Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-05-18
MERE.MENTION.

A revolution is threatened in Egypt, the
khedive's political household being divided
against itself. An Indignation meeting
was held at Tombstone, Arizona, on the 10th,
and resolutions denouncing President Arthur's
Cowboy proclamation were ordered to be sent
to the President and to Congress. 1.-THE
Illinois Republican Convention will meet on
the 2Sth of June ......Three dealers in lottery
tickets were arrested in Washington the other
day.. 1.-THE colored circles of Boston are
agitated over the alleged refusal of the Revere
House, in that city, to entertain Robt. Smalls,
of South Carolina, on account OF his color.
The excuse was made that the house was full,
and he went elsewhere. The funeral OF
the late Col. Edward B. White, an ex-Confed-
crate officer, who was native of Charleston,
and a graduate of West Point, took place in
New York last Friday. George A. Hew-
lett, formerly of New Orleans, has been con-
victed in the New York city Court OF General
Sessions of bigamy, and sentenced to the State
prison for the term of fifteen months. 80 Ar
guments were begun before the House COM
mittee on elections last Saturday in the case OF
Lee VS.. Richardson, from the First Dlstrlct
of South Carolina. An attempt was mace
last Friday night to blow up the mansion OF
the Lord Mayor of London by the intended eX-
plosion of a can of blasting powder. ''... Only
ninety miles of track-laying remains to be
done in Texas in order to make a through
railway connection between San Francisco
and New Orleans. '..'''On Friday last the
United States Fish Commissioner shipped
from Washington 300, young shad for the
streams in South Carolina. ......The associa-
ted banks of New York now hold over SS,OO0,-
600 in excess of legal requirements. The
British Government has offered reward OF
$500 for information leading to the arrest OF
any one harboring the assassins OF Lord CAV
endish and Mr.. Burke. Senator Hill. who
is now at Eureka Springs, Ark, is reported as
very low. ....Peter Cooper, has issued his
campaign document for the Presidency in
1884. He is opposed to National banks. 49, The
report of the Congressional district committee
of the Massachusetts, Legislature leaves eight
Congressional districts unchanged, but makes
five out of the othel four districts, four OF
which will be Republican and one Democrat
ic. ...... Hon. A. H. Stephens fell and painful
ly sprained his ankle while ascending the Cap
itol steps the other day.. The Supreme
Court of Louisiana has nulliied the order OF
District Judge Munroe committing to jail for
ten days the publishers of the MaScotte news
paper in New Orleans The Supreme Court
holds the incarceration to be in violation OF
the bill of rights in the State constitution.
Seven days of the sentence had already been
served. A suit for false imprisonment is
threatened. '.''''Nine leading Independent
Democrats met in Atlanta, last Monday, and
issued an address to the people of Georgia, in
definitely postponing the mass meeting called
for June l, and urging the party to support the
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens for Governor. :.'' VIM.
E. Jackson, president of the Augusta Factory,
and also president of the First National Bank
of Augusta, died Monday morning from pa
ralysiS Of the brain. He was one OF the most
prominent and successful business men in
Georgia. ..The case of Ex-Governor Frank
lin J: Moses, in the New York City Court of
General Sessions, is peremptorily set down for
trial to-day. The decision upon the Gui-
teau exceptions will be rendered by the Dis
trict Supreme Court next Monday, and it
will be unanimous one. There is no longer
any doubt that it will overrule II exceptions,
and, consequently, affirm the sentence of the
Court below