Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-05-27
MERE.MENTION.

The Governor of Missouri has appointed
the 3rd day of June as day of fasting and
prayer, because of threatened grasshopper
plague in that State. '.'..'..'A bout o'clock,
Sunday night, Alonzo jackson and Albert
Smith, with both their wives and two children
each, went over the dam at GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
in skiff, drowning both women, and one
child of Jackson's and one Of Smiths. The
men we're under the influence of liquor and
could not manage the boat. ''.''.'''Fifty six of
the strikers in the Pennsylvania coal region
have been arrested and committed to Jail tor
making threats against the workmen in the
mines. ''.''''''The military have evacuated
New Orleans. Seven companies of the twen-
ty.second United States infantry have left
that city for their former stations in the vi
cinity of Milwaukee and Detroit. ''''''''Jere-
miah Hamilton, wel-known colored banker
and broker, of New York, died there last
week, aged 62 years. His wealth is reputed
to be not less than 100000. He was
formerly West India slave, and leaves two
educated daughters. He once offered large
sum to any white men who would marry
them. .'.....".A convention Of colored people
assembled in Nashville, Tennessee last Wed.
nesday to mature measures for emigration to
some other State. An impression prevails
among them that they can obtain free trans
portation to Kansas and forty acres Of land
with years rations and mule.
Two hundred reports from wheat-growing
sections of New York represent that the
wheat has been greatly injured by the late
cold weather, and not more than half crop
can be made. .""There was disastrous
fire at Waco, Texas, Tuesday, by which a
hotel and several stores were burnt. '''''''Two
men were killed by an explosion at the
Hazardvile, Conn.,, powder works last We'd
nesday. ''.."Conage of the new twenty-cent
pieces has been commenced at the Philadel-
phia mint. '.'...."Counsel in the Beecher case
are now engaged in the dreary task of sum-
ming up the evidence. '''''''Hon. M. c. Kerr,
member of Congress from Indiana, has ar
rived in Washington from six weeks So
iourn in Aiken, S. c., where he had been for
the benefit of his health. ''''''''Republican
politicians from Arkansas, who have recently
visited Washington, all speak we'll of the
present condition of that State. They say
that Governor Garland's administration is
commended on all sides, and that the best
feeling prevails among the people. ''''''''A A
disastrous conAagration occurred at Osceola,
in the mining district of Pennsylvania, OH
Thursday last. Two hundred buildings were
destroyed and twelve hundred persons were
rendered homeless. '''''''''The aggregate value
of the whisky seized by the revenue officials
in the West is ,5048O. ''''''''' Hon. Jesse
D. Bright died in Baltimore on the goth in
slant. He was United States Senator from
Indiana at the beginning of the late war, and
was expelled for alleged reasonable cores
pondence with Confederate leaders. '''''''Grey
Beard, an Indian prisoner, who was being
conveyed to the prison at St. Augustine, Fla,
jumped from the train, was shot by the guard,
and died in two hours. ''''''.The japanese re-.
Gently celebrated the 2,535th anniversary of
their national existence. .'''''"President Grant
will leave the capital for Long Branch on the
Sd of June.