Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-03
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AT the suit of the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia & Georgia and the Louisville & Nash
Vile railroads, the United States Courts
have granted temporary injunction against
the Railroad Commission of Tennessee tc
restrain it from interfering with freight
rates.
"A memorial to be presented to Congress
by the whisky interest, praying for an eX
tension of two years on the bonded period
states that from December 1st, 1888, to No
vember, 1885, taxes will fall due on 10000,
600 gallons now in warehouses, which is 6
pretty good stock of spirits to have on hand
at one time.
The National Prohibition party of Lou
isiana has been organized, and at recent
meeting in New Orleans, its members agreed
not to vote for any person for any office who
will not pledge himself to use his vote and
influence to prohibit the licensing or tolera'
tion of gamblig, drunkenness and non-Ob'
servance of the Sabbath throughout the
State.
- The astronomers are busy trying to &C.
count for the red sunsets that have attracted
so much attention. Some attribute them
to the volcanic dust thrown into the air by
the eruptions of Mt. Krakotoa, near the
coast of Java, 26th and 9th of August last
and others to superabundance of floating
vapor. And this is probably all we Will
ever know about it.
Gen. Mckenzie, commander of the de-
partment of Arizona, whose insanity has
been announced, is a nephew of Admiral
Rodgers, and his father was the Mckenzie
who hung son Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury for mutiny. He graduated very
high at West Point and was placed in the
engineer corps. He is an unmarried man,
but has mother and sister living.
Col. Henry B. Rathbone, of Albany, n.
Y, who recently killed his wife in Hanover,
Germany, and then stabbed himself, was
the only gentleman in the box with Abra.
ham Lincoln the night he was assasslnated
by Booth. He made an attempt to seize
Booth after the fatal shot was fired, but the
assassin was too quick for him, struck at
him with dagger, and jumping from the
box to the stage made his escape.
The business failures in the United
States for the week ending last Friday, as
reported to r. G. Dun & Co., number two
hundred and fourteen, and in Canada and
the provinces 24-total two hundred and
thirty-eight failures, compared with three
hundred and twenty-three the previous
week. The Western and Southern States
still show q large number in comparison
with other sections of the country.
The Ohio State Convention of liquor
dealers, in session last week at Columbus,
adjourned last Thursday morning, after per-
fecting State organization with commit.
tee of fifteen to look after auXiliaries and
legislation, called the committee on agita-
tion. preamble land resolutions were pass
ed denouncing the Scott law as unconstl.
tutional and asking its repeal by the Leg
islature.
By proclamation of the President, the
24th ultimo was celebrated in various places
as the centennial of Washington's surren-
der of his commission as cOmmander-ln.
chief of the patriot forces. The centennial
day proper was the 23rd, but that occur
red on Sunday last month, and the eXer-
cises were held on Monday, the oath. A
national salute was fired from all the forts
throughout the country, and the day was
otherwise observed.
The Supreme Court of North Carolina
has decided that municipal ordinances
must be subordinate to and harmonic with
the general law of the State, unless special
powers are conferred upon the town by its
charter, and that therefore, in the absence
of special authority over the subject, an or
dinanee prohibiting the sale of liquor within
the incorporate limits of a town is void, the
general laws allowing whisky to be retailed
upon ODIalllilS llceilSe.
The marriage of the Methodist Bishop,
Henry w. Warren, of Georgia, and Mrs.
Elizabeth S. Iliff, of Denver, Col, was cele-
brated at noon last Thursday. Bishop
Simpson, of Philadelphia, officiated. The
reception that followed at the residence OF
the bride was a very elaborate affair." Mrs.
Warren is lady Of rare culture and is pos
sessed of princely fortune. She is widely
known for her charity to the poor. The
Bisop and Mrs. Warren have gone on a
trip to New and old Mexico and Cuba.
A dispatch from Brooksville, Ala, says
"On Saturday before Christmas q quarrel
occurred between Estin Hope and a negro
named Pagan in which blows were struck
by Hope The negro fled, pursued by his
adversary, and was joined by his brother,
while white man named Steele joined
Hope. The negro who had been struck by
Hope fired at his pursuers and wounded
both of them. The two Fagans were ar
rested and lodged in Jail. On Christmas
night number Of masked men took posses
sion of the Jail and shot and killed both
negroes"
j. R. Dodge, statistician of the agricul-
tural department at Washington, has COM
pleted the preliminary estimates of the prin-
cipal crops of the country for the year 1888,
which are to be printed as special report
for December. They show that potatoes,
as we'll as all other roots and oats have
grown luxuriously and yielded abundantly
The average yield of corn per acre, for the
present year is nearly % bushels, or more
exactly, by preliminary estimates, % 7-10
which is u per cent. less than the average
Weld for a series of years, or ,j3l ,O66, ,S3
bushels.
A Washington dispatch of Monday says;
s"The Hon. Emory Speer, United States dis
trict attorney for the Northern District OF
Georgia, is in the city looking after his con-
firmation. 1t appears that there is some
doubt as to Speer's confirmation. This was
known to Speer before he went to South
Carolina. 1t is stated that the latter eXpe'
dition was undertaken on his own sugges'
ton, as the means of accumulating strength
to get through the Senate. The impression
prevails that Speer's mission to South Caro-
lima, and his utterances there, will not helT
him in his present situation. The Demo,
cratic Senators will leave no stone unturneo
to secure his rejection. Speer is very anX
ious."
AT the State convention of colored Iner
of Ohio. held in Columbus last week, reso
lutions were adopted to petition the Legis
lature to pass laws for their protection, tt
repeal all old statutes against them, to i'm
prove the facilities for the education O.
colored youth, and asking both State ano
National aid for colored schools, recommend
ing cooperation among colored people by
forming joint stock companies in business
thanking Senator Edmunds for his civi
rights bill and Justice Harlan for his dis
senting opinion, and recommending the ap
pointment of a State committee of one from
each Congressional district to perfect a plaI
for the protection of the interests of coloret