Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-12-06
Straps aud fafts.

Two million and half collars worm
of American dried fruits have been sold in
Europe during the last twelve months.
In the sentence John strikes William"
remarked school-teacher, what is the ob.
ject of 'strikes'2" Higher wages and less
work" promptly replied the intelligent youth.
Bucks county, Pa, has smoker who
claims to have averaged seven cigars per day
during the last ffty.seven years, which would
aggregate $4,000 cigars, worth, at five cents
each, $7,250.
An ignorant colored girl at Norwich,
Conn, was caught trying to cut of her hand
with large knife last week, because she had
literally read the Scripture: eff thy hand or
thy foot offend thee, cut it of"
In consequence of the passage of an or
dnance forcing them to sell in the market
and nowhere else, butchers of Dallas, Texas,
rented all the market house stalls, closed
them up, and now refuse to sell any meat at
all.
The first national thanksgiving was OBJ
served Thursday, FEBRUARY 10, 1895, the proc
lamation having been signed by President
Washington, and dated Philadelphia Janua.
ry l, 1884. 1t was issued to 100000 of
people, while the recent proclamation issued
by President Hayes reached 44,00O,OOO.
The Chickasaw Indians are mostly Meth
odists, but in the nation they support Presby-
terian and Baptist churches as we'll. The
Creeks and Choctaws are chiefly Baptist, the
latter, having, in addition to the various de-
nominations, goodly sprinkling of Roman
Catholics.
General Zamacoza, agent of the Mexican
Government, is in Washington. He repre-
sents the Diaz Government as anxious to
maintain friendly relations, and instances the
sending of regular troops to the Rio Grande
to take the place of the local forces, with the
intention of cooperating with the United
States soldiers in restoring order to the border.
The general committees on church extern
sion of the Methodist Episcopal Church. at
its session in Philadel phis, adopted report
of the committee on the amounts asked for
in various localities. These include for Ala
bama and South Carolina, 81 500 each; Vir-
ginia and West Virginia, 1000 each; Flor.
ida, Georgia and Tennessee, $500 each; Del
aware, $500.
Eighteen thousand men are now engaged
in the express business. Express companies
mated that its messengers daily travel 3OO,-
900 miles, Three thousand five hundred
horses are employed, and over 5000 offices
are required to transact their business, and
an amount of capital is invested not less than
s3O,O0O,OOO
A dispatch of the 29th ultmo says, infor.
nation has reached the authorities at Wash
ington that while the Sioux Indians were be-
ing removed from the Red Cloud agency to
the Missouri river, 1,700 of them broke
away and are now on the war.path. Gen.
Terry has issued orders to the United States
troops to prepare for winter campaign.
Those who have thus deserted are operating
in the Deadwood country, and have already
attacked trains and caused general conster.
nation.
- Here is description of Senator Butler
by a correspondent Of the New York Inde-
pendent: "Walking across the floor is man
who looks like lamb rather than destroy
ing angela handsome man, Of good height
and figure, seeming refined gentleman, with
fine, gentle features, with general aspect OF
extreme amiability. He looks neither South.
ern nor n rthern, but simply gentleman.
1t is easy enough to associate him with house
hold loves and Sunday school celebrations; ;
with massacre never. This is NJ. g. Butler,
of South Carolina"
The Russian Government treats temper
ance and teetotal leagues as illegal secret So
cieties. This is because the revenue is so
largely increased by liquor duties, whereby
Sl6O,0OO,OO0 are annually added to the i'm
perial exchequer. Policemen and soldiers are
instructed to fog teetotalers into drinking.
The clergy are ordered to preach against the
new sedition. Publications on the immorali-
ty of the liquor traffic are vetoed. A Polish
schoolmaster was recently put to sweeping the
streets in convict gang for denouncing
liquor selling.
- There have been 1900 bills introduced
in the House of Representatives during the
called session, but only two bills have become
laws-the army appropriation bill and the
naval deficiency bill. The bills to remone-
tize silver and to repeal the resumption act
have not been acted on in the Senate. The
Paris Exposition bill and the general de.
fciency bill we're taken up and amended
in the Senate, but the amendments to those
bills have not been acted on in the House.
All the unfinished business of the late extra
session, however, holds its place in the next
session.
In the Corporation Court of Danville,
Va, the other day, suit was heard, in.
volving the Presidential question. A bet had
been decided by stakeholder, after the de-
cison of the Electoral College became known,
that Hayes was elected The losing party
objected to the decision and brought suit to
recover the amount of the original deposits.
When the case came up, Judge Flournoy
would not suffer the question whether Mr..
HAYES was elected or not, to be discussed in
his Court. Mr.. Hayes was the recognized
President, and, consequently, the plaintiff
could not recover the funds. The decision is
regarded as virtually declaring that Tilden
was not elected.
Even the New York Times is convinced
that it is unwise to request that black chill
dren should be allowed to attend schools set
apart for the whites. Such request it calls
"simply ridiculous" Furthermore, it says:
1t must be understood, that in Richmond,
Charleston, and particularly in New Orleans,
the educational facilities provided for the
colored children are quite 80 good as those ell
loved by the whites. The Democratic Off
cials of the cities named take sort of pride
in building and maintaining really ex-
celent negro schools. 1t must be said to
their credit that they spare no expense to
make those institutions equal in every way
to the public academies provided for by the
whites"
Mr.. Register in bankrupty Noyes of Bos-
ton, holds that one of the causes of bankruptcy