Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-17
MERE.MENTION.

Mr. hayes still uph0lds his Southern pol
icy as the true one, and asserts that it has
done away with much of the bitterness which
formerly existed 1.-THE Connecticut Dem.
ocrats are under way in the preliminary gu.
bernatorial canvass; and Senator Eaton,
whose term has just expired, is spoken of in
that connection. 1.-THE House of Represen.
tatives of Arkansas has voted, &C to II, to
submit to popular vote an amendment to
the constitution prohibiting the sale of liquors
in that State''''''' Last year North Carolina
produced $4,000 worth of gold, Georgia,
s12O,O0O, California, $17,500,0 900. ''''''':John
G. Whittier having declined, the Yorktown
commission have invited Paul H. Hayne, of
South Carolina, to compose an ode for the
Yorktown centennial, to be set to music, and
rendered by performers in continental cos
tune. ...'..'"The Augusta Chronicle says
If the prohibition law in the Old North State
is success, all official communication be.
tween the Governors of North Carolina and
of South Carolina will be broken off::''''''The
Kentucky State commissioner of agriculture
reports that late sown wheat is in deplora'
bic condition, and that the earlier sown is
doing fairly we'll. '...'."'Last week all of the
railroads in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin
were blockaded with snow, and great suffering
and inconvenience was the result. '..''''On
Sunday Of last week, an earthquake in Italy,
threw down three hundred houses at Casamac
ciols, and killed many people. ''''''''The cot
ton crop, marketed up to this time, aggregates
nearly Eve millions of bales '''''''"On Wed
nesday of last week, the State Senate of Tex
as passed bill, by vote of % to 7, to sub
nit to the people constitutional amendment
prohibiting the importation, manufacture and
sale of Intoxicating liquors in that State
except for medical and sacramental pur
poses .........The business men of New York
are making strong efforts to have Mr.. Henry
G. Pearson, present assistant postmaster, as
postmaster of that city. .''''"'''''The prosecu
tion Of the Gullys, charged with numbering
Chisholm, Republican, in Kemper county
Mississippi has been ended by the burning
of the county Court House with all the records
of the case. 1.-THE Republican caucus Of
the members of the Maine Legislature have
nominated VIM. P Frye for the United States
Senate, to succeed Mr.. Blaine.
Postmaster General James is New Yorker
and printer by trade. 1t is conceded that
he is the gem of,he cabinet. '"''Angus Gamer
on has been elected by the Wisconsin Legis
lature United States Senator to il the unex.
pired term of the late Matthew H. Carpen
ter. r....''."'On Thursday last, President Gar
field was presented with silver brick by
Colorado admirers On the brick were en-
graved the words: "rhe money of the Con.
stitution. "'''''.'''Stop sending bills under q
one cent stamp. The new ruling of the post
Office department is that three cent stamp
must be used in every case. '''''' William
H. Vanderbilt says man worth 100000
is better off than one with 500, 1000, 900; but
it doesn't occur 10 him that he can distribute
the odd s99,OOO,OOO and thus improve his
own condition. .......""Advices received from
the United States consul general at Constan
tinople report the outbreak of the plague
near Bagdad.' 1.-THE spring meeting Of
the new Louisiana Jockey Club will com
mence Tuesday, April 10Th. The club pro
pose to run some of the races at night by the
electric light, and have accordingly ordered
forty light machine.