Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-07-22
sfraps aud fatts.


An old farmer in Ohio having read that the
State cleared over 81, 900 by the labor Of the con-
yicts, suddenly exclaimed, II think we had better
turn our Legislature into Penitentiary, by jngo.
"A California theatre has adopted the plan o.
furnishing room where babies can be LETT checked
during the performance. In case any are lett un
called for, they are sold at auction the next day.
Bishop Kingsley of the Methodist Episc,opa
Church, is about to justify his right to the title o.
circuit preacher, by starting on an Episcopal mis-
sionary tour around the world
"A young man of Memphis has appeared in
St. Louis to claim the reward Of 500, advertised
for news of q missing girl. He married her the
other day, after successful elopement
Pine apples are being cultivated in the pen
insula of Florida with the greatest SUCCESS. Ihey
are larger than those grown in the west lndles'
and fully equal to them In sweetness and naVor.
More complete returns from the election IN
Virginia show that the Richmond journals have
heretofore somewhat overestlmated dov: Walser
majority, which will probably turn out to be from
10000 to $4,000
"A Louisville matron, whose husband snores
hadlv. keens a clothes pin underneath her pillow,
and when his snoring awakes her, she adjusts the
Din on his nasal organ and then slumbers peaceful
ly.
A man in Adair County, Iowa, has invented
cannon which be claims will throw projectile four,
teen miles, and has gone to Washington to get
patent. He proposes to offer it to the Govern
ment for 100000.
The abundance of the wheat cropin Virginia
has already brought down the prices OF flour IN that
State, and it is thought that the best quality OF the
staff of life will soon be sold at S. and So per par
rel.
"A boy having complained to his father that
Bill had thrown the Bible at him, and hurt MIN
on the head, the father replied: .'Wel you are
the only member of my family on whom the blole
ever made the least impression
"A parson out in Jersey, while preaching;
sermon appropriate to the Fourth, spoke OF the
limited States as bounded on the East by the rising
sun, on the North by the aurora borealls, on the
South by the procession of the equinoxes, and on
the West by the day ofjudgment.
The Baltimore San says: ut is startling
estimate, but one which is by many believed to be
fair, that not less than out OF every three OF
the residentsof Maryland, as well as ofother States
are suffering in various ways from the effects OF In
temperance. -,
Fort Pulaski is now rebuilding, under the
superintendence of the United States Engineer
Corps. Thirty FIVE men are building up the water
battery, and when the work is completed, four H.
inch and two l5-inch guns 1t will contain the heaV-
lest ordnance ever placed at Fort Pulaski
"A Swedish woman arrived at St. Paul,
Mimi, June 25th, with her dead child, three years
old, in her arms 1t had died during the ngnt'
and all night long she had chung to the corpse
swinging the body to and fro, sobbing and moan
ing. She was on her way to join her husband,
who came to America year or two ago.
"A man in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, bought
a wagon-load of boards, about tnrty years ago,
and failing to get the price he asked, determined
not to lose money on them. Accordingly they are
still for sale in his yard having never been remov-
cd from the wagon, but team and boards are most
II rotten wood.
"A piece of mechanism for transferring rail-
road cars from one track to another without neces-
stating the running of the car several hundred feet
backward or forward, as the case may be, and with
ont the use of switches, has been patented within
the last few days The practical advantages OF It
are saving Of depot room and OF time, and rail-
road men say that it possessessome intrinsic merit
The removal of the capital Of the United
States is gravey discussed by the Chicago lTaGnne
with as much earnestness as II Dill to that enect
had passed Congress, and the decision as to the
new site had been referred to the people to deter
mine at the polls The Tribune says the eholce,
lies between Cincinnati, Chicago, Memphis and
St. Louis, and votes in favor Of ST. Louis, after
showing auVautuSSS tHo W ~--~
several cities mentioned.
The Cuban expedition lone hundred and
twenty men) that quietly slipped away from New
York, on the 23d Of last month"; squietly returned
to New York on Saturday evening last in the brig
A. Eldred. The men made landing, and had
Slight brush with the Spaniards, but cholera and
yellow fever were prevailing so badly in the lnsur
gent camp that all hands concluded to return home
while it was yet in their power to do so.
An aged Philadelphia lady, whose failing
sight rendered necessary prayer book OF great
SIZE recently called on her friends on her way, to
church, and upon starting again unwlttlngly picked
up small music box instead of the prayer book:
During the sacred ceremony the old lady attempted
to open her prayer book when, to her surprise and
the astonishment of the congregation, the machine
struck up "Lanngan's Ball with great cearness
and force.
The Boston Post says the most liberal and
pratical policy is recommended to the Democratic
party by those who take the deepest interest IN ITS
success. The Cincinnati Enquirer says: 1T is
not the time for extreme counsels to prevail, or Tor
the selection of ultra and uncompromsing men.
The idea should be to lead men into the party,
rather than turn them QUITO look to the present
and the future, and not to the past. The Phlia-
delphia Ace, the New Hampshire Patriot the
Providence (R. ~ Herald, and other influential
Democratic journals, express similar sentiments.
General Forrest has made arrangements to
secure. within the next two months, thousand
Chinese as laborers upon Southern railroad which
he has contracted to make. An agency has been
established in St. Louis for supplying, at the short
est notice, whatever number of Chinese may be call
ed for from any part of the country, and that agen
cy has already ordered $4,000. A grand enterprise
for the introduction of Chinese to be employed up
on the plantations of the South has been vigorous
ly inaugurated at Memphis
Another duel between two negro women,
rivals in the affections of a young man, came on
the other day in Tennessee. The battle was with
bludgeons, and lasted fifteen minutes. The sur
vivor had an arm broken, an ear bitten off, half
her hair gone, and bruises and scratches over her
entire person and face The other girl was ap-
parently getting the best of the fight, having only
lost two front teeth, when her adversary, i'm:
mediatey after her right arm was broken, grasped
the club in her left hand and with one blow broke
the girls neck.
"A Joint meeting of all the trades unions of
this country is soon to be called to take into con-
sideraton what measures, if any, should be taken
by them in view of the great influx Of fChinese emf
grants to this country The officers ofthe Nation
al Workingmen's Union have lately addressed let
ters to various trades unions throughout the coun-
try, calling their attention to the matter, and ask
ing advice Representatives of the trades union
of California are now in New York and other East
ern cities, agitating their brethren against John
Chinaman.
ALL the newspaper correspondents and in
huentia politicians who pass over the Pacific rail-
road certify that the road is in excellent condition
Senators, members Of Congress and distinguished