Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-01-18
MERE.MENTION,

NJ Il. Polk, the defaulting State Treasurer
of Tennessee, was captured in Mexico, and
has been returned to the authorities in Nash
vile. '..'''I In Cincinnati, last Friday morning,
John B. Hoffman secreted himself behind
door and fired upon his son, as he was passing
out of the house, killing him instantly. Five
years ago Hoffman killed another son. The
Gar has signed decree dissolving all secret
societies in Russia. ''''' Bird's-eye maple,
which sells for S160 per 1000 feet in England,
is used for firewood in Western North Carroll
ma. The House Elections Committee, last
Thursday, by vote of to &, gave leave to
the contestant in the case of Lee against Rich
ardson from South Carolina, to withdraw his
papers, and the case was dismissed without
prejudice. ''''''The silver spike was driven
last Saturday on the Mexican Pacific Railway
Extension, connecting it with the Southern
Pacific and giving a direct line from San Fran
cisco to New Orleans. A colored physi-
clan in Atlanta, Ga, Las an annual income
of s. 900 from his practice. '''.' Ex-senator
Lot NJ. Morrill,, of Maine, died on Wednesday
of last week. 80. The State debt of Massa-
chusetts is S32, 81 $780,. .... Including those
already elected, fifteen United States Senators
are to be chosen this month. The recent
snow storm was the heaviest in Virginia since
1857. An earthquake is reported to have
occurred on Friday morning, the shcck of
which was plainly felt in Southern Illinois,
extending to Kentucky. 1.-THE postage
stamps sold at the New York postoflice during
theyear just closed, weighed nine tons. Rev.
Hugh Miller Thompson, of New Orleans, has
been elected Assistant Bishop of the diocese OF
Mississippi. Smallpox is epidemic in At
anta, Ga, and in several places in Kentucky
and Virginia. The Secretary of the Treas
ury has authorized the coinage of a new five
cent nickel piece, which will comply with the
existing law more nearly than the five cent
nickel now in use. 1t is a trihe larger and
thinner than the existing COIN. ''''''On the
10th instant, the Circuit Court of Chicago
granted Mrs. George Scoville a bill of divorce
from her husband ''''' During performance
last Saturday ut a circus in Bedischetf, in
Russian Poland, fire broke out in the build
ing, and before the spectators cenld escape
the whole structure was in blaze. Three hun
dred persons perished in the tiames - The
Planters Hotel, in st. Louis, one Of the larg-
est in the city, took fire Sunday morning, and
before the flames could be subdued four per-
sons lost their lives. The building was dam
aged $50, ,000.. 1.-Two hundred houses in
Gran, Hungary, are submerged to the roof.
Great inundations in many parts of Germany
were prevented only by frost. There ap-
pears to be no foundation for the report that
the Princess Louise will spend the winter in
Charleston. She will probably pass through
the city on the way to Bermuda, where she
proposes to avoid the rigor of Canada eli
mate DIR. Mudd, of Maryland, who was
Wilkes Booths physician, is dead. - There
is talk in Washington of an extra session OF
Congress. '''.'.Old John Robinson, the IA
nous Snowman, is dying at his home in Gin
cinnati.