Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-07
Straps and fatts.


Kansas City, Missouri; wheat, 70 cents per
bushel oats, Is cents. The farmers make
sad complaints of these prices.
- The total number of immigrants who ar
rived in the United States last year was 1885,
469 Germany contributed the most and
sent US 29,313.
- Railroad employees of the Southwest
formed ring for stealing freight, established
a warehouse in Dallas, Texas for the recep-
tion and sale of the plunder, and during four
years did an extensive business, their rascali-
ty having only just been disclosed.
"A charge of falsehood, fraud and willful
imposition has been preferred against the man
ayers or directors of the City of Glasgow
Bank, which recently failed for $3l, 100000.
They are all imprisoned and not allowed to
communicate with each other.
The things which people are willing to
give US are the things we do not want.
When Lincoln was sick with the small pox
he said to his attendant: "Send up the office
seekers. At last have got something for
each one of them"
- John Chamberlain swore in open Court
in New York, a few days ago, that he and
his brother paid Gen. Butler, while he was in
command at New Orleans, 1900 per month
for the privilege of keeping their faro bank in
full blast
- Sing Sing, the leading State prison of
New York, has been made paying institu.
ton under the management of Superintendent
Pilsbury. The actual profit of the prison,
after paying all expenses, for the past fiscal
year, was S4S, 900, on an expenditure of s175,-
600.
The returns of the yellow fever epidemic in
Memphis, up to the 26th of October, as given
by the Appeal of that city, show a total of
3,079 deaths, and 1853 cases. If all the ca
ses have been reported, the rate of deaths
has been one to nearly every two and half
cases.
Ex-Governor Seymour gives no comfort
to communism. He says: "Some wild theo'
rists claim that it is the duty ofthe government
to give labor to workmen and to take care
that property shall be so held in common that
what one earns may be given to another. We
frown upon these men and denounce their
purposes"
The Synod of Georgia, last Friday night,
by vote of Al to II, sustained the appeal of
Frank E. Block, suspended from the Central
PRESBYTERIAN Church of Atlanta, for giving
dancing party in his house, about one year
ago, and which created much excitement in
Georgia religious circles. The church session
will appeal the case to the General Assembly,
Military advice from the Rio Grande
represents affairs on the border more peace.
BILE. The assertion is made that there is a
larger number of incursions into Mexico by
the Indians from this country than by the
Mexicans into Texas. The troops on both
sides are on friendly terms with each other,
and acting together in their efforts to prevent
raiding, and consequently preserve the peace.
One day last week brother officer of
Lieut.. Benner went to the different stores in
Atlanta, where Benner had been trading, and
called for the amounts due by the brave lieu
tenant, in order to pay them. At each and
every one the officer was handed a receipt in
full for the amount. The total in all the
stores aggregated over $500. Besides this
public movement has been inaugurated there
to raise competency for his family, who are
at the military barracks in that city.
- A veritable wild man, captured in the
mountains Of Tennessee, is on exhibition at
Louisville. His whole body is covered with
a layer of scales, which drop off at regular
periods in the spring and fall, like the skin
of a rattesnake. He has heavy growth of
hair on his head, and dark reddish beard
about six inches long. His eyes present
frightful appearance, being at least twice the
size of the ayerage.sized eye. His height,
when standing perfectly erect, is about six feet
FIVE inches. His entire body must be wet at
intervals, and, should this be neglected, he be-
gins Immediately to manifest great uneasiness,
his flesh becomes feverish, and his suffering
cannot be alleviated until the water is applied.
He ran away when but FIVE years of age. and
since that time has lived in the mountains of
Tennessee.
- The interest aroused by the application
of the electric light to social uses, was striking
ly apparent, the other night, in Sheffield,
England, when nearly 10000 people gathered
at the Brammall Lane Grounds to witness
football match by means of the electric light.
The electric light was thrown on the ground
from four lamps, thirty feet from the ground,
and the rays, which were of great brilliancy,
lighted nearly the whole of the ground, and
the players could be seen almost as clearly as
at MONDAY. When the lights were turned
on, the crowd cheered loudly, and then watch
ed the game with great interest. Some
amusement was caused by the brilliancy of
the light, which dazzled the players some
what, and caused some strange blunders.
Behind each goal was placed portable en-
CINE, each of which drove two dynamo-elec
trio machines, one for each light. The illu.
minating power was equal to 5000 standard
candles, and the cost per hour for each light
is seven cents.
The Memphis, Tenn, Avalanche accounts
for some of the destitution existing in that
city since the outbreak of the yellow fever. in
a way which cannot be very pleasant to some
fugitive citizens of that place. 1t says that
the Howard Association there has nearly
100000 in hand, the mayor has about $780,
900, the citizens relief committee about $780,
OOO-in all S33O,000. "The sum of money is
amply sufficient to feed the destitute people
ofMemphis and the surrounding country un-
til frost comes, if few perquisites are cut
down." The nature of these "perquisites,"
will be understood when the reader knows
that they are chiefly the supplies granted to
the servants of wealthy people who have fled
the town without leaving any provision what
ever for the support of their dependents.
The Avalanche says: "Men worth hundreds
of thousands of dollars have left their proper
ty in charge of blacks, and never provided a
dollar for their support. And yet, if the citi'
zens' relief committee cut off the supplies
from these servants of rich men, what in
Gods name will they do2 They faithfully
guard the property of their employers. If
their employers do not feed them, the relief
nnmmittee must do it. There ia no other al