Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-09-11
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SeuG Illul.
One of the most remarkable telegraphic
feats on record, it is said, was the recent de-
livery of a message from Melbourne, Aus
tralia, to London in twenty-three minutes.
1t went by land and sea over 13,30S miles
of wire.
Mrs. Jennings, q very old lady living
near Athens, Ga, lately had couple of
bushels of wheat of different kinds that she
wanted to save for seed. The two bushels
got mixed together, and she separated it by
picking it out grain at a time.
Recent advices from the West state that
the coming wheat crop will be fully 25 ,000,-
900 bushels more than ever before produced,
130,00O,000 more than last years crop, and
100000 600 more than the average crop for the
past five years. We expect to hear some
Republican before long claiming this as one
of the results of Republican rule.
- Mrs. Washington Keller, residing at
Reading, Pa, who has been fasting the
past forty-eight days, died on the 3rd in
slant, from starvation. She had been affect
ed with deep religious fervor and began her
long fast after the reading of Christ's fasts
in the wilderness. When she was well she
weighed 275 pounds, but was reduced to
less than 100 pounds at her death.
The business failures throughout the
country for the week ending last Friday, re-
ported to r. G. Dun & Co., number for the
United States 1919 and for Canada Ia total
of 2la against 1876 the preceding week, show
ing an increase of II failures. The casual
ties are numerous in the Western and Pa
cific States, while in other sections OF the
country the number of assignments is rath-
er below the average.
A general review of the past year shows
an increase of Southern wealth of S2O5, u.s.
97S, a material reduction of taxation, re-
duction of the State indebtedness, an in
crease of the amount expended on the pub
lie schools, and still more marked increase
in the attendance of the pupils at these
schools; and finally, a continued building
of railroads, mills and other Industrial en-
terprises. The New South is still growing.
= The Lenoir IN. CO. Topic thinks there
ought to be a telegraph line along the whole
length of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad !;
but as there is no prospect of such an enter
prise being consummated by either the
Westarn Union Telegraph Company or the
lessees of the railroad, private subscrip-
tions in the town of Lenoir will be made to
build line from that place to Hickory,
where telegraphic connection can be made
with the line on the Western n. c. Railroad.
= An aged gentleman who has spent fifty
years in scientific studies called at the pat
ent Office in Washington a few days ago,
stating that he was able to demonstrate that
the moon was inhabited, but as it would
take about Sc, 900 900 to make the necessary
experiments, he found difficulty in getting
some one to back him. Perhaps this old
gentleman could demonstrate that Mr..
Blaine didn't mean what he said in the
Mulligan letters.
= There are now 450deer in General Hard
ing's Park, six miles from Nashville, Tenn.
Notwithstanding the Harding family's love
for venison and the large numberof friends
frequently supplied with the delicacy, the
herd increases rapidly. At the close OF the
war it numbered but sixty head. The park
bounds. General Harding, now ninety
years old, possesses grand farm OF 4,7OO
acres.
"A. B. Andrews, president of the Western
North Carolina railroad company, has Off
cially notified the State commissioners that
the road was completed to the mouth of the
Nantahala river, and also that the company
had made the last deposit of $4,000 in
North Carolina State bonds as required by
the act of 1883, thus fully carrying out their
contract with the State. The work will be
continued from the present terminus on
branches toward, Murphy, n. c., and Ten
nessee and Georgia.
- The black death of the fourteenth cen
tury, believed by some to have been Asiatic
cholera, although the symptoms, as de-
scribed by the historians of the day, differ
widely, actually desolated the world. 1t is
computed that 49, 600, 900 perished in China,
and elsewhere in the East about 25,000,00O
more. Germany lost nearly 300, 600; Italy
half its entire population London alone IN
excess of1OO,O00. In Europe fully $4,000, 900
must have died, and, in all quarters OF the
globe, not far from 70,00O,OOO.
DosI Secfn hoe
made its annual report to the Governor and
advocates the change of the law so as to al
; low an appeal from its rulings on rates to
some legal tribunal. The commission very
fairly discusses the matter and by this con-
cession meets both the complaints of the
railroads and growing public sentiment on
the subject Changes of this sort will re-
move deepening opposition to the Commits
sion. The Commission properly yurged, how
ever, that such appeals should be promptly
decided.
- Mrs. John Novak, wife of John Novak,
of Baltimore, died under peculiarly distress
ing circumstances the other day. she was was
eighteen years old and comely. On Tues
day last, while sitting in the kitchen at her
home, she was struck in the face by live
eat, which had been thrown through the
window by some rough boys. The cat had
been dipped in water and then covered with
flour and, as it came through the window,
was enough to frighten any one. Mrs.
Novak was thrown into convulsiOns. Ply
sicians were sent for. At midnight a dead
child was born. The mother fingered until
short time when she died in intense pain.
- Martin Weinberger was hanged at Pitts
burg, Pa, on the morning of the End instant,
for the murder of Louis Gottfreund, ped
dler, near Zawichly, on the night of June
16, 1882. The execution was private, not
more than fifty persons, including the men,
bers of the press, being present. There were
no religious services, and after the moose
was adjusted the trap was sprung and the
condemned launched into eternity. Death.
resulted from strangulation, and in fifteen
minutes life was pronounced extinct. Vein
berger was Jew, the first ever hanged in
Allegheny county, and he is believed to be
the second in the United States.
Hon. John Holman, the last of the orig
inal sixteen who founded the order of the
Sons of Temperance forty-two years ago, re-
Gently died at his home in New York city
at the age of SO. At the fortieth annual ses-
sion of the National Division of North
America, recently held in Halifax, net
gain of 1882 members throughout the ma
tional jurisdiction was reported. This or
der, instituted in 1912, and which has stead
ily increased in numbers and influence, is
the oldest, most prominent, and probably
most effective unified temperance organiza-
ton in existence. The National Division
has forty-six grand jurisdictions under its
charge and more than 1000 subordinate
lodges.
- Bhere has been aserious outbreak among
the Ohio miners, but the prompt and con-
servative action of Governor Hoadly, who