Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-10-23

ing his property. Upon being brought into
Court, Mr.. Stokes fatty refused to be exam.
ined. Judge Cooke committed him to Jail, as
the law required him to do, and as his self
respect required him to do.
subsequently,, Stokes sued out writ of
habeas corpus before Judge Willard, Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, and was by
virtue thereof carried to Columbia. After a
patient and protracted hearing, Judge Will
lard discharged the writ and remanded Mr.
Stokes to Greenvlle Jail, there to remaiL un-
til he be discharged by due course of law"
Broken National Banks.
- To the inquiry of a subscriber, the New
York Journal of Commerce gives the following
explanation why the notes of closing National
banks command premium:
The National bank currency authorized by
law being all issued, no new bank can be star
ted, so as to obtain notes for itself, without
bringing in and surrendering for cancellation
an equal amount previously issued to some
body else. We have heard that as high as
ten per cent. has been paid by spectators for
the bills of dcftlnct national bank. These
are then brought to the Comptroller of the
Currency, who will cancel them and reissue
an equal amount to the new concern in whose
behalf they were surrendered"
Important Invention.
- Fenton G. Foster, who lives near Raj
eigh, N. G., who has been working for sever
al years on type-setting machine, in pub.
lished card inviting the aid of capitalist,
says his machine is now perfected, and he
claims for it the following merits:
/. 1t can be built for less than one hundred
dollars. 2. 1t is very simple. 8. 1t is as du-
rable as an ordinary card press. 4. 1t is not
liable to arrangement. 5. 1t will set one
font of type as readily as another, the same
machine setting any font required. 6. 1t will
set capital and lower case both Roman and
italic, and small caps, without additional
keys and without change or parts, or the ope-
rator changing his seat. 7. 1t will quad,
lead or double.lead, at pleasure. 8. 1t will
set any length of line required. 9. 1t will
space as readily as set type. 10. 1t will set
5000 ems per hour, by actual experiment.
II. 1t will set galley full or column with
out requiring the stick to be emptied.
Such machine as the above is represent
ed to be will effect greater revolution in the
printing business than did the application Of
steam to the presses.
State Elections.
- On Tuesday of last week elections were
held in the six States of Indiana, Ohio, Ne
braska, Oregon, Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey. In Indiana only Judges and Prosecu-
tors were elected for some of the judicial dis
tricts. Ohio and Iowa voted for Governors
and State Legislatures. The other States
vote for State and county officers. In Ohio
and Iowa the contest has been animated ow-
ing to the new organization known as the In
dependent party, which favors the farmers
movement, their slogan being opposition to
railroad monopolies. In Iowa, which has
heretofore had heavy Republican majority,
the Democrats and anti-monopolists have a
majority in the lower branches of the Legis'
lature. The Republican State Committee re-
port loss in sixty-six counties of over $4,000
majority. The counties heard from are all
strong Democratic and grange localities. In
Ohio the Democrats carry the Legislature,
which ensures the election of Democratic
Senator. They also claim the Governor by a
majority of some 800. The entire State ticket
is claimed by the Democrats, except the Su-
preme Judge and Comptroller, and sixteen
majority in the Legislature on joint ballot.
The Death of Mr.. W. G.. Harris.
- The Union Times of last week furnishes
the following as the circumstances attending
the death Of Mr.. w. G. Harris, of Union vii
lage, the occurrence of which was noticed in
the last issue of the ENQUIRER:
"From what we can learn of the cause, it
appears that the train had stalled on very
steep grade and the engineer was making ef-
forts by backing and starting again, to over
come it. when Mr.. Harris rose from his seat
and attempted to cross the platform into the
back car. Just as he opened the door the
bumpers of the cars were close together and
he made step, at the same time reached out
his hands to catch the railing of the other
car, when the engine suddenly started and
separated the platforms so far that be missed
his step and grasp and fell through. The
train, it is supposed, backed and went forward
once or twice after he fell, and as often passed
over him. A brakeman discovered him at
last, jumped from the car and pulled him out
| from between the front and back wheels, but
life was extinct, and he lay the most horrible
mangled corps ever seen. From the waist to
his toes every bone was broken and large
&c a., o1y yoI ho
The accident occurred near Wrights station,
and strange to tell, the Conductor Of the train,
Mr.. Long, left the body just where the
brakeman had pulled it to, on the side of the
track, with the head down the embankment
and the feet up towards the track. No fur
ther notice was taken of the body and it re-
NAMED there for hours. At Gastonia, six
miles beyond, the Conductor instructed the
Section Master to "go and see about it"
The Cotton Crop.
- The average condition Of the cotton
crop in the first week of this month, as COM
pared with October reports Of 1871 and 1872,
stands as much higher than that of the former
year, as it falls below the record of the latter.
Thestandard crop being good normal growth,
the yearly losses from worms or other casual
ties almost always reduce the record below
100, and the present reduction usually occurs
in September. The average this year has
fallen off from SO to 784 since the first week
of September a larger reduction than usually
occurs. The general average in October,
1871, was rs it was 80 in October of last
year. The area was one-eighth greater in
1870 and the antilmn more favorable for de.