Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-04-22

would hold his friends.
- The memoirs of Gen. w. T. Sherman,
by himself, are forthcoming from the press Of
D. Appleton & Co., in two volumes of over
four hundred pages each.
THE man who won't take paper be-
cause he can borrow one, has invented a ma
chine with which he can cook his dinner by
the smoke of his neighbor's chimney.
The editor Of the Chicago Tribune calls
the legislature of Illinois "the Springfield cir
Gus" speaks Of the speaker as ring master" !"
and of the members praucing round at the
crack Of the whip.
--Itis stated that more than $50, ,000, ,000,-
600 passed through General Spinners office
during the time he occupied it, and the losses
Of all kinds were less than one dollar in the
million.
- General Marcus l. Wright, formerly a
Confederate General, has received from the
Khedive of Egypt, the appointment of Ad-
jutantGeneral in the Egyptian army, with
the rank and pay of Colonel.
- A number of young ladies of the "best
families of the West end, at Boston, have
organized cookery club, meeting twice a
week at the residence of each member in turn
who treats her sister members to breakfast,
dinner or tea prepared exclusively by herself.
Col. Platt, of Lexington, Kentucky,
says an old lady on his peusion-roIl, now liv-
ing in that city, was 1Ol years old last Octo-
ber. But the old lady is killing herself
smoking pipe. She has been at it now for
the last half a century, and he thinks she
can't stand it many years longer.
Prince Albert is said to have asked the
juvenile Prince of Wales at moment of in
teresting anticipation "whether he would rath-
er have little sister or brother,' and he is
said to have answered that he would rather
have another pony. Nothing tries boy
more than monotony.
THE Columbia Union- Herald is Informed
by private letter, that snow storm, of six
teen hours duration, visited the vicinity of
Clarksville, Texas, on the 5th of last month,
leaving snow ten inches deep throughout that
neighborhood. Numbers of poor cattle and
hogs died from the excessive cold.
There is certain clergyman in Troy,
who keeps All eye on the temperance habits of
his flock. On Sunday afternoons he takes a
seat in one of the most frequented bar-rooms
Of the city and watches the customers. The
Press says that the number Of men who call
and leave after asking what time it is, or
where John Smith lives, is astonishing.
- How many smokers know what the
brands on the cases of Havana cigars mean !?
The names Regalia, Londres, Damas and Entr'-
operas do not refer to quality, but to sizes.
The quality is indicated by superfno, yfno, su-
perior and bueno. Maduro means that the to-
bacco is very strong, oscuro for that not so
strong, colorado for medium, and claro for
mild.
- A wag says it is feared that Spinner's
resignation will cause panic in the rural dis
tricts, where the impression prevails that his
signature symbolizes the American eagle
struggling with the serpent of rebellion. As
his successors signature resembles bunch Of
fish hooks, the rural districts may be appeased
by the impression that the drowned eagle will
be caught by new bait.
- It has been the practice among many
newspaper subscribers, after reading their pa
per to mail it to some friend. The new Uni
ted States law now in effect makes the paper
third.class matter, and inflicts such high pos.
tai rates (two cents each) that it is now cheap
er and better for each person who desires that
his friend should have the paper, to subscribe
for it directly at the office of publication, and
have it sent from there This will save all
the trouble of wrapping and mailing, and the
extra cost Of postage, and the paper will be
sent promptly.
- The Washington Republican, in COM
in fho N
the eight years following the close of the war,
the value of personal property increased in
Virginia sixty-ive per cent, and is now only
sixteen per cent less that when slavery was
in its prime This assertion is based upon
statistics furnished by the New York Journal
of Commerce, unprejudiced authority it will
he admitted. The figures show that in 1860
the valuation of personal property in Virgin
ia was sl0l ,555, 721 in 1866 it was only S52,-
253,300; but in 1873 it had risen to SS5, H..
800.
- From present indications prohibitory
liquor laws will soon be things Of the past
Massachusetts, is now added to the list of the
States which have abandoned prohibition aud
adopted stringent license laws. Amongst the
provisions of the Massachusetts law is one that
no sale or delivery of liquor shall be made
to person known to be drunkard, or to an
intoxicated person, or to minor and another
that in case of damage done by an intoxicated
person the liquor dealer is made liable, and
he is further subjected to damages, should he
persist in selling liquor toa person habitually
liable to intoxication, after warning from a
husband, wife, child, guardian or employer
Grave apprehensions are felt by persons
living near Bald Mountain, in North Carolina,
that the long dreaded volcano will yet break
forth in active eruption. A severe earthquake
has recently convulsed that section, awaking
all the dread that once existed on this account
The ground seemed to transmit a wave as it
rose and fell during the shaking. 1t is
thought that the section Of North Carolina be-
tween the Blue Ridge and the Allegheny
Mountains has been in time past volcanic
religion, and the shaking Of Bald Mountain,
together with the recent earthquake, make
persons living in that region rather uneasy.
- The sale of Elliott & Kents Elm
Grove herd took place at Dexter Park,
Chicago on Thursday, and was largely atten-
ded. The sale included 4S COWS, which
brought s31 900, averaging s646.S7, and IA
bulls, bringing s2,9l0, averaging s2O7. S. w.
Ficklin, of Charlottesville, Va, purchased
two COWS, for which he paid 1925 and sl95
respectively, and A. M. Bowman, Of Waynes'
boro, Virginia, became the purchaser of two
COWS and bull, for which he paid SITS, s52i
and s725. The sale of the Ninwood herd,
belonging to Kissinger & Co., of Clarksville,
Nd, took place at Chicago, on Friday, the
sale including forty-oue head, which brought
s24,765. S. w. Ficklin, of Virginia, bought