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f(taps attd <facts. ? The Missouri supreme court has rendered a decison that has created a panic in the liquor interest of St. Louis. The effect of the mandate is to prohibit the sale of all intoxicating liquors in St. Louis on Sunday. This is the final result ofa fight begun six years ago in the Legislature and prosecuted vigorously since. ? The State Temperance Convention of Georgia, in session at Atlanta last week, before adjourning, passed resolutions to make a general prohibition contest in the elections for the legislature this fall. Prohibition candidates will be nominated in every county, pledged to vote for the stat utory prohibition law instead of leaving the question to the vote of the people. ? State Senator South worth, of Litchfield, 111., sustained injuries while riding over the Jacksonville & Southeastern railway in March, 1887. He sued the corporation for $28,000 damages. The defence was made that the plaintiff was traveling on a free pass and had thereby waived any right to sue for damages in case of accident. The court held that the defence was not good, and awarded Mr. Southworth $1,000 damages. ? The secretary of war at the City of Mexico has notified the Mexican officers along the border that hereafter the penalty of death will be imposed for crossing over into the United States with troops and interfering with the affairs of citizens of a friendly nation. This action was taken after inquiry into the cases of Col. Arviser and Lieut. Guitterez, who rescued a prisoner from American authorities. ? The House>military affairs committee has ordered a favorable report on the bill appropriating$25.000 for the expense of the anniversary celebration of the battle of Gettysburg in July. It is believed that the President will attend, and as an introduction to his own remarks will deliver President Lincoln's speech on the battlefield. Preparations are making for a grand reunion of northern and southern soldiers on the occasion. ? Here is a pertinent question editorially asked and promptly answered by the Utica (New York) Observer: "What northern Democrat or independent voter can be converted to Republicanism by deliberate assaults upon the South, a section that is minding its own business, assidunnalv oiiltivfttinc the arts of Deace, heal ing up the last scars left by the war, and progressing side by side with the North along the vitalizing line of business prosperity and commercial development? Not one." ? Gen. Joseph E. Johnston says that he has no donbt that his contribution to the Grand Army fund will be followed by that of other Ex-Confederates, and adds: "There was no animosity between Northern and Southern soldiers during the war. I remember three or four times when, under flags of truce, the opposing ranks rushed together and broke into fraternal groups. I never met a veteran of Sher man's army without pleasure. The animosity against the South was fomented by politicians, not by veterans." ? Henry Miller and William A. Aderholt, two farmers living about four miles from Beecher City, Illinois, had a lawsuit Thursday over some small matter. Aderholt beat Miller in the suit, and Miller became so enraged that he went home and shouldered his gun and marched to Aderholt's house and shot him dead. He also went to McKenzey's house, who seemed to be on the side of Aderholt, and shot him, but the latter will recover. Miller is still at large, but the sheriff of Fayette county and a party are in hot pursuit of him. Miller also set fire to his house, which burned to the ground. ? Reginald Ford, a young Englishman, was driving rapidly on Pearl street, Sioux City, Iowa, the other day, when the vehicle was stopped suddenly by the wheel catching in a street railway tra<-k a d Ford was thrown fully twenty feet, flighting on his head. Allan Vinton was the first person to reach the prostrate man, and he found him to all appearances dead and his neck dislocated. He took hold of Ford's head and gave it a sudden turn, when the vertebra slipped back into its place. Ford soon regained consciousness, and if he escapes from the effect of brain concussion can boast of being one of the few living persons who had their necks dislocated. ? Robert G. Hall and David Vincent were hanged at Moyamensing, Pa., on Tuesday of last week, the condemned men having been convicted of murder. Zeph Davis, colored, was hanged in Chicago on Friday last for the murder of a little girl Darned Maggie Gaughan. The execution was on the same gallows from which the anarchists were swung. Davis was the first colored person to suffer capital punishment in Chicago. At Greensboro, Ga., on Friday, George McDuffie, a colored preacher, was hanged for the murder of Bill Cheeny, also colored. The condemned man did not deny the killing, but claimed that he did it in a fit of jealousy. ? A little giri who was passing from one car to another on a Louisiana railroad a few nights ago was blown off. The train was running very fast and was followed 20 minutes later by another one. As the second train sped along through the darkness the sharp eyes of the engineer saw something that looked like a child lying on a clump of blackberry briers. He whistled down tne brakes, brought the train to a standstill, and running back lound the ?irl lying in the briers, badly scared and adly scratched, but otherwise none the worse for her remarkable adventure. ? In the Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor, held at Cleveland, Ohio, last week, the following officers were elected: Supreme dictator, L. A. Gratz, Tennessee ; supreme vice-dictator, A. R. Savage, Maine; supreme assistant dictator, Sam'l Klotz, New Jersey; supreme reporter, B. F. Nelson, Missouri; supreme treasurer, J. W. Branch, Missouri; supreme chaplain, S. B. Riggs, Kansas; supreme guide, H. M. Gilmore, Illinois; supreme guardian, Edmund Bacon, South Carolina ; supreme sentinel, George Arkle, West Virginia. The supreme trustees elected were: F. A. Pennington, Philadelphia ; L. S. Ledbetter, Cedartown, Ga., and S. P. Lawrence, Fitchburg, Mass. ? The Democratic members of the ways and means committee have determined that the general debate on the tariff bill snau continue until, anu ciose ou omuruay next, the 19th instant. The final speeches will be made by Representative Reed, of Maine, and Speaker Carlisle. It is known that the extension was asked for by the Republican members of the committee, and it is supposed that the extension was granted under the assurance that the f^nal vote on the bill would thereby be hastened. On Friday, Mr. Scott, of Pennsylvania, made an able anti-tariff speech, in which, it is understood he embodied the views of President Cleveland. Among his auditors was Mrs. Cleveland, who occupied a seat in the executive gallery. ? Another idol is shattered in the person of Miss Minnie Freeman, the Nebraska school teacher who was reported at the time of the great blizzard in January last to have saved her pupils after a difficult and heroic struggle. It appears that the story was an entire fabrication, and was telegraphed by her lover, a telegraph operator, to an Omaha paper. The facts in the case are that instead of tying her puEils together and accompanying them ome, two of the large boys escorted her home, and say she would have perished if they had not doueso. Notwithstanding the situation, she continues to receive money which the stories of her heroism had prompted kind-hearted individuals to send her. ? Information comes from Lexington, N. C., that at half past two o'clock Saturday morning the Hunt tobacco factory and warehouse was totally destroyed by fire. This factory belongs to the heirs of Edwin Holt. The place and all its machinery, with which it was well supplied, was rented some months ago by a Mr. E. T. Harmon, of High Point, N. C., who con|em- J plated, so he said, manufacturing tobacco this season, but had not yet commenced operations. He had, however, collected a large quantity of leaf tobacco, which was entirely consumed in the building. The \ fire wassoon discovered to be incendiary in i origin and indignation ran high when it was learned that on Friday Harmon had I received an insurance policy of $3,000 on the stock through some companies repre- j sented by Capt. L. C. Hanes. From suspicious circumstances connected with Harmon's conduct, both before and about the time of the fire, Capt. Hanes Immediately caused Harmon's arrest, charged with causing the conflagration. Little doubt appears of his ultimate conviction. No insurance on the building or machinery. The loss is estimated at between $7,000 and $8,000. ? There will be sold at auction in Washinton City at an early day an interesting collection of captured and abandoned property, gathered, as alleged, from Federal ana Confederate soldiers on the battlefields of the late war and which have lain in the vaults of the treasury department since 1868. In the collection are unclaimed gold and silver watches, finger rings, pins and other small articles. Two years ago Congress passed an Act authorizing the delivery to the owners, or their legal heirs, all of such articles, where the proof of ownership should prove satisfactory to the secretary or tne treasury, ana providing that everything remaining unclaimed at the expiration of two years should be sold at auction. Should the owners of any of these trinkets now endeavor to secure them they can only do so by purchasing them at the coming sale. forhrillr tojttim. YORKVILL WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1888. THE STATUS OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS. James H. Rice, the State superintendent of education, has addressed a communication to Attorney-General Earle, making. the inquiry, "If the constitutional amendment relative to school commissioners should be adopted, would the school commissioner elected this fall serve ?* flio qnnr>intmpntfi UUl IIIO builll) Ui TTVUI'4 VMV .W be made then?" In answer, the Attorney-General says: If the proposed amendment to the constitution, by striking out Section 2 of Article 10 thereof be added and rati fled, it will be competent for the General Assembly to abolish the office or to provide that the same be filled by appointment or in such other mode as it may provide. But if the amendment should be adopted and ratified and thjre be no action by the General Assembly affecting the tenure of the office, then, and in such cake the persons who may be elected to the office of school commissioner of the several counties would hold their offices for two years under existing laws. If the proposed amendment be adopted and ratified, the persons to be elected to said office at the ensuing election could not hold their offices against the will of the Legislature. They could be "legislated out." THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS. The thirty-third annual session of the Southern Baptist Convention began in the First Baptist Church at Richmond, Va., last Thursday. The territory embraced is Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Cm.fK Pornlino OanrflPlQ Flnpirirt Alii uuuin vaiunuo*) v*W4^iv*| * ? bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Indian Territory and the District of Columbia. The Convention represents 14,346 churches, 7,542 ministers and 2,065,000 members. It is a missionary body and founded on a money basis, every church being entitled to one delegate for each $100 it contributes for missionary purposes, and having no ecclesiastical jurisdiction or control of churches and doing its work through the foreign mission board, located 1 at Richmond and the home mission board located at Atlanta. , The Convention was called to order bj^ Prof. Lewis B. Ely, of Missouri, first vice * president, the Rev. Dr. P. H. Mell, the 1 president, having died since the last Con- | vention. J Prof. Ely made a few touching remarks J in relation to the deceased president, after which the Rev. Dr. J. L. Burrows, of Nor- 1 folk, offered prayer, and the Rev. Dr. ' George Cooper, of Richmond, made an j address of welcome. ' On the call of delegates it was found ] that 745 delegates were present, as follows: < Alabama 23; Arkansas 28; District of ' Columbia 12; Florida 5; Georgia 36; Indian Territory 1; Kentucky 63; Louisiana 1 9; Maryland 44; Mississippi 12; Missouri ( 68; North Carolina 104; South Carolina, 100; Tennessee 19; Texas 52; Virginia 169. ! The Convention then organized by the : election of the following officers: Presi- : dent, (rising vote,) the Rev. J. P. Boyce, of Kentucky; vice presidents, Lewis B. 1 Ely, of Carrolton, Mo.; the Rev. John . Pollard, of Richmond ; the Rev. J. B. ; Hawthorne, of Atlanta; Judge Jonathan k Harrison, of Selma; secretaries, H. Lansing Burrows, of Augusta, and Oliver F. Gregory, of Baltimore. The regular com- ; raitteeson order of business and religious exercises was then appointed. * The reports of the home mission board and of the foreign mission board were presented, the reading of which, and the 1 discussion they elicited, occupied the time j of the session until 3 o'clock, when the Convention took a recess until 8 P. M., at which hour the Convention sermou was delivered by Rey. Dr. F. M. Ellis, of Baltimore. The second day's session opened with devotional exercises. The treasurer's re- f port was presented and ordered printed. , G. W. Norton, of Kentucky, was unan- ( imously re-elected treasurer. W. Larue Thomas, of Kentucky, was elected au- : ditor. j Committees on the time and place for holding the next convention and on nominations were appointed. Rev. Dr. F. M. . Ellis, of Maryland, chairman of the joint 1 committee of the two boards appointed at , the last meeting, submitted a report. The ( committee say they are satisfied and im- { nressed with the eminent wisdom of the , general method of the convention. Its * great need is not of new plans but of more , effective work. j Section 3 of the report of the committee -j urges the encouragement and formation of . women missionary circles and children's j bands in all the churches and Sunday- , schools. 1 Section 4 refers to the dissemination of ( missionary information. $ Section 6, recommending an amend- ) ment to the constitution as to the basis of j representation, gave rise to considerable discussion, and for the first time in the ( history of the convention a call of the < house was ordered upon the adoption of j that section. The vote stood ooS in the j affirmative. The negative vote was not ( counted, as it only required oil votes to t make the necessary two-thirds. r The report was then adopted as a whole, j The remainder of the day's session was ; consumed in ordinary business. The evening session was given to the ! consideration of the work of home mis-1 sion board. ! > Appropriate services were held on j y Sunday. i f At tne session on iuonaay morning: or. Snyder presented the report of the work among the colored people urging the need of more money for work of the board am^ng southern negroes. The report was discussed at length and adopted. The report of the treasurer of the foreign mission board was presented and adopted, i ? About four hundred people from different parts of the State, attended the sale of Mr. Clemson's effects at Fort Hill last Thursday. The sale realized about $450. Nothing but a few articles of household goods and live stock were sold, to the disappointment of many and epecially relic i hunters. 11 Correspondence of the Torkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM LANCASTER COUNTY. Craigsville, May 12?The only local news here pertains to political meetings and the weather. Both of these subjects are doubtless under discussion throughout the State. As to the former, I suppose the same statements would apply to most localitiessome want one mode of nominating; others another, and too many have axes to grind. During the last week very little could be done by farmers. Bain has fallen so continuously that, plowing has been almost out of the question ; and our farming operationsare terribly behind. Considerable hail has fallen, but did not damage cropsa great deal. The prospect is gloomy enough, though farmers keep working in hope of a better day coming. No one has yet ventured to tell when it will be, since such a degree of farsightedness is rarely given to man. We have lately read of one farsighted fellow who may dare to prognosticate in this matter; and if his prognosis is favorable, we want him badly. He is the yankee professor who saw a large mass of matter leave the sun about three weeks ago, which fervid mass fell, two weeks ago, near the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, as says a correspondent. The professor certainly has a keen perception, and we need his services. Perhaps that hundred and forty acres of heated matter rises to the height of a lofty mountain, and caused the rise in the thermometer a week ago; and the reaction produced our rains and hail. Verily the progress of the age is greatly to be admired. However, amid all our troubles, we are not lacking for amusement. W&'hirve the periodical "grand moral combination" of a political campaign, the discussion of the tariff in Congress, as well as its other "cussin", Ingallsand Voorhees, the New York dudeand his hefty antagonist in the House, besides other diversions. Oh,'what fun! Our local FalstafF says he has not been so amused since he had the measles. Thank God, the Southern men are not the principal acrobats in the performance! Those on the other side of the line are the stars, and right welcome they are to that distinction. People across the river, near Coates' Tavern, have been exercised over the depredations of a small animal not indigenous to this territory. It fearlessly enters a farm-yard and devours poultry, <fce. Sometimes it attacks animals larger than itself. From the description received, some of us * -i. i._ n. . n a suppose tnac 11 muse oe ine -giunuu, ? species of wolverine from the Northwest. We can not account for its presence in this latitude. Perhaps a blizzard induced his gluttonship to migrate and seek a more genial climate. But this is not the class of immigration we want; and we hope the late convention at Hot Springs, N. C., had nothing to do with his arrival in this country. The chinch bugs are rayaging crops of small grain, and a neighbor says they are ruining a piece of corn which he has just worked out. They are a great plague to this country; and, as fire is the only means of their destruction, it is impossible to get rid of them. Were it not for this drawback our small grain would be very promising. A rare specimen of vegetation is among us. We have a poke stalk from whose top to the ground is about thirty feet. Who will deny that there is life in the old land yet? Strawberries would be plentiful, if the blackbirds (unfeathered) allowed them to mature; but these omnxverous bipeds are so destructive that fruit culture is almost impracticable, and wild fruits are only allowed to become half ripe. Blackberries promise a good yield. The March freeze did not kill all the peaches. We hope that those on the trees may attain greater perfection by being few in number. Waxhaw. Cprrespondence of tbe Yorkvillc Enquirer. X NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. Hoodtown, May 11.?We have had rain every day since last Friday, the 4th. Water courses have been high and all corn that was planted in bottom land will be to plant over. There is still some cotton to be planted. Those who were through planting cotton before the rains came have a fine stand, and it is looking well. A few have commenced chopping out their cotIon. Oats are doing well, and they will be fine if they get a few more showers. ' Mr. John J. Wallace met with a serious accident a few days ago. While trying to ?et a swarm of bees down from a tree, the limb on which he was sitting split off and precipitated him to the ground head first. me extern ui his usuries was uut ruvwu for some time; but it is thought that the :>nly injuries he sustained was a broken irm and two or three ribs fractured, with several bruises. He seems to be improving rapidly and will likely be out on the Fgrm again soon. ^Mr. Sam Childers and Miss Deborah aalloway were united in matrimony Wednesday evening last, Rev. J. B. Mickle nfficiating. ^Ir. Jas. P. Blair takes the cake for rat killing. He says that since the first of March there have been four hundred of ;he mischievious pests killed at his place. 1 hear of others who have killed large numbers of them. The second quarterly conference for the King's Mountain circuit will be held at Shady Grove, embracing Thursday and Friday, 17th and 18th instant. I The many friends of Hon. John G. Black were very much disappointed when be withdrew his name as candidate for senator, and the opinions of all whom I have heard express themselves was, that they thought he ought, in justice to his friends, to reconsider the matter, and if practicable to allow his name to be again arought before the voters of York county. Rambler. Correspondence of the Yorktille Enquirer. NOTES FROM RLACK'S. Black's, May 14.?We have had incessant rains during nearly the whole of last veek, which have impeded the progress >f grading on the railroad and materially iffected the farmers in planting and workng their crops. The rainfall has been noderate, and as far as I can learn no damige has been done to the crops. The Cherokee Falls Manufacturing Company was organized in the year 1881 with i capital of $50,000. Their cotton mills ire located about five miles below Black's, )n Broad river. The annual meeting of ;he stockholders was held at the factory >n the 9th instant. The following perjons were elected directors for the ensuing pear: Dr. J. N. Torrence, J. A. Carroll, s. S. Ross, W. M. Faulkner and R. P. Roberts. Dr. J. N. Torrence was elected Dresident, and R. P. Roberts secretary and reasurer. A cash dividend of 10 per cent, .vas declared. The result of the year's jusiness was entirely satisfactory. The :apital stock on the 9th of May, 1887, was 580,000, May 9th, 1888, $95,000, paid up. rhe mill's earning since 1882 as shown by he above figures is $45,000 in six years. The stockholders decided to increase the !*.. : 1 1 n.l/lUiAn r\ f* U1 LlIC i-LI ill LUC UUUlllUIi \JL 200 spindles. An iron warp room one itory high, fifty by one hundred and tweny feet, has recently been added to the iriginal building. Machinery will be noved into this room, to give place to the lew spindles. w. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, May, 14.?The weather vas so unfavorable last Thursday that it ,vas impossible to hold memorial services it Ebenezer, and they were postponed unil Thursday next, 17th instant, at 3 P. M. Your correspondent had quite a pleasint visit to Yorkville last week. ^ Mr. P. M. Berry, who lives a few miles rom this place, recently purchased a i Hood hound in Pennsylvania, for which j le paid a handsome price. On Friday j light last his dog was found dead, sup-! josed to have been poisoned. Dr. John R. Barnett, an old citizen of his section, who removed from this couny thirty-one years ago, is now on a visit ;o friends in this place. Dr. Barnett prac-! iced his profession for several years in j dates' Tavern section. The stand of cotton in this section is all I hat could be wished for by the farmers. V The late rains have been of great benefit to wheat and oats. From those whose opinions I have j heard expressed, I learn that the action of the County Democratic Convention in Yorkville, last Saturday, is endorsed. Hal. ! Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM GROVER. Grover, N. C., May 14.?This morn- j ing, after a week of wet weather, the j farmers are sharpening up their plows and | hoes to meet General Green, who maae himself very conspicuous during the siege of rains last week. There is a general complaint among the farmers that the wheat crop will not be as good this season as they anticipated. Corn and cotton look well, considering the amount of water that has been on the ground. The Grover High School closed Friday, and acquitted itself with a nice time, although some of the backwood rustics, procuring some spirits of fermenti and using too much thereof, marshaled themselves across the State line and entertained themselves and friends with some pugilistic encounters. Index. SKIPPED TWIXT DARK AND DAY. A very disappointed and vexed set of railroad hands were going about the streets in bewilderment yesterday afternoon, not looking for anyhody or anything, for the objects of their disgruntlement had already placed Greenville no telling how far behind them, and the laboring men who held slips of valueless scrip in their possession could do nothing but nurse their misfortune and muse upon the hardiness of theirt&t. v T The main thread of the story is this: [ Stroud & Smith have been sub-contractors under Tanner & Robinson in the grading of a section of the C., K. & W. railroad, their contract covering the stretch of road running through Alexander Macbeth's place, about two miles from the court house. The work has been going on under Stroud & Smith's personal supervision for some time past, and to all appearances satisfactorily, except too slowly, until within the past week, when some of their hands became dissatisfied from an unexplained cause and quit work. The work under contract was visited Friday by Mr. Tanner in person, and it was found that Stroud & Smith were not coming to contract by long odds. They were at once informed by Mr. Tanner that they had forfeited their contract by non-compliance with the terras of the agreement, and were notified to discontinue the operations. Tanner & Robinson had a full set- I tlement with Stroud & Smith late Friday) afternoon and paid them something over one hundred dollars, the sum paid beinr the balance due them after deducting tire other sums they had advanced. Sinte that time nothing has been seen of Strond & Smith. It is supposed that Strajd went eastward, as his home is said tolbe in Chester county. Smith is thought! to have gone to Camden, S. C., but of him very little seems to be known. The hadils employed by them numbered a good sizekl squad and among them were several white men. Supposing matters to be^ straight, a number of the hands presented their checks, amounting in several instances to as much as $15, to Lipscomb & Russell, who had been cashing checks of the kind for Tanner & Robinson, but to their utter disappointment Stroud & Smith's checks were rejected. It is supposed the unpaid checks held by the unfortunate hands aggregate several hundred dollars, but as there was no one in Greenville yesterday who could give the desired information, the precise amount could not be ascertained. Instead of val- ' uable paper for sums covering their earnings for a week or-two past the laborers hold nothing but the worthless checks of the no-where-to-be-found firm of Stroud & Smith. As above stated, but little seems to be known of Smith except that he has probably gone to Camden. This supposed information as to him is founded on the purchase of a ticket for that point by a wniie man cn tws"aescnpuou at uue ui mc depots night before last. Stroud is better known, especially in the town of Black's, where it is stated on good authority he got ahead of one merchant in the 3um of over three hundred dollars while operating as a sub-contractor on the Three C's railroad not long ago. At Black's it is also said he lived a disreputable life, and was about to be embraced in the arms of the law against living the wrong kind of life in a marital sense, when he left for other parts. He is said to be a citizen of Chester county, and report says has a wife and children in that 1 county. The amount of the indebtedness of the 1 vanished concern in Greenville outside of 1 what they owe their hands, is not likely 1 to prove large, as they seem not to have ' enjoyed a very extensive credit. A liquor i dealer in West Greenville is probably the ! heaviest individual loser. Johnson, who makes brick near the Air Line depot, < boarded a number of the concern's hands i and is out on that score a small amount. : Other creditors may turn up .?Greenville , Neics, \Zth. _ <^S0UTH CAROLINA NEWS. ' -KA million young shad were emptied ' into the Catawba river near Fort Mill last Sunday afternoon. ? T> 3v. W. A. M. Plaxico is a candidate for srhool commissioner of Lancaster county. ! ? President McBryde and the old faculty of the South Carolina University were re- ( elected Thursday. ? The town of Union has voted an addi- ( tional subscription of $30,000 in aid of the ? Augusta division of the Charleston, Cin.linnnti nnfl rliiiinrrn "RailrnaH tlUUUll auu vuivh^v a?uia*vm??* ( ? Major E. B. Murray, of Anderson, S. , C., will deliver the annual oration to the Alumni Association of the Furman Uni- ( versity of Greenville. ? The Pacolet cotton mills, in Spartanburg, are reported to be in a flourishing condition, and the capital stock of the Clifton mills, in the same county, has been increased $20,000. ? The board of directors of the Theological Seminary met at Columbia last week and elected J. Stacy, D. IX, president; J. G. Law, secretary; and Dr. Tadlock, libra- . rian. ?Very unsatisfactory reports come from certain parts of Spartanburg county in regard to the wheat crop. They say that certain fields bfwe been attacked by rust 1 and that before the rains set in or the wheat headed. ? Lancaster Review: Mr. Win. Mackey, . who was shot in a difficulty a few months ' ago, died from the effect of his wound on the 8th instant. Mr. Mackey wa* a good, enterprising young citizen, and his death 1 is a source of universal regret. ? Chester correspondent of the News and Courier: Mrs. Margaret Melton, widow of 1 the late George Melton, died on Wednesday after a short illness. Mrs. Melton was [ well known and widely connected, and her funeral Thursday was largely attended notwithstanding the heavy rain that was 1 falling at the time. She will be especially I missed at the Presbyterian church, having been the leader of the choir there for a f long time, her full, strong voice well qual- y ifying her for that position. y L ? The Spartanburg merchants have not bought a bushel of western corn this sea- c son. That county and the adjoining por- ] tions of North Carolina have supplied the ] demand up to this date, and it looks as if they would not have to use any corn from r abroad this year. The price paid farmers ! for corn delivered at that place is 70 to 75 j cents, and it is sold at 80 cents, which a gives the merchant small margin. When sold on time $1 is the price. ? F. D. J. Lawrence, the well known colored Democratic attorney, died at j Beaufort last Thursday evening. He was t born a slave, and one of his chief ambitions was to merit the esteein of the white people, who extended to him'high consideration. He was bold, fearless and aggressive in the enunciation of his political principles, which he invariably sustained 11 in the strength and ardor of his convictions. The resignation with which he ^ met the last enemy after a painful and 1 lingering illness of nearly three weeks was very remarkable, but characteristic of e one who had a great deal of native pluck, p Lawrence died a poor but honest Demo- t; crat. c unfit 1 I l V LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Tax Execution Sale. < Hunter <fc Oates?Make tracks for Bargains and ; Novelties. J. W. Dobson?Luxury Flour?Snuff?Canned Goods. George T. Schorb?On Time. Walter B. Moore <fc Co.?Stand to the Rack. W. A. Sanders?Candidate for Solicitor of the Sixth Judicial Circuit. George D. Phillips?Candidate for Coroner for York County. J. C.Wilborn?Candidate for the House of Representatives from York county. M. Strauss?What is the Matter ? T. M. Dobson & Son?Will not be undersold In the same kind of Goods. W. C. Latimer?The Big Rush. KpecK A uartwrignt?j> ew iotk nacKet oiore. Withers Adickes?Free Chances at the Beautiful Dinner Set. II. F. Adickes?Great Summor Sale of Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Laces, Novelties, Shoes, Ac. E. P. Castles?Candidate for School Commissioner of York county. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1880. Tiie Enquirer will bo furnished from this date until January 1st, 1889, for $1.55. NEW FIRM. By their attractive announcement in another column, it will be seen that the new mercantile firm of Speck A Cartwrlght is now before the public. LIGHT FROST. There was a light frost yesterday morning, inflicting slight damage to cotton plants in some localities. Our information leads to tho belief that the damage will not bo serious. MILITARY INSPECTION. Tho inspection of tho Jenkins Rifles will take placo on next Tuesday afternoon on the grounds of the King's Mountain Military School. The public is invited to be present, and especially the ladies. GONE TO NORTH CAROLINA. Rev. Roger Martin, for the past two years pastor of Allison Creek and Beth-Sbiloh Churches, in this county, has accepted a call to the pastorato of Providenco Presbyterian Church, in Mecklenburg county, N. C. ^SoLLEGIATE HONORS. The honors of tho senior class of Due West Female College at the approaching commencement have been bestowed upon Miss Sudie A. Shannon, daughter of Mr. James Shannon, of York county, and Miss Fannio L. Gerk, of Due West. Miss Shannon writes tho valedictory and Miss Gerk the salutatory. f LAND AND LOAN COMPANY. Among the declarations for incorporation filed in the office of the Secretary of State last Saturday, and for which commissions were issued, was that of the Piedmont Belt Land and Loan Company, of Rock Hill. Messrs. W. Joseph Roddey and W. Blackburn Wilson, Jr., are the incorporators. The capital stock is to be 325.000, divided into 250 shares at tho par value of $100. Tho purpose of the company is to operate mines, buy, improve and sell real estate, ejc. A RERSONAL MENTION. /^Ir. Alexander Lewis, connected with the bridge construction of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, as timber inspector, whose headquarters have been in Yorkville j since last June, has moved to Rock Hill. Mr. E. F. Dunning and family, of Palatka, , Florida, arrived here last Thursday, for the purpose of remaining a few weeks. They are the guests of Mr. W. M. Allison. There is talk that quite a number of Floridians contemplate spending a portion of the summer in Yorkville. X WINTHROP TRAINING SCHOOL. TLere will be a competitive examination for women July 3rd, 1S88, at each County Court House in the State for scholarships in the Win- : throp Training School for Teachers, under the provisions of Act No. 405, 1887. The successful candidate will be entitled to a beneficiary , scholarship for nine months, and the State guarantees 8150.00 for school expensdb. The State Superintendent of Education has appointed as the board of examiners for this county, W. B. McCaw, Esq., of Yorkville; Rev. J. A. White, of Black's ; and Prof. A. R. ( Banks, of Fort Mill. RAILROAD MATTERS. The report of tho railroad earnings in this : State for the month of March has been ' published. It shows a very good condition of the roads, the earnings of all being near- 1 ly 11 per cent, greater than in the month of March, 1887. The passenger earnings show an increase of 31 per cent., and tho freight earnings 7 per cent. The Richmond and Danville 1 3ystem increases its receipts7i per cent., though the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line shows a j decrease of 8(528.57 as compared with the earn- ] ings of March, 1887. The Charlotte, Columbia j and Augusta shows an increase of 84,820.54, ( the Chester and Lenoir an increase of $1,715.43, and the Cheraw and Chester an increase of 1 8337.56. At a meeting of tho State board of railroad t Bqualization, in Columbia last Wednesday, the f board considered the valuation of the various 1 railroads intne ?iaie ana agreeu upou meiw 3essments for 1888. The Atlanta and Charlotte i Air-Line was assessed at 814,000 per mile ; the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta at ?10,500; the Chester and Lenoir at 92,500, and the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago at $1,000. COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Pursuant to the call of the County Executive Committee, the Democratic Convention assembled in the Court Houso on Saturday last. The Convention was called to order by the County Chairman, R. H. Glenn. The roll of delegates, as reported by the presinct chairmen, was called by John A. Latta, Secretary. The chairman then appointed as committee in credentials, L. M. Grist, Wm. II. Stewart ind Frod II. London. After retiring for a few minutes, the committee returned and reported delegates from the lifferent precincts as follows: Black's?A. B. Crosby, R. M. Roark, W. D. Johnson, J. F. Whisonant, R. A. Westbrook, B. J. Gold, Franklin Johnson. Bethel?D. G. Stanton, J. C. Patrick, J. W. Barnett, L. K. Armstrong, D. M. Wallace. Bethany?J. M. Thomasson, Wm. Choat, H. A.. Falls, Emmet Walker. Blairsyille?Dr. J. H. Saye, H. J. Sherrer, J. [j. Rainey, H. II. Sherrer. Bullock's Creek?R. W. Hamilton, Elias Innan, Thomas Blair. Buffalo?No report. Clay Hill?D. A. A. Watson, R. G. McCaw, s IV. J. Neely. c Coates' Tavern?No report. t Clover?D. J. Jackson, J. Randolph Wallace, r r. B. Robinson, Wm. Beamguard. "I Clark's Fork?R. J. Love. Hickory Grove?J. C. Chambers, R. W. ; iVhitesides, M. R. Smith, L. L. Smith, R. G. j tVhitesides. # I McElwee's Mill?A. J. Hoffman, R. D. Sea- C ey, W. H. Kidd. ? Fort Mill?B. D. Springs, W. II. Stewart, } J. T. Crook, J. L. Kimbrell, S. II. Epps, J. G. j livens. I McConncllsville?W. N. Elder, W. B. Love, ^ IV. N. Ashe, J. T. Crawford, T. M. Burris. ^ Thompson's Mill?No report. r. Rock Hill?W. J. Whyte, J. J. Hull, J. X. i steele, J. C. Wilborn, W. H. Edwards, A. H. A'hite, Fred. II. London, J. R. Oatcs, W. J. iVaters, W. J. Cherry. Yorkville?John A. Latta, J. W. Xeil, G. H. VLeary, L. M. Grist, W. B. McCaw, James B. c loll, D. E. Finley, M. C. Willis, James F. t< lart, J. S. Brico. On motion of James F. Hart, the report was ecoived. A now precinct, to be known as Tirzah, havng been established by the last Legislature, nd it being without representation in the onvention.on motion, Henry Massey was adnitted as a delegate from that precinct. The chairman then announced that the first uisiness beforo the Convention was the eleeion of a County Chairman to serve for the / text two years. f The name of the incumbent was proposed, /r< iut he declined a re-election. n Fred. H. London, then, in a few graceful re-, narks, nominated James F. Ilart. j ? Xo other nomination was made, and the t( oto was taken by acclamation, resulting ip. iE ho unanimous election of Major Hart. / ti Chairman Glenn, on retiring from the chair, a| xpressed his gratification at the confidence re- ^ iosed in him by the Democracy of York coun- ? y in retaining him in the position of County n Chairman for tho last six years, and congratu- ci ?j' n. lated them upon the wise selection they had 11 made in his successor, to whom he yielded the \ c chair, feeling assured that under tho guidance \ of Major Hart the Democracy of York would 1 have a safe leader. e On taking the chair, Major Hart returned his thanks for tho compliment bestowed upon him?a compliment which came to him quite | unexpectedly. He would havo preferred that a younger man had been chosen for the posi- j ? tion, but as he had endeavored to never evade 11 service when called upon, he would try to i c servo tho party to the best of his ability. He I hoped that the proceedings of the Convention would be conducted harmoniously and that its labors would result for tho welfare of the Democratic party. D. E. Finley was elected Secretary. The Chairman announced as the next busi- j ness of the Convention the election of ten del egates to tno state convention, to be held in Columbia 011 the 17th instant. Nominations were made as follows: James F. Hart, R. H. Glenn, J. J. Hull, W. B. Smith, W. H. Stewart, W. B. Johnson, M. C. Willis, A. R. Banks, D. E. Finley, Frank H. Brown, R. G. McCaw, L. M. Grist, J. Leonidas Moore, Dr. W. J. White. The vote was by ballot, and after the ballots had been deposited, the chair appointed W. J. Cherry, W. B. MnCaw and N. W. Hardin to act as tellers. While the tellers were casting up the ballots, J. C. Patrick offered the following, which was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of the Democracy of York county are due to R. H. Glenn for the able and faithful manner in which he has discharged the duties of Democratic County Chairman for the past six years, and that this a Convention, in expressing that sentiment, in- c vites him to sit as a delegate during its deliber- ^ ations. (: Mr. Brice offered the following: Resolved, That this Convention is pleased to . express its favorable judgment of the able and ^ business like manner in which the Hon. John J. Hemphill has served this people in Congress, 1 and also of its approval of his course as mem- f ber from the Fiitn Congressional district. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Hamiltcm spoke against the resolution, each, however, disclaiming any ^ hostility to Mr. Homphill, but opposing it as * improper at the present time. Mr. Brico spoke in favor of his resolution, and called attention to the fact that it only ap- s proved Mr. Hemphill's course in Congress without referring to any futuro event. The resolution was adopted. 1 Mr. Stewart offered the following: Resolved, That the Democracy of York coun- 1 ty, in Convention assembled, does hereby s heartily endorse the administration of the present chief magistrate of the Nation, Grover j Cleveland, and express the hope that he will ^ be unanimously chosen to be the standard- J; bearer of the party at the approaching Na- 1 tional Democratic Convention. The resolution was unanimously adopted. c Mr. Hamilton offered the following, which c was adpoted: i Resolved, That it is the sense of this uonven- r tion that the State Democratic Convention, ] which will assemble in Columbia on the 17th j instant, should not proceed to make nomina-. * tions for State officers. Mr. Bell offered the following: Resolved, That the Democracy of York county, in Convention assembled, recognizes the efficient manner in which J. E. McDonald has * discharged his duties as Solicitor of the Sixth . Judicial Circuit. { This resolution was opposed by Messrs. k Stewart, Hamilton and others, with the same 8 line of argument used against Mr. Brice's resolution approving Mr. Hemphill's course in Congress. f Mr. Bell maintained that if the one should r be adopted so should the other, and could see r no objection to either. I Mr. Edwards spoke in favor of Mr. Bell's ( resolution, as also of Mr. Brice's, which had ( been adopted, expressing the view that they i were merely complimentary in their terms for ] past services rendered, and neither, by the j words employed, could have any undue in- C fluence on the approaching canvass. a Mr. "VVilborn spoke in favor of the resolu- 8 tion. ^ A motion was made and carried to reconsid- } Br the vote by which the resolutions relative to c Hemphill and Cleveland were adopted. 8 The vote was then taken on the question of ^ reconsidering the vote by which the resolu- * tion relative to Mr. Hemphill was adopted, * md resulted in favor of reconsidering. ^ It was then moved by Mr. Stewart to lay the resolutions relative to Hemphill and McDonald c Dn the table. Carried. j The question was then put on reconsidering j the vote by which the resolution endorsing j President Cleveland was adopted. The vote c tvas unanimous against reconsidering. j The following, offered by Mr. O'Leary, was t jnanimously adopted : f Resolved, That this Convention hereby re- c jommends to the State Convention the name of a Major James F. Hart as the delegate from the r Fifth Congressional district to the National u Democratic Convention, to meet at St. Louis )n the 5th of June. *j Mr. Stewart offered the following which was ' idopted: i Resolved, That it is the sense of the Democ- " acy of York county, in convention assembled, C ;hat the nominations of candidates for Con- a jress, Solicitors and the State officers be made u )y the primary plan, after a canvass first had. p The following, offered by Mr. Wilborn, was a inanimously adopted: C Resolved, That it is the sense of this conven- 0 ion that the State of South Carolina should ac- n :ept the bequest of the late Hon. T. G. Clem- r ion of the Fort Hill property, to be converted ^ nto an agricultural college, and that if neces- ? lary the Legislature should provide liberally 'or its support. " C The tellers gave notice that they were ready t o report the result of the election for de^gates o the State Convention. They reported that ~ >8 votes were cast and that 35 were necessary or a choice. The ten names receiving the ? lighest votes were as follows: James F. Hart, ^ it. H. Glenn, J. J. Hull, W. Beatty Smith, W. EL Stewart, W. D. Johnson, A. It. Banks. D. u 3. Finley, Frank H. Brown, L. M. Grist, who v vere declared the delegates elect to the State g Convention. The following names were proposed by Mr. g London as alternates, and elected by acclama- o ion: B. D. Springs, L. K. Armstrong, J. C. c Yilborn, W. J. Cherry, A. W. Ingold, J. B. g tell. J. C. Patrick, J. L. Rainey, D. A. A. 81 Vatson, A. B. Crosby. v On motion, unanimously adopted, the chairnan* was empowered to designate, at his leis- h ire, the principals and alternates. d Mr. Glenn moved that on the assembling of he State Convention, should the York dele- " ;ation be incomplete, that the members of the P lelegation be authorized and empowered to fill ? racancies. Carried. ^ The nomination of precinct chairmen, to ^ erve for the next two years, these precinct hairmen to constitute the Democratic Execu- C] ive Committee of York county, were then p nade as follows: Back's, J. F. Whisonant. jf lethel, L. K. Armstrong, vi iufifalo, W. D. Camp. Jlairsville, ;.R. T. Riggins. . Jethany, -.T. P. WhitesTdes. ? hillock's Creek, Elias Inman. tl Hay Hill, Perry Ferguson, tl Clover R. A. Matthews, rr Clark's Fork, W. M. Faulkner. a] Coates' Tavern, W. C. Abernathy. ^ort Mill S. H. Epps. " lickory Grove, J. C. Chambers. P( IcElwee's Mill, A.J. Hoffman, w IcConnellsville, J. F. Ashe, p: lock Hill, Juo. C. Witherspoon. ir 'irzah, Henry Massey. ti 'hoinpson's Mill, E. D. Thompson. o? forkville, D. E. Finley. g? The Convention then adjourned sine die. ja After the adjournment of the Convention the hairman designated delegates and alternates aj j the State Convention as follows: pi DELEGATES. ALTERNATES. tl James F. Hart, James 11. Bell. t0 R. H. Glenn, Allen B. Crosby. 1 W. H. Stewart, 1). A. A. Watson. A. R. Banks, B. D. Springs. W. Beatty Smith, L. K. Armstrong. J. J. Hull, W. J. Cherry. 0 Frank H. Brown, J. C. Wilborn. b; I). E. Finley, J. C Patrick. Ol W. D. Johnson, J. L. Rainey. T L. M. Grist, A W. Ingold. ^ THE STATE* PENSIONS. ai Mr. J. F. Wallace, clerk of the court, has P( jcoived the following letter from J. S. Ver- 11 er, comptroller-general: ai "On account of the large number of pension ri laims which have been passed by the pension j oard and the failure of the General Assembly j Ul ) provide the means of executing the pension ! gi lw, I ask that you do me the favor to dis- ai ibute the enclosed warrants to the pension r pplicants in your county, and in distributing ge le warrants that you have the applicants to .j; gn the enclosed power of attorney to be filed tr ere. Tarn sorry to trouble you with this latter, but the unlooked for number of appli- ." ints for pensions makes it necessary for me in o call on you for assistance in paying off these laims." With this letter was enclosed 50 warrants on he State treasurer for 85 each, for the pensionrss named below, for the month closing the 0th of April last. Mr. Wallace will cheerfully assist the comproller-genoral in disbursing the pension claims n York county, and on receipt of the warrants or the York pensioners not named below, due lotice of the same will be given through these olumns: SOLDIERS. H. R. Neal, Younger W. Neal, S. L. Laney, A. D. Burns, John H. Jones, W. G. Parker, Robert Burns, James Childers, S. L. Campbell, John W. Miskelly, W. D. Camp, R. G. Graham, Peter R. Byars, J. G. Parlor, Michael Dover, O. N. McCarter, Wm. Sprouse. D. L. White. WIDOWS OK SOLDIERS. Sarah J.JHamp, Z. J. Jones,^ Martha E. Minter, Martna u. vvnson, Mary R. Lindsay, Jane A. Hill, Elizabeth L. Jackson, Catherine Childers, Caroline McKnight, Margaret S. Miller, L. A. McCarter, Caroline Cobb, Margaret C. Bolin, Lutitia Brown, Mary R. Davidson, Catherine Bolin, Martha S. Tomlinson, Ginsy Mullinax, Elizabeth Ferguson, Mary Ann Bolin, Elizabeth D. Garrison, Mary J. Smith, Julia Peters, Mary E. Sandifer, A. M. Howe, Jane C. Barnes, Emily M. Purseley, Martha A. Poag, Elizabeth C. Patterson, Mary F. Gill, Sarah R. Carothers, Mary D. Crawford, Mary C. Choat, Nancy J. Turney, Mary E. Wkitener, Nancy J. Dover, Hannah A. Carr, Margaret L. Smith. The above pensioners are required to appear it the clerk's office in person and sign powers >f attorney in duplicate authorizing the collecion and disbursement of their claims in accorlance with the recommendation of the comproller-general, when Mr. Wallace will deliver he warrants to them, which will be cashed by dr. T. S. Jefferys, President of the Exchange lank, who has kindly consented to cash them ree of charge. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. Theo. D. Bratton, Minister. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniol, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. md 8 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. j. Galloway, Pastor. In consequence of the ibsence of the pastor there will be no preachng at his churches next Sunday. Sundayicliool at 3.30 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Prayer-meeting o-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. Chas. Manly, D. D., President )f Furman University, will preach on Saturlay evening at 8 o'clock ; also on Sunday evenng at 8 o'clock, after which Communion will do administered. Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Dr. Vlanly will preach at'Union Sunday morning it 11 o'clock. \TPDI? UPVTinV JlLI\?j'JlbiU iUil A cold wave struck the St. Paul, Minnesoa, section last Friday night. There were leavy frosts at numerous points. Wm. ^ Showers, a man 70 years of age, under entence of death at Lebanon, Pa., for the nurderof hi9two grand children, and who scaped on Tuesday night of last week, vas recaptured last Sunday within a mile >f his home, and is now safe in jail. A legro was lynched at Bowling Green, Ky., ecently, for poisoning twenty horses beonging to his former employer. Rev. 3. H. Yatman, whose last labors were at Columbia, S. C., last month, is lying very 11 at his home in Newark, N. J. The tfew Jersey, Maryland and Kansas Remblicans favor James G. Blaine as their candidate for President. Charles Pieron, a well-known gambler, lost $100,000 it faro, at one sitting, last Friday, at Denver, Colorado. One thousand men vere thrown out of employment onThurslay at the Pratt Mines, Birmingham, Alibama. The bill for the execution of criminals by electricity has passed both louses of the New York State Legislaure. The supreme court of Pennsylvania has refused to re-hear applications or liquor licenses. This will reduce the .? lumber of saloons from 9ix thousand to me thousand two hundred. Governor Till has vetoed the high license bill passed >y the Legislature of New York. Fifteen rnndred physicians were assembled in Cincinnati last week, at the meeting ol' the American Medical Association, of whom wenty-five were women. A Nebraska armer was caught stealing the roof from vera sleeping neighbor's head. By > preliminary decision in a contested will J ase at Chicago, the legitimacy of children M lorn to slaves, though in wedlock, is delied. W. Grinnell got drunk at Wil- JH iston, D. T., on Monday and began beat g his wife With his pistol, when sne threw lim down and choked him to death. A yclone of tremendous force whirled over i part of northern Indiana last Thursday light. The bureau of engraving and Tinting at Washington is engaged, night nd day, printing one and two dollar silver ertificates, and up to this time has $26,00,000 ones and $17,000,000 twos. Busiess failures throughout the country duing the last week number for the United Itates 192, Canada 17; total 209, against 34 the previous week. The Brazilian hamber of deputies has passed a bill for he immediate abolition of slavery. Crop Reports.?The South Carolina Veather Service furnishes the following oncerning the effect of the weather on the anous crops during the week ending last laturday: Rainfall has been above the average, ut fairly distributed. The temperature /as about the average, with but little unshine. In the northern counties the much needd rain has fallen at last, but it has been nly fairly distributed, the fall being exessive in places. Cotton and corn have ood stands; the small grain has been aved, particularly the oats. On the /hole farmers are in high spirits. In the middle counties the late rains ave brought up cotton nicely. Oats are oing well, but in some portions the wheat 3 poor. Reports have been received of eavy rains washing the land, of the revalence of hail storms in this section f the State whereby considerable damge has been done. Two inches of rain ill in the northern portion of Orangeurg county on the afternoon of the 10th istant. In the southern counties the rops have been benefitted by the rains of ast week. The crop bulletin for the week ending ist Saturday; issued by the signal office at Washington, says: The weather has been especially favorale for growing crops during the week in le central valleys and in the districts on -* le Atlantic coast. Rains, which were luch needed in the winter wheat region ud in the eastern portion of the cotton igion, occurred during the week, and reorts lrora these sections indicate that the eather has favorably affected cereals, asturage and fruit. More rain is needed 1 the west portion of that region, allough crops in that sections are reported i having improved during the week. The ;ason is reported backward in New Eng .nd, where well-distributed rains have. dproved crop prospects. In Minnesota and Dakota the season is iparently fifteen days late. Excessive recipitation and an unsually low temperire for the season have been unfavorable ?crops, and farm work in this section has jen greatly retarded. Floods and Cold in the West.? n account of floods in the West, caused y the overflow of the Mississippi and ;her rivers, great damage has ensued, he streets of several towns are indundaid and people are leaving their property id taking refuge in the highlands. Reirts from north of St. Louis are alarmig. as it is feared that hundreds of thousids of acres of waving crops will be lined. In Iowa and Northern Illinois last Sat- , rdfiy night the cold was so severe that the round was frozen and ice formed. Fruit id grain crops were badly damaged. A igular January blizzard raged in some ictions of Michigan on Monday, though le snow melted as fast as it fell. - Seventy-five tracts of land were sold i Berkeley county, last week for taxes.