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Scraps and Jarts. ? The miners in the vicinity of Haselton, Pa., have uot yet made any effort to revenge the recent legal murder of their comrades. There have been numerous stories of threats to dynamite the militia and to burn property, etc., and two or three smart detectives have reported that they have gotten information of the storing of large quantities ot explosives, .bui investigations of these reports aud stories have iuvariably developed that they are without foundation. ? Washington correspondence Louisville Post: The first whisky bearing the new government stamp showing the age of the contents of the bottle has just been received here. Heretofore unless a man purchased the Canadian article he has had to depend on the word of his barkeeper for the age of the liquor. It has been said that an occasional barkeeper, during the rush consequent upon a hot summer's day, became forgetful, and unthinkingly added several or more years to the age of his whisky. This is now rendered impossible because of the government stamp. When such a stamp states the contents of the bottle are ten years old the purchaser can gamble on the truth of the statement. ? The steamer Excelsior arrived at San Francisco, last Wednesday, from St. Michaels, Alaska, with some 63 miners returning from the Klondike. The miners brought back with them gold to the amount of about $2,500,000. They report that there are now about 7,000 people at Dawson City and more are swarming in every day. They also say that the Klondike region is richer in gold even than was at fir?t snnnnsed; but that suDDlies are " *" ?r t i already scarce in Dawson City, and there is danger of suffering, if not of actual starvation. Some of the returning miners had but little, if any, gold; but came back only because they were afraid to risk the trials of the coming winter. ? The yellow fever situation down in Mississippi and Louisiana is growing more alarming daily. A large number of new cases have been reported in New Orleans, and, on Wednesday, the fever broke out in Jackson, Miss. This created great excitement in surrounding towns, and Yazoo City, Miss., immediately issued orders for the enforcement of a "shotgun" quarantine. Men armed to the teeth have been stationed along the various roads leadiug into the town, and with instructions to let nobody pass. The fears of the people have been excited to an extraordinary degree, and most of the towns and cities in the danger belt, are in a state bordering on panic. ? Anderson People's Advocate: That deficit in the U. S. treasury that we heard so much about last year is still here. The Republicans almost had spasms over that deficit last year, ana saia mat it was unugeruus, as u was the cause of the gold leaving the country, aud led to raids upon that precious gold reserve and caused the issue of bonds. They promised to remedy all this. They said the Wilson-Gorman bill was the cause of it all and they proposed to put more revenue in the treasury by putting on a higher tariff. They have had the Dingley high tariff that was to work such a wonderful transformation in the revenues in operation for about two months and as a revenue producer it is an egregious failure. The daily expenditures of the government are twice as much as its daily receipts. ? The statistics of the loss of bumau life and cattle by wild animals and venomous snakes in Uk Central Provinces of India have be a issued. Although the totals show some decrease from those of last year, the number of deaths is appalling. Snakes killed 1,133 persons last- year, and wild auimals 291. The number of cattle slaughtered was 8,757. The mau-ealiug propensities of the tiger seem to be on the increase, although 323 of them were killed duriug the twelve months. Each muu-eating tiger seems to be able to dispose of a considerable number of human beings in the course of a year. It is reported that the killing of one inau-eating tigress brought down the numl?er of persons killed in the district lrom 22 to 3 Wolves, also, have become so destructive that a special reward has been offered for their skins. ? The battleship Texas has been ordered to sail from Hampton Roads for the New York navy yards, to be docked on the 25th iust. Acting Secretary Roosevelt has ordered that on the way north the big 12-inch rifles in both turrets be fired across the deck of the ship. This never has been done, and Mr. Roosevelt regards it as expedient to settle at once all doubt that may exist as to the ability of the ship to resist this severe straiu, which is one that may be imposed in battle. The turrets are arrauged diagonally, with the purpose of enabling all of the guns to be fired either fore an ' aft or across the decks. The fore and aft fire has been tried in a measure, but the fear of starting the decks has caused the delay in testing the cross-fire. Mr. Roosevelt will not be at all disappointed if this test develops some weakness, but it is desirable that this be ascertained positively, >n order that steps may be taken to correct the fault, if one there be. ? Five white men were lynched at Versailles, Ind., last Wednesday, by some 400 incensed citizens ou the charged of burglary. The men were William Jenkins, Henry Shulter, Levi, Gordon and Andrews. There have, it seems, been uumerous bold burglaries throughout the country during the past few weeks. In one instauce, two aged German women were forced to stand on a hot stove in au effort to make them tell where their money was concealed. The burglars were finally arrested ou the information of a confederate, who had been suspected by the police, and soon after they were committed to jail the moh went there, hroke in, put ropes around the necks of all five and dragged tbero to neighboring elm trees. Three of the robbers were dead before they were strung up. The other two died from the effects of hanging. Governor Mount, of Indiana, has wired the sheriff of the county, in which the lynching occurred, to at once do all he can to bring the guilty parties to justice. He says that such lawlessness cannot be tolerated in Indiana. <|he ffodmlle (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: SATURDAY, SEPT. 18, 1897. SECOND EDITION. ? Yorkvtlle. ? Surrender the present charter ? No; the people of Yorkville are willing to surrender nothing except the town council. ? "Old York," remarks The Carolina SDartan. "is a little slow; but when she does move she lands in the right place. She honored herself by giving Irby only 24 votes and John Gary Evans 339." ? Our esteemed contemporary, the Johnston Monitor, hastens to explain that it supported McLaurin in spite of his free silver yiews, because he was the best man in the race; not because be was the best man for the place in the state. There are quite a number of other men whom The Monitor would have supported in preference to Mc-1 Laurin bad they been candidates. AH very good; but The Monitor will do well to hunt up and read McLaurin's old silver speeches anyway. ? The Gaffney Ledger is very much worried and disgusted at the filth that was deposited iu the courthouse by tobacco chewers during the term of court just closed, and is at a loss as to how to proceed to stop such a nuisance. We beg to suggest that if The Ledger can induce Mr. J. Wylie Roddey, of York, to con-! sent to go over to Cherokee and act as foreman of the grand jury for about six or eight hours, things will be straightened i out. Mr. Roddey got after the tobacco i chewers over this way several years ago, I and barring the filth left by an occasional hog, the courtnouse nas uecu ae^i, markably clean ever since. ? To 'he Spartanburg Spartan, which; says "Did York is a little slow," we beg to remark that it is an undisputed fact that the highest evidence of civilized progress that has ever developed anywhere, is in the building of tirst-class public highways. York county set the pace in this kind of progress several years ago, and just at this time the town of Yorkville, in conjunction with the farmer brethren just without the limits, and both assisted by the county, is engaged in the building of the most expensive and durable section of public highway ever attempted in this state, outside of an incorporated town or city. We might say something about our cotton factories and numerous other enterprises; but it is not necessary. The thoughtless suggestion that either York county, or the town of York ville, is slow, makes us tired. ? The pressure that the state officials have been bringing to bear ou the milroads to prevent them from hauling original packages, is having its etlect. So far, the Seaboard Air Line, the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens, the Southern, and the Atlantic Coast lines, have agreed not to haul any more original pack-) .... Sa.. /.an I ronnluwl ages. iue u(>iuii.ius tiiai uv .v?.-.? by roads independent of this agreement, are: Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Laurens, Anderson, Abbeville, Kdgetield, Aiken, Barnwell, Hampton, Beaufort, Colleton, Berkeley, Charleston, Orangeburg, Lexington, Georgetown, Richland, Kershaw, Lancaster, York, Chester and Horry. Quite a number of other counties, however, cannot now get original packages over the railroads. The probability is that the state will try to bring to bear on the railroads which are still hauling original packages, some strong pressure; but just what the nature of this pressure will be, has not yet developed. ? Manager DeOive, of the Grand and Columbia theatres, in Atlanta, has learned something. Up to a few months ago, the newspaper men, editors and reporters, had a way of getting free all the tickets they wanted to each and every entertainment at both the theatres. This state of affairs had been going on for a long time, and in each of the papers there was a column or more every day about the various attractions, past or coining. With the of thin Xfuiiairpr IMJivo was not especially struck ; but with the custom of giving out so many tickets to the newspaper men, he suddenly began to grow fatigued. Accordingly, one day the manager proposed to the newspapers that in the future he would pay for all the matter he desired published at the usual rate per line, and suggested that when they wanted tickets they also pay the usual price. The newspaper managers were delighted. They smiled broad smiles, and instructed their reporters that from that date Manager DeGive would attend to show news, and that they could devote their talents in other directions. The reporters also smiled broad smiles, for though the fact is not generally appreciated, there is no individual who derives less pleasure from any kind of public entertainment than the professional newsnanar man. With him it is strictly busi ness, and pleasure does not count. So the reporters siniled smiles of relief and derived comfort from the change. Hut how, after a trial, Manager DeGive is still dissatisfied. With the disappearance of the columns of theatre gossip, be has noticed a decreasing interest in local stage matters, and with the decreasing interest there has been a heavy falling off of the receipts at the box office. He has not surrendered yet, because he does not know exactly how to go about it; but people who understand the situation, are of the opinion that it will not be a very long time before he is ready to propose to the newspapers that he would be gladvery glad?to have them continue to "do just as they used to do." ? Norton has been elected to congress over Johnston. Norton is a Reformer aud Johnston a Conservative. We do not know much atout either one of these gentlemen; but we believe Mr. Norton is more of a demagogue than a statesman, and we have no hesitation in saying why. In the first race, Senator McLauriu was a candidate, and, for obvious reasons, nobody dared draw the factional lines. In the second race, however, with McLaurin out of the way, Norton at once proceeded to do all be could to arouse the old-time prejudice, and thus secured his election. Politics is politics, and some politicians thing tney are justified in any means to an end ; but the lesson of the contest is that hereafter Mr. Norton should be carefully watched. He is evidently looking more after bis own selfish interests than after the peace and welfare of his district. We do not mean to say that Mr. Johnston would not have done the same thing had it been to his interest to do so. This we do not know. But had he done so he would have been just as blameworthy as is Mr. Norton. ? The inside facts as to how that Catawba river bridge scheme fell through, are of a nature to make an interesting story. Although The Enquirer has reported all public developments in connection therewith, things are not nearly like they appear on their face. There is, under the surface, a great many facts that are far more interesting than any which have been published. We have not gotten the whole story perfectly connected yet; but we have most gotten it, and the most striking feature of it is why some people were willing to vote the appropriation on their own motion, provided the bridge was to be located at Harris's ferry, wnereas, in the case of Neely's ferry, they though that hefore such a large sum as would be uecessary?less thau at the other place, by the way?should be expended, the matter should be submitted to a vote of the people. And there is still another feature that has not been explained, even a little bit. All those petitions to submit the questions to the people looked like a spontaneous outburst of public sentiment ; but they were nothing of the kind. They all emanated from the same sourceless than a half-dozen individuals?and were intended for the purpose they served?to insure that unless the bridge was located at Harris's ferry, it should not be located at all. Oh ! for more sincerity, more frankness, more patriotism i in our local government! Will Not Attack Tillman.? Larry Gautt has been over to Laurens and had an interview with Senator Irby. The interview reads in part as follows : "We asked Colonel Irby if he had anything to say about Mr. McLaurin." "Nothing whatever," was the reply. "I criticised McLaurin's public record and position so long as he remained upou the stand, but when he quit the campaigu I let him alone. But by the way, I do waut you to set me right about an interview I gave out directly ufler the election, and while irritated over the manner in which I had been treated by Tillman. One sentence in that interview led the public to think that I contemplated making a personal attuck on Tillman the first time we met. Now, I denounced Tillman as lying like a dog, and I desire to reiterate and emphasize that statement. But i am neitner a Duny, au awasiu ui a murderer, and have no intentiou of making a personal assault on Tillman or any one else. But I have not anything to take back that I said either duriug or after the campaign, and if the race was to be run over again, I would do just as I have done." i "We asked Colonel Irby about that interview published in the Atlanta Constitution." "Why," he replied, "it was a fake. I was sick in Atlanta with colic, and got a room at the Kimball house. A young man connected with The Con- | stitution called on me, but I was in no i humor to talk, and dismissed him with < a few common-place words. I sup- < pose he prepared that interview from what had already been published. I ! had no desire to travel over the coun- 1 try repeating a threat against Tillman ! and expending epithets. I gave Colonel Ball an interview, which he pub- ' lished as I spoke it, and this is all I have said for publication touching the campaign. But I see you are determ- 1 iued to draw me out on politics, and I assure you I do not want to talk for , publication." LOCAL AFFAXXtS. i INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. | J. H. Riddle?Talks to you about the celebrated Milbura farm wagons, which j he has on hand, with wide tires and j tires of the ordinary width, and for one, two, four and six horses. He is prepared to supply you with new bagging and ties of the best quality, which he is < offering at low prices. Firstolass shin- j g!es at 82.40 per thousand and a cheaper 1 quality at 82. He also has plastering hair, Jiine, lathes and cement. T. \V. Speck?Lets you know that if you ' want a watch or clock, now is the time i to buy, as prices are advancing. For 10 | days he proposes to sell them at the old prices. a ne whw n^pnt.-, forks, spoons and all kinds of silver and plated ware. As to eyeglasses and spec- 1 taides, he offers to sell tbern to you at i half the prices charged by the "profes- | sional" optician. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Announces the arri- 1 val of her new stock of millinery, vel- 1 vets, silks, ribbons, gloves, hosiery, i ladies' collars and handkerchiefs, and reminds you that Miss Rae is on hand to attend to the wants of the ladies. J. M. Rawlinson?Offers for sale his desir- 1 able house and lot situated on East 1 Liberty street. H. A. D. Neely, County Treasurer?Announces the places and times, between , the 15th of October and the 31st of December, when he will be prepared to receive state and county taxes. Grist Cousins?Talk to you about the 1 Babcock buggy and other vehicles, and announce their readiness to supply you with the best harness. John G. Black and J. S. Mintz?Give no- ' tice that on the 21st day of October, they | will apply to Probate Judge McCorkle for a discbarge as executors of the estate of John H. Crawford, deceased. Whisonant A Castles, of Hickory Grove? Having decided to discontinue business on the 1st of January, 1898, announce that they will dispose of their entire stock of goods at cost for cash, and they want persons who are now indebted to them to make early payment. ABOUT PEOPLE. Jos. K. Alston, Esq., of Columbia, has been elected as major of the second regiment. Mr. W. D. Glenn, of the firm of Glenn & Allison, is off on a business trip to the West. I Mr. R. Latta Parish has been confined to bis room for several days with a slight attack of fever. < Mr. J. E. Jefferys, who has been spending sometime on a visit to relatives and fpinnds in Soartanbure. returned home last Thursday night. I Miss Cora Clark arrived in. Yorkville last Tuesday after an extended visit to Brunswick, Ga. , George McP^ Batte, one of the court- , eous and clever traveling passenger agents of the Seaboard Air Line, was in Yorkville on Thursday. , Dr. George Walker left Baltimore about , 10 days ago for Germany. His father re- | ceived a cablegram on Thursday announcing his safe arrival in Liverpool. FATAL ACCIDENT. Mr. James G. Thomasson, a wellknown farmer who has been living about ( five miles northeast of Yorkville, was accidently killed last Wednesday afternoon, , as the result of being thrown from his buggy. , Mr. Thomasson was on his way to the Tirzah dispensary, where be was going for the purpose of getting some whisky, which had been prescribed for the three critically ill children of his brother, Mr. T. N. Thomasson. ( Mr. Thomasson's horse became frightened, it is thought, at a dreadfully bad ( piece of road and ran away. He was unable to control the animal, and was thrown out on his bead, the fall breaking bis neck. He lived for about five min- ' utes; but was unable to speak. The only other person on the road, in sight at the time, was Mr. John F. Gor- 1 don, who, however, was unuble to give J any assistance. Mr. Thomasson was about 62 years of age, and was a brother of Messrs. John M. and T. N. Thomasson and Mrs. N. D. Tate. He was a widower and leaves three children, who are provided for with a comfortable home, and a good farm of ' about 400 acres. He was buried at "Union cemetery on Thursday morning at 10 ' o'clock. 1 REMARKABLE EXPLOSION. I A terrible boiler explosion occurred last < Friday morning at Mr. Labe Wilson's ' giii and saw mill near Begonia, says the ' Gastoniu Gazette of Thursday. It was < remarkable alike for its violence and for < the marvelous absence of any fatality. i It was about 11 o'clock. Mr. Wilson 1 had iust thrown on a belt and stepped to I one side. Andy Taylor, the colored lire- I man, was at one end of the 15-horse power horizontal boiler, which was very old and ' separate from the engine. " Mr. Wilson's I 13-year old son Henry was a few feet I from the boiler also. The feeder and pack- 1 er were in the ginhouse near the gin. 1 Messrs. John Jenkins and Robert Long i had finished tinning the roof and shed < and had come down. > After throwing on the belt, Mr. Wilson had barely time to step aside when the < boiler Hew past him with a terrific report, I which, he said, was very much like the I sound of th? exhaust one hears from the ! big city compresses. The flying boiler i shot by Mr. Wilson's side, rubbing < against his leg as it went. The Negro < fireman seemed drawn by suction right ' after the boiler, and tumbled into the < open well just under where the boiler < was a moment before. Mr. Wilson's little son was knocked down and covered < tip. in the debris. The saw mill shed was f blown to kindling wood. When the < boiler struck the ginhouse, it tore two t 8-inch sills in-two right under the gin. ] By some strange coincidence, the feeder, i before anything wrong had happened, < stepped just to one side from his gin. ^ The packer, who was standing near, was i knocked up from the lloor and came ' down on a girder. 1 The two 8-inch sills seemed to break t the upward force of the boiler, and, div- < ing down, it missed the next two joists. 1 But, rising again, it llcw along under the I ginhouse, tearing in-two every joist ex- < iiept the two just mentioned. It sailed t out from under the house on to a distance f of 58 yards by actual step measure from 1 ...l ,..1 \ ?.,W1Q Jfu \N I1UIU IL'niilltCU. *1 1V? .MUUO 11 win AM? stopping place it cut iu-two a standing ( tree as big as a telephone pole. When it .1 stopped Hying forward, the steam was still escaping so violently at the fire-box 1 on the underside that it whirled the thing i it summersault. . f Mr. J. It. Henderson says there was a 1 general wreckage ol' almost everything, t Nobody was seriously hurt. The fireman, t who was hurled into the well, was scalded t so that he is temporarily disabled from t work ; but his burns are not regarded se- c rious. Mr. Wilson's son, who was knock- v ed down and covered up with flying tim- i hers and the like, was taken out unhurt, t A. trifling burn or two that didn't make c Any blister is the sum of his damages. It e is truly a remarkable deliverance from f harm of all who were concerned. Had r the explosion happened a moment soon- \ er, it must have occasioned shocking fatal- i; ities. Hut when the time came for the r boiler to travel its terrible path every man e had, without knowing he was in peril, t stepped aside from the path of deadly danger. Mr. Wilson, who is a Presby- s terian, is orthodox to the extent of be- t lieving, as ho says, that the whole occur- i rence was planned thousands of years ago < And that it was then fixed just where i avow man should he when the exnlosion 1 took place. The marvelous escape from a lieath of all who were there has made a a profound impression upon Mr. Wilson t and he has cause to be, as he is, truly t grateful for the deliverance. I No cause is specially assigned for the j explosion except that the boiler was an t old one and its time had come. 1 ^ t LpCAL LACONICS. j The Cotton Market. t Cotton went otf 18 points on Thursday, g The best price paid on yesterday was 6.65. 1 The price for export was about 6J. s Exciting Great Intercut. t The tent meeting now going on at Hick- e ory Grove is being largely attended and d great interest is being manifested in it. j The Enquirer Until 1st of January, 1898. I The Semi-Weekly Enquirer will be sent to any address, from this drte un- o til the 1st of January, 1898, for (jo fonts. A Natural Curiosity. t Mr. D. A. Whittaker, (Dock) has left at x The Enquirer office, a petrified hick- v orynut, which he picked up a day or two C ago near the 0. R. A C. trestle, over Tur- I key creek, between Yorkvilleand Sharon, s In Defiance to Law. u There is a special act of the legislature a prohibiting the sale of whisky in York- d ville. Nothing that Judge Simonton has a ever decided, is in the least contrary to s this act, and an original package den can I he established here only in defiance of 1< law. ( Grading Down a Hill. ^ The chaingang is now engaged in grad- c ing down a hill and making a fill on the ^ Charlotte road, about half a mile outside o the incorporate limits of York ville. They 0 have been working there about six days s now, and taking everything into consid- e eration, have made a good showing. t< Going Out of Business. ^ The firm of Whisonaut <fc Castles, of Hickory Grove, is going out of business ? ?n January 1, and between now ana tbat u date, proposes to give the people of the n town and surrounding country, some 8 rousing cash bargains. The proposed P dissolution of the firm is due to the li bad health of Mr. Whisonant. This Is .Straight. The town council of Yorkville is under p oath to prevent the opening of the original package establishment in Yorkville, and if the said town council fails in its duty, Yorkville may look for an imine- 8 diate inauguration of the metropolitan ^ police system. Governor Ellerbe is not n going to put up with any foolishness. ^ Fire at Belmont. ' Rock Hill Herald: Mr. R. G. McCaw 0 lost a barn on his place at Belmont, Saturday night, from fire, caused, it is presumed, by spontaneous combustion. Beside 1 the barn, two other buildings, containing 11 1,200 bundles of fodder and 1,454 pounds of seed cotton, were destroyed. The loss ' is ?400, with no insurance. a Will Yorkville Permit It? 0 There is in Yorkville, an agent of an original package concern, who wants to ? open up business here. He has consulted lawyers, and, of course, has been advised u to go ahead. Will the people of York- v ville permit such a thing ? It is sincerely g hoped that they will not. Public senti- e ment is a higher law than that which is ? represented by Judge Simonton. a They Will Have a Good One. The various committees of the York- n ville Wheelmen's association, have been v very busy since the recent organization. Application has been made to the secre- t, ary of state for a commission for a char-, j ter, and there has been a great deal of in- j, vestigation of different sites that have v been suggested as suitable for the loca- v inn of the track. There are some sure t. enough business men on the board of di- b rectors, and tbey are determined that the v proposed track, when completed, will be a the best in the state, n Disease Among the Cattle. V Rock Hill'Herald: For several weeks, what appeared to be a very fatal disease, lias been prevailing among the cattle in :bis vicinity. Major A. H. White has & had 10 to die and others have lost several % head. Prof. Wyman, the veterinary sur- 'J geon at Clemson college, was requester! to v come over and diagnose the trouble. He c irrived on Thursday last, and after b making a thorough investigation, express- t ed the confident opinion that the outbreak was not Texas fever, as was be- t lieved; but that it was a trouble duo to e shortness of pasture and stagnant drink* n ing water, causing a form of poisoning, tl characterized mainly by a breaking down a jf vital elements of the blood, a disease L raid to be very frequent in our state, especially in prolonged dry weather. c jrimnds For a Contest. tl The town council may now proceed to a contest the election on the ground of ille- 'I jal registration, because that is what the v ipposition would have done had the elec- e ion gone the other way. And as the op- a< position is not disposed to be illibera.1, v t is just as well perhaps to give the town u council the names of witnesses upon r< which it can base its case. The following s] ,'Oters were illegally registered by Super- si /isor C'lawson, in that the supervisor did u lot see their tax receipts or state registra- o ion papers before issuing them certificates: W. R. Carroll, J. B. Pegrarn, ,S. ii M. McXeel, Rev. A. X. Branson, J. M. e Wonrnson. \V. D. Grist. W. W. Lewis, and el ithers. All those mentioned, voted n igainst the change of the charter and cl igainst the change of name. tc Hotli Are Giants. 11 There are two#convicts 011 tlie chain- si fang who are veritable giants. They are aj F0I111 Hart, the Clover desperado, and al fohn Jones, who was sent up from Bui- w ock's Creek township. Guard Whitener a] vas telling the reporter about them a is ew days ago. .Sometime back, says Mr. a< iVhitener, during a short breathing spell, he two Negroes began to boast of their w oinparative physical strength. The only y< onvenient object which could be found li o serve as a test, was the heavy lly-whcel tl >f the rockcrusher, which, at the time, tt ras detached frotn the balance of the nachine. Mr. Whitener estimated that his wheel weighs in the neighborhood >f 800 pounds. Each of the Negroes lifted the wheel, clear of the ground, four or ive times. Hart, by the way, Mr. Whiteler says, is a splendid worker, always villing and cheerful. Jiones, however, s subject to a peculiar disease, as the esult of which he often goes to sleep iven while at work. )ld Caeaar Goore. Ctesar Goore, colored, sustained a itroke of paralysis a few days ago, and at he time The Enquirer went to press, a?1 mlmdn CApCUlCU iu U1C ai m i j iiiuiuw. .lesar is the oldest individual in York/ille. Exactly how old he is, is not tnown ; but Ctesar Is not less that 93. He is i typical old time Negro, and as far back is the memory of the oldest citizen exends, has been esteemed and respected >y the people of York ville. This has >een on account of his uniform courtesy, u-commodation, and it is not at all amiss o say, almost perfect Christian character. <\)r the past 23 years be has been under he especial protection of Miss Fannie diller, who, though herself yery ill at this ime, has on occasion nursed the old Ne;ro with all possible human tenderness. There is a very kind feeling for "Old Clear" throughout the town, and the news hat he is about to leave the scene of bis artbly trials, joys and sorrows, will proluce a feeling of sadness in many a symmthetic heart. rfsh and Fowl. Here is a true incident giving some idea >f the kind of government that is being mjoyed by the town of Yorkville. In he last issue of The Enquirer, those vho bad lost their registration certificates, vere advised to at once go to Supervisor Mawson and have them renewed. The Snquirer had looked up the law on the ubject, and could find none; but bad liscovered that Supervisor Clawson had ,1 ready ronewed at least one certificate luring the few days previtjus, and conidered that as good as law. On the treugth of the suggestion made by The Inquirer, Dr. J. B. Allison, who had ost his certificate, applied to Supervisor 'lawson on Wednesday for a renewal. Supervisor Clawson refused to renew the ertificate, and when informed that the act that he had issued a renewal to anther party was known, put up some kind f an excuse to the effect the circumtanoe occurred four days previous to the lection. Dr. Allison proceeded to bring :> bear such pressure as finally induced Ir. Clawsou to reconsider and fork over he certificate. As a matter of fact, howver, Mr. Clawson was acting entirely on lis own responsibility in the whole busiiess. His duties as supervisor ceased last pring, when, five days before the inuncioi oifvitinn bo fbrntid his hooks over to be town clerk, as required by law. Since bat time he has had no more right to inerfere with the book than any other irivate citizen. THE TOWN ELECTION. The town election on the question of urrendering the present charter of the * own of Yorkville and changing the tame of the town from Yorkville to fork, took place yesterday pursuant to be published order of the town counll and passed off quietly. The day's campaign was opened by the . 'progressive" element, with a card in beir newspaper making some personal llusions to the opposition. This card, lowever, was at once recognized as plainy illustrating the old stop thief story, nd had no weight whatever with the pposition. Quite a number of tbe largest taxpayrs and most intelligent and progressive usiness men of Yorkville, had taken it pon themselves during seyeral days preious to the election, to present tbe daners that would probably arise in tbe vent an irresponsible town council hould be entrusted with the powers conarred by the general incorporation act, nd, as the result, when tbe day of tbe lection arrived, the "progressive" element bad pretty generally taken to the roods. In all only about 141 voters were regisared. Of these, some 10 or 12 had either ied or left town, and of the balance, a irge number became so thoroughly oon- . inced that the proposed new charter rould not be adopted, that they did not like the trouble to vote. The total numer of votes cast was 98. Of these 24 oted for tbe proposed new charter and 74 gainst. On the question of cbauging the ?.?a tAu?n 9ft roa anil 70 laillO Ui bUO wunu) *rv tv/wv* w, m..v* vw. oted no. GRABBIVG AT A STRAW. Tbe secret reason of the silly attempt o change the name of the town of Yorkille from Yorkville to York, is out. ^he only reason given was that Yorkille "sounded too smallbut that was lot the real reason. It is a very general lelief that there was something deeper han that. At the bottom of the whole scheme, here was a desperate effort to secure the stablishment of a dispensary and origilal package shops in the town. That is he belief of quite a number, and here re the facts upon which tbe belief is ased: Under the dispensary law, dispensaries annot be established in towns in which he sale of liquor is prohibited by special et, except upon a vote of the people, 'he sale of liquor is prohibited in Yorkille, both, by special act and by the presnt charter. The general incorporation ct provides for the sale of liquor; but whatever effect its adoption might have pon the present charter, it would not ppeal the special act referred to. The pecial act, therefore, would continue to and as a barrier against the establishlent of a dispensary, except upon a vote . f the people. But this fact has evidently been taken ito consideration, and out of an effort to vade it, has arisen the proposition to liatige the name of the town. With a lajority in favor of the proposed new barter and of changing the name of the >wn, there would probably follow imlediatelv the establishment of a dispen ?ry. Then, upon an attempt to enforce ?ainst the dispensary the special act Iready spoken of, the liquor people ould say: "Oh! yes; but that act pplies to the town of Yorkville. This not Yorkville; it is York, and the ;t don't apply." It was a slick game maybe; but it on't work. Although some able lawers have suggested as if they half beeved it that a majority of the voters of 10 town could effect a legal change of le name, the idea is ridiculous, and the