Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-08-26
Seraps and fafts.

- The census shows thirty -four sets of twins
in Union county, N. c.
Chicago has ZIG miles of side walks, 1921
miles of public sewers and 443 miles of water
mains.
The Grand Lodge Knights of Honor of
North Carolina, met in Asheville last Tues
day.
Ole Bull, the celebrated violinist, died at
Bergen, Norway, on the 18th instant.
Since it has been announced that Tan
ner will lecture, some regret is expressed that
his~fast was successful.
The Democratic campaign in Indiana
opened on the 18th instant On that day
nearly 300 speeches were made throughout
the State by native and imported speakers.
james A. Seddon, at one time Secreta-
ry of War of the Confederacy, died at his res
idence in Goochland county, Va, on Thurs
day last, aged 55 years.
The principal cotton ports in the South
rank as follows, in the extent Of receipts N
the staple: New Orleans, Norfolk, SavanVah,
Galveston and Mobile.
Judge Henry NJ. Spoford, of Louisiana,
who has been contesting the right of fKellogg
to seat in the United States Sshate, died
at Red Sulphur Springs, Va, 9h Thursday
last.
There are 10000 dentists in the United
States. They use $5OO,000 worth of gold
annually, besides 100000 Of cheaper mate
rial. The number of false teeth now in use
is estimated by DR.. Patrick at 30,000,OOO.
Herschel V. johnson, Ex-Governor of
Georgia, and in 1860, Democratic candidate
for Vice President on the ticket with Ste
phen A. Douglas, died at his residence in Jef'
ferson county, Georgia, on the 10th instant
A respected woman at Lafayette, Ind,
has never been legally married to the man
whom she regards as her husband. This is
her way of keeping the property which, by
the terms of her first husbands will, she
would lose by-marrying again.
~=Ex-Senator Norwood, the minority Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor Of Georgia,
has proposed to withdraw if Colquitt would
ion him in asking the Executive Committee
for new convention. This Gov. Colquitt
has refused to do.
Tennessee has State Credit, Repudia.
tors, Greenbacker and Republican ticket.
Judge Wright, the Democratic candidate for
Governor was member Of Congress before
the war. He is in favor of paying the honest
debt of the State
- Dejarnette, who murdered his sister
few weeks ago, in Danville, Virginia, has
published touching letter detailing the cir
cumstances which led to the killing. He
claims to have acted under mental excitement
which bereft him of his reason. His trial
will take place next month.
"A circular has been issued by one hun
dred and fifty Democrats of Troup county,
Ga, putting the executive committee OF the
county on notice, that unless delegates are
elected by primary elections to seats in the
approaching Congressional Convention, they
will ,epudiate its action and refuse to vote
for the nominee, however acceptable to them
he may be otherwise.
"A wealthy capitalist has erected at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, extensive works for the man.
ufacture of mineral paints from the native
Southern ores. The machinery is of the
most approved and modern make, and has
capacity of from five to seven tons per day.
The works have been in operation but short
time, and orders for the product have been
entirely satisfactory.
The New York World says: ave infer,
from reading the Republican papers, that
the Confederate General Hancock, who as
saulted the Union lines at Gettysburg. is now
the Confederate candidate for the Presidency !;
while the Federal General Longstreet, who
so gallantly repeled the assault, has been
made Minister to Turkey by "the party that
saved the Union
- The Democratic campaign, as prosecuted
from the headquarters of the National Com.
mittee. is, in the judgment of members Of the
committee, the most vigorous canvass that
has been make in years. Never before. not
even in the memorable campaign of 1876,
have such enthusiastic advices been received,
and never, it is reported, have so many Re.
pubicans announced an intention to support
the Democratic ticket.
The only census fraud that has been de-
tected so far, has been in the North, and that,
too, in the very moment when a portion OF Its
population was quivering with indignation at
the idea of the wholesale infamies about to be
committed at the South. One enumerator in
New York city has so far forgotten himself
though he says he has been innocently I'M
posed on-as to return the names of all the
candidates for the Presidency as residents of
house of questionable character.
The Boston Transcript says the time is
near at hand for an amendment to the Con.
stitution giving each district two members
of Congress instead of one. One Of these
could look after the errands, push claims,
get PENSIONS forward seeds and documents,
and do other odd jobs, while the other would
have a chance to attend to public affairs.
As it is, with only one man to do the work,
inasmuch as folks insist on seeds and things,
the public business gets the go-by.
- The exodus from Germany this year has
been in excess of preceding ones. From
Bremen alone more than $4,000 Germans
have already sailed, or more than twice as
many as left that port during the whole OF
last year. The number of emigrants who
have left the country for the United States is
over $4,000 since the 1st of January, or l91
per cent more than during the corresponding
period of last year, and this is exclusive of
those who have sailed from Hsvre, Rotter-
dam, Liverpool, Glasgow and London.
- Mr.. Nordboff writes from Washington
that new census of the State of South Car
oliua will probably be ordered, and under the
law, the Superintendent, General Walker
with the approval of the President, is eupow:
cred to remove the present supervisors and
make new appointments without regard to
those mentioned by the President and con-
firmed by the Senate, so that the Census Bu-
reau is fully empowered to investigate and
verify the returns when they are officially
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