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Frostburg mining journal., 1883-04-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Ttco Cent Postage and Ne,U Postal
Notes.

Beginning October lat, letter post
age will only be tao cents for each
half ou1os. A reduction in tn e
charge for postal money orders was
also made. Ths new Law reduces the
charge on orders under $40 from 10
to 8 cents; above $40 tbs old raj So
are mainiained. The old law allowed
the issue Of no money order for mor.
ttan $50, additional orders being re-.
quired for greater sums. The limit IL
now raised to $l00, aid the charge
for d one. e.hundred.dollar order is As
cents.
A very convenient device for mail
rsmittances of small sums Of money
has been provided by the law author
izinS the issue of three cent postal
notes. Tcese notes are in effect GER
tifcate' of deposit, nd may pass from
hand to hand like treasury notes or
checka. The plates for the printing
OF these no'e5 are zow being pr pared
The notes will, il size and general
appearance, resemble a bank note.
In the centre of the face appears the
name Of the iSsu;ng Office TO which it
is seut The naaes OF the twelve
months aud the dates of twelve years,
from 1888 to 1894, are printed at one
esd, aud at the other, columna oil
tsu ea representing dol ars, dimes
aud ce Is. The notes are O he i.suad
fer all sums undsr $5. The charge
is three cents for all denominations
The applicant buys the notes as he
would postage stamps, without the
formality o. a written application
The issuing postmaster punches the
date by year a'a month, and also
punches the figures indicating
its value in dollars, dimes, aud
cents up TO $4 80. 1t ID made pay q.
ble to this bearer at any time with n
three months from i,a issue, and the
signature Of the | ayss IL sfli1sl at The
Office of aymeHt. TIE ro,es will | e
ready for issue as soon as they can be
prepared.
They will be extremely convenient
for the Transmission by mail of small
sums fer subs rlplions to newspapers,
for looks and all articles OF less value
than $5. Those who have baak a,
counts d. not like to draw petty
checka for maj! amounts and the CD
tanning Of postal money orders being
TOO troublesome, such sums have gen.
erall been sent in bills, fractions o.
dollar being made up in posta se
stamps. Tho postal notes will be far
more convenient, but not appreciably
ssfer, 3, ce they viii tie pad to any
oGe presenting them.
N <snaper publ shers will derive
.rvat prac !c,l benefits from thls new
system of cheap moEsy orders, also
the magazine sad book publishers.
All denlers in merchandise Of smal
value will readily appreciate the adj
vantages of these pos al notes. The
pi iocess Of purchasing by fample vii
also BIZ facilitated and a trade wi icl
has already acquired large proportions
espt cially in dry goods, will be EN-
Iareed by the facility with which
moues can b, sent. The rostal note
can scarcely fail 10 be a popular tcrm
OF currency. It will be introduced
some inns before September, probably
about the first Of July.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-04-28

Cabin passage, $50 and 81 90 geld.
Sleerage pass &c from New York %
Liverpool, Quccn>tnwh, Glas.sw, Belfast,
Lonionitrry, Cardiff, or Bristol, $2S ;
IT, Dublin, $29; 10 London. S3l; to
Havi and PARIS, Hamburg, Antwerp, Hot
crdam, Bremt u, Cope nhHge. Amsterdam,
or Mannheim, S32. 10 New York from
Liverpool, Queenst w Glasgow, Bella t,
r Londonderry, *2l from Lon,oi., Car.
duff, or Brislo, $24 from Havre, Par.,
HAMBURG, An'v erp, Rotterdam, Bremt n,
"r ANS etdat. S27 from Gothenburg, or
copenhagen, S2S. For further PARTICULARS
II tckeIs apply L. r add ess
HOS u. PORTER,
March IL FrosthuIy, Nd
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-04-28

Local accommodation train leaves Cum
berand for CVnnellsvllle at $50 a M; re-
turning arrive Cumberland 700 p. m.
On and after Nov. 20, 1881. trains on
the Somerset and Cambria Branch will
run as follows: Northbound Leave
lockwood at 600 Il. In. and r. 40 p. M;
SomeIset, & 80 and 10 p. M, arrive Johns
town $50 q. M. and 3.05 p III. So, tn
bound-Ltaye Johnstown, 9.15 a. m. and
S.25 p. IN Somerset ll05 and 5.l5 p. M,
arrive lockwood, 1l.40 a III. and $50 p
III. All trains run daily.
THOMAS NJ. KING,
Genera. Sup't
E. ID. SMITH, Passenger Agent.
Dee
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-04-28
THE CUMBERLAND
Telephone Company.

HHE Cumberland Telephone Company
herewith present to the patrons a cor
rected list OF subscribeis to the Exchange.
In doing this we returr cur sincere
thanks FIR the enc"ular ment given ,he
enterprise ly our subscribers and the gen
,ral public Our aim has aen Ia, give eff.
ccLt service ani We shll er,ieaynr Ia
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-04-28

TO PHYsICIANs.-Ne 10 net find
fault, reproat h or condemn the rrac-
tice Of any regular physioian-thls is
not our mission --liut we do claim if
he wereto add Peruao to Lis prescrip-
tions ss directed in our book on the
"Illa Of Life" (and furnished gratuit-
ously by all druggists), he would cure
all his patients.
OswEGo, Potter County, Pa.
DIR. HARTMAN-Dear Sir !. The small
ulcers are all healed, and the two large
ones are lot more than half as large as
they were. | am feeling quite well. The
people say your Psruna and Aahalia arc
doing a miracle. do not take nearly SO
much opium as did before.
Mrs ELLEN MAYNARD.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-04-28

INQU1RER-What is the most scarce
American coin2 Don't know, sir /;
dollars are quite scarce enough.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
THE OLD SOUTHERN EXPRESS.

A Washington dispatch says that suit is
about being instituted in the District Courts
to determine the liability Of the stockhold-
ers in the National Express and Transporter
tion Company. This was company which
started after the war to do the express busi-
ness in the South and was chartered by the
State of Virginia. For while its business
was large and its directors consisted of some
of the most prominentSouthe nmen. Many
business men Of Washington and Baltimore
subscribed for or purchased the stock for in
vestment as holding out prospects of liberal
returns, but owing possibly to extravaganza
and mismanagement, after calling assess
ments of $40 per share onits stock, the COM
pany closed business in 1867.
After period of seventeen years certain
creditors of the company are now trying to
collect sufficient assessments from the stock
holders Of the late company to pay their
claims, but so many questions of liability
and equity are concerned that it probably
can only be settled, so far as the District
stockholders are concerned, by an eventual
appeal to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
The assessment necessary to pay the in
debtedness of the defunct concern will be
about SIT on each share of stock. The Char
lotte Observer says that the intelligence of
the proposed action of the creditors caused
quite futter in that city, where large
number of shares were held, but after con-
sultation, the shareholders concluded that
they were liable and would have to pay.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
CONTESTS IN CONGRESS.

Among the contests for seats in the next
Cangress there will be several of peculiar in
terest. Papers have already been filed with
Mr.. Mcpherson, the clerk of the house, in
the following cases: From the second dis
trict of Alabama there will be two contest
ants, G. H. Craig and j. w. Jones for the
seat of Charles NJ. Shelly. Benz. +. Fred
erick will contest the seat of James Wilson,
of the fifth Iowa district. S. n. Wood
claims that he was elected from Kansas in
stead of Samuel r. Peters. George F. Gar
rison challenges the right of Robert NJ. Mayo
to the seat belonging to the first district of
Virginia. In the seventh district of Vir-
ginia the certificate wasgiven to John Paul,
who was subsequently appointed United
States Judge. The Governor of Virginia
has made no provision for a special election
to fill the vacancy, and it is supposed that he
prefers to wait and see what action the house
will take on the contest made by G. II. o.
Ferrall for the seat. The most interesting
contest will be between Chalmers and Man.
ming, of the second Mississippi, and VIM.
Mckinley, Jr., and Jonathan II. Wallace,
of the seventh Ohio district. These two
cases are likely to occupy considerable time
and cause warm discussion. There were
several other notices Of contest filed soon
after the election, but they have since been
withdrawn.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

\ serious accident occurred to the north
bound train on the Chester and Lenoir Rail-
road, on Wednesday evening Of last week,
between Gastonia and Dallas. The GastO-
MIA Gazette gives the following particulars
of the affair:
The train jumped the track near Brad
ley's Branch, about mile above town, and
being on steep grade the cars could not be
checked until they rushed down the grade
and over the trestle, tearing up everything
as they went. The track was torn up for fifty
yards and the trestle was completely de-
molished. The baggage, express, and sec
Ond class cars were capsized, and the ladies'
car was turned to one side on the bank of a
precipice. The following passengers were
on board besides the train hands; Mrs.
Gregory, Newton Mrs. Gillian and three
grandchildren, Columbus county, Ga. Mrs.
Kirby and two children, and Mrs. Robin
son Of Castor Mrs. Roberts, of Cleveland
county; Mr.. Grose, of Lancaster, S. C..
Mrs. Gillian was hurt in the side and back
slightly. Mrs. Kirby's child was slightly
bruised on the head. Mr.. Wolfing, the eX-
pressman, painfully hurt in the ankle. Mr..
Grist and Mr.. Akin, mail agents, escaped
miraculously. Mr.. Falls, proprietor of the
Falls House, went Immediately with his
hack to the wreck, and with the assistance
of Mr.. Bradley brought all the passengers
to the hotel, where they were cared for.
The wreck is the worst that has ever taken
place on this road.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
70 on the 18th of last month, resolutions

go on the 18th of last month, resolutions
were passed instructing the chairman to
communicate with the State Department
with view to securing instructions to the
American Minister to England to use his
influence toward securing an impartial trial
for O'Donnell as an American citizen on
the charge of the murder of the informer
Carey, and ask modification of the rules
of practice. before the British Court to the
extent of allowing Americans to act as
O'Donnell's counsel. Secretary Frelinghuy-
sen, replying, says: "In the event of it's
being ascertained that Patrick O'Donnell
is an American citizen, he will receive from
the Executive Department of this govern
mene all the protection to which he is en-
titled, in harmony with the resolutions you
enclose. 1t is not within the province of
this department to ask a modification of
a ruling of the Court in this particular
case" He adds that if the English Court
should need an assurance of the standing
of the counsel from this country the Ameri-
can Minister will be instructed to give such
assurance,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
COTTON PICKING MACHINERY.

1t does really seem that the days of cotton
picking by hand are about numbered. The
Charleston Ne,cs ond Courier publishes a
lengthy descriptive article on cotton pick
ing machine recently patented by Mr.. c. t.
Mason, Jr., of Sumter, which doesthe work
thoroughly and without injury to the plant.
The trial test showed the capacity of the
machine to be 200 pounds an hour, which is
by no means its limit, and a much larger
gathering in pounds in the same time is
looked for. One man and one horse easily
manipulate the entire machinery. With
one of these machines, a planter can gather
his cotton at cost of only 81 per bale,
whereas it now costs 81. Taking this into
consideration, the saving will be great, to
say nothing of the other advantages which
such a machine would suggest. 1t is ex-
pected they will be ready for introduction
for the gathering of the next crop, and then
planters will live, as it were, in new age.
There is no humbug in this, and the cotton
picker of old will remember his avocation
as a thing of the past.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
Failing to pay the fine he went tC

The negroes of Lexington have been
stricken with the emigration fever. The
Dispatch says: 'The negroes of this county
have made up purse to pay the expenses
of Press Shackleford in visiting Arkansas
for the purpose of reporting the attractions
of that promised land, as they contemplate
an exodus. He will leave for Little Rock
next week."
- Rock Hill Herald, Thursday: The Rock
Hill Lodge of the Legion Of Honor has paid
Mrs. Anna Hall $1,000, the amount due her
on the death by her husband, Mr.. ]. Ira
Hall. Last week, the Knights of Honor
paid Mrs. Hall $4,000, that being the amount
due her by that order on the death of her
husband.
Columbia Register: About 260 rolls of
companies from South Carolina in the Con-
federate service have been sent to the Adj
.jutant and Inspector Generals office, "a are
in course of preparation and about 124 re-
main unaccounted for. 1t is earnestly urg-
ed upon those whose duty it is and pleasure
it should be to furnish these rolls of the
gallant Carolinians that they 60 to work
and prepare them. -.
In their presentment, last week, the
grand jury of Oconee county made the fol-
lowing recommendation "Believing that
as Il people our growth and prosperity are
retarded to a great extent by some Of the
laws of the State, and that no relief can be
obtained under the present. Constitution of
the State, they respectfully ask the dclega-
tion to the General Assembly from this
county to exert their influence in behalf of
the calling of Constitutional Convention"
- On the 1st instant, the South Carolina
Railroad abandoned the Barnwell branch,
a short line rnnningr from Blackville to
Barnwell court house, a, distance of fifteen
miles. This action is taken in consequence
of the new freight tariff which is made to
apply to the Barnwell road the rates in
use on the South Carolina road, at which
rates, it is claimed, it can only be operated
at loss of $500 month. Col. Peck, Super
intendent of the South Carolina road, says
other branch roads in the State will be
abandoned, and is probably correct, such
action having been threatened by the au-
thOritieS of other lines.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
The Mprkrille Gnquirer.
YORKVILLE, s. G. {:
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. s, 1883.
TUESDAYS ELECTIONS.

On last Tuesday elections were held in ten
States. Connecticut elected it's House of
REPRESENTATIVES and half it's Senate; Mary
land, Governor, Comptroller, Attorney Gen.
eral and Legislature; Massachusetts,, Gov
ernor, other State officers and Legislature {;
Minnesota, Governor and other State Off
GERS, railroad commissioner and also voted
upon three constitutional amendments !;
Mississippi elected a Legislature Nebraska
Justice of the Supreme Court and Univer-
sity Regents; New Jersey a Governor,
House of Representatives and part of the
Senate; New York elected Secretary ofState,
Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General,
Engineer and Surveyor, and both branches
of the Legislature, and also voted upon
proposition to abolish contract labor from
the State prisons Pennsylvania elected an
Auditor General and State Treasurer {;
Virginia, Assemblymen and part of its
Senate.
Of these States public attention is mainly
turned to New York, Massachusetts and
Virginia; to New York because of its i'm
portance as a factor in Presidential elec-
tions, and because of the squabbles among
the Democratic factions which make it no
easy matter to forecast results with any GER
tainty. Notwithstanding the reports pub
lished of established harmony between these
factions they don't seem to be any nearer
together than they ever were, and John kel-
ly, the Tammany boss, still insists on play
ing dictator, and runs his candidates, and
each of the other factions will do likewise,
thus dividing the Democratic vote for men,
bers of the Legislature and giving the Re-
publicans a good chance to walk in. This
split, however, is only confined to the city
of New York, and may not have much
damaging influence on the State at large.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
FROST.

The first killing frost Of the season in this
section occurred last Thursday morning,
about fifteen days later than usual. There
was also heavy frost on the succeeding
morning. Owing to the lateness Of frost,
and the generally propitious Weather, the
fall has been favorable to farmers. A larger
amount of cotton has opened than was ex-
pected, and mild weather has admitted of
much fall plowing and seeding. Farmers
tell us that oats have been sown plentifully
and the prospect for that crop is now very
promising. The frost has been general in
this State, and is noted as far north as Fred
ericksburg, Va. Ice was reported on the
End, at Society Hill, Darlington county, in
this State.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08

SAM LEE HEARD FROM.-Sam Lee, the
notorious South Carolina Radical politician,
has been heard from after a silence of sew
eral months. A Washington dispatch to
the New York Times thus recites Sans
latest adventures as related by himself:
Samuel Lee, Of Alabama, is very light
colOred man, who was recently conspicuous
as claimant for seat in Congress. He
did not get that but he was consoled by an
appointment as special agent of the General
Land Office. He is in the city at present,
and gives an account Of his occupation that
is not calculated to excite much desire to
serve the land office in his State. His work
is that Of detective. The hostility of the
people is SO great that he cannot allow his
business or even his name, to be known
He has to have guide thoroughly acquaint-
ed with the country and the people, as he
wouldarouse suspicious by his questions ifhe
travelled alone that would make it impossi-
BILE for him to get any accommodations, and
might lead to his being attended to in such
fashion that accommodations would be a
matter of no concern to him. In the re-
gion Of Alabama, where he is mostly en-
plOyed, he says that there is no one that
would give him meal or place to sleep,
knowing him to be an agent of the Govern.
ment. One man who knew that he had
some position under the Government did
give him a supper and breakfast, but did
not dare let him sleep in the house, and
Mr.. Lee spent the night in the woods. This
spirit of hostility is due in part to the fact
that the entire population is, directly or'in.
directly, interested in violating the land
laws and defrauding the Government, and
partly to the fact that this region is full of
mOOnshiners who are as much afraid OF a
special agent of the general land office as
they are of an agent Of the internal revenue
bureau. They would not tolerate any Off
Ger of the Government. Many of the So
called poor whites are employed by capital
lists to aid the latter in making fraudulent
entries of timber and mineral lands, and in
moment of extreme excitement they might
shoot rascally agent of the Government
who was trying to break up their business.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
CHURCH NOTICES.

Methodist Episcopal R. P. Franks,
Pastor. Services in the church at York
vile, forenoon and evening, next Sunday.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian-Rev.
r. Latham, Pastor. Services next Sunday
at Tirzah, to be conducted by Rev. w. A.
M. PlaXico.
Presbyterian-Rev. T. R. English, Pas
tor. Services at the usual hours next Sun
day, morning and evening.
Episcopal-Rev. Aug. Prentiss, Rector.
Services in the church of the Good Shep-
herd tomorrow (Friday) at I P. NJ. On
Sunday, morning prayer and holy commun-
ion at 1920 A. NJ. Sunday-schoOl at t ?.
M. evening prayer and sermon at p. M.
Baptist-Rev. J. f. Covington, Pastor.
Services at II A, M.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
THE GRUBER FAMILY.

The Gruber family played to large audi
ences in College Hall on Monday and Tues
day nights. Mr.. Grubed is natural musi-
clan and genius in his way. He discards
much of what he terms the theory of music
as exemplified by the teachers, and pr
forms by what he claims to be the practical
method. However mufh he may differ
from other eXponents OF the divine art, it
cannot be denied that he produces a rich,
full tone on the violin, and his style is pleas
ing. Mrs. Gruber is 4 vocalist of high
merit, and the children -four in number,
the youngest only four u Nears of age-seem
to inherit the musical TALENT of their pa
rents, and their perform lances elected en-
comums of praise. With the. accustomed
liberality Of Mr.. Grubdr every time he
visits Yorllville, appropfiating share of
his receipts to beneticent object, on the
present occasion he gave Il portion to the
cemetery fund, anact of liberality which our
citizens fully appreciate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
JUDGE WITHERsPOON.

Judge Witherspoon left his home in this
place last Saturday fof Charleston, where he
will preside over the Circuit Court OF that
county which convent ed last Monday morn
ing. The Neacs and Courier says the work
of the Sessions, as it always is at the fall
term, is very heavy. There are sixty pris-
oners in Jail for otfenees ranging from muir
der down to hog stealing. The majority of
the cases are for larceny. The case against
Emil Hyman, charged with the murder of
Fannie Cochran, which resulted in a mis-
trial at the last term, Is the only murder
case for trial. The solici tor thinks the work
will occupy the attentid On of the Court for
ten DAYS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
SAI,ES.DAY,

Monday last, sales-day for November,
was propitious day, which, with the at
fractions of Court week, induced large at
tendance of people in town. The day passed
quietly, however, with the exception of one
knock down, which occurred near the beef
market. The assailed man, whose name we
did not learn, was white, and SO, we pre-
sumo, was his assailant, though we could not
learn his name, nor the origin of the diff
Guilty The horse-swapping brigade was out
in full force, and a number of costanogas
changed hands, presumably to the satistac-
ton of all parties.
The Sheriff sold, by virtue Of ar11t of fert
facias, the interest Of VIM. B. Davidson
in a tract of land near Bethany Church.
Bought by w. Porter Good for $40.
The Clerk of Court sold the following
property:
At the suit of Emily Atkinson VS.. l.. G.
McCreight and others, tract of 164 acres on
Fishing Creek. Bought by j. NJ. Williford
at $3.50 per acre.
At the suit of Jerome G.. Miller VS.. Mary
O. Miller and others, tract of 80 acres, known
as Miller's Mill, on Allison Creek. Bought
by J. C. Miller for 81 800.
At the suit of Samuel NJ. Fewell, Execu-
tor, VS.. A. F. FeWell and others, house and
lot in Rock Hill. Bought by w. j. Raw
inson for 5000.
At the suit of w. u. Kell and others VS..
Banks Kell and others, tract "No. B." of
the lands belonging to estate of the late
John G. Kell. Bought by George c. Leech
at S7.55 per acre. Tract "No. g." of the
same estate, "A acres. Bought by George c.
Leech at S12.25 per acre.
All the notes and accounts due the late
firm of j. j. Smith & Co., as advertised in
our last issue, except the account of Sam
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08

Brian, colored, for 1.65, were sold by their
Assignee, and brought the sum of $3.50.
The account of Sam Brian had been paid on
the first day of October, and was included
in the advertised list through an oversight
on the mart of the Assignee.