Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.


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NEWS OF THE DAY.
The business portion of the town of Como,
Miss, was destroyed by fire on the 18th ulti-
mo. Loss, $4,000.
- The steamer Francis Wright, bound from
New York to Wilmington, N. c., sunk at sea
on the 1st instant The crew was saved.
A Philadelphia broker, named Grambo,
failed last week. His liabilities amount to
100000.
Hon. James Brooks, of New York, died
in Washington on the night of the Both ulti-
mo.
The production of postal cards has been
commenced in Springfield, Massachusetts,.
The presses will turn out FIVE hundred thou
sand cards daily.
A decision in the case of Stokes, the MUIR
derer of Fisk, was to have been rendered on
Tuesday. It is believed the decision will be
adverse toStokes.
| -Advices of the 3rd instant from Cloud
county, Kansas, state that another fearful
storm had occurred in that region by which
number of lives were lost, and much prop
erty destroyed.
Gen. E. McIver Law, formerly Of York
vile, will deliver the literary address at the
approaching commencement Of the Alabama
Conference Female College, located at Tus-
kegee, Alabama.
The wreck of the Atlantic has been blown
to pieces with gun powder. Large quanti-
ties of goods were recovered. Thus far 349
bodies of the passengers have been brought
up.
- Telegraphic consultation between the
President, General Sherman and the Secreta-
ry of War, regarding the conduct of the Mo
doc campaign, has resulted in leaving every
thing to the discretion of General Scho6eld.
AT Dixon, Illinois, on Sunday last, an
iron bridge gave way with two hundred per-
sons on it, including many women and chill
dren, who were witnessing baptism. Ninety
lives were lost, and great many persons were
seriously injured.
Reports from Virginia City, Nevada, are
to the effect that the settlers in the Mountain
City district are greatly alarmed at the
threatening attitude Of the Indians. Parties
of the Snake tribe are assembling from all
directions and they are all in war paint.
The opinion is expressed in Washington
that the United States Supreme Court will
not act upon the Louisiana matter, but will
delay in order to give Congress another op-
portunity to settle the complications as po-
litical question, thus removing it from judi
cial review.
"A narrow-gauge railroad now under con-
struction in Western Virginia costs $4750
per mile, all told, in that rough and noun.
famous section. According to these figures a
narrow-gauge road could be constructed over
our comparatively level country at much
lower cost.
John R. Thompson, we'll known as one
of Hterateurs of the South, is dead. For seve-
raj years past he has been one Of the editors
of the New York Evening Post. Since his
last illness Mr.. Thompson's place on the Post
has been supplied by j. Wood Davidson, of
South Carolina.
Joseph T. Curry, who styled himself a
prophet, divinely commissioned to teach a
new dispensation, and convicted of fornica-
tion at Columbia (Georgia) Supreme Court,
has been sentenced to imprisonment for six
months and to pay fine Of $500. He had
ample opportunity to escape, but preferred to
be martyr.
"A lawsuit was terminated in California
last week involving large amount Of valua-
BILE mining property. AS soon as the decision
was rendered general fight ensued among
the contesting lawyers and other parties in
terested. Several were severely wounded, one
mortally, and the next day a dozen street
fights occurred. The excitement continues
unabated.
Treasurer Spinner, in answer to an inquiry
upon the subject, says that Sill ,222s7 of the
back pay the members of the last Congress
voted themselves has been returned to the
Treasury but as a considerable portion of the
amount has been returned my members who
have requested that no publicity be given to
the matter, he does not feel at liberty to fur
nish names.
In recent Cabinet council, referring to
the possibility of effectually surrounding the
Modocs, General Sherman remarked that
"there are not enough troops under arms on
the continent to accomplish such purpose.
The lava beds are thirty miles in circumfer-
ence Atlanta was only five miles, and it
was found impossible to surround it with one
hundred and fifty thousand men. 1t is prob