Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-01-16
Straps and fafts.

= Jefferson DAVIS ls the last survivor OF
Franklin Pierces Cabinet.
- Tampa, Florida, has watermelons and
tomatoes in the market, and Jacksonville has
ice half an inch thick or the beach.
The life of the. Hon. Julian Hartridge,
of Ca, who died recently, was insured for
$4,000, which is all he left his family.
Two hundred and seventy-six thousand
dollars will be paid tolthe families of deceased
Knights of Honor in Tennessee.
A lady made SNOWFALL, one day last
week, on the Blue Ridge, in Virginia, and
carried it to New Orleans, still unmelted.
- The first American wheat ever sent to
Spain from this country, arrived there few
weeks ago. The cargo consisted Of $4,000
bushels.
The Benner bale of cotton was sold in
Galveston the other day for $Sl6.5O, that
amount having been subscribed for the pur-
chase.
- The cold weather at the North will give a
large ice crop. Already the ice companies
are harvesting largely. They have cut up
and stored away immense quantities.
1t is stated, on apparently reliable au-
thority, that the forest acreage of North Amer
lea is decreasing at the annual rate of 7,600,-
900 acres, or II 200 square miles. -
Miss Mary A. Danser, daughter of Matt.
M. Danser, the most fortunate gambler New
York ever had, has chapel monument in
Greenwood Cemetery that cost s25, 900.
There was skating at Atlanta, Georgia,
on Tuesday of last week, for the first time in
twenty years. Ice was cut and packed there,
the first time the like was ever known.
-Ninety-six murderers were hung in the
United States, in 1878. All were men-for-
and one Chinaman. r..
A Chicago paper publishes, weekly, all
marriage licenses, with the ages of both the
male and the female applicants. This is not
looked upon with favor by the parties princi-
pally interested.
- Friction matches were first made in the
United States, in the village Of Mechanics
town, Frederick county, Nd, in the year
1881. The first sales were twenty-five cents
per box.
Geo. Alfred Townsend, noted newspa-
per correspondent, thinks that Grant will be
nominated for President with whirl," with
Southern man, probably Gen. Joe Johnston,
for Vice-President, and that the Democratic
ticket will be Thurman and Bayard.
There is no simpler or better remedy for
frost bites than the following: Extract the
frost by the application of ice water till the
frozen part is pliable avoiding all artificial
heat; then apply salve made of equal parts
of hogs lard and gunpowder, rubbed together
until it forms paste, and very soon the fro
zen parts will be we'll.
Miss Martha Atalanta Lumpkin, daugh-
ter ola distinguished Ex-Governor of Georgia,
has Just been married at Athens to Mr.. T. M.
Compton. She is fifty years old, and he ten
years her senior. The bridal tour was to At
lanta, in which the bride has twice stood
sponsor it was first named Marthasville, for
her first name; then Atalanta for her second ;
gradually the "a" was dropped, and Atlanta,
the Gate City, became and will remain.
At recent meeting of the Cabinet, Sec-
retary Sherman called attention to the fact that
the treasury now holds large amounts of gold,
silver and greenbacks-much more than there
is any use for at present Reference was also
made to the reports from all parts Of the coun-
try that resumption has given confidence to
business, and that both at home and abroad
business seems to be stimulated and is being
conducted with renewed activity.
The plaintiff in one libel suit, at least,
regrets that he brought it. DR.. G. G. ODon-
nell, member of the Constitutional Conven.
ton of California, was charged with murder,
arson and other crimes, by the San Francisco
Chronicle. A suit for damages was the result.
The Chronicle substantiated its charges and
won the suit. O'Donnell was arrested before
he could leave the court room, on a charge Of
murder In the trial which followed, he was
convicted and sentenced to be hung.
Maine must feel oddly enough if she has
had time to realize that she once more has a
Democratic Governor. At the election in
that State last summer, there being three
candidates for Governor, there was no elec-
ton by the people, and it went to the Legisla-
ture. The Democrats and Greenbackers of
that body formed coalition, and the result
was the election of Hon. Alonzo Garcelon,
who was the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor before the people. The other new State
officers, elected by the Legislature, are Dem
ocrats and Greenbackers.
- This is the season for taking colds, and
the Popular Science Monthly tells how to pre-
vent them. 1t says the mistake is often made
Of taking great care to put on extra wraps
and coats when preparing for outdoor exer-
cise This is not at all necessary in robust
persons. Sufficient heat to prevent all risk of
chill is generated in the body by exercise.
The care should be taken to retain sufficient
clothing after exercise, and when at rest, to
prevent the heat from passing out Of the body.
Indeed, persons very often catch chills from
throwing off extra clothing after exercise, or
from sitting about in garments thematerial of
which is not adapted to prevent the radiation
of heat from the body.
The annual circular of the Director of the
Mint, giving the value in United States mon
ey of the coin of the different countries of the
world, shows that the dollar is the monetary
unit of eight countries. The gold dollar Of
the British possession, of North America, of
Liberia and of the Sandwich Islands, is of the
same value as our dollar The silver dollar
of Mexico is worth one hundred and one and
one-half cents in our money that of Bolivia,
ninety.six and one-half cents; that of Peru,
Ecuador and Central America, ninety-three
and onehalf cents. From this statement it
appears that the bullion value of the silver
dollar of the United States is nearly ten cents
less than of the silver dollar Of the South
American countries.
A Washington letter says that when a
place on the Blaine investigating committee
was offered to Bruce, the colored Senator from
Mississippi, he replied that he really did not
see how any good could result from the pro.
posed investigation. Perhaps, he said, there