Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-14
Straps and fafts.

Only one grandson of Gen. Lafayette, in
the direct male line, is now living. This is
Edmond de Lafayette, younger brother of the
late Marquis. He is unmarried, and when
he dies the name will become extinct. The
late Marquis Oscar de Lafayette was sad
and solitary man. He made marriage of af-
fection, but early lost his young wife and his
child, and never ceased to mourn them.
- The flow of gold to this country contin-
ues without abatement. The steamship Re-
public, which arrived on the 25th of March,
brought 81 100000; the Wyoming, on the 22d,
brought another million, and the Bank of
England has parted with over 100000 for
shipment to New York. The drain of gold
from France has been so serious that the
bank has suspended gold payments, and in
the Paris market gold is at premium of one
half of one per cent.
"A singular case was before Mississippi
court few days ago. A planter decided to
plant his lands in grass seed and raise stock
instead of cotton. His neighbors, who all
stick to cotton, applied to the court for an in
junction to restrain the planter from sowing
grass seed, on the ground that grass will not
con6ne itself to the land of the planter, but
spreads over surrounding plantations and
units the ground for cotton. The injunction
was granted
- Building lots at Colorado Springs we're
sold with the condition annexed that intox.
icating liquors should never be vended or
, manufactured on them, and this condition
having been violated by a grantee, who at
tempted to open a barroom, suit was brought
to eject him. His defence was that man
has the right to do anything not prohibited
by law on his own property; but the FEEDER
al Supreme Court has decided against him,
and has adjudged his title forfeited by his
breach of the condition in his grant
The census shows that South Carolina
has the largest preponderance of colored pop.
ulation in the Union, the figures being 391,-
224 whites, to 6O4,275 blacks. The only two
other States in which there is a majority of
colored people, are Louisiana, with 483,794
blacks, and 455 007 whites; and Mississippi
with 650,337 blacks and 479,37l whites. The
largest colored population is 724,6S5 in Geor-
gia, where, however, there are 814 Psi whites.
Idaho has only 5S colored people, and the
next is Arizona in which there are 1873. The
total population of the country is: Whites
43,404,S76 colored 6,577,151.
Having tried every variety of fuel out
West, the Minnesoteans have finally hit on
an entirely novel one Wood is not to be
thought of, as the country is entirely prairie,
and will not grow it well, and coal comes too
expensive and is not to be had at all of the
line of the railroads. During last winter corn
was used by many persons, and large num-
ber of firms dealt in it as fuel. 1t is now dis
covered that the best substitute for wood is
sunfowers. They grow rapidly and luxuri-
antly, and when dried, burn we'll A num-
ber of farmers near Nelsonville planted their
extra land in sunAowers last year and had
supply of fuel throughout the winter and
were even able to sell to their nsighbors.
A Mr.. Sternette, who lives at Big Lake,
Dakota, has managed to reach Dubuque,
Iowa, and gives some rather cold pictures of
the life that he and his neighbors led during
the late cold spell. When the first blizzard
came, two families, residing but short dis
tance from Sternette, becoming alarmed at
their small supply of wood, came over to his
house, and it was agreed that all three fami-
lies should pool their fuel, and thus try to
weather the winter Notwithstanding this
combination, their fuel ran out, and they used
all the railroad ties and telegraph poles they
could dig out of the snow then the houses of
the other two families were, little by little,
torn down and burned, and nearly all their
furniture went the same way. Another fami-
ly had lived some time on soup made of an
OK hide.
Pursuant to the call of the mayor, a
largely attended meeting of citizens was held
in the hall of delegates, Richmond, Va, last
Friday night, to adopt measures for insuring
a cheerful and hearty welcome to all who
may visit Virginia during the Yorktown Cen
tennial celebration. The meeting was presi-
ded over by Hon. A. NJ. Kelley, and speech
es were made by him, Gov. Holiday, Maj.
Robt Styles, and others. Resolutions were
adopted extending cordial invitation to the
people of the country and to the citizens of
every country sympathizing with the people
of Virginia in the appropriate observance of
the coming celebration, and providing for the
appointment of committees, civic and mill
tary, to take charge of all matters pertaining
to the representation of the city of Richmond
in the celebration and a proper reception of
ali who may visit our city for the purpose Of
taking part in said celebration.
A Washington letter says: "It is freely
stated that there are strong probabilities of
reconstruction of the Cabinet, so as to
bring its entire membership more in accord
with the President and with each other. 1t
is certain that the Cabinet, as at present
made up, was not the personal choice of the
President himself; in fact, it is somewhat
questionable whether, if left to himself, he
would have selected more than one man out
of the whole list-Mr. Blaine The others
represent no less than four distinct elements
of the Republican party, and were accepted
by the President at the suggestion of others,
in the hope that compromise Cabinet would
restore and promote harmony in the party. 1t
does not seem to have had that effect, and the
President is reported to be about reaching
the conclusion that it would have been better
had he pleased himself and not undertaken
to please Others"
We cannot conceive of the intensity of the
cold of Minnesota, nor of the depth to which
snow falls there. The whole amount of snow
which fell during the months of December,
January and February, reached the extraor-
dinary figure of 968 feet, or adding the snow
fall of November, 1851 feet. The average
depth of snow remaining on the ground all
winter, in consequence of the absence of any
prolonged thaw, has been from two feet in the
first half of the winter, to four feet in the
latter half The farmers of Southwestern
Minnesota were surprised in the middle of
their fall blowing and threshing by q heavy