Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-07-01
Sfraps aud fafts.
Sheridan, Kansas, Is village Of fifty houses
of which forty-three are HhiskeY shops

neighbor who worried her by borrowing her own.
There are $40 Smiths, 100 aSchmidts, So
Schmitts, and number of Smits, Schmids,
Schmidlins, Smitzers and Smyths, in Cincinnati.
Maine possesses man so mean that he
charges three dollars to every person who takes
water from well on a vacant lot which he owns.
The total vote among the Methodists Of the
United States upon the question OF lay delegation,
30 far as known, foots up % 36l5 in favor OF and
s,5ls in opposition to the measure.
"A German astronomer has written pam.
phlet to prove that we are soon to have second
moon, and thati will be nearer the earth than the
present moon
--Ajoker just arrived in California writes back:
1.-THE distance from Cleveland to San Francisco by
the Pacific railroad is equal to 2ll games Of euchre,
l73 drinks, and III cigars.
I'm Newbern, N. c., the prisoners sentenced
to terms of confinement in Jail, eat their meals at
the prison, and spend the remainder Of their time
"strutting around town."
General Butler is said to have an eye on a
seat in the United States Senate, but owing to his
obGqnity Of vision, no one can tell whether 1t Is
Summers or Wilson'S,
Two men have been arrested in New York
who have followed the business of altering gas
meters, SO that customers may defraud the gas
company
Indian hostilties on the plains continue to
be reported. Frequent collisions between the troops
ma the savages occur, and things promise to be
lively in that direction.
s--A: belle of Agra, India, is in full dress when
suatAed in two shawls, with bracelets, fourteen
paTs of earrings seven necklaces, one nose pend
ace, and seal ring on each thumb.
About the smallest piece Of business Of which
the government has vet been guilty, is the removal
from Office, on Wednesday last, Of MIR. Tonry, to
whom Miss Annie Surratt was married last week.
The Lancashire cotton manufacturers have
petitioned the British Government to assist them
in cutiyating cotton in India so as to enable them
to compete with the United States.
"A farmer at West Dover, VT, has been
feeding out hay that has been in his barn for thir
ty-four years It came out bright and sound, the
cattle ate it well, and it was as good in every res
pect as hay grown last summer.
"A young girl, in village of the Ardennes
forest, recently killed her illegitimate child, cut il
into pieces, and put the pieces into the barrel in
which her parents kept their salt pork. 1t was
eaten.
Middle Georgia exchanges report crops q
all kinds growing off finely, and promising we'll
They have had good rains and hot suns for the last
ten days, Wheat is being harvested, and turns
- The South Carolina Republican is informed
that the State taxes are being promptly paid. The
counties of Spartanburg, NewEerry, Sumter, Lex:
ington and Laurens have made large returns, and
are the foremost in making collections.
"A Nevada editor lately saw white and q
negro boy hitched together and driven by little
Chinese boy. They were .playing horse. " The
poor man saw in the incident an element OF great
danger to our constitutional rights.
"A young lady said to her beau, as she held
q pot of hot water in her hand "promise to marry
me, orIll scald you" 'Let itcome, =" he replied,
'Pd rather have little poured on me than to live
in it all my life
Belts to run smoothly should have certain
amount of elasticity. A perfectly unyielding belt
viii not embrace the face of the pulley. For
this reason leather belts should be kept soft by
an occasional oiling.
The theft Of property worth four dollars,
ninety.nine and seven.twelfths cents was lately
proved against man in Indiana, and he was SEN
fenced 10 two months in jail. f be had stolen the
worth of fve-twelfths of cent more he would
have been obliged to 60 the penitentiary.
This is the centenary of the steam engine.
A patent was granted to Watt, in 1869. 1t is al
50 the centenary of Humboldt, Cuyier, the first
Burnal, Wellington, Soult, and Ney, and the hun
dfeth year since patent was granted tor the
spinning jenny.
There is little girl, ten years old, in Ken
lucky, who has never spoken to her father. She
converses freely with any one else, but when her
father speaks, she is silent She has been whip
ped for her obstinacy, but persists in saying that
she has tried to speak to him and cannot
"A remarkable litter of pigs is mentioned by
an Illinois paper. The seven pigs have in all,
- how c; how Gyo
EACH and the other three will have to waddle
about on the usual number. The mother of this
family has FIVE legs.
"A private soldier in California has invented
a new method for skimming milk He fits fine
gauze sieve to hoop the size of the pan. The
milk is then poured into the pan 50 as to little
more than cover the sieve. When the cream has
risen, the hoop is lifted, and the cream is thus
completely removed.
They have a two-headed and four-legged
negro girl in Chicago and are making great ado
about her. The single-headed and two-legged ne
groes are causing excitement and trouble enough.
Ifthe Sambos and Dinahs are coming upon us
double-headed and double-limbed, it is hard to
imagine what will become of u.s.
There is no end to the uses to which veloci-
pedes are put. In Spanish bull fight, the plea
dors appeared the other day mounted on veloci-
pedes, instead of horses and displayed such skill
in the management of their iron steeds that the
astounded bull was unable to dismount a single
one Of them.
The Wilmington (nl) Independent, edited
by Mr.. Steele, says: "a printer last week pro-
posed to 60 into partnership with US. His name
is Doohttle The firm name would sound very bad
either way you put it. Steal and Do Little, or
Do Little and Steal We can't jine One of US
would soon be in the poor-house, and the other in
the penitentiary."
Brigham Young is unable to tell how many
wives he has, In recent address in his Taber-
nacle he told his congregation that he was often
asked how many he had, but to tell the honest
truth he was unable to tell them on short notice
But he said he would get up the facts in the case,
in order to stop these questions.
"A company has been formed in New York
to bring fresh meat to that market from Texas.
conducting felt; and by chemical means a cold
first vessel, which sails for Texas next week. will
them at New York twelve days after they are
killed.
An English chemist claims to have discover.
ed method by which he can convert human
body into solid stone. This will do away with the
necessity of sculptors. When we want statue Of
great man, we have only to wait until he dies,
then turn him into stone, and 'set him up. Pro-
badly this English chemist has discovered the ma
terial with which men secure to themselves ''hinty
hearts" and hard cheeks"
I'm Massachusetts,, recently, a law went into
effect which provides that any baggage MASTER ex.