Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-02-16
Straps and fafts.

no one Tor MS act.
The Territory of Dakota, the southern
half of which is knocking at the door for ad-
mission as State is larger than Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York,
Delaware, and West Virginia combined.
The Philadelphia Times observes ''The
people who insist that we ought to thrash
Chill, subjugate Mexico, annex Canada, set
Ireland free and capture the north pole, dead
or alive, might do well to remember that this
country already is good deal bigger than its
statesmen"
There is awealthy brewer i'll Montreal who
built a church, and inscribed on it: This
church was erected by Thomas Motion, at his
sole expense. Hebrews, Xxx. chapter" Some
of the McGill College wags altered the lnscrlp-
tion SO as to make it read : ''This church was
erected by Thomas Nelson at his SOULS eX-
pense. He brews Xxx"
- At meeting of the Book committee OF
the Northern Methodist Church, in Cincnna-
ii last Friday, Widen & Stone, of that city,
were empowered to make arrangements at
Atlanta for the sale of the books there. 1t
was decided to discontinue the Methodist 4d-
rocate at Atlanta if its income and subsidy
should fail in any one quarter to pay expenses.
The sum of $4,000 was apportioned for the
salary or the DlSnOpS InlS year.
- In Nashville last week occurred an III
stance of expeditions punishment of thief.
A farmer was robbed of several hundred dol
dars in the morning the thief was apprehend-
ed at noon, indicted by the grand jury, and at
3 O'Clock in the afternoon had been tried and
convicted in the Criminal court, and sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary. Such sum
mary punishment more frequently inflicted
would exercise beneficial effect OH the Grim
inally inclined.
The forest fires in Michigan burned out
3,075 families and 1895 persons, and the TO-
tai value of the property destroyed by them
was 81, PSF ,565. 1t is estimated that Sl,OOO,-
GOO has been contributed to the relief of these
people. But they were poor, and 1t will take
at least half million more to carry them
through. The State Legislature is to be con-
vened to see what can be done for them.
rich State like Michigan ought to be abundant,
ly able to meet such adraft as this.
A Dallas, Texas, dispatch of Saturday says
the Trinidad river is higher than since 1866.
Large amounts of lumber, small houses, drift
wood and considerable dead stock are floating
down. Trains on the Missouri, Pacific, Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe, Texas Trunk, and
Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Rail
roads have been abandoned during the past
few days. 1t is apprehended that reports OF
great damage will come in when the storm
subsidies
1t is estimated that the entire expense Of
Guiteau's crime from the time he fired the
shot to the hour of his execution will amount
to S25O.0O0. The trial will cost S35, 900. The
youth who fired the temple of Diana at Ephe
Sus had immense capacity for mischief, but
none, so far as we know, for good. Guiteau
could destroy precious life and cause an ex
penditure of quarter of million of dollars
but could not or would not earn enough tx
pay his board bills The productive classes OF
society have to earn large surplus to pay fol
the support and the mischief of the worthless
- The conference of members of the House
of Representatives opposed to the Iarrlf
Commission bill and to the extension OF Ma
tional bank charters, was held in the Capitol
at Washington last Saturday. About forty
were present, principally Southern Democrat:
and Greenbackers. Judge Reagan, of Texas
presided. After free interchange of views
resolutions were adopted looking to the prepa
ration of bills in opposition to pending meas
ures which have been reported from the Ways
and Means and Banking and Currency Com
mittee, on these subjects.
Gen. Walter Gwynn died in Baltimore OF
the 5th instant. He is said to have been thu
oldest living graduate of West Point. 11t
was distinguished civil engineer. lie went
from one large work to another, and was con
nected with all the engineering improvement:
in Virginia and North and South Carolina
At the breaking out of the war lie was ap
pointed Brigadier General and Chief of the
Engineer Corps. of the Confederate army. HI
has lived in Baltimore for five years past
He was born in Virginia in 1902, and wa:
graduated at West Point in 1922
"A bill has been introduced in tile Massa
chusetts Legislature for the protection OF pas
sengers on railway trains in case of accidents
1t provides that every railroad corporation
operating railway in that State shall cause
each passenger coach, drawing-rOom or sleep.
ing car, express, mail and baggage car in use
on it's road to be furnished with axes, pinch
bars, hand-saws and pals of serviceable form
and size, and maintained in good condition
for use one set to be kept inside the Car and
another set outside, in such position as may
be approved by the Board of Railroad Com
miSSiOnerS.
No little excitement was created in At.
lanta. Ga, last Friday by an assault made up.
on Editor Dewitt, of the POSt-Appeal, by
Hoke Smith, young lawyer of Atlanta.
About noon Smith entered the Post-Appe0l
editorial rooms and demanded an apology fo1
a sensational article published about him the
day before. Dewitt declined to apologize or
retract, when Smith struck him, knocking him
down. Before Dewitt could resent the blow,
Smiths friends hurried him from the office.
The assault has created great excitement and
blood is expected. The article which caused
the assault accused Smith of betraying and de-
serting woman who is now in Denver, COL
The warden of the Washington city prison
said the other day, to correspondent :"Gui-
teau has become as docile as lamb does not
insist upon having his own way as he did dur
ing the trial, and does what he is ordered to
do without murmur. He has lost his accus-
toned bravado, and does not become so excl
ted when in conversation GLOW does lie
seem to appreciate his situation 20 was asked.
The warden replied 81 do not think that any
man under sentence of death ever more fully
appreciated his condition than Guiteau. He
has become greatly depressed in spirits, and
shows it, and there is not sign of insanity in
his conversation or actions; III fact his con-
duct is entirely different since he was sen.
fenced. lie still hopes that something may be
done in the court in banc, but l really think
he is fast losing hope"
Under the heading, "a Southern Future
the New Haven, Conn, Pallddium truthfully
remarks Why should not our New England
youth turn their longing eyes from the far
West to the nearer South All they hope to
gain among the mountains of Colorado or in
the valleys of the Pacific coast is to be had at
less cost of time, money and labor in the Pied
mont regions of the South, with none of the
deprivations and hardships that every Western
settler must encounter. The future of Dixie
is full of promise, in which all our youth,
skilled in mechanics, i'll agriculture, or in other
useful avocatiOns, may participate if they will.
For many years the tide of emigration from
New England has set toward the West and