Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-17


be provided by such construction of the law
an easy method to lock up greenbacks and
disturb the money market at any time"
State Sunday School Convention.
- Mr.. Charles Petty, chairman of the
executive COMMITTEES, publishes the following
programme of exercises for the State Sunday
School Convention, which will be held in
Columbia on the 18th and 18th of April:
The Convention will be called to order at
10 A. NJ, the first day. The following sub.
iects will be discussed in the following order,
unless. otherwise ordered. Ample time will
be given for miscellaneous business and ques
tions {:
Rev. w. P. Jacobs-The proper use of it,
ustratons by the superintendent and teacher.
Rev. W. H. Strickland -Sunday.Schools
and Missons-Twn Sisters.
Major G. J. Patterson Way to Re-
tain and Interest Adults in Sunday School
Work
Rev. A. Coke Smith-The International
Lesson System-Its Merits and Defects.
Rev. j. Hawkins-Sunday-School Libra.
ries and Literature.
j. Adger Smyth-Methods in Preparation
and Teaching.
Rev. j. L. Girardeau-Perils of the Youth
of To- Day.
Rev. c. C. Brown-Organization and Re.
cords
There will be a mass meeting Tuesday
evening, the 18th Of April, under the direc.
ton of the committee of arrangements in
Columbia.
1t is desirable that each county send up a
full delegation. Arrangements will be made
with railroads for reduced rates for delegates.
DeJarnette's Afiancee.
The proverbial 6ckleness of the fair sex
has received a new illustration. Last Sum.
mer when Thomas DeJarnette killed bis SIS
ter in house of i'll fame in Danville, Va,
he was engaged to Miss Mary Allen Murray,
of Milton, N. c., who visited him very fire.
quenty for several months on his incarcera.
ton. DeJarnette was sentenced to be hang.
ed, but the Supreme court granted him a
new trial, which will be begun in short
time. Recently Miss Murray has not been
so constant in her visits to the prisoner. 1t
seems that at the time of her engagement
to DeJarnette, Charles Gordon and Alexan.
der Bonhum, two young men Of Milton, were
also rival suitors for her hand. About
week ago, Says ; Danville dispatch, the an
nouncement was made by the young lady
and her friends that she was to be married
to Mr.. BonhAm, and the marriage was 6xed
for next Thursday night Friday evening
Mr.. Gordon went to see the young lady, and
she told him that she had come TO the con-
clusion that he was the only one she had
ever loved, and she was willing to marry
him. Gordon, although he knew that her
marriage with Bonhum was fixed for next
Thursday night, proposed an immediate sol.
emnization of the nuptials. Saturday morn.
ing he obtained the marriage license, and
Monday evening magistrate, with witnesses,
met the couple by appointment on bridge
which crosses the stream near the suburbs Of
Milton, and there Miss Murray and Gordon
were quietly married. DeJarnette is quite
i'll in his cell, whether because Of the mar.
riage or long confinement is not known.
The Gar of Russia Assassinated.
- The United States Government has
received official information of the assassina.
ton of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia,
which occurred on Sunday afternoon last. A
dispatch to the London press from St. Peters
burg, gives the following particulars of the
affair:
As the Emperor was returning from the
parade in Michael Garden, about 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, bomb was thrown, which
exploded under the Cars carriage, which
was considerably damaged. The Gar alight
ed unhurt, but second bomb exploded at his
feet, shattering both legs below the knee and.
in6icLing other terrible injuries. The Car
was Immediately conveyed in an unconscious
state to the Winter Palace, where he died at
80 o'clock on the same afternoon.
Two persons were concerned in the crime,
one of whom was seized Immediately. The
explosion also killed an officer and two Co.'S
sacks. Many po icemen and other persons
were injured.
Another dispatch says:
The imperial carriage was attacked on the
Ekaterinofoky Canal, opposite the imperial
stable, while the Emperor was returning with
the Grand Duke Michael from Michael Pal.
ace, in close carriage, escorted by eight Cos.
sacks. The first bomb fell near the carriage,
destroying the back part of it. The Gar and
his brother alight I'd uninjured. The assassin,
on being seized by the Colonel of Police, drew
revolver but was prevented from firing. The
second bomb was then thrown by another
person and fell close to the Cars feet, its ex-
plosion shattering both Of his legs. The Car
fell, crying for help. Colonel 'Dorjibky,
though himself much injured, raised the
Emperor, who was conveyed to the Winter
Palace in sleigh. The second bomb-thrower
was not arrested, but disappeared in the
crowd.
On Monday the imperial family swore alle-
glance to Grand Duke Nicholas, who was
proclaimed Alexander III.
Garfield and the Temperance Cause.
- On Tuesday Of last week, the ladies of
the National Woraen's Christian Temperance
Union and the Mrs. Hayes Memorial Com
mission, who went to Washington to partici-
pate in the formal exercises pertaining to the
unveiliug of Mrs. Hayes portrait and the
placing of it in the Executive Mansion, as.
sembled in the east room. They were group.
ed about the painting, which occupies the
first panel in the east wall, next to the panel