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Jtajiis anil ^acts. ? This is the age of invention?laborsaving inventions. The latest is a machine for mining coal which will cut and # clean away for delivery 100 tons of coal i per day of ten hours. The labor of two I men only is needed to operate the machine. ? Tho Philadelphia Press, inspeakingof the contributions to the Johnstown sufferers says: Tho South is responding nobly to Johnstown's cry of distress. The solidity of the South when it comes down to charity is one of the most glorious characteristics of the Union. ? Judge McLain, president of the Savannah Savings institution, which failed Wednesday last, was arrested Friday for receiving deposits, knowing tho bank was insolvent. The liabilities of the bank are $85,000; assets over $150,000. Only $80 were found in the safe. t? Why should not the South attempt /Sugar making from beets? The Gulf States A^re on the same isothermal line with France and Germany, where the sugar beet grows to perfection, and it could, no <f doubt, be successfully cultivated in those States if the proper effort were made. ? A St. Louis dispatch says: The latest is a trust of $25,000,000 which takes in all the plug tobacco manufacturers in the tifnirtn rpU/\? *? nrv?n ?o r?lo J morl UUIieu OUIIC9* i iiuu ouucaio 10 to be one of solf-protection. All manufacturers will sell out to one company and then take stock to the valuation of their plant. ?The Courier-Journal says there are on the United States pension rolls more men seriously wounded than can be found on a muster roll of all the Southern armies tit for service at any one time, and infers that the future historian will wonder what deadly weapons were employed by the armies of the South. ? The Chicago relief committee that went to Johnstown with $27,000 to assist the sufferers have returned, it is said, toChicago without turning the cash over to the local authorities, being offended at the use of contributions from other cities "to clean up a State highway instead of being devoted to the homeless and suffering poor of Johnstown." ? On ths 10th instant, at New Orleans, exConfederate soldiers from several States assembled. They organized a national association, to be known as "The United Confederate Veterans." It is somewhat similar to the Grand Army of the Republic. The association elected Gen. John B. Gordon, of Georgia, commander-in-chief. ? It is understood in Washington that the civil service commission will shortly request the president to issue an order bringing within the civil service law the force necessary for the taking of the eleventh census. Should the president grant the request, it will give the commission control of about 1,500 appointments. ? ijevi Jtviitnuuu, uiiue pruimueui iu wic anti-slavery movement in Ohio, and a correspondent of Garrison, Horace Mann and other leaders, is dead. He was born in 1811, and was many years a prosperous merchant at Mechanicsburg, Champaign county, Ohio, and a leader in the Methodist church. He emigrated to Illinois some years ago, and has been living a retired life at Farmer City. ? The Minnesota board of State prison managers has appointed a committee to investigate the question of making binding twine at the State prison by the convicts. This method of circumventing the machinations of the binding twine trust was suggested originally by the State legislature at its recent session, and in some other States has been adopted by the authorities. ? The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph says plainly that Pennsylvania should make good Ml losses to the survivors of the Johnstown flood. "Had the laws of the State properly guarded the interests of the Conemaugh valley, the disaster never would have occurred," says the Telegraph. A loose dirt wall confined a vast weight of water in the artificial reservoir of the Pittsburg Fishing club. ? Leonard Swett, the great Chicago lawyer who put Lincoln in nomination for president in 1860 in the great wigwam in Chicago, died in his home in that city on Saturday night of Bright's disease of the kidneys. He was one of the most eloquent advocates of the American bar, and it is said out of twenty murder cases in which he defended the criminals, he succeeded in clearing nineteen of them, securing only a light punishment for the twentieth. ? In his recent letter to the Royal Geographical society, Henry M. Stanley describes a poison used on arrow heads by the natives of the Lower Congo. It ap pears mat ine oouies 01 reu unis ^iu which formic acid exists in a free state) are dried, ground to powder, cooked in palm oil and smeared upon the points of the arrows. The effects of this poison is deadly. Its victims die immediately in frightful suffering. ? There is already a scrambling among the big cities to secure the National convention of the Democratic party in 1892. The fight will be between San Francisco and Chicago. Many think that the holding of the National convention at San Francisco would make California safe for the Democracy. New York also wants the the convention, but the sentiment of the national committee is against coming /east. ? C'apt. Rigio, who recently died at / Tfrand Isle, La., is said to have been the last survivor of Lafitte's famous band of pirates. lie was the oldest inhabitant of the island, having lived there from the time the band was dispersed. In his early days he participated in most of Lafitte's raids, but when the band was broken up took to cultivating oranges and other fruits, and made a snug little fortune. ? Local option elections were held at many points in North Carolina on the 10th instant. Interest centered in the elections at Raleigh and Durham. At both places the Prohibitionists were defeated; at Raleigh by 198 majority and at Durham by 75. (ioldshoro gave the anti-Prohibition ticket a majority of 179. Cleveland county voted anti-Prohibition by only J10 majority. The Prohibitionists have received quite a reverse in this election, and thus appear to have lost ground at many points. ? In a suit brought by the State of Texas against the Southern Pacific railway and other lines for the return to the State of 15,000,000 acres of land which had been given to the railways on certain conditions, the court held that the railroads had wilfully violated the conditions and had no title to the lands. A great portion of the lands has passed into other hands, having been sold by the railroads, and under the decision the supposed owners have no titles. ? Mormons are Hocking into Alberta from Idaho and Utah. They have purchased large tracts from the Alberta Railway and Coal company. A. M. Stonehouse, the British Columbia legislator who left that province to join the Mormon colony at Alberta, insists that his associates will practice polygamy if they like, and the Dominion cannot prevent their doing so. Conditions and restraints might be imposed upon the Mormons if they purchased their lands from the government, but they are buying from subsidized railway companies. ? Governor Robert Taylor and staff and a legislative committee from Tennessee, together with about forty prominent citizens of that State, arrived in Montgomery, Alabama, last Sunday, and were received with military honors. On Monday they proceeded to Fort Decatur, Alabama, accompanied by the governor and staff and a military escort from the State or Alabama, to disinter the remains of Governor John Sevier. They conveyed the remains to Knoxville, Tenn., where re-interment will take place to-day. ? The vessels of the United States navy /are hereafter to be painted white. It has been found that iron and steel vessels, when painted black, have been unnecessarily hot, and to do away with this discomfort, as well as to improve the looks of the vessel, white has been decided on as the color for the navy. Especially is this color considered a serviceable oue when cruisers are doing service in tropical climates. The coat of white will do much to provent the absorption of heat that these vessels are liable to, and thereby greatly increase the comfort of officers and crew, and improve the sanitary condition of the vessel. ? The anti-Prohibitionists claim that on next Tuesday they will carry Pennsylva- j nia by a majority of over 100,000. Many ! of the leading Catholic and Episcopal cler- j gyman have pronounced against prohibition, not because they are in favor of rum power, but because they don't believe that prohibition can be practically enforced. Many of the clergyman of what are known as Evangelical churches also are known to consider the prohibition amendment unwise, though they are rather conservative |^^in expressing their opinion to that effect. ^HfefjBnator Key and Postmaster General Wanamaker will vote for prohibition, but the Republicans will see that prohibition is killed. ? There were three legal executions in j Georgia last Friday. WillDibill, colored, ( wa9 hanged at Thomasville for the murder of another negro named Long, in Deeember last. Alexander Henderson, col- j teed, was hanged at Bainbridge for the murder of Amos Jackson and his daughter, ( colored; and at Leesburg, John Pickett, : a negro b y about nineteen years old, was hanged for the murder of an old negro , man and his wife in the early part of this year. j m ^lovhviUc (Ernqnircr. |; j YOKKVILLK, S. C.Y V | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1889. j ELECTED C1IA1KMAN. i The National Democratic committee ? met in New York on the 12th instant for 1 the purpose of electing a successor to the j late W. H. Barnum. Calvin S. IJrice, of j Ohio, was unanimously chosen. He was i the National Democratic secretary in the ' last campaign, and has been censured for many of the mistakes in that losing fight, 1 though his loyalty to the democracy is not J doubted, and his mistakes of the past may j prove a valuable experience in conducting i the next national contest. Among the resolutions adopted by the committee was one of condolence with the . family of the late Chairman Barnum, and | also one iu memory of Capt. F. W. Dawson, at the time of his death the South Carolina i member of the committee. 1 - STILL STRONG IN THE FAITH. ; Ex-President Cleveland has written the , following letter to the secretary of the ( Maryland Tariff Reform Club, under date < of June 11: ' "Your letter informing me of my elec- ] tiou as honorary member of the Maryland 1 Tariff Reform Club is received. I accept 1 the courtesy tendered me with thanks. , The object and purposes of the club, as set ' forth in the declaration accompanying your letter, have my hearty sympathy and ( support, and I believe their accomplish- ( ment absolutely essential to the greatest ' prosperity of our people and the highest development of our country. "You must, however, permit me to say 1 that so far as parties are concerned, my hope and reliance for a better condition of things is upon the Democratic party organ- j izatiou, which, in my opinion, cannot be true to its traditions and ancient creed 1 without the hearty and sincere espousal of 1 the cause to which your club is devoted." j THE CONEMAUGH DISASTER. \ As yet the situation is but little changed , at Johnstown and vicinity. There is ] talk of erecting temporary structures as < soon as the debris is removed and the ' streets repaired, so that the merchants 1 may resume business, and to aid them, , Pittsburg and other cities offer them all | the assistance and encouragement they may i need. To resume business, however, even in a temporary manner, will require time, and cannot be done before much labor has 1 been accomplished. Many of the former business men of the town are very despon- ] dent, as indeed they could not be other- i wise, though a more cheerful feeling is beginning to pervade in the valley so re- * cently devastated. The following dispatch , of Saturday night explains the present , situation: Sunshine has succeeded the morning ' Mhnwors. and this is the first brierht noon- 1 tide Johnstown has seen for a week. On j the general principle that rain cannot fall i perpetually, s'everal thousand men, who ] are anxious to clean up the ruined city, are hoping for fair weather from this on. 1 The Conemaugh is swollen and its rushing * current serves to remind Johnstown of the i day preceding the flood. The water is an < advantage, however, as it carries away a great portion of the im purities lodged along 1 the river banks. The engineers resorted J to three hundred pounds of dynamite cart- ? ridges to clear up that portion of the wreck known as the raft. This morning the first < charge of that size frightened the town and i shook the houses. Half of the windows in < the Millville school house were shattered, and in Prospect, just opposite, chimneys \ came rattling down on the house tops. The next charge was diminished some- 1 what. ] Major Phillips has been engaged since Wednesday in blowing out wreckage in < the channel of the Conemaugh, above ' Pennsylvania railroad stone bridge. He < was anxious to have a passage for the ' water by this evening, and to that end put in a five hundred pound blast of dynamite at noon. The blast was placed under two buildings, one of which was lying upon the \ the other, and both of them covered with ? logs. The explosion was terrific, and one , log, large enough for a mainmast, was hurled 3UO feet in the air. The next blast < not being placed so deep, was a four hun- , dred pounder. This one did all the dam- ] age. The report was awful, and the strong- j est houses in the city trembled like leaves, j All the glass was blown out of the win- j dowsof the Odd Fellows' hall, which seems , to have stood over a stratum of unusual < disturbance. In the same neighborhood , the rear wall of the half-wrecked Catholic ? Church fell upon the Baltimore and Ohio ? tracks, blocking them. Chimneys rattled down all about, and ( dishes were broken in houses in Kemville, ( half a mile away. When asked about the ; matter Maj. Phillips said: "We have used only two thousand j pounds of dynamite to-day. I have ordered several tons of it. Charges will not ( be so heavy hereafter. I had noiidea that ( we were doing any damage. So far as I j L-nr?ur nn noronnu lunro ininrod " Soon after the last blast, which opened J the channel of the river, logs formed a gorge. A gang of men weie put to work with hooks to clear the stream. The opening of the wedge-like raft above the stone bridge, to-day, was an engineer- ; ing feat. For ten days several hundred j men had been at work upon the hetero- ] genous matter, but only sixty feet of < channel had been cleared when* on Wed- j nesday, Wra. Phillips, of Lewistown, and | a force of dynamiters were put on the work. ( Six acres of solidly packed wreckage, wedged between the river banks by a hydraulic force that cannot be estimated, f have in three days melted away. Large | frame houses, hundreds of logs and monster trees were tangled up and bound to- i gether with wire and iron bars brought , down with the flood. The scene this afternoon, when the great mass moved down the river, was a remarkable one. The crowds that lined the shores and the now famous stone bridge, ( raised a shout that was heard the length and breadth of the valley. Maj. Phillips won a basket of chain- , pagne and a suit of clothes besides many congratulations. He is the same engineer who cleared up the wreck at Pittsburg , after the riots in 1877. The west bank of the Fonemaugh is again a iurnace 01 nre 10-nigni. ine wrecaitgu torn up by the dynamite to-day was piled up and the torch applied, and the whole valley is illuminated. Adjutant General Hastings was complimented by Governor lieaver to-night on his success in opening the channel. A dispatch of Sunday says : Sunday quiet reigned here to-day, and instead of the booming dynamite, the sound of sacred hymns was heard. In the few eurches remaining services were held, but the largest meetings of the day took place in the open air. The weather was fair, and the men seemed glad of the opportunity to turn from hard work to religion. ?-To-day the wrecked engine of the limit-/ ed express was hoisted to the tracks atf Conemaugh. Double tracks will be down as far as Altoona by the middle of the week. There are 3,GOO men at work on the Pennsylvania road tracks between Johnstown and South Park, 000 of whom are experienced track men. ? A. P. Miller, a former resident of Fairfield county, recently committed suicide by jumping from a bluff into the Missippi river at Memphis. CorresjHinilenre of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM*BLACKSBURG. Ulacksbuko, June 18.?Since my last letter we have been blessed with an abundance of rain and the growing crops are on a boom. Corn never looked better at this season of the year, and cotton is beginning to redeem its character, a good deal that was planted the first of the season having come up during the past two weeks, and is growing nicely. We have another suggestion and more advice to offer our farmer friends and the Alliance, and right here we will say to them, that we hope they will not think us presumptious or impertinent; for whatever affects their welfare, concerns us all, and no one recognizes with more respect than we do, their proprietorship in the "backboue of the country." ()f thoso who suffered by the recent disastrous Hoods in Pennsylvania, no class of people lost more in property than did the farmers who lived in the valleys or the isaui J.agie, Juniata, and Susquehanna rivers. We have been told by parties who lived there, that a majority of these men owned small farms, of from twenty-five to fifty acres, and after years of patient industry and careful farming, had so enriched the land, that from it they were enabled to build comfortable homes, educate their children and surround themselves with comforts, and not a few with the luxuries of life. In a few short hours, not only their homes, stock, ?fcc., were washed away, but even the land itself was swept from them, and they were left their lives and a barren waste. Without saying more, my suggestion is this: Invite and induce these men to come and live among 118 and let the Alliance of York county take the initiatory step; and if need be invite our Statecommissionerof agriculture, and get him interested in the scheme. As farmers they will bring with them experience, industry and skill in farming; and as citizens, intelligence, society and frugality. Every man in York county, whether he be farmer or not, should give this subject his thoughtful consideration, and help to devise some way for getting these people among us, for we need them badly ana need them now. Our new postmaster, Mr. Guiton, took charge of the office last week, and has moved it two doors north of its former place. It is now in the building between It. A. Westbrooks and Whisonant Eros. The room is large and convenient and Mr. Guiton has made a wise selection for his assistant, in the person of Mr. Jas. II. Gos8, who has had considerable experience in postal affairs, and is also polite and attentive ; so that the patrons of the office need have no fear of neglect or bad treatment. At a .meeting of our town council, on Saturday last, a committee was appointed to receive bids for the immediate erection nf the graded school building. Another committee was authorized to make arrangements for building a town hall. Plans and specifications for both buildings can be obtained from the committees or the council. The four handsome and roomy cottages which Major Jones has recently had built, near the base of Whitaker mountain, are being painted now, and add a great deal In imnoorniina nf that nnrl nf t.hn tfiwn. tu tll^ npi^VUtUUVV/ V* l/IIUb |/Mkv Vt ?w.. ..f ind are another exhibition of the major's ?ood taste and thoroughness. To his enterprise and liberality our town is indebt3d for several of its attractions aud pleasures. The park and baud stand, which I mentioned in my last letter, was a gift from hiin to our citizens, to which they can have access and use, by making application to the town government. The band, has been re-organized by him, and he has luite recently increased its capacity to twenty-two pieces, and provided each member with a handsome uniform for special occasions. Mr. J. H. Barnes' school of telegraphy was established here last year, and we are pleased to note its continued success. Young men are in attendance from New York, North and South Carolina, and express themselves as well pleased with the instruction and management of the school. Mr. Barnes has recently improved his facilities for teaching, by the construction of more wires running from his main office toother buildings, which gives our town i city-like appearance. His terras are very reasonable, and this, together with the thoroughness of the instruction, healthfulness of our town, and its superior railroad advantages, should serve as special inducements to young men who contemplate studying telegraphy, to come here. Master Sam M. Deal has just returned from a ten months' session at the Bingham 3chool, of North Carolina, much improved in his appearance and bearing by his military training. Mr. C. R. Kinsley will, in a few days, have completed his special contract for raising the grade on the Air-Line railroad it this place. The Ladies' Aid society of the Episcopal church will sell icecream, etc., at the park aext Friday evening, 21st, for the benefit of their church. A transfer of real estate was made yesterJay, by Mr. R. A. Westbrooks to Mr. L. M. Holland, the property being the-storehouse and lot which the latter now occupies as a grocery und fruit store. Mr. J. C. Plonk, superintendent of Cherokee Falls Cotton factory, returned from the northern cities Sunday last. lie purchased all the machinery the mill is in r?ho/l r\f of nrncnnf \y. A. U V VtVUVUVi ?. . ... torreS<^deD(re of the Yorkville Euquirer. r/LETTKH FROM ROCK HILL. IIckJk Hill, Juno 18.?This week closed the exercisesoftheltock Ilill graded school. Hie annual examination began on Monday and continued until Thursday night. On Thursday and Friday nights there were exhibitions, in which the children Df the school took part. The programme for each evening was well arranged and fully and promptly carried out. The large tiall in the second story of the school building was filled each night, a large number being unable to gain admission. The school children, 270 in number, form3d a good audience in itself; but there seemed to be five adults for each child. The exercises on Thursday night began with a chant of "Glory to God," by the entire school, after which a prayer was Dflered by the ltev. T. C. O'Dell. The remainder of the evening was taken up with recitations, declamations, charades, and music. On Friday night there was still a larger erowd in attendance and they were well sntertained. The first piece of the evening was, "Snow White," by little Ethel Itock. The child looked in every sense af the word "Snow white," and acted her part handsomely. She was assisted by Miss Bessie ltussell as queen. The declamation by Willie Williams, Nat. C. Walpole, Starr Mason and Watson M. Farley were of the highest order, and these young men deserve credit for the handsome manner in which they spoke. The piece that seemed to be mostly enjoyed and which brought forth most laughter, was "Bones," the colored politician who spoke on "woman's rights," by Emery Holler. Our citizens have never had a more interesting entertainment, and Brof. Banks and his assistants deserve much credit for the excellent training of the children. The school has grown so rapidly that the trustees are now considering the matter of witling to me ouiiuing an en iu oy uw ieei. Mrs. M. L.Wells, a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, lectured in ltoddey's hall on .Saturday morning to a small audience and again Saturday afternoon to a still smaller one, composed of mothers. Sunday night she lectured in the Methodist church to a large audience. Mrs. Wells is a iluent speaker, and gives some most excellent advice. Miss Hdna Krwin, who recently attended the graded school at this place, died at her home in Mecklenburg county, N. C., on Thursday last. She had gone home to visit her grandfather, who was then at the point of death and died soon after her arrival. She was just budding into womanhood, being only 1(? years of age. This , is the lirst death of a pupil of the graded j school. The session of the Presbyterian church; have granted their pastor, Rev. W. M. j Anderson, a leave of absence for two i months. Mr. Anderson, with his wife, I will visit a number of pleasure resorts, j The action of the session receives the sane- j tion, not only of the members of the; church, but of our entire community, as he has been a most faithful servant in the ! lord's vineyard. /-The Rock Ilill cotton seed oil and fer- ; tilizer company was organized to-day, ! with the following board of directors: A, F. Ruir, A. II. White, W. J. Rawlinson-! W. L. Roddey, R. T. Fewell, R. J. Williamson. Mr. A. F. Ruff was elected pres. ident, and W. L. Roddey vice-president. The subordinate officers will bo elected later by the board of directors. The plans and specifications for tho buildings have been received and work will commence j on them at once. Tho annual election of officers of the Rock Hill steam tire company was held ' to-day, and resulted in the selection of A. II. White, president, J. F. lteid, foreman, with R. T. Fewell and W. C. Hutchison assistants, Lee Kerr, secretary and treasurer, and S. T. Frew, engineer. The Davis canning and candy factory is now at work. The correspondent of Thk Exquihku was presented with the first can put up, it being cherries. Messrs. Kimball & Heath, proprietors of the livery stable at this place, sold to the Wilmington fire department an elegant pair of horses for which they received $050. The closing exercises of the Fbenezer Academy will take place on Friday night, and will consist of recitations, dialogues, Ac. Quite a number of our citizens will visit Yorkville on Thursday, her "gala day." The population of your good old town must be increasing very rapidly?a gul-aday. We will send up some of our boys. On Wednesday night last, while Rev. W. M. Anderson was away from home at prayer-meeting, someone entered his residence and stole his pocket-book containing about *!), two razors and a few other articles. On Thursday night the residences of l)rs. W. E. Black and T. A. Crawford were burglarized. While these gentlemen were attending the school exhibition at the academy, Miss Mary Black having occasion to go to her room, discovered the feet of a negro man under the bed. She gave an alarm and the negro jumped from the second story window to the ground, and made his escape. Dr. Crawford's house was robbed of a lot of jewelry Friday evening. Four suspicious boys, who gave their home as Charlotte, were suspected. A delegation of citizens waited upon them and informed them they must leave town at once. They left. Saturday afternoon a negro, giving his name as Darius Hamilton, was seen to offer some jewelry for sale. He was suspected and arrested. In going to Trial Justice Whyte'soflice he was seen to throw a package in the street. Examination was made and it contained a lot of jewelry which was identified as the property of Dr. Crawford. On his person was found the pocket book of Dr. Black's little daughter. The negro claims that he purchased these articles from Geo. Taylor, one of the Charlotte boys. He has since implicated two town negroes, John Neal and Albert Hunt. They were all given a preliminary hearing before Trial Justice Whyte, which is still going on. On Sunday morning, John Adams, colored, who lived on the plantation of Mr. James M. Williford, in Santuc, was shot and killed by Sam Williford, a son of Mr. James M. Williford. News of the killing reached this place early yesterday morning. Trial Justice Whyte, acting coroner, at onco made arrangements for holding an inquest. The jury, with Mr. W. J. Waters as foreman, consisted of six white and six colored men. A number of eye witnesses to the shooting were examined, after which the jury returned a verdict that "John Adams camo to his death from a pistol shot in the hand of Samuel Williford." John Quitman Adams, who fired a shot in the melee, was present at the inquest. Sam Williford has not been arrested, and his whereabouts are not known to the officers of the law. iial. lorrrsjioiiurnce ui iur inrKviue r.nquinr. LKTTKK FROM (MOVER. Grover, N. C., June 17.?Since my last letter this section has been visited by good rains and warmer weather, which have improved the growing crops wonderfully. The crops are now growing to the satisfaction of the farmers and the prospects for a fine cotton and corn crop, with favorable seasons from now on, are very flattering. The tillers of the soil feel greatly encouraged and seem to be taking on some of the cheerfulness lost over the partial failure of the crops the last two or three years. Harvest is now about over. The next two or threo days will seethe small grain crop of this section standing in the shock high and dry. Those having wheat on low lands are taking the precaution to move the grain, as it is cut, out of the way of ordinary high water. The loss of wheat a few years ago from freshets learned the farmers on low | lands a lesson they are not likely soon to forget. I Cherries, berries and other small fruits arcpentiful now, with a few early peaches, all of which adds considerably to the culinary department of every family, and it is also said to the healthiness of the consumer when properly prepared. This, however, is of but little consequence, as I the health of this section was never known I to be better than it is now. Our country has been visited from time to time by new or unknown insects which have been more or less destructive to grain and fruit, and in most instances they come to stay in greater or less numbers. And now comes another new and nameless insect. It is the smallest winged insect the writer has ever seen; in fact, it is only with the aid of a glass that any one is able to tell whether they are winged or not. They are black, and about six or eight times as long as their diameter, and when still they are so small as to be I almost indiscernable to the naked eye. They are so small and light that no one seems to know when they light on the exposed skin ; but when they commence crawling they produce a decided tickling sensation which brings about a quick knock or rub to remove the intruder. They have a peculiar way of doubling themselves up when they go to fly, bounding off like the flea, and you know not in which direction they have fled. One of our prominent physicians predicts that some epidemic will follow these insects. It is hoped he may be wrong in his predictions; but doubtless many of these small insects will find their way into the human stomach, thereby producing disease. What effect they will have remains to be seen. a farmer. ('omsjmnileuiT of tin* Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM MrCUXXELLSVILLE. McCoxxellsville, June 17.?The crops in our community are looking well. Since last week's rain they seem to have taken on a new life, and bid fair to equal, if notsjrpass, those of previous years, much to '".he encouragement of our farmers. We bad more rain last Wednesday and Thursday Krt/1 o ? *-? r\r\ loot IPnltmnw HTTf! LJiciii ? i; mi vu nau oiutu juoi> in some places the ground was too wet to plow for several days. Mrs. Jane Burris, whose illness was noticed in last week's letter, died on last Friday night. She was buried in the cemetery at Bethesda church Saturday. The funeral was preached at the residence of Miss Sallie McConnell by the Kev. B. P. Beid, Jtevs. Fra/.er and Mack being present. Mrs. Burris was in her eighty-fourth year. Mr. Zed Johnston, of Lincolnton, paid our town a short visit last week, lie developed into a veritable ninirod during his short stay, and the squirrels and other quadrupeds were forced to lie low while he was around. The Kev. Kd. Mack preached at Olivet last Sunday, according to appointment. He favored the congregation with a very interesting and instructive discourse upon the subject of love. fie showed the beauty and excellency of Christ's character which rendered him an object worthy of our profoundest admiration and love. Love, he said, is the great principle of religion. Of the Christian graces charity is the greatest; faith would he swallowed up by a sight of (lod ; hope would be realized ; but charity would go on down the endless cycles of eternity. ? -+? ???????? CiHTCsiiiiudt'iHT ill" tlit* Yuikville Kiiquirer. LKTTKK FROM UNION. Union, June 1">.?The machinery for the cotton seed oil mill has been ordered, and the directors are looking for a suitable sito for the location of the mill. The venerable Mrs. (list, widow of ex(Jovernor \V. II. Cist, died last Thursday morning at !UI() o'clock, at her residence about eight miles below here. Col. David Johnson, Jr., one of our ablest lawyers has, with his family, moved to Spartanburg. Union can ill afford to lose such an interesting and valuable fatni'y Al.. ( lrntmr\r liliorlff nf Snnfiic nil . Iltm.1 .-)W II (3?*J I ' died very suddenly at his home near Santuc last Friday morning. Col. It. Macbeth, late sheriff of this county, is to be baptized in Forest, next J Sunday afternoon. The Colonel is in tho i neighborhood of ss years old. Susan Sims, colored, dropped dead last Sunday evening. Miss Ida .Jones, one of Santuc's most popular young ladies, spent a few days with her friend Miss Cora Counts, this ; week. Mrs. J. A. Brown, yuvScaife, has return- j ed to her home at Due West. Miss Alice Rice, of Abbeville, is visiting her brother, S. M. Rice, Jr. w. cs. o. * ? - * ? At <Jraniteville last Saturday night,' Willis Curry was killed by Robert llobbs. j Both are young white men, and tho homicide was the result of a quarrel in refer- j ence to a game of base ball. I ) \ LOCAL AFFA IRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. D. K. Finley, Clerk?Contract to Let. Carolina Buggy Co.,?Our Shops in Full Blast. May it May?2(1,(K)() Founds of loo. A. Y. C'nrtwright it Co.?'Tho Pioneer's Grand Mid-Summor Closing out Sale. M. it II. C. Strauss?Croat Bargains anil Inducements. Kennedy Bros, it Barron?There is a Time for all Things. Withers Adickes?'Tako Care of the Fruit Crop. EARLY CLOSING. Commencing to-morrow, tho dry goods merchants will close theirdoors at (i 1*. M., everyday except Saturday, until September 1st. j LAW GRADUATE. Mr. JI Ed. Hart, a son of Maj. Jas. F. Hart, was graduated this week, with dis Unction, from tho law department of the | Stale University. CONTRACT AWARDED. On Saturday last, the county commissioners awarded to Mr. A. J. Hoffman a contract for repairing the bridge over Stony Fork, at (Jordon's mill, the bid being $101. FINE "WHEAT HEADS. Mr. James 1?. Warlick, who lives near Blairsville, sent to our office on Monday some wheat heads, specimens taken from his crop just ready for the harvest. The heads measure in length respectively oj, G.1, G1 and 71 inches, and are well filled, with sound, plump grain. Mr. Warlick enjoys the distinction of being a firstclass boot-maker, and he will also acquire a reputation as a farmer. THE WINTHROP SCHOOL. The commencement exercises of the Winthrop Training School at Columbia were held last week. This school is for the exclusive teaching and training of female teachers. The commencement exercises are described as of an interesting character, and it is conceded that the school is destined to work much good in South Carolina. On account of severe illness, rendering it necessary for her to return to her home before the close of the session, Miss Mary Brown, the student from York county, was unable to complete her course. IN AID OF JOHNSTOWN. Yorkville's contribution in aid of the sufferers by the flood in the G'onemaugh valley amounts to $130, from the follow ing sources: Subscribed by whito citizens ?100 Subscribed by colored citizens 10 Willing Workers (Presbyterian Church)... 10 Ladies' Aid Society, Presbyterian Church 10 Total ?130 Of the above amount $120 was forwarded last Saturday by Intendnnt John J. Hunter, through Drexel & Co., Philadelphia, and $10 contributed by the Ladies' Aid society, was forwarded on Monday. THE TOWNSHIP BONDS. The Massachusetts and Southern Construction company have entered proceedings in the Massachusetts courts against the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company to compel the delivery by the latter | company to the Massachusetts and South' em Construction company of the bonds subscribed by townships in York county in aid of the Three C's railroad. Copies of the papers in the case have been forwarded by the deposit company to the county commissioners, but the commissioners are not made a party to the suit. HOTEL CHANGE. Mr. O. ?T. Parish having taken a railroad [contract in Virginia,decided, before leavI ing for his work, to lease his hotel properj ty here known as the Parish Hotel. The ! lessee is Mr. T. W. Clawson, who, since the first of last January has been conducting the Pose Hotel under the name of the "Three C's." Thisarrangementgives Mr. Clawson control of both houses. By the terms of his contract with Mr. Parish, the "Parish Hotel" is to be kept regularly open all the time, and to this end, as soon practicable, Dir. Clawson will transfer the entire cuisine of the Three C's to the Parish house. VITAL STATISTICS. Hon. Ilobert G. Porter, superintendent of the census, has issued an important call to the medical profession throughout the country relative to compiling a correct record of vital statistics. It is desired to procure a report of the birth and death rate for the year beginning June 1, 1889, and ending May 31, 1890. For this purpose the necessary books and blanks will be mailed to every physician applying for the same, and "it is earnestly hoped that physicians in every part of the country will co-operate with the census office in this important work. Physicians can obtain the books, tVc., by sending their names to the census office, and an official envelope, which requires no stamp, will be provided for the return of the report to A^ashington." A LIGHT DOCKET. From present indications the sessions docket of the Approaching term of court will he lighter than it has been for years, there being at present only six prisoners in jail awaiting trial, their names anil offenses charged being as follows: John K. Ballard, white; assault and battery with intent to kill. W. 1\Hand, white; bigamy. John .Steele, colored; larceny of live stock. Thomas Powell and Allison Smith, colored ; administering poison. Charles Walker, colored; rape. Besides the above prisoners in jail, there i are four United States prisoners serving sentences for violation of the internal revenue laws, and the following, serving sentences of York sessions court: W. F. Thompson, white; forgery, sentence will expire July 3. Fuller Surratt, colored; breach of the peace; sentence will expire September 4. GALLOWS ECHOES. The Feasterville (Fairfield county) correspondent of the Winnsboro News writes to that paper: The father of J lenry Williams alias John C. Feaster, one of the Abernathy murderers, went to Yorkvilie Thursday to bring his son's body home. Jt arrived at Woodward Saturday. lie was brought to a colored church near here late that evening, and was buried early the next morning. The train for Chester left Yorkville before the execution, and the story goes, that the old man told the sheriff "to hurry up, as he wanted to get him off on that day's train." The old man alluded to is the father of Feaster, who was hanged here on the 7th Inufont hnt thorn nn truth in thp ment that he asked the sheriff to 'hurry up' the execution. Feaster's father was deeply affected by the sad ending of his son's life, and entered the jail on the sheriff's summons, taking charge of the body after it was placed in the coffin. Feaster's wife died suddenly near ltock Ilill, on the 11th instant, just four days after the execution. After Feaster's arrest she abandoned him. . | A AVAIF. On the loth of last July the wife of Je- J rome T. Cook, who lived on Crowder's i creek, near Henry's Knob, in this county, while insane, shot and killed her nineyear old son, Samuel M.Cook, and was in the act of attempting to cut the throat j of a younger child, when fortunately a; person passing the house and hearing the ! screams of the children, went in and rescued the child, taking precaution to prevent further mi^hief from the demented woman, whose husband was absent from | home at the time. After judicial proceedings, which were promptly instituted, the unfortunate wo- j man was committed to the asylum as a i confirmed lunatic. After her transfer to that institution she gave birth to a female child which will bo six months old the 4th of next month. The husband is in destitute circumstances and partially blind, and the asylum authorities gave notice last week to the commissioners of this county, that the child was old enough to be moved from that institution and requested them to procure a homo for it. Mr. It. A. Parish went to Columbia on Thursday and returned on Saturday with the child in charge of a nurse. On Sunday morning, under instructions, he took the child to the poor house, but the keeper declined to receive it, his principal reason I being that there were no female members i of his family to bestow upon it proper j care. The child was brought back to j Yorkville, the asylum nurse remaining with it, at the residence of Mr. Thomas j O'Farrell, until yesterday, when, before a i regular meeting of the county com mis-1 sinners, the child was given to Mrs. Dr. 1). ! C.Atkinson, who had expressed a desire j to adopt it, she promising that it shall have a pleasant, comfortable home. The! child, which was quite a favorite with the ! officers and attendants of the asylum, was j known by them as "Dolly," but Mrs. At- : K1 nMOII nas oesiowcu upuu it uir immr in ; Mario Cook Atkinson. \T ? -? 7 - "UNCLE PRIMUS." "Uncle Primus," a colored character of | Vorkville, and a familiar figure on our j streets for several years, died last Sunday, i the immediate cause of his death being rupture, with cancerous affection. When quite younghe was bought from a Virginia slave driver by the late Joshua I). Goore, who was then engaged in hotel keeping in this place, and brought up to the business of cook and hotel servant. With the traveling public, in the forties and fifties, "Primus" was popular as a handy, faithful servant. Jlefore the war, he became tho property of Mr. M. Whitt, of this place, remaining his slave until emancipation. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?F'inday-school at o p. m. Young men's union prayer-meeting will be held in tho Presbyterian church next Tuesday evening at S.J30 o'clock. Raptist?Rev. It. G. Patrick, Pastor. The pastor being absent there will be no services in his churches next Sunday. Sunday-school at l.fiO p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. in. and 8.30 p. m. Sunday-school at 1 p. m. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at f> o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Dan iel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 8.30 p. iij. Sunday-school at -1 p. ra. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Kcv. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Mr. Galloway will be absent at Due West next Sunday in attendance on the Frskine College semicentennial celebration, and the meeting of trustees of that institution. Sunday-school at 4.30 o'clock p. m. COLUMBIA FEMALE COLLEGE. The annual anniversary of the Wightman and Willard Literary societies of the Columbia Female college were held last Monday in the chapel of the college building. Of the eleven graduates of members of the Willard society was Miss Emmie Ilannahan, of Yorkville, who, besides receiving the Willard diploma, was honored as the valedictorian of her society. Miss Ilannahan chose for her subject: "Lilies are white, but they spring from the black earth." She spoke of the rise of insignificant personages to great men. She selected such representatives as Hugh Miller, who rose from a mason's life to one of great celebrity. Michael Farrady, too, she said, had risen from a common bookbinder to one of the world's most distinguished chemists. The correspondent of the News and Courier says of her effort: "The entire address was a most excellent production, and the latter part of it wasespecially well *%* /**>!>ffn 1 TTri** /InlJvnnr ivna PVPolIonK and the address to her fellow-graduates was most touching and sympathetic. The address was well received, and upon its completion was roundly applauded." RAILROAD EARNINGS. The tabulated statement of the railroad commissioners of the earnings of the railroads of the State, for the month of April of this year, as compared with the earnings of the same month last year, has been published. Of the twenty-nine roads included in the statement, twenty-three show a gross increase of $56, 1)00.14. The six remaining roads show a decrease of $2,982.02. The Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line shows an increase of $12,988.97 ; the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, an increase of $2,878.28; the Chester and Lenoir, an increase of $55. The net per cent, of increase of the total earnings of the Richmond and Danville roads is 10.82. The passenger earnings for the month were $180,289.72 against $189,041.08, in the same month last year, a decrease of $2,751.31, or 1.457 percent. The total freight earning for the month were $327,455.32, against $275,102.22 in : April, 1888, an increase of $52,349.10, or 119.0287 per cent. TlTe total tonnage for the month was 195,080 tons in April, 1888, and 249,018 tons in April, 1889, a gain of 53,932 tons, or 27,0452 per cent. PERSONAL MENTION. [^/^^i8s Maggie Glenn is visiting the family of Mr. Wade Williford, of Winnsboro. Miss Agnes Bludworth, has returned home from the Statesville Female College. Prof. Jos. A. McLean, of Rogersville, Tenn., is visiting his relatives in Yorkville. Mr. J. II. Riddle and family, and Misses Cora and Mary Clark, are at Cleveland Mineral Springs. Rev. R. G. Patrick is in Greenville this week attending the commencement exercises of Furman University. He will be absentuntil the latter partof next week. Mr. T. B. McClain, of this place, will start for Europe to-morrow. It is his purpose to make an extended tour, requiring about two months and taking in portions of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Rev. Ilezekiah M. Gilbert, formerly a citizen of Yorkville, but now the pastor of the Presbyterian church at Rurrton, Kansas, is now on a visit to his native State, and on Thursday arrived here for the purpose of visiting his brother, Mr. Frank A. Gilbert, and his numerous friends, all of whom were pleased to welcome him here again. He preached in the Methodist Episcopal church here Sunday morning, and in the Presbyterian Sunday night. LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS. The following from the Johnson City, Tenn., Comet of last week, indicates that work in earnest was commenced in Tennessee last Monday on the grading of the Three C's railroad. From these represen- j tations the prospects are encouraging for a continuous prosecution and early completion of this great work : Preliminaries have been completed sat- j isfactory to all concerned, and the contractors, McDonald, Shea & Co., have been ordered to go to work in earnest. They have made their arrangements accordingly, and will begin work next Monday, the 17th of June. Mr. ltodgers, McDonald,: Shea &, Co.'s chief engineer, has received . instructions to begin work at once on the 1 Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago rail- j road. Work will be begun at the junction of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad and the Three C's, and as many teams will be put on as can be got- , ten and accommodated. The small brick house below Col. Yocum's will be used , temporarily as headquarters for the fore- j man and a supply depot until a larger' building can be put up. McDonald, Shea & Co. will make head- j quarters here and will put their main com- J1 missary at this place. During the month , of June the contractors expect to have the , entire 95 miles from Johnson City to Min- < neapolis covered, and work will be pushed : rapidly. j The grading will be continued in Unicoi ] county under Mr. Rose. Work is now being done in the Breaks i of the Cumberland, and the force has been increased with a view to the steady prosecution of the work. In fact, work on the entire line will in a short time be under process of construction, and will be pushed as rapidly as unlimited capital can do it. There is no <juestion but the work will go steadily on until tin? road is completed. tin-: <;km>ki> school. The examination at the graded school this week being the close of the first session, is progressing very satisfactorily, i Under the superior management of l'rof. | Thackston and his able corps of assistants, the success of the school has exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the advocates of the graded system, and cannot hut convince the most skeptical of its superior advantages. The examination exorcises will close on Friday with acalisthenic drill in the hall of the school from 10.30 a. in. lo 12 m. The friends and patrons of the school and the public generally are invited. As was announced last week, owing to the short term of the closing session, it was not deemed proper, at its close, to give the usual commencement exercises; but as the school is greatly in need of maps, charts, globes, Ac., the friends of the school have arranged to give, on to-morrow night, a series of beautiful tableaux, amusing farces, Ac., at Hunter A Oates' opera house, the entire proceeds to be appropriated to the purchase of the needed school equipment. A very entertaining programme has been arranged for the occasion, which we hero insert: Apple of Discord?A classic tableau from mythology; Jupiter, Venus, Juno, Flora, Minerva, Ceres, Diana, Mars, Neptune, Apollo, Bacchus. An English Court Scene.?The presentation of the crown to Lady Jane (tray, who is attended with courtiers, maids of honor, lords, cardinals, bishops. The costumes for this sceno are especially rich and were procured for the occasion from the O'COnor Comedy company, of New York. A (typsy Camp?Two acts; First, (lypsies at rest. Fortune telling and chorus. The Tables Turned, or Married Lifein 1980.? By special arrangement with a gifted scientist, the absoluto condition of domestic felicity under the coming race will be graphically portrayed. All good ladies who havo husbands who are not as manageable as they wish them to be, will bo delighted to see this. The Five Foolish Virgins?Adapted from a celebrated painting in the Louvre, accompanied with the song, " Yo Cannot Enter Now." The exorcises will close with a farce, six characters, "The two T. J's." Good music throughout the entire evoning. Prof. J. A. McLean, Miss Zoraida Ingold,Mr. Geo. T. Schorl), Mr. A. Springs Withers and Mr. G. II. Berry. Prions of admission. dO. 3d and 2d cents. Tickets now on sale at Hunter it Oates'. The Weather and the Chops.?The South Carolina weather service, in co-operation with the United States signal service, furnishes the following for the week ending Saturday, June 15th : Itainfall? For the State was normal. Temperature?For the State was normal. Sunshine?For the State was normal. Weather Conditions.?The seasonable rainfall throughout the State, as far as reported, was fairly distributed?with the normal temperature, and an average amount of sunshine has been of untold benefit to the agricultural community. Corn and cotton crops so far show good stands and favorable prospects. Corn in lowlands has been injured to some extent by insects. Kice on uplands shows a bad stand, yet may, under favorable conditions, improve. Fruit crops are abundant. Farmers working dilligently to keep the grass down, and are much encouraged with the present outlook. The weather bulletin issued last Saturday night by the signal service at Washington says: The weather has been warmer than usu ill In the i-states on the Atiuntic coast, ana cooler in the central valleys from the (Julf coast northward to the Lake region and Minnesota. There has been more rain than usual generally throughout the agricultural districts in the central valleysand on the Atlantic coast, except in southeast New Kngland and along the south Atlantic coast, where numerous showers are reported. The rains are unusually heavy over the central and western portions of the cotton region and over the tobacco regions of Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia and southern Indiana, the heaviest rains occurring in the lower Mississippi valley, where they were greatly needed. The large deficiency in rainfall for the season, previously reported over the cotton region and Tennessee, has been greatly reduced by recent rains, where the rainfall for the season now exceeds 70 per cent, of the normal, Conerally throughout the middle Atlantic States, eastern North Carolina, and from Iowa and Nebraska southward to the west gulf coast, there has been more rain than usual. The crops were generally retarded in Kentucky and Tennessee, owing to heavy daily rains and little sunshine. In some sections of these States wheat has been damaged by insects and injured by excessive rains, although corn, cotton and tobacco are reported as growing well, but dry weather is needed for cultivation. Iteports from North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Louisiana indicate that the weather was mvoraDie ior an crops, which siiuw decided improvement since tlie recent rains. In Mississippi and Texas the rainfall was excessive, and the crops have been more or less injured in some sections, especially in Texas, where the weather has been too cool for cotton. Tiik McDow Case.?In the Charleston court of general sessions last Monday, Judge Kershaw presiding, the grand jury returned a true bill against Dr. T. B. McDow for the murder of Capt. F. W. Dawson, in March last. A dispatch to the Greenville News says that Dr. McDow was arraigned and pleaded "not guilty." Next Monday, June 24th, was fixed for the trial. McDow is represented by ex-Judge Magrath and Asher D. Cohen, the State by Solicitor Jervey, who will probably have assistant counsel. McDow appeared in court in a new suit of clothes, clean shaven, and though looking a little haggard by reason of long confinement in jail, he was cool and collected. The regularity of the drawing of the petit jury having been called in question, a motion was made to challenge the whole array of jurors on the ground that the requirements of the statue with reference to the drawing of jurors had not been strictly complied with by the jury commissioner. The irregularitycomplainedofwasthatthe jury box had not been shaken up prior to unlocking the box. Two affidavits to this effect were submitted, but Judge Kershaw refused the motion, holding that the act had been substantially complied with. This motion was made in a case of burglary and larceny, but is mentioned here because the jury as it stands will be the one that will try McDow. There are fourteen negroes on the panel, the largest number drawn on anyjury for years. The McDow case is exciting great interest and will probably continue the greater part of next week. - The Son ok an Ex-Confederate.?A Charleston dispatch to the Greenville News of yesterday says: Something of a sensation was created here to-day by the an x i1..i 1* .!.! X T T : ... nouncemeni uiai i rraiueuu nurrisuu whs about to appoint the ltev. R. \V. Memminger to the post office in this city. Mr. Memminger is a son of the late C. (i. Memminger, secretary of the treasury of the late Confederate States. In an interview tonight with this correspondent he said that the president's postmaster-general, Mr. Wanamaker, had advised him to tile his papers, and these had been sent on this afternoon. He said that he was a white Republican in politics and a protectionist, and in entire accord with the president's southern policy. He has no love for the negro, and desires to see him relegated to the rear. His idea is that the best way to get the negro out of politics is for the southern whites tojoin hands with the capitalists of the north and west and thus solidify the white race. Mr. Memminger is assistant rector of one of the fashionable parishes, and is the author of a series of articles recently published on "The Negro Problem in the South." The rumor has created quite a sensation. ?Mr. 10. Miller lioykin has sent his res-1 Iguation as United States marshal for j South Carolina to President Harison with the request that it go into effect upon the appointment and qualification of ins successor. Mr. Roykin was appointed marshal by President Cleveland in June, 188"). His appointment was confirmed by the Senate in Julyofthb same year, but his second or presont commission is dated ; August 2,188(1, and under the four year rulo woukj not expin>until August, 1SU0. / MKKK-MKNTION. The friends of General Longstreet are yet making desperate efforts to obtain for him a comfortable Federal office. The president has appointed Oliver H. 1 hickory, of North Carolina, to be consul general at Hio do Janeiro. Dockery was the defeated gubernatorial candidate in the last election. By a railroad accident near Armaugh, Scotland, on Thursday, seven hundred children were killed. The train contained 1,200 persons, Methodist Sunday-school scholars, who with their relatives and teachers, were on their way to Warren I'ort. It is estimated that a rainy day in a city of200,000 people kills I $25,000 worth of trade. The month of I May in Kngland in 1889 will probably take ! rurilr uru Hin vi-offftafnn rfWird. FXDOrtS of specie from the port of New York during last week amounted to$l,G7of41)3.**""It will make some skeptical folks smile to hear that the lawyers in the Stewart will ease are anxious to settle the matter for I fear the estate might be seriously eaten | into by litigation. The business failures occurring throughout the country last I week number for the United States 22(5 and for Canada 21, making a total of 2o0 as compared with a total of 22o the week previous. The house branch of the Connecticut legislature has defeated the resolution providing for submitting to the people a constitutional amendment for the election of State officers by a plurality vote. It was a strictly party vote?yeas 80, nays > 11 1. There were fifteen hundred railway clerks appointed during the month of May?their commissions being dated back to the 20th of April, in order to evade the eivil service rules, which took effect on the first day of May. At Dalton, Gn., Wednesday morning, S. E. Fields, State senator, was shot and killed by his stepson, Dennis Taylor, whom he had attempted to chastise. Young Taylor was arrested and taken to Dalton. Jiis mother is prostrated with her double sorrow. A negro tramp who was put off a train near Cordele, Ga., last Wednesday, drew a pistol and shot and killed the conductor and then escaped into a swamp. The national convention of Dunkards, or (Jerman Baptists, in session at Harrisonburg, Va., has adopted articles of discipline forbidding the use of whisky or tobacco by church members. Two men in jail at Cory don, Ind., charged with attem pt at robbery and shooting and wounding two inmates of the house, wero taken from the jail on Thursday night and lynched. The city of Seattle, W. T., the busineas portion of which was destroyed by fire last week, will be rebuilt at once. The liquor license in Yankton, Dakota, has been increased from $.'300 per annum to $800 or $1,000. There are twenty-live saloons in Yankton, and after July 1 there will probbly be not more than five. There were severe thunder storms in New York and New Jersey last Saturday; and on Sunday a flood and cyclone occurred in Kansas, sweeping away Uniontown, aud inflicting serious loss to life and property. It will be remembered that several months ago an insane man made a deadly assault on Col. T. E. Matson, at that time chief engineer of the Three C's railroad, inflicting a serious wound. The man was committed to Greenville, Tenn., jail for trial, but last week with the lull consent of Col. Matson, a nolle prosequi was entered in the case. TheSamoan difficulty has been amicably settled by commissioners representing the American English and German governments. The trial of Tom Wolfolk is now in its third 1. ^ i. 1 ? TT? 41,^ wcck m rerry, via. uewaauu wie wuucsa stand Monday in his own behalf, but the general opinion is that his testimony did not strengthen his case. Corn'spondent e of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. Etta Jane, June 17.?Last week's rains failed to reach the Broad river valley between Howell's ferry and the mouth of Pacolet river. That portion of our county is still dry, and much of the replanted corn is not up yet. Where the season has been good, crops are growing olf very finely. The warm nights which set in last week have made a wonderful improvement in the cotton crop. Grass, much of it, has not nut in an appearance yet. Wheat is mostly cut and it is generally good. Late oats have been much improved by the rains. We now have one of the best bridge buildings across Thickety creek, at Thomson's mill, that I know of. By to-morrow, or next day, with no unforeseen hindrance, it will be ready for crossing. It will cost the county ?I,.'100. Messrs. Buice & Arthur, with a corps of competent mechanics, have pushed the work from the beginning, and as a result will finish it long before the time in which they had to build it has expired. As mentioned in my last week's letter, our Sunday-school yesterday took up a collection for the Johnstown sufferers. A creditable amount was raised and will be sent in at once to Gov. James A. Beaver, of Pennsylvania, and through him reach the objects of charity. We have only to tell our people what their duty is to have ^ it performed. 1 Our Sunday-school is looking forward to "Children's day" (second Sunday in next month with interest. Should Providence permit, a consummation of our plans, we expect to make it very interesting to the little folks at least. Through your correspondent the school extends a cordial invitation to the nublic generally, nrwl nnrfipnlnrlv th? phimrtm tn nHnnn I J v..~ vvr ".? I ami take part in tho exercises. ? Rev. F. C. Hickson preached an excellent sermon at Abingdon ('reek church yesterday. Ilis text was Hebrews, iii, 7th and 8th verses: "To-day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts." We couldn't help but throw up our hands in horror and disgust at the intimation that the town of Yorkville was responsible ;for the dilemma in which tho people of Sharon are at present situated in regard to railroad facilities. The mind that conceived and promulgated such an ' idea certainly stands on the top round of precocity. We have known the people of Yorkville too long and too well to think that they would even wink at such an action on the part of the railroad authorities. SIGMA. Correspondence of llie Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM LANCASTER COUNTY. Si'KiNGDELL, June 1").?Since my last letter was written refreshing rains have descended upon us. We are no longer parched, but crops begin to look green enough to grow. Some or our farmers had to plant spots of cotton a second time through want of a stand. A few only finished this work only a little more than ten days ago. If now the young plants can get proper cultivation there may be a good crop made, for coiiun can put un a. crop in n very snort time. The worst part of the job is getting it to stick. A good deal of corn had to be plowed up and planted over. The continued drought caused the seeds to rot in the ground before sufficient moisture could be had to germinate them. Fruits seem to engage the attention of i. housekeepers. This thrifty class of beings seems to smell something in the future, and put forth now redoubled energies in laying up a store of fruit for winter. Cherries have been rescued from the very mouth of the birds and other prowlers to be put into the jars for future use. Now blackberries and plums are matters of consideration. No strawberries could bo had to put up. Only a stray pie, here and there, marked their season. It was too dry. But our prospect for peaches is good ; and, as they and black- , berries can be dried in almost any quantity, we hope to have "sass" all next winter. Our reverend neighbor, Rev. W. C. Patterson, lost his wife, about three weeks ago, full of years and ripe unto the harvest. In all human probability the aged patriarch will soon join her beyond the great river. The general health of our section is good ; but some think the long dry spell has caused the water to be stronger of mineral than usual and not so wholesome. Your Fort Mill correspondent is "off." lie said you ought to expect a double sup- %. ply of copy from me as I had doubled myself. This is rather surprising from an elder in the church who has been three times married. He ought to be, by virtue of his office, better posted on scriptural law, which exempted the newly married; and, by reason of his having been so > \ muchly married, more sympathy and charity might bo expected of him. But such is the way of the world. So mote it be. waxhaw. ^ ? Near Trenton, in Edgefield county, last Saturday evening, Preston Younce, an inoffensive white man, was set upon in the public highway by Whitlield Murray and i Williaun Carpenter, two young white outlaws, and shot and beaten, his wounds supposed to be fatal. The outlaws, who did not even know their victim, but were prompted by a fiendish spirit incarnate, escaped arrest. \ {