Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-12
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it is feared that the draft will be honored Gin
heap" some of these mornings.
- The lady who was married in balloon
in Cincinnati the other day, has since shown
how it affected her by blowing up her hus-
band higher than kite
- The diptheria epidemic is making
alarming progress in New York, fifty deaths
from this disease having occurred there last
week, principally among children, between
the ages of four and fifteen years.
"A lady wants to know what is the
meaning of "ante" and "pass the buck" ;"
Her matrimonial companion uses it in his
dreams, and shei is afraid it indicates typhoid
fever.
- It was neck -and-neck contest between
the democracy of Ohio and Indiana as to
which should give the largest majority on the
State ticket The official count shows that
Ohio won by few votes: Ohio, 17,2O2; In
diana, 17,O6S.
- "My dear boy" said fond aunt to a
very fast.lliving nephew, don't you know
that in leading this irregular life you are
shortening your days?" "It's quite possible
that may be shortening my days, but, then,
look how lengthen my nights" was the re-
ply.
On the Amoor river they have queer
plan of performing capital executions. They
give the culprit Chinese brandy until he be-
comes unconscious, and then they bury him
alive. Before he recovers consciousness he is,
of course, smothered by the earth, and so it IS
merciful plan.
- 1t has been estimated that if the popu-
lation of London goes on increasing at its
present rate it will exceed FIVE million by the
end of the century, and that should it con-
tinue at the same rate during the next centu-
ry, by the year 1000 it will have reached the
enormous aggregate of twenty-five millions OF
inhabitants.
Georgia is a Democratic State She
has now two Democratic United States Sena-
tors and nine Democratic members of Con-
gress, a Democratic Governor, Treasurer,
Conn mptroller, and Secretary of State; a State
Senate with one Republican in it; House
with only FIVE Republicans out Of nearly two
hundred members and Democratic Mayor
to every city.
- In view of the recent Democratic victo-
ries, the Washington Chronicle says: "Prob-
ably majority of the States will be rep
resented by Democratic delegations in Con-
gress, rendering it necessary for the Republi-
cans to elect the next President by the pop
ular vote or permit the National Government
to 90 into the hands of the Democracy after
the 9TH of March, 1877"
Commissioner Eaton's annual report
on education shows that there is lamentably
large number of children in this country who
do not attend school. His estimate is that
there are 1O,22S,9OO of boys and girls, between
six and sixteen years of age in the United
States and there are more than million
and half Of these, who are entirely destitute
of educational advantages.
According to the Natchez Democrat, a
dismissed colored grand juryman soliloquized :
81 don't un'stand this bisness. Looks to me
like natural for man what's in trouble to
git his friends on de grand jury if he kin. [
reckon if de old Jedge himself was in a tight
place and he had to 60 fore de grand jury,
he'd be mighty glad to have his friends on
dar."
"A $4,000 verdict against the sheriff of
Mecklenburg county in favor of the Carolina
Central Railroad, was rendered in the Fede-
raj court at Statesville last week. The suit
was brought against the Sheriff for the seizure
Of 70 tons of railroad iron under executions
in his hands in favor of sundry creditors of
the Carolina Central r. R., (known at the
time as the Wilmington, Charlotte & Ruther-
ford r. R. Co..
- Beast Butler inaugurated his campaign
by bitterly assailng the South and declaring
that rebellion was not crushed out, and he
must be sent to Congress to complete recon-
struction. "If l am not elected" said he,
"such howl will be sent up from rebeldom
as has not been heard since secession" 1t
appears however that his constituents judged
that he had reaped sufficient glory from war
in the past, and so they put him on the re-
tired list And howl of joy is indeed rising
from all rebeldou,.
- The Elmira New York; advertiser
says: "Mr. Henry B. Fitch, of this city,
contemplates monument to the memory of
Confederate dead, to be placed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, in this city. 1t is to be Of artificial
stone, twenty feet in height, a single shaft
supported by plinth, base and sub.base, not
possessing much, if any ornamentations, but
being of graceful proportions and noticeable
on many accounts. On one face are the in
scriptions "Requiescat in Pace" ""1874, ,""Erec-
ted by Union Officer in Memory of the Con-
federate dead"
There is "war of races" in Europe.
German and Frenchmen do not mingle.
Schools and hotels in common are not always
popular. At Guebwiller, Madame Blanc is
the owner and hostess of hotel. Some Ger
mans applied for lodging. Madame would
have taken them, but her other boarders were
Alsatians, dyed deep in French prejudices,
and they threatened to leave if the Germans
we're admitted. So Madame refused. She
had a perfect right to do so if she did not keep
regular inn. But one of the Germans in
authority thought differently. So he wrote
and threatened to close the establishment.
They want a civil rights bill in Alsace-Lor-
raine.
From Europe come the rumors Of va
rious clashings. Prussia and Russia are said
to be at odds; Spanish vessel has fired into
French steamer; Austria is at loggerheads
with the Porte; France is armlng, and Ger
many, every now and then insults her, just to
keep her blood up; the Italian Minister
of Foreign Affairs declared, in his speech
the other day, "the existence of party in
Europe hostile to Italy," Denmark bears no
good will to Prussia, and the Schleswig ques'
ton is still unsettled. And yet, when wal
comes-as come it will-not one of these prob
lens will, in all probability, enter into the
cause. These little irritabilities only keep
the nation in fighting humor-they are in
the nature of the banderillas in Spanish bull
fight.
Saws the Washington Chronicle The