Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-08
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shall 60 into effect has been the main sub
ject of controversy in the conference COM
mittee. The House fixed the date January
1854, and the Senate July |, 1888. The
conference committee has decided upon
October l, 1885,
- The excess of tariff and internal reve-
nue. receipts over the necessities of the Gov
ernment for the month of February was
nearly $275,000 daily, OR more than five
cents every day for every man, woman,
and child in the country and yet Congress
has adjourned without affording any sub
stantial relief to the people.
The Mississippi has about done its worst,
and gives signs Of falling. The levees on
the Mississippi side held WE'LL but the new
ones on the Louisiana bank suffered heavi-
ly. 5000 men have been at work night
and day since the beginning of the freshet,
but the river tore its way through in many
places.
At Columbia, Mo-, last Thursday night,
Edward Daley, farmer with large fam
lily, was shot and killed by Mrs. Sarah Par
son for an alleged assault. Daley went
to the house on Thursday night in Mr.. Par
sons absence. When he was near the door
, of Mrs. Parsons room she fired upon him
twice, the last shot killing him instantly.
BY the election of Senator Edmunds as
President of the Senate, he would become
President of the United States in case of
Arthurs death. Mr.. Edmunds is accounted
one Of the best lawyers in the Senate, but ne
has vein of implacable bigot and spite to-
wards the South which detracts very much
from him as man. However, he is honest
and above aboard.
Governor Butler, of Massachusetts,, has
issued fast day proclamation, concluding
as follows: "And do specially eXhort the
ministers of the Gospel Oh that day to feed
their focks with the Divine word, and not
to discourse upon political and other secular
topics which may divert the serious thoughts
of the people from humble worship OF the
Father"
The peanut business is assuming large
proportions. 100000 bushels are raised
in Virginia, 400, 600 bushels in Tennessee,
and 2O0, 1000 bushels in North Carolina. The
total value of the annual yield is estimated
at $2,000,O00, and the question as to wheth-
er this traffic should be protected or not
threatened last year to become a political
issue.
w. H. Pratt, President of the Bank of
Mobile and Vice President of the Mobile
and Montgomery Railroad and prominent
capitalist of Alabama, while attempting to
pass between the cars ola freight train at
the Louisville and Nashville Depot in Birm-
ingham, last Saturday, fell and was run over
bly, mangled.
The business failures for the week end
ing last Friday, as reported to R. G. Dun d
Co., number 274+an increase OF AZ COM
pared with last week. The failures are
distributed as follows: New England States
90, Middle States 3S, Southern States 65,
Western States 80, Pacific States and Terri
tories 13, Canada and the British provinces
So, New York city 10.
Two men, strangers to each other, were
assigned the same sleeping room IN the
st. James Hotel, Atlanta. A. suggested to
B. that they lock their valuables in bureau
drawer, himself putting in $500 check.
B. agreed and put in a gold watch and $75
in money. A. locked the drawer and the
new acquaintances retired to bed. When
B. awOke in the morning A. was gone, and
so were all the Valuables.
- The House of Representatives of the
Maine Legislature has adopted an amend
ment to the capital punishment bill pro-
viding that jury, in rendering verdict
for murder, may recommend the prisoner
to the mercy of the Court; also an amend
ment that the counsel for the prisoner shall
The bill restoring in full the death penalty
was then passed to be engrossed.
-"The factors of st. Louis" have united
to advise southern planters of the cotton
belt to raise food products. They show
that the present price of cotton is 10 per
cent. below the average of the past five
wears, and that corn is 33 and provisions
30 per cent above the average, thus causing
the mere cotton raiser to lose largely in
two ways. The southern planters should
now combine in taking this advice.
- Mr.. Benjamin's retirement from active
practice at the English Bar calls out from
4ba q Sfofp1npnt fhQt
and brilliant success eliminated in his max
ing in his last year the prodigious income
of S125,OOO." 1t adds that when in practice
in the United States he received in one case
"a fee of 1O, 900 guineas )" that in England
he once received fee of 1000 guineas, and
in several recent cases he received 800 guln-
cas-.
Virgins renews his prophecy of the
storm, the hurricane, the tornado, the Hood
and general decentralization of the elements,
which is to occur during the latter part of
the week, and if verified must occur to-
morrow or next day. He says that the
storm will be as great as any that has ever
occurred on earth or can possibly occur, and
that among it's other features there will be
tidal wave in the Gulf of Mexico, as we'll
as in the Bay of Bengal, and on the coast
of Australia.
A woman was the only passenger in a
Montana stage except her baby, whom she
wrapped in her fur cloak, leaving herself
unprotected from the zero temperature.
The driver saw that she was benumbed and
would freeze to death unless aroused to
violent exercise. He dragged her from the
coach and left her by the roadside. "Oh,
nv baby !" she cried. The driver cracked
his whip. The stage flew over the snow
with the woman running after. Inc race
was kept up for near two miles, when the
driver took the mother in again and wrap
ped his coat around her. He had warmed
her blood and saved her life.
Work on the great bridge which is to
connect the cities of New York and Brook
lyn is being pushed with unusal vigor, and
there is now fair prospect that the struc-
ture will be open to the public, at least so
far as foot passengers are concerned, Dy the
Fourth Of July. On the New York span the
carpenters have almost completed their
work, and the carriage road on either side
of the bridge is finished the longitudinal
and cross planks are in position, except IN
one or two places, where few OF the former
have been torn up. The carriage road and
foot walk on both the approaches are ready
for use the ballasting for the road bed of
the railway track is also completed, and
most of the ties are in position.
At the Baptist ministers meeting in
New York on Monday, Rev. Harvey W ood,,
who has recently resigned the pastOrate of
the Baptist Church in LeadVille, Colorado,
which he pronounces "the wickedest town
on earth, "gave some incidents OF life there
He said. HAs to the standard of Christian
ity in T eadyille it is not exalted. For in