Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-09
MERE.MENTION,

Pearce county, Georgia, is seeking legisla-
tion that will increase the cost Of license to
sell liquor in that county to 1000 per an
mum. ''.'''The gold mining fever has broken
out anew in Georgia, and almost every paper
in the State has something to say about the
yellow metal. '''.. Mexico has another small
sized rebellion on hand, but is quite able to
suppress the malcontents with very little de-
lay. The bottom has dropped out of the
Southern marriage associations, and the stock
holders weep like Rachael for her children and
will not he cOmfOrted. '''.''The iron bridge
of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, over
the Savannah River, above Savannah, has been
completed. 1t is said to be the finest in the
South, and cost 100000. The prohibito-
ry amendment to the constitution of Oregon
was passed by a legislative vote of eighteen
yeas to ten nays. Although the danger of
famine in western Ireland is reported to be
mot imminent" there is much actual suffer-
ing for food, and the winter prospects are
quite the reverse of cheerful 1.-THE Pen
sion Office is busy sending out special examin-
ers. 1t is estimated that last year several mil
lions were taken fraudulently from the Treasu-
ry. '''''GOv. Stephens was inaugurated at
Atlanta last Saturday. There were thir-
teen deaths from yellow fever in Havana last
week. There were 2,079 cases at Pensacola
and 1873 deaths up to Saturday night. ''''P Post
master-G General Howe has completed the eSti-
mates of the post-offce department for the
next fiscal year as follows: Receipts $50, &c.
456, expenses $46, TAI Ill !; excess of receipts
over expenditures $3,929, ,345. ''''.'The Off
cial majority for Stephens in Georgia is g.
357. ''''''The day mail trains, Nos. 81 and So,
on the Airline Railroad, were discontinued
last Saturday. The condition of eX-Gov-
ernor Hendrix, of Indiana, is reported to be
improving :Solteldo, the Washington jour-
nalist accused of killing his brother while
shooting at a newspaper man in Washington,
has been acquitted Elections were held
in thirty y-three States last Tuesday, either for
State officers and Congressman, or for the lat
ter only. The Kentucky Penitentiary has
1000 convicts at work-half inside the institu-
tion, and half constructing railroads ''Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee is expected to review the Thr-
teenth New York regiment at Brooklyn dur
ing Christmas week.
GUITEAU'S SKIN AND BONE.-John Gui-
teau was in Washington few days ago, says
a late Washington letter, and acted very mys-
teriously seeming to have something serious
on his mind The Rev. Mr.. Hicks and he had
several consultations. Then he was seen
around the Medical Museum making inquiries
as to his brothers remains. 1t is understood
that he wished to get possession of the assas-
sins skeleton. Mr.. Hicks maintained his
right under the will and there was some warm
talk about litigation. DR.. Shafthirt, the anat-
omist at the Museum, who had been intrusted
with the remains anticipated some trouble of
this kind and articulated the skeleton. After
receiving the body he placed it in a large bar
rel containing bicarbonate of soda and alco-
hol. The head, which had previously been
removed, was placed in another vessel and
was treated in the same way. In few days
the body was taken out and skinned, the skin
being placed in a jar for preservation. The
head was similarly treated. The bones were
unjointed and the flesh removed in the usual
manner. The remains are now on trays in
DR.. Shafthirt's room at the museum. One
tray contains the scapular cavicles, humerus,
ulva, radius, femur and the other large bones.
Another contains the vertabr9, ribs, and coc-
cyx, and third the smaller bones Of the hands
and feet wrapped up in paper. The lower jaw
is also on tray. Five teeth remain, one mo-
lar having an extensive gold filling. There is
no truth in the story that eskull was stolen.
The upper portion, with the skin of the face
attached is in a large jar. In the same closet
are portions of flesh and vertabra taken from
Gartield's body at the time of the autopsy at
Elberon. The clothes that GUiteau wore on
the day of the execution, are also there, to-
gether with an ornament of the coffin in which
he was buried in the jail corridor. The Medi-
cal Museum has no legal claim over the re-
mains, yet should there be litigation, Mr..
Hicks will probably turn them over formally.
The bones will not be articulated until all the
points at issue are settled. DR.. Shafthirt looks
upon the skull and skin as his own private
property A number Of showmen are still
anxious to get some portion of Guiteau for
exhibition. The skin of the face can be made
to assume the appearance it had shortly after
death, and it is not at all unlikely, if satisfac-
tory arrangements with the relatives and
Hicks are not speedily made, a fair represen-
tation of Guiteau, with his skull and skin,
may be travelling around the country.
How CALoMEL SALIvATEs.-On Monday