Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-31
Straps and fafts.

met IN convention, nominated state OmcerS,
endorsed Ben Hill and denounced Malone
as "unmanry, dishonest and treacherous."
- The Phladel phians who have contracted
with the State of Florida to reclaim the Ever
glades, getting one half of the land in COM
pensation, propose to accomplish the work
by cutting ship canal through Florida.
-"Is your wife Democrat or Republi-
can?' asked one citizen of another. "She's
neither. She's Home Ruler" A large
party indeed enough to beat either Demo
Gratis or Republicans, single handed, if not
combined.
"A few months since an estimable married
couple in Brooklyn discovered that they were
brother and sister, And now similar sad
story comes from Kentucky, another pathetic
proof that marriage is indeed the most mo.
mentous event in life.
- The coronation of Alexander III is not to
take place until after the period of mourning,
and the Nhilists threaten that it shall never
occur. The great precautions taken to guard
the life of the new Emperor show that there
are serious apprehensions that the fate of his
father is closely pursuing him.
In the House of the Texas Legislature,
last Thursday, bill to submit to the people
a constitutional amendment prohibiting the
manufacture or importation and sale of alco-
holic drinks in that State, was defeated by a
vote of 81 to "a, the requisite two-thirds
not voting in the affirmative. Several of the
members were absent.
An ingenious machine, called the "tell-
tale has been introduced on the Erie Rail
road trains. 1t records the speed Of trains,
when and where they stop, and how long.
1t is used especially for freight trains, so as
to register all irregularities as exceed
ing the prescribed rate of speed on some por-
tions of the road, and their delaying at sta.
tions.
- DR.. Buchanan, dean of the bogus medi
cal college Of Philadelphia, publishes full
confession. His bogus snicide was done by
man gotten up to resemble him and wearing
his coat who by arrangement jumped over.
board from steamer and was picked up by a
waiting skifr About 10000 persons, includ-
ing professional abortionists, quacks, heads
of other bogus colleges and druggists handling
diplomas, are implicated in his confession.
- The trial of the assassins of the Gar of
Russia commenced on yesterday. A woman
named Sophie Pilofsky has been arrested as
an accomplice and will be tried separately.
She is the daughter of counselor of the
ministry of domains. She confessed to hav-
ing given the signal to Hartmann for ex-
ploding the mine under the Imperial train
near Moscow, and also the signal to Russa'
kof' to throw the bomb which shattered the
Cars carriage
The Mexican National Railroad Com.
pany-the Palmer and Sullivan or Jay Gould
party-has made contracts in Philadelphia
for 200 locomotives and 5000 freight cars,
said to be the largest single contract ever
made for rolling stock in this country. In
addition, this company has contracted for
steel rails to lay 1000 miles of track. All
this track is to be laid and this rolling stock
operated in a country which, up to the pres
ent time, has never had but one line of rail
road, and that has never paid its stockholders
a dollars worth of dividends, and has de.
faulted over and over again on its bonds
There need be no doubt as to President
Gar6eld's attitude on the Mormon question.
He said to Western senator day or two
ago: Senator, as personal favor to me,
want you to take up and champion this Nor
mon question in the Senate. We must stamp
out polygamy l want this to be one of the
distinguishing features of my administration.
But We must save from illegitimacy the 10000
children who have been born under Mormon
rule, if for no other reason than this, because
my predecessors, President Fillmore and
Buchanan, chose to appoint Brigham Young,
the head of the Mormon Church, Governor
of the Territory of Utah.
General Francis A. Walker, Superinten-
dent of the Census, is enthusiastic over the
work of the bureau. Professor w. E. Hill
gard, of the University of California, who is
preparing report on cotton culture, is, he
says, one of the most intellectual and scien-
tifc men in the country. His theory Of soils,
at first secuted, is now received as the highest
authority. The report on cotton culture pre-
pared by him and his assistants, it is said,
will be the most important work ever issued
from the government printing Office, in the
opinion of General Walker. And yet we
think it is a long way to 60 to get work on
cotton culture.
Both houses of the Illinois Legislature
have passed bill to regulate the carrying Of
deadly weapons, and TO prohibit their sale to
minors. The main features are penalty Of
from $40 to 5000 for carrying slungshot or
similar weapon, and a penalty of from S25
to 5000 for selling or lending weapons to
minors All dealers are compelled to keep
register, open to the public, giving the names
and ages of all persons to whom such weap-
ons are sold, which record must give the
price paid and object for which it was
bought. The bill also makes it a misdemean,
or, punishable by fines varying from $50 to
5000, to carry razor as concealed weapon.
- The lady who is said to have the best
chance of carrying off Forepaugh's prize for
the handsomest woman, is Miss Annie Pauline
Scott, of Monongahea City, Pa, who is de-
scribed as radiant beauty Of the beefy sort.
She is the niece Of coal miner, and lives in
adilapidated house. When reporter visited
her the other day and asked her if she would
travel with the circus as queen, she careless
ly shufied well-worn deck of Harris best
playing cards-squeezers-and throwing out
a bob tail flush on the greasy table, said:
"Well, reckon not; that old duck, Fore
paugh, couldn't get me to travel with his
show for no money. Will you take hand
at 81 limit?" The reporter drew out.
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
shops at Altoona, monster locomotive is re-
ceiving the finishing touches. Its length from
the pilots point to the dead wood on the rear
end of the tank is 81 feet. The weight is
92,70O pounds Each revolution of the driv-
ing wheels propels the engine 10! feet. The
machinery governing the sand box is a new