Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-06-14
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

dozen of heavy bundles Of oats, which is
equivalent to 100 bushels an acre.
The merchants of Greenvlle are making
large sales of agricultural implements to the
farmers of Greenville, Spartanburg, Ander-
son and Pickens counties.
The shipments of western corn to Cam
den this season has been much less than in
former years. Our farmers seem to be grad
ually learning the Importance of planting
something besides cotton.
Three hundred and five crates of peaches
have been shipped, to date, from Williston,
Barnwell county. Heavy daily shipments
of cabbage and potatoes are being made to
northern and western markets.
-Abbeville Medium "The weather which
has continued dry so long, makes it impos-
sible to predict how the crops of the county
will turn out. Wheat is said to be very fine.
Oats will not yield as much as last year.
Corn is not growing and cotton is in dam
ger Of the sore shin."
The Carolina Spartan says that the wheat
crop is better than reported last week. The
grain promises to be very plump and heavy
and the yield good. Cotton is growing
slowly, the weather being too dry for rapid
growth. Spring sown oats are very low, and
the grain will be light unless it rains this
week. Gardens are doing but little good.
Where there is good stand of corn and cot
ton there is no loss yet on account of the dry
weather.
WILD WORK OF WIND AND RAMA
Dallas, Texas, dispatch says that the storm
on Saturday night seems to have done its
work in narrow strips in sections miles
apart At Cedar Hill, south of Dallas, the
farmers report that growing crops were
fattened to the ground, fences were blown
down and reapers and wagons standing in
the fields rolled over and over by the fury
of the winds. Near Hutchins Station the
destruction was so complete as to disheart-
EN- the people, some of whom moved to
town yesterday, having given up farming
and turned their attention to working as
day laborers. Wheat standing in shocks
was scattered to the winds, water in huge
streams flowed on the fields and cut jagged
ruts through what had been model stands
of corn, cotton and grain. Hail stones Of
large size were banked up in low places and
left traces of the havoc they wrought in a
number of dead bodies of sheep, calves,
rabbits, dogs and birds, which are to be
seen on all sides. Fifteen miles west of
Dallas, great trees were, torn up and carried
long distances, orchards were twisted and
stripped of branches and young fruit was
strewn on the ground.
A heavy wind storm, accompanied by
rain, struck the southwestern portion of the
city of Springfield last Friday evening,
unroofng several houses, blowing down
barns, fences, &C., doing quite a large
amount of damage. No one injured. Spe-
cial dispatches to the State Register from
Bluffs Chapel, Jackson, Berlin and other
points along the Wabash Railroad, west
of the city, report the heaviest rain storm
that has fallen for years, the whole country
flooded and great damage done to the crops.
HANGED.-Elbert NJ. Stephenson was
hanged at Lawrenceville, Ga, last Friday
in the presence Of 5000 people, for the MUIR
der of his aunt a year ago last August. One
Sunday morning Mrs. Stephenson was found
dying, with several bullets in her side. She
said her nephew shot her. Stephenson was
arrested while arranging his tent at camp
meeting. He denied any knowledge of the
crime, but subsequently confessed that he
had lived in adultery several years with
his aunt, and that her son fired at him
eight weeks and testified at the preliminary
trial. She said as she saw Stephenson run
ming across the yard with gun in his hand,
she felt that he was going to kill her, because
she was going to marry one Hiram Young.
1t was proven that her son was not on the
premises when she was shot, and no doubt
remained of fStephenson'sg guilt. When SEN
fenced he began playing crazy, but without
shaking faith in his sanity. Thursday heS
requested that a brass band should play
"Golden Slippers" at the gallows. His re-
request was refused; Stephenson showed no
sign of emotion on the galloWs He sat with
one foot on the trap and played with the
rope as he called men by name and famil-
iarly conversed with them. Many persons
asked him if he was guilty, but he answer
ed equivocally and to the last neither con-
fessed or denied his guilt. At seven min
utes past one o'clock the drop fell. Hisneck
was not broken and he hung forty minutes.
His wife refused to receive his body. His
uncle took itand buried it in thesame church
yard where lies the woman he murdered.
THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN.-Late advices
from Fort Bowie, Arizona are to the effect
that General Crook was in the Zahuarispa
district in the Southeastern part of Sonora,
on May 9th, and that up to that time he
had> had no general engagement with the
hostlles. This information comes through
Mexican officers who commanded small
detachment of Sonora State troops engaged
in scouting through Zahuarispa. The point
where Crook was met is about $50 miles
Southwest of the boundary line. A large
rancho was located there and detail of
American troops was engaged a procuring
large stock of provisions. The hostiles
had scattered but were being followed by
Crooks San Carlos scouts. Crook was con-
fident that his forces would overcome the
hOstiles in the heart of the mountains Cen
eral Crook stated that the march from Bow
ispe South had been a severe one, but the
troops were in good condition. He was
aware of the disposition of the Mexican
troops in Sonora and Chihuahua, and ex-
pressed satisfaction at the arrangements for
cooperation. On may Goth General Crook
entered the Sierra Madres again and pushed
South. These circumstances were commu-
nicated to General Bandoth, commander of
the Sonora State troops, and also to General
Torres at Hernersillo.
A SHOCKING MURDER.-A terrible MUIR
der was committed on Wednesday night of
last week about three miles from George
town, the unfortunate victim being II. H.
Rembert, young man of that community,
about % years of age, and the murderer Is
supposed to be Jerry Cox, colored. A cor
respondent of the NeUs and Courier, gives
the following particulars of the affair Rem
bert had taken Cox in the country with him
to buy beef, crossing the Sampit Ferry on
their way On their return they reached
the ferry about II or l o'clock Wednesday
night, when the fearful crime was commit
ted. Cox's statement is that young Rem
bert, being unable to get the ferryman to
put him over the river, attempted to swim
across, after having tied his clothes on his
back, and was drowned. Rembert's body
was found on Friday evening in the river
and was examined by three physicians. the
next morning. The examination disclosed
the facts that the deceased had received an
ugly blow on the side Of the head across the
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