Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-08
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running only three days week.
- Ex.President Johnson, speaking at
Gallatin, Tennessee, last week, made formal
announcement of his candidacy for the United
States Senate.
THE New Jersey Democrats 90 in for
hard money, soft soap, hard cider, soft shells,
hardtack, soft solder-and hard and soft
things generally.
- Senator Conkling told the delegates to
the New York Republican Convention that
President Grant does not favor third term
every well, says the Boston Globe, "but is
Conkling sure he knows?"
- The Boston Herald says President
Grants tweed" has become famous, but if he
will weed out the disreputable men in federal
offices at the South it will be more so. He
says he will. Give him light, everybody.
- Said Detroit lady to a small boy
whom she found crying in the street the other
day: "Will you stop crying if I give you a
penny" "No," said he; "but if you'll make
it two cents I'll stop, if it kills me-"
"A clever negro named Blue has been re-
nominated for seat in the Kentucky Legis-
lature. In this case there is good deal of
color, for the belief is that Blue will be reflect
ed in spite of the fact that he is black.
- A Grinnell, Iowa, citizen has lately ta-
ken to wheeling the baby around as folks sup
posed. A young lady recently met him and
insisted on seeing the "little darling" She
only discovered a jug of beer, which he had
taken this novel way to get home.
The Chicago Tribune Independent Re-
publican, says that Postmaster General Jew
ell has thus far in his official career justified
the great expectations which his appointment
created. He is one of the honest men acci-
dently chosen by President Grant as an ad
wiser, counselor, and friend.
- The Mobile (Ala.) Register says: A
gentleman just from Wilcox tells US that he
asked an old veteran of that county if there
were any candidates travelling around that
portion of the State. "Well, stranger, to tell
you the truth, I've got bee tree leaning over
the public road, and I've been trying to cut
it for weeks, but I'm afraid of killing can
didate with it, was the reply.
- The Nevada Democratic State Conven.
ton, at Carson, adopted platform opposing
massed capital, subsidies, and third term ;
condemning the back.salary grab; opposing
Chinese immigration; favoring laws for the
regulation of fares and freights on railroads !;
iudorsing the eight-hour law; arraigning the
Administration for abuse of power, and con-
demning the acts of violence recently perpe-
trated in the South
-- The new classification of cotton went
into operation in all the cotton markets of the
United States on the 1st instant. The five
grades -good-middling, middling, low-mid-
ding, good-ordinary and ordinary-have all
been reduced nearly one grade, which CLASH
fcation is to be known as the Standard Amer
icail Classification, and is claimed will obvi-
ate much confusion, doubt and uncertainty
respecting different grades, which heretofore
existed.
- There is an amusing despatch, says the
New York Herald, in reference to United
States official in the South, who, feeling it his
duty to interfere with the public display of a
Confederate flag, has been rebuked by the At
torney. General for his oficiousness. The
Government holds that in time of peace a
citizen may adorn his dwelling with any
colored bunting that pleases him. If this
bunting takes the form of the old Confederate
flag, it is his private concern, and not that of
the Government.
- A New York letter of Thursday, says :
"The resolution of the New England cotton
mill owners to run only on third time, in order
to lessen production, has had the effect to ar
rest the downward tendency of prices at the
iobbing houses here. The commission houses
as we'll as the jobbers, however, are largely
loaded up with goods, and as the indica-
tions are that these are to be pressed on the
market, a turn of prices in the upward direc::
tion is not to be Immediately looked for. The
Utica and other New York State mills, it is
said, will follow the Boston example"
- The following incident is related of
the recent fire at Fall River 1t is said that
little fellow, scarcely dozen years old,
jumped from one of the upper windows to the
ground, and when the spectators rushed for
ward to pick up the mangled body, they
we're astonished to see him spring to his feet,
apparently uninjured, and start on run for
his home. Bursting into the house in breath
less haste, he shouted to his mother: "The
1aill IS all on fire !" and then suddenly drop
p:d 70 the floor lifeless, the fearful sxty-foot
jump having resulted in fatal internal inju-
ries, which the excitement of the moment
prevented his feeling.
- H. V. Red6eld, the correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial writes in recent
Tennessee letter that zone brief month ago
the prospects were good that the Democrats
would make large gains in Congressman at
the ensuing elections, and pull down, if not
entirely overthrow the Republican majority
in Congress. This is all knocked in the head
now by the Kentucky riots, the Gibson county
butchery, the Louisiana revolt, the Alabama
murders, the generally extended operations of
the ku-klux, and the fiery articles in South
ern newspapers. In one brief month thou
sand hot-heads have knocked over what a
million of cool heads have been earnestly la
boring two years to set up"
- One of the Republican candidates for
Congress in Georgia is out in statement to
the voters of his district showing what he
intends to accomplish for them in Congress, if
elected. He promises to do all in his power
to prevent the passage Of the civil-rights bill,
and his friends assert that he will succeed.
He also promises to obtain the passage of an
act of Congress removing the tax from brandy.
Also, an act to put a stop to all prosecutions
in the United States courts for past ofenses
against the revenue laws. Just what addition
al legislation the embryo statesman will pro-
cure is not stated, but certainly the candor with
which he proclaims what he will do shows
that he is nquestionably satisfied that he will
make an unusually influential member Of
Congress.
- Thereseems to be steady reAux tide of
emigration from the United States back to
Europe this year, and this, taken in connection