Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-09-18
Straps and fafts.

has informed his congregation, officially, that
he will not preach again until they pay him
enough of his past due salary to buy suit of
clothes fit to wear in the pul pit
"A dispatch from San Francisco, says that
Dennis Kearney, the notorious laboragitator,
has proposed, in speech, to burn Grant in
ef6gy on his arrival, and the prospects are
that if it is attempted, San Francisco will be
the scene of another disgraceful spectacle.
An Iowa lady took her little child into a
cemetery, for the first time, and upon showing
him the marble figure of a lamb upon grave,
was at once appalled, and delighted to hear
him exclaim, 81 suppose an old sheep is buried
there"
- A little boy, the son of an orthodox
Presbyterian, recently listened attentively to
some conversation in regard to Jesus having
been Jew. At last he could stand it no
longer and broke out with: "Well, l don't
see how that could be- when God, His father,
was Presbyterian"
- The report of the cotton crop up to
August 3lst, in Georgia, Florida, Virginia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and South
Carolina, shows an unfavorable prospect up
to that time. None of the States report
more than the average, and several fall con-
siderably below it.
A man was found dead at Viewpoint, Ind,
with bullet in his head. A hint at the man
ner of his death was given by the evidences
of an interrupted game of poker. In his hand
were four kings, while four queens lay near
by, having probably been dropped by his ex-
asperated antagonist and murderer.
= The report of the National Commissioner
of Education shows that the annual expense
per capita for public schools pupils, is lowest
in North Carolina, being one dollar and thir-
ty-nine cents The highest cost per capita is
in the Cherokee tribe of the Indian Territory,
where it reaches thirty six dollars.
AS illustrating the change in the course
of trade, a member of the largest jewelry
firm in the country says that their imports
from foreign countries are not 10 per cent of
what they were six or eight years ago. They
have ceased importing silverware altogether,
and on the other hand are exporting large
quantities to meet foreign orders.
- After three weeks of investigation of the
official conduct of K. W. Renfroe, treasurer
of the State Of Georgia, a special committee
of the House of Representatives has reported
>xesolutions that he be at once impeached for
high crimes and misdemeanors. 1t is claimed
that Treasurer Renfroe has been drawing in
terest on the public money and appropriating
the same to his own use.
- The postal card just issued by the Post
Office Department is thus described: 1t has
two starnps-one at each end-and space for
two messages. The sender occupies one Of
these, and the return correspondent the other.
One stamp is Cancelled at the Office from
which it is sent, and the other from the office
to which it is returned. The cards will soon
be in general circulation.
- The Pittsburg Southern Railroad, extend
ing from Pittsburg to Washington, Pa, dis
tance of over thirty-six miles, has discarded
the telegraph instruments for the telephone in
the transaction of business, including the run
ming of trains. 1t is said whisper in Wash
ington can be heard in Pittsburg. Several
Western railroads have also resorted to the
use of the telephone instead of telegraphic in.
struments.
A meeting of cotton manufacturers, at
which about four million spindles were repre-
sented, was held at Oldham, England, on
Friday last. 1t was resolved to adopt short
time by working alternate weeks, or three
days in each, for one month. Fifty compa.
nies, operating two million spindles, have de-
cided to 90 on short time Immediately. The
reason for this move is that the price of cot
ton is relatively higher than the price of
manufactured goods:
= One of the most original and extreme
cases of swindling ever recorded, was brought
&o s~bf -, Gan RI ha nth
day, where it was shown that the plaintiff
had had the date on his mothers tombstone
changed, in order to make it appear that she
had died year earlier than was the fact, as
under the law then in force the mothers half
of piece of property went to the children
The date given as to the time Of her death
was six days prior to the time change in the
law was made.
1t is said that President Hayes receives
about bushel ofletters day, most Of which
are based on the assumption that the White
House is an intelligence Office. He is asked
all manner of questions, and the stream Of
inquiries seems endless. Letters from Europe
inquire about relatives in this country, while
others ask as to the financial standing of busi-
ness men in Washington, for statistics about
lately had the assurance to ask the President
to name the man he would prefer as his sue
cessor.
- A strong feeling of animosity is growing
up between Russia and Germany, and there
are politicians and journalists on both sides
who make no secret to their wish for trial
of strength between the two countries. Ger
many is certainly taking precautions that
seem to provide for the worst. Ten thous-
and workmen are laboring on the forti6ca-
tons of the Fortress of Thorn, which is called
the Strasbourg Of Germany's eastern border.
The Fortress of Posen has also been immense.
ly strengthened and enlarged, and can now
accommodate large army. A considerable
part of the indemnity payments made by
France has been expended upon these fortif-
cations and in furnishing them with enor-
nous stores of provisions and ammunition.
There has recently been controversy
among railroad engineers as to the speed OF
trains, some contending that it was impossi-
BILE to 60 at the rate Of 8 mile minute. One
day last week, a test was made on the fast
train on the Pennsylvania Railroad between
Philadelphia and New York, which makes
no stop for distance Of 80 miles, between
Germantown Junction and Jersey City. Five
miles were passed over in exactly minutes
and 554 seconds. At another point three
miles were made in minutes and 36 seconds.
No extra speed was made on this train, which
consisted of four cars, containing 1853 passen-
gers. The engineers of the Pennsylvania
Railroad assert that there are dozen trains
q day that make mile a minute on every