Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-24
Straps and fafts.

Episcopal Church, are sustaining the women
in their effort.
- Six miles from Pamela, Mississippi, lives
a colored woman who weighs 470 pounds, who
has given birth to twins annually for the last
three years. Her name is Mile Williams,
and it takes a whole wagon to carry her
around.
Six members of the Senate are foreign
born. Messrs. Farley, of California; Fair,
of Nevada Jones, of Florida; and Sewell,
of New Jersey, are Irishmen. Senator Jones,
of Nevada, was born in England, and Sena-
tor Beck, of Kentucky, in Scotland.
- Senator Bayard has written letter to
the Delaware Legislature advising them not
to take any action on the subject Of prohib-
itory legislation; that such legislation is con-
trary to Democracy, which allows individu-
ais liberty as to eating, drink, &c.
- The Boston Herald publishes a table
showing that eleven Fall River. mills, which
it Names paid in the year 1880 average divi.
dends amounting to 19 per cent per annum
The highest rate of dividends was 40 per cent,
and the lowest IL per cent. Stocks in these
properties worth par of 100, are quoted at
14O, ITO, 175, and 1885,
The municipal government of Rome has
ordered the destruction of the famous Ghetto
buildings, where Peter and Paul are said to
have lodged, and where the Jews were con.
fined during the Inquisition. The Ghetto has
long been the most squalid quarter of the
city, and its destruction will be great i'm
provemeut.
A New Hampshire farmer recently agreed
to sell his farm for $4,000, but when the day
came he told the expectant purchaser that
his wife was in Mysteries about the trade, and
he guessed he would have to back out"
The purchaser complained, and finally asked
how much more would induce him to sell.
'"Well," replied the thrifty son of the Granite
State, give me $3.50 more and we'll let her
cry"
-Justus H. Schwaub the noted Communist,
had red flag flying over his beer saloon, in
New York, on Monday, as token ofrejoicing
over the assassination of the Russian Emper.
or. He was outspoken in his pleasure over
the assassination, regarding it, as he claimed.
"as the Lords will" The Communists in
New York have called meeting Ito sympa-
thize with the Russian Nihilists and rejoice
IN the death OF the CZar.
"A distinguished British scientist predicts
a great drought this summer as the historical
sequence of the great frosts of the past winter.
He quotes various instances, ranging from
the second century to the present time, to
confirm his theory. The drought may, or
may not come, but farmers will do we'll to
subsoil carefully. Too much, as we'll as too
little rain is mainly injurious to lands plowed
shallow.
Gen. Upton, of the United States Army,
and author of Upton's Tactics, committed
suicide in San Francisco on Tuesday night
of last week, by shooting himself through the
head. The coroner's jury found verdict of
suicide due to everlasting his brain and ex-
pected failure of revised edition of his Tao
tics on which he was engaged. He graduated
from West Point in 1861 and was in the ar
tillery service.
M. Blerzy describes an interesting expert
ment in physics which is readily performed
by any person. Place an iron pot full of
water on the fire. When the water is boiling
vigorously remove the pot. Then, if the
hand be brought in contact with it, only
moderate heat is felt. But Immediately the
water ceases to boil, the sensation of burning
is received. The only risk attending the ex-
pertinent, states NJ. Blerzy, is that Of black.
ening ones hand.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has nearly
completed monster locomotive, intended to
make the run between New York and Phil
adelphia, distance of about ninety miles, in
ninety minutes. Each of the driving. wheels,
including the tire weighs two tons and is six
feet in diameter. Heretofore there has been
difficulty in accomplishing sixty miles an
hour, though it has been occasionally done.
If the new engine succeeds, FIVE others will
be built.
- An old miner, who has had fifteen years
experience under ground, says that he has OBJ.
served one peculiar fact, that between IL and
2 o'clock in the night, if there is loose stone
or bit of earth in the mine it is sure to fall
Says he: "About this time it seems that ev
erything begins to stir and Immediately after
IL, although the mine has been as still as
tomb before, you will hear particles of rock
and dirt come tumbling down, and if there is
caving piece of ground in the mine, it is
sure to give way"
The Yorktown Centennial Association,
which has recently been incorporated under
the laws of Virginia, ands which was organ
lied to promote and secure the proper cele-
bration of the one hundredth anniversary of
the surrender of CORVALLIS at Yorktown, has
established headquarters at the Exchange
Hotel. Richmond, Va. To night the associa-
ton will formally open its rooms and fling to
the breeze the French and American flags.
The First Virginia regiment will turn out in
honor Of the occasion, and there will also be
addresses delivered by Governor Holiday,
Hon. A. M. Kelley and others.
The impression prevails that the "boom"
in business is to last several years. The po.
litical sky is clear; peace and good orGer
prevail. Business of all kinds is in healthy
state. The railroad earnings are satisfactory,
although they have.just passed through
very severe winter; the furnaces are all in full
blast and the factories crowded to keep up
with their orders. Building is active, and
so are the mines, and so is speculation. Do
mestic production is increasing and imports
are declining. 1t is foolish then to predict
that the period of prosperity, of expansion
and investment, will soon be ended. There
may be hurries in particular markets, but
the mass Of the people need not, and will not
heed them certainly not the artificial ups
and downs of Wall street.
Judge Jameson, of Chicago, granted
divorce to wife on the ground of habitual
drunkenness in her husband, though the
evidence showed that the man was no more
than a very moderate tippler. "Is he fit"