Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-25

Aue plOpOTClOu OF Cne married among
the insane is smaller than that of the unmar.
ried." Undoubtedly. A man who has to
scratch around and make aliving for his wife
and eleven children couldn't be insane if he
wanted to. He hasn't the time.
- School inspector to urchin: "Now,
Johnny, how many can you count ?" Johnny
One, two three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten" Inspector: "Good, Johnny, 60
on." Johnny (after moments thought):
"Jack, queen, king, ace"
"A water spout fell near Fayetteville,
Tenn, on Sunday evening, causing an i'm
mense overflow at Norris creek, and DANA
ging property to the amount of 100000.
Another water spout fell near Lynchburg,
inhicting heavy damage to property and. des-
troying vast number of hogs and COWS by
drowning.
--"Hi Samuel, has you moved yit ?" in.
quired one colored man of another, whom he
met at market yesterday. "No, Use still in
de old place." was the answer. "But war
told dat you war gwine to get out oh de
neighborhood," continued the first. "Wall,
I did make up my mind to, but you see de
family next door, and de family on de corner,
and de family cross de street, have left dere
wood piles out doors, and I doesn't desire to
change"
- In no city are the means Of intoxica
tion lacking, but New York, of course, pro-
vides them on the most gigantic scale. The
Times gives some startling figures regarding
them. The licensed saloons amount in round
numbers to 1000, graded from $3.50 to $50
fees each per annum, and yielding last year
total revenue to the city of 1927 $3.50. The
average daily receipts, to keep up with rents
and other heavy expenses, cannot be less than
$40; probably that is small average, but
it represents daily total of $4,000 paid
for drinks
- The rapid success of fish culture during
the few years in which it has been attempted
in the United States, has exceeded the hopes of
all but the most sanguine of those who first
attempted it. From the mere experiments ofa
naturalist in laboratory, it has grown into
the source of vast increase of the productive
industries of our country. Everything, so
far, indicates that the whole business is yet
only at the beginning of its Development,
and unlike many reforms and improvements,
while it adds to the resources of large class
of the population, it makes nobody the poor
er.
Nobody ever committed suicide more
elaborately than the late Mr.. Hugo Byer, of
Texas. On the 10Th of February he took two
ounces oflaudanum on the 10th he swallowed
two ounces Of laudanum and three ounces of
chloroform on the 21st he partook of two
ounces of chloroform and one-third of an
ounce of morphine on the 22d he bolted
four ounces of chloroform on the 23d he
drank two ounces of chloroform and one
ounce of chloral. Still he lived until the 25th
of February. The local paper says: "This
will surprise the oldest medical man of the
age.'' And the youngest too, we should say.
- The Trades Unions of New York are
greatly excited by a bill before the Legislature
of that State, which declares that "any person
or combination of persons who. by violence,
shall prevent any person or persons from
engaging in any lawful labor, on such terms
and conditions and at such wages as he
or they may choose, or who, by threats Of
violence, shall endeavor to intimidate any per-
son or persons for the purpose of preventing
them from so engaging in such labor, or for
the purpose of preventing any person or per-
sons from teaching others any trade or handi-
craft, shall be deemed guilty of misdemean-
or, and liable to fine and imprisonment.
- The total of the appropriations made
by the last Congress for the next fiscal year is
now actually ascertained to be sl75,304,232,
divided among the following bills: : Post office,
s37,524,361 !; pensions, s30,000,0O0; sundry
civil expenses, s26,622,6S2; army, $685.
1856 legislative, executive and judicial, $751;
8S6,228; Indian, S5,054, ,554 consular and
diplomatic, S1,374,985; Notifications, $780,
900; military academy, s364,740; deficiency
for 1874 and former years, s3,0O9,46S. The
total for 1S74-75 was s177,118,719, and for
1874 s2O1 ,2S9,176, showing reduction
since last year Of over 100000, and since
two years ago of over s26,00O,000.
- 1t is stated from Washington that the
postmaster-general will not attempt to enforce
the new rates of postage on transient matter
Immediately. 1t is wholly impracticable to
enforce it at present, for there are hundreds
of tons of matter that have been deposited in
the mails all over the country on which post
age has been paid at the old rates, in igno-
rance Of the change. There would result
from an immediate and harsh construction
of the law, great injury to the public interest.
Just when the law will be put in operation
Mr.. Jewell does not yet know, but it will not
be till sufficient notice has been given. He
thinks the people are opposed to the change
in law He is himself opposed to it, and
would not enforce it at all till after the next
meeting of Congress if he could find any way
by which he could personally take that re-
spousibility upon himself
The Cincinnati Enquirer thus attempts
to soothe the many furious loyal persons who
professed to feel great alarm for the safety of
the country, because large number of ex-
Confederate soldiers have been elected to
Congress: "The great mass of the intellect,
wealth and manhood of the south was engaged
in the late war against the Federal Govern
ment. To exclude it from participation in the
general administration is really to exclude that
great section of the Union itself We don't
want to make ex-President Lincoln and ex-
Secretary of State Seward liars when they an
nounced to foreign governments that the va
cant seats of the Southern Representatives
in Congress were onl waiting for their return
that no opposition would be interposed by
us to their return, but that the war was being
waged for that purpose. For the first time
since 1861, these vacant seats in Congress are
to be filled in pursuance of these promises,
and because of it there should be congratula-
ton from one end of the Union to the other
-- Disclosures concerning the Louisville
Library Lottery, as furnished by the Chicago
Inter- Ocean, seem to indicate that that scheme
has been all along strongly tainted with more
than the suspicion of job. In fact, one of
the managers-Joseph NJ Simmons-stated to
the Inter. Ocean, that all the five library lot
tory eohomos uora frauds of the first wafer