Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-01-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

- The real and persona! property in tn
United States averages twelve hundred dol
lars to every man, woman and child.
- The number of Jews in Jerusalem ha
latterly increased greatly. Twenty years ag
there were comparatively few, now out of
population of $4,000, about 10000 are Jews.
Sir Garnet Wolseley, in letter to MI
Massett, says: "If all the English speakin!
provinces in the world were joined together
in one federation, no Bismarck or king dar
FIRE a shot in any part of the world"
1t is one of the curiosities of the Guitea,
case that the assassin has enriched the famil,
of his victim and almost beggared his unfor
tunate brother rin.law, who, out Of sense o
duty, defends him. I.
- If the English language were divided
into one hundred parts, sixty would be Sax
on, thirty would be Latin, including, OF course
the Latin that has come to use through tht
French, and FIVE parts would be Greek.
Minnesota's board of immigration report
that of a population of S1,793, 267,6S arr
foreign born, and 513,007 are natives. Their,
are 1924 negroes among the icebergs of thu
North Star State, of whom 2,541 were borr
there.
- The census bureau has completed tn.
tables on the wealth of the country. Thi
shows, divided by sections, that the average
wealth per capita is S629.15 in New Eng
land S452.24 in the Middle States $321.0<
in the West; s145.94 in the South, anc
S35959 on the Pacific Slope.
- President Garrett, of the Baltimore anc
Ohio Railway, makes a proposition which
the Inter- Ocean thinks, if accepted, will either
result in an enormous law suit or put an enc
to railway wars. He proposes that each Of
the trunk line railroads put up half a million
dollars to be forfeited by the roads that d.
not stand by their agreements.
"A Virginia politician who has small
hopes of Virginia returning to the Deluocra
cy in 1884, says : "Mahone, an admirable
tactician in politics as in arms, is very strong
and, with the Administration at his back
will be hard to overcome. If every Southern
State had Malone, we would have more
cause to fear the so-called Liberals than We
shall probably ever have"
Florida oranges are now very plentiful
The crop this year is stated to be larger than
ever, and the quality superior. None have
been injured by frost. The Palatka Journal
of October 27, shows that 8,283, 900 are pro.
duced in its district alone, and says: "This is
clearly the bearing year for this section. The
yellow pommes of Florida may substitute in
some degree the usual supply of apples at the
North"
"A Washington letter says: can an
nouncement of considerable interest is au.
thoritatively made with regard to the ap.
pointment of women to Offices. The Presi.
dent has determined to make no such ap-
pointments in the future. This rule will
apply to such offices as postofices, pension
agencies, &C., and will not, of course, have
any bearing on positions in the departments.
President Arthur's reasons as given by one Of
his friends, are that the postoAice department
has given great deal of trouble as the result
of appointing women to office, and that such
appointments have caused good deal Of dis
satisfaction in the party. This rule will affect
a number of postoffices, the pension agency at
Chicago, &c"