Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-08-16
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-Dr. i. CalnOuQ, naClVe OF ADDeVllle,
but recently citizen of Shreveport, La,
died of typhoid fever in that city on the
Sd instant.
jefferson Davis and Judge Jere Black are
engaged in an animated and bitter contro-
versy over questions regarding Buchanan's
administration.
The extra session of the Pennsylvania
Legislature has cost S1S0, 900, and has result
ed in the passage of one apportionment bill,
which is severely criticised.
"A farmer named Joe Fulford was lynch,
ed by citizens of Miller county, Ga., last
Saturday for the murder of his wife, in
which he was aided by two negroes.
= The deaths from cholera in Egypt to the
10th instant have been 16, ,448, of which
1856 persons died in Cairo. There is an
unconirmed report of a carbuncular plague
at Damietta.
- A hard time is in store for the big Or
gans and hired choirs in Scotland. Eigh-
teen thousand members of the Scottish
churches and congregations have signed a
petition to the Free Church General Associ-
alton against having instrumental music
in public worship.
Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky, has
sent out circular letter to Governors OF
States, asking them to appoint delegates to
a convention to be held in Louisville on the
10Th, Goth, and 2lst of September, to consid-
er the question. of popular education in the
South. One Of the topics to be discussed IS
"Federal Aid"
R. G. Dunn & Co. report 1S2 business
failures throughout the United States and
Canada during the seven days ending last
Friday-the same number as the preceding
week. The New England States had %,
Middle States 80, Western 50, Southern %,
Pacifice 16, New York City 13 and Canada
and the Provinces II.
- destructive fire occurred in Danville,
Va, last Thursday morning. Two cotton
factories, one of which was Gerst Brothers,
three tobacco warehouses and several stores
were entirely consumed. The insurance
will fall considerably short of covering the
losses.
While the telegraph strikers still stand
out and maintain their independence, the
telegraph company contends with equal as
surance that the lines are fully manned.
and that all business is promptly forwarded,
There are evident signs that the strikers at
various points are weakening. All the old
operators at Charleston have resumed work,
and the same is true of other cities. The
subject of the strike is undergoing investi-
cation by the subcommittee of the United
States Senate committee on labor and edu-
cation.
A heavy rain storm prevailed at, Lin
coin, Nebraska last Sunday. Three boys
named Robert Miller and William Miller,
brothers, and Ernest Smith, who had ta-
ken refuge under tree, were struck and in
stantly killed by lightning. Several houses
were struck and four persons were injured.
The telephone exchange was set on fire
but the flames which were eXtinguished be-
fore much damage was done.
The general election in Utah passed off
quietly on the 9th instant, but little interest
being taken in it. The Mormon ticket was
elected in each district throughout the ter
ritory with the exception of Summit county,
refrained from voting. The large majority
of the Mormons would, it was known, vote
solidlyas directed by their church, and this
fact deprived the election of any element of
contest.
- The Charlotte, n. C. Observer says: "At
last something like a movement for good
roads has been made in CabarruS county.
At the meeting of the board of commission
ers in Concord last Monday, the new road
law, requiring the roads to be worked by
taxation, was adopted, the levy for the
purpose being eight cents on the one hun
dred dollars worth of property and twenty
four cents on the poll. This indicates that
Cabarrus is really getting out of the old rut
and making start for good roads,"
One month ago last Saturday, the trial
which came in collision with the steamer
John Loomis, July 18th, 1882, by which Gs
lives were lost, was commenced in the Uni
ted States Circuit Court at Parkersburg,
West Virginia. On Tuesday of last week
it was given to the jury, and on Saturday
last, the jury was discharged without agree
ing Eleven stubborn men are said to have
caused the disagreement.
- Special reports to last Saturday to the
Savannah Ners, from forty-ive counties in
Georgia and Florida, upon the condition of
the cotton crop, state that the drought is
generally broken and the outlook is bright
er. There is some fear of rust and damage
by worms and caterpillars in some coun-
than in Georgia, owing to more frequent
rain. Caterpillars are numerous. In the
latter State picking has begun to a limited
extent. Labor is generally in good supply.
- The Ohio Liquor Dealers Protective
Association met in convention at Toledo
last Thursday, eighty delegates being pres
ent. William Back, Chairman of the AS
ISOLATION, was chosen President, w. j..
Moore, Secretary of the Association, was
made Secretary of the Convention. The
Chairman then stated that the object of the
meeting was to organize for the fall politi-
cal campaign and to take into consideration
all other questions of interest. Obnoxious
laws, he said, passed by the Republican
Legislature had caused great disaffection
in the Republican ranks, as was shown in
the last two elections. He thought that
their hopes rested with the Democrats and
their success. A series of resolutions was
adopted celebrating the views expressed by
the Chairman in his opening speech.
VIM. Henry Ostrander was hanged at
Utica, n. Y, at 1890 o'clock last Friday
morning, for the murder of his brother,
George Lyman Ostrander, on December
26th, 1880, near West Camden. When upon
the scaffold he said he did not want any
one to pray for him. Prayer was offered,
however, after which Ostrander spoke for
three or four minutes in a rambling man.
ner, asserting his innocence, saying that he
had not fair trial and denouncing the peo-
pie of the county for hanging him. He was
frequently profane and obscene, and ended
in saying, with an oath, "But as to hanging
me, you can do it. Life is of no good to
me-" He was pronounced dead in twelve
minutes. His neck was not broken by the
fall. Before the execution he told his spirit
ual adviser that he did not forgive his rela-
tives and would not ask God to forgive him.
The exercises of the reunion at Wilson's
battle ground, ten miles from Springfield,
Mo-, took place last Saturday, from II 600
to 10000 people being present. Lieutenant
Governor Campbell acting Governor OF
Missouri, delivered an address of welcome,
which was responded to by Governor Berry
of Arkansas. Colonel Merritt of Iowa and
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