Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-18
Straps aud fatts.

It now amounts to S23,3l5,S9S.5S.
For the position of State librarian of
North Carolina, with a salary of 5000, the
newly elected Governor had no less than fifty
one applications.
- Fernando Woods idea is to have new
election at once in South Carolina, Florida
and Louisiana, and he talks of introducing q
resolution to that effect in the House.
Tax payers in Louisiana have already paid
one hundred thousand dollars, toward sus-
tanning the administration of Nichols, the
democratic governor Of the State.
"A clergyman in Northern Indiana as
cended the pulpit the other Sunday and said !:
"No man can serve the Lord while he has
the jumping tooth-ache. therefore dismiss
the congregation"
Work on the Keely motor is said to be
progressing night and day, and it is thought
it will be finished in very brief period, when
public exhibition will take place. The diff
6culties have been purely mechanical-that
is, the difficulty of procuring the requisite
strength of parts
- It is worth nothing as an indication OF the
times, that many of the leading savings banks
in the Western cities begin the new year with
an announcement of reduced rates of interest.
In Chicago, for instance, three Of the strongest
institutions there have led the way, and the
signs are that others will soon follow. These
banks heretofore have been paying depositors
six per cent. for their money. In future it
will be FIVE. -
A Washington telegram to the Springfield
Republican says: "Some of the facts in regard
to the Florida count of votes are staggering
to some of the Conservative Republicans here,
and it is doubtful if all the Republican sena-
tors will consent to the counting in of the
electoral vote of that State Certain Repub-
lican senators are known to have said that
they were not entirely satisfied with the action
of the returning board in that State, but
whether anything will come of it remains to
be seen"
- In Texas snow has fallen to the depth of
from six to eighteen inches, crushing in roofs
and freezing numbers of horses and cattle to
death. A negro froze to death in Houston
and one in Dallas. In Louisiana trains have
been snow. bound and negro froze to death
at Shreveport. In Mississippi members OF
the Legislature were snow.bound, and for two
days no quorum could be had. Persons have
crossed the river on the ice at Vicksburg for
the FIRST time in the history of that section.
- The reports to the Agricultural Bureau
of the condition and prospects of the princi-
pal crops of the country, show that the crop
of Irish potatoes is considerably below the
average; of sweet the yield is fair both IN
quality and quantity. The product of hay is
eight per cent. greater than that Of last year.
The returns of the tobacco crop are not 30
favorable, and decrease is indicated in some
of the leading producing States; the quality
averages about the same as that of last year.
The December report shows that the average
in winter wheat has been increased about five
per cent over that of the previous year.
= BY about the middle of next May, the
public will have seen the last of the present
threecent postage stamp, and begun to get &C.
customed to one that is red, or possibly new
tint. This change has been rendered neces-
sary, as stamp.washers take off the oily can
collation., without acid or alkali, and use the
stamp again. A series Of experiments just
completed convinces the Postal Department
that green is the poorest color to be found.
With the change of color there will be a
change of design. The medallion head OF
Washington will be retained, but it will be
relieved by an open scroll of white, and the
scroll.work will have different pattern.
Vanderbilt's fortune was gathered in diff
ferent ways from those adopted by other New
York milionares. Stewart made his money
by trade chiefly, w. B. Astor's fortune was
almost wholly in real property. Vanderbilt,
however, has left very little real estate com
paratively. He never cared to 60 into it.
He kept his vast fortune where it was speedily
realizable. He also undoubtedly has 80 left
it that the most of his property will remain
as the backbone of bis great railroads. The
New York Bulletin says: "He leaves securi-
ties, which can be enumerated, to the amount
of fully 100000, and it. is likely that a
complete inventory would carry the grand to-
tai up to nearly $90,000,000. For years he
has drawn dividends on over $50, ,OOO, 600 New
York Central and Hudson stock"
AN ingenious pamphlet has been written
by German on Improvements in war. he
suggests that some neutral territory be set
aside by the European Powers and devoted
entirely to bloodshed No fighting is, under
any pretence whatever, to take place out OF
this territory, which is to be fitted up for war
in the most elaborate fashion. There is to be
training-school for nurses, a college for sur
geons and large hospitals. Prisoners of war
will be confined in suitable buildings specially
prepared for their accommodation. There
are also to be vast cemeteries and depots for
artificial limbs, &c. These conveniences will
be open to all nations wishing to fight, at fix
ed and reasonable charges. Weapons of ev-
cry description in fact all the appliances
of war-may be bought or hired but no
credit is to be given, and the charges for bat
tie fields are to paid before the first gun is
fired. All profits after payment of expenses
will be devoted to the maintenance OF the
widows and the orphans Of the fallen.
"A Washington letter to the Baltimore
Sun SAYS: "Senator Robertson, Of South Car
olina, stated in conversation to-day that he
had not the slightest doubt that the Hampton
government would in due time have the
whole supremacy in South Carolina. He said
there was no more doubt of the legality and
fairness of Hampton's election, than there was
of the election of the Republican Governor
of Maine. The senator said that while he was
a Republican, he did not consider that fealty
to his party required that he should give his
adhesion to what he knew to be wrong, and
he says he will never support the Chamber
lain government nor pay taxes to it. He
says it will never be possible for Chamberlain
to collect taxes, for if he or his tax-collectors
should undertake to sell property for the non
payment of taxes, no one would buy it. Sena'
tor Robertson is of the opinion that when the
Hampton government is fully recognized and
in undisputed possession, it will be necessary