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she.had misunderstood herhusband. Hence
she went to the capitol and turned itover to
the State officials. Vincent was cool, and
had much method in his madness.s The
night of his departure was spent at poker,
and as he rose from the gaming table,
whether successful or not we are not in
formed, he remarked that he had eaten
nothing since breakfast and must go and get
something. This was the last of Vincent
known to his associates.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-29
SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS.

The cars of the Chester and Lenoir Rail-
road were covered with snow when they
passed YOrkville last Monday morning.
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THE CHURCHES LAST SUNDAY.

The services at the Episcopal Church last
Sunday were peculiarly appropriate to the
day which Easter commentaries. The
church was handsomely decorated with ev-
ergreens and flowers. The chancel, pulpit
and reading desk were draped in white
damask, over which was wreathed floral
designs emblematic Of a Risen Saviour.
Over the chancel in letters Of evergreen,
were the words of the text Of the days
discourse: "Chrst, our passover is sacrificed
for us. Let us keep the feast" On white
damask, hung from the railing of the chan
eel, in letters of evergreen, were the lines !:
"Christ the Lord is risen to-day,
Sons of men and angels say"
The reading desk was also elaborately Or
namented with flowers, and in front of the
pulpit was beautiful monogram of the
letters "I H. S." (Jesus the Saviour of
men) surmounted by the word "Alleluia."
The music was exceptionally fine, and the
discourse of the minister, Rev. A. Prentiss,
from the words above quoted was highly
instructive and especially adapted to the
glad event the day commentaries in all
Christian lands.
At the Methodist Episcopal Church, the
Rev. w. w. Duncan, d. D., of Wofford
College, preached an able discourse from
Matthew 27: 42-"He saved others; himself
he cannot save" After the regular servl-
ces, DIR. Duncan spoke on the subject of ed
ucation, and in the interest of WoffOrd Col
lege, after which collection was taken for
the endowment fund of the College.
At the Presbyterian church, Rev. T. X.
English, pastor, the service was appropriate
to the day, the discourse heing founded
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-29
JOURNALISTIC.

The Charlotte Daily Journal has bought
out the Observer establishment of that city,
and on Tuesday morning last the first issue
of the consolidated journal appeared under
the title of the Daily Journal: Observer. The
consolidated publication is enlarged to 32-
column sheet, and is the largest daily now
printed in our sister State. Col. Jones, late
editor of the Observer, retires from journal
ism in North Carolina possibly forever. In
his retirement he carries the good will ofthe
newspaper craft wherever the Observer was
known. Under the consolidation the edito-
rial management is not announced, but we
presume it will continue under the conduct
of Hon. A. NJ. Waddell, who has been the
able editor of the Journal since it's establish
ment last AUGUST.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-29
PRESBYTERY OF BETHEL.

The next meeting of the Presbytery of
Bethel will be held in Yorkville, converting
on Friday before the third Sunday in April
next, 18th proximo, at 7.3O P. NJ. The last
meetings Of the Presbytery were at Bull
locks Creek Church, in this county, on the
22nd of last September, and at Abbeville,
on the 18th of October. Bethel Presbytery
embraces 80 churches, including II in York
county; in Lancaster; 8 in Chester, and s
in Fairfield, as follows:
York County-Ran.aL, Bethesda, Beth-Shiloh,
Yorllville, Bethel, Bullock's Creek, Harmony,
Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Olivet, Glover, Mount
Pleasant, Ebenezer, Shiloh, Beersheba, Allison
Creek, Hopewell.
Lancaster County-SiX Mile Creek, Tirzah,
Douglas, Lancastervllc, WaXhaw.
Chester County-Fishing Creek, Carmel Hill,
Purity, Concord, Pleasant Grove, Catholic, Cedar
Shoal, Smyrna, Zion.
Fairfield County--Scion, Horeb, Mount Olivet,
Mizpah, Lebanon, Salem, Aimwel, Longtown.
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GIRLS LIST.

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were declared the successful ones. Besides
the prizes awarded them, a special prize was
awarded to little Harry Smith, whose jug
contained S2O.55. The prizes consisted of a
hymn book to Miss Jefferys, a Bible to
Master Happerfeld-elegantly bound vol
umes-and a silver cup to little Harry
Smith. The prizes were presented by Col.
A. Coward, whose address to the recipi-
ents was we'll conceived; and while he drew
a moral from the occasion and pointed his
remarks with much wholesome advice, his
address was not devoid of humOr.
Besides the amounts above given, jug,
sent from Columbia by Miss Emmie Hama
han, contained S3.15, the receipts at the door
were $3.50, and the amount realized from
the auction of surplus jugs was 1885, max
ing total of $t20.65, which sum is to be ap-
piled for the benefit of the Sunday-school
But we must not omit mention Of the auc-
ton, which was conducted by that veteran
auctioneer, Col. McCorkle, and as the pre-
cedent had beeen established by speakers
who preceded him to enliven the occasion
with humor, he availed himself Of the Ii
cense always accorded to the auctioneer, and
kept the house in roars of laughter by his
sallies of wit until he disposed of the last
article.
The Sunday-school sung the closing song,
"Is 1t Far?" when the benedictiOn was pro-
nounced by the Rev. r. p. Franks.
The exercises were interspersed with fine
music rendered by the Yorkville string
band, and for the vocal music Mrs. Alice
Nail, of Chester, presided at the organ.
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EAS'rER.DAY.

yesterday occurred on last Sunday, the
25th instant, an event which, according to
astronomical calculation, has not happened
since l7+2, and will not happen again, ac-
cording to the same authority, until 1894.
The day was unusually inclement, even for
the season, and was more like northern
Christmas than a southern Easter. While
it was intensely cold, there was rain, snow
and sleet, with piercing wind, contrasting
singularly with the verdant fields and
blooming orchards. The elements seemed
at war, but the conflict will doubtless usher
in the vernal season, to which the farmers
are looking with impatience.
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BURNING OF A sMOKE-HOUsE.

The smOke-hOuse Of Maj. Thomas P.
Whitesides, who lives about 81 miles north
of Yorkville, was destroyed by fire on
Wednesday night Of last week. The fire
occurred about midnight, and was discov-
cred in the roof of the building, though no
theory is given as to it's origin. There was
600 or 700 pounds of bacon in the house,
all of which was saved in damaged con-
dition. A quantity of molasses, some pease,
potatoes, and number of other articles Of
small value were burnt with the building,
the whole loss amounting to about 500.
Something over two years ago Maj. White
sides had the misfortune to lose his grist
and saw mills and cotton gin by fire.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-29
CIRCUIT COURT.


March term of the Circuit Court for York
county, his Honor Judge Kershaw presiding,
convened at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, last Monday.
On the call, by the clerk, Of the roll of grand
Jurors drawn to serve during the present
year, the following answered other names
Alvin Smith, J. G. Gwin, William Dickson,
J.P. Epps, D. II. Partlow, J. D. Hamilton,
Alonzo Gettys, A. w. GLADDEN., R. M. Car
roll, Andy Hall, Peter Nance, George Gum
ming, Joseph A. Smith, w. J. Garrison,
James f. PleXicO, James Belts, s. "A. FeWell.
J. d. Hamilton was appointed foreman.
Solicitor CASTOR presented number OF
bills, which, after being placed in the hands
of the Court, his Honor briefly charged the
grand Jury as to their duties as the grand
inquest of the county. In charging the
Jury, he said their duties were tWo-fold-
first, to pass upon all bills presented by the
Solicitor, and after due investigation and
examination of such witnesses as were sent
before them, to say whether there is proba-
BILE cause to sustain the charge against the
accused 1t is not the duty of the grand
Jury to try the cause but simply to say
whether the evidence brought before them
is sufficient to establish the probable guilt
of the parties. II twelve of your number
agree from the facts, that there is probable
guilt, YOU will find true bill; but unless
twelve of your body so agree, you will re-
turn "NO bill"
Aftergeneral instructions as to their duties
in the grand jury room, his Honor further
instructed them that besides the ordinary
business coming before them, they are also
authorized to make presentment and bring
before the Court such matters as in their
Judgment are of any importance to the
public interests of York county. If the
grand jury know of any crime that has
been perpetrated in the county, and which
is not being prosecuted by any private in
dividual, if in the opinion of the grand
Jury the public interest would be subserved
by making presentment of the same, they
have the right to make the presentment;
but in such cases the grand jury need not
act if they think the publci interest does
not demand it.
The grand jury is also charged with the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-29

UnlOn.' Mr.. Bowen cOn1eSSoS CnaC the
newspaper readers Of the North can have
no adequate idea of the vastly altered con-
dition of things in the South since the war.
A dispatch of last Friday, from Fort
Benton, Montana, says: Runners and scouts
bring information of the most daring raidby
Creek Indians, who belong properly beyond
the Canadian line, that has been made in
many years. The party is supposed to
number 200 braves. One is represented as
moving down the Masias River, killing cat
tie and other stock as they 60. At daybreak
on the 18th instant, small company of Pie
gans, headed by Little Dog and two white
men, had a sharp engagement with the
Creeks, killing two Of them and securing
their scalps. Two Piegans were wounded
and one horse was killed. The bodies of
ten oxen were found near Fort Conrad,
which had been killed by the marauding
band, and forty horses were driven off by
the same party near the same place. The
Indians seem to be heading toward Canada
Near Fort Huachuca, Arizona, on the same
day, while a party were engaged around
some newly discovered coal fields, they
were attacked without warning by a band
of twenty-seyen Indians, and several men
were killed and three wounded.
- The Columbus, Ga, Times gives the fol-
lowing as the latest story of Vincent, Ala
bama's defaulting treasurer: People yet
abound, and we have talked with them in
the past few hours, who honestly think that
Vincent, the absconding treasurer OF our o.,
sister State, reads every morning early the
Montgomery Advertiser. Others say that ne
is in Canada. But it is very strange that OF
all the defaulting public officers for 50 large
an amount, nobody seems to know his loca-
ton despite the large reward offered for his
arrest. There is a singular circumstance
connected with Vincent's default, never, we
believe, before published, The slo,Ooo IN
his personal at the lme Ui hlS
we suppose, for her use. Upon opening the
package she found the first bill to be one OF
the denomination of $1,000. This led her
to conclude that it was public money, and
there must be some mistake about 1t, that
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-08
The Old War Generals.

OF the old war Generals, Meade,
Garfield. Thomas, Hooker, KiIpat-
rick, Burnside and Halleck are on
fame's eternal camping ground.
Grant is getting old, but has health,
plenty of money and enjoys life.
Sherman is sixtytour, but looks older.
Sheridan, who was o Major-Genera
at thirty, is to command the army at
ffty-One. Fitz John Porter is white
haired and broken In frame. McClel-
Ian is rich, rotund and round should
cred, with the activity of his life over.
Pleasanton, the cavalry hero, lives
quietly at Washington. Rosecrans,
The California Congressman, lives at
Washington, and his hair, with a
military cut is snow-white. Hawley
and Logan; well-preserved gentlemen
of fifty-seven. and Slocum. are in
Congress. Sickles is a New York
lawyer. Stoneman is Governor of
California. Doubleday is in New
York, writing a book. Humphreys,
Hunter and Crittenden, on the re-
tired list, live in Washington, FIRE.
mont, no longer rich, lives in New
York. Mcdowell is on the retired
list. Buell. is in business in Ken
lucky. Banks is U. S. Marshal.
Hancock, Pope and Schofield are
Major-G GENERALS in the army; Howard
a Brigadier. Terry is expected to
succeed Sheridan in chief command
of the army. Gilmore, Parke and
Weitsel are In charge of lighthouses
and f~OrtihcatiOns. Grierson is COM
handing a co,ored regiment in Tex
as.
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A Jockeys Trick.

Nowadays a good Handicapped will,
handicap holsts SO closely that on
ounce will tell at the finish; and # i
an old saying that a race-horse could
ne so handicapped that a donkey
would beat it. Taking however, two
horses of equal merit, and both ST
and well ridden, seven pounds will
make about o length difference
This has been tried and demon.
strated.
Well, seeing all this, the "trickr
was worked in this way: The he rso
had been beaten head the day he.
fore by a horse that was going to RIM
in this particular race, and tho
weights were very similar, AS there
had been no penalty for winning.
The jockey weighed all right
and the willy owner walked
down with him to the starting point
and left the horse there, and then
walked back to. the winning post.
After the horses passed the post the
course took a sweep right away to
the back OF the stand. The horse in
question won, but evidently the ami
NAL was full of running, or the
jockey couldn't pull him up, as be
swept round as if he was going to
run the ace over again. But the
owner was waiting. quite accident
ally, of course, just where he pulled
up. The owner stepped up and
slipped a weight into the Jockeys TOP
boot. He had taken it out at the
start and quietly put it in his pocket
and carried it around to the finish.
1t might have been a ten pound
weight for all any one knew.-Gn-
ciuuuH ENQUIRER,
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WILLARD AND sWINTON.

The following which comes to us
In the Desert News is, if true, an
other illustration of the strange
freaks of fortune: It is said concern
ing Henry Willard. the railroad mag
nate, that twenty years ago he was a
reporter in desperate circumstances,
and applied to John Swinton for en-
ployment. John asked him for a
specimen of his work, and Henry
wrote q report of fire in the Bow
cry. Swinton threw it in the waste
basket, gave Willard a dollar to buy
his supper and a bed for the night,
and advised him to hire himself out
as q porter to one of the commission
houses in Ann street. Some weeks
ago, when Swlnton started his new
morning daily, Willard vas one of
the first subscribers, sending the sub
scription price and a note to Mr..
Swinton, and in the latter he ar
castically remarks that he had al
ways felt under obligations to Mr..
for giving him advice which
he did not follow. Then Swinton
wrote q sarcastic editorial about
Willard, abiding to the golden spike
that had once been a bare-footed
German boy.
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The English Craze over America.
q York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
A lady just returned from Europe
was telling a day or two since OF
what she termed the American
craze" in England" cit is more
pronounced, she said, than the
English craze in America. We are
not more noticeable in initiating the
English than they are in their
sudden admiration Of Americans
They evince it in almost every way.
An American lady is the acknoWl.
edged and worshipe1 professional
beauty and an American actress Is
the rage of the frequenters OF the
theaters.' "YOu mean Miss Ander-
son, of course--" Her success IS
a double one. Her beauty is no less
talked about than her acting. when
you have naturally heard most OF
her." "How about those other
Actresses, Minnie Palmer, and LII
liam Russell?" ION, they were IAN
dlcapped. Miss Palmer was unior-
tunate in her manager and MISS
Russell in her associations. MISS
Anderson has been most sensible III
her course and has not offended
English ideas of propriety in hel
personal conduct. The Cleveland
beauty is as quiet and resesved ana
modest as at home, and the hoyoel
ish character in which she has been
painted by some writer's fer An!erl-
can papers is an injustice to her. u
rage fol- travel in America is not yet
at its height. l anticipate that next
it will be as much the Eng
lish fashion to go to America as 10
The reports of the Eng,
lish here will increase the wish to see
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METZ, Dec. 5.-Manteufell, Gov.
ernor Of Alsace-Lorraine, has an.
nulled a resolution OF the Distl let
Diet of Upper Alsace. allowing the
use of the French language in de-
bates. The ground of the Governors
action isthat the Diet exceeded its
legal powers.
Hone KONG, Dec. {. - Admiral
Peng Yu Len, at Canton, has noti-
fed all foreigners that war with
France is imminent, and he is mass
ing all available land and sea forces
for the protection of Canton. The
Admiral holds France answerable
for the war, and warns neutral pow
ers to observe treaty stipuiations and
the rules Ofinternational law.
Chas. A. Volkert, an alleged min
ing expert, has been arrested at
Glendive charged with hotel beating
and various other petty frauds.
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Not l~nveterate,

A current paragraph is calculated
to create the impression that Madam
Modjeska is an in%veterate cigarette
smoker, but this is by no meals the
case. 1nveterate cigarette smokers
are invariably offensive--as much so
as the inveterate tobacco chewer.
Modjeska never touches a cigarette,
unless it be after her din
ner, and then never if there is any
body present except her immediate
family or professional associates. She
is as particular about shocking the
seDsibilities of people and offending
the proprieties as the most dainty
lady in the land-ln fact, society
would be vastly better off if its wonl-
en- were al! as regardful of its pro-
prieties as Helena Modjeka is.-M.
cO0O NeUS.
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How a Chinaman Can Be a Mar
guess.

In the matter of the Marques
Tseng, III. A. g." recently from
Shanghai, has kindly enlightened
me on this subject:
There are five degrees of nobility
in China, for the Chinese terms of
which it became necessary to find ap-
proximate English equivalents.
Hence the s of Duke, Marques,
Earl, Viscount and Baron, as applied
to Chinese high officers of State.
These titles are conferred on de-
serving subjects, and are hereditary
in the following limited sense: The
eldest son of an official who has been
made a Duke becomes at his fathers
death a Marques; the Marques eld-
est son becomes at his fathers death
an Earl; the Earl's son becomes a
Vlscount, and So on, there being a
fall in rank in each generation until
the peerage is extinct.-Mustrated
London NeWs.
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LOrne and Louise.

The Princess Louise is glad to get
back to English country life. She is
described as having the busy German
wife strongly developed in her, and
while at her country place OF Dorm
den to have hustled about all day,
looked after all the domestic arrange
ments, carved at meal, and made
herself generally useful. After dim
ner she went round to the stables and
kitchen garden, and joined in a game
Of billiards. The Queen is anxious
for Lorne to succeed Lord Rlpon in
India. The Princess does not care
for it, ami Gladstone anapu: lie opin-
ion 20 for Nutferln.
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The Value OF a Railroad Train.

A railroad superintendent has CIV
en- the San Francisco C0U an estimate
of cost of an average train on a first
class railroad; For an express train,
locomotive, SIP 900; baggage car, ST.
200; smoking car, SIS, ZOO; dining-room
car, $4,000; five first-class Pullmans,
$500 each; total, $l20, QUO. The Or
binary express train represents about
$86, 900. Some Pullman cars cost
about $780, 600 each. The average val
ue of a freight train Is still greater
than that of a passenger train if the
rolling stock and value of property
are included. Sometimes the
freight trains aggregate in value from
$3.50, 90 to $4,000, 900.
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LAND GRANTS.

There is every indication that
Congress wilt legislate upon the sub.
ject of land grants this winter. The
matter is becoming one of almost
vital consequence, and further post
ponement of a consideration of it
cannot with safety be permitted. A
careful summary of the opinions of
Congressman as expressed in inter-
views justifies the conclusion that
bills will be introduced providing
first, for the forfeiture of all grants to
railroad corporations that have COM
piled with none of the conditions
imposed upon. them. This will affect
a large number of roads, the princi-
raj one being the Southern Pacific
Second, for the forfeiture of all
grants to corporations that have par
TALLY complied with the conditions;
and third, for the confirmation of
grants to corporations that have
failed to comply within the time
specified, but that have since done
This latter provision would con-
firm to the Northern Pacific its inn
mense land grant.
Very great hardships, very great
injustice has been done, and will con-
tinue to be done, unless Congress
takes the matter in hand at ence. AS
between the corporations and the
settlers there has been so far a dis
position to give the corporations the
benefits of all doubts. Under the de-
clsion of the Supreme Court in 1875,
that a grant cannot be forfeited with
out an affirmative act of Congress,
the greatest hardship, the greatest in
Justice is possible to settlers who
have taken up lands under the i'm
preston that they have been forfeited
BY failure of corporations to comply
with the conditions.
This is a very important matter, !
md one that Congress must deal
With or allow millions of acres of
and to become the property of great
corporations that have not justly
armed them, and have no right to
hem. It is quite possible the grant
f the Northern Pacific will be con-
irmed to that corporation, and if it
e it should be done at this session of
congress to the end that settlers
long the line Of the road may rest
/ no doubt concerning the title to
1eir lands.
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Two Summer Idyls.

~ An humble boy, with shining
pail, went gladly singing down the
dale, to where the COW with the brin-
die tail on clover her palate did re-
gale. An humble bee did gladly sail
far over the soft and shadowy vale.
to where the 10Y with the shining
pail was milking the COW with the
brindle tail. (2.)The bee lit upon the
cows left ear; her. heels flew up
through the atmosphere - And,
through the leaves of a chestnut tree,
the boy scared into eternity.-LHe.
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Envied an Alligator

Two gallons of good whisky were
poured down the throat of a captured
young alligator IN Mississippi to see
how il would affect its organization.
He uttered a ''hic" or two, wanted to
fight an old scow, giggled in a silly
manner, and finally rolled over and
went to sleep. Over one hundred
tramps and citizens stood about and
envied him.
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served to win. He said the COMMIT.
tees will be organized with a vio'.
solely to the fitness of members ~
consider various subjects of lepisloo'
ton which may command the aftan-
ton of Congress, and without undn.
regard to their relations to him 10
the recent cOntest.-T. r. CHr0n;cza