Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-02-26
GENERAL NEWS.

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GENERAL NEWS.
- The infant daughter of the late General
Hood has been adopted by Mr.. NJ. Joseph, a
merchant of Columbus, Georgia The child
arrived at it's future home on the 18th, and its
name will hereafter be Annie Hood Joseph.
H. L. Wright, one of the editors and pro-
prietors of the Augusta Chronicle and Consti-
t,aionalist, died OH Saturday morning last, af-
ter few weeks illness. He was aged 20, and
was one of the ablest writer's OH the Southern
press.
During the session of the Louisiana House
of Delegates at New Orleans, last Tuesday,
Speaker Ogden's pistol fell from his pocket
and exploded. The next day the District At
torney filed an information against him for
carrying concealed weapons
A striking evidence of the return of better
times to this country, is found in the fact'that
the number of immigrants who arrived at the
port of New York for the year which ended
January 81, 1880, was greater, by over Co., 600,
than during the previous year.
| - The population of Memphis, according to
$50 during the last year. 1t is now placed at
4O,957 Its trade has greatly increased The
single item of cotton being 10000 bales great
er than for the same time last year, and 6,O0O
greater than in 1871
- The Rev. DR.. Jeter, one of the most prom
inent Baptist clergymen in the South, died at
his home in Richmond, Va, Oh the 18th in
stant, aged IS years. He was at one time ed
itor of the Religious Herald, and held many
positions of prominence i'll connection with
various institutions of learning in the South
ern States.
The growing popularity of the postal card
as means of correspondence, is something
wonderful. The entire number manufactured
and used during the first year OF their intro
duction was 100, 600, 500, and during the year
which has just closed, the aggregate number
sent out was 246, ,O63, ,O60. This latter number
is an increase over the number issued in 1878
of 36,e79,O6O.
- The Council of the State of North Caro-
lima, met in Raleigh on Saturday last, and af-
ter mature deliberation, decided to convene
the Legislature. Accordingly Gov. Jarvis i'm
mediately issued his proclamation calling
the body together on the 18th Of March, proxl-
mo. The object of the extra session isto secure
an act authorizing and validating the sale OF
the States interest in the Western n. Z.
Railroad to private corporation.
- Mr.. john Wannamaker, chairman OF the
Irish relief committee at Philadelphia, having
telegraphed to Dublin that doubts were ex-
pressed on this side as to further need of help,
and asking for statement of the condition
of the famine in Ireland, recently received
cable dispatch from Archbishop McCabe that
the distress was increasing and famine eX-
tending in some districts, and that money was
urgently required for food and seed.
The post-office department has issued all
order cutting down the mail service on 'star"
mail routes in the country, to once week.
BY s'star'' mail service is meant routes upon
which the service has been increased hy the
postmaster-general,t to meet the growing de-
mand for increased mail facilities off the lines
of railroads. The facilities have been reduced
in consequence of the failure of Congress to
appropriate a sufficient amount of money to
continue the service.
The postmaster general has issued an Or
der to postmasters prohibiting the delivery of
registered letters and money-orders to the fol-
lowing persons, represented as being engaged
in conducting alleged fraudulent schemes r.
C. Wintersmith, No. 3. Mozart Building,
Louisville, KY, supervisor of the Frankfort
School Fund Lottery w. Scott Glore, Louis
vile, KY, new agent for the Commonwealth
Distribution Company; NJ. V. Wagner, Mar
shall, Michigan, who advertises to send patent
recipes; Bornio & Bro, New Orleans, La, rep
resenting the Royal Havana Lottery Company,
and D. p Herrick, 43 New street, n. Y, who
solicits money to invest in railroad and other
stocks.
1t was proposed to hold an Indignation
meeting of colored Republicans at Charlotte,
n. c., last week, to protest against the recent
election of a Sherman delegation to the Re-
publican National Convention, but the follow
ing letter from Bishop J. w. Hood, of the
colored Methodist Church, and addressed to
his brethren at Charlotte, had the effect to put
an extinguisher on the movement II under
stand that there is to be meeting held i'll
Charlotte for the purpose of denouncing Sher-
man. If such is the case hope you will not
take any part in said meeting. You can de-
pend on Sherman's word He promises to di-
vide the offices equally between white and COL
ored Republicans. Hehas always been true to
our cause. have not time to say more"