Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07
Smaps and fatts.

the boy.
-Southey records in his Common place
Book" that physician who had seen more
than. 10000 cases of smallpox said he had
never met with the disease in a person with
red or light flaxen hair.
-"First come the missionaries, then the
consuls and after them the armies," said
King Theodore, of Abyssinia, some years
ago to a French traveller, explaining. his ab-
hOrrence of explorers and missionaries.
= Arch. Orme, the Union Ticket Agent at
Atlanta, Ga, who shot himself two months
ago when his defalcations were about to be
shown up, died last Friday night. He had
settled up with the roads.
The New York wholesale dry goods
dealers say that the fall trade will be fully
look the sales will be lighter this year than
last. No change in prices, however, is eX-
pected.
the summer of 1884 would be notable for its
storms and other elemental disturbances.
Thus far the prediction has been baseless,
for the months of May, June and July have
been remarkable for the absence of storms.
= Niles G. Parker, who was State Treasu-
rer of South Carolina, while the thieves
were in possession of the State Government
and who is doubtless remembered by a
number of our citizens, is now located at
LIE Beau, Dakota, engaged in the practice
of law and real estate agency business.
The crop reports from Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky are to the effect that wheat is the
best in quantity and quality that has been
gathered in years. Corn has suffered from
drought, but the rains of the past week
have rescued it, and the yield will be an
averge one.
An Atlanta, Ga, dispatch of the 1st,
says: Assistant Postmaster Camp, of Boston,
who was summoned to participate in the
trial of the Chief Post Office Inspector My
ler, who has been arrested charged with en-
bezzlement, while in charge of the Atlanta
post Office, was arrested himself on his ar
rival to-day on the same charge.
The official report of the Secretary of the
Iowa State Agricultural Society, embracing
the condition of the crops from June 10
to July 80, inclusive, shows the condition
of corn to be III per cent, an increase OF D
per cent, over the former report; broom
corn 96 per cent; winter wheat 50 per cent,
and spring wheat SO per cent.
The business failures for the week end
ing last Friday, as reported to K. u. Dun d
Co., number for the United States 232, and
for Canada 1S; total 250. against 2S4 the
week previous, showing an increase OF l6
failures. The whole increase appears to rise
the casualties are more numerous than nave
been reported in any week for years.
The rear wall of the United States no.
tel building, in Washington, gave way last
Sunday evening without warning and a
general collapse of the whole rear OF the
house followed. There were forty-fve per-
sons in the house at the time, seven OF
whom were buried in the ruins, but all
were rescued alive. Some were seriously
hurt, and the wife of the proprietor of the
hotel narrowly escaped horrible death.
Captain st. George Tucker Mason, a son
of Hon. John Y. Mason, who died in Paris
in 1859, while u. S. Minister to France, died
in Tonquin few days ago. He served in
the Confederate army, and at the. close OF
the war went to France and entered the
French army. He served with distinction
in the war with Prussia, and afterwards in
Algiers, where he married the daughter OF
French officer.
-Dio Lewis reaches the conclusion that
consumption is found in every climate. In
habitants of the frozen regions, and those
who live under the equator, die OF consump-
doubt that New England has the largest
ratio of mortality from consumption. But
the difference is slight, and is probably ac-
counted for by her immense cotton, Woollen
and other great factories, and her very close
houses.
1t has been discovered that persons who
are condemned to life imprisonment have
their years actually prolonged by being
provided with food, shelter and raiment,
and relieved of all the troubles which assail
men who have to look out for themselves.
Hence the Italian newspapers are demand
ing a return to the death penalty on the
score of economy. In this country life inn
prisonment rarely exceeds ten years, the
prisoner then being turned loose upon the
community to prepare for another term.
A dispatch of August 3rd, from Van
horn, Texas, says: Capt. McMurray with a
company of State Rangers, arrived here this
morning. He was Joined by number OF
cowboys and started in pursuit OF the s es-
capped Apaches. A company of cavalry has
arrived at Camp Rice and is now awaiting
orders. The Indians have taken norther-
ly course and the Rangers are closely pur-
suing them. The Texas Pacific Railroad
Company has furnished a special train for
the movement of troops along the line.
Kentucky never does anything in half
way style. She don't take a back seat on
fine looking men nor handsome women,
carries the honors for prize bourbon, takes
the lead on blue grass, walks the turfproud-
ly with her feet-footed racers, and when 1T
comes to the barbecue, why, she's just the
ne pl,ls ultra. At a Democratic barbecue at
Lexington, Tuesday, eighty-fve oxen, south
down sheep and hogs were roasted whole
in the trenches, and served out with wagon
loads of bread, roast fowls and vegetables,
&C., to crowd of at least 10000 persons.
Hon. William w. Culberston, Republi-
can Representative in Congress from the
9th Kentucky District, attempted suicide IN
Washington City, on the 3Oth ultimo, by
shooting himself five times in a room in
the National Hotel. Two of the shots We're
in the back of the head and depressed the
skull but did not penetrate the brain. tie
had been drinking hard recently, and to
that circumstance is due is present condl-
ton. The chances are favorable for his
recovery.
Ex-Governor Moses of South Carolina,
who has, within the past two or three years,
been several times under arrest on charges
of swindling, and who spent some weeks in
iaiI at Chicago, just after the Republican
national convention, on a charge of obtain
ing money by false pretences from Chicago
physicians, claiming to be Philadelphia
doctor, was again arrested Monday night on
an allegation of false pretences. The charge
comes from Massachusetts this time. Moses
was released on writ of habeas corpus.
The rescue of the few survivors of the
Greely expedition after their long sOjOurn
in the land of eternal ice, is fearful warn
ing to scientists to let this unknown field
alone. The sacrifice Of human life is too
great for the benefits that may accrue. Gree
ly, though supposed to be unable to stand