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Jtoaps xsd larts. ? A remarkable tragedy occurred near Dunning, Neb., last Friday night. A party of vigilantes had captured a cattle thief named McAlvey and were bringing him to toitn*. They Were met by another vigilante posse and each taking the other for cattle thieves, both sides opened fire. Before the mistake was disoovored, Judge Aikens, treasurer of the county, was killed, and also MaAlvey, the thief, who was in his care. ? Another brutal prize fight, to determine who was the champion brute cf the world, and who was entitled to a purse of $10,000 to be given to the winner, took place in San Francisco last Thursday. The fight was between Peter Jackson, an Australian negro, and James Corbett, a California slugger. The fight lasted about five hours and ended in a draw on the sixty-fifth round. Each of j the men received fx,ouu tor ineir pan. ui me entertainment. ? The crop statement from September 1 to May 22, inclusive, is as follows: Port receipts, 6,699,705 bales, against 5,733,781 last year; overland to mills and Canada 995,794, against 912,427; interior stocks in excess of September 1,157,291, against 24,993; Southern mill takings 448,448, against 413,618; amount of crop brought into sight during 264 days, 8,301,958, against 7,124,769; amount of crop brought into sight for the week 39,590, against 19,923; crop brought into sight for the first 22 days of May, 152,040, against 49,005. ? General Manager J. C. Newton, of the Dea Moines and Kansas City railroad, has been arrested on the charge of attempting to perpetrates sharp swindle on the government. During the month of April, the government weighed the mails that passed over Ida road, for the purpose of basing the j rate of compensation that shall be paid during the next four years. According to the weights, the compensation was raised from $5,000 to $10,000 per annum. The authorities now charge that Newton obtained a car load of copies of a certain New York newspaper, and causing them to be wrapped singly, had them sent from Des Moines to a man on the other end of the line. The other man had the papers turned back, and this dead weight was put down in favor of the railroad both ways. ? A United Press dispatch of last Saturday from Milwaukee, Wis., says: In an interview to-day, Rob Schilling, secretary of the national executive committee of the new People's Party, said: " The moral effect of the victory in Kansas has been tremendous, ~ -1 Li and in tne next presidential eieuwuu mo contest will be between our party and the Democrats. The Republicans are not in it, for the Republican party is as dead as the old Whig party. I was astonished to learn what strength we have in the South. Unless the Democrats of Texas walk a chalk mark, we are going to carry that State, for the Colored Farmers' Alliance of the State has 1,800,000. Some of the Ohio delegates were of the opinion that we might aspire to carry that State at the next election." ?In this column last week, was mentioned the case of Edward Pinter, the American who swindled a London jeweler out of a large amount of gold under pretense of being able to increase it by a chemical process. It seems that Pinter has come to grief. He was arrested a few days later and carried before a magistrate on the charge of obtaining money by false pretences. Pinter maintained that the charge was untrue; that he was really able to increase the quantity of gold as he had claimed, and was prepared to prove his assertion in open court. The magistrate, kowever, objected. He would not 1 take any of it in his. He understood that there was an unbearable stench connected with the process, and he was not willing that | the officers should thereby be driven out of the room so as to allow Pinter another opportunity to escape. ? Two negro laborers got into a fight in 1 an Atlanta brickyard one day last week. ! One of them was armed with a pistol, and the other had no weapon. The negro with the pistol began firing at his unarmed antagonist. The .surroundings were such that the latter could not get very far away, and he must either fight or get shot. His only resort was to throw bricks, and he at once commenced to do so most vigorously, putting in two shots for every one fired by his opponent with the pistol. When the negro with the pistol bad fired four shots, the bricks were coming so thick and fast that he concluded he had better run, so he jumped a fence and got away. It was pistol versus brides, and the latter came out victorious without either of the combatants being se riously hurt. ? Since the New Orleans affair, nearly every issue of the daily papers contain accounts of dreadfUl tragedies occurring at different parts of the United States, in in which Italians are the victims. One tragedy is the result of a mine disaster, another a shooting affray, and still another the work of the stilletto, or dagger. Last week about twenty Italians were blown up by an explosion of dynamite on the Hudson River railroad, at Tarrytown, New York. About the same time seven more were buried in a sewer at Providence, R. I., and other incidents of a like character might be mentioned. The fact that this particular race is figuring j so largely in our accident and criminal records, looks a little strange. But there is nothing strange about it. The whole northern portion of the country is now flooded with the Italian element, and heretofore, when the papers recorded a crime or accident, they simply described the actors, or victims, as "laborers." Now they say "Italians." ? Queen Victoria began her seventy-third year last Sunday, and the day was officially celebrated on Monday. In about a month from now the old lady will celebrate the fifty-fifth year of her reign, and she is still in excellent condition. She is enjoying first rate health and takes as much interest in state affairs as ever. That she is not indifferent to popular opinion was singularly illustrated at a railway station recently. The queen's train had stopped for a few minutes at a country place, the people not being aware that she was on board. A woman sentenced to imprisonment for having done a servant girl to death by gross cruelty, was at that moment brought to the station to be conveyed to jail. The mob, who had gathered to see the criminal, hissed and hooted her roundly. Queen Victoria, thinking the hoots might be intended for royalty, was greatly agitated and nearly fainted. An explanation revived her, and the hearty cheers of her subjects, when they heard of her presence, made Victoria herself again. ? The Florida house of representatives does not propose to submit to newspaper criticism?that is if it can help it. On motion of Charles Dougherty, a member from Volusia county, that body, on last Wednesday, passed a remarkable resolution, directed against the freedom of the press of the State. The resolution is preceded by a long preamble reciting criticisms to which members have submitted by newspapers, and ends thus: "Whenever it shall be represented upon thiS floor by any member that he has been misrepresented, misquoted, untruly criticised, his integrity in the performance of his duty questioned or his motives impugned by any newspapers to whose representatives and correspondents have been extended the courtesies of this floor, and who may have availed themselves of the same, such representatives or. correspondents shall be ejected from the hall of this house and excluded therefrom until the house takes proper action in the premises." The house passed the resolution without opposition, and it is asserted that members did not understand the full soope of its provisions. ? The new United State cruiser Vesuvius was satisfactorily tested off Fort Monroe, Va., last week. This ship is something altogether novel, and probably inaugurates a new era in naval construction. It eschews the powerful guns that will penetrate fifteen or twenty inches of solid steel, and instead has adopted simple air guns that have a range of only about one mile. Solid shot and shells are also thrown aside. But instead, a missile far more deadly and destructive has | been adopted. The gun has been made to' throw from two to six hundred pounds of dy-j namite a distance of a mile. This tremendous: explosive falling within from ten to twenty feet of an object fired at, is almost sure to produce the desired result. Indeed, the largest and finest war vessel so struck would be blown to atoms. The tests at Fort Monroe last week were made as to accuracy of fire. The targets were placed J, J and one mile distant, and nearly every shot fell close enough to the object aimed at to satisfy the gunners. The projectiles, however, contained no explosive. Though it is generally believed that the dynamite can be fired with perfect safety, there is still some doubt about the matter, and the question must be definitely determined before the value of these new guns can be established. If by any means the six hundred pound charge of dynamite should explode before leavi) _? the gun, then it means annihilation for the dynamite ship, while the enemy can loot upon the whole business as a good joke. fJorfeviUe inquirer. YORKYILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1891. THE NEW PARTY. The much talked of "third" party has at last become an actual fact. It has been named the "People's Party of the United States," and promises to at once take an important part in the politics of the country. The new party, as will be seen from the proceedings of the convention, printed on the first page, derives most of its strength from the North and North-west. As yet, the South holds aloof, only a few Southern States having been partly represented in the convention. Conditions in the Sputh, as every one knows, are such that it is a matter of doubt as to whether this section will enter very heartily into the movement. But whether it does or not, the new party movement is not likely to go by the board as speedily as has similar movements?those ofthe Prohibition, Greenback and Labor parties, for instance. The People's party movement, in our opinion, is to a great extent a protest against the Republican party. The tendency of that party from its organization has been to make "the rich richer, and the poor poorer." Through its high protective tariff policy, thousands of oppressive monopolies have been made possible, and this fact, connected with the gigantic pension swifldie, which amounts to nothing more than the hiring of a vast army of voters to keep it in power, has led to the revolt. The South has been and will be practically bound hand and foot by its fearful race problem. In the West, however, conditions are different. That section has probably suffered more than any other from the ruinous policy of the Republican party, and being free to act as it may think best, the new party is likely to make quite a formidable fight. The new party will draw most of its strength from the Republican ranks, aud from the present outlook the next national campaign will witness a big three-corned fight in which the Democrats will probably be victorious. After that?well, it is too long off. MERE-MENTION. The Florida house of representatives is dissatisfied with the railroad commission of that State, and has passed, by a vote of 35 to 17, a resolution to abolish the same. A Georgia convict guard named M. M. Bullen, last week eloped with a female convict named Eliza Randall. Wm. Vilas Hill, a nephew of Ex-Postmaster General Vilas, committed suicide last Friday. The failure of a large shoe firm of which he was a member was the cause of the act. Aristeed Cronenberg, a pauperish looking immigrant, arrived at New York one day last week and the authorities were doubtful about allowing him to land. He was asked if he had any money, and produced $10,000' from his pockets. Lott M. Ballard was sentenced to Marion county, Florida, jail not long ago to serve a nine months' sentence for sending improper letters through the mails. On his way to jail he made threats to the effect that when he got out he would kill the witnesses who testified against him. The judge heard about the matter, and sending for Ballard, re-sentenced him to eighteen months in the Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary. A group of negroes took refuge under a large tree during a tnunaer storm near utuuravme, Texas, last Saturday. The tree was struck by lightning. One of the negroes was killed and the others severely stunned. The cablegrams say "The Czarewitch, now fully recovered from the blow of the Japanese assassin, is to go through the course mapped out when he left Russia." The statement that Bradham, the negro who murdered John Mocca, the Italiau, in Charlotte, some time ago, was to have been hanged last Thursday, was a mistake. Governor Holt has issued a death warrant for Bradham, fixing the date of his execution on July 2. According to a correspondent of The New York World, of the 1,208,669 people in Chicago, only 292,463 are native born Americans. The Associated Press dispatches report five hangings last Friday? two in Georgia, one in Mississippi, one in Louisiana and one in Nebraska. Reports from the United States consul at Gibraltar, are to the effect that as many as twenty thousand Italians have passed that point in the last four months on their way to America. Two guards killed a white convict at a coal mine in Alabama last week. The convict had previously attempted to escape by burning the wooden lattice work around his cell. He had been warned not to repeat the experiment. A few nights afterward he tried it again. The guards were closely watching the convict at the time and the instant he struck the match, they fired and killed him. The guards were bound over on the charge of murder. Ten negro convicts and one free white man were killed by a gas explosion in a Birmingham, Ala., coal mine last Thursday. It is reported that the World's Fair people are considerably behind in their work, and that they will have to ask congress for an extension of time. Rev. Sam P. Jones, in an interview with a reporter of The Chattanooga Times, estimates the number of conversions under his preaching at 150,000 or 200,000. John M. Pal too, of Sand Mountain, Alabama, was convicted of using the United States mails for fraudulent purposes last Saturday. It was proved that in answer to a circular from a New York swindler, he had sent $10 to buy counterfeit money. A monument has been erected at Chattanooea. Tennessee, to Andrews's raiders. The monument is in six sections surmounted by a bronze locomotive, a facsimile of the "General," the engine they stole at Big Shanty, Ga., while attempting to destroy the bridges between Atlanta and Chattanooga. The New York Herald celebrated the issue of its 20,0CDth edition yesterday City Treasurer Bardsley, of Philadelphia, has become a defaulter to the amount of about #930.000. The funds belonged to the State of Pennsylvania, and Bardsley holds only a number of worthless due bills to account for its disappearance. What became of the money has not yet fully developed. The United States supreme court has just decided that fora State to impose a license tax on express companies, is a violation to the inter-State commerce clause of the constitution A. P. Bridges, supposed to be a dealer in counterfeit money, was arrested at Rutheiford, N.C., last Monday, for using the U. S. mails for fraudulent purposes. He was offering to sell ten dollars for one. Three life-s( ntence convicts managed to escape from the Florida penitentiary last Sunday by bribing theii guards. The trial at Bari, Italy, of the 179 members of the Mala Vita society, mentioned some time ago, has been concluded. Fourteen of the accused were acquitted and 165 were sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from six months to fifteen years. KxPresident Hayes, who is in New York, is not in good health, and within the last few years has grown old perceptibly. His hair and beard are almost white. An uuacK m grip, he says, has left hi 111 in poor condition. The Gentiles have bought The Salt Lake Herald, heretofore the leading Mormon organ. It will now be a Democratic organ. ? News and Courier: It will be good news to the forty-nine supervisors of elections in this State to know that their salaries will lie payable on June 1. Except in Charleston county, the salary is $100 per annum. In Charleston it is $200. LETTER FROM EDGMOOR. I Y Suffering for Rain?Commuuiou Service*?Big Picnic at High Point-Other Matters of t Interest. c Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. Edgmoor, May 25.?The season when * every token of a shower is watched with in- Jj terest is upon us, and doubtless the indica- ^ tions for rain last evening were watched by 1 many anxious eyes, but this morning find * terra firma dry in the vicinity of Edgmoor. t It was my privilege to drive through a 8 portion of the farming community of Neely's 8 Creek on yesterday, and I was much pleased 8 at the crop prospects. Cotton is up in very f good stands Yvhere planted in time, and the 1 weed is in a growing condition. A good c deal of upland corn has been planted and is c looking well. The small grain crop is also much improved by late rains. . Rev. T. B. SteYvart held communion ser- jj vices at Neely's Creek on yesterday, preach- 1 ing two excellent sermons. n "R iwta hold communion services 8 UVI? \/? ? ? at Edgmoor a week ago, the meeting com- c mencing the previous Friday. A large t crowd was present, both Sabbath morning and night. ? The Ladies' Aid Society received the com- * munion set in time for the meeting, and it is 0 quite nice. ^ Rev. J. C. Galloway, of Yorkville, will . preach at Catawba Junction at 11 o'clock on 1 the 5th Sabbath, and at Edgmoor at night. At the district trustee meeting on last Saturday, Miss Hattie Ratterree was elected as principal of the new school to be opened 1 at Edgmoor on the 3rd Monday in July. Immediate steps will be taken for the erection of a temporary building for the school. A debating club, which meets every Satur- c day afternoon at 5 o'clock, has been organized at Edgmoor with Mr. Charley Sibley as j. president. It was my privilege to be present . last Saturday at the discussion of the question, "Which has the more influence over e man; woman or money ?" While there were p some strong arguments on both sides, the t question was decided in favor of the superi- j ority of woman's influence. The present term of the High Point school, c under the management of Miss Ratteree, will fl close on the 10th of June with the ususal school exercises and a picnic, to which the * I public are cordially ask?d to contribute both their presence and their baskets. r Col. W. J. Talbert, of Columbia, State Al- j liance lecturer, has promised to grace the occasion with his presence, and the co-operation g of the neighboring Alliances has been solicited. Hon. W. B. Wilson, of Hock Hill, and J Prof. W. W. Dixon, of the Rock Hill graded c school, have also promised to be present and give us a feast in oratory. Music will be dispensed by the Fishing Creek brass band, under the leadership of Mr. W. J. Walker. We hope to see the beauty and chivalry of old York and Chester | turn out en masse. . We trust the school commissioner of . York will be present at this last closing of the High Point school, for the fates have decided that it must be a school no more. To Q us the prospect is a sad one, for our school days at High Point have been pleasant ones. H-R- a LETTER FROM FORT MILL. J A Warm Ralu?Cotton is Coming?Interest- F lug Services?Other Matters. 1 Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. Fort Mill, May 25.?We had a good, ^ warm rain last night and the ground is too 0 wet to plow to-day. This is the first warm rain that we have had this season, and just now it is calculated to do lots of good. j, There were general complaints of bad r stands of cotton last week. The condition of the crop, however, is improving, and with 0 the rain referred to, I have no doubt that it j will come all right. j, Communion services were held at the fl Presbyterian church yesterday. Rev. Mr. n Thorn well was assisted by Rev. B. P. Reid, y of Bethesda, and there was a large congregation present. Mr. Reid preached some f able and instructive sermons. A collection j for foreign missions realized $130. The afternoon was devoted to the celebration of Childrens's Day, the exercises commencing at 4.30 o'clock. Addresses were made by | Rev. W. M. Anderson, and Hon. W. H. Stewart, of Rock Hill, Rev. Mr. Thorn well, c Rev. Mr. Reid, and Capt. S. E. White, the superintendent of the Sunday-school. The addresses were all quite interesting and the x audience was delighted. F Mr. Joseph K. Billue, formerly of Lancas- u ter county, but later a citizen of this town- a ' " * * * 1 ' 5- 1 Xf- O ship, died at the home 01 nis son-m-mw, mi . W. J. Kimbrell, on Tuesday night of last a week. Mr. Billue was in the 73rd year of c his age and was a highly esteemed citizen, ii He leaves a wife and two daughters. I Mr. A. A. Bradford, who left Fort Mill h for East Tennessee some time ago, has returned. He intended to make Tennessee his i' future home, but after looking over the c ground has come to the conclusion that there is no place like Fort Mill, and here- s after is not likely to be led astray by stories of a "fairer land, far, far away." The ^ chickens will come home to roost. r Mrs. J. B. Mack returned home from t Georgia last week. She has been in that 8 State since January with her husband, who a is the evangelist of the Georgia Synod. c The Methodist district conference will a convene in the church at this place next d Wednesday night. <] As the result of the preaching of Evangelist Leitch, there have been fifty accessions C to the churches here as follows: Methodist, f 21; Baptist, 13; Presbyterian 16. C. 1 ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. s f Rain?The Bonnet Party?Increase of Capital t Stock?Death of an Esteemed Citizen. j Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. Rock Hill, May 25.?Our section was r visited with a much needed rain Sunday c night, which will do much toward improv- a ing the stands of cotton. The Bonnet party, given by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Episcopal church, at the residence of Maj. Jno. R. London, was largely 1 attended, and afforded much pleasure and amusement to those who were present. Mr. c Gilmore Stevens received the prize for the best trimmed hat and Mr. James Steele the j tin cup. 1 The Savings bank, at a recent meeting of E the stockholders, increased its capital stock $50,000. t A rumor is in circulation to the effect that j the agent of the R. and I), railroad at this place has been, or soon will be, removed. E Mr. E. B. Rock, the present agent, has made c a most acceptable one, and his many friends r - - - nr% f will regret to see him leave the omce. t An effort is being made by a number of I Lutherans at this place to build a church, ] and their efforts are more than likely to meet with success. t The children, and more especially the ne- t groes, are enjoying themselves riding on a v "spinning jinny." It is quite a mammoth J one and is run by a steam engine. r Mr. Samuel M. Fewell, who is well known throughout the county, and one of our most t esteemed citizens, died at 11 o'clock Wednes- ^ day night at his residence, six miles from this g place. His death was caused by a eompli- s cation of diseases. He was in the 55th year t of his age. His remains were interred in a Laurelwood cemetery with Masonic honors, g A large number of frieuds attended the funeral. hal. LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. , Destructive Hailstorm?Narrow Escape from ^ Death?Children's Day Exercises?Other Matters. , Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. j Etta Jane, May 25.?Last Tuesday even- t ing our section was visited with a hailstorm, | f the heaviest we have had for years. The only damage that I have noticed is to the 1 early wheat. The heads look as if birds had ^ been picking at them. Corn was riddled into j j shreds. The families of Messrs. James and KossJ ( Bratton are sorely afflicted with grip, result-! ing from pneumonia. 11 In looking over the list of hymeneals in > i last week's Enquikkk, we are inclined to 11 think that the home of our friend Frank , 1 Comer is the matrimonial headquarters for c the North Carolinians at least. Last Monday afternoon Mr. Thomas J. [ Kstes came near being killed by a wild mule i1 he was riding. A cat ran up a tree near the ' 1 road side as he was passing and the mule c jumped from under him. As he fell, his t foot caught in the gears, but he had the u presence of mind to hold on to the bridle > until Mr. W. I. Osment came to his assistance j and saved him from a terrible death. g During the storm last Tuesday evening < lightning struck a tree in Mr. Thomas Me- j Cluney's yard, at Howell's ferry. Mr. and t Mrs. MeCluney, also Mr. CI. W. Kirby and c drs. Mamie Lee, who were in the house, vere shocked by the bolt. Children's Day at Mesopotamia church yeserday was all its most sanguine friends ouM expect in the way of success. Rev. dr. Ligon, of Wofford college, preached in he forenoon from Psalms 1, 2: "Out of Zion, he perfection of beauty God hath wrought." rhe evening exercises were addresses by lev. Mr. Ligon and J. L. Strain, after vhich the little stewards brought in the conribution boxes and added $10.6G to the mis; Tlifl ni>/uiQciHin(ra wprp infer. lUimi J 1U11U. xuv t/?vvvvx....e? ..?w persed with music. In behalf of the church md the congregation, the minister thanked he Salem choir for the part they had taken n making the day a success. The house was xowded throughout the day and nothing oc:urred to mar the happiness of the occasion. Mr. Emsley ' Osment, formerly of this ounty, but now of Jonesboro, Arkansas, is lere on a visit to his relatives and friends, dr. Osment is well known to the older peo>le of Western York. He is 81 years old ind still retains his mental faculties, and has therwise good use of himself for a man of hat age. The rain last week started the cotton to eming up, but a good many of our farmers lad planted over before it came. The oat rop is growing well and will be high enough o cut with ease. We have any amount of whooping cough n this section. sigma. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. . The Effect of the Rain?New Pastor of the Presbyterian Church?Excursion to Marlon?Activity at the Iron Mines?Other Matters. iorrespondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. Blacksburg, May 26.?The recent rains tave dispelled the fear that there would not e a good stand of cotton, as with the softning and warming of the earth, the staple iromptly made its appearance, and with it he ubiquitous and never failing grass. Our armers are kept very busy now. Rev. Mr. Hamiter, of Mississippi, took harge as pastor of the Presbyterian church it this place, on Sunday last. He will also ireach at Woodlawn church, Sharon, and at /herokee Falls. This marks the beginning f his ministerial life with a regularly organ zed work, he having come here from the Theological Seminary at Columbia. The Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian lunday-schools of this place have united ,nd chartered three passenger coaches from he Three C's railroad, ancl will take an exursion to Marion, N. C., 011 the 17th of text month. Allen Jones, Esq., of Columbia, general gent of the Knoxville Fire Insurance comtany, was in our town last week for the purpose of adjusting the loss sustained by Mrs. C. J. Warren, of furniture, in the recent burntig of the Sarratt building, which was repored in The Enquirer. Mr. Jones took adantage of his stay to visit Cherokee Inn. He dmired the liberal dimensions, convenient rrangements, and comfortable and elegant partments of the building itself, and was harmed with its location and the magificent nd pleasing view of the surrounding country btained from the tower. With all that he iad heard and read of Blacksburg and her irogress, he was, nevertheless, surprised and auch pleased with what had been done ince his visit a year ago, and with an eye to iractical results, he was particularly pleased nth the large and handsome business block n Shelby street, the Iron City hotel, which ias been erected during the past year. Mr. W*. S. Masters, of Marion, N. C., is lere with a view to purchasing some gold roperty just south of this place. Dr. Wilson, chemist and mining engineer, f Baltimore, is here representing the John . Midleton company, and has brought with lim a practical miner, who is engaged with , force of hands taking iron ore from the aines near here, which he will ship to the torks of the company near Baltimore. Mr. Allen Crosby is home on a brief visit rom his railroad contract in Georgia, near Ltlanta. w. a. LETTER PROM GOULD. leavy Hail Storm?Promising Condition of the Wheat?Other Matters. torreapondence of The Yorlcvllle Enquirer. Gould, May 25.?This section was visited vith a heavy rain, accompanied by hail, on ast Tuesday afternoon. The hail was unisually heavy. The stones were as large a small bird-eggs and in some plaqes covred the ground to a depth of an inch or Qore. Mr. J. C. Ashe informs me that his otton was considerably injured. That is a places where he had thinned it to a stand, iowever, since the hail another good stand ? ??? mill of ill ho nil rioht. ItlS UU111C Up OUU uv nut av*?* ?... --D We had a good rain last night, and there i very little complaint about stands of otton. Corn is looking all right except on low, our land, where it is difficult to get a stand. After all the trials and tribulations of the yheat crop, it promises to come out all ight. Indeed the outlook is that we are o have the best crop that we have had for everal years. Some of it is already turning ind will be ready for harvesting in a week ir ten days more. Fall oats are also good, ,nd there will be considerable harvesting lone this week. The spring oats will retire a few more good seasons. Rev. G. S. Robinson preached at Bullock's >eek yesterday. The morning service was rom Psalms cxviii, 25?"O Lord, I beseech Thee send now prosperity." The sermon vas an excellent one, and the argument howed that the church does not consist of ine buildings, or even in numbers, unless of he right kind. In the afternoon Mr. Robnson took his text from Timotl.y i, 4-16. There will be preaching at Bullock's Creek lext Sunday at 10.30 a. m., and at the resilence of Mr. W. E. Good in the afternoon it 3 o'clock. H. LKTTER FROM* HICKORY GROVE. 'ersonal Mention?Large Cotton .Sales?Cloning of the First Term of the Academy. 'orrespondenee of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. Hickory Grove, May 26.?Miss Mary Ulison, daughter of Dr. J. W. Allison, is at tome on vacation from the A.l-Healing Fenale institute. Mrs. J. O. Lindsay spent Friday and Satirday in town, the guest of Dr. and Mrs. r. M. Caldwell. Quarterly conference was held at Mt. Veriou M. E. church Saturday, followed by ommunion services on the Sabbath. The >astor was assisted by Row A. M. Chreitz erg, D. D. Services were held in the A. R. >. church on the Sabbath by Rev. W. A. M. ^laxico. An unusually large quantity of cotton, aking the season of the year into consideraion, was sold here last Wednesday. The vhole lot, amounting to 207 bales, was bought >y Mr. John M. Hope. The prices paid anged from 7.65 to 8.5-16 cents per pound. The first term of the Academy closes on he 10th of June. A school entertainment vill be given on tin evening of that day beginning at 8.30 j). m. The programme conists of recitations, vocal and instrumental nusic, dialogues and tableaux. The public ire cordially invited to attend. The next ession will open July 15th. LETTER FRUM SHARON. dr. Rlgglm* Ke-buildliig His House?Work on the Streets?Recent Rains. .'orrespondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. Sharon, May 25.?Mr. R. T. Riggins is nuking good progress in the work of rebuildng his house. A number of friends meet here to-day for the purpose of raising the rame, and will, if possible, put on the roof. The town council ordered out the road lands a few days ago, and our streets were ;iven a going over which will greatly im>rove their condition. There is still a good deal of cotton in the ountry that is yet to sell. The recent rains made everybody feel beter over the prospect for a crop this year, some hail fell at this place last Tuesday but 10 damage was done. It was much heavier letween here and Blairsville. Corn and lotton were somewhat injured. j. Srrr Over a Grave.?Not long ago a Virginian named Shepperd, who owns the ot 011 which Mary "Washington, the mother >f George, was buried, gave an option on lie same to two speculators named Kirthay tnd Colbert. When Kirthay and Colbert visited to close the contract as agreed, Shepherd refused to convey the property. The (peculators brought suit for $20,000 and the :ase was decided iu Shepperd's favor. The hlaiutiff's, however, appealed from the verlict and the matter will go to the supreme ourt of Virginia. LOCAL AFFAIEtf. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEME] JTS. D. B. Johnson, Superintendent, Columbia, S. C., Wlnthrop Training School for Teacaers. W. C. Latimer?I Want wool. R. B. Lowry?Lovers?Good Coffee?Try Desse rtine?Oat Meal?Cedar Buckets, JStc. Lowry & Starr?Buy the Best?Paint Your BugM. & H. C. Strauss?The Weather hafi Changed. Riddle <fe Carroll?Where Did You Get That Hat? Beard & Inman?Comfort, Durability, Beauty. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Dobson's Racket. Frew Bros. & Keesler, Rock Hill?Special Sale. Chicago Corset Co.?Breaking In. Agnes Moore?Sand ParchedPinders. THE C. AND L. DEPOT. Superintendent Dodson, Train Dispatcher Nicholls, and other officials of the Richmond and Danville railroad, were in Yoikville last Friday and Saturday to investigate the desirability and practicability of changing the location of the C. and L. depot at thin place. Overtures have been made to the railroad company looking to the removal of the depot to the crossing on Liberty street. This change is advocated by a portion ol*the busfnwn onnfVi^r norfinn Ill COO 1UWICOIO Ul iUV. W(TM J WMWWMVI |/w? V>WM prefers that the depot remain where it is. The railroad seems inclined to please everybody, and after hearing both sides of the extremely delicate question, the officials "have referrjd the matter to headquarteis for a final decision." CH URCH 'NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. K. 8. Nelson, rector. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. Sundayschool at 5 p. rn. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville?Sundayschool at 4.30 o'clock p. m. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. Waddell, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 8.15 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m . Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., pastor. Prayer-meeting to-morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. m. and 8.15 o'clock p. m. Sundayschool at 4 p. m. Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor. Union?Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. Yorkville?Services to-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock, by Rev. F. O. S. Curtis. Sunday-school at 4.30 o'lcock p. m. Services Sunday evening at 8.30 o'clock. SAD DEATHS. Mrs. J. T. Anderson, of Chester, died at her home in that place last Monday morning at 7 o'clock, of typhus malurial fever, after an illness of about ten days. Her remains were brought to Yorkville Monday afternoon and interred in the cemetery at this place yesterday morning. The funeral ? ?4- Danfiaf nlinrnli SUrVlCCB WCrC tunuutivu ?suv? a/?|/viov vumcvh i at 10.30 a. in. by Rev. R. G. Patrick. Mrs. Anderson, nee Miss Ella Grist, was the oldest daughter of the late Wm. L. Grist, and was in the 26th year of her age. Mr. G. Daniel O'Leary died at the residence of his uncle, Mr. G. H. O'Leary, yesterday morning at 11.30 o'clock. Mr. O'Leary was a son of the late Daniel O'Leary, and was born at Prescott, Airk., on the 9th of February, 1867. For the past two years he had been suffering from consumption, and as will be remembered, went to Baltimore last February to place himself under Koch's lymph treatment. The lymph, however, did not have the desired effect, and after his return to Yorkville on the 8th of March la3t, he continued to grow weaker and weaker frora his dreadful disease. His sufferings, however, were borne v/ith Christian patience and cheerfulness, and the end came in calmness, and peace. The funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian church at 10 a. m. to day. ROLL OF HONOR. The following is the roll ol' honor of the Yorkville graded school for the month of May: Room No. 1?Miss Davidson?First Grade? Lizzie Hunter, 62 ; Geo. Marley, 92 ; Henry Summitt, 92; Charles Goforth, 92; Bertie Smith, 92; Wilrna O'Farrell, 93; Ellon Summitt, 91; M. Ann Bailes, 90; Bessie Waddell, 90; Annie Galloway, 90; Riley Waddell, 90; Lillie Parish, 91. Second Grade, Second Division?Tom English, 93; Harry Spann, 92; Jefferys Ashe, 92; John Ashe, 92; Fred Waddell, 91 ; Annie Parish, 91: A. L. Wilson, 90 ; Lindsay Hunter, 90; Ethel Latimer, 90. Room No. 2?Miss Hanahan-Second Grade, First Division?Sadie Smith, ?4; Mattie Marley, 93; Sallie McClain, 92; Lewis Ferguson, 91. Third Grade?Mary Galloway, 96; Sallie Go' forth, 91; Moffatt Kennedy, 90; Lula Briggs, 90. Room No. 3?Miss Wahdlaw?Fourth Grade, Second Division?Maggie Ferguson, 92; Amanda Clawson, 92; Laura Parish, 91; Evelyn Parish. 90. Fourth Grade, First Division?Blanche Clawson, 96; Julia Galloway, 96; Fannie Parish. 96; Mattie Johnson, 95; L. McClain, 95; Rose Hunter, 94; Mary Hunter, 93 ; Harry Smith, 93; Henning Clawson, 92; Frank Hart, 92; Frank Dobson, 92; Alice Wood, 90. Room No. 4?Miss Gist?Fifth Grade?Brainerd Dobson, 97; Annie Wallace, 97; John Davidson, 07 ; Lowrie Jenkins, 95: Mack Warren, 95; Pearl Wallace, 94; Mamie Moore, 90; Carl Latimer, 90. Sixth Grade?Amelia Kennedy, 97; Iva Withers, 97; Lapsley Barron, 90; Mary Gardnor, 95; Harvey Witherspoon, 94; Latta Parish, 93; Florence Cody, 93; Willie Kennedy, 93; Willie Moore, 92; Tom Bludworth, 10. Room No. 5?W. W. Lewis?Seventh GradeAnnie Watson, 91. A CIVILIZED CANNIBAL. Rev. George A. F. Johns, an African from one of the Congo tribes, delivered a lecture and gave a "grand shadow and light exhibibition" at the colored Zion church of Yorkville, last Thursday night. He had a good sized audience 01 roioreu peopie, muiuumg ? few whites, and in fairly good English related what purported to be the story of his own life. He said that he had been a heathen; that he had been brought to this country from the Congo by a missionary to be educated for the ministry. For the past six years he had been a student in a Pennslyvania college, and he is now endeavoring to accumulate the means with which to secure a two years' course in medicine. "Oh, yes," he said "he had been a cannibal. He had fed on human flesh as well us that of monkeys, dogs, rats and snakes, but the flesh of a fat missionary was the sweetest of anything on the bill of fare." Rev. Johns, whose heathen name, he says, is Bunder Kinker, is an unusual looking negro, hut altogether a line looking specimen of his race. His head is large and welldeveloped ; prominent foreb ead ; nose about as flat as a dollar; thick protruding lips, and a jet black color that fully corroborates the story that he is a pure and unadulterated African. He exhibits himself before and after taking on civilization, and the comparison is, to say the least of it, quite encouraging. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Tuesday of last week Coroner Pursely held an inquest over the body of James Knight, whose killing has already been reported. The jury was impaneled as follows: 8. ! \V. Alexander, foreman ; J. F. Gordon, J. It. Ferguson, George Cross, R. W. Barnes, M. , E. Hopper, T. J. Nichols, tV. W. Alexander, James Gordon, J. B. Adkins, J. S. , j J. W. Alexander. j Only two witnesses were examined?Mrs. j Knight and Frank Knight . Their testimoi ny, as taken before the coroner, is as follows: ij Elizabeth Knight: "James Knight, de 1 T\?%? ""ma fn Itnr hniico i CeUSt'U, UIIU fau utoi, viiuii. its ui. j They were both drinking. My husband was J present. He was not drunk, but was some, I what under the influence of whisky. I saw ! Mr. Knight, deceased, hi ,e Mr. Best. Mr. | Best told Mr. Knight that he hud no hnrm at him?not to bite him. nor tear his clothes, j I heard the shooting and went out where , they were. Mr. Best le ft and said he was i going after the doctor. Mr. Knight said in my presence that he did not know why Dan Best shot him, us they were good friends. The shooting occurred between 7 and 8 , o'clock." Frank Knight : "I heanl the shooting in > the yard and went to him and found his ; shirt on fire. They were both drunk when i I went out into the yard. They were about ten feet apart. I saw no pistol. Best said i he shot him. I was somewhat under the influence of whisky. They were perfectly friendly. Best says that James Knight bit ? him on the shoulder and was choking him. i Shooting occurred 17th May, 1891, between i 7 and 8 o'clock." i Dr. T. R. Carothers certified to the cause 8 of Knight's death, as follows: ^ "I have this day examined James Knight, . deceased, and certify that he came to his death from a gunshot wound in the bowels." j After hearing the above testimony, the j jury rendered the following verdict: c "We, the jury, find that the deceased, c James Knight, came to his death by a gun- i shot wound, inflicted by a pistol in the hands of Dan Best." i SENT TO THE ASYLUM. | Eloe Drennan, a white man of the Clover < neighborhood, was adjudged a lunatic last f week, and sent to the asylum on Wednesday, c Amos Byers, colored, was committed to ? [jail on Monday lor examination as to on mental condition, and was sent to the asy- t ! lum on yesterday, in charge of special depu- ^ ties Robert L. Scoggins and James F. Glenn, j The immediate cause of the proceedings a in the case of Byers was his actions at i White Hill colored church, four miles east J of Yorkville, last Sunday. He went into J the church during services, run the preacher out of the pulpit and threw down the pulpit g after him. When asked by Dr. White, on Monday, why he interferred with the preach- j er, Byers said that the fellow did not know any more than he did and was not fit to preach anyway. The answers to other questions were ^ [ equally rational. It is said, however, that 1 Byers has fits of insanity at times, and im- * I agines himself entrusted with a divine com- < mission to purify the congregation and weed t out such as do not properly belong to the * fold. The only objection to this hallucina- 1 tion on the part of the brethren, is that J Byers rather prefers a club with which to ac- * complish the weeding out process. Byers was sent down to Columbia yester- J day in charge of special deputies Robert L. 1 Scoggins and James F. Glenn. 1 PROFESSOR TOTTEN'S PREDICTION. Of course everybody has read Professor . Totten's remarkable prediction as to the "end 1 nf thp wnrld." nrinted on the first page of The Enquirer last week, and of course, everybody has his or her own opinion as to how much sense there is in it. Whether the professor be looked upon as a profound Biblical scholar, a silly crank, or a plain fool, his earnestness in the matter is so impressive that his article will not be apt to be laid aside without a second thought. Satisfied of this fact, and on account of the valuable instruction that is always to be obtained from such a scholarly source, we have personally interviewed all of Yorkville's ministers on the subject. The first minister approached was Rev. Dr. English, and in reply to the question, "What do you think of Professor Totten's prediction ?" he said: "Professor Totten may be entirely correct as to the nearness of the end of the world, but the argument upon which he bases his conclusion is simply absurd. Indeed,"it does not deserve to be called an argument, as it is based entirely upon assumptions and not on facts. Grant his premises, and his conclusions will follow; but, 'there's the rub.' " "Well, Doctor, do you believe that the Bible contains any prophesies intended to foretell the particular time at which the world will come to an end?" "No, I do not. If the Bible is especially clear on any one point, it is clear on that. 'But as the days of Noe were, so also shall the coming of the Son of man be; For in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.' There will be signs of the approaching end, as told in the parable of the fig tree: 'When his branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh.' The world will realize its 1 approaching end in the same manner as an old man, after he has passed his prime; but \ God, in his mercy, has seen fit not to reveal the exact time. 'And this know ye, that if ] the good man of the house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would ] have watched and not suffered his home to } be broken through.'" Rev. G. H. Waddell was next approached ] on the subject. He had not read the predic- j tion closely, and was not prepared to give an ] opinion. But the next day, Mr. Waddell kindly gave us the following: "Professor Totten's article is rather re- < markable for its perspicuity and the seeming sincerity of his faith in his own calcu- . lations. I cannot disprove his theory; but do not believe his conclusions reliable. His interpretation and application of the parable i - - - * * t of the householder, waunew xx, i-iu, 10 iai | fetched, and, to my mind, erroneous. "By reference to the prophesy of Daniel, (ii, 31-45 ; viii, 14; ix, 25; xii, 11-12) sup- . ported, as he appears to be, by St. Paul in I Thes. iv, 16-17, and by St. John in Rev. xii, 5, and xiv, 1-5, we will see that a calculation I (from the passages referred to) can be made with different results. And perhaps, with ] other prophesies as a basis, still other and different conclusions will be reached. And as all the estimates and conclusions will appear . equally reliable, we won't know which to accept, and will be left 'amidst confusion more confounded.' "I have not examined the subject closely ] enough to be fixed in my views, but am inclined to believe that the time of the second , coming of Christ can be determined, and that . definitely. If God has spoken at all with reference to the time, He has spoken definitely. Mr. Tottcn well says: 'God went not i out of His way to speak in approximations, ( and after the manner of men.' True, Christ said, 'Ofthat day and hour knoweth no man, . not even the angels, neither the Son.' He did not, however, say no man shall know, ( 'but no man knoweth,' and there is no declaration in the Bible that man should not know, I at a later period, the time of the second com- ( ing of Christ. "I am persuaded that Mr. Totten does not , know, because he has only dealt with a small ,J part of the prophesies which relate to the decisive day. He has selected, it seems, only those which appear to prove his position, his i preconceived opinions, and left others bear- , ing more directly on the subject untouched, because they would evidently spoil his little theory. Christ is certainly coming again, but when? After all, Professor Totten may J be nearer right than some of our modern i skeptics and doubters of scripture prophe- ] sies. His coming may be nearer than we think. This may be the decisive decade, as 1 Mr. Totten intimates. "We are certainly on the eve of great and \ startling events. This is indicated by many ' signs, political, social and prophetic. The ' whole world is in a state of unrest, such as < has not been known before. The human j race is in a state of expectancy, looking and J waiting for a something?they know not what. Something that will relieve the sitution and give the nations rest. And all of 1 this disquiet und longing expectation of the j ' human heart may be the preface to the new ( ""iii'i" unnn to lu> onened?the Drenaration i for the coming of the Great King." Rev. R. G. Patrick gave his opinion as j1 follows: "Professor Totten's argument reveals the ! fact that though he may be a teacher in a scientific school, he sometimes deals with subjects in a very unscientific way. He fails j 1 to establish his conclusions. I believe it could j. be shown with as much reason and scriptu- j ral warrant that the world shall come to an , end a century hence, or at any other time, j as that it shall take place as predicted by I Professor Totten. In my opinion it is a matter wholly beyond our comprehension. \ If the scriptures make any one thing plain,1 it is that the exact time of Christ's second coming cannot be definitely known. OP course we cannot pretend to say whether ! ! that time is near at hand or a long way off. j Compare Math, xxiv, 36: 'But of that day j ! and hour knoweth no man, no not the angels | of heaven, but my Father only.' This passage ought to end all curious inquiry as to i I the precise date of the second coming of Christ, and to teach us that arithmetical cal- j1 | eulations as to this are a waste of time." 1 | Rev. J. C. Galloway, said : "I have given very little study to the ! prophesies bearing on the question with which ! 1 Professor Totten deals, because I do not re-: j gard it as a matter in which anybody in the j j present generation has any practical interest.! ! However, Mr. Totten's article is ingeniously written and shows much study of the question. But the fatal defect in his theory is that his calculations are based chiefly on itatements contained in a dook oi me apocn ypha, which is not. inspired by God, and hat 10 more authority in settling the question ol vhen the earth will come to an end, than a itatement any other mere man might make, "As to all these calculations which have >een made as to the year and time in which he world is coming to an end, but one remark leed be made, and that is no man knows anyhing about it. The angels in heaven don't enow, and even Christ in his human nature ?n the earth did not know. The end 'will iome as a thief in the night'?that is, upon is when no one is expecting it. "There is, however, no question in my nind that the end of the world Is a long digance in the fature. Israel is yet to be retored to the Holy Land and converted tc thrift, the millennial reign of righteousness or a thousand years is yet to come, and ither prophesies that will apparently require i long time for their fulfillment. "There is, however, no doubt that the reigious world is in a state of intense expecancy and unrest. The belief is widespread hat we are on the eve of stirring and monentous events. My own belief is that we ire not far from the dawning of the millenlium. Events are rushing as they never have lone in the world's history, and Christianity s laying hold of the nations for Christ as il las never done previously." Rev. K. 8. Nelson, when spoken to on the ubject, said that he had not read Professoi Totten's article, and, of course, could give 10 opinion as to its merits. CHESTER DISTRICT L O. O. T. Chester District Lodge, I. 0. G. T., convened in quarterly session in the hall of the odge at this place yesterday afternoon al I o'clock. In the absence of the district :hief templar, Maj. J. K. Marshall, of Ches?r, the lodge was called to order by District Secretary Lindsay, and proceeded to busiless with the following officers presiding: foseph Lindsay, D. C. T.; Miss Mabry Sanlers, D. V. T.; Rev. G. H. Waddell, D. C. iValter Simpson, D. M.; Miss N. McKeown 0. D. M.; W. B. Thompson, D. 8.; Miss May L Cornwell, D. A. 8.; Miss Janie Thompson, [). G.; J. E. Cornwell, D. Sen. After receiving the District Lodge degree he delegates were installed and welcomed n a pleasant address by Rev. R. G. Patrick ilr. Patrick's address was responded to by lev. H. B. Blakely, of Lancaster. The :onsolidated report of the whole district wae ead by the secretary, and this was followed >y verbal reports from the different lodges rhese reports were very encouraging, show ng a large increase of membership?ovei bur hundred since the last meeting. Rock Hill was selected as the next place of meet 1 11 * Ti.Milair In A 11 m 1 af Wfli ttUU U1C ill Ot lucouaj am it *ixed as the time. By appointment, Rev. J. W. Daniel, o; Chester, delivered a temperance address ir .lie court house last night. The lodge convenes again this morning ai ) o'clock, and after discussing matters of in erest to the order, will elect and install th< ifficers for the ensuing year. The delegates, who are considered the es jecial guests of the town, are being enter ained as follows: delegates. Entertained B< CHESTER LODGE. T. N. Berry (Parish hotel) R. Q. Ratchford Rev. J. W. Daniels T. S. Jefferya Joseph Lindsay W. M. Kennedy 3. E. Latimer Mrs. S. L. Latimer Vlisa Amelia McFadden Miss Belle Darwin Miss Ella Sanders Misses Gists Miss M. Sanders Miss Pearl Williams Rev. F. O. S. Curtis. Rev. R. G. Patrick BOCK HILL LODGE. B. W. Creed (Parish hotel) J. W. McFarland Mrs. B.W. Creed (Parish hotel) J.W. McFarland Miles Johnson Mrs. J. G. Ferguson Mrs. Miles Johnson Mrs. J. G. Ferguson Miss Edna Owens T. B. McClain BLACKSTOCK LODGE. f. E. Cornwell B. L. Davidson f. D. Mobley S. L. Davidsor J. E. Wiggins (Parish hotel) R. G. Patrick Miss Emma Mobley Mrs. L. M. Oris: Miss Janie Thompson Mrs. L. M. Grist W. B. Thompson I. D. Witherspoon CORNWELL LODGE. W. M. McDaniel Mrs. W. B. Moon; 3. C. McKeown Mrs. W. B. Moort Miss May Cornwell John M. Hope Miss Nannie McKeown John M. Hope LANCASTER LODGE. Rev. H. B. Blakely D. E. Finley Miss Maria Mayer...(Parish hotel) F. A. Gilbert Miss Alice McNeil...(Parish hotel) F. A. Gilberl SANDY RIVER LODGE. Rev. N. B. Clarkson I. D. Witherepoon Walter Simpson W. T. Moore D. D. Traywick ,D. E. Finley Miss Sallie Darby Miss Annie Hope ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. J. D. Payne is visiting relatives it Shelby, N. C. Col. A. Urquhart, of Blackburg, was it Vorkville yesterday. Dr. C. M. Kuykendal, of Rock Hill, wa in Yorkville on Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. T. C. Pegram, of Gastonia, N. C., i visiting her sister, Mrs. R. R. McCorkle. Mr. P. G. McCorkle, of Lancaster, was it Vorkville on a short visit last week. Mrs. S. L. Lowry, of Palatka, Fla., visitet friends and relatives in Yorkville last week Mrs. Nancy Simpson, of Chester, visitee Mr. Wm. McConnell's family last week. Mrs. W. L. McDonald and her children an visiting friends and relatives near Pineville N. 0. Mr. John 0. Speck, of Charlotte, is ii V'orkville, visiting his sister, Mrs. Horace H Beard. Miss Kate Russell returned home las tii " Awlnn/lail frln tn Kav A IiursuuV UUUl OU caivuuvu v..r Vork. Mrs. W. G. White is visiting friends an< relatives in the Waxhaw section of thii county. Mrs. W. B. Williams and daughter, Mis Delia, returned from Williamston Feraal* College last Saturday. Mr. J. D. McNeel, of Yorkville, is a mem her of the senoir class to be graduated fron the South Carolina University next month Miss Amelia McFadden, of Chester, an< Miss Kate Drennan, of Richburg, are ii Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. T. C. Dunlap. Mr. G. Janssen, who has been employe< it the Carolina Buggy Factory since Janu iry 1st, left here last Thursday for Rome New York. We acknowledge a pleasant call from Mr Howard T. Dickson, now of Boston, Mass., bu formerly of this place, yesterday morning Mr. Dickson is a sou of the late Rev. Henr; It. Dickson, and left Yorkville for New Yorl . ity in 1878, to engage in the manufacturers supply business. After a few years resident in New York his business was moved t< Boston and he has since been located in tha city. The present is his third visit back t< tiis old home, and he will remain here, tin ijuest of his grandmother, Mrs. A. C. Mc Pheeters, about two weeks before returniiij lo Boston. He is accompanied by his younj son, Howard T. Dickson, Jr. LOCAL LACONICS. ? The new Methodist parsonage on TriniP street is approaching completion. ? The town council secured $18 last weel for disorderly conduct on the streets. ? Contractor W. G. Adams, commence* work on the Baptist church at this place yes terday morning. The building is to be com pleted by the 1st of August. ? Deputy Marshall Wilson, arrested Char ley Finley, colored, and Andy 1'oag, wnue last Friday, on the charge of selling whiske; in violation of the United States revenu laws. They were hound over to appear be fore Commissioner Pride at ltock Hill yes terday. ? Mr. T. B. McCIain, proprietor of th Vorkville marble yards, returned from th North last Friday. He has visited the mar hie and granite quarries and the big ston working establishments of Massachusetts Vermont and other States, and is prepared t satisfactorily supply the wants of all wh desire anything in his line. ? The rains of the week ami the warn favorable weather have developed the fac that the uneasiness about cotton not comin up was rather premature. This week, wit a few exceptions, good stands are report e' all around, and the grass is coming in a wa that is calculated to make the hoe-hand stir round at a lively rate. ? Masters H. F. Adickes, Jr., and Fre maiduttu, uivuguv i> i this office yesterday. The snake is 7 feet 3 T inches in length, and was killed at Wright's f u k Fen-y last Sunday, by Master Robert Walker, . who is about fourteen years of age. The > body of the snake was somewhat shrunk^ i when exhibited here, but we are informed by : Masters Marshall and Adickes that when first killed it measured two inches in diame* ; ter. Young Walker killed the reptile, sin* > gle-handed, with a stick. 1 ???? ' SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS/ , ? On account of aspirited rivalry between the Atlantic Coast line and the South Caro- J lino railway,-there is a probability of a re' duction of the time between Columbia and Charleston to three hours. - / Cnlnmhia RAonntar ? RftV. Thnmna H, ! | Leitch, the evangelist, assisted by Mr. Mar' shall, musical director, commenced a series of meetings in Aiken last Sunday night, in a new tent just received from St. Louis for that i purpose. The ministers and members of ./ the different churches of the city have joined [ in, and much good is expected of the meeting, ! which will last about ten days. ? Greenville dispatch last Wednesday: J. S. I Proule Marshal], a prominent young man of this city, and a member of one of the lead' ing families of the State, was stabb xl here last night by W. B. Jennings, a young man ' of eighteen years. Marshall's wound is very ' serious and perhaps fatal. The stabbing re! suited from an altercation and beg>m in a joke. ? Anderson Journal: An Anderson man had a promising patch of corn that he hud fertil ized highly with compost, and some of the j cotton seed in the compost, sprouted md grew t up with the corn. Last week he sent a col. oired individual to hoe out the paich, and next day, when he went to look at it, he ' discovered that the intelligent laborer had - chopped down all the corn and hoed the cotton. ? Anderson special to The Greenville . News: Something of a sensation has been cre, ated among our colored population by the ' appearance of a crazy negro in the woods > just south of this place. He has been seen r by several people and presents a striking ap, pearance as he roams about with all his I / whoa fioU ohnnt, hia neck in utter disregard of the "fitness of things," so to speak. Two ^ [ officers are searching for him but h ive as yet failed to find him. ? Samuel Pickle, a prominent rftizen of r Greenville county, cut his throat with a s pocket-knife on Tuesday of last week, and i will probably die of his wound. He is a [ dealer in horses, and one of them being bitten by a dog not long ago, afterwards died ' of hydrophobia. Pickle became possessed with the idea that he also had hydrophobia, ' and although he had no symptoms of that : disease, the thought preyed on him so that ' . in a moment of extreme depression he cut , his throat to escape death from the horrors of it. f ? A special to The Greenville News of yesterday says that Miss Susie Atkinson, the 11 sixteen year old daughter of Col. E. T. Atkinson, of Chester, died suddenly in Chart lotte, last Monday morning at 7 o'clock. . She had been ill only 48 hours. Miss At, kinson was in Charlotte on a visit to relatives. She attended a party in the country on Friday night. Saturday morning she * complained of headache, and about 2 o'clock - she became suddenly delirious and attempt- ? ed to throw herself out of a window. She f was caught when half way out and put back to bed. Cuavulsions set in, and from then until her death she suffered terribly. Her * father and mother and Dr. Davega arrived at Charlotte, Sunday morning, but Miss Atkin. son was unconscious and did not recognize them. Her remains were taken to Chester u * on Monday. ? Special to The News and Courier, Wed, nesday: A few days since the country ad. jacent to Liberty Hill, in Edgefield, was the scene of a spirited shooting scrape, the par* ticipants being Mr. P. W. Cheatham and Jack Whatley, both active and progressive young u farmers and belonging to prominent families. ? It appears that bad blood had existed be:* tween them for a considerable time and this ' 1 led to frequent quarrels, and finally it was i. agreed to meet at a certain time and place and "shoot it out." Accompanied by friends, |* the parties met as agreed upon, measured their distance, and at the word opened fire, i! the one upon the other. Mr. Cheatham shot eleven times to Mr Whatley's five. Strange to say, neither party was seriously hurt, each T receiving a slight wound. It is reported that they were to have met again "to have it i, over," but this has not been done. >. ? An Anderson special of Saturday to The Augusta Chronicle says: "Last night about '* 9 o'clock, as Mr. Eugene Askew was closing up his store at Danver, a small station about 3 eight miles above here, a man halted him ana xoiu mm iu nuiu up u tow uiuuivu%o w j he wanted to buy a .pair of shoea. Mr. Eskew turned around and unlocked the door. The would-be customer, wearing a mask, step8 ped in, and covering young Eskew with a six-shooter said, 'Now, damn you, shell out A* s what money you have got, or take the consequences.' Young Eskew complied with the j demands of the robber. The robber then asked Eskew if he knew him. Eskew replied that he did not. 'Well, that is all * right,' said the robber and departed. Mr. 8. L. Eskew, the father of the young man, was 1 in the city to-day, but declined to say how much money the robber got off with, but it * B is thought that he got off with a considerable amount." ' ?It was stated last week that the governor had requested Dr. P. E. Griffith, superin1 tendent of the asylum, to resign his position. . Dr. Griffith refused to do so on the ground that he could not, in justice to himself, while / I there were charges against him. He was ? unwilling to submit to a trial before the r governor, and demanded an investigation by the senate. Upon this the governor issued * an order removing Dr. Griffith, and instructs ing Dr. J. L. Thompson to assume charge until a new superintendent shall be appoint3 ed. The principal charges against Dr. Griffith are, first that he did not visit certain wards of the asylum as oiten as he should ^ have done; and, second, that he permitted a - man named Milne to carry for months a key i that would open the female wards. The in. vestigation shows that Milne did have such a 1 key, but Dr. Griffith emphatically denies ^ that it was with his knowledge. Milne was at the time a patient in the asylumn, and was employed also as a painter. The de1 fense claims that he never entered the fe male wards, except in the prosecution of his J/. work, and this was, in all cases, in company with some of the attendants. ? A horrible murder was committed at Fort Lawn, in Chester county, last Friday. Eugene Shirley, a recently discharged luna tic, killed Thaddeus McFadden, a merchant. y It seems that Shirley, who is married to a McFadden's sister, has been in the habit of ,? mistreating his wife. McFadden remoustraB ted and bad blood resulted. On the day of * the murder, according to the reports, Mc0 Fadden and Shirley happened to be close t to each other on adjoining farms. Not 3 aware of Shirley's presence, McFadden e I was absent-mindedly clearing his throat. | Shirley construed the action as a taunt and r | immediately became enraged. He said: ? | "Damn you wait there and I will fix you," =1 and advanced on McFadden with a knife. McFadden also drew a knife and the two men came together in a desperate struggle. 4 It is supposed that Shirley was at the time suffering from a fit of lunacy. Anyway he I soon overpowered McFadden, jabbing his c! knife into the latter's eye and inflicting a ' mortal wound. Shirley was arrested and \ taken to Chester jail by Deputy H. J. Culp. 1 There was great excitement over the affair, ! and promiscuous threats of lynching. In- ' *! deed one report says that while Deputy I Culp was taking Shirley to testify at the '- coroner's jury, some one fired at the prison, j er in the buggy and the ball passed through y : Culp's sleeve. Shirley is a dangerous luna; tic. He nearly killed two men at Fort Lawu one day last December. i-j State Teachers' Convention.?Prof, i D. B. Johnson, chairman of the executive - i committee of the State Teachers' association has published a card announcing that the e next meeting of the association will be held '* at Anderson, on July 22, 28 and 24. Meme ! bcrs of the association will be entertained 5, i by the hospitable people of that progressive o; city, and will also get reduced railroad rates 0 to and from the meeting. An interesting ? > programme is being prepared. Those who ! desire to become members, and who desire 111 to enjoy the privileges of the association, t; should send to the secretary, Frof. A. K. g j Banks, Hock Hill, the annual dues, one dolh ; lar for men, and fifty cents for women, aud i secure from him a membership certificate, , j which will be necessary to secure reduced ^ : railroad rates and entertainment. Every 18 | "live" teacher in the State should be a member of the association. Friends of eduead I tiou are eligible to membership.