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jtopis and (facts. s ? It is expected that three thousand doc- ^ tore of medicine will be present at the a( Medical Congress to be held this week in p, Washington. Europe will be represented tl as well as every section of this country. 0j ? It is reported that the anti-prohibition- ti ists in Atlanta are preparing for another se election. A secret meeting of whisky H men was held the other night to prepare 2( for the campaign. It is said $100,000 has re been subscribed, and that the new morn- si ing paper is to be the anti organ. b< ? The Secretary of War has approved in the request of the Ex-Confederate Assoei- ni ation at Chicago to erect a memorial to the ? Confederate dead buried in the goverment <* lot in Oakland Cemetery, near that city, (j under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Quartermaster General. ? Mr. Robert T. Lincoln declares he will not accept the nomination for Vice President and that he is not anxious for the nomination for President. He says that he has seen enough or lire at tne vvnne House to convince him that it is "a gilded prison." ? When Farmer E. D. Higby, of Tocsin, 111., went to his well to draw a pail of water the other morning he found where ? the water had been nothing but a black hole, which up to date had been unfathomed. This is one of the instances on record of the bottom dropping out of a well. 1 ? The Augusta Chronicle states that the ? leading prohibitionists of Georgia do not contemplate moving for a general or State prohibition law, being satisfied with the .. results of local option which has resulted in prohibition prevailing, in one shape or C another, in 120 out of 127 counties in Geor- si Kia. bi ? A Georgia colored woman named Nar- gt cissa, who weighs 480 pounds, wished to ej go on a journey recently, and purchased one railroad ticket for the purpose. But the door of the car was not wide enough e: - * ? J . r .1 f, to admit ner, ana as tne conductor reiuseu to cut away the door-posts, she had to li make the journey in a baggage car. She threatens to sitdown on those railroad offi- ? clals, but they hope she will refrain. ^ ? The Jessamine county, Ky., grand jury D, has excited much interest and earned genuine praise by certain courageous indict- ?( ments against politicians. The list in- d eludes a county judge, presented for as- b< sault and.battery; a representative-elect, aj indicted for carrying concealed weapons; 0] the county jailor, against whom the bill was based on the reception of a fraudulent vote, and so on. ? An attempt to wreck a train for the purpose of robbery is reported from Lebanon^. About 2 o'clock Thursday morn- w ing, as a train of eleven cars, with 500 pas- o! sengers, was returning from Cincinnati, c( the engineer encountered at a point a mile w from Lebanon an obstruction made of rail- C( road ties and fence rails. By good fortune the train had stopped only a short distance SJ before it to let off some passengers and ei had not obtained sufficient speed to be se- v riously injured when the obstruction was reached. tl ? To John Sevier, whose bones now lie bi in an unmarked grave near Decatur, Ala., s? it is now proposed to erect a monument, g Colonel Sevier led one of the attacking tl columns at the famous battle of King's g Mountain. In recognition of his gallant- d ry in this fight, the legislature of North c< Carolina voted him a sword. He subse- d quently became the first Governor of Ten- ai nessee. The plan is to transfer his re- tc mains to Knoxville, Tenn., and there to tl erect a becoming monument. w ? At 1 o'clock last Saturday morning one tl hundred masked men took Charles Coleman, colored, from the jail at Flemings- S burg, Ky., and hanged him to the railroad " trestle in rear of the Baptist Church. Cole- d; man was in jail for a criminal assault made d TVT/vnrlotT An IWlOQ QlUDanOlT C\f C3 IIIC prcviuuo luvuunj vu AUivM k^nvvuvjT) w? Mayesville, who was visiting Mrs. Ring- ai wood, a widow, Jiving near Flemingsburg. ol Coleman, who worked on an adjoining a; farm, broke down Mrs. Bin gwood's door, ft knocked Mrs. Ringwood down and assault- rc ed Miss Sweeney. Both women positive- ft ly identified him when he was captured. n ? A New Orleans dispatch says: South- ^ em newspapers have recently stated that the new regulation of the Cotton Exchage f of this city gave notice that after Septem- ^ ber 1, cotton buyers in all interior towns would deduct from bales weighing under " 400 pounds ? cent per pound, and from H bales weighing under 350 pounds ? cent " per pound, rejecting all bales under 300 * g)unds. Superintendent Powers, of the t xchange says that the two first statements were unfounded, but the third was correct. No merchant can be compelled to take a bale weighing less than 300 pounds. n ? Sioux City, Iowa, is to have a corn el carnival, commencing on the 8th of Octo- v: ber in honor of the immense crop of corn Si which is now being harvested in that prolific region. A corn palace, to a great ex- tl tent,constructed of and decorated with corn C( and other grain products, is to be reared. The principal streets will have triumphal b< arches, adorned with statuary and picto- ri rial representations in corn and grasses; jr the ladies will wear onaments of grain, and corn will be enthroned asking. Sl ? At the Mercer county, Mo., fair, last o< "Wednesday afternoon, Randall Blakslee, a hi half-breed Indian, made.a balloon ascension, hanging to a trapeze bar. The bal- te loon shot up suddenly, giving Blakslee a cc wrench, and he was unaole to pull himself di on the bar, but managed to hold himself ct up by the loop which he had drawn around ft his wrist. After traveling about a mile and a half, and reaching the altitude of 2,000 feet, the balloon began to descend, but the poor fellow's strength gave out, and when within 500 feet of the earth his grip relaxed, and he fell, lighting on his feet in a corn field, his thighs being broken j r and driven into the trunk of his body. a, ? The police of Charlotte, N. C., arrested fr a few days ago a young man name J. I. ai Green, upon the charge of the burglary of M Mr. W. J. Yates' residence. Some of the tl stolen booty was found in his possession, fr but it remains to be proven that he is the tl man who entered the house. It is believ- ri ed he had confederates in the work, but oi still it is thought he is in a close place. The Charlotte Chronicle says: The young se man Green is a South Carolinian, and is*a v< citizen of Sumter. He is about 19 years fr old, and is a son of the late Judge Green, tl who was the independent-coalition candi- sc date for governor of South Carolina in Is 1874. tc ? A dispatch of Friday from Waco, Tex- al as, says that every bridge in Hill county cc was washed away by rains and the damage a] to crops and farms will not fall short of gi $100,000. In Bosque county and along the line of the Sante Fe Railway the damage si is also very heavy. Of the little towns ni here, Iredell, Whitney, Hico and Aquillo F have suffered most. The railroad compa- si nies have suffered severely. It is believed h: that the Central and Missouri Pacific roads tc are the heaviest losers. The Missouri Paciflc has a force of nearly 1,000 men at work ei on the line near Grand View. A train on tl the road was detained between Itasca and ol Grand View from Monday night till Thurs- O day evening. It was out on the prairie nine miles from any house, and many of T the passengers suffered for lack of food. ir ? Josiah Terrell was hanged in the Ohio y penitentiary at Columbus, at 12.30 last ^ Friday morning, .tie prumaiumu jus ju- . nocence after he had been brought upon ? the scaffold. The execution took place in the annex at the penitentiary, and about fifty person witnessed it. He slept well up to 11 P. M., and then ate a lunch, and g after smoking was ready to proceed to the scaffold. His exhibition of nerve was l something wonderful, and those who had ^ seen many hanged before stated that they jc had never witnessed one in which there y, was so much quiet determination exhibi- L ted. He was accused of the murder and ^ robbery of an old miser named Phelps, on q January 6th last. Terrell was convicted e, wholly on circumstantial evidence, the cj stolen articles being found in his possession and positively identified. ? "The recent attempt made by some ci French aerooauts to reach a great height b< above the earth has not been productive rr of any particulor scientific results," says M the London Spectator. "The balloon in fa which the ascent was made reached an al- id titude of 20,000 feet without the occupants ni of the car experiencing any ill effects ex-1 L ipt a tendency to faintness on the part ol le of them. When about twelve years jo a similar attempt was made, and the sight'of 25,000 feet was reached, it was ith fatal results to three out of the foui jronauts. The success of the present exsriment is explained by the allegation lat the difficulties due to the rarefaction ? the atmosphere only begin at an altiide of 23,000 or 24,000 feet. This view iems supported by the fact that, in the iimalays and the Andes, heights of about >,000 feet have been on several occasions lached without any inconvenience. Ie ich cases, however, the ascent has always sen gaadual. The ill effects experienced i balloons are possibly due to the suddeness of the change." JfcegiatMle (Ntjuim. YORKVILLE, S. C. : WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1887. THE TRADE OP CHARLESTON. The News and Courier of Monday pub shes an elaborate review of the trade o: harleston the past commercial year. II lows a heavy falling off in cotton-receipts ut a heavy gain in the receipts of nava ores and domestics. The amount of gen al wholesale and retail trade and o: lanufactures is three million dollars ir >ccess of the previous year. The tota ade is over sixty-six and a quarter mil on dollars, only six hundred thousand ollars leas than last year, despite the di linished cotton receipts. The review o le earthquake's work shows that in th( ast year over six thousand buildings have gen rebuilt or repaired and that two hun> red and seventy-one new buildings hav( gen erected. The review is most encour rinir for the future commercial prospect* f the "City by the Sea." BEN BUTLER S SCHEME. Ben Butler's speech last Thursday after oon, before the Butler Club of Boston hich on that day celebrated the capture f Fort Hatteras on the North Caroline >ast, was characteristic. The speech was as for the greater part devoted to th( jnsideration of the treasury surplus. He lid he was in fav/irof distributing thii aormous sum equitably and make a ser ice pension. He continued: "When we were carrying on. this wai le Nation borrowed money upon its onds from the bankers, and we may nov ly it without offence, made the best bar ain it could, and the Nation has owec lem a debt which it promised to pay ir old and has paid every dollar of it that ii ue. Now, the soldier had a debt, the jnsideration of which was blood anc eath?one that was certainly as solemr adjust a debt as any any other, and w? >ok our pay in greenbacks. Distribute lis extra money among us and you come rithin about lo per cent, of making the ling equal?not more. "A part of this money belongs to th< outh. Almost seventeen years ago I saic 1 Congress that I looked forward to th( ay when we should give relief to the isabled Confederate soldiers. I was m ucl riticised at the time for saying it, but] m ready here and now, whether it is wit! bloquy or with praise, to say: As soor i we have rewarded the men who fough' >r the Union I'm content that the surplui loney of the United States shall be taker >r the purpose of administering to th< ecessities of the Confederate soldiers o le South, who were not to blame for thii rar, but are the only sufferers by it. "But I want to say another thing to my iends of the North and South. We nev r shall be able to relieve the necessities f the wounded and maimed Confederates ntil every Union soldier is rewarded foi is valor and loyalty. And the quickei very man votes for that the quicker he ill bring about this act of magnanimity ) the Southern people." THE WEATHER TNI) THE CROPS. The South Carolina weather service fur ishes the following data concerning the ifect of the weather conditions on the arious crops during the week ending lasl aturday: The rainfall for the week has been below le average, and has been favorable foi itton, which needed dry weather. The temperature has been considerably slow the average, and has had an inju ous effect on cotton, preventing the open lg and maturing of the bolls. There has been the average amount o: inshine which has been favorable, bui tving to the prevailing cool winds cotton as not been materially benefitted. Cotton has been retarded by the low imperature, and especially the cool nights msequently no improvement in its con ition can be reported. Corn and all othei ops are reported in fine condition ant] illy up to the average. THE SIGNAL SERVICE REPORT. The following: is the weather crop bulle n of the signal office at Washington foi le week ending September 3: During the week ending September 3 le weather has been colder than usual 1 the lake region, Ohio Valley, Southern id Atlantic States, and unusually colc1 om Maryland southwestward to Georgia id Alabama. In the tobacco regions o! [aryland, Virgina and North Carolina le daily average temperature ranged om G to 9 degrees below the normal. In le corn region West of the Mississippi ver the temperature has been normal slightly above. The daily average temperature for the :ason, from January 1 to September 3 gry generally differs less than one degree om the normal in all districts, excepting lat for Missouri, and from central Dakota mthward over the western portions ol ebraska and Kansas it varies from one > two degrees above the normal, and iong the South Carolina and Georgia ?sts from one to two degrees below, and long Lake Superior from two three derees below. During the week the rainfall has beer ightly in excess from eastern Texas orthward to the Missouri valley. In lorida and the upper portion of the Misppi valley, and in other sections there as been a slight deficiency, amounting > about one inch in the South Atlantic id Middle Atlantic States. The defiency for the season continues large ir le lower Mississippi valley and portions i Illinois and Iowa, exceeding ten inches, ver 100 per cent, of the usual amount of lin fell in the past month from eastern exas northward to the -Missouri valley, l the northern portion of Illinois, south n portion of Wisconsin and from western 'irginia to northeastern Georgia. Less lan 50 per cent, of the usual rainfall has sen reported from the lower Mississippi alley, central Alabama, southern Illinois ad the greater portion of Ohio. Frosts occurred in central Michigan, Aulist ;>0 and 31. The Land Loan Companies.?The and and Loan Associations that comlenced business in Georgia five years ago, ianing money on farms for that term oi ears, are rapidly foreclosing their mortages and getting judgments against the nlortunate farmers in the United States ourts. Farmers will do well to be warnI in time and resort to every known spees of economy to get out of debt rathei lan borrow money that is often not wiser expended and in the end brings flnanal ruin to the home it was intended tc snefit. We might strengthen our argulent by stating that the Farmer's Tribune, [inneapolis, Minnesota, in a successful rming region, contains two and a half solI pages, in the finest type, of foreclosure otices, of the Northwestern Guaranty oan Company.?Southern Cultivator. f Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ] LETTER FROM CHESTER. 1 Chester, September 5.?On last Tues- j day evening the young people . in and around Cornwell's gave an entertainment j for their own pleasure and that of tbeir . friends. It was held at Aurora Academy, and consisted of charades, tableaux J and recitations. The occasion was honored with a good audience, representing persons not only from the immediate vicinity, but from this and other places. The Ches- , ter Luminaries were present, and by their \ fine playing contributed to the pleasure ( L of the evening. Major J. K. Marshal, one ( of the number, enraptured the audience v... einninm Thfl fnllftwinor chil. uy uiaawcct siugiug. j. ivhv>t.u(, v..? rades, with the names of the performers, ! were well acted : "His First Brief'?Miss , Maggie Ross, Miss MattleMcKeown, Miss j ' Nannie McKeown, and Messrs. J. B. Douglas, S. C. McKeown and A. E. Cornwell. "Change Partners"?Miss Maggie ' Corn well, Miss Katie Mockbee, Miss Nannie McKeown, Mr. N. B. Boyd and Mr. Robert Morrison. "Masterpiece"?Miss ( Lillie Lemons, and Messrs. W. W. Ros3, , A. E. Cornwell and George Dooly. The , following tableaux were presented with fine effect: "The Reaper and the Flower," "Rock of Age?" and "Come to Dinner." . Miss Katie Mockbee, Miss Maggie Corn- ] well and Miss Lillie Lemons delighted the , audience with their charming recitations of beautiful selections. The entertainment gave great pleasure to all present. On the night of the fearful earthquake last year, Rev. Mr. Tray wick, a Methodist minister in this county, was holding services in one of his churches. The meeting continued for several days and was blessed , in a considerable increase of the membership. Mr. Traywick determined to be found at the same place at the same time this year and engaged in the same good work. So he was there, at New Hope : Church, on last Wednesday night, and preached with his accustomed earnestness to a good congregation. Fortunately the services were not interrupted by a repetition of the disaster that produced last year i such consternation in the congregation. The late earthquake shakes at several places in this State created some uneasiness in the minds of our people as the first anniversary of the awful disaster approached, i But they laid themselves down to sleep on last Wednesday night and rested without any rude awakening. That was a perfect night. The moon spread her silvery mantle on the face of nature, and mother earth was calm and undisturbed by a i single quiver. I ^ J rn ci un last ivionaay xuaj. x. o. lums uuu^m the second bale of new cotton sold at this . place this season. He gave 9 cents per pound. . I A petition was in circulation here last ' week among the business men, looking 1 to the removal of Mr. G. R. Talcott from > the position of superintendent of the railj roads in this State leased by the Richmond 5 and Danville system. The petition, which , is addressed to Mr. E. B. Thomas, general 5 manager of the Richmond and Danville ' system, alleges that "Mr. Talcott is not acceptable to the patrons of the roads in r question, and asks that some one who will 3 more fully appreciate the needs of the r people be appointed." It has been gener ally signed by our merchants. I Mr. Matthew White and his son, Dr. i G. B. White, have returned from their s trip to the North West. They report > great injury to the crops in that section I of the country from the protracted drought, i Dr. White states that in some places in ) Illinois the corn crop is almost a total i failure. i Hon. G. J. Patterson and family have i returned from their trip to the mountains, and Mr. A. G. Brice and wife are at home i again after a month's absence at Creswell 1 Springs. M. \ Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. J NOTES FROM. WESTERN YORK, j Hopewell, August o? Everything is j quiet in this section. The last few days t have been very favorable for the farmers, 3 who are taking advantage of it, and are t busily engaged in saving fodder, except 3 those on the river who had the misfortune f tolose both corn and fodder. 3 Crowing to the inclemency of the weather on Saturday last, the picnic which was 7 to have been near Mr. Geo. Leech's, given by the patrons of Miss Sue Walsh's school, j was a failure. For several weeks a good 3 many had anticpated a nice'l.ime on that r occasion; consequently it was a sad disapI nninfmonf. > On Sunday, the 28th ultimo. Rev. J. W. \ Ariail preached a missionary sermon at Mt. Vernon, which must have touched a tender place in the hearts of several, as the collection amounted to over fifty dollars. Cotton is opening very fast. There has [ been' too mtich rain, which caused too j much weed. The yield will not be as good I as it was thought that it would be. The protracted meeting at Shady Grove r closed last week. Rev. W. W. Daniel, r of Yorkville, was present the two last days. There were some accessions to the r church. Our community is very much rejoiced | to see that a little more attention is being given to some of the roads. Mr. W.Brown, C overseer on the road running south from (. Howell's Ferry, is puttiug his section in , good condition. Others might do likewise, for some places are almost impassa. ble. There is some sickness in this section. | Four cases of typhoid fever are reported ! on Mr. Smith's place near Smith's Ford. Miss Lucy It. Smarr has been visiting friends and relatives for a few days in this community. ^Mr. W. Banks Good and wife are mak ing a short visit to Black's. 'if We are glad to be able to announce that Mrs. Morgan Horton', who has been dan gerously ill for some time, is recovering. Novice. 1 [ Correspondence of tie Yorkville Enquirer. \ LETTER FROM FORT MILL. , Fort Mile, September o.?Peace reigns [ throughout the "cut off." The Fall fights i t have not begun. However astonishing j i this may be, it is none the less true, i I Whether the morals of the community ; have improved, or their purses been de- i > pleted to a state of unwarlike leanness, i , either of which might be assigned as a , ? reason for unprecedented quiet, may be a j r matter of speculation for those who like [ to weigh causes in the balance with effects; f still, the quiet fact remains. > Cotton-picking has commenced, and the [ laborer is prospectively enriched. The < i farmer and merchant are thankful for a i [ better crop than has blessed us for three ( . or four years, but are now face to face i with enormous back debts; and they only | i hope for a tolerable degree of satisfaction, j New cotton began to come in last week. we believe or. J. ju. massey nau tne nrsc : two bales, brought from Waxhaw on last ] Thursday. Mr. Sutton brought in a bale ] on the same day. ; The factory is progressing with reasonable speed. The twenty-one cottages are . rapidly approaching completion, and the { main building is assuming shape. On last < Thursday some of the citizens met and ; laid the corner stone of the main building. ( A good deal of sickness prevails; though | not much of it is serious. ] On last Friday there was a picnic at the ] Green Fond school-house under the aus- 5 pices of the Sunday-school at that place. A gootlly crowd was in attendance, and everything passed off pleasantly. ] A protracted meeting is in progress at 1 Philadelphia M. E. Church. On next ( . Wednesday one will begin in the Presby- i terian Church heie. The negroes have been enjoying a series ] i of Drotracted meetings also, at their va- i rious churches. ~ Anon. f THE COTTOTmJTLOOK. The New York Sun of Tuesday says : i The cotton speculation receiyed a little > fresh blood yesterday, and took on a live lier aspect than it had worn for some time past. The new impulse came from the neighborhood of the Stock Exchange, and was ?n the bull side of the market. It came with a report of disaster to the crop > in Arkansas, by which the probable out turn in that State was reduced 100,000 , bales. It was also asserted on the authorii ty of a brief paragraph, from the Agricultu ral Bureau at Washington that the entire ( crop was injured 20 per cent, in August. r On these pointers an early decline, caused by large receipts at the ports, was soon $ recovered. Then came the conjecture the there was a purpose to corner Septembei The visible supply of American cotto in the markets of the world is the smalles in many years, being 123,300 bales les than one year ago, and 227,000 less tha three years ago; while the entire stocks i American markets are only 116,500 bale against 226,000 bales one year ago. Spir tiers, at home and abroad, do not seem t have much cotton on hand, for the d( mand from them is so urgent as to suppoi and advance prices. The new crop mu: come forward very freely to supply th deficiency above shown ; hence the projeci ed corner. The bulls may find, howeve; that there is very little short interest i September for them to work upon, whil the regular demand may not be more ui gent than can be'met by the increased ft cilities of moving the crop?which, b the way, is somewhat earlier than las year. ?So the matter stands. With regard to the next crop, a genth man who gives close attention to the mal ter (and who has, thus early in the seasor estimated several crops with remarkabl accuracy), estimates that it will yield li tie if any less than seven million Daie; But for the injury done it in the pa; month it would, he thinks, have reacne 7,500,000; and on this estimate some of th bears are looking for very low prices fc the winter months. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. A SAD AND SHOCKING SUICIDE. Union, S. C., September 5.?The shoe to this community, on Sunday mornin last, when it was announced that Mi John Bramlett had killed himself th night beiore,can better be imagined tha here described. Mr. Bramlett retired t his room atibnt li o'clock Saturday nigh in good health and spirits, seemingly, t all who saw him just before going to hi room. Early Sunday morning the sei vant who attends to Mr. Bramlett's roor knocked at the door as usual and receivin no response went back down to the stoi and told the proprietor that he could n( wake Mr. Bramlett, and something wf wrong. Upon this a step-ladder was take to the door of Mr. Bramlett's room, and man got into the room through the trai som. v Mr. Bramlett was lying on the bed, ur dressed as if he had lain there to sleej It was upon examination found that h was stiff dead. A note was found on th little table near the bed, addressed to n one in particular, in which was written : "I have nothing in this world to liv for; no pleasure here for me. Don't griev for me, friends and relatives. What is f be will be. I don't believe there is an hereafter." A glass tumbler was also on the tab! the contents of which he had evident! drank. There was a slight sediment of white looking powder on the glass. Whj the poison was that he took is not full as yet ascertained by the examining phj sician, who says that there was evident of convulsions, though Mr. Bramlettseen ed to have died calmnly. His arms wei crossed upon his breast, his right han clutched tightly the left arm above tt elbow, and the shirt sleeve was slightl torn where the hand grasped. About a year ago Mr. Bramlett cam here and entered the drug store of Dr.. W. Posey & Bro., as clerk, in which ci pacity he gained many friends. He is native of Laurens county. He was in th drug store on the fatal Saturday night wit Dr. J. W. Posey?until about 10i o'clocl at which hour they were seen come ot together. Dr. P. went home and Bramle went up stairs to his room. In a sho time Bramlett was seen to come down th stairs, go back into the drug store and r< main in there a very short time. B came out, locked the door and went bac up the steps to his room. His mostui accountable suicide puzzles every one, e pecially those with whom he talked an laughed but a few minutes before he wei to his room on Saturday night. They sa that they never saw him in better spiri and heaith of mind and body. The Strang deed will eyer remain a mystery. He was aged about twenty-two year and leaves a father, mother, brothers an sisters. ' Occasional. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. LETTER FROM CLOVER. Clover, September G.?It has been soiri time since Clover has appeared before tf Enquirer readers on local matters; bi feeling happy and cheerful this lovel morning, we want to send a few lines 1 our frieuds, and let them know that w are still here. Although the cry has been hard time our merchants are beginning to chew the bits and stir around, expecting a goc trade this fall. Our school, too, has opened up with good prospect. Major N. P. Rankin, < Franklin, N. C., is now in charge. He a man of many years' experience, and gentleman of the highest type?a ma worthy of the confidence of a Christia community. Boys or girls placed und( his care will receive that consideration an kindness next in kind to that of a paren Speaking of the boys and girls reminc me of the babies. Clover has more babie and prettier babies, than?than?well, 1' put up Clover against any place of equi size in the State, and I will put up tl mothers too. Bless the mothers! Ye we want to have a baby show along aboi Christmas, (we are not quite ready ye and we will.put in the mothers and ma ried women and widows too; and if thei is any other place that can beat us c those two exhibits, we will "set tip." A for the young ladies, we could safely pla< them against the United States and Cai nrlo UUUi "In the midst of life we are in death. Our church is called upon to mourn th death of one of its members, and the con munity the loss of a good citizen. M R. E. D. Currence died at his home tsv miles east of here last Sunday evening! 5 o'clock. Our cotton buyers, though laboring ui der the disadvantage of having no teli graphic communications, are going to kee up the cotton market here. So bring o your cotton, and you will get all that ca be paid on this market. The first bal of the season was sold to-day by J. A Jackson, and bought by J. R. Barron &C< it 9} cents. j. d. g. For tbe YorkvlIIe Enquirer. NOTES FROM "BEAVER DAM. Beaver Dam Creek, September 5.Our farmers are now picking cotton an they report that the crop is falling far shoi of their expectations. It is feared by som that labor will be short owing to the nuir ber of hands employed on the railroa work. The King's Mountain Chapel and th 'Possum Town base ball clubs played match game the other day with the fo! lowing score : 'Possum Towns, 29; King1 Mountain Chapels, 16. Our debating society is still flourishing At the last meeting the following was th subject for debate: "Which has been treal 3d the most inhuman by the whites, th Indians or the negroes ?" The judges d( flded that pie Indians had been treate the worst. 'A very large audience is ex pected at the meeting next Saturday aftei loon to hear debated the question, "Pui suitor possession ?" J. c. ib The Blue Ridge Railroad.?Th Blue ltidge Railroad appears to be abou to get on its feet again. A corps of engic 3ersare engaged in resurveying the oh route and are now at some point betweei Walhalla and Clayton. One of the corp Dassed through Walhalla Tuesday, seek nrp infnrmatirm nlinnt, t.hfi rnnrl. We understand that this survey is beinj made by a syndicate of Northern capital sts, who are interested in the Cumberland ;oal mines. It isreported that this compa ly intends building the road, if it can ge ;he rights and franchises belonging to th jharter, and if the survey shows the cos ,iot too great. A survey five years bad showed that nearly or about 54 per cenl if the work had been done on the ol route, and that it was of a solid and pei manent character. Taking this to be true sve could hardly think that the comple don of the greatest thoroughfare in th south at one-third the original cost wouli lot pay. The road would traverse a ricl jouutry, both in minerals and agricultur md at Knoxville would connect with th< jreat Northwest.? Walk alia Courier. t LOCAL AFFAIRS. J n J" NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. v j May it May, Agents for B. B. B.?One lived ^ >3: the other died. (Fourth Page.) v n T. Baxter McClain?Wanted ! Wanted!! j< n W. C. Latimer?Repairs and Reinforcements. ' ,s Withers Adickes?Rubber-like. P ' T. M. Dobson A Co.?50 New Fall Shapes for Ladies. 0 Hunter A Oates?New Goods. i- Latta Brothers?Paul G. McCorkle?Cotton t! t Buying. 0 H. F. Adickes?New Goods at the Grand Ceue tral, etc. P 1 R. C. McCarter, Clover, S. C.?Good Plantation v For Sale. g r? Jno. C. Kuykendal?Quinine at Wholesale. f, n Lowry A Starr?Personal. f, e Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Shoes, Shoes, r- John R. Ashe?Cotton Seed Wanted. X- James B. Allison, Clerk?Bridge Contract. ^ ? Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sale. J ^ Rose A Sherrer?A New Beef Market. a Miss Bessie Mason?School Notice. C. H. Smith?Dog Training. 5- G. II. O'Leary, Intendant?The Official Month- h t- lv Report of the Town Council. I 1, II. C. \Varlick?Farmers, Look to Your Inter- p e . 631* ? d j.. T. S. Jefferys, President?Exctiange lianK. 3? UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1888. 'j1 The Enquirer will be furnished from this t ^ date until January 1st, 1888, for 75 cents. i ie ??U t >r SALES-DAY. ( There were no official sales last Monday, r sales-day for September. JfHE MULE RACES. From all accounts a big crowd will be in town ^ * to-morrow to witness the mule races advertised a ? to begin at 3 o'clock P. M. ^ e A NEW SERIAL STORY. n In our issue of next week we shall com- 5 O. mence the publication of a new serial story entitled "All the World at War," by the popular i author, Walter Besant. r- ^FELONIOUS ASSAULT. I n On Wednesday last Ben Carothers, colored,- j g of Clay Ilill, was committed to jail on the_)_ e charge of committing a felonious assault upon" j )t a colored girl. j ts \ n EXCHANGE BANK. 1 a This bank is now fully organized for tho\ ^ 1- transaction of a general banking business, witlFCapt. T. S. Jefferys President and Mr. Frank. 8 1- A. Gilbert, Cashier. t g ^ COTTON RECEIPTS. c ^ e The receipts of cotton at the Yorkville depot j 0 from September 1st, 1886, to August 31st, 1887, aggregated 7,245 bales. For the two preceding s At . 1QQ- (\ zaa , rg years me receipts were as lununa . joou-,',uw ^ -g bales; 1886?9425 bales. ?^ 0 ^eENSUS OF THE TOWN. c y No^hsus of the town having been made^ e since 1880, the Town Council have properly de-C I ' cided to have one taken, and Mr. Chas. H. Dix^ on has been employed for the purpose. He ( ^ commenced the work yesterday. . y ILLNESS OF Rev". F. C. HICKSON. f We regret to announce that Roy. F. C. Hick- 3 son, pastor of the Baptist church, is confined'^ ?" to his bed with serious illness, his disease be- s ^ ing typhoid fever. At the present time his t ie symptoms are thought to be favorable for his i y recovery. s NEW COTTON. U 'e The first bale of cotton sold in this market^ 7. '' the present season was brought to town last , Wednesday by R. M. P. Robinson, of Bullock's . * Creek township. It classed strict low mid. dling. He put it up at auction and it was bid f off by J. W. P. Hope <fc Co., at 9.311. Since last ^ Wednesday there have been sold in this mar- ^ ket of the now crop 12 bales. The first bale r? sold here last year was on the 21st of Septem16 ber- i 0 COTTON BUYERS. * v? Mr. H. C. Warlick, representing a Charlotte firm, gives notice through our columns to-day g_ that he has established himself at the store of' ^ C. G. Parish for the purpose of buying cotton jj. the present season. y As will also bo seen, Mr. Watus, represent- 1 tg ing a Monroe, N. C., house, is located at the j rg store of W. C. Latimer for the purpose of buy- J ing cotton. ' V* CHARGED WITH MURDER. 1 On Saturday night last, Mr. J. A. Darwin, 1 acting as a special deputy, and clothed with the l authority of a warrant issued from Chester to < the Sheriff of York, arrested Lucius Baxtrom, 1 colored, who is charged with the murder of . Thomas Barber, also colored, the alleged crime 1 ^ having been committed in Chester county in j tho month of June, 1886. The accused was j employed as a laborer on Griffin & Gorton's ^ e railroad work. He is now in jail, awaiting the order of the Sheriff of Chester. jJ>THE HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS. < Mp->The habeas corpus proceedings expected to { ^ come up before Judge Witherspoon last week, j were postponed until the return of the Judge ! - fmm Camden. There are two cases. Greene B. 1 js Sarrattand Logan Gibson, represented by Hart a <fc Hart and Mr. Jeffries, and Bony Bratton, col- ( n ored, and others, represented by Col. W. B. n Wilson. Mr. Spencer will represent the State. ( ?r In both cases the defendants are charged with , d arson or attempted arson. ] t. 1? ls CHURCH NOTICES. S) Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. 3 ]j Services next Sunday morning at 10.30o'clock, ^ ll and at night at 8. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. i ie Prayer meeting to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. S, Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. i it C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday ] t) at Tirzah, at 11 A. M. Sunday-school in York- j r- ville at 5 P. M. 1 "6. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, ,n Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. 1 lS and 8 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Pray'e er-meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. ' Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rec- ^ ,, tor. Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M. Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Sun day-school at 3.45, P. M., next Sunday. J r- RAILROAD NOTES. < Mr. Ross, the contractor on the first fiye J miles east of town, is progressing very favorably with his work. He has a large force this i week near town at the intersection of his work . with that of Griffin it Gorton. Griffin it Gorton, who continue five miles j n west, have opened the ground on all their work |e and have a large force on, the greater part at j L> present employed on the western end. 3. It is understood that Smith it Lathrop will greatly increase their force, with the view of completing as early as possible their contract of six miles next west of Griffin it Gorton's. All the other contractors from Smith it j ? Lathrop's work to Black's are pushing forward ? d as rapidly as they can. k :t Capt. Lewis will finish his work on Fishing ^ 6 Creek trestle this week. It is 400 feet long and ? I- 45 feet high over low water mark. His force d is now on Manning Creek and Bullock's Creek trestles, the former 700 feet long and 80 feet rj e high, and the latter 1150 feet long and 45 feet v a high. i , The Shelby New Era says: "The poles for 8 the telegraph line of the Charleston, Cincinnati c p and Chicago Railroad Company have been dis- ( 'g tributed along tho completed portion of the o road and other materials are now arriving. In c e a few days tho erection of tho line will bo begun. { It is estimated that about fifteen days will bo h j required for the work. I "A branch of two miles is to be constructed _ from the main line of the C., C. A C. R. R. to > the Henrietta Mills, r.jw in course of erection e at High Shoals." ^ . V e WAS IT POISON ? t An incident involving somo mystery is ro- I l- ported to us as having occurred at the camp of F d Mr. Jackins' force on tho railroad work near a tl Hickory Grove, on Sunday last. About 1 P. >S M. on that day a well dressed man of good deportment rode up to the camp and inquired ? if a man was there by the name of William ? Carpenter, Jr. Ho was answered in tho afflrmative and Mr. Carpenter was called up by some rj ^ of tho men. Tho horseman introduced him- jj self as Mr. Littlejohn, and said as ho knew somo of Mr. Carpenter's people about Gaffif ney's, ho thought he would call and see him, e ? as he was passing by. After some further con- c . versation the stranger produced a bottle and offered Mr. Carpenter a drink. lie at lirst .. declined, saying to the donor, "You drink , first." The stranger excused himself, saying g I.' that ho took a drink just before reaching camp. c e but insisted on Mr. Carpenter taking some, y d Mr. Carpenter finally put the bottle to his o ll mouth and swallowed but a small quantity, e 6 when the horseman took tho bottle, returned it s B to his pocket and rodo away. Soon thereafter \ Mr. Carpenter was taken violently sick, with d ymptoms of poisoning. He summoned Dr. . Wistar Allison, who concluded that there -'ere evidences of slight poisoning and treated fr. Carpenter accordingly. The horseman fas an entire stranger to Mr. Carpenter, who i now convinced that an attempt was made to -oison him. THE RIGHT OF WAY CASES. Our statement last week as to the decision of he arbitrators in the case of right of way ver the lands of Mr. J. W. Dobson was only artially correct. The arbitrators awarded him 110 for right of way over land near the depot rounds, but failing to agree as to the award ar right of way over a tract owned by him irther east of town, their deliberations ended fithout a binding conculsion in either case. Ir. Dobson then, through counsel, applied to udge Witherspoon for an order to give him jury to assess his damage, which motion is iow pending before the Judge. It would seem, [Owever, that there is some doubt about Mr. )obson's right to a jury until after the com letion of the road, as he allowed the thirty ays' notice to expire without compelling the ompany to move for a jury. From the award of the jury in the cases of Vithers Adickes and William Turner, allowng the former 8100 and the latter ?150 damages, ho Construction Company appealed to the Jourt of Common Ploas, tho damages being egarded. excessive. PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Sudie Motts is visiting friends in Jnion county. "Miss Willio Miller, of Rock Hill, is in Yorkrille, visiting friends. -Miss Agnes Bludwortli has returned to tho Itatesville Female College. Mrs. C. J. Robertson is in Rock Hill visitng the family of Rev. E. N. Joyner. Miss Lula Carpenter, ^>f Charleston, is visitngMissGraco McEhvee. -Cadet H. E. Neil returned to tho Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington, on yesterday. --Miss Annie K. Rawlinson, of this place, is n Charlotte, visiting her sister, Mrs. Griffith. UDr. Thomas, and family, of Columbia, are n Yorkville, visiting the family of Mr. John 3. Lowry. -Miss Sallie Adickes has returned homo after ipending a pleasant week at Sparkling Cataw)a Springs. -Miss Annie Galbraith, of Chester, was in forkville last week, visiting the family of ifr. James A. Watson. Mrs. Laubscher and daughter, of Charleston, ire in Yorkville, visiting the family of Mr. 3. M. Church. "Miss Minnie L. Twitty and Miss Fay Twitty, >f Spartanburg, are in Yorkville, visiting their lister, Mrs. W. H. Colcock. Miss Allio Hart, of Wadmalaw Island, near Charleston, is in Yorkville, visiting her broth)r, G. W. S. Hart, Esq. Dr. W. G. White, is in Washington attendng the International Medical Congress. Be ore returning home ho will visit nammore, Sew York and several other points of interest. .-Miss Lucy A. Clarkson, of Atlanta, reprelenting The Housekeeper and other publications, tmong them the Dixie Cook Book, of which she s one of the compilers, has been in town for teveral days in the interest of the business she epresents. "TTr. J. It. Bratton left this place on Saturday ast for Washington, as one of the delegates rom South Carolina, to attend the meeting of he International Medical Congress which convened in that city last Monday. Judge Witherspoon left home on Friday last o preside over the Courts of the Fifth Circuit, ieginning at Camden last Monday. The cir;uit includes Kershaw, Lexington, Richland ind Edgefield counties, the Courts of which vill occupy the Judge's time, probably, until ibout the middle of November. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enqnirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Bock Hill, September 6.?Our town las lost in name an old landmark. The fame of Gordon's Hotel has been changed :o the "Central," and the old sign, which las stood in front of the house for years, ,vas last week taken down and one displaying the new name substituted. The lotel being in the centre of the town, the lew name is very appropriate. It will be . ontinued under the same management as leretofore. The officers of the council of the Amercan Legion of Honor at this place, paid tolay to the trustee of the children of the ate Mrs. James A. Glenn, the sum of five ;housand dollars due them on a benefit certificate she held in the order. Mrs. Glenn's leath occurred only about thirty days ago, ind the promptness with which her beneIciaries were paid speaks well for the orler. There are four Councils in York? me at Yorkville, one at Rock Hill, one at Clover, one at Fort Mill, and a fifth one is being organized at Tirzah. Miss Emma Roach resumed the exercises of her school on Magnolia street tolay. Mr. S. C. Sturgis, who was recently electid principal of the Rock Hill Academy, will begin to-day to teach the young idea iow to shoot. * fie will be assisted by Miss Ammie Pride. Cotton has been coming in freely during the past week. It is to be regretted that the price is so low, although the Rock Hill buyers pay the highest market price. An interesting religious service was commenced in Ebenezer Church on Friday last. The pastor, Rev. J. H. Thornwell, is assisted by Rev. Charles Robinson, of North Carolina. Mr. D. E. Flnley paid our town a visit last week. Mr. C. B. Simmons, who has been in the cotton business at this place for the last two years, has removed to Columbia. As will be remembered, the store of Henry iMassey, at nrzan, was uurucu uu the night of January 12, 1886, supposed to have been the act of an incendiary, jeorge W. Shackelford, a member of the jeorgia Central Detective agency, has seen working up the case. Yesterday Henry Hendricks, colored, was arrested lere and to-day had a preliminary hearng before Trial Justice Whyte. In de'aultof .$1,000 bail he was committed to jail or trial. The merchants of our town are beginling to receive their new goods. Hal. Correspondence of tbe Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES PROMIIOODTOWN. Hoodtown, September 6.?Rev. Mr. iriail, of this place, preached two very nteresting and intelligent sermons\at Shady Grove church on last Sunday which vere listened to very attentively. He howed his hearers by his discourse, that 10 had thoroughly studied his subjects. Vfter the first service, four were baptized md connected themselves with the church. Phe Quarterly Conference will be held vith Shady Grove church, which will emtrace next Saturday and Sunday. There was a change made with the merhants here last week. Messrs. NV. L. & x. E. Hood moved their stock of goods iut of Mrs. J. P. Hood's house into one ?wned by them. Mr. Samuel S. Plexico, ormerly of S. L. Davidson's old stand, las moved his stock into the house that Jessrs. Hoods moved out of. The farmers are about done pulling fodler, and are now busily engaged in gathring the cotton crop, which will take hem until near Christmas to get through vith. T U^IA T^AUnvf TTAA/1 CAM TVft* CIcirwr+rr' UI ttlU J.IUUCI 1/ J.XUUU) own AUi uguif^v lood, picked two hundred and forty-two ?ounds of cotton in one day. He is only bout eleven years old. Good for Itobert! William Hood, of this place, will start or Baltimore the first of next month to ttend the Medical College. This will be lis first course. School at this place is progressing. Three nore new pupils were enrolled this week. ?his community can afford a good school y necessary efforts on the part of patrons ,nd they are exercising that privilege. The health of this neighborhood, generally, is good, though 1 hear of a few ases of chills. Nemo. ~ MERE-MENTION. Suits for damages, amounting in the agregate to ?140,000, have been filed in onsequence of the Chatworth railroad yreck. The New Hampshire Senate, n Thursday, passed the House resolution ndorsing the Blair educational bill, by a trict party vote, 15 to 8, the Republicans roting in the affirmative. Nine hun[red and fifty women in Iowa own and manage farms. The Iowa women propose to keep the pot boiling some way. On the morning of the 2nd instant, a heavy earthquake shock was felt at Tucson, Arizona, lasting several seconds. ExGovernor Chamberlain is out in a letter i defending President Cleveland's adminis! tration against the charges of not being a civil service administration. Peace has been restored between the Ute Indians and the whites in Colorado. Business failures occurring throughout the country during last week number for the United States 175, Canada 24, total of 199, against 185 the previous week. The recent State Democratic Convention of New York and Iowa strongly endorsed Cleveland's administration. Senator Riddleberger has got over his spree and taken a new tack. He bid off the privilpcrp of selling liouor at the Shenandoah Valley Fair for $1,000, and now refuses to allow a drop of liquor to be sold on the grounds. It is predicted that the cotton crop of the Memphis district, which embraces west Tennessee, north Mississippi, north Arkansas, and north Alabama, will fall short by 41,500 bales from the prospect in July. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Secetary of State has issued a certificate of charter to the People's Loan and Exchange bank, of Laurens. The bank has a capital of $55,000. ? Fire occurred at Branchville last Wednesday afternoon, destroying nine buildings. Loss $40,000 on which there was insurance for $0,000. ? Charleston is complaining against freight discriminations by the Richmond and Danville railroad. Complaints have been made to the inter-State commission and to the State railroad commission. ? It was decided at a meeting of the penitentiary board, last Thursday, to withdraw one hundred convicts from the Blackville and Newberry Road, and lease the same by the day to Rice & Coleman, who now have a contract with the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad. ? The News and Courier correspondent at Sumter says the bank examiner has finished the examination of the Sumter bank, and finds that Cashier Bartlett plundered it thoroughly. His shortage is $79,352, which absorbs the $50,000 capital, arid the $11,000 surplus, and leaves a defieicncy of $18,000 for the stockholders to make good. The assets he left are worth but $1,475, unless the $144 worth of lottery tickets belonging to him and which the bank has seized, should draw something. ? Mr. A. Williford, ot Winnsboro, had the misfortune to lose a considerable amount of cotton by fire on Thursday. While ginning cotton one of the bales caught from a spark from the engine, but it was thought that the fire was extinguished. A wagon was loaded with five bales, the burnt riale being at the bottom. While on the way to town the cotton was (1ior>nvoroH hnrnino' and hefnre it could be put out every bale was more or less burned. The fire-in the first bale h&d not been fully extinguished and it caught the others on the wagon. ? James A. Hoyt, Commissioner from South Carolina for the Constitutional Centennial at Philadelphia in September, has received a schedule of railroad rates for the occasion. The southern passenger agents' association has agreed to authorize the sale of tickets to Philadelphia from any point in this State, at one fare for the round trip. The tickets are good from the 12th to the 20th of September inclusive. Military and other organizations in uniform, traveling on one ticket and numbering twenty-five or more, are charged one cent a mile for the distance traveled to and from Philadelphia.' ? Ridge Spring correspondence Neios and Courier: A suspicious looking young white man, riding a bay horse, was taken up near this place on Wednesday for examination. He gave hir name as John J. Walker, of Bellew Creek, Stokes county, N. C., but a letter was found in his pocket directed to his wife, at New Market, Randolph county, N. C., which revealed his name as D. H. Briles. Upon close questioning he was caught in numerous falsehoods, aDd upon being told that he must go to jail, he owned up that his name was 5. H. Briles, that the horse he had ' /as the property of H. T. Taylor, of Lewiedale, Lexington county, and that he had taken him to ride off but intended to return him. However, he was trying on his way to sell him. He said he was employed by Taylor to work, and in his absence he took t.hp hnrsp. Hp was riding- on a bed auilt which he took from the house. Upon very close quizzing, by his answers and evasions, he is suspected of being an escaped convict from the penitentiary of North Carolina. He was committed to Lexington jail. Beginning a Railroad.?Major J. W. Wilson, of Morganton, chief engineer of the Southern and Western Air-Line Railroad Company, arrived in Shelby on Monday afternoon, with a set of instruments for a surveying corps and prepared to begin the survey for nis company. He engaged Mr. T. Warren Clower, of Shelby, to take charge of the corps under his direction, and to begin work at once. Mr. Wm. C. Corbett, of Shelby, was also appointed to a place on the corps. The corps was organized at Fallston on Tuesday afternoon, after which work was begun on the line from there to Shelby. From Fallston three lines northward will be run, one direct to the gap in the South Mountain at Three County Corners, one to the same point by way of Schenck's factory, and one by way of Schenck's factory to Ward's Gap. A line will also be run from Shelby up the ridge on the west side of the First Broad river, and Major Wilson states, any other route that may bid fair to be practicable will be examined. Grading, he says, will be commenced before November 1, the time allowed in the terms of the subscription of Cleveland county. The bonds of Burke county voted to this company have been ordered to be printed and will be placed in the hands of Mr. John H. Pearson, as trustee. It will be remembered that a majority of the votes cast in the election in Burke county were in favor of the subscription, but they did not constitute a majority of the registered ? vote. Major Wilson states that there will be no opposition in the county to the issue of the bonds, and it is the opinion of Judge Avery that the Supreme Court would sustain their validity if it should be called into question.?Shdby New Era, ZUt. Ularlitf Reports. YORKVILLE, September 7.?Cotton, 8J to 9. POOTT HTT.T, <sf>nfpmhflr 7?Cotton. SS to 8_7rt. charleston,September").?Cotton dull; middling, 9J. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, September 2.?The following is the* comparative cotton statement for the week endingSeptember2,1887:1887. 1886. Receipts at all ports for week... 39,600 24,502 Total receipts to this date 15,509 6,073 Exports for the week 33,259 21,514 Total exports to date 16,423 6,729 Stock at all U. S. ports 83,895 167,123 Stock in interior towns 8,608 15,375 Stock at Liverpool 532,000 456,000 Stock atioat for Great Britain... 40,000 30,000 ^ HYMENEAL. marrikd?At the residence of the bride, in Ebenezer township, on the evening of the 23rd ultimo, by Rev. J. C. Galloway, Mr. B. T. BRUNER, of Mecklenburg county, N. C., and Mrs. M. O. MILLER. In Lincolnton, N. C., on Tuesday morning, 30th ultimo, by Rev. 11. '/. Johnston, Mr. DAN. G. CRAWFORD, of York county, S. C., and Miss KATE JOHNSTON, of Lincolnton. In Charlotte, N. C., on Tuesday evening, September 6,1887, by Rev. J. Y. Fair, Mr. J. J. B( >WEN, of Laurens, S. C., and Miss WILMA lv. RAWLINSON, of Yorkville, S. C. V- ? \ OBITUARY. DTicn?Near Clover, on Monday, August 29th, 1S87, Mr. J. A. J. GRAHAM, aged 72 years 9 months and 17 days. Near Clover, on Friday, September 2nd, 1887, SYLVESTER CLEVELAND, son of Mr. J. W. Boyd, aged 4 months and 10 days. From the etl'ects of being scalded, near Clark's Fork, in York county, on the24th ultimo, W. MEEK, child ot Mr. R. J. and Mrs. N. S. Love, aged two j'ears ten months and nine days. This is the sixth child of these parents that has 1 died in the last sixteen years.