Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-02-03
Sfraps aud fafts.


of Georgia last week.
The editress of the Woman's Journal
makes good deal of hustle with small pa
per.
The House committee heard arguments
last week in favor of the Southern Pacific
railroad.
- The Pennsylvania Democrats are in favor
of having the National Convention held at
Philadelphia, Independence Hall, on July 4.
- In both branches of the Iowa Legislature
the enrolling and engrossing clerkship have
been given to ladies.
AT Shasta, California, last week, snow
was so deep as to crush in the courthouse and
several other buildings. The rail roads in
Nevada are blocked by snow.
- The total number of hogs slaughtered in
Cincinnati to the 22nd ultimo, is 4SO,433.
For the same time last year the number was
451,207.
- The fire fend was quite ravenous last
year. According to the Insurance Chronicle,
he gobbled up property to the value OF $685.
328,700, one-half Of which loss was borne by
the insurance companies.
While we are enjoying an exceptionally
sfaild-wi,ater, the Russians are suffering the
excessive cold of one of the severest winters
The thermometer was thirty-two degrees below
freezing point at last accounts.
The assignee of voluntary bankrupt in
Georgia has settled with all his creditors, dol
lar for dollar, paid all costs and returned
balance to the bankrupt. This is pretty
good for the bankrupt mill.
The Republican journals of Maine are
in high glee over the unanimous resolution Of
the Legislative caucus that Mr.. Blaine is the
choice of the Republicans Of the State for the
Presidency.
The resignation of Captain John F. Wes-
ton, commissary of subsistence, of his COM
mission as first lieutenant, 9TH cavalry (only,)
has been accepted by the President to take ef-
feet December 9, 1875.
"A few days since Mrs. Kent, Of Wythe
county, Va, sent an agent with $2,100,
which was distributed among her slaves liv-
ing there, the sum given to each being from
s10O to $500.
Brooklyn is the home of a charming girl
with face so sunny and alluring that an old
gentleman recently said Of her: eff kisses
had been entirely unknown she would have
invented them"
- In the House of Representatives, on the
25th, Congressman Wallace introduced bills
for the relief of. D. F. Duncan, A. B. Wood
ruff, (late postmaster at Woodruf,) and
Charles B. Roberts. They were referred to
the committee on claims.
On the 18th ultimo fight occurred fifty
miles south of Santa Fe between party Of
200 Apache Indians and a squad of23 United
States soldiers. Twenty-three Indians were
killed ard 3 soldiers wounded. The soldiers
were hunting buffalo, and allege that the In
dians were the attacking party.
DR. Peterman, the German geographer, is
satisfied that the Ophir of the Bible, from
which King Solomon conveyed gold, ivory,
and precious stones for the construction of his
temple, are the diamond fields of Timbaye,
Africa The ruins of extensive piles ofbuild
ings of remote antiquity are still standing
there.
An exchange says: "During leap year
sees till she gets up to hundred, will be mar
ried within a year, to the first gentleman with
whom she shakes hands after she has counted
her one hundredth horse Every girl in the
city carries memorandum book, that she
may be sure to keep correct record. One has
already twenty-six, another eleven and another
who only began yesterday, has seven. If
somebody would bring drove Of a hundred
gray horses to town to-day what shaking of
hands would take place tomorrow"
"A meeting of the National Democratic
Executive Committee was held in Washing
ton last Friday night, Augustus Schell, chair
man. On motion Of Senator Randolph, Of
New Jersey, it was resolved to begin an early
and active organization Of tie Democratic
party throughout the United States for the cam
paign of 1876. Senator Randolph was chosen
vice-chairman; Hon. w. H. Barnum, of Con-
necticut, as the treasurer and A. D. Banks,
Of Mississippi, resident secretary. Speaker
Kerr, Senators Wallace, of Pennsylvania,
Gordon, of Georgia, and Stevenson, of Ken
lucky, and Representative Lamar and others
were present.
R. E. Mcdonald, Postmaster at Charlotte,
N. c., was arrested last Thursday evening by
Deputy Marshal G.. w. Taylor on charge
of completely in robbing a lock-box of the
post.ofice, for which offence boy named
John Hood had been previously bound over.
After the incarceration Of the boy, Hood, he
made lengthy affidavit before Commissioner
Bailey to the effect that Mcdonald furnished
him key for the purpose of unlocking box
63, and in pursuance Of an understanding he
always deposited the letters which he took
from the box, in certain spot in rear Of the
post-ofice, and that this system continued
until his apprehension in December last. A
preliminary hearing was set for last Tuesday,
Mcdonald giving bail for his appearance.
The silence of Keely, the "motor" man,
has been taken advantage of by another in
ventive genius to come forward with rival
discovery of substantially similar character.
The inventors name is Gary, and his home is
Huntington, Pennsylvania. He has shut
himself up for years and devoted his time to
an effort to discover some substance which
would defy the attraction of the magnet, and
he claims now that he has succeeded, so that
by placing the substance discovered by him
over the poles ofa magnet, its power is entirely
suspended. The Huntington Journal vouch-
es for the inventor and says: ave have seen
apump, worked by magnets alone, pump water
by the hour. Engines have been inven-
ted by Mr.. Gary and others that run contin-
uously by these silent yet powerful motors,
from an engine to run a delicate watch or
sewing machine, to power sufficient to pro.
pei the largest steamer" This will be bad
news to Mr.. Keely.
On Tuesday afternoon of last week, DIR.
Adolphus Moore, of Alamance county, N. c.,
while passing the residence Of George W.
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