Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-08-02
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Gen. M. W, Ransom, who has been spo-
ken of in connection with the Goyenouhip'
Of North Carolina, declines being Q candid.
ate for the position. lie thinks q, political
contest would be damaging to the State ut
this time, and counssls harmony aud con-
cert of action. Governor Worth is acsndid:,
ate for election. ........V ..VslIandigbsm has
been appointed delegate to the, Pbilsdel.
phia Convention from the third District Of
Ohio. .........Experimepts With q areYolyine
battery gun, capable Of shooting one hun.
dred times minute, have been; made. at
Fortress Monroe. .........The poorest man
in the world is Kentucky editor, who de-
clares that if salt WIS selling at two cents
per barrel, he could not buy enough,so
pickle a jay bird. ......"..A younggirl, nssa-
ed Julia Maker, married fsllowI psmsds
Jenny Donnedly, in Buffalo, thsothefdsy,
after courtship Of Eve minutes Shs Is
only fifteen, and didn't know her husband's'
name previous to the marriage .,s.s,,,In re-
ply to the question, "What class Of people
in the South are the most loyal 30 tbeUn
ion ?" General Stesdman, instead of ,prais.
ing the negro, as the questioner expected,
answered very laoonically: "Ths returned
rebel soldiers "......'..Jenny LiRa VA. I'd.
vertised to sing,in London during the pres.
ent month. h..:.......There., we're 789 dsaths
in Philadelphia last week-ef eholera 10;
sunstroke A !; effect of the heat ~ ;5dssen.
terry 25; Inflammation a., and eonyulsions
IS. Of the whole number of dssths 25s
were children under one year Of sge...s,:.A
patent fsh.scaler is the latest Gonnectieut
invention. .....'.."The Fresdman'a bureau
10 Princess Anne county, Va., hass deci-
ded that negro who stole a gentleman's
breeding SOW and kept her, until she had
pigs, is entitled to the pigs if he returns the
SOW. ..... ~ ~
Water has been selling in Norfolk at
twenty-five cents per gallon. 1850: Post
master General Dennison will take the
stump against the Presidents policy, ,..Y...
Gen. Sheridan, at New Orleans, telegraphs (
the Secretary of War that bodies Of French
troops are still being landed at Vera Cruz
.........Gen. Wade Hampton is in ,Colum.
bia. .......'.Tbe Hon.. Thomas ERins, Of
Ohio, is mentioned in connection with the
Presidency of the Philadelphia Convention.
....''..::The Duke of Hamilton lately psid
Sl2,500 for a COW. .........The Louiasns
cotton crop is estimated at one million bales;
sugar crop $4,000 hogsheads. ....,....Gsn.
Don Carlos Buei, formerly of the Federal
army, has erected saw mill at Apalsehioola,
and become citizen of Florids 1.-THE
New York State militia enrolment shows
10000 names for the. city and county Of
New York. .........Nearly oil the fractional
carrency circulating inx the South Is coun.
terfeit. ........The demand for hearsss in
New York city is SO great that it cannot b.
supplied. .......'..A recent tea:party, near
London, was composed of SO Blind persons,
81 deaf and dumb persons, and 22 orphans.
..'...A new. tangled machine at Montgome-
~, Ala, turns out twenty-five thousand
bricks per day, and they are sold ct eight dol.
lars per thousand. Fast and cheap .'ss..... t..
A young lady having promised her grandma