Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fttajis audi .facts. ! ? A well-dressed young white man walked into a hardware store at Auniston, Ala., last | Wednesday, and asked to be shown some; revolvers. He was permitted to examine a number of fine Smith & Wesson's. He then picked Up some cartridges, and loading one of the pistols, deliberately blew his brains out. There were no papers on his person by which he could be identified, and his name is not known. ? The Cotton Growers' convention met in Memphis, Tenn., last week. There was present about seventy delegates, representing all of the cotton growing States, i John S. Richardson, the prominent Louisiana planter, presided. A resolution was unanimously adopted asking a further reduction of the cotton acreage, and a diversification of crops. Statistics were quoted showing the benefit that the South derived by the ? j?i!? -c ?ii? ,1,i?t,f reuueuuil Ul UUllUH uucugt- uumi^ nit mov season. ? On last Wednesday night, just after the Missouri, Kansas and Texas passenger train No. 2 pulled out of Adair station,Indian Territory, three desperadoes confronted the agent and robbed him of ?8,700. Eighteen citizens who appeared on the scene were made to hold up their hands, and marched at the points of the bandits'guns to one of the commercial stores in town, which was robbed of $300. The robbers then marched the men to the stockyards, where their horses were hitched, mounted and departed. ? The report that Governor McKinley, of Ohio, has been financially ruined by the failure of a friend for whom he had become endorser, turns out to be true. The governor's liabilities amount to more than $100,000. He has announced it as his intention to pay every dollar, and his wife, who has a separate fortune of her own, has assigned all her property to the payment of the debt. Friends and admirers of Governor McKinley are coming forward with offers of assistance. It has been rumored that McKinley intended to resign the governorship on account of his misfortune, in order to sooner repair his losses. He denies the story, and says he has at no time contemplated such a step. ? At Iola, Kan., last Wednesday morning, a desperado walked into the ticket office of the Santa Fe railroad, and with a revolver in either hand, said to the night operator, a young man named William T. Tyler, "Throw up your hands." Tyler happened to be a: mnn r>f nurvo nnff instantlv iumned for his 1 revolver. The desperado blazed away, but missed his aim. Watching his chance as he dodged about the room, Tyler got a shot at his assailant and hit him in the head. The desperado fell to the floor mortally wounded, and died the next day. It was afterv learned that the office at Humboldt, a . miles distant, had been robbed the night be- j fore, and it was thought that the man killed by Tyler is the one who perpetrated the robbery. ? A number of well-known young women of Bridgeport, Conn., have organized a "Crinoline club" in the interest of hoopskirts. They propose to at once adopt hoopskirts themselves, and do all they can to encourage their adoption by others. At a meeting last Friday night, resolutions were adopted which say, among other things, that the fair sex has been trammeled too long by tight fitting and clinging skirts, that the styles of lS40-r)0 were really beautiful, essentially feminine, and at least unique; that the adoption of crinoline would end the weariug of men's hats, neckties and shirts by women, and that anything would be preferable to aping masculine costumes. The promoters of the club expect that scores of women will flock to the support of the crinoline. ? Mr. Harter, of Ohio, on Friday, introduced in the house a bill to provide for the free coinage of silver and gold at the present ratio, and upon equal terms. It provides that after its passage, purchases of silver bullion by the government shall cease, and that the mints shall be opened to the coinage of both metals upon the same terms as existed prior to 1873, provided, however, thai all silver and gold coined hereafter for account of owners shall not have any legal tender functions, and instead of being stamped "One dollar," Five dollars," etc., shall be stamped "Ten dimes," "Fifty dimes," etc. Nothing in this act is to be construed as affecting the legal tender functions of gold and silver already coined upon account of the United States. All laws in conflict with this act are repealed. ? John W. Mackay, a many times millionaire of San Francisco, was shot in that city last Friday by a man named W. C. ltippey, supposed to be insane. Rippey walked up behind Mackay and shot him in the back, and then fired a ball into his own breast. Mackay's wound is not dangerous, but Rip pey will die. In his pocket, a sheet of paper, evidently prepared for the newspapers, was the following, under the heading, "Food for Reflection." "1'aid $1">0,000 for one sapphire to place on the forehead of his wife? a sufficient amount to have saved at least five hundred of his victims from suicidal graves; inscribe it on his tomb." Mackay made his money in mining speculations, and Rippey, who is seventy years of age, hits been identified as a man once wealthy, who squandered his fortune in the same line of business. It does not appear, however, that Mackay ever made anything off of Rippey. He says he never saw his assailant before. ? It is announced that an association of foreign capitalists is just concluding negotiations for the purchase of 1,000,000 acres of excellent cotton lands in three adjoining counties of Texas, with the intention of raising the staple on a large scale. Alluding to the projected enterprise, the Mobile Register says it is questionable whether the South should favor the cultivation by great foreign syndicates, who with steam ploughs, commissary stores, picking machines and oil compress, will be able to reduce the cost of making cotton so low as to drive out of the race the individual farmer and mule. "Syndicates might make good interest," says The Register, "on their investment with cotton at five cents a pound, but what will become of the great multitude of small farmers? It might be better for them to go back to hog and hominy and raising hay and mules, but it seems to us that the wealth and prosperity of the South is in the independent and individual farmer who drives his own mule and runs his own press." ? For a week, the bank note factories at Palton, Mass., have been making peculiarly distinctive paper that is to be used for tickets of admission to the World's Fair. The first order, which was for 5,000,000 tickets, was shipped to New York on last Monday, and the American Hank Note company is now engaged in an elaborate engraving for the ticket. It is expected that many will be sold as souvenirs. To guard against counterfeits, it has been decided that between the sheets of paper of which the card is composed, there shall be scattered planchetts of tissue paper. These planchcts are of different sizes, the largest as big as a pinhead. They are of three colors, blue, pink and salmon, the shades being plainly discernable through the thin paper on both sides. The planchcts are not scattered all over the card, but simply in a row less than an inch wide across from top to bottom. The tissue cut in these little disks is expensive, and considerable will be saved by using them only in the centre of the ticket. The chief reason for placing them in this way is the increased difliculty in counterfeiting. The size of the ticket will be 2^x4| inches. ? The first annual convention of the AmerIK..W.*.. II..UHI/. nw.t in U';i<f>in<rtnn it'il!i I'liuvKiiiv iv IUVV .. n%v-a hist Wednesday. There were present about fifty delegates from the various Western States, and also a number from the South. The convention was called to order by General A. J. Warner, who explained the object of the league to be to secure legislation for free and unlimited coinage of silver. Among the speakers were General Weaver, the People's party candidate for president ; Mrs. Lease, Senator Stewart, Colonel A. C. Shinn, of Kansas; Mr. Pland, of Missouri; Representative-elect Sibley, of Pennsylvania, a free coinage Democrat; Hatch, of Missouri; and J. W. Huston, chief justice of Idaho. Marion Puller, ol North Carolina, in a prepared paper, spoke 11tr /,? fllf, ciKtninoil hv the cot ton interest of the South since 1 S7:> by the demonetization of silver. The free coinage question, he said, was a burning one in the South, which lnul been the first to feel the effects of the unjust law. He expressed the belief that the time had eoine when the people of the West and South should unite and stand upon one common platform, and strike a blow for industrial freedom. ? Expedition island is no more. Youi map shows it lying off the northwest coast of Australia, about twenty-two miles from the mainland. When it flourished in all it> "glory, as it has since time out of memory, it was a beautiful tract of land thirteen miles long and one and a half to two miles broad. The Swedish trader Laerastrom visited it early in the spring of 1892, and the Dutch naturalists of the Thignig gathered rare botanical specimens and collected many hundred sets of eggs, to say nothing of the many other objects of natural history, during the months of May and June last year. A vessel was sailing in those parts quite recently when the otlicers remarked the absence of the island. The captain ordered that the soundings be made. All around, thousands of feet of water was found. Finally, upon discovering that there was no sign of breakers on the former site of the island, he ordered that they sail directly across where the island had formerly been. ? - ? 1 W*wl soundings were again uiKen, which n-simcu in finding .that the island had only sunk to a depth of 4S feet below the surface. It was one of the largest islands on the Australian coast, and its sudden subsidence is a mystery. , lite fJatMlc (?nquim\ JMRv JnHnn ' YORKVILLE, S. C. : WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1893. ? The experiment with the guns and explosive projectiles of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius have been concluded. The experiments have developed the fact that while the guns are all right, the fuses by which the shells were to have been exploded are worthless. When a more perfect fuse shall have been produced, the cruiser will be available for service. ? Hillary A. Herbert, of Alabama, Cleveland's secretary of the navy, is a native of Laurens, S. C., but was taken to Alabama while still a child. He entered the Confederate service as a captain at the breaking out of the war and served until disabled at the battle of the Wilderness, in May, 1864, in the meantime having been promoted to a colonelcy. He has served in congress for seveu cousecutive terms, and for some time past has been chairman of the naval committee of the house. His selection as secretary of the navy gives general satisfaction throughout the country. ? It is now a settled fact that the new senate, which will assemble simultaneously with the inauguration of President Cleveland, will be Democratic. It will contain forty-five Democrats, thirty-seven Republi * " 1 A ? mi. ; i. | cans, ana iour ropunsis. mis iuucu is curtain. Montana and Washington have not yet chosen senators, but 110 matter whetliei they choose Democrats, Republicans 01 Populists, the Democrats already have a : majority of one over all, besides Adlai's ! casting vote. There will be nothing to hinder the Democrats from earring out ever} plank of their platform. If they do this all will be well; but if they fail, the consequences are not pleasant to contemplate. ? The World's Fair authorities have had a great deal of trouble with various men i throughout the country over the allotmenl of space for the exhibition of their goods and manufactured products. Now the authorities are in a row with the various religious denominations. Months ago, the denominations were warned to make applicaj tiou for such space as they might desire at 1 once, for after a while it would be disposed of and then it would be too late. The Roman Catholics took time by the forelock and 'got 20,000 square feet of space. The Methodists were more tardy, and got only 400 feet Other denominations got even less, and now j there is general dissatisfaction all around. STATE VS. FEDERAL AUTHORITY. Like Governor Tillman, of South Carolina] Governor Stone, of Missouri, is being hampered and perplexed by the tyranny and 1 usurpation of Federal judges ; but more fortunate than Governor Tillman, Governoi Stone has the co-operation and hearty sympathy of all his fellow citizens. The trouble in Missouri arises from the imprisonment of the county judges of St Clair county in the common jail of Kansas ; City, under the order of the United States 1 circuit court, for refusal to disobey the laws of the State of Missouri in carrying out the 1 orders of the Federal judge. Shortly after the war, says Governoi : Stone, to the Missouri legislature, when the 1 affairs of the State were in a disorganized condition, St. Clair county issued some bonds to an irresponsible company, ostensibly foi the purpose of aiding in the construction o a railroad. The bonds were issued illegally and without the sanction of any considera ble number of the qualified voters of the county by which they were issued. Th< railroad enterprise was soon after abandoned and not a foot of the proposed line has evei been constructed. The bondholders, how Li.aiu.1g cvvit in Annntv nnnvU fni j l'Vl'1, UlUU^JIl OUIV in IUV VVWUVJ wu*vw >v< the payment of the bonds. The count} j courts decided that the bonds were illegal as did also the supreme court of the State The holders of the bonds, after mani ! years, got the matter into the Federal cour j and got judgments. The United States eir ! euit judges ordered the county judges to lev} ! taxes for the payment of the judgments Under the constitution and laws of the State the county judges have no authority to lev; the taxes required,'and they refused to d< so. The Federal judge then had the count; judges imprisoned for contempt, and tin county judges are still in jail. In view of the situation as synopsize< above, Governor Stone, as the only reined; that he can suggest, makes the following rec ommendations to the general assembly : First, that the general assembly, by join and concurrent resolution, memoralizc th congress to so limit, by statuary enactment the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, us t forbid them from compelling any State ofli , ccr, by mandamus or other writ, to perforn ' any official act arising under or authorize) to be done by the laws of such State. Secondly, that the general assembly pre vide by law that whenever a majority c the judges of any county court shall, fron any cause, be unable to discharge any dut; imposed upon them by law, the governo may designate and appoint a special judge and commission him with special authority :; to do any special act required to be done, b ' the express provision of the statutes, by th county court : and providing that such aj 11 pointee, after accepting the commissioi: shall duly qualify in such manner as may b fixed by the law ; his commission, power air authority to cease upon the completion of th [special purpose for which he may be aj j pointed. In this way the business of th counties and State can be carried on withou {subjecting tne oiucer enargeu wim puuu duty to arbitrary imprisonment. STATKSMAN.SII II', l'lltACV AN1) SlINTIMKN'l ?"When pretty Princess Kaiulani arrives i Washington," says a sentimental contempc rary, "to plead for her 'throne, her natio ,1 and liei flag,' as she says she will do, eve the most hardened and heartless Republiea i senators may relent a id conclude to rejei the piratical treaty with which Mr. Harriso ( hoped to make his administration glorious, s Fustian! This girl lias 110 tlirom ' "Pretty Kauilani" has no more right to tal t about "my" throne and "my" nation an 11 "my" flag than pretty Sally Walker or pre! ; j ty Polly-wants-a-eraeker. The day h;i gone by 011 this hemisphere when throne I; and nations were the personal property t any human being. Neither, it is presumed, arc the meuihei ; j of the I'nited States senate a lot of doddei 1 ing old ladies, ready to decide questions e si state upon the purr of a kitten or the plain i of a school-girl. It is the climax of abnurd: ity to talk of settling so important a mat! tor one way or another because a poor girP:heart has been filled with the folly of "royal , rights." The Hawaiian treaty may be rejected, but | it will not be because Pretty This or Pretty :! That smiles or weeps.?Louisville Courierj Journal. TUB LAST WEEK OF CONOKESS. . i A (treat Hush of Unfinished Business in Both Houses. ' The closing week of the Fifty-second coil gress, says a Washington dispatch of Sunday, will be characterized by a rush of legislation that has seldom been equaled. As there is not time enough for all the many I public and private measures near completion , i to pass, they must antagonize each other i and opposed to them all, in both houses 1 will stand the annronriation committees, ..... "I I 4 t urging immediate action upon the great measures in their charge. The present coni dition of these bills is as follows: The fortifications bill is a law ; the army bill is before the president for his signature : the military academy and District of Columbia are in conference ; the sundry civil, diplomatic and consular and legislative bills have passed both houses, but have not reached the conference stage; the pension bill has passed the house and been reported to the senate; and the naval, agricultural, post office and deficiency bills are awaiting action at the hands of the senate committee on appropriations. IN THE SENATE, the naval bill will probably come up Monday ; the agricultural and postoffice bill^ are expected to be reported by Tuesday, and the deficiency bill about the middle of the week. They will be taken up for action as as fast as reported. Meantime, the consid eration of these bills and of other pending measures will be suspended from time tc time to allow of the disposition of conference reports. In this condition of affairs, matters of general legislation can hardly receive much attention. but, if opportunity offers, Senatoi Teller will endeavor to call up his revised McGarrahan bill; Senator Carey may make another effort to secure consideration for his omnibus Statehood bill, and Senator Illack, burn will probably strive to secure the passage of the New York and New Jersey bridge bill as it came from the house. There seems to be a set purpose to prevent any furl her executive sessions of the senate if possible. This will serve a three fold purpose?defeat action on the nomination ol Judge Hauchctt, prevent re-consideration ol the vote by which the nomination of exCongressman Findlay, of Maryland, as Chili ean Arbitrator, was rejected, and shelve the Hawaiian treaty of annexation for this ses. son. IN THE HOUSE, advantage will be taken of the rule permitting action during the last six days of the session under suspension of the rules tc rush forward business of an urgent nature. A number of measures of comparatively little interest may be thus passed, but- indications arc that it will be necessary to give ' most of the time to appropriation bills. Unless an amicable understanding can bt , privately reached with reference to the . course to be taken with the Sherman bond . amendment to the sundry civil bill, it h probable that it will be moved, under sus1 pension of the rules, to send all the amend! inents to conference with formal non-concur rence recommended. It is believed that a - two-thirds vote can be secured for this moi tion. By the adoption of this course the long delay over the numerous amendments of no special interest in themselves, would be avoided, leaving only the bond amend ment to be fought out in the house, i- It is expected by the leaders of the houst i that the French spoliation claims will b( again put on the deficiency appropriatior j bill by the senate, and perhaps the Cherokee strip bill on the Indian bill; but with these exceptions it is not anticipated that any se rious trouble will occur in conference sufli cient to endanger the passage of the appro priation bills and compel and extra sessior t of congress. [ MERE MENTION. I Four masked men attempted to rob the bank at Lynchburg, Pa., on Tuesday of las) week. They were discovered before theii design was accomplished. In a fight that fol r lowed, the chief of the police of the town wa: shot and killed. Only one of the robber; was captured. The city of Pittsburg Pa., went Democratic last week for the first time in twelve years. A special dispatel from Nashville, Tenn., says that dilligcn inquiry fails to substantiate the story re ' cently sent out from Pulaski, to the effec that two Mormon elders had been murdered in that county. The United States gov . eminent pays $90,000,000 a year for sala ries. An accident occurred on the Wes Shore railroad, at Palmyra, X. Y., on Tues ' day of last week. Three people were killed The strike of Manchester, England > cotton spinners, which has been on all win i ter, has not yet been settled. The strike is ; against a proposed reduction of 5 per cent . in wages. The Kansas Republicans hav< nominated P. P. Wagoner, a Democrat, fo: United senator, against Martin, elected bj the Populists and Democrats. The contcs 5 will be settled by the United States senate 1 Clarksville, Tenn., negroes attemptei 5 to lynch two young white men for outraging ? two colored women. The Peabod; . school building for colored children, in Wil mington, X. C., was destroyed by an incen i diary fire last Wednesday. It was valuec at about $4,000. Switch tenders to tin ? number of 200, employed by the Wcsten ; Indiana Belt company, at Chicago, struct last Wednesday for higher wages. Traflii ' on a half dozen roads was, for a time, entirely blocked, but the places of the strikers iiavi since been temporarily filled. Secrc i' tary Foster retired from the cabinet las ' Thursday for the purpose of representiiq } this government at the arbitration of tin Behring.sea difficulty. The arbitration boan | met in Paris on Friday, and adjourned t< ' ! hold another meeting on the 23rd of March * An express train collided with an ac -1 comlnodation train in Philadelphia last Wed ; nesday. Four persons were killed and tci were injured. President Harrison was oi a special train immediately following tin | express, but the engineer managed to sto] * the special before running into the wreck 3 Several severe shocks of earthquake i were felt in California last Wednesday, bu e i no serious damage resulted. Prosiden j Harrison has appointed Benton Hanchctt, o I; Michigan, to be United States circuit judg for the Sixth judicial circuit, to sueceei Judge Jackson. Thomas Cobb Jackson " a prominent young lawyer, of Atlanta, pos | sessed of wealth, position and a large am t lucrative practice, committed suicide las e Thursday by shooting himself in the hem :, I with a pistol. He was under the infiuenc 0 j of liquor at the time. The Wyominj - legislature having adjourned without elect a ing a United States senator, (iovcrnor (>s 1 j borne lias appointed C. A. Beckwith, a Dem : oerat. Kansas Populists have started i-! movement to remove the capital of the Stat if from Topeka to Kanapalis, in order to get i a j away from the centre of Republican infill y i ence. The Vesuvius Iron mills, at Pitts r' burg, Pa., have been shut down, it is said >, J to await the policy of the new administrii -, J tion on the tariff. The real object of tli yj shutting down is because of labor trouble; *- ? - - > * ,r ? *"i ? i?v. e it is siaieu uiai jn'ivnucj ? unautiu ). failure is due more to his unsuccessful al i, tempt to start a tin plate factory in thi e country, than his losses as surety on a not il of his friend Walker. Wheeling, \\ e Va., is stirred up by a big social and religion i- scandal, involving ltev. J. F. Chenwortl e { pastor of the North street M. K. church, an it a young lady of Fairmont in the same Stati c! The minister has resigned his pulpit an ; demanded a trial. Chairman 1 larrity has been sending out cii r. eularstothe recently elected Democratic eoi n gressmen, with a view to ascertaining thei )- position on the silver question, lie has 11 n ; eeived a large number of replies, but ri 11 fuses to make public the result. Th n business failures during the week endin t last Friday, number for the Cnited Stati n Canada : total -ho. An ellbi will be made to have Henry (Jeorge appoint I cd consul to Manchester. He is endorsed li k Michael 1). Harter. Kobbers entere d tbe store of J. I). Koine, at Shephcrdstowi 1- l'a., last Saturday and stole Ss.ooo worth < is cash and jewelry. Hauler and Knob ?j the anarchists who attempted to kill II. ( >f Prick, of Pittsburg, were sentenced la> 'Saturday to live years in the l'ennsylvani s penitentiary. Win. Miller, a feathci r- weight prize lighter, was killed in the rin if at San Francisco last Saturday. Til it I total visible supply of cotton for the wort lis 4,226.154 bales, against 4,720,872 bale! J last year. The legislatures of Washing i! ton and Wyoming are still balloting for i 11 United States senator. People living ! in the vicinity of Manchester, Ala., are great .' ly excited over the recent discovery of gob j and silver. Frank Gclbrough, of (Jnl : veston, Texas, on last Saturday, shot ant i killed a young lady named Dora May Was som, on account of her refusal to marry him The supreme court of Kansas has sus taincd the decision of the district court ii favor of the Republican house of represen 1 tatives and against the Populist house. ; The naval appropriation bill, passed by th< !? . i r, . 1 _n? C'Oi 001 House J a SI ruuuruuy, Uilim iui t~i,umu,oo i Miss Julia Force, of Atlanta, inur i dered her two sisters last Saturday while ir a fit of insanity. She did the killing wit! i! a revolver. Randolph Davis, an attor , I ncy and speaker of the Tenucssec legisla , I ture, lias been disbarred by the supreme , | court for swindling a client. It is alst /J thought that he will be expelled from tlu general assembly. The Democrats oi the senate have notified the Republican! ' that they will resist the confirmation o ; the appointment of Benton Hcuchell, to b< judge of the Sixth Federal judicial district President Harrison, according to the ? usual usage, has issued a proclamation con veiling the senate in extra session at noor i on March 4. Henry T. Thurber, of De ! troit, a law partner of Don M. Dickinson - will be Cleveland's private secretary. i Mrs. W. A. Wilbur, of Fort Dodge, Iowa has been driven insane by a description o hell, drawn by her pastor in his pulpit John Jolly, a prominent farmer o; Clarkslon, Ga., committed suicide last Sun , day by blowing his brains out with a shot j gun. He brooded over the imprisonment o ( his son in the penitentiary until his mine . became unbalanced. The planing mil of the Commercial Lumber company, h^-Fel r ton, (ia., was burned last.Sundaymight, to ' gether with the watchman who was asleej at his post. .! IIk Lived Too Fast.?The Gate City . | National bank, of Atlanta, is out nboui . $70,000, and Lewis Kcdwine, the assistani I cashier, is a defaulter. There is a strong j suspicion that other bank officials are impli . cated in the steal. These are the facts in i big sensation that has had Atlanta in a higl fever of excitement ever since Tuesday o , last west. Iledwine is about 33 years of age, the sor . of wealthy parents, and has been connectet with the Gate City bank for fifteen years ' He was a well known leader of Atlanta soci p ety, and although he spent anywhere fron C $2,000 to $5,000 on a salary of $1,200, noth ing was thought of it becauso his father wai . rich. Nobody ever dreamed of his usinj , money that was not his own until about tei ' days ago. The national bank examiner came arount recently to examine the accounts of tin Gate City bank. To all appearances every thing was all right, and the examiner report i ed accordingly. A few days afterward Pres > ident Hill, of the Gate City bank, lcarnet . by accident that his bank had been borrow ing considerably from other banks of thi city. He knew of no reason why it shoult - do so, and sent for Redwinc to make inqui ries about the matter. Instead of going tc s the president, however, Redwine managed t< i steal out of the bank. The president waitet 1 a long time and then began to make inqui i ries. He soon found that there was some thing wrong, and further investigations inadi matters worse and worse. It developed tha Redwine had been using his authority as as i sistant cashier to borrow money from othe banks with which to temporarily cover uj s his shortage at the Gate City. Examinatioi > showed the shortage to be something alarm I ing, and the next day the bank closed it doors until the books and cash could b< thoroughly investigated. ; In the meantime, Redwine had disap i peared. Search was made for him every i where without success, until Friday, whei 5 he was captured in a boarding bouse on th? ; outskirts of the city. He denied bavin; stolen any money, but was committed to jai in default of $25,000 bond. It is believei - that whcu the light of full investigation i i turned on the affair, a series of startlinj sensations will develop. Ax Empty Treasury.?Secretary Fos > ter, of the treasury department, was belor ^ the ways and means committee of the hous ,, for nearly two hours last Saturday morninj explaining the condition of the treasury . The hearing was conducted behind closet 3 doors and all newspaper men were exclud ed, the members of the committee sayinj [ that if the hearing were made public th > agitation of the financial question and possi L bly the publication of sensational report might give rise to needless alarm. As migh t have been expected, however, the result o I closing the bearing was to give rise to mor apprehension than would probably have beei the case if the hearing had been open am ^ free. The statement of Mr. Foster was t< the effect that there was no occasion for fea of a bankrupt treasury, but be admitted tha the situation was one demanding seriou ' consideration, and that his estimates of th . available cash in the treasury at the close o 'Ixt.. i r. 1 Jy tile prosuut iisi'tii ^tar ?uui\4 ncvu %ikj K* j scaled down to some extent. Mr. Fostc p thought there would be a surplus in th , treasury by July 1st next, of nearly $17,000, [ 000. His estimate in the report hcretofor sent to the committee 011 the condition c j the treasury, fixed the surplus at $20,000,00f r The probabilities for the fiscal year 189 ,1 were that in the absence of some change ii the situation, there would be a deficit in th treasury on July 1, 1894. Back Taxes on Jay Gould's Estate." Ex-Congressman John Adams, says a Nov . York dispatch of Monday, has written letter to Corporation Counsel Clark suggest * ing an attempt to-recover back taxes on Ja; , Gould's personal estate. The difference be tween the assessed value of personal estat t and its real value has become moreapparen r j through the recent statue compelling an afli ' davit of the value of an estate to be file< j with the petition for the probate of a wil I in order to assess the collateral inheritanc ' tax. Mr. Adams's letter quotes the alfidavi ? j of Jay Gould's executors?George J. How . ard and Edwin Gould?that Mr. Gould lcl j personal property of an estimated value c j I $70,000,000. He goes 011 to say: "Thu ! $70,000,000 is the executors' sworn cstimat ^ | of the personal estate at death, which is t 1 | be compared with $">00,000, the assessed val "; nation for the preceding year. The nssessc j i valuation, it is to be observed, will be base t' upon representations made by Mr. Gould i j-1 person and under oath to the tax commission I ers. I write you thus, believing that if Mi j! Gould's sworn representations to the ta | j commissioners can be shown to be material 1 ; I or suosianuany erroneous, me amount. uj m I j loss resulting to the city can he recovere j | from the estate for the past six years." j| Wiu, Kkfohm tiik I'knsiox IU sinkss.I Hoke Smith, cf Atlanta, a few (lays ago, tol ? a reporter that there were only two placi in Cleveland's cabinet where great repute tions may be made?the treasury and th i interior departments. 1 "No reform can be made in the goven t ment's finances," said Mr. Smith, "withoi radically overhauling the system of per sions." j* "Do you mean that it will be your polic ' i as far as possible to decrease the prcsei \ pension list ?" . "It will be my policy to draw a sharp di: ^' crimination between worthy and unworth i applicants for pensions hereafter." ' "Can you give any details?" asked tli ' i reporter. r j "Not yet," replied the next secretary < g i interior, "but I can assure you there is grot I reputation for a man who knows how t handle the pension business in an acceptabl manner." 111-: Wants to IIki.p.?Governor Tillman light with the railroads 011 the tax questio is exciting national interest. Last Thttrsda l* he received the following letter which e: r plains itself fill y : i Siam, Tavi.ok covnty, Iowa, fehrnary I j- j 1S!i.'t.?Iti*u Tillman (Jove of South Carolii c ! Friend l>en friend Recause a man after My ow j In-art I fought against S. ('. in war of Rehcllio b i .'57 Months hut if you yet in a lite with the R 'S I or any Rough faced Judges I will come and he) t you out ami 1 think that Plenty of the Old Royi i would he with You If a ttovernor is not a Kin I ltee of his State ifone horse (iudyes and Ma y slials can run his Rusness we want to know it d have said for the last 'Jo years that must eontro i R R or they would trout role us let us know you want us Alt' Hodge, once of R ;"> Iowa Inf. I If you want Mir and others call on us and v jot* the Rlu an and youcns of the RutNut will 1 together this time I always have hen a Relievi j ill States Rites. Al.l' Roikik. Stand up to them Ren the common folkestlr il | till up the armies will see you throo. (iood lu< to you. g j ----- e ? The town of Florence has bought- tl d old street cars formerly used in Columbia. 3 LOCAL AFFAIRS. j INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. r May A' May?Advertise "May's Correct Pills,' ' * which they have been selling for the pas 11 thirteen years, and are claimed to lie i * | remedy for billiousness, pains in the back or kidneys, loss of appetite, dyspepsia am | | headache. They also oiler blood medicines tobacco and cigars, and horse and cattli powders. Ferguson Brothers?Are oll'ering staple am fancy groceries at "live and let live" price , and also furnish a recipe for a "Combina tion Pudding." W.J. Koddey, Hock Hill, S. C., agent of tin Equitable Life Assurance Society?Print ? a letter from Mr. Thos. S. Price, common datory of the Equitable Life Assurance So ! . ciety and its tontine system. *' M. A H. V. Strauss?Announce the arrival o i their spring stock of men's wear, and sir , they are still selling their winter goods a cost, and some less than cost. Thomas F. Mellow, Attorney?(Jives notice t( persons indebted to the linn of Barron it > Wright, that in order to save cost, imine ' diate payment must be made to him. May A May?Oiler at private sale until nex Monday, a lot of jewelry. On Monday f all that is unsold will bo disposed of a 3 auction. r Enquirer OtUce?A locket chain which wit found may be reclaimed by describing tin J same and paving for the advertisement. . Louis Roth?On 1< riday will have oysters. Oi , Saturday fresh tish, including shad, am oysters. On salesday, hot meals or colt lunches. If you want lisli or oysters, leavi l your order at once. . T. M. Dobson, Manager of Dobson's RacketLets the public know that the llacket'i i stock of new spring goods, including nev millinery of all kinds and styles, has ar , rived, together with many other usefu f articles. W. M. Houston A* Co.?Tell about their tobaccos cigars, backhands and Landredth's gardei f seeds?four papers for a nickle. . Lowry it Starr?Advertise Starr's sarsaparilli and iodide of potash as a blood purifier " Landredth's garden seeds, and alabastine kalsomine and plastico. I Glenn A Allison?Arc prepared to make con I tracts for hauling, will hire wagons am teams by the day, and will plow gardem and small "patches" about town. - John I). Cornwell, Chairman?The board o ) county commissioners order the road over seers to call out their hands to put th roads in good order by the 1st of April. ABOUT PEOPLE. k Miss Annie Caldwell, of Chester county ^ is in Yorkville, visiting the family of Mr. vV ] W. Jenkins. t Miss Anna Poag, principal of East Lang i ham school, visited Mrs. \V. D. Glenn, ii f Yorkville, last week, j Mr. J. 0. St. John, of Franklin, Ind., ha j recently taken charge of the wood shop o . the Carolina Buggy company as foreman. Miss Lois Harris, of I'incville, N. C., whi 1 is teaching school near Clover, visited York ville last week, the guest of Miss Bett; I Jenkins. 3 ? I 1 SALES-DAY FOR MARCH. j Next Monday is sales-day for March 3 Neither the clerk or sheriff have any sale - to make, and the attractions of the day wil be confined to such entertainment as may b J offered by the Consolidated Association o York county horse-traders. Leroy Nev 2 ins, of Fort Mill, president; \V. T. Hoag 1 land, of the same township, vice-president - and H. B. Wallace, of York, secretary. I ) it should happen to rain on Monday, a larg | crowd may be expected at the final gram spring roundup of the association. Ai . abundance of suitable refreshments will n 2 doubt be served by the usual sales-day dis t pensers, and Policeman Wilson will be oi hand to argue with those who seek to strai: 1 the proprieties of the occasion. 1 RAILROAD EARNINGS. The railroad commission, last week, issuei 5 B its report of the earnings of the railroads c the State for last December, as compare - with December of the preceding year. The earnings of the roads in this imme 1 diate section are as follows: Atlanta an< Qr Charlotte, $09,033.3(5 against $71,310.42; i ] decrease of $2,283.00. Charlotte, Columbi 1 and Augusta, $52,415.72, against $58,789.69 s a decrease of $7,373.37. Chester and Lenoii ? $2,428.73 against $2,150.78; an increase c $277.95. Charleston, Cincinnati and Chics go, $14,922.90 against $14,081.00, an increas 0 of $241.90. Georgia, Carolina and North e eru, $40,192.43 against $15,261.12; an in crease of $24,931.31. The total earnings c all the roads in the State for the month c ^ December, was $081,070.37 against $700 y 772.0(5 a decrease of $19,701.09. b 0 THE TOWN COUNCIL. 3 The town council of Yorkville held a bus; t ness meeting last Thursday night and eleel f ed I). E. Finley, Esq., attorney. The que* e tion of providing suitable lire protection fc } the town was discussed at length. As th ^ result of investigations of the matter, tli r council is of the opinion that the most avai t ahle lire protection under the circumstance: s lies in properly distributated cisterns and e good steam engine. The cost of an engin ^ and a full supply of water in cisterns ha r not been definitely accertained, but it i e reasonably certain that it will not excee - $10,000?probably a great deal less. Th e citizens, however, will he asked to vot bonds to the amount named, and mauaging a ^ economically and judiciously as possible, th a council will accomplish the desired objc< e with as little cost as practicable. In tliei efforts iu the matter, it will be hoped tin the council will have the hearty co-operatio " and support of all who are interested in tli N welfare of the town, a . LOCAL LACONICS. ^ ? Policeman Wilson made several arrcsl e last week for profanity on the streets. Th I guilty parties were promply fined, i- ? It will be several weeks yet before Clctj il Wylic receives the pension warrants for th ') county. Not having received the pensio ? rolls from all the counties, the State hoar has not yet been able to apportion the nppr< priation. ?f ?Mr. C. A. Sanderson, of Whatlcy Glct: s Mass., and who spent several weeks in Vorl e ville with his friend, Mr. S. A. McElwce, ,? ; few years ago, was married on the 13th < j February at Chatham, N. V., to Carri 1 Barbery Brandlc, of Northampton, Mass. n ! ? A letter from Newport assures us that tli | statement that Mrs. J. J. Choat of that plac '* died from the effects of an overdose of chlon * is a mistake. "Mrs. Choat," says the lette e "never took a dose of chloral in her life, e: d cept on the prescription of a physician, an in this ease no choral was used. Her deat ! was caused by a violent conjestior. of tl: ~ lungs." ?Mr. J. II. Barnes, of Blacksburg, is t locate in Yorkville soon for the purpose < ,e opening a jewelry store and watch and cloc repair shop. He has been in business i l" Blacksburg for the past four or five year but desires to come to this place in order 1 secure a more central location and a broadi .. | field, lie is endorsed by his fellow town it i men of Blacksburg as a first-class workmai j and we have no doubt of his being able 1 s', build up a good business at this place. 11 y ' will occupy the room in the "Nichols buil< I ing," next door to Messrs. Inmau Brothers I j ? Auditor Waters informs us that the stub )f inent that the G., C. & N. road had failed I d' make its return to him was ineorrec 1? j "Their returns came in with the last ma j after you got your information," said 31 ' Waters, "and the railroad people explainc s | that their delay was on account of the deal 11, of President Kobinson, which had. to agrca y . er or less extent, interferred with the businc ^ j of the whole system." It is with pleasui 4, : that we make this correction. The ft., C. 111 N. road has all along shown a disposition 1 comply with the laws, and we would vet much regret to see it subjected to any unu s ual penalties. ? At this date last year, liens for advanci I were being recorded at a lively rate. I' ' 'j. to the present, very few have been r ] corded, and from the best information v I can get from all parts of the county, the su] ? I.. if?I?r <11111 Tl lT j)iy uiiMiii-na ia luuijrun.wi^.j ,lt j reason is that the farmers generally arc pr k | vided with enough bread and molases?if ni ! meat?of their own raising, to enable the ,e j to live independently of outside source J This state of aflairs is attributable solely at ! entirely to the "cotton as a surplus" policy | | of last year. If the policy is continued this | . i year, next fall will see this county on the ! t best financial footing that it has known since . 111 the war. i ?About this time last year, The Enqui-I '?I rkk reminded its farmer readers of the es13 ' i pecial value of the Irish potato as a food crop. | II Many farmers who never before paid much : !! attention to Irish potatoes, planted large quantities of them, and nearly all managed s to raise good crops. Still better, quite a -1 number were fortunate in saving their po" | tatoes through the unasally severe winter, | f and it has been their experience that the t Irish potato is a decided success. They realized as big returns from the investment ^ and labor as from any other crop they ever -! planted. To these it is unnecessary to say I ,1 A...1A ... il. . ,...t -i. Al t! anyuung iurincr on uie suoject, uui 10 must .! who failed last year, we say try it again; and those who have not yet tried the Irish ? potato, we repeat, by all means try it. 11 ? We are told that the present demand j throughout this section of the country for j young pigs?six weeks old and upward? 3 is aluiQst unprecedented, and such a pig . which would sell for say one dollar three b months ago, is now worth from three to four. k_ A well known farmer of the Clark's Fork 1 neighborhood was asked on Monday the reason for this extraordinary demand. "Is i it on account of the scarcity of pigs, the ^ probable high price of bacon next fall, or is , it because a larger number of farmers intend ' to raise their own meat?" "For all three - reasons," he replied ; "but more especially on * account of the latter. I suppose there are as many pigs in the county now as there ! were this time last year, but at the same time e there is a good deal more corn, and more people are in a condition to raise one or more hogs. I think that is the principal cause of the increased demand." CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at 11 a. m., and Sunday-school immcdiate1 ly afterward. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. s Weber, I). D., pastor. Services next Sunday f at 11 o'clock a. m., and 7.30 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. m. Prayer0 meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., y pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m., and 7.30 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. m. Monthly concert of prayer for missions tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. ^ Baptist?Rev. W. J. Laugston, pastor. , Union*?Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock ? o? o. U. in. lUKKYlLl.lv?OCI'VICCS ouuuujr cvcu ing at 7.30 o'clock. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. Sunday-school , at 3.30 o'clock p. in. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. j. J. C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville?Pray er-meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Ser^ vices Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and Sunday evening at 7.30. Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. o THE YORKVILLE POSTOPPICE. n Who is going to get the position of post11 master at this place ? That is a question of increasing local interest. Mr. A. S. Withers, the present incumbent, it will be remem^ bered, was appointed some months ago by President Harrison. The senate has been j hanging fire on the confirmation of Mr. Withers ever since bis appointment, and up to date there has been no decisive action, j The time for the final adjournment of the senate is only three days ofi'. If Mr. Withers's appointment is not confirmed within that time, the office will be at the disposal of ' Mr. Cleveland, and the question is, "Who is Y going to get it ?" There are three applicants for the position, and it would be rather difficult to answer the question until further developments. Miss Maggie Moore, assistant postmaster, ^ before the appointment of Mr. Withers, has on file in the postoffice department at Washington, a petition with 1,824 signatures. It ' is also understood that Mr. Hemphill is exerting his influence in her intetest. Mr. J. R. Witherspoon, of Yorkville, has i- a petition signed by citizens of Yorkville, t- and it is talked on the streets that he is 5. backed by Congressman Strait and Senator ir Mye Mr. A. S. Withers, the ' incumbent, also c has a petition on file. It is in the nature of [. an endorsement as to his efficiency, and is numerously signed by the business men of a Yorkville. e Besides the above, the story is that there lS are several other candidates secretly workis ing for the position. Who is going to get it ? (1 e FARMING AROUND FODDER. e IS Delayed by Had Weather?Less Acreage and e More Manure, a Level-headed Move? Raised Meat at u Protlt?Diversified Crops j_ ?Men who Read and Think. ^ Correspondence of tiic Yorkvillc Enquirer. n Fodder, February 25.?For more than seven weeks since Christmas, owing to the excessive rainy weather, not a furrow has been run by our farmers. However, about the 23rd instant, as if by preconcerted arts rangement, everybody commenced plowing, !C and in every direction could be heard the familiar sounds of "gee-haw". For several ^ days the weather has been very fine and r everybody has been exceedingly busy. The 19 farmers rise about 4 o'clock a. m., breakfast 11 by lamplight, and start to the fields by sund rise and work until dusk. It seems that j- such energy, if well directed, will certainly win. The farmers of this section will use a large ' amount of fertilizers this year. The majorL" ity of the farmers have sold a portion of a their cotton seed and applied the money re)f ceived from the sale of the same to the purie chase of guanos. This was done, however, after making a careful calculation with reference to the commercial value of seed as ie compared with guano. The acreage to be :e devoted to the cultivation of cotton this il year will be about the same as last year. As r, a rule, our farmers will endeavor to raise plenty of corn for their own use, and a suri plus to sell to those who may persist in rais. iug all cotton. Speaking of the results of last year: Of ie eight or ten farmers interviewed, I find that all of them have plenty of corn to do them, :o and also a lot of nice home-raised meat. One 3f small farmer informs me that he killed three j. hogs that netted him 812 pounds of as fine meat as was ever seen. At the present price of bacon, it would be worth about $121, and s> would require the price of about three bales ? Kiit. if T ni-nunmo flint mailV V7 U1 LUUUU IV/ uuj ill A vwv.?v- ^ ?r more such instances might be given, which, 3. I think, will go to prove that we are making tl some little progress. ' I notice several clover patches which are "? beginning to look green. Clover will grow to perfection almost all over the county, and 1- every man should have a clover patch. Try . it. I know a farmer who has had some expericnce with clover in the past. He how has a beautiful patch which he will be able to 0 mow in the spring, lie tells me that in a few days he expects to sow the finest piece i! of cotton land on his place in oats and clovr. er, and I think his head is level. ,tl Although our farmers are as busy as bees, yet they find time to read and think. Just interview one of them and see if you do not find him remarkably well posted. A farmer ss living near this place said to me recently: 1 ? * r -1 ? i i.. u ic "i read cverymmg i can gei my nanus u?, & The farmer has a splendid opportunity to [0 think. The merchant cannot sell goods ... i and think about anything else, llut the j farmer can plow all day and plow well, and s" j think intelligently about what he has read. I Tlw? {armor nmrlit tn be n nhilosonher. Just cs | question the average farmer on the current rp ; news of the day, and lie will tell you what | he thinks of the appointment of Judge ^! Gresham for secretary of state, and of Hoke ,e | Smith, (the young Shylock) for secretary of P" j the interior; and he will tell you what he ie j thinks about the big railroad tight now in o-l progress. You will find him, too, well read j up on both sides of the Evans dispensary m ! law, and he will tell you whether or not he wishes the United States to annex Hawaii, s' etc. All arc not informed, however. With 'd some, "ignorance is bliss." w. ess. ghee. DAVIDSON COLLEGE NOTES. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Davidson, February 25.?Prof. Hay Wat-1 son Smith, of Rock Hill high school, spent: several days in our village this week. Rev. Ed Mack, of Charlotte, filled the I pulpit at this place last Thursday, day of prayer for colleges. Ed Chambers Smith, Esq., a promising young lawyer of Raleigh, will deliver the) annual alumni address at our ensuing commencement. The marshals elected from the two societies for the commencement are, from the Eumcnean society, Mr. J. D. McDowell, of j Manning, S. C., chief. Messrs. Geo. 1). | White, of Rock Hill, S. C.; C. Miller, of' Greenville, S. ; (J. M. Bailey, of Clinton, J S. C.: I). K. Pope, of Huntersville, N. C., first, second, third and fourth marshals respectively. From the Philanthropic society, Messrs. W. \V. Flowe, Flows, N. C., first marshal; W. I). Pharr, Mooresville, N. C\, second ; T. J. Hall, of Winston, N. C., third, and E. B. Mingies, of Davidson, fourth. Last Wednesday, the 22nd, was the day for our junior speaking, which proved quite a success. Our junior class now numbers 27, and all were required to speak?half in the morning and the other half at night. This is an entirely new undertaking at our college, and I hope it will be as successful in coming years as it was this year. The students are all highly delighted at the bright prospects of the college lake. This has been talked of for so long without1 anything being done, that we had begun to think it never would be a reality. But now about fifteen hundred dollars has been subscribed. This is enough to complete the lake and buy a number of boats. Dr. Smith proposes to order the boats at once, and see to it that the lake is completed before the end of the present term. The lake will be about a quarter of a mile long, and will \ cover six or seven acres of ground. ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Charter for a Building and Loan Association ?The Tobacco Growers' Club?BaseballOther Matters. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, February 21.?Last Saturday the secretary of state issued a commission for a charter to the Cottage Home Building and Loan association of Rock Hill. The corporators named aro W. B. Wilson, Jr., and A. R. Smith. The capital stock is to be $100,OUU. The object or me association is to do a general building and loan business. It is rumored that Rev. R. G. Pearson will visit Rock Hill during the present summer. The tobacco growers' club is preparing seed beds and lands for the coming crop, and I understand that others will engage in this enterprise. It is said that Rock Hill is to have an enclosed baseball ground the coming season, and there are rumors of the organization of a Three C's league. Mr. J. J. Graham, who I mentioned last week us being troubled with an abscess, is still in a critical condition. The Catawba Rifles are arranging to visit Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of President Cleveland. About 25 members have signified their purpose to take the trip. Mr. John M. Russell, of Charlotte, N. C., spent Sunday in the city. Mrs. P. B. Beard, of Salisbury, N. C., is the guest of Mrs. J. E. Parker. Mr. E. G. Mallard and family, of Greenville, S. C., are visiting relatives in the city. [ Mr. P. W. Hardin, section-master on the R. & I), road, has secured a position as couj ductor on the material train of the same [road. LKTTER FROM (1R0VER. Old Winter's Stock of Weather?They are Not Cotton Crazy?Troublesome Thieves Disposed of?Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. Grover, N. C., February 27.?After a a few days of weather that made every one feel lazy except the farmers, Old Winter has again made his appearance, and today he's trying a variety of things. He has given us hail, wind, sleet, snow and rain?about everything he has in stock. Our farmers are evidently not going into the cotton business very extensively this year, as there has been but one car of guano unloaded at1 this place so far this season. Three young men?Grant and Jonathan Stewart, and Albert Adams?were sent to Shelby jail last Saturday from this place for stealing bee gums and robbing them of the honey a few night since. During the past year, numerous chicken roosts and show cases have felt the baud of these sons of idleness, but until recently the proof has not been sufficient to warrant arrest. I have just returned from a trip to Catawba county, N. C. This county is noted for ? i i 1 1 ...111 its nne cattle ana wneai, uuu ere iung wn? be equally noted for the enterprise and push of its citizens. Among other things of interest, I visited a roller mill that makes as fine a quality of flour as any that comes from the Northwest. c. c. h. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Commodore Council, a colored man, murdered Edmund Singleton, another negro, in Sumter county last Thursday. ? Mr. N. D. Dial, mayor of Laurens, is a candidate for the appointment of consul to Havre, France, under President Cleveland. His eulogies are being published in the papers. ? The stockholders of the Gaffney City Manufacturing company met last Saturday and increased the capital stock from $100,000 to $200,000. ? S. B. Switzer was acquitted in Laurens last Thursday of the murder of his brotherin-law, John Cheek, mention of which was made some time ago. ? James Croskeys fell into a well in Greenville, sixty-five feet deep. There was only five feet of water in the well, and beyond a few trilling bruises, Croskeys escaped uninjured. ? Henry and Barthwell Craigler, two Spartanburg boys, were accidently shot in the legs by Robert Brice last Saturday. The boys were out shooting robins, and the accident, happened through the careless handling of Brice's gun. ? The supreme court has dismissed the last appeal of Napoleon Lavelle, the Charleston wife murderer, who has so long es; caped the gallows by the help of shyster lawyers, and the outlook is that he will be i hanged on the 10th of March. ! ? Cap Roundtree, a negro employed at ' the government quarry in Edgefield county, I was killed last Saturday while blasting rock. I A large piece of rock was thrown up about i : one hundred feet in the air, and falling on Roundtree, crushed his skull. ? Sherifl' W. W. Riser, of Newberry county, is still held for contempt, and declares he will not purge himself as long as the case | remains unsettled. He obtained a furlough j last Saturday in order to go to his home in , Newberry for Sunday, returning on Monday. ? It is reported that I)r. Wood row is goiug to sell The Southern Presbyterian for the reason that his other business makes such demands on his time that he is unable to give it proper attention. The probable ptwchaser is a syndicate of Presbyterians at Clinton. ? A negro woman living near Varuvillc went to a frolic last Friday night, leaving her five children, aged 2, 4, 7, 15 and 17, years, respectively, locked up in her house. When she returned, she found the house j destroyed by fire and all the children burned j to death. ? J. W. Talbert, postmaster at Ninety-Six, I j on the Columbia and Greenville railroad, j I was arrested last week for making use of ' government money to the amount of $1,600. ; On being taken before Commissioner Baus! kett at Columbia, he was allowed bond in | the sum of $1,000. j ? It has been decided to carry the con' tempt cases to the supreme court on habeas j corpus proceedings. J. Randolph Tucker, I j of Virginia, has been retained as leading j counsel, and Hon. J. J. Darlington, of Wash! ington, has been retained to assist him. Mr. i Tucker is one of the foremost constitutional I lawyers of the United States. ? The meeting of the board of trustees of the Industrial and Normal college, has been postponed from the 8th to the 28th of March. The object of the postponement is to allow the town of Chester to make a formal bid, j rendered necessary by a misunderstanding. Some time ago Chester offered $50,000, and was under the impression that the bid still held good. Information that such is not j the case renders a new bid necessary, and hence the postponement of the time for the final decision of the board of trustees. ? Willie Wesley, a small negro hoy, was killed on the main street of Aiken, last Wednesday, by a rifle ball from an unknown source. The ball struck him in the back of < the head and he died shortly afterward. It is thought that the shooting was done by robin hunters in the outskirts of the town. The theory is that the ball was fired at robin, and going on into the town, struck the boy as described. ? The southbound passenger train, which left Camden at 7.30 last Sunday morning, came near being wrecked on the outskirts of J town by a cross tie on the track. The en- ' gineer, however, managed to stop his engine before any damage resulted, a nan wuiea negro boy standing near by watched the proceeding with great glee, and on being accused of placing the obstruction on the track, confessed that he did it for another negro who paid him five cents. The halfwitted boy is in jail. The other has not been arrested. J ? There was a new move in the liquor cases of the State ex. rel. \V. H. Hoover vs. the town council of Chester, and the State ex. rel. Groeschal & Co. vs. the same, in the supreme court last Thursday. Mr. Mr. R. W. Shaud, representing Mr. Hamilton, the attorney for the relators, appeared and was permitted to amend the rule to show cause, already issued. The amendment requires t that the town council shall show cause why \ it does not issue to the relator a license in accordance with the act of 1888, or if it shall deem it a matter of discretion whether it shall grant it or not; then the council shall further show cause why it does not exercise such discretion, either to grant or refuse said license. ? The State Historical commission, at its meeting in Columbia last Friday night, found ^ that the work of collecting historical docu- V ments from London relating to the early * history of the State had been making good progress. Twelve volumes of manuscript have been received, covering a period from loG3 to 17C7. The board passed a resolution instructing Mr. Sainsbury, who is making the collection in London, to send a monthly statement of expenses in order that the commission may know how to regulate its expenses and use the $4,000 appropriation to the best advantage. Secretary of , State Tindal says he is not sure that the present appropriation will be sufficient to finish the work. ? There are a great many strange negroes at work on the large canal and other works of the Camden cotton mills, and every time a strange colored face is seen, the owner is supposed to be a canal hand. Congressman-elect Murray, of the Seventh district, a typical negro, came through Camden a few days ago on his way to Washington, and went into a store to purchase a pair of shoes. The clerk asked him if he was working on the canal, thereby greatly offending the congressmanelect's dignity, who replied : "I know nothing 'bout yer canal. I am on my way to congress to make laws for the nation." It was a regretable mistake, as^amden consequently loses all hope oif ever being recognized by Congressman Murray. ? Miss Lizzie Cauthen, a young lady of Pleasant Hill, Lancaster county, was shot and fatally wounded last Friday by a drunken railroad negro named Bill Foster. Foster had just returned from Lancaster, under the influence of liquor. Miss Cauthen and a number of children on their way home from school laughed at him. The negro became very angry, and drawing a pistol, fired three shots into the crowd of < children. One of the bullets struck Miss Cauthen in the body and she died from the effects of the wound on Saturday. The negro was arrested and taken to Lancaster jail, just in time to escape a lynching party. He claims that the shooting was accidental; that he was firing at a dog when the young lady was hit. Reports from Lancaster are to the effect that it is not at all certain that the negro will be tried. ? There is serious trouble among the stu- * dents of the South Carolina college. At the close of the intermediate examinations, a . few weeks ago, according to custom, the boys built a big bonfire on the campus. As the blaze ascended high in the air, and put on the appearance of quite a respectable fire, the boys, or some one else, raised a big alarm. The firemen of .the city responded, and rushed to the spot only to be heartily ndiculed by the boys on their arrival. There were lots of mad people in the town, and the 1 affair made a great deal of talk. The faculty investigated the matter, the boys confessed to the part they had in the fun, and eleven of them were suspended. The people who made complaint against the boys have siuce repented, and the faculty is now beiug beset with strong petitions from the citizens of Columbia begging for the pardon of the boys. ? Major E. A. Hagood, a former resident * of this State, but now a resident of Atlanta, was before Justice Milan, of Charleston, last Friday, for a preliminary hearing on the charge of bigamy. The prosecutor was Miss Mary Beaudrat, the pretty young daughter of a Charleston policeman. Hagood, who is about 60 years of age, married Miss Beaudrat in Charleston last July, and after living with her about seven months, left her without warning and completely disappeared. Last week Miss Beaudrat, up to that time thinking she was Hagood's lawful wife, located him in Atlanta, where she learned he was living with another woman as his wife. The Charleston wife went to Atlanta, told her story to the police, and asked for Hagood's arrest. Hagood, however. being a mau of standing and means, the police were loath to interfere until the Charleston lady could furnish more proof. Miss Beaudrat informed her father of the situation, and he hastened to Atlanta, armed with a warrant. Hagood was arrested. His Atlanta wife tried to buy his Charleston wife off, but without success. The story got into the newspapers. Another Mrs. Hagood, in Savannah, learned of it, ? and published that she was Hagood's first and only lawful wife, having been married to him for about twenty years, and having a family of children. In the meantime, Hagood was carried to Charleston, having consented to go without a requisition. His Atlanta wife, originally a Chicago woman, with money, accompanied him to Charleston and employed counsel. Miss Beaudrat made out her case, proving her marriage. The attorneys advised the Atlanta woman not to admit that she was Hagood's wife, and the State was unable, on account of this technicality, to establish a case of bigamy. Hagood was released on a bond of $1,000, which was promptly paid by the Atlanta wife. The Savannah wife, who had announced her intention to go to Charleston, delayed the matter until too late, and then telegraphed the police to hold Hagood. In the meantime, however, Hagood had skipped with his Atlanta wife, aud his whereabouts are now unknown. Since the investigation commenced, it has developed that Hagood has been married to at least a half dozen different women, five of them being still alive. ? This is Significant.?A Topoka dispatch of Friday says that the Populists administration is preparing for a complete overhauling of the State militia. Every Republican oflicer will be discharged and Populists put in their places. There are more than one hundred commissioned ollicers in service who will have to go. Their places will be filled i with trusty Populists who will obey orders. * The Populist's military forces are not to be k confined to the Kansas National Guards, which has a membership limited to less than 7,800 men, but a military force of such magnitude as has never been seen in this country, except in times of war, is being formed. It is estimated that fully 50,000 Populists will be identified with this new movement. Men are drilling all over Kansas today, not with guns?they have not got them yet? but in facings and marchings, and they will be drilled with guns when they are ready , for them. His Cabinet Completed.?From his home at Lakewood, N. J., President-elect Cleveland has announced his completed cabinet as follows: Walter Q. Gresham, of Illinois, secretary * of state. John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, secretary of the treasury. Daniel S. Lamont, of New York, secretary of war. Hillary A. Herbert, of Alabama, secretary of the navy. f Hoke Smith, of Georgia, secretary of .the % interior. J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, secretary j of agriculture. | Wilson T. Bissell, of New York, postmaster general. Richard Olney, of Massachusetts, attorney general. i