Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-01-09

perity existing in Georgia is one of the great
puzzles which the Radicals cannot solve to
their satisfaction. ''''''Jeferson Davis book of
memoirs is to be published next spring sim.
ultaneously in New York and London, with
French edition in Paris '''.'''" Florida has
seven "prominent" candidates for the United
States Senate. Mrs. John Robinson, wife
of the noted Snowman, died in Cincinnati on
Tuesday Of last week :..'.'...A Arkansas has a
State library containing over 1900 vol
umes. ''.'''''' Fifty-one metals are now known
to exist, thirty of which have been discovered
in the present century. Four hundred years
ago but seven were known '''.'''"Juan Mon
casi, who attempted to assassinate the King
of Spain, was beheaded at S.55 o'clock last
Saturday morning. .'''''''''The Second Baptist
Church of St. Louis was destroyed by fire on
Friday last. Loss 100000.
Lieut.. Thomas Wallace, of the Third In
fantry, stationed on the frontier, perished with
cold whilst out hunting, last week. .'':'''''''The
Maine Legislature, on the 3rd instant, elected
Alonzo Garcelon, hard.money Democrat, as
Governor of the State. ..''..''.The new First
Presbyterian Church, at Quincy. Illinois, was
completely destroyed by fire last Thursday
night. Loss 100000. The church was to
have been dedicated last Sunday. The fire
caught from the heating apparatus. '''''''Two
brakemen were frozen to death on Northern
railroads last week. .'.....'"Gen. Grant arrived
in Dublin on the 3rd. The city of Cork de-
clined to give him public reception On
Saturday last, the sub-treasury in New York
paid out $4,000 in gold for legal tenders
and received Sl,355OOO in exchange for
notes. .'......"There were sixty-one failures re-
ported in New York during the past month,
with liabilities amounting in the aggregate to
81, ,842, ,284, and assets estimated at 81 Ola, ,754
This shows decrease as compared with No.
vember, Of five failures, but an increase in liza
bilities of about 100000.
The most prominent names in the mortu
ary list ofthe United States for 1878, are
Gideon Welles, Benjamin F. Wade, William
G. Bryant, Joseph Henry and Bayard Tay-
lor. 1.-THE total debt Of Tennessee, on the
1st of January. 1879, amounted to S24,274,-
O17.' .'''"'A Philadelphia dry goods mer-
chant has added children's room to his
store, where mothers may leave their children
to be amused with rockiug-horses, pictures and
toys while they do their shopping. '''''''' CAL
ifornia last year produced food enough to
support 100000 families for more than
year. .'.....'"The Hartford Times asserts that
the recent speech delivered by Blaine, is al
most "a true copy" of one delivered by Dan.
iel O'Connel in Cork in 1882. ''''''."The
Iowa State Agricultural College has kitch-
en- department, in which the girls are taught
how to cook bread, meat, vegetables and
pastry. '..'..".The New Orleans mint will be
opened in few days for the purchase Of bul.
lion. '.....""An accidental FIRE occurred in the
Chicago post office on Friday last by which
the building was damaged to the extent Of
more than 100000. No mail matter was
destroyed and all lalusbles about the post
office were locked in the vaults and escaped
injury. ......'"The secretary of the treasury
has issued call for the redemption of ten
millions of 500 bonds, consols of lS65-six
million coupons, and four million registered
bonds. ..,..