Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-08-21
Straps and fafts.

Philadelphia, is to have an organ called "The
Rag Baby" 1t is to be published in green,
with greenback vignette heading.
= The New York World reasserts that the
body of A. T. Stewart was recovered some
months ago and that $4,000 was paid for its
return. At any rate, work on the magni6-
cent vault at Garden City, Long Island, for
the reception of the body, is still going on.
= And now it is proclaimed that cotton is
no longer king. The statistics for the eleven
months ending May 80, show that for the first
time in the history of the country, the expor-
tation of breadstufs has exceeded in value
not only that of cotton, but Of cotton. and
tobacco combined.
= The New England girl certainly carries
off the palm for originality. A young wo-
man of Wallingford, Conn.,, was married the
other evening, and while the festivities that
followed the ceremony were at their height,
the bride eloped with one Of her old adml-
rers, who was one of the guests.
A terrible free fight occurred in Quebec,
Canada, on the 10Th instant, between about
three thousand French Canadian ship labor
ers, and a somewhat smaller number Of Irish
Catholic ship laborers. The former were de-
feated with reported loss of five killed and
many wounded.
- Reports from all the Southern States
make most favorable showing for the cotton
crop to date Though small, the plant is
strong and healthy and filled with forms,
and the only danger to be apprehended is
from too much rain, which will make the
growth too luxuriant and cause the shedding
Of the bolls.
- The real estate qualification for voters
in Rhode Island, applies only to those of
foreign birth. The most ignorant and de-
graded native of any color can vote, if he is
net convict. The most intelligent citizen
of foreign birth most own land, or he is not
permitted to exercise the right of suffrage, in
that State.
Iowa continues to send cheering news
about her tremendous crop of wheat. Hav.
ing gathered all the fall planted crop, her far
mers are now harvesting the spring grain
The aggregate is estimated at fifty millions of
bushels-a bushel for every man, woman and
child in the United States for single State.
Iowa takes rank as the Empire State for
wheat.
=. The exodus in Texas is assuming queer
phase. Near Galveston the negroes, having
become dissatisfied with their condition, had
determined to emigrate. The white people
approved the decision of the colored brethren
and formed committee on emigration to
raise money to send the negroes North, and
soon steps will be taken to bring in white
men to replace the blacks.
The planters of Mississippi have given a
number of the representative colored men OF
that State an excursion to Kansas, a good
many white persons accompanying them.
This is done to give the negroes chance to
see for themselves the situation of affairs in
''the promised land" so that they may speak
knowingly to their brethren, upon their re-
turn, concerning the exodus business.
Senator Thurman, being interviewed by
a New York Tribune reporter in that city on
Wednesday, expressed entire confidence in
Democratic victory in Ohio in October next.
He says that Gen. Ewing will poll the full
strength of the party, irrespective of the di.
visions in the party on financial questions.
He is confident it will be square fight on
the part of the Democrats, without any weak
ening dissensions in the party.
"A history of medicine in New Jersey
just published, brings out the fact that yel.
low fever dates in this country the arrival of
the Pilgrims, and almost annihilated the ma
tives in 1917. AS there was no intercourse
with the West Indies, this is regarded as proof
of the origin of fever in this country between
the forty-6rst and forty-fourth degrees Of
latitude. In 1898 it prevailed to some extent
on the shores of the Delaware in New Jersey.
--latest returns from the Kentucky elec.
ton indicate that Blackburn, Democrat, for
Governor, will have 10000 majority, which
is larger majority than Governor McCreary
obtained four years ago. The Republicans
have gained several members in both branch
es of the Legislature. This result was due to
local questions which were sprung up in the
representative, senatorial and legislative dis
tricts in which the republicans were triumph
ant.
= The Tennessee Legislature, after great
tribulation and the hottest kind of q fight,
succeeded in adopting debt compromise of
fifty cents on the dollar, with four per cent,
which was submitted to the people few days
ago. The proposition was defeated by fifteen
thousand majority in very light vote. This
reopens the whole question again. Both the
repudiators and those who wish to pay more
than fifty per cent. voted against the compro-
mise.
-"Seven thousand four hundred and forty
pounds Of quinine, FIVE thousand pounds Of
Peruvian bark, twenty-eight thousand pounds
of castor oil, three thousand pounds of chlo-
roform." These are some of the figures Of
the official medical report upon the drugs
used by the Cars army during the late
Turko. Russian war; Putting quinine at three
dollars per ounce, we see that not less than
s267 $40 were expended for that drug alone.
There were also 100000 yards of muslin for
bandages used.
john Sherman will 60 to Ohio on the
26th inst. and make speeches there in favor
of the election of his friend, Charles Foster,
Republican candidate for Governor. Secre-
tary Schurz will make speech in the same
interest in Cincinnati on the 18th. Commis.
sioner Raum is going to Maine to make some
political speeches. In order that these high
officials may not be excommunicated for vio-
lation of one of the cardinal principals of this
administration, the civil service rules have
been temporarily suspended.
Perhaps the most remarkable exhibition
Of pluck and promptness on record, is that
of miners son recently at Hollis, III. 1t
is said that the father, Thomas Harland,
lighted slow match leading to blast,
and signaled to be drawn up the shaft. He
struck projection and was thrown back to
the bottom of the shaft, where he lay with
rib broken. Realizing his fathers peril, Har-
lands young son slid down the seventy feet