Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-05-14
Straps aud fafts.


Miss Nellie Grant is to be married at
the Presidential Mansion on the 2lst instant.
The expectant groom is said to be wealthy
and aristocratic Englishman.
- During the last ten years 2O,000,O00
worth of property has been destroyed, and
10000 persons killed or injured by the use of
unsafe oils. This is doing well for oils that
are not professed explosives.
"Why," asked a governess of her little
charge, "do we pray God to give us our daily
bread? Why don't we ask for four or FIVE
days, or week p ave want it fresh," re-
piled the ingenious child.
- The Chattanooga Times, noticing the
hiring of the Georgia penitentary convicts,
$50 in number, for about $1,000 per annum,
says that Tennessee gets S25, 5000 for a smaller
number. South Carolina supports her con-
victs at cost of $4,000 per year.
- A skirmish occurred between United
States soldiers in Atlanta and the police of
that city, Thursday night. One Of the SOL
diers was seriously wounded. The soldiers
had been breaking into houses and maltreat-
ing citizens generally, hence the difficulty.
- The House committee on elections has
determined to report that there wa 70 elec-
ton for Congressman at large for /! y from
the State of Louisiana This ends the hope
of Pinchback getting into either branch Of
Congress.
-A All over West Alabama the lowlands
have been submerged, and thousands Of acres
of cotton which had been planted were ruined
1t will be too late to make a cotton crop after
the waters subside, but large corn crop will
he made.
- Dubuque, Iowa, had boy and girl at
work in a livery stable for quite time, who
represented themselves as brothers, and who
when found out, stated that they were forced
to assume the disguise, as the boy was unable
to support his sister unaided and he did not
like to trust her away from his care.
- James H. Piles, the colored Chancellor
of Sardis, Miss, is in Jail for larceny. The
lawyers who argued cases before him missed
their books, and, obtaining search warrant
they were found in his house, with the own
ers' names erased, and 81. H. Piles" substi-
tutcd. He was convicted, and the Chancellor
Of Mississippi is still in JAIL
The obstinate contest between the female
crusaders of Greenvlle, Tennessee, and Mrs.
Ward, liquor seller of that place, continues
and seems likely to be permanent The ladies
have given up singing and praying in the
streets. and occupy frame dwelling, which
they rent by the year, opposite the groggery
store.
- 1t was agreed on Tuesday last, at a
meeting of the posts of the Grand Army Of
the Republic of the Department of New York,
that there shall be no distinction between the
Union and Confederate graves on decoration
day. Those of both Union and Confederate
soldiers will be decorated. Of the latter there
are many in Cypress Hill and other cemete
ries around New York.
"A. F. Mardis, writing to the New Orleans
Picayune from Black river, says the country
is submerged deeper than it was in 1867
Among the people there have been great pri-
vations, and in some instances suffering. He
writes picture to your mind the condition
of our locality, when helpless widows and
children are condemned to fight against star
vation with two and half ears of corn a
day."
- The citizens of the delta of the Missis-
sippi have issued an address to the people of
the United States, showing the extent of the
disaster that has befallen them and the assis-
tance that will be necessary. In Louisiana
$4,000 square miles are under water, in Mis-
sssppi 5000 square miles, in Arkansas 1000
square miles, and in Missouri 5000 square
miles, flooding out 142,590 people. Those
issuing the address estimate the amount needed
for relief at $4,000 per day until the inun-
daton recedes
"A Naples tax-collector was recently
arrested and tried for absconding with $780,
900, and was acquitted upon the grounds
that the money belonged to the people, and as
he was one of the people, he was part owner
of it, and it would be absurd to punish man
for stealing what belonged to him. When a
tax-colector in this country steals such an
amount he goes unpunished, for the simple
reason that a man with 100000 in his pocket
is too much of a gentleman to be annoyed
and fettered by legal absurdities intended for
small thieves only.
Since the death of Mr. Slidell, his heirs
have entered suit to recover the property be-
longing to his estate, which had been con6s-
Gated by the United States Government.
The heirs contended that the Government
could deprive disloyal subject of property
only during the natural lifetime Of the said
disloyal subject, and the circuit court so de-
cided. The Supreme Court decides adversely
to the heirs, and confirms the action of the
Government in this and all similar cases.
The committee on post-ofices is engaged
in maturing bill providing that all printed
matter shall be prepaid. The postage will be
ascertained by weight, so that publishers can
prepay in bulk. This it is claimed, will save
to the Government large amount of postage
on printed matter, which is lost under the
present system, even with a reduced rate,
which is contemplated. 1t is also contempla-
ted to readjust the salaries of country post
masters every year, instead of every two
years, as at present.
-- Apropos of the subject of BURIAL a
very curious tradition is said to exist among
the natives of Abyssinia with regard to the
origin of burial. They say that when Adam
found the body of the murdered Abel, he car
ried it about upon his shoulders for twenty
days, not knowing how to dispose of it. The
Almighty took pity on him, and sent forth a
crow, with its young on its back; and the
crow flew before Adam until it came to a
tract of sandy ground, in which it dug hole
with its foot, and there buried its young one.
And when Adam saw this he dug grave in
the sand and buried his lost boy in it.
- At the close of prayer meeting in De-
trot gold ring was discovered in the contribu-
ton box. With tears in her eyes and the
ring in her hand, the presiding officer said that
nothing was more precious to woman than
her wedding ring, and she hoped the ladies
would not permit the sacrifice they must pur-