Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 18, 1888, Image 2
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
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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?
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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. |
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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
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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