Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-02
Straps aud fafts.

much and morals for too little.
- The Sons of Temperance of Live Oak,
Florida, after long discussion and delibera-
ton, have decided that egg-nog is not bev-
erage.
- The San Francisco Bulletin says there
are not less than 1000 miles of narrow gauge
railroad planned and in various stages of for
wardness in California.
- The editorial staff of the New York
Tribune, is composed of thirty-four editors,
seven ladies inclusive, and twenty-five repor-
ters.
"A story comes from Georgia that three
boys in Worth county, in that State, with
three mules, last year, raised 120 bales of cot
ton and 700 bushels of corn, besides oats and
potatoes in abundance.
-In Germany, when the vote of the jury
stands six against six, the prisoner is acquit-
ted. A vote of seven against FIVE leaves the
decision to the court, and in vote of eight
against four the prisoner is convicted.
The Koran says: "When a man dies
they who survive him ask what property he
has left behind. The angel who bends over
the dying man asks what good deeds he has
sent before him."
"A Partisan landlady requested Christ
mas party on the third floor to cease dancing,
as man below was dying. The guests ac-
quiesced. Returning an hour later, MY dear
children,' she exclaimed, with the most be-
nevoleut smile, "you may begin-he's dead"
"Well, farmer, you told US your place
was good place for hunting; now we have
tramped it for three hours, and found no
game" "Just so," said the farmer; "as a
general thing, the less game there is, the more
hunting you have"
AN exchange gives the following sim
pie recipe for "greasing the griddle:" Take
a turnip, cut it in half and rub the griddle
with the inner side, and you will find the
cakes will come off nice and smoothly, and
you will be rid Of the disagreeable odor Of
burning fat"
- DR.. Schlieman furnishes the New York
Herald an extended report Of his researches
in buried Troy, where he began to excavate in
October, last year. He has found we'll, an
immense tower, fragments Of urns, vases, COB
lets, etc., and some healthy toads, which he
supposes are at least 5000 years old.
" Who dares affirm that the down-trod
den colored race is incapable of high civiliza-
tion after hearing that a San Francisco negro
has sued another of his race for 900 dam
ages for libel, and that in Brooklyn dusky
maiden has instituted breach of promise suit
against good deal duskier man?
"A Boston hard drinker says he doesn't
like the idea of Strengthening the streets when
the burnt district is rebuilt. The by-ways and
alleys were so crooked that he had good ex-
cuse for another drink, just to test the question
of sobriety, and he cannot see the benefit Of
the new improvements.
- A new peril has been developed for un-
married doctors western widow having es-
capped paying a bill for medical treatment by
pleading that she thought the calls were So
cial and unprofessional. Esculapian callers
upon marriageable ladies would do we'll to
draw distinct line between professional ad
vice and society small talk, and between pills
and kisses.
- Philosophers do sometimes commit sui
eide. One did in Cleveland, Ohio, the other
day, and the modus operandi was interesting.
He first loaded his revolver, and connected it
with clock-work, so that it should be fired off
at certain time Then he took dose Of
chloroform, and before he awoke had passed
painlessly and peacefully into eternity.
- The expenses of the November election
in the city of New York have just been footed
up. 10000 votes were polled, and the ex-
pense to the city of holding the election was
100000, or nearly one dollar for every vote
polled. The expense to the United States
was S400,000 or nearly three dollars for eve
ry vote polled.
- Gold is found in Vermont, Maryland,
Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Tennessee, Kansas, Nebraska, Ne
vada, Oregon and California. Maryland
shows but SlOS for total, Vermont S5,615, and
Kansas $1,000. California has contributed in
twenty.four years S643, ,121 ,499 North Caro-
linas total is So, ,S65, ,253, and Georgia $780,
900. Virginia and South Carolina have each
over a million.
- In point of cotton manufacturing, Co.
lumbus, Ga, claims to be the first city in the
South. From late number of the Sun it
appears that every interest is prospering and
the city itself shows a steady progress-the
cotton factories alone paying in wages over
s21,O00per month. Including the other fac
tories of various kinds, the monthly pay roll
amounts to $4,000. This seems to be pretty
good showing.
"A new civil rights bill, with a general
amnesty bill attached, has been introduced in
Congress by Representative Morey, of Louisi-
ana. 1t provides penalties for the rejection of
any citizen by reason of race or color from
the full and equal enjoyment of the advanta-
ges and privileges furnished by inn.keepers,
common carriers, theatres, common schools
and other institutions of learning supported
by general taxation. Private schools, colleges
and cemeteries established exclusively for
white or colored people, and maintained by
voluntary contributions, are not to be inter-
fered with Provision is made for the annull-
ment of all laws and ordinances making dis
examinations against any citizen by the use of
the word "white" The amnesty section COM
pletely removes all political disabilities, and
it would relieve Congress from numerous ap-
pications for special relief bills for the benefit
of persons whose claims may be disallowed.
"A Washington telegram says: "Some
sensation has been created here by the an
nouncement of the Chicago Tribune that it
intends for the future to adhere to what is still
termed the Liberal Republican party. The
Chicago Tribune is the most powerful and in
Auential journal of the Northwest, and its
continued adherence to the principles of the
Cincinnati platform, in the face of the deci-
sive majorities in all the Western States for
General Grant, has caused considerable sur.
prise amongst the Western politicians. This
action on the part of the far-seeing men who