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J?cvap5 and .facts. j|l ? CJen. B. F. Butler delivered the annual address at the recent commencement ex- u ercises of Colby University, Waterville, p Me. He boldly advocated the annexa- f, tion of Canada, on account of the many s, mutual advantages which would flow from f{ a union of tho two English speaking na- p tions. e ? The emancipation of slaves in Brazil is said to have one very curious conse- j, quence, that of exhausting thesupply, and p greatly raising the price, of corsets. All the negro women and girls don the corset s as an insignia of deliverence from bond- 5 age, although in so doing, they resign them- ^ selves to another bondage. h ? The ten thousand local Woman's Chris- b tian Temperance unions have been re- n quested to hold memorial services in hon- or of the late Mrs.lt. B. Hayes by Miss * Francis E. Willard, president of the Wo- ( nan's f!hri<if?an Tnmnoriinco union. The date fixed for these^services is Sunday July 28. ? The fate of the green two-cent postage stamp has been settled by Postmaster-General Wannamaker. It must go, and its place must be taken by a stamp either carmine or metalic red in color. It is proposed also to reduce the size of the stamps, making them about one-third smaller than those now in use. ? Exports of specie from the port of New York during last week amounted to $97,000, of which $0,000 was in gold and $1)1,000 in silver. All the gold went to South America, and all the silver to Europe. Imports of specie for the week amounted to $8,575, of which $7,280 was in gold and $1,345 in silver. ? The Spring Palace, in Austin, Texas, was closed last week. During the four c weeks of the exhibition the attendance s reached 100,000 people of whom 309 regis- v tered as being from New England. Visitors from every State in the lTnion were present. No doubt Texas will bo benefitted by the exhibition. It was well planned and well managed. ? Eau Claire, Wis., held its first election t] for the board of education on tho 1st instant. It brought out a heavy woman's F n.Amirianf anniotv lflflipq tinpnd. y UIU| UIV I'lUIIIIUViiV OVV1VVJ .MV..W u ing tho whole clay with their carriages f, taking women to the polls. The anti- g Catholic question was made very promi- | nent in several wards, but candidates al- 8 leged to represent tho Catholic side were j elected. b ? All the European powers are keeping v a close watch on Jerusalem. For several 1< years they have been quiet, but there has been a steady and constantly increasing a flood of Jewish emigration, until now the s Hebrew population in Judea outnumbers b all others combined. This is said to be t one of the symptoms of a gigantic univer- t sal scheme to found an independent Jew- n ish nation. c ? Business failures occurring throughout <] the country during the last week number " for the United States 185, Canada 17, a 1 total of 202 against 215 the previous week. 11 The total failures throughout the United States during the past six months show a ? gain of 034 over the first half of 18S8. The J flgures follow: Number of failures, 5,918; * estimated assets, 842,803,910; total liabili- 8 ties, 867,111,711; per cent, of assets to lia- f bilities, 51. I ? President Austin C'orbin, of the Itead- 11 ing Railroad company, gave notice at P Reading last Saturday afternoon that 2,800 P employes of the Reading Iron works, ** which was recently purchased by the rail- 11 road company, can expect resumption at P an early day. lie notifies them that none will be employed who belong to labor or- u ganizations, or who indulge in strong 11 drink. They must renounce both and ^ sign a paper to that effect. c ? Statistics show that in the State of Maine women are engaged in over fifty r different employments, ranging from cot- '! ton and other manufactures to the profes- S1 sions. By far the greatest number aro ? employed in manufacturing, there being 11 about 7,000 thus employed. The average ? weekly salary is 88, and one maker of portraits in crayon gets 810. One woman is h the proprietor of a prosperous newspaper; M another owns an extensive orchard; there ? are a dozen regularly endorsed physicians v in practice, and several ministers, all Uni- ,rJ vcrsalists. 1 y ? The work in the patent office is rapidly y growing more cumbersome and difficult. v A recent issue of the Patent Office Gazette p notes the issuing of patent No. 400,000. j, Up till 1S70 but 100,000 patents had been v issued, the 300,000 having been granted p within the past nineteen years. The ac- v cumulation of papers in the patent office is j< large, and thG difficulty of examining them a is very great and constantly increasing. c American inventive genius is not on the j< wane, and it would seem that in a few a more years some new patent system will ti have to be devised. 0 ? "Old" John Hanks, the boyhood friend and distant relative of Abraham Lincoln, ii died at his farm, four and one-half miles g north west of Decatur, Illinois, on Tuesday, 2nd instant, aged 88. It was on this tl farm and while in the employ of Hanks, v that Lincoln became noted as a rail-spitter, ^ and it was old John Hanks who, in 18G0, if introduced the rail-splitting feature into p the excitement of the Lincoln campaign, I furnishing rails from his farm split by Lin- b coin. In that campaign, Hanks, hereto- ci fore a Democrat, spent nearly $7,000, and e gave a barbecue at his farm, where he fed 3,000 people. The affection existing between John Hanks and Mr. Lincoln continued through their lifetime. C( ? A dispatch from Wheeling, says: "The persistency with which the Mormon missionaries aro carrying on their work in ~ some parts of West Virginia is beginning v to excite a great deal of indignation. There P is likely to be trouble very soon. Ritchie county is at present the scene of active op- ' erations. Two elders have taken up per- manent quarters there. On Indian creek n there is a large congregation and meetings are held weekly, at which polygamy is not only openly preached, but attempts ^are being made to carry the theory into ci ^^^practice, at least one convert having taken o unto himself a second wife. In other t< | parts of the same county like success has o I attended the efforts of the missionaries, n e and in all there are fifty full Hedged cl E Mormons in the county. No efforts, it ti seems, are being made to transplant the b converts." S ? In North Dakota, South Dakota, Mon tuna and Washington Territories, consti- * tutional conventions were held on Thurs- ri day, which took the first great step in the completion of the movement by which tl they are to become States in the Union. P President Cleveland signed on February 22 last, the act of congress providing for i: their admission. The constitutions adopt- e ed must be submitted to the voters of the b respective territories on the first Tuesday 1 of next October for ratification or rejec- A tion. Should they be ratified the presi- S dent will issue a proclamation to that ef- ri feet, and the admission of the new States p will date from the time of the issuing of b the proclamation. The statues of the A United States provide that one star shall b be added to the flag for each new State on tl the Fourth of July next succeeding the date w of the admission of the State to the Union, p The four new stars cannot, therefore, be added until July Fourth 18!)(). j. ? It is stated upon the authority of Hep- tl resentative Drown, of Indiana, that the o president will convene the olst congress in c< extra session about the middle of October, q As tho four new States are to choose rep- b resentatives on the first of October, it c< would not be advisable to convene con- b gress at an earlier date than that mention- fi ed. Tho administration evidently appro- ii ciatesthe necessity of meeting the finan- b cial embarrasments of the treasury surplus a by a substantial reduction of the revenues, t] It will bo for congress to decide how this \\ reduction of treasury surplus shall be made. There are at least four ways of doing it: r, First, by increasing: the government ex- ^ penditures in appropriations for steam- g siiip subsidies, coast fortifications, new jj war cruisers, rivers and harbors, and pen- a sions; second, by increasing the protective C) duties to a prohibitory standard, and thus {( diminishing the revenues from imports, as ^ proposed by the senate bill in the last ses- n siou of congress; third, by repealing the ^ internal taxes on whisky and tobacco; and ,, fourth, by putting raw materials of indus- y try on the free list, and by making sub- p stantial reductions of duties on necessaries }j of iiving. (; ? Primus \V. .Jones, who sent the first tl bale of cotton of this year's crop to Albany, tl (ia., the other day, and who for a number e< of years has marketed the "first bale," ex- c< plains his success as follows: "I plant my T cotton early in February. This is a good ei deal earlier than my neighbors plant d theirs. Then I follow the intensive sys- is tern of farming. I manure heavily and p work rapidly. That's the reason I got the U first bale of Georgia cotton." "IIow T much land did you go over to get that 01 bale?" "Oh, about one hundred acres, 1c and I didn't wait for the bolls to open. I b: at] to pry some of them open to make up ! if ae bale. Every year," said the colonel, ' hn my friends doubt my word, just a little, t\\ ou know, about that lirst bale. This year, ue s I got it out several days earlier than th sual, I had some of the burs sent up to . co rove that the staple had been picked j al otn them this season." His neighbors j in ly that Mr. Jones is a very successful ! irmer. East year he raised twenty-five ! at ales of cotton to the mule. This year he | pi xpects to raise forty. j tr ? The people of West Florida are seek-j rn ag an annexation to Alabama. A meet- j ca ag held at Chipley, Fla., on the -1th, was j as ttended by 2,0ou persons. One or the m peakers said that West Florida properly or elonged to Alabama by all the laws of Ion- ! ag itudinal lines, and the time was near at II and when this section of the State would j ca e transferred to its rightful owner and i st atural mother, Alabama. j w the \lovkviUr (frnqutm. ? as A / ^llfes W .. ~^ 1' ' y 4I \r YORKVILLE, S. ?V : {J| WEDNESDAY," JULY 10, 1889. w THE WEATHER AM) THE CROPS. tv The South Carolina Weather service, in fin o-operation with the United States Signal J' eryice, furnishes the following for the peek ending July Oth : ac Rainfall?For the Stato was above the al lormal. ai Temperature?For the State was about $1 lormal. al Sunshine?For the Stato was below nor- of al. ti Weather conditions?The rainfall for the ot ast seven days has been above the normal, resulting injuriously to the cotton crop rom lack of cultivation and growth of rass. The temperature conditions have ieen favorable, but the need of sunshine is 1 adly felt, a few days of which will greatly m prove the aspect. Farmers feel gloomy, ?ut hopeful of a change to warm, dry treather, a few days of which will doubt- j ess change the prospect for the better. < The weather crop bulletin issued by the gricultural department at Washington hows that the week ending July 0 has ^ een slightly warmer than usual generally ' hroughout the Northern States, while the emperature has differed but slightly from ! lormal over the cotton and tobacco regions 1 f the Southern States. Along the immeliate south Atlantic coast and western .^exas the average daily temperature for .l he week was about three degrees below lormal. There has been more rain than isual during week throughout all the Itates on the Atlantic coast from New fork to Florida, and in the Gulf States J rom Georgia to western Texas. Over the { reater portion of this region the rainfall n' xceeded two inches, while in North Caro- , ina and southern Alabama over four { uches fell. Excessive rains are also re- : orted in many localities in the Mississip- f i valley from"Cairo northward to Wiscon- Ij: in and in northern Minnesota, including he Red River valley. Over a greater ortion of the principal wheat and corn f tates, however, the rainfall was less than Q sual, and the high temperature, with ' lore than the average amount of sunshine, fas doubtless favorable to the growing ' rops and harvest work. ja The rainfall for the season continues in er xcess from New York southward to Flor- fo, Ja, and from Texas northward to the Mis- y, iouri valley. Recent rains in the cotton s]{ egion have* greatly reduced the large deciency previously reported, and at the lose of the present week the greater por- pC ion of the entire region had received over b\ 0 per cent, of the usual rainfall. The b*t reather has been especially favorable for ti< rowing crops. Throughout the corn and ze fheat belt crops are reported as growing c0 apidly, especially corn and winter wheat, 'he harvest is well under way with a good ield reported. Generally throughout the 'p| tates south of the Ohio river tho rainfall stj fas excessive and the wet soil prevented c], toughing. Harvesting was completed in (jc Centucky with a fair yield of wheat. Corn flc fas reported as excellent and tobacco im- to roved. In Tennessee rain retarded har- cb esting and threshing, but the cotton crop f0 3 reported as improved. In Louisiana W( nd Mississippi the excessive rains have th aused crops to become grassy and cotton a(j 11 in rtnnil r\f nnlfttrnfmn TftVQQ i i lit ucvvt ui tum>uwvtii jlvauu nd Arkansas report too much rain, but 0t he weather was more favorable than that tri f the previous week. da Alabama is the only Gulf State report- ev rig favorable weather and all crops in W( ood condition. dc Excessive rains proved injurious in < he Middle and South Atlantic States, es diere harvesting has been interrupted. ^ luch hay has been destroyed, and wheat \v 5 sprouting in the shock. The rain an roved injurious to hay and oats in New pi] kiglaud. Cranberries were slight injured tii y the cold, but other crops, including orn, potatoes, rice and tobacco, are report- th d in tine condition. li ? at ALLIANCE MATTERS. ? The lirst sub-Alliance in Edgefield to ounty was organized last Thursday. po ? The Alliance store at Liberty, Pickens ^ ounty, has not received the support ? , rhieh has been promised, and the enter- .. rise is not proving satisfactory to those ,*ho have charge of it. ? The Greenwood, Abbeville county, illiance has adopted a resolution asking i lerchants not to supply themselves with co ny jute bagging, or at least none manufac- j0! jred by thejute bagging trust. ? In the meeting of the Spartanburg se ounty Alliance, last Friday, the matter gj( f covering for cotton received much at- sj; mtion. The Alliance will use cotton ne overing, pine straw and the old bagging th ow offered by the local mills and mer- fa hants, but members are at liberty to buy pr rust bagging. A large amount of old pi agging is always sold by the mills of th partanburg, and this source of supply will fr( e larger than ever this year. It is inti- sti aated that an effort will he made to ar- 0n inge with the mills in Spartanburg coun- $2 i7 tn hnv thp not ontton and thus avoid tie unfavorable effect to the farmer of the nr resent tare. of ? In response to an inquiry. L. P. Liv- an igston, president of tho Georgia Farm- :{,( rs' Alliance and chairman of the national in agging committee, has written to M. L. 1 )onalson, business agent of the Farmers' th alliance, of Greenville county, in this in tate, pronouncing bogus the reports he scently published by a number of news- fei apers, alleged to have been issued by frc y a committee of the Georgia Farmers' Llliance, urging Alliance men to stand y jute bagging. Mr. Livingstone urges co le farmers to use only cotton bagging, of ca: diich he says there will be no trouble to it( rocure all that may be needed. ab ? In the meeting of tho Kershaw county armer's Alliance at Camden, on Friday, le following report from the committee [ n trusts was unanimously adopted: "The i ^mmittee to whom was referred the uestion of a substitute for jute bagging, f. eg leave to report that they recommend ' itton as a permanent substitute for jute ' utts in tho manufacture of bagging. We t. irther recommend that each sub-Alliance ;? l Kershaw county use cotton bagging for aling their present crop of cotton, and, 3 far as practicable, order tho same irough their business houses or other- ',n rise." re: ? In the Richland County Alliance, a m, ?solution was adopted to urge the State Llliance to memorialize the legislature to ,,c nact some law to protect the farmers from jvr le oppression of combinations and trusts; lso, that a committee of five be appoint- a ^ ;1 by this Alliance whose duty it shall be SL it.^4. 1 111- 1 III/; 1 1(1-7 ) See lllia sucuunn 1,1, , VJi ie Kevised Statutes of South Carolina, in ^ ?gard to the weighing of cotton and the ca, ire thereon, be enforced according to the CQI revisions of said sections, and that all qy iolations of the said law be reported jm romptly to said committee by sub-Al- ^ ances. The meeting was addressed by olonel liutlor. lie said in reference to ie bagging question : "We have been told . lat we would lose money by using the >tton covering, on account of the tare on )tton. This is a matter easily adjusted. ' he price of cotton is regulated by for- po ign markets. The buyers here usually rrx educt <> per cent. tare. That is, if cotton of 1 selling in Liverpool at ten cents per II< ound, the buyer will pay nine and four- soi :nths of the gross weight of the bale. Sti he foreign consumer pays for cotton cit uly. Now, if the halescovered with juto inj iso (1 per cent., after they are stripped of (KM tigging and ties, they will weigh more Ju ? I covered with cotton, so that the buyer is only to know the actual difference bereen the two coverings and pay the val! of this difference to the producer and \\ e tare is regulated. The New Orleans tton exchange has recommended that an lowance of eight pounds per bale be ^ ade on cotton covered bales." ,v -There was a meeting in the court house <-, Edgefield on the 1st instant for the irpose of discussing the jute bagging ust. On -motion of Oaplain lien Tillan, the lion. W. IT. Timmerman was lied to the chair, Judge Allen acting '{' secretary. The lion. \V. J. Talbert ade an earnest speech in favor of the \\ ganization. Captain Jl. It. Tillman, w ;ainst his wishes, was induced to speak. H e said lie was most reluctant to speak be- {"' nsn ho luirl so often and so vainly tried to " ir up the farmers of Edgefield into u ell organized body for their own proction. It was finally agreed that meetgs should be held at nine places in Edge;ld county and a day and hour appoint- j; I for each. At these meetings Mr. Fenick, the organizer, is to be present, and i the State Farmers' Alliance of South 1)1 irolina does not meet until the fourth P 'ednesday in July, there will bo ample b< me for Edgefield to lie well represented Si en. y -The Greenville County Alliance, last riday decided to establish an Alliance lice in that city by the first of next ;ptember. The object of tho bureau is give the farmer the cheapest rate to be itained when "lie comes to the city to 1 irchase goods. The agent will have in ftl s keeping a card of the prices of every ti erchant, and the farmer chooses between t( iose merchants as to whom he will trade b ith. The salary of th? agent will be be- ^ reon $1,200 and $1,"?00, and will come om a percentage of the sales he makes, his percentage is derived from a profit of percent, that will be charged the farm- w on the goods purchased by him. The T rent, out of this salary or percentage, pays 1 the expenses of conducting the bureau, w id will be required to give a bond of a 0,000 for faithful performance. They so adopted a resolution favoring the use tl cotton bagging, and making it impora- 0! ve on the Alliance members to use no . her as long as that can be had. . ? h MERE-MENTION. oi Gen. Stephen I). Lee, president of the sssissippi Agricultural college, has tt ithdrawn from the contest for the govorship of that State. The petition of rs. Annie Smith for permission to pracce law in Virginia has been refused by p ldge Aiken, of Danville, on the ground ci illegality. The Mexican press is a aking fierce attacks upon the scheme to ttle colored emigrants from the United ates in Mexico, and asks the govern- P ent to be patriotic and not countenance , Gen. Joseph E. Johnston has re- it ?ned the office of commissioner of rail- h ads, to which he was appointed by Pres- w ent Cleveland. The first naie or ?w cotton was sold in Albany, (la., on e 3d instant, being two days earlier an the first bale last year. It classed ti iddling, weighed 200 pounds, and was t( Id at auction, bringing 121 cents. The tf irehaser sent it to New York by exess. The members of the Georgia gislature met on the 3d instant in the t( 5W capitol building at Atlanta, just finhed at a cost of one million dollars. No isiness was transacted beyond celebrat- , g the event of the opening of the capi- 0 1. Russian military authorities state tl at they can in twenty-four hours put ft 0,000 soldiers in the field fully prepared c< r war. An effort is being made to trans- ej r the Apache band of Indians from Anna to the Cherokee reservation in Swain . unty, North Carolina. There are 2,000 D lerokees in the reservation, and they is e willing to sell the required body of c( nd for the purpose. Crops in West- e] n Texas were badly damaged last week j r excessive rains. The governor of f< ripoli has issued a decree abolishing the L ive trade and forbidding any one to en- tl ige in itundersevere penalties. One O indred people at Adair, Iowa, were ti >isoued at a Fourth of July celebration' t eating ice cream. A panic ensued. All \ it two will recover. The constitu)nal convention of Montana has organi- p d at Helena. The Democrats are in G1 ntro1' t! Thk Johnstown Disaster.?John lomas A Sons, a Johnstown firm, will in- c< itute suit against the South Fork Fishing ti Lib for $100,000 damages. They were e >ing a business of $200,000 before the .rwl nn/1 will Hirn-nfnrn hnaoflioir nlnim ?UU I UUU M ill VllViViWiv w.v? . a moderate amount. Over 100 mer- a ants in Johnstown offer to back them up r $50 apiece, but Thomas & Sons are tr ?althy and will spare no expense to fight M is case through the highest courts. In 8j Idition to this suit, lawyers have already en engaged by Constable Martin and hers, 100 in all, each of whom has con- al ibuted $10 toward expenses, to bring p .mage suits against the fishing club. As ery member of the club is enormously salthy a long and bitter legal war is unmbtedly ahead. The time-keepers in the Cambria office a< timate that from -100 to '>00 of their (]| Drkmen in the (Jautierand Cambria Iron y orks were lost. Counting the women \ d children dependent upon them, they " it their loss of people at 2,000. They es- " nate the entire loss of life at 10,000. tl r. Haws, a fire brick manufacturer, II inks this guess is about right. He be- (j( ives at least 500 strangers were in town t the time of the Hood. , About 200 deposit books of the Johns- 1)1 wn savings bank are reported lost by de- ei isitors or their heirs. There were $774,- Si l) on deposit, and much of this is the k operty of people having no heirs. cj There is complaint of cholera morbus in i worst form among the workmen enged in clearing up the debris in Johnswn. Over 100 cases were treated on the li instant. . The board of inquiry, which has just mpleted the registration of all property ftl sses in the Conemaugh valley, has made i report to Chairman Cummins, repre- tl nting Oovernor Heaver's relief com mis- n in. The board divided the sufferers into , classes, the first class being the most edy, generally women who had lost ,r eir husbands or sons and left with large ol milies to support, with scarcely any p] operty saved. In this class they have 0| aced 205 cases, to which they recommend j,, e payment of $1,000 each. The classes J irn two to five are not so destitute, but II in great distress. To these they rccnmend payments from $000 down to U 00. _ _ _ f/ rue recommendations 01 tnccommiuee ovide for the immediate disbursement $1,18G,000 to 8,GS0 different families, or J. i average of ?.'522 to each family. These 1S >80 cases will includo all those who are '1( immediate want. sc The coroner's jury on Saturday found u at the owners of the dam were culpable not making it secure. They add: "WV v ild the owners are responsible for the irful loss of life and property resulting V1 )m the break of the dam." ir Sl Ax Intkkkstino Cask.?In the sessions i urt of Union county last week, a notable se was called but continued by the solic- " >r on account of a material witness being i'i sent. Says the correspondent of the bws and Courier: in It will be remembered this is an indict- SL out against Jeter for killing his brother-law, one Busby, in 1800?over a quarter a century ago?in this county. Jeter (1 the State and no one heard anything him until in March, when he was arstod in Tennessee. lie went to Louisi- 111 ia, and at the outbreak of the war joined A e 17th Louisiana regiment and served of rough the entire war, having been prooted for gallant conduct to the rank of j. ptain. lie was wounded twice?once at . liloh and at Yicksburg. After the war Df i settled in Tennessee, where he lias since sided, farming for an occupation and had S| tide for himself a nice home. Ji When he committed this deed he was j{ iung, but now his head is frosting for the r ave. Little interest is manifested in the se except by his friends, who wished for ,1: ipeedy trial. There can scarcely be any M ong proof against him. Only his sister \\ w him commit the rash act, and she, it is ought, would bo for her brother. The ej se will be tried at the October term of f . urt. Messrs. Win. Munro and 1). A. j iwnsend represent the defendant, lie 1U s given bond and gone to bis home in j ti tnnessee. ' tit ? A Nkw Sen km k to Fool tiik Xkoko. ; Topeka, Kansas, dispatch of Saturday vm : l? 'W. lu Kggleson, a prominent negro |7 litician of this State, is the prime j jver in a scheme to induce the negroes l)r the South to emigrate to Oklahoma, he i has organized a company, composed of \v no of the prominent colored men of the ! 0n ite, and has agents in all the prominent w| ies of the South, their headquarters he-1 *in Topeka. He expects to have KM),-! )colored peoplo in Oklahoma hy next v' ly." ! be LOCAL AFFAIRS. NKW ADVEltTISEMENTS. Drown Wvlie, Pis.?Clork's Sales Foreclosure of mortgages on tlio property ol J. 1>. F. Duncan. . J. Clark?Executrix's Notice, tiward Thomas, Yorkville, S. ('.?The Resi boiler Feeder. , K. Spencer, Plaintiffs' Altornoy?Notice ti Defendants in tiio matter of Julia It Springs and others against John Springs and Meeker Springs. Dine first to M. A II. C. St muss's. If. Diddle.?Solid Sweeps. W. Dohson?'This Way for Ilardwaro?1Tinware?Still They Jo. 'itliers Adickes?Wanted?A Partner. i. ('. Latimer?Random Remarks, oiiry Ford?Is Your Watch All Right? . Ilapperlield?Fresh Ilams. . M. <Jrist The Yorkville Fn<|'iirer'sSewin; Machine. See Fourth page. . K. Smith The Old Reliable. HAIL GRANTED. On Wednesday last ('. W. Broom, o airfield, charged with the murder of It ?. (Christmas on the 27th of June, appcum efore Judge Aldrich at this place on ap Mention for hail, which was granted in t and of *2,0(><). The prisoner was repre ?nted by Mr. <>. W. Buchanan, of tin dinncknrn }?<!r TKACHHKS* INSTITUTE A teachers' Institute will he held in tin nvn of Lancaster, beginning on the f?tl f August and ending on the 10th. Wi re authorized to extend a cordial itivita on to the teachers of York county to at nid, and to say that arrangements hav< eon made securing to all who attorn oard at greatly reduced rates. , BUILDING N<1TKS. Mr. W. II. Ilerndoti has commenced tin 'ork of re-modeling his residence 01 lincoln street. By the addition which In 'ill put to his present house,- he will hav< handsome and commodious residence. Mr. W. W. Jenkins has also given ou 10 contract for a new residence on his lo a Main street. This new building, whil< will he an addition to tho house in wliicl e now lives, will be a large and commodi us house. W. (*. Adams, of Hock Hill, has the con act for both houses. V CAROLINA BUGGY CO. The Carolina Huggy company recently etitioned the town council to exempt it ipital stock from municipal taxation fo period of ten years, in consideratioi 'hereof the company proposed "on it art to erect its factory nt Yorkvillc witl 11 the necessary buildings for carrying oi s business, and, if the contract he made ereby binds itself to continue the sai< VAttlrinllft frit* flin \trlw\ln iinrinil n UIIV ill; i win vini; iui nn> j/v.? *?/v* w 10 said ten years." After consideration of tiio colnmunica on by the town council, it was decidec ) exempt the company from municipa ixation for a period of seven years 'hicli decision, on being communicatee ) the company, was accepted. WINTHROl* TRAINING SCHOOL. On Wednesday last, commencing at 11 'clock, an examination of applicants fo io Winthrop Training School seholarshij >r York county was held in the ofiiceoftln >unty school commissioner. There wen ight applicants for the scholarship, lw< f whom withdrew l)efore the exainina on was concluded. The examinatioi i of a high grade and very rigid. It wai inducted by County School Commission r Johnson, Jiuv. W. W. Daniel and Mr arnes A. Watson. Miss Rose I'atton, o atawba Junction, was recommended fo: io scholarship, and Miss Belle Bailey, o live, for the second position, which en ties her to free tuition. OUlt EXCHANGES. -T^ic Fort Mill Clarion, after a brief sus ension, has resumed publication, mucl nlarged and otherwise improved, unde; io management of Mr. J. S. Drakeford sjent. The last issue contains a spirited ac iunt, with illustrations, of the recent cap ire of the bear in that vicinity, a loca vent of unusual occurrence. The Shelby (N. C.) New Kra of last Fri ay announces, with the issue of that dat< io publication of the paper will cease, tin interial of the ofliee having been sold t( [r. F. P. Heard, late editor of the Ker ia\v Clazette, at Camden. Mr. Peart ill move the material to Biacksburg, am bout the 20th of this month will begin th< ublication of the Blacksburg Dispatch. . DEATH OF MRS. Mo A I)AMS, ybQ^riday last, Mrs. Sarah McAdami icd at her residence in this place at th< Ivanced age of 77 years 11 months and 11 ays. She was married to her husband [r. John McAdams, May .'list, 184:1. Hi icd in Chester, in September, 1815, am is remains were brought here for burial icir only child being then an infant tore Mrs. McAdams has resided since thi eath of her husband, raising her daugh ;r (who survives her) to womanhood, ant ath living quiet, unpretentious but ex nplary Christian lives. Ifer funeral oi aturday afternoon was largely attended cv. T. It. English, of the Presbyteriai lurch, of which she was a communicant inducting the services. - v J LOCAL LACONICS. A doff, supposed to have rabies, wa: illed near the Three C's depot last Friday fternoon. It is just a week, lacking one day, sinci ic Fourth, but not too late perhaps to re lark that the day here passed off quietly ithout demonstration of any kind, it w< lay except several animated discussion; r the temperance question in all it; liases, participated in by knots of mei 1 the street, whose views on the subjec id been enlivened by the address of IVTrs hapinon Wednesday night. The case of 1'. W. Lindsay, vs. L. It arvin, appealed to the supreme cour om this county, has been passed upon he defendant was the appellant, and tin idgment below is reversed and the ease remanded to the circuit court for a re earing. Opinion by Chief Justice Simp in. C. I-]. Spencer for the plaintiff, 1) . Fin ley for defendant. Our venerable friend, It. C. Kerr, o ew Orleans, notwithstanding his ad meed age, continues in good health anc t the pursuit of active life. Py a late is leof the Times-Democrat we learn thai a was prominent at a marriage ceremo y in the Memorial (Presbyterian)church i New Orleans, and gave the bride away Mr. A. Cody had the misfortune of be ig thrown from a mule the other day istaining severe but not serious injuries i his left arm and wrist. A PIjCASAN'T Kkl'MOX. < >n Thursday last, just before the depart re for his home of the venerable Judg( Idrich, he was invited to the dining rooir the Parish Hotel, wherea sumptuous riv ist was spread in his honor by the mcm?rs of the Yorkville bar. At the festive lard were seated Judge Witherspoon, W . Wilson, Sen., Maj. Jus. F. llart, C. Jv lencer, (?. W. S. llart, W. 15. Wilson \, J. ('. Chambers, W. 11. McCaw, J. 15, ell, J). K, Finley, W. L. McDonald anil S. Price, ol the Yorkville bar ; It. P. Aljon, of the Lancaster bar ; Mr. Solicitor cDonald; ex-Clerk of the court J. F, 'allace, and Clerk W. Prown Wylie. After full justice had been done to the egant dinner, Major J lart, in a few grace1 remarks, reviewing briefly the long ul able service to the State of their disnguisheil and honored guest, proposed a Lting toast, which was drank standing, Judge Aldrich responded in modest rms to the compliment so unexpectedly lid him by the members of the Yorkville ir iiief- nn tlio nvn nf his (leourture frOIll eir midst; and while us a judge he had esideil before them for the last time, he >ped to have many pleasant meetings itli them, for each of whom he always itertained the highest regard, and at hose hands he had ever received kindness id conrtsey. Referring to his public serces, he surprised some of his hearers by ginning with the Seminole war, through 1 which campaign, when quite a young man, ; he fought, ami ho also referred to incidents ! connected with his soldier lite in the late , j war between the States. To his long and i varied service in the civil walks of life, h< j modestly abstained from makingreference, L As the assembled company withdrew, > each gentleman grasped the judge warmly j by the hand, and all wished him, in lib ' j anticipated retirement to private life, j many continued years of happiness and 1 prosperity. CHUllCH NOTICES. I Episcopal?Sunday-school at "> p. m. Young men's union prayer-meeting will j be held in the Presbyterian church next '! Tuesday evening at X.:{() o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pas tor. Services next Sunday at 10.JMI a. m C and S.W) p. m. Sunday-school atop, m Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at s..'{( I o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Pan t icl, Pastor. Services next Sunday at lO.Ri a.m. and fi.tlt) p. m. Sunday-school at , p.m. Prayer-meeting this evening at S.:5< o'clock. Baptist?Rev. It. (}. Patrick, pastor There will be services each night during b the present week at 8.;in o'clock, and 01 i Snndav morninir and nielit bv the nastor 3 On next Monday night and during tin - remainder of next week, services, will b< - conducted each night by ltev. A. G. Me 3 Manaway, pastor of the First Baptis 1 church of Charlotte, N. C. Sunday-schoo at 4.30 on Sunday afternoon. Associate lteformed Presbyterian?Hcv Q J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzal 3 next Sunday at 11 a. in., and in Yorkvilh , at H.;iO p. m. It is expected that tbesorvi 2 ces at both places will be conducted bi Rev. John Giffen, of the United Prcsby t terian church, who has been one of tin t missionaries of that church in Egypt 3 since March, 1K7">. Sunday-school at I.3i 1 P" mFARM MRS' ALLIANCE. The regular quarterly meeting of tin - York County Farmers' Allianco was hch in the court house on Friday last. Then were two sessions, one in the forenoon am , the other in the afternoon. All the sub g Alliances in the county were represented r and with a large attendance and the vari 3 ous questions brought up for discussion s the meeting was interesting throughou 3 and of an important character. 3 All the various sub-Alliances were re ported to be in good working order; am j the members generally endeavoring to hi f more economical by increasing home pro ductions, a great saving has already beei . effected in the purchase of necessary sup j plies. Great improvement has also beei I made socially and mentally among tin . members. j The following olliccrs were elected and in stalled for the ensuing year: W. N. Elder president; J. P. Blair, vice-president; J F. Ashe, secretary; W. J. Stephenson ^ treasurer; Rev. J. L. llarley, chaplain r R. II. Glenn, lecturer; A. II. White, as I/w.Iiih/.m . \\f 1\ r lln?i?i /lnnr. 1/n/in DlMUllJl laiUKI , ?* 1/1 VUV^iHI, UVUi nvv|/ 3 er; J. Me. Moore, assistant door-keeper 3 B. L. Jenkins, sergeant-at-arms; J. () 3 Walker, trade agent. On motion, the executive committee o 1 last year was continued, as follows: A. II * White, Alfred Moore, J. 10. Plexico. Tin " former committee on the good of the orde was also continued, viz.: W. Thompsoi f Jackson, It. IT. Glenn, W. Y. White. Th< r following members were appointed trad* f committee: It. E. Guthrie, It. T. Itiggins " 1). M. Hall. A. II. White was electee delegate to the State Alliance which meet: in Columbia on the 21th of July; alter - nate, W. N. Elder. i The delegate to the State Alliance wa: r authorized to arrange with the State ex , ecutivo committee for two lectures in Yorl - county by Ben. Terrell, national lecturer - one to be delivered at Yorkvillo and tin 1 other at Itock Ilill. W. N. Elder was continued as organize: - for York county, and at suitable times hi 3 is to visit the sections of the county no 3 yet organized, and, if the way be clear. ) form organizations. The next regular meeting of the Count} 1 Alliance will be held on the lirst Friday it 1 ()ctober. 3 X/ CIRCUIT COURT. Our'report last week included Tuesday': proceedings of the sessions court. ()n Wed a nesday the case of the State vs. Samue 3 M. Williford for the murder, on the l(!tl ) 01 June, JHS'J, 01 JOIlll jvuuiiih, cuiuruu, \vu f tried. The following jury was drawn 3 J. W. Anderson, K. S. Thompson, J. it 1 Miller, A. L. Nunnery, II. W. Hoffman t W. I). Moore, F. T. l'egram, T. K. Blair . E. M. Ford, J. (?. Sandifer, S. L. Milling 3 B. F. Withers. A. L. Nunnery was elect . ed foreman. I A. Quitman Adams was also indicted a . accessory, but on the opening of tho cnsi i the solicitor announced that there was n< , testimony criminating him, and therefor* i he did not propose to put him on his trial f lie was accordingly released, and the tria of Willi ford proceeded. The facts, as developed by the testimo uy, are to the effect that on the 10th of las month S. M. Williford and J. Q. Adam: 1 left Mr. Willi ford's house, Mr. Willifor< to go to his father's, not a mile distant and Mr. Adams, at the request of hi: mother, to go to the house of the decease* [ and get a glass, a lock, and some other ar tides borrowed from Mrs. Adams by Join Adams, who, it was understood was mak ing preparations to move from Mr. J. M f Williford's place, where he had been liv ing a short while. On reaching the houw r\t T/.l.r. ti'lii/.li ujnj nrt Hir> rnoi to J. M. Williford's, tlioy stopped, and ' J. Q. Adams asked for the articles belong ing to his mother. Whan about leaving ' Sam Williford asked John Adams if it was ' true that recently he had cursed his broth 5 or- Sidney. John replied no, but he hat cursed the white fellow who was witl Sidney. Sam replied, "Well, that is al ' right if you didn't curse Sidney." Defend ant and J. Q. Adams then started away when John Adams stepped out of his house | with his coat olf and a pistol showing froir his pants pocket, and said ifSidney woulc " give him any cause to curse him he woulti do so; that Sidney was no more to curst than anybody else. Angry words passed ' between them, and Win. Campbell, n ' negro standing in John's door, urged Join to "curse Sidney." I To proceeded to curst ' both Sidney and the defendant, when de * fendant stooped to pick up a stone. Johr Adams then drew his pistol and present ing it at defendant, said, "Jlold up, d?i you, or I will shoot you." Defendant then drew his pistol and said, "If that i? your game two of us can play it." As the defendant was drawing his pistol, Join snapped at him, his pistol failing to tire: then defendant fired and apparently missed. John Adams then dodged around the corner of the house, and from the covei thus afforded lired at the defendant. Defendant then ran around and towards John and fired, while John was working with his pistol, apparently trying to turn the cylinder or cock the weapon. John then went into his house and defendant left for his father's house. (fther testimony in the same lino was adduced. The principal witness for the State was Patience Adams, wife of the deceased. It was shown, however, that during most of the altercation sho was distant from the scene two hundred yards. The defendant, who is a young married man, proved a good character for sobriety and peaceable dis i position. Mr. Solicitor McDonald represented the State and the defense was conducted by i W. 11. Wilson, Sen., and W. 11. Wilson, i Jr., each of whom made arguments, main; tain in# the ground that the deed was committed clearly in self defense. The jury so found by returning a verdict of not | guilty. Court then, at :i o'clock p. m., | took a recess until 1. I When the court reconvened at 1, the , i grand jury made Iheir report and wen i! discharged. The following is the report 11 To J I'm Honor A. 1\ Aj.dkich, Pre [ \xi(/in</ Jmlf/c: We the grand jury mak< , the following presentment: 1. That the county commissioners haw I j divided the county into three equal parts i j each one under the jurisdiction of one of the '! commissioners. We commend the comII missioners for this divison of labor, whicli I saves all unnecessary labor of the comj ; missioners traveling on business all ovoi ; the county. 2. We consider the school system as t< j the division of districts very defective I and we suggest as an improvement on tin . present system, that the county be (livid' cd into school districts upon north and t south lines, running at convenient dis tances apart, and to locate the principa . school house as near the centre of tin uimi u;t ii.i We beg leave to present the driq * store at Smith's Turnout as a nuisance 1 but no positive evidence having been pre sen tod to the grand jury of specific viola - tion of the law, the grand jury can onlj ) recommend that the citizens of Smith': j Turnout resort to the legal remedie! within their reach. 1. We find that there is an extensive sale of intoxicating liquors in the town o . Yorkville, chiefly by'the drug stores. W< r have investigated the matter to the bes J of our ability, at the request of the towi council, and such evidence as has beet * obtained has been placed in the hands o - the council for such action as they mu; 3 think proper. '). In regard to the poor house atu t jail, we simply renew tin; recommenda j tion made at the last term of the court We learn from the county commissioner that the repairs upon the poor house am * jail will be attended to without unnecessa i ry delay. 3 G. We have examined the public oflice . and find them in good order. All of which is respectfully submitted K. M. Law, Foreman. The case of Alexander Berry, colored ^ * 7 " charged with murder, was not tried a ' was expected. The accused is a prisoner ii the Winston, N. ()., jail on the charge <i resisting an oflicer, and the governor e that State declined to surrender him unti e his case is disposed of In the Winstoi 1 court. e The case of Mrs. Atkinson, and an ap 1 peal case from the town council of Blacks - burg, were continued. , The petit jurors were then discharged - The nrisoners awaiting sentence wer , then brought into court and sentence t pronounced as follows : J)arius Hamilton, colored, about foui - teen years of age, burglary and larceny 1 sentenced to hard labor in the penitentiar; a for the whole period of his natural life. Wm. 1'. Hand, white, bigamy; sen i tcnccd to harcfc labor in the penitentiar; - for six months. i John Steele, colored, larceny of liv 0 stock; sentenced to the penitentiary fo two years. The court of sessions was then adjourn , ed sine die and the court of commoi . pleas opened. The calendars were sound , ed and court adjourned until !> o'clocl ; Thursday morning. On the convening of court, Thursda, - morning,the business remainingunfinisli ; ed was dispatched,when Judge Aldricli an . nounced to the bar that ho would presid at this bar no more, having decided thn f the present year should be the last of hi . judicial career. In modest but feel in 3 terms, he thanked the Yorkville bar fo r the evidences of uniform kindness he ha 1 always received at their hands. Col. \Y 3 It. Wilson made a graceful and eloquent rc 3 sponse on behalf of the members of th , bar. The court of-common pleas was the 1 adjourned sinp die. PKftSOXAlT >1 J:\tiox. W. C. Latimer has been confine^ trkbis bed for the past week by sickness. Mr. Ilenry Mills returned to his horn i in Corning, N. Y., last Sunday. Miss Mary Van Ness, of Charlotte, i ' visiting Mrs. T. S. JelFerys. Mr. W. It. McCaw and family are visil ing relatives in Fairfield. ^^Mr. Ilenry C. Strauss and Mrs. Ceo. II ^ O'Leary are visiting in Union county. ^Miss Mary Steele, of Charlotte, X. C., i ** visiting the Misses (list of this place. ^Miss Perry Dunlap, of Lancaster, is ii j Yorkville, visitingMiss Mary Lou Coward Miss Sal lie Inglesby, daughter of Col Inglesby, of Charleston, is visiting Mr? Mctts. 9 Miss- Lizzie l'erryclcar, of Orangeburg " is visiting the family of Mr. A. Spring I Withers. 1 Mrs. M. J. Clark and daughter, Mis 9 Mary, are visiting relatives in (Jasto : county, N. ('. Miss Willie Keene, milliner in Dobson' ? establishment, is visiting her homo ii ? Maryland. ? Mr. W. I. Withcrspoon, of Charlotte " is in Yorkville spending a few days n recreation. 3 Miss Lizzie Cassady, of Charlotte, X. C 3 is in Yorkville, visiting her uncle, Mi 3 James F. Hyndman. 3 Mrs. John 15. Patrick and her littl daughtcrLouise, of Anderson, are in York 1 ville visiting relatives. Judge Witherspoon left on Friday fo * Barnwell, where he opened court on Men (hiy morning last. 3 ^-Misses Etta and Louise Steele, of Hoc! * Hill, are in Yorkville, visiting their aunl ? Miss Sue M. Watson. 3 Misses Mary and Florric Allison, o * Yorkville, arc visiting Mrs. M. E. Deal " and Mrs. John Davies, at Blacksburg. 1 Cadets W. S. Neil and W. L. Law, c " the Virginia Military Institute, are si * home spending their summer vacation. ^-Mi ss ITammie Witherspoon and Mis r Fannie L. Witherspoon, of Sumter, are ii 1 Yorkville, visiting Miss Lessic Wither 1 spoon. Rev. Paul V. Bomar, pastor of the Bap tist church at Camden, preached in th ' Baptist church at this place on Morula; 3 night. Miss Charlotte Erwin, Miss Isabella Er I win, and Miss Mamie Brown, of Lancaster i are in Yorkville, visiting the famiiy o 1 Mr. It. J. Withers. Mrs. it. G. Patrick returned home oi last Wednesday, after a pleasant visit o * several weeks' duration to friends and rel > ativcs in Greenville and Anderson. i Mrs. Sherman and daughter, of Soutl I America, who are traveling through tin I South for recreation, are stopping in York ville for the summer, the guests of Mrs ' Mason. * Mr. C. G. Parish, who came from hi i railroad work in Virginia last week to at i tend court as a grand juror, returned oi . Wednesday, taking with him his littli daughters Misses Fannie and Laura, win will remain during the summer at Bufl'ali Lithia springs. TEMPEKAXCK AI)J)IlKSS. On Wednesday night last the open house was tilled to its utmost capacity b; an appreciative audience to hear a lecturi on temperance by Mrs. Saliie F. Chapin one of the presidents of the Woman'; Christian Temperance Union, and a lad; whose reputation as an earnest and effect ~ l. ^ r\ n/tKIn nnneo nf fnninor 7 lve WUIKCI 111 lin; in;>/n vuu.ib ... n...r^. ance ex tends throughout the Tinted States i she having delivered addresses in many o ; the principal cities of the North, the Wes i and especially in the South, which is lie i particular field of operations. Naturally much curiosity was manifest ed by the announcement that a lady wouh make a public address to our citizens, thi: being the first time in the history o i Yorkville that a woman spoke in publii f from the rostrum. If any of her auditor: i attended with the expectation of witness ' ing n failure, they must have returned dis appointed. Before them appeared a worn an of commanding presence, modest and intellectual, and for near two hours she held her audience spell bound by her up peal in behalf of the cause of temperance. She sketched the origin and rise of the \V. 0. T. IT., which from a small band o praying women in an Ohio town, has, in the few years of its history, grown to be one of the most powerful and successful organizations in the interest of temperance, virtue and morality in the Tnion I Her plea in behalf of temperance was an > appeal characteristic of true womanhood,; st : argumentative, pathetic and?convincing. j<> ; While the evils of intemperance and the ' i curse of strong drink were portrayed in J" the most vivid manner, her argument j(1 against "high license;" the new scheme I i with which church and state "are now at . being chloroformed" was convincing and ri i ; unanswerable except from the most sordid and mercenary view. She urged our peo- | pie not to let go that which they have, not | , to be tempted by tin?allurements of high license for the paltry revenue to be derived ? therefrom, and to maintain the fight for ; ^ i prohibition in behalf of all that is sacred | %} '! and dear to the welfare of the town, the fr i i community and the county. | J" } On Friday she organized here a branch j ^ of the W. ('. T. t'., with a goodly mem-1 ' \ bership and the following officers: Mrs. I 11. F. Adickes, president; Mrs. W. 15. <li Williams, vice-president; Miss Maggie M. ct \ Moore, secretary ; Mrs. W. B. Moore, treas- e< s urer; Miss Maggie (list, superintendent ^ s juvenile work, Besides the above, the |n following vice-presidents were chosen, one h J. representing each religious denomination ir [ in town: Presbyterian, Mrs. I. J). With[ erspoon ; Hpiseopal, Mrs. ('. J. ltobertson ; ^ j Baptist, Mrs. J. A. Darwin; Associate ? 1 Reformed Presbyterian, Mrs. \V. L. Me- p f Donald ; Methodist, Mrs. R. A. Parish. d tmm?mmmmmmmamm? ('iirrojioinleniT iif tlie Yorkvilie Knquircr. LKTYKIt FKOM IM.ACKSBl ltd. r, Bi.acksmku, July lb?Here is a nut for h s thoughtful minds to crack, for nearly oi 1 two weeks previous to the ">th instant, the tl weather was in a very unsettled condition, a heavy, damp and hot atmosphere pre- V s vailing, with occasional showers of rain ti and gleams of sunshine. During thonight c< of the 1th, from !> to 11 o'clock, several very In heavy showers of rain fell, and about 12 , o'clock the moon changed from new to tirst sc s quarter. The morning of the ">th dawned ii n clear and bright, and the weather has re- o: ( mained so since. The farmer, who has tl 1 learned, from the tradition of his fathers, si and from his own observations, of the ti 1 operations of nature, says that the weather o a is governed by the moon and other planets, tl The pseudo-scientist ridicules such an idea, tl (. and stoutly denies that the changes of the b moon have anything to do with the chang- l: es in the weather. Which is right? Wo n cannot pretend to decide; but will only p I. refer our readers to the tirst chapter of o (fonesis, 11th verse: "And let them be for I h nif/H* and for jmymoh.*," Ac. ti There was no demonstration made by our citizens on the Fourth,. The only display S of the national colors we noticed was made ti ; by a small boy not four years old, whose IV y mother is a Pennsylvanian, and his father A a Tar Heel. This indifference to the day we used to celebrate as the birth day of ii one of the greatest nations on earth, has P been quite common in the country and > among the smaller towns of the South si e since the war; and while we are sure it is tl r not from lack of loyalty to the grand old h flag, yet it should not be, and our people a everywhere in the country and town p should revive the good and patriotic old ci n custom of celebrating every year, to the cj 1- best of their ability, the actual day of cur a k national independence. b At a meeting of a number of the survi- (1 y vors of the 17th Regiment, S. C. Volun- b teers, on the :5rd instant, at this place, it t-'1 was decided to postpone the reunion to the P l">th of August next, and the following fj 0 named gentlemen are earnestly to reqested ti t to meet at Rlacksburg, on the 20th instant, w s at 2 o'clock, viz.: A. 1?\ Moore, Jonathan nr r, Moore, R. II. Moss, It. (*. Parker, (J. L. h Moore, Thomas Martin, James Rollins, t< Felix Dover, Fzra Downey, 15. F. White, P ^ Wm. McDill, Alex. Mcflill, \Vm. Whiter sides, J. N. McDill and John Whisonant. !- The above will constitute a general como mittee, whose duty it will he to perfect all n necessary arrangements for the success of the reunion. The original committee, ? consisting of A. (!. Smith, II. 15. Rroome e and J. L. Parker, have had printed a cir- j, , cular from which we make the followingextracts: "There will be a big turn out of the veterans, and their old colonel, e F. W. McMaster, will address the meeting. * * The citizens of Rlacksburg , s proffer the hospitalities of the town to the fl survivors. The two Rarnwell companies 0 are especially invited to attend. * * The ~ * expense will be small, as railroad fare will probably he reduced to half rates. Let '. every survivor of our grand old regiment c attend, for this will probably be the last g reunion we will have, until we meet in the 'Happy camping grounds beyond the . River."' 11 Our town is to have a real genuine, live ,, ' newspaper. "The Rlacksburg Dispatch" j, 1. issued its prospectus yesterday, and the i. first number will appear about the loth or ^ 20th instant. The editor and proprietor ( f is Mr. F. P. Reard, late of Camden, who, ti " though young in years, is almost a veteran ^ in the newspaper business, having been r, connected with it for twenty years and is having had a practical experience in each c.( a one of its departments. He proposes to u furnish a first class paper, in every respect, M and we hope our people will come liberally to his support, for a live paper is a s, n great factor in building up a town. To- a gether with his own outfit of the Kershaw >, Gazette, Mr. Reard has purchased the tl ,f New Fra plant, (late of Shelby, N. G\), S( and will have one of the best equipped tj oil ices for job printing in the up country. v '' We feel proud of our new enterprises and h ' bespeak for it abundant support and success. t( 0 Mnj. Jones has recently sold three nice s| . building lots to J. J. Whisnant, Mike Rudasill and J. McArty, and these gentle- n men will soon begin the erection of three f( r handsome and attractive dwellings. j( i- Allen Jones, Esq., of Columbia, was in v town yesterday. w. a. s| k ? * a NCornyJiJonileiire of the Yorkvllie Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL, f Iloi'ic Hill, July !).?Our. citizens en1 joyed two most pleasant entertainments ' last week, one on Tuesday night and one , on Wednesday night. The entertainments o 1 consisted of the play, "The Star of Km- f< t pi re, "?and the cast of characters consisted i' of our liome people, in which a number tj s of our young ladies and gentlemen took S ti part, as well as OS little girls who rep- ti . resented the different States. The statu- a ary was of the finest order, and called a _ forth repeated encores. The proceeds of i' R the entertainment were very satisfactory, ti it and will he applied to the fund for build- tl ing the armory for the Catawba Rifles. a The Fourth of July was a very quiet day v. . in Rock I till. All business was suspended w ,{ and our streets had the appearance of d Sunday. y Mr. M. C dairies, who has been agent of I1 f the Three C's railroad at this place since " - tlie completing of the road here, tendered CJ his resignation last week to Supt. Jones i and the same was accepted. Mr. J. W. o Moore, formerly agent at Sharon, is acting - in his place. The business men and mer- y rnnrml tn ann Mr Uninrvn (r\VP 1111 f I. ummn v .. ? j- . the agency, as he has made a most aceom- M s modating and courteous agent. Communion services were held in the J*1 Presbyterian church at this place on Sun- * i? day morning last. I'reaching began on 1 ) Friday night. The pastor was assisted by :> Rev. C. W. Humphries, of Lancaster, who preached several profitable and in- n structivo sermons. S( \,The first accident to occur at the Con- ? x slruction company's works was on Satur- H , day afternoon, when Mr. J. II. Cauthen, \ while working with a small saw, had two ' of his fingers cut off. ii ) 'Xf'apt. \V. L. ltoddey is having placed ai s over the well of his yard a large tower ai with a tank, upon which will be placed a al wind mill. The tank will be filled from N the well and will supply each room in st his house with water. tr ; C'reighton, Sherfesee it Co., will begin tl f work on the buildings for their machine ri t shops, to-day. They will be supplied with w r , Hie latest improved machinery. d< jXCapt. Iredell Jones, who has shipped a | ol I large quantity of peaches and wild goose j pi * ! plums from this place, reports that the | al 1 returns of sale of the same have not met. gi <; his expectations. ct 1"N Capt. Allen Jones, of Columbia, is in m , j Rock Hill shaking hands with his old j ei " I friends. bi v Mr. Samuel A. Fewell, of Fbeue/.er, had ! " j a slight stroke of paralysis on Sunday af- ; " | ternoon. He was unconscious for several 1)( i hours. His condition is somewhat im-. 1 I proved to-day. [ 1 T.onis 1 )odds. a colored man of this nlace. ni ! who loals around the town without any pi "; visible moans of support, obtained some sc | goods from one of our merchants Saturday, t'i ' under false pretence. He was given the in f | alternative of taking 2't lashes and leave pi i ' the town never to return, or go to jail, lie ci , I chose the former, which was well admin- tli , istered, and he left. This is the second whipping he has had given him in the last ' month?the first for stealing from a store w a small sack of Hour. ! si i W. L. ltoddey has contracted for a three-1 O ory brick building on Main street, ad- 4 initio tiie Carolina hotel. 1 Mrs. S. F. Ch.'ipin is here, and held a 1 eetingof mothers in Koddey's hall this lorning. She will give a public lecture i-nigbt. The Davis Canningand Candy factory e busy putting up beans and black bores. ] IA L. l'iinTS|iiiinleiiri' of tin' Vurkvillf Kuquirer. IiKTTKK FROM illCKUKY h'KOVK. Hickory fiitovK, July 9.?The rains in lis section lasted about ten days. Cotton ops that were as clean as a garden when le wet weather set in, became very rassy, and our farmers have had to push om daylight until dark, since it has Den dry enough to hoe, in order to get leir crops clean. Cotton and corn sire inking unusually well sind the year 1 ~ * ? A fatir romises to do ono 01 piumy. >? lentiful years will make the farmers inependent, and then this will be "God's juntry" sure enough. When the day jmcs that the corn, Hour and meat eonimod are raised at home there will he no ced for such a paper as a lien, and the lien lvv will die a natural death. The man aving money to invest will come here to ivest it, and such a tiling as an exodus to to west will he unheard of. We have the imate, the soil, and the intelligence to mi pete with any other land or people ruler the sun, and we think our farmers ave awakened to the fact that by proucing at home the necessaries of life and inking cotton a surplus crop, they will accord and soon become independent of io granaries and butcher pens of the orthwest. I can say for this section at , >ast that they have made more wheat and i\ts and have more corn planted than ley have had any one year since the war. Hickory Grove has a baseball club. Dr. yard is captain of the nine. After praccing a while they will he in trim to ae?pt a challenge, should any of the neighoringclubs invite such a contest. There was a spelling bee at the high hool on Friday evening last, participated l by many of the ladies and gentlemen f Hickory Grove, as well as the pupils of io school. Where all acquitted themilves so creditably we refrain from purculari/ing any. Bessie McGill carried HT the honors among the juveniles, and le boquct was awarded to Dr. Ward as le champion among the adults. The oquet was presented by Miss Lula Mc>il! in a very modest and graceful manor and accepted by the doctor in that hapy style that seems so natural to him. Mr. Thomas P. McDill has returned from luntersville High school to spend vacaon. Mr. Jones, a first-class carpenter from umtcr county, has with his wife removed ) mis piacc tin<i is now ?n.?? lessrs. Pursely & Smith in building the l. li. P. church. Miss Mary Wylie, of Chester, is visitig relatives here. J)r. J. W. Allison received from the Jorth Carolina Agricultural experiment tation, a few days ago, the analysis of tie waters of a mineral spring owned by im and some other gentlemen. The nalysis shows that the water contains ottassium sulphate, calcium sulphate and arbonate, sodium chloride, magnesium arbonate, oxides of iron and alumnia nd silica. The water is said to bo very eneticial for persons suffering with inigestion, and several persons in theneighorhood who were sufferers have been ured by its use. The spring is near this lace and about one and one half miles om the Three C'srailroad; ahold, beauful spring in a romantic spot, which dtli the proner improvements can be nule a popular resort for those seeking ealth or pleasure. The gentlemen Blind to commence at once to improve the roperty. x. Corri'^pomli'iici! of tin* Ynrkvllle KnqulriT. NOTES FUOMIIIjAIUSVILLE. llLAinsvirxK, July S.?There will be a ictiic near Mr. \V. V. White's residence n the 01st instant. Music will be furnishd by the Blairsville cornet band. W. N. Jder, president of the York County Fartiers' Alliance, has been invited to deliver n address on the occasion in the interest f the order. Mr. C. C. Good has threshed in this secion, up to this date, ">,000 bushels of wheat nd oats, and he thinks lie will yet thresh ,000 bushels more. He reports that both yheat and oats were considerably damged by the late constant rains. A protracted meeting will commence at hady Grove on the l.Sth, and will probaly continue about ten days. The pastor fill be assisted by the presiding elder of his district. Miss Lizzie Smith, who has been tcachiig school near Clinton, has returned to er home near Bullock's Creek. ir..i 1 K..f ti,n L |M;UJU L'U111 13 lUUlMUj; illJi), liUD IIIW rouble is that we have not planted enough, orn on the low lands has been injured by lie recent rains. The farmers will be kept usy this month cleaning up their crops eady for laying by. Blairsville Alliance is in a flourishing ondition. The members have decided to ^ se cotton bagging almost to the extent of 1 trapping their entire crop. I Three alliances in this section have been 1 uccessfully supplied for the present year ~ t Sharon. I learn that Manager Johnson asserts to lie Sharon committee that he will very ion determine upon the location of astaion between Hickory (trove and Yorkille. No one down here will be sad when e does it. the schools at Blairsville and Iloodnvn will be resumed about the 20th infant. Mr. John K. Plexico, ono of Illairsville's lost energetic and successful farmers, inirms me that the corn on his part of Hulick's creek bottoms is dead ; but that he ill plant over again until the 22nd infant. He planted to that date last year m nd raised excellent feed for his stock. M ckoaker. fl I'nrrespondemT iif the Yorkvllle Enquirer. LETTER FROM McCONNELLSVlLLE. McConxkllsvili.k, July s.?Farming perations have almost been suspended ira week, owing to the incessant rains l this community, and as a consequence le crops have experienced great damage, ombre tales of devastation and destrucon to the lowlands have been reported, nd the farmers were wearing exceptionlly long faces; but under the exhilarating illueneeof the last day or so of sunshine, ie prospect has brightened and it is lought the reports of ruin weregreatly exggerated. llut there must always be those 'ho continually croak about the weather, dicther wet or dry, and it is exceedingly oubtful whether they could manage it ear in and year out as well as it has been lanaged for the last forty years, it they ad it under their control. So let the roaker cease his croaking. The weather ill come all right in the end. There will be another spelling bee at lie McConnellsville academy next Fri ? ?1- i. ... ? il.? uy infill, given uuuci mv ttu?|ii?a ui me .tidies' Aid society. The public is corially invited to attend. Dr. Kennedy, after spending a very enlyable week at his former home in Due i'rest, where he met many of his old col>ge mates and acquaintances, returned ome last week. McConnellsvillo had quite a large repisentation at the picnic near Black's hool house last Thursday. They report splendid time, interspersed with speaklg, dinner and base bail. Liukkat. Education.?A bill has been ltroduced in the (Georgia legislature, id will probably be passed, to establish :i industrial college for girls in Georgia, fter the plan of the one in Columbus, [iss., which has demonstrated itself a lccess. It will embrace three departlents?literary, normal and industrial? ic latter to include phonography, stenogiphy, telegraphy, printing, drawing, ood carving, designing patterns, etc., this apartment being left open to introduce Lher branches of work and art as they resent themselves and seem desirable, 1 tending to the practical education of iris, opening new avenues whereby they in sustain themselves and others who light be dependent upon them, whenev* inclination or necessity requires. The ill has been heartily endorsed by meetigs of leading ladies in several cities in eorgia, and committees have been aplinted to urge its passage. -Hiram I-'. llover, the notorious white inn who for the past three years has been retondini? to orirniliyn (<n.nnnrafii>n on. #-? ? vw WJ?V1?H fXO iciations among negroes in < Jeorgia, North irolina and this State, and who has been i ( ireenville for the past month on that reteuded mission, was arrested in that ty last Friday and committed to jail on in charge of vagrancy. - Mr. T. I'., llorton, of (ireenville, who as sent to Paris as agricultural commisoner from South Carolina, has written )l. Butler of his safe arrival in Scotland.