Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-08-22
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discovered powder removing all explosive
power from petroleum.
Robert Lincoln, son of President Lincoln,
stands good chance, it is said, of receiving
the Republican nomination for Congress in the
First Illinois District.
Prof Chas. E. Dwight, of Wheeling,
West Virginia, recently accomplished the feat
of making thirty mine consecutive bull's.eyes
at eight-hundred yards.
= The coin examiner of the treasury at
Washington, can detect counterfeit coin in a
heap of money when blindfolded. He runs
his fingers through the mass, and in few
moments each coin is tested. This remarka.
BILE power of touch has been perfected only
by the practice of many years.
The White Sulphur Springs property, in
Virginia, was offered for sale second time
on Thursday last, under a decree of the
United States District Court. The sale was
indefinitely postponed because of the in
adequate bidding; s500,OOO being the highest
offered.
"A prize fight between women took place
at Cobridge, near Henley, England, few
weeks ago. They were both married and
with families They tied up their hair and
ring was formed, each woman having her par
tisans. Teeth as we'll as fists we're freely used,
and after three rounds, one Of the wretches
was severely bitten and retired.
- Hard times stimulates enlistments in the
army, and the supply ofrecruits is far in excess
of the demand. At the headquarters Of the
recruiting officers in New York, there are
twenty applicants day. Of these not over
three-fourths are turned over to the surgeons
for examination, being instantly refused. The
slightest defect iusures rejection, and thus the
physical excellence of the army is kept up.
The months of July and August of 1878
will be memorable for their heat and for their
storms. The records show that the greatest
windstorms came in August That which oc-
Cured at Wallingford, Conn, of which we
gave full account last week, loses none OF
its terrors, as the more minute descriptions
come to US. An area one third of mile by
three miles was utterly devastated.
In the cabinet meeting, last Friday, the
distressing reports from the Southern cities
where yellow fever exists was the subject of
discussion. Deep sympathy was expressed
for the people of the fever stricken districts,
and determination was expressed OF giving
every possible aid to the afflicted cities, and
the favorable response of the Secretary of War
to the appeal from Memphis for tents and ra.
tions was highly eulogized by the President
and members of the cabinet
"A singular cause of the mortality among
the fish ip the lakes and streams Of north New
York has been discovered. Heavy rains have
recently fallen and many potato bugs, cover
ed with Paris green, which is used by the far.
mers to exterminate them, have been washed
into the water and swallowed by the fish.
Millions of dead fishes are found floating on
the water. Many of them have been opened
and found to contain partially digested pota-
to bugs.
The Philadelphia papers chronicle the
appearance of ex.Associate Justice of the Su
preme Court Wright, before the police court
of that city. From their accounts it appears
that his honor became reduced to help
less state of intoxication in bar-room there,
(probably from "tharsaparilla,") and was
"gone through" by two sharpers, who deprived
him of $210 of his hard earnings. Hence
the appearance of Judge of Supreme
Court before police justice.
"A dispatch of the 18th, from Grenada,
Miss, says "The scenes in this plague-strick-
en- town for the past twenty-four hours beg
gar description. Strongest men and women
helpless. Children sick, dying or dead. 1t is
indeed pitifnl to see entire families prostra.
ted and swept away in few hours The off,
cial death list for the past twenty-four hours
is seventeen. The population has decreased
to little over two hundred whites. But
few new cases, there being so little material
to work upon Deaths are all old cases."
The Austin (Texas) Statesman says: "Last
year cotton in this section of the State avera-
ged about one third of bale to the acre, and
the total shipments from Austin amounted 10
about twenty thousand bales. The cotton
crop in this section of the State now promises
a full bale to the acre, or three times as much
per acre as was made last season, with an
increased acreage. Therefore some anticipate
that the shipments from Austin this season
may reach seyenty-fve thousand bales Ger
tainly the shipments will be more than
double what they were last year.
The preparation of the case of the reve-
nue. officers charged with the murder of Ladd,
has been placed in the hands of Gen. Bristow,
who will argue it before Chief Justice Waite
and Judge Bond, some time next month.
The South Carolina authorities are making
arrangements to be represented by able coun-
sci. One object of the Government is to set
tie all questions at issue regarding its rights
and powers within the States. The State
Rights positions are to be stoutly affirmed in
the coming hearing, and the case will doubt
less be carried to the Supreme Court. Gen.
Bristow will have such assistance as he may
desire. 1t is stated that Colonel Mosby
has been retained to represent the Govern
ment at the trial.
- Traffic with New Orleans is pretty near
ly stopped at the towns along the Mississippi
river on account of the yellow fever panic.
The mail steamer Pargoud, when coming up
the river last week, attempted to make her
ususal landing at Vadalia, La, but the people
came down to the landing and drove back
the crew with clubs and stones the moment
they placed their feet on shore. At Natchez
a cannon was mounted on the bluff, and the
captain of the boat was notified that if he did
not keep off he would be fired into. The
people Of Delta even tried to prevent the mail
from being landed, and at Vicksburg not a
deck-hand was permitted to leave the shore
end of the steamboat staging. Commerce on
the river is actually paralyzed for the time
being by the fear of the fever, the reports
being, of course, greatly exaggerated as to its
prevalence and fatality.
The August returns to the department of
agriculture, show the average condition of the
cotton crop in the ten cotton States to be 95-
a decline of 5: North Carolina, 50, q gain of