Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-13
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nearly $1,000 octave pages.
- An amendment to the constitution, to ex-
tend the Presidential term to six years, max
ing the President ineligible to second term,
is now pending in the House Judiciary Com
mittee of Congress.
- The proprietors of Truth, the New York
paper that first published the Garfield Morey
Chinese letter, have issued card stating that
they are at last convinced that the document
was forgery, and begging Gar6eld's pardon.
Three hundred ice harvesters at Wer-
plank's Point, near Montrose, N. Y, struck
for higher wages on Friday, and three COM
panies from Sing Sing and two from Pough-
keepsie were ordered out to quell the distur-
bance.
A lady in Wisconsin has prepared sur
prise for her husband, and has con6dentially
told few of her lady friends that she has
got for him a nice box Of cigars. George"
She says always pays s17 for his, and I've
got these for $3.50"
- Mr. Reuben Springer, of Cincinnati, in
dulged in Christmas gifts of unusual size.
He gave United States bond for thousand
dollars to each of eight charitable institutions
in his city. Each of the faithful servants in
his household also received 81 900.
-"Go where there is the most sin, sir" said
the old clergyman's coacbmsn, when asked
which of two calls the dominic ought to ac-
cept. The good man thought over it, and
concluded that where there was most money
there would be the most sin. So he accepted
the call which offered him the most substan-
tial salary.
Governor Murray, of Utah, has issued q
certificate of election to Allen G. Campbell,
the Gentle candidate for Congressional dele.
gate, on the ground that Elder Cannon, the
Mormon aspirant, although receiving ma
jority of the votes cast, is Ineligible because
of his living a polygamist life, in open viola
tion of the laws of the United States.
The New York Herald commends the in
tention of the Republican candidates to con-
test all five Of the South Carolina seats in the
next House of Representatives, and says
"The South Carolina solid whites may as we'll
understand that they cannot count on North
ern Democrats to defend or support them in
claiming Congressional seats SO tainted with
fraud"
- The President has sent to The Senate, the
nomination of Nathan Gof, Jr., of West Vir-
ginia, to be secretary Of the navy. He is a
native of West Virginia, residing at Clarks-
burg. He was colonel of the Third Vir-
ginia regiment in the Union srmy, and rose
to the rank of brigadier general. During the
war be earned the reputation of gallant and
able commander. He has been United States
district attorney of West Virginia for twelve
years. Four years ago he was the Republi-
can nominee for Governor and, it is said, ran
ahead of his ticket considerably, but was of
course beaten by the Democratic nominee,
Governor Matthews.
"A Newark, New Jersey, dispatch of the
9Th says: Mrs. Meierhooffer, convicted with
Frank Lammens, her paramour, of the mur.
der of her husband, John Meierhoofer at
West Orange, October 18, 1879 was hanged
at the County Court House at 1890 o'clock
that morning. She was very pale and deeply
affected, but walked to the gallows without
assistance, and met her fate without confess.
ing or uttering word. She died in about
minutes, her neck being apparently unbroken
About 80 persons were present, including the
officers and jury selected by the Court under
recent law, and all spectators we're exclud.
ed. Lammens was hung from the same gal
lows immsdiate!y- afterwards, but made nc
confession.
Vermont, according to the census returns
is almost at stand-still in population, hav.
ing gained in ten years less than $500 in.
habitants. There appears also to be a move
meDt of the native population out of the
State, their places being taken by foreign
born, the number of the latter increasing
more than 5000, while the increase in total
population was only about third as much
The sexes remain in about the same relative
proportion as ten years ago. From the re.
turns thus far received it seems probable that
the "centre Of population" has gone much
further West and South than was at first
supposed. New England shows very little
gain, and the Eastern States generally show
little more than natural growth, while the
great West absorbs the new comers.
When General Grant was complimented
just before the adjournment for the holidays
by the two Houses of Congress suspending
their business for the purpose of paying their
respects to him, comment was made on the
fact that two or three prominent Republicans
in the Senate and House of Representatives
were conspicuously absent on that occasion
Among those more prominently mentioned in
this connection was Senator Blaine tits said
that the reason why Mr.. Blaine neglected to
pay his respects to General Grant, in the
Senate Chamber was, that Only few days
before, when in New York, General Grant
had declined to see him, when he called and
sent in his card. Mr. Blaine, it is said, was
also informed that General Grant had said he
would never speak to him again. Friends
here, of General Grant, also say that he is in.
censed against General Sherman on account
of the structures Of the latter on the PROPOSE.
tion to create General Grant captain. general.
In fact, it is current rumor that General
Grant is angry with every one who did not
favor his denomination at Chicago last sum-
mer, and carries his resentment so far as to
refuse to hold any personal intercourse with
any of them.
--"Will Garfield ignore the claims of the
colored people to representation in his Cabi-
net ?" is the question that is seriously asked
in some quarters. Undoubtedly be will.
When have the Radicals ever done anything
for the colored man after they have secured
his vote? The colored voters held the bal
ance of power in Indiana, New York, Con-
necticut and several other States, and they
elected Garfield on his pledges that he would
do something for them. Yet the colored
brother is severely left out in the cold in all
speculations as to Gar6eld's cabinet. The
Philadelphia Times distinctly declares that
Pennsylvania Republicans would hoot down