Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-03-27
Sfraps aud fa&ts.

The friends of Mr.. Blackburn blame the
Ohio, Missouri and Alabama delegations for
his defeat.
Only two men of the Seventeenth English
Lancers remain of those who survived the
memorable Balaklava charge in the Crimea.
- The Democratic State Convention of
Rhode Island, nominated full ticket on
Tuesday, headed by Thomas W. Segar for
Governor
The Southern Baptist Convention, repre-
senting upwards of 100000 communicates,
will hold its next annual meeting at Atlanta,
Georgia, beginning May 8.
- Two thousand people, 10000 horses and
CATTLE and 10000 sheep, perished in the
Szegedin foods in Hungary last week. Of
$500 houses, only 261 remain.
The New York Herald estimates the
whole number of mechanics and citizens out
of employment in that city, as only II ,395,
against 25, 400 at the corresponding period in
1873.
Andrew johnson, Jr., son Of the late ex-
President johnson, died recently at his home
near Union depot, East Tennessee. He was
engaged in editing newspaper at Greenville,
Tennessee.
Some of the fashion writer's say that the
models of new dresses show decided fullness.
Clinging dresses, it seems, are slowly but sure
ly going out, and tied-back dresses are becom-
ing things of the past.
- Monticello, the residence Of Thomas JEFF
ferson, was sold on the 10Th instant in parti.
ton between the heirs of the late Commodore
Uriah P. Levy, to Jefferson NJ. Levy, the
principal heir, for $1O,O5O.
- Another narrow escape from burial alive
is recorded in the case of young lady
named Flora Feihlman, of Indiana, who ap-
parently died of pneumonia about week
ago On the day of the funeral the relatives
and friends were taking last look at the re-
mains, when suddenly the supposed corpse
rose to sitting posture in the coffin. At
last accounts the young lady was still alive
A wealthy bachelor, who recently went
to the other shore from Manchester, England,
bequeath his fortune, in equal proportions, to
thirty women who had refused his hand in
marriage at various times in the early stages
of his earthly career. In his will he pleasant
" remarked that he owed to these ladies
boundless debt of gratitude, for to their rejec-
ton of his suit he attributed all the happiness
he had enjoyed. Having perpetrated this bit
of sarcasm, he turned his face to the wall and
was no more.
1t is said that bungling legislation in the
internal revenue bill, makes it legal for the
owners of large stocks of manufactured to-
bacco to export it to some foreign country,
receive drawback at the rate of twenty-four
cents per pound, and re.import it, paying to
the government tax of sixteen cents, thus
making a net profit of eight cents per pound
less the expense of the operation. Secretary
Sherman thinks that unless the law is changed,
the cost to the government will be between
s20O0,O00 and S3,OOO,OOO.
-Bortel Tobaga is an Island in the South
Seas which has lately been visited by party
of United States naval officers. They were
surveying rock east of the South Cape Of
Formosa, and called at this island. They
found curious race of Malay stock. These
aborigines did not know what money was good
for, nor had they ever used tobacco or rum.
They gave the officers goats and pigs for tin
pots and brass buttons, and hung around the
vessels all day in their canoes waiting for
chance to dive for something which might be
thrown overheard. They wore clouts, ate toro
and yams, and had axes, spears and knives
made of common iron. Their canoes were
made without nails, and were ornamented
with geometrical lines. They wore the boards
of goats and small shells for ornaments.
A shooting affair occurred in Vicksburg,
Miss, on Wednesday night of last week, be.
tween Captain W. F. Fitzgerald on one side,
and w. L. Andrews and w. L. Greene.
Andrews and Greene were killed almost in
stantly. Fitzgerald is dangerously wounded.
The difficulty originated about the election
of Andrews as President of the Hibernian So
ciety. Fitzgerald claimed still to be Presi-
dent of the society and denounced the election
of Andrews as farce. Greene objected to
Fitzgerald's remarks, and threatened to draw
a weapon, but Fitzgerald first shot Greene
through the heart. Andrews then shot Fitz-
gerald who, in turn, shot Andrews, the ball
piercing Andrews skull at the top of the
forehead. All were we'll known, and promi.
nent citizens.
- The wife of Prof Sawyer, of Chicago, is
sister of the late Elihu Burritt She tells
this anecdote of her brother: "Some years
ago will was sent to this country from the
West Indies, written in Danish. The manu-
script was one of the most difficult to decipher
that could we'll be imagined, and it went the
rounds of several Of the leading colleges
without meeting with anybody who could in
terpret it. Finally, it was referred to Mr..
Burritt. He was then working at the forge,
but with his usual determination, made up
his mind that he would master it. He was
acquainted with the Danish tongue, but that
was only half the task. The badly. written
manuscript must be deciphered. He worked
at it two weeks in bis spare time, and sue
ceeded. When he sent the will back, trans
lated with absolute correctness, he said ne
would only charge what he would have earn.
ed at the FORGE
- Col. Ezra Miller, of Railway, N. j., tells
New York Sun reporter that he has demon
strated the possibility of crossing bufaloes
with farm cattle. He says he has also proved,
first, that bufaloes can be tanned; second,
that it doesn't cost one-half as much to keep
a buffalo as an ordinary COW; third, they can
be fattened as quickly as ordinary beeves
and on half the food, and their meat is just
as good fourth, they are as good mixers as
our Attorneys; and fifth, they are as good
butter makers The milk of the buffalo is a
little yellower than that Of the Alderney, but
very sweet and rich, and there is more cream
than in the Alderney milk. AS to the quan.
tity of milk given by buffalo COWS, they will
average with the average milker He thinks
it would pay to breed them, and suggests the
establishment of ranches in the buffalo coun-