Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-04-03

self, when there was an old clothes line in the
cellar which was good enough for the purpose.
She says he always was extravagant, and too
lazy to 90 into the cellar for anything.
- The Legislature of Kentucky has en-
acted that married women may receive direct
ly from their employers the wages or compen-
sation for labor performed by them, and that
the money so earned shall be free from the
debts and control of their husbands.
- The Philadelphia Press, Of the 10th,
says quite an important case was decided in
that city the day before. 1t was the case OF
Scull Us. the Kensington National Bank, an
action to recover for loss sustained by the
robbery of their institution in 1871. He was
a special depositor and placed thirty $1,000
United States bonds in the safe of the bank
by permission of the cashier. The verdict was
in his favor, and for $1,000.
The pious ladies of Des Moines, Iowa,
visited the abandoned females of that city last
week, and urged them to quit their sinful
habits of life, The abandoned females asked
the pious ladies if these latter would find them
homes and furnish them with other occupa'
tion. The pious ladies said that was wan
dering from the argument, and elevated their
skirt and their noses, and in second the
abandoned females were abandoned again.
AN exciting horseback race recently
took place in Kentucky town between a
sheriff and lady, on whom he was endeavor-
ing to serve process. The lady, persisting
that she would not receive the paper or hear
it read used the switch very vigorously on her
horse, but the officer, being mounted on the
better animal, caught up with her and contin-
ued in her company until he had read to her
the contents of the official document which he
held.
"A writer in the Pail Mall Gazette has
been figuring up the debts of the world, and
comes to the conclusion that the aggregate in
debtedness of all nations reaches the respecta-
bic total of S21 900, 100000, at an annual in
terest rate of 4! per cent. This involves q
burden of $945, 10000 year, or translating
it into practical shape, implies that, at the
rate of 81 900 each, nearly million men are
living on the interest of the money that Gov
ernments owe them.
"A number of returned emigrants have
arrived in New York from Brazil. They
found, according to their statements, that
they had been deluded into settling in Brazil
by assertions that were totally false. Some
thing of the same kind recently occurred in
England, where charges were preferred against
the Brazilian agents at Liverpool, when the
emigrants again reached that port. Upon the
whole, it may be stated as highly probable
that Brazil is not a favorable country for
English or American colonists.
- The new social equality law of Arkau-
sas has already had a big hole knocked into
it by the Memphis and Arkansas River Pack
ct Company. Said Company, rather than
admit the colored element to the cabins Of
their steamers, have closed the same, and re-
fused to receive any but deck passengers.
Their right to do this, and even their right
to invite such Of their passengers as they may
choose to share the cabin with their officers,
cannot be questioned under any of the nu'
merous amendments to the Constitution, nor
under any of the queer laws passed for the
enforcement thereof-Missoari Republican.
- The charter of Galveston, Texas, has
been so amended as to admit of cumulative
voting, and under this system, says the Ners,
one voter can give three votes for one alder
man instead of one vote to each Of three al
derman, or if he thinks two of his three votes
will be sufficient to secure the election of his
first choice he can then give his third vote to
y his second choice, in the hope of electing him.
But if he thinks his party strong enough to
eject all the aldermen he may give one vote
to zach of the three candidates. The first is
called Pumping, the second dumping, and we
suppose the last, or voting for all, may be
called trumping.
- There are seventy-four United States
Senators. Nine were born in Pennsylvania,
six in New York, six in Virginia, five in
Maine, four in Massachusetts,, four in Ohio
FIVE in Vermont, three in New Jersey, two
each in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware,
North Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, one each in Alabama, South Car.
olina, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Tennes.
see, Ireland, Germany and Wales. Seven
Southern States have only four native sena'
tors. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maine
and Vermont have twenty-three native sena'
tors, of whom fifteen are doing duty in other
States.
"A young lady writing from Europe
finds there some very odd but agreeable things
For instance, she says: AS a general rule
walters and chamber "maids" are men. In
one hotel where stopped for three weeks, the
only domestic ever saw was a man. He did
everything; swept and brushed and cleaned
my salon, made my bed, cared for my dress.
ing room, served my breakfast, and always at
nig ght, about 8 o'clock, he would enter with
clean towels, open my bed as mother
does for her children, lay out my night dress
and bow himself out with good night, made:
moiselle." One becomes accustomed to odd
things, and now much prefer man to a
woman servant The young lady should be
credited with frankness and most unquestion
able sincerity.
"A commercial paper of New York
makes the statement that the Southern papers
have commenced the annual crusade against
cotton planting, and in favor of raising corr
and the cereals. The same paper advises the
planter to do no such thing, that cotton pays
better than corn, and that it is the planters
interest to plant the crop that pays the most
ready cash. Now this advice is all very nice
and disinterested! Let our farmers plant
corn, etc., sufficient for home consumption
first; then raise all the cotton that can be well
cultivated afterward. This makes us indie
pendent The other course increases the sup
ply of cotton, and thereby reduces the price
thestaple commands in market, while it takes
money out of these States for the purchase Of
food supplies, which might just as we'll be re
tanned.
SAYS the Atlanta Herald of recent
date: aOn the first of November last Mr.
Crawford Nally, an old and highly esteemed
citizen of Paulding county, Georgia, together