Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02
Straps aud fatts.


a daily publication of the amount in the
treasury, and other particulars of interest
- General P M. B. Young, member of
Congress from Georgia, has, it is said, de-
clined to accept a prominent military posi-
tion rendered him by European power.
- In Siberia whispers can be heard half
a mile, and when fellow goes sparkling he
carries slate and writes down what he in
tends to say.
i Germany, when the vote of jury
stands six against six the prisoner is acquitted.
A vote Of seven against FIVE leaves the de-
cision to the Court, and by vote of eight
against four the prisoner is convicted.
- Because he had been sued for S29, a
Barton, VT, man committed suicide, declar-
ing that if he had got so low that his name
was not good for s29, he did not want to
live any longer. Such sensitiveness is ex-
tremely rare.
- In consequence of fatal epidemic
among chickens in Minnesota, ministers are
receiving donations nearly every hour of the
day. This is beautiful and affecting fact,
and reminds US that no pastor can have sue
cessful ministry who does not enjoy the aAec-
tlohs OF MS congregation.
- A young boy in Athol, Mass, is excl
ting no little interest and speculation among
physicians by displaying an irresistible pro-
pensity to eat himself up. He has pursued
this habit with such fatal persstency during
the four years of his life as to reduce all the
fingers of both hands to raw and bleeding
stumps, while of the thumb of the left hand
nothing whatever remains.
- According to statement in the Potts
world is the pennsylvania" on the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad. The diameter Of
the cylinder is twenty inches, the stroke
twenty-six inches, the number of driving
wheels twelve, the diameters of the drivers
four feet, the weight of the engine alone sixty
tons.
-- There is an enterprise on foot in Mo-
bile, Alabama, to push the Civil Rights ques-
to its logical conclusion. The plan is to take
dozen roug gh plantation negroes and start on
a Northen tour, via Louisville and Cincinnati.
The party will apply for admission into pal
ace sleeping cars and first class hotels along
the route. If refused, as they doubtless will
be, actions for damages will be instituted
in every case.
"A Richmond manufacturer sent to New
York, few days since, for light article he
needed. 1t came by Adams Express, at
charge of seventy.fve cents. Since that time
the same manufacturer ordered again the
same article, but directed it to be sent by
mail. The postage was eight cents. What
must the imposition be in magnitude which
the Adams monopoly can and does impose.
Richmond IVhig.
- The Jewish Times devotes leader to
showing that Governor Moses, of South Caro-
lima, is not Jew. 1t says: GAIL that is Jew
ish about the Governor is that his father is a
,Jew-the chief justice Of the State Of South
Carolina-a man of funexceptionable reputa-
ton. The mother of the Governor is Chris
tian lady, and the son has not been brought
up in the Jewish faith, has never associated
with Jews-to his misfortune, no doubt
does not claim to be Jew, and would not be
recognized as such by the Jews, were he to lay
claim to it."
The bill passed by Congress in relation
to the finances Of the country initiates the cur
rency to the extent of some s5O,OOO,00O,
which money has been heretofore locked up
in the vaults of the various banks. A re.dis-
tribution of the currency was also ordered,
which will give to the Southern and Western
States more banking capital. The President,
though differing with Congress in his 6nan-
cial views, has signed the bill, and we may
hope some little benefit to result to the people
of the South.
-- There was something pathetic in the
position of the German florist, who in the bit
terness of his heart, exclaimed: 81 have so
much drouble NIT de ladies ven dey come
to buy my rose; dey wants him hardy; dey
wants him doubles dey wants him nice gol-
our; dey wants him aberyding in one rose.
man, but have sometimes to say that ladies,
Madame, never often see ladies dat vas rich,
dat vas good temper, dat vas youngs, dat vas
clever, dat vas perfection, in one ladies. 1sees
her much not"
"A New York letter says: "The leading
business houses report country collections as
favorable, and that the prospects for good
fall trade could not be more encouraging.
The crops are not only looking we'll, but the
economy which has been practiced mall hands
since the panic has placed all classes of credi-
tors in a strong position. This is particularly
the case throug ghout the West, including Ken
lucky and Western Tennessee. When the
fall trade does begin, the prevailing low
prices, particularly for dry goods, are stimu-
lating element not to be overlooked
- The aims Of the Brooklyn Ladies'
Anti-Tight Lacing Society are broader than
the name of the organization would seem to in
dicate The ladies will 60 from head to foot in
dress reform. High-heel boots are to be ban
ished for the simple reason that they create
bunions on the feet In the matter of diet
mush is recommended in place of pound CAKE
and fish in the place of meat. The bylaws
of the society provide that no person shall be
eligible to office in this society who wears cor
sets or who does not wear her clothes suspen-
ded from her shoulders, and who does not live
hygienically.
= The first of July is semi-annual divi-
dend day, when millions of dollars will be
paid in interest Where all this money is to
find safe and profitable investment is ques-
ton not easy to decide. The New York E1-
press says that with so much capital scattered
all over the country, and interest so low on
all money put on call, with the grain crops
full of promise, the cotton crop to be, in all
probability, far more than was anticipated six
weeks since, there is every reason to hope for
a better state of business in the coming au-
tumn than the country has enjoyed in any
season for the two years past.
- Those persons who are not in the habit
of star-gazing are possibly not aware of the
fact that a new comet has put in an appear
ance. 1t is situated in the northern heavens,
inst haneafh the nnlar star and near the