Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-02
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person to drink or to accept an invitation to
drink at any public bar.
- A German Justice in the town of Lin.
coin, Wisconsin, administers the following
oath to witnesses: "You as awfully swear you
will tell the truth, the whole truth, and moth
ing but the truth, the best what you can't"
- The remains of Judge Louis Dent, who
died few days ago at Washington, were in
tered at St. Louis, Missouri, last Thursday.
Judge Dent was brother-in-law of President
Grant, and died at the White House.
- The Washington Chronicle says no
more new post offices will be created during
the present fiscal year, the appropriations of
the department for this purpose being all ex.
hausted.
- In several Western cities associations
have been formed, the members ofwhich pledge
themselves not to pay for any other mans
drink and not to drink at any other mans ex'
pense.
-- Unsuccessful balloting for Charles
Summers successor still continues in the Mas
sachusetts Legislature. The last vote stood /:
Dawes, 81 Hoar. 70; Curtis, 72; Adams,
Is; Banks, 7. Curtis is the Democratic can.
dilate. 1t requires 126 votes to make a
choice.
- Even manufacturers have reasons to
complain of womans 6ckleness and the uncer-
tainty of fashion. The manufacture of hoop
skirts was, a few years ago, large and profit
able business, and s20,000,000 was invested in
it ; now there is only some 100000, and it is
in the hands of few manufacturers.
- The drinking places in New York city
continue to increase, and the number Of H.
censed saloons is now reported at 7,514,
which gives one to every 1873 of the total pop
ulation. A short time ago the ratio was one
to each 199 of the population, which was bad
enough.
- The number of church edi6ces in this
country in 1870 was 63,0S2, against 49, ,06l in
1850, which is an increase of about seventy
five per cent. in twenty years. The increase
in the Methodist churches has been about
this figure; that of the Catholic is over 200
per cent.
- A saloon keeper in Nassau street,
Brooklyn, managed to obtain crowd on
Friday by announcing that ladies temper
ance meeting would be held there. From
one to two thousand people assembled in the
neighborhood, and the barko epers were kept
very busy until all hope of the ladies arriving
had ceased.
- Both branches of the Michigan Legis-
lature have, by the requisite two-thirds major
ity, voted to submit the question of woman
suffrage to separate vote of the people; and
that will be, therefore, amcng the indepen-
dent propositions which the people of the
State will decide upon at the same time that
they vote upon the acceptance or rejection of
the amended Constitution.
- The Treasury Department. last year,
spent $4,000 for soap and 81, ,48S.S5 for crash
towels One would suppose, from the quantity
of soap and towels purchased that the Secre-
tary and his assistants spend the greater
part of their time in washing and wiping
their hands, and from the condition Of their
hands, that they ought to spend it all in that
way.
- 1t is believed an animated contest will
of Gen. McLaws to be collector of internal
revenue for the first district in Georgia. He
was Confederate general, and is regarded as
a Democrat, while his opponent is Republi-
can. The fact that McLaws was an old
class-mate of the President indicates that the
President knows his man, while he may not
be so sure about the other.
- The falling off in the revenue eceipts
on account Of the liquor crusade is stirring up
the advocates of Increased taxation in Con-
gress and the Treasury Department, and the
assertion is circulated freely that increased
taxation on some article other than liquor
will be made before the adjournment of Con-
gress. The Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue. states that there is a general "panic" in
the revenue receipts just now, arising from a
combination of causes, viz The temporary
suspensions of wholesale and retail dealers in
spirits on account of the crusade Of the wo-
men, the suspension of distilling operations on
account of the same cause, the movements of
spectators, and the anxiety of those interest
ell in the liquor traffic to know what Congress
is going to do in connection with it.
- correspondent of the Scientific Amer
ican recommends turpentine as as cure for
lockjaw. He says: "Let any one who has an
attack of lockjaw take small quantity of
turpeptine, warm it and pour it on the wound,
no matter where the wound is, or of what
nature it is, and relief will follow in less than
one minute. Nothing better can be applied
Ito severe cut or bruise than cold turpentine
it will give certain relief almost instantly.
Turpentine is also sovereign remedy for
Group Saturate piece of flannel with it and
place it on the throat and chest, and in
very severe cases three to Eve drops on a
lump of sugar may be taken inwardly. Eve.
ry family should have a bottle on hand. y
The remedy is simple and easily tested. In
all serious cases an application should be
made under needful advice.
- The full returns of the New Hampshire
election show a largely increased vote over
that of last year, the candidates of all parties
gaining, but the preponderance of gain being
with the Democrats. Nevertheless, no one
candidate received majority over all COM
petitors, and the Legislature will choose the
governor. The Republican vote was increased
34,O23 in 1873 to 81, 1876, the Democrats from
32,O16 to 1851, and the Prohibitory and
scattering from 1857 to 2l35. The total in
crease was from 67,796 to 1882. In 1878
Straw, Republican, had majority over all
of 22S, but this year Weston, Democrat, fails
of a majority over all by 661 votes. The
Senate will consist of four Republicans and
eight Democrats, and the House of one hun
dred and seventy-6ve Republicans and one
hundred and ninety-one Democrats, majori-
tv of sixteen on joint ballot. This insures
the election of Weston as governor, by the
Legislature, which will meet in June.
- The New York Evening Post publishes
absolute and relative statistics of the liquor
traffic in the United States, and such is the
dread array that it is no wonder that the wo'
men of the West have taken up missionary
weapons to reduce them if possible. The