Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-01-30
MERE.MENTION.

IIssue-paper ballots, according TO the In
dianapolis Sentinel were first used by the Re
publicans Of Indiana in 1864. 1.-THE Presi-
dent of Peru has formed new cabinet. Now
let the Peruvian bark. '''.'''' 'Ex. President
Millard Fillmore's brother, Calvin, died at
his home, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Wednes.
day. North Carolina has l1l,039 dogs,
which is an average of one dog to every three
sheep in the State The dogs in North Caro-
lima are charged with having destroyed 49,
OBJ sheep last year: Gen. Beast" But
tier announces himself as a candidate for
Governor of Massachusetts at the next elec'
tion. '.'..'..'Texas ranks third among. the
wool producing States, having 4,674,0OO
shesp. p.....'""G General "rige" Anderson, who
commanded Confederate division, has been
chosen chief Of police Of Atlanta, Ga. '''':'Bos-
ton fine Masonic Temple is mortgaged for
1855 900, and the Masons of that city dislike
to either shoulder the burden or sacrifice the
property. ''''"Col. Fitzhugh, the bigger man
than old Grant, has been elected doorkeeper
Of the Texas Senate: e:''.'.''.'There are 1880
varieties Of American apples. '''''''''It is re-
ported that the winter oat crop in East Ten
nessee has been badly damaged, if not entirely
destroyed, by the late cold weather -'''.
Senatorial elections are pending in Arkan'
sas, Kansas and Louisiana. New Hampshire,
the only other State to choose a Senator this
year, does not elect until June. "Jefer-
son Davis has just written letter in which
he declares his firm purpose never to enter in
to political life again, .,''''''"Egypt boasts Of
public debt Of s5OO,OOO,ooO, and has pop.
ulation Of less than $500, .'''''''''The en-"
tire sale of public lands Government, rail-
road and state-during the last year. was II, ;
292, ,246, acres. This is large excess over
the sales for 1872, the year preceding the
panic. ...'.'.. Almost two and quarter mil
lions Of hogs have been slaughtered by Chica-
60 packers since November 1, against $780,
55S for the same periodof a year ago.
Alabama clears $4,000 by hiring out her
convicts, and keeps only few in the peniten-
tiaries '''''''"It has been decided by the Post
Office Department that circulars printed
from stencils made by the electric pen are
manuscripts, and must pay letter postage
when passing through the mail '''''''''The
Chicago Tribune calls attention to the fact
that of the twenty-six Republican Senators
who voted for the salary grab, not oIe has
been reelected. .'...'"Rhode Island has more
property to the square mile than any other
State in the Union. She has, however, but
very few square miles-only 1906. '''''''''It
is asserted that some Of the snow drifts on the
New York Central Railroad the week before
last, were twenty five feet deep. '''''''"Geor-
gia's new four per cent. bonds are selling rap.
idly at par in New York. k.'''''''''The total
sales Of the four per cent. United States bonds,
for the first fifteen secular days of JANUARY,
amounted to $S8,957 $50, which will make a
saving to the government Of interest, of more
than two millions of dollars year. ''''''Ex-
Governor D. H. Chamberlain has been down
with diphtheria. His little son, Hugh, died
Of the disease in New York, on Tuesday of
last week. Every member of his family was i'll.