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? At a recent lawsuit in Texas thirteen
expert cattie branders swore that when
cattle were branded in "the dark of the
moon," the brand will never get larger
than the first impression, no matter how
much the animal may grow. But if the
branding iron is applied in the "light of
the moon" the scar will spread, and the
lighter the moon the larger will be the
spread.
? An organization of men of both parties
has been formed at Little Falls, N. Y.,
for the purpose of securing the purity of
elections. The members are sworn to do
ail in their power to promote that end,
and large rewards for the detection of
bribery are offered from the society's
funds. It is called the Independent Order
of American Patriots, and its promoters
expect It to spread widely.
? Experience has proved the theory of a
treeless waste and a rainless area to be all
a mistake. There is a melancholy want of
trees on the Western plains, but their absence
does not entail a perpetual drouth
anywhere. And small though the annual
precipitation of rain may be in some plates,
the pioneer has yet to find the spot (extptfng
alkali lands and pure sand patch)
where the heavens deny water for the
ising of grain and vegetables.
? Texas is a great State to write about
and read about as well as to be in. Its new
capitol, which rises four feet above the
capitol in Washington, will be completed
in May, and did not cost the State a cent.
That is, a syndicate built it for 3,000,000
acres of land. This small tract was not
missed, we judge, because the State has
170.000,000 of acres left. The State has a
cash balance in its treasury of $9,000,000 in
cash and securities.
?Much interest is felt throughout the
country relative to the Rhode Island election,
which occurs on April 4 next. The
fact that the Democrats elected their Governor
last year by a plurality of nearly
3,000 votes makes the Democracy hopeful,
though Blaine carried the State by over
6,000 plurality. At all events, this, the
the first election of the presidental year,
will -be looked on as a big "straw" by all
the politicians.
? Thirty-six of the State judges of Iowa
have replied to a circular which Governor
Lara bee sent out last summer asking about
the workings of the prohibitory law. uniy
four oppose the law, and two of these advocate
high license. Many of the judges
would like to have the present law amended
so as to reach the case of illegal sales
by pharmacists. The testimony is quite
general that the law has lessened crime
and consequently the work of the courts.
? What looked like'the largest, straightest,
soundest, and longest walnut log ever
floated down the Cumberland, reached
Nashville the other day. It belonged to
a green-looking countryman who gave
good reasons why he must sell it immediately.
It was such a fine log that despite
the owner's anxiety to sell, it fetched
almost its apparent value. In due course
of time it was taken out of the water, and
proved to be a sycamore log with walnut
bark tacked all over it in the most artistic
manner. The green countryman has not
been seen since.
? The Boston Bulletin announces the
formation of a stock company in that city,
which expects to control the entire sorghum
crop of the country through the use
of a new patent process. The company
claims to be able to produce sugar from
sorghnm cheaper that cane sugars, even if
the latter should be admitted free of duty.
In addition to the sugar works now at
Fort Scott, Kansas, the company, during
the coming summer, will erect three new
factories, one of them at Topeka. The location
of the other two has not yet been
selected.
? The Georgia railroad commission has
reduced local first-class fares of the railroads
of that State from three to two and
a half cents per mile. The railroads accept
the reduction without dispute, in the
expectation that the loss by reduction
will be more than made up by increased
travel. But a few years ago local fares in
Georgia were from five to seven cents a
mile, and but few people traveled for
Jfleasure. Now, under the influence of
ow rates, the towns and cities are frequently
visited by the country people on
business and pleasure bent.
? Gen. Neal Dow, of Maine, says that
his recent defeat as a candidate for mayor
of Portland is no sign of the strength of
the prohibition sentiment in that city.
The majority against him was a surprise
to him, as he said that he expected only a
small majority for the regular Republican
ticket. In an interview the day after the
election Gen. Dow said: "The Republican
party is losing ground in the State and the
nation vrhilo +h<? Prnhihitinn nnrtv is
growing and will triumph in the end.
The State of Maine will stand by prohibi.
? tion and will never accept license."
.V?A company of capitalists is being formed
to drain Okeechobee, the great Florida
peninsula lake. The plan is to run three
canals, one on the west and two on the
north of the lake, which will probably
carry off three-fourths of the water now
spread over the face of the country, and
render available at least 200,000 acres of
land now utterly worthless. The canals
will drain into the lake instead of into the
sea, and if the experiment proves a success
the whole face of the country will be altered,
and the reed and mangrove swamps
replaced by the finest rice fields in the
world.
? There has been a good deal of speculation
as to the amount of wealth Samuel J.
Tilden left behind him, and the figures
have been placed all the way from $4,000,000
to $10,000,000. Mr. Tilden never spoke
of his wealth while alive. The executors,
on Tuesday, stated in court that his assets
footed up $5,225,000 in real and personal
property. It was also admitted that after
the legacies provided for in the will are
paid, over four millions will remain for the
erection of three public libraries contemplated
by Mr. Tilden in New York city,
Yonkers, And New Lebanon, where he
was born.
? In Union county, Indiana, Washington
Hannah, a wealthy farmer, buried his
daughter a few months ago, and placed
in her coffin her gold watch and chain and
other valuables prized by her. Above the
raetaiic casket in tnc grave ne piaceu two
pounds of dynamite as a guard against
possible grave robbers. Last week his
wife died and great difficulty was experienced
in employing men to dig the new
grave beside that of the daughter for fear
of an acccidental explosion, and many
people refrained from attending the services
in the church-yard for the same reason.
The matter has attracted much attention,
and the effectiveness of the protection
against ordinary robbers is conceded.
? Dr. William A. Hammond read a paper
before the Society of Medical Jurisprudence
and State Medicines in New
York on Thursday evening on the "The
superiority of Hanging as a Method of
Execution." Mr. Hammond believes that
hanging is the best method of execution.
He said: "There is a good deal of popular
deception on the subject of death by strangulation.
It is no more painful than in
cases when the neck is broken. In fact,
men who have gone through the experience,
and have been revived at the last
moment, described the first sensation as
rather pleasing. My son has experimented
with himself on this subject, and corroborates
this assertion.
? Most of the Republican members opposed
the resolution adopted by the Virginia
legislature in its closing hours on
Tuesday night providing for the appointment
of a committee todraft a memorial to
Congress setting forth the reason why the
General Government should assume the
debt of that State. This scheme is the
one which the Hon. James G. Blaine advocated
so strongly a few years ago. It
was the fear of the connection of Mr.
Blaine's name, even indirectly, with this
proposition that caused, it is said, the Manone
Republicans in the legislature to oppose
the resolution. Mahone and those
voting with him are so bound up in Sherman
they do not propose to do anything
\ which promises even in the most remote
way to boom Mr. Blaine in Virginia.
? Speaking of the Blair educational bill,
a dispatch of Friday to the JVeicx and Coitu
^
rier says: The friends of the Blair bill are
not encouraged by the dilatory methods
employed by the House education committee,
to whom that bill was referred immediately
after its passage by the Senate.
The Senate bill has not yet been referred
to a sub-committee, and the chairman of
the committee, Mr. Candler, of Georgia,
is said to have made the statement openly
that he is opposed to the bill in its present
shape, but he does not intimate that
he is willing to report it to the House with
such amendments as he might suggest.
He knows full well that a majority of the.
House would take the bill and pass it
should he call it up for consideration. It
is understood that he will probably select
a sub-committee next week, with Mr.
urain, 01 rexas, a pruuuunueu u|>puiicui>
of the measure, as chairmaD, to consider
the bill before reporting it to the full committee.
Under such circumstances, it is
doubtful whether the measure will have a
hearing in the House this session.
forfeviUc tfspim.
' YOttKVILLG, V. :
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1888.
THE STATE CONVENTION.
The question of having one or two State
Conventions this year is now a subject
of discussion by the press of the State.
Owing to the early date of the National
Democratic Convention, which will meet
on the 5th of June, it will be.necessary to
select delegates to it in the month of May;
but it is held, and we think correctly, that
May would be too early to make nominations
for State officers. There are many
reasons why the State nominating con
vention should be held at a later date.
The people have not given the subject
thought, aud are not in condition to instruct
their delegates at so early a date,
while they are not in a mood to have the I
State canvass precipitated upon them, to
the detriment of every pursuit, except
office-seeking, nearly six months in advance
of the election.
It is necessary to select delegates to the
National Convention, for which purpose
we favor the holding of a State convention
at Columbia in May, the delegates
then chosen to be instructed to cast their
ballots for the renomination of Cleveland.
After that is done there will be ample
time to cast about for nominations for
State officers, and the people may have
something to say as to how these nominations
shall be made, whether by convention
or by the Democratic plan of a primary
election. We favor the plan of a
primary election from the office of Governor
down to the least important county
office, and agree with the suggestion of the
Abbeville Press and Banner that a plan
should be formulated by which the whole
people may have a voice in the nomination
of their public officers.
Governor Hill Will ' Wait.?An
Albany dispatch of Saturday says: Followers
of Gov. Hill say he will go to the
National Democratic Convention !n St.
Louis, June o, and will lead the New
York delegation there in the interest of
Grover Cleveland, and that he will also
mak$ the nominating speech, after which
Mr. Cleveland is expected to be renominated
unanimously. Futhermore, the gossip
goes that at the State Convention for
the selection of National delegates, which
will probably be held in Saratoga about
the middle of May, the following will be
chosen as the four delegates at large:
David B. Hill, Edward Murphy, Jr., of
Troy, Richard Crocker of this city, and
Assemblyman William F. Sheehan of Buf
laio. Also tnai unaer no ci re ums unices
will Dayid B. Hill accept a renomination
for Governor, but when his term expires,
December 31 next, he will retire to Elmira,
where he will resume the practice of
law. During the next four years he will
quietly "lay pipes" and carefully groom
nimself'fora Presidential nomination in
1892.
But friends of President Cleveland and
hisadministration thinkand talk differently.
They concede that Hill will go to the
national convention as a delegate at large,
and that he may make the nominating
speech in Cleveland's behalf. They also
admit that Edward Murphy Jr., of Troy,
the Chairman of the State Committee,
may also be selected as a delegate at large
in consideration of his position. But
Cleveland's friends in the County Democracy
smile derisively when the name of
Crocker and Sheehan are mentioned, and
stoutly assert Daniel Lockwood of Erie
and ex-Mayor Edward Cooper of this city,
will makeup the complement of delegates
at large.
Death of Col. Cash.?Col. E. B. C.
Cash died at his home in Chesterfield
county, last Saturday morning. The disease
that terminated his life was apoplexy.
Col. Cash was a prominent planter and
once a politician in his native county of
Chesterfield. He once owned a very large
estate, ranging ten miles along the Pee
Dee river. He owned GOO slaves before
the war. He led in the war a regiment of
1,000 st-ong, one of the largest regiments
from the State. After the war he continued
to plant, though not as successfully as
before. In 1880 Col. Cash was challenged
by Col. \Vm. Shannon, of Camden, whom
he met on the "field of honor." Shannon
was killed. The duel became famous and
from it sprang the agitation, resulting in
the passage of the anti-dueling law in this
State. In 1882 Col. Cash was a candidate
for Congress in the Fifth Congressional
district in opposition to J. J. Hemphill,
of Chester, who was elected. It will be
remembered that Cash's son, Bogan, was
killed by a sheriff's posse two years ago,
while resisting arrest on the charge of the
murder of the town marshal of Cheraw.
Col. Cash was buried on Sunday evening
in a plat of ground near his late residence,
where his wife and son, Bogan, lie
at rest. The only ceremony at the grave
was the reading of Pope's "Universal
Prayer," by Gen. W. L. T. Prince, which
was in accordance with Col. Cash's request.
China's Disasters.?The Hong Kong
Mail, copies of which were received at
San Francisco by last Friday night's China
steamer, gives a description of the earthquake
in the province of Yunnan, December
15, and is indicative of frightful mortality.
The Mail says: In the interior department
of ChingChauthe disturbances
were extremely?violent, being continued
at irregular intervals for four days, when
they ceased entirely. The departmental
city is said to have been reduced to a mass
of ruins, scarcely a house escaping damage,
and over five thousand persons are reported
to have been killed by falling buildings.
Many of them were buried under
the ruins, while the number of injured is
too large for computation. At Lo Chan,
-? Unn K/von / <-* lion/1
J U l/IIUeil, it MI Uimi^c linn uucu uiuo^u
in the country, large tracts of hind being
swallowed up and the surface changed into
a lake. At Lo Chan more than ten thousand
persons are said to have perished.
The same vessel brings advice that the
imperial commander who was appointed
to investigate the loss of life in the Yellow
river inundations, sends an official report
to the emperor of China that the total
number of persons drowned is over one
hundred thousand, and the number of destitute
is one million eight hundred thousand,
apart from those who have been
driven into other districts.
? The pension board in Columbia have
received up to this time 544 applications,
which will consume $32,640 of the $50,000
granted by the Legislature.
PRIMARY ELECTION OF STATE OFFICERS. 1
[Abbeville Press and Banner.]
Let the State Executive Committee and
the State Convention of representatives of
the Democratic party in this State formulate
and submit to the people a plan for j
electing all State officers by the primary ;
plan. The people of this State are fully !
competent to elect their own officers, and
we do not understand why the convention
should insist on relegating the people to
the rear. Let every candidate have a fair
showing and let every voter vote for the
man of his choice. This is the only fair
way to do.
[Camden Journal.]
For some time past the question has
been discussed throughout our State as to
whether or not our Democratic State ticket
should be nominated this year by the
primary election plan or by the old convention
plan, which nearly always results
in the politicians and "ring" men capturing
the convention and putting their ticket
in the field.
The primary election plan for nominating
State officers, county officials and congressmen,
has been practiced for a long
time in our sister States of North Carolina,
Georgia, Tennessee and others, and it
works so well that the whole people are
pleased with it. This being the case, why
cannot South Carolina adopt the same
plan? It is true that the politicians and
"ring" will object to it, because they will
not have the same opportunity to carry
out their schemes. They cannot handle
the whole people like they would a few
delegates. Each voter then has the chance
of ^ free man?to speak for himself, and
not have to delegate that power to some
other man who may do directly opposite
to what his constituents intended and instructed
him to. do. We know that this
has been done.
Again, May is too early for the State
ticket to be nominated. The people want
a little more time to think over the names
that may be placed before them; and
there are many other matters of great importance
that should be weighed and considered
well before action is taken upon
them.
For our part, we are out and out opposed
to nominating the State ticket in May,
and we are also out and out opposed to
the ticket being nominated by the old
convention plan. Every Democrat should
have the opportunity to express his choice
by his. individual vote, and then he is
w'lling that the man who receives the
greatest number of the votes polled for the
office he is seeking should be the nominee
of the Democratic party for that office, and
all good Democrats will unite in supporting
that man in the general election. We
trust that the men of Kershaw will give
this matter due consideration, and when
they elect delegates to the State Convention
let them send men who will advocate
and vote for the primary election plan of
nominating a State ticket.
# ? ?
I For the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE BIBLE CAUSE.
Editor of-the Enquirer: Permit
me, through your columns, to call attention
to a matter which ought to be one of
deep interest to every Christian, and indeed,
to every friend of a Christian civilization.
As most of your readers are aware, there
has been in existence since 181G, a society
known as the "American Bible Society,"
whose aim it is "to secure the widest possible
circulation of the Holy Scriptures in
this and other lands;" and in furtherance
of thisaim, it has sent forth upwards of
forty-six millions of Bibles and parts
thereof.
Some years ago there was in this county
a society known as "The York County
Bible Society," but for some reason it became
disorganized. Incredible as it may
seem to most of your readers, there are
quite a number of families in our county
without a copy of the Scriptures. During
the past week application has been made
to the writer in behalf of three families of
whites, in this county, that were destitute
of the word of God, and many similar instances
might be mentioned.
At the suggestion of Rev. T. H. Law,
the efficient district superintendent of the
American Bible Society for North Carolina
and South Carolina, a meeting will be
held in the-Presbyterian church in this
place, on Saturday next, at 3 P. M., for
the purpose of reorganizing "the York
County Bible Society." The object of this
society will be, in brief, to supply the destitute
in our own county, to establish one
or more depositaries, where Bibles can be
bought at the very lowest prices, and to
aid the American Bible Society in the
work of supplying the less favored portions
of the land.
The friends of the Bible cause throughout
the county, of every denomination,
are most cordially invited to be present
and take part in this meeting.
In'the interest of this cause, there will
also be held a mass-meeting of the congregations
of the town in the Presbyterian
church, on Sabbath next, at 7.30 P. M.
This meeting will be addressed by Rev.
T. H. Law, and judging from the accounts
of meetings held by him in other places,
it will be an occasion of much interest.
Let the Christians of York county show
by their works their estimate of the value
of the Word of God. T. R. English.
Correspondence of the forkvllle Enquirer.
NOTES FROM LANCASTER COUNTY.
Craigsvjlle, March 10.?News is as
scarce here asgreen leaves in winter. The
weather has been so bad that people have
not been able to visit and gossip. Scarcely
any work has been done on the farms.
Everybody one meets talks as if there were
half a dozen frogs in his throat, and declares
that he has the worst cold of his
life?in this matter the last is always the
worst.
This section of country is mainly inhabited
by mules and freedinen ;and the combination
is all that could be expected in
its grand results. Whether they will organize
a "trust," in spite of Congressional
frowns, is somewhat doubtful; each is too
set in his way to form an alliance, though
they get along well together when each
has the privilege of asserting his own peculiar
rights.
The papers say that Congress (the House)
will not pass the Blair bill, which is a peculiar
kind of "trust." This step toward
centralization and unsurpation certainly
deserves to be nipped in the bud. It is dangerous
to our form of government, and is
an indirect method of keeping up the tariff.
If Uncle Sam has more money than
he needs for expenses, let him pay some
of his'debts or remit taxes that are felt
equally by all the people. If friends of the
Blair bill and other measures of like import
desire to change our form of government,
let them boldly assert the fact and
inaugurate measures to that end ; but they
are not boldly honest enough to advocate
such; even Alexander Hamilton, that uncompromising
federalist and aristocrat,
did not dare to advocate his private desires
and opinions before the masses, nor
has any of his disciples.
While we have a written rule of government
in our Constitution, let us live by
it; when we wish to do otherwise, let us
use proper endeavor to change that written
rule?not to break it. But may the
time be far distant when such a change
shall come!
I saw a gay combination the other day.
A deaf and dumb negro was plowing a
blind mule. They got along very well
because the negro was unable to waste his
time in conversation, and the mule's attention
was confined to his business. The
occasion would have been appreciated by a
moralist or a philosopher. Waxiiaw.
More of the Mintz Marriage.?The
Chester correspondent of the Columbia
Register, under date ot last Friday, gives
the following statement made to him by
I)r. Atkinson, who married Miss Little a
few days subsequent to her alleged marriage
to Mr. Mintz:
"Meeting on yesterday Dr. D. C. Atkinson,
of this place, whose marriage with
Miss Little, of Gaffney City, has occasioned
so much comment in the newspapers,
I asked him some questions concerning
the reports in circulation. He informed
me that he has sufficient evidence to satisfy
him that the report of the previous
marriage of his wife with Mintz is en- :
tirely false. He stated that he had come
to this conclusion after making an earnest
effort to find out the truth of this report.
He has affidavits, he further states, tha
will prove that his wife was at her sister'
house at the time she is reported to hav
married Mintz. The statement is true
he said, that his wife took a ride witl
Mintz the same day she is reported to hav
married him, but the statement is als<
true, and can be substantiated beyond i
question, that his wife left Mintz whei
the buggy passed her sister's house, am
spent the night there. Dr. Atkinson als<
stated that the preacher who has announc
ed that he performed the marriage cere
mony has made several contradictory state
ments in egard to the marriage, and i
consequently unworthy of belief. In hi
opinion the preacher could not declar
with any positiveness as to the persons h
married, as it is admitted the ceremon;
was performed in the dark in the publi
road and while the parties were in :
buggy."
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
T? Over fifty applications have been mad
for pensions in Fairfield county.
? The Baptists of Anderson have decidei
to raise $6,000 for their new church build
ing, payable in installments by the 1st o
May, 1889.
A 4- IKfl aP ronnnf form r
XXV liic upciliu^ U1 UIC A v Witu XJ
Edgefield court, Judge Itershaw denounc
ed in severe terms the carrying of con
cealed weapons and the selling of unli
censed whisky.
? The annual meeting of the South Care
lina Sunday-school Convention, of whicl
Rev. R. S. Morgan, of Greenville, is pres
ident, will be held in Spartanburg on th
27th instafff^njd continue to the 30th, in
elusive. * *
? Abraham Stanley, a white mau livinj
in Barnwell county, was found dead ii
his house last week with a bullet hoi
through his head. The verdict of th
coroner's, jury was that he died by hi
own act.
? A verdict of not guilty was rendered
Thursday, at Varnville, Hampton county
in the case of the State against W. J
Williams, for the murder of George Ihle;
in November last. The case has excitei
the greatest interest in that section.
? Hon. C. G. Memminger, the first Sec
retary of the Treasury under the Confed
erate Provisional Government, died ii
Charleston last Wednesday night, aged 8
years. His remains were taken to Fla
Rock, N. C., the location of his sumrae
home, for burial.
? Mr. James Snipes, of Laucaster, ha
been suffering for some time with a sarco
ma on his leg. It grew to the size of :
man's head and destroyed all the muscle
of the lprr. As a final resort to save hi
life, his leg has been amputated. H
stood the operation well and is improvinj
every day.
? Says the Winnsboro News: The Na
tional Convention meets on June 5, whicl
will necessitate the holding of the Stab
Convention some time in May to elec
delegates. This time would be rathe
early to nominate State officers, so it i
probable that two conventions will haw
to be held.
? The grand jury of Charleston recom
mends the establishment of a chain gani
to work on the county roads, the establish
ment of a whipping post for the punish
mentof vagrants, wife beaters and othe
petty offenders, and the establishment of i
county criminal court for the trial of pett;
offenders.
? The Republican Executive Committer
met in Columbia on Tuesday last week ti
map out a plan for the forthcoming elec
tion. They decided to hold a conventioi
in Columbia on May 1. They say they di
not intend to make a contest for State offi
ces, but will direct all their efforts to thi
Presidential and Congressional contests.
? Winnsboro Nexcs: It has been suggest
ed by an exchange that the convicts in th<
penitentiary be employed to work thi
roads in the State. The suggestion seem
L ? fPV* a nwAoonf nlo n A
iu uu h guuu uljci jl iic picauuu piuu u
calling out the people to work the roads i
very unsatisfactory if one may judge
the concfitiort-'of the roads in the State, am
if any feasible plan of improving them bj
convict labor isdevised, we think it shoulc
be adopted.
? Isaac Salmond, a colored boy, was re
cently arrrested near Camden for attempt
ing to steal some money from a whit<
lady. When he was about to be taken t<
jail he proposed that his captors whij
him and let him go. His proposition wa:
accepted, and one hundred and one lashei
were laid on his back in good style. Whet
the whipping was finished he touched hi:
hat to his captors and left for parts un
known.
? Winnsboro was visited by another de
structive fire Thursday night in the de
sfruction of the handsome residence of W
H. Flenniken,onthe outskirtsof the town
The fire originated in the kitchen, whicl
adjoined the dwelling, and had made sue!
headway before being discovered that i
was impossible to save the dwelling. Tht
firemen worked bravely and succeeded it
saving most of the furniture, butin a mor<
or less damaged condition. The dwelling
was insured for $2,000, and the furnitun
for $800. The loss will be about $1,00(
more than the total insurance.
? Says the Columbia correspondent of th(
Neivs and Courier: Sheriff Drafts, of Lexington
county, has received a dispatch
from Phil Sheridan, city marshal of Sar
Antonio, Texas, notifying him that he ha:
arrested Cap Williams and asking that h(
be sent for. Williams is the young whit<
man who, on last Christmas day, rode U[
to a store in New Brooklyn, Lexingtor
county, just over the Congaree bridge, anc'
shot and killed a young colored man
Governor Bichardson will send a requisi
sition for him to the Governor of Texas
? The Rev. Solomon Porter Hood, col
ored, from Pennsylvania, principal of th(
Beaufort Normal and Industrial Academy
was tried and convicted by the Presbyterj
of the Atlantic of adultery and carrying
on immoral correspondence with the sisters
of his church. He has been suspend
ed from the ministry for one year. H<
has been the almoner of large sums ol
money collected North for the benefit o
the freedmen, and has had the handling o
the donations from the Slater fund. He
leaves for more congenial climes in a few
days, leaving a number of sad creditor!
behind him.
? A Beaufort dispatch to the Charlestor
World says : Kobert Gadsden, who is represented
as1 a-desperate character, was accidentally
shot on Sunday morning between
Beaufort and Port lioyal, by Constable
L. D. Bryant, while resisting the
constable who was bringing him to jail,
Bryant came here and delivered himsell
up to the sheriff, and is now in jail. Gads
den died an hour after being shot. Gadsden
violently assaulted and beat the
constable* over the head with a piece ol
iron in a fearful manner, and during the
scuffle the pistol was exploded. Both the
parties are colored.
? An incident which occurred in the
Edgefield sessions court last week, during
the progress of a murder trial, occasioned
some amusement at the time. A juroi
who was called and presented to the prisoners,
when asked if he had any prejudice
against them, replied "No," and in answer
to the question as to whether he had expressed
an opinion which would disqualify
him from sitting on the case, again replied
"No," that he had only made a little remark.
He was asked what the remark
was, and stated that he had only said that
"'Unln sl.imvi nrniiTrl onnrht to hp
IIIC VV1IUIC UaUJU K.A.VfVVVA UU^liv ex/ vv
hung." It is unnecessary to say that he
was excused from serving on the case.
? The case of the city council of Anderson
vs. John O'Donnell, for selling whisky
without license, came up during the term
of court which closed at Anderson last
week. O'Donnell had been convicted before
the mayor and fined, and afterwards
appealed to the whole council, who supported
the decision. O'Donnell then appealed
to the circuit court, one ground ol
appeal being that the trial before the mayor
and the subsequent hearing before the
whole council were illegal, the statute
under which they were had being unconstitutional.
O'Donnell was represented
by Major E. 13. Murray, who introduced
the amendment to the Anderson city charter
giving the city council the right to try
and pass upon these case3, and who now
argued that the amendment was unconstitutional.
The circuit court decided in
favor of the city council, sustaining the
legality of the original trial.
11 LOCAL AFFAIRS.
s . 1
e , NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
L. A. Johnson, School Commissioner?Examih
nation of Teachers,
e J. F. Ashe, Administrator of the estate of Dr.
0 W. G. Campbell, deceased?Notice to
? debtors and creditors.
R. D. McKnight, Administrator of the estate of
J. J. Kirkpatrick, deceased?Notice to !
3 debtors and creditors,
o W. Brown Wylie?Candidate for the office of
Clerk of the Court of York county,
i- M. Strauss?New Goods! New Goods! I
Geo. T. Schorb?On Exhibition.
Lowry <fc Starr?F. W. Devoetfc Co.'s Paints.
H. F. Adickes?See Hero, Mr. Buyer.
3 T. M. Dobson <fc Son?New Clothing! New
6 Clothing.
e Withers Adickes?Some Seasonable Goods,
p John C. Kuykendal?Sounds fiom the Mortar.
c C. G. Parish & Co?A New Firm.
? Jos. F.Wallace, Clerk?Reference in conection
with the estate of Capt. Miles Wallace,
deceased.
J. W. Dobson?Sole, Upper and Harness
Leather?Log and Fifth Chains, A*o.
e NEW FIRM.
^ By announcement of Mr. C. G. Parish, it will
_ be seen tbat be bas taKen Air. u. u. jvicneei as
^ a partner in his mercantile business. Mr. McNeel
was for many years a successful merchant
at Bullock's ('reek, in this county, anil we are
pleased to record the fact that ho has identified
himself with the business interests of York_
ville.
FORT MILL'S SECOND FACTORY.
'* The second cotton factory to be built at Fort
h Mill will be known as the "Catawba Cotton
Factory." A sufficient amount of stock have
ing been subscribed, the stock holders organized
last Thursday by the election of the following
officers : Directors: A. R. Banks, Dr. J.
? E. Massey, J. C. Jones, W. II. Stewart, B. D.
3 Springs, R. A. Fulp, Capt. S. E. White, J. W.
e Ardrey, J. M. Spratt. Capt. S. E. White was
e elected president, J. W. Ardrey vice-presidentj
s and J. M. Spratt socretary and treasurer.
|, PERSONAL MENTION.
r, Mr. W. I. Witherspoon has returned hom<
. from Baltimore, having just graduated froir
y the Maryland College of Pharmacy in that city.
3 Mr. \V. C. Latimer left for the northern mar-,
kets last Monday, to make his spring pur-.l
chases. His mantua maker, Miss Kate Rus-j
- sell, is also visiting the northern cities for thoj
n niirnr.oo of nomiitintmcr herself with the new]
-- , - r,
0 styles. J
t Mr. John A. Xeely, son of Treasurer Neoj
r ly, left here last Monday for Altanta, where hj
expects to become a pupil in Moore's bus?S
ness eollcgo.
a OUR PREMIUM OFFERS.
S Monday last was the day appointed for cl&S
sing the competition for the premiums offered
e by us for the largest clubs. The three largest
a club-makers wero Mrs. Walter II. Moore, who
obtained 130 names; Mr. W. 0. Glover, 111;
- Mr. J. X. Roberts, 108. In addition to ttye
1 above there were twenty-four other clubs range
ing in numbers from five to thirty-five namei
^ though it is due to several of these club-makers *
r to say that they were not in competition for the
s principal premiums. These premiums will be
e deliveredas follows: Set of furniture to Mrs.
W. H. Moore; buggy to Mr. W. O. Glover;
- breech-loading shot gun to Mr. J. X. Roberts.
! CHURCH CENTENNIAL.
The Fort Mill Presbyterian church will celer
brate its centennial, with appropriate services,
a on Sunday next, the 18th instant. Preaching
/ will commeace on Friday night, by Rev. B. P.
Ffeid, of Bethesda. There will also be preache
ing on Saturday morning and Saturday night.
3 The centennial sermon, giving a history of
- Old Unity (now Fort Mill church) will be
3 preached by Rev. Jas. H. Thornwell, the pas0
tor, at 11 A. M. on Sunday, followed by a sketch
- of each of the preceding pastors and the early
3 officers. The afternoon services will consist of
a history of the Sunda^ school and addresses
- appropriate to the occasion. There will also be
3 preaching on Sunday night.
1 THE SUMMER ENCAMPMENT.
f Adjutant and Inspector General Bonham has
g issued a general order to all the military comj
panies in the State, requiring those that intend
J to go into camp this summer 10 notify his de7
partment immediately, giving the estimated
1 number of men likely to attend. It is proba- ,
ble that an officer of the regular army will be
- in camp, in which case all commands will have
- an excellent opportunity of gaining a knowl
3 edge of skirmish drill, battalion movements,
) guard mounting and camp life generally, and
) as the time will be short, most of it will be de- ,
3 voted to those duties. He, therefore, urges the
3 various commands to commence and carry on
1 skirmish drill at all times practicable, for which ,
3 purpose a limited supply of blank cartridges
" will be supplied on application.
church" notices.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel,
Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and
| 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M.
j Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor,
i Services next Sunday atll A. M. and7.30 P. M.
t Rev. T. H. Law will conduct the morning serj
vice. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meet- ,
l ing to-morrow eyening at 4 o'clock.
3 Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. :
f C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at
3 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M.
) Baptist?Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer- ,
meeting this evening at 7.30.
3 Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rec- *
tor. Morning service, with the holy aommui
nion, at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3.30 P.
1 M. Evening service at 4.30 o'clock.
3 .
3 PRISONERS IN JAIL. (
3 There are now in the jail at this place twentr '
) prisoners awaiting trial at the approaching
1 term of the sessions court. ' All are colored,
' and their names and the offenses with which J
they are charged are as follows:
Rufus Hope, Duff Cooper, Isaac Stowe, An- ]
drew Mcllwaine, John Byers, James Miller, .
" Stephen Kennion, "Win. Haney, burglary;
Giles Jeffreys, stealing cotton from field ; J
? James Jackson, James Hix, assault and battery j
7 with intent to kill; Daniel White, larceny; ]
> Win. Jackson, Charles Wright, larceny of live .
stock; James Stowe, burglary and arson ; Tom k
Patrick, house-breaking ; Jack Stewart, carry- |
f ing concealed pistol; George Henry Lowry, *
f (trial continued from last term) arson ; George ]
j- Guntharp and John Phillips, murder. These }
? two are charged with the murder of Jim Beam, *
r colored, on the premises of L, B. Sherer, last r
j November, and as State's witnesses in the case, j
John Kilgo, Henry Green, Ed. Alexanderand 1
x Anna Ricket are held in jail for their appear- }
ance at the trial. ^
THE BIBLE CAUSE. i
Attention is directed to the communication J
, of Rev. T. R. Kng'!sh, in another column, on
the subject of reorganizing the York County
f Bible Society. Previous to the war tho York
County Bible Society was one of the most efll.
cient auxiliaries in our midst for spreading the
i word of Cod, and we can see no reason why S
f it should not be reorganized and again be made s
! an instrument of usefulness. As will be seen, g
! it is proposed to hold a meeting for this pur- g
pose in tho Presbyterian church on Saturday
! next at 3 P. M., and at 7.30 P. M. on Sunday, a
f mass-meeting of the congregations of the town
1 will be held in the Presbyterian church, on a
' which occasion Rev. T. II. Law, superintendent V
of the American Bible Society for North c
! and South Carolina, will deliver an address.
A full attendance of communicants of all de- S
' nominations, and all others interested in the 0
I work of disseminating tho Bible, is requested, t
RAILROAD EARNINGS FOR JANUARY, t
The Railroad Commissioners have issued j
'< their tabulated statement of tho earnings of the
railroads of the Stato for tho month of Janu- t
! ary of the present year, as compared with the (
I earnings for the same month last year. a
For the first time in six years, tho statement C
shows an increase for every road included. C
Tho gross increase of twenty-two old roads and ^
one new one included in the statement, amounts a
' to ?112,383,08, which is the net increase as well, a
1 there being no entry in the column devoted to
"decrease." 9
The South Carolina Railway heads the list ^
with the largest increase, ?29,444.80, 80 per | ~
cent. The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta !
comes next with 812,904.80, while the Colum- ^
bia and (treonville* has ?10,042.05, and the Atlanta
and Charlotte Air Lino has to its credit ^
an increase of 89,015.57, the Ashevilleand Spartanburg?5,184.20.
The Chester and Lenoir reports
?8,107.51 against ?5,872.56, January, 1887. ^
The per cent, of increase of the roads of the j
Richmond and Danyille system is ?19.49 for (
the month. The Wilmington, Columbia and r
i Augusta shows an increase of ?5,402.40, nearly s
8 per cent. Tho Spartanburg, Union and Co
Lumbia, though its increase is but 82,990.81,
this shows 51.03 per cent. The Port Royal and l
Western Carolina shows ?5,058.60, the Port
Royal and Augusta $8,920.59, and the Laurens
Railroad $447.48 which was 25.34. 1
The total passenger earnings for the month, , j
as compared with January last year, were: '
1887, $177,174.44 ; 18SS% $191,303.65 ; increase , 1
?13,214.42. ;
The total freight earnings compared for same ;
periods were: January, 1887, $350,350.06; 18S8, I
$448,480.03; increase, ?91,032.57. j ,
RAILROAD NOTES. j I
Col. Matson, chief engineer, Mr. J. D. Rip- j :
ley and Mr. James Smith, of the firm of Smith, i
Ripley <fc Co., the principal contractors for the j
construction of the work between Camden and .
Black's, were in town yesterday. Messrs.
Ripley <fc Smith are on a tour of inspection of
the work.
Several new coaches and cars have recently
been added to the rolling stock of the road.
The coaches are said to be the finest on any
southern road.
Although the trestles built bv Cant. Lewis,
who has the contract for that work between
Rock Hill and Black's, wore built according to
the engineer's specifications, it is now found
that the "guard-rails" are not sufficiently wide
apart to admit the passage of the heavy locomotives
to be used on the road, and ho has
been instructed to take them up and replace
them the required distance apart.
The Johnson City, Tenn., Comet makes satisfactory
report of the progress of the various
engineering corps operating in Kentucky and
Tennessee. It is contemplated to locate the
entire line by the 1st of June.
THE TOWN ELECTION.
The municipal election for the town of Yorkville
took place last Thursday. There were
two tickets in nomination, though the contest
created no excitement, and the day passed off
quietly. The respective tickets were as follows
:
For Intendant?A. Y. Cartwright; for Wardens?John
J. Hunter, W. M. Kennedy, Withers
Adickes, J. B. Pegram.
For Intendant?G. W. S. Hart; for Wardens?John
J. Hunter, J. Ed. Jefferys, Samuel
L. Miller, Walter B. Moore.
The total vote cast was 193, with the following
resuit :
G. W. S. Hart, 121 '
John J. Hunter, 193 '
J. Ed. Jefferys, 142
Walter B. Moore 122
S. L. Miller, 112
A. Y. Cartwright, 72
W. M. Kennedy, 71)
Withers Adickes, 59
J. B. Pegrajn, 57
J. F. Hyndman, 4
The majority was in favor of the ticket headed
by Mr. Hart. On Friday the old officers
retired, and the new council was organized.
"vtt- t TVi inrt'opvo u-a? socretnrv and
treasurer; and by vote of the council Mr. R.
E. O'Farrell was continued as town marshal for
one month from the 9th instant.
V STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
A circular from H. K. Baker, secretary, gives
notice that a special meeting of the stockholders
of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad will be held at the Grand Central
Hotel, Columbia, on Tuesday the 20th instant,
at 10 o'clock A. M., to transact the following
business:
1. To consider the subject of merging the
Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia Railway Company
into the Charleston, Cincinnati ana Chicago
Railroad Company, by a consolidation with the
said company, or by a purchase of the stock
and bonds of said company.
2. To consider and act upon certain modifications
of the mortgage of the Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago Railroad Company.
3. To take action upon the acceptance of the
Acts passed at the last session of the Legislatures
of South Carolina. Virginia and Kentucky
in the interest of the construction of the
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
in and through said States.
4. To ratify and confirm the action of the directors
in authorizing public issues of the bonds
of this company, and the receipt of subscriptions
therefor.
5. To ratify and confirm any action heretofore
taken or which may hereafter be taken by
the Massachusetts and Southern Construction
Company, in connection with a sale of the first
mortgage bonds of this railroad company.
(i. To fill any vacancies which may exist in
the board of directors.
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
The Spring term of the circuit court for
York county, his Honor Judge Witherspoon
to preside, will convene on Monday, the 2nd
day of next month. On yesterday the follow
^~ iiiKAKa wnva ^Mivn in nnn
iil& ^lUUU iXLlU. JJCUIU JUIUiO 1IV1V ... v w mm
formity to the statute. The grand jurors will
3erve for the year 1888, and the petit jurors for
the first week of the term :
GRAND JURORS.
Lewis Bolin, Jr., Broad Riven-J.
A. Withers, Fort Mill."
M. A.Hoke, Fort Mill.J.
T.Summerford, Broad River*-J.
Palmer Moore, Bethesda*-R.
J. Hagins, Catawba.
J. A. Patrick, Bullock's Creek.L.
L. Smith, .- Broad River,-Kirk
Shannon, Fort Mill.-.
J. Wilson Marshall, Fort Mill.. .
John L. Martin Broad River.-S.
M. Fewell, Ebenezer-,.
W. P. Crook, Catawba...
L. J. Massey, Fort Mill.-.
John Funk, Catawba*-J.
M. Seagle, Ebenezer*.,
J. W. Betts Catawba.- J.
K. C'arothers, Fort Mill. - PETIT
JURORS.
B. Currence, Bethel.
H. J. Shorer, Bullock's Creek.
A.. W. Osborne, Bullock's Creek.
W. T. Alderson, Fort Mill.
0. L. Sanders, Bethesda.
W.J.Stewart,... Fort Mill.
R. W. Hamilton Bullock's Creek. (
J. Edgar Poag, Catawba.
J. W. Westbrooks, Catawba.
0. S. Romedy, Catawba. 1
Wm. M. Gold, Cherokee.
M. V. Darwin, Broad River.
J. A. Kidd, Bethesda. |
Thomas G. Mickle, Bullock's Creek.
Bowman Merritt, Fort Mill. .
J. G. Sadler, Catawba. .
R.C.Moore, Bethesda. I
Edward Owen, Broad River.
A. W. Hicklin, Catawba.
Sampson Garrett, colored, Cherokee, i
L W. Quinn, Broad River. 1
F. D. Clark York.
r. T. Latham, Bullock's Creek. (
EI. W. Hope, York.
P. R. Currence, Bethel. 1
Tohn G. Steele, Catawba, s
T. W. Barnett, Betbel.
T. J. Seward, Catawba. <
ft. H. Mitchell Cherokee, j
Y. R. Davies, Cherokee.
Slijah Nix, Bullock's Creek.
T. N. Sturgis Catawba.
Yilliam Borders, Cherokee. J
Y. A.Latham, Bullock's Creek. '
Y. J. Stephenson, York. (
j. C. Neel King's Mountain, j
Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enqnlrer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. \
Rock Hill, March 12.?The first in- 1
tallment on the capital stock of the Stand- ]
ird cotton factory was called for to-day, (
md the subscribers are coming forward
ind paying up. A committee has been i
ippointed to select a site for the building, t
Several candidates who are announced, |
ind others who will be, for county offices, *
vere in town last week shaking the hands r
if the voters. 1
Mr. J. M. Williford presented me with .
ome Irish potatoes grown this year. He
.lso brought a plant along to show that
he tubers were of this year's growth. _
Fhey were grown in his cellar, and he "
hinks of converting it into a potato
>atch.
Miss Emma lloach, who has charge of
he primary school at this place, visited 1
Columbia last week for the purpose of ex- ?
mining the graded school system in that
ity. She will no doubt be selected as one j.
if the teachers in the new graded school i
lere. She takes considerable interest in S
11 matters of education, and certainly has S
, decided talent for teaching.
A number of ladies and gentlemen of
ur place enjoyed a most delightful even- ~
ng at the Carolina Hotel, Friday. The
ill of fare for the supper served on the .
ccasiou contained all that one could wish.
Our citizens are now enjoying fiue shad,
irought on by express from Savannah.
Mr. J. B. Heath, owner of a livery sta- 1
ile at this place, had a valuable horse to f
lie last week. 1
A large number of our citizens daily s
'isit the scene of the work that is now be- ^
ng done in this place on the line of the J
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Kail- i
oad, and all are convinced that we will
oon have the new railroad in Rock Hill.
Hal. i
The Cotton Crop.?The monthly summary
of the agricultural bureau, issued at
Washington last Saturday, says:
The report of the cotton marketed was
completed for eight States a month ago,
but deferred for the returns from- the Carolinas
and Texas. The apparent proportions
forwarded from plantations on the
1st of February were as follows: Virginia,
90 per cent.; North Carolina, 94; South
Carolina, 93; Georgia, 94; Florida, 87;
Alabama, 92; Mississippi, 90; Louisiana,
39; Texas, 94; Arkansas, 90; Tennessee,
39; Missouri and Indian Territory, 92.
The general average is 92 per cent. This
indicates an increase of 3 or 4 per cent, on
the aggregate of county estimates of the
1st of October, although the February returns
of the estimated product compared
with that of 188G were nearly identical
with the November returns. This furnishes
a further illustration of the local
tendency to under estimate production.
It was suggested in the November report
that it might be assumed that deeprooted
and earlv and well developed plants
would produce better than six'per cent,
in their apparent loss of condition, and
that if the outcome should surpass this first
estimate the excess might be due to this
cause. This view was correct. An allowance
for the depressing of this in local
returns, so stoutly opposed by speculators,
is again proved to be necessary.
The quality of the fibre is superior, the
condition clean and the yield of lint a little
above 32 per cent. The value of the seed
averages 16 cents per pushel on the Atlantic
coast, 15 cents in Mississippi, 14 cents
in Tennessee, 13 cents in Louisiana and
14 cents in Texas.
The average close of picking is as follows:
North Carolina, December 10; South
Carolina, December 8; Georgia, November
29; Florida, December 4; Alabama,
November 24; Mississippi, December 2;
Louisiana, December 13; Texas, November
30 ; Arkansas, November 26; Tennessee,
November 27. The date was later than
last year on the Atlantic coast, Georgia
excepted, and earlier in the more Western
States.
MEKE-M*ENTI0X]
A petition containing 102,000 signatures
was presented last week to the United
ouiura ocuttic ngaiusi inc auujisaimi ui
Utah as a State. Business failures occurring
throughout the country during
last week number for the United States
195; Canada 58, making a total of 253
against 244 the preceding week. Macey
Warner was hanged at Jefferson ville,
Ky., last Friday, for the murder of Frank
Harris, a fellow convict in the Jeffersonville
prison. A check for $7,500 from
the government at Washington has been
sent for the support of the agricultural experiment
stations in South Carolina. A
severe shock of earthquake was felt at
Pasadena, California, last Thursday morning.
Brick buildings were shaken, but no
damage was done. The House of Representatives
has agreed to a resolution appropriating
$10,000 for the purpose of purchasing
the swords presented to General
Shields by the States of South Carolina and
Illinois. A man named Kimball shot
the cashier of the National Bank at Bradford,
Pa., escaped with some money he
grabbed, shot one of his pursuers and
finally shot himself dead when pressed *
too closely. Last Thursday afternoon
at Tunnell Hill, Qa., Mrs. Eliza Anderson,
a widow, was" assaulted by a negro
named William Thomas, who tied to the
woods. A company of regulators pursued
and captured him. He was identified
by Mrs. Anderson and then hanged to the
nearest tree. The Virginia Democratic
State committee has fixed upon Norfolk
as the place, and May 16th as the day for
holding the State convention to select
delegates to the National Democratic Convention.
Last year $635,000 were
spent for public instruction in North Carolina.
The report of the superintendent of
education shows that thirty-six per cent, of
this amount went to colored schools.
Serious Railroad Accident.?Early
Monday morning, the first of the construc:~
\\T r? I
uuu UU1U3, iu uuaigo ui yy xj% jj%*aa} cu- ,
gineer, on the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago Railroad, going up to the work
from Camden, ran into two empty flat
cars standing on the main line about seven
miles from Camden. Some of the cars
were badly broken up. The engine was
overturned down a fifteen-foot embankment.
Engineer Fell was taken out of
the cab badly scalded soon after the accident.
The fireman, Dave Duncan, jumped
and was not scalded, but received several
wounds on the head. The chances are
against his recovery. Jerry Crosby was
extricated from the engine badly scalded.
He is alive, but will hardly live long.
The only other man on the train, Bob
Doby, jumped and was not hurt. The
wounded men were taken immediately to
Camden for treatment. Engineer Fell
died at 12.30. His home was in Columbia,
where his body was taken for burial. He
Teaves a wife and little son, who were with
him when he died.
It seems that on Saturday night Mr. ?
Fell, returning to Camden, lost two cars,
which became detached from his train,
and which fact he did not discover. Returning
early Monday morning, still unaware
that two cars were on the track in
front of him, he rushed on them with the
disastrous and unfortunate results above
stated. Mr. Fell was in the employment
of Taylor & Elmer, the track-layers.
Who Are Entitled to Pensions.?
In reply to the subjoined questions the
Comptroller-General answers as follows in
response to the inquiry made by the clerk
of Charleston county. The information
will be of interest generally:
1st. Are only wounded soldiers allowed
pensions? Yes.
2d. Are the widows of men who died
after the war from exposure and disease
incurred in the war entitled to a pension
No.
3rd. Are old and enfeebled men who
served in tne war, ana are now unaDie to
work, entitled to pensions? No.
4th. Are soldiers who have moved from
ihis State, yet served in South Carolina
regiments in the war, entitled to a pension?
No.
5th. Shall I go on issuing pensions on
pld blanks according to last instructions
issued me as per circular 14th inst. ? Yes.
Severe Snow Storm.?The severest
snow storm known for years prevailed in
:he Northern States last Suuday and Monlay.
The State of New York is completely
snowed under, and the oldest persons
say they never saw its equal. There
was a heavy gale in New York city, and
severe casualties are reported. A woman
was frozen to death on Sunday night, at
she corner of Broadway and Fulton streets,
popularly supposed to be the busiest four
:orners on the earth.
? At the Broad river bridge, about two
niles from Columbia, last Sunday night,
he colored watchman at the bridge was
prutally murdered, and Mr. Butf, the
teeper of the bridge, was murderously assaulted
by a band, supposed to be bent on
obbery. There is yet no clue to the vilains.
'litarlid iTujiorts.
YORKVILLE, March 14.?Cotton, 9 to 91.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK, March 9.?The following is
he comparative c'ottonstatement for the week
nding March 9, 1888: 1888. 1887.
teceipts at all ports for week... 73,459 72,771
?otal x-eceipts to this date 4,977,449 4,893,522
Exports for the week 88,656 84,899
"otal exports to date 3,579,762 3,620,386.
itock at all U. S. port3 780,010 732,196
itock in interior towns 159,889 105,036
itock at Liverpool 88,300 947,000
itock afloat for Great Britain...138,000 213,000
Special Hofoes.
A Card of Thanks.
The officers and pastor of Bethlehem Presbyfti'inn
Church, desire to return thanks to the
riends who have so generously aided them in
he building of a parsonage. They feel under
pecial obligation to Messrs. F. P. Love, W. E.
IcKnight, Walker Burris, James Lindsay and
oseph Moore & Son, for their important help,
n lumber nails and money.
Very Respectfully,
Allen A. Jones, Pastor.
McConnellsvillo, March 14,1888. 11 It