Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-09
Straps and fafts.

During the Egyptian war the Rothchllds
presented to the army fifteen tons of smoking
tobacco, and it turns out now that the tobac-
co was purchased of Richmond firm, and
the brands used were favorite Virginia ones
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and her daughter
Miss Julia, have received the bequest OF
S4,O99. 13, under the will of the late Wade H.
Bolton, of Memphis. The county court of
Memphis ordered the payment on the 18th OF
last month
A number of citizens of Titusvlle, Pa,
with picks and shovels, are digging up the
country for miles around in the vain hope of
recovering a quantity of treasure said to have
been buried in the vicinity more than CEN
tury ago.
Gen. Shermans retirement will not affect
his income, as he will continue to receive Il
salary of about SIS, 600 per annum lie has
also handsome revenue from his real estate.
He will take possession of his house in St.
Louis, now rented out, in June next, and
thereafter make that city his home.
- AS the whales decreased, petroleum was
providentially discovered in abundance. AS
the elephants become scarce, cheap snbsti-
tute has been found for ivory in cellulold, the
basis Of which is tissue paper, and camphor
enters largely into it's composition, together
with a pigment Of white zinc lead, which
gives it the necessary hardness.
- George B. Letcher, young lawyer of
Lexington, Kentucky, drew up marriage
contract for DR.. Edward E. Evins, and charg-
ed a fee of $40. DR.. Evins attempted to leave
the town before settling the bill and his bag
gage was attached by the lawyer. Thereupon
he left his bride, drove to the attorneys office
and handled pistol, but Letcher fired first
and killed him. .....
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killed John NJ. Elliot, of the Court of Appeals
of Kentucky, and was acquitted, but after
wards was declared insane and confined in
the Central Lunatic Asylum, near Louisville,
escaped Saturday, going to Jeffersonville, Ind.
1t is the opinion of lawyers that he cannot be
brought back to Kentucky on requisition, as
there is no longer a criminal charge against
him.
- The Baptists had planned a general Bible
Convention, which was to have met at Sara
toga during the present month. But the
plans failed for lack of enthusiasm and the
Convention has been postponed until next
May. 1t is expected that when this Conven-
vention meets some of the vexed questions
as to translations, version and circulation will
be definitely set at rest. These have for some
time worried the Baptist denomination.
- The Baptists rather had the advantage of
the Methodists in the episode that occurred at
the Methodist Semi Centennial in Plainfeld,
ing the Baptist pastor present, CDR. Yerkes,
there is only stream of water which pre-
vents the Baptists and Methodists from com
ing together.'' EYES," said DR.. Yerkes, land
if you Methodists will come halfway we will
meet you in the middle of it,"
- The average yield of wheat the country
over has never fallen quite to 10 bushels, and
it has never quite reached IA bushels in years
of greatest abundance. This season it is un.
usually high in New York-1S.7 bushels. In
the New England States, except Vermont, it
runs as low as IA bushels. In nearly all the
Southern States the average is low, ranging
from Z to 10 bushels. Texas and Arkansas
are exceptions.
In the course of few years the Northern
Pacific Railroad will run through an avenue
of shade trees hundreds of miles in length.
This extensive tree planting is being done to
protect the road from storms and snowdrifts.
In addition to having a large gang of men at
work between Fargo and Bismarck, in Da-
kota, the officers have distributed immense
quantities of seedlings and cuttings to the
farmers settled on the land grant, and offered
prizes for skill in forestry.
- Brownsville Texas, is being thorough
ly disinffected, and the epidemic of yellow few
er is considered as ended. 1t is reported that
such is the mortality from the fever at New
Mexico that parents have deserted their af-
tiicted children. Seven new cases Of yellow
fever were reported at Pensacola, Fla. DR..
Martin, of the United States navy, who has
been investigating the cause of the epidemic
at the instance of the national board of health,
is down with the fever.
- Fifteen years ago Horace Greeley was in
his glory, and the Tribune ''boomed' with its
100000 subscribers. At that time Bronson
Howard was exchange editor on the paper,
poor and unknown. Now Greeley is dead,
after a fit of madness, his estate is nearly
bankrupt, and his paper ousted from it's old
orbit. Howard meanwhile has become the
greatest of American playwrights, has grown
rich, and is happily situated domestically,
with bright fortunes ahead of him. Times 60
by turns The turn of the wheel that destroy
ed Greeley made Howard. Such is life!
New York World Cotton Exchange gossip:
Said prominent operator: Though there
are temporary Spurts now and then, the un-
mistakable tendency of the market is down.
ward, the causes of which are the large crop,
the increasing receipts as well as the India
competition, which is assuming greater pro-
portions than ever before. The bears contin-
ue to hammer the market and they are in great
force. while the bulls are holding off and are
generally too timid to buy. 1t is my opinion,
however, that cotton has pretty nearly touched
bottom. Cotton is always worth something
no matter how large the crop may be.
- Carlo Ortiz, the recently deposed Cover
nor of Sonora, accompanied by three of his
staff, passed through Dallas, Texas, last Mon
day, en- route for Mexico, via New Orleans
He says the opposition to him originated in
his favoring the introduction of American
railways and capital into Sonora, and his am
bition to make it an enterprising and pros
porous State. He was elected Governora year
ago. He had worked steadily for the building
Of railroads with American capital He was
driven from the Governors mansion at Her
masillo by a laWleSs mob, who would have
taken his life had he not taken refuge in an
American railway camp. He confidently ex-
poets President Gonzales to reinState him, and
furnish sufficient troops to maintain the dig
nifty of his Office.
Oregon is falling into line on the question
of woman suffrage. The Legislature of the
State began the battle two years ago by pas
sing resolution to amend the constitution
50 as as to allow women to vote. The present
General Assembly has just ratified it's action
The next step will be the submission of the
proposition to the people. If the amendment
shall be adopted Oregon will have the honor
of being the first State in the Union to admit
woman to full and equal suffrage in the elec-
tion of officers for all the departments of its
government. 1t may seem surprising that an
experiment of this kind should be first attemp-
ted in region which is on the skirmish line
of civilization ; but it should not be forgotten
that two hundred years or so ago an expert
,nent in government which the world covered
with ridicule was tried on the New England
coast.
In the United States Court at st. Louis
last Saturday while ex-ITnited States Senator