrity. The help was not able to relieve c it, and another call was made to the broth- ( erin black, and still there was enough and t to spare. t Last, but not least, was the nice music ji furnished by the Blairsville brass band. Taken all in all, the picnic was a perfect I success, of which the Club should be proud, t w. 4 ?* I SSF" The estimated majority of Buckner, 7 Democrat, over Bradley, Republican, for ^ Governor of Kentucky, in the election on t the 1st instant, is 17,500. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. i. H. O'Leary, Intendant?Ordinances. IV. J. McGill?Land and Mills for Sale. Fohn K. Ashe?Land Sale, rames R. Kennedy, Probate Judge?CitationThomas M. Whisonant, Applicant?Calvin Whisonant, deceased. 1'. M. Dobson <fc Co.?The Old Chap Smiling. Kennedy Bros. tfc Barron?Jeans. It May tfc May's. Withers Adickes?Commercial Evangelists. IV. C. Latimer?Read and Reflect. lohnC. Kuykendal?Mortar Notes. 3. F. AdicKes?Grand Bargain Sale. "ieorge T. Schorb?Sugar Cane Boilers. Parish tfc Kennedy?Duty. >V. E. Stoney, Comptroller-General?Insurance License. Et. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale. P. S. Jefferys and Jos. F. Wallace, Board of Corporators?Notice, rohn McElree, Proprietor, Charleston, S. C.? Free to All. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1888. Tlift T? v att r n r * r? titlll V? e\ fiivnialiarl fi?Am fViia 1.JJO UilV^UllVXilV >V 111 UD 1U1 111CJUOU 1IU111 IUIO late until January 1st, 1888, for 93 cents. STREET TAX. Persons liable to street tax are reminded that he time for paying the same will expire at 6 P. M., next Saturday, by which' time if not paid ;o the treasurer, at his office in the Bank, the lenalty, amounting to ?o, will attack. SUDDEN DEATH. On UrnFriday morning Mrs. Jane Davison, wife of Mr. Robert Dayison, who lives near Bethany Church in this county, went into the garden for the purpose of gathering vegetables for dinner, and while so engaged was suddenly jtricken down and diod before 11 o'clock the iame morning. "" UNITED STATES COURT. The August term of the U. S. District Court for the Western district of South Carolina convened in Greenville last Monday. A. M. Black ind Elias Inman, of this county, are petit jurors. Deputy Marshal Neely and a number of witnesses left here for Greenville on Monday svening's train. THE CHARLESTON SUN. We have received the prospectus of an evening paper to make its first appearance in Charleston on the loth instant, to be entitled the Daily Sun, and to be under the editorial control of Mr. A. B. Williams, well and favorably known as the talented editor of the Greenville News. Mr. Williams does not relinquish his proprietorship of the News, but he annouces his withdrawal from the editorship of that paper, which will, in the future, be under the business management of Mr. J. F. Richardson, with Mr. T. E. Horton as editor. riiiKSU^AL JUtWl'llW. ?Miss Lelia Brice, of Due West, is at Rev. J. C. Galloway's. _ Mr. Edwin E. Withers, of Sumter, is in Yorkville visiting his parents. ^Miss Sallie Rainey, of Union, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. R. Smith, in this county. - Mrs. Robert Lathan, of Due West, is in Yorkville, visiting her father, Dr. A. I Barron. ^Mrs. R. L. Ferguson, and Master Lewis, are at Lenoir, visiting the family of Mr. J. T. Grist. ^Mrs. Wade H. Williford, of Winnsboro, is in Yorkville, visiting her father, Sheriff' R. H. Glenn. iMrs. Minnie Chandler and Mrs. Fannie Spann, of Sumter, are in Yorkville, visiting their parents. \Mfa. R. S. Cathcart and two children, of Charleston, are in Yorkville, visiting Mrs. Mary Mason. i-Mrs. Agnes Harris and her daughter, Miss 3titt, of Columbia, are in Yorkville, the guests of Mrs. John E. Lowry. ?Miss Sallie J. White, of Chester, is in Yorkville, visiting her brother, Dr. Wm. G. White, and is a guest at the Parish Hotel. Mr. Jas. E. Meek, of Warren, Bradley Co., A.rk,, is visiting relatives and friends in this onnty. Mr. H. L. Wolfe, General Superintendent of the Farmers and Miners' Fraternal Society of Georgia, is spending his vacation here, the ?1. AT.. A WifViQvci Ui *U1 I -V* uyiiu^g TT AVUVAU* THE COLORED ODD FELLOWS. District Lodge No. 13, of the "Grand United Order of Odd Fellows," closed its annual session in this place last Friday. About sixty ielegates were present, representing forty-nine lodges in this State. The order is in a flourishing condition, as the following statistics show: Number of lodges, 50; Households of Ruth, 10; Past Masters' Chapters, 3; total number of members, 1,850; financial members, 1,170; P. N. F.'s, 453; initiated 129. The report also shows the following: Members buried, 37 ; wives of members buried, 27; children buried, 33. Paid to sick, $1,558.19; paid for funeral expenses, ?1,493.60; charity to the poor, ?518.55. Amount collected during the year, ?6,843.79. Paid out, ?5,850. Cash in^ funds and property, $12,485.50. The supremo head of the order in the United States is the sub-committee of management at Philadelphia, consisting of nine members who are elected every two years by the B. M. C., which consists of one delegate from each lodge in.North America and adjacent islands. The charters or dispensations are obtained from the committee of management at Leeds, England, the rituals, quarterly passwords and all internal work being the same as used by the English Odd Fellows. There are in the United States over 3,000 lodges, with a membership of 95,000, which steadily increases each year. It is the strongest society in the United States among the colared people, and probably the only one in which denominational religion and politics are not discussed. On Thursday the members marched through the principal streets in procession, presenting an imposing appearance in their rich and showy regalia. mL - r~ 11 Alanfa/1 frtt* fhfi An 'JL~llt3 IUUU Wlllg UlilUOl a tttjuoicv/vwiw^ ?.w juing year: District Master?0. D. Lowndes, Columbia; Deputy Master?G. W. Ford, Beaufort ; District Secretary?W. H. Rutherford, Oolumbia; District Treasurer?W. P. Cole, f/'harleston ; District Director?J. A. W. Rose, Charleston ; Guardian?Frank Woodberry, Georgetown ; Warden?Allen White, York^ille. Newberry was selected as the next place of neeting. The following resolutions were unanimously ulopted at the closing of the session : 1. That the District Lodge do return thanks o Silver Link Lodge No. 2002, and the citizens generally of Yorkville, for their kindness and lospitality towards us. 2. That these resolutions be spread upon our ninutes, and a copy be furnished the YorkriLLE Enquirer with a request for publicaion. RAILROAD NOTES. A special stockholders' meeting of the Cliareston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad was leld in Columbia on the 2nd instant. The gen;ral manager, Col R. A. Johnson, and several >f the directors were present. Sixteen thousmd shares of stock, or 91,600,000 was repreented. The consolidation of the Georgia and Carolina Midland with the Charleston, Cincinlati and Chicago (for which the meeting was ailed) was completed. It was decided that his branch should be called the Augusta division of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi ago Railroad, and an tne lnaeoteaness or too leorgia and Carolina Midland will be liquidaed at once. Resolutions were passed accepting bo Acts of the last Legislature of South Caroina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Centucky favorable to the Charleston Cineinlati and Chicago Railroad. The.engineer orps, in charge of Capt. Ramsaur, are now ;oing over the entire line from Union to Au;usta for the purpose of changing the alignnent when practicable and/educing the grades T that portion already graded for a narrow ;auge track. When this is done a force of lunds will be put upon that section of the road nd the work rushed. It having been stated in the meeting of diectors, held in Columbia, that Greenville ounty is ready to subscribe ?300,000 to the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago, provided ho Augusta division be deflected from Union o Greenville, the News, referring to the subset says : "We have failed to find by inquiry among eading men, who tho representative referred o is. There has been no public discussion of he scheme mentioned, and it must be a little revious to say that the county is ready to give 300,000 for its development. Only a few daj^s go a meeting of representative citizens eiiorsed unanimously a ?200,000 subscription to ho Carolina, Knoxvillo & Western railway. Ve do not believe tho county can spend ?500, 000 on railroads now. Let us have the C. K. <fe W." It is probable that several portions of York county, interested in the scheme, will be repre. sented in the meeting to be held in Charlotte to-morrow in the interest of the Roanoke Railroad, the proposed route of which, from Charlotte south, is to Augusta, Ga., through York and Union counties. A meeting of the local committee, appointed to perfect arrangements for the meeting, was held in Charlotte on Monday. All arrangements for the meeting were perfected and forty-six prominent citizens, inj eluding Mayor McDowell, were appointed as additional committeemen. Col. Frank Coxe, President of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad; Col. R. A. Johnson, General Manager; Senator M. C. Butler and W. L. Roddey, Directors; Maj. J. F. Hart, Attorney; Col. A. Urquhart, representative; and S. Badger, Col. Coxe's private secretary, met in Charlotte on Monday night to consummate important business in connection with the road. Express service has been estal lished on the completed portion of the C., C. <c C. Road be tween Shelby and Rutherfordton. With the appearance of sunshine yesterday morning preparations were made for resuming work on the grading in this vicinity, which, owing to the continued rains, has been suspended for about two weeks. Mr. G. H. Weld, who has been pleasantly and favorably known all along the line as inspector of timber, lias resigned that position for the purpose of taking a locomotive at the Camden end of the road, where track laying will be commenced in a few days. Mr. Weld is an experienced engineer, having been employed in that capacity for a number of years on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He will be sue- , ceeded as inspector by Mr. J. E. Allen, who is also favorably known to our people, having been connected with the road since the beginning of work upon it. Mr. W. G. Mclntire, Auditor of all the roads operated by the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company, whose office is in New York, arrived here last Thursday evening and left for Black's on Friday morning. Having attended the meeting of directors in Columbia last week, he availed himself of the opportunity to visit several points on the line of the t road, it being his first trip south. The trestle across the Pinckney road, two miles south-west of town, is finished, and besides the work progressing on King's Creek and Manning Creek trestle, which are near each other, Capt. Lewis is also working on the trestle across Turkey Creek. This crosses the stream near Mr. S. M. Scott's mill. The approaches by the wagon road to the Pinckney road trestle will be improved, by the railroad company as early as possible, by grading down flin liill nn fKn anufVi aula of f ftVifon intT fVl P fUO JJAJL1 VU VUU OV UbU OlUU| OUaigUVbUiUg curve and Macadamizing for some distance on either side of the trestle. We have been informed that this would have been done before now had the weather permitted. CHURCH 'NOTICES. Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 9.45. There will be no prayer meeting this evening. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services will commence at Tirzah on Friday next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered on Sunday. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. W. A. M. Plaxico, of Lancaster. Sunday-school in Yorkville at 5 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pa3tor. There will be no service in this church * next Sunday. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. There will be service next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 8.30 P. M., by Rev. J. R. X Alpine. Sunday-school at 5.30 P. M. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Sunday-school at 5 P. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia next Sunday, at 11 A. M. CORONER'S INQUEST. Dave Barnhill, a negro recently in the employment of Mr. Lewis Stacy, near Clover, died last Saturday night at his own home under circumstances leading to the suspicion that he had been poisoned ; and yesterday his widow made affidavit before Trial Justice Bell that she had reasons for believing that his , death was the result of poison feloniously administered. Accordingly, the coroner proceeded this morning to the grave of the deceased, who was buried in a negro burying ground on Mr. Giles Ormand's land, and will have the body exhumed and hold an inquest to-day. We understand his widow suspicions one'or more negroes in the neighborhood with having administered the poison. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. mi j _ r -n j n .u ~ ? xnegranu jury 01 j^ugeueiu, auer au investigation of the Master's office of that county, report that official to be a defaulter to a considerable amount. ?At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Cheraw ana Chester Railroad in Lancaster, on the 2nd instant, W. H. Hardin was re-elected President and David Hemphill Secretary and Treasurer. A committee was appointed to confer with the Richmond and Danville Company, the lessee of the road, and request it to take into consideration the propriety of extending the C. & C., to a point 2o or 30 miles east of Lancaster. ? The freshet in' the Congaree reached its highest point Thursday afternoon, about 3.30, standing twenty feet nine inches above low water mark. A little later the waters began to subside slowly and up to 3 o'clock that afternoon had gone down several feet. All the crop lands below Columbia are now above water and the damage has not been great. The water did not remain long enough upon the cotton to affect the crop to any marked degree. ? A three-year old daughter of James Anderson, of Anderson county, wa^drowned in a little creek or branch near her father's house on Saturday of last week. After one of the hard rains, the children fot permission of their father to go to the ranch and see the water. This little girl could not keep up with the older ones, and they went on up the branch, watching the turbid waves. The little girl got into the edge of the water in some way and was carried down. The other children were not present at the time, and were too small to render the needed assistance. The body was recovered. ? The Georgetown Enquirer thus announces the death of a prominent actor in the days of reconstruction: Ex-Congress man Joseph H. Rainey, died at his residence on Monday night of congestive fever, after an illness of only five days' duration. He was one of the most intelligent and prominent representatives of the colored race in the State. He represented this district in Congress for two terms soon after the war, and was finally defeated by Hon. John S. Richardson. He was a conservative citizen, a man of quiet and dignified manners and prepossessing appearance. Though the period during which he served in Congress was an era of extraordinary corruption in public affairs, no reproach has ever attached to his character or conduct in political matters. MERE-MENTION. A terrible thunder storm visited Jackson, Miss., and surrounding country, last Friday evening, and several houses were struck by lightning.--y<'F. A. Sawyer, who was a carpet-bag Senator from South Carolina and assistant secretary of the treasury under Grant in 1873-74, is now a $1,COO clerk in the quartermaster general's office. The business failures occurring throughout the country during last week number, for the United States 163, Canada 20, total v183, against 184 the previous week. T'Only six seats in the next House of /Representatives will be contested. The most interesting case will be that of Robert Smalls, colored, against Col. Win. Elliott, of the Beaufort, S. C., district. Mill Brook, Graham county, Kansas, twenty miles north of Kansas City, was almost destroyed about sundown ThnrsHov hu a Qtraicfhf winH w TTAUUf WUilU^ 11SJLLL slightly west of north. The man who had rather be right than be president never lacks opportunities. The verdict in the so-called Chicago "boodlers" cases?the trial of eleven city officials for bribery and corruption in office, ended last Friday with a verdict of guilty. Seven were sentenced to the penitentiary for two yeare each, and four were fined one thousand