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Jwajrs and <fact5. ? The members of the house committee on banks and banking are considering the question of issuing fractional currency very carefully. The public demand for the currency is quite decided, as evidenced by extracts in the hands of the committee from some fifty journals scattered all over the country, and by letters from private citizens which are daily received. ? A prominent railroad official says that fully 50,000 tramps continually infest the railroad lines of the country. They are a constant menace to the safety of travelers as well as to the property of the companies, as many of them do not hesitate to cause accidents by turning switches, burning bridges and other devices. It is esti mated that 3,000 of them are killed annually while attempting to steal rides or walking on the track. ?A Washington dispatch of Saturday says: Owing to the alarming frequency of the attacks of robbers upon mail trains on sparsely settled routes in the far West, and the almost constant peril in which the lives of the postal employees are placed by these marauders, the postoffice department has determined to arm, at the expense, of the Government, every postal employee on these exposed railroad routes witn weapons of the latest and most effective kind. ? The Washington Post prints a long ar. tide on the prospects of the South, and closes by saving: "To the well timed efforts of the South to draw the attention of immigrants, nature has recently added one of the strongest arguments possible. The terrible blizzards thatafewaaysago raged in the West, destroying hundreds of lives, inflicting more suffering than would result from a great battle, is a kind of logic that cannot be resisted. The tide of migration from the older States must inevitably be affected by this fearful occurrence, and a diversion from the Northwest to the South will be the result." ?Jim Cornelius, a colored boy of fourteen_years, was hanged at Minden, La., last .Friday lor tne muraer, ? year a^u, ui Ernest Wren, a 4-year old son of G. P. Wren, a member of the Legislature from that parish. The negro boy was in Wren's employ, and the little child was playing around the negro, who pushed him down and made him bite his tongue so that his mouth bled. The little fellow cried and threatened to tell his mother. The negro begged him not to tell, as he did not want to be Whipped, but the little fellow persisted. ' The negro then struck him with an axehandle, crushing in his skull and mangling his head so that he died almost instantly. ? Colorado, which was admitted to the Union about fifteen years ago, reports over $23,000,000 of production of the precious metals in 1887. The Territories and States west of Kansas and Minnesota produced $100,000,000 in gold and silver last year. San Francisco shipped $14,455,000 in silver to the East, or two thirds as much as London. Since 1870 t'le precious metals have never yielded less than $54,000,000 in this country, and the yield of 1887 exceeds that of any other year, so that we have taken in seventeen years about $1,500,000,000 out of the earth?which probably represents all of the national debt we have paid off. ? The Dodge county Journal publishes a story of a horrible triple murder at Longview, near Eastman, Ga. According to the journal, Hubbard Harrell, a l(5-year old negro boy, was made drunk last Friday at a hog killing. From the butchering scene he went home, filled a cauldron . with water, built a fire under it, threw a 6-year old nephew into the boiling water, and then knocked a year-old girl in the head with a bar and threw her into the water. He was trying to kill a third child when caught. The last one was so badly injured that it died. The story seems almost incredible, but is vouched for by the paper publishing it. ? In Baker county, Ga., last Friday, a young man went to the house of AmoS Grant, a colored farmer, and finding all quiet and the house closed, he looked around for the cause and found the body of Grant hanging from a rope thrown over a projecting joist in the rear of the house. Inside he found Grant's wife in bed, her head crushed into a jelly as if done by * * ^ 3 i-l U?wl.? clubs. Un tne noor was iouuu me uuu,y of her sister. By its side was the dead body of Grant's lo-year-old son. The theory is advanced that Grant was a hard taskmaster, and his wife was about to leave him, and that Grant, frenzied by the thought of her desertion, brained her and her sister and child while they slept, finishing his crime by self murder. ? John D. West, a young man who was wounded in a street fight in Knoxville, Tenn., last Wednesday, by James F.llule, associate editor of the Journal, died on the following morning. He made an ante-mortem statement in which he said he did notintendtohurtKule. He claimed that he was killed by ltule. The latter who was also seriously wounded, is resting easy, and will be out in a few days. West called his brother to his bedside just before he died and made him promise that he would kill Rule. A warrant was sworn out on Thursday against Rule, charging him with murder in the first degree, and he was put under bond. There is still considerable excitement. ? All the counties in Michigan which have held elections under the new local option law, fourteen in number, have been carried in favor of prohibition. There is said to be a strong probability that at least twenty more will declare in the same way as soon as elections in them occur. This is a similar result to that which has been attained in other States, notably Missouri, Illinois and Ohio, by the application of the local option principle. It is | a curious fact, however, that the profes- j sional Prohibitionists oppose the local ' option principle almost as bitterly as they j do liquor license or tax laws, probably i because of the increasing tendency to use ' the two in conjunction as furnishing the surest mothod of restriction. ? The bill appropriating fifteen thousand dollars to every State, for the current fis- ! cal year, for the maintenance of agricultu- j ral experiment stations, under what is ; known as the Hatch bill, passed by the Forty-ninth Congress, has passed the I Senate. An amendment was adopted 1 which removes the provision restricting 1 the fund to the proceeds arising irom me ! sale of public lands, and making available any moneys in the national treasury ; not otherwise appropriated. This change ; makes the money safe, and frees the measure from its single point of weakness. The j House promptly concurred in the Senate amendment, and the measure now awaits ' only the President's approval to become a i law. The commencement of the appro- i priation dates back to the first day of July last, so that the sum of $7,500 will at once 1 be payable to each of the colleges entitled to the benefits of the Act. Among these ' is the University of South Carolina. ?Mrs. Witherbee, the woman said to have eloped from Washington with exJudge Mackey, has returned from Bismarck to New York, where she is giving her side to the reasons for wanting a di- j vorce from her husband. She says that she was fooled into marrying him. He represented that he was worth $G,000 a year, but the facts proved that he was only a clerk on a salary of $75 per month. She accuses her husband of deceiving her into lending him money, and expresses the j greatest contempt for him. According to the following, from the Washington Star, it would seem that Mrs. Mackey is seeking ? -3 Z???-w-? Viaw onnnca Tho a Ul VUIL'C J1U11I JICl ^nawu S(juuqv . equity docket at the office of the Clerk of the Court shows the filing of two bills by Mrs. Itosina Mackey against Thomas J. Mackey. The papers have been with-; drawn, but it can be stated that one is for a divorce on the grounds of desertion. The other bill is to have the property on Capitol Hill, standing in respondent's j name as trustee, vested in her. She alleges J that said property was purchased with money derived from the sale of her property in South Carolina. ? The fact that a vagrant was put up at i auction and sold to the highest bidder at Milan, Mo., the other day, is not regarded as extraordinary by the Congressmen from , that State, one of whom is reported to have said in Washington, when the matter ! was spoken of in his presence: "Such in- ' stances, while not frequent, are by no ; means rare. There is a law upon our stat-; ute book, passed twenty years ago, which j provides that an idle, improvident fellow who neglects his family, or who, through shiftless habits, is likely to become a burden upon the community, may be sold at auction to the highest bidder for a term of six months. After the vagrant has worked out the purchase money, any other sum earned by him at a fair compensation is applied by his master to the payment of his debtsor the maintenance of his family. The effect of the law is good. Under its operation the lazy and shiftless vagrants have been driven out of the State or forced to lead a serai-industrious life. It would be an excellent thing if it should come to be very generally adopted." f flrfevilh YORK VI LEE, S. C. : WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8,1888. MERE-MENTION. President and Mrs. Cleveland have concluded to pay a flying visit to the Subtropical Exposition in Jacksonville, Fla., during the latter part of this month. The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Beckford Mackey to be consul at Paso del Norte. He is a son of ex-Judge Mackey, j and is credited to South Carolina. The Republican State Convention of Mississip- i pi has been called to meet in Jackson tomorrow for the purpose of electing delegates to the national convention. Mr. and Mrs. Brunner, of Aurora, Mo., who recently inherited $70,000 from a relative, have mysteriously disappeared. It is supposed that they were murdered for their money, which was kept in their house at that place. J. W. Miller, a painter who left Union, S. C., recently, was found frozen to death in Decatur, Ala. His wife is living at Union. Woman suffrage has been defeated in Wisconsin. The City Council of Santa Rosa, California, has passed an ordinance making it a criminal offence to sell cigarettes to boys under six~ ~T 4- aIoa 5 l-vl f nrl ! LKtJU ycill'S Ui ttgc. JLl liiis aisu [jiuiiiuiicu boys from smoking cigarettes upon the streets or in public places. Greene Henderson, a colored man, has been arrested in Atlanta for selling the body of his dead wife to the medical college Florida strawberries are selling in New York at $2.50 a quart. John Greenwood was arrested at Livingston, Tenn., Friday morning, on a charge of murder. lie is accused of killing Andrew Wilson seventeen years ago. It is estimated that the Chinese merchants of New York pay the United States government over $2,500,000 per year for duties on imported goods. The ten cents special delivery stamp has proved a financial failure. There is a proposition before the people of Rhode Island to so amend the constitution of the State as to abolish all property qualifications for voters in its elections. The Catholic convent property in Hickory, N. C., has been sold to the Ohio Lutheran Synod. It will be converted into a school under the auspices of the Lutheran church. The National Democratic Executive Committee will meet in Washington on the 22nd instant to decide upon a place of meeting for the nominating convention. The women living in the southeastern par"; of St. Joseph, Mo., are circulating a petition to have Hooniek and Buelling, two men in jail charged with wife murder, lynched. Lent comes earlier this season than for many years past. It begins on February loth. Easter Sunday is on April 1. The Governor of Georgia has commuted the sentence of Eliza Randall, who was to have been hanged in Clay county last Friday, to imprisonment for life. Eliza is a young white girl, who deliberately murdered her father a few months ago because he wanted her to attend church. Public sentiment against the infliction of capital punishment on a woman was what saved her from the gallows. Under a legal decision in the Iowa Courts that permits to sell liquor for legal purposes can be used only by the persons to whom issued, the stock of every wholesale liquor firm in Des Moines was seized last Wednesday. Each firm does business under the company title, and the Judge's rulingforbidssuch latitude Statistics of life insurance show that there are now $20,000 policies in this country, representing an aggregate insurance of $2,100,000.000. Governor McEnerv. of Lou isiana, has called a convention to meet in New Orleans on March f> to encourage immigration into the State The Mississippi House of Representatives has adopted a memorial to Congress, protesting against the passage of the Senate bill having for its object the prevention of the use of cotton seed oil as a substitute for hog's lard. Chicago speculators propose to buy the old Libby Confederate prison in Richmond and remove it to Chicago. According to statistics gathered by the Railroad Gazette, there were in December last ninety-two railroad collisions, eighty-three derailments and seven other accidents, making 182 in all; in which seventy-one persons were killed and 211 injured. At Newcastle, Cal., there is a famous fig tree. One foot from the ground it measures eight feet four inches in circumference, and its branches cover 2,000 feet of surface. Revenue officers in Alabama captured several stills, 10,000 gallons of whisky and seven moonshiners last Friday. There are twenty-one iron furnaces idle in Pennsylvania in consequence of strikes. A band of strolling gypsies, arrested at Providence, R. I., a day or two ago, were found to have ?5),000 in gold tied up in rags with them. Earthquakes have been felt recently in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. At Birmingham, Ala., last Saturday evening, Tom Ellis, editor of the Hornet, was shot and mortally wounded by a detective named Sullivan. Ellis published a statement in his paper concerning Sullivan which the latter regarded as libelous. Wm. Showers, of Lebanon, Pa., who murdered his two grandchildren, has been sentenced to be hanged. Business failures occurring throughout the' country during last week number for the United States 247, Canada .'32; total 270, against 217 the preceding week. 4Coirespuiideiiee of the Yorkville Kuquim*. NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. Hoodtown, February 4.?We have had a few days of real spring weather, and f.ifmnfu liavn tul'On OflvailtflffO IttLUtlO 6VIIV11.I.J ...l.v, ..x. .. .^x, of it by sowing: oats. Some, however, think it too early and that oats sowed now will be killed before they get up. I think there is more being sowed than for several years, and if the crop should not prove a failure, there will be but little corn bought in this community. Miss Carrie Brey, of Spartanburg, has taken charge of the Iloodtown school. She comes highly recommened as a teacher and no doubt will make the school a success. Prof. Delleradora is teaching a writing school here this week. He will teach at Bullock's Creek next week. Our Baptist brethren have nearly completed their new church building at Shiloh. They deserve praise for the energy they have displayed, considering that their membership is small. 11amhleh. Can Such Things Be??Under the caption of "Attracted by the Public Schools," the Greenville ATeu\f says: If any one thing in Greenville serves to draw permanent residents for the city, then the public school system of the city is that inducing factor. The latest resident drawn fiere by the educational advantages is C'apt. G. \V. Bramlett, of the Walkersville section, who comes here especially to educate his family, lie is living in the house on Main street, formerly occupied by Wash Howell. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqnircr. LETTER FROM BLACK'S. Black's February 7.?The town of Black's has needed a banking institution for some length of time to facilitate exchanges, ?fcc. As a stepping stone towards the consummation of this idea, the people met in Whisonant's Hall Friday night and organized "The Cherokee Building and Loan Association of Black's, S. C.," by electing Dr. J. G. Black, President; Major J. F. Jones, Vice-President; J. F. AVhisonant Sectetary and Treasurer; N. W. Hardin, Solicitor, and seven directors. Seventy-five shares were subscribed and paid up at this meeting, since which time a great many shares have been subscribed, and it is thought the number of shares will exceed one hundred and fifty within the next ten days. The directors met at Maj. Jones' office on Saturday, at 2 P. M., and appointed Ihe loan and finauce committee, and formulated plans to put the Assocja tion into immediate operation. Our pe5= pie owe Mr. J. II. Lindsay, Secretary and Treasurer of the Yorkville Building and Loan Association, many thanks for his favors and kindness shown them, in bringing about the organization of our association. Itev. J. \V. Elkins preached an exceedingly interesting and instructive sermon in the Methodist church last Sunday. Me showed by unanswerable and irrefutable facts, from ancient and modern history, that the inclination of man in all countries, was to worship a God, and showed by Biblical deductions that the worship of the true God, depended in a great measure, upon the education and enlightenment of the people. "One of Them," in spirit, shows hostility toward our Honorable Senator, and by parity of reasoning, casts grave reflections upon the York delegation, and attempts to controvert the maxim, "'Tis human to err," and inures to himself infallibility. A man's worth is not measured by the errors he commits, but by the good he does his fellow men. Doubtless, some think that the members of the York delegation committed errors with reference to the greatest problems before our people, the phosphate question, the lien law, graded schools, &c.; but I think the people will say that the York delegation, including the Honorable Senator, has accomplished more solid good for the county than any delegation ior twenty years. We have had one or two heavy rains in the last few days. The roads are almost impassible, and our streets are very muddy. The Richmond and Danville Railroad Company have repaired the platform ot their depot here. Their waiting room for passengers is small and niggardly in appearance. Our commissioners should look into this matter. \v. j Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. / LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, February G.?Application has been made for a charter for the new cotton mill at this place At a recent meeting of the stockholders it was decided to name the mill "The Standard Cotton Mill." A considerable interest is manifested by citizens in this new enterprise, and it is definitely settled that we will have the factory. The factory fever seems to have taken the people of eastern York. A prominent citizen of Fort Mill was in our town last week and informed me that Fort Mill will build another cotton factory soon, on the installment plan. Our citizens are pleased to know that the Senate has confirmed the nomination i of Miss B. V. Wood as postmistress at this place. Miss Wood has been connected with the office for eighteen years and makes an efficient and popular officer. Captain W. L. Roddey is still in New York, where he has been for several days attending a meeting of the directors of the Three C's Railroad. The town council have presented their worthy marshal with a handsome regulation uniform, which he donned for the first time yesterday. It is likely that Rock Hill will have an arbor day shortly, and that the children of the town will be asked to set out trees along the avenues leading to the graded school and around the building. U. S. Commissioner C. J. Pride and Deputy Marshal T. C. Beckham left on Saturday to attend the special term of the U. S. Court which convenes at Greenville to-day. Mr. R. L. Crook, who has the pleasure of serving as a juror, left yesterday afternoon. It has been suggested that the "Yorkville man" take another nap and dream again, the conclusion being that he did not dream half enough, as his dream will likely come true in five years instead of ten years. Rev. R. Hfj^nes, who has recently been appointed by the M. E. Conference as pastor of Rock Hill Circuit, has made a favorable impression, not only on his church members, but the people at large. Rev. W. M. Anderson, who has recently accepted the call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church at this place, will preach here on Sunday next. Hal. Congress.?The proceedings of Congreas last week were of no importance. A Washington dispatch of Sunday outlines as follows the probable work in the two houses the present week: The educational bill begins its fifth week of consideration in the Senate tomorrow and Senator Call has the floor for a speech upon it. It is likely to be set aside temporarily, as it has been heretofore, with the assent of Mr. Blair, for a variety of purposes. Senator Saulsbury proposes to call up to-morrow his resoluting relating to international coinage for debate and action. Senator Piatt has given notice of his purpose to speak tomorrow upon the tariff and the President's message, although he may be delayed by Senator Saulsbury's resolution until Tuesday, and Senator Teller, if good opportunity occur, will address the benate on the same subject later in the week. Senator Beck is booked for a reply at an early day to Senator Brown's speech upon internal revenue. Senator Davis expects to cab up for action during the week the dependent pension bill. Senator Itiddleberger promises to be heard at some length by his colleagues and, if he can effect it, by the public as well, upon the British extradition treaty and secret session. The Indiana contested election case will come before the House to-morrow as unfinished business, and several hours' time will beat the disposal of those members who wish to speak upon the subject. The temper of the House at adjournment on Saturday seemed to warrant the belief that the case will be disposed of to-morrow. If any time remains afterwards Mr. Crain, of Texas, will seek to have passed under suspension of the rules his proposed Constitutional amendment fixing the first day of January as the date for the assembling of Congress. The urgent deficiency appropriation bill will probably he pressed to the point of passage early in the week, and if Mr. Foran, (who is now ill) shall have sufficiently recovered, he will ask the House to take up and pass the pension appropriation bill which is in his charge. During the morning hours the House will oecunv itself in the consideration of measures reported favorably by the judiciary committee concerning bills of lading and mitigating the penalties for the violation of the revenue laws, Mr. French's exposition bill, and perhaps Mr. Dingley's bill to authorize the investment of the national bank redemption fund. Another Victim.?A Columbia dispatch of Saturday says: Another South Carolina victim of New York "green goods" has been heard from. His name is Dr. Pryor, and he lives in Union county. The doctor and several of his neighbors made a purse of four hundred dollars, which thty sent on to the enterprising dealers, whose circular they had received, requesting him to send the "green goods" by express to (iaffney City, on the Piedmont Air Line Kailroad, and in due time the package arrived, and when opened was found to contain a roll of green paper and a quantity of sawdust. Dr. Pryor has written sympathetic letters of condolence to County Commissioner Perkins, of Lancaster, S. C., who recently figured so prominently before the New York police conrts in a similar transaction. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Win, If. Speck?Don't keep it Dark. L. D. Childs, Administrator of the estate of R. A. Springs, deceased?Application for Discharge. W. B. Williams?Auditor's Notice. T. M. Dobson <fc Son?Cash Racket. H. F. Adickes?Everybody who has money to spend will do well to call at the Grand Central Fancy and Dry Goods Establishment. Withers Adickes?As you Sow, in like manner you will probably Reap. John A. Darwin, M. D.?"Here's Your Mule." M. C. Willis?On a Boom. Lutta Brothers Plantation Supplies and Family Groceries. Kennedy Bros. & Barron?Brick, Brick?Australian Grass Seed. J.W. Dobson?Brick?Wood?Dried ApplesSteel Horse Shoes?Harness Oil?Log and Fifth Chains. M. Strauss?Our Prices Cannot be Beat. R. H G}enn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale. cotton shipments. The shipments of cotton from the depot in this place from September 1st to the 7th instant, inclusive, aggregate 6,7.14 bales. sales-day. The only official sales last Monday, sales-day for February, were the following l>y the Sheriff: Lot in the town of Rock llill, levied on as the property of J. P. Caston. Bought by W. B. Wilson, Jr., for $25. Narcissa Funk's interest in a house and lot situated on the Pinckney road in the town of Yorkville, the lot containing about one acre. Bought by W. B. Wilson, Jr., for $150. personal mention. ^Ira. Jane E. Jverr, long a resident of Yorkville, but who now lives in Spartanburg, made | a recent visit here, returning to Spartanburg , yesterday. She is the widow of Jerome B. Kerr, a Mexican war veteran, and her visit here was with reference to procuring the nocesi sary testimony to secure a pension, under the recent Act of Congress. Rev. Dr. T. M. Bailey, corresponding secretary of the Baptist State Mission Board, preached an interesting and instructive sermon in the Baptist Church on last Sunday evening. He also preached at Union Church in the afternoon. Col. J. S. R. Thomson and family have returned to their home in Spartanburg, after a visit of two weeks among friends and relatives in this place. Miss Jennie Cody left this place on yesterday ' for a month's visit to friends in Charlotte, X. C. church*notices. Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Services next Sunday evening at 7.15 o'clock. : Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting tine ovflninrr a f 7 1 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 oyening at 4 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. 1 C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at Tirzah, at il A. M., and in Yorkville at 7.15 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. by the pastor. Preaching at 7.15 P. M. by Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, P. E. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.15. Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Recl tor. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. THE GREENVILLE CONVOCATION. The Greenville Convocation of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina, meets in St. John's Church, Winnsboro, to-day, the , Rev. Jas. D. Glass, minister in charge. The Winnsboro JYcwssays: "About twelve clergy I men have signified their intention of being present, and it is possible that missionaries, representing the foreign and domestic missionary society, will address the convocation, and give some account of the progress and needs of 1 the mission work in Japan, and also among the Indians in the far West. TheRey. J. D. McCullough, of Spartanburg, Is Dean of the Convocation ; the Rev. Ellison Capers, of Columbia, Secretary and Treasurer. The Convocation sermon will be preached by the Rev. Thos. S. Gadsden, of Anderson, and essays will be read by the Rev. McNeely DuBose, of Union, and the Rev. E. X,. Joyner, of Yorkville. ><1 THE JIM BEAM MURDER. Many of our cotemporaries, daily and weekly, could have copied fresh from our columns, the account of the homicide of Jim Beam, colored, at a negro dance in the house of John McClure, colored, who lives on the lands of Loften B. Sherer, live miles west of Yorkville, on the night of January 24th ; but they seemed to prefer waiting for a sensational and in some respects an inaccurate account of the affair purporting to have been telegraphed to the Atlanta Constitution from Columbia, after the ' Enquirer was read in either city. The "condenser" of the News and Courier, however, makes a mangling statement of the alfair, in the following few lines in last Monday's paper: "Jim Bean, a colored man of Shelby, X. C., was shot at a dance at John McClure's house, at York, on January 24. The shot was lireel by Loftin B. Sherrer, and Bean fell dead almost instantly." This will be news to Mr. Sherer. We learn that negroes who were present and witnessed the fatal shooting, say that when the case comes to trial in the Sessions Court they will appear and testify to the facts. They say the}' would not appear beforo the jury of inquest, fearing they could not give the necessary bond for their appearance at tuunuim mey .um hui mau to jail. It will be remembered that George Guntharpand John Philips, both colored, are in jail, the finding of the jury of inquest being that the fatal shot was tired by one or the other of them. X RAILROAD NOTES. Col. Allen, who for several months has been timber inspector with his headquarters at this place, is on a visit to his home in Pennsylvania. Capt. Lewis is progressing favorably with the Chester road bridge, across the deep cut a mile south of the Court House, and Dr. Gorton is moving steadily and surely towards the track of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad under which this cut will run. Mr. E. F. Lathrop was in town last Monday and reports satisfactory progress with the work under contract by Smith <k Lathrop. Mr. T. M. Fayssoux has taken a small contract on Mr. Kinsley's work near Hickory Grove. The Shelby Aurora of last Thursday says: "Mr. Sam Hampton was in Shelby on Monday. He has secured the contract for grading six miles from Rutherfordton towards Marion. The contract'was sublet by Col. P. P. Dickinson to him. lie proposes to go to work in a short time, as soon as the necessary papers are signed," It is stated that J. B. Harrill is also making preparation to go to work 011 tho grading above Rutherfordton. The Marion Bugle learns by a private letter from John M. Fleming that the grading near Praise, Pike county, Kentucky, is progressing rapidly. The Lancaster correspondent of the Charlotte Chronicle, writing under date of last Monday, says: The steel rails 011 tho Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad lack only twelve miles of reaching Lancaster, and the contrac tors say that they can complete the track to Lancaster in eight or ten days, when tho line will be open between Lancaster and Charleston. THE CONFEDERATE PENSIONS. The blank applications for pensions which j were forwarded to Clerk of Court Wallace, for i distribution in this county, have been exhausted, and ho has written to the Comptroller-General for a second supply. Tho Clerk furnishes us with tho following list of persons whose 1 nntitirmc fni-ndnsiniis llftVO heOIl foriliallv Iliad0 I? *"" I'"""" and forwarded to the Comptroller-General: Men.?A. II. Mcrritt, S. L. Lanev, D.G. Ron nett, Robert Burns, Fort Mill; II. 11. Neal, John Childers, HiekoryGrove; John K. Jones, Hopewell; Andrew F. Lindsay, McConnellsville; John W. Weaver, T. Murphy Gwin, Yorkville. Widows.?Sarah J. Camp, Sarah K. Lynn, Bethany ; Caroline C. MeKnight, Clark's Fork; Margaret E.Brown, Clay Hill; Mary It. Lindsay, Elizabeth L. Jackson, Clover; M. L.Mcrritt, Fort Mill; Martha E. Minter, Yorkville. To prevent misunderstanding as to the intent of the Act, in reference to the "annual income"' of an applicant, the Pension Board, consisting of J. S. Verner, J. II. Earle and W. Z. | Leitner, have issued the following circular to i County Auditors and Clerks of Court: Please take notice that the Board of Approv! al appointed under an "Act to provide for the relief of certain soldiers and sailors and the j widows of soldiers or sailors of the late war | between the States," approved December 24, 1S87, have construed the word incomo in sections 2 and 4 of said Act, to mean gross income from any source. Incases already forwarded to the Board where any other construction has ; been placed on the word income, you will please at once notify the Board of such fact. About two hundred applications for pensions have already been filed in the ComptrollerGeneral's office, which number is being daily increased, whereupon, writes the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier of last Monday: In view of the fact that applicants for pensions under the recent Act of Assembly, do not generally understand the terms of the Act in respect to the incomes of pensioners, the pension board has issued a circular asking all County Clerks of Court and Auditors to withhold all applications for the present until the board can issue regulations to govern their entertainment and endorsement. A great many of the applications forwarded to the board do not conform to the requirements of the Act, and it is estimated that if all the applications already received or in eourso of preparation are allowed, the $50,000 appropriated for pensions will not last two months. MAIL CONTRACTS. xjy IUI; niiiuncaa ui VvUii^irnnuiciii iiuin^uui, we are enabled to publish the following as the list of lowest bidders on mail routes in York and Chester counties, under advertisement of the Department issued last September, service on which will commence the first day of next July. Formal letters of acceptanco will not be issued to the successful bidders boforo the23rd instant: From Hock Hill via Belmont, to Clay Hill, two times per week?Ella Jackson, London, Ky.,at $80 per annum. From Yorkvillo via Zadok, Bethany and Clark's Fork to Yorkville, two times per week?J. W. Dobson, Yorkville, S. G'., at $137 per annum. From Yorkvillo via Blairsville and Hoodtown, to Bullock's Creek, six times per week? J. W. Dobson, Yorkville, at $365 per annum. From Yorkvillo via Hickory Grovo and Hopewell, to Etta Jane, Union county, three times per week?J. W. Dobson, Yorkville, at $23!) per annum. From Yorkville via Bethel, Zcno, Point and South Point, to Belmont, Gaston county, N. C., two times per week?J. R. Morso, Windsor, Mo., at $246 per annum. From Yorkvillo via Fodder, Clay Hill, Energy, Ranaleburg, Steel Creek and Dixie, to Charlotte, N. C., two times per week?J. M. Thompson, Lockwood, Mo., at $349per annum. From Yorkville via Tirzah, to Hock Hill, two'times per week?J. W. Dobson, Yorkville, at $133 per annum. From Fort Lawn viaWvlie's Mill, to Landsford, three times per week. Not let; changedand re-advertised. From Chester via Torbit, Wellridge and Rossville, to Rocky Mount, three times per week?Z. T. Carpenter, Washington, D. C., at $419 per aim un. From Chester via Baton Rouge, to Wilksburg, three times per week?Ella Jackson, London, Ky., at $249 per annum. From Cornwell via Halselville, G'rosbyville, Fcasterville, Buckhead and Albion, to Corn wen, six times per weeK?n. u. itoop, t arronton, Ga., at?513per annum. From Lowrysville via Olive, Kirkpatrick and Cotton, to Cabal, two times per week?C. M. Davis, Windsor, Mo., at ?117 per annum. From Chester via Wise and McAliley, to Clialkville, two times per weok?Andrew Fasley, Black Walnut, Va., at ?182 per annum. From Richburg to Factory. Not let; changed and re-advertised. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The list of delinquent tax-payers in Greenville county will probably exceed a thousand names. ? Isaac Boozer was found dead in the woods near Newberry, Wednesday. Who caused his death is unknown. ? The historical residence of the late Judge A. P. Butler, near Edgefield Courthouse, has been destroyed by fire. ? Bowman and Harby, the remaining Sumter rioters, have been admitted to bail by Chief-JusticeSimpson in bonds of $5,000 each. ? The past indebtedness of Oconee county, running back for several years to the present time, amounts in the aggregate to $880.39. ? The State Agricultural and Mechanical Society will hold its summer meeting at Spartanburg on the first Wednesday in August. ?The Union Cotton Press and 2,000 bales of cotton were destroyed by fire in Charleston on Wednesday afternoon,' incurring a loss of $50,000. ? Representative Hemphill has introduced a bill to place Dr. John F. G. Mittag, of Lancaster, on the pension list of the Seminole war. ? The campaign of 1888, among the State Solicitors, has opened. M. F. Ansel, of Greenville, is announced as a candidate for the Solicitorship of the Eighth Circuit. ? Congressman Dargan is industriously working to secure a presidential pardon for Jeff I). Thompson, of Marion county, who is serving a four years' sentence for robbing the mails. ? The board of agriculture held a meeting in Columbia last Wednesday and elected as executive committee for the year, Johnson Ilagood, John Lawton, D. P. Duncan. ? N. A. Ridgill, the coroner of Clarendon county, died suddenly last Saturday afternoon, of heart disease, while conversing with his brother's family whom he was visiting. ? One hundred convicts are now grading the Blackville and Newberry Railroad above Sally. Work has also been begun on the building of a telegraph line along the road. ? Josh Henderson, colored, was found dead in his house with his skull crushed, in Newberry county, Wednesday. Murder was clear and another negro named Tom Sims is suspected. ? Richard Kemp, colored, convicted in the Sessions Court of Abbeville, last week, of house breaking and larceny, and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year, jumped from a third story window of the jail and made good his escape. ? The Supreme Court has denied a new trial to Richard H. Jacobs, of Greenville county, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $1,000. Jacobs killed his white tenant, Doc Hughes, about a year ago. ' ? Arrangements are being made for an early inspection of all the troops in the State. The encampment matter is being worked up, and it is expected that a number of companies will participate. It is probable that the encampment will be held either at Greenville or Spartanburg. ? Tuesday of last week was appointed for the hearing before Judge Pressley at Abbeville, of an application for bail for Dr. T. W. Folger and D. E. Garvin, of Pickens, who were among the parties presented by the grand jury at Pickens as accessories to the recent Waldrop lynching. Rail was granted in the sum of $2,000 each. ? Says the Winnsboro News: An interesting question before the pension board is whether widows of soldiers who lost their lives in ti e Confederate service, and who have since married, but have again become widows, can be legally considered as entitled to a pension on account of their relation to the .irst nusnana. ? The State Grange Patrons of Husbandry was in session in Columbia last week. No important business was transacted. Resolutions were adopted endorsing the Inter-State commerce law, protesting against the removal of the tax on whisky and tobacco, and opposing dealing in cotton futures. ? The six children of Lester Singletary, a colored man living in Clarendon county, were burned to death on the night of the 2Gth ultimo. Singletary and his wife locked the children in their house and went to church. During their absence the house was burned to the ground and the children perished in the dames. Their ages ranged from thirteen years to sixteen months. ? Intelligence has been received from Piricacicaba, Brazil, announcing the death at her post of duty in that city, of Mrs. Wolling, wife of Rev. J. W. Wolliug, of the South Carolina Conference, who left this State less than a year ago to reinforce the Methodist missions in Brazil. Mrs. Wolling was sick for twelve days with malarial fever, aud, a heavy hemorhage coming on, she sank quickly and passed away in half an hour, on December 27th. ? The Union correspondent of the Columbia Itegister writes: Certain representative citizens of the town met the Town Council last Thursday night in Nicholson's Hall by appointment, to devise some , means to suppress the indiscriminate sale of liquor in this town. Several drug stores are in full blast in town, and, apparently with one exception, sell whisky with impunity. The citizens submitted propositions to aid the Council in its duty, which are now under the consideration of the Council. ? The February term of the U. S. District Court convened fn Greenville last Monday, the Hon. C. H. Simonton presiding. The term will probably last three weeks. The business in hand, says the JVews, promises to be about fifty new eases and about thirty old ones, which have been continued from previous terms. The majority of the charges are for retailing liquor and illicit distilling, though much the larger number are for retailing. Several cases of'violations of post office regulations, among which is the case against the ex-postmaster at Grier's, who is charged with detaining mail matter, will excite much interest. ? A Greenville dispatch to the Columbia Register says: Ben Itoss, a noted moon shiner of the northern section of ijreenville county, was shot and killed last Thursday night by an unknown party. Ross was in his bedroom, with his wife and children, and was fired upon through an open window and instantly killed. He was well known as one of the boldest and most successful illicit distillers in the State. He had figured in many trials for violations of revenue laws, but always escaped punishment. At the last term of the United States District Court a true bill was found against him and he was out on bail to appear for trial at the term now in session. ? Referring to the case of County Commissioner Perkins, the Lancaster Review of last week says: The information that Mr. Perkins had been arrested in New York upon so serious and compromising a charge as "monkeying" with counterfeit money, was received here with unbounded surprise and regret, for he enjoyed the full confidence of our citizens and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. Though a native of Virginia, he has been living in Lancaster county a number of years, leading a quiet, sober and industrious life. So far as we know, the honesty and integrity of the man has never before been questioned. His family is a very interesting one, and much sympathy is felt here for his wife and children in their troubles. Industrial Notes.?The Chattanooga Tradesman has compiled statistics from official reports showing the growth of cotton and wool manufactures in the Southern States in the past seven years. The increase in mills in the South during that period was 80, or 51 per cent.; of spindle? 654,02G, or 116 per cent.; of looms 15,734, 01 29 per cent. The increase in South Carolina is given as follows: Mills 107 per cent., largest per cent, of ificrease, spindles 181 per cent., looms 95 per cent. North Carolina has to-day 80 cotton mills, against 49 in 1880; South Carolina 21 against 14 in 1S80; Tennessee 28 against 1( in 18S0; Georgia 55 against 40 in 1880; Virginia 12 against 8 in 1880; Alabama If against 16 in 1880; Arkansas added one mill since 1880; Kentucky 1, Louisiana 1 Mississippi 2, Maryland 3. The total number of mills in the South to-day is 247, and the consumption of ra^ cotton in 1886 and 1887 was 401,452 bales against 316,062, in 1884 and 1885. The Manufacturer's Record, published at Baltimore, says that the best proof 0 the advantages of Southern cotton manu facturing is the experience of those in the business, and this experience is shown ir the constant enlargement of mills in ope ration. All through the South mills an enlarging and putting in new machinery Keports from the cotton mills show tha the aggregate value of- the product of al the Southern mills in 1887 was about $43, 000,000 against $21,000,000 in 1880. The Piedmont Manufacturing companj of Greenville, S. C., of which Mr. H. P Hammett, one of the most notedly success ful cotton manufacturers of the South, ii president, have voted to build anothei mill to hold 10,000 spindles. This wil make three mills and 45,000 spindles undei Col. Ilammett's management. The Clifton cotton mills, of Clifton, Spartanburg county, cleared 22 per cent, on the capital stock of the company last year. A novel contest.will take place at the mills of this company within the year, in the following manner : The new mill, now already completed, will be pitted against the old one, as to quantity and quality, and at the expiration of twelve months, the superintendent of the winning mill will take full charge of both at a high salary. The Lancaster correspondent of the Charlotte Chronicle says: 6n last Friday a few of the citizens of Lancaster village shaped the idea of a cotton factory. In a few hours something over $50,000 were subscribed. In a few more days they hope to have $100,UUU subscnoea, wnen a meeting of the stockholders will be held and the executive plansdiscussed and arranged. ? Fatal Shooting Affair at Gastonia.?Passengers who arrived in the city last night on the Air Line train, reporl that a fatal shooting affair occurred at Gaston jn, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, The victim was Mr. Otto Levi, a jeweler by trade. Levi was in an out-house neai his place of business, when a bullet; fired from a gun in the hands of a resident ol the town, crashed through the planks ol the building and buried itself in Levi's head. The bullet entered his head jusl over the temple and penetrated the brain, Medical aid was at once summoned, but upon the first glance at the wound the doctor pronounced it fatal. The bullel lodged in the brain and no attempt was made to probe it. Mr. Levi lingered until 9 o'clock last night, when he expired. The accounts of the affair are conflicting. The party who did the shooting claims that it was altogether accidental. He says that he was shooting at cats, and was shocked when informed that one of his bullets had pierced the brain of Mr. Levi. The matter will undergo a careful investigation by the officers of the law, and until the result of the investigation is known publicopinion should besuspended.?Charlotte Chronicle, Sunday. Cash for Cotton Claims.?The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier telegraphs that paper under date ol last Saturday : Since the passage of the direct tax bill by the Senate there has been quite a boom in Southern claims among speculators. A syndicate has been formed to purchase all cotton claims at 25 percent, cash. Agents are being sent South to buy all these claims from those who are willing to sell. There is a movement on foot to have a bill passed during the present session to pay this class of claims, and the general impression is that it will succeed. Mr. Dibble, when consulted on the subject, said he had heard that certain parties were willing to pay 25 per cent, cash for these claims, but he would advise those who are not in absolute want of the money at the time to hold oft' for the present.. In 1US opinion it measure win pass to \>a.y these claims in full. He says that he has no positive information on the sucject, but this is merely his personal opinion, formed from what he has heard and observed concerning this matter. Rock Kill's Second Factory.?On Monday last the Secretary of State issued a commission to Messrs. John R. London, W. J. Roddey, W. 13. Wilson, Jr., David Hutchison, Thomas A. Crawford, W. M. Frew, Richard T. Fewell, Arnold Friedhiem, A. E. Smith and A. H. White, all of Rock Iiill, who desire to form themselves into a corporation to be known as the Standard Cotton Mills of Rock Hill. The business of the company will be buying cotton and manufacturing it into yarn and cotton cloths. The capital stock will be$100,000, divided into 1,000. The Northern Methodists.?The annual conference of the Northern M. Pi. Church in South Carolina, closed in Charleston on Monday last, its deliberations having been presided over by Bishop J. F. Hurst, of Bulfalo, N. Y. The following are among the appointments for Greenville district, I.E. Lowry, P. E.: Clover, II. F. Mcllwee ; Black's circuit, M. Littlejohn; Deep Creek, G. W. Beckham; Rock Hill, York Goodletk Yorkville, E. M. Piuckuey; Yorkville circuit, S. Thomas. i M 'MjvinPOWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds,and cannot be sold In competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only is cams. I ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 Wall St., N. Y. {fcy- At wholesale by LINDSAY Sc MOORE, Yorkvllle S. C. March 2 0 lv Utarkf $tprfs. YORKVILLE, Feb. 8.?Cotton, 91.to 91. LIVERPOOL, February 6.?Cotton steady ; and in fair demand ; uplands, 5 9.16d. ' CHARLESTON, February 6.?Cotton firm; middling, 101. i NEW YORK, February 6.?Cotton easy;i uplands, 101. Futures closed barely steady, with sales of 111,700 bales, as follows: Febru, ary, 10.45to 10.47; March, 10.54 tolO.55; April, 10.5!) to 10.60; May, 10.65 to 10.66; June, 10.72 to [ 10.73; July, 10.74 to 10.75; August, 10.77 to 10.78 ; September, 10.30 to 10.31; October, 10 to i 10.01 ; November and December, 9.86 to 9.88; l January, 9.5)2 to 9.5)4. ferial Notices. Religious Notice. ' Rev. G. A. Blackburn will preach at Olivet 011 Sunday next, 12th instant, at 11 A. M. February S (J It - Preaching at lSeerslicba. There will bo preaching at Beersheba Church, I on Saturday, the lltli, and on Sunday, the 12th of February, instant, by Rev. W. G. Neville. During tho meeting there will be a congrega1 tional meeting to make arrangements to secure a supply. J. W. Y. Dickson, Clerk. February 1 8 It A Woman's Discovery. ' "Another wonderful discovery has been " made and that, too, by a lady in this county. ' Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for > seven years she withstood its severest tests, but , her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she . coughed incessantly and could not sleep. She r bought of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Medical Discovery for Consumption, and was so ^ > much relieved on taking the first dose that she slept all night,and with one bottle has been mil raculously cured. Her napie is Mrs. Luther f Lutz." Thus write W. C. Ham rick <fc Co., of . Shelby, N. C. Get a trial bottle at Lowry & , Starr's Drug Store. i The Verdict Unanimous. W. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind., testifies: 5 "I can recommend Electric Bitters as the very . best remedy. Every bottle sold has given ret lief in eyery instance. One man took six hot-. [ ties, and was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years' standing." Abraham Hare, Druggist, Bellville, Ohio, affirms: "The best selling medicine I have ever handled in my twenty years' experience, is Electric Bitters." Thousands of others have added their testimony, so that the verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only a half dollar a bottle at Lowry & Starr's Drug Store. Iiucklcii's Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, i Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skir i Eruptioes, and positively cures Piles, or no pay t required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents ' per box. For sale by Lowry & Starr. j February 1*5 ly 1 KL YKE\DAL\S SPECIALS. flighty Interesting Reading. In addition to the ironclad guarantee of , quality and durability that attaches to every ; gallon* of the Longman & Martinez Paints sold, the manufacturers go further and guarantee as follows : "Any building that is not satisi factorily painted with the Longman & Marti! nez Pure Prepared paint, or on which its use t has not cost less than if other paints had been used, will be repainted at our expense." Is l' there any ground that this does not coyer, or 1 any objection that is not met in advance ? ' Write, or call for prices and estimates on Kuykendal, Agent. Disease lies in ambush for the weak ; a feeble ' constitution is ill adapted to encounter a mala; rious atmosphere and sudden changes of tern| perature, and the least robust are usually the easiest victims; Dr. J. H. McLean's Strength; ening Cordial and Blood Purifier will give tone and vitality and strength to your entire body. ' Two sizes, 50 cents and ?1.00 per bottle. Sold * I by Kuykendal. r f The Meeting Adjourned. i In our special column last week the hour for ; adjournment, so to speak,arrived before we concluded our argument; that is, our space was ' not large enough to hold what we had to say at [ that time. Wo called attention to our other ; specialties in trade, to-wit: Chinese Cleansing ' Cream, before which a grease spot vanishes I as a lloating vapor. Our Mayune District Young Hyson and Gunpowder Teas, as fine and puro as is imported, and delightful in the cup. Our much talked of and much used brands of Tobacco?Tarbaby, 16 large sound ' plugs for ?1.00; our Lodestone is becoming ' immensely popular, and is the handsomest 1 and juiciest plug on the market; andriedmout i Beauty, which was elected for a long term vearsago and needs no booming now. Our J. I. C. Harness Oil, the cleanest and best oil on * earth for leather. Our Dr. Hugh G. Jackson's Black Pills, the best and safest liver Pills in the world. Tho renowned Tansill's Guarantee Cigar?all long Havana filler?the king of the 5 cent brands. Our famous Water White Illuminating Oil ; and tho Detroit Carriage Black. Sold at ?1.00 "and the price the same on either side of the wagon." Frequently accidents occur in the household which cause burns, cuts, sprains and bruises; for use in such cases Dr. J. H. McLean's Vol eanic Oil .Liniment Has lor many years ueen the constant favorite family remedy. Sold by KUYKJEND.VIi. Approved. Campbell's Cough Cure is approved by and used in the practice of the most eminent and progressive Physicians in the county. When you are constipated, with loss of appetite, headache, take one of l)r. J. H. McLean's . Little Liver and Kidney Fillets. They are pleasant to take and will cure you. 25 cents a I vial. Sold by Kuyickxdal. High Convincing Testimony. We obtain knowledge from our neighbors. See what one of the most eminent and trusted citizens of the United States says of the virtues i of Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic, and those in need of a similar preparation should doubt i no longer. The following was written by exGovernor B. F. Perry: Saxs Souci, September 2nd, 1881. Messrs. Westmoreland Bros., Gentlemen?I most cordially recommend your Calisaya Tonic. For several years past I have been troubled with indigestion and dyspepsia. My son, Dr. Hoxt M. Perry, of Philadelphia, who knows tlio ingredients which compose your Tonic, spoke favorably of it. In the course of two months past I have used four bottles, and am entirely relieved. Yours truly, Ac., B. F. Perry. Sold by Dowry A Starr at 81.'00 per bottle. OBITUARY. Died?On the Oth of December, 1887, near Beth-Shiloh Church, York county, of consumption, JOHNNY F. BARNETT, son of T. B. and M. A. Burnett, aged 1(5 years 3 months and 9 days. APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. "VTOTICE is hereby given that the undersign I C(I, Aimuiiisiruior ac ooim non, cum rp.siamcnto unncxo, of the estate of R. A. SPRINGS, deceased, will make a linal settlement with the Judge of Probate, oil Saturday, the 10th day of March, 1888, and will apply for a linal discharge from liability as Administrator of the said estate. L. D. CHILDS, Administrator, February 8 y 5t