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Jtoajus and partis. ? Texas is well off in dogs, or badly off rather, for, according to the Galveston News, they cost the State $50,000,000. There are 2,500,000 of them. They cost their owners 5 cents a day or $45,000,000, and cost sheep owners $5,000,000 more. ? Under the law the time allowed for the redemption of tiqde dollars will expire to-morrow. The amount redeemed up to date is a little over $7,400,000. The number of these dollars, held in this country as estimated by the director of the mint in his report to Congress is $7,036,000. The slight excess in redemptions is accounted for by importations from China and Japan. ? The Democratic National Convention, which is to meet next year, will comprise 820 delegates. Of these New England will have76; the Middle States, 150; the South, 306; the West, 24; the Pacific, 28; the District of Columbia and the Territories, 18. As the rule requires two-thirds to nominate, the successful candidate must get 547 votes. The Galveston News is correct in thinking that the chances are good for Mr. Cleveland to get 820 votes. ? At a Grand Army demonstration in Wheeling, Friday, the members of the Grand Army posts, it is reported, refused to pass under the portrait of President Cleveland suspended from the Register office. The entire column made a detour and dropped their colors in passing the picture. The action caused considerable excitement in the city. There were over five thousand veterans in line from West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania and Ohio. ? Vincent, the ex-Treasurer of Alabama, who defaulted two or three years ago for $200,000 and fled to Mexico, but was recently arrested in Texas and brought back for trial, was tried at Montgomery last week on two cases charging him with embezzlement and convicted in both. He was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary in each case. Having appealed to the supreme court, he remains in the county jail until that tribunal decides. It meets in December. There are thirty-seven other indictments against him. ? Ex-Congressman Gibson, of West Virginia, was fined $50 in addition to a term of ten days in jail, by Judge McGinnis, of the State circuit court, at Huntingdon, W. Va., last Wednesday, for contempt of court. A few days before, Gibson intimated in the court that the judge was open to bribes, and that subsequently on the street applied an opprobrious name to his honor, .nklnk nn tkfl toafimAnv f\f RfiVftml oiti VVJLIlViif UU VUV VWViuuvuj v* WW . /ens, led to Gibson's arrest and commit* ment. There was nearly a riot when sentence was pronounced, but Gibson submitted quietly and is serving the sentence. ? Ex-Senator Ferry, of Michigan, who is now never heard of, was once the most important individual in the United States. He was president of the Senate when the election of Mr. Tilden was disputed. The Senate claimed the right of its presiding officer to determine which were the legal returns from a State. The eyes of the nation were on Ferry then. In 1882 he failed in business for $1,500,000. The next year he was defeated for the Senate. Since that time he has fallen from notoriety, but he has worked hard, and paid off over $1,200,000 of debts. ? The Supreme Council of the American Degion of Honor held its sessions of bien.nial convention in Washington last week. The body consists of forty-six delegates, representing one supreme body, 18 grand bodies, and 1,050 subordinate bodies, the total membership being 62,000. It extends to every State and Territory of the Union and to Canada and the Sandwich Islands. The order was instituted eight yeare ago, andis a mutual benefitinsurance society. It Is now carrying a benefit insurance of $183,000,000, and the amount collected and paid during the past two years was about $4,000,000. ? A new party with "America for Americans" as itsmotto has made its appearance, * ?ill H * 4- in nni/1 i r> fhn olon. UUU Will UgUrCt 111 IS 3AIU) iu n?v uvav viw tion. Its projectors say it is but a revival of the old American party which never has been really dead, though with the objectionable features of the know-nothing movement lopped off. General Master Workman Powderly is a prominent advocate of the new idea, the central principle of which, of course, is restriction of immigration. The party now claims a membership of 1,500,000, and during the constitutional centennial in Philadelphia, the central committee will hold a convention for the purpose of organization, Ac. ? The New York State Prohibition Convention was in session at Syracuse last week. A state ticket was put in nomination for the approaching election. Before adjournment an examination was held with the object of discovering the standing of each delegate in the church. All were found to be church members, ninety-five were ministers and a large number of the others were Sunday-school superintendents. About 2,000 delegates were in attendance. Of these 135 were formerly Democrats and the rest were formerly Republicans. The platform was adopted declaring against licenses and in favor of women's suffrage. It declares that both Republican and Democratic parties are controlled by the "rum power," and cited acts of both in the Legislature as proof of the assertion. ? The fight against the Red River railroad by the Canadian Pacific is on in earnest, and it looks like there is going to be trouble in Manitoba about it. Work on the road is being steadily pushed forwaid. Short work is being made of obstacles. A Canadian Pacific man named Jenkins, who objected to the road crossing his lots, was seized by a crowd of navvies, placed on a scraper, and driven out on the prai* " Xl 4.^1.1 rie ana aumpea. rie was men iuiu iu make himself scarce, and he did so. The first consignment of bolts and spikes for the new road has arrived, and the ties are expected in a few (Jays more. Track laying will then be begun and will be pushed forward, and, the Government says, November 1 will see the line running to the boundary if the road has to be defended by bayonets. ? John P. Hamlin, of Washington, the foreman of the Guiteau jury, says the assassin's curse has not cursed the twelve men who had the most to do with his punishment. Not long ago George Scoville, Guiteau's brother-in-law and principal attorney, said "that the wealthy foreman of the jury became penniless and four other members of the jury died and one was sent to the insane asylum." Mr. Hamlin says, "This is a lie. I am not penniless. On the contrary, my business is in a better condition than ever it was before; my health, as you can see, is just perfect, and I am a very happy and contented person. Only o-.e member of the jury has died, and that was poor Tom Heinlein, who was half dead with consumption when he went on the jury." ? After September 1 all deliveries of contract cotton under the rules of the New York Cotton Exchange must be made by the delivery of negotiable warehouse receipts, issued in accordance with the plan of inspection and certification adopted some months ago by the Exchange, to go into effect September 1, Thursday of this week. There appears to be an apprehension in some quarters that the plan will afford greater facilities than now exist for manipulating the market, but the original friends of the scheme strongly in~!"t Wifh ro. \ SJ9t UU lilC UpjJUOIlO n avii *v gard to the possibility that all the certificated cotton may be controlled and held off the market by a corner, without the ability on the part of the Exchage to inspect and certificate receipts fast enough to relieve the stringency, it is replied that there is no limit to the capacity of the Exchange in thus disposing of receipts and putting them in deliverable order. ? Of the Indian situation, a Denver Colorado, dispatch of Sunday says: The Ute war situation, as far as can be learned, is unchanged. Word has been received that 600 Utes are camped near Thursday's battlefield and are held back by two companies of colored regulars. It is known that the Indians that took part in the fight on Thursday were Une Utes, White River, Uintah Utes and Uncom pah rages, and that, if necessary, 1,600 reinforcements can be raised from the tribe. The Uncompahrages Indians are a very hot. headed race, and if any of their people ' were killed on Thursday it is feared the entire tribe will take the matter up, and throw the State into a long and bloody war. If the Indians do not attack the whites at Rangely before the arrival of Governor Adams and Gen. Crook, there are hopes that the trouble will be settled. Lieutenant Folsom, of Aspen, who was wounded seriously during theengagement, died on Friday morning. ? A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch of Saturday says: The heaviest rain of the season fell here early this morning, and extended over a large area. The rainfall from three to nine o'clock was four and a half inches. Some streams rose at the rate of 29 inches per hour and flooded crops. Large quantities of hay in the low grounds were washed away. Washouts on the North Carolina railroad and Raleigh and Augusta road prevented trains from leaving the city this evening. Great damage has been done to all low ground crops. iltr fjflrferiUr (fiwquim. YORKVXLLE, fig. V. : \' WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1887. THE AMOUNT OP JONES' BAIL. We were in error last week in the state ment that the amount of bail in the case of Jones, the Edgefield triple murderer, was fixed by Judge Wallace at the sum of $3,000. The amount should have been stated as $10,000. In justice to Judge Wallace, in view of our adverse comments, though nothing was said reflecting upon him as an exponent of the law as he finds it, we print to-day, in full, his order granting bail to Jones. For Judge Wallace we entertain the highest respect as a true and impartial Judge, one who would act only upon conscientious motives, nor would we reflect upon Judge Norton's action in the premises, he being governed by the rules of practice as they have obtained in this State; but that there is serious defect in the rules, as also in the law as applied to such a peculiar and extraordinary case as that of Jones, none can deny, and it is of these defects that we complain. It is doubtful, however, if Jones can give the required bond. It seems that while his proffered bondsmen are willing to verify according to Judge Wallace's requirements, the sworn statements of their tax returns place their property at a value much less than the sura in which they are required to verify. This situation brings about an inconsistency which they have not yet reconciled. The Edgefield Chronicle of the 24th, commenting upon the action of Judge Wallace, says: On yesterday, our Clerk of Court received from Judge Wallace the order admitting Jones to bail?in the sum of ten thousand dollars?with not less than two nor more than five sureties. We are willing to believe that Judge Wallace has done the best he could under the law. We suppose Jones can give the bond. The sure Jqo dm frw inotifir in ttvipo thp Clim The IIV>0 (IIV KV jugviljr iu VM1VV Vi*y wmim* ? ..v law by which such a murderer as Jones goes at large, ought to be amended as soon as possible, to meet such cases. And here will be a bond which it would behoove our Grand Jury or a "Special Committee." to look narrowly into?very narrowly. THE NATION'S CHIEFTAIN. The President has accepted an invitation to attend the Piedmont Exhibition at Atlanta, Ga., and the statement is made that he will arrive thereon Monday evening, October 17th, and*remain Tuesday and Wednesday, ISth and 19th. The President will meet a cordial welcome in the South, should he make the contemplated visit, but we fear there are persons within our borders who in their mistaken zeal to pay homage to the Nation's Chief, will do more to defeat the Democratic ticket in 1888 than Blaine and Sherman, with their bloody shirt devices, could accomplish du: ring the entire campaign. Already are these evidences cropping out, as may be seen by the following dispatch of Saturday, from Atlanta: "The Atlanta daily Capitol has created a sensation by demanding that Jefferson Davis should be invited to the Piedmont Exposition, to be held here in October, and that by his haud President Cleveland should be welcomed. The Capitol asks why Mr. Davis has not been invited and insinuates that it is because the Prohibitionists are prejudiced against him. It accuses the people of Atlanta of fickleness, hypocrisy, or forgetfulness, and declares that Henry W. Grady should be the man to introduce Mr. Davis to President Cleveland. This act, it says, would alone convince the North that when theirSouthern cousins extend a welcome, it is from the heart." That soabsurd a proposition as the above should "create a sensation" even in Atlanta, we are not surprised; but the wonder is that the editor making it has not been arrested on a warrant of lunacy and quietly committed to a lunatic asylum. We accord to Jefferson Davis all honor and reverence to which he is entitled as the representative of a lost cause in which his countrymen were identified; but it should be borne in mind that as the central figure in that cause, though a harmless old man, he ever will be distasteful and repugnant to a large body of those who compose the Democratic party of the North?men who fought honestly to maintain the integrity of the Union. While such a spectacle as that proposed by the Atlanta lunatic would drive these men frotn the Democratic party in 1888, it is just the character of "incident" in which the Republicans would delight, and from which they would manufacture their thunder of the n^xt campaign. We suppose the President will have sufficient sagacity to put his veto upon any such nonsense as that contemplated by the Capitol, while we doubt not Mr. Davis would foresee its inevitable result. Whipping out a Railroad.?About a week ago the Richmond and Danville Railroad advanced rates on manufactured cotton goods to Eastern points, and at the same time raised freights on coal from the West. The cotton goods rate was changed from the sixth to the fifth class, making an advance of fourteen cents per hundred, while the coal rate went up fiO cents a ton. j Both these advances fell heavily on the j cotton mills at Greenville. The annual freight bill of the Piedmont and Camper! down mills is over $50,000, and the advanced rate meant an increase of $8,000 a ! year for the Piedmont, and $5,000 for ! Camperdown. As soon as the new rate ! was announced, Col. Hammett, the presi-1 I dent of these two mills, at once began I | shipping his goods to Charleston, and I j thence North by steamer. The State rail! road commission protects rates to Charleston, and the steamer company gave him a cheap rate, so that the total was about the same as the old all-rail rate. This has i gone on for a week. Thursday Col. Hammett received a telegram from D. Card' well, freight and passenger agent of the Richmond and Danville, announcing that I the old rate would be resumed from and after Friday. Col. Hammett is so well pleased with the water route that in view of the reduction promised he may conitnue 1 to use it altogether. The result is a'comi plete victory for Col. Hammett's mills.? (Ireenville Correspondence News and Courier. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. A. P. Butler, director of the South Carolina weather service, furnishes the following data concerning the effect of the i weather on the various crops in the State for the week ending August 27: In the upper counties the rainfall for the week has been about the average, and in the middle counties it was slightly above. No report from lower counties. Its general effect on the growing crops has been favorable, except in the middle section, where it has been somewhat injurious to cotton. The temperature has been about the average, affecting the crops favorably. 'There has been about the average amount of sunshine, whicli has been favorable for crops. Owing to partial showers this week, coupled with the excessive moisture of the preceding week, the condition of cotton has not improved. Reports of shedding are numerous and in some sections the bolls are rotting. The plant now needs warm sunshine; nevertheless it is still thought the yield will come up to the average. Corn, peas and potatoes are in fine condition. Reports indicate that, as yet, no serious damage has been done by caterpillars. The weather crop bulletin of the signal service, at Washington, for the week ending August 27th, says: During the week, ending August 27th, the weather has been unusually cold in the Central Valleys and Lake region, and slightly colder in all States on the Atlantic Coast, except Florida and Southern Georgia. In the corn region, the daily average temperature ranged from six to twelve degrees below the normal, and in the tobacco regions, the daily temperature was from three to five degrees colder than usual. The daily average temperature for the season from January 1st to August 27th, differs less than one degree from the normal in all districts except for the lower lYJLlSSlUUn VttllCJf >VCOlYY?iU IV biiv AKWttjr Mountains, where the daily average temperature was about two degrees warmer than usual. During the week the rainfall has been in excess in States on the Atlantic coast, on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains as far east as the Missouri valley and Arkansas, and from Lake Erie westward to Iowa, generally throughout the tobacco regions of Kentucky and Tennessee ; and in the cotton region the rainfall has been less than usual but numerous showers have occurred in those districts. The large seasonal deficiency, exceeding ten inches, continues in the lower Mississippi valley and the greater portions of Iowa and Illinois, although this deficiency has been slightly reduced by the recent rains in Iowa and Northern Illinois. During the past month over 100 per cent, of the usual amount of rain occurred in the districts on the Atlantic coast, and in Nebraska, Colorado, Southern Minnesota, Northern Iowa, Nortnern Kansas, Northern Illinois, Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana, while less than 50 per cent, of the usual amount of rain has occurred in Southern Illinois, Southern Missouri, Arkansas and in the extreme western portions ot Kentucky and Tennessee. Reports indicate that the rains during the past and previous weeks have doubtless proved favorable for growing crops in the corn regions, although in the principal corn producing States the yield of this crop will doubtless be materially reduced owing to the drouth. Reports from the cotton regions show that the harvesting of that crop is in progress, but that the yield has been slightly reduced owing to the deficiency in rainfall. During the week the weather has been esDeciallv favorable for pasture and late planted potatoes in the Middle and Atlantic States and in the Northwest. Reports from New England indicate that the weather has been unfavorable to growing crops, especially tobacco and potatoes, owing to excess of rainfall. Frosts occurred during the week as far south as Central Minnesota, but as yet have caused no material injury to the crops. BAIL FOR It. T. JONES. The following is a copy of the order of Judge Wallace allowing bail to It. T. Jones, the celebrated triple murderer of Edgefield: At a former term of the Court three indictments charging the defendant with murder were pending. Upon one of these he was tried and found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary at hard labor for the period of twenty-five years. The presiding Judge at that term signed an order in each of the two remaining cases permitting Jones to be discharged from custody and go thence without day. From the sentence upon the verdict of guilty of manslaughter, Jones has appealed to the Supreme Court, and that appeal is now pending. Pending that appeal his counsel now makes the motion for bail. According to the common law the Judges of the State had the power to admit to bail in all cases, even after conviction, but it was a power to be exercised with due discretion, and, after conviction, with extreme caution. Wate vs. Satterwhite, 20th S. C., 34. The General Assembly of this State, in 1884, altered the law as 4t then stood, and by an Act approved 24th December, 1884, entitled an Act to "regulate appeals in criminal cases," provided as follows: "That in criminal cases service of notice of appeal in accordance with law shall operate as a stay of the execution of the sentence until the appeal is finally disposed of." By Section 2 of the Act it is further provided: "Pending such appeal the defendant shall remain in confinement unless he give bail in such sum and with such sureties as to the Court shall seem ^ ; .1. J i t? II 11 ??/vi I E roper: rroviueu, xiowever, unn sunn hui e allowed in case the defendant has been convicted of a capital crime." This Act takes away all discretion from the Court in matters of bail after conviction, save as to the amount of bail and number and description of sureties. It provides that bail must not be allowed after conviction of a capital felony, and gives to the defendant a right to it after conviction of any lesser crime pending an appeal. I may say that, but for the Act, I would not have felt at liberty to grant bail in this case. The common law left the matter to the discretion of the Judge, to be exercised after conviction with "extreme caution." After a sentence of twenty-five years in the Penitentiary extreme caution would have required a refusal of the motion. This defendant has been convicted of a crime of less degree than a capital felony, and under the Act above referred to has a legal right to bail, and the only matter in regard to which the Court has any discretion is as to the amount of bail and the sureties. The Constitution of the State requires that excessive bail shall not be required, nor should the bond be fixed at so large a sum as to practically defeat the operation of the statutes, for that would be to deny to the defendant his legal rights by indirection. Yet I must consider, too, the appalling punishment that threatens him and how lightly a small pecuniary consideration would operate under ordinary circumstances in bringing most men to undergo it if a new trial should be refused. On motion of Mr. W. T. Gary and Messrs. Gary & Evans, it is ordered that the said R. T. Jones be admitted to hail upon his entering into recognizance before the clerk of this Court in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, with not less than two nor more than five sureties, who reside within the jurisdiction, or own sufficient property within the jurisdiction of this Court, each of whom is to justify before said clerk in double the amount for which he is bound, said recognizance to be conditional for the appearance of the said It. T. Jones at each succeeding term of the Court until his appeal is finally disposed of, and to remain and abide whatever the said Court shall order, either in regard to a new trial or to his undergoing the punishment to which he has been sentenced. W. II. Wallace. August 22, 1887. ? The Governor has respited Ciesar White, who was to haye been hanged in Walterboro' last Friday. White was convicted last winter of the murder of a peddler for the purpose of robbery. lie has been respited until September 30. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, August 29.?Our jail is Ailing up preparatory to the October term of the Court. The following is the list of prisoners confined therein: James Carter, charged with larceny from the field; Thomas Henry, enticing laborers from farm; Spencer Cook and Mary Thompson, charged with adultery; Thos. Graham, charged with forgery. With one exception the defendants are colored. This class of our population is more law-abiding than they were a few years ago. Then they were a set of law-breakers. The Courts teemed with cases in which they were the accused. They committed all kinds of crimes without any compunctions of conscience, and without any regard for law. Now achange for the better has taken place. Crime does not prevail among the colored population to the extent it once did. They are more observant of law and in many respects are bfetter citizens. Whether the fear of punishment has a restraining influence, or whether they have attained a higher standard of morality I am not pre pareu 10 say. j/ossiDiy a cooperation 01 these causes produces the effect that is so apparent to any unprejudiced mind. There are those who express their inability to see any improvement in the moral condition of the colored people since they were clothed with the garment of freedom, but they are blinded with prejudice, and cannot or will not see the light of truth. Mr. Hollenbeck, late of Colorado, who has been looking at lands in this section, states that he has found gold on the plantation of Col. John S. Bratton, near Brattonsville, in York county. Having faith in the development of the supposed gold mine, hojhdg^aaed it for three years, and is now engaged with shovels and picks in digging the precious ore. If this process results in showing the richness of the ore, he will purchase the necessary machinery and thoroughly develop the mine. He has spent considerable time in mining in Colorado, a d with his knowledge of the business expresses the opinion that not only gold, but copper and zinc abound in the section of country where he is now mining. A large number of our farmers will be saved next year the expense of buying molasses. Sorghum was planted to a considerable extentin this county, and is now undergoing the process of grinding. Mr. irvin ahead, an oia citizen 01 tne Lowrysville neighborhood, died on last Tuesday. The funeral services were performed on Wednesday by Rev. L. C. Iiinton. Rev. Leslie R. McCormick, for a long time pastor of Zion Presbyterian Church, of this county, died last Saturday morning. He was for several months in feeble health, . occasioned by paralysis. Failing health compelled him to resign his pastorate, which was acceptable to the congregation. The funeral services were held at Mount Zion Church and were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Fulton and Rev. Mr.. Thornwell. The remains were buried in the cemetery at this place. The first bale of new cotton was sold here on Saturday and brought 8i cents per pound. About 5 o'clock this morning fire was discovered in the drug store of Dr. A. H. Davega. The alarm was sounded and the firemen promptly responded. They succeeded in saving the building, but the stock of drugs was so damaged by fire and water as to be almost a total loss. The loss was covered by insurance. The cause of the fire is unknown. m. The Wrecked Bank.?A Sumter letter in the News and Courier of last Saturday says: Bank Examiner Tate is hard at work on the books, but cannot say yet how the investigation will result. Mr. Tate will probably have his report completed by Monday night. He has examined all the notes, &c., in the bank and finds that with what money was left the amount of assets will reach about ?50,000. The deposits made amounted to about $61,000. The a. ./ 1L. ? amount 01 uie uemicauuu cuuuut bo arrived at, but it will, it is feared, be larger than was at first supposed. Many responsible 'business men venture the opinion that it will reach sixty or seventy thousand dollars. It is hoped, however, that this is an exaggeration.' Whatever the amount may be, it will no doubt be made good and business will be resumed. The merchants and business men are by no means cast down by this blow to the town. They intend to go right ahead, and by indomitable energy retrieve the losses. Nearly everybody here is sanguine, and if the bank does not resume very soon another banking house will be opened. Sumter is too fine a place for banking to have no institution of the kind. Some idea might be gathered of the amount of business done here by the following figures: During the three years and a half of its existence the Sumter National Bank paid out dividends amouting to $14,000. A surplus of$10,000 and about $1,000 of undivided profits were in the bank. This makes in all a profit of $25,000, or just 50 per cent, of the entire capital stock over and above all expenses. There are certainly very few banks anywhere that can make such an excellent showing. A dispatch to the Columbia Register of last Sunday says: The bank examiner furnishes the following statement of the condition of the wrecked bank: Assets?notes due the bank, $45,700; cash in safe, $1,800; to be returned from sale of bonds in Washington, $2,000; refunded by Cashier Bartlett, $2 700; cash in checks; $150; factory stock, $500; total assets, $52,850. Due to depositors, a litttle over $62,000. Other liabilities as yet unknown. The receiver will be here on Monday. Colonel Wallace left for Charleston tonight, and will make arrangements to carry on a collection business at once. Bartlett's bondsmen protest against the appointment of the receiver. As before indicated, Bartlett's defalcation will be over $65,000. Depositors will get most of their money by January next. Tiiey Want a Change.?The dissatisfaction existing among some of the business men and others along the line of the Columbia and Greenville and South Carolina divisions of the Richmond and Danville Railroad with its present management, has culminated in a movement, the details of which were secured by a reporter of the Register last night. Petitions have been prepared for circulation simultaneously among the patrons of these divisions, commencing to-day, stating that in the belief of the signers that it is for their mutual interests that the present Superintendent, Mr. G. R. Talcott, be removed and one appointed to the position who will more fully appreciate the needs and wants of the people and thereby add to the prosperty of the railroad company and its patrons, and that one more acceptable in every respect is needed. These petitions are to be sent on to General Manager E. B. Thomas at Washington. The movement is understood to have originated among prominent business men in Rock Hill, Winnsboro and Chester, and copies will to-day be presented to the business men of Columbia for signatures and, as stated previously, circulated among those of all the stations on the line of the Columbia and Greenville and Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta roads.?Columbia Register, yesterdag. MERE-MENTION. The Mississippi is lower than it has been in twenty-five years, and only twice since the records were kept has it had as little water. The drought on its water-shed has brought it to this low condition. Mrs. Sarah Jackson, wife of Andrew Jackson, Jr., and mistress of the White House during President Jackson's terra, died at the i *r 1 .1 -r 1?i. ... ? 1 jiermirage on ruesuay ui iaso ween, agcu 81 years. There are 60,000 colored knights of labor in the United States. A negro named Eugene Hairston was taken from the jail of Greensboro, N. C., last Thursday morning before daylight and lynched for an assault made upon a young woman of Forsyth county, two days before. He was sent to the Greensboro jail for safe keeping, but the exasperated neighbors of the young lady followed the prisoner up and wreaked their vengeance. George Brinske, the man who claimed to have been Mr. Cleveland's substitute in the army, died Friday at the Soldiers' home at Bath, N. Y., of consumption. He was 65 years old. . LOCAL AFFAIRS, j ? I' NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. May cfc May, Druggists?Onward, Upward. H. F. Adickes?Grand Central, etc. George T. Sckorb?Hold On Here. Parish it Kennedy?This One Thing We Do, Yes 2. Lindsay it Moore?Fire at Black's?Burial Clothes. Withers Adickes?Our Claims for Your Patronage. J. L. Carroll, Chester, S. C.?Jersey Bull for , Sale. J. T. Roberts, Female College?For Sale. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1888. The Enquirer will be furnished from this date until January 1st, 1888, for 80 cents. ' COLUMBIA TERM, U. S. COURT. In the United States District Court at Char leston last Thursday, jurors were drawn to servo at the November term of the Court to be held in Columbia. Of the names drawn for petit jurors two are citizens of York?R. L. Crook, Rock Hill; and D. M. Hall, Yorkville. / * > SHOOTING SCRAPE. Lrfst Monday night, in Jackins' camp, near Hickory Grove, on the line of the railroad work, an altercation ensued between John Daniel, a colored laborer on the work, and Alice Rouudtree, colored, in which Daniel shot the woman with a pistol, inflicting a flesh wound in the arm. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. We have received a catalogue of South Carolina College for the year 1886-87, which also contains an announcement for the collegiate year 1887-88, the first term of which begins October 4th. .Students and others interested can procure a copy by addressing John M. McBryde, President. Attention is directed to the advertisement in another column. y-- PULLED BY THE POLICE. After midnight liist Saturday night, in a house on East Madison street, the police pulled a party of fourteen negroes engaged in gambling. One of them gave bail for his appearanco Monday morning and thirteen were lodged in jail for a hearing before the Town Council, which resulted in the conviction of Julius Betts, Albert Stewart, Jim Jackson, George Faggart and Walter Alexander, who were fined $2.75 each, and the others discharged. J EPISCOPAL* RECTORY. The/ Episcopal congregation of this place have determined to build a rectory and the contracts for that purpose have been given out? the wood work to Mr. J. C. Kennedy, and the masonry and plastering to Mr. Sigmon. The house will be built on the lot next south of Mr. J. O. Walkei's residence, on Congress street, and it is expected to be ready fqr occupancy by the 1st of November. r- HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS. Greene B. Ssrratt and Logan Gibson, confined in jail on the charge of incendiarism at Black's, will appear before Judge Witherspoon this afternoon, on petition under writ of habeas corpus, for bail. It is also understood that Boney Lowry and others, colored, in jail for attempted arson by setting fire to a tenant house belonging to Mrs. Kate Williamson, will make application, under similar proceedings, for bail to-morow. sc. serious accident. Oq/Monday afternoon, Mrs. R. H. Glenn and her step-daughter, Miss Maggie, started in a buggy to visit Mr. D. W. Barron's family, in the Clay Hill section. Just after passing the residence of Mr. D. A. A. Watson, the horse became frightened at some object on the road and suddenly shied, upsetting the buggy. The horse did not attempt to run, but in the fall Mrs. Glenn was severely hurt by sustaining several bruises on the face and other parts of the body. The little child was also severely bruised. Mr. Watson brought them back home late in the afternoon, and yesterday Mrs. Glenn rested very well, though she is confined to her bed. ' personal mention. l^Lieut. John M. Jenkins, son of the late Gen. Micah Jenkins and a second lieutenant in Company K, Fifth Cavalry, U. S. A., left his home here last Friday, and after spending a few days in Columbia will go to Charleston, and after remaining a few days in that city, will attend the wedding of a friend in Pennsylvania, from which he will proceed to Fort Reno, in the Indian Territory, to join his command. ii in u: ? ?* Ills muuiur win JUIU mm ui> ivciiu. ^ Mr. Georgo W. Williams, of the U. S. Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Aid., is in Yorkville, visiting liis parents. yMiss Lou Witherspoon, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is in Yorkville, visiting relatives and friends, and is the guest of her brother, Judge I. D. Witherspoon. Air. George M. Gullick, of Belmont, N. C., is in Yorkville, visiting relatives and friends. Airs. H. H. Beard is visiting friends in Lincolnton, N. C. ^'Alr. J. A. Darwin has returned from his western trip. "MAKE WAY FOR THE CARS." Within the past few days several cases of right of way for the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, over lands in the vicinity of Yorkville have been settled as follows: Wheeler lands, on the west side of town, settled by a jury. Damage awarded, $100. Lands of Miss Kate Aliller, on west side of town, settled by the same jury. Damage awarded ?90. On the east side, lands of J. W. Dobson, near the depot grounds, settled by arbitration. Amount of damages awarded ?110. Lands of Withers Adickes, settled by a jury. Damages awarded ?100. Lands ol Wm. Turner adjoining lands of Withers Adickes, settled by the same jury. Amount of damages awarded, ?150. A jury is being summoned and will meet at 2 P. M., today for the purpose of assessing the damage to Air. W. C. Latimer for a part of his land adjoining the depot grounds. CHURCH" NOTICES. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. AL, and 8 P. AI. Sunday-school at 5 P. M. Alethodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and at night at 8. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Regular concert of prayer to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rector. Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. The Quarterly Meeting will commence at Philadelphia on to-morrow and continue through Sunday. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. A. J. Cauthen, P. E. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered on Sunday. Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Owing to the illness of the pastor no services will be held in either of his churches next Sunday. Sunday-school at 3.45, P. M. RAILROAD NOTES. Mr. A. S. Smith, of Smith & Lathrop, arrived last Sunday night, from Xebraska C'ity, and went out to their work on Monday. A portion of their equipment, employed on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, is being shipped here for use on the grading of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago. The masonry on Fishing Creek trestle is finished, and a forco of men is now at work completing the trestle. Mr. W. A. Jackins, contractor for three miles of grading near Hickory Grove, was in town yesterday, lie says that with fair working weather ho can complete his contract within five weeks. The work of track laying at Camden has not yet been commenced, but will probably begin next week. The contractors are not entirely ready to begin, nor is a portion of the grading this side of Camden sufficiently advanced to admit of the work of track laying progressing steadily had it been commenced at the date first eotomplated. Considering the continuous rainy weather of the past few weeks, work all along the line is progressing as satisfactorily as could bo expected. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. The United States District Court in session at Greenville adjourned last Friday, to convene in special term on the first Monday in February, 1888. The juries for this term were drawn, tboonly York county name being that of R. ; L. Crook, who was drawn on tho grand jury. Among the cases tried near tho close of tho term were tho following from York : J. Latin us Williams, accused of retailing liquor without having paid the license tax. Acquittal by the jury. Jack McCluney, colored, same offence. Verdict of the jury, guilty. He was sentenced to be imprisoned in York county jail for six months and to pay a tine of 8100. Joseph B. Massey, colored, was arraigned on i the charge of intimidating government witnesses. Verdict of the jury, guilty. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the York county jail and to pay a fine of 8200. While in Greenville last week, Deputy Marshal Neely, who is also a special deputy sheriff for York, arrested in that town Win. Farrow, colored, charged with the commission of forgery in this county. Farrow was employed on the railroad, and is charged with forging the name of J. L. Doggett to an order for 813. On Friday Deputy Neely, with his United States prisoner, McCluney, and his York prisoner, Farrow, and Deputy T. C. Beckham having in charge Joseph B. Massey, leftGreenville, by the-Air-Line Railroad for Yorkvilfb. Arriving at Gastonia Friday evening their prisoners wore lodged for safe keeping in the guard house of that town until the arrival ot the C. it L. train for Yorkville. Some time in the night they were furnished by some one outside with a knife, or other instrument, with which they released themselves from their prison, a frail wooden structure, and made their escapo. yt / A GALA DAY. Thursday, the 8th proximo, will be a gala day in Yorkville, the occasion being a series of mule races in the cut of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, on East Liberty street. The proceeds of the races (admission to enclosure) will be applied to a benevolent object?for the benefit of the Yorkville Cemetery Association. As will bo seen by the following programme, proposed by some of the < ? ? r?o noranno uOVPrfil pntriPQ hilVA A Ull Willi)) JV?"S f"" "", "" ' been made, and the races will certainly take place as advertised : FIRST RACK. 1. R. G. McCaw enters Mule, "Lady Belle,'' out of "Amusement," by "Good Taste;" dam? "Fine Conception." Jockey, Franklin G. Power. Colors, red and gold. Sponsor, Miss McCaw. 2. W. E. Gorton enters Mule "Three C's," out of "Capital," by "Hard Work;" dam, "Fine Road." Jockey, W. C. Whitner. Colors, red, white and blue. Sponsor, Miss Claweon. 3. Jos. F. Wallace enters Mule, "Exchange Bank," out of "Prosperity," by "Good Luck ;" dam, "Success." Jockey, Colcock Moore. Colors, brown and yellow. Sponsor, Miss Ivuykendal. SECOND RACE. 1. R. H. Glenn enters Mule, "Jail Bird," out of "Misdemeanor," by "Rascality;" dam, "Infamy." Jockey, W. L. Law. Colors, yellow and green. Sponsor, Miss Taylor. 2. Peter Griffin enters Mule, "Contractor," out of''Hard Pan," by "Perseverance;" dam, "Fortunate." Jockey, A. G. Hart. Colors, red and black. Sponsor, Miss Witherspoon. 3. Dr. J. R. Bratton enters Mule, "South Carolina," out of "Corn" by "Cotton;" dam, "Mismanagement." Jockey, R. Moultrie Bratton. Colors, orange and purple. Sponsor, Miss Coward. FOR FAT (?) MULES! 1. L. M. Grist onters Mule "Enauirer," out of "Wisdom," by "Experience;" aam, "Fine Paper." Jockey, Thos. W. Clawson, Jr. Colors, lilac and pink. Sponsor, Miss Pitcher. 2. C. G. Parish enters bay Mule, "Mortgage," out of "Rations," by "Golly;" dam, "Shame." Jockey, W. F. Robertson. Colors, Nile green and white. Sponsor, Miss Harris. 3. H. F. Adickes enters Mule, "Corn Crib," out of "Bones," by "Starvation;" dam, "Bad Crop." Jockey, I. D. Witherspoon, Jr. Colors, red and pink. Sponsor, Miss Wilma Rawlinson. 4. Major Hart enters Mule, "Grover Cleveland," out of "Victory," by "Hard Work;" dam, "Fine President," Jockey, Harry McCaw. Colors, black and gold. Sponsor, Miss Gist. \ second race. 1. Jno. A. Latta enters Mule, "Spectator," out of "Pocket," by "Ten Centsdam, "Good Investment." Jockey, John E. Mason. Colors, yellow and blue. Sponsor Miss Hayden. 2. John A. Darwin enters Mule, "Whisky Straight," out of "Rye" by "Moonshine;" dam, "Poison." Jockey, Haskell Dobson. Colors, lavender and green. Sponsor, Miss Flora Allison. 3. Lowry <fe Starr enter Mule, "Milk Shake," out of "Mufcle," by "Exertion;" dam, "Poor Drink." Jockey, J. R. Kennedy. Colors, purple and white. Sponsor, Miss Minnie L. Walker. 4. May & May enter Mule, "0. D. B.," out of "Burdock," by "Extraction;" dam, "Sure Death." Jockey, James F. Glenn. Colors, red and drab. Sponsor, Miss Daisy Hart. Judges?Maj. J. F. Hart, C. E. Spencer, Esq., Capt. M. C. Lewis, Mr. W. G. Gibbons. Starter?Capt. R. H. Glenn. Timers?J. D. Colcock, J. Ernest Lowry, G. W. S. Hart. stewards of the track. Chief Steward Jno. A. Latta. Stewardess Miss Vawter. STEWARDS?Mounted. Col. A. Coward, II. F. Adickes, John J. Hunter, John F. Oates, J. Robert Lindsay, y. B. Moore, James M. Starr, Clarence M. Kuykeir= dal, James H. Riddle, J. B. Pegram, H. C. Strauss, T. M. Dobson, Paul Bratton, Paul G. McCorkle, J.AZi_Pobspn, R. A. Parish, B. N. Mfture, ft: B. LowryT'Wm. H. Hemdon, W. C. LaTTOre'r, Dr. A, Y. Cartwxight, D. E. Finlev, S. L. Miilej, R. G. McCaw, M. C. Willis, Willie Crist, J. Ed. Jefferys, T. JJ. McClain, Ernest Beard, Brooks Inman. badges-^Chief Steward, red sash ; Stewards, white sashes. Amiiulance Corps?Dr. J. R. Bratton, Dr. J. F. Lindsay, Dr. W. G. White, Dr. R. Andral Bratton. Treasurers?J. M. Hope, Sumter Bratton. - - n i * ? -n T7i T jMU.sic?ur. w. iii. urortou s, i^?.xu.A<ittiy'UDlp and C. G. Parish's Cornet and Reed BandMelody, "Lo ! The Conquering Hero Comes!" Gates open at 3 P. M.?Races Begin promptly. bulks?fourth mile dash. 1. Any rider thrown ten times will be ruled out. 2. The distance made by the mules moving backward will not be credited to them. 3. No delay allowed during the race within which mules may be fed and watered. 4. No rider allowed to lick another rider's mule. * 5. All in attendance must be subject to the Stewards' and Marshals' orders. Admission to the Race Course gained only through Ten Cents. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, August 29.?The past few days have been fall-like, and fires have been comfortable. We were visited with a hard rain during Friday night, which did considerable damage to the cotton crop. A most cowardly murder was committed in Ebenezer township, on the line of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, last Thursday .afternoon. On Wednesday, a man who gave his name as Thomas Brown, of Wilmington, N. C., applied to the contractor on that section for work. On the following day, after dinner, B. D. Deal, employed as foreman by Mr. Thomas, engaged in a quarrel with Brown which ended in Deal sticking a knife in the breast of Brown. As soon as Brown discovered that he had been stabbed, he ran off about a thousand feet, but returned and went down the railroad line followed by Deal. Brown not returning, search was made, and his dead body was found in some bushes on the side of the railroad line. Trial Justice Welborn, acting as coroner, empaneled a jury of inquest with Mr. Dotnr i la rrl onn n? fnremfln. Several eve A t VVA VtM&ilWVM WW - W ? W ? - mt witnesses to the deed were examined. The most important witness was W. S. May, who testified as follows: "I saw the difficulty between Thomas Brown and B. D. Deal, but did not hear the commencement of it. I was a short distance off and heard Joud talking and cursing, and came up where the party was. After considerable parleying, Deal ordered Brown to leave. Brown started off and got to the railroad bank and Deal followed him and they struck at each other; don't know who struck first. Brown struck at deal with a coat that he was carrying. Deal ran his hand into his vest pocket and pulled out a knife, opened it and stuck it into Brown's left breast. Brown immediately ran off and went a short distance and returned to where we were. Deal attempted to cut him again. I hollowed to hwn not to cut that man again. Brown left and went down the line. Deal followed shortly afterward in the same direction, and shortly returned. I went in that direction and found Brown's hat and coat, and came back and asked Mr. White to go and look for Brown." The verdict of the jury was that "Thomas Brown came to his death by a stab in the breast with a knife in the hands of B. D. Deal." After Deal had done his bloody work he made his escape, and has left for parts unknown. The Governor has been i requested to offer a reward for his arrest. From eye-witnesses I learn that the deed was uncalled for and was a most diabolical, cold-blooded murder. Both Deal and Brown were strangers in this section. Deal's home is at Conover, N. C. Anthony Jordan, colored, had his hand badly cut with a rip circular saw at the planing mills of W. S. Creighton & Co., on Thursday morning last. Mr. Paul Workman, while out practicing with a parlor rifle, accidentally shot Isom Sibley, colored, in thearm, breaking the bone. The M. E. parsonage was sold at auction on Saturday last and purchased by Mr. T. P. Koddey for $825. Three bales of new cotton were sold here on last Saturday. One, and first, by Sam Friedheira, brought 91; the second, by P. B. Thornasson, 8A ; and the third by Mr. Williams, at-8J. The cotton worm has made its appearance in the cotton fields near Antioch church, seven miles from this place, and are destroying the cotton. Mr. William Dillingham, who for a number of years was manager of the W. U. Telegraph at this place, is here with his family, visiting his old friends. The new boilers for the Itock Hill cotton factory have arrived and are being placed in position. The factory has suspended work for thirty days, in order to piace me boilers and make other repairs. On Friday last, Mr. V. B. McFadden slaughtered the finest beef ever seen in this market. It was a two-year old heifer and weighed 487 pounds net. Rev. E. G. Price has a very successful meeting now in progress at Concord M. E. Church on North Rock Hill Circuit. Miss Wilma Rawlinson, of your town, is on a visit to relatives in this place. Rev. E. N. Joyner has been seriously ill with typhoid fever for the past week, and I regret to say his condition is not improved. Hal. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. LETTER FROM FORT MILL. Fort Mill, August 29.?November weather without its frosts, has prevailed for several days. The river has again been high, but not as high as before. Sugar Creek, having behaved itself admirably heretofore, seems to have determined, like some children, to balance accounts between good and ill; it was all over the bottoms yesterday. However, as the corn is generally getting hard, it is probable that not much damage has occurred. A week ago the lqft wing of the Salvation Army visited us; at least they looked as if they were "left." Having had sad experience both in Chester and Rock Hill, they seemed to think that our little hamlet did not possess many attractions for them; so, after a brief breathing spell, they departed in disgust and shook the mud of Fort Mill from their feet. They were a fnrlnrn lnnkinc spt ? anri if thpir riipppss depends on great humility in outward appearance, they were certainly well equipped for their work; but I fear that appearance is their sole recommendation. Nothing new has transpired lately. The "Gretna Green" business languishes, but the 'Squire is hopeful of a good fail crop of matrimony. Messrs. Young and Munn who have been working on the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad, between here and Lancaster, have returned to their shops at this place and resumed their respective vocations. Whooping cough is still flourishing, and the weather threatening. Anon. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? In Newberry county, last Thursday, Ralph McGhee, colored, was killed by his son, Yancy McGhee. The son is a grown man and married. It apppears that he interfered with the management of his father's family, whereupon the father struck him with a boot. The son using a knife, cut the artery of his father's neck while the latter was on his way to church. ? Elise Berthoi, a little girl of Italian parentage, living at 11 Chambers street, Charleston, died last Thursday from congestion of the lungs caused by drinking a pint of kerosene oil a few days before. It is a singular coincidence that Mrs. Queen, occupying the next room in the same building, burnt herself dangerously the very next day in trying to make a fire by pouring kerosene oil on the smouldering * embers in the chimney. ? The graded school at Johnston is thus referred to by the Johnston correspondent of the News and Courier: The free graded school system has been the talk of our citizens for several months, and now, since it has been a grand success, our town is making more rapid progress than ever before in her history. A matriculation fee of $2.50 per session is all that is charged. The Johnston High School stands in Edgefield county without a rival, under the admirable management of Prof. J. F. Brown and his able corps of assistants. ? Dalton Danzy, the murderer of Noel Perkins, was hanged at Camden last Friday in the presence of about one hundred people. He was not at all excited and bid his last farewell to his wife and family with great fortitude. It was a touching sight to see him kiss his youngest child, a baby of about twelve months, goodbye. The Rev. Monroe Boykin, a colored Baptist preacher, delivered an impressive prayer over the doomed man, which involuntarily brought tears to the eyes of the witnesses to the hanging. The scaffold was admirably constructed and great credit is due to Sheriff Haile for the manner in which he conducted the execution. Danzy died quickly and easily. He and his victim were both colored. ? Governor Richardson has commuted the death sentence of Oxie Cherry, the child murderer, to five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Oxie was sentenced to be hanged on the third Friday in September for the murder of the infant child of R. H. "West, of Allendale, Barnwell county. The child was sent by her father to act as nurse for the West baby, and she filled its mouth with concentrated lye because she had been scolded by Mrs. West for negligence in her duties. Numerous letters from persons in all parts of the country have been received by the Governor, begging him to annul the sentence of death. The culDrit is a neerro eirl ohlv twelve years of age. ? Says a correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle: Two colored men left Beaufort a few evenings ago, in a one-horse cart, for their homes in the country. It was a misty night. The road they were traveling runs past a country graveyard. The two men in the cart by some means knew of a pole lying in the graveyard, suitable for a fodder-stack pole, and they having some fodder to stack and thinking it would he easier to secure this pole than to cut one, drove inside the graveyard, and after securing and loading the pole, their mule, a very ancient one, became frightened and tore off at a frightful speed, throwing both men out of the cart, breaking the neck of one and seriously hurting the other. The man who escaped with his life says the mule must have seen a ghost. Fur tbe Yorkville Enquirer. A PLEASANT SOCIAL PARTY. IIoodtowx, August 27.?Last evening was much enjoyed and long to be remembered by the young people in this community. We feel greatly indebted to Mr. Will White forgiying to the young people of Hoodtown and vicinity, the privilege of having a lawn party at his house. There were quite a number of young people who received invitations, and the same gratified the family with their presence and good behavior. The evening seemed to he verv mneh enjoyed by those present, though i am sorry to say that a number, lacking the necessary courage to face the fair sex, stood wistfully looking on, while others were amusing themselves by talking, playing croquet or taking buggy rides and endeavoring to ingratiate themselves in the good graces of the fair ones. Of him who does not participate in enjoying himself with them, we form an idea that he is spending his life in such a manner that it is of no great satisfaction to himself, or any one else. By the time the game was brought to a close, an invitation was cordially extended to all to surround the large table, which was so bountifully supplied with many things that are necessary to sustain life.