Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-30

one of the conditions on which women shall
be allowed to vote.
- 1t is only thirty years since the first
electric telegraph line was established, and at
this time there are more than 100000 miles
of telegraph wires in use.
- An Iowa judge has decided that it is
more of a sin to steal a horse than to elopc
with another mans wife, because there are
100000, women in the United States and
only 100000 horses.
- One long Branch hotel has patent
bowling alley that sets. up its own pins and
has no need Of boys. Another intends to
obtain an alley that will knock down its own
pins and save the players needless exer-
ton.
1t is not uncommon in giving advice to
newly-marred young ladies' who marry poor
young men, to allude to the fact that Eve
married gardener; but they don't say any
thing about the gardener losing his situation
on account of that match.
- One sad result of the panic is that sew
eral have felt constrained, by way of economy,
to give up their church pews. If business
don't pick up soon, we fear some Of our citl-
zens will be obliged to sell one or two of their
bull dogs.
- The Supreme Court of Iowa has con.
frmed a verdict Of $4,000 against a saloon
keeper of Clinton, in that State, for selling
liquor to drunkard The complainant was
the wife of the unfortunate, who could not
restrain his appetite for strong drink.
AN Idaho school teacher has introduced
a new feature in his school. When one of
the girls misses word, the boy who spells it
has permission to kiss her. AS result the
girls are fast becoming poor spoilers, while the
boys are improving.
- In China and Japan tea fanciers con-
slider that the older the tree is the better
its product. The shrubs which supply the
high dignitaries of both countries with their
favorte beverages are said to be all the way
from four hundred to five hundred years old.
THE Richmond newspapers contain dis.
couraging accounts of the prospects of this
years tobacco crop in that State. The yield
will be small and not Of very good quality.
In some sections not one.fourth Of last years
crop will be raised.
- A Sunday.school teacher was giving
lesson on Ruth. She wanted to bring out the
kindness of Boaz in commanding the reapers
to drop larger handfuls of wheat. "Now,
children" she said, "Boaz did another nice
thing for Ruth can you tell me what it was %
married her" said one of the boys.
- Two million acres of corn have been
planted this year in excess of last years
acreage. The increase is six per cent Of the
whole crop. 1t is largest in the South in per
;,,t tbo ;,,o Eha
dition of the crop is good in the West, and
elsewhere variable. These facts are furnish
ed by the Department of Agriculture at
Washington.
- The Grangers' movement against the
railroads in some of the Western States has
proved kind of boomerang to their indus
tries. An agent who went to Europe to
negotiate a loan found money plentiful there,
but owing to the legislation of the past winter
upon railroad matters, brought about by the
influence Of the Grangers, his mission was a
fruitless one, while the same parties were will
ling to float the bonds of the Eastern roads
- The London Daily Telegraph an
nounces that arrangements have been conclu-
ded between the propretors of that paper and
Mr.. Bennett, proprietor Of the New York Her.
aid, under which an expedition will at once be
dispatched to Africa, with the objects Of in
vestigating and reporting upon the haunts Of
slave traders, of pursuing the ful6meDt of the
magnificent discoveries of the great explorer,
DR.. Livingstone, and Of completing the solu-
ton if possible, Of the remaining problems Of
Central African geography.
The death of ex.Congressman Jas. w.
Galley, of Cincinnati, at the age of ninety, is
announced. He was elected a member of
the Eighteenth Congress in 1928, defeating
General Harrison. He lost his popularity,
however, by moving to reduce the appropria-
ton to remunerate Lafayette from 100000
and township of land to 100000. This
was his first important vote, and it decided
his political fate. When he came before the
people for reelection he was defeated by a
small majority, and he has since taken very
little part in public affairs.
Edward Lange was convicted in New
York, last October, of stealing empty canvas
mail bags, or rather applying the bags to his
private use after receiving them from the
post.ofice for the purpose Of delivering in
them papers to be mailed. On conviction he
was sentenced by Judge Benedict to pay fine
of 5000 and be imprisoned one year, but was
subsequently resentenced to imprisonment
alone, the first sentence being contrary to
statute. The second sentence was declared
invalid by the Supreme Court, and Lange
was discharged. He has now begun suit
against Judge Benedict for false imprison-
ment, claiming $4,000 damages and his
costs.
At the Washington and Lee Universi-
ty, Lexington, Va, says the Savannah Aduer-
tiser, student is each day detailed to watch
beside the tomb of General Lee. Every NOR
ming one of the students is posted at the tomb
in the memorial room of the chapel, built
under the supervision of Lee. He is styled a
watcher" and his duty is to remain there
during the day and receive visitors, showing
them the proper courtesy and attention. AS
there are nearly three hundred and fifty STU
dents, no one is on duty more than once a
year. Thus, the entire Southern people,
through their representatives in the Universi.
ty, are watching at the tomb of Lee, and
their sons improved in manner and bearing by
the sacred duty they perform, and their minds
and hearts benefited by thoughts of the
noble dead.
- In addition to the political changes
which have taken place recently, by which
Legislatures in differents States had become
Democratic which had for long time been
Republican, it appears also that the list of the
governors of the thirty-seven States of the
Union has been turned about considerably.
In 1870 four years ago, there were but six
Democratic governors in office, viz: Haight,
of California Salisbury, of Delaware Steven
son nf Ker,tnckv. Bowie. of MARYLAND Ran