Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-10-15

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There is lady in Maine, aged eighty-sevsn
who has twelve children, ninety-two grand-chi!
dren, one hundred and nineteen great grand-chil
dren, and eight great great grand children, 80 0
An undertaken in Utica had to bury one
his debtors He got him snugly into the grave, bn
refused to fll in the earth until the weeping tamil
settled the claim, which they did. u,
"A letter is published addressed, to Genera
Grant BY General Scho6eld last May, congratula
ting the former on his nomination by the Chicag'
Convention. =2.;- s".-.-.'"'a.' - -.,.'" go
- Wendell Philips says the Republican part!
isa party without principles or leaders-Wende
ought, to know Grant says he is without priDci
ples or policy Grant ought to know. 81. ,a&ri
There Is steam engine in New York tha
runs one hundred and twenty-five presses, PRINT
ffty different newspapers makes hoop skirts, bind
books, and runs mile of ofshafting. ..,. ~
The distIleries about Richmond, it is estl
mated, are manufacturing about goo gallons 0
whiskey, per day. The demand is in advance o
the supply. I'.,:,,.g -. .., -. ,i,:l-.,..
-- Secret marriages are SO common in an Ohio
town that the young women can't get beaux
Every man is afraid Of courting some other man
wife. - -... - 90 ,. "" -
Farms in Arkansas sen at from three to five
cents an scre. A local paper says that land is g
cheap that you have to look sharp, or they vii
smuggle an extra forty acres or so on you in making
out the deed. ..a.g 3a....r... .st5G ....,-'-
The Radicals begin to despair of Ohio. 'Ar
eminent Republican statesman" writes privately
to the Tribune from that State that he is "no
without apprebenSions that we shall lose some
members Of Congress, and that our State vote will
be diminished ~ % .".'2-i .! i -.
When the women in the Madrid segar fac
tories recently mutinied, they went in mob to the
office Of one of the directors, demanding to- be
heard. He agreed to admit Committee Of them
adding that they must be the three oldest and ug
Eest Of the lot The deputaton was never sent
The Louisville Jos,rnah of the Sd instant
denies the report that Mr, Prentice has been dis
charged from its editorial staff and says, also, that
Mi. Prentice is not poor, but in afiuent circum
stances his homestead alone being valued at thir'
ty thousand dollars s..@ '-... -gF "'i.' ~. ...-"
Queen Isabella has issued protest against
the revolution in Spain. The document argues
that the force used BY the rebels to depose the
Queen does not ipjure her rights TO- the throne,
lence are not binding upon the people, .,,'{ q
"A boy who was left alone in candy store in
the Bowery, devoured four pounds Of gum drops,
and came near dying, but by prompt admInIstra,
ton of remedies, his life was finally saved s'This
saws Aunt Podson SHOULD be warning to little
boys never to eat over three pounds and q halt OF
gum drops at time. :. ~ .a ...gca 81. iD
THE cries Of those buried alive by the earth
quake in the ruins Of Ibaras smote for five or SIX
DAYS upon the ears Of survivors too indolent, apa
thetic and eager punder, to take the trouble Of
uuearthing them Thousands perished by this
horrible death, shrieking for help that would not
A maiden lady of New York has made a
will, in which she bequeaths all her property to a
RELIGIOUS corporation to build q church. She fur
thermore directs her executors, in due process OF
time, to nse her dust and entire remains to make
mortar with which to lay the corner. stone. Her
name is for the present withheld. '-.'
Patrick" said an employer, the other
morning, to one of his workmen, You came too
late this morning; the other men were at work an
hour before you" Fax, and I'll be even with
the spslpeeus this night, sure" replied Patrick
"How will Won manage that? "Be the grey wig
of Moses, quit an hour before any uv'em, sure.
Some years ago Connecticut man made
over all his property to his wife for prudential rea
sons. Velj imprudently, however, he gave her
cause for jealousy, and she refused to restore it.
Now she has died, leaving q will which allows him
only theincome, and eEenthat to be lost if he mar
nes again. ;Sr,.el Ia .Icu 80 IT, lv;y. ':.,rsis
Count Yon Setback, a Prussian artillery lieu
tenant and considered the best swimmer in the
North German army, made bet the other day
that he would swim acress the Spree, lying on his
back, and bearing on his breast board with two
full bottles of wine, SIX eggs on dish and four
tumblers. IF one of these articles should fall from
the board he would lose the bet. He won it. s.
About two years ago, a schooner sailed from
Mobile with $50 colored men on board, ostensibly
bound for Texas, where the freedmen were PROM
ised employment as railway laborers at high wages
It is now alleged that the negroes were taken to
Cuba and sold into slavery, and the Mobile jour
nails are prosecuting an inquiry into the subject
Several prominent radicals are reported as having
been concerned in the matter. .-H -- =
Tom Mcclure, near Fiat Rock, in Kershaw
District, is one of the few freedmen who have done
something for themselves. He has already brought
three bales of cotton to MARKET and has two more
to gather He has made twenty gallons of syrup,
with corn, peas and potatoes to supply his family
next year. The secret of Tom s success is that he
is no politician, is industrious, and spent his time
in tng his crop instead Of attending league meet
ings and looking after his neighbor's stock. .
Mr. j. A. Lederer, who has been connected
with the house of j. Buxbaum & Co., for long
time past, is, we learn, about to open Dry Goods
and Clothing house in Yorkvile, S. c. We re-
commend him to the people of York as young
gentleman of high character and excellent business
qualifications, and to the ladies as affable, accom-
modating and ready to attend to their wants. We
wish him unbounded success in his new field and
undertaking. Charlotte Times 20.
The designs for our new postage stamps are
described as very beautiful The two cent stamp
has for vignette mai[carrier on horseback the
three cent, mailltrain under steam the FIVE cent
retains the miniature of Washington; the ten cent
has copy of the signing Of the Declaration, from
TrumbulPs painting in the rotunda of the capitol
and the thirty cent surrender scene from the
same artist familiar to all readers of the history o
the Revolution.
During the last few years Spaniard is sale
to have realized handsome fortune in the City o.
Mequinez, Morocco, by making delicious meat pat
ties large quantities of which were sent to all parts
Something having occurred to excite the suspicion!
of the police, they made descent upon his bake
~, and found the body of woman cut up in rea
butcher style, and in the cellar they discovered
large quantity of skulls. The Sultan sentenced
him to be dragged through the streets and then cu
to pieces while alive. ....
The subject of another meeting Of Congress.
on the 10th of this month, in accordance with the
resolution adopted in September, is beginning t.
engage attention in Washington. The genera
opinion seems to be that no SESSION will be had th
month, but that quorum will be here on the lOtl
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