Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-02
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
sThe Working Man,"


such is the title of paper which Rev.
Tilman R. Gaines proposes to publish in Co.
lumbia, the first number of which will appear
early in this month. The paper will eschew
politics and sectarian questions; and as its
title indicates, will be devoted to "the educa-
ton of the masses-the manufacturing, me.
chanical and agricultural pursuits of the peo-
pie of our country-and the encouragement
of all the Christian and benevolent enterprises
which tend to ameliorate the condition of hui
manity." The Working Man will be large
eight-page weekly, and furnished at the low
price of two dollars year. The enterprise
has our warmest wishes for its success, and we
feel assured it will possess strong claims for
the patronage and support Of the honorable
classes to whose interests it will be specially
devoted.
Destructive Fires.
The close of the year is marked by
disaster both on sea and land, not the least
element of destruction being the flames. On
the 22d ultimo not less than eight destruc.
tive fires occurred in different cities, involving
a loss of near one million of dollars. These
losses are confined to Boston, Cincinnati,
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Portland,
Oregon, and Helena, Ark. the 24th
second fire occurred in Philadelphia, destroy
ing $4,000 worth of property, and on the
same day Barnums Museum in New York
was entirely destroyed, the camel and ele-
phant being the only animals saved. The
loss by this fire is variously estimated at from
s150OOO to 100000, several adjoining
buildings being also injured. A block on
Centre street was also burned on the evening
of the same day. Six lives were lost and
s5OO,OOO worth of property destroyed.
Cold Weather.
For the past two weeks the weather has
been unusually cold in all sections of the
Union, the far South not excepted. At
Montgomery, Ala, the weather has been Bit
terly cold, the bright noon sunshine not even
thawing the surface Of the frozen ground.
In the North, however, the weather has been
truly cold, and the heaviest snow storm
known in New York for twenty years, fell
last week, which entirely stopped travel on
the railroads and closed navigation by sail
ing vessels as far South as the Potomac. At
Evansville, Ind, the thermometer indicated
a temperature of 10 degrees below zero, and
at Wabash, in the same State, the cold was
even more intense, from the effects of which
much loss was sustained by the freezing of
cattle and hogs. Much suffering is reported,
among the poor of the crowded
cities, many of whom are out of employment
and unable to procure fuel and other necessa-
ries, while the limited supplies at many places
gives cause for serious apprehension.
Railroad Casualties.
- In consequence of the severe weather
of the past two weeks, a large number Of rail-
road accidents have occurred, involving much
loss of life and property. On the 26th ulti-
mo, passenger train leaving Cory, Ohio,
broke through trestle work near Pleasant
station and was plunged down the bank.
The cars caught fire while falling, and two
were completely destroyed. No water could
be procured, and but little effective assistance
could be rendered to the passengers, of whom
twenty-one we're killed and twenty-five others
injured. On the previous day passenger
train, containing fifty persons, was wrecked
near Prospect, Pennsylvania. All the pas
sengers crowded into one car, which caught
on fire, and twenty-five Of the number were
killed and sixteen injured. Many other rail-