Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-02-20

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leg in the Confederate service. .'.@.s.
"A writer in the Cincinnati Gazette says
that 100000 gallons of alcohol is annual
ly drunk in the United States in the shape Of
malt liquor.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch says that al
recent election in Wyoming Territory, in
which woman suffrage prevails, fellow run.
ming for Town Clerk bri5ed eighteen female
voters with single pound of chewing gum.
james Beck, baggage master on the St
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Rail.
road, was arrested one day last week for rob.
bing the mails. He was arraigned, pleaded
guilty, and sentenced to three years impris-
onment in the penitentiary, the whole pro-
ceedings, from arrest to sentence, requiring
only four hours.
- The Atlanta, (Ga.) Board Of Trade puts
its foot down firmly against the compromises
by which business men sneak out Of paying
their debts. Its members have signed an
agreement to settle with no creditor for less
than 100 cents on the dollar, unless providen-
tial causes make it utterly impossible for him
to pay in full. ...... ..... ."
The court martial at Chicago, arraigning
Major Reno on several serious charges, is not
likely to result in the finding of a verdict
adverse to that officers already well-earned
reputation. 1t is pretty we'll understood
among army officers that Reno did the best
he could. Nobody doubts his personal brave
ry. If he committed errors of judgment, it
is now too late to rectify them. . &c.,. -. E..
Postmaster-General Key has received a
letter from friend in Tennessee, asking him
to invest some money in real estate mort
cages in that State. In his reply, Judge Key
said Il fear you will find it hard to borrow
money on real estate in Tennessee. A State
that disregards it's own obligations is not
likely to enforce those of its citizens. Money
and people are leaving Tennessee, not going
toward it. ! am sorry it is so, but it is true. -
"A New York letter states that public
meeting is shortly to be held in Cooper In
stitute, in that city, to-" "vindicate Mr.. Tllden
from the dishonor sought to be cast upon
his name by his political enemies" and to
prepare an address to him, assuring him OF
'the unabated confidence of his fellow-citizens
and friends" Part of the programme is to
have have procession march from Cooper
Hall to Gramercy Park, to present the ad-
dress in person. ,.,.cs ..3..,. ~. -..- ....
For several days there has been much
quiet gossip at Washington, to the eject that
the wives of certain prominent Democratic
senators had called upon Mrs. Bruce, the
wife of the colored Senator from Mississippi.
Mr.. Bruce says that none of the wives Of the
Democratic senators have called upon Mrs.
Bruce but that several Democratic represen-
tatives from the Northern States and their
wives have called, and the wives of all the
Republican senator's 80. ....'-.
- In the U. S. Circuit Court for Virginia,
at Petersburg, on Thursday last, Alexander
Vaughn, judge of election in Petersburg, was
convicted of ballot.box stufing at the No
vember election, and sentenced to one years
imprisonment in Jail and pay fine of $3.50
and the costs Of prosecution. The evidence
showed that when the ballots had been emp
tied out of the box to be counted, Vaughn
attempted to drop a number of fraudulent
ballots from his sleeve into the pile of legiti-
mate votes. sA ....- .'
- 1t may be of interest to Mexican war
veterans to know that the United States Sen
ate has passed the House bill providing for
the payment to the officers and soldiers of the
Mexican war of the three months extra pay,
provided for by the act Of July 10, 1S4S,
which was amended so as to provide that the
act shall include "oficers and soldiers of the
United States army, officers, petty officers,
seamen and marines of the United States
Navy, and officers and seamen of the revenue
marine service"
- The House committee on invalid pensions
have authorized Representative Hewitt to re-
port to the House, with favorable recon-
mendation, bill restoring all invalid pen
sioners who have been dropped from the rolls
on account of residence during "the rebel
lion," and providing for the payment Of such
pensioners from and after the passage of the
bill, subject to the United States Pension
laws. The purpose of the bill is to enable
Mexican war pensioners, who were residents
in the South during "the Rebellion, to re.
ceive their pensions in the same manner as
they did before the war.
A short time ago a farmer who lives in
Mecklenburg county, N. c., picked up, at a
point between the public square and the Air
Line Depot, in Charlotte, tar bucket, such
as may be seen hanging under road wagons,
and carried it home. After using the con-
tents, he threw the bucket into the fire, and
as he did so false bottom dropped out, re-
vealing a bundle of tobacco stamps which
had been used. 1t is easily explained. A
WAGNER had sold his tobacco, removing the
stamps by soaking, and was carrying them
back home with the expectation of making
them do service again, thereby robbing the
government of their face value in money.
-" "The Widows Wager, or Northern Hearts
and Southern Homes" is the title Of a serial
story which was began in the New York
Weekly of January o. 1t will run for three
months, and. is from the pen of one Of South
Carolina's most gifted daughters, who writes
under the non de plume of "Rose Ashleigh." !"
A hasty persual of the first few chapters gives
indubitable evidence of the success Of the
writer for the future The story is written in
the choicest English, and the interest of the
narrative is never permitted to flag. The
subject is one of peculiar interest to the
Southern as we'll as the Northern reader, as
the title shows, and those who avail them
selves of its perusal will enjoy a rich literary
treat.
The Louisville Courier.J Journal Of Mon
day says: "We have reports from Tennessee
and Mississippi which are calculated to ere.
ate deep apprehension. They are to the ef'
feet that during the last two or three weeks
there have been in these States a number Of
cases OF yellow fever and some deaths. 1t is
believed the disease has been caused by the
disinterment and removal of the remains Of
persons who died last summer of the fever.
1t has heretofore been believed that it was
impossible for yellow fever to exist when the