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lone nassed over Monroe township. Nod

clone passed over Monroe township, Nod
away county, Missouri, on Thursday even
ing, destroying dwellings and outhouses and
killing thousands of dollars worth of stock.
Three persons were killed and many in
iured. Many of the wounded are not eX-
pected to live. At Burlington, Mo-, the
railway station was blown to atoms and
great damage done in town and in the sur
rounding country. Two boys, living near
town, were killed. Many other persons
were seriously injured. There wa a heavy
thunderstorm at Louisiana, Mo-, in the
forenoon of the same day, and two men
were struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
There was a solemn mass of requiem in
the Cathedral at st. Cloud on Friday morn
ing for the victims of the cyclone. Thir-
teen of the bodies were in the Cathedral.
Similar services took place in the Church of
the Immaculate Conception, where there
were four bodies.
The dead were buried in two large graves,
nine adults in one and eight children in the
other. Another child died at st. OJud on
Friday, and additional deaths continue to be
reported from the country districts. Four
teen dead were buried in the cemetery at
Sank Rapids. Ten doctors have been in at
tendance and a large number of nurses from
st. Paul and Minneapolis.
The loss of property in st. Cloud is esti-
mated at $4,000 and in Sank Rapids at
S2S0,000. The wreckage on the railroad is
estimated at $4,000
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CHE Aurkrille enquirer.
YORKVILLE, y. G.. :
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL %, 1886.
THE RL,AIR BILL.

The Blair educational bill came up before
the two committees of the House on Friday
and gave rise to a lively debate in both. In
the Committee on Education the bill came
up as the special order, but a motion to fur
Their postpone its consideration was carried
by a vote of 8 to 4, which is regarded as a
final indication of the disposition of the
committee toward the measure. Mr.. Stillas
one of the advocates of the measure raised
the point that the committee was not treat
ing the minority with courtesy in thus sum-
marily disposing of the bill, the members
reconsidered the vote and took up the first
section, pending a consideration of which
the hour of twelve was reached and the
committee adjourned, leaving the bill IN
finished business to be taken up at to-mor-
rows meetinp.
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THE RAILROAD STRIKE.

The latest phase of the great railroad
strike in the Southwest is given in the
following st. Louis dispatch Of Saturday:
The business done by the East st. Louis
Railroad continues to increase. Yesterday
a greater volume of freight was transferred
across the river than during any day since
the strike. The Bridge and Tunnel Com
pany, which formerly did all the transfer
ring across the river by the Bridge and Belt
Road, which did the transferring between
the different railroad yards have been I'M
able to employ a sufficient number of men
to do all the business, and ferries and trans
fer teams have been called upon to perform
this work, but find that they have more
than they can do. This Inconvenience of
transferring is the only cause for the roads
prevails in all railroad yards to-day, and
numerous trains to and from all points, are
arriving and departing. About 9 O'Clock
last night in East st. Louis, Lieutenant Bur-
roughs, Of the Sth regiment, and four sol
diers who were on duty guarding the coal
dumps south of st. Louis Bridge, noticed
six men prowling about the cars, who,
when they beheld the soldiers, attempted
to escape. They were marched at the point
of the bayonet to the %guardhouse north of
Relay depot, where they were searched and
placed under guard. The six prisoners APP
peared to be strikers, and two Of them are
the Bailey brothers, who have figured
prominently in East st. Louis labor affairs.
Their cases will be Investigated.
1t is feared that trouble will result if the
conference between the railroad commission
and the railroad company and the Empire
Protective Association did not settle the
difficulty.
Members of the Knights of Labor in the
employ of the Missouri Pacific Company
have been notified that they must withdraw
from the X. of l.. or quit the service, and
an imperative order has been issued to
roadmasters to give employment to no man
who is a member of the society.
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CHURCH NOTICES.

Presbyterian-Rev. II. II. English, Pastor
Preaching Friday evening, Saturday morning
and Saturday evening. Sacrament of the Lords
supper at the morning service on Sunday, preach
ing on Sunday evening. Morning services al
1890 evening services at s. The pastor will be
assisted by Rev. w. T.. McIlwain, of Gastonia
n. {. A congregational meeting will be held
Immediately after prayer meeting tonight
Sunday-school at 3 P. NJ.
Baptist-Rev. j. +. Covington, Pastor. Ser
vices in the church at Yorkville next Sunday al
LA. NJ. Sunday-school at 9.45 A. NJ. Prayer
meeting Wednesday night at o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. w. w. Daniel, Pas
tor, Services specially appropriate to Faster on
Sunday next at 1920 y. NJ. andS. 2. NJ.
Associate Reformed-Rev. J. c. Galloway,
Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Saturday and
Sunday in the forenoon and afternoon of each
day. After tho forenoon service on Sunday
the sacrament Of the Lords Supper will be dis
pensed. The pastor will be assisted by Rev.
C. +. Mcdonald.
Episcopal-Rev. c.. A. Gilman, Rector. Ser
vices on tomorrow, Good Friday, at 10.3O A. NJ,
and at 4 and s p. NJ. On Sunday next, Sunday
school ats p. NJ. On Monday, the annual Easter
election at t P. NJ.
Kings Mountain Mission-Rev. J.. a. John
son, Pastor. Preaching at Zion next Sunday at
IL 4. NJ. and at Canaan ut 80 p. NJ.
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NERE-MENTION.

Hon. Samuel Dibble is the South Carolina
member Of the Congressional Democratic
Committee, of which J. Randolph Tucker,
of Virginia, is chairman."."."The Virgin
ia Midland Railroad has been leased by the
Richmond and Danville Railroad Company
for ninety-nine years ."The Democrat
ic State Executive Committee of North
Carolina met last Thursday and called a
State Convention to meet in Raleigh on the
18th of August. 1.-THE Minneapolis City
Council have voted S25, 900 for the benefit of
the cyclone sufferers. "''"'Governor Bates
has appointed the Hon. w. c.. Whitthorne
to succeed Howell +. Jackson as United
States Senator from Tennessee, Senator
Jackson having been appointed U. S. Dis
trict Judge to succeed Judge Baxter, whose
death occurred recently at Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- A rock fish weighing twenty-four
pounds was recently caught in a seine near
~Branchville, and was sold in that town
for 50.
AT Barnwell a few days ago Charlie
Dunbar, colored, climbed to the dizzy comb
of the Methodist church and beat out with
his hat the fire that had caught the laths.
-Messrs. w. G. Benet and E. B. Gary of
Abbeville have been mentioned in con-
nection with the Congressional aspirants of
the Third District.
Says the Newberry Observer: Several
correspondents of various newspapers have
said lately that Col. Aiken is out of the
Congressional race. This is a mistake. Col.
Aiken will be a candidate for reelection.
- On Sunday, the 18th inst, near Gaffney,
Mr.. Lewis Cleary hung himself, but his
body was cut down before life was extinct,
apd he was revived.
'TMr. John Lee, the last survivor of the
war Of 1872, of Chester county, died in that
county on the 9th instant. He was in his
ninety-fourth year and was the oldest citizen
Of the county.
The Rev. Naomi Tamura, a native of
Japan, is lecturing in the Presbyterian
churches throughout the State. While in
Winnsboro he was the guest of Col. Jas. H.
Rion.
jackson Mack killed Robert Rodgers &C.
cidentally at the still of D. R. Edwards,
Colleton county, on the evening of the 3rd
instant. Mack was examining a pistol and
cooked it, and in letting down the hammer
it slipped and the ball entered the back of
Rodgers head, passing through and coming
out over the left eye.
-Thirty-three years ago when Robinson
& Eldred's circus showed in Anderson, q
young boy left his home and followed the
elephants. Reaching Washington he made
a stop, and there learned the printing
business. Never once since he left had he
paid his old home a visit. This week he
passed through Easley for the land of his
birth, not the sportive lad of thirty-three
years ago, but much broken in health.
- Lancaster Ledger, April 18th: Coroner
Burns held an inquest on Saturday last over
the body of Tine Horton, colored, in Pleasant,
Hill township. Horton was driving a wag-
on of Mr.. Stover's on Friday when the
horses became frightened and ran away.
No sooner than he got them stopped Mr..
Slower and a negro man noticed him fall
forward in the wagon, and on his not rising
went to him and found him insensible.
DIR. Beckham was sent for but in q few min
utes the negro died. The verdict of the
cOroner's Jury was death from heart disease.
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PERSONAL


Mrs. Mary T.. Balm and Mrs. Sarah J. Balm, of
New York, widowed sisters whose maiden name
was Clark, having spent the winter in Florida,
visited Yorkville OIL Monday, remaining over
until yesterday, for the purpose of paying a
tribute of sisterly devotion to the grave of their
younger brother, Mr.. Robert A. Clark, who died
in Charleston i'm 1873 and was buried in the ceme-
terry at this place by the side of his wife, who was
Miss Chambers, and whom he married in WINS
boro, though she was a native of Yorkville.
They placed on the grave of their brother a
beautiful emblem in the form of a cross, COM
posed Of immortelles. The ladies express them
selves as highly pleased and g~ratifed at the
n~eatness of the cemetery, this being their first
visit to Yorkville.
l~Mr. Withers Adickes, representative of Home
Relief Lodge of this place, Knights of Honor,
left on Monday last to attend the session of the
Grand Lodge of South Carolina, which met in
Georgetown yesterday.
Drs. J. R.. Bratton and w. G. White, delegates
lof the York Medical Association to the State
Medical Association, left on Monday to attend
the latter body, which met in Camden on Tues
day. DIR. Bratton is also a member of the State
Board of Health, which also meets in Camden
this week.
Miss Carabelle Steele, of Brooklyn, n. y, and
Miss Lessie Witherspoon, of this place, whom
Miss Steele has been visiting for the past few
months left on Tuesday for Sumter.
Mr.. A. Urquhart, of the Massachusetts and
Southern Construction Company, will have his
headquarters at Yorkville for the next few
weeks, and with his family has taken rooms at
the Yorkville Hotel.
Mr.. John Alexander, of Philadelphia, has
1spent several days in town recently. He has
spent the winter in the South, most of the time
at Aiken, and being a prominent member of the
United Presbyterian Church, and ardently de-
string to see contaminated the union of that
denomination and the Associate Reformed Pres
byterians-a subject now under consideration
by both churches-he attended the meeting of
First Presbytery of the A.. r.. p. Church at
Gillead in Mecklenburg county, n. c., last
week. Mr.. Alexander is a venerable gentle
man, having been an elder in his church for
fifty years, and visited Yorkville by invita-
ton of Rev. J. c. Galloway, who was a guest at
his house in 1875.
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Reported for the YOrkville Enquirer.
ssOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERY.

The First Presbytery of the Associate Re-
formed Presbyterian Synod of the South
met at Gilead Church on Monday the 18th
instant. Gilead Church is under the pasto-
raj charge of Rev. VIM. Y. Love, formerly
of York county, and is situated in Mecklen-
burg county, n. G., six miles west of Hun
tersville, the latter place being on the States
Vile Railroad, fifteen miles west of Char
lotte.
In the absence of the retiring Moderator,
Rev. j. M. Todd, the preliminary exercises
were conducted by Rev. R. A. Ross, D. d.,
the oldest member Of the p%resbytery.
Rev. j. IT. Chalmers, the stated Clerk,
called the roll, and forty-three members an
swered to their names, embracing seven
teen ministers, nineteen elders, two licen-
tiates and five commissioners. All the min
isterial members of the presbytery were
present with the exception of Rev. Drs.
Robert Latham and John e. Presley, and
Revs. John Hunter, j. NJ. Todd and j. c.
Chalmers.
Rev. J. G. Galloway was elected Mode
rator by reclamation.
Rev. J.. S. MOffatt and G. r. Bernback,
of the United Presbyterian Church, were
elected members of the p%resbytery. Rev.
Moffatt was assigned to the Charlotte mis-
sion and Rev. Bernback to Sardis Church,
in Mecklenburg county, N. G..
Rev. Mason w. Presley, who was pres
ent for a short time during the sitting of
presbytery, was granted a certificate of
dismission to connect himself with Phila-
delphia Presbytery of the United Presbyte-
rian Church of North America. He has
accepted the pastorate of the North United
Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, and
has gone there to enter upon the duties of
the position. -
In consequence of bodily infirmity, Rev.
John +. Presley, d. d., and Rev. John
Hunter Identified their respective charges
the former Coddle Creek and New Perth,
and the latter Sardis.
The overture from Synod in regard to the
proposed union between the Associate Re-
formed Presbyterian Synod of the South
and the United Presbyterian Church Of
North America, came up for consideration
as a special order. After discussing several
propositions the following preamble and
resolutions, submitted by Rev. r. G.. Miller,
were adopted.
Whereas, there are negotiations before us look
ing to a union between the United Presbyterian
Church of North America and the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the South,
ReSoiUed-
l.. That for prudential reasons the final vote
be postponed until the next regular meeting of
2. That we believe that the present basis is not
seriously Objectionable and the union desirable.
Twelve ministers and ten elders voted in
favor of the resolutions, and two ministers
and eight elders against them.
The presbytery adjourned on Tuesday
afternoon, to meet at Statesville, n. c., on
Monday after the fifth Sabbath of August
next. MEMBER.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-22

has not happened in this century and will not
recur again. In the next century Easter will
fall on April 25 in 1913. If we turn back to pre-
vious centuries, we find that such a late date tor
Easter occurs only once in each century, that
is-l734, 1866, 1916. 145l and the fourteenth CEN
fury goes without such a late date; 1904, llO9,
1914, 9l9. The earliest day for Easter, March y,
has occurred only once in this century, in ISIS,
and it will not recur before A. d. 1000. Tins
earliest day for Easter has occurred in lI62, 1853,
1893, 1873, l47S, 1888; the thirteenth century
is passed over, l149, lO4l. GAG. 1t is interesting
to know how Easter will distribute itself up to
A.. D. 1000. In the present century Easter will
fall only twice more in March, on the 10Th in
1891, and on the 18th in 1894. OF the remaining
twelve years of this century five Easter days
fall in the first week of April lin 1888 on April l,
1893 and 1899 on April 3, 1896 on April 8, three in
the second week lin 1887 and 1898 on April 10,
and 1895 on April H. and four in the third week
lin 1900 on April Is. 1892 on April IS, 1897 on April
Is, 1889 on April %. AS indicated above, the
last week of April, with the exception of 1856,
is not represented again in this century by an
Easter day.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

c. L. Spencer, Plaintiffs Attorney Notice to
Creditors.
May & May-Paint, Paint, Paint.
F.. b. Mendenhall, administrator of /. NJ. Wal
lace, Observation-Disclosures for Discharge.
Frew Brothers, Rock Hill, S. C.-Again We
COmet0 the Front.
w. G.. Reid & Co., Rock Hill, S. ~C.-Buggies,
Carriages and Wagons.
NJ. Strauss-47 Years.
Y. NJ. Dobson & Co.-Our Opening.
Riddle & Pegram-Notice.
w. G. Latimer-Grand Success.
John c. Kuykendal-Short Stops.
Withers Adickes-Down, Down, Down.
Lowry & Starr-Chills Cured Again.
II. +. Adickes-Grand Central Fancy and Dry
Goods Establishmentan ant Headquarters for
Boots and Shoes.
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SERVICES.

A series of very interesting services are be-
ing conducted in the Associate Reformed Pres
byterian church in this place, in which the pas
tor is being ably assisted by Rev. w. w. Orr,
Huntersville, n. C. The services were COM
menced on last Friday night and have been at
tended with increasing interest. Since the an
nouncement last Tuesday night, Mr.. Orr has
consented to remain longer. Service will be
held this "wednesday evening at s o'clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-22
THE WRONG NAME AGAIN.

Last week, in referring to the funeral discourse
delivered by Rev. II. C. Dennis, w designated
his church as the "a. NJ. E. Church." He in.
forms us that such is not the proper designation
of his denomination, and that its proper appel.
lation is Methodist Episcopal" Our use of the
Objectionable first initial was mainly for the ben
eft of the hasty reader, who might have con-
fused the church with the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. The colored Methodists draw
the line at South, and when that word is omitted
it may be understood that the Northern branch,
of which the colored Methodists are adherents
Is N,
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ed Johnson on November l, 1884. Gonzales
was laughing when the dropfell. He made
a short speech before the fall, protesting his
innocence. He turned towards the jail and
waving his hand and addressing the prison.
ers, said: 'Good bye, my companions"
There was not a tremor in him. He slept
we'll and ate a good breakfast and dinner.
He assembled the scaffold with a firm tread,
and placed the rope around his neck him
self whence it was promptly removed by
the deputy. His neck was broken by the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-22
THE DEPOT AT CLOVER

The Columbia correspondent of the Nevs ana
Courier writes Citizens of Glover, York county,
OH the line Of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad,
some time ago requested the railroad commits
sioners to use their influence to secure for their
town adequate depot accommodations. After a
full correspondence, General Manager Il. B,
Thomas, ofthe Richmond and Danville Railroad
system, has notified the commission that he has
issued orders for the erection Of a station at Clio
yer, which will be, he thinks, ample for the SER
vice required.
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~ HAPPY

At 1Vo'clock A. NJ. yesterday, Mr.. J. B. Pc
gram, one of our most prosperous young mer-
chants, and Miss Fannie Hope, daughter of Mr.!
]. w. P. Hope, Of this place, were united in
marriage, the ceremony being performed by
Rev. 7. R. English, of the Presbyterian church.
The happy couple have the congratulations and
well-wishes Of a large number of friends. They
took the twelve o'clock train for Charleston,
where they will enjoy their honeymoon.
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UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1887.

We will furnish the ENQUIRER from this date
until January l, 1887, for SIT or for one year
to two names paid for at the same time, $500.
single subscription So so per annum
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-22

John Reed, colored, living on MIR. j.
NJ. Moore's place in Lancaster county, was
shot by the accidental discharge of a pistol
in the hands of his brother on Tuesday
morning last. The ball entered his left
breast and glanced around the ribs intiict-
ing a bad but not serious wound. The
brother wa greasing his pistol when it was
discharged.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-22
THE FARMERS IN COUNCIL

Pursuant to the notice given in these columns
last week, a number of the farmers of York met
in the Court House at 9 P. NJ, last Tuesday, for
the purpose of appointing delegates to represent
the county in the Farmers Convention, to meet
in Columbia, on the Goth instant.
On motion of Capt. Allen Jones, Col. Frank II.
Brown was unanimously called to the chair and
A. w. Ingold was requested to act as secretary.
The chairman explained the object of the meet
ing, and in doing so, desired to remove any er-
roneous conclusion that might be formed from
previous publication, that the meeting was called
by the County Board of Equalization as such
though the meeting originated with members of
the Board, but not in their capacity as such. He
said it is due to YORK that the county be repre-
scented in the Convention, and that he wouldhear
any person present.
Can't. Allen Jones then addressed the meeting.
He said he desired to see York represented in the
Convention, whether tho deliberations OF that
body result in any good or not. He hoped the
State Convention proposed to be called on the
29th, would not drift into politics., and thought
that if the farmers of the State could meet in
Convention and devise for their own good, the
movement should be encouraged. He moved
hat a committee Of three be appointed to nomi-
nate delegates and alternates to represent the
county. Inc nlouOU/WaS carrleu, anu tnc cHalr
appointed as the committee DR.. Jno. f. Lindsay,
r. q. Culp and J. II. Lowry, who retired and
soon after reported the %following:
DELEGATE,
b. II. Massey, Samuel u, White.
Frank III. Brown, T.. L. Gillespie.
j. Ernest Lowry, f.. NJ. Law:
Iredell Jones, James A. watson.
Robert T.. Guthrie, John $. Bratton, Sen.
The report was adopted, and no further bust
ness being presented, the meeting adjourned.
FACTS ABOUT EASTER.
This year Easter falls on Sunday next, the
latest date on which it can possibly occur, being
nearly a month after the beginning of the Sec
ond quarter of the year. From an anonymous
article we take the following curious facts per-
tanning to the recurrence of this church festival :
Easter was first called the Oster or April
Feast. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after
the first full moon after the 2lst of March. 1t
NAV fall as early as the 22d of March or as late
as the 18th of April. Easter was the Saxon god
dess of the East and typitied the spring, the sun
rise, and the renewal of life. The practice OF
presenting eggs to our friends on Easter was
handed down to us from the Persians. With
them an egg is a symbol Of life and creation.
There is a tradition that the world was Matched
from an egg. 1t is the creative germ embodied
i'm an egg for which the two Persian deities, SIM
liar to our God and devil, contend, and will con-
tend until the consummation or the destruction
of all things.
The late date on which Easter falls this year
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-22

On Saturday afternoon of last week,
Mr.. j. w. Garrett, Jr., and Miss Lula
Beard, daughter of T. P. Beard, formerly
of Yorkville, left the city of Spartanburg
on a buggy ride, and when they returned
they surprised their friends by announcing
that they wore imam and wife,