Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02
NERE.NENTION.

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the campaigns of Lees army. Conway,
Arkansas, will not permit even express COM
panies to deliver liquor to citizens of that
town. '''''' There are PIG convicts in the
Georgia penitentiary. ''..' 'Danville, Virgin
ia, is preparing to build the second cotton fac
tory. '..'.'The Mississippi River, below Mem
phis, is thirty miles wide, and great damage
has been done by the flood. .''...The coming
Brazilian coffee crop is stated to be from 500 -
600 to ], ,00O, 900 bags short of the last one. a
Chicago man drank four pints of whisky to
cure the small pox, but it killed the man be-
fore having a chance at the disease. Mr..
Abel Wright placed two or three dozen carp in
pond near Griffin, Ga, three years ago. lie
has sold five hundred dollars worth since, and
thinks he still has million. A Rome,
Ca, man is preparing unique directory. 1t
will contain the name, style, whether brunette
or blonde, address and approximate age of eve
ry young lady in Georgia, who has in her own
name, or as heir-expectant, property to the
amount of $1,000 or upward. "A soldier
lost his hand in firing a salute to Gen. Han
cock, when the latter visited Little Rock,
Ark, the other day OH an inspecting tour.
The General visited the wounded man, deplored
the accident, and promised to provide for
him. .'....The Fisk Colored Jubilee Singers
were denied admission to all of the hotels in
| Washington on Saturday night, and narrowly
escaped having to sleep i'll the streets. But
this was atoned for on Monday by President
| Arthur, who wept copious tears when they
innocently sang in the White House their most
plaintive melody, "Steal Away. "''''''The
total visible supply of cotton for the world,
last Saturday, was 8, 124, 105, of which 2,457,
919 was American, against ,s2G, $50 and 2, ,49l,
096, respectively, last year. The greatest
flood ever known in the Ohio river was Feb
ruary 18th, 1882; the second greatest flood
December 9th, 1S47. The present flood prom
ises to be among the notable ones. The COM
n,erciul says lit is already acalamity. "'''' I'm
mense quantities of crossties are being cut on
the Satilla River, Ga, for Northern railroads
| that are sending out schOOners to carry them
North. .''...President Arthur has made five
hundred and thirty nominations to office since
he became President, thirty-fiye of which were
| from New York. ..'...S Some over-loyal spirit
has been desecrating Cyrus Fields monument
to Major Andre, and the people of Tappan, N.
Y, where the monument is erected, though
not in sympathy with Andre, are mad about
it. The Mississippi State Senate has pass
ed bill appropriating $50, 900 for the encour-
agement of emigratinH to that State, and it is
thought that the bill will pass the House and
become law '.'.''The corner stone for a
new cotton factory was laid in Concord, n. c.,
last Saturday, with religious ceremonies con-
Quoted by the pastor of the Presbyterian
church. ....'.The census shows that in Utah,
in population of 143,963, the Americans
number 80, 969, and the foreigners 43, 994. 1t
is evident from this that Americans are in a
majority in the Mormon Church. ''''' Walter
D. Davidge and J. K Porter, the special gov
ernment counsel in the prosecution of Guiteau,
have each been paid 81, 500 on account. The
Department of Agriculture, after making up
the figures, estimates the total product of
grain and bread-stuffs in the United States
and Territories last year at 2,OG3, ,029,57O BUSH
els, being "a per cent. less than for the year
1880. '''Sergeant Mason, who shot at Gui-
teau, has had rough time, having spent the
100 days since his arrest in filthy, dingy cell,
infested with rats, and the wonder is that it
has not killed him. Under date OF last
Monday horrible story comes from North
ampton county, North Carolina. A white wo-
man murdered her two infants and died from
exposure while digginga grave for them in the
woods