Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r - gtwp iiutl (facts. ? The legislature of Ohio has enacted a law, similar to that recently enacted in New York, substituting electricity for the gallows. The New York law went intc effect on the 1st of last January, but there has been no execution in the State since that date. ?Consul General Kennedy, atShanghai, has notified the State Department that drought in the highlands have desolated large sections of China during the past year. He states that some of the Ameri? ? ?in K PKino HnnC UUU UllOOIUUOUTO IU iWiUi Viiiuu UM?V MVUV a great deal of good in distributing relief. ? A bill has been introduced in the lowei house of the Ohio General Assembly which absolutely prohibits the manufacture 01 sale of proprietary medicines in that State, It provides for a fine of from $500 to $5,(XK for the manufacture, a?d sale is punisha ble by a fine of from $100 to $300. ? For about twenty-flv? years a peculiar light has been seen in January, near the top of Rocky Ridge, at Bridgeport, Pa, Three young men visited the spot to investigate. On digging six feet deep thej came on the crumbling remains of a skeleton. The cause of the light remains ? mystery. ?The expiration of Mr. Cleveland's terrr substantially completes the first century o the Government of the United States un der the Constitution. Though Washing ton was not inaugurated until April 30 1789, the regular Presidential term haj since begun and ended on the 4th of March and Mr. Harrison will be the first President of our second century. ?Reports differ as to whether, in th( recent encounter in a committee room ol the United States Senate, the Honorable Mr. Black barn, of Kentucky, did actuaiiv i>oll the ear of the Honorable Mr. Chander, of New Hampshire. But the Philadelphia Times clears up one difficult question in the case by the statement that all authorities agree that "if not, it was not from any deficiency of ear on Mr. Chandler's part." ? On Saturday, Governor Luce, of Michigan, declined .to sign five bills which had been certified to him from the Senate sa having regularly passed both houses, assigning as his reason that the Senate waf not legally constituted. When Lieutenant-Governor McDonald was killed, the Senate elected Mr. Geddings president pro tec* / Governor Luce refuses to recog nize him as president of the Senate, and is supported in his views by Attorney-General Trowbridge. ? A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch of Sat urday says: The negro exodus from South and North Carolina and Old Virgina, is growing in a remarkable degree. Withir the pastweek fully 1,000 colored emigrants have passed through this city alone, enroute West. Wednesday and Thursday two excursion trains of one hundred each passed here via the Kansas city road Last night another special, carrying ovei 160, went through. Their objective points are Kansas, Alabama and Texas. ? The Pennsylvania Prohibitionists held a conference in Philadelphia last Thursday, and large audiences attended the meetings. Joshua L. Bailey was made temporary chairman, and on permanenl organization John Shallcross, of Frank fort, was made president. A petition was drawn up to be sent to the legislature asking for the appointment of inspectors oi JA election without pay. In the evening sesv sion addresses were made by Presidenl * 'Shallcross and others. Over $3,000 was collected for election purposes. ? Howard Anderson, a white man, was hanged in Goldsboro, N. C., last Wednesday, for the murder last July of William P. Porter, in that town. The condemned man was marched to the scaffold at 1.46, Anderson has at all times declared his innocence, and when led to the scaffold h only said, "Farewell to you all," making ^-v no confession. The drop fell at 3.10, and Anderson's oulse ceased to beat in seven mimrte&- He was the first white man e vei hanged fn Wayne county, and everj means w?s resorted to to secure commutation of sentence. ? A Confederate pension bill has been introduced in/ the legislature of North CaroUnslt and the indications are that il will pgtss both houses with but little opposition-' * The provisions of the bill are foi a sp^ecial tax of 4 cents on the $100 properthe poll. This will ag^ gtegate^^PBiing over $100,000. The Deneflci&Tft ^t^fe to be wounded Confederate soldiers<?lnd widows of Confederate soldiers remaining unmarried. The annual pensions are to range from $25 to $100, according to the extent of disability. Tc such as have received a wound which ren.ders them incompetent to perform manual labor in the ordinary avocations of life, the pension will be $100 a year. ? The Postmaster-General has recently made a statement of the changes in railway postal clerks made between January 1,1885, and December 31, 1888. The state^ ment shows that of a total of 4031 who left the service, 129 died and 1,927 resigned voluntarily. Of the others, 118 were re moved forpfcysteal or mental incapacity, 426fmJfi?mciency, 363 for official miscon^^uefTSlB for persona! misconduct, 47 foi improper character or habits, 729 for polit ical causes (partisanship), 52 for "all othei causes/' and 24 for "no cause assigned.' The number now in the service who were appointed prior to January 1,1885, is 1,553 ? A few nights ago a novel wedding it Richmond colored society took place ai the church of Rev. John Jasper, the famoui author of "De sun do move" theory. The bride waited at the pulpit, while ten vir gins with their lamps burning went dowt i the ailse to meet the groom, who stood a the door. As they walked, the lamps of the r five foolish virgins went out, whereupor they were summarily expelled from the building, and were forced to stand on the navoment outside durincr theentire ceremo ny. This was, of course, according to th( programme. Then the five wise virgins whose lamps were burning brightly, escort ed the groom up the aisle, where he was met by the bride, while the choir sang 'Behold, the bridegroom cometh." ? The Charlotte Chronicle pays the fol lowing graceful tribute to the wife of th( retiring President: As Mrs. Cleveland leaves the White House, the nation wil unanimously lift its hat, as it were, anc wish her all happiness possible in the future years of her life. There is scarcely another instance on record of a womat who has so completely captivated the peo Ele of a whole country. The newspapers ave done their best to make the acquaint ance of the public with the President': wife as thorough as possible, and the pub lie has never yet seen her in an unfavor j able light. Gifted with unusual beauty with rare charm of manner, with winning grace in word and act, it can be said with out exaggeration that she has achieved t triumph in the position into which sh( l^- -stepped less than four years ago. r ?A well known resident of the litth town ofCalera, thirty miles south of Birmingham, Ala., is Mrs. Priscilla Scrog gins. Mrs. Scrogginsis llOyearsold, hav lng been born in Lancaster, S. C., in 1779 She married when 20 years of age, an( twelve children were born to her. Hei children are all dead now, but her descend ants number hundreds, if not thousands Mrs. Scroggins learned to smoke a pip< when she was only 15 years of age, am has never given up the habit. Nothing affords her more enjoyment now than he: pipe and she can smoke for an hour at s time, using the strongest tobacco. Sh< saysshe has been a Methodist ninety years and expects to die shouting. Mrs. Scrog fins has fpr many years enjoyed excellen health, retaining all her faculties unirn })airea winy u ibw uaya auc rom an extended visit to her grandchil dren at Gainesville, Ga., making the rail way journey of 2o0 miles alone. ? News has reached Jacksonville, Flori da, from Oneechebee of a bloody affray among the Seminole Indians in the Ever glades. "Jim" Young, a buck, wen crazy, and with a Winchester rifle startcc out on the war path through the camp auc n settlement. He first sent a bullet througl the brain of Wauke Misco, a chief of tin Miamis, killing him instantly. He nex killed "Old Tiger." Then "Young Tiger,' and probably the finest Seminole living physically, stepped out of his wigwam jus in time to see his father drop to the grount a corpse, and with a blood-curdling wa: whoop sprang on the maniac, and a haw to hand fight for the possession of the riH< followed. The "Young Tiger" was th< superior in strength, but was at the wronj end of the gun, and before he could wres his antagonist he was shot dead jfl^M^Muiiac then killed two papooses o attacked the bucks, squaw: ^^^^^^^^^^^indiscriminately. He wai shot dead by "Belly,' brave. In less than were which the un to "Mary, the mothei advertised for The half finished monument of Mary Washing-1 ton, are on a portionof the land adjoining Kenmore, Mrs. Washington's old home. ! The tract offered for sale contains about | > twelve acres. The half-erected and de- 1 1 faced monument stands on a gentle emi-1 ! nence about one mile from the centre of' > the old battle-scarred town of Fredericks' burg, Va., and is venerated by all its citi zens, white and black. The building of the pedestal and shaft was begun by a New York gentleman, who met with business reverses before it was completed. Congress has refused to appropriate money for the work. The present owners of the property acquired an option on it several ! years ago, but they made no effort to realize on their investment until the centennial of George Washington's inauguration I should give a sentimental value to their real estate. Ihc ?0tMle tfxpim. YORKVILLE, S. cflT ' ~ ^ ; WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1889. DEATH OF MAJOR McLURE. Major Edward C. McLure, chief of the ; appointment division of the post office de' partment, died suddenly in Washington r on Thursday morning last. Major McLure was a native of Chester, . where he began his career as a lawyer, having been admitted to the bar several _ years before the breaking out of the war. ' He entered the Confederate service as captain of the Chester Blues, and after one year's service was made majo? of the I Sixth regiment. } After the war closed Major McLure re turned to Chester,and in 1869 founded the } Chester Reporter, occupying the editorial chair of that journal for several years. In t 1873 he removed to Dallas, Texas, and prac. ticed his profession there for eight years. i Returning to Chester in 1881, he re-opened his law office there, closing it again in 1886, to accept a profitable clerkship at Wash ington, under Cleveland's administration, 1 with the closing days of which his own , life has suddenly gone out. j M^jor McLure was married three times, . his third wife, an affluent Pennsylvania lady, to whom he was married a year ago, ' surviving him. He leaves four children. ; His remains were interred in Chester. , The death of Major McLure will be learned with regret by a large circle of 1 friends in this State who admired him.for his brilliant talents and noble traits of > character. t THE WASHINGTON INAUGURAL CELEBRATION. Governor Richardson has appointed the ' following commissioners to represent South Carolina at the centennial celebration of the inauguration of Washington in t New York on the 29th and 30th of April: i General Johnson Hagood, of Barnwell; Capiain Willie Jones, of Richland; Col. 5 D. P. Duncan, of Union ; C. A Douglass, of Winnsboro ; B. H. Rutledge, of CharlesI ton; D. S. Henderson, of Aiken, and Knox Livingston, of Bennettsville. Col. James A. Hoyt, of Greenville, who ! received the appointment of commissioner [ several months ago, and has given much ! of his time to the matter, has written to . the military companies throughout the r State inviting them to join in the great military and industrial parade which is to be a feature of the occasion. Colonel Hoyt states that he is authorized J by the chairman of the sub-committee on . the parade to say that the troops from South Carolina will-have quarters and rations furnished to them during the celebra t'.on, which, with the extremely low tates ' announced by the railroads, will make the [ expenses of the trip very light to the individual soldiers. For single tickets the , fare will be one and one-half cents per ? mile traveled, or three cents for the round trip. For uniformed bodies of military, not less than fifty on one ticket, the rate ' will be three-quarters of a cent per mile r traveled, or one and a half cents for the . round trip. Colonel Hoyt says the Gov' ernor aud staff and the Lieutenant Gov ernor will go, and probably the following f military companies: Washington Light ' Infantry, Charleston ; Governor's Guards, Columbia; Greenville Guards and Butler . Guards, Greenville. " THE FIFTIETH CONGRESS, r The Fiftieth Congress, which closed its ' session on Monday, broke the record as to i the number of bills introduced and passed. The number of bills and joint resolutions j. introduced has been, in round numbers, 3 17,000; nearly 25 per cent, greater than ? any other Congress. The number intro duced in the House was 12,650, and in the J Senate 4,000. Of this number about half the House bills have been acted upon by committees; the number of committee reports upon bills being 4,140, though in many cases several bills of similar nature are covered by a single report. The number of Senate reports is 2,660. The joint resolutions of the Senate and ? House which nave tne same oeanng on , bills, number 400. The number of bills and joint resolutions which have become - laws during the Fiftieth Congress is about * 14,000, or a little less than 10 per cent, of I the entire number introduced. Of those I nearly one-third were public acts, the re? mainder being private pension bills, etc. r President Cleveland has vetoed during 1 this Congress 150 bills, and has al' lowed over two hundred to become laws without his signature. His total number 5 of vetoes during his term number about - three hundred, which is more than dou ble the number of vetoes by any other President. [ The number of days of actual session of t this Congress is 310, which is in excess i of any other Congress, and its long session exceeded in length that of any other Coni gress which preceded it. Among the important measures which have been presented, but failed to become laws, are the tariff bill, the tobacco tax j repeal bill, the coast defense bill, the postal r telegraph, inter-state telegraph, woman's - suffrage, dependent pension, educational bill, bill to forfeit railroad land grants, j Freedmen's bank, international copyright, , and the resolution to tax compound lard, r and other adulterated food products. I The Prosperous South.?The South is evidently working out from the specuI lative fever with which the first developt mentofits remarkable opportunities was . accompanied, and is settling down to the 1 sober and solid work of a steadily progressive community. With every year, . the fund of well invested capital, the established and conservati ve enterprises, and both the production and the consumption " that are necessary to prosperity will in' crease. It is not much to say that in the " South there is sure to be within the next I decade a substantial progress as great as , the West underwent between 1840 and 1850, and with less risk of injurious flucta3 tion. t Hoarding Delinquent Polls.?The ' comptroller-geueral has sent the following I circular to county treasurers: t "In cases where parties are charged with 1 simple polls, and they possess no other r property, county treasurers will at once 1 place the said delinquent polls in the 5 hands of a trial Justice, as has heretofore * been the custom. ? "When executions have been issued t against said simple poll tax payers, the treasurers will recall such executions and f turn them over to a trial justice for pros3 ecution." ' ?The body of a dead man was found f near the trestle of the Columbia and Greenville road which crosses Smith's Branch, about two miles and a half from j r Columbia, Thursday morning. Foul play } t is suspected, as every circumstance shows : 1 that the man has been murdered. 1 1 ? / THE INAUGURATION. With 9imple and solemn ceremonies in the presence of all the wisdom and authority embodied in the co-ordinate branches of the Government, and surrounded by the representatives of the great nations on the face of the globe, Benjamin Harrison was last Monday inducted into the highest office within the gift of the American people. Gathering up the reins of power as they fell from the grasp of his predecessor, he took the oath which bound him to the service of his country and charged himself with the destinies of sixty million people; and so it was that Washington, fhp pnnital eitv. was the Mecca of liberty worshipers from all parts of the land. They were there in countless thousands. Weeks ago little rivulets of humanity began to flow in unnoticed. As the day grew nearer, streams increased to rivers; rivers combined in floods, and on the 4th a veritable ocean of life surged through the city. It filled all the hotels that form the regular channels. It overflowed boarding house by-ways, and finally it permeated the sacred fastnesses of the private home. There never was such a crowd in Washington. Trainmen could not begin to estimate the numbers of incoming passengers. The boats on the river were laden with human freight, and the roads leading in from the country, saw processions of wagons filled with family parties, all going to see the President inaugurated. Every available room in the hotels had been engaged weeks in advance. Boarding houses had changed their halls into dormitories. A great many soldiers had camped in the public buildings and every available space for human habitation was occupied. The city was gayly decorated and the procession which filed through the streets was the largest ever before witnessed in Washington on a similar occasion. ' After the oath of office was administered to Mr. Harrison, he delivered his inaugural address. It is a lengthy paper, and was read to the multitude by the incoming chief magistrate. He said : There is no constitutional or legal requirement that the President shall take the oath of office in the presence of the people. But there is a so manifest appropriateness in the public induction into office of the chief executive officer of the nation, that from the beginning of the government the people, to whose service the official oath consecrates the officer, have been called to witness the solemn ceremonial. An oath taken in the presence of the -i?? 1 rr>u ~ people Decomes a rauiuai cuveuauu me officer covenants to serve the whole body of the people by the faithful execution of the laws, so that they may be the unfailing defense and security of those (vho respect and observe them, and that neither wealth, station, nor power of combinations shall be able to evade their just penalties, or to wrest them from the beneficent public purposes to serve the ends of cruelty and selfishness. My promise is spoken ; yours unspoken, but not leas real and solemn. The people of every State have here their representatives. Surely, I do not misinterpret the spirit of the occasion when I assume that the whole body of the people covenant with me, aDd with each other to-day, to support and defend the Constitution and union of the States; to yield willing obedience to all the laws, and each to every other citizen his equal civil and political rights. Entering thus solemnly into covenant with each other, we may reverently invoke, and confidently expect, the favor and help of Almighty God, that He will give to me wisdom, strength and fidelity, and to our people the spirit of fraternity and love of righteousness and peace. This occasion deserves peculiar interest from the fact that the President's term which begins to-day is the twenty-sixth under our Constitution. The first inauguration of President Washington took place in New York, where Congress was then sitting, on the 30th day of April, 1789, having been deferred by reason of delays attending the organization of Congress and canvass of the electoral vote. Our people have already worthily observed centennials of the Declaration of Independence, of the Battle of Yorktown, and of the adoption of the Constitution ; and will shortly celebrate in New York the institution of the second great department of our constitutional scheme of government. When the centennial of the institution of the judicial department by the organization of the Supreme Court shall have been suitably observed, as I trust it will be, our nation will have fully entered its second century. He then proceeded to sketch the marvelous growth of the country during the first century of the existence of the Government, and discussing the protective policy of the Republican party, he said that in the earliest days of the Government that policy had its opponents. The argument was made, as now, that its benefits enured to particular classes, or sections. If the question became in any sense, or at any time sectional, it was only because slavery existed in some of the States. But for this, there was no reason why the cotton-producing States should not have led or walked abreast with the New England Staies in the production of cotton fabrics. There was this reason only why the States that divide with Pennsylvania the mineral treasure of the southeastern and central mountain range, should have oeen so taray in oringing to smeiung furnace and to the mill the coal and iron from their near opposite hillsides. Mill fires were lighted at the funeral pile of slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation was heard in the depths of the earth, as well as in the sky. Men were made free, and material things became our better servants. The sectional element has, happily, been I eliminated from the tariff discussion. We have no longer States that are necessarily only planting States. None are excluded from that diversification of pursuit among the people which brings wealth and contentmeut. The cotton plantation will not be less valuable when the product is spun ' in the country town by operatives, whose necessities call for diversified crops, and create a Jiome demand for garden and agricultural products. Every new mine, furnace and factory, is an extension of the productive capacity of a State more real and valuable than added territory. Shall the prejudices and paralysis of slavery continue to hang upon the skirts of progress? How long will those who rejoicd that slavery no longer exists, cherI ish or tolerate the incapacities it put upon their communities. I look hopefully to the continuance of our protective system, and to the consequent development of manufacturing and mining enterprises in States hitherto wholly given to agriculture, as a potent influence in the perfect unification of our people. Men who have invested their capital in these enterprises, far, mers who felt the benefit of their neighborj hoods and men who work in the shop or field, will not fail to find and defend a community of interest. It is not quite possible that the farmers and promoters of the great mining and manufacturing en terprises wtiicn nave recently ueen esiaolished in the South may yet find that the free ballot of the working man, without distinction of race, is needed for their defense as well as their own. I do not doubt that if those men in the South who now accept the tariff views of Clay and the Constitutional expositions of Webster, would courageously avow and defend their own convictions, they would not find ii difficult, by friendly instruction and co-operation, to make the black man their efficient and safe ally, not only in establishing correct principles in our national administration, but in preserving for their local communities the benefits of social order and economical and honest government. At least until the good offices of kindness and education have been fairly tried, a contrary conclusion cannot be plausibly urged. I have altogether rejected the suggestion of a special policy for any section of our country. It is the duty of the executive to I administer and enforce in methods and by instrumentalities pointed out and provided by the constitution, all laws enacted by Congress. These laws are general, and their administration should be uniform and equal. As a citizen may not elect what laws he will obey, neither may the Executive elect which he will enforce. The duty to obey and to execute embraces | the Constitution in its entirety, arnUthe j whole code of laws enacted under it. The example of permitting individuals, i corporations or communities to nullify the I laws because they cross some selfish or loj cal interest or prejudice is full of danger, | not only to the nation at large, but much I more to those who use pernicious expedii ents to escape their just obligations, or to | obtain an unjust advantage over others. I They will, presently, themselves be compelled to appeal to law for protection, and those who would use law as a defense must not deny that use of it to others. If our great corporations would more scru..i 1.. 1 r\rt>n 1 1 i m i fofmno puiuusiy UiVJUC men i\r^ai iiujivuMvuo i and duties, they would have less cause to complain of unlawful limitation of their I rights, or of violent interference with thei operations. A community that by concert, open c secret, among its citizens denies to a poi tion of its members their plain rights ur der the law, has severed the only safe bon of social order and prosperity. The ev works from a bad center both ways. 1 demoralizes those who practice it, and d< stroys the faith of those who suffer by ii in the efficiency of law as a safe protectoi The man in whose breast that faith ha been darkened is naturally the subjec of dangerous and Uncanny suggestion.' Those who use unlawful methods, if move by no higher a motive than the selfish ness that prompted them, may well sto and inquire what is to be the end of this An unlawful expedient cannot becom a permanent condition of government. ] the educated and influential class in community either practice or connive a the systematic violation of laws that seer to them to cross their convenience, wha can they expect when the lesson tha convenience, or supposed class interes is a sufficient cause for lawlessnesi has been well learned by the ignorac /ilnaono 9 A nAmmnniftr tirKawa Ion* ia tiaooco ? xx Luujiuuuj ij tt o ia vr jo rule of conduct, and where courts, nc mobs, execute, is the only attractive fiel for business investments and honest laboi Discussing the naturalization laws; ou recent threatened troubles with German on the Samoa Islands question; the civ service regulations ; the surplus revenue the pensions, favoring liberal and adt quate relief to the union soldiers; an expressing his sympathy with a natione system of free education, he spoke thus c fraud at the ballot-box : ,It is very gratifying to observe the get eral interest now being manifested in th reform of our election laws. Those wh have been for years calling attention t the pressing necessity of throwing abo$ the ballot box and about the election fui ther safeguards, in order that our electiot may not only be free and pure, but migh clearly appear to be so, will welcome th accession of any who did not so soon dii cover the need of the reform. The Ns tional Congress has not as yet taken cor trol of elections over which the Const tut;on gives it jurisdiction, but has ai cepted and adopted the election laws ( the several States, provided penalties ft their violation and a method of supei vision. An inefficiency of the State lawi or an unfair or partisan administratio of them, could suggest a departure froi that policy. It was clearly, however, i contemplation of framers of the Constiti tion, that such exigency might arise, an provision was wisely made for it. Th freedom of the ballot is a condition < our national life, and no power vested i Congress or in the executive to secure c pepetuate it, should remain unused upo occasion. The people of all congressionj districts have an equal interest, in the the election in each case shall truly ej press the views and wishes of a majorit of the qualifed electors residing within i After a few remarks on what he coi ceived to be the duty of the patriotic ci izen, he closed as follows: God has placed upon our head a diaden and has laid at our feet power and wealt beyond definition or calculation. But w must not forget that we take these gif upon the condition that justice and mere snail hold the reins of power, and the upward the avenues of hope shall be fre to all people. I do not mistrust the futuri Dangers have been in frequent ambus along our path, but we have uncovere and vanquished them all. Passion he swept some of our communities, but onl to give us new demonstrations that th great body of our people are stable, patr otic, and law-abiding. No political part can long pursue advantage at the expens of public honor, or by rude and indecei method, without a protest, and fatal dii affection in its own body. The peaceful agencies of commerce ai more fully revealing the necessary unit < all our communities, and the increasin intercourse of our people is promotin mutual respect. We shall find unalloye pleasure in the revelation which our ne> census will make of the swift developmei of the great resources of some of the State Each State will bring its generous contr bution to the great aggregate of the ni tion's increase, and when the harves from the fields, the cattle from the hill: and the ores of earth, shall have bee weighed, counted, and valued, we wi turn from them all, to crown with th highest honor the State that has most pr< moted education, virtue, justice, and pi triotism among its people. During the delivery of the address thei was a steady downfall of rain, whic stretched out on the broad plaza in frot of the capitol, a mass of citizens an soldiery listened or looked attentively f the new chief magistrate, until he ha finished. The Senate, the Supreme Corn justices, navy, members of the diplomai ic corps, and members of the' House an of the department officials, surrounded th new President during the delivery of h; address. At its conclusion President Harriso and ex-President Cleveland and thel companions re-entered their carriage: and the inaugural procession proceeded o its way back to the White House, follow ed by a retinue of 4,000 citizens and so diers. The march from the capitol to th White House was one continual ovatio to the new president, and it is safe to sa that a quarter of a million people watche and waited and cheered him as he passe along. President Harrison remained on th reviewing stand in front of the Whil | House for four hours reviewing the pr< | cession as it passed on its return for th Capitol. With him was his wife an daughter, Mrs. McKee, Vice Presider Morton and others. President Cleveland left the Whil House on Monday, and on yesterday h left for New York city, which will be h: future home. THE CAHINET. The new cabinet is understood to t composed as follows: Secretary of State?James G. Blaine, < Maine. Secretary of the Treasury?Williar Windom, of Minnesota. Secretary of War?ltedfield Proctor, < Vermont. Secretary of the Navy?Benjamin I Tracy, of New York. Jecretary of the Interior?J. W. Nobli of Missouri. Postmaster-General?John Wan nam* ker, of Pennsylvania. Attorney-General?W. II. H. Miller, c Indiana. Secretary of Agriculture?Jeremia Rusk, of Wisconsin. MERE-MENTION. The bill passed by Congress to refund 1 the South a portion of the money paid 1 the U. S. Government in 1865 as dire* j taxes, was returned to the Senate by Pre ident Cleveland, on Saturday, with h j veto; but the Senate passed it over h objections. Mr. Jackson, of Vincei nes, Indiana, came home and told his wii that the coal supply of the world woul last only 960 years more, and she fell i a faint and broke her arm. She aftei ward remembered that they had ahvaj burned wood. The act of Governc Wilson, of West Virginia, in giving cei tificates of election, last Friday, to th Democratic candidates in the two districl heretofore undecided, reduces the Repul lican majority in the House of Represer tatives to three. The proposition fc woman suffrage was killed in the lowc branch of the Maine legislature on Thur: day. A slight shock of earthquak was felt at Marion, Indiana, and generall throughout that portion of the State Thur day. The business failures throughoi the country during the week number fc the United 188, Canada44; total 232, again: I 270 the previous week. The bill pre viding a railroad commission for Nort ' Ji :- *u ~ 1 uarouna was UCieaiCU ill me oeunic Thursday by avoteof22 to 28 A fatf I epidemic of meningitis prevails in Wei ster county, Kentucky. Sixty person have died of it in one neighborhood. special election is to be held in Massacht setts on the 22nd of April to determin whether prohibition shall prevail in th? State. There has been a general diseui sion of the temperance question as a polii ical issue. The new State capitol c Georgia, for which $1,000,000 was appr< priated, has been accepted by the con missioners as completed. The work Wfl completed for $20,000 less than th appropriation. A Republican men ber of the Indiana Legislature struck fellow member during the sitting of th body, and on Thursday was fined $150 an suspended for twelve days. Columbt Avenue Presbyterian church, in Bostor has extended a unanimous call to Rei Wra. Adams, D. D., of Augusta, Ga., t assume the pastorate. *Tn Union cour ty, N. U., last Friday, a negro woman w? burned to death, whose age is stated pos tively at 121 years. ir LOCAL AFFAIRS. >r NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.* r- C. a. Parish, Mortgagee?Land Sale. 1- H. B. Wallace?Kstray Mule, d Henry Ford?New Jewelry Store. i [| E. A. Crawford, S. Y. C.?Sheriffs Sale. t W. H. Moore?Pay Up at Once. L. M. Crist?Dwelling'House for Rent. I" W. C. Latimer?Purchasing Power of Doljars. t> M. & H. C. Strauss?Please Tako Notice, r. Withers Adickes?Wanted. 18 Dr. A. Y. Cartwright?Will he out of town tomorrow. , Dr. D. C. Atkinson, Agt.?Sold out to W. H. ^ Ran mi Hat A Co. I- V^yEW JEWELRY STORE. P Attention is directed to the advertiseg raent of Mr. Henry Ford, jeweler and f watch and clock repairer, who has just a commenced business in the room of Mr. it-O'Leary's building, south of the Exchange n Bank. it NV t, 7s DEATH OF MRS. JEFFERYS. t, A dispatch was received here last Mon3. day announcing the death of Mrs. Sallie lt Jefferys, wifo of our former townsman, * Mr. John F. Jefferys. Mrs. Jefferys was d the daughter of the late Daniel F. Hall, r. of this county, and was aged about thirty ir years. y V THE NEGRO EXODUS. ^ The^exodus of negroes from Yorkville ? and vicinity seems to have assumed some 5" proportions, a crowd of nineteen having ^ left last Monday evening on the Chester ll and Lenoir north-bound train. We learn )f that the emigration agent purchases through tickets for his dupes at Gastonia. '* Those who left on Monday evening said ? they were going to the South-west. O CHARGED WITH RETAILING. ^f^ilertry Franklin, colored, had a hearing Tuesday, before Intendant Hunter on a charge of retailing spirituous liquors cone trary to the law. The principal witness 3- against him was Mary Ward, also colored. L" The Intendant adjudged Henry guilty and ?" imposed a fine of twenty dollars or thirty days on the streets. From this decision )f he appealed to a meeting of the council, >r and the case will be reheard next Saturday. g Mr. HEMPHILL'S SPEECH, n We have received from the Hon. John J. n Hemphill a copy of his great speech, den livered in the House of Representatives, February 13th, in the contested election ^ case of Smalls vs. Elliott. In exposingthe hypocrisy of the Republican party on the d question of negro suffrage, Mr. Hemp>r hill not inappropriately uses as the text Jj of his speech, Matthew vii: 3?5. It V / POSTAL MATTERS. i- The-^ost office department has ordered a y tri-weekly service on the route from Yorkvijle to Yorkville via Zadok, Bethany, Hero, Stroup's, Clark's Fork and Carp. The mail will leave Yorkvilleon Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, returning the jj same evenings. ,e A new post office has been established ts at Sharon, York county, on the line of the y Three C's Railroad, and J. D. Hamilton *t appointed postmaster. 9. /^PROMISING YOUNG PHYSICIANS, h The commencement exercises of the d Medical College of South Carolina were 18 held in the Grand Opera House, Charles^ ton, on Saturday evening last. There }. were twenty-five graduates, of whom three ,y are students from York?C. S. Bratton, T. ?e A. Bigger and Alexander Mack. Thedegreeswere conferred by Judge Simonton 3" and the address to the graduates delivered .e by Senator F. W. McMaster, of Columbia. )f Dr. C. S. Bratton delivered the valedicg tory. # ? WILL NOT LEAVE BLACKSBURG. :t Some time ago we reprinted from the it Shelby Aurora, a statement to the effect s- that Major J. F. Jones, long known as the l" efficient and acceptable superintendent of j.g the northern division of the Three C's 3 Railroad, would be transferred at an early n date from Blacksburg to Marion, N. C., 11, hi^ presence.^efng required there jn the ie construction of the road from Marion toward Johnson City. This statement, it seems, was premature. We have infor e mation that whatever may be his future h position on the road, his headquarters will it remain at Blacksburg. d It U, S. DISTRICT COURT JURORS, d The Greenville News publishes the list ft of the grand and petit jurors drawn to ^ serve at the August term of the United g States District Court to be held at Greenjg ville. The following citizens of York county appear in the list: n Grand Jurors?R. T. Riggins, Blairsir ville; J. F. O'Neal, Rock Hill; Monroe 3' L. Thotnasson, Yorkville. " PetitJurore?J. F.Wallace, Yorkville:, 1_ Thomas Stewart, Rock Hill; James C. e Ashe, Bullock's Creek; W. M. Walker, n Yorkville; Miles Johnson, Rock Hill; y R. K. Seahorn, Hickory Grove ; R. G. j' McCaw, Belmont. SALES-DAY. '? There was a very large attendance of people in town last Monday, sales-day e for March. Only one piece of realty was d sold, that of W. W. Austin, mortgagor, to it Emily E. Wright, executrix of J. L. k Wright, deceased, mortgagee; 101? acres | situated in Fort Mill township, and sold to js foreclose the mortgage. Bid off by C. E. Spencer, attorney, at fifty cents per acre. Some personal property under chattel >e mortgage, and some sold by the owners, went off nnder the auctioneer's hammer. )f Notwithstanding the large crowd in town, the day passed off without special incident. 11 SUCCESSFUL REPETITION. if Yielding to popular request, the "Willing Workers" on last Monday night, re' produced their Martha Washington Receps tion entertainment. As was fully expected, another crowded house and delighted audience was the result. The original programme was presented in toto with an additional tableau?a group of statuary? I the centerpiece of which was "The Orphans." The other pieces represented were "The Broken Plate," "Forced Prayer," "Rebecca," and "Maidenhood." ;o The net procceeds realized was about ;o $50, which sum the society has donated to ;t the town clock fund. ><- - ?? CHURCH NOTICES. IS jg Episcopal?Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. j. Young men's union prayer-meeting will I'e be held in the Methodist church next d Tuesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. n Baptist?Rev. R. Q. Patrick, Pastor. r' Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7.30 )r P.M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P.M. Prayerr meeting to-raorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. a TVfof-hnrlitit. F.niannna 1 Tf.ev W YV Dan V, i.XVW.lVM.WW ' " ' ' * ts iel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 )m A. M. and 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P.M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.30 ,r o'clock. 3- Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pase tor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and y 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. *1 Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 4 )r o'clock. 3t Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. )- J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next h Sunday atTirzah at 11.30 A. M. Services in Yorkville at 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school J. "at 6.30 P. M. A LYNCHING PARTY FRUSTRATED. Late last Thursday afternoon Sheriff e Crawford received intimations that he reit garded as reliable, that a lynching party 3" had been formed in the eastern part of the ^ county, their object being to come to j. Yorkville on Thursday night and take ). from the jail for the purpose of lynching, is four negroes, Charles McManus, John e Feaster, Charles Colston and William Barnett, the three first named charged with g the murder of W. C. Abernathy at Catawd ba Junction about a month ago, and Baris nett, charged with attempted outrage upon i, a child of Mr. Abernathy a few weeks pre^ ceding the murder. 0 The Sheriff had very little time in ^ which to act, but he was prompt in his i- effort to save the prisoners under his charge from violence. Under direction, I his deputy, R. L. Scoggins, assisted by R. M. Whitesides, took the prisoners from the/' jail, and conducting them through the fields to a waiting carriage, conveyed them ^to Blacksburg, where, at 3 o'clock Friday ! morning, the Air-Line train was taken for ! Spartaffburg, and from that place they | proceeded to Columbia, where the prison| ers were safely delivered to the jailor of | Richland county. The advance of the would-be lynchers arrived in Yorkville about 11 o'clock, and learning that their game had escaped, quietly left town, to convey word to their comrades that the Sheriff had spirited the prisoners beyond their reach. Since the removal of the prisoners to Richland jail, Judge Fraser has issued an order sustaining the Sheriff in his action, and directing that they be detained in the Richland jail until their presence is required in York. j \ PERSON A L MENTION. ^Mr.^P^S. Rratton is at home spending a vacation. Mr. H. F. Robertson, of Fauquier, Va., is in Yorkville visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Tatum, of Blackville, are in Yorkville visiting the parents of the latter. Mrs. S. A. McElwee and daughter Grace have returned from a visit to Charleston. Mr. James Homey, of Spartanburg, spent Sunday and Monday in Yorkville vith friends and relatives. Miss Lessie D. Witherspoon is visiting inCharleston, and from that city will extead her trip to Florida. Viiss Kate Roddey, Miss Annie Lisle SJddey and Miss Cammie Black, of Rofck Hill, are in Yorkville the guests of Mrs. -Samuel L. Miller. Messrs. E: B. Beard, John May, Jr., I. D. Witherspoon, Jr., and J. Quinton Eoke, lefnrw^last week to be present at the inaugujceremonies in Washington. V LOCAL LACONICS. ' "^Ir. R. A. Parish has just received and pliced on the streets a fine new omnibus, inicribed to the Three C's Hotel, and for which institution it is run. ^ 3r. J. B. Wood has killed his two disease mules, mention of which was made last week.' Dr. Niles, the veterinary surgeoi sent up from Columbia to examine the anir Is, pronounced the disease as fare;, nearly as dangerous as glanders, and for piblic safety required the mules to be killei or kept closely housed. Mr. Wood decited that it would be best to kill them. A ubscriber has written to us to change the aidress of his paper to Rock Hill, but negletts to give his name or the office from vhich he wishes it changed. Contable Byars brought down from Blackourg and lodged in jail last Sunday, Mitchdl Davis, colored, who is charged with tie burglary of Henderson Carroll's house ci the 25th of last January. Alrealy have several farmers of York county riven notice to the Department of Agriculure at Columbia, that they will contest or the $1,000 prize for the largest yield of?orn. This isAsh Wednesday, the first day of Lent. As an ividence of the appreciation in the valut of property in Yorkville, we learn thaia gentleman last week refused $5,000 casi, for a house and lot in town for which he paid a few years ago about $4,000. TIE GRADED SCHOOLS. At a fullmeeting of the board of trus- i tees, held a Thursday night last, Prof. 1 W. J. Thacston, of Greenville, was unanimously elcted superintendent of the graded schols of Yorkville, to be opened on the 1st d April next. There were a ! number of aplicants for, the position, but J the board of rustees was unanimous in the opinion thatthe interests of the schools ? would be bes subserved by the selection ( of Prof. Thacston. _^Of Prof. Tapkston, and his_ selection for the positia, the Greenville News of ' last Saturday lys : j AN HONOi WORTHILY PLACED. < Prof. W. J. Thackston, of this city, 1 principal of th.West End graded schools, | has been tended the position of superin- s tendent of the gaded schools of Yorkville, i and has accepte the place. ( The selection f Professor Thackston to this new positia is a compliment to his high character aid his abilities as a teach- j er, and a complijent bestowed where it j is deserved. Prfessor Thackston is a son , of county treasurr W. F. Thackston. He j is a full graduateof Furman University ? and began his teching career with the ( second year of thtoperation of the new j graded school syst?n in this city, having j in charge one of te higher grades there ? and filling the plee with a faithfulness * and efficiency thatnduced his promotion I to the principalslp of the West End { school when the pnent session began in che new building ht fall. In that place r he has displayed eacutive abilities that \ insure his success iithe higher position to ( which the YorkvilliSchool Trustees have ? called him. c Professor Thackstn has a multitude of N friends here who wi. delight to congratu- j late him on his proration, but who regret t to see him go away fim Greenville. The s session of the Yorbille schools opens c April 1, and he will live for his new post t about March 15. Th Yorkville graded schools are just begining, the town having been made a sepaite school district at the last Legislature, art Professor Thacks ton will be intrustedwith inaugurating the system. t RAILROAD NOTES. J Col. R. A. Johnson,general manager s of the Massachusetts ad Southern Con- 4 struction Company, hasten in Charleston v for several days, and <1 Saturday last, * when the object of his visit was made public through the press no small degree * of excitement was creied in railroad c circles, especially along he line of the f Three C's Railroad. His>urpose, as pro- * mulgated on Saturday, i to make ar- c rangements for operatingthe Three C's c independently of the SoutiCarolina Railway. He says he will tganize an ac- * counting and auditing depitment for the ^ road, and will also procet to establish * some shops at once; at led as soon as * practicable. f The chief reason, he said,or this step, 11 is the condition of the Cam$nJ)ranch of the South Carolina raiiwa, which is ^ hardly in a condition to beused by the ^ heavy engines of the Three PsRalroad, ^ running as they must at a igh rate of ^ speed. He is preparing alsoto s/range for his own terminal facilitie, eiher at Charleston or some other point,whihever may be selected, and build theroadhere direct. He says that he has corteraiated 0 this change for some time, aid wthin ? ten days Camden will be the presenter- * minus of the road. P Of Col. Averill, who has been supdn- n tendent of the road, he spoke in gh c' terms. Col. Averill has tenderedhis " resignation, which has been accepted,nd Major John F. Jones appointed his ic- c( - ' T 1 U 1 Sf CesSOl". iuajor joues ima ueeu uuuuwu ? with the road from its inception. w Eight new passenger coaches have .st ai been put on the road. They were bit ^ in Wilmington, Del., and are construed ^ with all the modern conveniences and iished in the finest style. a Hot air pumps are being placed at te n' water tanks of the Rutherford division 'a For the first time since the completh of theRutherford division, Sunday trafe ei were put on that end of the road last Su- ^ day. ft Fifty-eight merchants and business me . representing the North Carolina towns ' Ja Ilutherfordton, Forest City, Earle's, She m by and Mooresboro, were entertained i Charleston last Thursday and Friday, tt ^ guests of the business men of that city. Johnson City, Tenn., will vote on th ^ 26th instant on the question of subscribin] le $75,000 in aid of the Three C's llailroad. ' Work has been commenced on the roa< ^ nine miles from Johnson City, and Wjitc Comet says work will be begun in a few a weeks all along the line, a large numter of contractors being in the city makijg ai arrangements to that end. i ii yL. DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT. On Wednesday night last our citizens enjoyed one of the most pleasing dramatic entertainments that has been placed j upon the Yorkville stage for some time. The occasion was the presentation by our local amateurs, the Yorkville Dramatic Company, of a drama in two acts by George M. Baker, entitled "The Light j House Mystery." The plot is well sus-! tained throughout, abounding in amus-1 ing situations, agreeable surprises and I enough tragedy and comedy to giye animation to the play, terminating happily for all the characters, which were as follows : David Murray, keeper of Fair point Lights?Mr. Walter B. Moore. Larry Divine, his assistant?Mr. P. (J. McCorkle. Hon. Bruce Hunter.?Mr. J. Steele : Briee. Clarence Hunter, his ward?Mr. Brooks | In man. Peter Paragraph, a newspaper reporter? 1 Mr. J. Frank Hart. Scud, Hunter's colored servant?Mr. Willie F. Robertson. Miss Minnie Daze, Hunter's niece?Miss Sara Ingold. Bess Starbright, "cast up by the waves"? Miss Zoraida Ingold. "Mother Carey," a reputed fortune teller?Miss Jennie Miller. Biddy Dean, an Irish girl?Miss Fannie Robertson. All performed their pacts with splendid effect. The entertainment concluded with the laughable farce, "Turn Him Out," with the following cast of characters: Nobbs, an itinerant peddler?Mr. W. F. Robertson. Mcintosh Moke?Mr. A. Springs Withers. Eglantine Roseleaf?Mr. Paul G. McCorkle. Julia, Moke's wife?Miss Florrie Allison. Susan, maid of all work?Miss Fannie Robertson. This was also rendered in a most amusing manner, the laughable situations never failing to bring down the house. The stage management was under the direction of Mrs. A. Springs Withers, and to her ability may be attributed much for the success of the performance. Excellent music was furnished by Mr. A. Springs Withers, violinist, and Mr. George T. Schorb, organ accompanist. OUR YORKVJLLE EDITION-SOME PRESS NOTICES. is doubtless appreciated. The Yorkville Enquire^ of this week is an eight page paper, much of the space being devoted to a sketch of the tnwn itn hnainoua in on anrl ita nhnrphaa ?\/ Tf WVJ k/uuiu vuw LUVI1 MklU 1 VU VI1U I V/IiV/Uj its schools, etc. The sketch is handsomely illustrated with pictures of prominent buildings and of the leading businessmen of the place. The entire paper, including the typography is a credit to the publisher, and is doubtless appreciated by the community in whose interest it is published. ?[Columbia Register.. a neat piece of journalism. Tiie Yorkville Enquirer of the 27th February contains sketches of the most prominent men of that rising town, also several portraits of her magnificent buildings and residences. This edition of the Enquirer is a large eight page paper, presenting a handsome appearance, and gives an accurate description of the great growth of that town within the past few years. A great deal of this improvement is owing to the building of "The Three C's Railroad," which gives Yorkville direct communication with the sea, and is soon to have communication with Chicago.?[Charleston Sun. an enterprising journal. The Yorkville Enquirer is an enterprising journal. It came out this week an eight-page paper filled with interesting reading matter. Its especial feature was an illustrated article on the town of Yorkville. The enterprise of this journal will doubtless be appreciated by its constituency.?[Win nsboro News. a remarkably good weekly. The last issue of The Yorkville Enquirer'was a tfiTS and creditable one. Always printed on book paper and showing excellent press work, this week's Enquirer bears the cuts of its principal ausiness men and stores, halls and public places, with appropriate descriptions and sketches. The Yorkville Enquirer is i remarkably good weekly.?[Augusta |Ga.) Chronicle. the yorkville enquirer. The issue of The Yorkville Enquirer of February 27 was highly creditable ;o its editor. It was double its usual size, ind was profusely illustrated. The chief 'eature of that issue was an historical sketch of Yorkville with a glowing ac- :ount of its present condition and a flatering outlook for the future. There were , landsome pictures of the court house, the graded school building and several of the irivate residences ana business houses, fhere were also pictures of a large num jerof the leading men of the.place. , The pictures were large and well made, rhey presented a m*ost pleasing effect. . Altogether the appearance of The En- ! iUiREit was everything that the most ex- J icting publisher could desire. A wide :irculation of its special Yorkville edition vill do a great deal of good to that place, it shows in a most convenient manner he many fields for profitable business it Yorkville, and in many ways points \ >ut the attractive features of that fine old own.?[Charleston News and Courier. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM 1 LACKS BURG. j Blacksburg, March 4.?A two story ( en room dwelling house belonging to Mr/ \ I". D. F. Duncan, of this place, was de- ' troyed by fire last Saturday. It was beween one and two o'clock in the morning . vhen the alarm was given, and the flames | lad already made so much headway as to ] >e uncontrolable. Three different fami- < ies were living in the building and all i >f their household effects were lost. The 1 ?roperty was fully insured; loss about 1 1,500. The fire is supposed to be of in- ( endiary origin, but as yet there is no lue to the incendiary. t There is quite a decided livening up in t he hotel business at this place. The I oarding houses are full, and the transient * ravel is on the increase. The Merchants' ? lotel is fitting up a number of additional ? ooms in order to keep up with its increas- a ug patronage. c N. W. Hardin, Esq., has been con- * ned to his bed for the past two weeks. c four correspondent is pleased to be able f 3 report that he is now better, and able j 3 attend to his professional duties. \ ( / a Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquiregf g LETTER FROM ROCK HIM/ \ 1 Rock Hill, March 4.?A large number ^ f the citizens of our town were highly a ntertained on Thursday night last by the t rorkville Dramatic Company, which v layed in Itoddey's Hall the popular draia, "The Lighthouse Mystery," and con- ^ uded the performance with the laughable 8 tree, "Turn him Out." c The young ladies and gentlemen who ? )rapose the company acquitted them- t fives with great credit, and certainly r ere the means of giving us a most pleas- 0 at and enjoyable evening. I only hope J. lat they may see fit to storm us again in ^ le near future. b The ladies of the Methodist church gave e spelling bee in Roddey's Hall on Friday a ight which was greatly enjoyed by a very 8 vera a nrlinrmn Ti/-?+V? r\l?-1 nn<-l '' ,gS^ uutu uiu auu juuug pai cipated in the spelling. There were sey ftl tied and twisted tongues. Miss Anna I /illiams received the prize, a large cake, d r being the best speller, and Mr. John ^ [cElwee the tin cup, he having spelt ^ undice, "johndis." The evening was so v luch enjoyed by those present that the e: dies have decided to have another on d riday night. ** Kev. James S. White left this place on Wednesday last for the old country. He g. ft New York on Saturday morning and 0 cpects* to arrive in Liverpool this week, si ;e will then make an extended European ei lur. He expects to be away three or four lonths. ^ An election was held in the Presbyteri- ? a chur<fct after service yesterday morn- ct which resulted in the election of Messrs. A. R. Banks and Wm. Whyte, elders; W. J. Poag, N. P. Alexander and J. H. Miller, deacons. The illustrated issue of Tiie Enquirer, of last week, was read with great interest by its subscribers in this section. Your correspondent recieved numbers of applications for extra copies, which he could not supply. Mr. Thomas S. Neely died at his residence in Ebenezer township, last night, of pneumonia. He was 76 years old, and highly esteemed by those who knew him. Mrs. Samuel A. Fewell died in Ebenezer, Sunday afternoon. Her death was truly a sad one. She leaves a devoted husband, six children, the oldest being 14, besides a large number of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. The trustees expect, in a short while, to rpninrlol onil <yrentl\7 t mnpnuo their nnrsnn -w-w V..V.. I age at this place. A number of gentlemen of this place, who are interested in the proposed canning factory to be established here, held a meeting to-day and made application to the Secretary of State to grant them a charter. The incorporators are L. M. Davis, A. H. White, J. M. Cherry, D. Hutchison, W. C. Hutchison, R. T. Fewell and N. P. Alexander. The capital stock will be $10,000, par value $100. The company will be named the "Davis Canning and Candy Company," and will can fruits, vegetables and manufacture candy. The executive committee of Bethel Presbytery is in session at this place today. Hal. For the Yorkville Enquirer. THE BLACKST0CK ALLIANCE. Editor of The Enquirer : I have just read Blackstock's correspondent's reply to me, first with interest, then in search of an idea, and the third reading to find the text, but all to no good. At the first attempt I tried Gladstone's way of eating steak, i. e., giving every bite, or sentence, thirty-three licks, hoping by this method to induce a copious flow of the gastric juice of my understanding. Next I slapped my hands on the pit of my vest, and called, in a loud voice, "reasoning faculties, come forth ; we've fine detective work for you; we are requested to capture an idea, and the party gives no clue to. work on, nor any description of the criminal." "My straw man," you "paw dirt and chaw mud" around with so much affableness, was, after ajl, a right nice man. When I struck him in the fifth rib, the straw fell on the surface of the waters of my imagination, and in case an idea developed itself the reader might have some means of following the current of my thoughts. His paragraph left me in the condition that ArtemuS Ward found himself in California. Artemus went to a Chinese theatre, and offered his money to a Chinese official at the door. That official observed: "Ki, hi, hi, ki, shulah." "I tell h\m," says Artemus, "that on the whole, I think he is right." We plainly see why town folks are a little bilious toward the Alliance; because, oPPnrHinf* tn AIIP Annotitnf?An n?n mwwiuiu^ ww uut wuovlluuv/uf ttc u*uuu^ treat them with as much respect as Noah did the ourang-outang, for when that animal hesitated at the door of the ark, Mr. Noah smiled and said, "Walk in, sir, walk in." Now, reader, if you are looking for any ill-will in this article, I am happy to say you will meet with the same luck as the Irishman who searches "for holy water in an Orange lodge"?for this controversy was between a gentleman and an Alliance man. Ty. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? James R, McLaurin, a young negro man, was sentenced by Judge Pressley at the Marlboro court last week to be hanged on the 2Gth of April. ? Ex-Congressman Smalls and George Gage, of Beaufort, have gotten up petitions to send to President Harrison, for appointments for collectors of customs. Smalls thinks he has all the chances in his favor. ? Calvin McFadden, the negro wHw uufr1 - tire to the Clarendon jail in 1880, causing its destruction, and who was recently pardoned by Governor Richardson on account of failing health, died a few days ago. ? A mad dog recently caused great commotion in Vaucluse?biting four persons before being shot. The victims have not suffered any bad consequences. One used a madstone. ? J. Rerabert Harviu, who left Sumter for Texas about five years ago, has been getting into trouble by boasting, while in liquor, of his exploits in killing folks. He has twice recently been arrested and then released. ? The Episcopal church at Winnsboro, which was destroyed by fire on the 1st day of March, 1888, has been rebuilt and was delivered to the congregation on the 1st instant, just a year from the date of the destruction of the old building. ? A circular has just been sent out from the South Carolina State Weather Service Bureau to observers all over the State, giving notice that on and after March 9th, the publication of the weekly Weather Crop Bulletin will be resumed. ? Rev. E. N. Joyner, formerly of Yorkville, who hss for the past six or eight weeks been preaching in the Episcopal Church in Greenville, completed his engagement on Sunday of last week, and has gone to Columbia. ? The city of Augusta, Ga., is to be sued t for $10,000 damages by J. C. Hudson, of Edgefield county, who holds it responsible for his falling into the river in 1887. The complaint sets forth that plaintiff sustained personal injuries caused by a defect in Hip hridcrp hpfwppn Aumiata onH TTam. B _ burg. ? In Charleston court of sessions, Judge Witherspoou presiding, Cajsar Fraser and Ned Criss, both colored, were found guilty 5fthe tnurderofMr. Oldenburg, a Charleston merchant. The crime was commit3d in Oldenburg's store, the motive being robbery. The trial was begun on Friday rooming and the jury was out twenty murs before agreeing upon a verdict, ivhich was rendered in open court at 9 j'clock Sunday morning. ? The county commissioners of Darling:on have engaged Maj. George W. Earle o make a survey of the county for the pur>ose of ascertaining whether it contains 125 square miles as required by the conititution. The constitution prohibits the irea of a county to be reduced to less than 125 square miles, and the county commisioners of Darlington believe that the area >f that county has been reduced to less han that number of square miles by the sstablishment of Florence county. ? Winnsboro News: A peach grower inormed us recently that it has been his exverience that the best peaches are always >roduced from trees that bloom ia Februiry. They are the surest crop and nearly lways succeed. Peaches blooming latter han February are liable to be either killd or injured by the April frosts, and can >e set down as failures. February is gone rod not a peach bloom is to be seen. It is o be hoped that our friend's suggestion rill not prove true this year. ? Palmetto Post: We understand that Vhipper and his fellow-prisoners in jail ent a petition to be read in the several olored churches on the islands by the olored preachers to have a collection takn up among the congregations on Sunday o pay for feeding them in jail. It was net with an indignant response in some f them, and some brethren nearly got ino a row at the audacity of the request. ?he exhortation set forth that the county x-officials were matyrs in jail for the lenefit of their black constituents, who qually repudiated them at all the polls, nd say that they are in jail on their own ccount, and must not look for sympathy rom them. No money was raised. A Simple Remedy for a Cattle * )isease.?A Sumter county corresponent of the News and Courier says: Not )ng since Mr. J. S. Dwight noticed a cuious disease among his cattle. The tongue ad pimples on it, somewhat resembling art seed on a human hand, and the disase seemed to affect the brain. As the isease progressed the cows were scarcely ble to eat, and one of them died. Dr. >wight then pulled out and scraped their >ngues, and on the scraped places he prinkled salt and pepper. He had read f this cure and in this instance it proved jccessful, for the remaining cattle r?covred. Mr. Dwight is thinking of writing ) Agricultural Commissioner A. P. But?r on the subject. This remedy is a simle one, and if other farmers in the State I q VD H 1 COO CO li Irn f Kn 11 9 i i ao UIC auuvc ilLLIUllg infJir ittle, it would be well for them to try this lan. I i