Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-03-28
WAYSIDE GATHERINGS.

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WAYSIDE GATHERINGS.
- Lord Dunmore, of England, has short
horn heifer, two years old, for which he has
refused $52,500.
- The record of navigation of the upper
Mississippi runs back to 1874, and in all the
intervening years, never till now, Was it open
so early in the spring.
- Mirambo, an African chief who captured
an American flag from Mr.. Stanley, is warring
against the Arabs and Haunting the starry
banner in the faces Of his captives.
Ex-Governor Bullock, of Georgia, receiv-
ed tremendous ovation in Albion, New York,
on his return after acquttal in the Georgia
courts. He now ranks among the blessed
martyrs.
- The Galveston Neus suggests that after
James Gordon Bennett has discovered the
North Pole, he will probably start Stanley on
an expedition to ascertain whether there ls
really such place as hell.
- The religious observance of Sunday prac.
tically ends at noon in San Francisco. In
the afternoon the law permits all public
amusements, and race courses, theatres and
other resorts are open. Sunday evening SER
mons are called lectures there.
Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, who spoke
and voted against the silver bill, has, it is an
nounced, already received letter signed by
a majority of the members of the Mississippi
Senate, indorsing his course. They favored
the bill, but indorse Mr.. Lamar for his indie
pendence in voting according to the dictates
of his honest judgment.
Gus Johnson,a q white man, and the murder
er of negro ferryman, was hanged at Rome,
Geo., on Friday last. The execution was
public, and large crowd was present. john
son showed no signs of fear, and assembled the
scaffold with cigar in his mouth, he con-
fessed to four murders. He died in seventeen
minutes, of strangulation.
Alexander H. Stephens has introduced
bill in Congress to pay 100000 to Josephine
Sufferynski Jarorki. She is the sole heir and
descendant of Count Casirnir Pulaski, who
served as Brigader General in the revolution
and was killed at the siege of Savannah in
1779. The basis OF the bill is Pulaski's un-
paid pay and pensions.
The heaviest storm ever experienced in
West Virginia passed over Jefferson county
on Monday night of last week. A number
of houses were unroofed. The hailstones
we're larger than eggs, and fell for an hour,
breaking G lass and killing cattle, hogs and
sheep. The heavy rain that followed washed
out growing wheat, inficting heavy loss
The damage is estimated at seventy-6ve to
one hundred thousand dollars. In the inte
rior of Ohio, the storm was also very de-
structive, especially to railroad property.
Senator John Morrissey is again very i'll
at Jacksonville, Florida. His condition is
considered critical. The diseases are the same
as those which have afflicted him for some
time-of the heart and kidney dropsy. The
latter is much worse than at any previous time,
and is not confined to the lower limbs, but is
approaching the heart. The sick man has
arranged every detail of his AFFAIRS and says
that he is prepared to 60. 1t is safe to say
that unless relief can be obtained shortly, the
present attack will be ended only by death.
The Philadelphia Ledger of the 23d in
slant, says: $50 near together had gold and
greenbacks arrived yesterday, that in many
places gold dollars were given out in change,
when greenbacks or national bank notes Of
two dollars or upwards we're rendered in pay
ment for small amounts. There was no
splurge or proclamation about this, for it
came about in business-like way, gold dol
lars being easier of access than one dollar bills.
Thus specie resumption on gold basis is re-
suming itself
Immigration at New York is expected to
largely increase this year, and preparations
therefor are being made, especially for the ar
rival of number of Russian Mennontes, who,
if they remain in their country until 1880,
will be liable to be drafted for military duty.
Many Mennonites who intended to 60 to
Brazil, have changed their purpose, aud are
coming to the United States. Business is
staguant in Germany, and the crops Of Ireland
of last year proved partial failure, because
of the wet season. These facts, it is expect
ed, will tend to cause immigration.
The editor of the Wheeling IntelHgencer,
who is boiling his bones at Hot Springs, Ark,
wrote to his paper under date of 9th OF Feb
ruary: 1.-The town needs, as a preliminary to
a new departure, Chicago 6re--a confagra-
ton that will sweep from one end of the mar
row valley to the other, and clean out the
miserable wooden rookeries that now consti-
tute the business portion of the town." Fol-
lowing close upon the heels of the publication
came the fire which swept the valley accor-
ding to request This is either remarkable
indication of the power of the press, or the
writer of that letter is a fit subject for grand
jury investigation.
"A New York letter says: "The cotton
market is again lower, in response to Liver
pool The disappointed ones on our Ex-
change call her the 'old hag;' but how can
the staple rise when there is no demand for
the manufactured article2 Liverpool would
rise, only she is kept down by weight that
she cannot throw off-and so the strange re-
mark made during the blaze Of war that
with peace cotton would be lower is verified.
Not one in twenty believed this at the time.
Yet both Liverpool and New York are TO-
day lower than when European politics wore
their darkest shade So it was not 80 much
peace that cotton wanted as a revival of in.
dustry, and that it wants at this hour
- An Iowa deaf mute has invented novel
fire escape. 1t is a cap or turban to be
placed on the head and fastened securely un-
der the chin. 1t contains enough material
to form a small balloon, and when inflated
looks like one. 1t is so arranged that, when
placed on the head in its collapsed condition,
the air can enter it from underneath and ex-
pand it. In case of danger, it is adjusted
firmly on the head, and the wearer then jumps
boldl y from the window of a burning building ;
the air instantly rushes into the turban,
swelIs it into balloon, and, buoyed by it, the
wearer comes down SO gently as to strike the