Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-04-03
Straps and fafts.

= Mrs. James K. Polk lives at Nashville
in the old brick house bought by the Pres
ident not long before his death, and, al.
though 81 years old, receives many visitors
takes keen interest in affairs, and is "a
very handsome and intelligent lady,"
1t is proposed to quench the fire in the
Pocahontas coal vein in Virginia, by drill.
and introducing water. Even with that
method it is estimated that two months
must elapse before the mine can be flooded
and the bodies of the entombed miners re-
covered.
The Treasurer of the United States has
commenced prepaying the drafts for the
payment of claims for rebate on the tobacco
tax allowed by the accounting officers, and
will forward drafts as rapidly as settle
ments are made by the First Comptroller
and the warrants of the Secretary reach the
Treasurer's Office.
A New York paper tells of how child
in the town of Amsterdam, in that State
contracted diphtheria from cat and died
After its death younger child was permit.
ted to play with doll the sick child had
another child which played with the doll
contracted the disease but recovered.
- Last Friday man named Harold open
ed a saloon in Canton, Kansas, in defiance OF
law. Monday he got into row with one
of his drunken customers and was shot by q
constable. The women of the place raided
his saloon Tuesday and poured his liquors
into the street, and he now realizes that pro-
hibition prohibits. The conduct of the wo-
men is endorsed by all good citizens.
A bill has passed both houses of the
New York Legislature and received the
signature of the Governor requiring instruc-
tion in physiology and hygiene, with spe-
cial reference to the effects of alcoholic
drinks, stimulants and narcotics upon the
human system, to be given in all schools
supported by public money or under State
control.
- The committee on rates of the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association met in
New York last Friday to arrange for the es-
tablishment of reduced freight rates be-
tween Eastern cities and Southern points.
The committee decided on making reduc-
tiOn of ten per cent, on present rates. The
reduction will 60 into effect on the 7th of
April.
A dispatch of Saturday from Dover, n.
H., says: The jury has convicted Desire
Bordair, q young man who returned here
some weeks ago and confessed to the MUIR
der of man named Grant, crime for
which his father had previously been con-
victed. Premier Bordair, the father OF
Desire, was discharged upon his recogni-
zance in view of his sons confession and
conviction. Desire Bordair was then SEN
fenced to three years in the State prison.
- The appointment of a young woman as
suggests rather novel and interesting vo-
cation for women. There is no reason, un-
less it be physical inferiority, why woman
should not discharge the functions ola depu-
ty sheriff as we'll as a man does. And if she
happened to be really pretty deputy sher-
iff there would be no danger of anybody
resisting arrest except hardened offenders
of her own sex.
The urchins of Brazos county, Texas,
know how to make life interesting for the
schoolmaster. The Pilot tells us of one who
was called up to be dogged, but just as the
hickory was raised over his head butted his
teacher in the stomach, knocking him over
table and bench into a remote corner OF
the room. Before the astonished peda-
gogue had recovered his wind the young
goat was gone, and the rest of the class was
scampering over the fields intent upon a
holiday.
- The business failures of the week ending
last Friday throughout the country, report
ed to r. G. Dun & Co., number for the Uni
ted States 172, and for Canada ga total of
2O4, against 213 the preceding week. A
slight increase of casualties is noted in the
Middle States, but steady decline has been
noticed for some weeks in failures in the
West and South, and particularly in the
East. In Canada, too, matters are improv-
ing, there being five failures less than last
week.
"A large number of New England jour
nalists will leave Boston on the 7th of May,
come to Norfolk by sea and thence by rail
South as far as Atlanta visiting Nashville
Southwest Virginia and the Shenandoah
valley, the object of the excursion being to
acquaint themselves with the country, and
write up its agricultural and other resources
for the benefit of New England people, who
seem at this time to be taking good deal of
interest in the South.
At conference of Union and Confeder-
ate soldiers in New York last Thursday, it
was decided to hold mass meeting at
Cooper Union, on April Sth, in aid of a SOL
diers home in the South. Gen. Grant will
preside and the following gentlemen have
been invited to speak: General John B.
ginia; NJ. G. Butler, South Carolina; n. O..
P. Breckenridge, Kentucky; w. It. Sher-
man, Benz. F. Butler, John A. Logan, j. r.
Obeirne, NJ. D. McMahon, w. S. Hancock,
and Henry Ward Beecher.
Prominent Mexican gentlemen, headed
by Gov. Evaris de Madero of the State of
Coahuila, have recently transferred to the
Foreign Mission Board of ftheSouthern Bap-
tist Convention $4,000 of property for the
establishment of certain schools for the ed
ucation of women. At the instance of the
foreign Mission Board of the Baptist Church,
Rev.-W. D. Powell is visiting certain
churches in the Southern States and present
ing the grand opportunities thus presented
for Christian work in Mexico. The offer
made to the Baptists is without parallel
in the history of Christian missions.
The evidence seemed overwhelming
against Edward Johnson, a colored man on
trial for burglary in Batavia, Ohio. His
trial had lasted for four days, and the au-
dience in court thought him sure to be con-
victed. He asked permission to speak and
talked for forty-five minutes. He fairly
tore to pieces the States network of evil
dence, plunged most of the jurors into tears,
amazed the Court, captivated the audience
ana made a speech which the Cincinnati
papers say has no parallel in rude eloquence
Since the days of Chief Red Jacket. He
was acquitted.
Great excitement exists in Baldwin
county, Georgia, over the incendiary speech
es of the negro #. M. Smith. He gather
ed several hundred negroes in wood near
Millegeville Thursday nights and harrangued
them. When Sheriff Ennis and posse ap-
preached Smith spied them and fled. The
Sheriff fired at him and missed Smith
and shot another negro in the arm.
Sheriff Ennis was in Macon Friday hunting
Smith. Smith has been making incendiary
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