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Straps and Jads. ? A dispatch of Wednesday from Winthrop, Maine, says: One of the most severe earthquake shocks ever felt in this vicinity occurred at 8:40 o'clock last evening. A report like a heavy cannon, continuing thirty seconds, shook the earth violently, swaying buildings and rattling dishes and furniture. A second shock, felt about midnight, was somewhat lighter but about of tne same duration. Hansom Craig, of Kentucky, is proba>i>ly the heaviest man in the world. His weight is given at 792 pounds, and it requires thirty-seven yards of cloth to make him a suit. He is six feet four and onehalf inches in height, is 31 years old, and weighed eleven pounds at birth. When 2 years old h8 took a $1,000 prize at tne 9 baby show in New York, tippiD , the beam at 206 pounds at that time. His father weighed 115 pounds and his mother 122. ? More than half of the people of the United States?men, women and children?wear shoes that come from Boston. That is the headquarters of the boot and shoe industry of the whole country?the centre from which the marketable product of the great manufacturing towns thereabout is distributed. The population of these towns is chiefly made of workers in the hngeehops, which turn out foot gear at the rate of nearly 100,000,000 pairs every year. ? The Norlib O&rplina Farmers' State Alliance was'in session at Raleigh last week. S. B. Alexander, vice-president, presided. He delivered an address in which he stated that the order was prosperous and its growth was marvelous. Secretary L. L. Polk read a report which showe^ that the order has been established in that' State a little over a year. It has now about 50,000 members. There are 1,045 sub-alliances in fifty-five counties. All were represented in the convention. ?A peculiar band of religious people, calling themselves "Saints," are conductingaxsunp meeting near Akron, Indiana. The ""Saints" go through some queer manoevres while holding services. One of the preachers can imitate the barking of a dog or {he cawing of a crow to perfection, and his making use of these sensational adjuncts caused two young men named George Cook and Cary Nichols to laugh boi8teronsly. The boys were arrested and fined. People in the neighborhood are in dignant at the "Saints." ? The President has signed Senator Hampton's joint resolution authorizing the secretary of war to examine and report on the amount owing by the Government for the occupancy of the Citadel Academy in Charleston. Before attaching his signature to the resolution.the President looked into the matter, and he was satisfied that it is a just claim. This action should in- j sure favorable results in the future both by the war department and Congress. So i that the prospect of Charleston receiving ; something like $70,000 is very promising. ?Representative O'Donnell, of Michigan, a member of the House committee on accounts, has been busy auditing vouchers for envelopes used in distributing the speeches of members of the House during the present session. Most of the speeches have been on the subject of the tariff, and $21,000 has been expended in furnishing 11,000,000 envelopes necessary to distribute campaign literature throughout the country. Previous to the present session the largest number of envelopes used for this purpose was during the campaign of 1876, when 7,000,000 envelopes were required. ? The Farmers' Inter-State Convention, which met at Raleigh, N. C., yesterday, will have representatives from the ten Cotton States of the South. It will be in session three days. There will be upwards of three hundred delegates, and the total number of delegates and vistors will exceed a thousand. Full stenographic reports of the proceedings of the Convention will be made. Features of interest will be the laying of the corner-stone of the North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College and an excursion to Durhajm. ? A uispatch of Friday from Cheyenne, Wyoming, says: An attempt was made at 2 o'clock this morning by masked men to rob the Union Pacific eastbound overland ^ passenger train. At Dana Station, near Poirlino throo mnsslrfd men covered the engineer with revolvers and compelled him to throw up his hands. Brakcman Frank Tillman grappled with one of the robbers, the express messenger came to the rescue and the robbers were put to 0 flight after thirty or forty shots haa been exchanged. Fireman Nash and Brakeman Tillman were seriously wounded, the former shot in the hip and arm and the latter in theside. One robber was dropped, but was carried off bv his confederates. ? Mrs. James Nader lives on a small farm near Pottstown, Pa. A year ago she was the mother of twenty-two living children, the youngest being a few mouths old. There was a mortgage for $550 on the little Nader property. The holder of the mortgage one day, a year ago, said, in a joking way, to Mrs. Nader, that if her family numbered twenty-four children within the coming year he would lift the mortgage. A few days ago he called to collect the year's interest on the debt. Mrs. Nader quietly conducted him to the cradle in her sitting room, exhibited to him a pair of three weeks' old twins, aud reminded him of his promise. The mortgage was cancelled and the twins presented with $100 besides. ?The London Society of Arts has thoroughly discussed the subject of protection f from lightning. The most thorough inV vestigation is summed up by Professor Lodge, in the statement that for isolated chimneys and steeples, as well as powder magazines, there is no better protection than a number of lengths of telegraph wires. A number of thin wires is better by far than a single thick one, and their capacity is increased by connecting up metallic masses, such as lead roofs; "but do not connect with balconies and other accessible places." As to a roof, he would run a barbed wire all around the eaves and ridges, but he would r?n no rods up above the highest points of buildings, because thereby flashes are precipitated that would otherwise never occur. So it seems that our ordinary lightning rods are a source of danger rather than of protection. ? The Supreme Court of Washington Territory decides that the law granting ? suffrage to women is unconstitutional. Tho orrnnnHc for tho nnininn are based on the fact that the Legislature exceeded its * powers granted by Congress. The Court took the ground that the word "citizen" in the grant means nothing else than male citizen. An appeal will be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States. The peculiarity of the legislation on woman suffrage in the Territory is that this is the second law that has been passed and this is the second time that it has been declared unconstitutional. Under the original law, fjassed by a large majority in the Legisature two years ago, an election was held and the women cast votes in all the counties. Then the Supreme Court overruled it. Again a few weeks a?o the? Legislature passed a law and this has met the same fate. The Territory is a stronghold of prohibition and woman suffrage advovates, and they will fight the case to the Court of last resort. ? One of the most remarkable incidents nff?rima hna recently occurred at Raleigh. N. C. It is a case of mistaken identity that if set down in a novel would be laughed at as an absurdity. The story is one of rare interest. In 1875, thirteen years ago, one Scott Partin murdered his wife and child near Raleigh and succeeded in making his escape. But so atrocious was the deed and the circumstances attending it that interest in the crime did not soon die out, and as late as last June two men who had known Partin declared that they had discovered him in Selma, the county seat of the county of Johnson, in the same State, and not a great distance from the scene of the murder, and had a man who bore the name of Porter arrested. A number of people who had known Partin declared that Porter was the same man, and such marks of identification as the loss of a middle finger, moles and other disfigure ments seemed to prove Porter to be the murderer. But Porter, who had come to this country in 1873, insisted on having his friends in Ireland communicated with, and so fully was his identity established \ that he was released from jail last month. But distress and confinement had told heavily upon him, and he has since lost his mind. It is said that after being released he expressed a desire to go to the Pennsylvania mines to secure employ- t ment. 1 ??????????mmmm 8 ibc fotbville touptim* j YORKVILLE, S. C. : C WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1888. ; THE CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION. J Though an occurrence of a week ago, we print in full, as a matter of record, the pro- s ceedings of the Congressional Convention j held in this place last Wednesday. Th^ e attendance of delegates was not so large, *( J as might have been expected, though tbfs * is explained by the fact that there was no * contest, and it was a foregone conclusion , that Mr. Hemphill was entitled to the j nomination. This sentiment pervaded the convention, which was unanimous on * that point. The nomination of Mr. Hemp- ] hill for re-election is a deserved recogni- { tion of his past services in Congress, which the voters of the district will cheerfully 1 ratify in November next. t PROGRESS OP THE CAMPAIGN. The Nejv York Times of Saturday says: With the hope probably of diverting ] public attention if jpossible from the dis- , sension among the Republican leaders over ( Blaine's speeches and other irreconcilable difficulties, Col. Elliott F. Shepard's relig- j ious daily yesterday afternoon published a ( story that Col. Brice had been removed r?? *-i-~ ~kni?reio.iotiin nf tha ATflfinnol I rum lllC iiiaiiuiauoiiip wi viiv Democratic Campaign Committee, after he had been sharply reproved by the President. Of course the story was false, but a reporter of the Times had a talk with ExSenator Barnum, chairman of the National Committee, abont the work oT the committee and about Col. Brice. Mr. Barnum has been sick for some days at his residence at Lyme Rock, Conn., and came to New York on his way to Washington. Said he: "There never has been any trouble between the members of the campaign committee, or between any member of the campaign committee and the President. Col. Brice's management of the campaign has been eminently satisfactory to the President, to Mii Thurman, and to his fellow-members of the committee. He i9 a gentleman of remarkable perspicacity and judgement, a great worker, who accomplishes his ends quietly. As to the condition of the committee's labors, I want to call your attention to the fact that we are three weeks ahead of 1884. I have never known things to be in so forward a state, or the machinery to be so perfectly adjusted for effective execution. We are not doing much talking, and are sounding no blasts on the trumpet, but everything . is going right on as it should in the most i satisfactory manner." "How are affairs in Connecticut?" . "While I was at home I received information from all sections of Connecticut. This talk about Connecticut manufacturers going over to Harrison and Morton is all i bosh. Most of them are convinced that the Mills bill will help them by making J raw materials cheaper and widening their , markets. The working men, too, are sat- ' isfled that a high protective tariff is detri- * mental to their interests." j Col. Brice was laughing with Mr. Mur- t tha, AmbsJ. Cummingd, and other friends t at headquarters abcut tne shifts to which I j their desperation had forced the Republi- ; cans to resort. He said: "I have seen ( the Mail and Express. Of course there is j absolutely nothing in the story. It is ab- j solutely false." ] Senator Gorman arrived last evening c from Washington and stopped at the Fifth i Avenue Hotel. He said that he hardly j blamed the Republicans for circulating ^ falsehoods about the Democracy; there n was but little else for them todo. "Why," . he continued, "they had a similar story about me four years ago when I occupied c the position Col. Brice does now. You ^ know the result. President Cleveland was . elected." Senator Gorman has been promising his fellow members that as soon as he could get away from the Senate he t would come and give them his valuable g assistance. He hopes now to be able to stay here for some days. t MR. MILLS IN WEST VIRGINIA. Hon R. Q. Mills, of Texas, delivered a s speech at Charleston, W. Va., last Sat- ? urday. His principal topic was the tariff. After a few opening remarks he said the c labor question was the paramount issue of ? this campaign, and referred to the demo- I cratic party as the friend of the people, j He paid his respects from a Democratic standpoint to the Republican party at the g close of the rebellion, following it up by r referring to taking the burden of taxation ( from wealth and putting it on the shoul- ] ders of labor. The question now before 1 the people is from skin to core and from g core to sk.n, as far as labor is concerned, i Statistics showing the attitude of the Re- t publican party, posing as the friend of la- 1 bor, were given also. The speaker c touched on the attitude of the Republican y party on the Mills tariff bill, and said it t was between the "devil and the deep 1 sea." He said the democratic party was c not buying votes this campaign, but r would make them by principles. 1 He denounced Republican legislation as j being in the interest of the wealthy and i the present tariff system as unjust and per- ; nicious, saying, "It will finally result in t bankruptcy and ruin to the masses of the 1 people;" that the proposed reduction is t only o per cent.; that he represents the i greatest wool growing State in the country; and as to placing wool on the free f list he spoke from a practical knowledge, i that it cheapened clothing to all, but did i not affect the wool growth in price or i otherwise, that the only benefit from a high tariff on wool is realized by a com- , bination of manufacturers in the country < at the expense of the people. Take off i the tariff, and its manufacture in this < country will be largely increased, and the i increase will demand labor, which is the I great producer And foundation of wealth, i The prosperity of the country is based up- s on the prosperity of the majority of the t people, and the Democratic party believes in giving the laborer the benefit of his 1 work and not in giving it to the monop- 1 olist at the expense of the man who earns i it. It is absolutely necessary that the producers reach, the consumer. When you prohibit goo^s from coming into a country you also prohibit goods from going f out, and commerce with other countries is j necessary for our prosperity. ] The Democratic party proposes to start | the manufactories of the country and fur- ] nisn employment iur every wui&iuguiau within its borders, by entering the markets of the world and sending our products to every nation. The Republican system of tariff does not protect the labor, tfbt the man that employs labor. The money goes into the employer's pocket, and then who is going to get it out? The Democratic party is for the labore^. A high tariff means low wages, and the profits from the tariff come from the pockets of the workingmen. The Republican party has deceived the working man for many years by posing as his friend, and the Democratic party | \ j appeals to the intelligence of the people j I and asks them to decide who are their t j truest friends. j i ? The Newberry News and Herald: The ! s great educational need of South Carolina j ] to-day is for more and better common ' i schools, where all the children can have f the advantages of a good English educa- t tion. This is something thai will reach j all the children, rich and poor, and be of 1 immediate benefit to them. ? Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer. I LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. j J Rock Hill, August 20.?The first reg- i, ilar passenger train on the Three C's Rail-1 < oad to this place arrived on schedule time j it 1.45 P. M., -to-day. The southern di- ] vision of the road is now open for all traf- j ic to Rock Hill. Work will soon be comnenced on the depot and cotton platform, j rhe work on the line from this place to forkville is being rapidly pushed forward. , ?ol. J. H. Averill, the superintendent of J he southern division, has extended an invitation to the business men of this place , o visit Lancaster, on a special train, this J dternoon, and spend a few hours in our ( ister town. The mail and express will irrive and depart oyer the roa<i regularly < ;ach day after this date. Asbury Tate, a white man who has been mgaged in constructing the N., C. & G. Railroad, entered the-restaurant of Hen- J Iricks, colored, on Saturday night,and had l difficulty with a dusky damsel. In the nelee Tate drew his pistol and shot the voman, slightly wounding her. He at J >nee left, leaving his coat and pistol belind him and has not been seen since. j Che pistol was taken in charge by Mar- , ihal Sharpe. j The union meeting, appointed to be leld last week by the pastors of the church- j |s at this place, has been postponed. The Bell telephone instruments have )een received and the line between this )lace and Yorkville will be in working >rder this week. The office at this place vill be located in the office of the Caroli)a Hotel. # Messrs. ^o. Ik Roddey & Co., who had i contract flwygrading on the Three C's Railroad, ha/e removed their force to Winston, 7H/ C\to work on the Roanoke md Southern Railroad. MessrsXFrew Bros, and L. M. Davis were the first of our citizens to ship goods to Lancaster, by express, over the Three 3's Railroad. Hal. BOISTEROUS*RAILROAD MEN. Last Friday afternoon, a gang of negroes, numbering about eighty, passed through Charlotte, some in carts and wagons, and nthers on foot. The force belonged to Mr. J. T. Roddey, of Rock Hill, who having finished a contract there on the Three C's Railroad, was transferring it to Winston, where he has a contract on the Roanoke and Southern. In their;wagons was the usual equipage of railroad laborers. They passed through Charlotte quietly and nrderly, but on Saturday morning excitement ran to its highest pitch when news was brought to the city that on Friday night the negroes had boldly entered garlens and watermelon patches and taken anything they wanted, and also that they bad robbed numbers of chicken roosts, insulted all the white residents on the road, ind were openly defying the authorities 3f the law. They had opened fire on some ivhites, but fortunately no one was killed. The people along their route became considerably alarmed. Appeals were made bo the sheriff, who at once ordered out the military company, sending the chief of police and others mounted in pursuit. It was learned that the gang had gone up ;he Statesville road. A special train was secured, which pulled out from the depot it 11.35 A. M., having on board thirtysight members of the Hornet's Nest Riflemen and Sheriff Cooper. The chief of police's mounted posse being overtaken, warded the train, when again the throt:le was thrown open. At Davidson College it was learned that ,he gang was only a few minutes ahead. Window-blinds were closed as the train moved on. Soon the gang was seen, but :he train went whizzing by. Stopping ifter passing the crowd, the military narched out. Some went into the woods, sthers marched forward to meet the gang. When the sheriff hurried upon them and rav8 the signal calling for unconditional mrrender, the military came from the voods, while all marched up showing the rang that they were surrounded by rifles. V yell of defiance was made by the gang, >ut they surrendered without further resisance. Twenty-four, wiere taken, brought o Charlotte and placed in jail for a hearug on Monday. Their names, as publishn the Chronicle, are William Harris, John Irant, Wilson Mathison, Jule Harshaw, Tonas Mclver, Scott Stinson, Ed. Jackson, lachael Watson, Will Wilson, Frank largrave, John Smith, Will Henderson, >hep Blakely, Isaac Hoover, Horace Bryce, Wash Huntington, George Smith, ?rank Brown, Jim Watts, Henry Hunt, >ardago Hayes, John Derby, Jim Brown, rom Jones. The Weather and the Crops.?The ' South Carolina weather service, cooperaing with the chief signal officer, furnishes he following concerning the effect of the 1 tmniAiio nrnno Hnrtnff tho ' vetUUCl UII tuc vai ivuo uvpo uuuu6 v..v veek ending August 18: "The rainfall for he past week in the northern, middle and outhern counties has been about an averige and fairly distributed. The tempera- ; ure was slightly above, with an average imount of sunshine." The weather and crop bulletin of the ignal service at Washington, issued last j sunday, says: { There has been more rain than usual luring the week throughout the Gulf 1 states, Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, the ower lake region and the interior middle Atlantic States. Well distributed show- i >rs are reported from Central Mississippi ind the Missouri Valley, while very little I ain occurred in North Carolina, South Carolina, northern portions of Wisconsin, i Vlinnesota and Western Kansas. The leaviest rains occurred in the lower Mislissippi and central Ohio valleys, thereby i educing a large seasonal deficiency in ,hose sections, llain fall for the season is i argely in excess in the southern portion )f the Gulf States and upper Mississippi : /alley. There has also been more rain han usual in the interior of the New Engand and the Middle Atlantic States, while >ver 90 per cent, of the usual rainfall is eported from the Missouri valley lake egion, Tennessee, Virginia and northern jortions of Georgia and Alabama. In the south Atlantic States, northern Mississippi and extreme west portion of Tennessee, j ;he deficiency in rain fall ranges from 7 to i 14 inches, or actual rainfall in those secIons has been from 00 to SO per cent, of lormal. The weather during the week has been avorable for growing crops in the wheat md corn regions of the Northwest, where eports indicate that prospects have been mproved. In Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina, the weather luring the week was favorable, and growng crops, which were suffering from Irought in the early part of the week, were nuch benefitted by the recent rains. Rain ias proved beneficial to the tobacco crop n Kentucky, although the plant in some sections had been prematurely ripened by ;he previous dry weather. In New England and the Middle Atlan- 1 ,ic States the weather during the week ias generally been favorable for ay growng crops. \ivnu xiDVTinY .IILUL'.IICJ^ 11IM. Chief Nescott, of the Kickapoos, his iquaw and five children, were killed by ightning on the reservation near Metawsa, Kansas, last Friday It has just ieen discovered that for years two men have worked a scheme of robbing the let:er boxes of Chicago, and it is estimated ;hat their stealings amount to more than i million dollars. The President has ssued an order placing Major-General schofield in command of the army, with leadquarters at Washington. General 1 schofield will also continue in command )f the Division of the Atlantic. No other ;hanges have yet been made. The msiness failures occurring throughout the ;ountry during last week number for the 1 United States 187; Canada 82; total 219 igainst 233 the previous week. A kill- 1 ng frost occurred last Friday morning, 'or the first time this season at St. Vincent, Montana, where the temperature fell to I hirty degrees, before sunrise that morn- i ng. All agree in saying that the im- < nense wheat crop was injured by the cold map. There lives in Logan county, < Dakota, a Mrs. Goodsill, who owns 5,000 i icres of land, and besides managing the < arm, she dictates the politics of the coun- i y. She is a practical politician. Mrs. i \nn Hardin, the first woman married in j fexas after its annexation to the United < States, has just died at the age of 80. She j svas a cousin of Gov. Rector, of Arkansas, and Jeff Davis, and was known all over the State as "Grandma" Hardin. Out of 250 voters at the recent election in Cimarron, Kansas, ninety-eight were; women. Seth Green, the well-known fish culturist,' died at Rochester, N. Y., i last Sunday, aged 71. More than twenty negroes are said to have been killed in the race troublesnear New Iberia, La., last week. The money that Andrew Carnegie pays out every month in wages to the employees of his vast iron and steel mills would, if converted into silver dollars, amount to sixteen thousand pounds, or eight tons. Farmers within a radius of three miles of Perham, Minn., during fourteen days recently, caught and killed 5,000 bushels of grasshoppers, for which the county paid $1.00 per bushel. The famous cattie trail between Texas and the North wiIl oon bo wiped out. It was 600 miles long and one mile wide* and when the original survey of Colorado was made this strip was left for the use of the cattle men. The railroads have now rendered it useless. Reports indicate that the yellow fever at Jacksonville, Florida, is abating, though one death occurred Sunday night, and five on Saturd&y and Saturday night. Strenuous exertions are making to thoroughly fumigate the city, and vigorous measures will be taken for the segregation of patients and suspects. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Miss Clara Hudson, a daughter of Judge Hudson, a charming young lady just buddipg into Womanhood, died at her home jn Bfennettkville on Wednesday. ? Repprts are more favorable for the building of the Cumberland Gap Railroad. The survey fr^U?d(|i^ps.to the top of the mountains is progressing satisfactorily. ? Track laying on the Carolina, Knoxville and Western railroad., from Greenville westward, is progiessingattherate of a mile a day. Grading has been completed to Marietta, fourteen miles from Greenville. ? During a thunder storm last Friday, W. M. Meyers, the telegraph operator at White Pond, Aiken county, was stunned by lightning, and at last accounts was not expected to recover. The stroke affected his brain. ? It is stated in the Greenville News that J. S. Cothran, Jr., of Abbeville, having taken the mechanical course at the South Carolina college, has bought a set of tools and is going to work at the carpenter's trade under a lofal contractor. ? The Clemson bequest to the State will be contested by the Lees, of New York. L. F. Youmans has been retained to conduct the suit to break the will. The best legal authorities of , the State seem to think that the will cannot be broken. ? Capt. F. M. Trimmier, for the last twenty years cletk of Spartanburg Court, died in Spartanbhrg last Friday morning. He was buried on Saturday with Masonic honors. He was one of the most popular men in his county. ? The track-layers on the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad have reached Fishing Creek, twelve miles from Chester. They will be delayed there a few days until the bridge can be put in position. Trains will be running from Monroe to Chester by September 15. ? The superintendent of the penitentiary and the penitentiary surgeon, have returned to Columbia recently from inspecting the convicts leased to the railroads. As the result of this visit, a large number of convicts have been ordered to be sent immediately to the penitentiary for rest and proper medical treatment. They are suffering from chronic dysentery a'nd many are very sick. STATE POLITICAL ITEMS. ? The Lancaster Ledger nominates Gen. John Bratton for Governor. ? The Hon. Joho J. Maher, of Aiken, will be a candidate for the position of Judge of the Second circuit at the next judical election. I ? There Is onlj4one Republican candi ^ J ii.n i date in Noytn UflJ^upa so iar, unu miti uuc is T. E. Miller, .colored, of Beaufort, who wants to fill Congressman Elliott's place. ? Say the Abbeville Medium: The farmers do not ask much from their fellow citizent. With the money derived from the Clemson estate the burden will not be felt. If a separate college was established without the bequest and by direct taxation, the burden on each taxpayer would hardly be more than the value of a postage stamp. ? A red ink poster, issued by Fred Nix, Jr., Chairman of the Republican Executive Committee of Barnwell county, invites "every man, woman aud child" to attend a meeting at Blackville on the 15th of September, to ratify the nomination of Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton, to consider "some particular resolutions to be passed upon in the interest of colored men and women who sign contracts," and to hear speeches from E. M. Bra.vton, Rev. W. J. White of Georgia, W. H. Purvis, E. J. Dickerson, S. E. Smith, W. F. Myers and Robert Smalls. The Republican Congressional Convention for the Second District will also be held at the same time and place. ? The Edgefield County Democratic Convention was in session last Friday. All the resolutions introduced were passed without a dissenting voice. They were four in number, and alternated for the Hon. George D. and Capt. B. It. Tillman, indicating in the most positive terms that the meeting was a solid, unequivocal, harmonious Tillman family gathering. One of the resolutions, introduced by Capt. B. 1 R. Tillman and passed unanimously, in- j structs the delegates to the State Convention to vote in the Convention for an amendment to the constitution of the par-1 ty providingfor primary elections for nom- j inating all State officers. Capt. Tillman was elected a delegate to the State convention. GENERAL POLITICAL NOTES. ? The Republican State Convention of Indiana, on the Sth instant, nominated Gen. A. P. Hovey, at present a member of Congress, for Governor. ? ' ' - rii-i- /-I rsf ? The Democratic state cunvcuuuu m New York will meet at'Buffalo, September 12, to nominate candidates for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor and Judge of the Court of Appeals. ? The New York papers are speculating upon the possibility that Mr. Blaine may desire to suece ch^fcv Frye in the United States Senate. Mr. Frye's term expires next March. ? The Rev. Alfred P. Miller, a colored delegate to the [Republican Convention in Hartford, Conn., last Wednesday, is indignant over the refusal of a restaurant keeper of that city to feed him. It turns out that the restaurateur is one of the most pronounced white Republicans in Hartford. Such an "outrage" down South would be apt to elicit a Congressional inquiry. ? Gen. James Langdon Curtis, who has been nominated for President by the American party, is a retired dry goods merchant and real estate owner of New York. He was born in Hartford, in 1812, but he has lived in New York since he was 1G years of age. Although a General in the array, he never saw active service, but was engaged in drafting troops. He has been a candidate for Congress and was the nominee for Governor of Connecticut in 1884 on the Butler ticket. ? George 0. Jones, Chairman of the NatifM-ioi rvrnimaton r>f thp f4rf>finhank nartv. has issued a call for a National Convention of the National Greenback party at Cincinnati, Wednesday, September 12th next, to nominate candidates for President, and Vice-President of the United States, and to take such further action as may be necessary to preserve the name and organization and keep before the people the principles on which that party was origipally founded. ? A proposition is under consideration by the Democratic campaign managers to arrange for a joint discussion of the tariff question by Speaker Carlisle and Blaine. It is proposed to challenge Blaine to meet Carlisle and dispute the question in alternate speeches in the twelve principal cities Df the Union, six to be named by Blaine and six by the Speaker. The opinions of a number of prominent Democratic Congressmen as to the advisability of such ;ourse have been asked, and there is very general concurrence of approval. LOCAL AFFAIRS. J ti NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. a] Rev. W. W. Orr, Principal?Huntersville High School for Boys and Girls. Mrs. Mollie E. Dobson?New Millinery Store in the Allison Block. a! F. Happerfield, Supervisor of Registration for tl York county?Registration Notice. ir Hunter it Oates?Previous to the Introduction a( of our Fall and Winter Stock. . M. it H. C. Strauss?Do You Know That. Lowry it Starr?Grand Republic Cigar. S( A. Y. Cartwright <t Co.?Our Arrangements are all Made for the Winter Campaign. tl II. F. Adickes?Grand Central, etc. n M, C. Willis?A Growing Business. Witliorn A <1 inkfiq?Yrtiir Final Ghunces at the V Dinner Set. Walter B. Mooro <fe Co.?Sonic Facts Worth h Knowing. tl UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1880. U The Enquirer will be furnished from this t( date until January 1st, 1889, for 90 cents. P TRYING THE NEW ROAI). i On Friday next Mr. S? A. McElwee, of this place, will ship from ftock Hill to Charleston, ti oyer the Three C's Railroad, a drove of cattle. t< Ho is an extensivo shipper of cattle to the ti Charleston market and wishes to give the new t route a trial at tho earliest opportunity. a ^ NEW 3IAIL ROUTE. . . / A new mail route has been authorized and u opened, between Clay Hill in this county and t King's Mountain, N. C. The oflices supplied (between the two points are Bandana, of which Perry Ferguson is postmaster, Bethel, Clover, ^ and Gould. The last named office is in Gaston county, N. C. REGISTRATION NOTICE. { F. Ilapperfield, supervisor of registration for ^ York county, gives notice of importance to voters who may dmye lost their registration ^ certificates. He publishes an extract from the law on the subject, which explains the mode . of proceeding in such cases. The time for renewing lost certificates will expire on the Oth of October. - s NEW ENTERPRISE AT BLACK'S. ; On Friday last the declaration of the Magnetic Iron and Steel Manufacturing Company, of Black's, in this county, was filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and a commission was issued. The capital stock proposed is $10,000, and the company will have the privilege of increasing it to $100,000. HUNTERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. Attention is directed to the advertisement of Huntersville High School, situated in Mecklenburgcounty, N. C., and under the manage- j ment of Rev. W. W. Orr, President. The ] school will enter upon its nineteenth session on ] the 18th of next month, with a full and efficient 1 faculty in classical, preparatory, business, mu- j sical and art departments, affording ample op- ( portunity to boys and girls to secure an edu- ( cation. . ( NEW MILLINERY BUSINESS. ] Mrs. Mollie E. Dobson gives notice that on J or about the 1st of next month, she will open, } in the Allison block, a new millinery store, ^ selling also dress goods, trimmings, hosiery, ' gloves, Ac. She will be assisted by Miss Willie r Keene. Mrs. Dobson is well and favorably known in the millinery business, as is also " Miss Keene, both -of whom are ladies of ac- . knowledged taste, and we predict for the new business a merited success. ^ ^ THE TELEPHONE LINE. The telephone line between this place and < Rock Hill, under a new management, is being reconstructed and will soon be opeh for busi- < ness. The office at this place will be continued in the York Drug Store. After the decision of ] life United States Supreme C'onrt, sustaining the claims of the Bell patents, the line wasdis- \ continued until satisfactory arrangements ? could be mado with the Bell party. That has been perfected, and the Bell instruments will 1 be substituted for those formerly in use. We have been informed that the line will be ex- v tended from Rock Hill to Fort Mill, and from ^ Yorkville to Black's, and that a line is also un- 1 der construction from Rock Hill to Smith's Turnout, on the C., C. & A. Railroad. * j CHURCH* NOTICES. 1 Episcopal?Rev. Theo." D. Bratton, Rector. Services neit Friday at 0.30 P. M. ajid on 'Sun- t day at 10.30 A. M. and (5 P. M. Sunday-school^ T at 5 P. M. i Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. No services next Sunday morning. " Union services at 8.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 5 P. M. No prayer-meeting this evening. ( Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. f! (trIIowav. Pastor. Services next Sunday at t Tirzah at 11 A. M. and at Gold Hill at 5 P. M. Sunday-school at 5.30 P. M. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 4.30 P. M. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8.15 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Sunday-school at 5 P. M. RAILROAD NOTES. The last of the work on the roadbed assigned ^ by the engineer to the contractors here, was ^ finished yesterday. The adjoining section of j six miles west, under Smith <fc Lathrop, will be completed this month, which will give a fin- j ished roadbed to King's Creek, and the work t beyond that point to Black's, about six miles, ] under Capt. Kinsley and his sub-contractors, r is progressing in such manner as to give no ^ fear of interruption in tracklaying. ^ It was expected that the work of tracklaying j, would be resumed yesterday morning, thesur- <; facing up of the track between trestle No. 13 ] and Rock Hill having been completed last Sat- c urday. We have been assured by those in po- r sition to know, that tracklaying will proceed g from this date without interruption or delay, ^ except such as may be caused by unfavorable a weather. ^ The railroad commissioners, accompanied by j Mr. J. H. Averill, the superintendent of the Southern Division, inspected that portion of the road between Lancaster and Rock Hill last Friday, and the commission has authorized its use for traffic. Regular trains commenced running to Rock Hill on Monday last. : On to-morrow an excursion party, composed of business men of Charleston, will be run from that city to Rock Hill, the railway management desiring that the opening of the road to that point shall be both a railway and a social event. It is understood that a similar excur- * sionwill bo run to Yorkville when the road is , open for traffic to this place. ^ CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION. { Delegates from counties composing the Fifth ] Congressional District, assembled in conven- r tion in the Court House at this place on Wednesday morning last, 15th instant. a At 10.35, on motion of J. K. Henry, of Ches- t ter, seconded by J. L. Glenn, of Chester, a tern- c porarv organization was effected by calling J. c T. Hay, of Kershaw, to the chair. C After taking the chair, the chairman explain- \ ed the object of the convention to be the uomi- J nation of a Democratic candidate to represent I the Fifth Congressional District in Congress. t On a motion, which was seconded, D. E. ? Finley, of York, was elected, by acclamation, J secretary of tho Convention. 1 On a motion by G. II. O'Leary, of York, f which was seconded, tho appointment of a ? committee on credentials was dispensed with k and tho chairmen of tho several delegations c presont were requested to furnish the secretary with a list of tho delegates for their respect- v ive counties. a Tho secretaries called tho roll of counties composing the district, whereupon the names t of the following persons wore reported as delegates, and upon a call of the roll of delegates, r found to bo present: J Chester?John B. McFadden, <?. I). Heath, f P. L. Ilardin, I). Hemphill. J. K. Henry, T. N. t Berry, J. L. Glenn, W. II. Wylio. r Kershaw?J. T. Jlay, Wm. Boykin, I). L. i DeSaussure. Lancaster?O. F. Connor. 0 Union?Charles A. Jeffries. ^ York?G. H. O'Leary, J. W. Neil, J. J. Ha- 11 ? u m W AT T? fi MP.PAW. 1 fclllZ!, XX. X. iwfcfcl.io, "* , ? , W. G. White, L. M. Grist, D. E. Finley, W. S. l! Adams. s A full convention consists of forty-two delegates, and twenty-three being present and constituting a quorum, the chairman declared the g Convention legally organized and ready for business. ^ On a motion which was seconded and adopt- | ed, the temporary organization was niado pernianent. c On a motion, which was seconded and adopted, the Convention proceeded to the nomination ofa Democratic candidate to represent the si Fifth Congressional District in Congress. n Win. ltoykin, of Kershaw, nominated Hon. SI obn J. Hemphill, of Cheater. The nominaon was seconded by D. E. Finley, of York, nd D. L. DeSaussure, of Kershaw. D. E. Finley, of York, moved that noiniations be closed. J. K. Henry of Chester, in3much as there was but one nomination before le Convention, moved to amend Mr. Finley's lotion by providing that the vote be taken by cclamation. The amendment being accepted y Mr.'Finley, the motion, as amended, was econded and adopted. The name of Hon. John J. Hemphill was len presented to the Convention by the chairlan, and a vote being taken by acclamation, he as unanimously nominated. A motion was made by D. L. DeSaussure, of Lershaw, which waa seconded and adopted, liat the chairman appoint a committee of three j inform Hon. Jonn J. fiempum, wno was in )\vn, of liis nomination. The chairman apointed as the committee, D. L. DeSaussure, of fershaw; J. B. McFadden, of Chester; and O. \ Connor of Lancaster. The committee retired and in a short time reamed with Mr. Hemphill and presented him o the Convention. He addressed the Convenion and expressed his gratification at its acion, and returned his thanks to the delegates, nd through them to the people, for the honor onferred upon him of a unanimous nominaion by acclamation, and pledged himself to se his best efforts to promote the interests of he people of the Fifth District and of South Jarolina. There being no other business before the invention, 011 motion, it adjourned sine die. THE PRIMARY FOR SOLICITOR. The primary election yesterday for the nomnation of a candidate for Solicitor for the lixth circuit passed off quietly throughout the ounty. York having no aspirant, for the ofice, this county Vas recognized by?the three pponents as the battle-ground, each contestng inch by inch for the prize. The followng is the vote in York by precincts so fai s we could obtain returns up to the time ol ;oing to press: 2 1 PRECINCTS. I|g a ^ c c> 3 1 S 0 <J S3 Z. . a - $ :> . 2 o ? ^ h h 3ethany, 54 14 1 61 3ethel, 42 13 11 6< Hack's 117 63 3 181 31airsville,..'. 33 16 4 51 Buffalo, 3ullock's Creek, 32 34 1 6" llark's Fork, 19 18 4 4 21ay Hill 4 39 2 41 31over, 76 15 11 10: Doates's Tavern, 19 32 9 & Fort Mill 56 29 91 171 hickory Grove, 192 95 30 31' HcConnellsville, 54 60 1 111 VIcElwee's Mill, 31 44 1 71 Flock Hill 117 120 70 30' fhompson's Mill, 43 5 3 5 rirzab, 25 13 4 41 Forkyille 165 189 34 381 Totals 1069 799 280 2151 chester county. Sander*. McDonald. Jones. Lowrysville, 96 26 4 Fort Lawn 43 17 14 Chester, 395 90 5 Etichburg, 57 111 33 Fairfield?At Wiunsboro, McDonald, 189 Banders, 13; Jones, 2. Lancaster, C. H.?Jones, 441; McDonald r9; Sanders, 6. PERSONAL MENTION. '^Miss Hattie Lowry is visiting at Rome, Ga. Mrs. G. M. Lowrance is visiting at States irille, N. C. Miss Fannie Robertson is visiting relative! n Virginia. ., IT Mrs. J. H. Riddle a'nd Miss Mary Clark ari mitidg relatives at Zeno. Mr. John A. Neely has accepted a positioi is clerk in Hunter <fc Oates's store. Mrs. Willis, of Barnwell, is in Yorkvilli risiting her son, Mr. M. C. Willis. MrsJDida Mills, of Blackstock's', is visitinj he family of Dr. W. M. Walker. "Miss Kato Melton, of Columbia, is in York rille, -visiting Miss Daisy Hart. Miss Mamie Thames, of Charleston, is ii iforkville, visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. R. H. Brown and Mr. Win. Boozer, o Columbia, are guests of Capt. T. S. Jefferys. ^Bliss Minnie Wilson returned home las veek from ail extended visit to Spartanburg hDr. John May, Jr., and wife, returned homi ast Monday from Cleveland Mineral Springs iirMr. George W. Williams, United States na ,'al cadet at Annapolis, Md., is at home on fur ough. Mr. J. G. Schorb and his daughter, Mrs Carrie Beach, of Columbia, are visiting rela ives at this place. Capt. M. C. Dewis, of Hamden, N. Y., wh< lad the contract for all the bridge and tresth vork on the Three C's Railroad between Rod Jill and Black's, is here on a visit. Sir. Robert T. Allison, postal clerk on th< Ur-Line Railroad, is visiting his parents a his place. He is accompanied by Mr. J*. C davenport, also a postal clerk on the sam< oad. irJudge and Mrs. I. D. Witherspoon and theii laughter, MissLessie, Br. and Mrs. J. C. Kuyfeudal, Mrs. Metts and her daughter, Miss Judie, and Miss Heloise Coward, are at Cleve and Mineral Springs. ^Ir. Mason Carroll, who has for the past foui nonths held the position of clerk in the Racket Store, has gone to Bascomville, Chester county 0 accept a postion in Mr. W. T. D. Cousar's itore. Mr. Carroll is a worthy and efficient roung man and Mr. Cousar is to be congratuated upon securing his services. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM UNION COUNTY. Etta Jane, August U6.?Saturday light last we had a fine rain, which came n the right time to supplement the good (fleets of the last one we had, more than 1 week ago. There was scarcely any vind, but a good deal of electricity in the doud. This will make most of the corn. My observation is that with no disastei o crops this county will be better off this ;ear than it has been since 1887. Some ;arly corn was so largely damaged by the Irought that the rains have improved il iut little. Cotton is beginning to open, :t will not compare with the corn prosjects at present. The reunion of the Confederate veterans it Limestone Springs, last Friday, broughl ogether a large and representative body >f both sexes. The occasion was also the ipening of the campaign in Spartanburg ;ounty. Among the speakers was oui vorthy Representative in Congress, Hon, lohn J. Hemphill. It was not our good ortune to be present and hear him, bul hose who did, spoke in the highest terms ?f his effort. The compliment he paid tc ^residentCleveland and his wife was subime beyond description. Also the com>liment he paid the ladies present, as well is those of his Congressional district and state, was uone'the less appreciated. His vas the speech. He is the rising man, not ?nly of the State, but of the Nation. Without fear of successful contradiction ve venture the assertion that there is not , Congressional district in the Union where he rights and wishes of the people are ore thoroughly represented than in his. A daily mail has been placed on the oute from Union to this place, and we tope soon to see the same on the route rom Yorkville. The diverse business inerests along the line through which this oute passes call for increased mail faciltes, and the people must have them. Mr. John W. Lee and Miss Mamie Gore, f this county, stepped across the river into I UI K fJUUUiy tUlU t'UUSUUiliiavcu c* 1U?W?.UU lial contract before G. C. Leech, Esq., Mai Justice. A marriage license is a iir subject for Legislators to give coniderationto. Sigma. ? In the Shaylor's Hill section of Kerhaw county, one night last week, Henry hropshire and wife went to church, about mile from their home, and carried with hem their baby, but left at home two mall children. In a short while after they 3ft their house was in flames and the two hildren were burned to death. ? Mrs. J. W. Stribbling, of Seneca, died uddenly last Friday, from an overdose of lorphine, administered by mistake, intead of quinine. m Rent for the Citadel.?On Monday | last the secretary of war transmitted to the Senate his reply to Senator Hampton's 1 Citadel resolution. Secretary Endicott | states that he referred the matter to the ! quartermaster-general, and that officer is J of the opinion that a fair rental for the property for the fifteen years of its occu; pancy by the United States would be about | ?4,000 per annum, and in vi^v of the injui ries resulting thereto by wear and tear and by fire, rent should be allowed at the rate of ?5,000 per annum. Thus, from August, 1866, to February, 1882, the amount would be ?77,260, to be awarded to South Carolina for the use and occupation of, and damage to the Citadel. Qonotnr FTnmntrvn hannonorl to ho in thfi AAMti?|/VVU liU^/|iV>iVVI VV MV ? ? " Senate when the secretary's communication was laid before that body, and he promptly moved that it be referred to the committee on appropriations. It is his in tention to have this sum accepted in lieu of all claims for rent, wear and tear, or any other cause whatever. After investigating the facts in this case the secretary says that the quartermaster-general is of the opinion that the above amount, upon the terms and conditions recited, would be a fair compensation to the State of South Carolina. An item will be inserted in the general deficiency bill providing for the payment of this claim. Two Views.-?The Newberry Observer says: "Why should Governor Richardson be regarded as an 'opponent of the farmers' ? The Governor is a farmer; and, except during the war when he was a Confederate soldier, has always been a farmer. He may not agree with the doctrines of what is known as the'farmers' movement,' or he may. Governor Richardson is an honest man; he Is a truetnah, and pg-pnrp- ,, a patriot as South Carolina has or has ever had. And whatever opinion he may entertain, he is not an 'opponent of the . farmers.'" 1 And a writer in the Keowee Courier defines the Governor's stand thus: "I would like to know which side Governor Richardson takes in the Clemson College. I think he is like the man who was out I At 1 At LA , J (TIL ? ? nuuuuguuu muugiu ne saw a aeer. jliicu he thought he was a eolt. He said he would shoot anyhow, and if it was a colt he would shoot to miss, and if a deer he would shoot to kill it. He shot and missed, and the thing run off and he never knew which it was." Ben Butler on the Tariff.?"Iam one of the largest woolen manufacturers * in the United States. I do not say this 3 boastingly, but to show that I am not selfj ish in the views I hold. The cloth I . wear"?placing his hand on his coat 1 sleeve?"is of my own manufacture, and I I notice several gentlemen around me ] who wear the same. On these goods there j is a tariff of 60 per cent. Republican ora3 .tors and newspapers tell you this tariff is 1 to protect the mill laborers. Twenty per 5 cent, will pay our entire labor expenses. 5 What do you suppose becomes of the oth7 er 40 per cent. ? These same Republican i oratorsand newspapers tell you itgoes into 5 the United States Treasury. Not a dollar . reaches there. Every cent goes into my s pocket." (Slapping his hand on his pock et vigorously, to give emphasis to his words.) "And every one of you is paying ^ this bounty to the woolen manufacturers. The whole tariff" scheme is an imposition and a fraud on the American people." ; The Law is Supreme Over All.? The whole power of a sovereign people , cannot place any man in South Carolina beyond the reach of accountability for his acta. From the Governor in his seat to the mopt honored Judge, all are bound by the same law of justice, honor, integrity. " But it is in violation of every principle of honesty and justice for a citizen to charge 3 dishonor upon a man who has gained the confidence of his fellows, simply for pur9 poses of notoriety, and more especially when he has not a circumstance upon i which to base his charge. And we submit that it is a dark day in the history of this b State when candidates for office resort to groundjess charges of corruption hurled _ .1 Annnf tvi An t%a nlnot!nnonpi nop 5 agaiuoi/ 1 u uuvcii i iuuu c*o schemes.?[Laurens Advertiser. t&* There will be no such thing as an ^ "October State" this Presidential campaign to indicate the ultimate result of the f election the following month. This, we take it, is of inestimable importance to the Democracy, as Indiana, one of the States which formerly voted for State officers in October, is the home-place of the Republi3 can candidate for the P- esidency, and that party would spend no end of money in order to carry the State in the first elec tion, hoping by that means to qjffect.the final results the next month. From the contagious nature of politics and its uncer tainties, this effect would not be very improbable, considering the usually close > conditions of majorities in that State. 3 * . "The country is sick of hearing the Senator from New Hampshire tell the 3 Senator from South Carolina that he should t have been hung for treason," says the Birmingham Herald, "and the Senator from ' Alabama retorting that the Senator from New Hampshire held a bomb proof position during the war and was afraid to r fight on either side. What has any of ' that 16 do with the live questions of toJ day. The fossils should all be retired and " men of modern ideas brought out to discuss modern issues." 1 THE THERMOMETER'S. RECORD i For the Week Ending August 21?Observat tions by Mr. J. R. Sehorb. i i I a I I 5 S ? ? s ' o ? S 3 DATE. "C I ? = = 5 * ? I ? ? i-5 ! ? I M i C* ; M JS ! E ! A X , Wednesday 15.. 09 I 89 j 82 80 j 91 I G8 .00 Thursday *10.... 70 ' 89 ; 83 81 91 08 .00 1 Friday 1*7 72 i 90 83 82 92 71 .00 ' Saturday 18 72 91 ! 83 82 i i 71 .55 ' Sunday 19 72 ! 90 I 77 80 j 91 | 71 .33 > Monday 20 73 j 8G ; 78 79 87 71 .00 , Tuesday 21 i 74 : 78 ; 75 7G j 84 | 72 .22 . Mean for week 72 j 88 80 80 88 I 70 i II I I II* 1 A slight sprinkle of rain on Monday. ) * CVJ5VV?W? Basket Picnic. [ A Basket Picnic will be given at Blairsville^^^^^ ' on Friday, 24th instant, tho day of the publkf^^P^"" ! speaking by the candidates at that place. A , general invitation, especially to the ladies, is i extended. Preaching at Harmony. Rev. R. A. 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