Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-07-23
Straps and fatts.

accept the HDeTdi propositions Hiaue w lul-
migrants by that country"
- 1t is estimated that $50 wine and beer
saloons in St. Louis, Mo-, had been closed
since July l, under the high license law,
and that some 400 or about one-quarter of
all the saloons in the city will be shut du-
ring the month.
Mrs. J. f. B. Stuart, the widow Of the
dashing Confederate cavalry general, is Wis
iting her father, Gen. Philip St. George
Cooke, of Detroit. Mrs. Stuart married six
months before the war broke out and the
father and son-in-law entered the opposing
armies. Gen. Cooke was opposed to Gen.
Stuart only once on the battlefield.
A good anecdote comes from Leaven-
worth, Kansas. During the recent rise in
the Missouri River a man was standing
watching the drift-wood float past, when he
called to several colored brethren standing
by and said he would give them half of all
they fished out. They went to work and
got out enough to make nice little sum
for both.
The Baltimore Si0l commenting on the
frequent miscarriage of justice in criminal
cases, says "that out of 1877 murders perpe-
trated during the year 1884, the total num-
Dor of murderers executed was but 3l3 and
lynch law and only 1O3 by legal process v
Is it to be wondered at that Judge Lynch
does so much business?
The dreaded web worm has made its
appearance in several cotton fields south OF
Dallas, Texas, along the river. Thus far
their ravages have been confined to dis
trict only few miles square. The planters
dread this worm more than any other and
considerable anxiety exists among the cot
ton dealers of North Texas over the sudden
appearance of this scourge in the very heart
of the cotton belt.
Late on the night of the 18th instant,
five murderers, among them Ed. hay and
w. A. Anderson, made their escape from
Jail at Asheville by overpowering the jail
er and locking him in a cell. All the pris-
oners had pistols and number Of shots
were fired. All these prisoners escaped to
the mountains. A posse of citizens and a
company of State troops started in pur-
suit.
The San Francisco Bulletin states that
6,7OO Chinese have landed in that city be-
tween the dates of August l, 1882, when the
restriction act went into effect, and July 6,
1885. Over S,100 Chinese landed, or 400
more in one year, under the amended act
than during twenty-three months under
the original act. This is attributed by the
Bulletin to the increase of frauduently OBJ
tained certificates.
English is now spoken by all but some
100000 of the 100000 persons in the Brit
ish islands, by 530OO,O00 out of the 56,000,-
600 inhabitants Of the United States, by
100000 in Canada, by 5000, 900 in Austria
liza, 100000 persons in the West Indies,
and perhaps 100000 in India and other
British colonies. This brings up the total
to 100000,000, which cannot be very far
from the truth.
The total number of hogs packed in the
West week before last was l95, 900 compared
with 125,000 for the corresponding time last
year. The total packed to date from March
1st was 2,475soo0, distributed as follows 0Us {:
Chicago, 100000; Kansas City, 100000; !;
St. Louis, 100000; Cincinnati, $4,000; Indi-
annapolis, $4,000; Milwaukee, 1900; Cedar
Rapids, 101 900; Cleveland, $4,000; st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, 1000; Ottumwa, Iowa, $4,000.
The last report of the death Of the Madhi
is not denied though it is "a week old. 1t is
possible, therefore, that the defender of the
Soudan has gone to that heaven which he
recently described to his soldiers as follows:
"Oh ! ye faithful, assure you that, if you
die in the morning, fighting against the in
fidels, you will, even ere it is noon, be with
the prophet in paradise. Silken robes of
green will clothe you and golden bracelets
adorn you. You will repose by the banks
of cool rivers, slipping refreshing drinks,
while sixty ever youthful houris, bright as
the moon, will smile upon YOU"
Cyclone pits have promoted schism in
Milton county (Ga) church. Some OF the
members had dug and fitted up such places
of refuge. which were considered by the
majority of the brethren as a f1agrant vlo-
1o& &ho;, ~ q fop opto RI
God to wipe them off the face of the earth.
AS the pit-diggers were more fearful of cy-
clones than of the wrath of God, they Or
ganized themselves into church under the
name of Cyclone Primitives, whereas the
old church has assumed the name of An
ti-Cyclone Primitives.
In the approaching trial Of Riel, at
Winnipeg, Manitoba it is announced that
the course of his counsel will be to plead
justification in behalf of Riel and the other
prisoners. They will seek to establish that
the half-breeds had sustained grievances
they had petitioned the government time
and again to have these grievances remov-
ed, and they were forced, as last resort,
to adopt rebellion. In support of their plea
the counsel will make use of speech on
the half-breed troubles delivered in the
Canadian House of Commons by the Hon.
Edward Beakes.
- The Baltimore ManuJacturers' Record
says: 'The outlook for business in the
South is now very promising. Rarely if
ever have the prospects for growing. crops
been more encouraging at the South than at
present. Every Indication points to magni-
ficent corn and cotton crops, the largest
ever produced, while for rice, sugar, fruit
and vegetables it is quite gratifying. With
abundant crops produced at low cost, with
her railroads, manufacturing and mineral
interests steadily improving, the South bids
to enter on an era of great prosperity this
fall"
At Marion, Indiana, on the 14th instant,
a colored man named Wallace assaulted the
fourteen-year-old daughter of a we'll known
citizen named Vinson. The girl was thrown
be but question of a few days. That night
it became evident that an attempt would be
made to lynch the brute and Sheriff Holman
surrounded himself with strong guard.
At about II 40 o'clock the mob made des-
perate assault on the Jail. The Sheriff warn
ed the mob and then fired a YOlley, killing
James Kelly and wounding three or four
others.
An Erie, Penn, dispatch of the 18th
SAYS: Alphonse Drecht, sentimental
youth of Rockland, Texas, took arsenic to-
day in front of the dwelling occupied by
young lady he had come on to meet and
marry. From list of society ladies fur
nished by the agent of a Texas correspon-
dence bureau, young Drecht selected lady
who next Wednesday is to be married to
doctor of divinity. He wrote her a letter,
which was thrown aside by the recipient
in disgust. A younger sister clandestinely
answered the letter in sport and invited the
poetic Texan to come on and wed her. She
stoned her elder sisters name The love-