Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-11-10

ocean cable from depth OF Z,UUU 1atnOms.
TO find such thread two miles under the
sea is great achievement.
- Baron Won Steuben said to Cincinnati
reporter "Mr. Blaine is the loveliest, most
digni6ed, and at the same time the most cor
dial man have met in this country. 1t is
no wonder to me that this nation honors him
as one of its greatest men, and have not the
slightest doubt that his popularity will in
crease as time progresses.
4 Paris Figaro devotes one page of its sup
plement of the 18th ultimo to Yorktown.
One paragraph says: "Since the days Of
Yorktown, pom what shores and in what
country have we not given Of our blood and
gold ? We have aided Greece, Turkey and
Italy. The United States, of all these, is
the only one whose gratitude has survived
hundred years"
"A sensation of Broadway, New York, on
Thursday, was team with dead driver. A
truck horse was noticed trotting along as
though he were pretty much his own master,
despite the fact that he was apparently gull
ded by the truckman, who held the reins.
Presently it was perceived that the driver
was dead, and some one stopping the horse,
the driver tottered and fell.
- The Hotel Pelham in Boston, building
96'ai69 feet and seven stories in height, was re-
Gently moved back in order to widen fremont
street without disturbing the occupants or
the furniture. The use of flexible tubes kept
up the gas and water connections, while the
entire structure, weighing four thousand tons,
was moved thirteen feet six inches. Nearly
three months were spent in preparations, but
the actual moving was accomplished in four
days.
Esta Williams took the prize at fair at
Ottumwa, Iowa, as the most beautiful girl in
the county. She subsequently married John
Carnahan, who lived for seven years very
happily with his distinguished wife. Then
he was overwhelmed by her elopement, with
out warning, with his own father, who took
with him about S30,000, leaving his wife
(John's mother) with nothing but small
farm. The runaway pair were traced as far
as St. Joseph, Mo-, but not caught.
The mania for constitutional amendments
is raging this year in several States. Colo
RADIO will fix the place for her capital Mary.
land decides upon the time of electing judges !;
Munesots has three amendments to vote
upon: providing for equal taxation, prohibit
ing special legislation and regulating the pay
of legislators Nebraska votes on the elective
franchise for women, while Wisconsin will
pass upon biennial elections and sessions Of
the Legislature.
"A number Of extensive cotton dealers in
Memphis have sent to Northern rolling mills
for quotations of No. 80 sheet iron, to be used
for covering cotton bales. The present hemp
covering is used solely on account of its cheap
ness, but as it admits sand and moisture, it
causes considerable waste of cotton. If adop-
ted, each bale would require sheet rs by
al inches, weighing % pounds; and crop of
100000 bales would require $4,000 tons of
sheet iron to cover them. 1t is likely to
come into use as covering for cotton.
A number of Eastern business men, who
have recently travelled extensively in the
West, ascertained by thorough investigation
that, while the corn crop has been very poor,
the recent rains have brought out pasture
growth afresh and to such an extent as to more
than offset the short corn crop. An open win
ter is universally looked for, and in the event
of this expectation being realized, next spring
will find the agrculturalists and cattle raisers
ahead with a new "boom" on hand, despite
the present loss and shortage on crops The
corn and oats needed for food for cattle, hogs,
&c, will be more than supplied in value by
the spring wheat planted on the ground so
well prepared by the recent storms.
- The following elections were held last
Tuesday: Wisconsin elected a Governor, part
of its Senate and Assembly. Colorado elect
ed judges and county officers. Nebraska
elected Supreme Court Judge. Mississippi
elected Governor and State officers. Connec-
ticut elected Governor and part of State
officers. Minnesota elected Governor and
State officers. Maryland elected her Comp
troller and part of Legislature. Penusylva-
MIA elected State Treasurer and county Of
fcers. Massachusetts elected Governor
and State officers. New Jersey elected mem
bers of the Legislature. New York elected
Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treas.
urer, Comptroller and one Judge Of Court of
Appeals. Virginia elected Governor and
Legislature.
-Ex. Congressman Rainey, of South Caro-
lima, at reception given in his honor in
Washington, week ago last Thursday night,
declared his purpose to give his party friends
in Congress chance to test their professions
Of love for the colored man, by offering them
the opportunity to nominate him for clerk Of
the House. Two years ago, when the Re.
publicans were in the minority in the House,
they gave to Rainey the empty honor of their
nomination for that Office. The announcement
was conveyed to him by Mr.. Garfield. Now
they are again in the majority in the House,
and Rainey proposes to put their professions
to the test, by Offering himself as candidate
for the same nomination at time when a
nomination is worth something. The public
this practical test of Republican professions
of desire to honor and advance the colored
man.
- The Boston Herald has the following on
Mr.. Blaine and the country at large: Mr..
Blaine's vigorous foreign policy as mani
tested in several directions, will make him a
hard man to follow in the State Department
in the minds Of those who admire dash, decis-
ion and self assertiveness in the management
of our foreign affairs The manner in which
he has made himself felt in that office, and his
admirable bearing under all the trying cir.
cumstances, from the terrible End of July
to the present time, have unquestionably
strengthened his hold on the party and raised
him in the estimation of the country The
question, What is to be done with Blaine?
will be very interesting one as time goes on.
He will be rather formidable parsonage for
the President to turn loose and, outside of
fha State naDa rtment If cannot le learned