Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-02-08
MERE.MENTION.

The courthouse at Lafayette, walker cOul-
ty, Ga, was burned last Friday morning.
The records and everything of value were
destroyed. .'...'''',The bored we'll at Meridian,
Mississippi, is $50 feet deep and no water.
1t is thought some 800 or 400 more feet must
be bored. .'..'''''.The Marquis of Lorne's term
of office as governor general Of Canada will
expire next November. Gen. Wolseley is
mentioned as his successor. ''''''''''P Prince
Karl, of Prussia, who died recently at the
age of SO, smoked from eighteen to twenty
cigars each day for the last six years. ''''''''1n
1886 Kentucky produced little over eight
hundred thousand gallons Of whiskey, and
last year over thirty million gallons. 1t
would seem that the internal revenue tax
does not hurt the liquor interests ''''''''''The
extreme western boundary of the United
States is in the island of Attoo, as far beyond
San Francisco as that city is from Maine.
San Francisco is thus only the halfway sta
ton in the journey across the country. ..'"''lt
has been decided to devote two days to the
sesqui-centennial celebration at Savannah,
Ga, Feb. II and 13. One feature will be Il
civil, military, and trades procession. '''"The
date of the coronation Of the Car of Rus
sia has been finally fixed for the 9th Of
next May. Livingston, the cOlOrcd West
Point cadet from Florida, who failed to pass
his examination, has been appointed to a
81, 200 clerkship at Washington. tx
Governor Hendrix has entirely recovered
from his recent illness, and his friends say
that he is looking better than ever. 1t is
also limited that he has one eye on the White
House. '.'''''''The State Legislature of Texas
has passeda bill to create board for equal
i1inrr op1 ossnSsinr r.,i lrpoI and rNlIinp
stock and movable property. This will
affect all the railroads and their cOnnec-
tiOns operated in Texas. .'''''''''The army, in
Guiding officers, cadets and professors, num-
bers 2S,O02 men in active service, with 400
retired officers. ......''.GOv. Buffers message,
according to the Boston Adrertizer, contains
twenty-nine recommendations, eighteen in
situations, five misrepresentation, four rev.
elatons and one promise. .'.'.''There are over
900 blind persons in the State of Arkan-
sas. .'''''''''The question is being discussed in
Illinois to limit the regular sessions of the
Legislature to one in six years. '''A pro-
posed constitutional amendment in favor of
woman suffrage will be voted on by the peo-
pie of Oregon next Tuesday. .'''''''''The Of
tawa Free Press says it cost over S25, 900 to
trip ending at Charleston, and that hotel SER
wants Jared bOunteously in "tips. "'''''''''In
the criminal court of Nashville, last Satur-
day, Judge Quarles, on the petition Of eX-
treasurer Polk, reduced the bail bond OF the
latter to $50, 600. ''''''''' John Henny, who was
sentenced last Friday in the New York
criminal court to imprisonment for life, on
the charge of murder, committed suicide on
Saturday night, by shooting ghimselfthrough
the heart. '''''''':Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and staff,
are, by invitation, visiting New York, the
guests of Col. Austen, of the Thirteenth
New York Regiment. Gen. Lee will re-
view the regiment while in New York. ''''"A
weekly newspaper, printed or rather lithO-
graphed, in the Chinese language, has been
commenced in New York. .'''''''''LOuisiana
has cash balance in the treasury of ST.
152, 900. ...'.'''.Seven Americans were kill
ed last week in Mexico, in a mining camp
row. '.'''''''The third trial Of Neal and Craft,
charged with participating in the murder
of the Gibbons family near Ashland, KY,
began at Grayson, KY, last Tuesday. Gov.
Blackburn has ordered 400 State troops to
Grayson, to remain during the trial. .'""Dis-
astrous floods, by the overflow Of rivers, Oc-
Cured in western Pennsylvania eastern and
northern Ohio and Indiana on Saturday and
Sunday, entailing great loss of life and
property. .'''''''COngress is still debating the
tariff bill. .'''''''" INSTRUMENTATION of the ca
diets in the naval academy at Annapolis is
so serious as to require the suspension of
several, and special committee appointed
by Congress to investigate the cause.