Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-04-26
Straps and facts.

-CharleS IL. WllllalnS, postmaster dG VA
cooche, Ga., was appointed to the office
which he now holds in 1880. He boasts
that he has with his own hand, made out
every quarterly return from lo3O up tC
March 81, 1888.
-Gonzoles, President of Mexico, has is.
sued decree declaring that the new pos
tai code will 90 into operation on January
1st, 1884. The new regulations embody
the best features of the American and Eng
lish systems. They reduce inland postage
and entirely reform the postal system.
There are few of the Northern States
in which labor strikes are not occurring. In
some, the strikes are orderly, while in 9TH
ers they have have been accompanied by
riotous demonstrations and bloodshed. The
strike is an institution that has not made
any progress thus far in the South.
1t comes from Commissioner Raum's
Office that concerted and general raid will
be made in the Southern States within the
next two months, for the overthrow of IL
licit distilleries and capture of moonshin.
ers. The government is in possession OF
information that will lead to the capture
of a number of unlawful stills.
The business failures for the week end
ing last Friday, reported to R. G. Dunn
& Co.'s Mercantile Agency number 700
against 189 for the previous week. The
New England States had %, Middle States
81, Western 81, Suuthern "A, Pacific States
and Territories 20, Canada IA, and New
York City 10.
In the course Of his temperance lecture
in New York, last Sunday, the veteran Dan
Rice advised any one in the audience who
it their last. "I have said the same thing
to many distinguished men," he added
land among them Zach Chandler. Zach, {,
said I, make this your last drink And
he did, for he was dead before day break y
A movement is on foot to enforce that ar
ticle in the constitution of Arkansas which
provides that no person who denies the be.
ing of God shall hold any office in the
civil departments of the State nor be COM
petent to testify as a witness in any court
Mayor Foster, of TeXarkana, is an atheist,
and that being the case, it is claimed that
he has no title to his Office.
A New Orleans dispatch says that F. G.
Mack, who about four weeks ago, at Nor
gan City, attempted to pass one of the new
nickels which had been plated as a S. gold
piece, was convicted on Tuesday in the Uni
ted States Court, the jury stongly recon-
mending him to mercy. Judge Billings
yesterday sentenced Mack to one year at
IldTu 1dUOI LII UuO SuSSGC13 Lily pOhlVShcAeSAJ
and fine of 81 ,OOO.s
1t is probable that the coronation of the
Car will be postponed until the 10th OF
June. The latest proclamation issued by
the Nihilists merely refers to the Car in a
scornful way and says he is beneath crltl-
cism. Well informed persons in Russia ex-
press the opinion that no danger is to be
feared to the Car at the Coronation, with
exception, perhaps of an act of an isolated
fanatic, and even that they think is un-
likely.
The LeMore Brothers were French Ma
kers of gray cloth. The New Orleans branch
house supplied the Confederate army. AT
ter Butler captured New Orleans they con-
tinued to send gray cloth to the Confederates.
For this he arrested and punished them
without trial. A ball and chain was put
on one. They brought claim of repara-
ton before the Franco-American claims
commission, which has awarded $40, 600 to
the one who wore the ball and chain and
$4,000 to the other.
This years flood on the Mississippi has
been followed by sWarms of gnatS in the rlv-
er parishes of Louisiana and Mississippi, in
the same manner as the overflow OF last
year, and cattle, horses and mules are fall
ing before their deadly attacks. The Vicks-
burg Herald reports that in the neighbor-
hood of Mound Landing, in Bolivar county,
Miss, forty-seven fine mules fell victims to
these dreadful pests on Thursday and Fri
day of the first week in April. Several coun-
ties above ViSksburg have been invaded by
the gnats.
"A Washington dispatch Of Friday says:
When IT. B. Keogh succeeded Robert M.
Douglas in the Office of United States Mar
shal for the Western District of North Car
olina Douglas refused to turn over to his
successor certain official records, alledging
that they were necessary to a settlement OF
his accounts with the Department OfJustice.
Hereupon the Attorney General directed
the United States Attorney for that dis
trict to make an effort to have Douglas in
dicted OH a charge of abstracting govern
ment property. The presiding Judge of the
Court is the father-in-law of Douglas. An
attempt is being made to bring about
settlement of the difficulty.
The authorities of Rhode Island have
published volume on the state of Rhode
cheerful or encouraging, although the re-
port begins with an allusion to abundant
evidence for congratulation," and contains
the general remarks of the usual kind, such
as this; "It is at the fireside that the bud
ding intellect of every child begins to un-
fold and expand" The report mentions
for the whole of Rhode Island but % free
public libraries, with only 1874 volumes.
But far worse is the statement that out OF
81, S32 children between the ages of five and
fifteen, 1885 did not attend any school at
all, and that the public schools had but 3d.
O95 attendants.
To newspaper reporter Mr.. Tilden
made the statement last week that he was
not figuring or in any way bothering himself
about party politics, either on his own or
any other mans account. His only desire,
he said was "to be left alone" He keeps
al co,rant regarding the the political world
by reading the papers and by communion
with a pleasant circle of friends. Although
not candidate for any position within the
gift of the party, Mr.. Tilden is by no means
Indifferent to its future, He considers the
chances for the success of the National DEM
Ocratic party in 1884 as of the brightest
character, as things look to-day, and he
hopes for the best. In answer to the ques-
ton, "Who, in yo'r judgment, is the
most available man for the Presidential
nomination." the old statesman cooked
his eye and looking very wisely at the
newspaper man, remarked: THAT is
matter that has not yet developed"
Postmaster General Gresham is proving
himself the right man in the right place.
In making postoffce appointments in Mis-,
sissippi, the other day, he recommended
that the recommendation of eX-Congress-
man Chalmers shall be given no greater
weight than may be properly attached to
them as accommodations from a private citi-
zen. An order was issued on the same day
to appoint Samuel Grigg to thousand dol
lar clerkship in the Postoffice Department.
Grigg was endorsed by a member of Con-
gress from Iowa. When that gentleman
applied to take the oath of office, he was