Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-12-07
Sfraps aud fafts.

Over twenty native born Irishmen will
have seats in the next House of Representa-
A heavy frost occurred at Pensacola last
Thursday, making three in succession, and
practically ending the epidemic. Business is
reviving. .. .....
An epidemic of scarlet fever prevails at
the Imbecile Asylum, in Columbus, Ohio, with
81 cases and deaths to date. The fever is
spreading alarmingly.
Mack Drew, country merchant, was muir
dered in his store, fifteen miles from Eufala,
Ala, on Saturday night of last week. Bob
Cochran (colored), was arrested Tuesday night
and confessed the crime.
james S. Pike, the well-known writer and
politician, author of ''rhe Prostrate State, y
ex-United States Minister to the Hague, and
formerly associate editor of the New York
IriLune, died suddenly on Wednesday, at
Calais, Me.
Gen. E. B. Colston says the Egyptian fel-
lah makes the best looking-soldier and worst
fighter in the world. This is somewhat like
our friend Schneider's description Of certain
railroad, which ''might he the best one that
went out of the town, but was the worst one
that came into it,"
Secretary Seward betrayed a Cabinet Sc
kew tax Weed formed a combination to buy
up whiskey and made, for his share, O0,OOO.
That was the beginning of his great fortune.
There was deal of rascality at the bottom of
the ''war for the Union"
In the criminal court Of Baltimore, last
Thursday, Thomas FOote, colored, found gull
ty of brutally assaulting and beating his wife,
was sentenced to receive 13 lasheS to be ad-
ministered by the sheriff within the walls of the
JAIL This sentence is under the act OF the
Legislature of 1882. Notice was given OF an
appeal to test the constitutionality of the act
Congressman Hill, of New Jersey, says he
believes his bill reducing letter postage to 2
cents will pass this session. The committee
has given the bill a pretty careful study, and
will, he believes, report favorably, and in view
of the fact that the post office department has
now surplus, he believes Congress will pass
the bill.
"A young man in Montezuma, Ca, fell IN
love, but was too timid to verbally ask his
adored one for her hand and so studied up a
novel way to propose. He sent her two dlf-
ferent colored roses and asked permission to
call that night, requesting her to wear the red
rose if she would have him and the white one
if not. He still dared not call with the pros
pects of refusal and sent friend ahead to see
which rose was worn. Everything was as our
friend wished it, and he is now happy.
A decision was rendered by the United
States Supreme Court last Monday in the tax
sale case of the United States, plaintiff in er-
ror. against George w. P. c. Lee, which in
wolves title to the tract of land in Alexandria
County, Va, known as the Arlington estate,
which was brought in the Supreme Court by
writ of error to the Circuit Court of the UNI
ted States for the Eastern District OF Virgin
ia. The judgement of the Court below in ia
yer of the Lee heirs is affirmed. OPINION by
tices Gray, Bradley and Woods dissenting.
The Atlanta Constitution of Thursday says
that on the previous day another batch of
sixty-seven converts to the Mormon faith
passed through that city on their way to
Utah. The entire party were residents OF
IIabersham county and were converted IN that
county and joined the church before leaving.
Of the siXty-seven only seventeen were men.
Many of the women were mere children. A
woman had with her three babies, triplets,
which she carried in basket. The railroad
fare was paid by an association III Salt Lake,
which sent the money to Georgia some weeks
ago.
SAYS the Atlanta Constitution: The sta
tistics of manufactures just published show
that Georgia has 1888 manufacturing estab-
lishments, having a capital of S2O,672,4lO.
These establishments give employment to 49,
037 males, 3,619 females and 2,3l9 children.
These people received in wages in the census
wear ST. .252, 1852, and they turned materials of
the value of S24, ,0lO, ,239 into products worth
S36. .447 .44S. New York is the leading manu-
featuring State of the Union, followed in Or
der by Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,, Illinois,
Ohio and New Jersey.
While the Postmaster General has not yet
formally denied the privilege of using the
mail to Southern Matrimonial and Nuptial
Associations, there is little doubt that he will
ultimately do so. Assistant Attorney Gener-
al Freeman, in trasmitting inspectors reports
upon these institutions, takes decided stand
in this direction butrecommends that further
inspections be made before acting in the mat
ter. This recommendation has been adopted by
the Postmaster General. Judge Freeman says
that the only possible excuse that can be CIV
en- for the existence of these companies is that
they are incorporated under State Charters.
- The attempt of two trains to pass each
other on the same track is not an uncommon
occurrence but it is seldom we read OF a
collision of three trains. This happened,
however. four miles below Union Point, Ca,
last Thursday morning. An up freight train
from Augusta, while backing down for a cab
car, which it had left at CrawfOrdville, came
into collision with an up passenger train. In
mintue after another up train ran into the
sleeper of the passenger train. The collision
occurred in deep cut and on a curve of the
road. Two engines and several freight cars
were wrecked. One of the engines exploded.
All the passengers escaped injury. Jack
Sheppard fireman, was painfully, but not
seriously hurt. Considering the circumstan-
ces and damage to rolling stock, the escape
from loss of life is remarkable.
A recent census bulletin, published the
other day, shows that of the 3G, 76l ,407 inhab-
itants of the United States and Territories,
over ten years of age, 1928, ,45l, or over 13 per
cent, were returned as unable to read. The
number returned as unable to write is $685.
!l5S, or II per cent. of the whole. The percent
age of illiteracy is at it's height in New Mex
leo, where it ranges from 60 to IS per cent.
In Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi
and the Carolinas the percentage is from so to
50 per cent. Iowa is afflicted with only "a
per cent. of illiterates over the age named, and
Nebraska occupies an equally enviable posi-
ton. Only too many white persons are in
cluded in the list of illiterates. Possibly they
are none the less happy and contented because
of ignorance. Solomon seemed to think that
lin much learning there is much SORROW"
Gen. Daniel Tyler died in New York last
Friday night He was born in 1899, and
graduated from West Point in 1919. lie
went to France and studied the methods of
light artillery and on his return his drawings
were adopted by the government. He re-
signed from the army in 1885, re-entered du-
ring the Confederate war, was second in COM
mand at the battle of Bull Run, and during
the war was member of the bureau Of Engi-
neers. He quilted active service in 1864, and