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Scraps a?d Jxcte. * r? ? Last Saturday was a memorable day in the history of Sioux City, Iowa, it being the first anniversary of the great blizzard which occurred there just a year ago, and during which over 200 persons lost their lives. On that day the mercury was above zero, and the Missouri river is still open. ? Five of the twenty-five bagging mills in this country are running. The managers declare that there was too much material outside for the trust to net much profit, and that there is a great deal of material in the country now, although the factories have not been running for some time. ? On Thursday Ed Starke was killed in a peculiar manner while hunting in Meade connfcv, Kentucky. While blowing in the mozBle of his gun his dog came, up wagl ging his tail, with which he struck the trigger, discharging the gun. The top of Stfjra's head was blown off and death was instantaneous. ?The attorney general of North Carolina, in his report to the Legislature, calls attentibn to the prevalence of lynching in that State. There were eight there last year, and in one instance, he says, it was MAMivAn on VV>AK VUBJKUKIU Mini UUUCO Ulgcu uu litre uivu to avenge a crime in which the leaders themselves were implicated. fV,?George Vanderbilt. the young millionaire, has purchased about three thousand acres of fine land near Asheville, N. C. ' Mr. Vanderbilt will not talk for publication concerning his plans, bnt there is areport, which He does not contradict,'that he is about to establish a woman's college there., J ? J. O. Shelby, an ex-Confederate leader, |^has been arrested at Butler, Mo., for re* i { fusing to pay $90 and costs, resulting from an indictment for carryiug concealed weapons. The arrest was made Sheri ff J. B. Shelby, son of the colonel, and his instructions are to make his father serve oat his indebtedness in jail. W ? It 1b proposed to have the takers of the W next census make a schedule of the sur* viving ex-Confederate soldiers. The idea has been well received, and will be considered at the next meeting of the Senate committee on the census. The bill already passed by the House provides a similar 1 schedule of Union soldiers. ? The City Hotel, of New Orleans, which : i was for many decades a prominent resort1 | to visitors from ail sections of the country ( ft to the Crescent City, is being razed to the ( H ground, and on the site which so long marked that distinguished hostler^ of the ft olden time, an immense cotton mill is to be erected by New Orleans capitalists, < who have faith in that city as a manu factoring point. , ? Montana presents the fact that her pro- ( duction of gold, silver, lead and copper , last year was worth $40,000,000?an in^ crease of $10,000,000 over 1887?as a point 1 of some value in her claim to be admitted < to full fellowship in the Union as a State, i Her cattle trade is also of enormous value, and altogether the exported surplus of her . S reduction will probably largely exceed J lat of several of the older and more popttlfttlQ Sfo+OQ \ ? The December report of the Agricultural department at Washington, issued ' last Saturday, says: The present corn 1 crop is worth thirty one million dollars more than the previous one; wheat seventy-four million dollars more, and oats . five million dollare less. The crop on the . I Atlantic coast South of the Potomac Riv- ! er averages 11.2 bushels per acre, of com- . 'f paratively poor quality. The average \ yield of seven com surplus States is 33.2 1 bushels per acre. ? The Kennebec river, in Maine, is open for navigation from Augusta to the sea, the ice having gone out last Thursday j anight. The condition of the river is unprecedented. The ice men are the greatest sufferers, not a pound of ice having been harvested up to this time. Ordinarily these houses are half filled at this date. Their fields are now all open water. The weather is .spring-likp. and reports from the lumber regions are that the lumber men are fn a sorry situation. The snow is ? Ten years ago a Bird was sent to the penitentiary LmflkDakota county, * Minn., for mhrdw^^^Lhas spent the h, ftpaf tefa.vfinrt ir fully ex-j 1 r pecteato spenoT^^^^^BTngaaysofttfs* fife at that instlr the j^y^nor heard certain m,. * Twwhich led him to issue a pardon. Recently the brother of; the prisoner died, and on his deathbed confessed the murder for which his brothIer was then suffering an undeserved punishment. The presiding judge, the prosecutor and others connected with the original trial petitioned for pardon. Bird ' never gave any intimation of his knowledge tpat he was suffering for his brother's berime. Ex-Sheriff C. C. McKinney, of Mitch- ? -If X "XT n C x- 4..1L I ; bu cuuutv, m, u, was iruzuu tu ueatu uu > Wednesday night on Roan Mountain, while at a height of over 6,000 feet and ?-r.aear Cloudljuuf Hotel. He was with a young man ,nam?d Columbus Jkmrjey. ( The latter made a desperate attempt to save McKinney, and himself had a narrow escape from death. Ice formed in his eyes and mouth, and his arms and legs were badly frozen as he crawled upon his hands | in the snow. The rescuers found him unconscious, standing erect in a snow drift, his mouth and eyes open. The same night Charlie Swan, eighteen years old, was found frozen near Bakersville, Mitchell county. He had gone after whisky " and was returning, when he fell from a precipice into an immense drift of snow. ? The general committee on arrangements for the celebration of the centennial of the inauguration of George Washington as President, which takes place ^ April 30, held a meeting last week in New York. Several of the sub-committees ap ^ pointed to represent various States at the | ceremonies were present. The time of the J meeting was taken up with a discussion of the plan regarding the representation /6f the different States and TerritoU^ries at the celebration. The committee K of clergymen, who assisted the executive committee, recall the fact that at 9 o'clock if on the morning of April 30, 1789, all the ? churches held religious services. It is therefore recommended thfct all the churches repeat this recognition of the centennial anniversary. ? A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch of " Thursday says: The coroner's jury, which ^*rV Btigated the shooting into the mob at the county jail on the night of December 8th, adjourned to-night, after returning two verdicts, or rather majority and mi- ( narity reports. Four of the jurors de- t cided that the killing was unlawfully 1 done, and two are of the opinion that it ? ' was lawfully done. The verdict is of no " importance now, as the grand jury is in- r vestigating the case. Another reason why the report will have little bearing < 1^ either way, is the fact that it has been ( freely talked about since the beginning of i the investigation that the jury would de- , cide as it has. It would seem that the . six jurors had formed their opinions beforehand, which were not changed by the evidence. ! ?The North Carolina legislature assem- , bled at Raleigh on the 8th. It is over- ] whelmingly Democratic, and is a remark- \ able body by reason of the fact that a \ majority of its members are farmers. This j session will be called upon to elect a sue- ( cessor to United States senator M. w. \ liansom, who has considerable opposition, ( his rivals being Brazilian Minister Jarvis, ( ex-Congressman Waddell, Capt. L. B. Al- j exander, Supreme Court Judge Merriman, r . who is also an ex-Senator, Lieutenant- [ Governor Stedman and a long list of others. ( The contest is said to be an unusually spir- ] K itedone. Among the important measures t which are reported likely to be introduced ? by this legislature, is a bill creating a State Railway Commission, which issue \ entered largely into the election of the c Speaker of the House. \ ? Probably one of the most remarkable cases on record is that of Mr. J. Meridith, ] ofMonticello, 111., who has been a sufferer g from abdominal dropsy for the last four g Sears. Some time in the latter part of 1887 t Ir. Meridith became so ill that a physi^ cian was called, and a few weeks later Mr. c Meridith was tapped, and as a result, four t and a half gallons of water was taken from ] him, and he at once began to improve, but ^ he has been tapped 54 times during the i year 1888, and at each tapping an average of 1 two gallons of water has been taken from t him, or about two and a half barrels in i twelve months. He is at present being 1 |l tapped every fiye days. He stands the 1 Ay>eration well/and is generally able to be t his duty in two hours 1 Mr. Meridith is 70 c meat. Revolution after revoltion has ( passed over the West Indian isle, though 1 almost all the blood that has bee. spilled has been by assassination and q^cution, and not in battle. A week ago legitime was the successful autocrat and nw it is 1 said that Hyppoliteris about to anihilate his enemy. stories that aretold of the voudooism and cannibalism tht pre- 1 vail are startling. The former, if ot the latter, exists in Liberia, in spite of 11 the 1 money and Christian efforts that have been spent there, and the colony i in a wretched state materially. the f othutMe (frjujuw. YORKVILLE, 8^:^' ^ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1889. . THE ELECTORAL VOTE, The votes for president and vice-president this year were* Counted in a new way j and under a new law. Op February 3d last year President Cleveland approved the -bill providing. for the change of method. The first evidence of the opera!lions'bf the new law came forth 6n Monday of last webk, when the secretary of state communicated to the Senate and House certified reports which he had received from the governors of the States, showing the result of the late presidential election. Underthe new law the presidential electors met in their respective States on last Monday for the purpose of electing the president and vice president. Certificates of the result of the November election were sent to the secretary of state by the various governors previous to the 7th instant, and day by day as they reached the State department Secretary Bayard transmitted copies of them to Congress. The certificate of each governor was also published by him in one of the Washington newspapers. The same law which requires the governor to send this certificate to the secretary of state also requires him to present three copies of it to each of the candidates Blected to the electoral college. These three copies he may deliver any time up to the day on which the presidential electors meet, the second Monday in January. As there are not likely to be any objections raised against any of the returns which the joint conventions of tne two houses will be called to act upon, there will probably be no delay in making the official announcement of the election of Harrison and Morton. STATE TAXATION. The Columbia correspondent o'f the Augusta Chronicle, referring to Comptroller Verner's recent instructions to county auiitors relative to listing taxable property, md his method of levying and collecting taxes, says: Comptroller General Verner's recent induction to countyjauditors requiring taxpayers to take oath to property returns aas produced something of a sensation imong the people and press of the State, jleneral Verner is giving much study to the special duties of his ofl[ice and generilly to the subject of taxation. In a brief mnversation with your correspondent a few days since the comptroller alluded to i matter that he has been studying for iome time, with a view of improving the methods of taxation and lessening the people's burdens. He says that so far as Pis investigations have gone, it appears ter pe practicable to devise a:scheme by wtoteh the State tax levy-?ay he al^iahiuLJTfl. lo this would oicourse reqmMAfcotfstltuiional amendm^at. The greatest trouble, he thinks, ip-*securing just and proper as3esSmento-?f property lies in the fact that the\3?fle tax is uniform in each county, md consequently the lower the assessment the less each county contributes for State, purposes. The temptation, therefore, always is to lower valuations. In proof of this, if proof were needed, I might cite :he ftict that a few years ago when the State board of equalization met, the memjer for Aiken submitted an elaborate icfaeipe for the equalization of assessments jpon a Just and equitable basis. Ho soon discovered daring the discusdon that followed that, to the average member, to "equalize" meant to "lower," uA the representatives of the various mantles each contended for that end and vith that sole object in view. Now General Verner suggests that the State government might be supported by the taxes >n corporations and by the phosphate oyalty and the liquor licenses. He says ;hat if all taxes paid by railroads, banas, nsurance, express, telegraph and telephone companies, and the liquor licenses md phosphate royalty, were applied exslusively to state purposes, that the revenle would be sufficient to support the govprnment. Under this system each county vould be left free to regulate its own iffairs and collect its own taxes in its own vay, and the contests over assessments vould be between individuals, and not between counties. Each taxpayer, therefore, vould be personally interested in having lis neighbor as square and honest as himjelf. There would besides be a considerible saving in the collection of taxes. Corporations would pay directly into the State treasury, and all the expenses of colecting taxes would be saved If the Republican Congress shall repeal the internal revenue laws it would then be within the power of the State to raise the revenue rora that source for its own purposes. The amount paid last year in South Carolila was $102,456.17. In view of the probibility of such action by Congress, Comptroller General Verner's suggestions are mportant and timely. A CORRUPTIBLE BALLOT. The week of prayer which has been conlucted in Charlotte by different city pas;ors and closed last Saturday night, has prought before the people of Charlotte lome things that are causing considerable lensation in the church circles of thatcity. The last meeting was led by the Rev. A. H. McManaway, of the First Baptist Church. Other city pastors occupied seats n the pulpit. The subject for discussion vas that of "Reform." We quote from he Chronicle: There was quite a large congregation present, and every one listened, with great nterest, to the discourses. Mr. McManavay spoke first of the reform of the ballot. He said that the corruption of the ballotpox is a crying evil, and that it is not conined to any locality; that it is common in Sew York, that it is common in North Carolina, that it is common in Mecklenpurg county, and that right here in the :ity of Charlotte, bribery is practiced at jvery election. He dwelt at length upon ;he evils of this state of affairs, and sugrested a remedy which, he thought, would pe effectual. "Let every voter who ac:epts a bribe be disfranchised," said Mr. McManaway, "and let the giver of the pribe be a competent witness against him, ind go scot-free." Next, he spoke of reform in charities, i mnrAtromnnt fliot lUUUIUIig upuu UIU lUipVTVIUVUV VUMV :ould be made if there were a well organzed system in the city. His next topic was whisky and its evils. 3e pictured the horrors of intemperance md the glorious results of prohibition, ind favored another election on prohibiion at an early day. Rev. W. R. Atkinson then spoke, enforcing Mr. McManaway's views, and es>ecially in regard to bribery at the polls. 3e said that he saw numbers of negroes Thursday hanging around the polls late n the day waiting to be bought, and he tad no doubt that the result of the elecion was affected largely by it. In speaking of the prohibition question, tlr. Atkinson said that that liquor dealers loldthe balance of power. "In prohibiion elections in Charlotte," said Mr. Atkinson, "the result is merely a matter of ool mathematical calculation on\the part >f the ifouor men. As the election nears ts ch^Hfc^end out, their winners to bg^^H^^feiyiumber of votte neces- j mp whfoh^g^^ on the subjects under discussion. He agreed with the other speakers on everything except in regard to the cl^ss of people who engage in bribery at the elections. The general said that his experience proved to him that this-kind of business is not confined to immoral people, but was indulged in by some of the most respected people in the town. "During the last prohibition election in Charlotte," said General Barringer, "I went, on one occasion, to a caucus of the friends of the cause. The question of buying votes was brought up, and what was my consternation to find that it was carried almost unanimously in the affirmative. My amazement was still greater when I observed that the meeting was largely composed of the leading members of the churches of Charlotte and that elders in this very church took a prominent part." The general said that he had been trying for forty years to work reform in this State. He had always favored reforms. The only reform that North Carolina had ever adopted, was in regard to the manner of taking care of the insane j and that reform was due to the instigation of a Yankee girl. THE ALLIANCE'IN IOWA. At the mass meeting of the Iowa Farmers' Alliance, held at Des Moines last Thursday, for the purpose of discussing the extension of the system of co-operaa! nf onnnlloa whiph id nflW 1 LI vt: pulL'lllUlug u? DU|i|>i>vu, .. ...V- .w. practiced to a limited extent in Western Iowa, various members were called upon 1 o give experiences in local alliances, and ( tie results of their buying and selling , .tiried with the number of delegates. the local alliances in many parts of the < Sate carry on a systematic dealing in rgbceries, flour and agricultural imple- i mmts, buying of the jobbing houses or i ramufacturers and selling to the farmers diect, thus securing reduced rates. The present loose organization of the alliance makes it impossible to properly guard the i conmercial transactions, and this some- < timis leads to difficulty in securing goods. Oth>r dealers in goods combine and refuseto do business with houses that sell directly to farmers at wholesale, and thus cut ?ff the profits to jobbers and retail dealer. A gentleman from Dakota told about the operation of the purchasing systen in that Territory. He said they had oieanized four years ago without capital ani that it proved a failure. They then iicorporateu with a capital stock of $20,000in snares of $10 each. They made their pirchases for county organizations, and wagons were wanted. By having a county organization the clerical work is reduced and shipments are more easily effected than through the local organization. Tley buy their coal direct from the i mines, secure estimates on agricultural implemeats, and make contracts for such implemeits for five years for the entire Territory. They build their own wagons, do their own insurance, insure their own buildings,and their own lives. They pay 10 per cent, on the capital stock, and the organization had been a success. Of late they had thought it best to make it something of a secret organization, and had found it a good thing. Secretary August Post and others thought it would be well to adopt some such plan, though he thought the same profits could not be made as in Dakota. There was a general feeling among the delegates in favor of a secret work, or rather a private work in the alliance, and the . pledging of all members not to divulge tne proceedings to outsiders and not to tell the prices they paid for goods. 4 41 L ??" {a rxrl a uioruugn revrgtiui/Mi;iuu in u^u^u. The State dues will have to be raised in order to have more capital to pay those engaged in the work. . Some of the members thought this would be objectionable, but it seemed to be necessary. A committee was appoibied, which during the afternoon made a report recommending that this convention authorize and instruct,4fae executive committee to call a deL^te convention, at the earliest date pja^ible, of one representative from eacjralliance, with full power to adopt a xJZn favoring a State purchasing agents?) act for the subordinate agencies, an*the subordinate agency in reach of evffy local alliance. So that the farmep??jf Iowa will renew their efforts of fourteen years ago to eliminate the middlemen from the business economy of the State.? [New York Tinpes. ACTS OP THE LEGISLATURE. The following Acts were passed at the recent session of the Legislature: SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS. An Act to abolish the office of Superintendent of Highway. Section 1. That the office of superintendent of highways now provided by law be, and the same is hereby abolished. Section 2. That all of the duties now imposed by law upon the superintendent of highways be, and the same hereby are devolved upon the county commissioners of the several counties of this State. Section 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act be, and the same hereby are repealed. THE UNEXPENDED SCHOOL FUNDS. An Act to amend the law with reference to unexpended School Funds remaining on hand at the end of any fiscal year. Section 1. That it shall be the duty of each county treasurer to carry forward all sums in his hands collected for any previous year or years for school purposes, and unexpended, to the next fiscal year, and credit the same to the school district respectively for which it was apportioned, and it shall be the duty of each county treasurer to report the same to the school commissioner of his county, as provided by Section 1,022 of the General Statutes: Provided, that nothing h rein contained shall apply to the county treasurer of Lexington county until a sufficient sum of such unexpended balance shall be applied to the payment of the expenses of laying out said county into school districts as provided by Act of the General Assembly. Section 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. To provide for the establishment of Separate School Districts in the several cities, incorporated towns and villages in this State, to authorize the levy and collection of Special Taxes in the several School Districts now formed or hereafter to be formed outside of cities, incorporated towns and villages. Section 1. That for the purpose of establishing and maintaining graded or other public schools in any city, incorporated town or village in this State, such city, incorporated town or village desiring to establish and maintain the same, and to receive the benefits of this Act, are hereby constituted and declared to be separate school districts. Section 2. That the voters of said school districts who return real or personal property of the value of one hundred dollars for taxation, are authorized to levy and collect an annual tax to supplement any constitutional or other tax for like purposes, and for said purposes the trustees of said school districts, upon the written request of a majority of resident freeholders of the age of 21 years and over, shall call a public meeting of said taxpayers at any time before the 1st day of June of each year, which meeting must be advertised in a newspaper published in such city, town or village, oncea week for two weeks, or posted in three conspicuous places in such school district for said length of time; and when assembled, said meeting shaH have ! tne power 10 eieet a cimnujau auu dcwctary, to adjourn from time to time, to levy such special tax, not exceeding two mills, and to appropriate the same to such school purposes as a majority present shall see , tit; that no tax so levied shall be repealed at any subsequent meeting; that within , ten days after said meeting the chairman thereof shall furnish the board of trustees , of such school district and the county au- ' ditor with the amount so levied, and the ( auditor shall enter the same on his tax , duplicates, and the county treasurer shall ; collect the same as other county and State * taxes; such levy shall be a lien on the ' property in such school district, which shall be subject thereto in case of default of payment; that said tax so collected shall be paid out by the county treasurer upon warrants drawn by the board of trustees, ( countersigned by the county school com- , missioner: Provided that any surplus of ; such levy remaining in the hands of the j county treasurer at the expiration of any ] fiscal year, shall be paid out as herein pro- f vided and to be used for like purposes. Section 3. That the voters of any school ( district now formed or hereafter to be ] formed outside of cities, incorporated towns j or villages in this State who return real or < personal property for taxation of the yal- ] pe of $100, desiring to levy a tax, not ex- ( ceeding two mills, for the use and purpose lereinbefore mentioned in this Act, are iereby authorized and empowered to levy, 1 ;ollect and disburse such tax in the same ( nanner conditions prescribed 1 for the levy, col- i of taxjes ate school districts in cities, incorporated owns or villages in this State: Provided ;hat this Act snail not interfere with any ichool district which has heretofore been jreated by special Act. Section 4. Each taxpayer, when he pays ] my tax for school purposes, voted under <he provisions ot this Act, shall have the ight to designate to which school in his ( listrict he wishes the money paid by him o go, and the treasurer shall Keep a note i >f such designation and the money shall 36 applied as thus designated. Where no iesignation is made by the taxpayer at :he time of such payment, the money shall ' 3e expended as other school funds in such iistrict. Section 5. That it shall be the duty of' ;he county board of examinees, as soon as I ho M7Pi tton rpnnpst nrovided for in Section I I shall have been made, to appoint three i rreeholders in said school district or disiricts to act as trustees thereof. Section 6. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with^any of the provisions pf 1 this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. A Stimulus to Southern CottonMilling.?Among the most prosperous jotton factories in the South are Camperiown, the Clifton, the Pelzer and the Piedmont mills of this State. These mills have just declared semi-annual dividends of five per cent. , The stock of the Clifton mills is now said to be worth $145 per share. The successful record of these three mills ought to and doubtless will se?ve as a stimulus toward the organization of additional cotton manufacturing companies in South Carolina. This is one industry in which the South ought to enjoy a monopoly, and the estab- , lishment of additional plants should be enthusiastically chronicled by every Soatbai * era newspaper that desires to see the secy , tion prosper and grow. f ' The mills located in New England and in other portions of the North, notwithstanding their numerous and often serious disadvantages, are all said to be earning 4 large profits. The reports published frolin the factories in the first section indicate unusual prosperity. The dividends paid by them during the year just ended were remarkably large. We note that the Union mill paid as high as 30 per cent., that the American Linen paid 22}, the Granite 22, Troy 20, Bourne 16, Seaconet 15, Pepperill 14, Sagamore 13, Manchester 12}, FallRiverl2, wampanoag 11}, Border City 11, and the Dwight, Pacific, Lawrence, Amoskeag, Nashua and Flint mills 10 per cent., and many others 9 per cent. These mills, and all others, are said to be crowded with orders, and they all bid fair to increase their dividends in 1889. II these mills in New England, so far removed from the "raw material," can produce such gratifying results to their stockholders, how much more satisfactory Li, i i C CI mSlla OUgllO lUVtJSLlUiClJCO U1 OUUlUCl U lASblASU uiiixo prove. Here we have the raw material at the very doors of our factories, obviating expensive outlays for transportation that must necessarily be incurred by those mills remote from the cotton fields. A leading mill engineer of Rhode Island in a recent communication to the Baltimore Manufacturer's Record, stated that a 40,000 spindle mill located at any well selected site in the cotton growing section of the South, and properly equipped with the latest and most approved style of machinery for the manufacture of standard sheeting, costing $800,000, would consume 20,000 bales. It is variously estimated that the difference in cost of a bale of cotton?490 pounds? between the mills in South Carolina and Fall River, Mass., is from $4 to $6 per bale. Taking the lowest estimate of $4 per bale as a basis, and it will be easily seen that there is a sum of $80,000 in favor of the South Carolina mills, or a saving of 10 per cent, on the complete cost of the mill, on cotton alone. This may be viewed as a reliable exhibit, and it should undoubtedly stimulate the cotton milling industry in South Carolina.?[Charleston World. Two Rival Towns.?A dispatch from Wichita, Kas., gives an account of a terrible affair at Cimarron, Kansas, in which two or three persons were killed and several wounded. There has for the year past been a serious conflict between the towns of Cimarron and Ingalls. The county officers, excepting the clerk and surveyor, have bem QMnni"a f * tte&iisy a ysar? - r jsl ATThereeenvelectlon', WatronT^trjfr"! galls man, was elected clerk, but the commissioners refused to canvass the vote until the supreme court issued an order for them to do so last Monday., Fridaymorn^ ing several deputy sherlra wbnt to Cimarron to place Watson, the clerk-elect, in office, and to remove the county records to , Ingalls, when they were fired on by a mob of from two hundred to three hundred i AL! mL uimarron sympaiaizers. xne ouuus wcio returned with vengeance, and when the firing ceased it was found that J. N. English and J. Bliss, two prominent citizens of Cimarron, were killed and quite a number wounded. George W. Bolds, dephty sheriff, was shot in the leg, and Samuel Breeks and Crothfetter, two other deputies, received flesh wounds in the arm and head. The Ci marron people, infuriated over the I killing of their two leading citizens, charge C ed in a body upon the brick building inp which Watson and the wounded doputiesj had taken refuge. < At last accounts, firing was going on a/ . intervals between the besieged andthe W- \ siegers, the latter using house corners and ' otherplaces for shelter. / If Watson and the deputies fall into the hands of the Cimarron people, the/will all be hung, and their only safety is in fee f timely arrival of outside assistance. 1 ? / i New States and Territories.?One ] of the absorbing questions in Congress is ] the admission of new Territories and ( States and the effect of such admission on parties. In the general speculation otf this subject it is too much taken for granted 1 that the Republicans "will profit. An ar- ( my officer on the retired list, who is an un- ; usually intelligent observer and who has ( had excellent facilities from long refidence , and familiarity with the newcommuni- J ties in the far West to form an accurate judgment, says that the Republicans are 1 over-confident. He says that not only ] New Mexico, but Montana and Wyoming, , will be Democratic, and the same is true of Arizona. There may be a fighting chance in Washington Territory But he does not count upon regaining what we have recently lost there. In thf others, he thinks, our reverses last year vere due to aissausiacuon wiin jjemoerau; jjuh^ no to the making of new States, which was 1 not thoroughly understood 8nc which nat- < urally seemed to call for a decree of tem- 1 porary resentment. This h? now been ' gratified, and it is probable,if no further , cause of provocation arises, that the old Democrats will return to thar allegiance. , This information is corroborated by the talk of some of the Westen members of Congress. , ? . V -j Congress This WEEKr-The debate on t the tariff bill in the Senab will occupy all ( of this week and Mondaj of next week, ( the time for voting on tht passage of the , bill being fixed for Tuesdiy, the 22d, at 1 ( o'clock. , The business of the Hmse this week has ( all been planned in advance, and in some ( instances has been male the subject of j special orders. The firs! days of the week j were appointed for passiig the fortification appropriation bill and dscussing the river ( and harbor bill, and pr*bably Mr. Spring- ( er's omnibus territorial bill. The appropriations committee wfeh to consider and pass the sundry civil appropriation bill to-day, and the South Carolina contestedelection case of Small? vs. Elliott is set for to-morrow and may consume the remainder of the week. < It is to be noted, however, that part or f f/\ /lionw. ail Ul IUV piUglaUJLUC 13 DUUJCvl tU UlOOirangement by a report from the committee on rules on Mr. Randall's resolution rescinding the rule wfcich now requires adjournment at 5 o'clock every day. If this 1 resolution be rejected or defeated by indi- i vidual or party effort, the result may be a renewal of the fillibnstering proceedings of j last week. The North Carolina Veterans.?A convention of surviving Confederate soldiers in North Carolina is to be held in Raleigh on the 22nd of the present month, the object being to secure from the Legislature an increase of the pension appropriation for their benefit. The people of Raleigh are preparing to give the veterans a warm welcome and hospitable entertainment. ^.11 railroads leading into Raleigh have agref i to transport all delegates both wayc freeNrf all Charges. There are 4,372 pensionerslin the State, each of whom receives an annuity of $7. ? Andrew Jones and T. S. Washington, r tioth colore*!, have been arrested in Ander- l( 3on on a clprge of setting fire to to a quan- L tity of cotfton at the Savannah Valley depot in Anderson, on the night of Novem- k ber 17, las*. i e LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Withers Adickes?Nice Goods and Lowest Pr.ces. M. <fe H, C. Strauss?Prices Low. Terms Cash. F. Happerfield?Standard Southern Fertilizers. Kennedy Bros. & Barron?Ferguson Plow 8 took. 0. A. Ypungblood, Administratrix, C. T. A.? SfJe by Administratrix. Campbell Printing Press and Manufacturing Op.?TheNew Improved Campbell Country Press. May &'May, Druggists?Phcenix Brand. J. A. Parwin?Fine Tennessee Mules. J. H. Riddle?Last week we made the Statement. R. A. Parish?If you want any kind of Fruit. j THE SCHOOL ELECTION. The election last Saturday on the questionjf establishing a graded school in YorEville resulted in a vote of 86 in favor s of taxation for that purpose, to 2 in oppo- r aitioD. ^ 1 NEW POST OFFICE. 7 The post office department has directed that a new post office, to be known as RoMnia, be established at the residence of Emmet Love, on the Howell's Ferry road, sijt miles from Yorkville. Mr. Love will be post master. ^ / \ YORK COUNTY ADLIANCR A; special meeting of York' County Farmers' Alliance was held in the Court Home yesterday. The meeting was largely afended and there were two sessions? ? foreioon and afternoon?but the proceed- f ings were strictly private and nothing was j givfn out for publication. y AND HANDLE WORKS. I Lowrv and Robert WJtberspopnjare erecting a spoke and hanate fac- ' tory at Smith's Turnout, on the C., C. & A. Eailroad, in this county. It is their in- ' tention to put in an equipment of first .ass 1 machinery for the purpose, and they hope ' to have their works in operation at an 1 early day. TO~PRINTERS, w* offer for sale about 850 pounds of bourgeois body type and the samequantity ( of minion, both of which are in use in j printing this paper. This paragraph is a sample of the bourgeois, and the minion is uied in the advertisements. Price for the ninion 80 cents per pound; for the bour- f geois 25 cents per pound. Any party desir- < ing both fonts can purchase them at 25 1 cents per pound. Terras cash, ] OUR EXCHANGES. * * T*" Inof ntrmlr nnn. ^ Trie A1K0U ivwuruct UI loov nc&a wutains a full and comprehensive descrip- j tion of that popular winter resort. The article is well written and illustrated with ' several fine engravings of views and scene- 1 ry in and near that attractive town. The Charlotte Chronicle appeared in a 1 netv typographical dress last Friday and 1 the management of that paper may be congratulated upon its improved appear v / ] Q^TATfi SUPREME COURTS/ < In the State supreme court lasjrThurs- ( day, the following cases from York county ] were called: W. L. Roddey & Co. vs. W. L. Erwin. Mr. W. B. Wilson was heard for appellants ; Mr. W. B. McCaw for respondent; ! Mr. Wilson in reply. Lewis H. Blair et al. vs. John Q. Black, assignee, et al. Continued. < Elias & Cohen et al. vs. John G. Black, I assignee^ta^. Continued. 1 yXBUILDING NOTES. i Herridon Bros, have just finished a neat and commodious warehouse, convenient to their store. ( Dr. Jno. C. Kuykendal has also built a , new warehouse preparatory to enlarging i his drug store building. It is his purpose to replace with a new addition that part j of his building now used for the storage of heavy goods. j Mr. C. H. Dixon having sold his house ' and lot on the north side of town to Mr. {Wi H. Herndtan, is building a jpew dwelling Bear tfieresldenceo^Sev.L. A. John- . son, on East Jefferson street. ( Mr. S. M. McNeel's store house is ap- 1 proaehing completion. . ^HPERSONAL MENTION. ! Margaret Grier, of Charlotte, is J yfetjog at Col. W. H. McCorkle'^s. j ^Mb. Frances Haines, of Concoro^N. C? , isvfciting her brother, Mr. A. Cody,of thisplace. J I >^tfr. Thomas J. Bell left on Friday last ? for Florida, where he will engage in teach- 1 far school. ? /{fudge Witherspoon left last Saturday, 1 of Orangeburg, where he opened the cir- ( tuit court of that county on Monday ( morning. f ! Mr. John A. Darwin and Mr. Rufns A. ( Parish have returned home from the ( Tennessee stock farms. 1 pir. Isaac McFadden, of Smith's Turn- j Mit has been -employed as a salesman in { EI. F. Adipfcls's store. ] SPELLING*CONTEST. [ ^The spelling contest in the opera house j last Friday night was largely attended, c ind netted quite a respectable sum in door c receipts. Seventeen participants?eight c ladies and nine gentlemen?engaged in the match, which was won by Miss Sallie 1 A.dickes. The list of words to be spelled c was dictated by Rev. T. R. English. Mr. * D. E. Spencer acted as umpire, and Col. W. r B. Wilson presented the flowers and tin ? ;up to the victors. The recipient of the 1 latter trophy was Dr. M. W. White. , One-half of the proceeds of the enter- g tainment went to the Love Comedy Com- i pany, aDd the other was equally di- \ rided between the ladies' benevolent s societies of the Presbyterian and Epis- * Jopal churches. c ^ MINISTERS' TICKETS. t The management of the Richmond and ? Danville Railroad system vill issue half t fare certificates for the year 1889 to all E ilergymen actively engaged in ministerial work upon the lines of their various roads, t The following are the regulations under which the certificates will be issued: f( 1. The privilege will be extended only j to those whose whole time is devoted to, c ind whose entire support la derived from, ministerial work upon thedine of the road. P 2. AUMDli^ons fQ^alfJarsjjertifl- tj ?te8 should be made if the agent at tne i itation nearest the residence of the appli- y ?nt, and upon the forms furnished by the company. The agent oust certify to the ibove facts upon said form. Where a Jtation agent is not convenient to the residence of the applicant, the above facts sl should be certified to by the Bishop or 3 uther superior authority of the church, or, in the absence of such, by some well- <i known and responsible citizen. ? 3. Applications, upon the forms furnish- 8 sd, should be made to Jas. L. Taylor, gen- \] eral passenger agent, Washington, D. C. x 8 ? - - r nnffifl n xtxta (JAJnrjaciuu m. Attention is directed to the advertise- ? mem on the fourth page of this paper of si the Campbell Printing Press and Mfg. 2 Co., New York. The presses made by jj this company are of so high a reputation ;( thatno word of commendation of them is neeied. We have used their printing ai ma<hinery ever since 1869, when we intro- cf dued their "improved country press," ^ anc when taken down last October to Jj mcke room for a Campbell of different stjie ^nd greater speed, it was practically c< in is good condition, after nineteen years' u coistant use, as when first set up in our ofice. The Campbell Press Company uanufacture printing presses of all grades, Jj fnm low priced machines, (such as shown a; hr the cut in their advertisement) adapt- ri el to papers of small circulation, to the r< nost expensive press for fine or rapid work. Jo any publisher contemplating the pur-j ^ hase of a cylinder press, our advice is, p onfer with the Campbell Company. w v NEW LOCOMOTIVES. tl The Three C's Railroad has added to the t< oiling stock of its freight service two new ^ scomotives, said to be the largest and eaviest on any Southern railroad. They r re of the class known as "consolidation" v ngines, a larger machine than the Mogul, e r [ he Charleston World, describing them as hey stood in the South Carolina Railway rard, uses the following figures to give heir dimensions: Gauge, 4 feet 9 inches; uel, bituminous coal; cylinders, 19 inches liameter, 26 strokes; drivers, 57 inches liameter; driving wheel base, 12 feet; toal, 22 feet 3 inches; weight on drivers, 98,i00 pounds; total weigot 120,000 pounds; prings made of best cast steel, tempered n oil; wheels, double plited chilled ; tank >n tender, 3,500 gallon capacity. They lave been named and numbered. No. 6 8 "Sumter"; No. 7 is "Berkeley." The ormer suggests the possibility of a direct :ut from Camden to Chareston, through Jumter. They are supplied with the latest jatent of the Westinghoua air brake, and ill the lastest running gear and fixtures, fhe Sumter is now on the road and the Berkeley will soon be pit, into regular lervice. The Three C's rod is now provided with the finest enginedn the South, ind a number of passenger-coaches, mail ind baggage care that are unexcelled any;vhere for beauty, inagnificeiice and convenience, and a large supplf of freight ?rs, box and flat, are ready tolo their own jUsiness, independent of anylody else. CHURCH NOTICES Episcopal?Sunday-school at ..30 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyteian?Rev. I. C. Galloway, Pastor. Servces next 3unday at 11 A. M. Sunday-schol at 3.30 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. Engsh, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 v. M. and r P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M., Prayermeeting to-mortpjy evejrtfig"it.4 fclock. Baptist?Rev. R. "ST. Patrick Pastor. 3ervicfes at Union next Sunday it 11 A. M. ind in Yorkville at 7 P. M. Sundayjchool at 3 P. M. Prayer-meetfrg to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. V W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Suday at 11 A.. M. and 7 P.M. Sunday-ihool at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting this e\|ning at 7 j'clock. Young men's union pjiyer-meeting next Tuesday evening at 7i'cIock. THE MANDAMUS PROCHDINGS. On Thursday last, rules issujg from the State supreme court were seryl upon the :ounty commissioners on th(petition of the Charleston, Cincinnati fid Chicago Railroad Company, the Masssiusettsand Southern Construction Compjy, and the Boston Safe Deposit and Truj Company, igainstR. W. Whitesides, ehfraan ofthe joard of county commission^, and J. B. Allison, clerk of the boarder a writ of nandamus commanding tbdelivery by ;he county commissioners the bonds looted by townships in Yorkiunty in aid )f the Charleston, Cincinnatind Chicago 1 Railroad. Appended to the petition a certificate )f John F. Jones, chief erineer of the Massachusetts and Sontherttonstruction Company, certifying that i railroad is , jompleted through York c^ity, and the i following correspondence: i Black's, 8. C., Decenjr 21,1888. 3 R. W. Whitesides, Couf Chairman, York County : Dear Sir: U Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Rfoad having J been completed, with tracked and trains ' running thereon, and the ri accepted by ! the railroad commission&and now in J operation through the towmps of Cataw- I ba, ibenezer, York, Brd River and ] Cherokee, in York countyn accordance 1 with the subscriptions me by the several townships, and pursua to the condi- i tionsof the several indeires whereby < the londs subscribed werdaced in trust ^ with the Boston Safe Depit and Trust I Comfany, of Boston, Masi am instruct- t ed bf the Charleston, Cinmati and Chi- i cago Railroad Company ; request that e rou,as the chairman ofthooard of coun- e ty a>mmi88ioner8 of Yoi county, sign the certificate attesting ft fact, accom- t panning this request, witfut further de- e lay. Very Respectfully, e John F. Jones, Serintendent. c Black's, S. C. Dec ber 26; 1688. / ~h r^or^'lohn F.Joqes, gt, Q^fe. A d. ^ ST R. anHnHassacnuSet and Sqntheiv * Donitructioq Company: latSir: RepljT/ 8 Ing jo yourT&vor of the it Instant, I &4E fret that, while admittiith'e facts stated * in tne accqmpanying ccflcate, I must facina tn s?cn thft samrfficiallv. Verv I Reipectfully, Ac. j " "It R. W. WhitesJS, Chairman. J t The prayer of the petpn is in the fol- ^ owing words: ; That your Honors git unto your peti- J ;ioiers a writ of mandais directed to the a ait R. W. Whitesideshairman of said g x)frd, and to James Ba.llison, clerk of 8 laii board of county cotiissioners, comnanding the said R. j. Whitesides as t, shiirman, to perform e duty imposed . iron hi m by law of com )ti ng the deli very ! )r said bonds, and to t> end, to endorse ' ;h3 certificate present to him for en- ? Icrsement as herein edited, or a certifl- J* ?o of similar importid effect, or that ? i show cause before y honorable court P >r a day to be fixed, in order to that ef- I 'eit,whyheshouldnotrequiredsotodo; ? ud requiring and commcfing the said J. B Allison, clerk afored, to attest in his )ficial capacity the siature of the said v dairman to the ceicate so directed g c be made, so as to colete the delivery ? )J said bonds, or tha&e likewise show suae why he should t be required so to ? 1)." I ? A similar rule was 0 served upon H. ^ i. D. Neely, countjreasurer of York jj :?unty, and Robert Whitesides, James e 1 Allison and E. Rtfills, county com- fr rissioners, the relatteing P. P. Dickin- n i?n. The prayer of i petition is as fol- ^ cws: f "That a rule maje issued requiring le said county cqoissioners and the C] aid H. A. D. Neelyounty treasurer of ifork county, to sb cause before this a; iinorable court whi writ of mandamus gj kould not issue reqlng them to pay the e( tatured coupon aieaid (referred to in ir omplaint) or intereon bond No. 16, or j8 Idbt of Cherokee toBhip, and now held t? *y you petitioner?d that if no suf- is Icient cause be sha, that your peremp- " ory writ of manqus do issue, com- a( oanding the said inty commissioners :r ,nd the said H. D. Neely, county C( reasurer as aforesaj to pay the said ma- ti ared coupon or inist last aforesaid." The rule in eachise is returnable be- ?i ore the Supreme <rt in Columbia at 11 b; L. M. on the 24tk>stant. J. F. Hart, oi heppard Brotherhd R. W. Shand ap- J? ear as lattorneysr the relators. For fie respondents, (J. Spencer. Wilson & fj I flson & MCHDW, (oTini witherspoon, sa< I. B. McCaw, N. T. HJin. by mmmmmmimm+m Be , i? Wfi THE BRAYING IP JltfRAYTON. Sei "The election laws ir>onth Carolina of ad the methods eh ploy to suppress the in{ epubllcan vote,"is thtitle of an ad- set ress prepared by E1K M. Brayton, Jo: lairman of the South flo/ina Republi- gaj in State executive comMee, for circu- cot ition among the mem B , of the Fifty- tru Cnnnrool A anoniflnv Is tn hft SPflt Pil lou vvu^ a. vuy a*, - ? ? ? > Presidentelect Harrtf. The address da; i bitter in tine and afk^> the present ing emocratic nethods ink State without is 1 nervation. In its ojjng sentence it tec laracterize; the recension in South N. arolina as 'miserablirce," and claims aid mt "out o'a vote of're than 120,000 the ie RepubJcans werhffered to have da; )unted buti3l740.'' i hoi Brayton ays: 4,Th<sult is canvassed nig ad discouted in ad'ce, and the so- yei died elect>n is but 1 formal registry neo F what hasbeenorda'd," and further da; tat "the Ite efectio^emonstrates the At fflcial supfssioiof elective franchise Wi i this Stie ad tJ utter futility of of! jntendinga^aist tl infamous system arc nder whi<fr it ihelc The rights of suf- a^c age are ainihlted giv Other 8enenc^seJeed from the address sur re as follows: ^s jitters now stand the An Republicans a potical outcasts and by liens to the coborvealth, and have no anc ight whica thjenycrats will concede or fiec jspect." I Do' Of the ebctiWsam in South Carolina pie e says: "It trlisan purpose is not E. ven conceale t openly violates every Tei rinciple cf ri justice and fairness, it fire ?as enacted t( ble the few required to two rork its macl y to accomplish all that cha ie masters o) party have been able be 1 o achieve th: t lawlessness, fraud and wai rutal crimes! of He styles th mutton of the present froi egistration 1 ?an unexampled out- last age," implyi wrongful complicity, in- Noi olving false ring on the part of vot- one re or its illeg ission and poijury on anj ' ^P^tt of the supervisors," and allege ' &l ffhese are venal offences for whici i BoutUIq public opinion offers ready am full aLolution." In support of thes ! ^^^TBrayton states that "on the las electiol day there was picked up on th ' P,u."iic *oad in Oconee county a batch c thirty-sii^ blank registration certificates duly sign^ by t^e supervisor, N. C. Mc Donald, Vith a serial number exceedm] ;?e noU^5fer 6,100, though there are les than 3,000lyOter8> all tola, in the county.' Continuing he says: "But dove-tailinj with the registration iniquity are the othe abhorrepd features of the law," and allege that th^i purpose of the eight boxes used i to confuse and entrap illiterate Republi cans. JJe charges that the managers an always hostile, and no reliance can bi placed i in their answers to questions, am that they shift the location of the boxe nrVinn fYm.. 4U! >.1. n -r-* Lit k/v/tAwii nuvu viuc^ 1111 uk me itepuoncans "?ULUI posted concerning them, and then "reve in the fun which is thus afforded." He goes on to say: "But while the dir est result of this foul and nauseating frauc has beet to paralyze the Republicans, th< reflex consequence on the Democratic par ty and pociety has been terrible and de plorable. It has undermined the mora standards and safeguards, occasioned party apathy, and bred ring rule." The reply of Governor Richardson t( the committee of Republicans who askec the appointment of one Republican upoi the election boards of the State is present ed in full in the address and sarcastically commented upon. at length. The greatei part of tlje remainder of the address if taken up with charges that the negroe* are systematically denied legal rights anc ordinary justice; that they are habitually excluded from the jury box; that labor organization among them are prohibited that immigration agents are not suffered to vjaltsedN^f of th&.counties, and thai th? laW^/Ogi sarrSifig conceded weapons is -against negroes. He says that the trial justice system is a shame to the State and the source of untold woes of negroes, and he charges that the trial justices are very often ignorant, merciless, tyrannical, negrohating Hen, who, from the greed to make fees and the desire to advance the interest of their party, cause the power in their hands to grind the humble, and terrorize those ze^us in political action. In condftding, Bray ton says that the duty falls on th> national government to interpose, as it did immediately following the war, and adds, "If laws are enacted by which the conduct and management of all federal elections are taken from the hands of the State and placed in the hands of federal officers, with full authority, a summary solution of many of the difficulties involved^in the situation will have been produced." He also advocated the establishment of independent newspapers in the State, and the use of the power of appointment of federal officers here. ! DAt lfHV/1 i r i V?\ nnnotn luuixivALi ni/iBa a.iu uuaair. ? The Entire Republican Congressional delegation from Ohio have assured McKinleyj that they will support him for Bpeakerl. ? Sayp the Boston Post: The colored men who want to be represented in Harrison's cabinet are still in the dark, as it were. ( ? The! origin of the expression, "Public office is] a public trust," has at last been aatisfaqiorily settled. It was first used in 1877 by Thomas M. Cooley and reprinted from the Southern Law Review of St. Louis. ? South Carolina was the only State that 3id not record a singlb vote for the Prohibition candidate for President in the late election. The three States of Arkansas, Mississippi and Nevada, which did not five a vote for St. John in 1884, gave Gen. PislEfthe late Prohibition candidate, an iggtegate of 877 votes. ? The Governor of Michigan, in his last nessage, recommended the system of inleterminate, prison sentences. In other vordij, he proposed that no convict should >e sentenced /or a definite period, but that he Jeugth of all sentences should depend ipon the behavior of the prisoner ana the ividences which he gave of repentance ,nd rtform. ? A^ashington dispatch in the Charleson World of yesterday says: Congressnan Oates intended to make a bitter antiiegro speech on the Smallfl-J^m^M^lection uch as Mr. Oat^ contenjplated woufdde irive him of the Support of some others. t is thought Mr; EInbtt will be unseated. 1 ? McKXnlay, fhe colored opponent to ] Jr. Dibble for Congress from the Charleson, S. C. district, has decided not to con- \ est Mr. Dibble's claim to the seat. To a ; Vorld reporter he said: "I have given up , ,11 idea 01 a contest, lor many reasons: jpt that does not mean that I am at all atisfled with the result of the election as leclared by the managers, and I intend to how up the frauds in the election and tand up for a free ballot and a fair count." ? Now that the Republicans will have be whple machinery of the government a their hands, a renewed impetus is given be discussion of ;the merits and demerits f the Blair bill. Ite_advocates confidentf predict its pasStge, but this is by no seans certain, fortlere will be a sufficient umber of Democrats in the House who, a conjunction with Republican opponents a the bill, will in 411 probability be able ) effectually kill it ? The New York Times has a long interiew with ex-Governor Bullock, of Georia, on the condition of things in the outh. He says that the best and only bing for Mr. Harrison and his party to o with the South is?nothing. TheSoutn j doing well. The relations between the whites aid the blacks are not strained. , 'he negroes are voting and their vote is 1 ivided. Any one who undertakes Fed- ? ral intervention to protect the negro suf- 1 age in toe South is no well-wisher to the 1 egroes. The Times publishes the Bui- c >ck interview and commends it. J MERfrMENTiON. 1 The seaetary of the Iowa State Agri- J jltural Society estimates the va.ue of the * trm prolucts of that State in 1888 at 8 bout $18,000,000. The New Hamp- v lire constitutional convention has reject- 0 I an arrendment providing for annual J] istead o biennial sessions of the Legis- C iture. The President has commuted J > lifeimpisonment the sentences of Lew- 1 i Barrow; and Wm.G. porter, of Arkan- 8 ts, who vere to be hanged next Friday tFortSndth, Ark., for murder. Busless failtres occurring throughout the >untry diring the last week number for r le Unitd States 351, Canada 30; total tl 11, againt 387 the previous week. The ti ellow fe\er in Florida has been succeeded a y the yelow flood. Three million boxes n : orange is the crop this year?the b rgest oi record. The funeral of o wen Brovn, son of John Brown, the Ab- a itionist,and the last survivor of the ienaj Cal., last Thursday, and attended T an immense assembly. vGovernor f( aver, of Pennsylvania, has signed the a irrant for the execution of the death h itence on Mrs. Sarah Jane Whiteling, w Philadelphia, convicted of the poison- v; I of her husband and two children, and B r March 27th for the hanging. Sam ri nea has eone to California to fill en- si cements of long standing on the Pacific ji ist. A cyclone of a fearfully des- T ictive character passed over Reading, ss ttsburgand Sunbury, Pa., last Wednes- B y afternoon. A number of large build- d< js were demolished, and the loss of life ai very heavy. The question submit- sc l to the voters of Mecklenburg county, C., to subscribe by taxation $200,000 in ei 1 of four proposed new railroads through B it county, was voted down last Thurs- pi y. Jay Gould's wife died at her me in New York city last Sunday m ;ht. A white woman and her nine so ir old son were murdered by a negro w ir Birmingham, Alabama, last Satur- in y. A committee of citizens from at lanta will in a few days proceed to ar ishington to work for an appropriation $330,000 to complete the United States af oy barracks begun there several years o' >. The marine hospital bureau th es notice that travel may safely be re- Bi ned throughout the State of Florida, he inspection service will be maintained th the bureau, and in case of an appear- wi ie of fever the public will be noti- he 1. There is one school district in iaj uglas county, Kansas, in which the peo- ai< refuse to have grammar taught. \V. th Bryant is under arrest in Chattanooga, th inessee., charged with arson in setting dii to the European hotel. As one or an > deaths occured from the fire, if the mi r^e of arson is sustained, he will also an tried for murder. The alleged motive i to conceal robbery. Tne remains Rev. James P. Boyce were shipped Tt n Havre in a vessel due in New York rei ; Monday. There were started in wl rth Carolina in 1888 no less than forty- R( i cotton factories, eight more than in tic r other Southern State. or I s SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS, s ?A lady died near Manning on the 6th J instant, in the 93rd year of her age, hav? ing been born in 1796. I ? A county colored Farmers' Alliahce has been formed at Lancaster. Eighteen | sub-Alliances were represented at the ,1 meeting. # ? ?There are 697 patients in the Lunatic 3 Asylum at Columbia, the largest number ? that institution ever contained. In the , Penitentiary there are at present only 856 j convicts, a decrease of 150 since this time 8 last year. s ?With as large a negro population as . Alabama contains, the Etowah Mining 0 Company, near Gadsden, has just importB ed over fifty South Carolina negroes to j work in the mines. They went from Lanr caster. 3 ? Judge Frazer has been assigned to hold 1 the approaching Circuit Courts in Abbeville and Anderson, in place of Judge Ker. shaw, who is still unable to be out, though 1 continuing to improve from his recent se3 riou8illne88, - ?The Georgia Construction Company, - the company organized by President R. 1 B. Sibley to build the Carolina, Knoxville r and Western Railway, has gone into the hands of receivers. The receivers were ) appointed at Greenville last Thursday. 1 ?Under the new license law of Cheater, 1 that town will probably soon have eight " regularly licensed bar rooms, and the an7 nouncement is accompanied with the usur al statement in such cases Jbat two adi ditional policemen will be added to the J force. ' ?Says the Newberry correspondent of the Charleston World: Judge Wallace has " ordered a stay of execution in the case of ( Douglas Coleman, who was to have been [ hanged here Friday, in order to allow an appeal to be heard. The Governor so f -*? >" hj4^ir>ne pithing with the petition sent > | downfome'tiikewgo- v I ' j ? A horrible accident occurred near ) Holly Hill, Berkeley county, last Friday . afternoon, at the saw mill of Jerry L. , Smith. Elite Scott, a workingman at the , mill, stumbled over a piece of scantling ; and was precipitated across the saw while ! in motion. His body was severed just be, low the hips, death resulting almost immediately. ? Fort Mill News: Last Sunday Mr. J. H. Stewart killed a hawk with a hoe. The hawk had caught a hen that it could not carry off, and ran Into a brier thicket with Mr. Stewart in pursuit. With a garden hoe the barnyard robber was quickly dispatched, not without however showing fight. The hen was so badly used up that she had to be killed. ? The Baptist congregations of Charleston united last Sunday night at the First Baptist Church in a memorial service of the Rev. James P, Boyce, D. IX. late president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at LouiBville, Ky., and the distinguished president of the Southern Baptist Convention. There was a large congregation present and the services were interesting and impressive. ? There was an alarm of fire in the Chester county jail last Friday, at about 2 o'clock. The fire broke out in the debtok's room, occupied at present by Lipford Smith, charged v/ith murder. The fire companies turned out. but their services were not needed. fThe fire was caused by coals that had fallen through at the edge of a defective hearth between the floor and ceiling of the room below. Some of the prisoners worked manfully to help put out the fire. ? Pink Floyd, a young negro about 16 years old, was lodged in jail at Abbeville, on Thursday for killing another negro named Cornelius London, at Ninety-Six, on the previous Sunday night. The quarrel arose over Pink Floyd telling Cornelius that he had heard that he, Cornelius, was drunk during Christmas week and was also a member of the church. This brought on a dispute which resulted in the death of Cornelius and the imprisonment of Pink. ? The farmers of Barnwell county have commenced to prepare theiffarms for the coming crop. Some ajo*plowing, others are preparing their l^id. All seem to be determined to have a watermelon patch ranging in size froifl two acres to large fields. One great nafortune in planting watermelons is thAthey will not grow with success on the Hme land two successive years. Old fleB&rp. a, favorite with Mwnueiua. hence they keep MWHI'HII lll'l 1 1 IW|| i I II l.Ll nil ? Says the Anderson) Journal: The Rev. \. Durham, of Piednaont, writes to correct a marriage noticefeent in by him and published in the Journal last week. It svas on Christmas day, that he was de- / jeived by Robert Dilworth and Franklin / Merritt, two young men, the latter of whom was disguised in female apparel, rhey requested Mr. Durham to perform the marriage ceremony for them, and he implied without suspecting anything irregular. If we had a marriage license jlw such frivolous Iovity as this could not readily be indulged in by thoughtless perons. ? The Rev. William Martin, perhaps the >ldest and most widely known Methodist ninister in this country, died at his home n Columbia last Thursday. Mr. Martin vas eighty-two years of age and had been in active minister in his church for sixty>ne years. In 18$, sixty years ago, ne vas sent as a missionary to the Creek naion in Alabama and traveled five hunired miles on horsback with library and wardrobe in his saddle bags. About the ame time he did mission work in North Georgia and Alabama, and with his own lands laid the foundation of the first church n that section. Far many years Mr. Marin has devoted mich time to preaching to he convicts in theState penitentiary. ? The Rev. Adau Ivy, whose name was amiliar to every household in Lancaster ounty, died at Bishnell, Fla., at the resdence of his son-i|-law, Mr. C. M. Blake, >ecember, 30,1881, at the Advanced age >f 90 years 5 moiths and 20 days. He vas born in Lanfcster county, and lived here all his lifi until recently, when le went with scne of his children to ITn n'QOr?M/vi tnom?in/T an/1 mnn :iUHUa? xxw nHovniWUiaiiivU) ouu WOO he father of thirten children, all of whom -rew to raanhooc' and womanhood. He vas the father ofthe late Col. J. M. Ivy, >f Rock Hill. & was a man of no ordilary ability. Hi held the agency of the Jatawba Indianj for a long number of rears, and transated the business of that esponsible offlcjwith fidelity, and to the atisfaction of tfc State and his subjects. LAWLESSIjSS IN NEWBERRY. The Prosperity Newberry county, corespondent of thjColumbia Register gives he details of t\i shocking crimes perperated last week On Saturday morning, bout 8 o'clock, ames C. Banks, a promient citizen ofimokey Town, in News erry county, Ms shot by Butler Bankf the same plafi The shooting occurred t O'Neal Acaimy on the public highray. The twoien, though of the same am&rXre in noise related to each other. _ 'here has beeniad blood between them ^ >r some time, sd on the day mentioned, s J. C. Banks fcpped out of a neighbor's ouse he was fid upon by Butler Banks rith a doubldarreled shotgun loaded ith buckshot. I At the first fire J. C. lanks receivecfyur buckshot?one in the ght hand, oniin each arm near the If loulder, and onpenetrated the forehead ist above theleleye, ranging downward, his wound,thoih dangerous,is not necesirily fatal. J. 1 did not fall, and again utler took d< berate aim, but J. C. odged around ke corner of the house, id the house reived the contents of the icond fire. J. C. Banks, iiwing the gun was now npty, came frc behind the nouse, when utler opened is on him again with a istol, firing tw<hots, but without effect. The wounded san, bleeding profusely, ade his way t a neighbor's, where he km received m ical attention. One ball as extracted, t the other three remain i him. His co ition seems to be favorite. Butler Bj js made good his escape id has not bee irrested. A U^-4?Jl-T t i-n n. xieai Lrcuuiugequei io me snooting fray occurred < Saturday night about 12 clock, when a rty of men, unknown to e writer, wen > the residence of Butler inks and set fi to his dwelling and out?uses, destroyi everything in the world at he and hii imily possessed. There is no one at me but Mrs. Banks and r six little cijiren. When the dwellg was first fid, Mrs. Banks, with the i of her little ies, succeeded in putting e fire out. e was ordered back into e house with reats upon her life if she 3obeyed, andie house was again fired d the destrulon made complete. The other and litjones have nothing to eat d nothing tcfear. -The Solid S th has at last been broken, le Supremejurt of West Virginia has a dered a de ion in an electoral contest lich will gi the governorship to Goff, ^publican, e will enjoy the distincin of being t only Itepublican Governin the Sou ! i