Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-16
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by the General Assembly to the office of State
Treasurer of Virginia, in place of Col. Mayo,
adjudged insane.
- A young lady wants to know whether
girl may be sure man loves her unuttera-
bly, when he sits in her presence for an hour
without speaking.
- The opposition steamboats, on the Hud-
son river are carrying passengers from New
York to Albany, 156 miles, for 81 head /;
deck passengers 30 cents.
- If you invest money in tools, and then
leave them exposed to the weather, it is the
same as loaning money to spendthrift with
out security-a dead loss in both cases.
-"Less cotton and more corn," is the cry
of the Georg ia papers, and the reports from
various portions of the State show that is the
policy the planters are adopting
- The State election in Connecticut last
week resulted in complete democratic tri-
umph. The Democrats having the legisla-
ture, will elect United States Senator at the
approaching session.
- Washington correspondents intimate
that Congress will not be able to 60 through
with its business so as to adjourn before the
middle of July. There are nine appropria.
tion bills yet to be considered.
-- A female graduate of the medical de-
partment of the Iowa University, has taken
the first prize for the best performed dissection
in surgical anatomy in class of twenty-four
young men and one other young woman.
- A poor family in Dennison, Ohio, con.
sisting of a husband, wife and seven children,
were on the point of starvation. Somebody
raised S100 for them, and what did the wife
do with it? She bought silk dress for $40,
and began to take music lessons.
- It is singular fact that when the fune-
raj of the late Senator Sumner was passing
through the streets of Boston, some obstruc-
ton in the way compelled the hearse to re-
main standing for about ten minutes, direct
ly in front Of the residence of the lady who
had once been the dead mans wife.
- The fondness for games of chance by
the people Of this country, was remarkably
illustrated in the recent Louisville lottery.
Large sums were invested by individuals in
the hope to become suddenly rich. In St.
Louis, s175,O00 was invested, and in Chicago
an equal amount. Nothing was drawn in
either place.
- Whether champagne is growing unpop-
ular, or has been crowded out by whisky, or
the people have less money to waste on such
costly drink, does not yet appear. But there
were thirty thousand dozens less of champagne
imported into the United States in 1873 than
in 1872 The per centage of diminished i'm
portation was about thirteen per cent.
- The Raleigh News thinks the earth
quake on Bald mountain has been pro bono
publico Itsays: 1t has caused 6fty-fve con.
versions to religion, broken up twenty-seven
illicit whisky distilleries, drove from the coun-
try two sub.revenue officials, rid the noun
tains ola sorry preacher and furnished US
several columns of reading matter On the
other hand, the damage is slight, for had it
broken up all the crockery in the mountains,
the cost would not have been $40, while Mrs.
Nannie's chimney would have tumbled with
the first strong wind.
- Mr.. G. c. Fulton, of the Baltimore
american, says of the Texas ladies: II have
encountered many beautiful women on the
streets of Galveston and Houston, and have
bestowed upon all critical glance, both as
matter of duty and pleasure. In the item
of dress, both as to quality, material, trim
mings, lace and all the little ct ceteras that
20 to make up lady's toilet, they are evil
IDENTIFY as expensive to husbands and fathers
as their sisters of Baltimore, and are equally
as profuse in their display of fine jewelry, dia-
monds, chains, bracelets, &c. They, however,
do not overdress, and exhibit more than
ordinary good taste in their general outfit, as
we'll as the subdued richness Of their intermix-
ture of colors."
- Of the 1858 Senators, Representatives
and Delegates in Congress, nearly fifth are
natives of New England. Just one in 36
fails to remember when and where he was
born, and is consequently uncertain as to bis
age. One member has it from good authori-
ty that he was born in Virginia, but the resi-
dents in the vicinity of his birthplace can
give him no information as regards his pro-
genitors He is one of the few specimens of
humanity who has not at some period Of his
life been reminded that he strongly resembled
his father or mother. Twelve States are rep
resented in the Senate by Senators born out
of the State, ten States by only one Senator
born within the State, and twelve by Senators
each Of whom was born in the State.
- The Alabama State Journal of recent
date says: Some days ago Deputy Marshals
Randol ph and Williford arrested man
named Franklin Moon, who had killed DR..
Pennington in 1870, and lodged him in the
iail at Dadeville. 1t seems that he was sent
to the Opeleika Jail for safety. On Tuesday
night six masked. men walked the jailor in the
night, and told him they had prisoner to
put in Jail. He Immediately went out and
let them in, when he was seized, pistols point
ed at his head, and told not to "cheep," or he
would be killed. They released Moon and
then rode rapidly away. No one seems to
know who they were, where they came from
or anything else. The jalor did not know
them."
- A woman was at the bottom Of the last
New Orleans duel. The parties were Aristide
Bienvenu, stockbroker, and A. B. Phillips,
lawyer. The cause was suit brought in one
of the courts by Nine. Olympic, French mo-.
diste, against Bienvenu for millinery and
drees-making bill due by the wife of Bienvenu.
Mr.. Phillips was attorney for Nine. Olympic,
and last week, at the courthouse, in Jackson
square, Mrs. Bienvenu grossly abused and
insulted Phillips, which being sustained by her
husband, Phillips knocked him down. Bien-
venu then challenged Phillips to mortal COM
bat, the weapons chosen being uble-barrelled
shot-guns, loaded with ounce ball, and the
distance fixed at forty PAGES. The parties
met at 10 o'clock in the morning Benvenu
was shot through the head at the first fire,
and instantly expired.
The Memphis Avalanche says that the
Grange at Rienzi, Mississippi, received last
week from Liverpool the sum f$50OO in gold
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