Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01
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State to General Grant on his return from
abroad.
A dispatch from Vidalia, Concordia Par
ish, La, reports that three thousand negroes
are on the river bank awaiting transportation
to Kansas. '..-s
The Missouri Legislature has a novel
proposition before it to punish voters who
stay away from the polls three elections, in sue
cession, with forfeiture of their right TO hold
any office in the State
- Mr.. Abel, of Wabash, Indiana, was sue
cessively divorced from three wives. Then
he married the first again, and now, upon her
death, he has reunited with the second. The
third has reason to hope.
AT the postal card factory, Holyoke,
Mass, designs are being made for new two
cent international card, and double sized
two-cent card for domestic use. The former
will be issued about July /, and the latter
next fall.
of the colored exodus, the New Orleans
Picayune says: "For a time it seemed as if
this movement was to be general, and serious
fears were felt that it might disorganize the
labor of the State and jeopardize its Industrial
interests. We believe these fears were the
product of an exaggerated estimate Of the ex-
tent of the movement From what we can
learn, the impulse has spent its force"
= William CORVALLIS, grandson Of the
British General, Lord CORVALLIS, who sur
rendered in Yorktown, died of pneumonia at
the residence of Charles 81. Shinn, near Vince
town, N. j., a few days ago. He died sitting
in chair, as no one could persuade him to
90 to bed. He was once man of means,
but spent his money in dissipation. He was
buried in the Friends Graveyard, in Vince.
town, at the expense of the township.
The Washington correspondent of the
Charleston News and Courier says "Corbin
is not likely to get the chief justiceship Of
Utah. He says he does not want it, and only
consented to allow his name to be used at the
earnest solicitation of the President and 9th
ers. If the Senate fails to confirm his ap-
pointment, he will settle in New York and 60
to practicing law. He will probably settle
in New York at an early day"
Jersey City is making sausages out Of
horse meat. Jerseymen are not, as people,
hippophagous community but might take
kindly to horseA flesh after time, provided
always they are assured the animals do not
die natural death. It is charged, however,
that sausage-dealer of the city named has
been in the practice for some time past Of
utilizing in his business the carcasses Of horses
who have died Of disease or old age. .-
. "A meeting was called in Eureka, Califor-
mia, to express disapprobation of Senator
Comins's course in the Legislature, but, before
it had been called to order, the senator him
self walked in, took the platform, and made
brief speech in defence of his acts Then
he went down among the audience, shook his
fist in the faces of men who had started the
movement against him, drew revolver, and
dared anybody to present the resolution. The
meeting was formally adjourned.
Ben Butler is not fool. He perceives
the immigration movement. We suggested,
the other day, that the movement would do
more to settle the negro problem than many
years of discussion, through the effect of negro
labor on white labor in the North. Butler
sees the point. He says the Democrats have
nothing to complain Of in the movement.
wherever" says he, "the Southern Negro
and the white Republican laborer come togeth-
er in the North, there will be one white Re-
publican vote less and one badly demoralized
black man." Interests control in politics and
settle issues
Boston Transcript The rates of money
in the future will be less than in the past.
This is fact that has dawned upon the ap-
prehension of most people having surplus
funds at their command. Hence the large
subscriptions for United States securities at
much less rate of interest than has prevailed
for money in inflated times. Agents of cap
italists are engaged here in looking up we'll
placed mortgages upon real estate which
have expired, or nearly so, and Offering to
renew the same at FIVE and half per cent.
annually, and, in some cases triae lower
than that It will be difficult to obtain six
per cent, on safe mortgages hereafter.
Two young men went into the woods near
Aurora, Illinois, to play game of cards.
As they were rival lovers and had not previ-
oasly spoken to each other for months, it is
conjectured- that the girl in dispute was the
stake that they played for. The winner,
however, was not permitted to gain the prize,
for his opponent instantly shot him through
the heart. An effort to settle rivalry by
chance had not less sad result in Texas.
The two suitors were convinced that the young
woman would accept either if tho other would
let her alone, and they agreedsto throw dice
to decide which should give her up. The
loser honestly endeavored to keep the COM
pact, but the woman refused to be disposed of
in that way, and wrote to him that she would
marry nobody else, and would not even see
the winner. The latter would not believe that
his competitor had tried to retire from the
contest, and so murdered him.
An army officer from Yellowstone Val
ley tells how herd of buffaloes were engulfed
as they were migrating southwark. The
herd numbered $500, and when they reached
the river ventured upon it with their custom.
ary confidence, coming upon it with solid
front and beginning the crossing with closed
ranks. When the front file, which was stretch
ed out quarter of mile in length, had
nearly gained the opposite shore, the ice sud-
denly gave way under them, and four or FIVE
hundred animals tumbled into the opening,
all in heap, and sunk out Of sight in a
twinkling. By this time the rotten ice was
breaking under the still advancing herd, and
in less than a minute all were submerged.
They were wedged in 80 thickly that they
could do nothing but struggle for second
and then disappear beneath the cakes Of ice
of the swift current. Not beast in all that
mighty herd escaped.
1t is said that the express companies, with
q few exceptions, have resolved to make
new classification of rates to regain the ground