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Jtoajrs and .facts. ? It is alleged in Gainesville, Ga., that Tillman C. J. Justice, the moonshiner who was hanged in November for the murder of an informer, was cut down while still breathing and allowed to escape, and he is now alive and well. ? The bill to allow national banks to issue notes to the full amount of their government deposit, has received the sanction of some of the best financiers of this country. It will add something over twenty millions to the volume of the currency. ? Evidence is accumulated that the band which lynched three men in Roan county, West Virginia, last October, for the murder of the Rev. Thos. P. Ryan, were themselves the murderers and that they lynched innocent men in order to divert suspicion from themselves. ? During the first three years of the civil war the Federal navy was increased from seventy six to nearly 600 vessels, of which eighty were iron or iron-clad. There was an increase from 2,800 to 6,000 guns, many of them of a calibre hitherto unknown, and from 7,000 to ou,uuu sauors. ? There were lynched during the year 1887 in these United States no fewer than 123 persons. Of the various States and Territories, Texas leads the list, with fifteen lynchings, and Mississippi is entitled to. second place, with fourteen to her credit. All the victims were men, eighty of them being negroes. ? There is a deficit in the State funds of Mississippi, and Governor Lowry urges that it oe met by abolishing the schools and charity institutions. Missippians are justly indignant. The agricultural farmers1 college, farmers' institute and practical training schools/or girls have reached a perfection in Mississippi attained nowhere else in the 8outh. ? The latest proposition for tariff compromise is to take the tax off tobacco, $30,000,000; reduce the tax on whiskey to 5G cents, which would make another $80,000,000; lower the tax on sugar one-half cent per pound, expected to reduce revenue $i5,000,000, and make a slight reduction on blankets and woolen goods, which, it is estimated, would cause a total reduction of about $80,000,000 in the receipts. ? The estimates of the current crop of cotton are just now the most interesting figures and. reading in a cotton broker's life. On Monday forty members of the New York Cotton Exchange were asked for their estimates. The average estimate was 6,620,000 bales, or 320,000 bales more than the Government bureau's estimate. An increase or a deficit of 320,000 bales in the actual crop will bring joy and sorrow to many a cotton broker. ? Litigation has commenced over the estate of the late Capt. Woolfolk, of Georgia, who was one of the victims of the atrocious murders committed by his son. The disposition of the property will de1 pend upon a settlement of the fact whether the father or mother died first. If the former, then the wife's heirs are entitled to the property; and if the latter then the three children of Capt. Woolfolk's first wife have an undoubted claim. ? The eclipses of 1S88 will take place on the following dates: A total eclipse of the moon will occur on January 28, a partial eclipse of the sun on February 11, another Sartial obscuration of the same body on uly 8, a total eclipse of the moon on July 22, and a partial eclipse of the sun on August 7. The two total eclipses of the moon will be visible in the United States, but the solar obscurations will not be seen by any resident of this country unless they chance to be in Europe, Asia or Africa at the time these events take place. ? The trial of Logan Sigmund for the murderofWilliam Higginbotham. in 1861, was begun at Biding, Mt. Vernon, Ky., last week. Higginootham was riding along the road, it is said, hurrahing for Jeff Davis, when Sigmund shot him from a doorway. Sigmund was extradited from Missouri in 1885, and tried in 1886, the iury disagreeing. His defense is that he was a Federal soldier, and had the right to do the shooting. The Grand Army of the Bepublic are helping him defend the case. ? Henry Schmidt was hanged at West Union, Iowa, last Friday, for the murder nf T.nnrptift Ppek. SeDtember 4.1886. He made a statement on the scaffold admitting the murder, and charging that Ellison T. Smith instigated it and was present at the time, and that Smith killed Abram Peek. His last words were: "As I hope to be forgiven of God, I hope to be forgiven of men." The drop fell at 10:36, and in six and three quarter minutes Schmidt was dead. His neck was broken and he died without a struggle. ? A difficulty occurred on Thursday afternoon in the office of the Parker House, at Anniston, Ala., between W. It. Williams, the proprietor, and P. H. Evans, resuiting in the shooting and killing of both men. A youug man named Thomas Gamble, who was attempting to prevent trouble, was shot in the leg below the knee, but was not seriously hurt. A colored man who was passing at the time, also received a slight wound in the leg. The trouble grew out of a statement made by Williams to Evans in reference to the infidelity of his wife, which Evans refused to believe. ? Unless an ordinance passed by the recent prohibition common council of Atlanta is repealed, says a late dispatch, that city will soon possess a gallery of portraits rivaling in its peculiarity and unique feature the "Rogues' Gallery" in New York. The ordinance inflicts a severe penalty on every saloon or barkeeper who sells liquor to any person twice convicted in the police courts of drunkenness. The liauor dealers therefore demand to be supplied with a picture of each man so convicted for self-protection. The result is looked forward to witn mucn anticipation, as, if granted, albums containing the pictures will rest on every bar in town. Many offenders objectto any such attempts to hinder their enjoyment. ? "Thesimple and plain truth," says the Independent, "is that if Utah is admitted into the Union under the Constitution recently adopted by the Mormons, the whole question in relation to polygamy will be remitted to Utah as a State, absolutely and forever ; and the Mormons being the ra^ority of the people, there is no doubt as to how it would be determined. The constitution on the subject is palpably a Mormon trick to get into the Union, and out of the jurisdiction of Congress, so far ? as polygamy is concerned. Congress, as we trust, will not be deceived by this trick, or admit Utah until polygamy is dead in that Territory. The people of the United States do not want to have a polygamous State in the Union by a blunder or compromise on the part of Congress." ? Dr. Gustavus Hinrichs has prepared an address charging Prof. L. W. Andrews, Professor of Chemistry at the Iowa State University, with gross carelessness and ignorance, which ne says endangers the lives and reputation of the citizens of Iowa. Mr. Van de Ven, a druggist of Pella, Iowa, is now under the shadow of the gallows for poisoning his wife last August, on the dictum of Prof. Andrews that the stomach contained coniine, the active principle of! spotted hemlock. Prof. Hinrichs claims j mat wnac Auurews iuuk iu uowumie whs | an alkaloid produced by putrefaction, a j blunder pardonable, perhaps, twenty years ago, but not to-day. Twelve or thirteen ! doctors testified on the witness stand | during the trial that the deceased died of thermic fever, presenting all the symptoms of sunstroke and none of the symptoms of poisoning by coniine. ? Preliminary preparations are in progress for a grand military and civic celebration in Austin, Texas, on the occasion of the dedication of the new State House, now nearing completion. The military j feature of the celebration will be under the ; auspices of regular army officers, and will bo inter-State in character. May 14 to 19 inclusive is the time fixed for the encampment. Gov. Ross is sending invitations j to all Governors in Mexico and the United ! States to attend the celebration as guests of the State of Texas. The State Capitol is second only in size to the National Capitol at Washington, and cost 3,000,000 acres of land, representing a money value of nearly $7,000,000. An effort will be made through the Texas Congressional delega-; tion to secure the attendance of the Presi- i dent and Mrs. Cleveland, to meet Presi- ?i dent Diaz and his wife, and to commem- ! d< orate the occasion with a grand peace fes- j e] tival. Gen Diaz has unofficially acquiesced in such a programme. 1 ?bc HorbviUe #mj?ircr. ir - ? ^ -A Ti Lf fr YORKVILLE, ?. C. : V , V ,r WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18,1888. jj THE PISTOL IN COURT. " The recent bloody tragedy in the trial ui justice's court at Sumter, and the lynching vi of a white man by negroes in Pickens b< county, have set the people to thinking. <?? Of the two questions, that of carrying concealed deadly weapons seems to have SI evoked thegreatest discussion, and in some localities thestrongestcondemnation, nota- P< bly at Sumter, the scene of the conflict, tc after the mischief was done. Deprecating it the custom of carrying deadly weapons, B Mr. Monteith, a preacher and a lawyer, of M Columbia, made a statement through the News and Courier that he had good au- g> thority for the report that it was not an it unusual thing for the State Solicitors to go ? into the Court Houses armed cap-a-pie with pistols protruding from their hippockets. This was too strong an assertion to be permitted to go without investigation, and tracing the story to its source, it was found that such a statement was made by a member of the Columbia bar, during jr the recent session of the Legislature, but that he did it in jest and to chafe some of ol the Solicitors, giving as a reason for the w laxity in enforcing the law against carry- b, ing deadly weapons, that the Solicitors 5! could not be expected to be prompt in si prosecuting men for the very offences of b wVit/>h thoir fhorriMplvps were emiltv. Then j? - ?> ? again the statement was made that an offi- 11 cial prominent in the executive depart- t, ment of the State Government was observ- t( ed, while at his devotions in church, to a have an elaborately ornamented derringer p protruding from the inevitable hip pocket. The truth of the story has been contradicted by several prominent State officials ^ from the Governor down, each saying, "It d was not 77" So we are led to conclude that b great as the reprehensible practice is in &> our State, it has been magnified, and is " not really so bad after all, while there does B seem to be a healthy sentiment of condem- C( nation growing against it. In his charge to the grand jury of Or- k angeburg recently on this subject, Judge 1C Pressley said: & "You should go into your room deter- h, mined to find a true bill against every w man proved to your satisfaction to have, carried a deadly weapon concealed. You 0, should present this practice as an evil, one tc which will lead to . the defiance of all law, and one that is introducing a habit in our gj community under which, if it continues pj to grow, no man will be safe." n( And in regard to the operation of lynch n! law, the Pickens case being fresh in his bi mind, the Judge said : fr "Lynch law is a growing crime and one which cries aloud to heaven. It is doing more to introduce anarchy over the whole 01 country than almost all other causes com- S.1 bined. We shout victory over the execu- ^ tion of the Chicago anarchists. We call * those men anarchists, but what else are *.J lynchers ? Are they not violators of the A law ? Our people are very much to blame j* with reference to this matter. It is utter- ^ ly useless to waste the time of the courts in ? trying lynchers until we can correct pub- Js lie opinion on this point, and that public opinion is to be corrected partly through gl the presentments of grand juries, partly n< ? - x ---I Ku tha in. ei oy ineir lunueui'e ?uu pi nj uj w?v/ m fluence of all good citizens." These are brave, sensible timely words, and with the lessons of the past, it is hoped e they may not have been uttered in vain. It CONGRESS. P< The proceedings of Congress last week !c were devoted mainly to a discussion of n the Blair Educational bill. In the Senate ei Mr. Gray made a constitutional argument sc against it. Among the memorials pre- E sented in the Senate were several in favor ^ of the prohibition of the liquor traffic and y for a constitutional amendment to that q effect, and in favor of the world's exposition in 1892. The bill to credit and pay to tc the s^eral States and Territories and the ri district of Columbia all moneys collected under the direct tax act of the oth of August, 1861, was taken up, the question ai beiug on a'verbal amendment offered 01 by Mr. Hoar when the bill was up some c< days ago. Mr. Sherman regarded the & proposed amendment as a mere surplus- Cl age, and, while he had no objection to it, C( still he preferred to take the bill just as \ reported from the Finance committee, as h prepared some years ago by the first c* comptroller of the treasury and as twice passed by the Senate. Mr. Chandler moved to recommit the bill. It might be ^ somewhat sacreligious, he said, to venture A to criticize a bill which had been approv- p. ed by two Secretaries of the Treasury and rc had been twice passed by the Senate. In ir the Southern States the tax to the amount K of $2,520,000 was collected directly by the ^ federal officers, not one dollar of it coming a( out of the State treasuries. He submitted yj that it was not wise or expeuieiu 10 pay iu w the State treasuries moneys that had never P< come from them. After remarks by other s* members, the bill was laid aside. In the House, on motion of Mr. Blount, of Georgia, the House proceeded to the h consideration of the bill relating to per- al missible marks, writing or printing on ^ second, third and fourth class mail matter.' Mr. Blount briefly explained the provisions of the measure, which had been re- b< commended by the Postmaster-General li and which had been rendered necessary it by a recent decision of the post-office department. He did not think that its pas- ^ sage would affect the revenue of the d.epartment, while it would undoubtedly , effect a great convenience to the business l/ men. The bill was passed and the House ?c went into committee of the whole on the private calendar. In the Senate on Monday, Sherman in- n troduced a bill to provide for the appoint- pi ment of a government commission to in- y< vestigate and report upon the condition and progress of the colored race. He said jthe bill was endorsed by colored clergy- 0f men and others, and he was satisfied that "] such an inquiry would be of national im- y< portance. l1' Chandler introduced a bill to prescribe K* the method of holding Congressional eleetions in South Carolina. The bill provides in for a new registration ; that the presenta- er tion of certificates is not necessary nor compellable; that registration recordsshall ~ be public, and the names of electors be j15 published; that change of residence in the uj county sliall not deieat tne rigni 01 iran- ru chise ; that the Congressional polling places ^li shall be separate and apart from any oth- ? ers ; that the ballots shall bo marked or j1( stamped by the managers or commission- tu ers appointed by the (lovernor, and only ai jch to be legal votes. It also provides, in etail, directions for the conducting of the lection. About three hours were consumed by the enate in secret session, discussing the omination of Lamar as Associate Justice f the United States Supreme Court, be>re a vote was taken. The vote resulted 1 confirmation, being 32 for and 28 against, mong those who spokeagainst confirmaon were all of the Republicans in the enate who are mentioned for the Presiential nomination. The principal speak s on this side were Edmunds, Evarts, herman, Allison and Hawley, while onr Riddleberger defended the attacks lade upon the ex-Secretary of the Inteor. He spoke twice and voiced the iendsof the nominee. There was nothlg new in the arguments used for or jaiust the nomination. The question of [r. Lamar's eligibility and his construcon of the constitution as it relates to States glits and his general fitness, were brought [i by the Republicans and urged with igor against the nominee. Mr. ltiddle?rger met the opposition specifically on ich charge. The Republicans who voted >r Lamar were Messrs. Riddleberger, tewart and Stanford. After Mr. Lamar's nomination was disused of the nominations of Mr. Vilas, > be Secretary of the Interior; Mr. Dickison, to be Postmaster-General, and Gen. ragg, of Wisconsin, to be Minister to [exico, were quickly confirmed. In the House, under the call of States, a reat number of bills and resolutions were itroduced and referred to appropriate iramittees. Correspondence of tbe Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM FORT MILL. Fout Mill, January 16.?Ye reporter as been sick, and you have not had much ews from the "cut off' lately. I propose mostly agricultural reports 1 this letter. Mr. B. 1). Springs made seventeen bales f cotton off the same number of acres ithin the town limits. With two mules, J. C. Jones made forty ales of cotton ; with two others, thirty ales; with two others, twenty bales; bedes he made three hundred and fifty ushels of oats, one hundred and fifty ushels of wheat, and one hundred and fty bushels of corn, damaged by waler. J. H. Coltharp reports that he gathered ;venty-one hundred fifteen pounds of cot>n off one acre; and nine acres would verage over eighteen hundred pounds eracre. He has not yet killed his pig. It. T. Bailey, superintendent on B. 1). prings' place, reports that he gathered, i the product of a six mule farm: Ninef-five bales of cotton averaging five hunred pounds; twelve hundred and sixty ushels of good corn; seventeen hundred nd thirty-four dozen of oats; one hunred bushels of beets, off one-fifth of an sre; turnips and potatoes in abundance, esides he hauled two hundred and thirty >rds of wood to market. This cotton was raised from the Peterin seed. If we do not beat Mr. Peterkin i raising cotton, we will take another proram me. In this township we have a girl, in good ealth and mind, thirteen years old, who eighs one hundred and forty-six pounds. If that does not suit we have another ltrageous, but veritable announcement, > wit: Evan Cranford, of this township, aged xty-eight, was at a dining the other day. [e counted one hundred and forty-one sphews, nieces, grand nephews and ieces and so forth; and still he had three rothers and their descendants to hear om. This looks like bulldozing, but the stums are verified. The Masonic fraternity installed officers i the 27th of last month, arid gave a big ipper; everybody and his wife and chilren were there; they had a glorious time, he following officers were installed: W. [. Stewart, W. M.; J. R. Harris, Sr. W.; .. 11. Banks, Jr. W.; J. C. Jones, Treasu>r; J. M. Spratt,Secretary; W. E.Spratt, r. D.; J. M. Armstrong, Jr. I).; T. D. aulkner, Tiler; W. It. Warren, J. A. [izer, Stewards. Our town has been enlarged. We are rowing. Instead of a mile square we are mv a mile and a quarter square, and lough for anybody. At a recent election the following offi;rs were elected: Intendant, J. W. Ardrey ; Wardens, S. !. White, J. M. Spratt, J. R. Harris, A. Kimbrell. The American Legion of Honor is prosering here. At a recent election the foliwing persons were elected as officers and ave been installed : J. M. Spratt, Comlander; B. D. Springs, Vice-Commandr; J. E. Massey, Secretary; L. J. Mas>y, Treasurer; T. B. Belk, Collector; ,ev. J. H. Thornwell, Chaplain; S. F. tassey, Orator; A. R. Kimbrell, Guide; .. A. Bradford, Sentry ; J. C. Hughes, harden. Trustees?T. G. Culp, W. Ii. rook, J. D. Withers. Mr. Gorman, superintendent of the fac>ry here, says he will have some looms inning by the first of next month, and ill gradually get others into training i fast as practicable. Messrs. Springs <fc Heath, of Lancaster, ad T. B. Belk of this place, have bought ut B. 1). Springs and Heath & Belk. The insolidated firm will be Springs, Heath Belk. 1>. D. Springs retires from haerintile business. Some people are moving out, and some iming in. Messrs. James Stewart and t. B. Massey are bringing their families ere from Waxhaw. The latter will merlandise. Anon. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. / LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. ^W'k Hill, January 10.?The town ection for an intendant and four wardens issed off very quietly last Thursday, and 'suited in the election of A. E. Smith for itendant, and Dr. Jno. W. Fewell, W. J. awlinson, J. M. Cherry and W. C. Hutchon for wardens. Mr. A. E. Smith took le oath of office last Saturday night. On ?count of the absence of Dr. Fewell and [r. Hutchison, the election of a marshal as postponed. Mr. S. G. Keesler was apjinted to act as marshal until an election lall be held. The town bonds, amounting to $11,000, ere sold at public auction on Wednesday st, and all sold brought a premium, the ighest price paid being $103.00. This one shows that the people have some mfidence in the future prosperity of Jtock [ill. I learn that there is a project on foot to jild another cotton factory here. A num3r of our citizens have signified their wilngnessto subscribe liberally to the capal stock. Mr. E. B. Biggers, who has been reprenting at this place Carroll tfc Stacey, of affney's, has purchased in this market rer 9,000 bales of cotton the present season. /The many friends of Col. Joel W. liawnson will regret to learn that he is still infined to his bed, where he has been for ur weeks, and his condition is very little nproved. A negro boy about fifteen years old, ving three miles from this place, was linfully shot on Saturday by a chum two ?ars younger. It seems that the younger >y had a gun which he could not shoot, fter he had made repeated attempts to scharge the gun, the older boy walked [ Fsome distance and called to the younger, j L'oint her this way and she'll go." The j lungster "pointed" according to direc- j ons, and as the older one predicted, the j in went off, emptying a charge of shot | . his back. He was brought to town and 1 r. DuBoso spent several hours in pick- j g the shot from his body, he being cov- ! ed from head to foot. Hal. i - Solicitor McDonald, of Winnsboro, met | ith a painful accident Friday night. He j id left his oflice to go to his home, in the iper part of the town, and when near his I sidence he slipped on the sleet and was ; irown with great violence down the bank ! the elevated sidewalk, striking against i tree. His shoulder was dislocated and | 3 was otherwise painfully bruised. For-! inately he was immediately cared for, j id he is now getting 011 comfortably. I ! LOCAL AFFAIRS. | . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. George H. O'Leary, Intendant?Town Ordi- ' nance regulating the sale of spirituous j Liquors. Lowry <fc Starr?Dr. King's Consumption Cure, j Hunter <fc Oates?Special Bargains in heavy i Fall and Winter Goods for Cash. H. F. Adickes?Grand Central Fancy and Dry j Goods Establishment. Withers Adickes?New Goods. T. M. Dobson <fc Son?On and after the 18th. John C. Kuykendal?The York Drug Store? Cruise of 1888. /. S. Quinn?Notice to all and singular the Creditors of L. S. Hill, deceased. W. D. Johnston?Candidate for the office of Sheriff of York county. M. Strauss?Competition in'Busincss. May <fc May, Druggists?Hamlin's Cough Balsam. Walter ii. Moore & Co.?uasu urn u. P. Happerfielcl?Groceries ami Hardware?Navassa Guano and Acid?Marble Yard. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale of Personal Property. Ilart it Hart?Valuable Farm for Sale. James R. Kennedy, Probate Judge?Citation? Jas. M. Kirkpatrick, Applicant?J. J. Kirkpatrick, deceased. PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Sue Caldwell, of Greenville, daughter of the late Howard II. Caldwell, Esq., is visiting Mrs. Withers Adickes. AWAITING REQUISITION. Columbus Sprinkle, of Yadkin county, N. C., arrested at Black's a few days ago, was lodged in the jail at this place, and is awaiting the requisition of the Governor of North Carolina on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. THE FATAL EXPLOSION. The name of the .nQgro laborer killed by the oxplosion on Ktrtsle^t-contract, on the 6th instant, was William Gillam. We learn that Trial Justice Camp, acting as coroner, impaneled three juries of inquest before a verdict was reached, and that the verdict agreed upon is to the effect that the death of Gillam was the result of carelessness on the part of himself, as well as all the others engaged in making the blast. ANOTHER HUGE TURNIP. It is only necessary to mention the prolific yield of York county soil to array a battalion of facts in support thereof. In less time than an hour after Sheriff Glenn read in the Enquirer last Wednesday of Mr. Ilerndon's huge turnip, he went to his patch and pulled one measuring two feet six inches in circumference and weighing eight pounds six ounces. It was only two inches more in circumference than Mr. Herndon's, but its weight was ono pound six ounces more. D?ATH OF DR. W. G. CAMPBELL. We regret to record the death of Dr. Wm. G. Campbell, which occurred at McConnellsville, in this county, on Sunday last, loth instant. rnt. 1- t - 1 1 i. 4. 1 4-Un -LllUUgll lit) IMU IlUt _ywi< ICtltUt'U Luc piiuioui life, Dr. Campbell had attained to a fine reputation as a practitioner, of which many in the profession older than he, could justly have been proud, while his private character was without reproach. In the Spring of last year ho removed to Florida, but early in the Fall ho returned to his old home at McConnellsville, having, while in Florida, contracted a malarial disease which finally terminated fatally. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. At 9.55 last Thursday morning a shock of earthquake was felt at this place, though it was not so severe as to attract the serious attention of those who observed it. The shock was more perceptible to persons in houses than those on the streets. The shock was felt in Savannah at 9.32; in Augusta at 9.30; in Charleston at 10; in Orangeburg at 10.02; in Columbia, Sumter, Camden, Newberry, Florence, Winnsboro, Georgetown, Summerville, Laurens and other points in the State, at 9.55. The time given of its sensation in Wilmington, N. C., is 10; at Raleigh, 9.55, and Charlotte, 9.54. Shortly before 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning a sharp shock was felt through Ottawa, Ontario, and surrounding sections. The vibration was quite marked, and seemed to be traveling from the west. THE WEATHER. We are now in the midst of the "spell of weather" with which we are visited at some period every winter, but the "like of which was never known before." On Thursday night there was a considerable fall of sleet, after which the temperature raised a little with rain. Monday the temperature fell, and yesterday morning the ground and trees were again covered with an icy coating, that on the trees remaining at dark, with the prospect of more rain. But while we have rain and mud in abundance, it is not altogether so bad in point of inconvenience as the fate of our north ern and north-western brethren who are undergoing the ordeal of tho coldest weather known in those sections for twenty-five years, while in the north-west the fall of snow is unprecedented. Several casualties are reported in consequonco of the extremo cold and tho snow, and west of the Mississippi River communication is entirely suspended. church" notices. Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rector. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at Tirzah, at 11.30 A. M., and in Yorkvillo at 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting tomorrow eyening at 7 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniol, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayermeeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Services next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. John L. Harley, Pastor. Preaching at Philadelphia Church next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunaaysehool at 10 o'clock. Preaching at King's Mountain Chapel at 3 P. M. Sunday-school at 2 o'clock. railroad" earnings. The Railroad Commissioners liavo issued their tabulated statement showing the earnings of the railroads of tho State for tho month of November, 1S87, as compared with those for the same month in 1880. From this statement the following facts and figures are taken : Of 21 roads included, all but one, tho Northeastern Railroad, show an increase. Tho gross increase of the 20 roads is $73,552.73, and, less the decrease on the one road mentioned, $1,940.85, I gives a net increase of ?71,511.88, or 11.3568 per cent. The largest increase of any road is shown by tho Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line, $20,945.03. Tho Asheyille and Spartanburg shows $8,028.20, and tho per cent of increase in the roads of the Richmond and Danyille System is 10.29. The South Carolina Railway shows tho creditablo increase of ?G,0f>5,03; tho Wilmington, Columbiaand Augusta, $9,188.07; the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, $8,041.27, and tho Columbia and Greenville, $2,720.74. Tho Chester and Lenoir shows earnings, NovemI ber, 1887, of $7,402.11, against$0,102.85, Novem! ber, 1880 ; an increase of $1,239.20, or 20.11 per cent. The Cheraw and Chester shows an increase of $104.97. Tho total passenger earnings for tho month were: 1880, $160,707.13; 1SS7, $188,472.28 ; increase $27,705.15, or 17.233 per cent. The total freight earnings for the month were: 1880, $124,209.27 ; 1887, $402,010.00; increase $37,747.39, or 8.8909 per cent. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. At a meeting of the Town Council last Friday evening, sonio important business was transacted. Dr. Kuykondal not having the timo to devote to tho weather signal service, tho Council decided to relieve him of that work, which ho voluntarily took upon himself a year and a half ago. Tho town marshal will hereafter attend to hoisingand lowering tho weather signals and will also verify tho predictions; but tho Council does not assume further duties in connection with the signal service, nor will tho Council lake charge of tho instruments at this station. Tho Intendant was instructed by Council to require the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad oflieials to repair the crossings of their road bed on East Liberty and East Madison streets. Through tho liberality of Col. W. 11. Wilson and Mr. Walter T. Barron, two now streets will bo opened, these gentlemen having donated and tho Council accepted tho land for that purpose. Col. Wilson donates tho necessary land for street purposes from tho Charlotte road, nearCapt. J. R. Lindsay's residence, east, to a point on Mr. Barron's land, where it intersects the street donated by Mr. Barron, tho latter running south to East Madison street. : The streets will he sixty feet wide and named respectively "Wilson" and "Barron." The ! opening ol these streets will prove a public convenience, besides affording eligible building lots in the north-eastern part of town. RAILROAD NOTES. Owing to the unfavorable weather of the past few days, work in this section has been sus- j pended. The contractors are well up, however, and will doubtless bo ready in amplo time for the track-layers. Capt. M. C. Lewis, the bridge-builder, has i returned to Yorkville. Ho has practically fin- 1 ished the trestles over King's Creek and Man- j ning Branch, this sido of Black's, and is now j here for the purpose of building the bridge at j the crossing of the Chester public road, about! a mile south of tho Court House. The railroad will cross the Chester road on a sub-grade of about thirty feet, and near tho same point it will also cross tho Chester and Lenoir Railroad on a sub-grade of the same depth. This excavating is in tho contract of Griffin it Gorton^ ( wuo are maxing an possiDio speeci wnn ine work. The Shelby New Era says two of the new cars for the road, a description of which wo gavej-wo weeks ago, liaye arrived at Black's. The others are on the way and the complcto train will shortly bo put in service. Our Camden correspondent writes as follows under date of last Monday : "The heavy work in Young's cut has been completed by Taylor <fc Elmer, and they are now laying track on the thirteenth mile out from Camden. Major Adams is taking out the Stevenson cut, on the fourteenth mile, ile will have the grade ready for the track in a few days. This is a portion of the Amory & Ripley contract. Mr. Snyder has the twentieth section nearly completed, and I am informed the track-laying forco will have no more delays south of Lancaster. The company bought oil-cloth suits for the men who were taking out Young's cut, and the force worked steadily all through the holidays, not oven stopping on account of rain.'' RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. A terriblo disaster befell the north-bound train of tlio Chester and Lenoir Railroad on Tuesday night of last week. The train was in charge of Conductor Waddell and Engineer Dicks, and had safely made the run from Chester, passing every station on schedule time; butwhilo crossing a trestle two miles nortli of Hickory, the trestle gave way after the engine and mail car had passed over. The ongine, tender and mail car wero thrown down the embankment, turning over as they went, but the other two cars of the train?first and second-class passenger coaches?though derailed, wero left standing on the timbers of the trestle. The mail car took fire, which was communicated to the others, and all the coaches making up the train were totally destroyed and also about ono hundred feet of the trestle. Fortunately there were few persons on the train, and that none were killed outright seems providential, though all were more or less hurt. The casualties were as follows: Rev. Mr. Beall, pastor of Lenoir Presbyterian church, seriously, but it is now thought, not fatally, bruiseson head and face ; Mr. Clark, of Blowing Rock, back wrenched : J. E. Wilhelm, of Atlanta, bruises on head and a cut on one arm; J. E. Coffey, colored, of Boone, X. C., jaw bone broken ; another colored passenger from Boone, slightly hurt; Bill Reed and Miles Henry, brakernen. bruised; John T. Grist, postal clerk, gash cut on head, ankle sprained and bruised; L. H. Curry, express messenger, bruised ; Conductor Waddell, bruised, slight cut on head and ankle sprained ; Engineer Dicks, slightly bruised; Branch Long, fireman, badly bruised. He was caught under the tender, and could bo removed only by digging away the dirt around him, which was done by the lingers of those able to assist until a shovel could be procured from a neighboring house. The cause of the accident is variously conjectured. By some it is attributed to a weak or rotten cord of the trestlo, which was affected by a heavy freight train that passed over it before the ill-fated passenger train arrived ; but railroad officials who havo been on the ground investigating the accident, express the opinion that it was the work of train wreckers, as a suspicious person was seen at the trestle only a few minutes before the accident occurred. Detectives will be employed and a rigid examination made. At 5.30 last Saturday evening the southbound freight train met with an accident five miles this side of Chester. The train was derailed in a cut and several cars left the track, which was torn up for some distance. Fortunately no one was injured. For the Yorkville Enquirer. STUDYING THE FINANCES. Editor of tiie Enquirer : He is not a thoughtful citizen of York county^ who did not find much food for thought in the letter of the honorable Senator from York, which appeared in your last issue. It presented a pretty picture ; and the showing, as to reduction in county expenses, was such as to make the heart of every taxpayer glad. So things were with the writer until yesterday?on which fateful day, these same County Commissioners bob up again to mar the pretty picture ! And what have they been doing? Oh, nothing much ! Only receiving$0,000.00,borrowed from a citizen of North Carolina, with which tn nav the indebtedness of York county! Am I a happy tax-payer this morning? Not much?just label mea disgusted citizen, please. And we don't pay the Stenographer now? Ah, the State does it! Let us look at the report of the Comptroller-General, page 48. Total taxable property of the State, ?141,074,.'147.00; of York county, ?5,308,780.00. Total State tax, ?599,500.11; York's estimated contribution, ?22,562.31. (Actual collection by the Treasurer, ?22,505.99.) A little figuring, and we find that, if the salaries of eight stenographers aggregate ?8,500 (as I suppose they do) then York now pays ?320.00. One word more. There can be no doubt that the aggregate of county expenditures has been lessened by lopping off the aid to the "outside poor." The poor poor! Do they go? "Ye have the poor always with you" fell from Christly lips. The reproof comes not to the average South Carolina legislator, who, intent upon economizing, begins with the poor?and ends there ! The "expense of printing reports of county commissioners and school commissioners" "taken off"! Yes; but, Mr. Editor, who put them on? Answer: The Legislature. Ere I conclude, let me say: It does not matter what my calling is, whether I am a blacksmith, or a merchant, or a lawyer. Three things I am not: a county commissioner, an office-seeker, a politician?and the editor of this paper knows it! One thing I am?all this clap-trap about the late delegations to the General Assembly saving the county ?8,100 in four years, makes me a disgusted citizen. The advice, however, is good?"a careful study of these important matters" will give healthy mental exercise to the citizens of York county. une of tjio. For the J'orkvllle Enquirer. THE TAX LEVY. Editor of the Enquirer : As the passage of the tax bill at the last session of the Legislature has been the subject of some comment and discussion, I respectfullya.sk space in your columns to explain my connection, as a member of the House, with the final disposition of the bill. When the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee reported in favor of a 5} mill levy, on the faith of his statement when the report was presented, I voted for it, believing it was proper, tho vote in the House being 4G for 54 mills, and 45 for 5 mills. Through Senator Black's exertions the Senate reduced the levy to 5 mills, and when I saw his estimate, I was convinced that he was correct and that a levy of 54 mills would be excessive. When the bill was returned to the House two days afterward, I changed my vote to the 5 mill proposition, thus carrying it through the House in that shape. The vote on the final passage of the bill was4G for reducing the levy to 5 mills, and 45 for maintaining it at 54 mills. Very respectfully, W. M. Walker. ? Fourteen applicants, examined last Wednesday by the Supreme Court, were admitted on Thursday as attorneys of all the Courts of this State. Four candidates failed. T. J. MACKEY IX A NEW ROLE. li Although no publication of the fact had b been made, it was generally known in K South Carolina, that ex-Judge T. J. Mack- d ey, once the autocrat of the Sixth South 'I1 Carolina judicial circuit, hut since his de- ; h position as judge a citizen of Washington, tl had deserted his wife in that city and js eloped with the wife of another man to b the West. This woman proves to he the tl wife of A. S. Witherbce, a merchant of e< Washington. The following is an ac- jl count of the ex-Judge's escapade as given ^ in the Bismarck, Dakota, correspondence v of the New York Herald, under date of ^ the Oth instant: c' Judge Mackey, Mrs. Witherbee and ser- b vant arrived in Bismarck Sunday, October u l(i, and registered as follows : a "T. J. Monkey, Chester, S. C. "Mrs. M. A. Witherbee and servant, of New "Vnrlr 11 They did not introduce themselves in Bismarck as husband and wife, but as uncle and niece, the Judge stating that he " came to Dakota for his niece's health. (Regular boarders at the Sheridan house n were displaced so that his request that r( they should have a suite of rooms, with a door opening between, could be complied * with. The judge gave as his reason for t] this request that his niece was poor in 0 health and that She might betaken seri- y ously ill at any moment. This statement, P with the apparent sincerity and good faith 1 of both parties, threw otF all suspicion that v the proprietor might have had, and the a happy pair enjoyed undisturbed serenity a while at the hotel. ? But they soon tired of the confinement 13 of the hotel and rented one of the largest n and handsomest residences in the city. . The judge is a loquacious man, but his 11 strangely uneven anecdotes of the war were entertaining, and within a week j from the time of his arrival he had become 1 acquainted with every man of prominence c in this city. His personal experience as , an officer in the Confederate army made him doubly entertaining, and as he never. e lost an opportunity to flatter the Union ^ soldiers and belittle the Confederate lead- f ers, he won numerous friends among the * intense northerners. 1 Mrs. Witherbee was no less entertaining % to the ladies. Her display of diamonds c and silverware was a matter of much gos- . sip among the fashionable women of the 1 city. No brilliant social event was con- 8 sidered complete without her presence. The first suspicion was aroused by the 8 fact that the Judge paid no bills. All ^ checks and drafts were signed by Mrs. Witherbee. The Judge accounted for this J by a very eloquent oration on the finan- I cial question, stating that his bank ac- J count was in Memphis and that Memphis 1 drpfts were not available in Bismarck. 3 ivirs. \y lineroee'a voice wuu iicjl uiuic, 1 and the lovers of music went into ecstacies j when she sang. She was not only admit- v ted into the homes of the best families, .. but was invited to sing in the churches. The people were congratulating themselves upon the addition of so talented a lady to . their society. Women who have been prominent in all social reforms in the city were her nearest friends, and the social lights vied with each other for her favor. , Many brilliant parties and luncheons were given at the "Mackey mansion,'%nd ' the reception on Christmas night made all other attempts at welcome pale into insignificance. On that night Mrs. Witherbee was dressed like a queen and was surrounded by the ambitious social leaders of the city. 1 A few admirers dropped from the ranks several weeksago when Jane Murdock, the c housekeeper, who accompanied them from i the east, left and sued for wages. The Judge refused to pay her on the ground c that she had broken dishes and wasted r provisions in excess of her wages. Jane is a plain spoken Scotch girl and, > while looking for work, told some racy ( stories concerning the uncle and niece. She said that after the Judge engaged her ( he desired that she should tell the people j that she came from the South and had been with them for two years. This she refused to do, as she first met them in St. Paul while they were en-route to Bismarck. J The Judge and Mrs. Witherbee had so completely won many of the society peo- t pie that they refused to believe the girl f and denounced her as a slanderer. ] The girl's stories were soon smothered, and all was running smoothly until it was learned through the banks that Mrs. 1 Witherbee's account in Chicago had been < attached. This caused some comment, which was soon followed by a sensation ] V... AMI-iaIA AvnAoSnn 4-Kn oAnrlnnf , L'HUSCU uy <111 ainuiu cajiuoilij; tnc tuuuu^u , of the pair before their arrival in Bis- j marck. < On the day before its publication the judge engaged rooms at the hotel, giving j as his reason that keeping house without I good help was too much trouble. To say 5 that the article struck society like a cy- < clone is drawing it very mild. Many of the quickly made friends of Mrs. Wither- | bee denounced the report as the malicious 1 work of her husband, from whom she is j seeking a divorce. f This is the theory advanced by Mrs. | Witherbeeand the Judge, and they are preparing an answer for publication. They ( still claim to be uncle and niece. ( MERE-MENTION. 1 The Attorney-General of Missouri has ? submitted to the United States Supreme Court a motion to dismiss for want of juris- j diction the case of Hugh Matram Brooks ? alias W. H. Maxwell, who is now in pris- j on in St. Louis under sentence of death for t the murder of Charles A. Preller. Con- j gress has been in session thirty-four days. The sum total of legislation to date is a ? joint resolution to pay the officers and em- * ployees of the Senate and House for the ] month of December. According to j the official report of Governor Ames, Mas- a sachusetts has in savings banks, now $302,- c 948,4S3, an increase of $11,751,000 in a single year in the deposits. The State spent . $7,000,000 for schools last year. The J; resolution to appoint a special committee * on postal telegraph has reported adversely * to the Senate and its consideration is in- 9 definitely postponed. On Wednesday the two houses of the Kentucky Legislature, in joint session, elected Beck for the 1 third successive term in the United States c Senate. Iu his message to the Iowa j' Legislature, Gov. Larrabee recommends f fprnnip sufTrnrrp. Eicht men. said to i be Americans, stopped a Mexican Central passenger train last Thursday evening i three hundred miljes south of El Paso, and t robbed the express car. Nobody was hurt, t The passengers were not molested. The t capital punishment commission of New t York have reported in favor of electricity b instead of hanging as a mode of execution'. In the Fifth Congressional dis- ( trict of California, A. E. ltedstone receiv- r ed 470 votes, while 32,000 were cast for two g other candidates. Redstone, however, ^ wanted to make it appear that the 32,000 g votes were fraudulent and only the 470 ? given for him should be counted. The House committee on elections decided that t he had not sufficient foundation to warrant ? a contest. The Florida sub-tropical ? exposition was opened at Jacksonville, ? Thursday, with the most impressive cere- V monies and demonstrations ever witnessed J in the State. The Methodist conference at Baltimore protests against President Cleveland's recognition of the Pope and his jubilee by sending a copy of the S constitution to his holiness. A "vesti- 11 buled train," which means that the spaces 8 between the cars are closed, giving the ^ train the appearance of one continuous car, is now running between New York and ? Jacksonville, Florida, making the distance " in thirty hours. A bill has been intro- 11 duced in the Virginia House of Delegates to allow a pension of thirty dollars a year C to all soldiers, marines and sailors from n that State who were disabled during the o war between the States. The bill also pro- c poses to allow the same amount annually a to the widow of any person from the State e who lout his life in the Confederate ser- 1' vice. The Louisiana State Democrat- h ic Convention, at Baton Bouge, last Fri- b day, nominated Francis T. Nicholls for Governor, Besolutions were adopted tl warmly endorsing Cleveland's administra- n tion. The business failures occurring n throughout the country during last week ii number, for the United States 208, Canada v 30, or a total of 288 against 273 the preced- n ing week. A railroad accident occur- f( red near Bradford, Mass., last Wednesday, r; by which thirteen persons lost their ri ves. The residence of Senator Ingalls, lcluding his fine library, at Atchison, Kansas, was destroyed by tire last Thursay. All the prisoners in the Bryan, exas, jail escaped last Sunday through a ole in the wall which they made while lejail officials were keeping warm in the lil office. Capt. Wm. H. Green has een appointed General Superintendent of ic Richmond and Danville railroad, leas1 and operated lines, with office at Washlgton. The contested election case of hoebe vs. Carlisle has been decided in faor of Carlisle. Henry Olstrom, of linnesota, murdered his wife and seven liildren last Friday, the cause for the deed eing that he found that all the family rould have to perish from lack of food nd fuel in the bitterly cold weather. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. Hoodtown, January 14.?The weather as been very changeable for several days. >nly a few days ago we had almost sumler heat, and now we are in the midst of sal wintry weather. There has been a onsiderable fall of rain since the night of lie 11th, which froze almost as it fell. The rees are now bending beneath their load f ice. : Our people witnessed quite an amusing erformance last week. The advent of wo foreigners with a large grizzly bear, /hich was well trained, was the object for musement. After taking up a collection, mounting to about one dollar, they made he bear dance and maneuver consideraly, thereby adding much to the enjoyment of juvenile minds. Rev. Mr. Harley conducted services at he M. E. Church several nights last week. Rev. F. C. Hickson preached at Shiloh laptist Church last Saturday and Sunday, learn that he will serve as pastor of that hurch the present year. The directors of the Hoodtown Academy iave not yet succeded in securing a teacher but will likely get one soon. Mr. D. Wallace Fowler has sold his plantation on Bullock's Creek to Mr. H. T r?i. nr~ TI 1 ? U<a riorum. iur. ruwitir win rnuvc mo amily to the "Ilames place," near Jonesdlle, which place he has recently purhased. Dr. M. W. Chambers, of Pinckney, Unon county, made a short visit to relatives md friends last week. Mrs. Beard and daughter, of Black's, ilso visited her son, Mr. \V. T. M. Beard. There was quite a pleasant affair at Mr. kV. Y. White's last Wednesday night. Sach one invited was expected to take a )ound of something eatable, and from the vay the tablo was loaded down with erupting viands, it would seem that the roung ladies had done their part to make t a success. Some of those present seemed ;o find much enjoyment in tripping the ight fantastic toe. negro boy living on Mr. W. R. Hays' jlace, was milking a cow the other night vhen it kicked at him. He, by way of etaliation, kicked her in the side, from he effects of which she died the same light. A negro child, aged about two months, iied a day or two since. It is supposed to lave been frozen to death. Trial Justice r. P. Blair, acting coroner, held an inquest, md the jury found a verdict to that import. Rambler. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Six prisoners escaped from the Walhala jail last Thursday night. ? F. W. Johnson, formerly of Hampton ounty, has refused $150,000 for his share n a silver mine in Indian Territory. ? A meeting of the new board of agri:ulture has been called for January 31st, at loon, in Columbia. ? W. M. Robbins, of Chester county, a jofpran nf the Meviean war. died a few lays ago aged G3 years. ? P. G. Bowman, one of the Sumter risers, having sufficiently recovered from lis injuries, has been lodged in jail. ? Elliott Kennemore, of Pickens county, slaughtered a hog last week of the Polana}hina species, that weighed net 1,302 lounds. ? The office of trial justice for Sumter *oes begging. W. D. Blanding, who was ippointed to that position last week, has resigned. ? The Trustees of the South Carolina University will meet during the second week in February to adopt plans for reirganization under the new law. ? Dr. James Evans, of Florence, has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the * executive committee of the State Board of Health caused by the death of Dr. F. F. jary. ? The surveyors on the Carolina, Georgia and Northern Railroad have left Ableville and gone to Chester, where, it is said, they are to superintend the grading if the road. ? Columbia is undergoing the agonies of ;he Canal Campaign. The question is whether the citizens will guarantee the nterest on the bonds issued for the construction of the canal. The election will ie held to-morrow. ? R. Gaylord Eaton, the white man charged with aiding the negroes in the re:ent lynching in Pickens county, has been idmitted to bail by Jqdge Norton in a lond of $5,000. He gave a justified bond md has been released from custody. ? The comptroller general's office is beng overwhelmed by inquiries about penlions. Mr. Verner is now having the iroper pension-blanks prepared, and when hey are printed they will be distributed n every part of the State. ? Through the instrumentality of Congressman Hemphill, a daily mail has been istablished in Chester county between Jinliknm or/1 T.onafnrrl via ViohinflrProoL* .VltUUUlg WUW *W"*?(5 ^?w?. factory and "VVylie's Mill. Persons living ilong the line of the new route will appreciate the blessings of a daily mail. ? Rev. J. P. Marion, pastor of the Pres>yterian Church at Lancaster, tendered his esignation as pastor on Sunday last, vhich was accepted. Mr. Marion's sole ause for this action was the condition of lis health. ? H. M. Morris, president of the Repubican Protective Union of Charleston, has ailed a meeting of the association, the obect being to raise a fund to aid in the deense of the negroes arrested for thelynchng of the white man in Pickens county. ?On Friday, Elijah Powell, while boardng the construction train on the Charleson, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, welve miles above Camden, fell between he cars and was run over. His leg was tadly mashed and there was great loss of ilood. ? The next annual meeting of the State Grange will be held in Columbia on "VVedlesday the 1st day of next month, and Secretary Thos. \V. Holloway has issued ,n address urging "each grange in the State, not absolutely dead," to see that a epresentative is sent to the meeting. ? Some doubt having been expressed as o the legality of the election of the presnt board of agriculture, in response to a equest from the _ Governor, Attorneyreneral Earle officially declares his opinon that the new board, elected by the last jegislature, is a legal body, properly lected. ? An extraordinary affair that happened Shristmaseve night has just come to light ti Columbia. Ellen Few, a young white irl living eleven miles from the city, was iolently assaulted by Thomas Bishop and erry Thomas, who broke down the door r i>Ml:^~ ?_,i I UCL mvYCliiil^f 111CU H JH31U1 UUU COW* ided the girl severely. Both men were masked. ? Pat Foley, a well known character of 'harleston, shot himself fatally on Wedesday, while out shooting in the suburbs f the city. The shooting was entirely acidental, the gun going off while he was ttempting to load it, and discharging the ntirc load of shot into his stomach. Mr. "oley was well known on the Bay, where e kept a sailors' outfitting shop and oarding house. ? The Lancaster Review of last week has tie following particulars of the assault lade upon Mr. Blackmon, of that county, lention of which has already been given ti these columns: The parties charged dth beating Mr. \V. J. Blackmon on the ight of the 22nd ultimo, were carried be>re Trial Justice Gardner for a preliminay hearing last Friday. The examination ssulted in the discharge of all the parties