Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-10
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white man; many of our people do not
care for outside population and when 9TH
ers in this section arrange to procure Euro
pean laborers, they are lyingly kept away at
Glasgow and Castle Garden.
- Emancipation day was generally cele-
brated on the 1st instant by the colored peo-
pie of the larger cities and towns in the
South. At Key West, Florida, resolutions
condemning the Danville massacre and
thanking Senators Edmunds and Wilson for
their efforts in behalf of civil rights were
adopted and speeches were made by eN-
Congressman Gartrell and others.
The Associated Railways of Virginia
and the Carolinas have adopted the twenty
four hour system of computing time. The
Atlantic Coast Line and the Virginia Mid
land, or Richmond and Danville route, are
included in this, and their tables of time
from New England to Florida, and by the
Southern Pacific to California, are calculated
according to the twenty-four hour system,
beginning at midnight.
- The Blue Laws of Massachusetts saved
the good city of Worcester heavy amount
in damages last week. John NJ. Barker, a
rich manufacturer, fell on the icy sidewalks
week ago last Sunday, and suffered Sc
rious injury. He sued the city for a large
amount, but the Court held that he had no
ground of action because he was violating
the statute which prohibits travelling on the
Lords day.
- The sentiment in favor of woman suf-
frage is growing rapidly in Iowa, it is claim
ed. Its advocates are vigorously at work,
and some of the most influential papers in
the State have given in their adhesion to
the movement. The next Legislature will
be asked to take the final step toward SUBJ
mitting a constitutional amendment on the
subject to the people, and if this is done an
earnest campaign in favor of its adoption
will be made in 1884.
Returns to R. G. Dun e. Co.'s Mercantile
Agency in New York, show that the busi-
ness failures of the week ending last Friday,
number for the United States 319, and for
Canada, %, a total of 34S, probably larger
number of commercial casualties than ever
before reported in similar period. The to-
tai for last week was 23S. The increase is
still mainly in the West and South, but New
York city shows larger number of assign
ments than have been noted for some
months. In Canada the failures are getting
fewer.
- The New Orleans ITmes-D Democrat esti-
mates that the South loses from S., 1000, 600,
to $6,000,000 annually by gin house fires.
Our contemporary adds: "This is too poor
section to allow this large amount of prop
erty to 90 off in smoke. If many Of our
methods of handling cotton are careless, as
Mr.. Atkinson complains, none is more care
less than this, which leaves cotton uninsured
and unprotected, to remain in tinder-bOX
of gin house until some incendiary sets
fire to it and destroys it," The sooner a
planter gets his cotton to market the better.
- Mr.. Grady writes in the Atlanta Consti-
t,HiOR: I have it from good authority that
Charles O'Conor advised President Davis to
escape from the country after he was taken
out of prison on bond. Mr.. Davis refused
to do so. Mr.. O'Conor urged the excited
state of feeling that might lead to the worst
results. Mr.. Davis replied that, other con-
sideratiOns aside, he could not think of
leaving his bondsmen in the lurch. "Oh,"
said Mr.. O'Conor, II am able almost to pay
the amount of the bond, and could not de-
vote my fortune so as to give me greater
happiness than in paying for your liberty"
In the case Of Frank James, the MissOu-
ri outlaw, who is under bond to appear for
trial in the courts of that State, and who is
demanded by the Federal Government, on
the charge of being concerned in a robbery
in Alabama, Judge Krekel, Of the U. S. Dis
trict Court, at Kansas City, has announced
his decision. He orders that the prisoner
be remanded to his bondsmen in the Mis-
souri, robbery case, holding that a State tri-
uuudi nioG gaining posseoSloll - CollSequeHl-
ly entitled to his custody until the disposal
of the State cases. This decision leaves
James at liberty on bond.
- The prohibition law is enforced in Pot
tawatomie county, Kansas. Asalooon keep
er named Hulem, having been convicted on
twenty counts, was fined 500 on each count,
and on the tWenty-frst count the court COM
mitted him to Jail, to stay until all the money
is paid. Saloon keeper Shaw, also having
been convicted on thirteen counts, was SEN
fenced to pay 500 and costs on each count
and to spend thirty days in Jail, and stay
there until he pays up. Saloon keeper
Pittman got 81 100 fine and month in Jail.
Upon twenty dealers the court imposed
fines aggregating $1,000 and $4,000 costs and
ninety days in jail.
- The revised Old Testament threatens to
provoke even more criticism than the re-
a ''coat of many colors," or ''crazy pattern" !"
but "a tunic with long sleeves" The hip
popotamus no longer ''drinketh up river
and hasteth not, because he trusteth that
he can draw up Jordan into his MOUTH -
but Though river swells he is not afraid !;
fearless though Jordan washed into his
mouth" The 'chariots with flaming torch
es" seen in vision by Isaiah are "chariots
with steel" The woods are not full of "sa-
tyrs" and dragons but ''goats" and '.jack-
ais" The "nation scattered and peeled
whose land the river has spoiled" is the
''nation tall and shaven whose land the riv-
ers divide"
- On last Thursday morning Governor
Crittenden, of Missouri, pardoned Charles
Stevens, who was in the penitentiary under
life sentence for murder in the second
degree. Stevens was a gambler and bar
keeper at Maryville, Nodaway county. He
was known throughout the country as
"Omaha Charley" In March, 1878, he
shot and killed John Mayhan in saloon
row, and his neck was only saved after a
hard legal battle. He is man of rare me-
chanical ingenuity and he made number
of presents, the work of his own hands, to
Katie the little daughter of the Governor.
She seemed very much attached to the con-
vict, and during her last illness she induced
her father to promise to pardon him. The
Governor has kept his promise. There was
at the time of his trial rumor in Mary
ha some years before.
- The Postmaster General issued an Or
der, on the End instant, changing the rate
of postage on a number of articles that have
heretofore been rated as third-class or print
ed matter, paying postage at the rate of one
cent for every two ounces. Under this Or
der these articles will hereafter be classified
as merchandise or fourth-class matter, upon
which postage is one cent per ounce. The
following is the text of the order: 'The
character of paper as an article of merchan-
disc within the meaning of the postal laws
is not necessarily changed by printing or
stamping thereon of words, letters, charac-