Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-12-13
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crate uniform.
In the next legislature of Mississippi,
there will be seven colored men, three OF
whom will be straight out" democrats.
An Omaha man has sued his wife for a
divorce, because while the color of his own
and his wife's hair is jet black, her baby's
hair is bright red.
Two Texas widowers recently married
each others daughters. Each man is the
other fellows father.in-law and son-in-law,
and each bride is the others daughter-in-law
and mother.in.law.
A girl in Shelby, KY, was provoked BY
the bad play of her partner at croquet. She
struck him on the head with mallet, and
caused brain fever, of which he nearly died.
She was kept in custody until he recovered,
and then married him.
- The last Ohio Legislature, which was re-
publican in both branches, passed law ex-
cluding colored men from the State militia.
White male citizens only are eligible. The
colored people think this strange proceed
ing and are looking around for the cause.
w. H. Vanderbilt is the largest receiver
of interest and dividends on stocks and bond
securities in the United States, if not in the
world. The total is estimated at $7,OOO,OOO
per anuum, of which about $4,O0O,OOO are
from dividends and interest from the New
York Central Railroad.
M Du Chaillu recently concluded one of
his lectures with description of how the
cannibals cooked human flesh. He said they
preferred to eat women of about Is to "a
years of age, and invariably roasted that del
icacy but people over fifty were generally
boiled.
"A recent letter from San Antonio says
the war cloud along the Rio Grande grows
more portentious daily, and the sentiment
is universal that lasting peace can be OBJ.
tanned only by administering whipping to
Mexico as thorough as that of San Jacnto
forty years ago.
Mr.. John J. Patterson is said to feel ex.
tremely happy since his speech against the
President. He asserts that he has received
over three hundred letters asking for copies
of the speech, together with an offer of $4,000
for twenty lectures, to be delivered in New
York and Connecticut.
The Post, a new Democratic paper, made
its appearance in Washington last Thursday.
One of the articles of its first issue aroused
great indignation among the Southern Demo
cratic Senators, who regard it as an attempt
to coerce them into the support of Mr.. Conk-
ling and his branch Of the Republican party.
They say that they utterly repudiate the pa
per and deny its right to speak for the party,
or for Southern Democratic Senators.
Mrs. Rebecca Guishard, who died in Bal
timore a few days ago, at the age of ninety
eight, was one of the actors at the Richmond
Theatre on the fatal night of its burning in
1911. When the fire broke out, she managed
to reach the upper gallery, where her father,
sister and child were seated, only to see them
sink amid the ruins. She then jumped from
the window and reached the ground unhurt,
by falling on the dense mass of people cut
side.
Some curiosity is excited to know how
the United States Senate stands. At present
that body consists of IS members, with one
vacancy. Ofthese 35 are Democrats, l an
Independent Judge Davis), 80 Republicans,
including Patterson and Conover. Sharon is
absent. By the admission of Eustis, the Sen
ate will stand Democrats, SO; Independent !
Republicans, 80. The balance of power is
with the carpet-baggers until 1879, unless
there be some Providential or, as the theat-
rcal people would say, lightning changes.
The Indianapolis Nsws of the 9TH instant
contains q report of an interview with ex'
Governor Hendricks in reference to rumors
that Mr.. Tilden took the oath of Office last
year and would soon begin a contest for the
Presidency. Mr.. Hendricks said: 81 know
nothing whatever about the statements. Ot
course cannot know Mr.. Tilden's actions
what he has been doing or what he intends
doing. So far as l am concerned, Mr..
Wheeler has been sworn into the office OF
Vice-President and he will stay there for four
years. When he was sworn in that ended ii. y
A Washington dispatch of the 9th, to
the New York Evening Post, says: Senator
Patterson is very confident that his course in
the Senate in favoring the admission of Gen
M. c.. Butler to a seat in that body, will re-
suit in relieving him from any further prose.
cution for his alleged offences in South Caro-
lima. He received dispatch from Columbia
S. c., saying that the Democratic members Of
the Legislature all favor suspension of the
proceedings against him for alleged bribery
and that their influence will be used in this
direction. Patterson says that the feeling
against him in South Carolina has greatly
modified since his stand in the Senate in favor
of Butler.
The telegraph announces that Pinchback
has resigned his seat in the United State.
Senate, and as our readers may not remem
Der Just how he came to have a seat there, We
print the following: In 1873 he was declared
elected Senator from Louisiana for the term
ending March 4, 1879. In 1874 the same
Legislature endorsed him by joint resolution
A new Legislature, chosen November, 1874
adopted a joint resolution under which he
was elected, as if vacancy existed. His GER
ti6cate bore the seal of the State, and was
signed by the Governor and Secretary o1
State, and Pinchback accordingly holds that
he was entitled to seat because of that &C.
tion of the Legislature. In order, however
not to EN- barrass Mr.. Eustis before the Senate
Pinchback withdraws all claims to his seat.
Some Investigator of our political insti
tutions has been looking into the Constitu
tions of the States, and finds that Maine
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Michigan
are now the only States that elect Governors
every year. Those that choose for two years
are Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa
Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hamp
shire, Nevada, New York, Ohio, South Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Wis
consin for three years, New Jersey and Penn
sylvania; for four years, Arkansas, Delaware
Florida, Georgia. Illinois, Indians, Louisiana
Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri
North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia and Wes
Virginia. Four States-New Hampshire
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