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Jwajris and ^acts, ? Counterfeit postal cards have beeu discovered at Pittsburg, Pa., that are so skillfully executed that their detection is very difficult. This is the first attempt made to nut spurious postal cards in circulation. It is thought they come from New York. ? The Secretary of State of Texas, on the advice of the Attorney General, has refused a charter to a Scotch cattle and land company with a capital of $2,000,000. The grantingof such a charter to a foreign corporation is declared to be contrary to the public policy of the State. ?- Delegate Tool, of Montana, who is at present In Washington, says that there will be a hard fight made by four Territories this winter for admission as States of the Union. Montana, Dakota, New Mexico and Washington Territory will .. a -1-1 J au present muir ciuiuis nuu jpicoo ui^iu vigorously. And Utah. ?Col. Wm. McWilliams, a well known political orator, was shot and killed in front pf a saloon in Jacksonville, Florida, by George Bangs, a policeman. The shooting was the out-come of a long-standing quarrel, and considered justifiable by many as McWilliams had threatened to kill Bangs on sight. ? A United States marine named Coleman, living at Annapolis, Md., recently refused to take pills which Dr. Gate wood, of the navy, prescribed for him. Coleman grew tired of taking medicine and told the physician that it was no good. The doctor naa him court-martialed and the Court is trying to find out if Coleman is guilty of insubordination. ? The United States Supreme Court has decided to hear further arguments upon the application for a writ of error in the case or the condemned Chicago Anarchists, and has set the hearing for to-morrow at noon. The court has also decided to allow the State of Illihois to appear in these proceedings, and has notified Attorney General Hunt to be present and make arSanient in behalf of the State in opposion to the petition for a writ of error. ? In their trade review of the past week, Dun & Co. say: "Cotton is a shade higher, with large speculative purchases based on reports of damaging frosts. Sugar is made strong by the formation of a trust to control refining. Wool is more firm, though not higher. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days number for the United States 172 and for Canada 29, or a total of 201 failures, as compared with a total of 202 last week and 213 the week previous.' ? In the United States Supreme Court on Thursday, Chief Justice Waite announced that argument upon the questions raised by the habeas corpus cases of Attorney General Ayres and other imprisoned State officers of Virginia, will be set down for the second Monday in November, and that meanwhile the prisoners will be set at liberty on their own recognizances, in the sum of $1,000 each, to answer the summons of the Court when their presence shall be required. ?Andrew Fleming, colored, was hanged at Tallulah, La., last Friday for the murder of Demp Benyon. A large crowd of negroes had assembled to witness the execution, but the law was rigidly enforced, and only the number of persons allowed by law were permitted to be present as witnesses. The execution took place within the prison enclosure. A colored minister attended Fleming in his cell during the morning. On the scaffold the condemned appeared resigned to his fate, and professed a willingness to die. ?Large consignments of whisky of American 'manufacture sent to Germany for storage two years ago, are now returning on the European steamships, the freight both ways and the storage being considerably less than the cost of keeping the liquor in bonded warehouses in this country.. During the summer the owners of large distilleries shipped their products to Bremen and other ports for storage and to avoid onerous revenue charges. Much of the whiskey exported is now being returned, the limit of time it is allowed to remain out of the country having expired. s ?There are no less thanl thirty-five widT~ ows of revolutionary soldiers on the pen' sion list. .As several of them are under 80, it is not improbable that we shall still in 1900 be paying pensions to the wives of men who fought in a war that closed before 1783. We now have 322,756 pen~ai 11 ??aKoKKt V?q xjCk Bionerson iimruus, ttuu wm piuuauij ? ?? v some 500,000 by the year 1900. The older the veterans get, the more attractive they become to young women desirous of insuring themselves a comfortable income the rest of their days. It will therefore be well on to the year 2000 before we shall be done paying the cost of the civil war. ? It is said that Stewart, the Wichita, Kansas, drug clerk who was sentenced to seventeen years' imprisonment and to pay a fine of $20,800 for sellng liquor, is now a clerk in a drugstore in Garden City, Kansas, and that he was released on the payment of $100. It is charged that he was persuaded to plead guilty by the deputy attorney general of the State for the effect his sentence might have on other violators of the prohibitory law, with the understanding that he would have to pay only a small amount and would not be imprisoned. The attorney general says he has no knowledge of such an arrangement and he will investigate the matter. ? The excavations that are being made at Pompeii, are giving most interesting results. In the beginning of the month the Borne correspondent of the Daily News telegraphs a wooden case was dug up containing a complete set of surgical instruments, many of which are similar to those used in the present day. A few days later four beautiful silver urns of considerable height were found, together with four smaller cups, eight open vases, four dishes ornamented with foliage and the figures of animals, aDd a beautiful statue of Jupiter seated on a throne. Besides these silver objects several gold ornaments were also found, such as earrings and rings. The excavations are being rapidly pushed forward. ? The Georgia State Fair opened at Macon last Monday under the most favorable auspices. There was an unusually large attendance for the first day. Jefferson Davis and his wife and Mrs. Hayes and Winnie Davis arrived Monday afternoon and went directly to Capt. John Johnston's residence. The party had lines of flowers and one shout of cheers from Beauvoir to Macon. An immense crowd greeted Mr. Davis on their arrival and the city was beautifully decorated and illuminated. Yesterday was "Mrs. Davis* Day," she and her two daughters,'Mrs. Hayes and Miss Winnie, holding a public reception in Fair Park. To-day there will be a final review of Confederate veterans by Mr. Davis at Fair Park. ? General Greely in his annual report of the weather service, states that 68.5 per cent, of the storm signals ordered during the past year were verified by the event. He proposes to introduce a* new class of signals, which will indicate whether a predicted storm is to be light or severe, and from what quarter the wind is to come. He will also indicate whether the storm-centre is approaching or has already passed the station where the signal is disf laved. It is recommended that the West ndian service be renewed, inasmuch as many of our hurricanes come from that Suarter. It is suggested that a system of ver and rainfall stations might be devised which would enable practiced observeis to predict the extent and continuance of great floods many days in advance, and thus mitigate the severity ol ui^aowi uuu w uwvio* ? Paul Villeneuve is a day laborer and sexton in the village of Artigues, near Moncrabeau, on the River Boise, in Gascoigne, France. One day a lady from a neighboring village, staying at Artigues, was struck dumb with astonishment when she perceived Villeneuve passing her dressed in a knitted vest of the exact pattern and color of that vest in which she buried hpr husband two years before, the fashion of the region being to bury the dead in a complete suit of clothes. She followed Villeneuve and recognized on the back of his vest the exact mark she had years before stitched with her own hand in all her husband's wardrobe. She immediately reported to the Maire, who issued a search warrant. Proceeding to Villeneuve's house, the officers found all I the drawers, cupboards and closets filled c with kerchiefs, rags, neckcloths, sheets and c shrouds, shirts, dresses, vests, pants and t I other articles used in dressing the dead, c Everything was mended, brushed, wash- a ed and ironed with the utmost care, prov- t ing Villeneuve's wife to be a commend- i able housekeeper. Nevertheless the court; t sent both these grave robbers to the peni- I tentiary for five years. F Ibe fjbrfeviUe tfwjiiim. \ ?\ YORKVILLE, S. . : J WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26,1887. * THE AIR-LINE RAILROAD ACCIDENT. ' [From the Greenvillo News, last Friday.j r It was fearful tidings that eame to the s city early yesterday morning. Dreadful rumors, all the more dreadful that they were indefinite, caused people to lower their tones and talk with bated breath. The rumors told of a dreadful , railroad disaster and the loss of human lives. The true story rapidly developed, and it carried its full of horror. The north bound passenger train on the Air-Line road and a southward bound freight train, met on the track at a point nine and one-half miles from the city, and two and one-half miles from Greer's station. A fearful collision followed in which three lives were lost, one man was fatally injured, and nine others wounded in greater or less degree of severity. The accident aroused tne deepest interest here, and the entire force of physicians in the city together with hundreds of people, actuated by motives of charity or curiosity, visited the scene of the wreck during the day. Nothing else was talked of in town. Passenger train No. 51, due here at 1:01 A. M., yesterday, was delayed by the crowd of excursionists, returning from the Atlanta exposition, reaching here four hours and twenty-five minutes behind ' time. Night Operator Nicholes had or' ders for "fifty-one" to run "four hours and twenty minutes late." He delivered copies of the order to Conductor C. P. Marshall, and to Engineer Robert F. Wall, receiving the signatures of each. The effect of this order was to set back the s schedule, the time indicated, four hours and twenty minutes. This information s was given to the officials of all trains on 2 the road. It was given to Conductor Revell s and Engineer Joe Harris of the south bound special freight. 2 Shortly after the passenger train with its coaches, pulled away from the Green- 2 ville depot, the special freight rolled into Greer's station. There were no orders for 2 it there and the operator did not meet the 2 train. Had the freight side-tracked at this point, there would haye been no collision, c It is probable that the freight men cal- 1 culated that they could reach Taylor's Station, four miles this side of Greer's, ( before the delayed passenger train made t 4. 4-t?oin vnllnrl All f r\f fho LUttl pUilJl>. JL1IC nam tvntu uuv u> kuu station and on its way to Taylor's. The two trains were off and away, each all unaware of the terrible meeting before them. About two miles and a half this side of Greer's is a long stretch of track with a steep down grade, followed by a long curve. It was here that the trains met. The passenger, running about thirty milesan hour, rounded the big curve. The freight train rolling down the grade, with unimpeded momentum, rushed on. Like the terrible combat of fiery monsters, was their meeting. The two huge engines leaped together, and with a resounding crash and a single powerful tremor, settled back from their embrace. It was the work of an instant. In a moment, the locomotive of the passenger train, or such of it as could be distinguished from its fellow, was lying broadside on the right of the track, while the freight engine was overturned on the other side. The fearful shock had mangled and crushed the big machines almost out of the semblance of locomotives. Only a tangled mass of iron bars and iron plates was left of them. The fires of the furnaces soon communicated to the waste and com- , bustible substances arout d the engines, leaving a smoke like the smoke of a grim and bloody battle. A moment of quiet followed the collision, and then all was confusion. Back at the rear of the train, in the Pullman cars, a the shock was scarcely peceptible, and it t was sometime before all the passengers be- . came aware of the nature or extent of the t disaster. It was but a brief interval, however, before scores of men were alongside the wrecked cars and working faithfully and bravely to rescue the human beings that were known to be imprisoned in the debris. It was a rare sight that met the eyes of the passengers as they crowded from the train. Ahead was a string of freight cars. Behind was the train of coaches and Pullman sleepers. Between these two lay the , pair of gigantic locomotives, seeming in their death struggle and yet panting, reeking with the fury of it. Behind the freight engine were the wrecks of three freight cars,and scattered all around them were the bales and boxes of goods contained in them. . Fire soon reached these from the blaze of the engines, and completed their destruction. But it was back of the passenger locomotive that the force of the collision was felt. Next to the tender was the postal car and next to that came the express car, followed by the baggage car. These three cars were almost complete wrecks. The front of the long, sixty foottfnail car was uninjured. At its rear, the express car had accomplished a complete telescope, the front of the express being forced half way into and on top of the rear of the postal car. With the mass of mingled, shattered timbers, the two could hardly be distinguished, there being but a wrecked mass of debris. The baggage car was crushed in and thrown from its trucks, but suffered nothing like the damage inflicted on the others. It was known that a number of people were in these wrecked coaches and attempts were at once begun to rescue them. In the forward mail car were three postal clerks, Sheriff Glenn, of York county, and two young men who were riding in the car on special permits. Route Agents S. M. Dykeman and W. R. Wilson, of Atlanta, and James Killian, of this city, were on duty. In the express car were Messenger J. B. Erwin, of Asheville, his brother Willie, his two sisters, Misses Mary and Nannie, and his cousin, Mrs. Hampton McDowell, of Asheville. The shock was unexpected. Its effect is best described through the experiences of men who felt its effect. "I was lying down at the rear of the mail car," said Route Agent Killian, "when the shock came. I was not asleep, but simply restiner. The concussion was sharp and quick, 1 and not louc It was more like the break- j * ing of a pane of glass by a stone thrown | against it. Then came the crashing aud j( crushing of the cars. I was knocked sense-, < less then, and when I came to, found ray-1< self imprisoned among the broken timbers ; * of the upper part of the mail car. The I i ; express had telescoped our car, and near t i me, caged in under the ceiling, was Miss * Quinn, of Washington. She was crying i i for help piteously. ] "I could hardly tell how badly I was i hurt, and began pushing my way out of the * , top of the car. A little way off was Mrs. 1 , McDowell with her body severed in two. j i It was horrible, and it seemed an hour j < before anybody came. I succeeded at last I * in getting out, and with the help of Route 11 i Agent Dykeman, we got out Miss Quinn. j < i It was a terrible experience." Mr. Killian ; 1 i was injured in the spine painfully. 1 ! Messenger Erwin's two sisters and his i cousin, Mrs. McDowell, were riding in the I i car with him to avoid the crowded train, j j At the front of the car was a pile of bask- i i ets of cotton samples. On these, near to t i the ceiling, were lying Miss Quinn, Miss t ' I Mary Erwin and Miss Nannie Erwin. t drs. McDowell had gotten up and was lown in the car. When the two cars had rashed together, the young ladies found hemselves in the middle of the mail oach, Miss Quinn being imprisoned against the ceiling near Mr. Killian and he Misses Erwin finding themselves lyng near Mr. Dykeman. They were all hree rescued without serious injuries, diss Mary Erwin had her nose mashed, >roducing a painful injury. The death of Mrs. McDowell was the nost horrible feature of the disaster. She vas returning from the exposition at Atanta, to her husband and five children at \.sheville. The body of the unfortunate ady was cut completely in twain, the ower limbs being found on the'track beow and the upper portion of the body renaming among the debris of the car. Her leath must have been instantaneous. Engineer Robert F. Wall never spoke >ut once after the collision. He was nashed under his overturned engine, but ?efore death relieved him of his agony, he ailed once aloud to Conductor Marshall, ftl. Darnell. Wall's fireman, escaped with ighter injuries, beiug severely scalded ibout the head and shoulders. He will nost probably recover. Among the debris of the engine of the reight was found the body of J. L. Webter, who had his arm wounded so as to equire amputation, and was otherwise calded and bruised. His injuries gave lim terrible pain and he died after being emoved to Spartanburg. Robert F. Wall, the dead engineer, had he best reputation of any man on the oad,. "He was the best railroad man I sver knew," said an engineer who knew lim well. He is from Virginia, but his ocation for some time has been in Charotte, where he has a wife and five children, lis death will be mourned earnestly by lis comrades on the road. His dead body vas sent on to his family in Charlotte. The engineer of the freight, Joe Harris, s one of oldest engineers on the line, and las been looked on as one of the surest. Tis part in the affair which has so suspi:ious a look, is regarded with surprise by he railroad men who knew him. Claude Ftevell, the freight conductor, is a new nan, having been promoted to his posiion but a few months ago. The following is a list of the dead and vounded, which has been gathered from he most authentic sources, and is believed o be complete and accurate: Mrs. Hampton McDowell, of Asheville, S". C., killed. Robert F. Wall, of Charlotte, N. C., engineer passenger train, killed. J. L. Webster, of Columbus, Georgia, ireman of freight, died from injuries. J. B. Erwin, of Asheville, N. C., fracure of left leg, and right foot crushed and nangled. His condition was considered serious last night. Miss Mary Erwin, Miss Nannie Erwin ind Willie Erwin,' of Asheville, N. C., ind Miss B. F. Quinn, of Washington, slight but painful injuries. S. M. Dvkeman. of Atlanta, mail route igent, injured back and wounded hand. W. B. Wilson, of Atlanta, mail route igent, slight injuries. Jas. Killian, of Greenville, mail route igent, injured in spine, with gash on face md bruises. Ed. Parnell, of Charlotte, N. C., fireman >f passenger, scalded in face and about lead and shoulders, with painful bruises. Philip Black, colored, of Charlotte, N. 3., trainman on freight, concussion of irain. The News of Saturday contains the pro:eedings of the coroner's inquest over the >ody of Robert F. Wall, the engineer of he passenger train. The conductor, flagnan, baggage master and porter of the nail train, and the watchman and the igent at Greer's, testified before the jury, vhen the following verdict was rendered : 4Thdt the deceased, R. F. Wall, was killid by a collision on the Richmond and Danville Railroad, of passenger train No. il, and a special freight train on the same oad on Thursday morning about 5.50 >'clock, on the 20th of October, 1S87, in Jreenville county, S. C., about two miles rom Greer's Station, and from the lights md evidence before us, we are of the opinon that the collision was occasioned by he reckless running of Conductor C. A. ievell and Engineer J. F. Harris of the aid special train." The wounded, who were removed to Jreenville,are doing well, several of them laving left for their homes. The conductor and engineer of the freight rain are at their homes in Charlotte, havng left the scene of the collision immedi,tely after its occurrence. The Charlotte Chronicle of Sunday contains an article to how that while these men are to be ilamed for the terrible accident, they are lot to be censured. That paper attributes he cause of the accident to the system iow in vogue on the Air-Line Railroad by vhich conductors and engineers are virtuilly made train dispatchers, and throws he responsibility for the accident upon the nananomanf r\f fho mmnfinV Tfl 11 1119 uauag^/iuvuv vt vnv ~ - - - rate, the Chronicle says: The case can be stated very simply. Jnder the old order of things, Engineer larris and Conductor Revell would have >een instructed to meet and pass No. 51 at Sreer's station. But under the new sysem, their orders were as follows: "No. il is running four hours and twenty minites behind schedule time, from Greenville to Charlotte." This notice was reeived by Engineer Harris at Spartanburg. The regular time for 51 to leave Greenville was 1:01 A. M. To this, 4 hours and !0 minutes had to be added. Then the :onductorand engineer, by the dim light >f their lanterns, had to pull out a volumiious sheet containing the schedule of ten rains, locate each train, particularly the >ne first coming to meet tnem, make their :aIculations and take their own responsi)ility for the consequences. Conductor Revell is a young man, a 'green horn" and a party evidently unitted for the position which he held. He lad been on the road for not more than a veek, if that long, and of course Engineer .Tarris assumed almost entire responsibiliy of the train. Engineer Harris had been 'doubled" for a week past, and on Wedlesday night he came in from Atlanta, ested two hours and started out again on hereturn trip. Twenty-five heavily loadid cars in charge of a green conductor belind him, the track in front to look after, rnlf dead from overwork, a cold, drizzling ain driving into his face! what wonder is t that poor Joe Harris made a mistake in iguring out his schedule. The running of lis engine was care and responsibility :nough under ordinary circumstances, but o this was added the responsibility of iguring out the problem: "51 is running 1:20 late; where will I meet her?" Joe md the conductor studied the bigschedlle sheet where "two lines must be looked lown and four lines across," and they limply made a mistake. No. 51 was reguarly due at Greer's at 1:27. Four hours ind twenty minutes late made it due there it 5:47. The conductor and engineer of he freight made a mistake in calculating he time when the passenger would reach Jreer's, and pulled out expecting to meet ;hem at Taylor's. This is the whole story, inu wnne in snows cieany mac narris auu [level 1 were to blame, it does not show hat they are to be censured. Under the iresent system too much responsibility is ilaced upon the trainmen and to this fact done is due Thursday's disaster. Engineer Harris was one of the most :areful engineers on the road, and was so ;autious and particular that he had gained he nick-name of "the Granny." He was i favorite among all railroad men and enoyed the confidence of the railroad auhorities. He can be blamed for making i mistake, but, at the same time, the rail oad management must be blamed for ilacing him in a position liable to make t. The lesson of the wreck is clearly that ;oo much responsibility is placed upon the :rainmen. The Chronicle says a warrant was revived in Charlotte on Monday for the irrest of Engineer Harris, the warrant laving been issued by Coroner McBee, if Greenville county. The officer in whose lands the warrant was placed has not ieen able to find the engineer. ? The President and his traveling comlanions returned to Washington last Satirday morning, having started on their our September 30th, and traveled four housaud five hundred miles and passed hrough seventeen States. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISE3IENTS. Glenn Brothers?New Sale Stable. May A May?Attention Ladies. Withers Aaickes,?Nowadays. M. C. Willis-Notice. Lindsay A Moore?This Way for Bargains. H. F. Adickes?Just Opened This Week. W. C. Latimer?Grandest Display. James R. Kennedy, Probate Judge?Citation? W. Norman Elder, Applicant?Allen Bratton, deceased. Lowry A Starr?Blue Stone. M. Strauss?All Persons Who Have Seen. Miss Annie Rawlinson?Music Lessons. Walter T. Barron?Executor's Notice. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1888. The Enquirer will be furnished from this date until January 1st, 1888, for 45 cents. THE COLD WAVE. The first cold wave of the season struck us yesterday evening, having been preceded during the day with a cool, drizzling rain, such as usually denotes the departure of the fine autumnal weather for which our climate is noted. - J? FINE TOMATOES. Mr. James A. Watson has our thanks for a liberal present of-tomatoes grown in his garden in this pldce. They were of the "Acme" and "Livingston's Favorite" varieties, and of large growth and delicious flavor. PERSONAL MENTION. . Mrs. Wm. B. McCaw left here last Friday for New Orleans on a visit to her parents, expecting to remain in that city during the winter. Miss Ella Avery, of Ebenezer, is in York-.:n? -vr~. r ?i, r\ Wnll.oi. VIUC VJOltlUg xUlOitfUSCpil V* IT UlAVi AUCTION SALE OF LAND. On Saturdajr4*fby Joseph F. Wallace, administrator, with the will annexed, of Edwin Wilson, deceased, sold at public auction, at the late residence of the deceased, on Crowder's Creek, in the upper part of this county, the landed prop irty belonging to the estate, consisting of 416 acres. The tract was sold in three parcels as follows: Tract No. 1,134 acres, bought by D. J. Jackson at 311.75 per acre. Tract No. 2, 125 acres, including the dwelling house, bought by Mrs. Margia Wilson at ?17.25 per acre. Tract No. 3, 157 acres, bought by J. F. Jackson and W. D. .Henry at ?15.25 per acre. ^-rbEATH OF MR. LAWSON JENKINS. Mr. Lawson Jenkins died at the residence of his son, Mr. J. H. B. Jenkins, in Gastonia, N. C., on Friday morning last, 21st instant, aged 76 years. Mr. Jenkins had long been a citizen of York county, but recently went to Gastonia to reside with his son. A, few weeks ago he received a severe hurt from a fall, and on Sunday night preceding his death had a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Jenkins was a worthy, consistent Christian and long enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. His remains were brought on Friday afternoon to the residence of his son, Mr. W. W. Jenkins, in this place, and on Saturday buried at Sharon Church, in this county. FARMERS' ASSOCIATION. The following notice from the President ol the Farmers' Association of York county fully explains itself. He calls a meeting of the Association, to be held in the Court House on the 21st of next month. The counties throughout the State are holding similar meetings and appointing representatives for the purpose named, and it is desired that York shall be fully represented in the State Convention to be held in Columbia on the 1st of December: The Farmers' Association of York County ?}n 1-1 - - x XT/%_ win assemoie tu lurKviue, uu juuuunj ^uvember 21st, at 11 o'clock A. M. Each club is requested to send ten delegates. The object ol the meeting is to elect live representatives to the State Farmers' Convention, which assembles in Columbia on the 1st of December next, and to transact such other business in the interest of agriculture as may be introduced. It is hoped that the local Clubs will hold their meetings at an early day, and send full delegations, as this meeting at Yorkville will doubtless be very interesting. Iredell Jones, President Farmers' Association York Co. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. "W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services every day this week at 10.3C A. M. and at 7.30-P. M., conducted by Rev. H. F. Chreitzberg. Services next Sunday at 10.3C A. M. and 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.30. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services nextSunday atll'A. M. and7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Prayer-meeting at 7.30 to-morrow evening. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sunday at 11 A. M.. and in Yorkville at 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. The pastor will be absent next Sunday, attending the Sunday-school Convention, which meets with Antioch church next Friday. Sundayschool at 3 P. M. Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rector. Suuday-school at 4 P. M. THE AIR-LINE ACCIDENT. Romany persons from York county were on bne ill-fated passenger train wrecked on the Air-Line Railroad last Thursday morning as to invest the occasion with local significance, for which reason we devote considerable space to a graphic description of the occurrence, condensed from the Greenville JVewa. Besides the large number of persons from all parts of the county, the names of all of whom we could not procure, there were from Yorkville, Sheriff R. H. Glenn, G. W. S. Hart, Esq., and his sister, Mr. T. B. McClain and Mr. Olivor E. Grist. Mr. Grist is an attache of the Enquirer office, and with the other passengers was returning from the Piedmont Exhibition. Ho was in the sixth car from the locomotive and escaped without any injury, though he describes the wreck and the mass of debris caused by the collision, and the spectacle of the dead and maimed and the groans of the wounded "as a scone long to be remembered. Sheriff Glenn made a very narrow escape with his life, he being in the mail car at the time of the accident and his head barely escaping the projecting end of the roof of the telescoping car. He was slightly stunned, and when he recovered consciousness he found himself tightly wedged between the broken timbers of the wreck and within two feet of the body of Mrs. McDowell, who was cut in two. Near him was a lady faster d by the broken timbers, shrieking for help, and begging to be killed. The Sheriff extricated himself as quickly as he could, and fortunately discovered a hand-saw, which he at once commenced using to good purpose. He sawed the timber from around the lady and helped her from her perilous position, gratified to find that she was but slightly injured. We learn from persons who were present that Sheriff Glenn was conspicuous, with others, by his presence of mind and promptness of action in rescuing endangered passengers and preventing additional horrors to the calamity by the spread of fire. Dr. Saye, of this county, is also spoken of as being prompt in his endeavors to render assistance, and it was he who removed the upper part of Mrs. McDowell's body from the wreck. The accident is greatly to bo deplored, and yet it is remarkable that so many of the passengers escaped unhurt. v^keeting of old farmers. ""TaP. Duncan, President ol'the State Agricultural Society, has appointed as representatives of York county in the meeting of "old settlers," or those who have farmed for forty years, to be held in Columbia during the week of the State Fair. Col. John S. Hratton, of Guthriesville ; Dr. T. W. Campbell, of Clay Hill; and Col. J. W. Rawlinson, of llock Hill. The object of this meeting is thus explained by President Duncan: I am asked what is meant by fanning for forty years ? I reply: The boy who began to plough when he was ten years old, and has made farming his life's work, and is fifty now, I regard as having farmed forty years, and on this basis the delegates may bo selected. Having laid the object of this meeting before the railroad authorities, with the showing that it was intended to reach a class of our farmers whom it is hard to stir out on any public occasion, and who rarely attend our Fair, they recognized the convention as an interesting anxilliary to the Fair, and those whom I have heard from have generously consented: to furnish free transportation for the delegates, as soon as notified of their names. As the time is short, I must beg the counties to be as prompt as possible. I desire to throw out another subject for the consideration of the convention. There was a time during the .experience of these farmers, when the farmers of Soutfi Carolina made all they consumed, upon their own plantations, excepting sugar, coffee, salt, some hardware, and finer qualities of clothing; and tho sun did not shine upon a more prosperous, happy and contented people throughout tho wide, wide world. To-day the rule is to buy all they consume and raise just enough cotton to get credit for another year. Can't something he learned by the discussion of this subject in all its bearings ? We haye the same people, the same soil, tlie same genial sunshine, the same clouds, and beyond them all the same healthful, calm, pure, blue vauft J BURGLARY OF A STORK. On Tuesday night of last week, the store of J. W. Dobson, of this place, was burglarized and robbed. Tko thief concealed himself in the evening in an apartment in rear of the storeroom, but a part of the same house, and after the store was closed at night, by boring around IKa rlAAi* lon/Unn1 intn tlio ulnrn hn lud iuu XV W A WUV7 iuuuiii^ ' * v??v? ??v?w, ? gained entrance without difficulty. Among the articles taken wore four pistols, a gun, a* bag of shot, a quantity of cartridges, four pocket knives, half a cheese, soap, ink, soda, about ?2 in cash, and some papers that were in the money drawer, the whole amounting to about 945. On discovering the robbery, next morning, Mr. Dobson said nothing about it. His suspicion rested on a colored boy about 19 years old, from Chester county, named Henry Beckham, who drove a team for him in the summer, but who has been idle for several weeks past. On Thursday, Beckham was near Mr. Dobson's store, when the latter asked him to call in. Ho was loath to enter, but finally went in, when Mr. Dobson at once confronted him with the theft. Beckham became very indignant and started for the door in high dudgeon, but ho was dotained and searched, three men being nocessary to hold him for the purpose. On his person were two pairs of pants and in the pockets of the under pair two loaded pistols which Mr. Dobson identified as his. Beckham then saw that further denial was useless, and he confessed to the deed, and restored to Mr. Dobson all of tho stolen articles. He is now in jail awaiting trial. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM BLACK'S. Black's, October 22.?The foundation of two piers of Broad Kiver bridge were i found to be so defective, that the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company is having them rebuilt. Each cotton factory built in the Southern States increases their wealth in proportion to the amount expended in building and 1 a; ii ic ?4U/v.. operating tneui, ii uu ujuic, ueoauae l11 c_y 1 are usually built with northern capital; but it is difficult to convince the merchants ' of Black's and Gaffney's of the truth of 1 this proposition, for the reason that the 1 factories that have been built near them, rob them of at least fifty per cent, of the cotton crop that was sold on their markets. Each passenger train on the Richmond and Danville Railroad has been overloadi ed for several days, with passengers going ' to the Piedmont Fair at Atlanta, Ga. The , road could not possibly accommodate them all. Many passengers were forced to ride on the platforms and in the baggage and express cars. Several parties from town and many from the country bought tickets " here and were much pleased with the exhibits and President Cleveland and wife. It is peculiarly strange that a city ol trus ly southern ideas and principles and the i Constitution an exponent of these principles and a strong advocate of Southern , rights, would invite Samuel J. Randall, , the chief apcstle and apologist of the pro, tective tariff, amongthem,asthe"Plumed Knight" of the occasion, when the protective principles advanced by him are antagonistic to every Southern interest. A i true Southerner can accept the whole plat' form of the Republican party with more consistency and right-reason than he can the protective tariff doctrine advanced by northern Democrats. President Cleveland's Southern tour was ! skillfully planned and elaborately executed. It shows that he is a methodical thinker and systematic worker, and his speeches show that he took the trouble to become perfectly conversant with the statistics and history of every city through which he expected to pass. Mr. Simmons, of Charleston, S. C., spent 1 some time among us this week, looking for a stock farm. 1 Much uneasiness and excitement was manifested here over the collision on the Richmond and Danville Railroad, that occurred at Greer's, S. C., Thursday mornincr aa t.hpre were a creat manv from ; Shelby, who passed over the C., C. & C. via Black's to the Piedmont Fair; also several from Hickory Grove and other i parts of this county. w. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. ' NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. Hoodtown, October 22.?We are again having some clear weather, after a few leaky and cool days which checked the opening of cotton, of which there is a good deal yet to open. The cotton crop has been picked about as fast as it opened. Our farmers are nearly all done gathering their corn, and the yield is much better than was expected, after so much of the grow1 ing crop was destroyed by the freshet. 1 Several persons from .is place and vicinity, took advantage of the low rates of 1 travel, to visit the "Gate City," whither they went to take in the great Piedmont ? Exposition. Some of our neighbors were i on the north-bound passenger train that collided with the south-bound freight near . Grier's; but fortunately they escaped with, out injury. Miss Joella Harmon, who has for several weeks been lying very low at Itev. Mr. ; Ariail's, has recovered sufficiently to be reI moved to the house of her uncle, Dr. T. S. R. Ward, where she will remain until she is able to go to her father's in Spartan, burg. Little Julia, daughter of Mr. George D. Hood, has been quite ill for some days ' past; but I am glad to know she is improving. 1 Mrs. Ariail, wife of our pastor, who has ; been absent about two weeks, visiting relatives in Lancaster county, is expected to 1 return soon. The postofflce at this place has been taken in on the route from Yorkville to Bullock's Creek, and hereafter the mail will be carried by the route contractor, at the expense of the government, instead of being paid for by private individuals as it has been heretofore. Our thanks are due Hon. John J. Hemphill for the interest he , took in the matter. Rambler. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. 1 Rock Hill, October 2-f.?On last Thursday, John Moore, of the firm of Moore & Eskridge, sub-contractors on the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad between this place and Catawba River, came i to town and drew from Col. W. H. Kirby, the principal contractor, the amount of their last month's estimate. The amount was $1,376, for which Col. Kirby gave Moore a check on the First National Bank of Rock Hill. Moore left town immediofoiv fnr thp ramn. and unon arriving there, as I am informed, he told his hands that Col. Kirby was not at Rock Hill, and he could get no money with which to pay them for the past month's services. He then left for Lancaster, where he had the check, given him by Col. Kirby, cashed by Heath, Springs & Co., and left Lancaster for parts unknown. Friday night, G. > Kelly Moore and Richard Eskridge, his partners, left the camp, taking with them seven mules, six of which were mortgaged to W. L. Roddey & Co. The aggregate loss by several of our merchants by the defection of this firm will be considerable, while many of the farmers near the camp are losers. The loss falls very heavy upon Col. Kirby, about $2,GOO. The indebtedness of the absconding firm will amount . L.l r , rs*U~.. ,1^1 lr,,.,. 10 Deiween juur auu nvo uiuusnuuuuua^. All of their employees were in town on ' Saturday with their pockets full of checks, ; which they could not get cashed. Col. Ivirby has engaged them all to complete the contract in his own name. Col. Kirby ' was in Charlotte on Saturday and had just settled bills for Moore & Eskridge to the amount of $800, when he received a telegram from his secretary, Mr. John S. Moore, informing him that the sub-contractors had skipped. Rev. W. B. Jennings preached his farewell sermon on Sunday last, to the Presbyterian congregation here as their pastor. The church was filled with our people of all denominations. Mr. Jennings leaves this week for Macon, Ua., his new charge. The church at this place will extend an in vitation to Rev. E. W. Smith, of Greensboro, N. C., to become their pastor. On Friday last, Mr. Peter Garrison brought a load of cotton to town. After selling the same and making a few purchases, he placed the proceeds of the cotton, j amounting to $40, in an envelope, which he put into his pocket and walked from the store of It. T. Fewell & Co. to the postoffice. On arriving there he discovered that the envelope, with its contents, was missing. He at once retraced his steps in search of the package, but without avail. The invitations for a dance complimenI tary to Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. London, to be given by the young men of Rock Hill on the night of the 28th instant, have been issued. A pleasant time for the young people is anticipated.' Mr. A. M. Young, of Charlotte, and Miss Bessie M. Caldwell, of this place, were married on Thursday afternoon last, in the Presbyterian church, Rev. W. B. Jennings officiating. The happy pair took the 5 P. M. train for Charlotte, their future home. John Hart, a colored cook in t,ho cnmn of Mr. Tate on the Carolina, Georgia and Northern itailroad, eleven miles from this place, was shot in the knee by a member of the party who were endeavoring to arrest him for attempting to shoot Mr. S. D. Cherry, one of Mr. Tate's foremen. Hart was brought to this place and given apreliminary hearing before Trial Justice Whyte, who committed him, in default of bail, on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. He was sent to the jail at Yorkville. His wound, though painful, is not serious. Hal. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, October 24.?The first case tried in the Circuit Court at this place last week, was that of the State vs. Thomas Lowry, colored, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. The prosecutor, Oliver Itobbins, testified that the defendant assaulted him with stones, thereby inflicting serious wounds on his head. His daughtertestified substantially to the same fact. The defendant's testimony was entirely different. According to his story of the trouble, the prosecutor was the attacking party, and he, to defend himself, used his fist and not stones, as was charged. The jury found the defendant guilty of an assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. He was immediately sentenced to six months in the penitentiary. A true bill was found against Daniel Atkinson, colored, charged with an assault and battery with intent to kill. A true bill was found against Thomas Graham, color ed, charged with forgery. He made a confession of his guilt, and was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the Penitentiary. A true bill was found against William Hughes, colored, charged with carrying concealed weapons. A true bill was found against Betsy Wilks, Amanda Wilks and Henry Wilks, all colored, charged with petit larceny. No bill was found against Henry Wade, charged with selling intoxicating liquors, but a true bill was found against Dr. J. S. Crosby charged with giving prescriptions unlawfully, and practicing medicine without being registered. Dr. Crosby was then tried. The State found some difficulty in producing a prescription that was claimed to have been given by the defendant. It was, however, finally produced. The State also had some difficulty in establishing the signature of the defendant. None of the witnesses was willing to swear positively on this point. The defendant was acquitted. Argument was heard on Monday night before Judge Wallace in a matter relating to rights of way through the lands of A. H. White and others by the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company. The company located their track and site for a depot on the lands belonging to A. H. White and others. They instituted proceedings to condemn the rights of way and lands for a depot, and obtained an order for a jury to assess compensation for the landowners. The latter filed their complaint for an injunction to prohibit the location of the road on the line selected by the company and the erection of a depot at the locality selected. Judge Witherspoon granted an order for the Company to show cause before Judge Wallace why they should* not be enjoined. The argument was full and exhaustive. The Hon. M. C. Butler and Major Jas. F. Hart represented the Railroad Company, and Messrs. C. E. Spencer and J. C. Witherspoon, A. H. White and others. The Judge reserved his decision. The first case tried on Tuesday was that of the State vs. Amanda Wilks, Betsy Wilks and Henry Wilks, all colored, charged with stealing peas from Mr. Estes. The defendants were acquitted. True bills were found against Fox Myers, charged with bigamy, and Charles Whitus, charged with conducting a drug store without a license. William Hughes, colored, charged with carrying concealed weapons, was tried. The defendant did not deny having a pistol on his person, but claimed that it was not concealed. There was some conflict of testimony on this point. A verdict of "not guilty" was rendered. The next case tried was that of the State vs. William Davis, charged with stealing a goose from C. A. Jamieson. The defendant admitted the accidental killing of a goose belonging to the prosecutor, but claimed that he put another goose in its place. His testimony was confirmed by that of the wife of the prosecutor. The defendant was acquitted. The grand jury made its report and was discharged. The condition of the public offices, according to their report, is quite satisfactory. The next and last criminal case tried was that of the State vs. Mollie Gibson, colored, charged with arson. The Solicitor was assisted in this case by Senator Patterson. The prosecuting witness was Mrs. Murray, whose house the defendant was charged with burning on the 30th of last March. The testimony against the accused was entirely circumstantial. The circumstances were those of bad feeling between the prosecutrix and the defendant and threats made by the latter. She was found not guilty. The rest of the week was consumed by the Court in the trial of civil cases. The Court of Common Pleas adjourned nine die on Saturday. To-day and to-morrow the Court will give its attention to the transaction of equity business. Mr. 1). B. Refo, for eight years traveling salesman for J. D. Ratterree, has resigned his position to take effect on the 1st of next January. He expects to accept a similar Eosition with some Northern or Western ouse, where he will command a more extensive trade. He is a successful salesman. M. merKention. The Georgia Legislature has adjourned after a four months' session. Of all the public measures discussed, none were finally adopted. TheCourfs at Jacksonville, Fla., decide that the standard time now in general use there is illegal, and that papers and criminals must be executed and Courts convened by the old sun time. The Constantinople police are closing all liquorshops kept by Europeans, on the ground that they are demoralizing the Turkish people. A terrible epidemic of typhoid fever is raging in Iron Mountain village, Michigan. Over two hundred cases are reported, and numerous deaths. The first snow of the season in Ohio, fell at Cleveland last Friday J. C. Flora, the champion quail eater 01 America, has commenced the feat of eating 100 quails in 50 consecutive days. A desperado, named Perry Ackers, in Maxwell, Story county, Iowa, on Saturday I night, murdered a justice of the peace and J the mayor of the town and then committed suicide. Hon. E. B. Washburne, of Illinois, ex-minister to France, died at Chicago last Friday night. Three saloon keepers, convicted and pleading guilty of selling liquor on Sunday in Utica, N. Y., have been sentenced to breakstone in the county jail for thirty days. A Mrs. Lokey, a factory operative, fell dead, in the Augusta Police Court on Saturday last, just as she had taken an oath as a witness. Amer Green was lynched at Delphi, Carroll county, Indiana, on Saturday, for the murder, a year ago, of a farmer's daughter. He died protesting his innocence, and declared that the alleged murdered woman is now living in Texas. The liepublican National Committee will meet in Washington on December 8, to fix the date and place of the National Convention. The Episcopal Church Congress of the United States is in session at Louisville, Ky. It is stated on pretty reliable authority, that the railroad magnate, Robert Garrett, is insane on the subject of telegraphs. He has been sent on a health excursion to Mexico. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Senator Youmans, of Barnwell county, has made 300 bales of cotton this year. ? Guy S. Garrett, a popular young man of Laurens, formerly a cadet in King's Mountain Military School, has gone to seek his fortune in Texas. ? It is estimated that Spartanburg county will make 100,000 gallons of sorghum and savo thereby $25,000, which would haye been paid for a like quantity of foreign molasses. ? The State Supreme Court has rendered a decision affirming the constitutionality of the Act imposing liability on railroad companies for the salaries of the railroad commissioners. ? At a meeting of the County Commissioners of Kershaw, held in Camden last Saturday, $50,000 of county bonds were issued to the Charleston, Cincinnati and flhipsicn T?.fn1rnarl Cnmnnnv ? The Anderson Journal earnestly remonstrates with the farmers of its county who, it says, are shipping away their cotton seed by the car load for 17 cents a bushel and depriving their land of a fertilizer of ^ incalculable value. ? P. C. Sudduth, of Greenville, a white youth, respectably connected, is in jail charged with having killed Joe Ferguson, the negro recently found dying in the woods at Chick's Springs. A gambling party and row in the woods caused the trouble. ? Mrs. Levi Stone, of Pickens county, was leaning over a pig pen Thursday feeding her pigs, when a sudden movement on her part caused a needle which was sticking in the front of her dress to be driven into her heart, killing her instantly. ? According to recent statistics there are at present in South Carolina thirty-one cotton mills, and it takes 97,538 bales of cotton annually to keep them running. Our State stands second in amount of home consumption, Georgia heading the list with an annual consumption of 125,170 bales. ?Says the Spartanburg correspondent of the News and Courier: Hosea Vise left this county fifty-four years ago, with his young wife, and went to Illinois to grow up with that State, which was then only fifteen years old. Fie has seen his children and grandchildren grow up around him and buried his wife, who was a Miss Lettie Moore, of this county, and now has returned to visit his native county. ? A merchant in Laurens has received and order from a New York syrup dealer for five hundred barrels of sorghum. This will be converted, by the aid of sulphuric acid and eduonsp. intn ahnnf. 1500 harrpls nf deleterious stuff which will be returned under the fanciful names of "golden syrup," "silver drips," &c., and sold, some of it probably to Laurens people, at three times the cost of the original wholesome article. ? In Pickens county, one day la,st week, a negro cabin, in which there was a sick infant, caught fire during the absence of the parents. Mrs. Clark, a white lady residing in the vicinity, seeing the danger, bravely ran into the burning cabin and rescued the child, receiving at the same time injuries from which she may die. The house fell"in just as she ran out and she was seriously burned. ? In the corner stone of the old Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg, which was recently torn down, there was found a sealed glass jar containing a Bible, hymn book, confession of faith, a church paper, a copy of the Spartan dated September, 1844, a daguerreotype of Mr. Holmes, the first pastor, and other things, all in a good state of preservation. They will all be taken care of and deposited in the corner stone of the new building. ? George S. Turner, the owner of Valley Falls cotton Factory in Spartanburg county, was tried in the Sessions Court of that county last week on the charge of murder and found guilty of manslaughter. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. It will be remembered that in June last a dispute arose between him and a German employe named Metzkie about a settlement of wages, and during the dispute Turner shot the German, killing him instantly. After sentence was pronounced notice of appeal to the Supreme Court was served, and the prisoner was released on $5,000 bond. ? Mrs. E. F. Willoughby, wife of T. C. Willoughby, of Scranton, in Williamsburg county, has entered suit for $50,000 damages against the Northeastern Railroad for tearing up three or four miles of railroad track leading out of Scranton into the woods and used by her in , transporting logs to her saw mill. She leased the iron from the Northeastern Railroad. The company claimed that the rent was due, and while her husband was absent in Philadelphia, the railroad officials proceeded by force to take up the iron. She took her stand upon the track, forbidding its removal, but the officials took her up bodily and moved her away. The Cost of the Wreck.?The recent wreck on the Air Line road was a costly one to the Richmond and Danville Company. It is estimated that the wreckage of rolling stock and damage to goods alone will amount to ?25,000, and parties who are in a position to know, say that if the company gets out with a loss of not less than ?50,000 it will be fortunate. The passenger engine destroyed was one of the large new engines built especially for passenger service on the Richmond and Danville, and cost $7,000. The freight engine was an old one and was valued at ?5,000. No attempt will be made to repair the engines for there is not a sound piece of machinery left in the whole wreckage. The engines were as completely destroyed as if workmen had taken sledge hammers and broken them to pieces .?Charlotte Chronicle. BSy The corner stone of an equestrian monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee will be laid in Richmond to-morrow with imposing ceremonies. Gen. Wade Hampton, as chief marshal, will command the procession. ^ aSF* Sixteen divorces were recently granted in one day at Houston, Texas. Ularlitt sports. YORKVILLE, Oct. 2(5.?Cotton, 8.60 to 8.85. ROCK HILL, October 26.?Cotton, 8J to 8.85. LIVERPOOL, October24.?Cotton firm; uplands, old, CHARLESTON, October 24.?Cotton quiet; middling, 94. NEW YORK, October 24.?Cotton dull; uplands OS. Futures closed easy, with sales of 80,200 bales, as follows : October, 9.73 to 9.76*; November, 0.57 to 0.58; December, 9.55 to 9.56; February, 0.66 to 0.67; March, 9.73 to 9.74; April, 9.81 to 9.82 ; May, 0.89 to 9.90 ; June. 9.97 to 0.98 ; July, 10.03 to 10,04; August, 10.08 to 10.10. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, October 21.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending October 21,1887: 1887. 1886. Receipts at all ports for week...271,375 265,607 Total receipts to this date 1,452,443 1,037,067 Exports for the week 176,288 147,823 Total exports to date 740,031 492,650 Stock at all U. S. ports 571,945 545,456 Stock in interior towns 124,747 102,887 Stock at Liverpool 438,000 294,000 Stock atloat for Great Britain...217,000 223,000 Spttial plotters. Iteligious Notice. Rev^s. J. McLeod will preach at Mount Vernon on uJe^fifth Sunday in this month at 11 o'clock, A. M., and at Shady Grove at night. October 19 42 2t "We DigOur Graves With Our Teeth," Is a trite but true saying. Chipman's Liver Pills relievo Indigestion and cure contingent disorders, such as Sick-Headache, Biliousness, Costiveness, Sour-Stomach, etc. They are purely vegetable and will not produce inconvenience or irritation in their action. Give them a trial. Sold by Lowky *fe St.vkii, "the Druggists." January 26 4 tf