Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-05-12
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has not contained soldier.
At the rate at which the bufaloes are be-
ing slaughtered, they will soon be swept from
the face of the great West Over 100000
were killed last winter for their hides alone.
Boston is talking about worlds fair in
1885, using as nucleus the grounds and
buildings now being prepared for the minor
expositions this fall
Over twenty-three thousand dollars was
paid for herd of Jersey cattle, consisting of
six bulls, fifteen COWS and twenty.one heifers,
sold in New York on Thursday. The Alphea
bull Polonius, brought, alone, four thousand
six hundred dollars.
The cotton crop in the province of Behe-
ra, Lower Egypt, is seriously endangered, the
new pumping machinery not having answered
the anticipations, and the dredging of the
canal having been neglected. Four thousand
enforced laborers are now working in the
canal.
By the "Star Route Service" is meant
that kind Of mail service performed by stage
coach, horseback, buggy, etc., or in any au.
thorized manner other than by railroad or
steamboat. Of course, therefore, this term
covers an immense amount of service. There
are no less than 1925 "star" routes.
George H. Williams, the only represen.
tative of the negro race in the Ohio Legsla.
ture, has fallen heir to $50OOO by which he
will be able to retire from business and poll
tics and devote himself to the history he is
writing covering period from 1920 to 1880,
and entitled Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers,
and as Citizens"
The Rev. F. D. Moore, son of the Rev.
DR.. Moore, formerly of Richmond, Va, has
been suspended from his connection as pastor
of the Fourth Street Presbyterian Church of
Covington, KY, by the Presbytery. This &C.
tion is caused by his declarations that the
Bible contains no authority for the observ.
ance of the Sabbath day. His congregation
sustain him.
The tide of immigration runs higher than
ever. The arrivals at Castle Garden, during
April, were 59,500-over los, 900 for the first
four months of the year-25,OOO more than
for the same period last year. The Old World
is reinforcing our army of workmen more
rapidly than the European Powers are able to
recruit their armies of soldiers. The immi.
grants are sturdy, healthy class, with money
in their pockets and hands capable to work.
The New York Herald, which tried hard
to work up enthusiasm over the proposed
worlds fair in that city, has become dis
heartened over the prospects. 1t declares
that "the idea is not popular, nor does it
grow in popularity" and its conclusion is
that "the wisest plan now is to. abandon it
altogether" The Herald seems to be but
voicing the conclusion to which the people
OF New York City, who were most interested
in the proposed show, had arrived at several
weeks ago.
- Wheat farms on this continent are rath.
er large, but that of DR.. Glenn, in Colusa
county, California, is the largest in the world
1t extends over $4,000 acres, at least two.
thirds Of which are annually laid down to
wheat. The produce amounts to more than
million of bushels every harvest. Such a
farm requires plenty of labor, and we find
that it supports thousand horses, with an
equal number of brood mares for raising
stock; l3O gang plows, and other implements
IN proportion, and seven small villages, which
are the headquarters of the foremen, mechan.
les and laborers, who number altogether
about 500.
"A correspondent, writing from Atlanta,
Ga, has obtained large number of reports
directly from farmers in all the Southern
States, from North Carolina to Texas, and
these show considerable increase in the
acreage planted in cotton this season over
that of 1880. In the immediate neighbor-
hood of Atlanta, the increase is about %
per cent, and throughout northern and middle
Georgia averages about 20 per cent. Upon
direct application to the commissioner of ag.
riculture, it was ascertained that the amount
offertilizers inspected in Georgia this spring
has been 20 per cent. greater than that in
spected last season. Nearly all the farmers
OF whom inquiry has been made, stated that
they have applied the same quantity per acre
that they have done in previous seasons.
- The Washington Post of the Both ultimo
says: James B. Campbell, of Charleston,
will take the field in the Second Congresson-
al District Of South Carolina as an admins
tration Democrat, under the call of the Gov
ernor of that State for special election to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of
the late Hon. NJ. P. O'Connor. The likel-
hood is that he will be elected. If be is, it
WILL somewhat complicate the contest which
+. w. M. Mackey is making for that seat
Mackey will, of course, not enter the field
against Campbell, as if he should be defeated,
his right to contest the seat under the former
election would not be recognized. This con-,
test promises to be one of the most compica.
ted and interesting ever brought before the
House of Representatives.
The Adjutant General of South Carolina
writes as follows to the managers of the York
town Centennial It is the intention of Gov.
ernor Hagood to.attend with FIVE members of
his staff, and all the dignitaries of our State
mentioned in the concurrent resolution expect
to be present on this august occasion. The
General Assembly has appropriated $4,000
to defray expenses. We expect to proceed
from Columbia, S. c., in special train, con-
tanning the entire delegation, either to West
Point or Norfolk, where we will be met by a
steamer chartered exclusively for the use of
the State of South Carolina. We expect to
reach Yorktown early on the morning of the
18th of October, and there disembark our
troops and put them into camp. He also asks
for location for battalion"
Mr.. Edward M. Boykin, emigration COM
missioner for the State of South Carolina, has
been in correspondence with Superintendent
Jackson, of Castle Garden, for some time
past, with view of securing desirable settlers
for South Carolina from among the throngs
of immigrants who are now arriving at this
port by every steamer The offer which
Mr. Roykin WAS authorized to >nake on he.