Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-06-03
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'kers in that city who average 100 cigars a
week, and men whose cigar bills run up to
thousands of dollars per annum.
- The commissioner of internal revenue has
revoked his former decision granting permis-
sion to planters to furnish their hands with
tobacco, without making them liable to special
tax. He now directs that the tax must be
paid by planters and others who purchase to-
bacco, snuff and cigars, and retail them to
tenants and troopers or laborers in their SER
vice.
- William Jones, aged SO, died in Ohio
last week. He was the first maker Of
friction matches. About halfa century ago
he pasted, with starch, on the ends of small
and rudely. fashioned bits of sticks, COM
pound of chlorate of potash and sulphate of
antimony. At first bis matches were made
like comb, number of them being on the
same piece of wood, so that they could be
broken off as wanted. They bore the name
Lucifer-or "light-bearer."
- The Vulcan Iron and Nail Works, Of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, were thrown into bankruptcy
last week under the laws of Tennessee and
receiver appointed Liabilities 1862 00O
Assets available about $200,0OO. The Vul
can works is the largest nail, bolt, spike and
bar mill in the South, and employs about 600
hands. The receiver is directed by the court
to continue operating the mill as long as he
does not impair the assets. The reason Of the
failure is the shrinkage in iron, a large stock
of which was on hand.
- 1t is announced that Prof. Taylor of the
agricultural department, has discovered that
cotton seed, treated with ulphuric acid, will
come up FIVE or six days earlier than in its
natural state. If the same treatment will OBJ
tain the same results Oh larger scale, the dis
covery will be one of great Importance to
Southern planters, as it will give them start
of nearly week in raising their crop, and
thus enable them in many cases to avoid the
frosts 1t is believed that the termination Of
other seeds can be quickened by similar
means
- In the Yocum-Curtis discussion in the
House of Representatives, the other day, Mr..
Galkins, of Indiana, said "that there are twen-
ty-6ve members upon the floor of the House
who hold their seats by majority of less than
500. There is almost one fifth of the men,
bers on the floor of the House who hold their
seats by no majority at all, but by plurality.
There are twelve members upon the floor of
the House who hold their seats by a returned
majority of 200 and less, and there are FIVE
members who hold their seats by returned
majority of less than 100."
One of the daughters of Brigham Young,
who was lately expelled from the Mormon
Church for suing some of the rascally breth-
rem who attempted to rob her, when entreated
to return to the fold, replied: "My father,
prophet though you called him, broke many
woman's heart. If it was required of me
to break as many hearts and ruin as many
women as my father did, should 60 to per.
dition before I would 60 back into the Church.
A religion which breaks womens hearts and
ruins them is of the devil. That's what Nor
monism does. Don't talk to me of my faith
erp'
- The Oglethorpe (Ga) Echo relates the
following incident iu the life of Gen. Toombs:
Several years ago Gen. Toombs was in Elber-
ton, when a pious col olporteur approached
him and asked for subscription to place a
Bible in the hands of families too poor to buy
one. I'll tell you what III do," remarked
the General; "you and your emissares set to
work and visit every house in the Eighth
Congressional District, and wherever you
find family without Bible and wants one,
drop me line and will ship it to them by
return mail" The man insisted on a cash
subscription, but had no success. Gen. Toombs
has not had draft on him yet for Bible.
Ex-Governor Thomas H. Watts, of Ala
bama, has written letter, in which he sets
forth what the Conservative Democrats of
the South will expect in the National nomi-
nee. He says the South has no candidate of
its own for President or Vice-President; that
it only wants good man, tried and true,
who will administer the government with an
eye single to the preservation of the Constitu-
tion and the Union and with devotion to the
best interests of the whole country, and whilst
expressing high admiration for Thurman,
Field and Hancock, his present belief is that
Senator Bayard would be the most available
candidate.
A company of speculatofs are urging the
city fathers of Paris to allow them the ex-
elusive privilege for fifty years of cultivating
"market truck" on the entire extent Of the
Notifications and in the bitches at the foot of
the ramparts. These market gardeners esti-
mate that it will cost them about 100000
francs and years hard labor to put the forti-
fcations in good state Of cultivation. They
offer to pay rent of 100000 francs per year
for this privilege, provided the concession
shall continue for fifty years. 1t appears that
this piece of ground, having total length of
over thirty. three miles, could be made to
produce alone more vegetables than all the
market gardens of Paris.
Drought has reduced the Southern part
of New York State, Eastern Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, to condition that has had
no parallel in many years. The grass is not
green, but yellow and withered, the flowers
are sickly and dropping for want of moisture,
and although the trees have put forth their
leaves, the foliage looks shrunken and hangs
in lifeless way. Many hundred acres of
land have for some time been ready to re-
ceive the corn seed ordinarily sown at this
period or earlier, but the farmers have not
planted, because there is not moisture enough
in the ground to make the seed sprout. The
recent rains, so beneficial in Maryland, Vir-
ginia, and other States failed to afford relief
to the sections mentioned above.
- The House bill granting pensions to GER
tain soldiers. and sailors of the Mexican and
Creek, Seminole and Black Hawk Indian
wars, which was reported to the Senate last
Friday, provides that ali pensions under it
shall be at the rate of So per month, except
for persons now receiving pension less than
that amount, who are to be entitled to the
difference between the pension now received
and So per month. The bill provides that
the provisions of the act shall not apply to
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