Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-16

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/ NEWS OF THE DAY.
- Brigham Young has made his will, civ
ing his friends ten children apiece.
The review of sugar and rice crops o
the lower Mississippi valley is most encoura
! gng.
The only colored graduate from Yal'
College this year, Mr.. Bouchet, comes on
sixth in class of one hundred and twenty
/ five.
1t is reported that the vacant Russian
Mission will be filled by distinguished ex
Confederate General, whose name, tor th'
present, is withheld.
- Reports from Arkansas are to the eftec
that by recent rains the crops are greatly i'm
proved, and the prospects are especial
ly for cotton.
- The amount paid on account of claims o
loyal citizens for supplies furnished during
the war, as awarded by the Southern Claims
Commission to July 13, 1874, is s277 ,O33.
- In response to a letter from number
of citizens, Hon. A. II. Stevens announces
his determination not to be candidate fol
reelection to Congress on account of failing
health.
BY decision rendered last week in tht
United States District Court at Washington
portion of the Arlington estate, viz tht
mill property in Fairfax county, Va, has beer
restored to the heirs Of General Lee.
The War Department is in daily receip
of reports from army officers of preparations
to resist apprehended Indian troubles. The
indications are that general war with the
Kiowas, Comanches and Cheyennes is immi
nent.
- The Erie Oil Works at Weehawkcn, New
York, was struck by lightning on the 18th
and several tanks containing 125,OO0 barrels
of oil were burnt. A tank containing 5000,
900 gallons refined oil exploded with terrific
report. The loss is estimated at 100000.
"A death from genuine Asiatic cholers
occurred in Brooklyn, N. Y, on Friday last
the victim being lady aged 63, who was at
tackled by the disease on Wednesday night
A death from cholera, occurring on the same
day, is reported from Louisville, Ky. The
patient died in the same house in which the
epidemic of 1851 broke out.
In Columbia county, Ga, on the 10th
the deputy sheriff and posse arrested foul
colored men, named Dogett, father and three
sons, on charge of riotous conduct. After
proceeding some distance, the prisoners at
tempted to run, when they were fred upor
and killed. The coroner's jury returned &
verdict of justi6able homicide.
The National Crop Reporter, published
on the 4th instant, has returns from over two
hundred and fifty counties in the nine prin
cipal cotton States, showing, as compared with
last year, decreased area amounting to IF
teen and six.tenths per cent The average
stand in the nine States on June 18th, was
about twelve per cent below the average
with the general condition rapidly improving
Seventeen States which produce annually
over three-fourths of the corn raised in the
United Stats, report an increase of area in
this grain, amounting in round numbers tc
100000 acres, with promising outlook
for large yield.
- The Louisville Coufior-Journal publishe;
crop reports from all sections of the State o.
Kentucky. For three months past, in South
ern and western Kentucky, not enough rair
has fallen at any one time to lay the dust
crops are almost entirely destroyed, and, even
with an abundance of rain henceforth, they
cannot be saved. Of tobacco, there will be
scarcely any crop. Corn and oats are very
small, but wheat is the best crop for many
years. Much destitution is already reported
and the Governor has been petitioned to con
vene the Legislature, for the purpose of de-
vising some means of relief. Rains have
fallen in eastern and central Kentucky, du
ring the last few days, but too late to afford
much relief In the meantime, in some dis
tricts, actual cases of starvation are reported
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