Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-07-22
Col. Cash will be tried for murder at the

Col. Cash will be tried for murder at the
September term in Darlington county.
The Neus and Courier containing Gen.
Buffers manly letter, had been received be.
fore the party left town, and Col. E. B. G..
Cash INDUCED in some of his choicest exple-
tives respecting it, vowing that he would give
the Senator "a wooden heart to match his
wooden leg," but without clearly indicating
how this remarkable present was to be made.
CONDITION OFTHE CROPS.
The July returns to the Department of
Agriculture at Washington show the following
condition of the cotton, grain and other crops
Of the country:
The cotton returns show an increase in the
condition of cotton since the June report.
The condition is reported at an average of
100, being the highest reported in July for
several years The following are the reports
by States Forty-6ve counties in North Caro-
lima average l0l; nineteen counties in South
Carolina average 80; seventy counties in
Georgia average 81 sixteen counties in Flor
ida average 90; thirty one counties in Ala
bama average 90; forty counties in Missis-
sippi average SO sixteen counties in Louisiana
average 96; seventy. one counties in Texas
average Ill thirty-three counties in Arkan-
sas average 1914; twenty-three counties in
Tennessee average 103. There are some com.
plants Of droug ght in North Carolina and
South Carolina, and too much rain in Mis-.
sissippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. Insect in.
juries are not reported TO any extent.
; The corn increase in the area planted is
l per cent. over that planted last year. The
average condition Of the crop for the whole
country is the highest for many years and is
100, being per cent. more than last year at
the same time. There is some complaint Of
drought in the South Atlantic States, while
in the Valley Of the Mississippi and those
States North of the Ohio river there is Com
plaint of too much rain.
The Pacific States report very high con
dition of wheat. The general average ol
winter wheat July /, 1880, was 80 against
81, July l, 1879. 1t improved slightly du
ring June The whole South falls off nearly
fourth, but the heavy winter wheat region
North Of the Ohio river rules high at So
The Middle States are three per cent. above
the average, and the Pacific per cent
West of the Mississippi the crop averages 81
against 80 last year. Spring wheat averages
81, the same as in July. 1879. This shows
great decline in June, when the average
was 81. The New England States average
80; Middle States 93 North of the Ohu
the average is So; West of the Mississippi the
general average is 80, Minnesota being l0l
while Nebraska falls to 62; Iowa stands al
81. On the Pacific coast California reports
96.
The condition of the oat crop shows SOM
improvement since the June report, and i:
now 96 against SO in June. The New Eng
land and Middle States rpporta high condition
but from Delaware to the Gulf the condition
is very low, except in portions of Texas
where the average is high. Tennessee re
ports only percentage of "a, owing to the
drought. Kansas and Nebraska, from the
same causes, report only "a in the former and
63 in the latter. In all sections Of the coun
try the prospect is good for full crop.
There has been no change in the area
planted in potatoes in the whole country, the
deficits of one State being counteracted by
the increase of another. The condition Of
the crop is very.favorable, fully as good as in
1879. In all the South Atlantic States the
condition of the crop is rather below that OF
last year, while in the Western and South.
western States it is reported above.
A full average condition of rye and barley
is found in all States where sown, except III
the State of Nebraska, where the condition is
very low, owing to drought.
All the States show the wool clip equal to
or greater than last year, except New Hamp.
shire and California. Kansas reports an in.
crease of AZ per cent. and Nebraska 10. A
vast increase in the Territories is indicated by
the reports received, amounting to 20 per
cent. In Texas alone Is per cent. increase
is reported.
A full average condition is reported every.
where in apples, excepting in the Southern
Atlantic and Gulf States, where there is a
falling of: Reports show the condition Of
the peach crop about the same as apples, a
full average, excepting on the Pacific coast,
where the prospect is not very good. The
grape crop is reported favorable in all locali.
ties and as having enjoyed better condition
ofgrowth so far than either apples or peaches.
MIR. TILDEN SPEAKS.
The National Democratic Committee visit.
ed Mr.. Tilden at his residence on the 18th in
stant and we're received by Henry Tilden,
the ex-Governor's brother, Senator Herman,
August Schell and others. When Governor
Tilden appeared, Ex-Governor Stephenson
addressed him as follows:
Governor TTlden: The convention which as
assembled at Cincinnati nomied for President
and Vice President General Winfield Scott
Hancock and Hon. William Fl. English.
The committee charged with the duty of in
forming those eminent statesmen of the high
trust which has been rendered them, which
they have accepted, would have half per-
formed their duty if they did not come to pay
homage to him who by large majority was
oI.otod fnnr voors sro Your nnhIa snlede.