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and Jfacts. ? A State convention of all the labor organizations of Alabama was in session last week at Montgomery. There were about sixty delegates present, representing;^ many organizations, and seven out of eight congressional districts. ? S. M. Bishop, widely known as "the fattest man in the world," died at Petersburg, Va.,-on Wednesday of intermittent fever. He was 25 years old and weighed 550 pounds. He was borne in Prince George county and has been on exhibition ever since he was an infant. When a mere youth he tipped the beam at 830 pounds. -^Elections are now being held in the counties of Missouri on the question of prohibiting the sale of spirituous liquors. So fer elections have been held in 81 counties and 20 cities; 29 counties have voted "wet" and 51 "dry," 1 not reported. Of the 20 towns 18 have voted "ary" and 7 "wet. ' Elections will be held in April in seven more counties. , ? John T. King died at Augusta, Ga., "jdn the 19th instant, aged eighty-nine years. He was at one time United States Senator from Georgia, but on account of a speech against vanrmren'saamiuisirunuu was forced to resign. For forty years he was President of the Georgia Railroad. HO was the oldest ex-Senator in the Union. ?John G. Priest, of St. Louis, has received a letter from Mr. T. O. Prince, of Boston, Secretary of the National Democratic Committee, in which it is stated that a sub-committee of the National Commit. tee has been appointed by Chairman Barnum to come to St. Louis to arrange, in coqjunction with the local committees, for holding the Democratic National Con> vention in that city early in June. ? The more intelligent people of Bote : tourt county, Va., are greatly agitated over -.the work of Mormon missionaries. The Mormons have become so bold that they have warned the people that any steps taken to force them from the country will be met by armed force, and they have sworn war on all opposition by both fire and sword. Persons living in the sections infested are greatly alarmed and an outbreak is expected. ? The first half of the current cotton year ended on February 29. In that period we exported 5,241,819 pounds more than in the corresponding part of the year 1886, and received $6,525,135 more money for it. The export price of the current year has t been averaging nearly one cent a pound higher until recently. The total exports in the six months was 3,478,740 bales, and the proceeds were $164,835,376?the footing including the ports from which 98 per cent, of the crop is shipped. ? Observations on the part of a large " * 1,1? ?? ? number ox scientists prove mat cai Hiquakes are more frequent at the time of full moon and change of the moon than at other times, and also more frequent when the moon is nearest the earth, or when she is on the meridian. The cause to which this feet has been assigned is the action of those forces which produce the tides of the ocean; their similar influence upon the solid land strata leads to their disturbance in the shape of earthquakes. ? A bill to reissue paper fractional currency in the form of silver certificates has been favorably reported. This is a most convenient currency, especially for the mails. At eighty-six per cent, of the postoffices in the United States there is no means of remitting fractional parts of a dollar except in coin and postage stamps. Money orders and postal notes are obtainable at only fourteen per cent, of the posofflces. No wonder there is a heavy demand for the reissue of this handy shinplaster. ?Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, introduced a bill in the Senate, the provisions of which were that where persons who were "disloyal" to the Union during the late war were appointed to office, preference should be given to Confederate soldiers. Blair claimed to be perfectly sincere in.his bill, but was stoutly opposed by Southern senators. This was a great surprise to Bepublicans, who expected Democrats to jump at the offer, which would give them abundant campaign material. The bill was postponed for further consideration. * ? Judge Roberts, of Monrovia, Liberia, replies to the recent statements of ExMinister Taylor about that country with considerable feeling, ie says that Taylor was unfit to "represe.. i a hog-pen, to say nothing of so great a country as the United -p * tKnf Kn lrnour Oiaies oi America, auu m?<. nv nothingof what he was talking about. He characterizes every statement of Taylor's as false, and says that he had no opportunity of knowing anything about the condition of the people in the interior, who, he said, were returning to a savage state. Taylor only remained in Liberia three months, and during that time never left the city of Monrovia. ? A Washington dispatch of Thursday says: There was a huge sensation in the House committee on agriculture to-day. W. G. Burtele, a St. Louis pork packer, testified that hogs which were affected with hog cholera were often killed and packed in the slaughter houses. He had often done it himself, and he had no doubt that every pork-packer in the country had done so. He did not know that any harm ever came of it. At any rate, there was no use denying or attempting to conceal the fact that this state of things existed, and that cholera hogs were hung up and cut up in the packing houses. His testimony created a great sensation, and vigorous efforts are being made by the commission to suppress it, as they fear its effect on foreign countries where American perk is already in bad repute. ? Chairman B. F. Jones, of the Republican National committee, is now in New York. He said in an interview that he considered New York, New Jersey and Indiana the three pivotal States in the Presidential election; that the prospect was bright for the Republican party, and he believed that his party could carry New York with any strong protection candidate. As to the Mills bill, he said he did not think it would pass. It was contradictory and vague? but if the Democrats would only pass it, the protection issue would be sharply drawn. He also said that he did not believe Randall's Tariff bill would pass?"All things considered, the prediction of victory for the Republican party in the next election is assured." ? During the past two years Raleigh, N. C., has been a dry town. It was carried in 1886 for prohibition by fifty-eight majority in a vote of 2,300. Last year there was another vote and both sides increased their vote, the "antis" a little more than the "pros," and the majority for prohibition was only thirty-one. The law al lows an election to be called upon tne petition of one-fourth of the citizens of the town. This petition was filed there before the county commissioners on the first Monday of this month, and an election has again been ordered for the first Monday of June next. The law now provides that after this election another shall not be held for two years. Both sides will make great exertions, and the chances are that the township will be carried dry again by a larger majority than at either of the previous elections. ? Several Congressmen have recently received letters from their constituents enclosing letters from an alleged lawyer in Washington, who has written similar letters to probably every fourth-class postmaster in this country, telling them that for one dollar he will have their salaries raised. The writer gave as a reference Senator Vance, of North Carolina. One of the letters was shown to Senator Vance, and he promptly declared that he "had never heard of the rascal." The name signed to the letter is probably an alias. The scheme was no doubt suggested by the probability of the success of a bill recently introduced by Congressman Blount, of Georgia, chairman of the committee on postoffices and postroads, to increase the salaries of all fourth-class postmasters in this country. Mr. Blount's bill has the cordial support of the postmaster general. ? In view of the expected increased magnitude of the iqeeting proposed to be held at Hot Sprigs, North Carolina, in the interest of immigration to the Southern States east of the Mississippi and in f eluding Maryland on the north, the date of the convention has been postponed until the 2oth of April. Already seven of the eleven governors have responded favorably to invitations, and the postponement will probably enable Governor Buckner, who would have been prevented attending an earlier meeting by reason of the legislature being in session, to take part in the convention. flic ~?[?ffcviUe inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1888. pTHE CHIEF JUSTICE DEAD. Morrison R. Waite, chief justice of the supreme court of the United States, died suddenly in Washington at 6 o'clock last Friday morning from acute pneumonia. He died without a moment's warning and in presence only of a professional nurse. On Saturday night, the Chief Justice walked to the home of Senator Hearst because of the illness of his coachman. He also walked home. Next morning he com' plaiDed of feeling unwell and a physician was summoned, who announced that he was suffering from a slight cold. He remained in the house during Saturday, and when Monday came conferred with two of the associate judges and the physician, and determined to go to court because of the decision to be delivered in the telephone case, deciding, however, that he would not read the decision, but would transfer that duty to Justice Blatchford. The exposure consequent upon this journey accentuated the cold, and on Tuesday he was advised to go to bed. Nothing serious was expected, but on Wednesday Miss Waite decided to telegraph her brother, Mr. C. C. Waite, of Cincinnati, who arrived in Washington on Thursday afternoon. Surgeon Ruth, of the United - 1 * - ?* ?- ' -? States JNavy, me pnysicmu iu aucuunuu , and a friend of the family, advised Mr. Waite on his arrival that it would be advisable to call in another physician in consultation. Dr. Gardner was summoned and the result was that Thursday night at midnight the patient and family were assured that there was no danger. Morrison Renisch Waite was the seventh chief justice of the United States, and was born in Lyme, Connecticut, November 29, 1816. He graduated at Yale College in 1837, studied law and began to practice in Maumee City, Ohio, in 1849. He was a member of the Legislature, and in 1850 he removed to Toledo. He declined repeated nominations to Congress, also# a seat on the supreme bench of the State. In 1871-72 he was one of the counsel of the United States before the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva. In 1873 he presided over the Constitutional Convention of Ohio. On June 21, 1874, he became chief justice of the United States, and since that time has resided in Washington. The departments were closed and both houses of Congress adjourned as a token of respect to the deceased. Arrangements have been made for the funeral services to be held in the hall of the House of Repre tn-rloii Qi-irl nn fn.mnrrnw the I CjCIimiiVXO lU'Uttj j uuv4 vm %v x?v.. - .. body will be privately'interred at Toledo, Ohio. CHESTER COURT LAST WEEK. In the Chester court of sessions, last week, Judge Witherspoon presiding, the case against Garland Smith, charged with oppression in office, was tried on Wednesday. The prosecuting witness testified J to the violent treatment he received at the hands of the defendant. His testimony was corroborated by other witnesses. The defendant, on the other hand, testified that in arresting the prosecutor he only used such violence as circumstances warranted. The conflict of testimony led to a disagreement of the jury. The case against J. D. Itatteree, charged with the murder of Jack Heed, colored, in the trial justice's court at Chester on the 23rd of last December, was taken up on Wednesday. The line of defense adopted by his counsel?temporary insanitynecessitated the examination of only a few witnesses, and these mostly physicians. During the progress of the trial the defendant's head was examined by a number of physicians, and the conclusion arrived at by them was that in consequence of a hirnv rpppivpd on the head manv years ago, there was an undue pressure upon the brain, which was calculated to produce mental derangement in times of great excitement. Messrs. Whitlock and Sanders made their arguments Wednesday afternoon in behalf of the defendant, and Mr. J. K. Henry made his argument Thursday morning. After the solicitor had spoken and the judge had delivered his charge, the case was given to the jury. They were not long in arriving at a ver/ diet of not guilty. / The case in which Garland Smith and others were charged with whipping a white woman, was put otf to the nexMerm of the court. j The next case tried was that Af the State vs. Henry Adams, colored, charged with the murder of Ephraim Den nip, colored. The counsel for defendant, Messrs. T, | E. McClureand Paul Hemphill, succeeded in establishing a case of self-defense. The testimony warranted a verdicito this effect, for it was clearly shown that the deceased was advancing in a threatening manner upon the defendant, when the latter, to save himself from great t^odily injury, struck the fatal blow. Aripther : point in the defendant's favor was th^t he had been frequently beaten and abused by the deceased, and was in constant terrqr qf i him. Thesolieitormadesomegood pomts j against the plea of self-defense, but withj out avail. The defendant was acquitted,; j to the great delight of his colored friends./ The court was engaged Thursday afternoon and Friday morning in the trial of I Dr. D. C. Atkinson, charged with selling j liquor in violation of law. The whole case ! turned on whether he was in actual bona \jide attendance upon the patient at the j time of prescribing for and selling him i intoxicating liquors. The judge stated in ; his charge that the physician must pre-1 scribe in good faith for a sick patient ini toxicating liquors, or the law is violated. ! Friday, the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty. The result of this trial shows the impossibility of securing a verdict of conviction before a Chester jury for violation of the whisky law. me iaci is paiem that the majority of people who drink whisky are opposed to the enforcement of the law which forbids its sale. The result of the verdict just rendered will be the j encouragement and promotion of the sale of whisky in our town. The other whisky cases were postponed to the next term of the court. Fox Mize, who came to this State from Tennessee, and was convicted of bigamy, was sentenced by the court to imprisonment in the county jail for six months and the payment of a tine of $50.-Corresponpoiulence Columbia Register. Alt rested for Libel.?J. P. Caston, formerly of Rock Hill, S. C., has been arj rested and bound over for criminal libel, for publishing in the Wadesborough Intelligencer a letter concerning Mr. J. L. Stone, ) of Raleigh. The editor of the Intelligencer was arrested and gave bond on the I same charge. In addition to this Mr. Stone sues the editor for $10,000 damages for the publication of the same letter.? ' Gastonia Gazette. From the Rock Hill Herald. j \ THE SOUTH CAROLINA ALLIANCE. The farmers of the State, through their : ] association, asked the Legislature to es-1 * tablish a separate agricultural college in i behalf of the languishing agriculture of i the State and for the control of their, < money in the custody of the State, viz.: | The inspection fee on guanos and two do- (< nations from Congress, amounting to up- | wards of $20,000 annually. Both of these j ] demands were denied the farmers. Mr. D. K. Norris, president of the Farmers' Association of South Carolina, has < prepared a series of questions in regard , thereto, which he has sent to farmers in ] various parts of the State. Capt. Iredell- 1 Jones, president of the Farmers' Associ- . ation of York county, received the circu- s lar and has made reply to each interroga- ] tion. Below we append the questionsand i his answer: J Is public opinion, as voiced by the farmers f - 1 j o n- i oi your neignuuruuuu, g?wsucu ^ , tion of the Legislature on these questions? Yes. They expect the Board of Trustees to develop the Agricultural and Mechanical Department of the University and make these branches important features of the institution. They favor the ( idea of scientific agricultural education, j with practical experiment. The York Convention voiced adversely to a separate i College. ' i Is it the sentiment of your community of . farmers to acquiesce in the action of the Legislature, whereby the South Carolina University ; was enlarged, and the separate Agricultural College denied us ? , Yes. The corner stone of the Universi- , ty has been laid. The bill establishing , it has been passed and ratified. It is ray ; opinion that our people believe in giving ( the new establishment a fair trial. In your judgement, as made up from such j an expression of general opinion as you have ; been able to gather, can your county be carried ' for a separato college if the question is submitted to the farmers in the approaching can- ! vass ? No; I do not think so. In my opinion ( the College question will not be injected 1 into the canvas. My reasons are based on ' what I have written above. J Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. NOTES FROM BLACK'S. Black's, March 26.?Dave Williams stole several sacks of corn from Mr. Jeff Smith, that was stored in a room near Moore & Crosby's store. Williams was caught while stealing the com, but managed to make his escape and has not been '< heard-oi since. Rain is falling heavily here to-day. It has been raining for twenty-four hours. 1 Presiding Elder Chreitzberg held the first quarterly conference of Black's circuit, at Black's, on Saturday last. This is a new circuit, that has been recently formed, consisting of four churches?Black's, Mt. Vernon, Canaan, and a church at Cherokee Factory. These churches are in i charge of Rev. J. W. Elkins, whose report i to the quarterly conference was very flattering. The amount paid for preacher in charge and presiding elder, was $153; by the church of Black's for improvements, $59. The presiding elder preached Saturday and Sunday. He showed by Biblical proof, that man is a mirror which reflects God's rays of love for man, and that the intensity and purity of the rays reflected, depend totally upon the condition in which the mirror is kept by man. The sermon on Sunday was to the effect that every atom of earth was cursed by God ; that man, in no position or pursuit, i could find contentment or a haven of rest upon earth, but that there is an abode of eternal rest, and those who in their sphere of action on earth, and victorious in conflicts with the sins of this life, would reach that abode. This position wasbeauI tifully illustrated by Biblical, poetical and historical quotations. I W. D. Camp empaneled a jury last ' Friday to hold an inquest over the body of Logan Whisonant, colored, whim driver 1 on C. R. Kinsley's work, five miles south of town, on the C. C. and C. Railroad, who was killed by a lever used in moving the drum of a derrick. The derrick was . in operation raising a rock, when the mule , became frightened and broke loose from I the lever, which was thrown back with such violence and so quickly, that Whiso- , nant could not make his escape. He was ! struck in the head by the lever and instantly killed. The verdict of the jury , was that his death was caused by mis- ( chance or aceident. The charter of our town was renewed by the last Legislature, with an amendment, limiting the sale of whisky by prescrip- 1 tions issued by physicians. If this law is ; rigidly enforced, it will evidently reduce J the amount sold and consumed by the people. This will be one step toward reformation. If it does not reduce the quan- , tity consumed, it will change the mode of : sale, which will add respectability to our town and have a tendency to brighten its 1 reputation. The following officers were elected to- ; day to put the new charter into execution, ( and on whom devolves the enforcement ; ot its various provisions: Intendant, A. B. Crosby; wardens, A. H. Pollock, D. S. Iiamseur, W. R. Lipscomb and J. F. Whisonant. w. , Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, March 2G.?Our citizens are becoming very much interested in the work on the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad. The work is now progressing rapidly. The trestle across the C., C. & A. Railroad is nearly completed. This trestle will be about 100 feet long and ' GO feet high. It will also cross Chatham street and vehicles will pass under it. -^The marriage of Mr. John T. Roddey, of this place, and Miss Emilie Bennett, J daughter of N. H. Bennett, of Charlotte, on Wednesday last, was a brilliant affair. 1 The First Presbyterian church of that city, in which the ceremony was performed by Rev. l)r. A. W. Miller, was beautifully decorated for the occasion. The attend- ! ing couples were: Mr. W. J. Roddey, of Rock Hill, and Miss Carrie Burroughs, of Charlotte; Mr. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, and Miss Kate Roddey, of Rock Hill; Mr. W. C. Whitner, of Anderson, and MissBleeker Springs, of Charlotte; Mr. C. B. Simmons, of Columbia, and Miss Perry Dunlap, of Lancaster; Mr. E. E. Poag, of T-Till onH iYTiqc lvlnisp &mith. of Char lotte ; Mr! G. L. Baker, of Columbia, and Miss Willie Miller, of Rock Hill; Mr. S. B. Mosby, of Richmond, and MissP. Dowd, of Charlotte. The bride was most beautifully attired in a dress of faille Francaise, -trimmed with Duchess lace, and her ornaments were diamonds. V On Thursday afternoon the happy couple arrived at this pjace and were given a reception at the residence of the bridegroom's father, Capt.-W. L. Roddey, which was enjoyed by all present and was the grandest social event in the history of our town. The presents were numerous and very handsome. After the reception the young people adjourned to Roddey's hall and enjoyed a pleasant german. On Friday morning the happy pair left on a bri\dal tour South. May their pathway through life be smooth and happy. v A disease, supposed 1o be pink ey5','is prevailing among horses and mules in this section. Several animals thus affected have died. J. B. Heath, who owns a livery stable at this place, has several diseased animals, and has requested the State agricultural departmentfto send a veterinarian at once to examine them. Hal. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. TIoodtowx, March 24.?We are in midwinter again, it seems, as last Thursday nrQ !l Q *ro H a rl in o WHS Hit; wjiiutcDi/ ucij >tb nuTv ..., long time ; and the night following the thermometer registered 22 degrees above zero. To-day is quite cold, though not so windy. I think fruit is killed ; at least all the peaches will be. Farmers were busy putting in their fertilizers, until the rain came a few days agov preparatory to planting cotton. The acreage in cotton will be about the same as in previous years. Wheat is looking well; also oats?both fall and spring sowings. Mr. James Hambrick speaks of putting up a machine near here, to saw shuttle blocks, which would be a good thing for the community, as much timber could be utilized which has hitherto been valueless j except for fuel. Rev. Mr. Kirkpatrick preached at Bulock's Creek church last Thursday. After services a congregational meeting was held with a view to Securing a pastor. They will, J '3arn, make a call for Rev. R. P. smith, /'T half his time. Mr. W. A. Hood returned home a few lays ago from Baltimore, where he has seen attending lectures at a medical college. Rambler. Former Chief Justices.?The first ihief justice of the United States was fohn Jay, of New York, who was appointed in September, 1789, and resigned :o become minister to England in 1795. fohn Rutledge, of South Carolina, was ippointed to the office on the 1st of July, 1795, during a recess of the Senate; was aominated to the Senate at the Decembersession, but was rejected, having become iince his appointment tne victim 01 an incurable mental affection. William Cushing, of Massachusetts, was nominated in January, 1796, and confirmed by the Senate, but declined the office. He was an associate justice at the time, ind his is the only instance in which an associate justice has been appointed to the position of chief justice. Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut, was ippointed on the 4th of March, 1796, and resigned in 1799 to become minister to France. John Jay, who was then Governor of New York, was reappointed chief justice, ind was confirmed in December of 1800. There was some question in the Senate and in the public mind about that time regarding thej propriety of appointing members of the supreme court to other offices, it being argued that the practice might have a tendency to interfere with the impartiality of the judiciary by opening up paths to political preferment, but no imputation seems to have attached personally either to Mr. Cushing or Mr. Jay. Mr. Jay declined the office after being confirmed, and John Marshall wasappointed in 1S01. He died in 1835 during a recess of Congress, being the first chief justice to die in office. Chief Justice Taney was appointed in 1836 and died in October of 1864. Judge Chase was appointed to succeed him and died in May, 1873, his successor being Mr. Waite. The Negro Had Better Stay Where He Is.?It is reported that a large number of so-called agents are at work in Southern States. Their object is to persuade the colored people that they can make their everlasting fortunes by emigrating to Brazil. The most remarkable yarns are told of big crops, big wages and big money generally. It won't work, though. The negro is not as simple as some folks take him to be. He has heard of the old adage, "Out of the frying pan into the fire," and has altogether too much sense to make himself an illustration of it. Of course there is a good deal of poverty among the blacks of the South. Still, we venture to say that no three or four millions of people in their peculiar circumstances ever did so much in twenty years to better their surroundings. Nothing could be more depressing than the condition in which they found themselves at the end of the war. It seemed impossible, even to us of the North, for them to get any grip on American life and ambition for at least a couple of generations. But they have made steady and, in many instances, remarkable progress. The money they have saved, the thrift they have manifested, the celerity with which they have fitted themselves to the new circumstances, are clear proofs that time will make all things straight. The Brazil scheme is a delusion and a snare. It is a spider and a fly arrangement, and the colored man can make more cash and vastly more progress by sticking , to his home than by the most promising exodus that ever appealed to his imaging tion. He is all right where he is; anywhere else he would be all wrong.?Niw York Herald. J Winter in the Lap of Spring.-IA St. Paul dispatch of Sunday says: Coming as it did, when the people were looking for signs of springs, the severe snaw and wind storm which raged all to-day m northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota, seemed especially unpleasant. Tt approached from the southwest,' being"*, driven on at the rate of thirty miles an1 hour. The snow, which is very heavy and packs easily, has fallen to the depth of from three to five inches. In St. Paul it began falling at 10 o'clock this morning, and continued until dark. Street-car travel was abandoned, and petestrians experienced great difficulty in making their way about the streets. The temperature remains comparatively mild. Trains on most of the railroads are from one to Sevan hours late, while traffic on the Hastings and Dakota and on the St. Paul and Kansas City roads has been wholly abandoned. The storm appears to have been especially severe in southern Minnesota. In places the railroad tracks are covered from five to fifteen feet, and country roads are well nigh impassable. A dispatch from Chicago says: Sleet has prostrated the telegraph wires westward and retarded the movement of railway trains. Between this city and Omaha there is only one telegraph wire available. In the northern and central parts of Illinois the storm is thought to have injured fruit and winter wheat. The Weather and the Crops.?The following report of the state of the weather during the past week, and its effect upon vegetation, is sent out by the Department of Agriculture at Washington : The temperature of the past week has been colder than usual, except in the lower Ohio valley, southern Missouri and northern Kansas, thence westward to Colorado, where it has been normal. From January to March 24 has been unusually cold in the northern States. The South has been slightly below normal. The rainfall for the week has been excessive in the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri valleys generally. Throughout the cotton region there has been much less than usual. The weather has been generally unfavorable for growing crops. During the week the alternate thawing and freezing and great range of temperature in winter wheat sections have probably affected that crop injuriously. The freezing of the water in the southern states has checked the vegetation, which was already reported late, and has doubtless injured small grains, fruit and vegetables in the northern portion of the gulf States, Tennessee and North Carolina. Reports from Michigan indicate that the ground is generally covered with snow, affording protection for wheat and grass. What Sumter is Expected to Do.? The Camden correspondent of the JYetcs and Courier writes under recent date: In the Sumter correspondence of the News and Courier, in the issue of February 14, appeared the following: "A letter received by a citizen of this place from a friend in Washington, who is in aposition to know, says that all the pecuniary arruugHiutmia have been made for running the Three C's Ilailroad from Camden direct to Charleston via Sumter. The statement is made positively, and is good news for the people of Sumter as well as for Charleston." A few days previous to this I had heard Col. Johnson say that he intended soon to go to Sumter to'see what they would subscribe to the road, if it were built by that town. I enclosed him that item of correspondence. Below is an extract from a letter received by me to-day: "45 Broadway, Xkw York, March 11), 188S. No ono lias any authority to state whether the road will run to Sumter or not. It will not bo built there unless tho people of Sumter county meet the just and reasonable request of our company. R. A. Johnson*, "Gen. Manager C., C. and C. R. R. Co." ? The Rock Hill correspondent of the Columbia Register writes under date of last Saturday: Injunctions were issued by Wilson <fc Wilson, attorneys for R. H. Cowan, against the Three C's Railroad today, warning them not to grade the section of road which is situated on his lands near Rock Hill. Also by Mr. Matthew Williams, over whose lands the road runs. ? The peach crop of Anderson county is said to have been killed by the recent severe weather. LOCAL AFFAIRS. (> NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I W. T. Hartness?Candidate for the office of i County Commissioner of York county. J A. Williford?Fine Horses and Mules at Whit- | aker <fc Glenn's* Stables. B. F. George?A Wonderful Auction of Iior- j sesnext Saturday. H. F. Adickes?Announcement Extraordinary. Withers Adickes?Supper. Lowry & Starr?Sorghum Seed. Parish <fc Kennedy?Wo Want Butter and Eggs. J. W. Dobson?Coffee?Grits?Meal, tte. J. S. Yerner, Comptroller-General?Insurance License issued to Mr. W. H. McCorkle, as Agent of the Continental Fire Insurance ' Company of New York, to take risks in 1 York county. s T. M. Dobson ?fc Son?Alamance, Shirting and f Millinery. ( M. Strauss?Twice Weekly. T T) UfUhAMonnnn A t1r\r\A T?avm Fftr Sfllo. 1 Walter B. Moore tfc Co.?Seed Irish PotatoesFlour?Buck wheat?Soap? Bacon?Cut- ( lery?Blacksmith Tools?Lamp Goods? Up to Snulf?'Tennessee Hams?Country ' Lard?Clothes Baskets?Shingles?Cof- ' tins and Caskets?Everything. Wm. H. Speck?A Card of Thanks. ] John C. Kuykendal?Physicians' Special Paragraph. , Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall Street, X. ; Y.?Royal Baking Powders. j CIRCUIT COURT. The Spring term of the circuit court for York ? county, Judge Witherspoon to preside, will J open at 10 A. M. noxt Monday. congressional directory. Congressman Hemphill has our thanks for a 1 copy of the latest edition of the Congressional Directory. militaryTnspection. Adjutant-General Bonham has given notice that he will inspect the Catawba Rilles at Rock i Hill on the 12th of next month, and the Jen- ' kins Rilles at Yorkville on the 13th. 1 l wedding bells. limitations have been issued to the marriage I 6i Mr. Win. H. Speck of this place, and Miss Josephine Iiogero, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. II. Rogerp, of Palatka, Florida, on the 4tli of next month. educational address. State Superintendent of Education Rice will deliver an address on the subject of education, in the Court House, at 7.30 this evening. An invitation is extended to the public generally, and especially the ladies, to attend. DEATH OP Mrs. Dr. ALLISON. ' - AfVu f we regret to announce me ue?m Rachel Allison, wife of Dr. J. Wistar Allison, of Hickory Grove, which occurred at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. Her disease was pneumonia. Mrs. Allison was the daughter of the late John Kennedy, and was aged about 41 years. Her funeral will take place at Sharon to-day. THE WEATHER. The storm signal was hoisted here on Monday, and from 11 to 12 o'clock it was feared the ominous prediction would be verified ; but although the town seemed for a while enveloped in dark and angry clouds, and the rainfall was heavy, no damage resulted from the wind. The down pour yesterday was also excessive, with moderation in temperature. It is feared by some that the late cold snap ruined the peach crop. . SUIT FOR DAMAGES. Captain Denning, of Augusta, Ga., late contractor for the building of the bridge over the Catawba River for the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad Company, has brought suit against them for ?15,415.92 for alleged violation of contract on the part of the railroad company. Captain Denning was dismissed from the further prosecution of the work because he failed to complete the Svork by the date fixed in the contract?November 1st, 1887. The case will be tried at the approaching term of the circuit court for this county. /* THE JENKINS RIFLES. At a meeting of the Jenkins Rifles last Monday night, C'apt. Withers Adickes tendered his resignation, whereupon an election of officers was held with the following result: J. Robert Lindsay, Captain ; Withers Adickes, First-Lieutenant; Walter B. Moore, SecondLieutenant; C. M. Kuykendal, Secretary and Treasurer. Allison's Hall has been secured for an armory and will be fitted up with necessary conveniences for that purpose. The company seem imbued with new martial spirit, and it is the determination, if possible, under its present organization, to make it the equal of any ? in this section, xuey propose 10 tibicuit oijv/ | (.summer encampment. THE MEYER-'-THOR.\E CO. The Meyer-Thorne Comedy Company closed a four nights' engagement in Hunter <fc Oates' I opera house last Monday night, playing to fair houses, but not such as the merits of the company should command. This, however, was I attributable to the unfavorable weather a portion of the time during their stay. The plays presented by this company are unexceptional in character and are rendered in a truly creditable manner. Bonnie Meyer (Mrs. Thome) is an actress of rare ability, whether in light or emotional roles, and as a vocalist has few superiors off the lyric stage; while as a comedian thero can be none more irresistibly funny than Mr. Thorne. They are well and ably supported by Miss Ernrie Melville, H. R. Marshall, N. R. C'regan, W. W. McLaughlin, N. X. Shepard and Master Frank Thorne. A pleasant feature of the entertainments hero was the music furnished on cornet and piano by Prof. Herndon and Miss Zoraida Ingold. CHURCI? NOTICES. Baptist?Rev. J. IS. Covington, of Union, S. C., will preach this evening at 7.30. Sundayschool at 3.30 P. M., next Sunday. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Calloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at II A. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Easter services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting tomorrow eyeningat4 o'clock. Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rector. Services by Rev. Theo. D. Bratton on Good Friday at 11 A. M., and on the next day ot tt,o aaniA hmir. Also on Easter Sunday at 11 A. M. and 5 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. y ERSOXAL MENTION. Col. A. Urquhart, of the C., C. it C. Railroad, arrived here last Sunday, and will he in town for a day or two. Senator Black passed through town hist Monday on his way to attend the meeting of the stockholders of the G\, C. A C. Railroad, held at Columbia yesterday. Mrs. W. E. Ferguson, of Atlanta, arrived last Thursday, on a visit to her parents. Mrs. Withers Adickes has returned homo from a visit to Columbia. Mrs. J. S. McKenzic, of Zeno, is in Yorkville visiting relatives. Rev. J. E. Covington, former pastor of the Baptist church at this place, and now pastor at Union C. H., is on a visit here. I)r. L. D. Mason and wife, Mrs. Fannie Mason, nee Witherspoon, of Brooklyn, X. Y., are visiting relatives in Yorkville. STATE PENSIONS. The Columbia correspondent of the Xews and Courier, under date of last Friday, writes as follows: The pensiou hoard has organized by the election of Secretary of State Leitner as chair man and Col. W. II. Manning as secretary. The board were compelled to adopt a resolution to the effect that they pass favorably upon no application certified l>y the two p' "sicians j required, except in cases where there jas been I loss of limb, unless the physicians state in their certificate that the applicant is in consequence | of his wound permanently incapacitated from earning a livelihood. A question was raised I as to the time the war ended and referred to ! attorney-general, one widow claiming a pension because her husband died in a Northern : prison in duly, ISfio, and another because her j husband died on his way homo after the surj render. The board in three days have passed ! upon about 250 applications. Those approved j will only be granted on April 1, and will not i be mentioned at present. The rejections num! berod fifty-four. Grave irregularities in many applications and endorsements were discovered, no evidence of disability being shown. Some of the applications from Aiken county bear in the endorsement indications of a systematic attempt to defraud the State. While nothing is known at present as to tho applications from York that have passed favorably, the following have been rejected: Sherod Childers, Thomas Harris, Hickor3r Grove; W. S. Kimbrell, James Burns, Fort Mill; Thomas White, Yorkville. Tho pension board met again yesterday and resumed its work of examining applications. ! The Register says: "Some of those already rejected were thrown out because tho physician's certificate did not state that tho wound entirely incapacitated the applicant from earnng a livelihood. This is necessary, and all , ipplications not containing such a certificate I will have to bo rejected and sent back for an j intendment, or to have a new application in j iroper shape prepared and filed." RAILROAD NOTES. The track is expected to bo in complete milling order to Lancaster this week, and rates lave already been issued to that point as folows: Passenger, first class, 3J.cents per mile; lecond class, :l cents; half class, 2 cents. Freight ;arifis have also been adopted from Columbia, Charleston and Augusta to Lancaster and intermediate points. The surveying corps of G'apt. O. A. Ramsaur lommencod a ro-survey of the line of the Aujusta division, starting hist Friday, from Augusta to Newberry. Speaking < f tho Augusta division, the Charlotto Chronicle says: It has been understood in this city for some months past that the officials of the Three C's railroad company desire to build a branch line of their road from Lancaster to Charlotte, \nd they will do so it at alt encouraged, me Augusta correspondent of the Xerv3 and Courier says: "Reliable news comes from Charlotte to-day that the Three C's will build a road from Yorkvile to Charlotte. President Coxe has intimated this much to the people of Charlotte, who are anxious for connection with the great trunk line from Charleston to Cincinnati. This will benefit Augusta by giving this place a shorter connection with Charlotte and points north over the Three C's branch from Black's to Augusta, and over the branch from Yorkville, on the main line, to Charlotte. The faith in the Three C's is growing, and next to the immenso benefit it will bo to Charleston, the people in Carolina and adjoining States are solicitous for the favor of connection with this great trunk line." LODGED IX JAIL. James HefFner, a young white man, whoso home is in Catawba county, N. C., was lodged in jail, at this place, yesterday, charged with the burglar}- of Mr. D. T. Lesslie's dwelling, in the eastern part of York county, in January last. It will bo remembered that the crime was tracod to Heffner and another young white man from Catawba county, named Lowrancc, but before their arrest could bo effected in this State, they escaped to North Carolina. Soon after the burglary of Mr. Lesslie's house, however, Lowrance was arrested in Catawba, on the charge of highway robbery in that county, and ho is now in the jail at Charlotte, for safe keeping, awaiting his trial at Catawba Superior Court. A requisition was made on the Governor of North Carolina for Heffner, and armed with the document, Major T. C. Beckham, as special deputy sheriff, started in search of him a few clays ago. In his search, Maj. Beckham was ably assisted by Chief of'Police J. S. Allen, of Newton; and on Monday last, they found the objectof their search near Cooper's, a station on the Western N. C. Railroad, in Buncombe county. By the aid of a Buncombe constable to execute the papers, the arrest was effected, and the Major, with his prisoner, arrived here safely on the 1 P. M. train yesterday. Heffner will be tried at the approaching term of the Sessions Court for the burglary of Mr. Lesslie's house, and probably two other burglaries committed in the same neighborhood, of complicity in which he is accused. MERE-MENTION. The New Jersey Methodist Conference, in session at Camden, adopted a resolution several days ago, recommending that women be licensed to preach and ordained as pastors. Captain Lee Hall, formerly leader of the Texas Rangers, has been indicted for embezzling $14,000 government funds while Indian agent at Anadarke, Indian Territory. The Democrats of Rhode Island have renominated the present State officials except the lieutenant governor, who retires, and endorsed enthusiastically the administration of Grover Cleveland. The State treasurer of Kentucky, James W. Tate, has absconded with ?150,000 of State funds. A severe storm of wind, rain, sleet and snow struck Findlay, Ohio, early Wednesday morning. One of the peculiar features was thunder and lightning. The Indiana Prohibitionists have their State ticket in the field already, and their platform denounces high license as "a delusion and a fraud." Governor Hill, of New York, has two brothers in Missouri, both men of fine character. Both of them fought through the war?one on the Union side; the other on the Confederate side. They are both Democrats."*: The failures fk?*/\nr?ViAiif fliA nrknr?fi*t7 rlftrinrr locf. WOOlr number for the United States 212. Canada, 21; total, 243, against 228 the previous week. Thus far in March the failures have been fewer than last year, both in the United States and Canada. The decision of the Supreme court, upholding the Bell telephone patent, is not a popular one. The Manufacturer's Record, published at Baltimore, says: "It is claimed that the recent decline in cotton cost the Sou^h at least ?1,000,000 through the losses of speculators. How much better it would have been for these speculators and for the South if that money had been invested in industrial enterprises." Cardinal liichlieu said: "The pen is mightier than the sword," and Mayor Hewitt, of New York, is responsible for the saying that "the type-writer is mightier than the Gatling gun." The Prohibitionists of the Eighth Kentucky Congressional district have nominated Hon. Green Clay Smith for Congress to run against the present incumbent, James B. McCreary. The directors of the Roanoke and Southern Railroad, from Roanoke, Va., to Winston, N. C., met in Danville last Thursday and decided to begin work about the middle of April. It is proposed to complete the entire line of road in two years, and the work will be pushed at once. Violent shocks of earthquakes have continued in the province of Yunnan, China, during the last three weeks, destroying many towns and an immense amount of shipping at Klen Chin. The lowest estimate places the number of persons killed at 4,000. Eight murderers are to be hanged in Arkansas on the 27th of April. One at Varner and seven at Fort Smith. The New York Republican State committee met yesterday and decided to hold the nnmiontinn of "RnflFaln nn Mav OlflLC tun V Villi VU l*v W 16. Ebenezer Stanyard, twice convicted at Youngstown, Ohio, of the murder of his betrothed, Alice Hancox, was on Thursday last sentenced to be hanged July 13, before sunrise, in Columbus penitentiary. A colored woman was sentenced yesterday at Ashevilie, N. C., to ten years imprisonment at hard labor for the murder of a white man in December last. The managers of the Iowa State University modestly ask the Legislature tQ appropriate $20,000 for the purpose of purchasing a base ball ground for the students. A citizen of Arcadia, Wis., called another man a skunk through the columns of the local newspaper. The jury awarded a verdict of $1,000 and costs. The case was appealed to the supreme court and the decision affirmed. Texas will soon have a surplus of $2,000,000 in her treasury, and Governor ltoss has called a special session of the Legislature to reduce the taxation. There are indications that Gov. Taylor, of Tennessee, will meet with serious opposition in securing the nomination for re-election. Florida's new constitution abolishes the office of lieutenant-governor. It makes the state house officers elective by the people instead of being appointed by the governor as before. A party of New England manufacturers, capitalists and journalists arrived in Washington on Saturday en route to Knoxville, Chattanooga, Decatur and other points South. The party makes the trip with the view of investing capital in Southern industries. Ex-Governor John T. Hoffman, of New York, died of heart disease at Weisbaden, Germany, a few days ago. A broad gauge railroad to the top of Lookout mountain will be in successful operation by May 15. The road is said by railroad engineers to be the most marvelous piece of engineering skill ever exhibited in the South. At Ozark, Mo., last Friday, John Matthews was convicted of murder in the first degree. He is the third of the Bald lvnob ku-klux to receive the extreme verdict for the murder of Edens and Green. Several more are to be tried. The ltev. T. W. Pratt, one of the best known ministers of the Southern Presbyterian Church, and at one time president of the Central University of Kentucky, died at Louisville on Saturday. The work of Congress, as outlined for the present week, does not indicate any business of general interest before that body. Jefferson Davis will be present and Senator Morgan will deliver the oration at the commencement of the College of Alabama, in Mobile, on the , 20th instant. In the First District court at Provo, Utah, last Saturday, sixteen Mormons were sentenced for living with more than one wife, contrary to the provisions of the Edmunds law. Most of them were given six months in the penitentiary and fined $300. It is feared, should the weather turn warm suddenly, that disastrous floods will ensue in the rivers of the North-west. The International Council of Women opened last Thursday, in Washington, with religious services. The attendance was large and an eloquent sermon was delivered by the Rev. Anna Shaw. The territory of Dakota, now knockjng at the door of the Union, is equal in area to that of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Maryland and New Jersey, I'UiUUAUCU. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The depot at Richburg, Chester county, w?s burned on Monday night of last week. The cause of the fire is unknown. ? The Scotch Land Loan Association holds mortgages on 25,000 acres of land in Marion county. ? Grading will soon commence on the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad between Chester and Clinton. ? The iatendant and town marshal of Summerville, S. C., are being prosecuted by Mr. M. C. Parker for false imprisonment. -Ex-Governor Sheppard, of Edgefield, denies that he will oppose Hon. George D. Tillman for Congress in the Second district. ? Governor Richardson has respited Jasper N. Davis, white, of Anderson county, until April 27. He was to have been hanged last Friday. ? The plan now proposed for the settlement of the difficulties concerning the color line in the Episcopal Church of this State, is to organize the colored church into a separate missionary jurisdiction. ? It is reported from Columbia that the military encampment will be held at Greenville during the last week in July. It is hoped that Coh Black, of the regular army, will be present. ? In the Spartanburg court of sessions, last week, the case of David A. Senn, a young white man of Newberry county, who is charged with murdering his wife, was cuuwuueu uum next ienij. ? The verdict of the coroner's jury at Camden in the case of J. V. Crosby, recently killed on the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, throws the blame on the railroad authorities for not employing a competent brakeman. ? On Tuesday night of last week the prisoners in Chesterfield jail, availing themselves of the darkness and a heavy storm, effected their escape, some one on the outside having furnished them with an auger, with which they bored their way out. ?A young white woman by the name of Timmers,was committed to the jail ot Anderson county, by a trial justice, last Friday, charged with entering upon the lands of Mrs. John B. Massey, after notice forbidding the same. ? Up to date 1,000 applications for pensions have been made in the State. It is estimated that if the number does not rise to over 1,500, the appropriation of $50,000 will be sufficient to last until Oct. 31,1888. This would allow each pensioner $5 per month for seven months. ? The greatest storm that has ever passed over Oconee visited that county on Tuesday night of last week. It did very little harm in and around Walhalla, but in the upper part of the county it did a ereat deal of damage. At Salem the storm overthrew trees and destroyed bridges, so that the public road was hardly passable. ? On Sunday of last week, a white man named Adolphus Motz, formerly of South Carolina, but recently employed by the McAdenville factory, was found dead on the horse railroad between Lowell and McAdenville. Mr. Motz was about 45 years old and leaves a large family. It is saia tnat ne naa a trivial misunderstanding with a companion on Saturday, and was slightly under the influence of whisky at the time. ? The programme for commencement at Due West this year is as follows: Leroy F. Youraans will deliver the commencement oration. Rev. James Y. Fair, of Charlotte, will deliverthe bacjalaureate sermon on Sunday. Dr. D. G. Philips, of Georgia, will deliver the medals in the Philomathean Society, and Hon. Giles J. Patterson, of Chester, presides over the debate in the same hall. Mr. Cowper Patton, of Columbia, S. C., will make the medal oration in the Euphemian Literary Society. ? Of the only barroom in York county? that at Black's?the Shelby Aurora says: The J. B. Ross barroom will be dead next month, as the new charter of Black'sstops the sale of intoxicants after April 1, 1888. The closing of the narroom will cause sorrow among the devotees of Bacchus and give joy to those who love sobriety and prder. As a splendid substitute for barrooms, Black's proposes to inaugurate a graded school. The tax of A mills on a dollar was voted a month ago. Soon the buildings will be erected and the school will open for pupils. Land Slide at Kansas City.?A heavy rain storm which prevailed at Kansas City, Mo., all day Saturday and Sunday, caused a tremendous lapd slide on the bluff facing the union depot, which threatens to work great injury to property along Bluff street for three and a half squares. For 1500 feet the entire bluff appears to have pushed forward by some irresitible agency, hundreds of tons of rock and earth sliding down a steep hillside. For several hours before the landslide, the peculiar snapping noises came from the face of the bluff, and this was followed by a crash which startled the whole city. ions oi earin ana nuge Douiaers naa crashed down, demolishing the frame engine house at the entrance of the street cable line tunnel. Along the face of the bluff, about half way from the base to the top, is a ledge about thirty feet in width, on which are a number of shanties occupied by families of colored people. This ledge is now seamed with immense fissures which extended its whole length, and the houses are tilted in every direction. The residents were compelled to flee for their lives. The State Crops.?The State Commissioner of Agriculture has issued the following crop bulletin under date of last Monday: In the northern counties the weather has been unfavorable; damage was done oats and fruit. Storms of wind and rain have visited that section. Middle counties?'The low temperature of the past week was injurious to small grain, fruit and vegetables. Farm work somewhat retarded, although a portion of the corn crop was put in. Southern counties?Oats and potatoes injured; also small grain and vegetables. Ploughing throughout the State was stopped about two days owing to wet weather. STnn\r.? A hpnw winri am! rain ctnrm visited town on Wednesday morning between 4 and 5 o'clock. The wind blew at a terrific rate and the rain fell in torrents. Many people were alarmed for the safety of their dwellings, but no serious damage was done. Gardens and farms were very much washed. It is estimated that two inches of rain fell during the storm. Reports from different points show that the storm covered a large area. It was quite severe at Rock Hill and Pineville. In Rock liill several small houses and fences were blown down. Reports from Augusta state that the storm at that place was the severest since 1883.?JWnwsfioro News. Estimates for Fort Moultrie? Gn Monday the war department sent to the | Senate a response to Senator Butler's resolution of enquiry relative to the condition and needs of Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbor. It is stated that the cost of putting the fort in proper condition would be $225,000, and the needs for general harbor defense for Charleston were $2,225,000.