Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-02-04
Straps aud fatts.

America was by train which carried party
of officials from Rochester to Syracuse, eighty,
one miles, in sixty.one minutes.
"A Chicago preacher has locked himself
up in the fourth story, and draws his meals
up by cord. He says they can't get up nc
ISLANDERS about him.
- Our minister to Spain and the Spanish
authorities have reached an amicable under.
standing for compensation for the families OF
the Virginius victims. The terms of the
agreement have not been made public.
- Among the cases on the court calendar
in New York, is an action against William
NJ. Tweed, to recover eleven million dollars
alleged to have been stolen by him, or others,
with him, from the treasury of New York.
--Questions put to his sweetheart by a
bashful lad, during their first tete-a-tete
How's your father? How's your mother
How are your parents? How are your father
and mother? How are they both?
Only 1928 miles of new railway have
been opened in this country during the past
year. This is less than half the mileage of
1878, and but little more than a quarter of
the mileage of 1872.
- The San Francisco papers boast that
their new "Paace Hotel" will require 1000
locks and $4,000 keys to make it just the
thing. These locks and keys will weigh seven
tons, and will cost $4,000 in gold coin.
- Brigham Young has got on his pins
again, and he says he can whip the news
paper man who wrote his obituary notice,
stating that the old prophet had embraced
the true religion.
The House committee on patents has de-
clined to extend the expiring patents on sew
ing machines which; it is thought, will have
the effect to reduce the prices of all the diff.
ferent styles in the market
"A second incendiary fire was discovered
last week in the buildings of the Navy De-
partment at Washington, and company of
marines have been placed on duty to guard
the buildings.
- The Republican members of Congress
are seriously dicussing the propriety Of ma
king the army appropriations cover the next
two years, for the alleged reason that the
Democratic House will refuse to appropriate
money to be paid to the army engaged in the
Southern States.
- The report on Louisiana affairs, made
by the Congressional committee several weeks
ago, and which was favorable to the white
people of the State not suting majority IN
Congress, new committee was appointed to
60 over the same ground, and they are now
taking testimony in New Orleans.
-- The iron manufacturers of New Eng
land, held meeting in Boston and resolv-
ed that "the reduction of wages at the West
having been greater than at the East, it is
the sense of this meeting that a further reduc-
tion in wages is necessary to enable the Eas-
tern manufacturers to compete successfully
with those at the West"
- The business of publishing newspapers
in the United States is precarious one. Du-
ring the last four weeks no less than two hun.
dred daily and weekly newspapers have sus.
pended publication in this country alone and
it is estimated that eight million dollars have
been lost during the past year in the publica'
tion business.
THE New York Tribune remarks edi.
torially :"If Gov. Chamberlain's proclamation
disarming the military organizations in Edge
field county, South Carolina, is enforced, we
are not likely to hear of any more rioting in
that county, Gov Chamberlain has manful-
ly made issue with the disturbers of the peace,
even in his own party something rare in the
history of South Carolina since the war;
- The house of representatives of the for.
ty-fourth Congress, so far as heard from, con-
sists of one hundred and sixty.nine democrats
and one hundred republicans Seventeen
representatives are yet to be elected, as fol-
lows: New Hampshire three, in March ; Con-
necticut four, in April California four, in
September; Mississippi six, in November
and one from the fourth district Of Tennessee
in room of Mr. Head, deceased.
"A French woman is about to marry a
pony. During the past season Mile de "
one Of the finest sportswomen OF France, was
present with her father at series Of celebra
ted races Her attention was attracted to q
small and remarkably handsome pony, and
she requested her father, who is immensely
rich, to purchase it. The father and daughter
called upon the owner, Comptede D., but
upon learning their errand, he declined tc
part with the animal upon any terms whatev
er, saying that he had sworn that it should be-
long to no one but his wife. The call led tt
further acquaintance, and it is announced
--Only twenty-four working days are left
of this session of Congress, and both houses
have vet to dispose of very large amount O.
important legislation. Out Of thirteen appro
priation bills, only two have finally passee
both houses, the naval and the fortiication
The Senate amendments to the consular anc
diplomatic, and the legislative appropriation
bills have not yet been taken up for actor
by the House Of the more important appro
priation bills have not even been taken up by
the House. Sundry members of the republican
majority in both houses have various politica
schemes which they would like very much tt
have enacted into laws. But the minority il
both houses seem determined to exert their ut
most efforts to prevent the passage of any NOR
partisan legislation.
- 1t is not often at this season Of tn
year that any part Of the country suffers from
drought, but the New York Bulletin say
that unless they have a change of weathe
soon, stoppage of mills and manufacture
in the State of New York and Throughout
New England is inevitable. In and aroun(
Boston for months past there has been occa
sion for the utmost economy of water, th'
supply seeming daily to run short; but nov
two weeks of steady cold weather have
frozen up what has been held for storage, anc
the few inches that have rippled down tt
these ponds or reservoirs being also solid ice
stoppage of machinery has been necessary
In the Valley of the Connecticut the same ob
servations apply. Along the Mohawk Val
lev in New York State, a similar state o
things is reported. The small streams ar'