Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30
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to change the name of their town.
- There is family in Newark N. j., who
eat dogs meat because they like it The
neighbors appealed to the health Inspector,
but he said he didn't know of any law against
it.
- France has promised to amnesty the
communists, England the Fenians, Spain the
Carlists and Cuban patriots, and the Turks
the revolving Christians; but the United
States refuses to amnesty the so-called rebels.
What a contrast is here, and how unfavora-
BILE to the model republic.
- In the year 1875 Chicago had 526 divorce
suits, out Of which 2S5 divorces were granted !;
20 were denied, and III cases were not dis
posed of. The cause of all this misery was
in ia cases, desertion in 157, cruelty; Ill,
adultery in IS, drunkenness in the remain
ing Is, mixed.
"A clergyman, preparing his discourse
for Sunday, stopped occasionally to erase
that which he was was disposed to disapprove,
when he was accosted by his little son, who
had numbered only FIVE summers: Father,
does God tell you what to preach?' Ser
tainly, nv child" "Then what makes you
scratch it out ?"
"A boy on his way to Sunday school found
seventy.Gve cents. This good fortune was
held up to him as reward for being found
in the path of duty. He was very much
struck with the idea until he heard that an
other boy had found dollar while setting up
pins in a ten-pin alley. And now he don't
see his way to the future quite so clearly.
Some idea might be formed of the extent
to which Sebastopol was fired upon by the
allied armies and fleets, when it is stated that
from tax of sixpence per hundred weight,
which the Russian government levied upon
the proceeds of the sales Of old iron, shot and
shell picked up and sold by the people, sum
of nearly $4,000 was realized.
Wade Hampton Bolton, Of Tennessee,
died recently, and his will contained the fol-
lowing provision 81 give and bequeath to
the widow and children Of Gen. Thomas JON
athan Jackson, known as Stonewall jackson,
who fell at the battle of Charlottesville, Vir-
ginia, $4,000, as history tells me his widows
furniture was sold after his death for debt"
- Mount Vernon, it is said, is again in
neglected and forlorn condition. The house
has become quite dilapidated and the grounds
most unattractive To correspond with the pre-.
vailing patriotic enthusiasm, no time should
be lost in restoring the place to a condition
worthy of its memories, creditable to the
people and inviting to the thousands Of for
eigners sure to visit it this season.
- The cotton goods exported from New
York last week were valued at over $3.50, 600,
or at the rate of over $13,000,000 year.
This would be larger trade in this line, by
S2,000,000, than was done in the exception
ally prosperous year of 1860. For fifteen
years the exports of cotton goods have been
small and unworthy Of special notice. The
revival of this branch of trade is one of the
hopeful features of the situation and is at
tracing much attention.
w. H. Jardine, of Point Mouliere, Mich,
is said to have educated FIVE wild ducks to a
very fnepoint. They 60 where and when
they please; come at call, and accompany
their teacher to the hunting grounds, either
perched on the bow Of the boat, or swimming
by its side. Arrived at the marshes, they
act as decoys, splash and call until they at
tract flying ducks, who come down and are
shot; while the tame ducks "stand up in the
water" shake their wings, and scream with
fly home or ride in the boat, as Mr.. Jardlne
directs.
-Advices from southern Georgia and Flori-
da say that all the early vegetables have been
generally ruined by the recent cold spell in the
vicinity of Lake City, Florida. Four hun
dred acres of early vegetables have been kill
ed, Notwithstanding that fires were kept in the
fields during the cold nights. The polar
wave extended as far South as Gainesville,
Florida. The same information comes from
Live Oak and Welburn. This disaster ma
terially retards the shipment Of vegetables to
northern markets during the next few weeks.
The destruction Of the field crops has been
general in Georgia and Florida. The farmers
will have to replant.
Harpers Weekly, heretofore strong ad-
ministration paper, has lengthy editorial
deprecating Grants rule, and contending
that the safety of the Republican party de-
pends upon cutting loose from Grant. Says
that paper: ''There is deep and general
dread of Democratic success in the elections
: of this year, but there is an equal Indignation
Nth the corruption that has been developed
under Republican auspices. And that indig-
nation will defeat the party, if the party can
not prove by its nomination that those who
have controlled control no longer. If it
could be; known that the influences which
have ruled continue to rule at the White
House the Republican party would be already
defeated.t Safety lies in breaking with the re-
cent past Absolutely and utterly"
A Curious case of doubtful identity has
inst been settled in Ireland, by death. Lady
Longaord, in 1864, gave birth to two twin
sore. As the elder must inherit the title and
estates of Longford, care was taken to mark
the 6rst-comer by tying blue ribbon about
his little arm. The pair, however, having
been carelessly laid by the nurse in one cradle
some days after, the ribbon came off, and
had to again be put on by guess work! Will
liam, the elder thus selected, died the other
day, and Thomas has now become, without a
disturbing doubt, Lord Pakenham by cour-
tesy, and, if he lives, will become Earl Of
Longford Had the two survived to man:
hood, could there ever have been any real
feeling of content between them?
Though full returns Of the Western hog
product for the past season are not yet IN from
all the minor points, the estimates now at
hand will probably vary but little from the
final total. The statement includes the num-
Der of hogs packed, the averages of weight
and yield of lard also, the amount Of mess
pork made. The total packing represents a.
O65,O00 hogs, as against 5,566,OOO last year,
a decrease of about 100000. The average
weight for the season of 1875-'76 is placed at
217.97 pounds net,as against 209.77 last year; ;
an increase of is pounds net, or nearly