Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-08-17
MERE.MENTION.

From one railroad station in Bibb county,
Ga, $4,000 worth of water melons have been
shipped this year. '''... Alaska remains with
no Territorial government and with really no
civil government at all. The two bills provi-
ding for the government failed Of passage,
and chaos must reign in the big Territory un-
til the next session of Congress. Mr..
Kelly, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House
committe on Ways and Means, thinks that
the revenue this year will amount to $400, ,000,-
900, and that there will be a surplus of $780,
900, ,000. '...''It is calculated that the splen-
did grain crops of the South will save this Sec
tion S100,000,0O0 hitherto diverted North
ward. '''.'' The Independent Congressional as
pirants in the State Of Georgia claim to be
Democrats. ''.'There is drouth in New
England and farmers are alternately grumbling
and praying for rain. '''''F Five cars of new
corn, we'll matureGa and in good condition,
shipped from Waco, Texas, was sold in st.
Louis last Saturday. 1.-THE great iron strike
has lasted two months and the strikers have
lost about 81, 100000 in wages in the Pittsburg
district alone. About twenty establishments
whose workmen went into the strike have re-
sumed operations. '.'.''Mr. w. NJ. Wadley,
the president c. the Georgia Central Railroad,
dropped dead IN he streets of Saratoga last
Thursday. lie was IS years old. ''''Col.
Victor G. Barringer, the Judge for the United
States of the international court at Alexan-
dria, Egypt, had his house and all it contained
burned by the mob. His loss is $4,000. He
was in Venice at the time his house was de-
stroyed .'''''A German official newspaper
states that Germany will neither aid nor him
der England in Egypt. The County In
sane Asylum in Lancaster, Pa, was Destroy
ed by fire last Sunday. Loss $4,000. The
inmates, III in number, were all saved after
great exertions. .''''''Twelve business houses
We're destroyed by fire at Grant City, Missou-
ri, last Saturday night. '''''' Governor Col
quit has appointed the 3lst instant as day
of thanksgiving in Georgia. The Camp
bell boys, band of desperadoes, Of Caldwell
county, Kentucky, were killed by a mob last
Saturday night. '.''''A A fire saved the lives
of three men at Taylorsville, ILL.,, who were
about to be lynched Oh Saturday. Most of
the crowd went to see fire and the prisoners
were taken back to the Jail. Gov. Crit
tendon, of Missouri, has pardoned VIM. Il.
Heath who was sentenced about three years
ago to ten years in the penitentiary for embez-
zling some $40, 900 of public money while he
was city auditor of st. Louis Statisti-
clans of Texas say the corn crop this year will
amount to 100000 bushels. This is six
times greater than ever before. lin the
election of President in 1884, there will be All
electoral votes. Prepare yourground we'll
and SOW plenty of turnips. The pension
bureau has grown to be such colossal insti-
tuition that it requires an addition of 500
clerks. The curious fact is recorded that
a Democratic Legislature first enacted Prohi-
bition in Maine and in Vermont, and that a
Democratic Supreme Court, Judge Taney pre-
siding, declared sIIeT sIIeT legislation constitu-
tional. '.'''. Boston and Philadelphia have
passed laws prohibiting the sale of toy-pistols.
Their use on and about the Fourth of July
killed by lockjaw or mutilated POO American
boys. Besides opening many graves, eyes
were blinded, fingers amputated and hands
lamed for life. .'' Harvesting in the West is al
ready we'll advanced, and everything points to
prosperity and abundance. But will the poor
mans loaf be any cheaper for it
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