Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-06-04
MERE.MENTION.

Reports come from Virginia that the wheat
crop Of that State never looked more promising
than now. Similar accounts come in from North
Carolina. .''''''''In the u. 8. District Court, Of
Louisiana, it has been decided that United States
Marshal is liable for property seized by him and
destroyed while in his possession '''''It is ap-
pretended that the immense crop of wheat in Or.
egon cannot be harvested Farming is to-day
the most important industry in California-more
important than mining. '''''.'.A Russian ukase in
Poland orders all persons to salute the police, and
to remain uncovered when addressed by any mem
Der of that body under penalty of fine or imprison
ment. 1.-THE Mayor of Columbus, Ca, and al
Of the Aldermen, have been removed from Office
by Gen. Mead. .''''''''To-day is appointed for the
commencement, at Richmond, of the trial of ex'
President Davis Chief Justice Chase will pre-.
side. 1.-THE grain crops north of Atlanta are
very fine, but in Middle and Southwestern Geor.
gia rust has made its appearance. '''.'''"One day
last week, the trustees of church in Hamburg,
in this State, were arrested by order of Gen. Can.
by, for refusing to allow freedmen to hold politi
cal meeting in the church over which they had
control They are to be tried by military commits
sion '.''..'.Three thousand acres of land in Ange
line county, Texas, lately sold at Sheriff sale fol
$50. '".''.':General Gilem, ina report to Genera
Grant, states that in Mississippi 1854 registered
voters failed to vote in the Convention election.
The grasshoppers have entirely destroyed th'
wheat in the Texas counties of Bell, Williamson
Cornell and McLennan. The pests are all owe
Northern Texas, and it is feared that the whea
crop will be destroyed throughout the entire re
gion. ..'.'""When Radical fails to do what hi
party expects of him, straightway he is charged
with being bought They know their own weak
nesses. '''''''"In Montgomery, Alabama, the othe
day, the daughter of a carpet-bagger applied fo
soup ticket for ten days only, saying that at tn
end of. ten days her father would be Judge, ant
then she would have no use for it. The
Presbyterian Assembly names July 30th as q da!
of fasting, humiliation and prayer, and adjourned
to meet in Mobile on the third Monday Of Ma.
next 1.-THE word its occurs in but one plac'
in the whole Bible-in the twenty-ffth chapter ant
fifth verse of Leviticus '''.1"The value Of tn.
fruit grown in the Ohio valley IS estimated at five
million dollars year. ''.'..''Weston, the grea
''walkist," advises pedestrians to swing the arms
by the side, keep the mouth shut, not run down
hil wear laced shoes and linen stockings, and poul
whiskey now and then into the shoes. .'..Bish
op James asserts that the Methodists of the United
States pay $2,OOO 900 tax on tobacco used by them
while their missionary treasury seventy thousand
dollars in debt ..''''An eccentric clergymen late
ly said in one of his sermons that ''about the com
monest proof we have that man is made of clay
is the brick so often found in the hat. '''''''.A
Louisiana freedman, questioned as to his age, said
he couldn't tell, but he had "doube gran chill
dren. "'.''''Competition in the paper collar trade
in North Bridgewater, Massachusetts,, has carried
the price down to one cent box. During the
National Republican Convention, some ofthe Dele
gates paid $40 day for their board in Chicago
hotels '''''''"New Orleans possesses seventy miles
of street railroad.