Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 30, 1894, Image 2

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Straps and |actis. | ? On account of the big coal strike and the consequent scarcity of coal, the Chicago, j Burliugton and Quiucy railroad has been en-1 deavoring to substitute coal oil as a fuel for j the engines of its fast mail trains. An acci-1 dent occurred last Thursday night which will | no doubt put an end to the experiment. The oil in the reservoir was scattered over the engineer and fireman. The engineer was so badly burned that it is not thought that he can recover, and the fireman is also 111 a cm-1 ical condition. ? Queen Victoria has been on the British throne 57 years. During that time her jieo- j pie have paid her $110,275,000 as salary, and ! $48,676,705 for the support of her residences j and stables. Her direct expenses are $1,800,000 a year, while $1,300,000 is allowed for j the support of her children. The queen is j sa?d to have saved and invested between! $30,000,000 and $40,000,000, and in the event j of a revolution, her children would inherit! enough to enable them to still live pretty comfortably in the world. ? The children of the late Jay Gould no longer claim New York as their residence. The reason is because they do not want to pay their share of taxes in support of the government. When Jay Gould was alive, he paid taxes on $500,000 worth of personal property ; but when he died, in his will he devised $10,000,000. The tax assessors thought that as Mr. Gould had fixed the figures himself, $10,000,000 must he somewhere about the right valuation, and, therefore, settled down squarely on that sum. The taxes on $10,000,000 is $1S0,000 a year. Mr. George Gould, who has control of the property, thinks that is too much money to j * ? ? r M T"? il U De paia Dy one iarnny. neceuuy eacw mem-1 ber of the family has made an affidavit that j they are no longer residents of New York,: but that they live in Tarrytown. That is j how they have managed to escape their just i taxes. ? The Populistic State central committee I of Arkansas decided ou last Friday that j delegates to the State convention, which I convenes in Little Rock, on July 19, shall j march overland, instead of going by rail-1 roads. On July 9 delegates will start from various counties in the interior of the State and proceed across the country in wagons, on horseback and on foot, directing their course toward Little Rock. At different places along the route, the procession will | be swelled by delegations from the adjacent; counties, and at a number of towns stops j will be made and speeches delivered by j speakers of that belief. The several delega- j tions are requested by the committee to j bring as mauy other Populists along with j them, as possible. In short, the entire Pop-1 ulist party of Arkansas is invited to fall in i and march to Little Rock. ? A Portland, Ore., special says: "A company has been organized here to use up the : surplus supply of horses which now exists in | the Northwest, and at the same time make j it profitable for raising good American horses, thus furnishing auother source of demand for the mongrel herd. It is proposed bv tbe company to bring the horses to abattoirs, a site for which has been chosen near this city, and there kill them. The flesh will be rendered of its oil, and the residue, with the bones and hoofs, will be made into a fertilizer. The hides, that have always a market value, will be salted, and the hair will be used in upholstery work. A portion of the meat will be compressed for use as a chicken food. It is estimated that in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Nevada and Idaho, there arc at present two millions of half-breed wild horses, for which no market can now be found." ? Stickle Hollow coal mines, near Uniontown, Pa., were the scene of a bloody battle I lasUThursday between deputy sheriffs and striking miners. Some 4,000 or more miners had been on a strike in the neighborhood for several weeks. One mine was still running and operated by about one hundred j men. For about a week, the strikers had i beeu considering the advisabity of closing | this mine down also, and they set last Thurs- j day as the day on which to make the effort. | Heariug of the matter, the mine owners1 applied to the sheriff for help.. The sheriff ! sent a force of To deputies, armed with Win- j chesters. The miners came, about 1,500! strong, about 200 of them having various j kinds of fire arms. The miners advanced ; upon the position held by the deputies, and j when they got within fifty yards, the depu-1 ties commenced firing. The miners held j their ground and returned the fire until they j exhausted their ammunition. Then they retreated. During the battle five strikers were killed and eight were wounded. Three of the deputies were wounded, but none j were killed. As the result of the battle, great excitement was stirred up throughout! the coal region, and further trouble is con- i stautly expected. ? Upon the imprisonment of Coxey and Brown, the Commonweal army, which is now j encamped at Highlands, Mil., found itself practically without a leader. Jesse Coxey, the son of the "general," is naturally looked ! upon as the individual upon whom the responsibility of leadership falls; but on ac-! count of his youth, he is not regarded as; equal to the emergency. Notwithstanding this, however, the army has not yet been j broken up. There have been only a few de-1 sertions, and the men seem determined to; stick together. During several days last week, their supply of food was run down to bread and water. They endured the situation without a murmur. Last Thursday, citizens of Washington became cognizant of the situation, and they went out to the camp with great loads of provisions. When the supply wagons reached the camp and their contents became known, the hungry men bespoke their gratitude in a succession of cheers. The Commonwcalers generally say that they propose to stick together until Coxey and Drown are released from prison. What they will do then will depend entirely upon their leaders. Of the Western contingent, many divisions have been disbanded, I but still quite a number are pushing on to i Washington, with the same determination that has characterized the movement all along. ? Speaking of a recent tariff speech deliv-l ered by Senator Teller, the Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution says: I "Even the ultra gold men admit that the j Colorado senator probed the situation to the very quick, and that there was no escape from the inexorable logic of his reasoning, i Summed up, Mr. Tellers's speech was a dec-: laration, which went unchallenged, that tariff legislation, no more than the unconditional repeal of the silver-purchase act, would bring prosperity from out of the financial abyss into which the country has been plunged : that only world-wide remedies would meet the situation, and that the danger of revolution against the continued encroachments of the money power was imminent all over the world. Although Mr. Teller did not declare ; it in exact words, it was easily understood on j all sides that his eloquent denunciation was hurled against the demonetization of silver : his speeech fairly glistened with the infercn-1 tial, hut no less significant, assertion that the present financial distress, both at home and abroad, was attributed wholly to the demonetization of silver and could only be relieved by establishing the double standard. The i repeal of the Sherman act and the formation of a new tariff bill were neither specifics1 nor palliatives for the present financial suffering." ? A party of prominent New Yorkers i went over to Pennsylvania one day last week , to take a look at a newly purchased coal! mine. The main shaft is a thousand feet deep, and they decided to descend to the' bottom. One load got down all right, but on the next load, the car, which contained about a half a dozen of the party, stopped about one hundred feet from the surface and would neither go up or down. When they were made to realize that the stoppage was the result of a bursted steam pipe, of course they began to get scared. The stoppage of the big fan used to force gas out of the re-' cesses of the mine for ten minutes, means a) x _.?: 1.1 --.^1 '.^5 ? ? lw? cti.'mi tiitifk ItrrriUlU UAJIIUOUMI. 11 111 II HIV .-.V..... . bursted, the information was at once telephoned to the hundreds of men working in the various galleries. These managed to . quickly make their escape by means of ladders. Many of the New Yorkers, however, were fat and unused to climbing. With a thousand feet of perpendicular between them and safety, ami the only means of escape up a ladder, they were in a sad predicament. The miners worked like beavers to save the New Yorkers, and although there were several explosions, finally succeeded in getting all of them?those at the bottom as I well as those in the car?safely up the lad-i der. Several of the New Yorkers were as' helpless as babies on the ladders, and fainted as soon as they got out. Some of them did i sonic very earnest praying while the danger was on, and all agreed that they would never go down into a coal mine again. They also opened their pocket books liberally to the men who worked so hard to save their lives. ? The Pan American Bimetalie league, in session in Washington last week, on Thursday, adopted the report of the committee on resolutions. The report declares that the league is unalterably opposed to the further issue of interest bearing bonds ; that before casting their votes for congressmen, the members of the league will require assurances of adherence to the free coinage of silver and gold at 1(! to 1, and a pledge that if a bill providing for such coinage is passed by congress and vetoed by the president, they will work for and vote to pass the bill over the president's veto ; that if the election of the president is thrown into the house, they will vote only for the person in favor of free coinage; denounce the present system of national banks as the monumental monopoly of the nineteenth century ; recommend the enactment of a system of currency that will ensure a per capita circulation of $o0, to be made up by the free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1, and the issue of treasury notes; assert that the discontinuance of the issuance of silver money and the depletion of the treasury by bond issues is burdeusome on the masses; declare that it is the duty of the secretary of the treasury to coin the bullion now in the treasury and to pay interest on the public debt with silver ; and demand the issue of $4o0,000,000 of noil interest bearing notes of small denominations. lite %vkiiUc (!htquim\ YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1894. ? The general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church has decided that when a minister is dismissed from one presbytery to another, he is still a member and has all the rights and privileges of the presbytery from which he has been dismissed, until received by the presbytery to which he has decided to go. Dr. Woodrow, is, therefore, still a member of Charleston presbytery. ? Distasteful as may be the work, the charges of the Columbia Register's special correspondent demand a thorough investigation of the condition of the public charity in Beaufort. For the honor of the hitherto always noble Red Cross organization, it is to be hoped that an investigation will develop nothing wrong ; but even if it should be found that the worst evil is incapacity, it seems bad indeed that the suffering people of Beaufort should be forced to bear this additional misfortune. ? "The Populistic income tax" is the way Senator Hill puts it. The income tax is Populistic only in that it is endorsed by the Populists. It is also strictly Democratic. But whether Populistic or Democratic, it is right. What could be more just than to make the citizens of any country pay taxes in proportion to the benefits they receive from the government, and what is a better measure of these benefits than the annual incomes of the people? ? After Judge Simonton decided that the railroads in the hands of receivers are liable for taxes as assessed by the State, the railroads attempted to fight the matter further by claiming exemption from the lo per cent, penalty. The State, however, at once brought suit to enforce the collection of penalties also. Judge Simonton has decided in favor of the State again. He says the rail roads must pay the penalty on all unpaid balances, but docs not require them to pay the costs of the sheriffs, for the reason that lie holds the various properties were already in the hands of the courts and were no longer subject to executions. ? The "A. 1\ A."?American Protective association?an anti-Roman Catholic organization, is making an aggressive fight throughout the United States against the Catholics. In Missouri, the Democrats have taken sides with the Catholics by incorporating in their party platform a plank denouncing the A. P. A. In Palatka, Fla., last Sunday, Earnest Wolf shot and dangerously wounded John Kane in the head. The only published cause of the difficulty is that Kane is a Catholic and that Wolf is an A. P. A. The A. P. A. is organizing local lodges throughout the country, and as the result the bitterness against the Roman Catholics seems to be on the increase everywhere. ? The investigation of the senatorial bribery case seems to prove at least one important fact. That is, that after all, the Wilson bill promises to afford some relief from the prevailing high rates of taxation. Senator Hunton was offered $2o,fi00 for his vote, and Senator Kyle was offered $14,000. That makes $09,000 for two votes. How much was offered to other senators, or whether any other senator really accepted a bribe, of course we do not know ; l?nt that is not the question. Some individual or corporation was enabled to pay ?311,000 for two votes, and still have a margin of profit in the goods for which they tried to secure protection. Failing to secure the protection for themselves, the prospective profits obviously remain with the people, and there is proof conclusive that the tarilf bill carries with it at least some elements of good. ? Representative Knloe. of Tennessee, introduced in the house last Wednesday, a bill providing for the repeal of the civil service law and all amendments thereto. Though in theory the law is a good one, we don't know but what its repeal would be a good idea. Fight years ago the Democrats observed the law strictly, and as the result got cleaned out of ohiee, largely through the influence of Republican oflieeholders who should have been fired. When the Republicans got in again, they paid but little attention to the law, firing Democrats and putting in Republicans whenever they saw fit to do so. The Democrats are still observing the law almost as strictly as before, and as they should so long as it is on the statute books. In order to give those who would obey the law an equal showing with those who have persistently ignored it, perhaps it would be better to wipe it out entirely. ? ? We have received from a sub-Alliance in this county, a set of resolutions endorsing the candidacy oftJovernor Tillman for the Fnitcd States senate, and the candidacy of Jlon. T. .1. Strait for re-election to congress from the Fifth district. We have also received resolutions endorsing other candidates for congress and various other positions. For any organization to pass resolu tion, endorsing tno eanuiuaies hi us cnoice, is meet ami proper, if the organization sees lit. Tiik Kxijl'lKKlt is not a political paper, and its management studiously avoids anything that has the appearance of an editorial endorsement of any individual for oflice. This especial privilege that we do not take ourselves, we are unwilling to give gratuitously to others. When it eouies to publications looking to the advancement of personal interest, the expense should be borne by the individual or the friends of the individual receiving the benefit. That is a plain business proposition, and as such we propose to act on it. Communications of this nature may he published in our advertising columns at regular rates, or elsewhero | at rates to lie furnished on application. When the communications are published' ; elsewhere in the paper, except in the adver-; tising col inn ns, however, we shall reserve the right to mark them so as to indicate their I nature. i I l ?The narlisan nanersof the Cleveland and I anti-Cleveland factions of the Democratic J | party, are howling about the significance of , the recent Democratic convention held at . Montgomery, Ala. Some claim that the ] nomination of Win. ('. Dates, an out-spoken Cleveland man, for governor, must be taken as an endorsement of the administration; i while others show that it is an endorsement i 1 of Senator John T. Morgan, an out-spoken , anti-Cleveland man. for re-election, and slaps j the administration right in the face. There is | nothing in either argument, and Alabama deserves credit that such is the ease. It is a bad state of affairs when any State will elect to oflice any individual because lie is a supporter of someone else. We have 110 1 idea that either Morgan or Dates were endorsed because of their attitude toward Mr. ! Cleveland. If they were, it would certainly detract from the much higher honor of having been selected because they are enjoying : the confidence of their fellow citizens more fully than any of their respective compcti- ! tors. ? ^ "\rjct. U.wlin Afnnno nf frvl 11 int?i!l hr? '",m '-'IIItIV- "IV"??) I" V restored to membership in the Second Prcs- , byteriau church in that city. So says the general assembly of the Southern Presbvtc- < rian church, in session at Nashville, Tenn. Miss Means is employed in the central telephone office in Columbia. Her duties require that she work on Sunday. About a year ago the session of her church tried her on the charge of violating the Sabbath and found her guilty. Miss Means was repre- 1 sen ted by Prof. J. Wm. Flinn, and the ' church by Rev. G. A. Blackburn. The case , was carried up to Charleston presbytery and , the church was sustained. Prof. Flinn then appealed to the South Carolina synod, which i overruled Charleston presbytery. Then Rev. Mr. Blackburn appealed to the general as- 1 sembly, The highest court of the denomina- j tion. After able argument on both sides, , the general assembly, by a vote of 77 to 48, . decided to sustain Miss Means. Miss Means ! is now entitled to reinstatement in the See- ] ond Presbyterian church or a letter of dis- ' mission to any other church. TUB BRIBERY INVESTIGATION. | The senate committee, charged with the ' investigation of the alleged attempt on the j part of Charles W. Butt/, to bribe Senators Hunton and Kyle to vote against the ( tariff bill, and the alleged action on the ; part of the sugar trust in contributing $500,- ] 000 to the Democratic campaign fund, two 1 j years ago, on condition that the interests of '< J the trust would not he interfered with in the 1 sugar schedule, commenced its work last ( week, and is still busily engaged in the j matter. i I _ J In regard to the Jiuttz. matter, the investigation of the committee developed that on or about the 1st of April last, at the home of Senator llunton, in Virginia, Uuttz proposed to pay Eppa Hunton, Jr., a contingent fee of $2"?,000, on condition that he would, "by argument," induce his father, Senator Hunton, to vote against the tariiT hill. Eppa Hunton resented the proposition with indignation and told his father about it at the first opportunity. Senator Hunton immediately l told some of his fellow senators, and that was how the matter became known. It was also developed to the satisfaction of the committee, that in March last lluttz approached Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, with a proposition to the effect that if he would vote against the impending tariff' measure, he would be paid the sum of of $14,000. lluttz further assured Senator Kyle that the money * was in the hands of certain New York par- 1 ties, and would he immediately forthcoming j after the vote was cast. The committee fully exonerated both Sen- j ators Kyle and Hunton from any willingness i to accept the offered bribes, and at the same < time stated that both of the senators were ( in positions to have accepted the money had j they so desired. j In the sugar trust investigation, but little t has as vet been developed. The investiga- ( tion was instituted altogether on the state-1 ments of certain newspaper correspondents |1 in their respective papers. The correspond-' ~ ~ I I | cuts, upon examination, admitted that they I made the statements attributed to them ; hut declined most positively to tell where they got their information. Kaeh of them claimed to have gotten his news from authentic! sources, and had published it with the consent! of their authorities : but on condition that un-j der no circumstances would they reveal any j I names. The committee is doubtful as to : its authority to compel the correspondents to j testify under the circumstances, and as the correspondents avow their willingness to undergo punishment themselves rather than J give the desired information, it seems that all hopes of any further testimony from this ; source is rather slim. ! Iu the main, the sugar trust seandle is to j the ellect that President Cleveland and See| retary Carlisle have participated in a conference in which it was agreed that in consider-; ation of the subscription of the. sugar trust to the Democratic campaign fund two years ' ago, the interests of the trust in the tariU'bill should be fully protected. Further, that1 i I liourke Cochran, a niember of the ways and ; means committee of the house, was also an j attorney of the sugar trust, and, as such, ! drew up the sugar schedule according to his ; own notion of what the sugar people wanted, and did what he could to get the bill through the house. I ! While the newspaper correspondents have j - ' '1 - - r :..r i . 1101 as yei given win names 01 uieu iniunii- , c ants, thcv have thrown a great deal of light j1 i on the subject, and if the matter is pushed 1 with the energy that its importance demands, ( there is every reason to believe that before j long some of the developments will be most startling. t TUB FltillT FOIl STATU BANKS. s The light for the repeal of the Id per cent. | ! tax on the issues of State banks, was com- j me need on the floor of the house last Satur- , j day, and it is still in progress. The occasion j? [of the light is a favorable report on Mr. 1 ; 15 raw ley's bill to suspend the tax on the ( , clearinghouse certificates issued during the li- (s nancial stringency last summer. The com- . i mittic reported the bill favorably, on eondi- i, tion that it would be so amended as to provide : < for the repeal of the State bank tax, and this t | brought up the whole question. Congressman Springer opened the debate in a prepared speech against the bill, lie . said that if there was no other argument ( j against the Slate hank currency, its very 1 inconvenience would be sufficient. There < are now 4-1 States in the Cnioii. Soon there . ' will be IS. There are ft,odd banks in the , I'nion, and if all the States should provide . for the issuance of State currency, there . would be ft,Odd different kinds of money. ( This number would be confusing and em- j t barrassing in the extreme to all engaged s ' f i in business, and under no circumstances |1 i should ii dc permmeu. Mr. Lawson, ofllcorgia, spoke in favor of . unconditional repeal. Coin, lie said, is the | only safe basis for a banking system. Notes 1 s I should be issued on nothing else. The pow- 1 or that controls money controls trade and I commerce, and this power is too great to be j I vested in private corporations like national * j banks. A State banking system can be i ! devised which will possess the confidence off | the entire I'rion, and tbiTsooner this is done j( ! the better for all the people. The treasury s (itself is no more than a banking institution, land it is now in the power of the national |c / 4 banks to destroy the stability of the treasuury. The people should he entitled to the benefit of their own money, and the government should cut loose from the national banks at onee. The people should not he required to submit to the. intolerant, arbitrary dictatorship of organized capital. Of course they should he released without* bloodshed ; hut they should he released. In conclusion. Mr. Lawson said that private banks wen; safer than national banks: farther, they were Democratic, endorsed by the Democratic platform, and all Democrats were pledged to their re-establishment. The discussion of the question will probably continue for several weeks, but as to whether the Democrats will finally redeem their pledge to repeal the 10 per cent, tax on the issue of State banks, seems to be involved in considerable doubt. CHARGES AGAINST THE RED CROSS. During the last ten days there have been afloat stories of gross abuses in the distribution of relief to the.sufferers from the August storm around Beaufort. A special correspondent of the Columbia Register visited Bluflton township and Hilton Head island, in Beaufort township, last week, and if his stories are true, there is little reason to doubt that Miss Clara Barton and the sd-called charitable Red Cross organizations are humbugs. The great storm occurred in August. As will be remembeied, the people of South Carolina immediately responded to the cry of distress and sent thousands of dollars in money, provisions and clothes, to the stricken people. The people of the North, especially New York, also responded most liberally, and altogether a most princely relief fund was quickly donated. Miss Clara Barton, of the Red Cross society, assumed charge of the relief work, and with the constant additions to the funds already raised, there was reason onthe part of the whole people of the State, to believe that a blessed mission of mercy was being accomplished along our unfortunate coast, and that all of the miserable sufferers were receiving bread, clothes and money according to their requirements and deserts, in proportion to the. amount that had been supplied. It is now developing, however, that the noble charily of the people has been grossly abused. On May 1C>, Governor Tillman received a letter from Mr. Thomas R. Heyward, a prominent citizen of BlufFton township, setting forth the facts in the case. Mr. Hey ward stated that there were (5G0 white people in BlufTton township, and most of them respectable, hard working men, women and children, had been rendered almost destitute by the August storm. All told, they had not received as much as $300 either in money, clothes or provisions by way of assistance from all the charity that tied been contributed; while thousands of Negroes, many of them worthless loafers, who were as well ofFafter the storm as before, had all the while been drawing money ind provisions in abundance with the regularity of the sun. Other statements, no ess startling were made by Mr. Iley ward, ind Governor Tillman deemed it his duty to it once lay the matter before the people. A correspondent of The Register visited die destitute districts last week, and in his paper of Friday made some startling statements. The correspondent says that Mr. Heyaf-wd's letter is absolutely true, and there is not a dozen white people in the dis:riet who are not ready to lay all the blame for the destitution of the poor whites 011 the liscrimination of the Red Cross society, and 11 his opinion it would have been much lietter for the people had the society never invaded their section. Among other things, it is charged that when Miss Barton assumed control of the listribution of charity in the district, she lppointed several assistants. One of these was a man named John McDonald, who is now known as a doctor. McDonald came to Beaufort just after the August storm. He represented that he was 011 his way from Sew York to Brunswick, (fa., for the purpose of nursing" yellow fever sufferers, and said that he was one of those who had escaped from the steamship City of Savannah, which was wrecked at the time olftlie coast ifthis State. He had no money, but being I "philanthropist" by profession, secured an lppointment from Miss Barton as agent of ;he Red Cross for the district in which Blufllon and Hilton Head island are located. Dr. McDonald's first move after his appointment, was to create a sub-committee, which he composed of three Negroes and me white man, and charged it with the duty if distributing supplies. The white man saw that the "distribution" was an abominable farce, and in self respect resigned. His place was tilled with a Negro, and from ,hence onward the committee has had its )wn way. White people have not been able to get elief from the committee except by the most ibject beggary. Many of them still had a itile left after the storm. This, however, hey have been forced to sell by piecemeal II order to get something to eat, and now hey are destitute. The Negroes, however, lave been enabled to get all they wanted; sometimes for nothing, but generally for a ;? 1 ? ?-? il.ni luminal pnuu wuiuii nu uuuui Kuua : lockets of McDonald and his committee, in the district there are quite a number of w-Xegro soldiers who draw pensions, and :ven these are allowed to draw supplies ihead of the destitute whites. McDonald, shortly after his appointment, vent to New York and got married. Recently he bought some land, and is now juildinga nice house on Hilton Head island, tnd the members of his black sub-committee,' )ne of whom is a pension agent, all have nore cash tiian they have ever been known j o have before. It is also charged that Dr. McDonald j stands in with the notorious Negro politician dob Smalls. The sub-committee Negroes are ,veil-known political heelers, and there is no loubt that was it through his influence that hey were appointed to their present lucraive position. A year ago it is said that Emails was very unpopular wit 1 the Negroes if the section. Now they say that it was hrough him and the Republican party that hey have gave gotten all the good things hat they are now enjoying, and lie is almost worshipped. The correspondent says he is not prepared o state that Miss Rarton is knowingly responsible for the existing state of affairs ; but. ill the same, 110 matter who is responsible, fhis story is anything like true, there is cvilencc at least of the most flagrant incapaciy somewhere, and but little, if any, credit ests upon anybody connected with a system )f charity that harbors such outrageous daises. ? MKKK MKNTION. The Democrats of Alabama have unmiiin-1 cd Colonel Win. C. dates, a Cleveland man, is their eanditate for governor, against It. F. Koil), the l'opulist. The total losses to IVilliamsport, l'a., on aeeounl of the recent lood, are estimated at ?3,000,000. The orner stone of the monument to the Confederate dead of North Carolina, was laid at Raleigh last Wednesday. Senator Walsh, if Georgia, recently introduced in the senate i hill to punish with 20 years' imprisonment he obstruction of any train carrying the Cnied States mail. The Brotherhood of Loconotive Kngineers adopted resolutions of conlcmnatiou, and Senator Walsh explained hat his hill is directed only against highway way robbers?not organized laborers. [Ox-Congressman Kitchens, of North Caroling has left the Democratic party and joined he Populists. The senate has continued he nomination of C. .1. Taylor, colored, of Kansas, to be recorder of deeds for the 1 Mstrict if Columbia. Queen Victoria celebrated ' icr 75th birthday last Thursday. She has i iccn on the British throne 57 years ['he banks of Now York now hold ?1,(!01."00 in excess of the requirements of the 25 j er cent. rule. A mob made an unsuc-j essl'ul attempt last Saturday to break open | be Tampa, Fla., jail and lynch Stevenson j md McNeil, two white men awaiting trial or murder. The mob was stood oil" by the dierill'. The world's visible supply of rot ton last Saturday was 3,447,577 bales, igainst ."?,4J)(i;S52 bales on the same date asl year. C. K. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, has been defeated in the Democratic irimaries for renominalion to congress. , I'he city council of Kl I'aso, Texas, has lassed an ordinance forbidding women to vear on the streets what is known as the 'divided skirt." According to a report ssued by the (Jrcek minister of the interior, j M>7 people have been killed in Greece rc I... .......I. 1IJI V(V4 Indents sit Clrinson, ? About 7-i students have left Ck-mson j ollege on account of the recent lire. j LOCAL AFFAIRS. indkx to mow advkktisiomioxts. May A* May?Have something to say aboutdio dis, which they claim will promptly euro ; any kind of bowel trouble. They have juni itcuiiru iiuiHini kii^lt 101 im .hi.-., i i:ison's Remedy for indigestion. Also rattle powders; pci'ima, the groat* remedy for! eatarrh of the stomueh ; besides a quantity | of Paris green, which is now in demand j for killing potato hugs. John J. 1 Innter- -< Jives a list of nice articles he lias ,011 hand adapted to the use of the! ladies, and supplements it with a list ofj things suitable for men, all of which he is i offering at fair prices. II. Strauss?1 las a large line of dress goods and | Yankee notions, which he wants to close out in the next '!< days at prices to suit the j times. Louis Roth?Is out of potatoes, hut can supply ! you with Austin's oat meal, lemons at cents a dozen, breakfast bacon, and mackerel at 10 cents for three. Sam M. Grist?Talks about the mesits of the Monarch bicycle. / THE BAXKSOIIGH SCHOOL. The Bauiks Hialf school will close the first I session ofinstv^rk in Yorkville next week with appropriate eominenecment exercises. The programme will he as follows : -"^Baccalaureate sermon 011 Sunday, June 3, i at 8.30 p. m. Declamations by representatives of the two societies on Thursday, June 7, at 8.30 p. m., as follows : Hkk.mkan?Isaac P. Henderson, W. M. Kennedy, Jr., Harry C. Smith, R. A. Sherfesec. Riiii.osophiax?Athol Harry Aliller, W. Lapsley Barron, Howard A. Caldwell, Frank (1. Dobson. Annual oration by Rev. B. F. Wilson, president of Converse college, 011 Friday, June 8, at 8.30 p. m. Also declamations by representatives of the two societies as follows : Hkkmkan?Edward B. McMillan, William D. Simpson, W. C. Stewart, J. X. Gaston. Phibosom 1 an?Washington Clark, E. M. Wil liams, William Banks, Jennings K. Owens. The invitation committee is composed of W. C.Stewart, William Banks, J.K. Owens. J. N, Gaston and Win. M. Kennedy, Jr. A. Talley Moore, W. 1'. McAllister, W. T. Moore, C. Fred Williams and It. Latta Parish will act as marshals during the exercises. CHUIICH NOTICES. Episcopal?Lay service on next Sunday at 10.30 a. ni. Sunday-school in the afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?York, vii.i.E.?Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Rev. B. H. Grier is expected to conduct services next Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock, and evening at 8.15. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. Weber, pastor. Praycr-ineeting this evening at 8.15 o'clock. Services next Sunday t morning at 10.30 o'clock, and evening at 8.15. i Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor, i Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p.m. Services i Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock and evening I at 8.15 o'clock. Prayer-meeting tomorrow 1 afternoon at 5 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor.! Union.?Services next Sunday morning at j 'o'clock. Yorkvii.i.k? Services on Sunday | evening at 8.15. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock I p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening i at 8.15. DEATH OF 31 IIS. WATERS. Mrs. Elizabeth Waters died at the home of [ I her son, Auditor \Y. .). waters, 111 y oiKviue, last Sunday aged about 85 years. Though she had been suffering for several days with a bowel affection, her condition was not regarded as especially serious, and her death came in the nature of a sudden shock to the j loving ones who were watching at her bedside. Mrs. Waters was the widow of the latcj [ W. K. Waters, and was a sister of the late : Richard Woods, of Chester. She was a I native of Chester county, hut for many years since her marriage has been living in York, about live miles southeast of Rock Hill. She was known to her neighbors as a woman of a most amiable disposition, possessed of the highest qualities of mind and character, and for more than sixty years previous to her death, was an earnest and energetic worker in the Baptist church. She leaves five children?two sons and three daughters. Her remains were interred at Rock Hill on last Monday. SUSPICIOUS CH Alt ACTIONS. Eon Milling, a white man, was arrested on | last Monday night by Constable W. A. CarI roll on the charge of having broken into a store at Grover, 011 the Saturday night pre! ivous. Milling acknowledges the crime and ! says he was forced to participation in it by a j | man named John Porter. Policeman Bryan had quite a scuffle with , a suspicious character near the Three ("s I depot last Monday night, in an attempt toj I arrest the fellow for carrying a concealed | weapon. The man made considerable re- j sistancc and tried to use his pistol. Police- j mail Bryan finally got him overpowered, hut afterward decided to release him on | "suspicion," taking his watch and pistol as security. The fellow has not heen seen I [ since. The watch was on yesterday shown to j Lon Milling. Milling says it belongs to. Porter, who forced him to help commit the burglary at G rover. Porter is a white man about "> feet 8 inches high, light moustache and sandy hair, weighs perhaps 1(50 pounds and is 23 years of age. Some people are of the opinion that he is the man who blew open the Three C"s safe. AFItAII) IT WOULD AFFIX'T HIS LI FX. Mr. J. 1). (Iwinn, of Clover, tells an atnus-! ing incident connected with last Wednes-, day's storm, which seems to he highly characteristic of the average colored brother: "Biding on a piece further." said Mr.! Gwinii, "I came across the little farm of old 'Uncle' George A . The crops had ' been completely destroyed, and near the house was a small patch in which, judging from the powdered leaves, there had been considerable vegetation. Just about the time I rode up, the old fellow came out of j his house and I asked : '"Hello, Uncle George ; what is this?' "'Hali! hall! hah!' laughed Uncle j George, seemingly tickled almost to death. 'Hal's my garden.' " 'And what did you have planted, ( (icorge ? 44 'Oh, 'tutors, an' corn, an' beans, an' on-! ions, sin' most everything.' "'Well, Cieorgc, I feel sorry for yon. It looks to me like you arc about ruined.' 41 Now, Mr. (fwinn, (loan you go en talk |i dat way. We's all right down here. We'si doin'just splendid?just splendid I tell you. 1 Kf you go hack en make such a repote as' dat what you said, it'll all'ec' my lien, an' I j don't want you to tell dem white folks noth-; in' hut what we's doin'just splendid."' The ease of the old Negro is pitiable. At the same time it presents a certain vein ofj1 humor, and illustrates the manner in which ' a large number of people, including not a ! few whites, look upon the agricultural lien? as a means of getting credit, with the crops 1 as a practical security, behind which there is | no moral responsibility whatever. KTOKMS OF Ii()\<; A<;(>. I 44Biggest hailstorm ever known in this section !'' That is a common declaration in i connection with the big deluge of ice de- {] scribed elsewhere in this issue. But the de-11 duration is not correct. Some young people ! 1 who have not been here very long, and many ' i who are older, soon forget bygone occur- i venccs. When we look up the records, j < however, we find that last Wencsday's storm was only one among many. !s Mr. S. A. (Jlenn, of Bethel, remembers i that on May !>, 1S(!S, there was a terrific hail- < storm in the "l'oint" section of Bethel town- < ship. The area covered included only live i tU.iiiiiitions: hut within a few minutes, all! I signs of the crops on all of them were com-1 plctcly blotted out. I Three destructive storms have passed along the same route followed l?y that ofj last Wednesday, within the past 40 years.' Mr. S. A. McKlwce remembers one that occurred on tlie 7th of June, 1858. It gathered in the vicinity of King's mountain and went down Allison creek, destroying all the crops in its path. At the point where the C. C. it A. railroad crosses Catawba river, j the hailstones were piled up in great drifts; many feet deep, and for days after t he j storm, people from Chester came up on the! trains and carried hack supplies of ice. Mr. [ Itefinus Turner remembers another storm that occurred in 18(15, and Mr. J. R. lloguel speaks or another that passed over the same route about the 14th of July, 188(i. Roth of the last named storms destroyed crops, but the damage was not so widespread as in the case of the first. Probably the worst storm that has occur- j red in the recent history of York county, is that which swept a portion of Bullock's Creek township, on the loth of May, 18o9. We find the record in the files of Thk KxQt'iRKlt. The storm gathered around King's mountain and came down Bullock's creek on the wings of a cyclone. The wind destroyed almost everything in its path, and as if completing the fearful work, the hail beat what was left into the ground. Kail fences were literally swept from the plantations they surrounded, great trees were torn up by the roots and carried long distances, and the forests that were left were tangled and matted with an almost impenetrable mass of debris. One log cabin, occupied by seven persons, was blown down and an old lady named Mrs. Nelly Alberson was killed. Dead cattle and work animals were left lying around promiscuously. Cotton was destroyed like that last Wednesday, and the growing wheat and oats, of which up to that time there were splendid crops, presented the appearance of stubble fields. And the hail! The like of it was never heard of.before, and it has not been seen since. The stones were from the size of a guinea egg down, and one writer says that as he rode along on a horse 1(1 hands high, he could stoop and rrriib nn the ice hv the handful without getting down. In drifts, the hail was 10 feet deep, and five days after the storm, in many places, it measured from 21 to 3 feet on a level. YOllKYILLK IS WORKING. The effort on the part of the people of Yorkville to secure the holding of terms of the United States court in this place is now well underway. Senator Butler has introduced in the senate a bill to amend sections 1 and 4 of the act regulating the sittings of Federal courts in this State. The bill has been read twice in the senate and is now in the hands of the judiciary committee of that body. It reads as follows: "Section 1. That there shall be five regular terms of the circuit court of the United States for the district of South Carolina in each year as follows: In the city of Greenville, on the first Monday in February and on the first Monday in August; in the city of Charleston on the first Monday in April; in the city of Columbia on the first Monday in November; and in Yorkville, in the county of York, on the first Monday in June. And that the cases upon the calendar of said court not disposed of at any term, may be called and disposed of by trial or otherwise at the succeeding term thereof. "Section 2. That the regular terms of the district court in the western dhtrict of Kniith f'firnlinn nil nil he held in each vear. in the city of Greenville, on the first Monday in February and on the first Monday in August; and in Yorkville, in the county of York, on the first Monday in June." At a public meeting held on Tuesday of last week, it was decided to employ Hon. J. J. Hemphill, of Chester, as an attorney to do what he can to keep the bill moving through the senate, and Messrs. James H. Riddle, W. Adickes and George H. O'Leary were apointcd on a committee to raise funds for the purpose of paying Mr. Hemphill for his services. The meeting wus of the opinion that the South Carolina delegation in the house could have no objection to helping the bill through that body, and Messrs. James F. Hart, I). E. Finlev, J. S. Bricc, W. W. Lewis and J. R. Witherspoon were appointed on a committee to interest the delegation in the matter. With the work now underway in connection with that which has already been done, there is reason to hope that before the close of the present session of congress, Yorkvillc will have secured the coveted prize. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Hulda McNeel leaves tomorrow for a visit to friends in Spartanburg. We are glad to note that Dr. Griffith is able to be on the streets again. Dr. Charles F. Dunlap returned home on Friday last, from Eagle Lake, Tex. I'rof. W. W. Dixon left Yorkvillc last Saturday, on a visit to relatives at Woodward's, i ^ ^ T / Mrs. Loroy Springs, of Lancaster, is in ! Yorkvillc, visiting the family of Mr. B. N.! Moore. Mrs. I). W. Hicks and children, of Henrietta, N. C., are visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville. Mrs. X. 1'. Wade and daughter, Miss Anna, of Kershaw county, are visiting the fam-; ily ofJIr. W. Jr. Propst. Mrs. It. J. Withers and daughters, Misses (ieorgiaand Iva, spent last Sunday with relatives and friends at Lowrysville. Mr. Pomeroy Brown, oflfeath Springs, S.J C'., spent last Sunday with friends in Yorkville, the guest of Dr. Jas. jr. Starr. Miss Nellie JIcKlreath, of Campbell, Tex., | is expected to arrive in Yorkville today, on a ! visit to the family of Captain L. Jr. Grist. Jlr. and Jlrs. (J. W. S. Hart returned home j last week after a visit to relatives on Wad-1 malaw island, near Charleston. Mr. T. L. Balfour, of Koek Hill, has re-!, cently been employed in the painting depart-: ment of the Carolina Buggy company. Jliss Wilmarth Jackson, of Kbenezer, is spending a few days with the family of Jfr. P. A. Gilbert, in Yorkville. Dr. John F. Lindsay returned home on Saturday night last, from the annual meeting of the Presbyterian general assembly which met at Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Bobt. C. Moore, bookkeeper of the ' Jlillfort eotton mills, of Fort Mill, spent) Sunday and Monday with his father's family! in this place. Mrs. W. (i. White, accompanied by her sister, Jliss Annie Howard, will leave in a few days to visit relatives in New Haven, Conn. They will visit other Northern cities j' before thev return to Yorkville. . I WORK OF SAFK HLOWFKS. Put 110 trust in your iron safe, for surely I there is a burglar who can open it as easily ' us you. Dodoes not know your combina-. tion, nor does lie want to know it. It is loo 1 slow and tedious, and he has one that serves!1 his purpose just as well. With bis little 'I drill, some dynamite and a short piece of |s fuse, he can speedily blow oil' the door, ap-j propriate the contents of your safe, and 1 when you wake uj>, he has gone silently on !1 liis way. !' The safe in the ticket olliec of the Three 1 L"s depot was blown open by burglars last;' Monday night. When Agent Uobhs went I' there yesterday morning, he found the ' heavy safe door lying flat on the floor, all the j inner drawers pulled out and rilled, and the 1 railroad short in its cash account to the tune i * jf pretty nearly $ "><). j; 8o far as we know, this is the first ease of ' safe-blowing that has ever occurred in York- ( rillc, and it must he confessed that the job | f tvas most skillfully done. The safe is a large |: me, standing nearly 5 feet high. The door1' s 25 inches wide and 40 inches long. About j' mlf way between the combination disk and ; ' he bolt handle, there was a small hole, no i; argcr than an ordinary slate pencil. Through ! his the dynamite had been introduced into J t he receptacle which contains the lock on the 11 aside, and when the explosion occurred, the | ( outer iron casing was torn apart from the I rest of the thick door, and the lock and holts ; were within easy reach of the burglar's crowbar and other tools. Whether or not the door was entirely blown otl'by the explosion, of course, nobody knows but the burglars themselves: but it is certainly very clear that after the explosion, the remaining obstacles between the thieves and valuables were of very little consequence. The thieves entered the ollice by prying open the front door. They went through all j the drawers to be found, and took everything in the way of money except some coppers 1 and two bank checks. Nothing in the ollice was damaged by the explosion except the safe, and when the burglars left, they closed the outer door, which fastened with a spring lock, just as they had found it. There is no clue to the identity of the burglars further than the thoroughness with which they understood their business. There is little reason to doubt tbat tliey are proles-; sionals on a tour through the country, and j \vc may reasonably expect to hear of them ! again, if not in Yorkvillc, at some other ' point along their route. TICRKIFIC HAIL STORM. "I)o you see that reddish glow ahead of that great black cloud yonder ? That is el-' ectricity, and it means that the belt over; which the cloud passes is going to be pelted by i a terrific hail storm !" The time was lust Wednesday at about 2 | o'clock, and tbe speaker was a local obser-1 ver, who, from years of experience, lias be- j come enabled to quickl) interpret the mean- j ing of almost any kind of atmospheric phenomena that relates to the weather. The) reporter looked in the direction indicated. At a point, seemingly about four or five miles j north of Yorkville, was an ominous cloud of inky blackness. It appeared to be five or six miles long, from two and a half to three miles wide, fully a mile from top to hottom. The front end of the cloud was illuminated J by a great headlight of electricity, and the I dense mass moved from west to east with ! the speed of a locomotive. There was very nine ram in i oiKviue j during the afternoon, but within a few hours there came reports which abundantly verified the predictions of the weather prophet quoted above. A hail storm had hurst with j all its fury in the vicinity of the plantation ' of Mr. T. 1'. Whitesides, about seven miles north of Yorkville, and following Allison creek toward Wright's old mill, had devastated the crops for a distance of at least lifteen miles. A reporter of The Enquirer was sent over a portion of the track of the storm 011 last Thursday and Friday, and he found that but few, if any, of the almost incredible stories that have been told about it, were in anywise exaggerated. Mr. Mason Stowe reports that on his place, the level ground was completely covered, and in gullies the hailstones drifted to a depth of from 2A to 3 feet. Mr. S. A. McElwee drove up the King's Mountain road two hours after the storm. He passed through several puddles of water standing in the road, and the grinding of the ice under the wheels of the buggy reminded him of the dead of winter. The earth 011 both sides of the road was literally covered with hailstones. Mr. W. S. Barnwell, who lives about half way between Yorkville and Clover, reports that after the storm, the hailstones in his yard were two inches deep on a level, and could have been thrown out by the shovel full. Mr. 0. It. Turner, who lives about GJ miles northeast of Yorkville, says that from his house, a distance of two miles, through the woods, the hailstones looked to be shoemouth deep. Mr. It. B. Youngblood was plowing when the storm came along. The pelting of the hailstones frightened his horse, and he had great difficulty in getting the animal under control. When he finally got out of the field, however, and the horse in his stable, t>'illi of liia linn/la irorn ht'iiiarwl nnil i [1 <r from numerous cuts inflicted by the sharp pieces of ice. Several people report that, even up to last Saturday, tons of hailstones were still lying in many of the gullies along Allison creek. The damage to crops along the path of the storm is something awful to contemplate. Great fields of 25 and 50 acres, which at 2 o'clock were literally green with beautiful standsToTcotton, a half hour later looked as if they had never been planted. As fur as the eye could see, there was scarcely a vestige of anything green. Even the leaves and stems had been beaten into the earth in a manner that suggested absolute annihilalation. Corn was beaten to a frazzle, and the blades, where not altogether torn from the stalks, were left hanging in strings. Wheat and oats were also literally ruined, fit for no purpose whatever except to reap and cure for hay. Among those who live in the path of the storm and who sustained more or less injury, are the following: T. 1*. Whitesides, J. M. Stroup, J. \V. Neil, (Neely place) Jacob Lockhart, J. C. Beamguard, C. M. l'arrott, S. T. Davidson, W. D. Moore, Eli Thomas, J. L. Stacy, J. R. McCartcr. R. S. Brison, Mrs. Dave Boyd, Mrs. Peyton Currence, Jas. Turner, G. R. Turner, Braiuard Currence, S. M. Johnson, H. E. Johnson, G. C. Ormand, X. B. Campbell, Marshall Campbell, J. C. Lilly, P. L. Pursley, W. S. Barnwell, I). W. McCartcr, Marion Robertson, J. W. Fewell, A. Dale, R. B. Yottngblood, Sam Youngblood, W. L. Youngblood, W. R. Ilorton, W. E. Jackson, J. B. Wood, T. X. Thomasson, Emmet M. Walker, J. R. Wallace, J. E. Whitesides, Perry Ferguson, L. T. Woods and D. M. Hall. A remarkable fact connected with the j ! ; tli-it ennui iiiilnncos nrn rpnnrtpd ' where an occasional farm escaped without any injury whatever, while the farms all around it were completely ruined. Most of the farmers mentioned above commenced the work of replanting cotton on Thursday, and by now, provided there lias been no scarcity of seed, the work has probably been completed over the whole territory. Where; wheat and oats were destroyed, in most cases the land has been replanted in corn. , A curious circumstance connected with, the storm is the fact that it was almost literlily a shower of ice. Nowhere along the I' path of the hail cloud was there any rain worth mentioning. Farmers went back to plowing within half an hour after the storm was over, and many of them say that the ground was not wet more than a half inch deep. The duration of the storm at any one place s dillicult to arrive at. Some say three or four minutes, and others live or six ; but the general opinion seems to be in favor of the, shorter, rather than the longer, time. As yet we have heard nothing like a careful estimate of the total damage that was n llieted. We have no doubt, however, that the loss will easily run up into] thousands of dollars, for, living in the path ! i }f the storm, is a large number of the most : jnergetic and successful farmers in thej :ounty. Later, on the same afternoon, there was L mother hailstorm, separate and distinct from j :he one mentioned above. It occurred about I 5 o'clock. Gathering about the pinnacle of.' King's mountain, it moved down Crowder's,1 ;reek at a most rapid rate, and wrought a L treat deal of damage to the crops in its path. j Messrs. W. II. Kiddle, J. W. Patrick and G. j [j. Kiddle sustained more or less damage to , heir cotton crops, a portion of which all of j them have had to replant. ' , S'urrow (inStorkholileiV Mi-i'ting. ? The annual meeting of the stockholders ( >f the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Guagcj It ail road company, will be held at Dallas, X. j on Thursday, 7th day of June. |< LOCAL LACONICS. They 4>o from West to Hast. ? An old wciitlier observer calls our attention to it as a remarkable fact that nearly all hailstorms in this section go from west to east, and that a storm from north to south, though occurring occasionally, is something very unusual. SiileMiliiy for J oik*. ? Next .Monday is salesday for June. By reference to our advertising columns, it will he seen that several nieces of properly will be ottered by the clerk. The advertisement of the sale of the Jones mill property, by United States Marshal Hunter, has been withdrawn. IlfcuiiHc he whh ? Democrat. ? Charlotte Observer: Hob Nelson, the Negro who was killed at Pineville a couple of weeks ago, was a Democrat. The Negroes in that town would not allow him to be hurried in their cemetery on account of his political faith, so he was buried in the white cemetery. "Our I toy*" Coming. ? We are requested to announce that the "Our Hoys'' minstrel club, of Rock Hill, will give an entertainment in the court house on next Monday night. From what we hear, the entertainment is well worth going to see, and as one-half of the net proceeds go to the fund now being collected lor tne purpose 01 buying a town clock, it is to be hoped that a large crowd will be present. Inquettt Near HlalrHville. ? Sam Carter, aged 70 years, who lived on Mr. J. S. Moore's plantation, three miles from Blairsville, was found dead in a field last Saturday. He was as well as usual when he went to work in the morning, and Trial Justice Blair summoned a jury to inquire into the cause of his death. Dr. W. I). Hope stated that the trouble was due to heart disease, and the jury found a verdict in accordance with the statement. Bitten by a Battler. ? Lizzie Bolin, an eight year old girl who lives on Mr. Robert 31. Whitesides's place, near Hickory Grove, was bitten on the foot, 011 Tuesday of last week, by a rattlesnake. The wound was poulticed with a chicken, split open alive for the purpose, and was afterward treated liberally with soda. There was a slight swelling of the foot, but otherwise the little girl experienced no considerable inconvenience. Mr. Whitesides killed the snake. It was a sure enough rattlesnake with one rattle and a button. The Money Will lie Paid. ? Since JudgeSimonton's recent decision, the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, and the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line railroads, have decided to come down with their unpaid taxes. Of course there is no other way for it now. At the request of Mr. A. B. Andrews, Treasurer Xeely went to Columbia on yesterday for the purpose of receiving the money. The amount due by the A. & C. road is $3,677.71; and the amount due by the C. C. & A. is $5,694.25. In State, county and railroad taxes the treasurer's books will show up a sudden addition of $9,371.96. Fire on the Narrow tiuugp. ? Quite a serious lire occurred on the ^ northbound Narrow Guage freight train lust Friday morning. Conductor Ross was in charge of the train. Between Dallas and Lincolnton he noticed a considerable volume of smoke issuing from a box car, which contained twenty-two bales of cotton. He at once stopped the train and called out all hands to fight fire. After about three hours hard work, the fire was gotten sufficiently % under control to allow the train to proceed. Twelve bales of the cotton were almost completely destroyed. The balance was not so badly damaged. 4 Preparing for the Cadets. ? At a meeting of the citizens, held in the court house on Tuesday night of last week, a committee of thirteen, with W. B. Moore, Esq., as chairman, was appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the entertainment of citadel cadets during their encampmeut in Yorkville. The general committee has divided into sub-committees, and these are now at work on the various details in the proposed entertainment. The cadets will arrive in ltock Hill, on Saturday, the lfith of June, and in Yorkville on Tuesday, the 19th. The programme for their amusement has not yet been decided upon, but will be published later. Rev. Dr. Lathgn, of Due West, has been invited to deliver the address of the occasion. Still lliinning the Pump. ? ? Blind Sam Campbell, the old Confederate veteran who got. his eyes shot out in the war, is still supplying the Narrow Guage engines with water at Clover, but he is not pumping by hand now. Of late he has come to the conclusion that the work is gettidg too hard for his advancing years, and he has procured a windmill. Now he sits about, whittles out puzzles and other objects that his ingenuity enables him to fashion from wood, talks with his friends, and makes it certain that the wind mill properly discharges the duty that he has imposed upon it. The old fellow seems to be getting quite feeble now, but continues to go about his daily duties with that cheerful patience that has always characterized bis daily walks. His numerous friends and acquaintances will be glad to know that he has succeeded in shilling off tlie hardest part of his work on the wind. A Pretty Tough Snttke Story. ? Here is a pretty tough snake story. It comes to us second-handed. Our informant vouches for the truth of it; but at the same time we would have it understood that we i are not responsible. One day last week Mr. fl Sam Lauthridge, who lives near Philadelphia 1 church, sent a little Negro under his house -> to get the eggs from a hen's nest. Shortly after his disappearance under the house the little Negro gave a yell, and with all possible speed crawled backward. Hanging to his head was a writhing and twisting snake about two and a half feet in length. Just as he got from under the house, the boy seized the snake with a frantic snatch and threw it * violently to the ground, where it was quickly dispatched by Mr. Lauthridge. A careful examination showed that the boy had not been bitten at all ; but entangled in the thick wool, was one of the fangs of the snake which had evidently been pulled out as the boy snatched the reptile from his head. The snake is said to have been a "spreading" adder. FORT MILL MATTERS. By l'rivutc Subscription?Sunday-School Picnic? Narrow Encapc from Death. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Four Mill, May 28.?Our graded school ? closed about one week ago. The Fort Mill graded school will hereafter be run by private subscriptions and tuition fees, in lieu of the specjal tax levied heretofore. The Fort Mill Presbyterian Sunday-school and the Philadelphia Sunday-school, live miles north nre rennrfed to huve bod nut picnics during the past week. Saturday afternoon, while the Rev. S. M. Hughes and Mrs. M. M. Durham, of Black- stock, S. C., were crossing Dinkins's ferry, a serious accident, which came near being fatal, occurred. The llat left the shore hefore the hind wheels of the buggy with, Mrs. Durham in it, were on. In the excitement, the horse was cut loose and the entire buggy, save the shafts, sank, Mrs. Durham in the meanwhile having been rescued. Nothing was broken, and the damages consisted of the loss of from $~)0 to $00 worth of valuables, together with a wetting and a fright for Mrs. Durham. Scuihk. Will n<> to New York. ? Columbia Register: Coventor Tillman lias accepted an invitation to speak before the National Temperance convention, which ? meets on Staten Island, New York, on June 1th. The convention is in honor of Neul Dow, the great prohibitionist of Maine. Governor Tillman has been asked to speak an the subject of "What its Advocates Expect from the State Agency I'lan,'' or the lispensary law.