Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-04-13
Sfraps aud fafts.

Gen. Braxton Bragg, with some promi-
nent parties from Mobile, and Austin, Tex
as, are endeavoring to establish an extensive
colony in Western Texas.
There are 81 100000 worth of shoe pegs
made yearly in the United States, most of
them in Massachusetts,, requiring, 100000
cubic feet of white birch.
- The number of American entries Of ex-
hihits for the coming Centennial register ten
thousand. From this the Philadelphia papers
argue that the exhibition will equal in num-
ber of exhibits those Of any previous one.
- -Mr Jefferson Davis will sail for Europe
May |, where he will remain for six or eight
months, to promote the establishment of d.
rect trade with the cities Of the Mississippi
valley. . s.#.f ... &c..
"A skiff was upset in a Kentucky millpond
the other day, and Mr.. John Tyler was thrown
into the water, whereupon the local editor
calls it clear case Of tip-a-canoe and Tyler
too.
Nothing else in the world will bring that
same CHASTITY expression to mans face that
fits over his countenance when, in the midst
of gay party he suddenly remembers that
he has left his handkerchief at home on the
bureau, and will have to 60 out and wipe his
nose on the side of the house.-FuHon Times.
The Centennial Executive Committee has
issued another circular urging upon the
American people to forward their goods for
exhibition at the fair as soon as possible. The
buildings are now ready to receive articles In
all Of the departments, and space is available
for all early comers. s.. .....
The General Assembly Of the Presbyte-
rian Church in the United States, will meet in
the First Presbyterian Church Of Savannah,
Ca, on the 18th of May, at II A. M. The
opening sermon will be preached by the Rev.
Moses D. Hoge, D. D., Moderator Of the last
Assembly. .-.. ...
"A practical Joke was once attempted to be
PLAYED on Mr. Erskine as he went one day
to Westminster Hall with his ample bag
crammed full of briefs. Some waggish bar
rister hired a Jews boy to 60 and ask him if
he had "any old clos to sell" "No, you little
Hebrew imp" exclaimed the indignant coun-
selor "they are all new SUITS" .: ."r...
The Shakers of Nakayuna, near Albany,
have most benevolent way of doing busi-
ness. An ice company applied to them tor
permission to cut ice from lake which is on
the Shaker property, and offered to pay a
good price for the privilege. The Shakers
granted the permission, but refused to take
any money for it, their principles forbidding
the selling of air, water, or ice. g..
"A certain pompous judge fined several
lawyers $40 each for contempt of court. At
ter they had paid their fines, a steady going
old attorney walked gravely up, to the bench
and laid down $40 bill. "What is that for p
inquired the Judge "For contempt, your
honor" "Why, have not fined you for
contempt" 81 know that" said the attorney,
"but want you to understand I cherish
secret contempt for this court all the time, and
am willing to pay for it."
The printing business is the most fasci.
mating and enhancing that man can follow
for livelihood. It is not only an exceedingly
pleasant and highly respectable calling, but,
also very lucrative employment. Large for
tunes are constantly being realized by news
paper publishers without the slightest effort,
and, take it all in all, it is the easiest way to
gain substance one can find. Printing debts
are almost selfcollectable. You never have
to ask your pay only once. Everybody is so
kind and thoughtful that it is no trick at all
to gather your stamps. Buy printing o@oa
and learn for yourself how truthful are these
remarks.
In Connecticut the Secretary of the Board
of Education has issued call upon the peo-
pie urging each one to plant a centennial tree.
This is a good suggestion. Trees in civil
lied community are evidences of good taste,
refinement and culture. They are handsome
and valuable. The tree planted to-day will
afford pleasure to thousands ofadmiring eyes
during the coming century of our nations ex-
istence, and confer untold blessings upon COM
ing generations. The tree planted this year
will be preserved and cared for by all. The
knowledge that it was planted upon the one
hundredth anniversary Of American Indepen-
dence would cause all to watch it with pecu-
liar interest. Plant tree, then; it will do
good.
The Edgemoor Iron Company Of Viii
mington, Delaware, has just obtained the con-
tract for the new Gilbert Sixth Avenue Ele-
waited Railway in New York city. This rail
way is to run from the Battery to Central
Park, distance Of FIVE miles, and it is to be
completed by next August. The Edgemoor
Company, who are both to manufacture and
construct this important line, are to make
double track road, which will be elevated
over the centres of the streets, and not over
the curbs and sidewalks, as in the Greenwich
street line, and will be supported on two rows
of columns. The material is to be the best
double-refned iron, with steel rails, and para
pets are to guard the road on both sides.
The solidity of the structure is to be such
that trains can be run at high speed-the con-
tract requiring that it shall support moving
load of two thousand pounds for each track.
This line, when completed next summer, is ex-
pected to solve the great New York problem
of "rapid transit"
"A San Francisco correspondent thus de.
scribes some of the novel effects Of the Big
Bonanza silver movement upon business
there: "The discount on silver begins to make
curious complications in currency and COM
merce, and every one is alarmed at the pros
pect of further depreciation and disturbance.
Gold, heretofore making gaudy display on
the counters of banks and brokers and in ev-
erybody's hands, seeks retirement. Trade dol
lars have suddenly taken the lead as circu-
lating medium among retailers and trades
men. Employees sell their gold and pay in
silver. In self-defence, all retailers have
adopted silver as the standard of values, and
they have advanced all prices five per cent
The great Bonanza mine, known as Consoli-
dated Virginia, has sproduced in the last month
of thirty days three millions of dollars-forty
per cent. gold and sixty per cent silver-say
twenty-one millions for one year, with certain.
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