Jfrnqp and
? A young man named Robert Willink
was killed in an amateur prize fight in Savannah,
6a., last Friday night.
? The selectmen of Schoolcraft, Mich.,
hive passed an ordinance concerning card
playing, so sweeping that the young people
cannot play progressive euchre. Any one
caught playing cards of any sort will suffer
both fine-and imprisonment.
Tfi Columbia, Mo., the girls attending
college have organized an engagement and
marriage club. Every time one of them has
a gentleman escort to whom she is not engaged,
she pays twenty-five cents into the
treasury. When a member becomes engaged
she pays in five dollars. When a member
is married, the club allows her one hundred
dollars.
? Henry Hudson, a young man living
near Bishopville, Maryland, last week made
a wager with a friend that he could cat a
half gallon of peanuts within a given time.
The feat was accomplished with several
minutes to spare, and Hudson, collecting
his wager, went home. During the night he
was seized -with violent pains wmcn me
doctors were unable to relieve. His lower
intestines were so gorged that he died in the
most horrible agony.
? Prince Jerome Napoleon, claimant of the
throne of France, died at Rome, Italy, on
Monday of last week. He was a grand
nephew of Napoleon I, and has long been
looked upon by the monarchists of France
as their hope for the overthrow of the present
republican form of government in that
country. Though Jerome provided in his
will that his son Victor should no longer lay
any claim to the French "throne," the Bonapartist
leaders have agreed that he is the
legitimate heir, and will now center their
hopes on the fortunes of the new pretender.
? The Italian government ought not to raise
a row over the New Orleans lynching. When
King Humbert got after the Mafia he sent
his armies to exterminate every member of
the society. An entire province was surrounded
by soldiers, and no one was allowed
to go in or out. The people were declared
not human beings, and were denied every
right until they assisted in hunting down
the Mafia. The members of the society were
killed as fast as captured, and the survivors
came to America. Italy's example has been
followed by New Orleans.
? The collections of the internal revenue
during the first seven months of the fiscal
year of 1890-91 were $96,967,155, an increase
of $7,152,696 as compared with collections
during the corresponding period of the
last previous fiscal year. The receipts were
as follows: Spirits, $54,866,921, an increase
of $3,329,598; tobacco, $22,981,623, an increase
of $1,540,357; fermented liquors,
$18,815,351, an increase of $2,019,874; oleomargarine,
$627,941, an increase of $140,351;
miscellaneous, $175,319, an increase of $122,520.
The receipts for February, 1891, were
$334,716 less than those for February, 1890.
? A woman sharper has been swindling
the ladies of Columbus, Ga. Not long ago
a woman giving her name as Mrs. Miller,
made a canvas of the city, offering to teach
the ladies her method of embroidery for
$25. The samples she displayed took the
fancy of the ladies, but the price was too
high. She finally came down to $7.50, but
desired payment in advance. Alter securing
a number of papils, she left with each,
certain material to practice on, agreeing to
come again an hour every day to see how
the work was progressing. She collected
her fees and failed to call any more. Investigation
developed the fact that she had
paid her bill at the hotel and skipped out.
? A dispatch from fine Kiage Agency,
Sooth Dakota, says that unless all signs fail,
the Sioux are going to take the war path
again this spring. Persons who have been
studying the situation all winter believe
that another war is inevitable. Since the
Brules and Ogallalas were forced to surrender
in January, it is said that the young
men have been taunted and gibed by the
squaws, who have been reciting the old time
bravery and prowess of the Sioux, and they
are now restless to avenge their many
wrongs. It is also said that the Sioux are
in constant communication with the Utes,
the Arapahoes, the Cheyennes and many
other tribes, and if the war does break out
again it will be long and bloody.
? Apropos to the howl that has been raised
by the Italians of this country and Italy
over the recent lynching in New Orleans,
The Louisville Courier-Journal makes the
following pertinent remarks: "At the time
the New Orleans regulators were killing the
assassins who escaped conviction by bribery
and perjury, me men 01 tne me-savmg station
at Sandy Hook, were, at the risk of their
Jives, rescuing the crew of fifteen from the
Italian boat Umberto Primo ashore on Romer
shoals. America is hospitable to all men
and creeds except those who teach assassination.
Neither the life savers or the regulators
asked the nativity of the men, but they
were moved only by the first instinct of human
nature which knows nothing of nationalities."
? The Tennessee legislature adopted a
rather novel plan to shut off debate one day
last week. The Democrats, who are largely
in the majority, passed a resolution sending
greeting to the Illinois legislature for electing
Palmer to the United States senate. Mr.
Collins, a Republican, undertook to defeat
the resolution, and with that end in view
gotmp to make a speech. No sooner was
his object made apparent than the Democrats
began to pelt him with copies of the
code, agricultural reports and old bills.
The whole thing was done in perfect good
nature, but the shower of harmless missiles
came down on the dissenting Republican so
thick and fast that he hastily retreated to
one of the committee rooms for safety.
? An Atlanta special to The Augusta
Chronicle tells of a smart trick that a smart
young criminal named Hersehel Paris played j
on the keepers of the Fulton county, Ga., j
jail on Sunday of last week. Members of
the Young Men's Christian association called
around at the jail to couduct religious
sendees for the prisoners. While praying,1
oinmnrr anfl ovhnrtillflr WPfP IfOiniT Oil. PflrfS '
O1U6IU6 0 C C -- ,
slipped into his cell, donned his overcoat,
kid gloves and hat, and with a Bible in his
hands, joined the crowd. A few minutes !
later, when the Y. M. C. A. men withdrew,'
Paris was with them. He shook hands
with the jailer, trusted he would "grow in
grace," and departed. The sanctimonious
mail robber is still at large, and at last accounts
Sheriff Morrow and his men were
"after him" in vain.
? A fearful disaster occurred in the bay of
Gibraltar on Tuesday of last week. During
a terrible gale, the Anchor Line steamship
Utopia, bound from Naples for New
York with 880 souls on board, was run into
by the British steamship Anson. The Utopia
went down with all on board in less than five
minutes after the shock, and 475 of the
passengers and 15 of the crew were drowned.
The passengers were mostly Italian
emigrants who were on their way to settle
in America. There were several British
war vessels in the bay at the time of the
collision, and everything that was possible
was done to rescue the drowning passengers
of the unfortunate ship. The war vessels 1
lowered their boats and the heroic sailors j
continued their efforts in behalf of the poor !
Italians as long as forms could be seen on
the waves. Several of the rescuers were also
drowned.
? Here is a story that comes from Detroit, j
Michigan. Joseph Perrin is proprietor of
one of the largest flouring mills of that city, I
and he is worth half a million dollars. One
night last week a stranger called at Mr. Berlin's
door with the announcement that a
coftcn was in waning 10 iukc nun 10 me
house of a sick friend. With no suspicion
but that everything was all right, he entered
the coach with the stranger and was driven
away. After going a short distance the {
coach took an opposite direction from the!
quarter of the city in which the sick friend
lived. Perrin got up and tried to get out of
the coach. He was met at the door by two
masked men who stuck revolvers into his
face aud told him to keep his scat. As the
next move he was securely bound, gagged
and blindfolded. The coach finally came to
a stop and Perrin was taken into a house and
his bandages removed. He was then required
to draw a check for $15,000 011 the
Peninsular bank, of which he is vice-president,
and also to give his note for an equal
amount payable in five days. Further lie
was required to write a letter to his nephew
to see to it that the check was cashed and
the money raised 011 the note. The nephew,
however, had already become alanned about
the absence of his uncle and immediately informed
the police. The scheme failed and
Perrin was soon after released by his scoundrelly
captors, who, however, took occasion
to admonish him that they "would get him
next time." The police are trying to find
the kidnappers, but as Mr. Perrin was blindfolded
and taken to and from their rendezvous
by a devious route, there is no cine to
their whereabouts.
fatMJe inquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1891.
THE PHOSPHATE LITIGATION.
There have been some more interesting
developments in the Coosaw fight. Last
week the Coosaw people made a proposition
to the commissioners looking to a compromise.
The proposition, however, was one
sided, seeking permission to resume work on
its old terms, pending the final decision of
the courts. But the proposition was refused,
the commission answering that the Coosaw
people would be allowed to resume work in
?.h? disunited territory only on the same
terms and along with the other licensees.
The company declined to accept these terms,
and it was thought that the matter was at
rest until a final decision of the courts. But
the commission has made anot her move that
promises interesting developments. On
their motiQn, Judge Aldrich has appointed
Captain U. R. Brooks, of Columbia, temporary
receiver for the Coosaw territory, and
the programme now is for the receiver to
advertise for bids for mining phosphate in the
disputed territory at a fixed price. After
such bids are approved by Judge Aldrich,
the parties declared the successful bidders
! will be allowed to mine in the Coosaw under
j the jurisdiction and direction of the receiver,
and the net proceeds are to go either to the
State or the Coosaw company, whichever
side wins the legal fight now on.
Looking at the matter in the light of these
facts, it would seem that the State is now on
top. The only question is as to whether the
action of the circuit court involves a conflict
of jurisdiction.
THE NEW ORLEANS AFFAIR.
Great excitement has been prevailing
among Italians throughout the United States
during the past week over the New Orleans
lynching. Indignation meetings have been
held in nearly every city where there are
any considerable number of Italians, and the
utterances of the speakers, as well as the
resolutions that have been passed by the
meetings, have been unusually wild.
A monster meeting was held in the great
hall of Cooper Union, New York, last Friday
night. There were over 5,000 Italians present,
and the speeches, which were almost
terrifying in vehemence, were all iu Italian.
Nearly every sentence was appiauueu 10 me
echo, and especially was this the case when
the speakers referred to the necessity of satisfaction
for the killing. Beyond intense
excitement, however, the meeting passed off
in an orderly manner, though it was admitted
by the leaders that if certain of the wouldbe
speakers had been allowed to address the
audience, there would have been bloodshed.
Resolutions were adopted demanding that
those who signed the call for the New Orleans
meeting, as well as all the citizens who
participated in the lynching, be punished.
It was also resolved that ''all Italians of
New York await with calmness and firmness
the reparation which our government
I has requested of this republic, and that full
justice be made in this case according to the
constitution and laws of the United States."
Sensational reports are to the effect that
Italians of the country propose a descent on
New Orleans next month. One report says
thut 14,000 stands of arms will be sent from
Italy if that number of men can be raised to
take part in the "expedition," and a large
number of Italians have already volunteered
their services, conditioned on the event
that the lynchers are not otherwise punished.
Of course this is all stuff, but there are
other events connected witn tne anair 01
more significant import. W. S. Parkerson,
one of the leaders of the mob, Mayor Shakespeare
of New Orleans, and other prominent
citizens, have received anonymous communications
from the Mafia, threatening
death, and it is quite clear that the reign of
terror in the Crescent City is not yet ended.
A man representing himself to be Dominick
O'Mally, the detective who is charged
with having bribed the Hennessy jury and
otherwise assited the Mafia, turned up in
Memphis, Tennessee, last Friday. Though
the identity of the man has not been satisfactorily
established, here is what he told a
reporter of the Memphis Avalanche-Appeal:
"It is my intention to return to New Orleans
within the next few days. I will arrive
there next Wednesday or Thursday, and
will expose the Mafia. I know more of the
workings of that order than any other living
man, aside from its members. I am as well
acquainted with it as was Dave' Hennessy.
His death grew out of his refusal of an offer
of $50,000 from the Italians of New Orleans,
about four years ago, for the release of the
famous bandit, Exposito. His refusal of the
bribe sealed his doom. The precipitating
cause of his death was, as has been stated
in the newspapers, his siding with the Provenzanos
against the Matrauzas. I was employed
by the Matranzas as a detective and
did what I could for their side of the case. I
am positive that the juVors that tried the
murderers of Hennessy were bribed. Hennessy
was killed by the Mafia.
"I am certain that six of the men who
were executed by the mob were guilty.
The names of that six are John Caruso,
Palizzo, Incardona, Maresclm, Bagnetto and
Joe Mocheca. My purpose, when I was retained
by the Mafia, after Hennessy's death,
was to expose the organization. That is
my purpose still. I believe that the Mafia j
is dead in this country. It is an organization ;
whose sole purpose is assassination, i nave i
been followed by Italians from Houston, Tex.,
to Memphis. My life is in danger, but as I
am warned of it, I have 110 fear that I will
meet Dave Hennessy's fate.
"The relations of Hennessy and myself,i
at the time of his death were not cordial, |
but he and I belonged to the same order of
Hibernians, and I recognized liiin as a brave
and a gallant officer."
The reporter asked Mr. O'Malley if it was 1
true that he had any hand in the bribery of
the jury. He replied :
"I know a great many things that I cannot
tell. I am too slick for that."
MERE-MENTION.
A dispatch from Lexington, Ky., says that j
a six year old boy named "Bud" Harper,
attempted to commit suicide in that city last,
Thursday by hanging himself. The only |
reason given for the attempt was that he {
had become very much wrought up on the j
subject of the New Orleans lynching. Of-1
licial statistics recently issued by the British \
government show that not less than 132.
peers of the realm derive a large portion of i
their revenues from the sale of intoxieating ;
liquors. These 132 peers own J ,329 "drink1
shops." CharlesX. Felton, Republican,
has been elected United States senator from |
California to succeed Senator Hearst, deceas- i
ed. Felton received 73 votes, and it is stated
sis a positive fact that most of them cost him j
$2,000 apiece. Lawrence Barrett, the
great tragedian, died at the Windsor Hotel in '
New York on last Friday night. The j
will of the late Senator Hearst leaves all his
property to his wife except in the event she
marries again, when otic half will go to their
son. Mrs. J. C. Clark of Charlotte, N.
C., on last Wednesday, by mistake, took six
grains of morphine and died from the etlects |
of the dose in a few hours. The titer-1
cantile agency of It. (J. Dun & Co. reports'
the business failures throughout the United
States and Canada last week as numbering (
230 against 213 for the corresponding week
| of last year. A dispatch of last Friday i
says that there are four thousand cases of
grip at Pittsburg, Pa. At Providence,
It. I., last week, an enterprising thief scaled
the mason's ladder in the 250 feet high stack
of the Narragansett Electric Light company,
and stole the platinum tips off the lightning
rods. Savannah, Ga., one day last week,
celebrated the receipt of her one millionth
bale of cotton for the present season. In
Troy, N. Y., last Sunday, a hundred and
fifty Italians, who were holding a meeting to
protest against the New Orleans lynching,
were dispersed by a mob. A blast of
100 kegs of powder was fired at Lookout
Mountain last Wednesday which dislodged
100,000 tons of rock. The captain of
the steamship Utopia, an account of the
wreck of which appears in another column,
has been arrested on the charge of negligence
and mismanagement. Sidney Dillon,
president of the Union Pacific railroad,
confirms the story of a blanket mortgage to
be put on that property. It willjbe for $250,000,000,
and will be the biggest mortgage
ever recorded. Much distress is reported
in the lower Mississippi valley on account
of the breaking of the levees. Large sugar
plantations have been overflowed, many of
the railroads are under water, and the loss
to property aggregates millions of dollars.
A TALK WITH HAMPTON.
The following interview with ex-Senator
Hampton, by T. Thomas Fortune, the colored
journalist, appeared in The New York Sun
on Tuesday of last week. The interview
took place on a Baltimore and Ohio Pullman,
while Hampton was on bis way home
from Washington:
After wo passed Alexandria I took my
seat by the side of Gen. Hampton and asked
him if he would talk on general politics, as
he had just terminated his long senatorial
career. He was not at all averse. He is a
very venerable and dignified looking man.
His snow white hair, Burnside whiskers, and
black slouch hat gave him a patriarchal
appearance. He wore a suit of gray.
"I am in favor of the free coinage of silver,"
he said. "It should be of the full
standard measure, however. I don't think
the silver question will be one of the leading
questions in the campaign next year. I
think the next congress will dispose of the
matter. There is such fi. general demand
for legislation favorable to silver, that it cannot
be disregarded. No; I do not think it
will play much of a part in the next campaign."
"What about the Farmers' Alliance?"
"Well, it will not amount to much in the
politics of the future, because its schemes
are impracticable and because it is manipulated
by demagogues. I have always been
in favor of the farmers having more organizations
among themselves for their own benfit.
I am a farmer myself and naturally
sympathize with the farmers. I want to see
them prosper, and am in favor of any organization
among them that will effect this result.
I do not think that anything in this
line can be accomplished by the Farmers'
Alliance. On the contrary, I think that it
will work great damage to the interest of
the farmers. The legislative relief they
seek is class legislation of the simplest kind,
and that sort of legislation is always objectionable
on general principles and always
at variance with our theories of government."
"What influence would such legislation as
the Farmers' Alliance, demands have upon
our system of government ?"
"If it were possible to conceive of any such
legislation as the sub-treasury, the bonded
warehouse and other schemes, it would inevitably
lead us into endless confusion and
ultimate bankruptcy. There could not pos
sibly be any other result from it. But it
does not seem probable to me that any such
legislation is at all possible."
"General, how do you account for the fact
that the South, which has always been opposed
to class legislation and paternalism in
government, has gone mad over the Farmers'
Alliance schemes?"
"I cannot explain the matter," Senator
Hampton replied. "The farmers have had
a hard time of it during the past few years.
They have not made any money. They are
burdened with debt. They want relief, and,
unfortunately, imagine they can secure it
from the general government."
"What influence will the Farmers' Alliance
exercise upon the presidential election next
year?"
"Very little, if any. National elections
are only affected by national issues. The
issues raised by the Alliance are local and
class rather than national. I do not think
the presidential question of next year will be
materially affected by any action the Farmers'
Alliance may take. The fight will be
between the two old parties, as usual."
"Has your experience in the senate been a
pleasant one?"
"Well, yes; very pleasant. I do not believe
there is a Republican in the senate who
does not regret that I have been displaced,
especially among the older ones. My relations
with both sides of the senate have been
most cordial. I think my record has been
unique in at least one respect. Of the five
hundred measures reported by me, as chairman
of the committee on military affairs,
not one of them was acted upon adversely
by the senate.
"What are my future plans, politically ?
I have none. 1 have done with public affairs.
I must now look after my < personal
affairs, which have been long neglected."
"But the leading newspaper in your State
nominated you for governor the moment
Irbv was uominated to succeed you in the
senate."
"I know that. But I am not a candidate.
I have never been a candidate for anything.
I never asked a man to vote for me. I have
not sought public honors."
"But you have tlie confidence of the people
of South Carolina. If they insist upon
your accepting the gubernatorial nomination,
what then ?"
"This looks like Constance's Neck," re- j
plied Gen. Hampton, "and that house there |
near the Potomac, looks like the one where |
I had an interesting experience during the
war."
"What was the incident, general ?"
"Well, the same old story; a spy. I had
a man who wanted to cross the Potomac, j
but I didn't know how to get him over, j
Well, just then, a man came in and reported j
that a spy had crossed the Potomac in the!
early morning. We made dilligent search i
for him, with but little success, and we were
about to give it up when we found him !
locked up in a box under a bed in the house
we had just passed. We forced him to disclose
the hiding place of the boat in which
he had crossed the river, and we used it
to send over our man who wished to reach
the other side."
"What became of the spy ?" I asked.
"I sent him to Richmond. I don't know
what became of him, but I expect that he
was?. That is a pretty view of the river."
"Who will be president ?"
"Presidential candidates? Well, if New
York goes to the convention with a solid
delegation it will get the nomination; if not
the nomination will go to the West."
"What Western man have you in your
ilium o v j v
"Oh, none in particular. The most obscure
man in a break away from the favorites,
usually captures the honor."
"What do you think of Governor Camphell,
of Ohio; Governor Gray, of Indiana;
Ex-Congressman Wm. It. Morrison, and Gen.
John M. Palmer, of Illinois'?"
"They are all good men ; but I have nothing
to say as to their candidacy, further
than if New York does not present a solid :
front in the convention, the nomination will |
go to a Western man."
"What about the speakership of the next J
ikjusc'?"
"I think it will be a mistake to elect a J
Southern man as the speaker. I think
some good Northern or Western man should
be selected. I think the Democratic party j
made a great mistake in the both congress,
by electing a Southern man as speaker of the
house, and by giving the principal chairman- j
ships of commit tees to Southern men. Again,:
I think the Democratic party made amis-;
take in the campaign of 1SSS by Hooding the j
North with Southern speakers. It is a bad
policy. The voters resent it. If Northern '
speakers should be sent into the South j
we should resent it. We know more about j
our own atl'airs than outsiders do. I think '
the Northern voters resented the fact ofj
our sending them Southern speakers to!
instruct them in 1sss.
"Then you arc not in favor electing a j
Southern man speaker of the house of the]
r?2d congress'?"
"Emphatically, no."
"What is your opinion of the future rein- j
tions of the races in the South'?"
"Most hopeful. I agree with the recent
opinion of Senator Carlisle, that there will
be less and less of friction between the races;
that they will come more and more to understand
the mutuality of their interests,
and that they will more and more cooperate
together for the common good. In my own
State the colored people have great respect
for me, and in any division of votes, caused
by the position of the Farmers' Alliance, I
am sure that the best elements among the
colored people would cooperate with the best
elements among the white people.'1
"That being the case, would you not feel
it a public duty to accept the gubernatorial
nomination if offered to you ?"
"I must straighten out my personal affairs,"
replied the general; and he really looked as
if he wished not to be called upon to make
other sacrifices prejudicial to his personal interests.
"No; I have no regrets in leaving public
life. I have tried to do my duty. My relations
with colleagues in the senate have
been most pleasant. My public life all the
way through has been regulated by a strict
regard for the exactions of the duty imposed
upon me, and I cannot but feel that I have
always labored for the public good, according
to my light."
As the cars sped away southward I could
not but think pleasantly of the fine old type
of Southern gentleman.
GENERAL JOE JOHNSTON DEAD.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston died at his home
r> n loot Snturrlav liicht
IU V? UOllllIglUIl) X/. V } iu?v y -- o -of
heart affection.
Gen. Johnston was the last, save Beauregard,
of the six full generals of the Confederacy.
He was bom at Cherry Grove,
Va., in 1807, and was graduated from West
Point in 1829 in the same class with Gen.
R. E. Lee. He was appointed second lieutenant
of the Fourth artillery, and first saw
active service in the field in 1832 in the
Black Hawk Indian expedition. He was
promoted in 1836 and was aide de camp on
Gen. Wiufield Scott's staff' in the Seminole
war. He participated in nil the important
battles connected with Gen. Scott's campaign
in Mexico, from the taking of Vera
Cruz to the capture of Mexico. He was
thrice brevetted for gallantry during this war,
and in 1848 was mustered "out of the service
as lieutenant colonel of volunteers, only to
be reinstated by congress with his original
rank of captain of topographical engineers.
He was commissioned quartermaster general
of the United States army in June, 1860,
but resigned the following April to enter the
Confederate service, in which, as major general
of volunteers, he assisted Gen. Lee in
the work of organizing the men who were
pouring into Richmond. Subsequently, he
was commissioned brigadier general in the
regular Confederate service, and was placed
in command'of Harper's Ferry. He joined
forces with Beauregard and remained in
command of the consolidated troops until
1862. At the battle of Seven Pines he was
wounded and incapacitated for duty for
about six mouths.
His next service was as commander of the
army of Tennessee. He employed the winter
of 1863 to reorganize his command, which
had been demoralized by defeat at Missionary
Ridge.
He was relieved of this command in July,
1864, by order of the authorities, Gen. Hood
succeeding hiin.
Early in 1864 Gen. Lee assigned him to
the command from which he had been relinvfwl
nml ordered him to drive back Slier
man. Gen. Johnston urged Lee to abandon
Richmond and join forces with him and
fight Sherman before Grant could come
up, but Lee replied that it was impossible for
him to leave Virginia, as his force was
small. Gen. Johnston, declining a decisive
engagement, hung on Sherman's flanks, annoying
the latter and impeding his march
from Atlanta to Richmond as much as possible.
Lee surrendered at Appomattox, and Johnston,
obtaining the consent of President Jefferson
Davis that the war should not be further
prolonged, entered into negotiations
with Sherman. The first agreement framed
was disapproved by the federal government,
and on April 20th a second agreement was
concluded.
Gen. Johnston afterwards became, successively,
president of a railroad company in
Arkansas, of an express company in Virginia,
and an insurance agent in Georgia. He
was elected :o congress from the Richmond
district, and next saw public life as commissioner
of railroads, which office he held
under President Cleveland's administration.
In person. Gen. Johnston was a man of
slender build, and with a kindly pleasant
face. He was unobstrusive in manner and
invariably courteous to all persons with
whom he was brought in contact.
At the news of Gen. Johnston's death, flags
were lowered to half mast in all southern
cities, ana an uay luonuay uuu a ucsuu) b> wpathetic
telegrams poured into the home of
the bereaved relatives. The remains were
dressed in citizens' clothes for burial, and the
funeral services took place at St. John's
church, Washington, yesterday.
The Old Soldiers and the Centennial.
With each succeeding day interest in our
coming centennial grows, and now there is
ground for the belief that one of the grandest
features of the great gala occasion will be
the sight of a long Hue of old Confederate
sodiers heading the line of march to the fair
grounds. The military committee, at its lust
meeting, extended an invitation to all of the
survivors of the State to be present and oc-1
cupy the post of honor in the procession,
and the same committee have requested the j
Richland Survivors' Association to arrange j
all necessary details, and it is authoritatively
announced by The Register, that an extra j
meeting of the Survivors' Association will I
be called for Tuesday, the 2d of April at 8j
p. m., at which all necessary arrangements,
will be made. A strong- effort will be made !
in the meantime to secure the attendance
at that meeting of every member of the association,
so that the action taken may re-1
eeivc unanimous endorsement. The survivors
will he furnished a band of music for j
themselves by the military committee, and!
it is thought that tents can be procured for!
the use of those of the visiting survivors j
who may desire to go into camp. The bad-;
ges will, of course, be furnished by the Rich-'
land Survivors' Association. As the gover-:
nor,'in his capacity as "commander-in-chief i
of the militia of the State, will head the
uniformed soldiery, it has been suggested
that the Confederate line in front shall be
led by either Hampton, Butler or Kershaw,
the three ranking oftieers of the Confederate
army from this State.
All of these details, however, will be left j
to the Richland survivors, and 110 doubt they
will be fully alive to the duties devolving;
upon them, and will issue, at the proper time, j
a circular to their comrades throughout the j
State urging them to attend the centennial j
and giving them full and accurate information
regarding the arrangements made for
them.?Columbia Register.
South Carolina's Population.?The i
following bulletin, recently issued by the J
United States census department, shows the
population of South Carolina in 1890, by
counties, as compared with the figures of
1880:
18510. 1N80.
Abbeville 40,854 40,815
Aiken 31,822 28,112
Anderson 40,090 3.1,012
Barnwell 44,01.1 .11),857
Beaufort , 34,111) 30,170
Berkeley 55,428 j
Charleston 59,003 l(r2,8(K) j
Chester 20,000 24,153
Chesterfield ls,4)i8 10,345
Clarendon 2.3,233 19,190;
Colleton 40,293 .'10,380 |
Darlington 29,134 ."14,485
Kdgelield 451,25!) 45,844
Fairfield 28,55)9 27,7051
Florence 25,027
Georgetown 20,857 19,013
Greenville 44,310 37,45)0
Hampton 20,544 18,741 i
liorrv 29,250 15,574
Kershaw 22,.101 21,538 '
Lancaster 20,701 10,9031
Laurens 31,0H? 29,444 j
Lexington 22.181 is,.504 '
Marion .'19,970 34,107!
Marlborough 23,500 20,55)8 ,
Newborn* 20,4."54 20,497 |
Oconee 18,087 10,250 1
Orangeburg 45),35)3 41,15)5 j
Dickens 10,38!) 14,389;
Richland 30,821 28,573 i
Spartanburg 55,.38.5 40,409 i
Sumter 43,005 37,037 !
Cnion 25,.103 24,980;
Williamsburg 27,777 24,110 j
York 38,831 30,713
Total 1.151.149 95)5,577 !
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? Greenville eorrespondant of The News;
and Courier, Thursday: A granddaughter!
of Andrew Jackson, on her way from Ore- ]
gon to Virginia, stopped here yesterday lu?- j
cause her funds gave out and she had no'
more. Kind-hearted people made up a purse j
for her and she went on. She is a woman
of culture and refinement. An only son. j
with whom she was living, was drowned in
Oregon some time ago. Her husband was a !
Confederate oiiieer and was killed at Gettys- j
burg.
places. Here is the new list:
C. M. Ward has been appointed general
manager in place of John F. Jones.
S. B. Pickens has been appointed general
freight agent.
W. E. Stoney has been appointed auditor,
in place of J. J. Collier, comptroller.
W. G. Mazyck has been appointed cashier
for the reciever.
A. Tripp has been appointed superintendent.
The headquarters of all of the above named
officers, except Mr. Tripp, will be at
Charleston. Mr. Tripp's headquarters are
Blacksburg.
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
The railroad commissioners have issued
their statement of earnings of various railroads
in the State for January. The aggregate
earnings of all the roads was $1,003,045
against $900,760.31 for the same
month last year. The Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago earned $12,915.34, against
$8,362.95 for the same month last year, an
increase of 54.44 per cent. The Chester and
Lenoir shows up $6,874.99 against $6,161,23,
an increase of 11.53 per cent. The earnings
of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
were $78,844.35 against $71,847.42, an increase
of 9.74 per cent. The Charlotte and
Atlanta Air line earned $171,235.17, against
$174,936.13, a decrease of 2.12 per cent. The
the total passenger earnings for the month
were $294,336.10, and the total freight earnings
were $641,905.74.
MORE NEWSPAPERS.
The first number of Public Opinion, the
bi-monthly temperance paper published in
Chester, by Bob Jaggers, appeared on March
14.
"The Enterprise" is the name of a new
paper tliat has just been established in Lancaster.
It is published by the Enterprise
Publishing Company and presents an unusually
handsome mechanical appearance. In
his salutatory the editor says that if the
"paper does not win success, it will try and
do what is better?deserve it." If he keeps
?A 1 -r xi ?I
the paper up to ine si annum 01 me unwui
number, he will not only deserve, but win.
The old Augusta Chronicle has greatly
improved of late. Always a first-class daily,
it has largely increased its news service, and
at the same time reduced its subscription
price to $6 a year. Though published on
the other side of the line, The Chroncle has
a large number of subscribers in South Carolina,
and its special news service in this State
is remarkably complete and reliable.
Prof. W. J. Thackston, chief clerk in the
office of the superintendent of education, has
purchased lrom Mr. J. F. McKinuon of
Aiken, The Palmetto School Journal, the
official organ of the State Teachers' associa- i
tion, ai d will move the plant to Columbia,
where it will hereafter be published.
SHE IS NOT A MORMON.
Here is a correction which, although coming
in ut a rather late day, is cheerfully given
the space that is necessary to set matters
right. About two years ago it became
known that some Morman ciders were pursuing
their proselyting work in the neighborhood
of Hickory Grove. It was alleged
that one Robert Lanier had become a con
vert and that his house was headquarters for
the clciers and their prosely :es. On the 18th
of September, 1889, a band of "White Caps"
undertook to break the matter up. They
visitec Lanier's house and used their hickory
withs:'ather promiscuously on his household.
After relating the circumstances of the affair,)
our Hickory Grove correspondent said: "I
am also informed that they whipped one
John Jones, and a Nancy Riggers, who were
Mormons, and living a dissolute life in the
community." This statement was published
in IT e Enquirer of September 25, 1S89,
but it seems that our correspondent was misinformed
as to the creed of at least one of
the parties referred to. O i last Monday we
received the following certificate, signed as
belott :
We, Hie undersigned citizens and neighbors of
Mrs. Nancy Riggers, say that we know her personal)
v, and are l'ully satisfied that she never belonged
to the Mormon church, and further, that
we iu ver saw anything wrong about her house
in the way of misbehavior:
T. 11. WhJsnant, A. Wlilsiiant, .1. II. MeCJIll, J.
Smith, Daniel Wallace, M. F. Boll, Michael Dover, T.
K. Cai roll, John Whisonant, T. M. Fayssoux, Morgan
Itovei, t?. Boleo, A. II. Martin, D. C. Bolln, W. T.
Harti ess, J. W. Allison, 1,. J. Hainsey, Julius A.
Hope, M. W. Smith, T. Is. Whitesldcs, J. M. Whitesides,
It. l?. Whitesldcs. I. C. Spencer, M. ('. Dover, W.
A. Null, Y. W. S. Neat, K. D. ltamsay, J. I'. ilamls
right, Robert Whisonant, Maggie ltamsav, Ijiwson
Howell, W. Meek Faulkner, J. L. McHlll, '1'. J. Bolln,
John Barber, Allen Bolln, J. R Parish, J. L. Stewart,
(ieorfe Wilson, (}. It. Boleyn, J. Warren Pursley,
Tliad Iouh Bolln, James M. Barlier, W. A. Barrett,
Joiin R. Furies, W. R. Biggers (}. R. McDowell, L. I,.
Parish. John Neeland, M. T. Furls, Richard Horton,
R. >1. whitesldcs, Ellas Ramsay, David T. Barrett, J.
M. Caldwell, Alec Bolln. R. J. \V. Moss, William Caldwell,
N. N. Reynolds, l'hilllp Pnmhrlght, J. F. Wlilsnant,
A. Dickson.
THE BECHTLKli DOLL AIL
W iat South Carolina antiquarian can tell The
State something about the coin which is described
in the following paragraph from a Northern
paper? "Capt. J. S. Andrews of Lexington,
Mo., has what is known as an 'A. Bcchtlcr Carolina
gold dollar.' It contains twenty-seven grains
of gold, and was made by A. Beehtler, of South
Cart Una, who had a permit for the purpose from
the government shortly after the end of the Revolutionary
war. It contains $1.07 worth of gold.
?Columbia State.
Kir. Joseph Ilerndon, one of the oldest
f ..1...511 ?u nf the
Ui i Uiivuiiv, IVIIIVIIII/VIW .... w.
circumstances connected with the Bechtler
coinage. The dollar referred to above was
not coined in South Carolina, however, but
near liutherfordton, X. where Mr. Herndor
lived at the time the "mint" was in operation.
Here is the whole story as related
by Mr. Herndon :
Augustus Bechtler came to this country
from Germany, somewhere between the
years lK.'Ni and IS.'W, and settled about three
miles north of Rutherfo'dton. on the Jamestown
road. The old man was accompanied
by two sons, the elder of whom was named
Augustus, and the younger Charley. All
three were skilled mechanics, working in iron,
steel, gold and silver. They also manufactured
guns, pistols, knives, etc. About the
time of Bechtier's arrival, the country round
about produced a great deal of gold, and it
was a matter of no little inconvenience to
the miners to get the metal converted into
convenient shape. As it happened, the old
man Bechtler was not only a skillful workman.
but also a line as<ayer, and combining
his knowledge and skill, he and his sons
finally began coining into dollars the gold
that wns brought to them.
They had no permit from the government
as stated by the Northern paper, but conducted
the business entirely on their own
responsibility. The coins, however, which
were made into one, two-and-a-half and live
dollar pieces, circulated freely throughout
neighboring portions of North and South
Carolina, and their value was never (piestioned
by anyone who knew the reputation
o'the Bcchtiers. But falling into the hands
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
F. A. Gilbert, Cashier? Condition of Exchange
Bank.
James Cansler, School Commissioner?Notiee to
Teachers.
Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Dobson's Racket.
M. & H. C. Strauss?New Goods, New Goods.
W. C. Latimer?We will be Headquarters.
A. Y. Cartwrlght & Co.?Act Now.
Louis Roth?Bread and Cakes.
SUPERVISOR OP* REGI5TR VTION.
Mr. Irwin B. Gordon of Yorkvi lle, received
notice last Saturday of his appointment to
the office of supervisor of registration for
York county, vice Mr. F. Happerfield, deceased.
THE GRADED SCHOOILfl.
At a meeting of the board of trustees of
the Yorkville Graded schools last Wednesday
night, Mr. F. A. Gilbert wis elected a
trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the
dpnfli of Mr. F. Hannerfield. and Miss Fan
nie Wardlaw was elected a teacher in the
white school, vice Miss Minnie Wilson, resigned.
A CLEAN SWEEP.
Receiver Chamberlain has made a clean
sweep of all the old officers of the Three C's
railroad, and appointed new men in their
of strangers, they were frequently taken to
the Philadelphia mint to be assayed, and
the invariable result was that they were
found to contain just a little more gold than
was indicated by their face value.
ANOTHER BIG INSTALLMENT.
We received another big installment on
the burned files last week?a package of
fourteen papers of missing dates in 1871 as
follows :
Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40,
41, 42 and 46.
The package was brought by the mail
rider from Bethel, and there was no explanation
beyond the fact that the papers bore
the label, "W. A. Barnett." But the sender
has our thanks all the same.
This installment completes the file of 1871
with the exception of four numbers, as follows
: 48, 49, 50 and 52 The other numbers
still missing arc as follows:
All the issues of 1855 except number 45.
Of 1870, numbers 9,10,11,16,25,26,27,29. .10, .12,
M, 36, 39, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Capt. Iredell Jones of Rock Hill, was in
Yorkville Monday.
Mrs. G. L. Riddle of Zeno, is in Yorkville
visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Lula Carson of Spottswood, Va., is
visiting the family of Rev. J. C. Galloway.
Mrs. M. J. Clark is visiting her daughter,
Miss Mary, who is attending school at Salem,
N. C.
Judge Witherspoon spent several days in
Yorkville last week. He is now holding
court at Newberry.
Miss Lizzie C. McGill of Clark's Fork, is
visiting the family of Mr. W. M. Kennedy
and other friends in Yorkville.
Mr. E. B. Beard, of Beard & Inman, has
entered into an engagement to travel for
Messrs R. J. Allen & Co., crockery dealers
of Philadelphia. He will leave next Saturday
and will travel the States of Alabama
and Georgia. Mr. S. M. Inman will fill
his place in the store.
THE JENKINS RIFLES.
The Jenkins Rifles boys are growing more
and more enthusiastic over their proposed
prize drill, and the coming occasion on
which the Wallace troop flag is to be presented.
The competing squads are holding
regular practice drills twice a week, and as
often between times as opportunity offers.
At a regular meeting of the company on
last Thursday night, it was decided that the
flag presentation and prize drill, be postponed
to Wednesday, the 15th of April, the
date of the adjutant-general's inspection,
and that a big banquet also be given on the
occasion. The boys want it understood,
however, that there will be nothing to drink
stronger than pure, cold water.
Mrs. George D. Wallace is confidently expected
to be present, and Lieutenant Garlington,
who was severely wounded in the
I- - a x1 _ : ^ Wnllnnn tirna Irillpfl
DlllUe III WHICH vujnuiii ivaiiutv .. > ?>?,
will also be invited.
. Efficient committees have been appointed
to look after the various details of the entertainment.
CHURCH *NOTICES.
Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, rector.
Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. Sundayschool
at 3.30 p. m.
Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor.
Yorkville?Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening
at 7.30. Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock
p. m. No sendees next Sunday.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J.
C. Galloway, pastor. Tirzah?Services next
Sunday at 11.30 o'clock a. m. Yorkville?
Services next Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H.
Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening
at 7.30 o'clock. Special Easter services
next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7.30 p. m.
Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. m.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D.,
pastor. Commencing this evening at 7.30
o'clock, services will be held each afternoon,
at 4 o'clock, and evening at 7.30 o'clock,
during the week, and on Sunday at 11 a. m.
I .ltifi 7 an n m }>v Rf>v. Dr. Rawlincs of Soar
tanburg. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. m.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Hon. R. H. Glenn left for Union court house
last Monday to help Jack Smith, colored, aformer
employee, out of trouble. It seems
that Jack, who was working for Mr. C. G.
Parish, on the G. C. & N. railroad, was arrested
near Lawrenceville, Ga., on the supposition
that he was Dave Flo, wanted in Union
for the murder ofGi Jeter, also colored, some
time ago.
A big reward is offered for Flo, and through
some kind of stupidity, Smith was arrested
by the Georgia authorities, on the 10th instant.
They informed SherifTLongof Union,
that they had his man, and the sherifT went
to Lawrenceville last week to bring him
back to Union. Never having seen Flo, that
ofHeer was also uncertain as to the identity
of the prisoner, and brought back the man
who was given him.
On reaching Union, it became clear that
the prisoner was the wrong man, but the
sheriff refuses to release him until identified
by some reliable white man, and Capt. Glenn
went over in answer to a telegram.
Jack is well known here. He has the reputation
of being a straightforward, reliable
negro, and it is difficult to understand how
the Georgia officers could make such a stupid
blunder, unless it is because they are
overanxious to get the prize money on Flo.
FAITHFUL GUARDIANS.
A representative of The Enquirer had
business at the jail last Saturday, and happening
around about "feeding" time, saw
something that was worth telling about. The
sheriff has two big, strong bull dogs, that
look as if they were powerful enough to
overcome a bear. They are quiet, sullen
looking fellows, and stalk about the place as
if fully confident of their importance and
prowess. Of course the reporter was struck
with their formidable appearance, and, it is
needless to say, would not prefer to encounter
them alone. The sheriff was along, however,
and satisfied the reporter's curiosity
as to what the big brutes were good for.
"Why, those dogs? I wouldn't take a
hundred dollars apiece for them, especially
Jeff, the larger one. I can just take him up
stairs, throw open the doors, and go about
my business, and there isn't a prisoner in the
jail that would dare come out."
"But wouldn't the dog go in ?"
"Not a bit of it?not unless I tell him to;
and then the prisoners have to scamper to!
their cells. The dog won't go into the cells, j
but every man inside knows not to come out j
while he is in the corridor.
"How about the other dog. Is lie pretty!
! well trained, also ?"
j "O, yes; but he don't know as much as
Jeff, and both being young, (they are not i
I iii.m iivn vnirs oldt if we take them:
| up together they get jealous of eaeh other
and go to lighting."
' But here eoines theeook with dinner for
j the prisoners. Now, watch Jell'."
As the sherilf spoke, the negro eook made
his appearance at the hack door, hearing on
his head a hig tray of bread and meat, and
in one hand a steaming pot of soup. All
; during the foregoing conversation Jell' had j
been standing about in a listless, unconcerned
I . '
manner, apparently taking no notice of the i
surroundings. But when the eook came in, i
j and even before the sheriff's remark, the dog
! bristled up his ears and went hounding up J
| the steps to the prisoners' gallery.
I "That." explained the sheriff', "is the way
> he does every time anybody starts up stairs, j
j When the eook goes tip with a meal, or if
I any of us happen to take down that hunch
of keys, Jell' has got to go. and right now." '
We followed the dog up the steps and
found him waiting outside the entrance to
the prisoners' quarters. The sheriff'tin-J
locked the door and Jeff darted inside,
where a significant incident immediately took
place. Hearing the familiar noise on the
steps, the prisoners had crowded to the end
of the corridor, and several of them were
leaning against the iron grating. On the
appearance of the dog they instantly drew
back, but not a moment too soon, for qnick
as a flash he sprang at the grating in a frantic
effort to get the protruding hands between
his teeth. Failing, of course, the dcg
soon worked himself into a frenzy of rage in
his desire to get at the prisoners. The thonght
of the consequences, should the inftiriated
animal get inside, made the reporter's flesh
creep.
Suddenly Deputy Scoggins, who was also
present, threw open the iron door, and there
was nothing between the dog and his longedfor
victims. It looked as if there was going
to be a tragedy ; but there wasn't. Trembling
with excitement, the dog crouched down in |
the doorway with an ominous growl and remained
silent, while the prisoners remained
in their tracks, afraid to move.
At a word from Mr. Scoggins, a heavy
table wras put across the doorway by the
prisoners from the inside, and the rations
were apportioned out. After all had been
supplied, they retired to their cells, and
some more of the dog's fine training was exhibited.
The door was shut and one of the
negroes was called out from his cell. By instruction,
he taunted the dog until it was so
angry that it would dash itself against the
gratiqg in its efforts to get at him. The dog
was real good mad, and no mistake, and
when Mr. Scoggins was satisfied of this fact,
he told the negro to take., his stand in the
corner. Then again, throwing open the door,
he commanded, "Watch him, Jeff."
At this the big brute thrust his body half
inside and fixed his eyes on the trembling
negro, not more than two feet distant. After
about a minute, Mr. Scoggins said to the
prisoner:
"Now, Jim, if you will touch the corner
of that table I will give you five dollars."
"No?no?no?sir ; b-b-boss, I wouldn't
do it for twenty-five dollars!"
After teasing the poor fellow for a little
while, the door was again closed and the
party went down stairs, the dog, as is his
custom, being the last to leave the room.
It is difficult to estimate the value of such
a dog to the sheriff. In case of an emergency,
he is of more service than even a good
pair of pistols, and being always on the alert,
he insures a feeling of security that nothing
else could bring about. It will be remembered
that Sheriff Glenn once had a desperate
5n lio Soil that, mirrht, have terminated
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disastrously had it uot been for his dog.
The prisoners were armed with the separated
blades of an old pair of shears, and sought to
overpower the sheriff in order to make their
escape. But the sheriff fought like a good
fellow, and assisted by his powerful dog and
a white prisoner by the name of Wallace,
managed to come off first best in the scuffle.
We have no doubt that in such an emergency
Sheriff Crawford's dog would also
put up a good fight, and we are not surprised
that the sheriff values him so highly.
LOCAL LACONICS.
? At their last regular meeting the Jenkins
Rifles unanimously resolved to attend the
Columbia centennial.
I ? We acknowledge the receipt of a copy
of The Enquirer, No. 41,1871, from Mr.
Samuel Blair of Blairsville.
? Prof. C. C. Hard is engaged in giving
pupils of the graded school a course of
twenty lessons in vocal music.
?Ten new members were received into the
Yorkville lodge of I. 0. G. T. last Friday
night. There are now 103 names on the roll
of the lodge.
I ?We are requested to announce that a
special Easter service will be held in the
Episcopal church next Sunday afternoon at
five o'clock. The church will be elaborately
decorated for the occasion and the public is
cash, it is exclusive 01 poruons 01 mese
funds invested in securities. The officials
say this is the largest amount of money that
has been in the treasury- at this time of the
year since 1878.
A Fiuht With Moonshiners.?A party
of ten revenue raiders ran into a bad mess
near Mt. Airy, N. C., last Friday night.
They had been scouring the country all day .
in search of an illicit still that was known
to be in operation in the neighborhood, and
finally succeeded in locating it. After consultation,
however, they concluded to wait
until night and catch the moonshiners as
well as their apparatus. They arrived at
their destination about midnight, and in a
rugged defile found the smoke issuing from
not less than three different distillery fires.
Each revenue officer was assigned to a designated
station, and when everything was
in readiness the moonshiners were called
upon for an unconditional surrender. The
whisky makers were taken by surprise, but
the surprise lasted only for a minute. Before
tlie officers had time to take in the situation,
they received a murderous volley from
twenty pistols and rifles, and two of them
fell to the grouifft. one dead ^hnd thfc \>tl|er '
mortally wounded. They returned the ffre
as well as they could, but of course the
moonshiners got away. R. J. Barnwell is
the name of the man who was killed, and
Thomas Brim mortally wounded.
Weather and the Crow.?Following
is the weekly weather bulletin of the national
signal service bureau so far as it applies to
the South. The report was published 011 last
Saturday:
The week was cold in the South Atlantic
States, and too much rain retarded farm
work. Frost injured early vegetables in
Southern Virginia on the 10th. North Carolina
reports winter wheat and oats in good
condition, and South Carolina reports little
work accomplished. Generally throughout
the cotton region the week has been the
most favorable of the season. Corn planting
is being pushed vigorously, and ground
is being prepared for cotton except in Texas,
where cotton planting is well under way and
grain is doing well. The week was very
favorable in Arkansas and Tennessee, where
the conditions are all reported favorable.
Work is progressing rapidly and fruit generally
is uninjured.
The Devil in School.?There was a
big sensation in the Morris street colored
school at Charleston last Thursday. For
several days previous there had been a Fiji
Islander in the city. He called himself
Professor Clmrvoilfc, representing that he
was a reformed cannibal, and was traveling
over the country 011 a lecturing tour. On
Thursday he went around to the school in
his native costume to advertise his lecture.
The colored children, who were playing in
the yard at the time, so the papers say, mistook
the fantastically dressed Fijian for the
devil, and a panic ensued. Many of the
children went perfectly wild, and no effort
of the teachers could quiet them. Finally
Charvons was arrested by the police and
taken to the lock up. He was taken before
the recorder on Saturday and given a choice
between $1 > and thirty days and leaving the
city, lie i itose to leave the city.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Citadel cadets celebrated the birthday
of John C. Calhoun last Friday.
? Rev. 0. Y. Bonner has been elected pastor
of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian .
church at Due West.
? The high waters of the Wateree river,
last week, drove a great many deer out of
the swamps, and several were killed in Sumter
county.
? Governor Tillman has appointed Mr.
John W. Bunch of Poverty Hill, Edgefield
county, treasurer of the lunatic asylum, to.
succeed M^j. H. P. Green deceased.
? Mrs. H. McW. Shannon, widow of Col.
Wm. Shannon, who was killed In the duel
with E. B. C. Cash, died at Camden last
Wednesday.
? The Greenville jail has an epidemic of
measles, and the recently sentenced prisoners
are being kept there for the present, for
fear of introducing the disease into the penitentiary.
? Mrs. Sallie Abercrombie, a lunatic from
Pickens county, committed suicide in the
asylum at Columbia on Monday of last week
by hanging herself to the cell gratings with
a rope blanket.
? Mr. Lafayette Kirby, an industrious farmer
of North Pacolet, Union county, was
killed in his well while cleaning it out one
day last week. A bucket of mud fell on
him and broke his neck and skull.
? It is proposed to have a big sham battle
on the occasion of the Columbia centennial.
Though details have not yet been settled on,
It has been suggested that Gen. Wade Hampton
lead the forces on one side and that Gen.
John B. Gordon lead the other.
? Mildridge Dorn, night fireman at the
Charleston cotton mills, was blown through
a window last Monday by an explosion of a
steam pipe. He fell on the outside of the
building, and his skull was fractured. His
wounds, however, are not thought to be seriously
dangerous.
? John Anderson, a young white man, was
shot and killed near Johnston, Edgefield
county, on Saturday by a young colored man
who was arrested. Accounts of the trouble
differ. Anderson, while town marshal of
Johnston a year or two ago, shot and killed
a negro who was resisting arrest.
? Mr. Hector McSween, leading merchant
of Florence, was rtin over and killed by a
material train on the Northeastern railroad
near Effington, last Monday. Mr. McSween
was quite deaf, and walking down
the road attempted to cross the track as the
train came up from behind. His body was
horribly mangled.
? The News and Courier say^the Alliance ,
State bank is still under consideration. It
has been determined to call a meeting of the
directors of the Exchange on the fourth
Tuesday in April. The county trustee
stockholders will be invited to attend, so
that there is a probability that the matter ?
will then be definitely settled. The Rev.
Mr. Sligh says that, from his information the
bank will be an assured fact.
? The State, Monday: To-morrow Governor
Tillman will officiate in a new role?
that of an official minister. He is to unite
Miss Rebecca Cecilia Wolfe, an Israelitish
young lady of Columbia, to Mr. Joseph F.
Brannon, of Atlanta, in marriage. The
groom is a Christian, and owing to the difference
in the religion of the contracting
parties, a civil ceremony is necessary. A
second ceremony is to be performed in Cincinnati
by Rabbi Emil G. Hcrech, the only
Hebrew minister, who will consent to perform
it. The governor expects to have the
knot as neatly "tied" as his limited experience
will pertnit.
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report of a novel capture effected by his
raiders in the mountains, was received at
the office of Collector Webster recently. On
March 15?last Sunday?the raiding party
captured and destroyed in North Greenville
county, an illicit distillery which is supposed
to have been the original still from which
Father Noah imbibed his intoxicants. The
outfit consisted of an old wash pot of about
eighteen gallons capacity, with a modern
cap made of bass wood hollowed out, and a
worm made from rusty, twisted iron pipe.
With this primitive apparatus the output
per day is about three gallons.
? Columbia State, yesterday: W.J.Miller,
the white man who was charged with having
assisted in the Graham forgeries in the
Leaphart lynching case in Lexington, who
was confined in jail for months, and who contracted
quick consumption from that confinement,
is dead. The poor fellow was recently
removed to the almshouse so that he
might not die a felon's death, and has been
gradually sinking. In the last four or five
days his condition became serious, and last
night he quietly passed away at 7.50 o'clock,
with none to hear his dying words. It was a
sad ending of a sadder case. His body will
probably be taken to Lexington for interment.
? The State treasurer has given to the
press the following statement of the cash
balances now in the treasury to the credit
of the several funds for this year up to the
20th of March, inclusive: General fund,
$374,227.49; commissioners of sinking ftind,
$44,174.04; redemption of deficiencies, $1,041.20;
department of agriculture, $6,108.50;
privilege tax on fertilizers, $50,121.30; Clemson
bequest (balance not invested, on which
only interest is obtained), $2,949.21; escheated
estates, $2,387.58; Downer fimd (old
school tax,) $332.60. Total, $481,341.92.
These amounts are now in the treasury in
invitea.
? The State board of examiners has been
called to meet in Columbia on Friday, April
3rd, and the superintendent of education has
requested that the various county school
commissioners be present. Commissioner
Cansler will go down on Thursday, the 2nd.
? Mr. J. N. Roberts, mail contractor between
Yorkville and Charlotte, brings news
that the residence of Mr. Isaac J. Costner,
ferryman at Wright's ferry, on Catawba
river, was destroyed by fire last Monday
night. All of the household furniture was
lost and the family barely escaped with their
lives. The origin of the fire is unknown
but it is believed to have been accidental.
? Rev. I)r. Abernatby was prevented from
delivering his lecture last Wednesday night
011 account of the inclement weather. He,
however, preached in Trinity church on
Sunday morning and night, and lectured to
an appreciative audience in the court house
on Monday night. He was the recipient of
substantial assistance at the hands of our
people, some of whom contributed liberally
to his college fund.
? Dr. J. H. Witherspoon, who lives three
miles northeast of Yorkville, reports that he
has on his plantation an Angora goat which
last week gave birth to four well-developed
kids. The doctor says that these goats usually
bring forth their young one at a time.
Twins, however, are not uncommon; but
when it conies to threes and fours they are
seldom heard of.
? Eli Roddey, convicted at the February
1S89 term of the United States court at
Greenville of selling liquor without a license,
and whose capture was reported week before
last, was taken before Judge Simonton, at
Charleston, last Friday, to hear his sentence,
which was one year in York county jail and
a fine of $200?six months and $100 for selling
liquor, and six months and $100 for resisting
the officer at the time of his arrest
two years ago.
? Rev. R. G. Patrick delivered an interesting
address on the life and labors of the
late Dr. James C. Furman, on last Sunday
night. He reviewed the doctor's career and
character as an educator and as a Christian, j
and showed that few men ever accomplish j
more in one short lifetime. The address was
listened to with great attention by all present,
and was particularly enjoyed by those
of the congregation who were personally acquainted
with the lamented deceased.
? The committee recently appointed by
Intendant Withers to look after York's deco- j
rations at me coitunnia cenicinuui, mis mstructed
its chairman, Cien. E. M. Law, to j
communicate with individuals at the various
towns and precincts in this county with a,
view to holding a general meeting in York- j
ville, on sales-day, when definite action will j
betaken. It has been suggested that York
county be represented by a handsome arch j
to cost anywhere from $125 to $200, and j
there should be no trouble in raising the sum !
necessary to defray the expense.
? "Have you ever seen such another sea-:
son as we have been having this year?" j
Everybody answers 110?that is, they have!
never seen so much rain, lint one farmer,
who has dug many a dollar out of the ground, j
tells us of a season that was pretty near as
bad. In lSfili he says lie didn't get a chance j
to stick a plow into the ground until the 1st j
day of April. He went to work with redoubled
energy, however, and made as good j
a crop as he has ever made before or since.1
He did not make much cotton, but that was!
because he did not plant much. What he
did plant was unusually fine. ? * j
? Spartanburg special to The State, last
Wednesday : The corner-stone of the court
house was removed to-day preparatory to
being placed in the new building. It contained
about a quart of brandy, a copy of
each of the three newspapers published here '
in IXfiti, and some coins. Some manuscripts
were also found, but they were illegible.