Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-01-21
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There are ffty-seven thousand places of wor
ship in this country, but not one hundred persons
on an average, are found in each on the Sabbath
"A boarding school Miss, being unwelI deem
ed it vulgar to say that she was Bilious" 80 she
complained of being ''Williamous
Bets are already being made about the length
of General Grants inaugural message. 1t is saic
that it will be the shortest ever delivered =
"A lady living at Shrewsbury, N j., weigh
ing two hundred and seventy pounds, has had ter
children, seven of whom are living, each of then
weighing over two hundred pounds
in the United States four hundred and seventy
four churches, and organized two hundred and
ninety-fve. %
Thieves lately stole the carpet from a rural
church near Cincinnati, and when it was newly
carpeted, brought back the old and stole the new
one ...-
Out of all the Southern families that went 10
Brazil at the close of the war, only seven or eight
zon, has been reduced to . remnant. Those that
are left are in destitute condition.
- Professor Chandler, in his report to the
the kerosene sold in that city is safe All Of it Il
dangerous to the life and property Of those who
use it. Benzine is universally mixed with it.
Mayor Thomas, Of st. LOUIS who has some
reputation for eccentricity In recent official COM
munication complains that his private residence,
which should have been assessed at $4,000, was
assessed at only S6,4S0.
At New York, within the last fortnight,
failures to the extent Of about four millions Of dol
lars have occurred among iobbing and commission
houses in the dry goods trade The recent failure
of one Of the largest dry goods houses was due to
heavy losses through customers in the Northwes.
tern States.
Trains on the Central Pacific Railroad are
running on schedule time to Carlin, Nevada, six
hundred miles from San Francisco. Track layers
are at Humboldt Canon, twenty-five miles further
east. No interruption has occurred from SHOWS 80
far, the twenty two miles of snow sheds at the
summit of the Sieras working satisfactorily. -
"A gentleman travelling in railway carriage,
was amused BY constant fire of words between
two ladies. One of them at last kindly inquired if
their conversation did not make his head ache,
when he answered, with good deal of ingenious
ness, ''No, aam; I've been married twenty
years"
The legal-tender law frequently gives rise to
trouble in California, where public opinion has
never tolerated anything but gold. A man recent
y offered greenbaek as legal tender for his fare
on the Central Pacific Railroad. The conductor
refused to receive it except at the current rates of
discount, and finally put the man off the train by
force, injuring him severely by doing so.
A correspondent, writing from Camden, Ar
kansas, says: The crop Of this year is great
relief tothe people of this State and the southern
portion Of t6s Mississippi valley generally. For
three years. ID addition to all their other calami-
ties, they had bad crop seasons. This years crop
will furnish them food and clothing, and money to
pay their heavy taxes.
"A roNe proseqa has been entered in the Uni
ted States District Court for the District Of Coum-
ba, In the cases of MIR. Davis and General Breck-
inridge, under instructions from the Attorney Gen
eral to entera noe proseqin all cases coming with.
in the President amnesty proclamation. In plain
English, the suits are withdrawn
The National Colored Convention is in ses-
sion, at Washington, with Fred. Douglas as Presi-
dent. A movement to exclude female delegates
created great excitement, and females were finally
admitted by large majority. During the excite
ment, Southern delegate vehemently opposed
female suffrage
"A Californian tells story of dog of his
which became so interested in the musical soirees
held at his house, that one night the assembled
amateurs, hearing a remarkable noise outside,
rushed out and found the dog, with music book
opened out before him, beating time with his tail
on tin-pan, and bowling Old Hundred with all
the musical ability of his gifted race.
The editor. of the Holmes County Farm,e;
says: 'uThe woman who made the butter which
we bought last week is respectfully requested to
exercise more judgment in ,proportioning the in
gradients The last batch had too much hair in
for butter, and not quite enough for waterfall;
There is no sense in making yourself bald-headed
if butter IS thirty five cents pound
AN intoxicated man, recently laid down on
the railroad track near the Coyington, KY, depot,
and fell asleep A little dog belonging to house
close BY, seeing train approach, ran and jumped
he awoke, just in time to get out of the way of the
cars. The man, believing this to be divine wssn-
ing to abstain from drinking, took the pledge
forthwith.
The Norfolk TuTginian notices the receipt
in that city of a new article of commerce, in a
quantity of bags Of ground bark intended for ship
ment to Liverpool. The bark is the product of a
new mill in Lynchburg, which is turning out large
quantities of material ready prepared for tanners,
and the first consignment of twelve hundred bags
came down by the Norfolk and Petersburg Rail
Road on Monday last
"A gentleman who has lately explored the
islands of Pyramid Lake, in Utah, which are avoi-
ded. from some superstitioas fear by the Indians,
says that it is impossible in the incubating season
to walk on the islands without stepping on the
eggs of gulls, ducks pehcans, and other aquatic
fowls. Two small rocky islands are alive with
rattlesnakes, which bask in the shade of almost
every stone; so that an intruder is often treated
to serenade by dozen or more rattles of various
degrees of power and shades of tone.
The New York Herald publishes a list of
the fires that occurred within the United States
during the year 1861 where the losses amounted
to $4,000 and upwards. The number of fires of
this class averaged more than one day, though
the greater number happened as usual during the
cold season. The number in February was sixty
six, while in June there were only thirteen. The
total loss for the year was 1884, 000 the lowest
amount of either of the last four years. the largest
being in 1866, when the loss was $66, ,4l0,6s0.
"A despatch from Washington says that Uni
ted States Attorney General Evarts has issued in
structions to all the District Attorneys in the Uni
ted States, ordering them to discontinue proceed
ings against ''all persons accused of reasonable
off for committod 1nripo tho Lotto raho1-