Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-11-12

The people Of Weedsport, N T., have IN
vented new church entertainment a "mush anc
milk sociabie. !" Ser:t "a; ,''.' ''''i 49,. ''.
The Indiana farmers are selling their corn il
the field at City cents bushe to be fed to hogs
which sell fof'eighs cents pound s.sta-';!i .':s,
-;---Ganads has young lady of twenty three
who is seven feet seven inches tail, and weighl
$40 pounds. "ii' .i!E-ZH'-2E, g.; ." -..gg'.4t
Five thousand dollars insurance was paie
last week By Hartford company on a single
sheep which died IN Middlebury, Vermont, ara-
- The ,eousciens' fund of the United State!
now amounts to more than one hundred THOUSAND
dollars ,,a ara, ,,r:i, = .gr..... D.. d: u.
.-- Rss. E. A. Mood, pastor of Trinity Meth
odist Church, in Charleston has accepted the Pres
nency of the Soule University Of Texas
while California is producing $45, ,OOo, J ,oO(
in gold, she produces $60 0O0, 900 in farm products
and SO, ,0Oo, 900 in manufactured goods
"A gentleman in the Bank Of England ha'
calculated that If all the English shilings in circu
latiou were piled one upon another, the column
would be eighty ty-seven and quarter miles high.
A hishlyseducated constable somewhere il
the Northwest exposes for sale q roam horse, "ol
30 omutch thereof as ma bee nessary to satisfy tht
Judgment. ... y, i,,.....c... o., = - .r...
Governor Scott has gone North with th'
view of completing some financial arrangements
the State and also in the interests Of the Blue
Ridge Railroad.
Tie London I streets, tt,i placed in single
straight line, would reach as far as from Liverpoo
70 New York. Il takes $4,000 street lamps Il
illuminate the city at night. 'f.- .'..' =. -.
The Southern Presbyterian, published in Co
lumbia, has recently been increased IN size and the
subscription price reduced to $2.5O. 1t is the lar
eest and cheapest newspaper printed in South Car
olina. 80 -...;. h. vs..3s. - , :. So.
At recent baptism in the Platte River
near Rochester, Missouri man named stephens
died suddenly, as he was being carried up the bank
1t is supposed that he had the heart disease, anc
was fatally chilled by the complete Immersion
The Lancaster Ledger Of Friday says: ''The
shnck of an earthquake was distinctly felt at thai
place on Tuesday morning last, at quarter before
six O'Clock. A dull runbGng sound accompanied
it, ....--. O.. o.. -. ..,.. ... '.t.. .s.
Seymour's majority in New jersey is about
two thousand. The Congressional delegation stands
three Democrats and two Radicals. The Demo-
Gratis have six majority on joint ballot in the State
Legislature.
We Judge from the returns that Cbattahoo
chez County, Ga., il poor place for capet- bag
gers. 1t gives $50 Democratic majority, and but
Radical votes polled in the County. Those three
voters must feel lonesome indeed. g.:
.-General Meade telegraphs to General Grant
that the election was quiet throughout his Depart
ment. except at Augusta, where the Military sup
pressed the disturbance, and at Savannah, where
the Police restored quiet ,...,
- General Grant has not YET resigned, and i
is said that he VIII continue to hold his Office, i
elected President until lie is naugurated, in orde
: that he may nominate Lieutenant General Sher
man to the vacancy occasioned BY his own promo
ton. - -. - ..r~ $50. ! -Gs =.
-Itis not generally known that anelection wa.
held in Virginia on Tuesday oflast week. Such il
nevertheless the case. In Alexandra the Seymour
and Blair ticket carried the day. Under the &C
Of Congress, which provided that no electoral vote
should be counted from States not represented II
Congress, Virginia will doubtless beruled out
The Columbia Phenir learns that Govern
or Orr has accepted the Office of Judge, to which
he was elected by the last Legislature. His lega
learning will be of immense advantage in these un
settled times, and it is matter OF congratuatiol
to the State at large that he has consented to I'll
this important position. o.. - - va. 49,.
On Tuesday morning, the 3rd instant, q
bout o'clock, the shock Of an earthquake was tel
by many persons in this city and we have con
versed with gentlemen from Gsston, Lincoln ant
Union counties, and York and Lancaster Districts
who say they also felt it. We felt the jar 30 sen
sibly that we raised up from our bed and looked
out, supposing that something had struck th'
house. Others say they heard roaring sound a
if the chimney was on ire.-Charlotte' Democrat
"A romantic pair in Pennsylvania are blessed
with a number of daughters. The eldest wa
called Caroline the second Madeline; the third
Eve-liDe the fourth Ange-ine when 10! the fftl
made its appearance and no name could be fount
with the desired termination Determined, how
ever, to fight it out on that line, If it took al
summer" the parents, at length, pounced upon
name very popular in their neighborhood, ant
forthwith the baby was called Crino-ine
Tile Newbery Herald says: 1.-The immens
trains loaded with cotton which pass down tn
Greenville and Columbia Railroad and which re
qnire two engines generally, one before and on
behind to propel to their destination, or the ter
,nination of this road, gives good proof Of the
bundance of the great staple raised in the upcouu
try, and the good prices realized is making none
matcrs easy with planters, merchants and IN FAC
all classes" .. ......-,...
1t is stated that ninety-6ye out of every hur
dred Instances of the bursting Of double -barrele
gun can be traced to defects in the left barre
The reason is simply that the right is most tre
quently used and neutrality-suspicious. ten times
the left one being discharged once. Every tim
the right barrel is discharged the gunpowder !
the left is pulverized more or less by the shock
and the settling of the grains leaves space b
tween the charge and wadding. Hence when tn
left barrel is discharged it frequently explodes
These accidents, it is asserted can be avoided b
s.ndipg the ranirod home with one or two snal
blows into the nom discharged barrel every tim
the other il reloaded. ..r.,. .....
-Two.thirds of the population Of Calvin towr
ship, Cass county, Michigan, is made up OF co
ored people. They pay ne-halfthe taxes, suppl
three entire school districts averaging from sixty
FIVE to seventy scholars each, and are about equ'
in four others and paid 81, 500 taxes last yea
They own FIVE eighths of the land in the tawn, an
shat the most choice, amounting to IA, 400 acre.
which is worth $4O per acre, making their entir
valuation in landed property $576, 900. Of cours
they have 10 addition large amount Of other prop
erty They are industrious, determined to educat
themselves and their children, and to be honorabl
and respected citizens benefit to their State an
an honor to themselves. q ....
The price of cigars in the Havana marke
are $500 per thousand for Celestiaies, 500 te
Leopoidinos, $3.50 for Senadores and Patriarca
500 for Imperiales, $60'to $75 for Regslias, "a
for Londres, and $35 for Principles. The tobace
crop this year is somewhat inferior to that OF 1861
the quantity is about twenty-five per cent. short
last years produce the price is fully twenty.
twenty-five per cent. dearer. Some of the hn
quality of this year s crop will be finer than an