Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-10-11
Straps and faGts.

Straps and fa&ts.
- The Board of Directors of the Greenville
and Laurens Railroad have held meeting
at Greenville and resolved to begin the
work of construction at once. 1t is expect
time next Spring.
tendent and manager of the Richmond and
Danville Railroad, has resigned, after fifteen
years connection with the road. He is sue
ceeded by Col. A. R. Rives, first vice presi-
dent. The change is owing to the new man.
agement of the road.
- It is curious coincidence that the DEM
ocratic candidate for Governor of Ohio is too
sick to make speeches, and that the Repub-
lican candidate for Governor of Iowa is
threatened with death from epilepsy. A
man who goes into politics ought to have
hard head and tough stomach.
- The latest news from Limestone county,
Tex, is that the war between the cattle men
and the wire fence cutters is still raging.
Two men are known to have been killed.
It is estimated that 900 worth of wire
fencing has been destroyed, and that land
in Limestone has deprecated in value on
that account, nearly s200,000
The drought in New Orleans has dried
up thousands of cisterns, and a system of
flushing the cutters with water from the
water works has been stopped, it is alleged,
for the purpose of allowing the Water
Works Co. to take advantage of the situa-
ton and force people to patronize it. A wa
ter riot is thought to be impending.
- The 53rd semi-annual Conference of the
Mormon Church met in Salt Lake City last
Saturday, the sessions being held both morn
ing and afternoon. The morning session
was addressed by Apostles Taylor, Young
and Grant. The number of Mormons in
attendance was large and the meetings
showed the determination of the church to
stand by polygamy.
New Orleans has escaped this year with
out single case of yellow fever-the first
time in many years, and a fact almost eX-
ceptional, since few sporadic cases are al
ways expected. There is, however, a great
deal of malarial fever in the city and vicini-
ty, probably due to the drought and the
drying up of the water in the sWamps,
bayous, and lagoons. Out of l3S deaths the
past week 16 were of malarial fever.
- The New York Globe (colored organ)
sums up the work of the Louisville conven-
ton as follows "As we 60 to press days
of the convention have been consumed, and
the labors performed are satisfactory us.
Mr.. Douglas brave and incisive speech has
been spoken and sent broadcast over the
land arousing the people to sense of their
duty the republican party has received a
cold-water bath, and President Arthur has
been drowned in the bath-tub."
1t is stated at Richmond, in Malone
circles, that Governor Cameron has contrib
uted 81, 800 to the Coalition campaign fund.
What Malone has himself contributed for
the same object is notstated. 1t is supposed
that all the other leading Mahoneites have
made equally liberal donations for conduct
ing the campaign. Malone has sent out an
address to the people of the State. The State
debt and other dead issues are relied upon
to hold his followers together. Seventy-tive
thousand of these circulars have been sent
broadcast throughout the whole common
wealth.
The Postmaster General decides that the
reduced rate of postage that Wentinto effect
on the 1st instant, applies to domestic mails
On.y, and not to mails for foreign countries );
but becomes the rate of letters to Canada in
consequence of the fact that under the exist
ing postal arrangement between the United
States and that country the domestic rate Of
the country Of origin applies to the interna-
tiOnal letters exchanged between the two
countries with the exception of Canada,
therefore, the rates of postage named in the
foreign postage table of the ''Postal Guide"
for August last continue to apply on and af-
ter October 1st.
A Washington dispatch says that on
last Friday the New Orleans National Bank,
through it's counsel, instituted suit for $780,
600 damages in the District Court against
the Postmaster General on account of the
latter's order of September 18th, forbidding
%ho 10 hn nf
ters and the payment to it of money orders
by reason of its relation with lottery COM
pany. The banks bill of complaint sets
forth that the order contained defamatory
and libelouS matter and was intended to
charge the bank with fraudulent practices
and illegal action in and about transacting
its banking business and to have its custo-
mers believe that it was procuring money
by fraudulent practices.
A Bridgeport, Conn.,, dispatch says that
VIM. Lewis is anxious now to be arrested
and free himself from the odium thrown up
on him by the papers, the detectives and
the verdict of the Coroner's jury, which was
nota verdict of accusation, but one of suspi-
cion. He has said to grand juror Crawford:
81 want the public to know that am inno-
cent, and think cannot do it in any bet
ter way than by standing the fullest trial,
which I want to do" The authorities not
only display no fear that he will run away,
but also no inclination to place him under
arrest. Judge Lockwood denies that he has
been retained to prosecute libel suits against
Rev. DIR. Houghton and against New York
and New Haven papers for statements and
charges made against Lewis.
Prohibition has made its way steadily
and rapidly in Georgia. Ten years ago it
had but little hold. Now the sale of liquor
is prohibited in the whole or part of II coun-
ties, leaving less than half the counties in
the State in which the sale is restricted
The Legislature just dissolved has made
nine of these counties non-liquor counties by
enactment, and provided for elections in
thirty odd more. 1t also passed a bill max
ing it crime to sell liquor to confirmed
drunkard or drunken person, after notice
not to sell has been served by one of his
relatives. Under local option prohibition
has shown unusual strength. 1t has been
beaten notably in only two counties. Its
friends contend that five more years will
see the six larger cities of Georgia the sole
strongholds Of liquor, environed closely
with prohibition suburbs.
just before the fight at Petersburg, Gen
eral B. F. Butler, while out in front of his
lines with his staff, came near being cap
cured by a picket squad of the Seventh South
Carolina Cavalry. Some days afterWard a
member of that regiment was captured by
Buffers men, and by the Generals orders
brought into his tent. Gen. B. asked the
man what would have been done had he
(Butler) been taken by his comrades few
days previous. The man replied that while
he was a prisoner he declined giving any