Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-05-20
Straps aud fafts.


him to marry the ex-Queen of Spain, as her past
record proclaims her woman after Dams taste.
A Western farmer advertises fugaclous
wife, who, he says "has left him just as bis sum;
mer work is beginning, Notwithstanding he has had
the expense Of winteriug her.
-AfIowa man telegraphed to sheriff in L.
linois, directing the arrest of man who was elop-
inr with his wife. he added: "He owes me one
hundred dollars If he pays, let him co.
The latest thing in the pipe line is imitation
meerschaum made Of bread. The pipes harden
and color beautifully, land closely resemble oolored
meerschaum.
AN apocryphal hatchet, said to be the one
with which George Washington hacked bis fathers
cherry tree, has been presented to the Alexandra
Museum. 80 .' -.
The report comes from Georgia that q row
of castor beans planted around q cotton field will
protect cotton from worms and other destructive
insects. - ....- .- -..>
AN exchange asks: ''What are all the young
men in our country doing? There are none any
where, learning trades" They are all playing
bail, OF learning to ride velocipedes.
"A curious case is reported of a dog, which
had Iust died, having fresh blood passed into the
carotid artery. The dead animal was revived,
stood op his feet, wsgged hls tal' and n7eo over
twelve hours, when he died again.
We should read books, not to quote them,
but to strengthen our nteects and suggest thoughts
Of our own. We fatten sheep with grass, not to
obtain crop Of hay from his back, but that be
may feed US with mutton, and clothe uswith wool.
For fashionable churches the latest idea is .
retiring room, like that of an opera house, where
ladies can leave their cloaks, parasos, &c., and
thus disencumbered, attend the service IN all the
glory of gorgeous raiment
"A curious race occurred near Boston, on
Tuesday The contestants were fast horse and
velocipede, the wager being that the latter could
not run five miles while the former ran ten. The
velocipede beat the horse on his ninth mile.
The State Department has information that
the Haytiens are highly indignant at the appoint
ment of negro to represent this country there.
They think it was intended as an insult, and say
that a negro was appointed because no white man
would accept the place.
The Wilmington IN. O. journal learns
that the farmers of Anson county, In that State,
have found it necessary to plow up their elds' one
of the most disastrous hail storms ever experienced
having destroyed the wheat Of that section on
Wednesday night, 9th inst,
Henry Hunter Craig (negro) has been ap-
pointed mail agent on the Montgomery and West
Point Railroad, and L. J. Williams lnegro( mail
agent on the Montgomery and Mobile Railroad;
u. D D6ITy, duOLutl LeSIUi uoo p0ou @PPoAoSS~
mail agent on the Mobile and Ohio railroad
"A curious card appears in Texas paper.
A man advertises that bis brother is candidate for
Sheriff of the county because he himself isdsfran-
chised, but that he is to be the real officer.
''You are voting for me, and that is for my bene.
fit, and am to receive all the pay i'll am elected.
Forney writes to his paper: "Let me men,
ton the Confederate soldiers as among the best
friends of the Southern people. have had a
hundred conversations with these soldiers, officers
and men, and in no instance have failed to flnd
courtesy sound sense cordial submission to results,
and good feelings for their Northern brethren"
1t has lust been decided in the Supreme
Court of New York that travellers must withdraw
their baggage from the keeping Of railroad compa-
MES upon arrival; that the companies are under
no obligations to store the baggage, and are not
liable for its loss if mot removed within reason
able time"
Chief Justice Chase has ruled that the gov
ernment cannot collect income tax from foreigners
who hold our bonds, and that what has been col
lected must be refunded. The Internal Revenue
Bureau is preparing to carry out this decision, and
several hundred thousand dollars will come out OF
the treasury in consequence Of it.
"A misguided Missouri editor demolshes ex-
Secretary Stanton in the following ferocious man
fendsh executioner of Mrs. Surratt and murderer
of Wirz, was lately baptized and taken into loyal
church at Pttsburg. IF ten thousand baptismal
washings yea, if being anchored, with milestone
tied to his neck in mid-ocean, for century, will
save Stanton, the devil, and all his culinary, sim
ner-cooking apparatus, needn't despair
-James NJ. Askew, of Union county, accused
of numbering coored lad, named Alfred Gist, on
the 2Sth of January last, and for whose apprehen-
sion reward of $500 was offered, was captured a
few days since He was trading horses, and was
recognized by colored man, who summoned to
his assistance three Others and arrested him 10 the
presence of several white persons, who made no
attempt at interference or obstruction. The cap
Is Some idea of the magnitude of the Pacific
Railroad independent Of its length, may be formed
from the fact that portions of it cost $500 900 per
mile. The blasting powder alone, for lao miles
this side of Sacramento cost 100000, while the
average cost per mile of the mountain section was
100000 The point of greatest elevation is Bird
gers Pass, Rocky Mountains,) 1854 feet above
tide water. The two companies Central Pacific
and Union Pacifc) have, combined, $40 first t-class
locomotives, and over 1900 freight cars all ready
for business
The steamship China, of the Cunard line,
running between Liverpool and Boston via Queens
town, Ireland, has recently made the quickest pas
sage on record between Liverpool and Boston.
The China sailed from Liverpool on April q, and
took her departure from Queenstown at p. m. on
April %, and entered Boston harbor on the after
noon of May 6, after an unprecedented run of only
seven days and twenty two and halfhours Her
greatest speed on any one day was three hundred
and seventy-6ve miles, and she averaged fourteen
knots an hour all the way over
The party consisting of Ex-Governor Ward,
of New Jersey, Colonel Forney, General VanW Wick,
of New York, and others, who started on South
ern trip two weeks ago, have returned to Washing
ton They went as far as Florida, stopping at the
principal cities and towns on the way. They all
concur in the report that the industrial prospects
have improved. They say the negroes are work
ing better this year than last, and the whites gen.
orally seem to be more industrious, and the crops
look we'll The people are anxious for Northern
immigration, and millions of acres of good land are
offered to capitalists. The party were everywhere
well received, and railroad companies provided
special cars on the trains for their accommodation,
free Of charge.
In expectation Of the consummation of their
connection, the Central and Union Pacific Railroads
had made due arrangements to accommodate the
trade and travel across the continent. The first
thing upon which they had to agree was of course:
the rate of passage. The respective officers Of the
companies, after consultation, have come to tenn
porary understanding that the fare from New York
to San Francisco for emgran and second-class pas
sengers should be $75, and for firstclass passen-
gers SITS. Concerning freight nothing definite
has yet been arranged. 1t is expected that the
trip from shore to shore can be made in from six
to seven days. For the present the time Of rim.