Scraps and Jatts.
? The employees of the Chicago and Erie
Railroad oompany went on a strike last
week. The management of the railroad
adopted the novel plan of offering no reaftypof
but quietly allowed the road to
'suspend operations until the strikers should
see fit to resume work. The whole matter
was settled within four days.
? ro&t toaster General Wannamaker propww
makings test of the free delivery system
in small towns with a view to a permanent
establishment of the same, if warranted
by the results of his experiment. Hephzibah,
a small town in Georgia, has been selected
as one of the places at which the
scheme will first be tried. There will be
only one carrier.
? According to the weekly report of R. G.
t Dunn & Co., the business failures occurring
throughout the country during the last seven
days, Dumber for the United States 331, and
for Canada 49, or a total of 380 as compared
with a total of 611 last week and 403 the
week previous to the last. For the corres,ponding
week of last year the figures were
338,,representlD?2^o failures in the United
.j States and 43 in the Dominion of Canada.
? A German statistician gives the following
as. the approximate cost of the principal wars
that have occurred'during the past thirty
years: Crimean war, $2,000,000,000; Italian
war of 1859, $800,000,000; PrussoDanish
war of 1864, $35,000,000; civil war
in the United States, (North) $5,100,000,000,
(South) $2,300,000; Russo-Turkish war,
$125,000,000; South African wars, $8,770,000;
African war, $13,250,000; Servo-Bulgarian
war, $176,000,000.
-w- The library left by the late George Bancroft
is reputed to be one of the best private
collection of books in the country. It contains
about 12,000 volumes, among which
are many works in foreign languages, and
livery book in the collection has a value
apart from its selling price. The books were
closely packed in the four rooms that comprised
Mr. Bancroft's literary workshop, and
there was never any attempt made to display
them.
? Smallpox is becoming a raging epidemic
throughout the central and southern portions
of Texas. The facts have been withheld
from the press on account of supposed
Injury to commercial interests, but it is learn'
ed that there are at least 500 well-developed
cases of the disease in the city of Spofford
alone. The city hospital has been converted
into a pest house, and the high school has
adjourned indefinitely. Notwithstanding
the fact that every precaution is being used
' to stop the spread of the disease, it is daily
claiming new victims.
? Reports from Bolivar county, Mississippi,
are to the effect that the poll tax requirement
for suffrage is not going to amount to anything
so fer as the negro vote is concerned.
Bolivar is one of the darkest negro counties
in the State, and it is so said that at least
one thousand colored voters who have not
paid any tax for years have come forward
and paid their tax voluntarily. Negroes
in other portions of the State are coming
forward in the same manner, and it is said
that the number of polls paid by them is in
excess of the number paid by the whites.
? Two thousand negroes have been stranded
in Atlanta, Ga., for the^ast week, awaiting
the arrival of a steamer that is to take
them from Savannah to Liberia. They are
the dupes of a number of their brethren
who are doing business under the name and
style of the "United States and Congo National
Emigration Society" and have been
collected from Texas, Mississippi and other
Southern States in the belief that they
could secure transportation from Savannah
or Charleston to Liberia for the small sum of
1. The negroes are all out of money, but
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SHU connuenuy ueneve mat me my iunai
steamer will soon arrive and carry them on
their Way rejoicing.
? Pendleton Fisher, a negro emigrant
agent, is in jail in Atlanta, Ga., upon the
charge of soliciting persons to leave the
State without having first obtained a license
therefor. The laws of Georgia require that
emigration agents shall not only pay a specified
license tax for the privilege of prosecuting
their business in that State, but must
go before the county clerk from which all
would-be emigrants hail, and register their
names and occupations. Fisher asks release
upon the ground that he is confined
and held in imprisonment without law or
right, and in violation of the constitution and
laws of the United States.
? It is said that an organization has been
formed in Southern Kansas for mutual protection
against loan and investment companies.
The members are bound by oath to
go to tfife assistance of any member who is
lin danger of losing his property through the
actions of parties holding mortgages. A case
' in point has occurred in Kingston county.
The form of a man named Dalley was evicted
and a renter was put in his house, but so
soon as the sheriff was out of the way the
new tenant was informed that it would not
be safe to sleep there that night. He left,
and in an hour Dalley and his family were
.'back in their old quarters. The situation
was unchanged at last reports.
? The story of an attempted bribery of an
honest man comes from the State of Washington.
Last Wednesday while the house of
representatives was hearing nominations for
U. 8. senator, one of the members, John I.
Metcalf, arose and said: "Gentlemen of the'
legislature of Washington: I hold in my
hand five hundred dollars, which was handed
to me by Henry A. Clark, of Spokane
. Falls, with the express understanding that I
east my vote for J. H. Calkins for senator."
Upon this speech, several seconds of profound
silence prevailed throughout the hall.
Mr. Metcalf then sent the money to the
speaker's desk and resumed his seat. When
the vote for senator was taken on a joint
ballot it resulted as follows: Squire 58 ;
Calkins 30; Carroll 21. Squire and Calkins
are Republicans; Carroll is a Democrat.
? A bill has been prepared by a New York
lawyer and will be submitted to the legislature
of that State, with the object of securing
some sort of punishment for murderers who
escape conviction on a sham plea of insanity.
The law as it now stands requires a jury to
state definitely that the accused is acquitted
on the ground of insanity, when such is the
feet, and whether or not they "deem his discharge
dangerous to the public peace and
safety." If it is dangerous, the court must
order the accused "committed to the State
lunatic asylum until he becomes sane." The
new bill proposes that the jury state, as now,
that the acquittal is because of insanity, and
thereupon the court shall send the accused
to the lunatic asylum for a period of not
less than twenty years. Here the alleged
lunatic must stay for the period of his sentence,
sane or insane, unless the governor
interferes and releases him. Before discharging
such a prisoner, the district attorney, in
the county where the defendant was tried,
must have twenty days' notice of the intended
release.
? The "triple oak" on Duel Island, in the
Savannah river, was struck by lightning recently
and shattered. The tree had a history.
At the time of the May freshet in 1840
five men were farming on this island. When
the rain began they had no idea of danger
and made no effort to leave the island. In a
short time the water had risen to such
height that they could not escape. They
found a tree with three trunks united at the
bottom and forking a few feet above the
ground, and made a platform with boards,
upon which they remained for five days and
nights before they were rescued. It was under
this tree that Benjamin F. Perry and
Bynum fought a duel, in the days of nullification
in 1832. Bynum was a fiery nullifier.
He insulted Perry and a challenge followed.
At the day appointed they met on the island,
t each with his pistol and coffin. Bynum was
an expert shot, and they fought at ten paces.
At the word, Perry fired first. Bynum then
fired, and the ball from his pistol tore a hole
through Perry's coat, exposing the red lining.
Col. Huger, who was near Bynum, exclaimed,
"He's got it," and Bynum replied,
"I have, too." Perry's coat was very loose,
and the bullet grazed the skin, leaving a
blue streak across his body. Bynum was
struck in the thigh, cutting the main artery,
and he bled to death.
? On the first of February, 1891, the bill for
the relief of the widows of Confederate vet
erans becomes effective in Georgia. rnis nm
"was passed by the last legislature in pursuance
of an amendment to the State constitution
which was ratified by a popular vote of
the people last October. The provisions of
the bill are, in brief, that each and every soldier
who served in the Confederate army during
the late war, and every woman who became
the wife of a soldier, either before or
during the war, shall be allowed a yearly
pension of $100 from the State. The law
does not apply to widows of veterans who
married after the close of the war. There was
an attempt made to amend the bill by providing
that any widow owning property to
the amount of $2,000 should be debarred of
from the benefits of the act, but this was
defeated.
fstMlc inquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28,1891.
THE FORCE BILL.
The Lodge election bill will probably not
pass the United States senate. It was laid
aside again on last Monday, in order to take
up the consideration of the apportionment
bill, and it is pretty generally believed that
the ulimate defeat of the obnoxious measure
is assured.
Many of the Republican senators who
were at first warm supporters of the bill,
have changed their views, and some have
made speeches against it. Among these are
Senators Stewait and Jones, of Nevada;
Walcott and Teller, of Colorado; Stanford,
of Illinois; Ingalls, of Kansas ; ana wasnburn,
of Minnesota. A half dozen others
are known to be opposed to the bill. These
are Plumb, of Kansas; Farwell, of Illinois;
Mitchell, of Oregon ; Cameron and Quay, of
Pennsylvania; and Braddock, of Nebraska.
Still others are wavering, and it is thought
that when the bill comes io a vote, if it ever
does, it will be defeated.
During the week, the legislatures of Alabama,
Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas, have
passed resolutions against making appropriations
to the World's Fair at Chicago, in the
event the Force bill becomes a law, and on
account of the action of these States, the Illinois
legislature has passed resolutions denouncing
the bill and instructing the senators
from that State to vote against it. Kansas
has passed similar resolutions, and it is
probable that still other States will follow
suit. A little more opposition of this kind,
and no set of sane men would dare force
such a measure upon the country.
FARMERS' ALLIANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION.
Delegations representing the various organizations
composing the National Farmers'
Alliance and Industrial Union, convened in
Washington last Thursday for the purpose
of agreeing upon a basis of confederation.
Organization was perfected by the election of
Hon. Ben. Terrill, of Texas, president, and
G. L. Gantt, of Georgia secretary. Among
the organizations rep esented were the
Knights of Labor, Colored Farmers' Alliance,
National Farmers' Alliance, Farmers' Union,
and Citizens' Alliance. A formal agreement
to a confederation was reached on the following
:
1. Confederation.
2. Joint committee on confederation of five
from each organization which shall represent
this confederation.
3. Each organization shall be entitled to
as many votes as it has members who are
legal voters in State or national elections.
4. The St. Louis platforms shall be the
basis.
5. Each shall stand pledged to assist when
Dossible in all local efforts to better the con
dition of our people.
6. Fraternal delegates or correspondence
shall never .be denied one by the other so
long as the confederation exists.
7. The joint committee on confederation
shall have the power by a majority vote to
admit other organizations with similar objects
on application.
8. When the plans are agreed on by the
joint committee on confederation for mutual
co-operation, each organization shall be
bound to support said plans fully and cheerfully.
9. Expenses accruing on account of the
joint committee on confederation shall be
defrayed by their respective organizations as
they may be incurred by each.
10. The joint committee on confederation
shall have power to adopt such by-laws for
the government of the joint committee as
they deem best.
The confederation matter disposed of, after
considerable discussion, a platform of priciples
was adopted as follows:
1. We demand abolition of national banks
as banks of issue, and that legal treasury
notes be issued in suflicient volume to transact
the business of the country, such notes (
to be lent to the people on demand at not
more than 2 per cent. upon non-perishable
products. ,
2. We demand the free and unlimited ,
coinage of silver. ,
3. We demand the passage of laws pro
hibiting alien ownership or lana.
4. We demand that taxation shall not ,
be used to build up one interest or class at j
the expense of another. ,
5. We demand that all revenues shall be ,
limited to the necessary expenses of gov- ,
ernment.
6. We demand a tax on incomes. i
7. We demand govermental control and
supervision of means of public communica- :
tion and transportation. 1
8. We demand an amendment to the constitution
providing for the election of United ,
States senators by the direct vote of the ,
people of each State, also the president and
vice president by a popular vote.
By-laws were adopted by the conference (
for the government of the confederation, 1
which also provides the duties of the officers
of the different organizations. The president
of the confederation is authorized and
empowered to invite all organizations to send
representatives to meet and exchange views
with the confederation at its next meeting,
the delegations to be fully empowered to act
for the organizations they represent. The
conference adjourned on Friday to meet
again on February 22, 1892, at some place to
be decided upon by the chairmen of the |
State executive committees. The president, i
however, has the power to call another meet- !
ing whenever he deems it advisable.
(JEN. BONHAM FAYS UP.
From the Columbia correspondence of The
News and Courier, we learn that on last
Saturday ex-Adjutant and Inspector General
M. L. Bonham made good the deficit in his
accounts to the amount of $5,528.00. After
satisfactory arrangements had been made for
the payment of this sum, together with protest
fees and other expenses, Mr. Bonham
received the following communication from
the governor :
C? - Executive
Chamber, [
Columbia, S. Cm January 24. j
Gen. M. L. Bonhsim: Dear Sir?The shortage
in your accounts as adjutant and inspector general
having been made good, and the State suffered
no loss by your act, you are at liberty to leave
the State if you so desire. Respectfully,
H. K. Tillman, Governor.
Upon receipt of this communication Mr.
Bonham returned the following reply :
Columbia, S. C., January 24, 1891.
Gov. B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S. C.: Sir?
Your communication of the 24th of January is at
hand, in which you say "the shortage in your
accounts as adjutant and inspector general having
been made good, and the State suffered no
loss by your act, you are at liberty to leave the
State if you so desire."
Permit me to say that my indebtedness to the
State having been cancelled, I am at liberty to
go wheresoever I please without your permission.
Your efforts u> make my movements dependent
upon your will is a piece of impertinence
which your official position protects you
in offering. You know full well that if I leave
the State at all 1 is only to attend the meeting at
Cincinnati of th insurance compuny with which
I am connected, which absence from the State is
for a few days o dy. Respectfully,
M. L. Bonham.
Curious to know what steps would he taken
upon this turn of the matter, the correspondent
on Sunday interviewed the governor and
obtained the following verbal statement:
"Before the matter was arranged yesterday,
Gen. Bonham and Col. Alfred Aldrich came into
my office, accompanied by Attorney General
Pope. After some discussion as to where the
money should be deposited, and as to the necessary
preliminary steps to be taken, it was agreed
that thesinoney should be placed to the credit of
Adjutant General Bonham in the Carolina National
Bank, and that they should bring a certificate
of deposit from the cashier of that bank.
That was done, with the information that a suffi
cient amount had been placed in bank to cover
the expenses of protests, and also the fees of Mr.
Syinniers, the expert accountant, the latter being
paid in my presence by ?ol. Aldrich. The
request was then flvade by Attornov-Gsnoral
Pop?, Col. Aldrich impliedly acquiescing, that I
write Gen. Bonham a letter stating that he could
leave the State. I wrote the letter asked for in
as brief and polite terms as I knew how. I was
surprised that the request should have been
made, and that my compliance with the request
should have been met with such a discourteous
rejoinder. That is all I care to say."
On reading the above statement of Governor
Tillman, Col. Alfred Aldrich called at
the office of the correspondent of The News
and Courier, and gave his version of the
story as follows:
"There is no foundation whatever for the statements
made by Governor Tillman that I acquiesced
in any request that he extend permission
to Gen. Bonham to leave the State. I heard no
such request made by Gen. Pope, and do not
believe that he made it.
"After paying Mr. Symmers for his services
and receiving a receipt therefor, I rose to leave
the executive chamber, saying, 'I believe there
is nothing else to be done, and will go.' Governor
Tillman said, 'Wait a moment, and began
writing. After writing a short time he called his
secretary, and handing him a sheet of paper,
said, 'Copy that.' I had no idea what the paper
contained* When the secretary returned with
the copy Governor Tillman folded the sheet of
paper, put it in an envelope, addressed it and
handed it to Gen. Pope. Gen. Pope asked me to
go to his office with him, and there he gave me
the communication which Governor Tillman
had handed to hiin, and which proved to be the
'permission' to leave the State to which Gen.
Bonham properly took umbrage.
"Learning later in the day that the newspapers
had also been furnished a copy of this petty attpmnt
hv a narvenu. 'clothed with a little brief
authority,' fo humiliate an unfortunate gentleman
by force of circumstances, in a false and
distressing position, I advised Gen. Bonham to
write a communication which would in my
judgment have properly met the case, and to be
delivered by me to Governor Tillman in person.
Other counsels prevailed, and Gen. Bonham
mailed instead the reply published in to-day's
News and Courier."
Governor Tillman was absent from Columbia
on Monday, on business, connected with
the phosphate commission, but it is safe to
presume that the affair is not settled yet.
MERE-MENTION.
Governor Fowle, of North Carolina, borrowed
his cannon from the governor of Virginia,
but as yet has shot no oyster pirates.
Senator Hearst, of California, is
sinking fast, and is expected to die within
a few days. Governor David B. Hill
has been elected U. S. senator from New
York over W. M. Evarts by a vote of 84 to
77. Nine hundred and ninety-five bales
of cotton were raised on the plantation of
U. S. Senator M. W. Ransom, in Northampton
county, N. C., last year. The crop sold
for $22,000, cash. Charles Williamson,
a young white man, shot and killed his
brother, Erastus, in a drunken fight, nine
miles from Shelby, N. C., on Tuesday of
last week. Gov. Taylor, of Tennessee,
who went out of office Tuesday of last week,
pardoned 801 convicts during his term of
four years. Their sentences ranged from
murder down to $50 fine, and their crimes included
every offence in the calendar. An
excellent quality of coal oil,,twenty degrees
superior to that of Pennsylvania, was discovered
in North Alabama last week. Rev.
A. M. DeFord, of Hortonville, Wisconsin,
has been sentenced to the penitentiary for
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five years, ana in aaauion 10 pay u imc ui
$500 for proselyting currency from one denomination
to another. Gen. B. D. Fry
died in Richmond last Wednesday, aged
68. Kalakau, king of one of the Sandwich
Islands, died in San Francisco on the 19th.
He had come to America on a short visit to
see the country and debauched himself to
death. The North Carolina legislature
has passed a bill which requires labor agents
to pay an annual license tax of $1,000 before
they can do business in that State. The
penalty for violation of the law is very severe.
Evangelist Fife is to be invited to
Charlotte, N. C., soon. The Texas senate
has passed a bill making it a felony punishable
by imprisonment in the State penitentiary
for not less than two nor more than
five years, to fight a prize fight in that
State. The foundation for a great
monument to Confederate soldiers, has
been completed in Richmond, Virginia.
The column is to be crowned with a figure
representing a Confederate private, and the
monument is be in thirteen sections, one for
each Southern State. It is said that
Germany proposes to remove its prohibition
against American pork. The North Carolina
legislature has made the 15th of January,
the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee, a
legal holiday in that State. Smallpox
is prevalent in Houston, Texas, and the citizens
have organized a shot gun quarantine,
through which even State or city officials
cannot break except at the risk of their
lives. The quarantine shuts off the pest
house from the rest of the city. Mr.
F. B. McDowell, mayor of Charlotte, and an
old newspaper man of large experience, has
assumed the temporary editorship and management
of The Charlotte Chronicle vice,
Mr. Robert Hayden, resigned. unanes
E. Cross and Samuel C. White, president and
cashier of the State National Bank of Raleigh,
N. C., who fled to Canada in 1888 with
$20,000 of the bank's money, and were subsequently
convicted and sentenced to terms
in the penitentiary, have been pardoned by
Governor Fowle. Mrs. Elizabeth Fogg,
who died recently in New York, left $945,000
in specific bequests, of which $600,000
goes to educational and charitable institutions.
The world's visible supply of
cotton is 3,416,402 bales. More cabin passengers
arrived at New York in 1890 on the
ocean steamers than ever before in the history
of that port. The steamers made a total of
914 trips, bringing 99,189 cabin and 371,593
3teerage passengers. British steamers made
364 of the trips and landed 54,971 cabin
and 119,679 steerage passengers. During the
total 914 trips, there were 49 births, 63
deaths and 11 suicides. The only Chinaman
in the regular army of the United
States is Edward Cohota, a private in Company
H, Fifteenth infantry, at Fort Sheridan,
111. He served through the war as a volunteer.
It is probable that Itoswell P.
tim ? rill r,i,?rtnA/-1 Havirl T* T-Till oq o-nvprn.
riUWCl Will OUVtCCU 1/UT1U JV. *?.?? Mw&v . V.M
of New York. James T. Hayes has
sued Alfred Linn, of Birmingham, Ala., for
$5,000 damages for making the statement
that he (Hayes) stole a horse from a widow
during the war. Both of the parties are exConfederate
soldiers.
The Three C's Railroad.?From The
News and Courier, it is learned that Col. R.
A. Johnson, general manager of the Massachusetts
and Southern Construction company,
has made application to the United States
court at Charleston for the appointment of a
receiver to represent the Construction company's
interest in the Three C's railroad.
On last Thursday Judge Simonton passed
the following order :
On hearing the verified petition of R. A. Johnson,
petitioner herein, and on motion of Mitchell
A* Smith, petitioner's solicitors, it is ordered that
said petition he tiled and the parties hereto show
cause, if any they can, before this court, on the
29th of January, 1891, at 11 a. in., at the United
States court house in Charleston, why a receiver
should not be appointed for the defendant, the
Massachusetts and Southern Construction company,
to appear and defend its interests herein
and to hold and keep all the property of the said
corporation subject to the further order of this
court, with the powers of receivers in such cases.
Ordered further that a copy of this order be served
on all the parties to the cause or their solicitors.
I HAK1.ES n. immh.mus,
United States Judge.
The 29th instant was fixed as the day for
Receiver Lord, of the Three C's, tp file his
report, but it is understood that a motion for
an extension of time will be made, and it is
most probable that the petition will he granted
by the court.
In response to a telegram from the bondholders
of the Three C's, Receiver Lord left
Charleston on Monday, for Philadelphia,
where an important meeting is to be held, at
which some definite plans concerning the future
management of the road will probably
be consummated.
After the Fairfield Negroes Again.?
There has been for sevc rul weeks past a considerable
emigration excitement among the
negroes of Woodward and other sections of
Fairfield county, brought about by emissaries
of one Hutchins, the same sneaking agent
from Mississippi who visited this section
about this time last year anil induced so
many of our best laborers to emigrate to that
State. Three or four families have already
gone from this community and the excitement
has not ceased.
Hutchins, no doubt apprehensive of the
consequence of a similar visit in this county,
is making Columbia his headquarters, and is
sending out from that point negroes formerly
of this county, whom he brought with him
from Mississippi, to the different sections of
the county, imposing upon the feelings of the
excitable and too credulous darkies by circulating
exaggerated and, no doubt, many
unfounded reports of the fertility of the soil
and the great resources of the Yazoo Valley,
and making them believe that they can better
their condition by going there. Two of
his men were forced to leave the county the
other dav in a hurry.?Winnsboro Newsuud
Herald. *
LOCAL AFFAIR3.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
F. H. Barber A Son. Leslie, S. C.?Notice.
The Enauirer Office?Chattel Mortgages, Ac.
Agnes Moore?Do You Drink?
W. B. Moore A Co.?Jewelry Palace.
F. Happerfield?Fancy Groceries?Pure Leaf
Lard?Plows and Plow Stocks.
Wm. C. Latimer?It Will Still Continue.
Lowry A Starr?To be Informed One Must Read.
Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Dobson's Racket.
M. A H. C. Strauss?Goods Must Move Quickly.
Riddle A Carroll?14 Pounds of Granulated Sugar
for 81.
The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.?Free to Every
One who will Take the Trouble to Ask
for It.
POSTMASTER AT BELMONT.
Mr. M. B. Massey has been appointed as
postmaster at Belmont.
LICENSED TO TEACH.
Upon examination by School Commissioner
Cansler, last Saturday, Mack Miller
and 8. E. Steele, of the Old Point neighborhood,
were granted, licenses to teach in the
public schools.
MONDAY THE LAST DAY.
The time in which subscriptions will be
received in competition for the road cart premium.
expires at 1 p. m. on next Monday.
Competitors will please remember that the
cart is to be awarded to the club-maker who
has returned and paid for the largest number
of new subscribers.
THE NEW COUNCIL.
The members of the newly elected town
council were regularly sworn into office yesterday
afternoon, and organized by the election
of Mr. J. Ed. Jefferys as clerk and
treasurer, and Mr. R. B. Lowry as senior
warden. Mr. Ingraham Wilson was r^pjped
as town marshal, and Ned Edwards, col-"
ored, was continued as laborer on the streets.
WRECK ON THE THREE CS.
It is reported that the northbound freight
train on the Three C's road, was wrecked on
last Monday. The wreck occurred about one
mile south of Lancaster and included the entire
demolition of four of the twelve box cars
which composed the train. Two trucks of
the engine were thrown off the track. We
have not been informed as to whether anybody
was hurt.
MUST HAVE YOUR NAME.
We acknowledge the receipt of a news
letter on Monday last that contains no signature.
While of course the efforts of the
kind correspondent are duly appreciated,
we beg leave to inform him that in no case
will we publish any kind of a communication
unless we are advised of the writer's
name. This requirement is made only as a
guarantee of good faith, and that we may
be assured that the contents of such communications
are authentic.
TO TRY KOCH'S LYMPH.
Mr. G. Daniel O'Leary, of Yorkville, left
for Baltimore, Md., last Monday, for the pur-'
pose of placing himself under the lymph
treatment, by the faculty of the University
of Maryland. He is accompanied by Dr.
George Walker, who goes both as an advising
physician and for the purpose of making
a personal investigation of Dr. Koch's lymph.
Mr. O'Leary is a consumptive, and has been
gradually failing under the dread disease for
more than a year. His numerous friends
and acquaintances in this place sincerely
hope that his experiment will be attended
with the most satisfactory results.
DEATH OF MRS MINNA MULLER.
From The Asheville Citizen, we learn that
Mrs. Minna Muller dropped dead at the residence
of her son, W. Oscar Muller, in that
city, on the afternoon of the 23rd instant.
Previous to her death, except she had been
suffering from a bronchial affection, she was in
usual health. On the day of her death a servant
went to her room with her dinner, after
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While the servant was absent, she was stricken
with heart disease and a few minutes later
was found dead. Mrs. Muller was the wife
of Mr. J. D. Muller, who was, previous to
the war, professor of music in the female
college of this place, and is pleasantly remembered
by a number of old friends here.
Mrs. Muller was in the 76th year of her
age.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
Pursuant to the provision of an ordinance
to that effect, an election of town officers, to
serve during the ensuing year, was held on
last Monday. There were two tickets in
the field. One was placed in nomination by
a public meeting of citizens held in the court
house, on last Friday night, and the other
made its appearance on Monday morning.
The tickets were as follows :
Nominated in Public Meeting.?Intendant,
A. Y. Cartwright; Wardens, W. H.
Herndon, Wm. R. Carroll, J. E. Jefferys.
Wm. M. Kennedy.
Opposition.?Intendent, A. S. Withers;
Wardens, J. E. Jefferys, R. B. Lowry, T.
W. Clawson, Geo. T. Schorb.
The vote resulted as follows:
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A. 8. Withers, 169
A. Y. Cartwright, 87
FOR WARDENS.
J. E. Jefferys, 249
R. B. Lowry, 176
T. W. Clawson 164
Geo. T. Schorl), 165
W. H. Herndon 89
Wm. R. Carroll 82
W. M. Kennedy, 90
THE NEW CHURCH AT TIRZAH.
The new church recently built by the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian congregation
at Tirzah, was prayerfully dedicated to the
worship of God last Sunday, and about four
hundred people participated in the exercises.
The worshipers included a full turn out of
the Tirzah congregation, and quite a number
of visitors from Yorkville, Rock Hill and
surrounding points.
The exercises commenced at 11.30 o'clock
a. m. and were opened by the pastor, Rev.
J. C. Galloway, who in a few happily chosen
remarks commended the earnestness and
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zeal of his congregation, ana extenaea nis
warmest congratulations upon the completion
of such a creditable testimonial of their
interest in God's work.
After these remarks, Mr. Galloway introduced
the Rev. J. S. Moffatt, of Chester,
who conducted the services of the hour.
Mr. Moflatt took his text from Psalms
lxviii, 1(>: "Why leap ye, ye high hills? this
is the hill which God desireth to dwell in :
yea, the Lord will dwell in it forever."
He said that this Psalm was probably sung at
the removal of the ark to the place David had
prepared for it on Mt. Zion, and therefore it was
evidently suited for such an occasion. The hill
referred to is Mt. Zion, which God selected for
his ark in preference to the high and many
peaked Bashan.
"Mt. Zion," "holy hill," "tabernacle" and
"temple," all embodied the,same idea?the idea of
the Almighty < Sod, whom the heaven of heavens
>,s.t ..oiifuiii timlf iinr his dwellinc anion?
men. Hence, tins appointed hill, where the
temple was afterward built, was the only place
of sacrifice and service.
The restriction to this one place was a bulwark
against polytheism. <?od was presented as so
absolutely one that he could have but one habitation
and one throne of government, llence, too,
the edifice on this hill was of the finest and richest
material. It was so made to bring out the
conception of the surpassing glory of Israel's
king?a king descended from heaven among
men. For this reason the temple was dedicated,
consecrated and made pure and holy for Jehovah
alone.
Zion hill, with its temple, had not only a present
meaning and purpose, but it looked to the
future as a prophesy of better things. It was
the material and imperfect expression of a grand
spiritual idea to be more fully realized. It was
typical. "Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it forever."
Hut he is not dwelling in that hill as in David's
time. The sweet, sweet singer was contemplating
something beyond the material and visible.
The holy hill finds its typical realization?its
spiritual fulfillment in the church?the body of
believers with < 'hrist as the head. The church is
his desired dwelling place. "This is the holy hill
which tiod desires to dwell in."
It follows that the temple, synonymous with
hill, is not an example or pattern of what our
church buildings are to la*. The temple was the
typical embodiment of an idea. Our church
buildings are merely places of worship.
Zion does not furnish warrant for needless
expenditure upon gorgeous and magnificent
houses of praise. Yet houses of worship should
be neat and comfortable, so as to permit the
greatest profit to the worshiper and most enhance
(tod's glory.
Neither docs Zion furnish warrant for the dedication
of church buildings, but it is fitting to
have such sendees, in order to distinguish the
church from secular purposes. The service aids
the worshiper by casting sanctity about the place,
and investing it with sacred associations.
Every ?ne should love the place whore ho
: worships. It should be the consecrated place
1 of swoet experiences.
As we dedicated this house to God'a worship,
let the supreme dedication and consecration be
of yourselves to God's service. Ye are the temple
of God, "the hill which he desires to dwell
in."
Mr. MofFatt's sermon occupied about forty
minutes in its delivery, and was listened to
with the deepest interest throughout.
The new church, inside and out, was the
admiration of all the visitors. It is 34 feet
wide by 54 feet long, and is painted white,
with drab trimmings and green blinds. On
either side of the entrance is a handsomely
proportioned tower, the taller of which is 65
feet. The main entrance leads into a vestibule
which extends across the church and
opens into the auditorium and the gallery.
I In the auditorium are three rows of neat
pews seaprated by two aisles running the
full length of the house. The pews are
of yellow pine finished in oil. The pulpit,
which is of maple, trimmed in walnut
and pine, rests on a stage raised about
eighteen inches, and extending back into a
recess behind. The space about the pulpit
and stage is covered with a handsome carpet
of tasty pattern. Three elegant chairs,
of antique oak, trimmed in plush, together
with a marble top walnut table, constitute
the pulpit furniture.
Truly the church is a most handsome one,
and Tirzah congregation may well congratulate
itself upon its splendid achievement.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Episcopal?Rev. K. 8. Nelson, rector.
Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. Sundayschool
at 3.80 p. m.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J.
C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville?Services
next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7 o'clock
p. m. Sunday-school at 3.30 p. m.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D.,
pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow afternoon
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o'clock a. m. and 7 o'clock p. m. Sundayschool
at 3 p. m.
Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor.
Union?Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock
a. m. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a. m.
Yorkville?Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening
at 7.15. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a. m.
Services Sunday evening at 7.15. ,
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H.
Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening
at 7 o'clock. Love feast on Friday evening
at 7 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11
a. m. and 7 p. m. with the sacrament of the
Lord's Supper during the morning sendee.
Sunday-school at 3 p. m.
SOME MORE OLD PAPERS.
It gives us pleasure to acknowledge the receipl
during the week of a number of copies
of The Enquirer, including all the missing
numbers necessary to complete our file of
the past three years.
Mr. J. C Lilly, of Filbert, has brought us
a copy of the issue of April 24, 1889.
Mr. J. S. Meek, of Clover, has sent us the
three missing numbers of 1887?January 26,
February 2, and February 23.
Mr. Sam F. Massey, of Craigsville, Lancaster
county, also sends the three numbers
of 1887, together with a copy of the issue
for April 24, 1889.
Capt. E. A. Crawford has our thanks for a
number of old Enquirers, of various dates
within the past twenty years, and including
the issues of May 19, September 1 and February
3, 1870.
We also acknowledge the receipt of a
number of back issues from Dr. T. A. Salvo,
of Chester, and Oliver Thompson, colored,
of Yorkville.
Thanks to our good friends, with the exception
of the years 1855, 1870 and 1871,
the files of The Enquirer are now complete
from the first week the paper was published
up to the present time.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Daisy Gist is visiting friends in Union.
Mrs. Robert J. Herndon returned home
last week after an extended visit to her
parents in Union county.
Miss Virgie Ferguson is visiting friends
in Spartanburg.
Dr. Elzey Darwin, of Spartanburg, was in
Yorkville last week.
Mr. R. E. Knox, of Blacksburg, was in
Yorkville on Monday.
Mrs. W. E. Ferguson returned to her home
in Atlanta on Monday.
We received a pleasant visit on last Saturday
from R. E. Allison, Esq., of Lancaster.
Miss Cora Clark left last Monday on an
extended visit to friends and relatives in
Alabama.
Rev. R. G. Patrick is in Rock Hill this
week, assisting Rev. J. Q. Adams, pastor of
the Rock Hill Baptist church, in a protracted
meeting.
Mr. W. T. Barron has gone to Scott's Station,
Alabama, on a business trip. During
Mr. Barron's absence, Mr. Sam Kennedy, of
Sharon, is handling tne yara suck in me
store of Kennedy Bros. & Barron.
Mr. W. S. Gordon is to canvass Richland
county in the interest of the American Bible
society. He left here yesterday to engage
upon the work and will make his headquarters
in Columbia.
Mr. A. A. Gilbert, Jr., formerly of Yorkville,
and a recent graduate of Yale college,
has located in Chicago, where he will practice
his profession?the law. He is with the
law firm of Adams & Hamilton.
Little Tommie Gettys, of Roddey's, mentioned
last week as lying at the point of
death, is gradually improving. The muscles
of his leg, however, have contracted, and
another surgical operation will be necessary.
DR. LOWE, THE OPTICIAN.
Dr. Lowe, the optician, is still at the Parish
hotel, and will probably remain in Yorkville
for several weeks. During his stay here he
has already been consulted by quite a number
of patients afflicted with defective vision,
and so far as we have been able to learn,
all of these patients are very much gratified
at the results. Some have found that their
trouble was only a trivial matter, and others,
more seriously afflicted, have been given
hopes of a permanent cure. There are
some cases of defective eyesight, however,
for which the doctor has no remedy. But it
is probable that these are beyond the reach
of scientific effort.
A representative of The Enquirer called
at Dr. Lowe's rooms again a few days ago,
and was initiated into some of the mysteries
ofthe doctor's scientific appliances. Around
the room nre arranged a number of charts,
diagrams, large print, small print and other
devices for testing the eyesight. Of course
these objects aroused curiosity, hut before the
doctor had concluded his explanation he called
the reporter's attention to a camera looking
box on a table.
"This," he said, "is what I test your eyes
with. Those devices on the wall are merely
auxiliary, hut this little instrument, which
is called a prisoptoinetcr, will indicate with
absolute precision not only whatever defect of
eyesight you may have, hut will tell just
where that defect is located. Now sit down
and put your eyes to the aperture. Whut
do you see ?"
"Two white spots, each about half as large
as a gold dollar."
"What is their relative positions?"
"Side by side, an eighth of an inch apart."
"Now, what ?"
"They have a rotury motion, each in an
opposite direction."
"Touch?"
"No, sir; still un eighth of an inch apart."
"How now?"
"Barely touch?now they lap over."
I "That will do,& said the doctor. "Now
j look at that figure on the wall and tell me
which of the lines are darker, and which are
lighter."
The tigure in question is composed of a
number of black lines of equal width and
length, converging to a common centre and
forming a Hut disk.
"The groflp inclined to the left seems to
be just a little the darker."
"It does ? Now walk up to it and see if it
appears the same."
"They are all exactly alike."
"Yes, they are all the same," added the
doctor, "and that shows that your eyesight
is just a little impaired. You have a slight
stigmatism?imperfection of the cornea; or,
in plain English, there is an unequal refraction
in the different meridians of the eye. The
trouble is most likely caused by too severe
a use of your eyes by lamplight, and would
probably disappear after a season of rest.
The eye, as you well know, is a most delicate
organ, and must not be abused. If you overtax
it, it is bound to fail. But in your case,
the stigmatism is not serious enough to require
glasses and of course I will not recommend
any."
Dr. Lowe is prepared to treat all diseases
of the eye as well as optical defects. Opties.
however, is his snecialtv. and those
who are suffering in any way from defective
eyesight will do well to consult him. He
makes the necessary lenses himself and does
not require any pay for the same unless they
produce just exactly the results he sayB they
will.
LOCAL LACONICS.
? Rev. G. H. Waddell, the esteemed pastor
of Trinity M. E. Church, received a generous
pounding at the hands of his congregation
last night.
? The county board of pension examiners
will meet in the court house next Saturday
for the transaction of whatever business that
may properly come before it.
? The north bound Three C's passenger
train did not reach Yorkville until last
night at 7.55. It was delayed by the wrecked
freight train, below Lancaster.
? Prof. W. Spencer Currell, of Davidson
college, is to deliver an address before the
Chatauqua Literary society of Yorkville, on
"Longfellow's day," 27th of February.
? Professor Hard's vocal music class is
now composed of about twenty-five members,
and they are making fine progress.
They contemplate giving an operatic concert,
in public, at an early day.
? At a regular meeting of the Yorkville
Council of the American Legion of Honor,
held on last Friday night, Mr. Sam M. Grist,
vice commander, was elected secretary to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. A.
W. Ingold. Mr. W. M. Allison, orator, was
elected vice-commander, and Mr. R. B. Lowrv
was elected orator.
? There are only four more days in which
to pay your taxes without penalty, and on
last Monday night the tax books showed a
balance of $22,285.61 still to collect. For
this amount the treasurer will have to issue
about 1,300 receipts. There are ten of these
receipts, however, which, in the aggregate,
will cover about half the outstanding sum.
? At a recent meeting of the Willing
Workers society of the Presbyterian church,
the following officers were elected : President,
Miss Ella C. Davidson; vice-president,
Miss Dollie Miller; secretary, Miss Daisy
Gist; treasurer, Miss Mary Allison. The
society is in fine working trim, and it is
whispered that another big entertainment is
contemplated for the people of the town.
? The Granite Company has not yet succeeded
in bringing in the big block of stone
from the Whitesides quarry. An attempt was
made to remove the block last week, but
without success. The wheels of the wagon
sunk into the ground to the depth of about
two feet, and the twenty-four mules attached
to the immense load were unable to draw it
further than a few yards. It was then decided
to wait until the earth became firmer,
and another trial was to have been made
yesterday. We have not been informed as
to the result.
SHARON NOTES.
Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Sharon, January 26.?It is reported here
that there is to be a change in the schedule
of the Three C's railroad soon, and by the
change both trains will pass here after night.
I hope it is not so.
Mr. W. L. Plexico lost a good horse last
Saturday morning from blind staggers. The
animal broke out of its stable on Friday
night and was shortly afterward seen to
stagger up against the barn. It then made
a dash for the other side of the lot and ran
into a fence. Finally breaking out, it made a
bee line for the barn of Mrs. Mary Bradford,
and next morning was found dead. Let all
owners of horses and mules see to it that
their animals are not allowed to eat rotten
corn.
While riding over the county recently, I
was struck with the large amount of cotton
that is still unsold. This is an evidence of
thrift and independence that I am truly glad
to see.
Arrangements have been perfected by
which Dr. Ross is to give ShAron threefourths
of his time. The regular days will
be the 1st, 2d and 4th Sabbaths in each
month. The doctor will be absent next
Sabbath, however, filling a presbyterial appointment
at Edgraoor.
We have had another fox chase. It was
last Friday. The fox was jumped just outside
the incorporate limits. The race commenced
at 10 o'clock at night and lasted
until daybreak, when we had to give it up.
It does look like there ought to be enough
dogs in this country to catch that fox.
After thinking over the race of last week, I
am prepared to admit that a man is excusable
for jumping into the creek under the
force of excitement if he wants to. But no
matter how close he might be to the fox, if
he finds it necessary to take down somebody's
fence, he should always put it up
again. J.
LETTER FROM* GROVER.
Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Grover, N. C., January 26.?The cold
weather of the past few weeks has somewhat
retarded farm work. Preparations are being
made, however, for a large crop. More improved
agricultural implements are being
purchased than usual, and the farming operations
around the ullage store and postoffice
have almost entirely ceased. This latter
fact is of itself a good sign of peace and
plenty at home.
Mr. D. R. Bird, the principal merchant of
this place, has sold a halfinterest in his business
to Mr. J. A. Ellis, and will remove to
Spartanburg to resume business at that
place.
Messrs. Logan & Hinson, of Guthriesville,
S. G\, have erected a saw mill plant in
the pine forest on King's Mountain near the
battle ground. They are delivering some
nice lumber here for shipment. c. c. h.
They Sawed His House in Twain.?The
following story comes from Kansas City, under
date of last Sunday, and conveys the
impression that the Kansas officials are not
to be trifled with by would-be evaders of the
prohibition laws in that State: "Street Commissioner
Patterson, of Kansas City, Kan.,
and his corps of workmen yesterday sawed
off and tore down the Kansas end of the
notorious Bill Lewis's saloon in Toad-aLoup.
The Missouri end was left standing,
yawning and bleak. The saloon stood on
the State line of Kansas and Missouri, and
Lewis ran the place without a license. The
exact location of the line was never determined
until Saturday, and Lewis, when arI
rested by the officers of one State, always
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On Saturday the State line was definitely
j located and that part of the building found
i on the Kansas side was sawed off and torn
down.
? Mrs. Mary Preston Darby died at her
home in Columbia last week. Mrs. Darby
: was one of the lady commissioners from this
; State to the Chicago World's fair. She was
i 52 years of age^ and was the widow of Dr.
iJno. 1\ Darby, the celebrated professor of j
j surgery at the University of New York.
She was the daughter of the orator and
I statesman, John S. Preston, and a grand|
daughter of old Gen. Wade Hampton, father
of the present U. S. senator. During the
j war she presented the Huinpton Legion with
i its battle flag, which she made from one
i of her ohl dresses. She is said to have
! been a woman possessed of mental qualities
| of the most brilliant kind.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Camden Journal has suspended publication.
?Governor Tillman says that the work on
Clemson College is progressing satisfactorily.
? Mr. H. E. Thomas, of Sumter, has been
appointed railroad commissioner to take the
place of M. L. Bon ham, deceased.
? Rev. J. Thomas Pate, of the M. E.
church, is to preach a special sermon to the
Order of Railway Conductors, in Charleston,
on the 15th of next month.
? An electric street railway has been organized
in Columbia with Col. J. Q. Marshall
as president; W. G. Childs, treasurer; and
J. 8. Verner, secretary.
? Luther Bell and Bascombe Cauthen, of
Camden, got into a fight last Wednesday
over a fiddle; Cauthen attacked Bell with a
knife and Bell UBed a pistol. Cauthen was
killed.
? The jury of inquest over the body of the
negro shot by E. B. Legare, near Charleston,
last week, whilst stealing oysters, rendered
a verdict of "accidental killing." Legare
has been released on bail.
? Greenville News: A nine year old darkey
was shot and killed by a twelve year old I
brother in Laurens county last week. The
shooting is supposed to have been accidental, I
but the brother, Henry Hill, has been com
mittea 10 jaii. . .
? Alice McLeod, a disreputable white woman,
of Columbia, mysteriously disappeared
from her home in that city, on last Saturday
night, and it is believed that she has been
murdered by her negro paramour. The negro's
name is Waites Martin, and he has
been committed to jail until the mystery can
be cleared up.
? The engineer and fireman of a passenger
train were arrested at Graham, Barnwell
county, last week, for violating the town ordinance
regulating the speed at which trains
should be run through the town. Upon
reaching the guard-house, it is alleged that
the colored fireman refhsed to enter, whereupon
the marshal shot him three times, one
ball passing through the neck and the other
through each of his thighs.
?Superintendent of Education Mayfield
went to Chattanooga, Tennessee, last week,
to attend a meeting of the executive committee
of the Southern Educational Association.
It was also his purpose to hold a conference
with the superintendents of education of various
Southern States, with a view to carrying
out the provisions of the recent joint
resolution of the general assembly looking to
the securing of a uniform system of Southern
school books.
? A nine years old son of Mr. W. 8. Wilson,
who lives near Abbeville, died last week
from tbe effects' of drinking a quantity of
whisky. The little fellow and his cousin,
about the same age, found a half filled flask
and drank its contents. When the fact was
discovered they both were in a stupor.
Emetics were administered and saved the
life of one of the children, hut had no effect
on the other. The father of the dead boy is
represented as a man of strict sobriety.
? Columbia correspondence of The Greenville
News, Monday: "The case of Barnes
W. James, a white man convicted at
Darlington some time ago of the murder
of hi9 own father on May 8th, 1888, in that
county, and sentenced to death, has been
settled. An appeal was made a short time
ago to the supreme court in his behalf. Today
the judges fijed an opinion refusing to
entertain the motion for a new trial and remanding
the case to the lower court for resentence.
James is a white man and a clear
case of murder was made out against him.
? News and Courier: It has been officially
announced that 1st Lieut. Ernest A. Garlington,
7th cavalry, has been ordered to report
by letter to Col. Edwin F. Towr.send, 12th
infantry, president of the examining board
at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for examination
for promotion. This announcement
will be pleasant news for the many friends
this gallant officer has in South Carolina.
He was, it will be remembered, severely
wounded in the recent Indian war in South
Dakota, and this prompt acknowledgement
of the value of his services is very gratifying
? Nimrod Brown, a prosperous negro farmer
of Orangeburg county, died last week
from the effects of a bite on the finger inflicted
by Tom Simmons, and the negroes of the
vicinity are represented as being in a high
pitch of excitement over the occurrence.
Simmons is what is known as a "blue gum"
negro, and it is believed that the bite of a
negro with blue gums is as deadly as that of
a rattlesnake. The terrified darkeys turned
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justice with the request that he be committed
for murder. The bite was inflicted in a
fight on the 1st of -January and Brown died
on the 18th from gangrene.
? Columbia Register: A religious society
of this city, a day or two ago, received by
mail a check for $25 from a man who stated
that he was a soldier to Sheiman's army,
and that in the burning of Columbia, he assisted
in putting the torch in the building of
this religious and charitable association.
The letter stated that the msn considered
himself to be in a dying condition, and being
troubled in conscience about what he had then
done, wanted now to make such ftill reparation
as his means permitted. The gentleman
who gave the above information to The
Register asked that the name of the man
and of the society be not published.
? At a meeting of the stockholders of the
State Publishing Company, held in Columbia
on last Thursday night, the following directors
were elected : Wm. H. Lyles, A. C.
Haskell, N. G. Gonzales, Andrew Crawford,
R. S. Desportes and W. H. Gibbes, Jr., of
Columbia; Thos. W. Woodward, of Fairfield
; A. E. Hutchison, of Rock Hill; E. R.
Mclver, of Darlington. On Friday night another
meeting was held. Mr. N. G. Gonzales
was elected managing editor; John S.
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Reynolds, secretary ana treasurer uuu cu?uier;
and A. E. Gonzales, general canvassing
agent. The paper is to be called "The
State," and is to appear about the 7th of February.
A majority of the ?30,000 capital
stock has been subscribed, and is held by
ninety stockholders?fifty in Columbia and
forty in other portions of the State.
? Augusta Chronicle, Tuesday: A meeting
of the joint committee of general arrangements
for Columbia's May celebration was
held yesteday evening, and it was decided
that the affair be known as Columbia's Centennial
and Canal celebration. Dr. W. C.
Fisher was chosen permanent chairman and
W. J. Cathcart, secretary. It is intended to
continue the celebration two or three days,
and to hold it about May 19. It was decided
that at least $5,000 must be raised for successfully
carrying out the artiiir on the scale
contemplated. A resolution was adopted
asking the city council to appropriate $1,000,
and the balance is to be raised by subscription
among the citizens. Committees on
finance, collection, invitation, day parade,
trades procession, displays and decorations,
etc., were decided on.
? Columbia correspondence of The News
and Courier, last Friday: A part of the
proceedings in a rather interesting investigation
into the relative merits of North Carolina
whisky and old Kentucky whisky was obtained
from official headquarters this morning.
It is what might be culled a mountain
dew d'esprit. Governor Tillman received a
letter last night from New York, in which
| the writer propounds the following conuni
drum : "Which do you think the better
i ii/I Vci-tVi fm-nliiKi limmr that takes
j the outside skin oft' an earthen jug, or the
I Kentucky article V" Governor Tillman re|
ferred the letter to the legal department
| with the endorsement, '-Consult Pope."
| The attorney-general has dodged the issue,
having re-endorsed the note, "Referred to his
Excellency the Governor of Kentucky." The
Governor of Kentucky will, no doubt, refer it
to the Governor of North Carolina, who will
return it with all its endorsements to the
governor, by which time the New Yorker
will receive a satisfactory reply.
? Sumter Watchman : Capt. John Maxcy,
of Bradford Springs, and a nephew of Gen.
Maxcy Gregg, was waylaid and shot by
an unknown assassin, on the public highway,
on Monday night of last week. The
murder was committed in a dark place in the
i road where it is crossed by a stream. The
i assassin was concealed by what is commonly
| known as a "hurricane," on the left side of
the road. The impression left by his knees
on the soft soil, was plainly visible, as well as
the imprint of the barrel of the gun, where
he had rested it on the top of the obstruction.
The wad from the gun was also found in the
road, and the marks on a sapling where twigs
had been cut by scattering shot. Circumstances
point to the guilt of Sentry Butler
and Hampton Nelson, two negro laborers
with whom Capt. Maxcy had had trouble
about a contract a short time previous to the
tragedy. Both of the negroes have , been arrested
and due precaution has been taken to
protec t them against lynching, of which they
are in danger.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
? It is said that three Aliiancemen hold
the balance of power in the Illinois legislature.
They have agreed upon Alson I.
Streeter as their candidate for United States
senator to succeed Farwell, and propose
to support him indefinitely.
? Work on the Atlantic extension of the
Seaboard Air Line railroad Is being rapidly
pushed, and, it is expected, trains will be
run into Atlanta by the first of September
next. When this is accomplished, the Seaboard
Air Line will have one thousand miles
of track.
? Gov. Jones, of Alabama, while in the
National capital building the other day, was
requested by some' Northern visitors, who
did cot know him, to show them about the
place. He performed the task acceptably,
and one of the visitors banded him fifty
m*- ?A. tkan rovoftlwl him He If.
cents, me guyciuw w?M - -. ? ,
to the confUsion of the visitors.
? AJfairs at Pine Ridge have returned their
wonted quiet and there it no further uneasiness
on account of the Indians. A big military
review was held at the agency on last
Wednesday, with 8,700 soldiers in line. After
the review an issue of beef was made to
5,100 Indians, according to a new apportionment,
by which twenty-one people get as
much beef as was formerly allotted to thirty-four.
? A Chicago paper of last Wednesday
printed a long article showing that there is
great danger that in the near future there
may be such an outbreak of crime and disorder
la that city as will tax its police re- /
sources beyond their capacity. This is due
to the fact that hosts of laborers have been
trooping into Chicago for the last six months,
and there are now in the city not less than
5,000 of these imported workmen unemployed.
The cause of (die trouble, it is
chaiged, is the delay of the World's Fair
people in settling down to actual work.
They have been applying singly and in delegations
at the offices of the mayor and chief
of j)olice for some days, looking for aid, advice
or transportation back to their homes.
? Both houses of the North Carolina legislature
have passed an oyster bill, and Gov.
Fowle has taken prompt steps looking to its
vigorous enforcement. An armed cruiser
will be sent to the oyster grounds to drive off
ail trespassers. The bill, as passed, gives the
governor power to call cut the- entire State
militia, and to call upon the State treasurer
to pay the expenses of the same. It is also
made unlawful to catch oysters from any of
thd puhlic grounds or natural oyster beds of
North Carolina, with dre dge, drag, scoop or
patent tongs, except snch tongs as are worked
by hand. The penalty for so doing is from
11.000 to $5,000, or imp risonment from one
to five years, or both. An amendment was
offered to the bill in the senate.,to allow the
use of dredges by native North Carolinians
engaged in the canning industry, but after a
heated discussion, this was defeated, and it
is claimed by the advocates of the amendment,
who are interested in the canneries,
that this will break up their business entirely '
and throw thousands of hands out of employment
in consequence.
To Defeat Ingalls?The election of a
United States Senator to succeed Senator.
Iigalls, of Kansas, is the'all-absorbing business
in the legislature of that State. It is
scid that the Alliance is bitterly opposed to
Ingalls, and desires to elect an Alliance man
in. his place. A dispatch of Monday says
tltat as a precautionary measure, before the
election is gone into, two Republican members
are to be unseated in the house, and
their places are to be filled by Alliance men.
The ground for unseating is alleged fraud.
The program is to do the unseating the first
tiling at Tuesday's session, and seat the
contestants in time to give them a vote on
the senatorial question. This action will
increase the vote of the Alliance on joint
ballot to 94, and reduce the Republican vote
to 64. The Alliance will then have thirty
plurality over the Republicans and a majority
of il over all. It requires eighty-three
votes an joint ballot to elect. The Alliance
men are confident they will elect an Alliance
man on the first ballot to succeed Senator
Ingalls. No one dares to predict who he
will be. Speaker Elder said to-day that by
no means could Ingalls be re-elected. Ninety-one
had signed an agreement, he said, to
vote against Ingalls. "it seemed to be the
general opinion that W. A. Harris and John
Willets have the lead over other Alliance
candidates. Harris is an ex-Confederate,
and served through the war on General Lee's
staff. This fact has prejudiced some eighteen
or twenty old soldiers against him, and, it
is generally believed were it not for that,
he could win hands down. Willetts stock
is looking up to-day. His boom is a sort
of an undercurrent affair. Other candidates
have about held their own. All is activity
at Ingalls' headquarters to-day. His friends
from all over the Slate have volunteered
in his service. He held numerous conferences
with them to-day. They say Ingalls
will succeed himself. The Alliance, they
say, will be unable to agree upon a candidate
and enough votes will finally go Ingalls
Ito elect him.
| Christianized Indians not Rebellious.?The
commissioner of Indian affairs
at Washington, last week received the following
communication from Elaine tioodale,
supervisor of education, now at Pine Ridge,
Nebraska:
"Your telegram asking how many returned
students and parents of school children
are among the "hostiles" is received. It is
impossible to ascertain at present just who
the "hostiles" are. Some have fled the agen
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cy from tear, ana ao not necessarily assume a
warlike attitude. In a general way, however,
it is safe to say that those who have participated
in the ghost dance and subsequent
disturbances, are of the wild or "heathen"
element among the Sioux. A great majority
of the Christian and the educated Indians
have remained loyal and steadfast at the sacrifice
of name and property and at the risk
of their lives. I think that those who have
identified themselves with us during this upheaval
and have thereby lost all they possessed,
should be generously reimbursed for
their losses at the very least.
"Fifteen or twenty Christian young men
and women, of Indian blood, are now serving
as volunteer nurses in our improvised
church hospital, where we have thirty
wounded prisoners from the battle of Wounded
Knee."
Contest Settled in Colorado.?On last
Saturday the supreme court of Colorado settled
a bitter dispute that has been blocking
the business of the house of representatives
in that State for the past ten days by recognizing
Speaker White as the duly elected
chairman. The matter in dispute is briefly
stated as follows: Upon the organization of
the house, Mr. Har na, a member of the faction
known as the Gang, was chosen speaker.
He appointed his committees, whej^ the anti(Junir
members combined with the Demo
crats and refused to recognize his appointments,
and introduced a resolution giving
the house power to appoint committees.
Speaker Hanna refused to recognize this resolution.
The combine being in the majority,
by a vote of 28 to 21 disposed of Speaker
Hanna and elected Mr. White instead, and
proceeded with the appointment of its committees
aud the transaction of other business.
The Hanna faction claimed that this was
illegal and refused to participate in the proceedings,
but called a separate house each
day. The question was finally submitted to
the supreme court with the above result.
Pardoned by the President.?President
Harrison has granted a pardon to Wm.
A. (riles, of Fort Mill, York county, who
was convicted at the August term of the
United States court of revenue violations,
and whose sentence was suspended pending
an application for pardon. The case is the
first one in this State in which President
Harrison has exercised executive clemency
and Mr. Giles owes his pardon much to tht
efforts of his attorney, A. H. Dean, of this
city. Mr. Giles' ease excited some interest
in the United States court. He had l>een
shot five times front ambush, and he made s.
statement to the jury which tried his case that.
| the three witnesses against him had attempti
ed to assassinate him. The jury hesitated
I about convicting him, but Judge Simon ton
i charged them that he was technically guilty.
! Mr. Dean secured affidavits in York eounty
as to Mr. (files' good churacter, and with u
clear statement of the case, forwarded them
to the attorney general of the United States,
who recommended the pardon.? Greenvilla
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