Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-06-30
Straps and fafts,

York Sun, who declares that Foster, the Re-
publican candidate for Governor, is fully
prepared for defeat.
- The greatest cock fight ever known in the
West, occurred at Avondale, Ohio, week
ago last Thursday. Five hundred cocks
fought, one hundred and fifty were killed, ten
mains being in progress at once. Over 1900
people were present, and $4,000 changed
hands.
- The business failures in the United States
and Canada during last week were only sixty
six, according to Bradstreet's, The smallest
number reported this year, and decrease of
twenty from the previous week. This is a
gratifying contrast to the figures given three
months ago, when one hundred and fifty
failures were recorded in one week.
- The Vicksburg, Miss, Herald, rebuking
a narrow-minded correspondent, says: ave
are heartily in favor of the South, from the
Potomac to the Rio Grande, being thoroughly
and permanently Yankeeized. Yankee ener-
gy, Yankee schools, Yankee cultivation,
Yankee railroads and Yankee capital are
badly needed in the South, and will be vel
coined by every Southern progressive patriot."
Even Palestine feels the impulse of mod
ern progress. A new city is going up on the
west side of Jerusalem. outside of the gates.
Along the turnpike to Jaffa runs the telegraph
wire, and on the plain of Sharon stands the
large Jewish Agricultural College," sur
rounded by model farm and thrifty nurse
ries Bethlehem is a thriving town-largely
it is nominslly Chris.ian-and il carries on
extensive manufactures in motherofpearl.
At Grand Haven, Michigan, recently, a
dozen respectable farmers attempted to lynch
murderer. They appeared at the Jail, over
powered the deputy sheriff and compelled
him to give them the key to the murderer's
cell. They then went in and secured their
victim. The sheriff was absent, but his wife
was aroused by the noise, and discovering the
situation, closed the outside door, which the
lynching party had left unguarced, and i'm
prisoned the whole party. She then sent a
servant to ring the fire alarm, which called
out the citizens, and completely frustrated
the whole attempt.
A Tennessee woman is attracting much
attention in consequence of having recently
given birth to seven girl babies. The father,
strange to say, is delighted. The seven ba-
bies, while not large, weighing from four to
five pounds each, appear to be healthy, we'll
developed children. The occurrence has ere.
ated considerable excitement in The neighbor-
hood, and the people for miles around flock
to see the woman and her babies. The hus.
band is described as being of small stature,
and, in fact, exceedingly thin, while the wife
is said to be strong and healthy. The physi.
,;on, oro oops;doro hlx, ovo;fo5 oyar tho f4o;r
and some are talking of paying them visit
A most singular feature Of the children is
that all of them have blue eyes, and so closely
resemble each other that is hard 10 tell (which
from t'other"
- 1t is estimated that during the fiscal year
ending June 80, there will be used three hun
dred and twenty million postal cards, making
total for the last four years Of almost pre-.
cisely one billion. The proposal for bids for
the next four years called for two billions,
and it is not unlikely that the number sold
next year will amount to very nearly FIVE hun.
dred millions. The three hundred and TWEEN.
ty millions sold this year, if connected end to
end, would run in girdle around the world
with enough to spare to make snowy knot.
These cards are often bought in very large
quantities by business houses for advertising
purposes, orders having been received for
twenty, thirty ard forty thousand at once
but the great bulk of them are sold singly or
in small lots for purpose of correspondence.
The future of the postal card depends in some
degree upon the rate of letter postage. If
that is dropped to two cents, the sale of cards
will be materially reduced.
Frederick Douglass recently visited the
estate of Edmund Lloyd in Maryland, whence
he departed as a slave 6fty.six years ago. He
was received with the greatest courtesy and
kindness by the great grand-sons of his for
mer owner, and on entering the old hall
where he had often played as slave boy, he
was invited to partake of the hospitalities of
the house. Douglass was visibiy affected at
the great kindness and consideration shown
him, and drank the health of the family 1t
became noised about among the colored people
that Douglass had arrived, and ON his return
to the boat he was met by number of the
descendants of the old slaves with whom he
had been acquainted when a boy. In con.
versation with them, he revived many of the
early incidents of his life. Mr.. Edmund
Lloyd and his two brothers accompanied
Douglass back to the cutter, and after an ex.
preston of his gratitude to them, and "God
bless him." for their father, he departed.
At the National Temperance Convention,
on Wednesday of last week, in session at
Saratoga, New York, the Committee on Or
ganization reported the list of Vice.Presi
dents, among whom were Gov Jarvis, of North
Carolina; Maj. D. B. Townsend, of South
Carolina Miss r. F. Griffin. of Alabama :.
Gov. John Pipes, of Louisiana. A long Sc
ries of resolutions were adopted, insisting on
the duty of total abstinence recommend
ing the instruction of children with regard to
the effects of alcohol, considered from sci.
enti6c standpoint; urging the churches to
work more actively in the good cause; con-
demning the sale of liquor on the Sabbath
day recommending the use of unfermented
wine for sacramental purposes calling atten-
tion to the responsible relations of the nation
al Government to the liquor traffic asking for
an amendment to the Federal Constitution
which shall forever prohibit the sale of all
brewed, fermented or distilled beverages
throughout the land, and insisting that the
Government make total abstinence a condi-
tion of appointment in the public service.
The rates of freight, as obtained by
leading grocery firm of Augusta, from the
agent of the Charlotte, Columbia and Angus.
ia Railroad, show that barrel of flour is
shipped from Augusta to Columbia for 25
cents, and from Augusta to Batesburg for 81
cents The same quantity of -four in sacks is
shipped from Augusta to Batesburg, for 81
cents. Columbia is eighty.four miles distant