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


MERE. MENTION.
Owing to short crops in northern Russia
that section Of the empire is threatened with
famine. dudley, the new Pension Commits
sioner, asks for an appropriation of $12O,OOO,
900 to meet pension claims for the next 6sca
year. ar.''''"'"The President has designed Thurs
day, the 24th inst, as day Of general thanks
giving and prayer. ''''''''T There was an inch o.
snow on the mountains in the vicinity o.
Mauch Chunk, Pa, last Friday, and the ther
mometer was down to IL degrees below
zero. .''''''''.Navigation is opened on the Cum
berland river, after suspension since August
1st, on account of low water. ''''''''A A dispatch
from Tucson, Arizona, says the Apaches are
reported to be committing depredations in
the Sahuaripa district in Sonora, Mexico
Five women, two men and one child have
been killed by them. '''''''''The trial, before
a court martial, of Lieut.. Flipper, for en-
bezzlement, is progressing at Fort Davis
Texas. ''...'.'.A heavy frost last Thursday
night killed the top crop Of cotton around
Paris, Texas. Another crazy man, call
ing himself John Wolling, has presented bis
claim, in the shape of dispatch communi
Gated by the Holy Spirit from Almighty
God, to the Presidential chair. He was
promptly committed to the St. Elizabeth Asy'
Ium before he could have an opportunity Of
removing" the present incumbent. '''''':''The
invisible agent in Confederate bond specula'
ton is said to be Judah P. Benjamin. '''''Ex'
Senator Conkling is reported to be so very
ill, and his condition so very feeble, that his
friends do not care to discuss it. He is threat
ened with kidney disease. ''''''1ntimations
are given that Secretary Blaine will shortly
make an extended tour of the South with an
eye possible future contingencies. '''''''''The
Western Union Telegraph Company has di
rected that all messages on business concern
ing the Garfield monument shall be sent
free. ''...'.".The United States army lost near.
ly ten times as many soldiers by desertion as
by death last year, the respective num-
bers being 1851 and 24S. '''''''"A Newark
IN. j. bank cashier played the confidence
game on the stockholders and directors so sue,
cessfully, that during the last twelve years he
got away with 100000. When his defal.
cations were discovered, last week, there was
virtually nothing left but the bank building,
the safe and three postage stamps. '''''''''It is
said that small pox is raging in Richmond,
Va, to all alarming extent. ''''''''It is esti.
mated that the recent overflow Of Mississippi
River hes caused damages between Keo-
kuck, Iowa, and Louisiana, Mo-, amounting
to 50, $780, 900. ."'''''''Wm. Petty, recently con-
vcted of stage robbery, at San Antonio,
Texas, has been sentenced to ninety-nine
years imprisonment in the penitentiary. '''''A
New York letter says: at is no secret that
Mr.. James intends to retire from the Cabinet
in order to assume the presidency of a bank.
ing institution which Mr.. w. II. Vanderbilt
is about to establish not far from the New
York Central Depot "'''''''"Ex. Senator
Platt, it is generally believed, will succeed
Judge Robertson as collector of the port Of
New York. .'''.'''''The great Western Railway
Company of England is excavating a tunnel
under the river Severn which is to be four
and a half miles long. '''''''''Herr Won Bis
marck, son of the German chancellor, will it
is reported, be appointed German minister al
Washington. '''''''''A bill providing for ma
tional bankrupt law will be reported by the
Senate judiciary committte in December
next. '''''A party of fifteen New England
manufacturers who represent s45,O00,OO0,
and run 100000 spindles, visited the Allan.
ia exposition last week and propose to re-
main in the South about three weeks. ''''''One
of the wonders to Northern visitors to the
Atlanta Exposition is that apparently so little
interest is manifested in its success by South
erners, and especially Georgians. 60 '''''Sec-
retary Blaine was recently interviewed by a
New York Herald correspondent and une-
quivocally asserted that the Cabinet, after
January 1st, would be Grant from top to bot
tom. '...'''"It is rather a coincidence that
counsel for Sergeant Mason, who attempted
Guieau's life in the Jail cell, will, in the trial
of his client, enter the plea of insanity. Ma
son will not be tried until the case of Guiteau
has been disposed of.''''''''The Cuban sugar
crop is reported to be larger than for several
years.