Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-31

war.
Senator Buffers resolution to allow each
Senator clerk at Sc day was agreed to on
Thursday. 1t adds 1886 to the daily eX-
penses of the body, all of the Senators but
81 having had clerks before by virtue of
being chairnnen of committees.
THE Virginia Democrats have now Sc
cured two thirds majority in both houses
of the Legislature, a contested case having
been decided in favor Of the Democrat.
This gives the Democrats the power to pass
measures over a veto.
Two gypsies, man and his wife, named
Mcmillan, were found dead in their tent
near Huntsville, Alabama, last Friday
on their bodies. The man had s., 800 on his
person. The affair is involved in mystery.
- Efforts are now being made in Georgia
to modify the Railroad Commission Act of
that State. 1t is contended by many that
it's strict iron-clad provisions are doing
damage to the railroad industries of the
State, and driving capital away.
- The national executive committee of the
Prohibition party have decided to hold a
national convention to nominate Presiden-
tial candidates for the approaching election:
The convention will meet early in May at
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
The deaths in New York city during last
year numbered 1882, or about 1000 less
than in 1882, each month showing decrease
from the corresponding month Of the pre-
gregated 2S,972, or about 5000 less than the
deaths.
Counsel for the ku-kluX prisoners OF
Georgia are before the United States Su-
preme Court on the constitutional ground
that the court had no jurisdiction of the
cases, and consequently their conviction
was without. warrant of law and is null and
void.
The business failures for the seven days
ending last Friday, as reported to R. &.
Dun & Co.'s Mercantile Agency, number
for the United States 2S7, and for Canada 30,
or a total of 317 for the week, as against 425
for the previous week, reduction of 1OS.
The failures continue relatively heavy in
the Western and Southern States and the
Pacific coast, these three sections of the
country accounting for about two-thirds of
the total number.
the Congressional Elections Committee. Of
these, the records of but two have been
printed and referred to subcommittee. Of
the contests, Virginia has 3, Ohio 2, Kansas,
Alabama, Iowa, Indiana, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, North Carolina, New Mexico and
Montana each have one. At the last Con-
gress twenty-five cases were considered and
all were passed upon except that of Lee VS..
Richardson, which hung in the House on
the last day.
Pennsylvania will be the first State to
elect delegates to the Democratic National
Convention, the State convention to elect
delegates having been fixed for April 9.
One of the members of the State committee
IN a arlX
son that "Pennsylvania would adopt the
same plank on the tariff as in 1882 and 1883,
and thus lead the other States and thereby
point the way for the national convention"
A reference by one of the committeeman
to a "solid delegation for Samuel ]. Ran
dali" elected some applause.
- Two young men named Anderson and
Snyder, were hanged at Mount Vernon,
Indiana, last Friday. Snyder was q years
of age and was shiftless, idle fellow. An
derson was II years old, inclined to be in
dustrious, but his associates were bad.
They murdered in an exceptionally brutal
manner, for the purpose Of robbery, a boy
Of II named James Van Weyer in August
last. Snyder's neck was broken, but An
derson was strangled. Anderson was COM
posed and made brief prayer, while Sny-
der was emotional and prayed aloud con-
stantly.
Fred Douglass, the we'll known colored
leader, was married in Washington city
last Thursday evening to Miss Helen NJ.
Pitts, white woman, formerly of Avon,
New York. The wedding, which took place
at the house of DR.. Grimke, of the Pres
byterian church, was private, only two wit
nesses being present The first wife of
Douglass was colored woman, who died
about a year ago. The woman he mar
ried on Thursday is about thirty-fve years
of age, and was employed as copyist in
his Office. Douglass himself is about seven
ty-three years Of age, and has daughters as
old as his present wife.
Information from Montague county,
Texas, is to the effect that the fence cutters
are organizing offensive and defensive alli
ney who attempts to prosecute them for fel-
ony under the provisions of the new legisla-
tive enactment. Affairs in that locality are
more serious than at any time since the be-
ginning of the trouble. The special COM
mittee on fence cutting appointed by the
lower House of the Legislature will report
favorably bill making the wilful and wan
ton killing of sheep felony; also, lap
propriating $50, 600 to be placed at the dis
posal of the Governor for use in ferreting
out crime and bringing criminals to justice.
In the Texas Legislature last Monday, Rep
resentative Odon declared that in dealing
with the fence problem there was a prevail
ing disposition to discriminate against the
interests of West Texas, and that if justice
was not done all sections he would be will
ling to see the State divided.
George A. Wheeler, native of Gorham,
Maine, was hanged at San Francisco, Cali
fornia, on Wednesday Of last week for the
murder of his sister-in-laW, Adele j. Till
son, by strangling, in that city, on October
10th, 1880. He was brought up a Quaker,
but died in the Catholic faith and was at
tended by Catholic priest. Wheeler's
neck was broken and death was instanta-
neous. Not muscle quivered. The fe-
male desire for notoriety manifested itself
in this case in the person of Mrs. Stratton, a
divorced woman, who frequently visited
Wheeler in his CELL and who insisted on
the night preceding the execution upon be-
ing married to him. Wheeler expressed
his willingness, but the sheriff took meas
ures to prevent the ceremony.
Mr.. Hardeman, of Georgia, has intro
duced bill in Congress providing that no
Territory shall hereafter be admitted into
the Union as a State until its permanent
population equals that required for. con-
gressional district, commenting upon which
the Philadelphia Record makes the follow
ing remarks "It would be improved if it
were so amended as to require permanent
populption sufficient for two representative
ratios. A State with one Representative
and two Senators is lop-sided. In the Sen
ate it can veto the will of four millions of
people living in New York in the House it
has only a man-for-man opportunity to de-
clare itself. 1t ought not to have more votes