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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-06-28
MERE.MENTION,

Clerk Adams has completed his roll for
the next House, which shows majority of
eight full pledged Democrats. .''''''''Accord-
ing to the calculations Of a tramp, there are
1900 cross.ties to mile of railroad, and 81
telegraph poles. '''''''''The damage to the cot
ton crop on the Arkansas river by the recent
floods is estimated at from 10000 to 10000
bales. ..'.'''"A confsgration at St. Johns,
New Brunswick, last week, destroyed property
to the amount of $15,OOO,OOO, and rendered
$4,000 people homeless. About sixty lives
we're lost. ....'.."The President has recognized
w. L. Trenholm as Vice. Consul of Russia
at Charleston. '''"'Keneth Rayner, though
native North Carolinian claims citizenship
in Mississippi. His appointment Gas Solicitor
of the Treasury in official designation is
charged to the latter named State. ''''"Gen.
Sherman has instructed Gen. Mcdowell to
pursue the hostile Indians and punish them
wherever caught. ''''''."There was slight
frost in the vicinity of Toledo, Ohio, last Fri.
day night.
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The Mnrkrille Gmqnirer.
YORKVTLLE, S, G. ::
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE %, 1877.

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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The wheat crop in all sections of the
State is reported to be more abundant than ii
has been in any recent year.
john Henry, colored, has been arrested
and lodged in the Jail at Dallas, charged with
forging pass on the Chester and Lenoir
Railroad.
- The appointment by the President Of
John D. Hyman, colored, as collector of in
ternal revenue in the second district, creates a
good deal of dissatisfaction, not only in that
section, but throughout the State.
j. C. German, of Raleigh, late Adjutant
General of the State militia, has been arrested
in Washington and held to bail, charged
with libelling j. G. Hester, the detective, by
publishing denunciatory letter in the Ma
tional Republican.
In Ashe county, few days ago, the dwell
ing house of John Greer, of Laurel Springs
caught fire and was burned entirely down
burning to death little girl, granddaugh
ter of Mr.. Greer's. The fire was caused by
the use of kerosene for kindling.
Governor Vance has issued his pardon tc
VIM. A. Poston, of Salisbury, who was con
victed at the late term of Rowan Superior
Court for an assault on his wife, and sentenced
to six months imprisonment, besides being
fined $500. He was only pardoned of the
imprisonment sentence. The wife was the
prosecutor in this case, and it was on her pc
tition and womanly appeal that the pardon
was granted.
Says the Reidsville Times: "The frs1
Jew we ever heard of in the penitentiary is ir
at Raleigh. He is in for murder. His name
is WE'LL, and he was sent from Union county
He was Marshal of the town Of Monroe, and
in attempting to arrest man, the man resist
ed and he killed him. He is in for ten years
WE'LL is fine looking young man of excel
lent administrative ability, and is now en-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-06-28
THE s.MOLLY MAGUIRES.v

The execution, last Thursday, of the con-
demned "Molly Msguires" in Pennsylvania, is
the last act in romantic and dramatic chap.
ter of crime and retribution. What was the
origin of the band is not yet definitely known.
Whatever it was, and whatever may have
been the original purpose, it is very evident
that for the past ten or twelve years their ope-
rations have been restricted to the coal re.
gions of Pennsylvania, and their object has
been to establish reign of terror there which
did infinite mischief to the owners of the
mines and to the peaceful and law-abiding
among the miners. For years they pursued
their career of violence and murder undetect-
ed. Those not members we're panic.stricken
aud did nothing to bring them to justice. The
hands of the officers of the law were paralyzed
By fear, and the Molies did as they pleased.
They dabbled in public affairs, controlled
elections, and acquired political influence
which added to their power, and gave them
friends and protection among men who should
have been the first to hunt them down. At
last the time came when one bold and reso.
lutte man determined to break up the band.
He knew that in so doing he took his life in
his hand, but his purpose never wavered
The Reading Railroad is practically the only
railway outlet from the coal region of Penn
sylvania, and it is also the owner of the most
valuable of the coal fields. This corporation
had suffered great deal from the operations
of the Molly Maguires, and it was the Presi'
dent of the company who determined to wage
war upon them. Mr.. F. B. Gowen, the Pres.
ident, was formerly prominent lawyer of the
Philadelphia bar. When he was elected he
would only consent to give up his profession
on condition that he should hold his Office for
ten years, at an annual salary of $4,000. He
has been worth ten times that amount to the
stockholders. This was the man who under.
took the extirpation of the murderous gang.
Through detective agency he secured the
services of an intelligent and plucky young
man, who adopted the disguise of miner,
worked for months in the mines, and sought
and obtained membership in the organization.
He made himself acquainted with their &C.
crets, mastered the facts concerning number
of their crimes, and reported to his employer.
A large number of arrests followed, and
one of the parties became frightened and
turned States evidence, adding whatever was
lacking from the detectives story. Mr. Cow
ems special police prevented a rescue of the
prisoners, and when the trials came on the
chain of evidence was complete. Convictions
followed, and though the accused raised mon.
ey and fought the cases in all the courts, Mr..
Gowen followed, as relentless as Nemesis, un'
til the laws's delays we're exhausted and the
day of execution fixed. It is stated that Mr..
Gowen's success has completely destroyed ths
organization Of Molly Maguires, which SO long
spread terror through the coal regions of
Pennsylvania. =. &.
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By TELEGRAPH.
DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES.
fspecla, dispatch TO Yo,kvll,s Eaqulrsr.l
CHARIsroN, June. q.

,,,- CHARLEsroN, June. p.
The election in Charleston went Democrat.
ic BY six thousand majority. The Republic
cans did not turn out .llI3
Coker was elected Senator, in Darlington,
in place Of Whittemore. Coker is q Demo.
crat, and said to be the strongest one in the
county. ...y,.y....
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subsequent returns of condition and yield were
still lower, forecssting the scarcity which has
occurred. The average for winter and spring
wheat together is this year 100, winter wheat
being above that figure and spring wheat be-
low it. The following is summary of the
report:
There are 277 counties reporting winter
wheat in full normal condition, 494 above
100, and 1873 below it. Of the spring wheat
counties, 81 report 100, III above, and 100
thirty-seven below. The State averages are
as follows "Maine 101, New Hampshire
1O2, Vermont 102, Massachusetts 100, Rhode
Island 100, Connecticut 109, New York 10S,
New Jersey 100, Pennsylvania SO, Delaware
81, MARYLAND 103, Virginia 109, North Caro-
lima 100, South Carolina 81, Georgia 108,
Florida 100, Alabama 96, Mississippi 1O7,
Louisiana 1O3, Texas 10, Arkansas 100, Ten
nessee 81, West Virginia 107, Kentucky 1OS,
Ohio 115, Michigan 109, Indiana liz, Illinois
1O5, Wisconsin 81, Minnesota 95, Iowa 102,
Missouri ITO, Kansas &c. Nebraska 1O3, Cal
ifornia 80, Oregon 49, Returns from Cali
fornia indicate half of full crop from def.
cheney of winter rainfall. Fewer injuries from
insects and rust are reported than usual. In
the Ohio valley nearly every return is favoIa'
BILE. In Pennsylvania and Tennessee the
slight depreciation is caused by the Hessian
fly.
Contrary to the statement made above, that
California is below the average, the following
report of the wheat crop in that State comes
from another source:
It seems certain that the State will have a
surplus of 100000 tons of wheat for export.
which will bring from 2 to 81 cents per pound
at San Francisco. The new wheat is already
coming in, and the first sales are at ST.
By reason of the suspension of Fredlander,
the great wheat king, who always took care
to have lot of ships on hand for the export
season, and because of the false cry that there
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w
pairing the committee, Judge Mackey was invi-
ted to address the meeting, which he did in his
accustomed forcible terms. He spoke of the
great benefit accruing to both Chester and
Union from their connection by rail, and Of
the ability of the people of these two towns
and counties to build the road, if possessed of
the determination requisite to accomplishing
the desired end. He said that $140, 900 was
necessary for the construction of the road, and
that the Company would derive material as
sistance from convict labor furnished by the
State. The committee appointed to confer
with the gentlemen from Union were Messrs.
j. L. Agurs, J. w. Wilkes, J. n. Smith,
Richard Woods, j. s. Wilson, T. T. Castles,
G. S. Brice, T. J. Mackey and W. H. Har-
din. Upon motion of Capt. J. L. Agurs, DR..
A. Il. Davega, the chairman of the meeting,
was added to the committee. The two COM
mittees will meet at an early day at some
point on Broad River, and will, in all proba-
bility, take such steps as will lead to the con-
struction of railroad between Chester and
Union.
Rev. Mr.. Trenholm began his ministerial
services at the Presbyterian Church yesterday.
He is good preacher, and will give satisfac.
ton.
Mr.. Allen Jordan, who has been q student
at West Point during the past two years, ar.
rived at home to-day. He presents good
appearance in his uniform.
The Bancroft Scholarship, of Exeter Acad.
emy, New Hampshire, has been given to Mr..
James Babcock, of this place. The honor
was conferred because of his high character,
and proficiency in bis studies. Qu1.
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gagged as book keeper in one of the depart

gagged as book. keeper in one of the depart
ments"
u. A. M. Coble, of Gulford county, owns
a mule which is regarded as greatrcuriosity,
The animal is not much larger than big New
foundland dog, and yet he can out trot any.
thing i'm the State, as his owner claims. The
editor of New York sporting paper declares
that he is truly an unmatched mule. He can
make his mile inside of 2.3O, and is only just
now undergoing training. His ovpar has an
offer of,$2.500, for him on his time of 2.3O,
and d hundred, dollars additional for every
second he falls under that time.
Bald Mountain is again on the rampage,
if we may credit the following from the Phil
adelphia Press: CDR Griffith of our city
leaves this week for North Carolina, where he
has discovered and is working mines of black
oxide of manganese, asbestos and gold, and he
informs US that the burning mountain. as it is
now called, in Mcdowell county, has become
60 hot, and keeps up such subterranean noises
as to have obliged the people in its vicinity to
change their residences. He says his horse
refused to pass over the ground as he ap-
preached the mountain. His belief is that it
is of volcanic action, and that it will sometime
emit volcanic fire, and that the. heat is not
caused by chemical disintegration of iron
pyrites or sulphuret of iron" ....
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be a violation of the laws of individual rights,
guaranteed by the constitution Of the United
States. The day will never come in South
Carolina when man will not be permitted. to
put fence around any and all Of his fields
and pasture them as much and as long as he
pleases. The proposed law only contemplates
permitting him, as he sees fit, to fence or not
fence, bis fields; and simply requires him, in
order'to protect the rights of others, to enclose
his stock. a7'a 80. -, ,-'-' ' -
Let every voter, before he casts his vote for
or against the proposed law, put the advan-
tages likely to result to the county, by the
proposed change in the law, in one end of the
scales, and the disadvantages in the other,
an6 then, cast his vote in favor of that law,
the advantages of which are greatest On
cool reflection, it will be found that the great
disadvantage which will result from the prac:
tical adoption of the proposed fence law, will
be nothing more than temporary inconven'
ience-the same kind of inconvenience which
a man experiences when be removes old, rick
ETY. steps from his front door, and puts up new
steps; or takes the leaky roof of his house
and puts on rain.proof roof. 1t says great
deal in favor of the proposed law that where
ever it has been tested, it has given general
satisfaction. g.. 2. .. ...-., aa ... .-...
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

A number of years ago attention was at.
tracted to theory which insisted that the
last effort Of vision materialized itself and
remand as an object imprinted on the re-
tina of the eye after death. This has been
proved a fact by an experiment tried iu the
presence of Dr. Gamgee, r. r. s., of Bir.
mingham, England, and Prof Bunsen, the
subject being living rabbit. The means
taken to prove the merits Of the question
were most simple, the eyes being placed
near an opening in shutter, and retaining
the shape Of the same after the animal had
been deprived of life.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

"TnE HIGu CoLLAIRE"-It is a we'll
known fact that the present style of mems
collars arc high-very high-behind, which
gives chem the appearance Of possessing an
ambitious desire to crawl over on mans
head and convert themselves into a sort of
hood or bonnet. Well, young man who
was guilty of wearing one ofthese ambitious
and restless looking articles, went into bar
ber shop to have his hair trimmed. The
barber seated him, and stepped back for a
view of his subject Unfortunately the
head had almost completely disappeared be-
meath the barricade of white linen. The
knight Of the shears put him in half
dozen positions, but to no purpose. A last =,
with sigh, and in the most beseeching
manner, he said, "Mister amt there some
way toget that collar OFF," The youth took
the hint and removed thcIinen. = Charlotte
Observer
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Z
Thsugh We have quaffed the bitter cup
Held by thy stanger hand,
The law inviolate keep,
And spurn thee from the land.
We stand beneath the Union flag,
Still trusting in our right;
But press us not; people wronged
May show peoples might.
No Estate rights heresy" now clouds
The justice of our cause;
No shade Of slavery now dims
The lustre of our laws.
Go back to thy far Northern home,
Thou thing that freemea hate!
Go live, the scorn Of honest men,
Debaucher Of the State
The clouds that on our hopes you cast
Time soon shall drift away;
The morning light is breaking fast
On new and brighter day.
Here where you sowed the seeds Of strife
Two races blessed shall stand;
Their lights inviolate maintained,
While justice rules the land.
The law supreme in peace shall sway
The soldier and his sword
And all shall bless the happy day
They trusted Hampton's word.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

a few weeks ago the children attending
a school kept by priest at Capua, Italy,
were left,to themselves a few minutes, and
one Oft them allowed favorite canary of the
masters to escape from its cage. When the
latter returned he demanded the name of
the culprit and, on dismissing tho other
children to their dinner, desired him to stay
behind, and so down on his knees us fur
thcr punishment The other children, as
they passed the butchers shop of their
schoolfcllow's father, explained why L, he
wouldn't be home to dinner, and presently
his mother went to interccde for him.
When she made her way into the room she
found the poor little fellow lying dead, cru,
CITED on table, his feet being cut off be-
cause the table was not long enough
When her husband came, he discovered the
priestiin an adjoining room, and plunged
a poignard into his heart, killing him a,
once.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

"FRAUD-ONI.Y FRAUD."-Senato Nor
wood, whose term of service has just cxpir-
ed, has been in the city duriug the past
three or four days, visitor.
"Wcll, Senator" said the reporter, after
the usual prcliminaries had been exhausted,
''what do you think about the result of the
Presidential election ?'
"You mean, what do think about the
result of the Electoral Commission. Well,
it was a fraudw
"Oh, of course. What do you think will
be the end of this Hayes business ?"
"Fraud-only fraud"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

To DESTROY STUMPs.-We find in an
exchange the following directions for cffcc-
tually destroying stumps, which is worthy
of a trial:
'In autumn to bore hcle one or two in
ches in diameter, according to the girth of
the stump, vertically in the centre of the
latter, about eight inches deep. Put into
it one or two ounces ofsaltpetre, fill the hole
with water and plug up tight. In the en-
suing spring take out the plug, pour in
about onc.haf gill of kerosene and then ig.
mite it. The" stump will shoulder away
without blazing, the very extremity of the
roots, leaving nothing but ashes"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

A Long Island Judge thus settles the
question ofscholastic corporeal discipline,
not forgetting that he was once a boy =
"No hard instrument, such as ruler or
ferrulc, should ever be used in furnishing a
pupil. A tough whip should be used, but
not on the hands, nor feet, nor head, and
if common sense, natural instinct, or some
dim recollection of tho past does not call to
mind the suitable place Of application the
teacher should study anatomy and find out. u
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

"What would you do if mamma should
die ?" she pathctically asked of her little
thrce-year old daughter. u ~ don't know"
remarked the infant with downcast eyes and
melancholy face, "thsposo I should have to
thpank mythelf"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

A witty writer has observed, with much
truth, that every man is, in sense, three
different men. Ir the first place, he is the
man he thinks himself to be; in the second
place he is the man other persons think him
to be; and, finally, he is the man that he
really is.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

A remarkable fondness for canned oysters
having been noticed among the inmates Of
the Albany Jail, one Of the keepers made N
examination and found that tho cans sup
posed to contain oysters contained whiskcy.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

a want long felt" says the San Francisco
Chronicle, "has at length been filed by the
opening of new drinking saloon on Mont.
gomery avenue, at point whero FIVE doors
intervened without such an indispensable
convenience"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

An honest blacksmith, when urged to
start libel suit, answered 81 can hammer
out q better reputation on my anvil than
all the lawyers in Christeudom eau give
me-" nil,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

Mr.. Hayes is a very pious patriot. He
asked some of the churches to pray for his
Administration, and then invited BIB In
gersoll, the boasting infidel, to dine with him
on Sunday, that they might make merry
over the credulity of the poor brethren who
had wasted their benedictions upon his
Southern policy" of deception and impos-
ture
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wHo AADx x111s F11sInxgfi w
The humber Of parties who can rightfdily
claim to have made Hayes President, is
quite rs great as the number Of those who
killed cock robin. ia1a, y srs ' ',s-
Here, for instance, is Mr.. Chandler, of
Michigan, to whose high character aud re-
ndarkabie capacity as Secretary the In.
terror Carl Schurs tho other day gave such
emphatic testimony. Zach says that no
made Hayes President :.or, to put it in his
own classical language, The d--d fool
would not have been President At al but for
me !; it was that gave him the votes Of
South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana" {"
No doubt~thn A. BOZ and, the. only point
which can be doubted in Chambers state.
ment is his description Of Mr.. Hayes as a
d--d fool, That question is still undeci.
ded.dT .sssn-,tJ 30 ar.r. ssr sy" ~,
n Next comes the celebrated Mr.. Jay Gould
who put up money for the campaign, and
after the election, when all was lost, started
tho scheme of counting in tho Hayes elec-
tors by the combined use of troops and of
cash in Florida. He made Hayes President.
The Returning Board of Florida. eau put
in an equal claim with equal justice. Hayes
is their creature Also, and if, for want Of
Gould's inspiration or for other cause, they
had failed him, he would not now be in the
White House.
Then there is Madison Wells and tho
other gentlemen ofthc Louisiana Returning
Board They have the best right iu the
world to say that they made Hayes Presi.
dent, aud that without them he would still
be Governor of Ohio.
Judge Joe Bradley is another maker of
Hayes. Without his steady perseverance
in voting in the Electoral Commission every
time in favor Of fraud, the conspirancy nev-
er could have been carried through.
John Sherman, Stanley Matthews,
Charles Foster, and William NJ. Evarts
likewise made Hayes. But for the strenu-
Gus promises and assurapoes, they gave in
his bsha]fto the Southern Democratsia the
House Of Representatives, the electoral
count would not have been completed, aud
the President Of the Senate would now be
bearing sway as the provisional President
Of the United States. s,,g,L .,....
DsnocsSt fthc ff0ass;c u ftepsvsen- IN
tativcs, who, getting frightened almost to
death, threw away their authority and their
duty, and voted for the unconstitutional
tribunal, also have right to be classed in
the array of those who were Indispensable
to the creation of the Fraudulent Presi-
dent.
These are, all Of them, authors and crea-
tors Of the present Administration. II
either one ofthcsc varied elements had been
wanting, Mr.. Hayes would not nov be con-
sidering how he can evade the promises and
pledges given for him to the Southerners by
Evarts, Matthews, Foster, and Sherman.
But among those who are responsible for
Mr.. Hayes, the American people are not to
be counted. BY a majority of one million
white men, and majority of 25O 900 of all
colors. they voted that they would have
Samuel j. Tildcn for President. They had
nothing to do with putting Hayes where he
is.-N Y. Sun.
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