Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-05-17
Straps and fatt5.

lust QloQ In CTueroIcN county, oIllO, lS Cltlil-
ed by his friends to have been the oldest
the date of his birth; but he is claimed to
be 125 years of age. He was born in Nir-
ginia.
As a Georgia curiosity the Camilla C2ar-
ion states that "the Evergreen Pond is still
rising, and now covers over two hundred
acres. Although there is no communication
visible with any other water source, yet
this notable pond, it is probable, would con-
tinue to rise for weeks, if not months, with
out any rain. It is doubtless supported by
subterranean streams"
Mr.. Talbot, Ex-Governor of Massachu-
sets, is said to be nursing his wrath against
Mr.. Butler, Governor, to keep it warm.
Recently Mr.. Talbot met Mr.. Butler at
social gathering, where dancing ruled the
hour, and desiring to keep up the converse
eral?' "No," was the quick reply, II
make other people dance"
The business failures throughout the
country for the week ending last Friday as
reported to R. G. Dun & Co.'s Mercantile
Agency number 156, as compared with l52
last week The Western States had 45,
Southern IS, Middle 25, New England 7e,
Pacific States and Territories 10, New York
CITY and Canada 16. But few of the failures
are Of much Importance.
1T is estimated at the postoffice depart
ment that under the recent change in COM
putting the commissions of fourth class
postmasters an expenditure Of about $780,
600 more than that which would have been
necessary under the old law will be neces-
sary to settle the accounts of fourth class
offices up to October 1st, when the two cent
postage law goes into operation.
i Cyl Ts,,k ~
Orleans is preparing to coin 100000 STAN
Democrat says that last year there was such
a demand for the dollar throughout the
Southwest that the supply of the New Or
leans mint was exhausted, and after the is
sue of Sc, 900 had emptied the vaults it
became necessary to draw on the sub treas
ury at Philadelphia for $2,OOO,OOO more.
In the second trial of the action of
James Francis Malloy against James Cor
don Bennett, for libel in charging plaintiff
in the New York Herald with incendiarism
in Edgefeld, S. c.. before Judge Shipman
the United States Circuit Court, in New
York city last Thursday, gave the plaintiff
verdict for $500. On the first trial NAL
10y gota verdict of $4,000, but the case was
appealed, with the results as above.
Governor Mcdaniel was inaugurated at
administered by Chief Justice Jackson. In
his address Governor Mcdaniel outlined his
policy and called upon the people to sus-
tain him by healthy public sentiment in
maintaining the credit of the State and in
the enforcement of all good and wholesome
laws. The Legislature, which assembled
for the occasion, has adjourned.
The returns to the Department of Ag-
riculture at Washington, to Thursday last,
of the progress of cotton planting show
that the work is later than usual in every
State and indicates that on May l, "A per
cent. In Virginia and North Carolina it
was very late. The percentage planted was
in Virginia Is, North Carolina 35, South
Carolina IS, Georgia 7s, Florida 96, Ala
bama SO, Mississippi 80, Louisiana 81, Tex
as Is, Arkansas 72, Tennessee 81.
The last reports from the storm in South
Georgia show that it went over the track
travelled by the cyclones of the past decade.
The killed in Georgia are estimated at 40,
and the injured at 100. The damage done
is estimated at $25O,000. On the little creek
in Coweta county, (Shake's Creek $50,O00
worth of dams were destroyed. Carp and
other fish are floating about the fields by
the thousand, and negroes with seines are
making rich catches.
Two Germans, G.. H. Muller, an under
taker, and William Bachorn, a brewer,
both married men, had duel with broad
swords at Bomanville, a suburb of Chicago
last Friday afternoon, and it is alleg-
ed over the affections of a maiden. Six
carriages containing the principals, seconds,
surgeons and friends proceeded to the rem
devious. The undertaken, who was the
challenging party, was cut rather severely
about the head and cried quit. There were
no arrests.
Last Friday the Governor of Kentucky
pardoned James S. SiZemore, who was sent
to the penitentiary from Clay county in
1880 for six years, charged with murder. 1t
is said that Sizemore made no defence, his
brother, man with large family, being
the real criminal SizemOre voluntarily
took the odium and penalty on himself for
the sake of his brother and his family. His
brother, when dying recently, made de-
claration of his guilt and gave such unmis-
taxable proof of the truth of his confession
that the Governor issued a pardon at once
when the facts were made known to him.
"A New Orleans dispatch of Thursday
says: Last evening at the ferry landing in
Bossier Parish, opposite here, D. G. Hutch
inson, a cattle dealer, deliberately went
to the store of John Belcher and shot a
young man named Lyon. who was stand
ing on the front gallery. Lyon was Bel
cher's clerk. Two balls entered Lyons
left breast. After being shot Lyon stepedin-
to the store, siezed double-barrel gun and
fired on Hutchinson, who was running,
striking him in the thigh. Lyon then fell
on the gallery and expired. The cause of
the trouble is not known. Lyon was from
South Carolina and has been in the neigh
borhood about year.
The commutation Of the death sentence
of Patrick, Delaney by the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland indicates that the suspicion that
his confession was not SO free and voluntary
as the English authorities represented, was
we'll founded. The assertion that no in
ducement was offered Delaney and Cafrey
to confess was emphasized by the Crown
prosecutor in open court. Executive Glenn
ency toward the Irish is rarely ever extend
ed except in pursuance OF some distant
agreement. 1t now looks as if Delaney and
Caffrey were induced to plead guilty in Or
der to faSten the rope around the neck OF
Kelly.
Conflicting advices come from Hayti re-
garding the rebellion in that island. Some
report the cause of the rebels progressing
favorably. Others state the rebel force in
Miragoane on the point of surrendering, the
water supply of the town being cut off.
The true situation seems to be that Mira
goane, which is defended by about 700 reb-
els, holds out against 5000 Government
troops, while the rest of the Republic is
comparatively quiet. Six hundred fugitive
inhabitants of Miragoane have reached
Port-au-Prince on board a Norwegian bark.
They state that the rebels blew up the
bridge at Miragoane with dynamite, Kill
ling two hundred persons and wounding
two hundred more. A boat with four men,
which ran the blockade at Miragoane, has