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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-11-24
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

To conform with changes Of schedule of
connecting roads, the schedule of the Chester
and Lenoir Railroad was changed last Mon
day. Going south, the train now leaves Lin
colnton at A. NJ, and arrives at Yorkville
at 10. Returning, going north, the train
leaves Chester at $50 P. NJ, and arrives at
Yorkville at 4.55. BY this arrangement close
connection will be made with the day passen-
ger trains on the c., C. & A. road, when the
trains of the c.. G. A. are on schedule time.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-11-24

SPECIAL NOTICE..
4 IL persons indebted to Us by Note or Account
"A are requested to call and settle up as our bns-
ness must be, closed, " j. J. SMITH d co. =
, 1881-03-23
NOTICE.

Departed this life on the 7th inst,,
Captain DANIEL MORGAN, master of Brig
"George" belonging to the firm of Frank
Phipps s. Co. of New Haven, Conn, who
persisted in the waves of a tempestuous
sea after the loss of the Brig, that founder
ed in consequence of severe weather, I'D
about Lat. 35 North, on her way to New
Haven.
The melancholy news was brought Us
by Captain G. BROWN, master OF the
Schooner " ocean Traveller, who encoun-
tered the brig in her sinking condition and
by whose assistance four men of the crew
were saved; the skilful and ready aid
rendered in behalf of the remaining por-
tion of the crew, including the Captain,
stranded only upon the fury of the element,
the angry waves sweeping, one by one, the
Inflated men off the life-raft launched by
the rescuing vessel to succour them and
upon which they had succeeded in getting;
thus perishing in the presence OF friends,
who being unable to render further assis-
lance had, with bleeding hearts, to witness
the melancholy scene.
The sad occurrence has filed many
hearts with grief, more especially those of
his nearest friends and -acquaintances.
who, deeply deploring his fate and regret
ting his loss, will ever cherish the memory
of one, whose ~affability, genial kindness,
and true hearted friendship have endeared
him not only to them, but to all classes of
the community.
To his bereaved mother and wife in
America we tender our heartfelt sympathy
in their distress, and trust that the pOig.
nant pangs of grief which they will expe-
rience in the loss of q loving son and a
tender husband, may be asSuaged by the
recollection that
Faith beholds the dying here
Translated to q happier sphere;
and that he leaves behind him a memory,
respected and esteemed by all who knew
him, of whom, one offers this tribute to
the worth of his departed friend.
"S...n
Frederiksted st. Croix, March 21st 1881.
, 1881-03-23

to our ruin, of the i'll effects of dispensing
Rum freely to laborers, I beg to call the
attention of the Honorable Colonial Coun,a
Gil to the evil with which we are threaten
ed, if he practice of selling rum and other
spirituous liquors on Estates is not check
ed, and hope they will introduce and SUBJ
.sequently pass a Law imposing a fine of
not less 'han 5000, on parties found ille-
gally disposing of Rum-the half of said
fine to be given to the informant, and the
other half to the Poor Fund. The i'll aris-
ing from drunkenness among labourers on
the Estates is sufficient cause to insure the
passing of such a Law, and / am c~onvinc-
ed if the Honorable Members have not for
gotten the destruction of West End. and
the Estates On 1st October 1878, caused by
drunkenness, that such a Law would meet
their entire appreciation.
Another infringement of The Law, is
that of selling Provisions on Estates,
which traffic is extensively carried on, not
by laborers, but by the Planters, their
wives, OF housekeepers.
In closing, MIR. Editor, / have but one
question to ask, How are the licenced
shopkeepers to support the taxes imposed
on them, if planters and others are 10 con-
time selling Rum and Provisions in an
illegal manners
JUSTICE.
Frsderiksted
, 1881-03-23
Trederiksted st. Croix, March s1st 1881
To the Editor Of the St. Cr0is Avis.
Dear Mr.. Editor,

Dear Mr.. Editor,
I am glad to inform you that the evil
which has depressed the sale of Rum, in
this town especially, has at last been
brought to public notice, a case having
been before the Courts, wherein a planter
is implicated, as I have heard, for selling
Bum to his housekeeper, which was retail
ed, apparently with his consent, to the
labonrers on the Estate one of whom got
drunk, was insolent to the Manager, who
had him arrested, and in the Court he
acknowledged to have been the worse for
liquor sold him by the housekeeper.
I have no doubt the authorities will
fine the infringer, but as the Law only pre-.
scribes a fine of about sl5, it will be
willingly paid, and the NAL practice con-
tinued.
Now if the fine inflicted was equal to
that imposed by the Laws of the English
Islands for similar offence (E100), I am
sure this nuisance would be unheard of;
and as the Estate now in question is not
the only one on which Rum is illegally
dispozsd Of, and as We are all aware, much
, 1881-03-23

After some discussion a resolution in
substance as follows was agreed to-After
the explanations of the President. the
Council, trusting that the administration
will see that no loss falls on the Colonial
Treasury on account of these remittances
and thai they will be shewn in the annual
accounts in a lucid manner. passes to the
Order of the Day.
The schooner Ocean Traveller, Capt.
Brown. arrived in West End on Saturday
last having ON board the mate and three
men from the American brig George.
The George was the property OF Mr., Frank
Phipps of New Haven, and was an old
trader here, having made SO voyages to
this island, all of which had been accom-
plishsd without any mishap. a cores
pondent, who sends us an obituary notice
of Capt. Morgan, gives some details OF
the sad occurrence accompanying the
abandonment of the vessel in a sinking
condition in Lat. So north. We may d
that the survivors brought to West End
were saved by passing from the wreck to
the Ocean TrGueller in the briggs boat. 1t
was after the boat was dashed to pieces
against the schooner's side, that q raft was
constructed, and from this the Captain
and 3 men, exhausted as they were by
their work at the pumps and the wheel
for more than two days previously, were
washed off by the violence OF the sea.
, 1881-03-23
COLONIAL N Il W s.

Port of Spain has beenthe scene ola
serious disturbance arising from the
interference of the police with some
bands of masqueraders during the car
nival On the night Of Sunday 27th
, 1881-03-23


in the professions of maskers, and
wished to restrict the performances
to a certain part OF the town The
style of the performances may be
gathered from the following extract
Of a letter published in the Chron;-
Gle.
"Sir,-Can you inform me what
was the meaning of the Canboulay
or Cannes "Brulees."
I say was advisedly, for from whit
information I have gathered from
such folks whose curiosity has led
them to leave their beds during the
small hours of the morning to see it,
[ have come to the conclusion that
it lei at present the assembling of
half intoxicated crowds of men and
women for unlimited yelling TO the
accompaniment of a horrid drum,
varied at intervals by desperate stick,
fights, assisted by a liberal use of
stones and bottles"
In the endeavour to carry out
the wishof the Governmentonthe Sun
day night the police came into col
lision with the mob. who it seems
were determined to maintain their
asserted right to visit any part Of the
town.
Several of the police officers as
we'll asmasqueraders received serious
injuries. Finally the mob was dis
persed, threatening however to meet
in stronger force in the morning.
The police were withdrawn to their
barracks at six o'clock, and what
followed is thus narrated by the
Chronicle.
"The police having been withdrawn
from about their stations in Town
at six IN the morning to recruit them
selves after the fatigue and hard
treatment they had received over
night, the masqueraders had it all to.
themselves for several hours to do as
they liked-and with the exception
Of a few fights between rival bandes
or Negres Jardins' (who seem to
have a strange liking for breaking
each others sconces) the masquerade
ers were, on the whole, more anus
ing than anything else. 'Pierrots"
gorgeously and expensiyely dressed,
their dresses being made Of velvet
and similar expensive material Costing
usually fifteen to twenty dollars
(some over thirty y, with Che usunl
c0mbats a la Iqnese (tlfe whalebone
whips costing S. to s apieceb and
the usual bombastic speeches were
delivered by said Pierrots, some of
them being outrageously absurd
one player declaring his cousinship
to the late Duk5 of Wellington
caricatures of old women, and repre-
sensations of "Pinafore'' by a party
of young clerks who took the literal
meaning of the word and acted on it
by wearing ~pinafores, Cinnamon, Coo
lies, all were well initiated and clever
ly represented by players who took
off their peculiar traits to a T. Bands
OF Pasanis not SO vulgar as last year,
stalwart school girls, Spanish morris
dancersin beautiful costumes represent,
ing Indian Caciques, shoe-blacks-
as importunate for a job as usual, and
not over complimentary to those who
, 1881-03-23
To the Editor Of the st. Croir Avis.

Sirl
Permit me through your valuable co.
lumns to give publicity to the fol.
lowing communication, and believe me
ever to be your most faithful Servant.
On Tuesday March LIST 1881 the Members
of the "Fredericksted Associations in this
island, having obtained, through the re-
commentator of the brilliant Star
Lodge, No, 1908, of Grand United Order
of Odd Fellows in the island of st. Thomas.
a Loyal Dispensation, from the Sub.
Committee of Management, for the
opening of their Lodge, Gem Of The
Ocean" No. 2164 G. q. o. of O. F.,
the Members further desired of their
Delegate that an invitation be unanimous.
~ extended to the Officers and Members
of the brilliant STAR Lodge and that
they would honour the occasion by com.
ing across and taking part in the ceremony
adopted for the opening Of the G. O.
T. o. No. 2,164,
Form Of PrOceSSiOn:-The Officers and
Members of the Brilliant Star Lodge
assembled at q house prepared for the
purpose in Queen Street No. 90, the
Military Band being in readiness to accom-.
pany them.
Between the hours of four and five. the
procession was formed by the P. MA
P. s., JOSEPH L. CRoGMAN, in the follow.
ing manner:
Military Band performing the
Cheering Ode of the Order "See,
the conquering hero comes' in
front.
Inner Guardian with drawn sword.
Junior Members with the Flag of
the Lodge.
Chaplain with open Bible.
Two P. N. Fs. with ~Dispensation.
Private Members 2 abreast.
Secretary and Worthy Treasurer.
V. 6. with supports.
p. N. F. with Laws &c.
Outer Guardian with drawn sword.
The procession marched down street and
as the company arrived opposite the re-.
sidence of the Police Master, it haI ted,
and the band struck up the National
Anthem, after which, the procession
moved onward to the Lodge Hall
No. "a N. G., halted and opened column.
The Senior Officers advanced and entered
the gates of the Temple, while the Guardi-
ans stood BY with crossed swords. On
entering the Lodge room, the officers de-
posted the Di%spensation. Bible. Laws.
and Flag of "Gem of the ocean, in their
respective places. The Delegate and Com.
missioner Bro. j. I. HoRsFoRD offered I'D
a prayer of Thanksgiving, after which he
gave a brief address to the Brethren, ON
the duty entrusted in their hands, and
concluded declaring Meeting closed until
80 2. M. when the Members of the Asso-
citation would be initiated into the Mystic
family OF f. L. s. T.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
Democratic State Convention,
Rooms OF Dem. STATE CEN. Conf
COLUMBUS, O., May 20, 1881.

Rooms OF Dem. STATE Cen. Conf
COLUMBUS, O., May 20, 1881.
At a meeting of the Democratic
State Central Committee, held in
Columbus, May 10Th, it was resolved
to hold the State Convention of the
Democracy, of Ohio at the City OF
Columbus, on Wednesday, July 10,
1881, at 10 o'clock A. N.
It will be the duty of this Conven.
tion to select candidates for the fol
lowing officers to be voted for at the
October election, to-wit:
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Treasurer of State.
One Judge of the Supreme Court
Attorney General.
One member of tie Board of Pub
lie Works. @
Also to select one member from
each Congressional District to con.
stitute the State Central Committee
for the ensuing year, and to transact
such other business IS may come be.
fore it.
The ratio to said State Convention
shall be one delegate for each soc
votes cast for Winfield S. HancocB
in 1880, and one vote for every frnc.
ton of $50 and upwards. which will
entitle the several counties to the
following representation, to-wit:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

The treatment which Senator Bruce
received ut the hands of the Demo.
cratic Senate, ought to, but Ct course
it vii. not, convince the most rabid
and stupid of Northern malignants-
that a colored Southern Republican
who is decent, manly and sensible
will not only be tolerated bat respect
ed and esteemed by his Democratic
neighbors at the South. MI. Bruce
during his term in the Senate behav.
ed like an honest man and was treat
ed like an honest man. A Demo.
cratic Senate confirmed his nomina.
ton unanimously and the motion fol-
his confirmation was made by his
late cofieague, Mr.. Lamar, while Sen.
ator George, the author of the Mis-.
sissippi plaza monster las is well
known to all radical Republicans,
cannot get an appetite for his break.
fast without killing at least a dozen
negroes from his bath room window
after which he washes his hands and
exclaims, "Fie upon this quiet life!
never once SO much as appealed
against Bruce to the courtesy of the
Senate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c.
May %, 1881.

WASHINGTON, d. ca
May %, 1881.
The administration might be con
fdent in the strength that q hundred
Thousand offices give it, but does not
seem to be. Secretary Blaine has
gone to New York, in the midst of
the grea: Senatorial fight, and no
number Of assurances viii convince
the people that he did not go in the
interest of the anti Conkling party.
If he went at the request or with the
consent of the President, the latter
has been guilty of an act showing
even a greater disregard for the dig
nifty of his office than was shown in
his repeated statements, a fortnight
ago, that Republican Senators would
be rewarded or punished according
ly as they voted for or against Ro-
bertson's confirmation. If Blaine
went of his own motion the trip can
be more easily accounted for, though
in no way excused. His bitter per-
sonal hostility to Conkling has caus-
ed him before this to make unseen
ly displays ofhimself. None of them,
however, were so utterly unpardona-
BILE as this, for then he represented
only a State, but now is the head OF
the Cabinet and represents the ad-
ministration and-however indecent
ly he may acts supposed to act
for the whole people. Nothing could
aid Mr.. Conkling mor than this
journey of the Secretary Of State,
displaying as it does at once the
fears and faults of the administra-
ton.
For many reasons, Secretary Win
dom and Post Master General James
are to be commended. They left po-
litical intrigue and discussion behind
them when they entered the Cabinet.
They attend strictly and laborously
to the business of their very impor-
tant Departments. They are vigor-
ously endeavoring to find out any ir-
Irregularities or frauds that exist, or
are possible as their forces have been
and are now organized. Both have
found occasion to dispense with the
services of high subordinates, and
are pushing inve stigations which
must end in the retirement of many
more. 1t is an instructive fact that
all these displaced and suspected
parties are old employees and have
grown up with the faults of admins
tration oftheir Bureaus. By and by
we shall be well enough educated in
government affairs to know that fire.
quent changes in Cabinet and Blu.
reau officers conduce to the purity as
well as the vigor of administration
Washington is about to follow the
example of other cities and attempt
to enforce the Sunday laws against
the liquor and other traffic. Here
the laws are sufficient, and there
would seem to be no excuse for theil
non-enforcement, for absolute power
is placed in the hands of officials APP.
pointed by the President and not
answerable to the people at the polls
OF elsewhere. Yet except in a few
sections of the city only the front
doors of restaurants are closed.
ALI will be gratified to learn thai
the health of Mrs. Garfield is sc
much improved she is considered out
of danger. Her physicians report
that she will be completely restored
in a short time. DEM.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

On the night of the 10Th inst, a
mob, supposed to be the Darke coun-
~ Vigilance Committee, that has
shot down two men in their own
doors, and has driven many more
from the county, went to the house
of O farmer named Timmons, living
eight miles from Palestine, their
headquarters, and after breaking in
his doors and destroying all the per
sonal property, posted a notice on
his gate-post, commanding him to
leave the neighborhood within two
days on penalty of being killed
His landlord and nearest neighbor,
named Emrick, was warned to leave
within five day
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
eton. AfeW weeks ago he made a

dleton. Afew weeks ago he made a
most eloquent speech denouncing
the ~treachery of Malone, but, on last
Thursday, inlvoting for Stanley Mat
thews, he has severed the political
friendship Entertained for him by a
host of the best Democrats of Ohio,
and caused strong feelings of regret
at his course in this important mat
ter. When Democratic Senators, by
voice or vote, indorse or support any
person who was, connected with the
Presidential steal of 1875, so promi-
nently as Matthews was, it becomes
a subject of regret, chagrin and dis
appointment to thousands of their
constituents and personal political
friends. Malone is traitor, but he
had too much honor to vote for Mat
thews. Two Republican Senators
from Ohio could have done no worse.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

A prominent New York Republi-
can, Jacob Worth, of Brooklyn, in
an interview with an Eagle reporter,
thus goes for Blaine: "We might
have withstood four years, or even
eight years, of Garfield withou
Blaine. With Blaine l fail to see
how we are to hold together. There
is no doubt that Blaine is at last ap
preciated in his true colors. For
years he stood as the representative
of the young Republicanism of the
country-the leader about whom the
young men of the party were expect,
ed to rally with enthusiasm. To-day,
deprived of the self-imposed laurels
gained in the House debates, he ap-
pears before the people an exposed
trickster and a rank corruptionist.
1t is not surprising that the friends
of Senator Conkling are indignant.
Here we have a spectacle unparallel,
ed in American politics. The Blaine
who groveled, with suicidal threats
upon his lips, at the feet of Mulligan,
who sold his influence as Speaker OF
the House of Representatives to rail.
road stock jobbers, who by his AFRO.
giant and INSCRIPTIONS methods has
reversed the political complexion OF
his own State and lost it to the party
he disgraces, chuckles in the State
Department over the ruin he has
wrought, and boasts that he has driv-
en- the knife home to the heart OF
Roscoe Conkling. That a party can
survive such leadership as that OF
Blaine and Garfield is utterly beyond
the bounds of possibility.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
Ben LeFever.
New Lexington Herald.

We are pleased to see that a num-
Der of our Democratic contempora-
ries in the Western part of the State
are urging the nomination of Ben
LeFever for Governor.
Ben LeFever is one of the best,
one of the ablest and one of the most
popular Democrats of Ohio. He rep
resents in Congress the strongest
Democratic District in the country
and a constituency as true and as in
telligent as any man in the Amer
can Congress.
He is a fighter in wal and politics,
a leader always in the front, a Dem
ocrat always faithful to lis party.
He belongs in a district where Dem
ocrats are numerous and where his
personal popularity will bring every
man to the polls.
We can carry Ohio this year. We
will not do so by converting Repub.
licans. It will be by getting out our
vote. It occurs to US that a grand,
royal, genial gentleman, a Democrat
ic warrior like Ben LeFever will
bring out more votes than any man
yet named.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02
If-as seems likely to be the case

I-as seems likely to be the case
1.-The grand old Republican party
should go to pieces, what a glorious
record it viii leave! 1t came into
power as minority party; it post
poned its election from power by
stealing one election and buying an
other with money filched from the
public treasury; it had for the last
twelve years of life no issue on which
to appeal to the people save ISLANDERS
about the South, and it finally died
of a squabble over a custom house
and an attempt to put a repudiating
Confederate and apologist of Star
route thieves into two offices of the
United States Senate. Selah!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-02

Acensus bulletin just issued places
the center of population of the Uni
ted States, "eight miles west oy south
from the heart of the city of Cincin-
natl. This places it in Kentucky,
one mile from the south bank of the
Ohio river, and one and a half mile
southeast Of the ' illage of Taylors-
Vile" The center of population
since 1880 has been as follows: In
.1790, twenty-three miles east of Bal
timore; in 1900, eighteen miles west
of Baltimore; in 1910, forty miles
northwest by west of Washington
in 1920, sixteen miles north of Wood
stock; in 1880, nineteen miles west
by southwest of Moorfield; in 1910,
sixteen miles south of Clarksburg
in 1850, twenty-three miles south.
east of Parkersburg, in 1860, twenty
miles south of C~h:llicothe; in 1870,
fortyseight miles east by north Of
Cincinnati; in 1880, eight miles west
by south of Cincinnati.