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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADvERTIsEMENTs.

F. n. Brown and B. c. PRESLEY
tors Notice.
Rev. w. G. White-Yorkvlle Female College.
NJ Strauss-Happy New Year to All.
Latimer phill-Happy New Year to ALL
Our Grocery.
John c. Kuykendal-T That York Drug Store.
Hunter, Oates Il Co.-New Firm.
Clark Brothers. lS8l-By the Package-Wag
T. M Dobson-Listen to the New York House.
Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson-Proprietor of Emporium
of Fashion.
J. !. Smith 4 Co.-A Happy New Year-Wanted
Kennedy Bros. Il Rarron-H Happy New Year to
All-Winter C!othing-Dead-Wag
F. Happerfield-The York Marble Yard.
Finley, Harvey Il Co., Atlanta, Ga.-Agents
Wanted.
Herndon Bros.-lSsl-Wel-A Reminder.
Latta Bros.-Fanily Groceries and Plantation
Supplies-Just Received.
James Sroggins w. w. White, A. F. lindsay
County Commissioners-Town Elec'
tiOn.
r. Latham, School Commssioner.-Notice.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06
THE WEATH Err.

Not since the winter Of 1870 has this Sec
tion been visited by as rough spell of wealth
er as is now upon us. On Christmas day snow
fell to the depth of three or four inches
which was augmented by subsequent falls un'
til the 29th, when the average depth was eight
inches. In addition to the snow and rain that
fell, the weather was intensely cold-the lowest
state of temperature being reached on We'd
nesday morning the 10Th, when the thermom'
eter indicated degrees below zero.
The cold wave seems to have been general
throughout the country, and Wednesday and
Thursday of last week the coolest days Of the
winter. At Philadelphia it marked 5 degrees
below Zero and in Lehigh and Schuylkill re-
gion, Pennsylvania, the average temperature
was degrees below zero. At Wilmington, n.
c., there was slight snow, and the thermometer
indicated temperature of II degrees. AT
Charleston, it indicated Is degrces-a fall OF
27. At Montgomery, Ala, it was degrees,
and at Galveston 81. At Jacksonville, Fla,
the weather was the coolest experienced since
1851 The thermometer was 19 degrees above
zero. Oranges on trees in the city were frozen,
though 100 miles south the fruit was not i'll
jlred. The weather has somewhat moderated,
but we are yet in the midst of cold spell.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06
cuIrRcHEs NEXT Sunday.

Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Associate Reformed Presbyterian-Rev. R.
Latham, Pastor. Thepastor will fill his regular
appointment at Tirzh next Sunday. G
Presbyterian-R T. r. English, Pastor
Services at the usual hours, morning and even
ing. ..
Methodist Episcopal Marion Dargan
Pastor. District quarterly meeting, com
mencing on Saturday, on which occasion the
Presiding Elder will he present.
Church of the Good hepherd-Episcopal-
Rev. r. p. Johnson, Rector. Services at the
usual hours, morning and afternoon.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06
MASONIC.

Buffalo Lodge, A. F. NJ, at Blacks Station,
has elected the following officers for the year
1881: G. NJ. Green, w. NJ; j. w. Rhyme,
S. W.. J. A. Deal, J. w. /; II. Martin, Treas
urer: w. D. Camp, S. James Martin, $. d. ;
w. II. Carroll, J. D.. G. NJ. Moore and II. H.
Moore, Stewards; James G.. Baber, Tier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06
THE CONTESTED ELECTION.

The contested election case from Broad Riv-
er township, in regard to the adoption Of the
fence law in that township, was heard before
the county commissioners Oh the 9th ultimo,
and by their decision the election was declared
valid. The township gave majority Of 46
in favor of adopting the no-fence system.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


- The President has appointed Samuel T..
Pointer, postmaster at Spartanburg.
- The increase in the net earnings of the
railroads in South Carolina for 1890, were
SAG, ,S5l.70 over 1879.
- Mr.. James n Knox, much esteemed
citizen Of Chester county, died at his resi-
dence in that county on the 3lst ultimo, in
the 74th year of his age.
1t is rumored that very soon newspaper
will be published in Greenvile to advocate
Republican principles from conservative
standpoint. The projectors claim to have a
satisfactory financial support secured.
A tract of land in Orangeburg county,
which in the days of Radicalism sold for
So, 900, is now sought for at 100000. Another
piece, bought at the same time for 500, will
now command $500.
- BY an approximate statement of the popll-
lation of the States, according to the last
census, just published by the superintendent,
it appears that South Carolina has a popula-
tion of 995, 7O6 The population of Charleston
is given as 1899.
THE Laurens Railroad was sold in COlum-
bia ON Monday last, at public auction, for
$50. 600. 1t was knocked down to Col. A. e..
Haskell, the president of the Charlotte, Colum-
bia and Augusta Railroad, who it is said
bought it for the owners of the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad.
- The Barnwell jail now contains twenty
three prisoners, and among them is a colored
minister, who being persuaded that his neigh
boris hog possessed one of the seven devils OF
old, thought he would destroy the devil IN the
hog by killing it and dividing among his wives,
of which he has several -
- Mr.. E. Glass CASTOR died at Rock Hill on
the 18th ultimo, Of typhoid pneumonia. tie
was native of Lancaster county, where he
lived until a few Years ago. He was about
60 years DID, The Lan ncaster Ledger says he
was man of remarkable intellect and great
energy. He happened to the unfortunate ac'
cident of having both of his eyes put out by
the explosion of powder, while firing nation
al salute on the 4th of July, 1910.
- The Cheraw and Chester Railroad has
been completed to Lancaster. The Ledger OF
the 22nd ultimo says: ''The passenger train
on the Cheraw and Chester Railroad ran into
town for the first time on Saturday night last
A large number of citizens. both male and fe
male, were present to witness this event in the
hss-ttery of our town and county, and which
was appropriately celebrated by the firing OF
cannon, guns, pistols, and fire crackers. -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06
CHANGE OF AGENTS.

Mr.. a. F. Mcconnell has accepted the po-
sition of railroad agent at the depot i'll this
place, rice Mr.. H. H. Beard, who in the future
will have control of the telegraph Office.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06
FINE OYSTERS.

Mr.. Fernando N. Ingold of the Southern
Express, and whose 'run'' is in the oyster
country, remembered us kindly at Christmas
by sending us bucket of the finest oysters
that ever tickled the palate of an epicure for
which lie has our thanks ~.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06
SALES.DAY.

Notwithstanding the >inclemency of the
weather on Monday last sales-day for Janua-
ry-there was very large attendance of peo-
pie in town, many of whom were attracted by
the large amount of property advertised to
be sold.
BY virtue of writ of ,feri .facias, the sheriff
sold the interest of Mrs. Diana n. Beard in a
tract of land in Broad River township. Bought
by w. T. NJ. Beard for $50.
On complaint for partition, the Clerk sold
the real estate of Elizabeth Rhea, deceased,
as follows: Home place, 115 acres, bought
by NJ. r. Nichols, at $3.50 per acre. Forty
acres, supposed to be OIL east side of Bullock's
Creek, to J. b. Whtesides, at S25.992 per
acre. Forty acres, supposed to be on west
side of Bullock's creek, at $40. per acre.
Pursuant to the order, Judgment and decree
in the case of Allen b. Crosby VS.. Jno ).
Crosby and others, the Clerk sold the following
lands of estate of Dennis Crosby, deceased:
Tract No. l-"Home" place, lbs acres,
bought by D. H. Carroll at $40 per acre. Tract
No. part of Blair tract, ia acres, bought
by John 7. Whitesides at S2.s5 per acre.
Tract No. 3-part of Blair tract, 1919 acres,
bought by Hugh E. Davidson at s3O5 per
acre. Tract No. 4-"Hogg' place, 122 acres,
bought by John T. Whitesides at s525 per
acre. Tract No 5-"Granny Hogg'' place,
242 acres, bought by John T. Whitesdes at 81
per acre. Also, one tract of 60 acres, bought
by A. B. Crosby at $3.50 per acre; one Of S
acres, bought by E. N. Davidson at sl3.O5 per
acre; one of 63 acres, bought by E. n. David
son at S16.7 70 per acre.
The Clerk then offered the lands OF the
Kings Mountain Iron Company, which were
bid off as follows:
Tract No. 1-12 acres, bought by Richard
Black at S15.10 per acre.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06

on the floor and in the galleries. But in the
midst of it, the Speaker took the chair and
called upon the Sesgeant-at-Arms to do his
duty. Just then, however, there was nothing
particular to be doRe by that official, as the
combatants had been taken back to their
places by their respective friends, and there
was no danger of their assaulting each other.
After the disorder had subsidized, Mr.. Covert
resumed the chair, the committee arose and
the House adjourned.
In the Senate OIL the 22nd, on motion OF
Mr.. Butler, of South Carolina, the Senate bill
authorizing the auditing of accounts of b. 5.
James, South Carolina mail contractor, was
taken up and passed. a bill to incorporate
the Maritime Canal Company, of Nicarauga,
was introduced and referred. The Senate adj
journed to January 9Th.
The proceedings of the House were devoted
to discussing points of order relative to the
diSorderly conduct of MessrS. Sparks and
Weaver on the preceding day when finally
they were permitted to apologize to the House.
The army bill, appropriating S26, ,425,s 800, was
reported and ordered printed. The House
then adjourned until the 5th of January.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The new board of county commissioners Or
ganized on Monday last, by electing j. NJ.
Jackson chairman, and DR.. j. B. Allison clerk.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06
cinnatia a short route to the Atlantic at Charl

cinnati short route to the Atlantic at Charles
ton, S. C.''''"It has recently been definitely
ascertained that during the late war, the Fed
erals lost 327, ,1S4 men, and the Confederates
2O9, 900. ..'''. Within the last ten years, the
population of Georgia has increased three hun
dred and fifty-eight thousand, and the increase
in taxable property last year was thirteen mil
lions of dollars. '''Ex-Judge Whitaker, who
was once mayor of Atlanta and editor of the
DailY Itelligencer, was locked up in the sta
tion-house in Atlanta last week for stealing a
bottle of whiskey. '.Gaspar Tachmann, who
was eXiled from Poland for participation in
the revolution of 1880 and who was brigadier-
general in the Confederate service, died on the
22nd ultimo, in his S5th year, at his home in
Spottsylvania, Va, where he had been living
for some years in retirement. '''Dr. f. IL.
Chaplin, the well known Unitarian preacher, of
New York, died in that city on the 9th ul-
timo. ...'..n Cincinnati, on Christmas day,
the elephant "Chief'' that killed his keeper in
Charlotte last fall came near killing another
employee of the circus, who ventured on too
| familiar terms with thevicious animal. 1.-The
wheat and oat crops of Alabama are reported
as failures. 1.-The white race is greatly
overrated,' ~ said speaker in a Boston meet
ing of negroes relative to the Cadet Whitaker
case 1.-The people of Iowa adopted, at the
late election an amendment to the State con-
sttution making colored men ineligible to the
Legislature of that State. '''''The Com
missioners of Roads and Revenue in Putnam
county, Georgia, have fixed the price for retail
liquor license at 5000 per annum '' Thirty
one States of the thirty eight in the Union now
have biennial sessions of their Legislatures
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06
LETTER FROM CHESTER.

correspondence Of the YorkvilIe Enquirer
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10

growth of this enterprise on the part
Of State governments, says the Christian
at Work, must be looked upon as an
encouraging sign, indicating as it does,
new interest in the subject of tree
planting and growing. 1t is indeed
high time some such measures were
taken to keep the supply of val
liable woods from being entirely
consumed. A few years ago we seldom
heard word to the effect that not only
walnut, but even maple, hickory, ash,
etc., would be scarce. Unless proper
protective measures are taken in short
time they will be entirely unable to
supply the demand. 1t has been ascer-
tanned that forest of mixed wood on
medium soil grows about cord Of
wood year on an acre of land. II
much more than cord is removed
from an acre in year, the production
is reduced. But to keep the production
from diminishing, it makes all the diff
ference in the world what trees you
take away, whether you take those
which are beginning to decay, or those
which are in the rapidest growth. 1t is
only by the best judgment in thinning
out that the capital of growth can be
kept whole after forest has become
well established.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10
The Worlds Shipping.

From statistics recently compiled in
regard TO the shipping of the world, it
appears that, emitting vessels of less
than fifty tons measurement, Europe
possesses forty-two tons to every 1000
inhabitants; America, forty; Australia,
seventy-nine; and Asia and Africa only
two tons per thousand. Liverpool, with
a tonnage of 2.647,373, ranks as the
most important port in the world; fol-
lowed by London. with 1880, ,68S; Clas.
gov, 1882, 1854; New York, 1,l53. 676
tons. The nine leading ports of Great
Britain have tonnage of STA, 1913,
while the first four ports of this coun-
try have only 1,976,S40 tons. Twenty
years ago this country carried sixty-six
per cent. of its foreign trade in Ameri-
can built and American registered ves-
sells, but it has gradually declined until
now it is less than eighteen per cent.
The gross tonnage of Great Britain and
Ireland amount to about 1900, 900
tons, and including that of the colonies
the British flag protects IA, 4,000, 900 of
the worlds tonnage Of 27, 900, 900.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10
On a Diligence Road TO Mexico.

In Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote'S "Dili-
gence journey in Mexico" in the Cen
fury MGgOzine (recently SCribner), occurs
the following: Thus far we had met
no vehicles except the two-wheeled
carts drawn by oxen-wheels wi hout
tires, hewn out and showing the sepa-
rate strokes of the ak, but many humble
travellers on foot, trotting into Mexico
with back-loads of market stuff. Fruits
and vegetables were carried in four.
sided hamper or cage called huacai,
made of osiers; often it was filled with
live fowls, the tail-featbers OF the cock
gayly futtering through the bars of the
cage, or was divided into compartments,
with eggs below and fowls above. We
met huge masses of pottery ingen-
iously wcven together with the cords
of the agave, and towering perilously
above the bearers head; rolls of mating,
wooden trays, bundles of sugar cane,
canaote IA kind of sweet potato), and to.
matoes wrapped in green leaves. A
pair of live hens never came amiss,
swinging by the legs from disengaged
hand, or tied to an available conner of
the load. Whole families were en- route,
even to the taby, rolled in cne end of
the long cotton scarf which the Indian
mother wears over her head, or sus.
pended in its folds at her back. l do
not think stranger procession could
be met with on the high-roads of this
century.
Steadily climbing, the country grow
ing poorer and wilder, we pass many
heaps of stones supporting the fatal
cross-the place of understanding a
mute appeal to the traveller to pray for
one cut off in his sins. We enter tho
mountain passes, dark with pines and
frs, and ascend to the battlefield OF
Las Cruces, on the divide which sepa-
rates the valley of Mexico from that of
Toluca. We pass the monument to Hi
dal9o, and ask with shame who was
Hidalgo, and am answered: "He was cur
Washington-this is our Bunker Hill "
1t was here on the Both of October, 1910.
that HidalRo with his Indian insurgents,
armed chiefly with sings, bows, clubs,
lances and ndcheteS, met the troops of
the Spanish government, under Colonel
Truxillo, and drove them back upon the
capital. The loss of the Indians must
have been frightful; in their ignorance
of the nature of artillery, they charged
Truxillo's guns and tried to stop the
mouths of them with their straw hats,
until hundreds had perished by the dis.
charge" After the battle sad train
OF Indian women went up on the noun
tain to bury their dead, and the many
crosses that were raised by their hands
gave the spot its name.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

The precision of modern engineering
is forcibly illustrated by the recently
accomplished feat of picking up a long
unused ocean cable from depth Of
1000 fathoms. The scientific engineer
ing which locates fault with so much
exactness and so readily finds a mere
thread two miles under the sea must
add much to the security and value OF
ocean telegraphic property.
In his address at the York meeting
of the British association Professor
Huxley predicted that fifty years hence,
or in the centennial year of the associa-
progress of paleontology will note the
present time as the epoch in which the
law OF succession CT the forms of the
higher animals was determined by the
observation of archaeological facts.
Experiments by German scientists in
ascertaining the peculiarities of the
electric light, establish the fact that it
is not only healthier than other
methods Of illumination in leaving the
air purer, but that it increases the
power of the vision in some respects,
especially in distinguishing colors.
Red, green, blue and yellow are made
much more distinct and marked under
this light than by daylight.
When the earth in which q plant
grows is much warmer than the air the
plant grows very thick, ceases almost
altogether TO increase in height,
and finally shows deep transverse riffs
which make further growth an impossi
bility. These effects were produced by
M. Prilleux, who used q large dish Of
earth, in which he planted tho seeds,
and kept the earth ten degrees warmer
than the moist air of the chamber.
The Monite,u Industriel, in an article
on the influence of temperature on the
resistance Of steel, states that it is the
presence of PHOSPHORUS which is the
main cause Of the variation in strength
Iron, which contains none Of it, main.
tains the same breaking strain in various
temperatures, and gave only slight
variation of the limit of elasticity. II
follows from this that one of the best
means of avoiding the breakage O.
wheels, tyresfnd axlcs of cars and loco
motives is the employment OF pure
steel free from PHOSPHORUS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10
Preparations for scandinavian Mar.
riage.

ltdSSs
Preparations for o wedding feast be-
gins weeks beforehand, and are so ex-
tensive that NJ. Du Chaillu was utterly
amazed at the quantity of solids and
liquids that he saw stored against an
approaching marriage feast. Invita-
tions to weddings are sent out we'll in
advance of the happy day, so that the
guests may prepare for two or three
days absence from home; and the
poorest person invited is never without
a wedding garment. The happy couple
eat, drink and dance with everybody;
and it seems never to have occurred to
the people to inquire how they do it.
There is limit to the endurance of
the native head and stomach, and this
generally is found on the third day;
then the guests, on bidding goodbye
to the bride, tender their wedding pres
ents, which always consist of money,
and are deposited, without being ex-
amined, in box which the bride wears
at her side. How many American girls
will wish-only to themselves-that a
similar custom might prevail here can
not easily be estimated, but all of them
will understand why there are but few
bachelors in the land of the midnight
sun. Long as are the wedding festivi-
ties, those of Christmas far exceed
them, for feasting and fun are industri-
ously kept up from Christmas-eve to
Twelfth-night, and quaint and charm
ing are some of the attendant ceremo-
nies.-HdTper'S Magazine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10
Little Dancing Leaves.


Little dancing leaves .'..
In the garden bower,
Which among you grieves
Not to be flower2 .
"Never one !" the light leaves say,
Dancing in the sun all day.
Little dancing leaves,
Roses lean to kiss you;
From the cottage caves
Nesting birds would miss you
We should tire of blossoms so,
If you all to flowers should grow
Little dancing leaves
Grasses, ferns and sedges,
Nodding to the sheaves
Out of tangled hedges
What dull world would remain
If you all were useful grain
Little dancing leaves,
Who could do without you?
Every poet weaves
Some sweet dream about you.
Flowers and grain awhile are here;
You stay with us all the year.
Little dancing leaves,
When through pines and birches
The great storm-wind heaves,
Your retreat he searches;
How he makes the tall trees roar
While you-only dance the more 4!
Little dancing leaves,
Loving and caressing-
He most joy receives
Who bestows a blessing.
Dance, light leaves, for dancing made
While you bless us with your shade
Lucy Ldrcom. in 81. Nicholas.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10
Twelve Good Recipes.

For preserving the complexion-Tem-
perance.
To remove stains-Repentance.
For sweetening the breath Truth.
Eafy shaving soap-Ready money.
For improving the voice. Civility.
For whitening the hands-Honesty.
A beautiful ring-The family circle.
To keep away moths-Good society.
For improving the sight-Observa-
ton.
The best companion to the toilet-A
good loving wife.
To become prosperous - Advertise
your busines in your home paper.
To get to heaven-Always pay the
printers bills promptly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10

The late DIR. Holland, the author,
would seem to have met the usual ex-
perience which authors undergo. His
"Titcomb Letters" were refused by
two prominent Boston publishers, and q
New York publisher refused even to
look at them. He carried them to Mr..
Scribner who asked him to read speci-
mems from them. At the end of the
third he agreed to take them, and they
attained an issue of GO, 900 copies.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10
FACTS AND COMMENTS.

In view OF the number of land slips
which have lately taken place in various
parts of Switzerland, it is proposed to
organize a Swiss Land Slip commission,
with subcommissions in every canton,
whose duty it will be to inspect locali-
ties where land slips are likely to occur,
to devise means to prevent their occur
renee, and to warn persons whose lives
may be imperiled.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10

Life has its compensations A deaf
man never hears the evil that's said
about him.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10

To discover spurious greenback or
national bank notes, divide the last two
figures of the number of the bill by four,
and if one remains the letter on the
genuine will be A; if two remains it will
be B, if three, g; and should there be
no remainder, the letter will be D.
For example, note is registered 2461;
divide sixty.one by four, aud you will
have one remaining. According to this
rule, the letter on the note will be A.
In case the rule fails, be certain that
bill is counterfeit or altered.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10

The governor of Michigan, following
tn Q lead OF Nebraska and other States,
set apart the 28th day of April as time
for tree planting in that State. The
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-11-10

course 1 realize that you and your gal
land brother here have rendered me
great service-one for which you
sh I'll not go unrewarded, although /
can never hope to fully recompense