Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-08-29
Straps aud fatts,

rich.
- DR.. D. E. Foutz, of cattle-powder fame,
died at Horse Cove, N. c., from consumption,
on the Goth inst.
A movement is on foot in the Richmond,
Va, district, to defeat the nomination of Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston for Congress. Colonel
Young, of Henrico county, is his chief COM
petitor.
- The American exhibition of locks at the
Paris Exposition attracts great attention.
Everywhere the remark is heard that like
exhibition for variety and excellence was
never witnessed.
Philadelphia is excited over fourteen
days old baby child, of weight exactly six.
teen ounces, and seemingly in perfect health.
The mothers wedding ring slips over the
child's hands and up to its elbow.
The Chinese are capable of being civil
lied. A couple of them had law suit in
Salinas, CAL, not long ago. The defendant
was convicted, but declared he would hire
more witnesses and try it again.
- The secretary of war has rendered free &C.
cess to the Southern Historical Society to the
Confederate archives in the custody Of the
WAL uepdltueut. 1soIui uihS Cno Soui 'eS :, .ne
Society extends the government similar
privilege.
- Several leading English crockery manu-
facturers, finding that it is no longer pro6ta-
BILE, on account of American competition, to
send their wares here, are about purchasing
site for establishing new, large pottery
at Trenton, New Jersey.
- The Rev. John Jasper, the colored as
tronomer, of Richmond, Virginia, has given
convincing proof Of the truth of his theory
that "de son do move" Being unable to pay
his rent, he has been compelled to leave his
house and 60 and live with his mother.
In consequence of reports from Phillips
county, Ark, that organizations are being
formed for the purpose of depriving the color
ed men the privilege of voting at the ap.
preaching elections, Governor Miller ordered
that all organizations of this character be i'm
mediately disbanded.
-"Foh de Lord" said and old colored wo-
man, in New Orleans, the other day, II neb-
Der heard of desc year niggahs habbin' the
yello' fevah befo." One of the new school ex-
planned, "Why not? Wese all de rights and
priviljums of citizens, and wese jest goin'- to
hav everything like white folks" That
seemed to settle the question.
A dispatch of Saturday says: Tennessee
revenue officers report an engagement with
an armed band of illicit dstillers in Overton
county, headed by Campbell Morgan. The
officers were under fire for forty-6ve min
utes. Phillips, Pippen and Smith were
wounded. Commissioner Raum has given
Collector Woodcock authority to send enough
men to capture the band, which he is now
preparing to do
The Washington National Republican
suggests that Southern man be nominated
for Vice President on the Republican ticket
in 1880. The idea is not bad one. There
are Hughes, of Virginia; Settle, of North
Carolina; and Alcorn, of Mississippi, and
perhaps others-men of ability, good person
al character and pronounced Republican
ism-any one of whom would fill the bill.
By all means let US have Southern man on
each ticket.
"A recent letter from Mexico says that
the Mexican secretary of war, Gen. Gonzales,
has no apprehensions of trouble between his
country and the United States. He thinks,
however, that the United States is unreason-
able in insisting on Mexico preventing all In
dians from crossing into their territory, as
the United States have shown their inability
to prevent, or are wilfully careless in allow
ing Escobedo and his men to cross into Mexi-
co with the avowed purpose of shedding blood.
The Washington Star of Saturday says:
"The commissary general, by direction of Sec
retary McCrary, to-day ordered that 5000 ra-
tons be sent to Grenada, for the yellow fever
sufferers. He had previously ordered 10000
ratioDs to be issued to Memphis. The Secre-
tary cannot, of course, feed all the people in
the infected districts. He will, however, ex-
tend as much aid as possible, and hopes by q
judicious management in the distribution of
supplies, to do good deal for therelief of the
sufferers"
Another famine in Ireland is threatened
by the failure Of the potato crop. The Bos-
ton Pilot states that the present season has
been almost repetition Of that of 1S47 in
which and the preceding year there were half
million deaths from famine in Ireland. The
potatoes Of last year we're almost dead loss,
the yield in some cases not paying tenth
the cost of planting, and now from many Sec
tions come reports of blight to the haulms
and taint in the tubers If famine comes it
cannot be so fatal as in the previous half
dozen visits during the century, but it will be
bad enough.
- A statistician estimates that 100000
families spend seven dollars week on living
where, by good management and foresight,
six dollars would suffice, and that wise
economy on their part would effect saving
to the nation in one year of over $780,
00O The9uestion of good and cheap cookingis
certainly an important one, and the housewife
who can, by little study and torethought,
indirectly raise her husbands wages from
one to three dollars per week, should certainly
take some interest in the study of what kind
of food, made palatable by seasoning, gives
the most return in blood, bone and sinew, for
the least expenditure in money.
We learn, on the authority of the London
Medical Examiner, that it is proposed to form
a School of Beauty" in England, in which
the members, male and female, pledge them
selves to do all they can to make themselves
comely by natural means. Prizes will be
given to those ladies who can move with ease
and grace, and so afford evidence of the free
use OF tuelT ILLUS, Hulle IL Will oo 1eauihS
rule of the school that, though stays may be
used as means of support, they shall not be
deemed essential as an accessory to beauty
In other words, natural waist and well
curved back, with perfectly posed head,
will be at a premium.
- Cincinnati is determined to have aroad of
her own to the heart of the South. Last week
a subscription of 100000 additional, was
voted by that city on Wednesday to the Gin
cinnati Southern Railroad. which is to run