Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-09-24
Sfraps aud fatts.

-. seven thousand girls are employed in
the silk factories of New Jersey.
"A man advertises in a New York pa
per for bar-keeper "who must be recon-
mended by his PASTOR
Stock of the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad sold in Columbia last week
at nine dollars share.
-- Although there are hundreds of post
mistresses in different parts of the country, it
is asserted that not one has yet been defaul-
ter.
- A Philadelphia youth was recently mar
ried to a girl who had refused him eighteen
times. He wishes now he hadn't asked her
but seventeen.
- The whole amount of taxable property
in Georgia is reported as S273, 092, 500, being
an increase of SS0,605,6 ,617 over that reported
for 1873.
- There has for the past few years been
a steady advance in the consumption of cot
ton by southern manufacturers. A few years
after the war it was estimated at $4,000 it
has now increased to nearly 100000 bales
- The following States have never had
representative in the Cabinet Rhode Island,
West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Texas, California, Minnesota, Kansas, Ne
braska and Nevada.
--Experiments recently made in England
indicate that wagons are most easily drawn,
on all kinds of roads, when the fore and hind
wheels are of the same size, and when the
pole lies lower than the axle.
- The Democratic State Convention, re-
Gently in session at Syracuse, nominated Sam
uel j. Tilden as candidate for Governor Of
New York. DIR. Dorsheim, Liberal Re
publican, was nominated for Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
"A meeting at Atlanta, Georgia, ad-
dressed BY Hon. Robert Toombs, passed reso-
lutions pronouncing any interference with
affairs in Louisiana by the United States as
declaration Of war, which should be resisted.
- A tincture of garlic, given in doses
of one tablespoonful every morning to an
adult, is said to be preventive of measles and
scarlet fever. For child the dose is one tea
spoonful. Possibly it will prove eficacious
against diptheria also-at any rate it might
be tried, as it is neither injurious nor expen-
sive.
- The colored people of Augusta have
a new religious festival The worshippers
meet about nine o'clock at night, and amid
solemn chanting march round in circle hour
after hour. Those who hold out at this tread
mill sort of performance until daybreak are
considered the chosen ones, and destined for
Heaven, while those who fall by the wayside
from weakness of the flesh, if not of the spirit,
are not in stage of grace.
- Granite Mill, No. 1, at Fall River,
Mass, was discovered to be on fire about
o'clock last Saturday morning, the fire origi-
mating in the tower or the third story of the
building. From thirty to forty of the opera
tives, mostly girls ard children, were cut off
from escape, and either perished in the flames
or were killed by jumping from the building.
The house and most of the machinery are
completely lost. The factory employed 500
hands, and turned out 5000 pieces of print
cloth per week.
Lieutenant Governor Penn, of Louisi-
ana, whose name is now so prominent, was
born in 1886. After his graduation from
college he studied law, but did not practice
it, preferring mercantile pursuits. He en-
tered the Confederate service as major of the
7th Louisiana, was promoted for gallantry to
the colonelcy, and was taken prisoner at Rap
pahannock Station and sent to Johnson's
island. Just before the collapse of the Con-
federacy he was exchanged appointed brig
adler general, and assigned to the command
Of Eastern Louisiana.
- A curious swinde was detected last
Sunday in Washington. Two men named
Moody and Hart were arrested, charged with
forging circular letter to the United States
marshals, district attorneys and others through
out the Southwest and West, requesting re-
mittance of ten dollars for copy of certain
book which, as stated in the circular, had been
written by the attorney general, and in conse-
quence Of his not being able to secure an ap-
preparation from Congress to pay for its pub
iicstion, he was forced to dispose of it by pri
vate subscription. The operations of these
parties have been very extensive in this line
- The New York Journal Of Commerce
says that Mr.. Stewart never in his life bought
so many goods in one season, and never before
was an assortment of equal elegance so cheap
ly purchased. The power of cash in hand
was never so near omnipotent in Europe as in
the current season. Tons of silks, shawls,
laces, and every thing have thus come into
the great magicians hands, at prices which
will prove great temptation even to those
who have not fortune to spend in dress
Our teeming harvest fields insure cheap food
the coming season, and the visit of Mr.. Stewart
to Europe will give to the women of the land
over fifty millions of dollars in cheaper attire
than they have had for many years.
- The New York papers report excep-
tionally brilliant openings at the marts Of
fashion in the metropolis. The autumn exhi-
bition of imported and domestic millinery at
Stewards was crowded with buyers from
smaller houses. Three new shades of color
are to be introduced this season and two Of
these feur de soufre, peculiar yellow, and car
dinal, handsome red, promise to be very
fashionable. The other color is called vol
canic. This autumn's bonnets will have very
low crowns but the trimming, which in most
cases will be placed in front of the bonnet,
will add considerably to its height. Flowers
will not be worn so much as they were last
season. Small bouquets will be favored in
stead of the long wreaths, and most Of them
will be made of three roses of different shades.
Blue steel ornaments will be popular, and
spapgled lace is one Of the seasons new arti-
cles of trimming. The hats will have low
crowns and verv wide brims and most Of them
will be trimmed with long ostrich plumes
Beautiful birds Of dark rich green and plum
shades will be used to trim some of the fancy
hats. Jet ornaments will still be used, and
streamers of ribbon with satin on one side
and gros grain on the other, will still be much
favored. At Madame Demorest's it was
learned that the polonaise and overskirt will
be fashionable, and the garments are cut
very scantily tournures are worn as small as
possible jet trimmings of all kinds will be