Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-08-04
Straps and fafts,


partner, from his railroad positions, his own
investments and the Grant fund.
"A French millionaire is reported as hav-
ing died of grief because he had lost all of
his fortune except about 100000 francs. His
brother, who was his sole heir and had long
struggled in poverty, died of joy on being
suddenly informed of his becoming heir of
what he considered large fortune.
- The Hon. B. H. Hill, of Georgia, has
been suffering with cancer of the tongue,
and recently had an operation performed by
Philadelphia surgeons. Cigarette smoking
and excessive cigar smoking will make many
more cancers on the tongues of the rising
generation There is not much prospect tor
Senator Hills ultimate recovery.
- The cutting of rates by the great rival
railway lines of the North, continues without
any signs of abatement or compromise. A
person can travel frst.class now from Boston
to Chicago for FIVE dollars. The competing
routes keep close watch upon each other, and
reduction of rates by one is quickly follow
ed by lower cut on the part of its rivals.
In Canada, from 1869 to 1880, local fire
insurance companies paid out SlO6 in losses
for every 500 received in premiums. Meth.
er in the United States nor in Great Britain
have insurance companies, taken as whole,
done a prosperous business in recent years.
Unless some change is made, either in the
policy of the companies or the practice Of
builders. big failures are ahead in the busi-
ness all these countries.
- As usually made, cold tea is an unwhole-
some drink. The tea is made in the teapot, as
usual, and then cooled therein, and perhaps al
lowed to stand in the teapot for many hours
before being drank By this process the tan
min of the tea leaves is extracted and the
result is strong decoction Of tannin. To
make it properly, the tea should be drawn
the usual length of time, say FIVE minutes for
green tea, eight minutes for Ooolong tea, and
fifteen minutes for English breakfast Then
pour it off into pitcher or other suitable
vessel and allow it to become cool.
Two babies were born in the same house
at Oakland, Tenn. The mothers were sis.
ters, closely resembling each other, and the
infants were both girls In the excitement
of the occasion the little ones got mixed, and
this happened before they had been dressed,
or in any other way marked for Identification.
There seems to be no way out of the uncertain
ty, for three months have passed without devel.
oping any resemblance to the father in either
case; and if the children grow up, as they
seem likely to, with the physical characters.
tics of their mothers, nobody will ever know
their exact parentage. The present agree
ment is to decide the question by lot.
At o'clock on Friday morning last, the
work of changing the gauge of the Chicago,
St. Louis and New Orleans Railway, of the
Great jackson route, from FIVE feet to the
standard gauge, of four feet six inches, was
commenced. The entire line from New Or
leans to Cairo, a distance of $50 miles, ex-
elusive of siding, together with the Kosciusko
Branch of twenty-five miles, was completed,
and trains were running in all directions at
3 P. M. the same day. To complete this
herculean task, force of 5000 men was
employed. The cost of the work is about
100000.
A Russian student died recently. On
his death-bed he informed the police that he
was one of twenty youths who had sworn to
kill the Car. He was the one selected to
perform the Internal deed. At the last mo.
ment his heart failed him, and he gave him
selfa mortal wound. What chance is there
for the Emperor? Not only the Nihilists, but
the students are combined to kill him. What
curious commentary and satire both, upon
the Russian Government, is that mentioned
by one of our exchanges; that while the Car
locks himself up in fortress on the Gulf,
the Nihilists are holding congress in his
capital, whittier he dare not 60.
There is much excitement in England
over the discovery of some Internal machines
shipped from America packed in cement.
O'Donovan Rosa, head Of the Fenian organ
izations in this country, is charged wi th ship
ping them, but he Indignantly denies any
knowledge of them, The Secretary of the
Treasury has addressed communication to
the collectors of customs at Boston and New
York, from which points the alleged Internal
machines and combustibles were shipped, in
structing the officials to use every endeavor
to ascertain the name of the consignee of the
packages. The secretary says while it may
be impossible to ascertain directly the name
of the person, he hopes to discover a clue
which may lead to the detection of the guilty
ones.
The Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, Ga,
is assuming larger proportions, and the com.
mittees and officers are pushing forward the
work in every department with great ZEAL
The classification Of exhibits employed at the
Centennial will be closely followed in the six
departments of the exhibition. The railroad
companies have adopted lower excursion rates
than were ever before known; splendid hotels
are being erected abundant space will be at
the service of the exhibitors, and already
nearly every kind of business is represented
among the entries registered. The depart
ment of minerals and woods will be under
the direction of Mr.. J. B. Killebrew, and
circular has been issued Offering suggestions
to those intending to make exhibits in this
department. 1t is suggested that South Car
olina might display to advantage the follow
ing minerals: Gold, iron ore, copper coal,
buhr stone, porphyritic granite. syerite, man
ganese, lead ores, kaolin, red and yellow
ochre, bone phosphates, and generally, in the
northwestern part Of the State, such minerals
as are found in North Carolina.
Rev. John Jasper, the colored clergyman,
whose famous sermon on the Rotation of the
Sun" has made his church in Richmond one
of the local lions always visited by strangers
in that city, is recovering from his recent
dangerous illness. Mr.. Jasper's congregation
is one of the largest in this country, and he is
trying to secure for them a larger church
building Great commotion was created
among his parishioners Monday night by the
unaccountable ringing of the church bell at
midnight, three slow and deliberate taps,
which aroused all the colored people, who