Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-30
Straps aud fafts.

-> At told Hill, Nevada, three weeks ago, Ice
thicker than window glass froze in the open air.
This is doing very well for summer.
-Althe magistrates elect in Shelby County,
Ala, are negroes, and not one Of them can read or
write. But radiealism makes them AL write.
"A plan is proposed to bring London and New
York within seven DAYS of each other, by means OF
fast steamers between Valencia and St Johns,
and connecting railroads.
Reports from all portions of Virginia give
the most encouraging accounts of the wheat crop,
particularly along the james River in the Valley.
The crop is considered to be over an average one.
IT is said that there is man in Connecticut
seventy years old who has lived all his life within
fifteen miles of Hartford, yet has never seen that
city. .-......... 20.
~ distinguished Ohioan is credited with the
saving that sMr. Chase win do the meanest thing
to get into Office, and makes the best officer when
he gets in, Of any man in the United States"
From June to July the national debt rose
from 5000, ,827, ,s42 to $1,000, ,SS3, ,392 being an
increase Of more than tftythree millions of dollars
in one month.
"A New York correspondent says: Fired
Douglass declines to stump for Grant because ne
once owned negro, and must, therefore, be an es-
sential Democrat" -...-
This season the Southern rice crop will prob
ably reach sixty thousand barrels, or nine millions
seven hundred and twenty thousand pounds Of
rough rice, against forty-fve thousand barrels in
1867. ia.-.r-..... ."' 90.
The statistics of cigar manufacture show
that Great Britain and her colonies and the United
States consume half the crop of the world, and
that Cuba produces one-third of the whole supply
Of the world. .,......
The funeral Of an old woman who was buried
recently in jackson, Michigan, was attended by
two of her sons from the House Of Correction in
Detroit and third from the State prison, all un-
der guard --,.. ~.
The leading female rider of Yankee Robin
sons circus troupe attempted suicide at Freeport,
Ill, last week, because she was disguised with the
profession, and the propretors refused to release
her from her engagement
The paupers of England and Wales on the
lst Of January, 1868, numbered ], ,04O, lOS, being
onenineteenth of the entire population and an In
crease of 76, ,903 during the year. Of the whole
number SO, 4s7 were able-bodied men.
in the House of Representatives, on Thurs
day, a bill was passed removing the disabilities
from Simeon Corley, to enable him to take his seat
ss Representative from this State. In the Sen
ate, the bill was laid on the table.
A white Senator at Atlanta was asked while
ut table, whether the representatives from his
county had arrived. Wait until 1 am through
my breakfast" he replied, 'and I will send to the
kitchen and enquire. /"
A married woman in Wisconsin says that
when her husband is little drunk he kicks her,
and when he is very drunk she kicks him. She
congratulates herself that she does the greater
part Of the kicking. ,....
There are one hundred and sixty-eight Gen
erals In Mexico who believe themselves entitled to
the Presidency of that cheerful republic, and only
await a favorable chance to issue one hundred and
sixty-eght proclamations in favor of their ndVid-
ual selves. ..-
A German Pomoogist asserts that young
pear trees with smooth and red twigs vii! furnish
Juicy and well-davored fruit; while rough, green
shoots indicate mealy dry and tasteless article.
With apples, rough branches indicate sour; smooth
branches, sweet fruit.
Some American ladies at Copenhagen, who
recently called on the Queen of Denmark, were not
a little astonished to see that she wore cheap
dress, and that on rising to receive them she laid
on her table cotton stocking, on which she had
been knitting
There is lady in New York who owns and
runs o large wholesale harness and saddlery estab-
ishment on Pearl street. She transacts her own
business, and is daily at the store. She has tray
eled extensively in this country and Europe, and is
said to be the "smartest woman in New York"
1t is in contemplation to appoint Govern
ment receivers to take full possession of all the
Southern railroads which have neglected to pay
the Government for the material purchased at the
close of the war, and to control and operate them
until the debt is paid. Several have already thus
been taken possession Of
The Raleigh IN. C.) Sentinel, referring to
Holden's message to the Legislature, on the sub.
ject Of arming militia force in that State, says if
the Legislature succumbs in this matter, let the
bill have, the proper title: "a bill to naugurate
war and organize Pandemonium in North Carroll
ma"
"A new feature of political campaigning is
soon to be instituted by the Radicals who propose
establishing singing clubs to perambulate the
country, and chant the praises Of Grant and Cotax
for ten dollars a week and travelling expenses.
Horace Greeley is the treasurer to whom the faith
full are called upon to send in their contributions.
The opening concert will be given in New York.
The Montgomery advertiser, of the 2eth in
slant, says: "There can be no doubt now that
army worms have made their appearance. The
road just on the edge Of f the town going South 5
saw six Of them this morning they looked strong
and healthy. 1t is to be hoped that their stay will
be Of short duration. ..
"A dispatch from Washington, dated on Sun
day last, says that tremendous rain storm was
then prevailing throughout the North. Reports
from Baltimore say that the water is within few
feet of the Monument Square North-street, al
most its entire length, has from four to eight feet
of water. Hoiday-street Theatre is surrounded
with water. A number of dray horses and some
of the drivers were drowned. The street cars have
been swept from the track in Gay y-street down Har
rison-street, with number Of passengers.
-Don't advertise, it's bad plan. 1t will
call attention to your place of business, and it is
much better for people who wish to trade with
You to hunt you up. 1t gives your customers ex-
ercise and makes them healthy. Besides, if you
advertise somebody will buy your goods, and then
you will have to get more, and it will be bother
to YOU 1t you have property to sell by auction or
private sale don't advertise it, or the crowd of
purchasers might dirty the doorstep or soil your
carpet.
Gen. Meade, on Thursday last, issued Gen
eral Orders, turning over Georgia to civil rule.
The orders are much the same as those issued in
other States-that the Legislature Of Georgia hav-
ing complied with the acts Of Congress, the com
manding general orders that the civil officers hold
ing by military authority or failure to have success
sors qualified shall yield their Office and turn over
to qualified successors all public property archives
&c. The military must abstain from interference
or control over civil authority. Writs of habeas
corpus from United States courts will be respect
fully obeyed, and their decisions conformed to.
'-The Richmond D,s,otcb assions nc ono ron