Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-07-07
MERE.MENTION.

| The Rock Hill Chronicle says that Mr. D. Cor
DON Of that place, "has discovered n mode Of ma
king very neat shoe without any seam whatev
er"......".We are pleased to see that Delegates
are being appointed in various sections of ths
State. to attend the Bible Convention, which is t.
assemble in this place on the End of August next
1.-THE Winnsboro' Register says that the Towr
Council ofthat place, have, by recent Ordinance
forbid any druggist, apothecary, or any other per
son, under penalty of fifty dollars, from selling
any deadly poison, except to practicing physi
clan, or upon written order or prescription from
practicing physician" Why not pass an Ordi'
nance forbidding merchant to sell calico? VIZ
imagine that the better way would have been It
request the druggists to desist. ....'""The Charles
ton Courier reports that the "South Carolina In
surance Company" has recently declared semi
annual dividend of 1G per cent.-32 per cent. PEI
annum. ......."Dr. J. s. BRocKINeToN has been
elected Representative from Williamsburgh Dis.
trct to the State legislature to occupy the va.
cancy occasioned by the death of Mr.. BELsER.
.........The Charlotte Democrat says o gentleman
in that town has engaged to sell his whole crop Of
wheat mot yet threshed QUIT at Sl:10 per bushel.
...'..."Mr. n. R. RUSHING was bitten by rattle
snake, at his place, near Gilsonvlle, S. c., and
died in eight hours from the effects of the wound
The Grand Division of the Sons of Temper
ance, of North Carolina, will hold its semi
meeting at White Hall, Mecklenburg county, N.
c., on the Goth instant. The Grand Worthy
Patriarch Of this State, hos appointed Col. W.
C. BEATTY, Maj. JOHN G. ENLoE, HUoH SIMPSON,
ESQ.,, and Rev. s. L. WATSON as delegates from
York District, to represent the Grand Division OF
South Carolina.
The St. Louis papers are talking of 80. to 4C
bushels Of wheat per acre in Illinois. ''''''"Judge
STUMP, of Maryland, has just decided that it is
not unlawful to vend lottery tickets in that State.
....... Mrs. MARY B. Francisco, widow of the
celebrated PETER Francisco, of Revolutionary
memory, died in Fincastle, Va, on the 9th nltimn,
at the residence of her son-in-law. .'..'"An unpo-
ctical Yankee has described ladies' lips as "the
glowing gateways of beans, pork, sourkrout, po-
tatoes and molasses. ."....... Mr. BONNER of the
New York Ledger has purchased the trottiug horse
Lantern and mate, for $4,000. 1.-THE im-
ports of foreign dry goods at Yew York for the
past week are unexpectedly large, and nearly
three times the total of the corresponding week Of
the year. The amount is nearly $4,000, 900. '...
The honory degree of D. D. was conferred upon
Rev. J. P. BoYcE, of South Carolina, at the annu-
al commencement of Columbia %. c. College, on
Wednesday last. ''..."The grasshopers, in certain
parts of Virginia, have taken to chewing tobacco.
They have also commenced depredations upon
the wheat, corn, &c. ''.''""No poultice has ever
been discovered to draw out mans virtues 30
fully as the sod which covers his grave. ....Sew,
ing machines are run by steam in Bridgeport,
Conn., at the rate of 1900 stitches per minute.
An English paper says, eff q genuine Yankee
were to meet death on the pals horse, he would
banter him to swap horses"