Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-28

ed was the Confederate secretary of war.
He has had a very extensive and lucrative
law practice and was in good health until
within a few days of his death.
= Lieut.. Greely now admits that the evil
dence of cannibalism among his men is ire
futable, but solemnly declares that he knew
nothing of it, as he was on his back during
the last two months of the encampment.
The body of private Whistler, buried at
Delphi, Indiana, has been exhumed, and
it was found that nearly all the flesh had
been cut away from the back and limbs.
= The business failures throughout the
country occurring during the week ending
last Friday, as reported to r. G. Dun num-
ber for the United States 1877 and for Canada
% or total of 219 as against a total OF 22O
the preceding week, decrease OF l. The
geographical distribution of the failures is
aboutsthe same as for the last two weeks and
there is little change to note in that respect.
- One of the cariosities to be exhibited at
the New Orleans Exposition is palmetto
stump completely petrified. 1t was dug up
recently from the sand on the beach at
Mount Pleasant, S. G. and weighs forty
pounds. 1t is solid stone and the grain Of
the palmetto wood is easily dfscerned. It,
is said to be the only instance on record in
which palmetto-wood has ever become
petrified.
- Instructions from the Navy Department
have been forwarded to Commander Schley,
of the Greely relief expedition, to discharge
all of the enlisted men under his command
who are willing to leave the service. The
vessels composing the fleet will remain in
commission at New York until further Or
ders. 1t is understood that Lieut.. Emery,
commanding the Bear, will be ordered to
duty on the new dispatch boat, the Dolphin,
as executive officer.
"A meeting of oil producers was held at
Oil City, Pa, last Thursday, and it was
unanimously resolved to stop drilling until
January 1, 1885. This will control produc-
tion to a great extent, as seven-eights of the
producing wells and drillable territory is in
the hands of members Of this association.
One of the speakers at the meeting thought
he saw two-dollars per barrel in the near
future. The good effect of this action is
already seen in oil closing Thursday night
at &c., the highest figure touched since
May /.
= The anniversary of the earthquake at
the Island of Ischia was celebrated on July
%. Four steamers laden with the friends OF
the victims went over from the mainland
on sad pilgrimage. Four alters of wood
draped with black were erected, and two
bishops celebrated a pontifcal mass for the
repose of the souls of the dead. Atthe GEM
etery, which was visited by large crowd,
a priest delivered touching address, in
which he alluded to many of the incidents
of the terrible catastrophe.
Three printers from st. Paul, Mimi,
have arrived at st. Louis in a skiff in which
they propose to continue their trip down
the river to New Orleans. Their skiff is
provided with a tent for camping on shore
at night, and during the day they float and
row, making on an average thirty-tWo miles
per day. They have had some good hunt
ing and fishing on their voyage, and the
weather has been delightful. The names OF
the adventurous trio are E. r. Law, B. H.
Hancock and E. E. D. Braman.
Complete reports received from all parts
of Arkansas are to the effect that the cotton
crop is coming forward rapidly, and that
the aggregate yield will reach, ,O00,0oO
bales. This enormous yield will be 3OO,0
in excess of any previous season in the his
tory of the State, and one-seventh OF the
average production of the entire country.
In the event of early frost the above esti-
mate will fall short, but no untimely wealth
er can prevent the yield from being twenty
to twenty-five per cent. in excess OF any
previous year. Picking has already begun
and will be general in ten days.
= Christian Bowman entered the saloon
of Geoere Kramer, in Reading Pa, on
Wednesday night of last week, and called
for drink, saying friend would pay for
it. Kramer said, "I'll treat" and pouring
out pint of whisky in schooner beer
glass, handed it to Bowman. The latter
drank it down and asked for more, where
upon Kramer said jokingly: eff that don't
kill you, come back and I'll treat again."
Bowman made his way home and was
found dead in the yard by his wife the fol-
lowing morning. Kramer was arrested
on the charge of causing the mans death.
In reference to the Mexican conspira-
CIV, mention of which is made elsewhere IN
this paper, late advices from the City OF
Mexico say that the authorities deny that
any conspirators have been shot. General
secrecy is maintained by the authorities
regarding the trial and disposition of the
prisoners. The Diario Official publishes in
full the revolutionary proclamation seized at
Jardon's house. There are many strong
points in it against the existing administra-
ton. The conspiracy had not sufficient
backing to warrant an lnsurrectlon and could
not have succeeded in any event for lack OF
men and money. The business sltuatlon IS
The memorial services in respect to the
memory of the Mormon elders assassinated
in Tennessee were held yesterday in all
the large and many of the small towns in
Utah. A congregation of about 1000 at
tended services at the Tabernacle in Salt
Lake City. Remarks of speakers which
echoed the sentiment of the congregation
were conciliatory and consoling, rejecting
in no way on the people of Tennessee gen
eraIly, but attributing the murders to the
result of bigotted prejudice on the part OF
the ignorant and misinformed individuals.
The prevailing sentiment among leading
Mormons and the Mormon people general
ly is that such acts are the outgroWth OF
floods of Misrepresentation and falsehood,
chiefly emanating from Salt Lake City and
continually kept before the country at large
by their enemies.
- The Governor of Tennessee has offered
a reward of 81 900 for the arrest ofany OF the
persons engaged in the recent shooting OF
the Mormon missionaries, in Lewis county,
of that State. In reference to the shooting,
Governor Murray, of Utah, has sent dis
patch to Governor Bate, of Tennessee, IN
which he says: "The dispatches indicate
that you are exerting yourself to Vlndlcate
the laws in the matter of the murder OF
Mormon missionaries in Tennessee. THANK
YOU for this action. Charges Of preaching
polygamy do not excuse murder. trust
that YOU may bring the guilty to punish
ment, thereby preventing such laWlessness
i'm Tennessee or elsewhere. Lawlessness in
Tennessee and Utah is alike reprehenslble,
but the murdered Mormon agents in Ten
nessee were sent from here as agents have
been sent for years by the representa-
tives of organized crime. | submit that as
the Tennessee Representatives in Congress
are, to say the least, Indifferent the punish
ment of offenders against the national law
in Utah, it is a coWardly outrage Tor their