Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-04-01

resigned, in order to avoid the disagreeable
duty of hanging a negro, who was to have
been executed last Friday. On this account
the convict has been respited until September
3rd, by which time new Sheriff and county
officers will be elected
- The tornado which swept over portion
of South Carolina and Georgia, extended as
far north as Raleigh. Passing over Chatham
and Randolph, property in those counties sus-
tained heavy damage. Chatham Superior
Court was in session at Pittsboro, and so vio-
lent was the storm, that the judge adjourned
the court, exclaiming, "Gentlemen, we will
leave the verdict of this case in the hands OF
God" The roof of the Court House was
blown off, and portion of the timbers fell in,
but no one was injured. The Presbyterian
church was completely ruined, and several
other buildings were blown down. Itis stated
that $4,000 will not repair the damage done
to the factories and mills in Randolph county.
- Says the Asheville Pioneer: A Deputy
Marshal, while searching for illicit distilleries
in Yancey county, came across one superin-
tended by a woman, who stoutly resisted the
officer in levying on the contraband property.
She denounced the revenue laws as oppres-
sive and the tax as fraud. The officer at
tempted to reason the matter with her by
stating that the distilleries consumed what
little grain was raised in the country, and
thereby snatched the bread, which is the staff
of life, from the mouths Of starving women
and children. "Sir," exclaimed the she-boss
of the boiling cauldron, "bread may be the
staff of life, but whisky is life ITSELF" This
was sumner, but her lfe.preserver was des-
troyed.
MERE.MENTION.
The funeral of Charles Sumner cost Massa-
cbusettss s29, 9,25O.4O. '..'.'"'Mr. David Dick
son, we'll known as successful farmer, and as
the originator of the "Dickson Cotton" died
at his home, in Oxford, Georgia, on the 18th
ult, after an illness of several weeks. Rus
sia has twelve thousand miles of railway in
operation. '.'''''.The citizens of Augusta have
contributed six thousand dollars to aid the
sufferers from the late tornado, which has de-
vastated several counties of the State, from the
Chattahoochee to the Savannah river'''"''The
Irish Societies of New York, Brooklyn, and
other cities are taking steps to hold public
meetings in order to express regret for the
death of John Mitchell. .'''''''"Col Dudley
w. Adams, worthy master of the National
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, has purchased
six hundred acres of land in Florida with the
intention of establishing an orange orchard.
Archbishop McCloskey, of New York, has
been raised to the dignity ofa Cardinal. '''''A
member of the Illinois Legislature has intro
duced bill providing that "any person ask
ing another to drink any Intoxicating liquor
shall be fined not less than $40 and not more
than $1OO."' Recently telegraphic
message was sent as an experiment from Har-
ward College to San Francisco and back-a
distance of eight thousand miles-in the space
of two-thirds of a second. The object of the
experiment was to ascertain as exactly as
possible the least space Of time required for
the transmission of the fluid through long
lines of wire. '...'.."The stockholders of the
Merchants and Planters National Bank, of
Augusta, have decided to close that institu-
ton, on the ground that it does not pay to
run it. t.''''''"'The Alabama legislature ad-
iourned on Tuesday of last week after having
been in session one hundred and one days,
during which over FIVE hundred laws were
enacted ''''''"'The petroleum supply of Penn
sylvania is apparently inexhaustible, and new
wells are being sunk every day, despite the
fact that the crude article commands but one
cent per gallon.
Mr. Tweed remarks, after mature delibera-
ton, that it is good deal easier to get into
prison than out Of it, and the courts sustain
his opinion. The loss of a set of false teeth
did not prevent marriage at Cairo. The
bride tied handkerchief over her mouth and
told the minister to "go aheath. ."'''''''''John
Mitchell was buried in church.yard at New
ry, Ireland. Over 10000 people attended
the funeral. ......''"The Post.office Department
has determined to enforce the rule prohibiting
postmasters from selling postage stamps out.
side of the territory within the delivery Of
their respective Offices Violations of the rule
have already resulted in the discontinuance
ola number of post-ofices. .'''''''''The special
session of the Senate adjourned last Wednes-
day. The last act of the Senate in executive
session was to table the nomination of Don
Pardee to be United States Judge for the
District of Louisiana in place of Durell.
The Delaware Legislature passed a bill
providing that hotel-keepers, railroad compa.
nies, steamboat owners and others may pro.
vide separate accommodations for any class
of customers obnoxious to their customers or
passengers. .'...'.".M Mexican bandits are report
ed to be on Texas soil, and it is rumored that
several Americans near the border have been
murdered. .''..''''The widow of John Mitchell,
the Irish patriot, lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.
On Saturday she received calls of coincidence
from intimate friends of her husband. .''''''Both
the United States military and hostile Indians
have gone for the miners now trespassing in
the Black Hills, and General Ord hopes for
their sake that the troops may reach them
first. ''''''"'Eighty convicts in the Indiana
State prison made desperate attempt to es'
cape last Friday, and were forced to their
quarters at the muzzle of the rifles in the
hands of the guard.
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