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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-05-27
For the YorkvilIe Enquirer.
KING,S MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL.

At meeting of the corps of Kings Noun
tain Military School, held at the barracks in
Yorkville, S. G., May 22d, 1875, the Princi-
pal, Col. A. Coward, being in the chair, and
Cadet J. Il. Lindsay acting as secretary, the
following resolutions were offered and unanl-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of the officers
and cadets of this corps are due and are here
by rendered to the committee of the Mecklen-
burg Centennial Celebration, for the invitation
which enabled US to participate in the patriot
ic exercises of the 10th instant, and for the
very hosptable entertainment we enjoyed at
the Fair Grounds on that memorable occasion.
Resoived, That the thanks and acknowledge
ments of this corps are especially due to the
Superintendent, officers and cadets Of the
Carolina Military Institute, for the distin-
guished courtesies, military and social, with
which they shortened so delightfully."- the
hours of our sojourn in Charlotte on the 10th
instant and that we give them the assurances
of our grateful appreciation, and OF our
hearty desire that occasion may soon enable
US to reciprocate more 6tly by deeds, than we
can acknowledge in words, their soldlerly
kindness and welcome.
Resolued, That a copy Of these resolutions
be forwarded by the Secretary to Col. }. +.
Thomas, Superintendent of the Carolina Mil,
itary Institute, and one to the Chairman OF
the Mecklenburg Centennial Committee, and
that these proceedings be published in the
YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER and the Charlotte
Observer.
A. COWARD, Prin K. M. NJ. S.,
Chairman.
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Insanity Of Mrs. Lincoln.

Insanity Of Mrs. LincolR.
- The sad misfortune which has befallen
Mrs. Lincoln, widow of the late President,
will create feeling of sympathy for the at
hicted woman throughout the country. The
tragic death of her husband in the zenith OF
his fame and the terrible shock which she re-
ceived when the assassin fired the fatal shot,
we're enough to drive to insanity the strongest
mind, and it would seem that she has been
laboring under mental alteration for several
years, which malady has developed insanity
of such type as to render her commitment
to lunatic asylum necessary, an order tor
which was granted on Wednesday last. AL
luding to her condition, the Chicago Times OF
the Goth, says:
After being removed from the court room,
where she was adjudged insane, yesterday,
she was put under the strictest surveillance,
it being feared she might do injury to herself
To-day she escaped from her room and hur'
ried to the drug store of Frank Squires, un-
der the Grand Pacific Hotel, where she Or
dered compound of camphor and laudanum.
ostensibly for neuralgia. The clerk Informed
her that it would take about ten minutes to
make it, whereupon she took carriage and
drove to two other drug stores. She was fol-
lowed by Squires, who, in each case, prevent
ed the druggist from giving her the compound:
She finally returned to the first place and
procured a mixture which she supposed was
what she wanted, but which was harmless.
She drank this as she left the store, and as 1t
had no effect, she tried to leave her room
again to obtain larger dose, but was prevent,
ed She was removed to a private hospital
at Batavia, Illinois, this morning, where she
will have every attention.
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FORT MILL ITEMS.

Our Fort Mill correspondent informs us
that the municipal election at that place re-
suited in the election of T. B. Withers fol
Intendant and B. F. Powell, N. G. Bradford
Colonel J. M. White and Raymond Gibson
Wardens. Much enthusiasm was manifested
after the election by the friends of the sue
cessful candidates.
A banking house, under the name and style
of Cureton, Adrey & Co., has gone into opera
ton.
Among the buildings approaching compile,
ton are the Methodist church, which will be
fine edi6ce; and the store and dwelling OF
r. Gibson. The latter is a two-story brick
house.
T.G. Culp has bought the township right
for the manufacture Of the Rodman double
foot plow, which is pronounced good imple'
ment. He also makes double-foot plow of
his own invention which is very popular.
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J. r. LINDSAY, Cadet K. NJ. M. S., Sec.
CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD.


We append below the reports of the chief
engineer aid the superintendent Of the Ches-
ter and Lenoir Railroad, submitted at the re-
cent meeting of the stockholders, and for
which We could not make room last week:
ENGINEERS REPORT.
ENGINEERS OFFICE, G. & L. R. R. Co.,
CHESTER, May 13, 1875.
10 the President and Board Of Directors OF
the Chester and Lcnoir NarroU Gauge Ra1-
road Company: GENTLEMEN | respectfully
submit for the information of your board the
following report of the condition of the work
under my Charge
Previous to your last annual meeting Of
stockholders, contracts had been entered into
with Messrs. J. F. Smyer and j. A. Deal for
the grading and masonry, and with }. +. Fry
& Sons, for the trestle-work of all that part
of the line between the town of Yorkville and
the Richmond and Atlanta Airline Railway,
in the county of Castor, North Carolina.
A few weeks subsequent to your annual
meeting, a contract was made with ). Hott'
man, Esq, for the grading, masonry and tres
tle-work from the Richmond and Atlanta
Railway to the town of Dallas, the county
seat of CASTOR county, N. G.
Contracts were also entered into in the
county of Caldwell, N. c., for grading, ma
sonry and trestlework, amounting, in the ag-
gregate, to near twenty thousand dollars.
These several contractors went earnestly
and energetically to work, with very efficient
forces, and the work would have been com
pleted to the Richmond and Atlanta Airline
Railway, as was anticipated, by the lst day OF
january, 1875, had the Company been able
to meet promptly the monthly estimates for
work done. But failing to do this, Mr.. Deal
abandoned his contract on the lst OF October
and removed his force, having worked out
about one-half of his stipulated contract. DR..
Smyer was also compelled to suspend his work
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer
LETTER FROM CHESTER.


The Stonewall Fire Engine Company made
fine display on Tuesday. The appearance
was all that could be desired by the most ar
dent admirer of this splendid company. The
uniform, which consisted of black pants, red
shirts trimmed with black velvet, and red
caps, with the name "Stonewall' inscribed
thereupon, was worn for the first time on
Tuesday, having been obtained with the view
to the proper display Of the company at the
centennial celebration of the Mecklenburg
Independence. The Stonewalls left Chester
for Charlotte on an extra train on Thursday
morning at three o'clock, taking with them
their engine, which had been decorated by the
young ladies of our town with exquisite taste
and beauty "The "boys" were in excellent
spirits at the time of their departure, and
seemed animated with the determination of
having good jolly time, which determination
was accordingly carried into effect. The
train arrived at Charlotte in due time, when
the Chester 6remen became the guests of the
Charlotte Pioneers, who acted their part we'll
and handsomely. On the same train were
fire companies from Columbia, Winnsboro and
Rock Hill. The grand procession, consisting
of military companies, fire companies, Masonic
Lodges, Odd Fellows, Knights Of Pythias,
Good Templars and Patrons of Husbandry,
accompanied by several bands of music,
formed in line at nine o'clock, marched
through the principal streets, and then took
its way in the direction of the Fair Grounds,
where it arrived at eleven o'clock. Never
before did Charlotte witness so magnificent
spectacle public and private buildings were
hung with banners and streamers, and balco'
nies and windows, streets and pavements were
filled to overfowing with persons who gazed
with admiring eyes upon the interesting and
beautiful scene. The military portion Of
the procession was under the command Of
Gen. Bradley T. johnson the fire companies
we're under the charge Of the chief of the
Newbern Fire Department; Masonic Lodges
Good Templars, and other associations of q
benevolent nature were under the charge OF
Grand Master, Geo. w. Blount; and Patrons
of Husbandry were under the charge Of Dr.
Columbus Mills, of the North Carolina State
Grange Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, who was
expected to be the Chief Marshal upon the
occasion, was not present, and this distin
guished honor fell upon the shoulders of Gen
w. K. Cox, of North Carolina. The process
ion having arrived at the Fair Grounds, and
after prayer by Rev. A. W. Miller, Major
Seaton Gales, of Raleigh, read the Mecklen'
burg Declaration of Independence. This was
followed by an Grafton by Hon. John Kerr
of North Carolina, and an Grafton by Hon.
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ATTEMPT AT HIS OWN LIFE.

ATTEMPT AT HIS OWN LIFE.
James Marshall, discharged soldier, at
tempted to take his own life last Saturday by
swallowing half an ounce of laudanuu, which
he had mixed with half pint Of whisky.
Medical attendance was summoned, and by
the aid ofa strong emetic the poisonous de-
coction was elected. 1t seems that short
while before the expiration of his term OF en-
listment, Marshall married, and on receiving
his discharge, his wife refused to accompany
him to his home in Georgia. Hence he be-
came desperate and attempted to end his troll
bles by selfdestruction.
CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD.
The President and Directors Of the Chester
and Lenoir Railroad, have made a contract
with George w. Melton, Of Chester, for the
completion of the road from Yorkville to
Dallas, N. G.. The grading between those
points is nearly finished, and a force in the
employment of the company is now working
on it. Major Melton's part of tie contract is
to furnish the cross.ties and iron, and lay
the track complete, exclusive of turntables
and cattle.guards, between Yorkville and
Dallas, and he obligates himself to have the
work completed on or before the 1st of next
November. Major Melton would be pleased
to receive proposals at once from those who
can furnish cross.ties delivered along the line
of the road.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

R. Brandt, --Chairs.-Lonnges-P
Brackets-Dining Room Furniture--Pic-
ture Frames--Coffins--N Jewelry
and Clocks-Plated Ware-Fine Gold Opera
Chains-Watches.
John H. Adams-New Seasonable Goods-Make
Settlements Cradles-Men's Hats
Clothing-Dress Goods-Hardware-L
and Shawls-N. G. Yarn.
w. H. McCorkle-Guano, Again.
T. NJ. Dobson Il Co.-Millinery Department.
Simon Suckegg-1s7 -Carpets-Shoes and
Boots-Miss Jennie-Cash Grocery-M en- 8
Cloth Shoes-Coffee Mils-Peerless Gloss.
A. H. Davega, Observation-Disclosures Meeting.
J. H. Cawson, Assignee-In Bankruptcy-A
General Meeting-In the Matter Of w. J.
Collins, Bankrupt.
C. A. King, County School Commissoner-No-
fica IN Taoohara
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during the month of October. He resumed

during the month of October. He resumed
work again early in November, and has SUBJ
sequently taken the work abandoned by Mr..
Deal, and will be able to complete the work
to the Airline by the 1st of July, or earlier,
if it is important that it should be done.
Mr.. Hoffman has completed the grading
and masonry from the Airline to Dallas
The contractors in Caldwell county have
progressed steadily with their work, and all
the work under contract there will soon be
completed.
The Messrs. Fry have completed all the
trestle-work between Yorkville and Dallas,
with the exception of the chords. These 1t
was found impracticable to obtain, except
for the trestle over Beaver Dam creek, there
being no suitable timber anywhere within
reasonable distance of the several structures.
They expect to obtain suitable timber from
the mills near Doko or Winnsboro, and will
transport it over the road when the track IS
laid to within short distance of the trestle.
This can be done so as to cause no delay in
the laying Of the iron.
At Crowders creek it was found necessary,
besides the trestle.work, to put in span OF
100 feet of bridge, as trestle-work in the run
of the stream would not be secure, the water,
sometimes, rising eighteen or twenty feet.
This bridge will also have to be framed else
where and carried over the road when the
track reaches the vicinity of the site. The
following is a statement of the work now COM
pleted on the line
Grading between Yorkville and Dallas, S2s S2S 8 81 81
Masonry S,ooo oI
| Trestle-Work " " /" 6,S7S ~
The grading in Caldwell, ,........"......"l5,5S 5S6 07
Total amount of work done, ,........".S54,459 459 II
There yet remains about two and halt
! miles between Little Catawba creek
and the Richmond and Atlanta Air
Line Railway to be graded, amounting ~ ~,
There are also the chords wanting upon
the trestles and the braces, 900 feet,
d. NV
100 feet of span of bridge at $40 per foot. 1000 90
| os.~ss {D1
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We were pleased to receive call last Tues
day from Rev. A. J. Witherspoon, a former
citizen of Yorkville, but who for several years
has resided at New Orleans. DR.. Wither-
spoon is on a visit to his relatives and friends
of auld lang syne in this section of the State,
and in connection with his trip he is solici'
ting subscriptions to the Memoirs Of the late
DR.. Thornwell, of Columbia, just completed
by Rev. DR.. Palmer, of New Orleans, and
which will be issued at an early day ct So
per COPY.
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JEWELRY AND FURNITURE STORE.

We direct attention to the advertisement
of Mr.. Brandt, proprietor of the jewelry and
furniture store at Chester. Mr.. Brandt is an
enterprising and reliable business man and
offers inducements to purchasers.
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Spring whippings commenced at New
Castle, DEL, on Saturday last, and thirteen
convicts we're placed in the pillory, one of
whom received forty lashes, eleven of them
twenty and one ten. Several lads received
their first punishment at the post. In addl.
ton to the whipping, several of the convicts
were compelled to stand in the plllory an
hour. One man, Charles A. Riley, convicted
of burning an ice house in Wilmington, last
September, and who was sentenced to pay a
fine of $500, and to pay the sum of $4,000
restitution money to the owners of the burnt
property, was pilloried one hour, received ~
iashes. and was then returned to Jail to re-
main three years. The Delaware courts mean
business.
-- Those Indians are jealous set. Blue
Horse, an Ogalala Sioux chief, who did not
come to Washington with Red Cloud, sent a
letter to the President, telling him he has
fifty families who wish to 90 to farming and
do not want to be run over by white men,
Then he enumerates what those families want.
He begins with houses, includes fences, COWS,
horses, oxen, wagons, chickens "and every
thing white men use" Then he adds signltl-
cantly: "Whatever the President may give
those who visit Washington [ wish to share
also 1 also want sewing machine and
other farming implements" This will do very
we'll for the ceruleau worthy. Big Foot
writes a letter asking for similar chance in
the same lottery.
- The friendly reception which Vice
President Wilson has met in the South has
attracted the attention of liberal republican
papers. The Chicago Tribune speaks with
decided appreciation Of the warm and friend,
~ greetings Mr.. Wilson has received, and
SAWS. "Mr, Wilson has heretofore been, like
Mr.. Kelley, one of those who have favored
the severest legislation of the ex-rebel States
That he has done so conciously, believing that
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-19

Mr.. Stephen Green, a colored man
living on Spring street, has been sorely
troupled for months past by colony OF
bed bugs that were in the habit of hold.
ing moonlight banquet in his house,
with Mr.. Green for the victim of their
sanguinary feasts. Last week he came
to the conclusion that he would not be a
quartermaster's department. for raiding
bed bugs any longer, and SO invested in
box of vermin exterminator. On the
label of the box which was so big with
fate to unnumbered hosts of the enemy,
were directions for the use of the poison,
and among others one which directed it
to be rubbed in the cracks of the bed.
This puzzled Stephen. He could not
understand why the poison should be
rubbed in the cracks. He argued that
the bugs did not bite the cracks but
himself, and, therefore, if the poison
was to go anywhere it should be rubbed
over his body. So he Amounted himself
and turned in. The following morning,
when he awoke, tine bed was fairly black
with the dead and dying, and second
experiment tried the next night resulted
in the same way. And now all the sur
viving bugs have fed the fatal spot, and
Mr.. Green is happy. -Lecingtoqa (Ky.)
DISPATCH.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-19

ing the new ceiling of a room leading
into vast kitchen, danced round q
woman who was standing at table.
She described the meteor as a fiery SER
pent, which she first saw standing up-
right on the floor, within two metres
distance of her. Then it flew toward
her, whirling several times around her
knees with great velocity. She felt a
sudden blow on the head and fell to the
ground but her husband, who saw the
whole apparition, on rushing toward
what he supposed was the corpse of his
lightning destroyed wife, found that she
was only stunned a little. On recover
ing, she complained of pain in the scalp,
and her hair had become and remains
dry and rigid. After this last caprice,
the meteor disappeared, and from the
quantity of SCOT which fell from the
chimney, it is supposed to have found
vent in that direction. It was accom-
panied by loud denonation, but
whether on it's first appearance, or when
it vanished, none can say.-St. Louis
Republican.
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The Armed Strength of Europe.

A lecn,re was recently delivered be-
fore the ROYAL United Service Institu-
ton. London. in which a British officer
cave O. detailed account of the standing
armies and reserves OF all the nations
of Europe. He said t1at, looking at
the armies of Europe from every point
of view, the rapidity with which they
can be modified, fed from reserves,
concentrated on any point and 1ns2ln-
tanned on the field, he should divide
them into three classes, In the order OF
their strength. The first class COM
prised Germany, Austria, Russfa and
France the second, Italy and England :
the third Belgium, Turkey, Sweden and
Norway, Holland, Denmark, Spain, Pof--
tugal, Switzerland and Greece. There,
are four armies of the first class, two Of
the second, and nine of the third, with,
in round numbers, strength on paper
of 6,500,0 600 men and a combatant
strength of 100000 with 1900 guns
and j, $50, 600 horses. In navies Great
Britain is supreme, and then come III
order of strength France, Russia, Tur-
key, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain,
Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Nor
way and Portugal. The navies of all
these have an aggregate of 2,O39 vessels,
of which 200 are iron~clad, the whole
being manned with 100000 men and
armed with Is, O0O cannons. One hum
dred and ten ships of war are now being
built, and of these fifty-six viii be armor-
plated. The expenses of these forces
amount, according to this lecturers esti-
mates, to $500, 100000 per ann1lm, of
which three-fifths go to the land forces.
The ornaments of Turkey and Austria
cost only about $3.50 year per man ;
that of Great Britain at the most $500
a year.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-19
AN ILL WILL.
The Internal Regions Tapped by Michi-
gan Man-His Farm and Crops Ruined by
the EruDtiOu

The Internal Regions Tapped by a Michi-
gan Man-His Farm and Crops Ruined by
the Eruption.
Port Huron (AIich.) Cor. Chicago Times.l
Last week, Mr.. Joseph Hahn. who
lives three or four miles west of Marine
City, In small place called Cottreyille.
was engaged in sinking an artesian we'll
for the purpose OF supplying his stock
with water, and used for that purpose
derrick, consisting of three pieces of
timber fastened together at the top, in
the shape OF tripod. This derrick was
fastened by means OF heavy log chain
wound round the timbers at the top, at
tached to which was an au0er for the
purpose Of boring the well, which was
turned by horsepower. The first por-
ton of the well, for distance of twenty
feet, had been carefully bricked up, ana
the boring continued from there. The
diameter of the well is thirteen inches,
and on Monday night the augur had
penetrated distance of 125 feet. The
next morning gas chamber was pene-
trated, and upon the removal of the
augur the wooden tubing shot out of the
well, immediately followed by a stream
to distance of nearly 200 feet in the
air, while the ground shook as if an
earthquake had convulsed it. Stones
weighing from ten to twenty pounds were
projected in the air and fell in all direc-
tions, some of them crashing through
the roof of Mr.. Hahn's house and barn,
and compelling his family to seek an
other habltation. The heavy log-chain
binding the derrick was cut by the flying
missiles into dozen pieces, and the
farm, upon which stone could not have
been found previous to this phenomenon,
was literally covered with large and
small ones. The velocity of this dis
charge continued for eight or ten hours
without intermission, when the monster
was found to have. spent his fury, and
the stream and noise gradually subsidized.
The crops of Mr.. Hahn were completely
destroyed by the falling debris and the
streams OF water, which ran in all direc-
tons. Many people visited the well,
and many are still coming, and Mr..
Hahn, to restore as nearly as possible
his legs-for he is poor man-has in
closed the well within rail fence, and
charges the moderate sum of five cents
for the satisfaction of individual curl
osity. The water, still bubbling, may
be seen at great depth by the aid of a
mirror, which reflects the suns reys into
its depths. One remarkable fact is, that
the brick wall of the first twenty feet of
the well is entirely uninjured, and re-
manned intact during the great convul-
sion. The orifce below, however, is
somewhat enlarged. It is not appre-
hended that we will have another erup-
ton of this miniature Vesuvius.