Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-03-04
Straps and fatts,


States this year, which will require the ex-
penditure of s25,000,000 for railroad iron.
One of the New York papers has inter-
viewed the druggists of the city on the opium
question, and finds that the use of that drug
is increasing largely, especially among women.
The revenue officials have captured the
bar.room that has been plying up and down
the Savannah for the past few months, deal
ing out moonshne whiskey to the thirsty on
both sides of the river.
Gen. Johnston's committee to reorganize
the army have agreed on basis of $4,000
men; on the reduction of the number of
officers, and that the grades of General and of
Lieutenant General shall cease when the pres
ent incumbents shall die or resign.
1t is reported that when Senator Bayard
was in Richmond, recently, he was invited to
pay visit to the Virginia Legislature, in
which the Readjusters have majority, where
ton. His reply was that he did not care to
visit people who refused to pay their honest
debts.
- The shortest tariff bill ever introduced
has been brought forward by Mr.. Morrison,
of Illinois, which proposes reduction of one.
half of the present duties on nearly every
item in the list. This measure has the merit
of brevity and simplicity, and is probably as
positive an advance as can be made in the
line of free trade without the intervention of
special commission of experts.
"A number of the negroes who emigrated
to Indiana are struggling back. Several have
arrived in Washington on their way to their
homes in North Carolina. One of them told
Senator Ransom, Friday night, that he would
rather live one year in North Carolina than
to live to be "as old as Grant" in Indiana.
He bad not seen fireplace, and thought the
people "the most unwelcome folks" he ever
saw.
By the latest postal decision, business
men can actually save money by getting their
bills and statements of account printed.
Statements of account and bills of sale, made
out on paper, that is printed at the head, can
be sent through the mail for one cent, if the
envelope is left unsealed; whereas if made
out on imprinted paper it will cost three
cents. Thus by patronizing the printer, two
cents can be saved on every bill or statement
that is sent through the mails.
- The New York papers last week contain
ed card, signed by Benjamin B. Sherman,
president of the Mechanics Bank, Jackson S.
Schultz and other prominent gentlemen of
the city, soliciting help for the colored refu-
gees in Kansas. The card says there we're
already fifteen or twenty thousand negro en-
igrants in that State, and that they continue
to arrive ragged, barefoot and without money.
Many are sick from exposure to the severe
climate, and numbers have been frozen to
death.
The convention of Mexican veterans met
in Norfolk, Va, on the 23rd ultimo, with one
hundred and eighteen members present Af-
ter addresses of welcome from the local asso-
Citations, the Secretary of the National Asso-
citation read his annual report. The Treasu-
rers statement showed 5,095 enrolled men,
bers and 734 badgemen. After the adoption
of resolutions on perfecting organization, and
resolutions expressing sorrow at the death of
Gen. JEFF. G. Davis, an election for general
officers of the association was held, and result
ed in the reelection Of the present incumbents.
The generosity of the Hebrews of this
country in their liberal contribution for the
relief of the poor in Ireland, is everywhere
attracting attention, and elicting well.meri-
ted appreciation. The prejudice against the
Jewish race. for eighteen centuries or more,
has subjected that people to every form Of
cruelty and oppression at the hands of Chris
tians. They have borne their sufferings pa
tiently, however, and whenever allowed to re-
main in country long enough to obtain
permanent residence, have proved themselves
enterprising, worthy and public spirited citi-
zens.
jefferson Davis thinks that his memoirs
will be ready for publication in the fall of
this year. A large portion of the first volume
will be devoted to his views as to the cause
that led to the late war. The remainder of
the volume and the whole of the second vol
ume, will relate to the conduct Of the war.
Both volumes will be illustrated with portraits
Joseph Davis, a nephew, assist in the prepa-
ration of the work. In fact, the old man has
his hands full just now, expecting to raise as
many as one thousand bales of cotton on his
Mississippi plantation during the coming sea.
son.
- The method adopted in Germany for pre-
venting the slipping and falling of horses on
the public road is as unique as it is simple.
The smith, when finishing the shoe, punches
a hole in two ends; as soon as the shoe is
made he taps in screw thread and screws
into the shoe, when on the horses foot, sharp
pointed stud an inch in length. With shoes
thus fitted the horses can travel securely over
the worst possible road. When the horse
comes to the stable the pointed stud is un-
screwed and button screwed in; no damage
can then happen to the horse, and the screw
holes are thus prevented from filling up.
- According to the New York Bulletin,
there is danger that the activity in building
enterprises, which had begun to manifest it.
self in that city, will be checked by the rapid
rise in the prices of building material since
the close of the last business season. All
sorts of architectural iron have advanced 100
per cent, common brick have gone up from
$3.50 to $11 per thousand, lime has doubled,
and laths have more than doubled, lumber
has advanced from $11 to SIS, and there has
been a rise in plaster, cement, &c. Thus far
labor has remained about the same, but there
are trades union intimations of another gene
raj strike with the incoming of spring.
The subcommittee of the House Commit
tee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred
for investigation and report the subject of
national bankrupt law, are hearing sugges-
tions as to the features of the proposed law.
Some of these are that the law should be-as
compared with the former law-more simple
in its machinery, more uniform in its opera
ton and less expensive to those availing them
selves of its provisions. A further suggestion
was made that certain acts should he made TO