Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-03-19
Straps aud fatt5.

- he 'l)ucheSS or tIcneVa, the FAMOUS
forty thousand dollar cow died at the farm of
her owner, near Utica, New York, last week.
- The Columbus, Georgia, mills have com
>umed four hundred thousand four hundred
bales of cotton this season.
- The Kansas House has passed Il bill
making it misdemeanor for a member of the
legislature, or any State, county or township
officer to accept railroad pass under penalty
of 4 fine
- The Assessed valuation of the real eS-
tate on the fourteen thousand acres of Man
haitian Island, embracing the city Of New
FORK, Is equal to that spread over tn" re-
manning thirty.two million acres Of the State.
- There will he three ccip>cS this year,
two OF the sun and one Of the moon. OF
these, only one eclipse, of the moon on the
18th Of October, will be visible in the United
states
ii Farewell, Sus;ln-vuu have driven me
to the grave" wrote John Larch, Of Alabama,
four wears ago, and left the note on the river
bank He was arrested the other day in Gin
cinna!i. living with another woman.
- Atlanta is still in the way Of building
railroads, regardless of the panic. The board
of trade recommend the building of three
narrow gauge roads ole to Grecuvlllc, one
to Jefferson, and the third to Monticello.
- The original patent for metallic tips for
shoes w;l> sold for 800, and the company
which bought it became wealthy. Now, upon
its expiration, the inventor has obtained It's
renewal and compcls the company to pay him
$50 0OOO
- Any one who desires to speak Of the
Siamc$c Twins learncdly, will call them Niph-
ogagrS of the class Of 'rerata-anacatadtdyma,
or for Short Omphelophagus NiphodidymuS
and return thanks to the Philadelphia doc
tors.
- In 1873 SIT miles Of railroad were
built in the United States, little more than
half us many as were built in 1872. The total
number Of miles Of railroad in the United
States is set down at 1851, of which 81, 800
miles have been completed within the last
eight wears
- Among names most prominently y men,
toned rs summers probable successor are
lion. Henry l.. Dawes, cX-Gov. y. II. Bnl.
lock, Hon. T.. K. lIoar, exGov. John II.
Clifford, Gov. WaShburn, Gen. Banks, Gen.
Butler and Speaker sanford. The election
will probably take place on the 10Th instant.
-- During the hours of Mr.. Summers
illness, his intellect seemed to be much clearer,
and he WAS perfectly conscious to the last, this
condition bcn. doubtless the result of his re-
coverv from the effects of the morphine which
had been freely administered to him to relieve
him of the intense pain which he suffered.
lis suticringS toward the last seemed to be III
tense, and he several times exclaimed Il want
quiet am tired. lie recognized friends
to whom he spoke WAS eX-Attorney- General
iIoar, Of Massachusetts,, to whom he said
"rake care of my civil rights bill.
- At whist party in Ohio recently
dealer found his hand to consist Of the whole
thirteen trump<. 1t has been calculated that
il the entire population of the earth, taken at
one thousand millions of persons, were to deal
the cards necessarily day and night for one
hundred million ofycarS, at the rate of deal
bv each person Il minute they would not have
exhausted the one hundred thouSandth part
Of the number of the essentially different ways
in which the cards can be distributed. The
odds against thcdcalcr holding thirteen trump$
may be taken in round figures at one hundred
and tity-nnc thousand millions to one
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him seems best at all parliamentary elections.
In the light Of our experience on this side Of
the Atlantic the second tyranny Of Prussia is
learned how fares the community whose more
;n,.ll;,cnt vntors h,hit,,l|v absent Il emsrlvcs
tr,m IN. n,Ils Nv some str,no, law the
l,., ,rn.,wnrbr Il v,,er. ;uv.r;.hlv vnta
Will. y, ,n,;nr;ty nf tbinkcrs ncrlc,t the inn.
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i've ;,,,.h,.. w;lo hv Gvoo;cbtbs nf on inch
,h;ct Lnl,.J hotwcon two Hau,oJ strns If
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,,.,L :. :. ol,;,rod ronLor tLo ;,,;.t sul,
.ton,;,l,v tircnroof while thc centre of wood
affords the means Of putting down floors and
railiuo ON laths in tn, usual manner The
ju,pcii,ncnt to the manufacture Of these io>ts
heretofore has been the difficulty Of rolling
the fanrcd iron sides. This, however, has
been successfully overcome, and the new in.
vrp,inn promises to come into rapid use.
. An eytr,or}inarv circumstance in tLc
history Of thc country occurs on the death Of
Mr. Fillmore N,vcr before since the admin.