Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-03-04
Sftaps and fatts.

-Ihey are after SWlndHng mllkmen IN new
York. Four were arrested on Saturday, and had
eighty cans of their milk seized They not only
watered their milk, but they did it with dirty wa
ter. They were sent to jail.
Clyde, Ohio, has what is called Knitting
ing saloon, take possession of all the seats, and
quietly settle down at knitting. This stops the
customary business of the place
The death of Wilkes Booth, which some
have professed to doubt, is no longer question
The body, when disinterred last week, was fully
identified by his relatives, from tooth which was
plugged in peculiar manner.
The wealthiest man in America is said to be
Young Stevens, son of the late Edwin A. Stevens,
of Hoboken, who when he reaches his majority,
will be worth $l2O 900, ,000 by the advance OF his
estate in New Jersey.
"A school-boy in Caswell County, N. c., made
nearly $500 from the sale OF tobacco, cultivated
with his own hands, at times when it did not inter
fere with his regular attendance at school. This
is an example worthy Of imitation.
On the 18th instant, the Legislature at Que
bee, Canada, had to adjourn, in consequence OF
heavy snow storm, which stopped the IT. trains, ana
prevented the arrival of quorum. The snow IN
the streets was eight feet deep, rendering them al
most impossible
"A doctor returned coat to his tailor because
it did not fit him. The tailor, seeing the doctor at
the funeral of one of his patients, said: "Ah doc
tor, you are happy man." "Why?' "Be,
cause" replied the tailor, 'you never have any Of
your bad work returned on your haudsP' .
eff you had eighty years to live, how would
you spend it so as to be perfectly happy here be-
iow?'' asked French writer, and answered it
himself 1.-The first thirty years as pretty woman,
thirty more as great general, and the rest as
bishop"
1t appears that Philadelphia has reached
such degree of civilization that the upper ter,
indulge in what are called full dress funerals. A
funeral took place there several days SINCE to which
the friends of the deceased were invited to come
in full dress suit and white gloves. What next?
Advertising ingenuity has left little room for
novelty, but merchant in Newark has challenged
attention by leaving his space entirely blank, with
the following note in fine print, at the bottom ::
''This space was sold to A. E. Brannan, but as
his business is sufficiently brisk already, he de-
cines to use it."
The Mormons had an execution last week.
The criminal was brought ironed into the court
yard, where there was crowd of some four hun
dred and seated in chair. He then read aloud
a chapter from the New Testament, the irons were
then taken off his hands, and at signal from the
sheriff he was shot dead.
The engineers will soon commence the sur
vey of the Air Line Railroad from Wilmington,
n. c., via Newbern, Washington and Plymouth
to Norfolk, Va When completed and in connec-
tion with the Annamessc Line, it will make the
time between Wilmington and New York some
ten hours quicker.
Doctor" said plain old lady, to grand.
Eloquent Dentist as he was showing her set OF
artificial teeth, do you mean to say as how body
b,,
said the dentist, "the operation of mastication can
be as satisfactorily performed with these instru-
ments as with those provided by Dame Nature
herself 'Ohr" said the old lady, 81 haint no
manner O. doubt about that, doctor but wanted
to know if body could chaw wild en-"
Profane swearing is abominable. Vulgar
language is disgusting Loud laughing is impo-
lite. Inquisitiyeness IS offensive Tattling is mean.
Telling lies is contemplate Slandering is devil
ish. Ignorance is disgraceful, and laziness il,
shameful. Avoid all the above vices and aim at
usefulness. This is the road by which to become
respectable. Walk in it. Never be ashamed Of
honest labor. Pride is curse-a hateful vice;
Never act the hypocrite. Speak the truth at al!
times Never be discouraged, but persevere, and
mountains will become mole hills.
- The Philadelphia Press tells what the men,
bers of the present Cabinet propose to do after the
undertake new role as tourist and navigator.
McCuloch will migrate with his family to New
York. Randall will remain in Washington and
practice law Welles will 90 home ashington
life being too expensive. Browning is inclined to
remain in Washington; Evarts, if he leaves the
Cabinet, will return to New York, of course and
Scho6eld will be subject to orders as an army Of
fcer.
THE Sheriff of Oneida county, New York,
lately had to execute murderer, Being tender
hearted man. he gave the criminal chloroform be-
fore he put the rope around his neck Thereupon
he has been indicted for malfeasance in office. 1t
is not easy to see how he was false to his official
duties in administering the chloroform but it oc
ours to us that he might be indicted for murder, if
it could be shown that he administered chloroform
enough to kill the man. He had no legal right to
take the fellows life in any way except by the
rope and if he had killed him in any other way,
as with bludgeon, or with arsenic, he would GER
tainly have been held for murder.
The present boundary Of New York city, a
civil engineer says, should be measured by cir
cumference twenty-five miles distant from Union
Square In 1860, the citys population was Sl4,-
600, and the suburbs within that circumference, in
round numbers, 100000. To-day, the city has L.
OOO,OOO and the suburbs within twenty-five miles
from Union Square, $4,000, thus giving this,
the metropolis, fifty miles in diameter and a popu-
lation of 2,225, 900. The average annual growth
of the country has been three per cent, and of ci
ties five per cent. for thelast eighty years. doubling
the city population every sixteen years, which
would, in 1884, give metropolitan population of
4,500,0 ,00O and in 1900 of 100000.
The Texas Constitutional Convention has
decided to erect new State to be called West
Texas out of that part of the present State which
lies beyond the river Colorado, and South of lati-
tude 49, San Antonio is made the temporary
capital of the new State. The Governor and Sen
ate are to be chosen for four, the House Of Rep
resentatives for two, and the Judges of the Su-
preme and District Courts for twelve and eight
years respectively. The Act providing for the
new State contains some novel provisions. Wo-
men are secured in their separate estates; each
County is compelled to provide manual labor
poor house; when persons have lived together as
husband and wife during life, even if not legally
married, they shall be considered so married, and
their issue be deemed legitimate; corporations
that commit wilfu homicide are made liable to
exemplary damages, etc.
The Pneumatic Dispatch Company, Of New
last three weeks without knowledge Of the public.
machinery was placed, and the work of boring the
tunnel commenced. The men having charge Of
the work are party of English miners, who were
but recently engaged in the construction of the
'pneumatie railroad tube under the streets Of
London. Earth was first removed in front of the
cellar, and the men gradually worked cut into the
centre Of Broadway The earth is not dug out,
but pressed away by shield, exactly the diameter
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