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The sun., 1888-12-04
Aaueduct Ex.rnspee,~.s rro,ssu.

A large number OF tho aIueduet inspecto
recently thrown out OF employment will hold meeting
to-day to protest They say thar they were removed
without notice cause that hsy are practical me.
shsnea and e,iixsh or The metropolis Wills those
sSrc OF The III aenI farmers clerks and tfnskrsprrs
~ht passed nsst # the defective WUrl dons oiii
uuuefItt
The sun., 1888-12-04
Morrison Might Have Been Beer Drumne

From the Chicago Daily Eeas.
Among party OF friends In Washington the
other evening Commissioner William Il Morrison told q
good story himself He said that In the campaign Of
1885, while The was candidate for the United States
Senate to succeed Logan the Democrats down in close
district his home persuaded popular and wealthy
brewer to accept nomination TO the Illinois Logsa.
tnro. The German whose naIne was Mayer, did not
want to run, for no elected his duties at Spring
heid would keep him away from his business But the
Democratic leaders persuaded him that the nrst day
of the session the House would elect Speaker the
second United States Senator and the third day
pass low license bill and adionrn for good. With this
expectation Mr. Mayer accepted the nomination. and
elected On the LIST or January he went to Spring
neld, with baggage hut extra pair Of socks which
he carried in his pocket and told the folks that no
would no: be away more than q week. Tho House was
six weeks in slectng Speaker then spent four months
trying to elect Senator and finally defeated Morrison.
Who the German thought hsd sure thing. Then his
low license bill was buried in committee room and
high license bill reported Mr. Mayer was very much
disguised with his legislative experience and declared
thar he would not repeat for thousandh OF dollars
'Dose boNtcs' he said 70 Morrison is mean pi2ness
an don't want NO more OF H. Here vas for six
monds wild my brewery going all TO dose devils an
mine frau writing TO mo every day: William W vas
you mol come home" ;sils you Bis Horrisons, vat
tks You vas Wasting time mid dose boutics an
yon makes nottngs at ALL You vas . boor man an
youae got NO nonueysnot much As would set you up
mid saloon. You yust guwit dose boliucs an come
mid Will give you den dollars day drum dose
beer Of mine"
Morrison thinks he might have improved his finances
II he had accepted the offer.
The sun., 1888-12-04

Country Aunt Ito niscsl-Yo Amt goln' 10 y
party In that dzsas are ye Airandyf
sisss-csst.iniy AsAh Why ns.i a. ..,,.
on like that for half the old mans farm. ~
Eisee-No. aunt sheuldRt want yeuta
The sun., 1888-12-04
The old regime Of theatrical discomfort
and imposition evidently exists still IN Boston.
according to the Boston Courier:

Now lecturers begin To spout
For revcnue--,hese things are facts
The play is OF, and men 20 ont
Az usual between tho scts"
They used TO do the same thing in New York
until THE Sun blocked the way. Why should
not Boston reform also?
The sun., 1888-12-04

We observe with great interest that in the
american .4oricUhursrs picture of the cele.
brated xeldinR Guy. the trotting phenomenon
Of this year. the horse is represented as lower
across the rump than at the withers. That
veteran in experience with trotting horses. Mr..
ALDEN GOLDSMITH. once said thai, so far as
hs knew. Edwin Forrest was tho only great
horse shaped in this way. In oil other hrst-class
flyers such as st. Julien or Maud s. or Gold
smith Maid, the withers we're lower than the
rump. Perhaps Mr.. doLDsMITHs opinion.
which always seemed sound, was derived
from too limited opportunities for observation.
1t is an interesting point for consideration by
breeders OF trotteis
The sun., 1888-12-04

The gigantic proportions OF the pension
system Of the unitod States are seen in the
report OF the Secretary OF the Interior. There
is no such system in any other country OF the
world. and 1t is growing at a wonderful rate.
The Secretary shows that in the fiscal year
ending with June last the amount paid for
pensions to old soldiers was $7S,7T5,S62 or an
increase Of s5.3Os,2s0 over the previous year.
Tho expenditures of tho Pension Bureau for
the year constituted 81 per cent, OF the total
disbursements of the Government and 2lli
per cent. Of its total gross income. Truly. no
one can deny that tho veterans Of tho war are
liberally dealt with. All that we dosire in tho
case is that the legislation regarding the grant,
ing Of pensions be consistent with common
sense. and the same desire is entertained by
all who were honorable soldiers OF the Union.
The sun., 1888-12-04
A Topic for the Christian Conference.


A Topic for the Christian Conference.
A Christian Conference, as it Is called, held
its first session at Chickering Hall, in this
city. last night. 1t Is o meeting OF clergy
men and other philanthropical persons who
are interested In promoting the welfare OF
the community by religious work. There
are to be further sessions In the afternoon
and evening to-day and tomorrow The
subjects on the programme for this after
noon are the Bohemian element, the Italian
element, the colored element, and our duty
to the foreign population. In the evening
the Baptist, Episcopal and Methodist mis-
sions are to be considered, and tomorrow
the Rev. DIR. JOHN HALL is to speak upon
Presbyterian church extension. and Mr.
CHAuNcEY M. DEPEw upon Christianity as
the worlds great uplifting power.
We desire to suggest an additional topic
for the good people of the Christian Con-
ference to think over and talk over. 1t does
not relate to the building Of new churches
where 30 many existing churches are not
more than half or a quarter filled every Sun
day. nor is It as broad theme as the in
fiuence Of the Christian faith upon the whole
ought to come right home, to every citizen
who has an interest in the proper admins
tration OF our public charities.
In the Ereaing Post Of Saturday appeared
an account Of the present state OF the hos
pital for the insane, which is maintained by
the city Government on Wards Island. The
overcrowded condition Of this institution is
simply disgraceful. Three hundred and
twenty patients are housed in an annex
which was never designed. and is not ft to
be used. as dwelling place for the insane.
In all the cells intended for one bed there
We're two. and sometimes three, with Just
enough room to squeeze between the beds.
In one room, 10 feet by 20. there were eight"
And across the river In Kings county the
condition Of things appears to be even
worse. In the Brooklyn Eagle of Saturday
we find presentment Of the Grand Jury
giving An account OF their visit to the
county buildings. including the insane
asylum at Flatbush. I'VE found this build
ing" says the Grand Jury. "to be in very
crowded condition. 80 much 30 that the cellar
had to be used, which place in our opinion is
not fit for human beings, the walls at the
side being damp and unwholesome. And
we recommend that the occupation OF this
cellar DO discontinued, and that tho present
inmates be removed as fast as practicable"
The Grand Jury also declared that the
meat was poor and unit for use. Tho ex-
cuse offered for this was that It was the REM
nants, and that fresh supply would soon
The sun., 1888-12-04

There are now just about quarter Of a
million Of Indians in tho United States. or. to
give the exact figures Of the Secretary Of the
Interior. there are 248O95. The Secretary
speaks OF them in highly favorable terms.
They are almost universally peaceable and
orderly: they are advancing morally and 30
cially, steadily progressing In civilization;
many OF them are engaged in agriculture and
cattle breeding, and the efforts to promote
their education are meeting with success. as 10
shown by the existence among them Of 233
schools. containing over 10000 pupils of both
sexes. 1t must encourage all friends OF our
red brethren to read the report about them
Just submitted TO Congress by Secretary Villas.
The sun., 1888-12-04

The lease OF the Alaska Commercial Com.
pany. by which it monopolizes the seal trade
and largely controls the affairs OF a great part
OF the Alaskan coast. will expire In about u
year. The company now desires a renewal Of
its lease. Any ono who reads in The Sun to-
day the narrative OF the scandalous treatment
OF the Aleuts by agents OF this company will
be convinced that the privileges Of this great
monopoly cannot properly be renewed before
Congress has thoroughly investigated these
serious charges. which are made, not only by
the natives but also by Government officials
and the Governor of the Territory. The pa
thetic appeal for relief made By these helpless
natives will be heard by our people, and the
authorities at Washington will certainly be
expected to revolutionize the present condition
OF affairs in Alaska il it proves. after careful
inquiry, to be what it now seems to be. q dis
grace to our civilization.
The sun., 1888-12-04

Advertisements for THE WEEKLY Sun,
issued tomorrow morning. must be honded
-. Mis ertninD before SIR o'clock.
The sun., 1888-12-04

, BY those who know him best it is believed
that MI. CLryfLASD's career statesman and pubi.
cih has only NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ReCord
Among the various forecasts Of tho Pres-
dents future the career of o publicist las
never before been suggested. Apublicist is a
writer on International law.
The sun., 1888-12-04

1t seems not unlikely that some Of our
Western railroad managers will got into
trouble. The stockholders who have been
all along so patient are aroused to their dam
ger, and propose to turn them out Of the Of
fees they have betrayed. There is nothing
in our commercial history so disgraceiul
as the record for the last tweivemonth OF
the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy. the Mil
waukee and st. Paul, the Chicago and North
western, the Rock Island, and the Chicago,
Burlington and Northern. 1t is not possible
for the most charitably minded person
to acauit such men as Nessrs. MARVIN
HuaHITr CHARLES E. PERKINS,, and r. r.
CABLE OF their individual responsibility.
They have sQuaudered millions OF the prop
erty intrusted to their care, and they stand
preeminent to-day as types Of the very worst
and most pernicious element that has ever
become Identified with great commercial
interest. They are unfit for tlse positions
they fill. They have wrecked the interests
they were elected to promote, and they
should be dispossessed and turned out.
It is time that the stockholders demanded
an accounting. Within q few days general
agreement was perfected and agreed to, look
ing to the restoration OF sound business
footing for the Western railroads. 1t was
defeated by the Vaccinations Of two OF
these so-called trustees, and the work OF
wreckage and ruin continues unimpeded.
Now let the stockholders come on the scene
and demand Of Messrs. CABLE. PERKINS, ct
al, a just and reasonable explanation! Fail
ing 1t, let those gentlemen take the con-
sequences. And there will be no ex-
PLANTATION; for there is nothing in the
acts OF these Western railroad managers
that is consistent with honesty or common
sense, and they should he extirpated root
and branch as an example to all others.
Things have come to an evil pass when the
trustees Of the greatest public trusts are the
most conspicuous examples of chicanery and
prohigacy in high office that the history OF
the country affords.
Let the stockholders come forward and
right these wrongs. Let them go to the
great trust companies and hand in their
proxies, and insist that their properties shall
be administered by men Of common sense
and common honesty. Then there will be
reform, and o return to decent principles.
Hundreds of families, heretofore assured Of
a respectable competency, are to-day shorn
of their entire resources, while the modest
investments on which they relied have
shrunken one-half-all by reason OF the
fatuous obstinacy, stupidity, or downright
dishonesty OF railroad managers. There
must be an end to it. The remedy lies in the
hands Of the stockholders, and nowhere else.
The sun., 1888-12-04

An estimate Of the education and intelli.
gence OF country may be made from its postal
business and the report Of the Postmaster
General is OF interest In this respect He shows
that the United States surpasses every other
country in the volume Of mail matter trans.
mitted. in the cheapness Of postage. in the
postal revenue and expenditure. in the extent
OF mail routes. in the number Of Post Offices,
and in the average number Of pieces Of mail
matter to each inhabitant. The countries that
come next In order are Great Britain. Ger
many. and France: but Russia, Austria Spain.
and Italy are so for behind that they form u
subject OF contrast rather than Of comparison.
The reading and writing habits Of tho people
OF the United States are the result ofthe school
system which perYadas all parta OF our country.
The sun., 1888-12-04

The prodigious development OF the busi-
ness. the wealth. and the power Of the Ameri.
can people. as shown by the annual reports Of
the various departments OF the Government
Just submitted to Congress, must be a matter
Of pride to every patriot who enjoys life and
liberty under the Star-spanRled Banner.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-02-15
COTTON ESTIMATES.

Latham, Alexander & Co., of New York. is
sue a circular under date of the 18th instant, in
which they say
The present cotton year has so far been one
of the most satisfactory ever known. a rise
in price took place early in the season, before
much cotton had passed out of planters hands,
and it has since been we'll maintained. The
rise in cotton, however, has been very much
exceeded by an advance in prices of goods, so
that to manufacturers also the season has been
a very profitable one. Their takings of cotton
have been and still are very large, so large that
the supply will not be sufficient to admit of
consumption continuing on it's present extern
siye scale.
They estimate on the day their circular is
dated that the total visible supply in the Uni
ted States, Europe and at sea is only 2~,969,62S
bales, against 1858, 5S7 last year, and ~3,Ol5,99O
in 1856. The stock Of cotton held by European
mills on the first of this month was estimated
at sos, 900 bales against 4S1 900 last year, but the
surplus is all in Russia, where it is virtually
swallowed up, as mono of it will ever come
upon the real European markets either in the
shape of cotton or goods. They estimate, from
data before them, that Of the cotton now in
sight the supply will not equal the demand by
300, 900 bales, even should the receipts from
India and other foreign countries come up to
estimates. In our own country trade is so
good that the American mills will certainly
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-02-15
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

The December report of the earnings in this
State for that month has been published, and
the showing is the best that has yet been made.
The Charleston and Savannah Railway is the
only one whose earnings were not in advance
of those of the corresponding month of the
previous year, and the decrease for this road
was only one half of one per cent. The pas
senger earnings for the roads as a whole in
creased Is per cent, the freight earnings % per
cent. the total earnings IS per cent, and the
tonnage SO per cent.
Especially significant is the Improvement
exhibited by tt Asheville and Spartanburg,
and the Cheraw and Salisbury railroads. The
Richmond and Danville lines, taken together,
show an increase of 90 per cent.
The earnings of the Atlanta and Charlotte
Airline were Sl2O,627. 92 as against S1O4,4l1.2l
in December 1886; the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta 500, 2ss. 04 as against S54, 0OS. 90, Deem
Der 1856; the Cheraw and Chester S3,6S4.97 as
against S3,23O.24, December, 1856; and the
Chester and Lenoir Sc, s07.9 as against S~5,4l3.91,
December, 1886.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-02-15
TRIAL JUSTICE COURTS.

The Laurens Advertiser is urging the es-
tablishment of county courts, to a k the
place of the Trial Justices. Our contem-
porary thinks that there should be "but
one man in each county to try offenders,
call him Trial Justice, Justice of the Peace,
County Judge, or what you will" The
chief reason urged for this change is given
in the statement that the number OF Trial
Justices In the country give rise to much
useless litigation, entailing expense upon
the county. Doubtless there are cases
tried by these magistrates that ought to
be dismissed as soon as they are stated by
the parties complaining. The number OF
petty cases, needless controversies, is not
altogether attributable to the officers de-
sire to make his fees. These officers
are, of necessity, men unlearned in the
law, and they naturally make mistakes
that seem to the lawyer very remarkable
if not quite unaccountable. If 1t IS true,
as charged, that Trial Justices entertain
trivial cases with a view to get their fees,
there is an easy remedy for this trouble.
1t lies in substituting fixed salaries for the
fees now allowed to Trial Justices M
their c%onstables. This system has already
been adopted in many counties in the
State, and the best results have followed.
1t ought to be tried in Laurens, where, &C
cording to the statements of the Aduer-
tiser, the system is now too expensive.
While there is no purpose to reflect upon
any of the Trial Justices, it must never
theless be stated that wherever the
plan of paying stated salaries has been
tried, it has resulted not only in a say
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-02-15
RIGHT OF WAY AWARDS.

The following awards for right of way of tho
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad,
through lands in this county, were made last
week:
On Friday a jury awarded to Mrs. r. B.
Cowan, two miles east of Rock Hill, $500. The
Jury consisted of w. J. Stephenson, W.. A. Tenn
pleton, J. B. Scott. A. e. Gettys, j. L. Moss, j.
NJ. Robinson, G.. r. Turner, S. J. Garrison, j.
f. Gettvs,J J. II. Gwin, j. M. Thomasson. Mrs.
Cowan was represented by w. B. Wilson, Jr.,
and the Construction Company by MAJ. j. f.
Hart and Col. J. j. Waters.
On the same day, a jury awarded Sl5Oto MIR.
w. II. Cowan, % miles east of Rock Hill. The
following were the jurors: r. j. Caldwell, L.
NJ. Carothers, J.. B. Wood, r. B. Youngblood,
j. A.. Erwin, r. J. Dunlap, H. B. Wallace, j..
w. Love, A. Z. Love, L. r. Pierce, w. L. San
ders, j. II. Crawford. w. B. Wilson, Jr., rep
resented Mr.. Cowan., and Maj. Hart and Col.
Waters the Construction Company.
On Saturday, a jury awarded 81 ,25O to Mr.. >.
\. Jewell, Of Ebenezer. The following were
the jurors J. a. Smith, J: NJ. Whitesides, d.
L. Black, j. j. Dunlap, j. +. !som, >; w. lsom,
II. w. Burris, VIM. Dickson, d. E.. Thomas, M.
John C. Witherspoon, Esq, represented MIR.
Jewell, and the CONSTRUCTION Company was
represented by Mai. Hart and Col. Waters.
Onthe same day, a Jury awarded 5000 to Mr..
S. NJ. Fewell, near Rock Hill. The jury was
constituted as follows: John Caldwell, w. ).
Faris, D. w. Barron, J. Nc. Moore, L. /. Smith,
John A.. Hamel, J. j. Miller, j. B. Neely, II.
c.. Moore, NJ. w. Mendenhall, +. ID. Williams,
r. r. McCorkle. Mr.. Jewell was represented
by w. B. Wilson, Jr.. and the Construction
Company by Mai. Hart and Col. Waters.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-02-15
Correspondence Of the YOrkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM FORT MILL.

FORT MILL, February 1~3.-Sickness and
absence have rendered the undersigned
silent for some time, though your readers
are probably no worse off for it.
The ''cut-of" is muddy, wet and dreary.
The weather has been so bad that very
little is done on the farms.
Despite the weather, the factory pro-
crosses with serenity. On Saturday last
Mr.. German reported eight looms in opera
ton, and says that by next Saturday he
will have about forty at work. One hand
attends to four looms. 1t will not be long
before the whole two hundred looms will
be battering their webs together.
There is a movement on foot to build
another factory on the cooperative plan.
About one-fourth enough capital has been
subscribed, and the paper still circulates.
Some talk of a new hotel is also INDUCED
in but its building seems somewhat dis
tant.
Another feature of progress is a ''racket
store" kept by 'uncle Steve" where the
youngsters meet and while the weary
hours away.
A banking house is talked of, but no
definite movement has been made in that
direction.
Coltharp will have to do better next fall
for Mr.. w. j. Vaughn reports that on Mrs.
M. Z. Massey's place, in Waxhaw, he
picked from one acre of cotton, twenty
six hundred pounds besides leaving one
hundred and fifty pounds for the COWS to
depredate On. This land had never been
MANFRED.
Mr.. Alphonso Withers is here from
Southern Georgia On a visit to his mother
and other relatives.
The celebrated trickster, Chandler, of
New Hampshire, seems to be amusing
himselfat his old trade. He cannot let the
ballot-box alone, and is now pressing upon
the attention of the Senate an unconstitu-
tional measure to regulate elections in this
State. But little he cares for the constitu-
tionality of any bill. He had better sweep
before his own door before pointing out the
rubbish in front of his neighbors' houses.
ANON.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-02-15

tell what is electricity. The chemist can
tell you what is lard and what is butter:
He can analyze their component parts and
make k.o results clear to you, but this
subtle force of electricity is still battling us
all. Experiments in electricity go on for
a year, with each days deductions prov
ing the work and deductions of the prevl-
Gus day, and on the very last day the en-
tire work and deductions of the whole
year may be upset and knocked over by
something we cannot control and 40 not
understand. The general laws of electri-
city are becoming fairly well known, but
what it is remains a mystery, a theory, an
undemonstrable problem"
- On Friday last, after listening to an ar
gument from A. M. Powell, President of
the National Temperance Society, the
Senate Committee on Education by a unan-
imous vote, instructed Senator Wilson, OF
Iowa, to report favorably the bill provid-
ing for the appointment ola commission OF
five persons, all of whom shall not be advo-
Gates of total abstinence, to investigate the
alcoholic liquor traffic, it's relations to rev.
enue and taxation, and its general econom-
ic, criminal, moral, and scientific aspects
in connection with pauperism, crime, social
vice, public health and the general well
fare of the people; and also to inquire n
take testimony as to the practical results
of license and %prohibitory legislation for
the prevention of intemperance in the sew
eral States of the Union.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-02-15

predict what effect Mr.. Blaine's letter
would have upon the Republican Conven-
ton, as his letter was apparently written
in good faith and would bring out a large
number of candidates who have, perhaps,
secretly wished for Blaine's retirement:
There seems to be no doubt that he could
have had the nomination without any diff
fculty. .
Joseph D. Weeks, financial secretary of
the Republican national committee, in
commenting on Blaine's letter said:
II think Blaine is perfectly sincere in
what he says, but / do not think his with
drawal will prevent his nomination or his
acceptance Of the nomination if thrust up
on him. He owes too much to the Repub-
lican party for that. The issue next year
will be the tariff VS.. free trade, and as
Blaine is the strongest exponent OF the
protection system now before the people,
it would not surprise me if he were NOM
mated in spite of ALL"