Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-09-30
Straps aud fafts.


- Mrs. Tilton is living with her mother,
Mrs. Morse, in Brooklyn. Her youngest
daughter, Alice, remains with her, but Flor
ence has cast her lot with her father.
- Within few days serious disease
has broken out among the horses in the many
public and private stables throughout the
city of New York. 1t borders on the nature
of the famous epizootic, which two years ago
carried off so many valuable animals in all
parts of the country.
- The Lynchburg (Va.) Republican re-
ports squirrels migrating southward in large
numbers, saying "they may be seen above
and below the city, just before nightfall, cross
ing the river on their bark boats, using tails as
sails when the wind is favorable
- According to a careful estimate made
by Mr.. James Card, whom the London Times
deems high authority, there is likely soon to
be lively demand for American wheat in
Great Britain. The decrease in the produc-
ton of wheat in Ireland and England since
last wear has been immense, and the amount
of wheat required from abroad, it is estimated.
will be al 100000 quarters" or SS,OOO,OOO
bushels. This deficiency is tremendous and
must have favorable effect upon American
farmers, for of course large proportion OF
the wheat needed by Great Britain and Ire
land will be imported frum this country.
-- The Columbia U1aion- Herald publishes
the following item which is Of interest to per-
sons who are liable to pay revenue license to
the United States "The collector of internal
revenue for this district informs US that any
firm which pays revenue license to the United
States requires new stamps whenever the firm
changes The "change of 6rm," in contem-
plation of Inv, is whenever partner retires
therefrom or a new one enters, or when one
person doing business alone sells out his busl-
ness to another. Internal revenue licenses
cannot be transferred from one person to an
other. This is the decision of the authorities
at Washington y
"A man died in Tennessee last week
who is supposed to be the largest man that
was ever born in that State. He was but
nineteen years of age, and, had be not been
bent by an attack of rheumatism, he would
have been nine feet high. His boots were
each eighteen inches in length, and one of his
hands was about the size Of four ordinary
Ones He could sit on chair and pick up
anything three feet from him. His head
measured about fourteen inches, and his
chest seven and half feet in circumference.
His coffin was eight and half feet long,
twenty-eight inches wide and two and half
in depth.
"A Washington letter says: "Massachu-
setts Republicans represent that the party in
that State has not yet recovered from the de-
moralzation caused by the defeat Of last fall.
1t is admitted all around that unless great
care is observed in selecting a candidate for
Governor, the present Democratic Governor
(Gaston) will be reelected. 1t is said that
Dr. Loring, who approximates somewhat to
the Butler standard in the matter of dema-
goguing and wire-pulling, has laid his plans
so as to control large party in the conven-
ton, with every prospect of his nomination,
unless his plans can be disarranged. With
him as the Republican standard. bearer, the
better class of Republicans say that defeat is
certain.
- A young lady of engaging personal
appearance, who arrived in Burlington, Iowa,
recently from Creston, announced that she was
going to open barber shop on North Hill.
The very next day each married woman on
North Hill surprised her husband, whose
many virtues she had long known and ad-
mired, with a neat little present consisting of
razor, lather brush, and strop. And now,
as oft as North Hill man comes home, the
wife of his bosom puts her arms around his
neck and rubs her downy cheek against his
face in all apparent innocence and affection
but if his cheek is smother than when he
went away from home in the morning, she
fans him with the rolling pin until he has
to wear his hat on whichever lump it will
fit best.
- The President is credited with little
Joke at the expense ofthe editorial profession.
The people of Vineland, N. j., have been
trying to secure the removal of Postmaster
Lands, who, it will be remembered, lodged
bullet in editor Carruth's brain. The Pres
ident, upon hearing of the matter, asked
Jewell whether there was any irregularity in
Mr.. Landis' accounts. "Not any," replied
the Postmaster General. "Is the Office well
conducted ?" "No complaint on that score"
"Intemperate habits?' "Nothing of the kind
charged" "What is the objection?" "The
petitioners say he is rather obnoxious, and
change would be satisfactory" "Well,"
replied the President, "he doesn't appear to
have done anything but shoot an editor, and
| don't see how can remove him for that"
- Freckles, says the Herald Of Health,
are not easily washed out of those who have
horid complexion and are much in the sun
shine, but the following washes are not only
harmless, but very much the best of anything
we know: Crate horse radish fine, let it stand
few hours in buttermilk, then strain and use
the wash night and morning. Or squeeze the
Juice of a lemon into half goblet of water,
and use the same way. Most of the remedies
for freckles are poisonous and cannot be used
with safety. Freckles indicate defect in d.
gestion, and consist in deposits of some carbo-
naceous or fatty matter beneath the scarf skin.
The diet should be attended to, and should be
ofa nature that the bowels and kidneys will
do their duty. Daily bathing, with much
friction, should not be neglected, and the
Turkish bath should be taken occasionally,
if convenient
- Egypt, it would appear from all &C
counts is preparing for brilliant show at our
Centennial exhibition. Over two hundred
persons will be sent over, and these will in
clude representatives Of every department of
native life. There will be band of genuine
Bedouns from Arabia Petrea; the represen-
tative animals ofthe country, including camels,
and dromedaries, will be exhibited; water
from the Nile and Red Sea will be brought
over in tanks, and the primitive processes
of irrigation and cultivation will be explained
and illustrated with native agricultural imple.
ments the manufactures and antiquities of
the country will be fully represented; learn
ed scribes will exhibit the process of writing in