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$ (taps and ^tts. ? In the prohibition bill as passed by the South Dakota house and senate, the clause prohibiting the use of wine for sacramen. tal purposes was striken out; also that making it a felony to keep liquor in private houses for the exclusive use of occupants or owners. In spite of this, however, the bill is the strictest of its kind ever enacted in this country. ? In the suit for $5,000 damages, brought in a New York city court by Rev. A. P. Miller, a colored clergyman, against the People's Line of Albany and New York steamboats, because of his being refused a state room, the jury last Thursday gave a verdict for $500. The company claimed that all the state rooms were engaged when Miller applied for, one. The jury was not convinced that such was the case. ?In a lenten pastoral letter to be read in all churches of Leavenworth, Kansas, Bishop Fink, of [the Roman Catholic church, after reviewing the constitution of the Farmers' Alliance, holds that no Catholic can join the order, because it is secret, * n? t ? ?- nnrl and because n virtually nas a icugiuu a chaplain of its own. The latter point he discusses at lerigth, and declares that if the Alliance will drop its religious aspects Catholics can join in and work for the good of the farming classes. ?The Ohio board of pardons, which was appointed under the administration of Governor Foraker, has been subject to much unfavorable criticism because of the number of cases in which pardous were granted to prisoners known to bo habitual criminals, and in at least one case the charge was made that the pardon was sold. A committee of the legislature is now at Work investigating the board at the suggestion of the house, and it is likely the whole board will be abolished. ? One of the most extensive landslides ever known on the Pacific coast occurred fifty miles below Weaverville, California, a few days ago. The land slid into the Trinity river, raising the water to a - depth of 300 feet and bucking up the river fourteen miles. The sliding mass was about a mile long and 400 yards wide. Many buildings were swept away with ? Tturt nhina mpn tneir enuru fuuieuw. mu were buried in the debris and several persons barely escaped. ? Mr. W. K. Morehead, of the Smithsonian institute, spent last summer, with a staff of assistants, in surveying and exploring Fort. Ancient, the prehistoric earthwork of Warren county, 0., and is about to bring out an illustrated volume on his discoveries. In the course of his explorations, Mr. Morehead has found evidences of two distinct races of aborigines, and has moreover discovered a large village site in the Miami river bottoms, five feet below the present surface. ? Hundreds of acceptances have already been received iu response to a call for a meeting of Southern teachers and school officers at Morehead City, N. C., July 1 tc 6. The acceptances are from prominent teachers from Maryland to Texas. The association will meet immediately upon the adjournment of the seventh session ol the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly, and a large number of the latter will stay over to the meeting. Dr. W. T. Harris, the United States commissioner of education, will be present at the organization ol the Southern Educational Association, and a number of other noted educators will also visit the meeting. ? The executive committee of the House Democratic Campaign Committee held ? meeting last Thursday night and electee Congressman Flower, of New York, chair man, and Mr. Fowler, of North Carolina formerly chief clerk of the house of rep resentatives, secretary. Messrs. Flower McCrary, of Kentucky, Blanchard, o Louisiana, Hayes, of Iowa, Fowler, o New Jersey, Whiting, of Michigan Marsh, of Pennsylvania, Andrews, o Massachusetts, Yoder, of Ohio, and Mc Clelland, of Indiana, were chosen member: of what is perhaps most properly desig nated as the finance committee. ? The temperance crusade at Pickards ville, Mo., and in that section of th< State, is spreading. Last Thursday a ber of women, armed with rocks, hfld0" am/) n ydq nroCMdcd to thfiSftiOOD Of 1tlxLV " t-tu\snru^_:n^ The fixtures were also demolished. Ham ilton Brady, the owner of the building says he will prosecute the women fo destroying his property. Dury Davis who runs the saloon, has nothing to say ? Jim Butts and Ed Johnson, both ne groes, were hanged at Perry, Ga., las Thursday, for the murder of Capt. Miller a wealthy farmer of Houston county, 01 the night of Oct. 26,1889. The executioi was private, and was witnessed by only i few newspaper correspondents besides th< sheriff and assistants. Butts had nothing to say on the gallows, but Johnson con fessed that his punishment was just. Bott necks were broken by the fall. It was brought out on the trial that these negroes were members of a band, which had beer formed for the purpose of murdering anc robbing several wealthy white farmers ol the county. ? In the United States district court al Baltimore, last Friday, James Tasker, Ed. Wood fork and Norman Wooster, three of the Navassa rioters, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. This disposes of the whole batch, with this result: Three are convicted of murder in the first degree, fourteen of manslaughter and twenty-three ol riot. All will be sentenced next week. The whole business, after all, it is expected, will go to the United States supreme court, the question being raised of the jurisdiction of the United States over the island of Navassa. These cases are the * result of a riot among a gang of laborers on the island of Navassa last summer in which several citizens of the United States were killed. The rioters were ar resieu ana puc on Doara a vessel wmen landed them at Baltimore, where they were tried as above stated. ? Over one hundred leading Connecticut Democrats assembled at New Haven Wednesday in response to a call for a meeting to organizea State club to affiliate with the National Association of Democratic clubs. A great deal of enthusiasm was manifested, and a club, embracing among its officers some of the ablest Democrats in the State, was promptly organized. General E. E. Bradley was the principal speaker, and voiced the sentiment of the Connecticut Democracy when he declared the association should have three objects in view, namely, tariff, civil service and ballot reform. The Hon. James T. Cowles also declared that the association should seek to educate the people, to relieve them from oppressive taxation and to increase wages. He made a happy reference to Ex-President Cleveland as the standardbearer of the Democracy in 1892, and this sentiment was greeted with vociferous applause. ? The iace troubles in the public schools of Alton, 111., still continue, says the New York Tribune. The white people of Alton have enforced their objection to colored children attending white schools, though the law of Illinois authorizes mixed schools. The negroes have been excluded from schools they wish their children to attend, and now they are being prosecuted, nnripr tha pr?m mi lonrv oHiinafinn nr>f fnr refusing to send their children to the colored schools provided for them. What the man aud brother wants at Alton is the full measure of his rights under the statute. If he is not equal before the law to the white man in Illinois he wants to know it. The Tribune states that the State superintendent of public instruction advises the complaining colored parents of Alton to employ a lawyer. That has been tried already and found expensive and ineffectual. If the colored voter cannot get his rights in Republican Illinois, where can he expect to get them ? ? The supreme court of Alabama has just rendered a decision which involves millions of dollars. For several years past the New England Mortgage company and other foreign corporations have been doing an extensive business in that State by lending money on mortgages on farm property. The constitution of the State provides that "no foreign corporation shall do any business in Alabama without having at least one known place of business and an authorized agent or agents therein." On a bill filed to foreclose one of the mortgages executed to one of these loan i companies, the supreme court of the State j holds that the mortgage is void and cannot be enforced, because the company < had no known place of business in Ala- j bama and no resident agent there. The i case will doubtless be carried into the supreme court of the United States upon < the theory that the provision in the State j constitution conflicts with the Inter-State j commerce clause of the constitution of the < United States. * 1 ? In the house of representatives, last f Friday, Mr. Dufcnell, of Minnesota, re- c Jl ported back the senate bill providing for to the ascertainment of the mortgage indebt- Tl edness of the country. Mr. Dockery, of cl< of Missouri, offered an amendment pro- a viding that sections 13 to 16 of the original census act shall apply to the provisions of of this act. He stated that the bill was not an gi amendment to the original act, and con-! ti sequently its defect lay in the fact that of it failed to apply any pains or penalty rs for officers guilty of malfesance, and for tc any person or corporation who refused to tc answer any 'question propounded. Mr. b; Buchanan, of New York, doubted the power of congress to compel a United w States citizen to disclose his indebtedness oi to anybody. The amendment was dis- p cussed and opposed by Messrs. Blount, of Georgia, Gear, of Iowa, Sherman, of New York, Cannon, of Illinois, and favored by Mr. Mills, of Texas, and Tillman, of r< i'n.niino Thft amendment was n OUU til \J{\1 uuuu< ?. .? ? finally adopted and the bill as amended ? passed. h ?he fwMJc Cuquhtr.jj YORKVILLE, S. C. 4? * r WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1890. j THE OUTLOOK IN CONGRESS. A Washington dispatch of Sunday thus } foreshadows the principal worL of con- I gress during the present week : I For the first time since the present con- * gress met, the house is to have an old-fash- 1 ioned suspension day on Monday, the re- I suit of the new code of rules. ' The World's Fair committee will prob- ' ably request the house to adopt its pro- 1 gramme for the disposition of its bills and 1 reports, and the simple majority vote nec- s essary to make this order will doubtless be ! secured. In case this is done the working ] days of the week will be devoted to the ! presentation of claims of cities contending for the World's Fair and balloting upon 1 the site. * - mi !1 i The pension appropriation uni win , probably be reported to the house on Tues- 1 day, and may be called up near the end of the week for consideration. ; The Blair education bill is unfinished business on the senate calendar, and Senator Blair states that he will call it up for debate at every opportunity. Several Republican senators have indicated a purpose to call up a resolution, ' still pending, asking the attorney general to submit to congress a report, if any has ! been made by the United States marshals !. for Mississippi, on the assault at Aberdeen, 1 upon Henry Fanz, the Indiana tinner, p who untied the rope sustaining the effigy of the secretary oi war. If this is done, ! there will be a renewal of the discussion of the Southern political situation. 1 Senator Sherman has given notice that he will ask the senate this week to consider his bill declaring trusts unlawful,, and Senator Piatt, from the committee on Territories, will report favorably, with a request for early consideration, a bill for the ' admission of Idaho as a State. i 1 A TALK WITH CLEVELAND. The Baltimore Sun of last Thursday I publishes an interview with ex-President , Grover Cleveland, from which the followf ing is taken: f "In discussing the question of ballot > reform, I said to him that some of the f Southern Democratic leaders at Washing ton were fearful that the adoption of the s Australian system would imperil Demo cratic supremacy. "At this he was surprised, as he did not t- see why Wiere should be any fear on that e score; "but," said he, "I have never look ed upon this question from that point of i- view. I have never debated in my own y mind whethpr the removal of trickery i- Jersey, and Governor Campbell, of "Ohio, f, were two of the most astute politicians in ' r the country, and no one could be more I i, pronounced in favor of the principle than ' each of them. "Mr. Cleveland took up in detail and t answered the arguments which have been , advanced against the bill, none of which i did he consider valid. The vital principle i of ballot reform he regarded as lodged in i the official ballot. To permit an unofficial 3 ballot would leave the door as wide open ? as ever to bribery and corruption. An of ficial ballot only would sweep away to i a very great exteut, if not entirely, all 3 excuse for campaign funds, that fruitful 3 source of bribery and corruption; for if i the State paid all the expenses of elections 1 there would be little plea to levy assessf ments upon candidates and contributions from interested outsiders. He expressed ; his perfect confidence that public senti-r . ment was running strongly in favor of/ ballot reform, and he believed that it i would ere long be sufficiently powerful to i compel respect and obedience from reluctant legislators. . "Passing to the subject of tariff reform, I found Cleveland as enthusiastic as when he wrote his message of December, 18S7. I inquired what would be the Democratic tariff platform for 1892, and what if any other issues than tariff, civil service and ballot reform would enter into the plat- ' i 1?* He was disinclined to talk about 1 OOO 1? I At f A , , I io?.s, merely saying ne inougnr it wouiu take care of itself." ! STATE BIBLE SOCIETY. The South Carolina Bible Association J opened its annual session in the Baptist , church at Columbia last Wednesday evening. Besides|many local members, about j twenty-five or thirty attended from other places, a number largely in excess of last ( year. Owing to the death of the president, the j Rev. Win. Martin, and the absence of the j vice presidents, the Rev. J. W. Flinn, j chairman of the executive committee, pre- j sided. The Rev. O. A. Darby delivered a beautiful memorial address on the late f president, the Rev. Mr. Martin. The Rev. j T. H. Law, D. D., the district superintendent, gave, in his report, an interesting < sketch of the progress of Bible work itf ^ South Carolina. A The annual address was delivered by John H. Carlisle, LL. D., president of j Wofford college. His subject was, "The j Bible, the corner stone of our Government," and he spoke with his usual power ^ and8uggestiveness for forty minutes. The a address won warm praise. Thisconcluded ^ the evening's programme. ( On re-ennvpniriP'. Thnrsrlav mnrnintr Rev. George Summey, of Chester, was j elected temporary president, and Mr. L. ^ W. Simpson, of Laurens, temporary secre- c tary. Reports were read from about a v dozen auxiliary societies and the delegates a were enrolled. t] The Association then elected as presi- p dent for the ensuing year the Rev. Dr. r! W. M. Grier, of Due West. His place as vice-president was filled by the election of S( Prof. J. R. Blake, of Greenwood. The \{ other officers of the association were reelected as follows: Vice-presidents, the Rev. E. T. Horn, Charleston ; Judge T. B. Eraser, Sumter; the Hon. W. D. Johnson, Marion ; the Hon D. S. Henderson, Aiken; W. H. Lyles, Columbia; the Hon. Giles J. Patterson, Chester; S. M. Rice, Union. ? Secretary, Dr. John Forrest, Charleston. 1( Executive committee, Prof. J. W. Flinn, Columbia, chairman; the Rev. W. C. v Lindsay, Columbia; the Rev. O. A. Darby, u Columbia; the Rev. Ellison Capers, Co- 0 lumbia ; the Rev. E. A. Wingard, Colum- u. bia. ! A There was a free discussion of the fol-; P lowiner nuestions: I 11 First. Whether organized effort to spread . the Scriptures in South Carolina is needed ? jy Second. What should bo done to make aux- b; iliary societies more effective? ai Third. The relation of the churches to Bible te work. Of The discussion of each subject was opened by the Rev. T. H. Law, and was at continued by a number of members. The ; to Association repeated its action of last! al year in appointing a committee to request: ro the different denominations of Christians | so in the State to take up a collection in their ; in churches once a year for the Bible cause, j and also requested auxiliary societies to be take action in the same matter. j SI At the evening session, Rev. Dr. Smart, ; of 3f Charleston, delivered an eloquent and I Cs impressive address on "Bible societies, an i ur illustration of the abiding faith of Christ- j ?ndom in the Word of God." He was an followed by the Rev. John Kershaw, of mi Sumter, in an earnest and effective dis- en ;ourse on "The tendency of Bible societies unify Christians in the bonds of Christ." t tie Rev. S. M. Smith, of Columbia, spoke f early and ably on "Bible distribution as t means of evangelization." i The addresses were of the average length r twenty minutes, and were heard with 1 eat interest. At their close the Associa- 1 on tendered hearty thanks to the citizens " Columbia for their hospitality, to the ? lilroad companies for theircourtesies, and 1 ?the press for its reports, and adjourned ? meet at a time and place to be appointed i y the executive committee. I The executive committee were charged ' ith the duty of fixing the time and place I f the next meeting and preparing the | j rogramme for the same. ' merSention. ! The United States senate has adopted < ?solutions recognizing the new govern- < aent of Brazil. It is estimated that few Hampshire receives $3,000,000 from er summer boarders and Main receives 0,000,000 yearly. Governor Taylor as called an extra session of the Tennes. moot Vohrnnrv 24. The Be legisiaiuitriu iutn*vU. ^ ? overnor includes the matter of double axation and twenty-seven other matters if importance in the call. The unnarried ladies of Massachusetts have $29,00,000 on deposit in the savings banks of hat State Last Friday a middle aged nan passing as James Matthews, died in Denver, Colorado. On Saturday his landady made a statement that the right lame of the man was J. P. Haupt, who, on Christmas last, attempted the murder of Seorge Darrow, a prominent citizen of dacon, Ga. Failures during last week lumber for the United States 240; for Canida G2, a total of 302 com pared with 321 the irevious week. For the corresponding veek of last year the figures were 243 in he United States and 4G in Canada. The irll providing for the admission of \Vyoning as a State has been reported favoraily in the house. The Duke ot Orleans ias been sentenced by the Tribunal of :he Seine to two years imprisonment for violating the law exiling from France all .--j Trvarw.Vi fhrnnp. Hfi has preienuers iu uic j. icuvn ?.???v?%/. ? the privilege of appeal. W. B. Saunters, a United States deputy marshal, was assassinated near Qunincy, Gadsden county, Florida, last Thursday, under circumstances and in such a cowardly manner as to. create a sensation in the State, and to invite investigation by the United States authorities. It is reported that the Richmond Terminal company has purchased the Cincinnati Southern railroad. A Michigan mathematician calculates that 17,500,000 people in the United States have had the grip. Two years ago it cost the Boston and Maine railroad $100,000 to keep its tracks clear of snow. This winter the snow-plough has not made a single trip. >6Thomas A. Edison, the famous electrician and inventor, is in Charlotte, N. C. The Chronicle says he has come to that city to test his electrical process for separating gold from the ores in that section. He has engaged rooms for a year for the use of himself and his experts * 'i--:. whenever they snail pursue men iu vcnir gations. Ilev. Sam Jones will quit his old home in Cartersville, Ga., and take up his residence in Kentucky, about thirty miles from Louisville. On Friday last, near Odessa, on the Union Pacific railway, the wheels of a heavy mogul engine, running at full speed, actually melted or burned off and left the rails. The cars behind were piled upon each other, but no one was hurt. Late reports from the small pox districts in Texas, along the Rio Grande, show an appalling mortality list. On a ranche in Duval county, 147 out of 150 employed, were stricken with the disease and 65 of them died. LETTER FKOT ROCK HILL. V Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. yC Rock Hill, February 18.?burglars were in our town last Friday nigfit. They entered the residence of Mr. David Hutchison about 4 o'clock Saturday morning. Mrs. D. A. Johnson, who was sleeping in the room, heard someone striking matches, and thinking it was a member the family, called to them, asking what they were striking matches for. At this the burglar became frightened and made his escape. He had entered the house by raising a window. The same night there was an attempt made to enter the residence of Mr. J. \V. Taylor, on Main street, but Mr. Tayjast^^Thfparents hadlefrfriMVed^t^e -house and gone off. ^alentine's day was not observed as much by theiove sick young folks as usuai. Very few loving missives passed through the post office. ' * ?****" On Saturday Mr. P. VV. Harding, section master on the Three C's railroad at this piace, was painiuny injured, oy a collision between two crank cars. One was in front of the other. The brake on the hind car became unmanageable and it ran into the front car. It is feared Mr. Harding is injured internally. Mr. W. F. Comer and Miss Amanda -Taylor, of this place, were married on Thursday night last, Rev. J. W. McRoy officiating. Rev. M. A. Connally has been requested to preach a prohibition sermon at Antioch church on Sunday morning next, and har&ccepted the invitation. ^ Mr. W. J. Rawlinson, one of Rock Hill's popular citizens, will be married to-morrow night to Miss Minnie Barnes, of Camden. The ceremony will be performed by Rev. W. W. Mills, of Camden, at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. George Barnes. The happy couple will take an extended tour through the land of orange blossoms. "LaGrippe" has a number of our citizens, and the physicians are kept busy. There have been only a few severe cases. There is to be a church conference at Adnah on next Thursday, 20th, and one fit Antioch on Friday, 21st. The town council are again agitating the question of electric lights. It was re ported at the last meeting of the council that it would cost $500 to supply the town with new lamps and repair the old ones. A. committee was appointed to ascertain the cost of electric lights. One of our white citizens was arrested )n Sunday for being drunk. The sentence if the town council (which was passed by lis request) was that he be not allowed to ie seen on any public street for thirty days; f so to be imprisoned for twenty-four lours for each offense. ..Mr. S. L. Iteid has been appointed on he town sanitary board in place of W. M. Frew who declined to serve. , Mr. Henry Miller, only son and child of \Ir. and Mrs. J. E. Miller, of this place, lied last night of pneumonia, aged 17 rears. The farmers in this section are discussng the Shell manifesto and theadvisabilty of calling the suggested convention. V majority of them seem in favor of the onvention, and are desirous of holding i county convention to elect delegates, but hey have not as yet decided on a plan. ,'apt. Iredell Jones, who is county chairnan of the Farmers' association, "though 10 is in doubt as to whether he is or not," leclines to call a county convention, as he laims it would be unauthorized and could bring politics into the ranks of the ssociation. In case one of the vice-presilentsdoes not call a county convention it s proposed to hold a mass-meeting of the irmers and sympathizers in the court louse, reorganize, elect new officers, and end delegates to the Columbia convention 0 be held March 27th. iial. LETTER FROM SHARON. orrcsporulence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Siiahon, February 17.?Sharon and tlairsville, whose aims and interests are ne and the same, united by a topograph?al affinity?as well as by other causes nd conditions?are moving steadily on le highway to prosperity. There is a etermination to succeed among all classes < f our citizens. Itush and energy are the i niversal characteristics of our population. ' .nd they will succeed, if they continue to i ersevere, though capital be scarce. The lercantile element is doing a lively busiess and scoring many sales in guano and 11 other commodities usually consumed ( y the farming community. The farmers f e well up with their work and are dermined to improve on the past methods i ' culture and results in their profession. ] Sharon and Blairsvillecombined extend )Out .four miles in length. The moral t ne of their people is unsurpassed, and 1 the conditions of the universal sur- f fundings are peculiarly inviting to per- s ns wishing to locate among us. All are 1 vited to come and see. There is yet a quantity of nice cotton, | li (St grades, on hand in the territory of e laron and Blairsville's trade. Samples it will be found in the store room of a irroll & Co., at Sharon, on every Friday c itil it is disposed of. ii We want the side track laid at our depot, g d the public wagon road moved to a ore convenient crossing, east of its pres t temporary location. t( We are glad to learn that the citizens are A r WWWWWV jeginning to look after their rights in this jartieular matter. We have a real nice :ozy little depot, and it would be cr lvenently accessible, if that wagon road was m noved eastward at the railroad crossing. M l<et it go back to its old place where it )e!ongs. H Moderately cold weather now occasion- ^ illy prevails in this section, and it is the eturn of our usual season. M Ulairsville Alliance has made arrangements with Mr. S. S. Plexico, of Sharon, for their supplies during the present year. A We are truly rejoiced that our people obtained their necessaries at the nearest railroad point. A We are prospecting in relation to the h erection of a cotton factory at Sharon, .1 somewhere on the line of the great Three V C'8. I think it will be a success, if we can secure as our leader one who is already president of a cotton factory. This will give confidence to the movement and fonitni. "Kverv one to his profes- t< Hi T i IV ? v sion," is the more sure way of success, fl Experience is the dearest and most thor- 5 ough educator. We have a choice situa- c tion for manufacturing. & Mr. John L. Rainey, who owns a public cotton gin in Blairsville, has ginned and packed 400 bales, averaging each 4f>0 t pounds. Beside this, traveling gins did . also a good deal of work in this line in 1 our community. T We have the cotton soil on this level a ridge, and we believe we can average one bale per acre on any of it, if properly fertilized and cultivated. We have the agricultural facilities to feed the business \ of Sharon, and she will continue to bloom A as "the rose." We invite good people to 8 come in and settle as near to town as possible?if not immediately in the heart of . the crescent city. g. The people have been called out to opgo J a wagon road from Shannon post offlq^o4| Sharon. This public convenience, Will bring many people from the east side of the Pinckney and York roads to our town i to do business. { Mr. Sarratt has moved into his store ( room on York street, and Mr. W. L. Hill, also. Both are recent accessions to the mercantile profession of our town. 1 In relation to the call for a convention of ' the farmers of the State. I believe that i such convention should be held to formulate and define their views, so that the i Democratic party, which is, in number, principally composed of farmers, may know the wishes of this element of our voting popluation. I do not think it prudent to make nominations in that convention, however; but they might safely forecast their ideas as to the most acceptable method or plan of nominating State officers, and also make known their grievances otherwise in all matters pertaining to the public welfare. They can decide thpir nreference for the primary or the convention plan of nominating:. This section is emphatically in favor of the primary plan of nominating:. All conventions should look well to the harmony of the Democratic party in their action and use every reasonable means to preserve our unity. For, united we can stand, but separated we fall. croaker. LETTER FROM* BLACKSBURU. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Blacksburg, February 18.?The weather is just too lovely to write about, and I only mention it to remind the wiseacres, who are sure that the small grain crop will be a failure, and there will be no fruit this year, that only during the past twenty-five years, we have had several winters as mild as the present, which were followed by good crops of all kinds. Mr. It. M. Roark, one of our most substantial and observant farmers, told roe yesterday, that in February, 18GG, the peach trees were in bloom, and vegetation in an advanced stage; but n'o killing frost came, and there was an abundance of fruit, and tine crops 01 every i kind that year. Let us hope that such will | be the case this year. A number of prominent lawyers have been in our town during the past week. G. W. Dingle, of Charleston, acting as special master to take testimony in the 1 township bond cases of York and Lancaster; Messrs. J. H. Albin, of New York ; Hyde, of the Arm of Lord & Hyde, Char leston; II. W. Shand, of Columbia ; James F. Hart, of Yorkville; J. H. Sinclair, of Marion, N. C.; R.-E. Allison & Son, of Lancaster, and N. W. Hardin, oLBlacks^_ counsel for tLa/jthreeC|sL.vcpn. were held at the Air Line^hoten^liefe' were not-lhany witnesses examined as a 1 grep.i part of the testimony was doculirientary. Col.lt. A.Johnson, general manager of the Massachusetts and Southern Construction company, spent several days of last ' week in Columbia, during which time he made an arrangement for the construction of the Augusta division of the Three C's railroad from this place to Newberry, with parties whose names are withheld for the present, but who are reported tobeTennesseeans. The work of grading will be begun in Union county in a very short time, and pushed forward as rapidly as possible. This settles the question as to the northern terminus of this very important line of road, and will be another impetus in the growth and prosperity of our town. Col. Johnson returned here on Friday and left Sunday for the North. Maj. Jones is erecting a foundry and machine shop, near the Three C's freight depot, which will be ready for work in a very snuri lime, aim a mure extensive ueseiijjtion of which I will give in a future letter. Mr. Wra. Bryan, of the firm of Clark W. Bryan & Co., a large publishing house of Springfield, Mass., is here, taking a rest and getting the benefit of our delightful and health-giving climate. When we get a hotel large enough to hold them, which we are bound to have, it will be filled every winter with northern health-seekers, who are anxious to give their money in exchange for the strength and vigor which is imparted to their overworked minds and bodies, by the mild temperature, pure air and water, of our invigorating climate. Mr. W. A. Ilamseur, of Clifton, spent Sunday with his relatives who live in this place. His aged father, Summey Ramseur, Esq., once a prominent citizen of ( Cleveland, N. C., and his estimable wife, reside with their son, L)r. D. S. Ramseur, 1 who is one of our substantial citizens. 1 As a first class barber shop is an impor- i tant help in the building up of a town, I { am pleased to mention the fact that Caleb , Lay, an adept in the tonsorial art, has . moved into more commodious quarters ] and now occupies a large, airy, well light- < ed and comfortable room in the livery j stable building of Messrs. Reese & Black, i where he is prepared to please the most . fastidious in his business. Rev. Robert Lathan, D. D., of Due West, is making investigations with a J view to building a female college ac this place. Our people are anxious to have ( such an institution established here, and 1 are disposed to offer liberal inducements j to Dr. Lathan, knowing so well his qualifications to make a success of such an undertaking. The last number of the South Atlantic, a an industrial journal, published in Augus- I ta, Ga., contains a special article on Blacks- r burg, accompanied by illustrations repro- t duced from the cuts used in the illustrated edition of The Enquirer, of this place 1 and vicinity, last year. Mrs. J. W. Thomson, of the Merchant's hotel, returned Saturday from Spartanburg, where she has been staying with her ^ father, who has been quite ill, but is now t recovering. \ A quarterly meeting for the Blacksburg circuit was held here Saturday and Sunday last. Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, the presiding elder, was present. v Mrs. A. J. Stafford returned home Sat- h urday morning from a prolonged visit to s< her aged mother, at Wadesboro, N. C. a Mr. Allen and family moved here re- 0( cently from Rock Hill and are boarding temporarily with Mrs. Wood. Mr. Allen P will work in Mr. Wm. M. Jones's sash P ind blind factory. w. a. & ? s( Who Can Join tiie Alliance??E. ^ r. Stackhouse, president of the South Car- . ilina State Alliance, answers the question is follows: c Factory operatives are not eligible to membership in the Farmers' Alliance and ol [ndustrial Union. 8t "Country" physicians only are eligible u( o membership. The "clerk of the county court," if a ai armer, or otherwise entitled to member- cc Vii n ic nof rorwlnrnrl inolirri Kin hononoo Ko "J'j "J UV7W iVIIUV-lVW lUV/ilglUlV U VVU 14 OC 11V ivesintown. I gi The man "who keeps stables, and specu-! or ates on horses, mules, hops, etc.," is not I, ligible, although he owns a farm. j The fact that town and city mechanics ra re now eligible would not justify the re- to eption of a "manufacturer" and "dealer" ce u buggies, coffins, etc. He should be re- iD arded as a speculater. re ? A car load of negroes will leave Clinjnward, Edgefield county, this week for m ^rkansas. m< "TO* W\ vWWWWWY WW LOCAL AFFAIRS. V t NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. v iss Daisy Williams?At Publishers' Prices. * rs. T. M. Dobson, Proprieti ess?Look at My Prices. 8 enry Ford?In the Same Building. t rithers Adickes?Our Branch Store. f . A. D. Neelv?Annual Report of the Treas- J; urer of York County. See Fourth page. 1 ary Abernathy, Administratrix of the estate g of W. C. Abernathy, deceased?Application for Discharge, lex. Watt, McConnellsville, S. C.--Runaway? t Warning. ( [. & H. C. Strauss?Bargains ! Bargains!! . Happerlield?Fine Crackers. . Y. Cartwrightit Co.?Closing Out. 1 [. F. Adickes it Co.?Watches, Watches. j ohn L. Miller?Pay Up. V. Brown Wylie, C. C. Pis.?Notice to the ' Creditors of Black, Carpenter it Davies. ( OFFICERS COMMISSIONED.?*^ Commissions were issued last Thursday d the following officers of the Jenkins Ri- < es of Yorkville: Captain, Walter B. i loore; First Lieutenant, James B. Bell; i * - a n. iecond Lieutenant, ituius /\. mnsu. A COMPANY CHARTERED. The secretary of State has issued a cerificate of charter to the Cherokee Buildng and Loan AsssociatioD, of Blacksburg. ?wo hundred shares have been subscribed ind twenty-five installments paid in. THE NEGRO "IDENTIFIED. The Charlotte Chronicle, noting our rejort of the inquest over the dead body of Anderson Neely, published last week, ays that Neely was shot and wounded iear that city a few weeks ago by Deputy ^eriff Bisaner, but gives no particulars of Ip circumstances attending the shooting. * ST^YTli DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. A meeting of the* State Democratic committee has been called for to-morrow, at 1 o'clock p. m., in Columbia. The special object of the meeting is to accept the resignation of Judge Izlar as chairman, a position he has filled most acceptably for many years. The selection of a chairman to succeed Judge Izlar will also be an important matter for decision at this meeting. The name of Major W. H. Brawley, of Charleston, has been prominently mentioned as a competent and capable man to place in the position. The members of the committee from this Congressional district are W. J. Cherry, Rock Hill; M. J. Hough, Lancaster; W. A. Evans, Hornsboro. PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Perry Dunlap, of Lancaster, is in Yorkville visiting Miss Mary Lou Coward. Mrs. Wm. Currell, of Davidson College, N. C., is visiting relatives in Yorkville. Rev. F. C. Hickson, recently a citizenjof Yorkville, is now principal of the Gaffney City school. Mr. Frank McClain, of Yorkville, has accepted a position as telegraph operator on the Chester and Lenoir railroad, at Lenoir, N. C. Mrs. Wm. E. Rose, of Columbia, is in Yorkville, having been summoned by wire, to the bedside of her son, Mr. Alonzo Rose, who is quite ill with pneumonia. We are pleased to learn that Mr. R. E. Guthrie, of Guthriesville. who was stricken with paralysis about three weeks ago, is improving, and hopes are entertained that he will be up from his bed in a few days. r DEATH OF H. W. HOPE. Mr. H. Washington Hope died at his residence in this place yesterday afternoon, of liver complaint, superinduced by general debility. Mr. Hope was a son of Mr. James M. Hope, of Western York, and a brother of Mr. J. W. P. Hope, of thisglace. He came to Yorkville in 1873Jt??d'ehtered in business with his brother as a clerk. Subsequently he was a clerk in the store of Carroll, Clark & Co., and on leaving them entered into the dry go xls business, fiifttTas a partner of his brother and later in TilrtQfirali;^ with Mr. J. J. Smith and Mr. *?!ed a daughter of the late Peyton B Darwin. She with three children survive him. Mr. Hope was aged about 39 years. He was a member of the M. E. church. His funeral will take place from the M. E. church at 2 o'clock this afternoon. ROASTED COTTON SEED. In last week's Enquirer was printed a very interesting article on the above subject by Mr. G. J. Greene, of Toccoa, Ga., copied from the Southern Farm. Mr. Greene takes the ground, and is backed up by actual demonstration, that all that is necessary to convert cotton seed into economical and wholesome food for all kinds of stock that will eat corn, is simply to roast it. Hesent us a sample of the meal made from the roasted seed, and, as he says, it is not at all unpalatable to the taste. Its odor is identical with that of parched coffee, while the taste is peculiar to itself, partaking of no suspicion of that of the green seed. Mr. Greene thinks that he has solved the great problem, 41 What will we do with our cotton seed?" and it is not at all improbable that he has. He is now experimenting to discover some practicable and convenient method by which the Qpprl nnn ho ohoanlv rnnatoH and kinrllv promises to give the readers of The Enquirer the benefit of future investigations. _ CENSUS SUPERVISORS. It may be of interest at this time to know the division made of the census work in this State. By the terras of the Act of March, 1889, for the taking of the eleventh and subsequent censuses, the secretary of the Interior is to designate the number of census supervisors to be appointed in each State and Territory, and to divide the number into districts therefor. South Carolina has been divided into four districts. The second district embraces the counties of Aiken, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Lexington, Newber y, Richland, Union and York. The supervisor is Delavan Yates, of Aiken. The other supervisors are as follows : First district, S. T. Poinier, of Spartanburg; third district, Randall E. George, colored) of Colleton; fourth district, T. \V. Macusker, of Georgetown. Macusker s classified as an Independent. The other ippointees are Republicans. The Recorder says that Mr. Yates, the lupervisor for this district, will have his leadquarters at Aiken, and that he will iot appoint his enumerators for some ime, as these will not commepce taking he census before the first of June. LIQUOR SEIZURE. On Sunday last Town Marshal Ingraham vuson arrested on wain street, wnue in , heir wagon, two men, Harvey York and V. H. Buff, charged with violating the own ordinances by selling intoxicating iquors within the incorporate limits. It J eas a clear case against them that they ; ad sold liquor on the night preceding to j 3veral persons, and they made no denial nd set up no defence. They were detain- f d until Monday morning, when they ap- ; eared before Intendant Cartwright and ^ leaded guilty to the charge. A fine of j 30, the extent of the law, was imposed, to | \ icure which the defendants hypothecated 1 leir wagon and team until they can re- , irn to their home in Burke county, N. ^ ., and secure the amount. ^ The wagon contained about 100 gallons 'apple brandy and corn whisky in unamped packages, and is now in storage are under charge of Policeman Wilson, ? id will be turned over to the revenue illector. v The contraband liquor was stored in the n iard house. The wagon and horses were, $ l Sunday, placed in Frank Smith's livery t, but on Monday Marshal Wilson re- n' oved the horses to another stable, and C( ok the wheels from the wagon and conaled them in another part of town, fear- J g an attempt at rescue, which he had ason to believe would be made on Mon- ^ ly night. Sure enough, the attempt was q ade, between the hours of 12 and 1, three c en approaching the guard house after J laving discovered that the horses hat teen removed from the stable where the2 vere first placed, and that the wheels o he wagon had been taken off". Notwith tanding their chagrin at this discovery hey rallied to the guard house with dem mstrations and threats to charge upon it They were anticipated, however, by Mar ihal Wilson, who fired upon the party ind strange to say they were greeted witl ive shots from his revolver before the; lesisted in the attempt to force a; jntrance, where had they known it, the, ivould have found a man armed with repeating rifle. It is an ascertained fat :hat one of the attacking party was wound ?d by Policeman Wilson. CHURCH NOTIONS. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Itei J. C. Galloway, pastor. Services at Tirza nextSunday at 11.30a. m. and in Yorkvili at 7.30 p. m. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Episcopal?Itev. K. S. Nelson, recto: Morning service on next Sunday at ] o'clock. Sunday-school at 3.30 p. n No evening service unless announced i morning service. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pasto Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.! o'clock. Sunday-school at 9.30 a. r There will be no services on Sund? morning in consequence of the dedicatic of the Methodist church. Services Sundf evening at 7.30 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pe tor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evenii at 7.30 o'clock. There will be no servic on Sunday morning in consequence of tl dedication of the Methodist church. Se vices Sunday evening at 7.30 o'cloc Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. Wa dell, pastor. Dedication services of tl new church, conducted by Bishop Dunci and commencing at 10.30 a. m. Preachii at 7.30 p. m. by Dr. Duncan. Childrei meeting at 3 p. m., at which Dr. Dunci is expected to deliver an address. Prayt meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. A DELICATE CASE. Trial Justice Bell had before him k Monday a delicate case in which he i sayed to re-unite a divided househol Allen Robbins, a middle aged color man, having recently completed a tei of imprisonment in the Chester jail l violation of the internal revenue lav returned to his home in the "Blackjacks to find it deserted and forsaken by 1 young wife, whom he traced to Gast county, N. C. To compel her return All swore out a warrant charging her wi larceny, and it was served upon her, s consenting to return without the formali of a requisition. Before the trial justi Monday afternoon, she charged her hi band with cruel treatment, assigning tl as her reason lor leaving him. Trial J tice Bell did not hear the charge preferi against the woman, but by persuasion . dueed the couple to return to their ho and in the future try to live peacel blameless lives, assuring the wife that her husband whipped or mistreated h she had a remedy in the law. They tired from the presence of the justice w this understanding; but early yesterc morning the injured wife returned, cc plaining that on arriving home her h band gave her a severe beating. She pressed her determination not to rely u; tardy South Carolina justice to redress I grievances, but to fly from her pres ills by returning to North Carolina,1 land of steady habits. RAILROAD' EARNINGS. The board of railroad commissioners issued its tabulated statement of the ea ings of the railroads of the State for month of December, 1889. as coaaoo with those of the SStBc iiioTJtTT 1U 1888. the ^-railroads comprised in the sti "ment, 23 show a gross increase of $68,0; .50, 8 roads showing a decrease of_$ 076.75, leaving the net increase $53,958 i Six of the 34 roads, however, were nol . operation in December 1888, or made report of earnings. Of the roads show 1 an increase, the Atlanta and Charlotte Line heads the list with a gain of I 894.42, followed by the North East - tob,' CilumTaa"ariaAu'giistarje,r8ag&-y ! Columbia and Greenville, with $5,22f None of theother roadsshowingan incri are credited with over $2,000; ten oft! with less than $1,000. Of the roads sh ing a decrease, the Charlotte, Colutr and Augusta shows the largest falling $7,681.41. The net increase of the earni of the roads of the Richmond and Dan\ system is $21,727.96. The Atlanta and CJ lotte Air-Line reports $10,554,49 aga $8,790.07 in December, 1888; the Charlc Columbia and Augusta $66,043.49 aga $73,724.90; the Chester and Lenoir $7,05 against $7,265.94; and the Charlesi Cincinnati and Chicago earnings dur ha mnnlh nfTlonomhop IRAQ nf411 79R The total passenger earnings of all roads for December, 1889, were $272,934 against $225,377.20 in December, II a gain of$42,495.29. The total freight es ings for the month were $470,382 against $451,424.13, a gain of $10,417 The total tonnage hauled was 355,816 t against 286,037 tons for December, 11 a gain of 63,863 tons. U. S. DISTRICT COURT. The special February term of the Uni States District court at Greenville clos last Saturday. From the Greenville News we obti the following information pertaining the term just closed : The grand jury handed in their fi presentment on Friday and weredischa ed. The report was brief, and contair only the following special recoramem tion of general interest: The grand jurors would call the attention the court to the number of trivial cases wh came before them, cases without merit, a which should never haye reached this cot They would respectfully recommend tl some action be taken which would in the tureprevent similar cases from coming bef< them. Commenting on the recommeudatic made in the presentment, Judge Simont told the grand jury in his address dismi ing them, that he fully endorsed whatth had said about the great number of trivi cases sent up to court, and he recotnmen ed that thegrand jury, in its next preset ment, name the commissioners who we found to be responsible for cases of sui trivial nature coming before the jury. The term just closed has been notable f its brevity and the amount of work dot The court met on the 3d of February at adjourning on the 15th, was in session e actly two weeks. In that brief space a remarkable amou of work was accomplished. The dock for the terra contained 163 cases, of whi< 36 were brought over from last Augu term. Of these 78 Were tried, being t average of more than seven a day for tl ten days consumed by the district cour Verdicts of "guilty" were rendered in cases, and of "not guilty" in 30 case There were sixteen pleas of guilty. Nit cases were discontinued, and52continue! The larger number of cases carried over explained, however, by the fact that in number of the new cases added to tl docket by the grand jury, the defendan have not been arrested and the cases wei 3imDlv made out by revenue officials b( fore the grand jury without having passe through the hands of commissioners. The following cases from York county not previously reported, were disposed o They were all for violations of the Unite' States internal revenue laws, viz.: retaii ing liquor without license: Alexander Archie, guilty. Sentenced t serve four months imprisonment in th jreenville jail and pay a fine of $10( rhis is the defendant who stole a valis 'rom a fellow boarder at a colored board ng house in Greenville. Our informan ,vas mistaken as to his having been triei or that offense, as we stated last week When he serves out his sentence from thi federal court he will be tried in the Green nlle sessions court for the larceny of thi ralise. Isom Buchanan, not guilty. Richard Buchanan, not guilty. Ilenry Kobinson pleaded guilty and re eived a sentence of one month in th< ail of York county. Thomas Thomasson pleaded guilty anc /as sentenced to one month's imprison nent in the jail of York county and paj 100 fine. On Saturday the grand and petit jurors ar the August term were drawn. The ames of the following citizens of York ounty were drawn to serve on the juries: Grand jurors?W. D. Camp, Blacksburg; . A. Bride, llock Hill. Petit jurors?Thomas Ballard, Alonzc Lose, J. A. Carroll, A. F. McConnell, rorkville ; Joseph Black, Blacksburg ; 'homas Clinton, Bethel; W. J. Anderson, lay Hill; Iredell Jones, M. J. Brown, . W. Brown, Rock Hill. I LOCAL LACONICS. | < f Adam Guy, colored, was lodged in jail j I f last Monday on a commitment by Trial !' Justice W. S. Adams, for larceny. 1 Work, with a full force, was resumed < last Monday at the spoke and handle fac- , tory after a short suspension caused by "la u grippe" among the operatives. Those who have not listed their property t . for the current fiscal year, should rernem-1 ber that the auditor's books will close on j to-morrow, the 20th instant. y\ On Monday night Dr. J. C. Kuyken- j n oal thought he discovered* indications of a y blaze on the roof of his kitchen. An alarm ; a was given, and a number of yuung men i went up on the roof, tore up the tin guard j around the brick flue and a number of shingles, but discovered no trace of fire. N. W. Hardin, Esq., and Mr. Oak man, of Blacksburg, are here copying records in ' the county commissioners' office pertain-1 ' ing to the township bonds suit of the Mas" sachusetts and Southern Construction le company vs. certain townships in York and Lancaster counties. The testimony r< in the cases is being taken by a referee, to ^ be submitted to the United States Circuit court in May Dextfor action. 3' There is more sickness in Yorkville at it this time than ever before known. On Sunday last, owing to indisposition or tne r. pastors, the pulpits of the Presbyterian 30 and Associate Reformed churches were not filled. Prof. Thackston, principal of the graded school, is confined to his bed, and iy there are quite a number of cases. La )D Grippe seems to be the prevailing disly ease. GONE INTO LIQUIDATION. IS" The New York Times is authority for the statement that the American Building es and Loan Association, of Minneapolis, tie Minn., capitalized at $10,000,000 and aoing ,r_ a business of $1,000,000 per annum, must . wind up its affairs. There is a branch of the association in YorkviMe, organized last fall, which has 250 shares, and has paid in to the principal tie association about $700. in After completing an investigation of the Q? affairs of the association at Minneapolis, 1 8 Public Examiner Kenyon filed a report an with the attorney general in which he ir" says: "I have to report tbo following facts in regard to the financial transactions and condition of the American Building and Loan Assoist ciation of Minneapolis, which facts make it eg- appear to me that it is unsafe or inexpedient 1^ for such corporation to continue to transact e(j business. An examination of the business of the association shows that the total sum paid , in by the shareholders up to December 7, 1889, ror was $1,246,719.21, less $35,220.92premiums paid, VS, and $7,000.31 installments withdrawn, leaving l," $1,206,437.98, The assets are ?1,131,719.70, show1 jg ing an excess of receipts over assets of $74,nn Tit-- "onnni-itinn rireran 17.fid for the QQ i 10.?O. 1 LID (MOUUiaxivu w. j. purpose of making a profit for shareholders, jV after having run the business two years'or more, showing a deficiency of 974,718.26 in ache counting for moneys received from its shareity holders, notwithstanding the shareholders ce, have paid to its agents, in addition to the above, jS. a large sum (estimated at 92(56,000) in admission iaf fees, for expenses of the agents in obtaining ' the subscriptions of stockholders to the stock. us" The deficiency appears to be nearly 6 per "6(1 cent, of the total sum received, and I know of in- no loaning business that can safely be pursued me where the expense for all purposes reaches ill, that percentage." ; jf In concluding his report, the public exer aminer calls attention to several violations re.' of the State law in investments made.on 1th behalf of the association by its officers, lav The attorney general is expected to act on >m. the report and begin proceedings at once us. against the association. ex" THE WILLING WORKERS I/fCsT NIGHT, Lg" Until last night, "Martha Washington's zL Reception," the entertainment given by the Willing Workers a year ago, was the standard of comparison for all amateui entertainments in Yorkville. But the society has excelled itself and achieved new has laurels in its last production. rn. Last night's entertauu^^^ cOfiSiSted^ the a presentation ofxa wedding ceremonj mdl.flP iz high life among the Japan*Of ese, "TheCrowning of Florence Nightinate sale," and some very fine music by Mis; 35 . Zoraida Ingold, Mrs. P. R. Bratton an( 14 . Prof. R. J. Herndon. ; 8i'. Owing to the prevalence of la grippe ' jn' the opera house was not filled to its fulles i no capacity, as it always is when the Willinj ing Workers are to be the entertainers; bu Air nevertheless a goodly crowd was in at 20 - tendance and enjoyed a rare treat. N ern programmes having been distributed, th jajdL- audience awaited the raising of the cui the "iBw~everrsnowing trie nattir# oT wfia (.83. W0s to follow. ?ase The fun commenced promptly at 8.3 lem 0 clock. It began with a short prelimina ow- [y address by T. F. McDow, Esq. In ibia happily conceived little speech, sparklinj off, with wit and humor, he explained the na ngs ture of the marriage contract in Japac rille drew an amusing parallel with the cus nar_ toms existing in this country, and dwel inst particularly on that peculiar institutio itte, of Japanese courtship, the "Go-between, inst who is the principal factor in bringing thi 1.46 contracting parties to an "understanding.1 ton, . At the close of this address, which wa iDg interrupted by frequent bursts of laughte i.99. and applause, the audience was in a hear the ty good humor for enjoying what was t .57, follow. 388* The opening scene represented an apart im- ment in a Japanese palace, furnished afte .72 the curious style of the Japs?large pape gg umbrellas suspended from the ceiling, an< oDg the walls uniquely decorated with nuraer 388 ous fans, pictures, strips and draperies 1 The only furniture consisted of%ree smal tables, one in the centre of the room bear ing a double-spouted tea-pot, and the othe ted two on either side, both bare; three veri 3ed low seats, and a pair of large vases. Th< floor was covered with a profusion of lux lin uriousrugs. to Without preliminary signal, but wit! much deliberate ceremouy, the respective ual parents of the bride and groom slowly en rg- tered the room and took their places or led the seat of honor, which custom assigns, ja- squatting down on their heels and gravelj awaited further developments. Thee of came the Go-between, followed by the ich bride and groom. Ushered into the room, Lnd the Go-between steps aside and leaves the 1^: contracting parties to make their obeisfu_ sance to their future common parents. 3re The quaint pair first took a position opposite the groom's parents and made a low ins salaam?first dropping to their knees, siton ting on their heels, they slowly bent forss ward their bodies until their foreheads ey touched the floor. The courtesy is acial knowledged in very much the same man d- ner, and the obeissance is then repeated to it- the parents of the bride. The bride and ire groom then took their places beside their ch respective fathers, the groom looking out for himself and the Go-between providing 'or a seat for the bride, le. Next entered slowly from opposite sides id of the apartment, two bridesmaids, who x- meeting in the centre of the room with a low bow, first salaamed to the bride and nt groom, then to the groom's parents, then et to the bride's parents, and took their ih places, knees on the floor, and sitting on st their heels, next to the mothers of the in bride and groom. These were followed by le four other bridesmaids and the company t. was complete. After this the Go-between 18 again became mistress of ceremonies, s. She poured out three cups of tea for the le groom, filling up the second while he 3. drank the first, and when he had emptied is the third, showed the inside to his slowly a becoming bride, who was then served in le the same manner by the Go-between, ts The Go-between next gave one cup of tea e to the groom's father, crossed over and j- gave another to the bride's father, and so d on until the entire company had been served with one cup each. Then the ceremony becomes more interesting. The f. Go-between advances to the groom, who d whispers his vows in one ear. The bride [- whispers hers in the other and the pair are led out of the room, between the two o rows of bridesmaids, who again bow their e foreheads to the floor. Finally the bride ). and groom return, and there is more tea e drinking, eating and smacking of lips. I- A present is presented to the bride by the t Go-between, through the groom's mother. 3 Then the newly wedded pair drink out . of the same teapot, and the ceremony is e over. With another low salaam, the - bride and vroom leave the anartment. fol- : 9 lowed by their worthy parents, and they in turn by the bridesmaids, all going ! out by the same way they had entered. The characters in this delightful little - pantomime were beautifully represented ! 3 by the following young ladies and gentle- 1 men: Go-between, Miss Jeannette Da- ] 1 vidson; bride, Miss Hulda McNeel; groom, , - Mr. Frank Hart; groom's father, Mr. J. j r J. Hayhurst; mother, Miss Dell Wil- 1 liams; bride's father, Mr. Sam Moore; 1 3 mother, Miss Georgie Witherspoon; < i bridesmaids, Misses Annie Witherspoon, : Jessie Latimer, Edith Wallace, Annis 1 : O'Leary, Mary Crawford, Mary Hart. I ; All the costumes were strikingly real, c and represented a lavish outlay of taste, s i labor and expense. The Go-between was 1 , clad in yellow petticoat, apple green over- i dress with silver trimmings, yellow sash, 1 handkerchief and linings. The bride's s costume was of pure white, with silver a trimmings; and the groom wore a trouser t ikirt of green with a profusion of gold embroidery and sleeve trimmings of orange. The groom's father wore a gray-blue costume, and the bride's father one of plum color. The mothers were clad, one in yellow petticoat, purple overdress, with sash, handkerchief and sleeve linings of yellow; the other wore a petticoat of green, lavender overdress and red sash, handkerchief and sleeve linings. The bridesmaids were attired in similar costumes, each of a different combination of colors. Following the wedding came a master afterpiece, "The Crowning of Florei ce Nightingale," in two acts. In this piece was represented an involuntary gathernig of the nine muses who are simultaneously agreed that they have found a mortal worthy of the favor of the gods. This mortal is Florence Nightingale, on account of her mission of mercy at Inkermann and Balaklava. Each of the muses contribute of the choicest gifts of their respective offices and weave them into a crown, which is placed on the heroine's brow by the hand of the gods. The muses were represented as follows: Euterpe, Miss Ella Davidson ; Calliope, Miss Emmie Hannahan; Melpomene, Miss Lila Peck; Polymnia, Miss Rosa Lindsay; Urania, Miss Mary Clark; Thalia, Miss Daisy Hart; Erato, Miss Jeannette Davidson ; Terpsichore, Miss Maltie Spencer; Clio, Miss Claude Moore. Florence Nightingale, Miss Dell Williams. The delightful music made by Miss Ingold on the piano, Prof. Herndon on the cornet and violin, and Mrs. Bratton in a vocal rendition, was quite a feature of the entertainment. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Pat Russell, white, a brakeman on an t-i'l-J ...K.'ln Air-Line freight train, was aineu Willie coupling cars at Westminister, Oconee county, last Thursday. ? On Monday night of last week, eleven prisoners, all who were confined in the Marion county jail, made their escape. Two were subsequently recaptured. The nine who are yet at large were confined for penitentiary offences. ? J. H. Lagroon, a witness in the United States court at Greenville, last week, drew money on a check made out in his name in behalf of a number of witnesses in one case, and decamped with the money belonging to two of them. ? On last Saturday evening near Goshen Hill, in the lower part of Union county, Jas. H. Sims, a trial justice, shot and killed a negro named Zachariah Rodgers. Nothing has been learned as to the cause of the killing. ? The railroad commissioners have been notified that the connection between the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago railroad, and the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta at Trenton, provided for by the legislature, will be put in by the first of March. ? In a family quarrel, on King street, Charleston, last Monday night, Napoleon Levelle shot and seriously wounded his wife from whom he had been separated far some time, and also shot and wounded T> T1 '-1 ?~~ " Mm T.pvpllp re her uncie, ?j. reiumauu. ceived a mortal wound, but Mr. Feldmann may recover, i ? Mr. B. J. Kirkland, a resident of Aiken county, became frightened at the sudden darkness and apparent approaching storm, i or cyclone, on Saturday, and dropped dead ! in his tracks. The same incident happened in Aiken to.a colored woman, who was cooking, and on its getting suddenly dark, ' became frightened and fell dead. She 1 was suffering from heart disease. ? The town council of Varnville, finding ! an Unneeded surplus in the treasury, deci' ded to give $200 toeachofthe three church* es in the place, and a like amount to the r school. As a part of this money was paid for license to sell whisky, quiteadifference f* *of<jpHHOfi^xisfSasto the rightfulness of 1 accepting it, but two of the churches have accepted*and the other probably will. _ w. C. Benet, of Abbeville, who will * be a candidate for congress to succeed 1 Judge Cothran, publishes a card contradicting the report that he will raak* "the ? race on the so-called 'negro question.'" 1 He says: "There is no such issue in the ? Third district; and so far as I am concernt ed, there will be no such issue. I shaH be a candidate on quite other and more im0 portant issues." 6 ?The Spartanburg Herald says: Senator R. M. Smith has announced that he will f ? ? ?? -? -rth "lir'itnt fnr 1 congress for the ensuing term. He will.it is presumed, resign his present position as State senator for Spartanburg, in order, to " be untrammeled in his race. The field is J full of other possible candidates; among * them Major Duncan, of Spartanburg: L* Bratton, of Fairfield; Crawford, ofRich'? land; McKissick, of Union ; Shell, of Lau* rens. 1 ?Chief of Police Twiggs, of Augusta, Ga., ,, has received from Governor Richardson, $500, the amount of the reward offered for ,, the capture of Ready, the "lone lyncher" of Barnwell. This is the largest reward ~ ever offered by the Governor for the capr tureofa single fugitive from justice. Rea* dy is now in Barnwell jail. James B. Da0 vis, Esq., of Barnwell, has been retained by the colored citizens of that county to assist the solicitor in the prosecution of r Ready. T ?The Hon. James Aldrich, of Aiken, whn u/nQ hv thp lash Ipcislatnrp. elected judge of the circuit court, to fill the vacan' cy in the Second district by the expiration 1 of the term of Judge A. P. Aldrich,"his un" cle, took the oath of office last Saturday. r The oath was administered by Chief Jusf tice Simpson. Judge Aldrich left for An; derson, where on Monday last he relieved " Judge A. P. Aldrich, who presided over the Anderson court last week, it being the 1 last of his official term. } ?Late last Thursday evening, Mr. Matt Lyon and Mr. S. W. Miller, two prominent 1 young farmers of the western section of i Edgefield county, became involved in a ' difficulty upon the streets of the town of 1 Edgefield. Through the intervention of > friends the matter was settled. Lyons and ?^ i a neighbor, Mr. Thomas Timmerman, started home in their buggy, and when two miles out of town were overtaken by Miller, who commenced firing at Lyons, one ball grazing his lip and another passing through the rim of Timmerman's hat. Lyons returned the fire, his ball taking effect in Miller's shoulder, making its exit near the backbone. The wound, though painful, is not serious. An old feud was at the bottom of the affair. ? On last Thursday night a serious difficulty between blacks and whites occurred on the public road five miles from Greenwood in Abbeville county. A correspond cnt oi the Greenville iNews gives tne 101lowing particulars of the affray: Messrs John Burnett and James and llobert Keneday were on their way to the house of Nat Anderson, Jr., to attend the marriage of his daughter to Cam Burnett. As they were passing through the Laurens lands, which is densely populated by negroes, Iiobert Keneday, who was in front, met a negro driving a wagon in which were several woman. Mr. Keneday did not give as much of the road as the negro thought he should and the latter began cursing him, whereupon Mr. Keneday struck him with a whip. With this the women began screaming and soon the white men were surrounded by an angry mob of negroes, armed with rocks, guns and pistols. The white men being unarmed, were entirely at the mercy of the mob, but made the best defense they could, in the fight which ensued, in which John Burnett was shot in the face with a gun, Ilobert Keneday was considerably bruised with rocks, and James Keneday was the worst hurt of any, receiving several severe cuts and bruises. He is still in a critical condition. All would probably have been murdered but for the timely arrival of Tatum Burnett, who, by firing in the crowd with his pistol, dispersed the mob. One negro is reported shot and another cut. The Murderer, Hawes.?A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch of last Sunday says: On last night Dick Hawes wrote two letters, one to Miss May Story, a young lady whom he married in Columbus, and the other to Ed Weaver, of Marion, Ind. He gave them unstamped to Deputy Gus Ellard, who turned them over to Sheriff Smith, and he opened them. , Both said that when received the writer , would be dead, which plainly meant that Hawes intended to commit suicide. The letter to Miss Story said that his late confession, in which he claimed that he paid John Wylie to kill his wife and Irene, was false. He did it to get even with Wylie, who had once, while both were in jail here, Q rvlrtf TT. J * ? > ???> imwes auu omerpnsiners had on foot to escape. Some days ago Hawes made a confession ;o Deputy Dave Smith, on the latter's promise to tell nothing till he had been lead three days. In that confession Hawes ;aid he paid Wylie and Fannie Bryant to till Mrs. Hawes and little Irene. He had ntended to keep May, but on finding she tnew about the murder of her mother and lister, he took her out to East Lake and mothered her, and then put her body in he lake. <