Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-09
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murder. were hanged at Fort Grant, Friday.
They stepped upon the scaffold laughing, shook
hands with all on the platform and said they
were going to meet their friends.
In the "Black Hole" of Chicago there are
500 drinking saloons and 5000 abandoned wo-
men. According to the picture drawn by the
Ipter-Ocean the ''Black Hole'' is the wickedest
and most depraved den of vice now known
within the whole range of the worlds civillza-
tiOn.
The Supreme Court of the State Of Indiana,
has decided that dog is not property, and
cannot be stolen. Judge Worden in making
this ruling, added: 'sDogs are taxed, not be-
cause Of their value, but as police regulation,
and to discourage the propagation OF the spe-
cies.''
Mississippi is to have her first national bank
at Columbus. Out of the 2, 600 national banks
in the United States, Mississippi has never yet
had one That State also wants railroads
The Legislature has passed law exemptmg
all that may be constructed from taxation for
period of twenty years, and grants charters
to all that want them.
The common belief even among eminent
medical men is that typhoid fever arises from
bad drainage and the escape of "seWer gas"
According to professor Tyndall this belief is
wholly erroneous. The disease he holds, is as
much the result of the introduction OF speclhc
germ into the human system as the growth OF
a crop of wheat is the result of sowing wheat
under given conditions.
The veteran claimant, Mrs. Myra Clarke
Gaines, has just won another victory. The
House committee on private claims has decl-
ded that she is entitled to confirmation OF IT,
tie of 3S 447 acres of land in the State of FlOrl-
da. The claim is based upon grants OF land
made by the Spanish acknowledgement OF
Florida in 1903 to Thomas Urquhart and John
Lynch, and parts of which were afterwards
conveyed to Daniel Clarke, Mrs. Gaines father.
With the advent of railroads and telegraphs
Mexico is progressing in the scale OF clvlllza-
tion and modern convenenceS. Within the
past week a branch of the Federal loan and
banking office has been established in OaXaca
much to the eradication OF the citizens. Gov
ernor Diaz has granted a concession for light
ing the streets of Oaxaca. He has also ap-
pointed a committee to inspect the public
school system.
- In his eulogy of Garfield, Blaine extolled
rather highly the military career of the late
President for which he is sharply criticised by
many of the Republican journals. His refer
ence to Chcamauga has aroused the old SOL
diers, who deny that the Federal army suffer-
ed defeat there. The Cincinnati Gdzette'S
military editor declares that ''there was no
reason why Gen. Garfield should be promoted
for that affair and Gen. RoSencrans relieved
of his command for the same"
- There were twelve votes against the con-
frmation of Conkling as Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court. Four of the dozen came
from Republicans. Mr.. Sherman was paired,
or he would have voted against confirmation.
Both the South Carolina Senators opposed con-
frmation and they were in company with
Bayard, Beck, Johnston, Jones, Pugh, George
and Camden. Mr.. Vest, another opponent OF
confirmation, was paired, and MesSrS. Sauls-
bury. Vance, and Slater, were also prevented
by pairs from voting in the negative. Mr..
Call, of Florida, and Mr.. Groome, of Mary
land, are said to have been present and to have
refrained from voting.
"A new York letter says Merchants hav-
ing business connections with the Southwest
continue to complain of the difficulty in collect
ing their debts, and almost every letter from
their correspondents speaks of the scarcity OF
money and the dullness of trade. The situa-
tion, discouragng enough before, has been ag-
gravated by the frequency of commercial sus-
pensions, and by losses and embarraSSmentS
entailed by the recent disastrous freShetS.
The South Atlantic States have been more
fortunate, and from that quarter not only is
there no complaint of backward trade, but
people are promptly paying their indebted
ness"
A Washington dispatch of Saturday says
the judge acknowledgement has concluded the
consideration of the proceedings of the court
martial in the case of Lieut.. Flpper, and will
submit his report to the secretary of war in
day or two. 1t is known that the sentence of
the Court was that Flipper be dismissed 1t
is understood that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Swain, in his review of the case, recommends,
in view of certain mitigating circumstances
attending the offence, that a less serious pun
ishment be imposed. The general impression
is that the President and secretary of war
take the same view of the case and will mti-
gate the sentence.
Andrew Jackson's birthday, the 18th in
slant, will be celebrated at Chicago by grand
banquet to be given by the Iroquols Club at
the Palmer House. Many distinguished Dem
ocrats have been invited to be present. Sem
ator Lamar, Col. w. T. Villas of Wisconsin,
w. G. P. Breckenridge of Kentucky, eX-GOv-
ernor Palmer, Thomas A. Hendricks Gen.
Black, Frank Hurd of Ohio, Senator Pen
dleton, ex-senator Thurman, Jere Black and
Henry Watterson have accepted invitations.
Frank Hurd will speak on free trade. Letters
to be read have been received from eX-Gover-
nor Seymour, Samuel j. Tilden and Senator
Bayard. The occasion will be of considerable
political significance.
The grand jury of the criminal court of
Washington have indicted Samuel G. Cabell,
John N. Minnix and Charles H. Dickson, for
conspiracy to defraud the Government of the
United States by means of fraudulent bids for
3,190 post routes located in North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, Ken
tucky Tennessee, Florida, Alabama and Mis-
SiSSippi, and corruptly combining to obtain
contracts for sale by means of bogus sureties-
Cabell being the principal, and Minnix and
Dickson bondsmen. They further indict Min
nix and Dickson for perjury in falsely swear
ing that each owned two hundred and fifty
acres of unimproved coal land in Morgan
county, KY, valued at $780, 600.
The Washington Star says: ''There is
considerable speculation as to the findings of
the court martial in the case of Sergeant John
A. Mason, of Battery B, Second Artillery,
charged with shooting at Guiteau, which con-
cluded it's laborS at the Washington Barracks
on Thursday. There is an impression that the
Court has acquitted the prisoner, on the
ground that Mason had not actually entered
on duty at the time, nor did he fire at Gul-
teau, for at the time, admitting that Guiteau
was at the window, he could not be seen from
the point whence Mason fired. 1t is generally
believed that even if the prisoner has not been
acquitted the punishment is not severe, and
that at most he will not be confined long. He
will probably be discharged from the army,
with the loss of pay and emoluments."
Gov Hoyt, of Wyoming Territory, in his
message to the Legislature, has this to say of
the peculiar feature of that Territory, woman
suffrage: Elsewhere, objectors persist in
calling this honorable statute of ours an Eek
pertinent We know that it is not-that I'M
der it we have better laws, better officers, bet
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