Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-02-25
Straps aud fatts.

- Cairo man warns people not to trust
his wife, and she retorts by saying that.shell
not take in washing to rig him out again.
- A Rochester frt had an offer of mar
rage the other evening, and rushing to the
hall, she called upstairs : Mother, am I en-.
gagged to anybody now"
1t is said that there are more women
than men in Massachusetts,. Give the wo-
men the right Of suffrage, and the chances
are that they will vote all the men out of Office,
if not out of their pantaloons, in less than
six months.
- An act of the last Congress permits the
sender of newspaper through the mails to
print or impress his name or card on the wrap.
per; but prohibits the writing of anything on
either the newspaper or wrapper, except the
address of the person to whom the paper is
sent.
- A storyis told of two Vermont farmers
who are not Grangers. They induced their
wives to join and report before they would
commit themselves. Now, when they will,
they cannot; two black balls greet every ap-
plication. Meanwhile the wives 20 regularly
and triamphantly to every Grange meeting,
and the men stay at home.
The Omaha Bee is writing up the his
tory Of Nebraska's enemy, the grasshopper
Its natural history, habits, and the philosophy
of its migration, are detailed with wonder
tul fidelity, and the gratifying information is
given that the destroyers forgot to lay eggs last
fall, and consequently there will be no necessity
to collect "grasshopper fund" this year.
- The bill dividing Alabama into eight
Congressional districts has passed both Houses
of the General Assembly Of that State, and
only awaits the Governors signature to be-
come law. This apportionment gives seven
ofthe districts to the Democrats, (taking the
last election as test,) by majorities ranging
from 1900 to 5000, leaving the Republicans
the fourth district, in which they have 14,755
majority.
"A new religious belief is gaining ground
in Ohio. Its adherenLs are called Eternalists.
They hold that soul is immortal, and that
it occupies succession of fbodies on earth, both
men and animals, and that when disembodied
by death it hovers in the air, until by some
subtle process Of naturalization, it forms or
enters new infantile body, the character of
that body-whether hog, dog or man-de-
pending upon the manner Of life which the
deceased person from whom the soul comes
has led.
General Sheridan charged that $500
murders for political causes had been COM
mitted in Louisiana. The New Orleans
Picayune says that the investigation made to
verify this statement has so far disclosed only
eight political murders, leaving 3, ,492 yet to be
found. Ifthe sixty said to have been killed
at Colfax are added, the count will be 3,432
short But it is said that the Congressional
Committee have stopped the investigation,
and will devote their attention to Colfax and
Coushatta. 1t was found that three-fourths
of the murders reported were committed by
negroes, and very few of them had any connec-
ton with politics.
SENATOR Gordon, of Georgia, according
to the Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune, has privately announced his
intention to write letter to Mr.. Wendell
Phillips, inviting him personally to make an
extended trip through the Southern States
and give the public the benefit of his views
concerning their condition, particularly with
respect to government. He says he has abun-
dant faith in Mr.. Phillips integrity of pur.
pose and ability to state correctly the impress
sions which a trip of this kind might make
upon his mind. He has not yet concluded
whether he will make his letter confidential
communication or give it publicity after it
shall have been written.
-On Thursday afternoon well.dressed
colored man and young white woman visit
ed the City Hall, in New York, and made
known their desire to be married by Mayor
Wickham, but the latter replied firmly, "No,
sir, it can't be done. While I am mayor of
this city shall never marry black man to
white woman, nor a black woman to white
man." To bystander, who suggested that
perhaps he had not read the fifteenth amend
ment and the civil rights bill, the mayor re-
piled, 81 know all about those laws; but you
can rest assured that Notwithstanding them, no
marriages between whites and blacks can take
place in this hall while I am the mayor of
the city" The colored man looked surprised,
and the girls eyes filled with tears. They
afterwards made application to Justice Kill
breth to perform the ceremony, but the justice
said he was "too busy
- Cotton-growing in Peru has been pro-
nounced failure on account of a current of
cold water which runs along the coast, and
produces, during the summer months, thick
fog, extending far into the interior. The
connection between this thick fog, and the
failure of cotton crops is ingeniously ex-
planned as follows: The mist settles on the
cotton plant and bolls in the shape Of large
dew drops, and when the MONDAY sun breaks
through the fog, these dew drops act as con.
densing lenses and gather the rays of the
sun to such an extent before they are evapo-
rated that the bolls become hard and shriveled,
and thus the yield of the plant is destroyed.
For this reason, and others arising from the
uncertainty of the rainfall in that country, cot
complaining is being abandoned, and sugar
cane is being cultivated. The latter is repre-
sented to be highly productive.
Despite all the croaking about hard
times, says correspondent, New York is
gorgeous this winter The turnouts on the
avenue and in the park are as brilliant as ever,
and even more so. Sales of extravagantly
costly furniture are as frequent as ever,
and the great jewellers and expensive dress
people are doing more than their usual busi-
ness. The fact is, the society woman in New
York refuses to recognize the existence of hard
times. She considers it the duty Of the man
who undertakes the contract of support
ing her, to furnish her with what she wants
just as freely one year as another. If the
poor fellow pleads embarrassment and bad
business, she answers, "What is that to me
l know nothing about your horrid stocks.
I do know that want that diamond necklace,
and will have it" And she generally gets it,
for several reasons. A man always stands in
awe of very handsome and very fashion
able woman and besides great many New