Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-27
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Frank Josef Petmeky was hanged at
Auburn, n. Y, last Friday for the murder
of Mrs 'Paulina Froleschein on the 1st of
June, 1888. His neck was broken by the
fall. He confessed the crime.
- The North Carolina Commissioner of
immigration says that about 800 immi-
grants, mostly foreigners, settle in that
State annually. But to offset this, the Will
mington Star calculates that several thOus-
and natives 60 out in the same period.
Business failures for the last week num-
Der, for the United States 15S, Canada 10,
total III, against 1853 the week previous.
The failures continue light in most sections
ofthe country, especially in Southern States.
The Pacific States alone show decrease.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press makes guess that Pres
ident Cleveland and Secretary Manning
to the amount of about SAC, 900, ,OOW, and that
this measure will be adopted by the Demo
cratic majority in the House.
Drinking water, says hygienic writer,
may be tested in this simple way: "Fill a
pint bottle three-quarters full of the water.
Dissolve in it one-half teaspoonful Of the
best white sugar. Set it away in warm
place for forty-eight hours. If the water
becomes cloudy it is unfit to drink"
The Republican drift in New York seems
to be turning towards Mr.. Eyarts for Gov
ernor. Evarts is willing, as if elected it
would give him boost for the nomination
for the Presidency, for " hich he has han
kering. 1t will not be a lone race with
Evarts, for Levi P. Morton and several
other gentlemen are also willing.
- The Hon. Patrick Walsh is spoken of as
a candidate for Gubernatorial honors in
ic oroinpnfIu fitfpn
for the position, and should he consent to
run will be strongly supported. He has
done yeoman service for the Democracy,
and is beloved by the entire people of the
State.
A couple of years ago James h. Hop
kins lacked but one vote of enough to NOM
mate him for Governor of Pennsylvania in
stead of Robert E. Pattison. Recently he
was defeated in an attempt to 60 to the
Democratic State Convention as delegate
from legislative district. "Politics is cu'-
rus" remarked ''Nasby."
Senator Riddleberger, Republican, of
Virginia, has been in Chicago lately, and
while there, speaking on negro suffrage,
characterized it as an evil Of the worst de-
scription This is the conclusion that many
esteemed Republicans are coming to. The
negro vote for them has no longer the
charms it once had.
John Morris, Sheriff of Reeves county,
Texas, got on big spree the other night and
used his pistol freely. An attempt was
and three other State Rangers, when Nor
ris opened fire on them and killed G. P.
Night and seriously wounded Samuel Lane.
The Sheriff was then shot three times and
killed.
Since 1878 the black sand petroleum ter
ritory has produced 130, ,499, ,03S barrels, and
the white sand 57,446,2 ,2Sl. The most pro-
ductive year was 1881. Various causes, add
ed to the the extreme cheapness, have ex-
tended the use of petroleum enormously.
For the past nine years the average increase
in consumption has been 1,571 1863 barrels
per annum.
Tony Auray, heir to French fortune,
crafty started out to find perfect girl. He
saw Marguerite Vagnair in theatre, and
fancied she was the object of his search.
He made her acquaintance, courted her,
and won her love. Then his mania took a
wards attempting suicide. He is on trial for
the crime.
- The Boston Globe abandons to history
of patent medicines about two-thirds of its
ample space. 1t seems that Venders Of these
drugs estimate their annual sales at about
$25,000,000. Many fortunes have been won
and lost in this trade, but it is constantly
increasing, because the enterprising pro-
prietors have spent $10,000,00O in adver-
tising. Like al, other commercial pursuits,
there are hundreds of failures to one success.
The most conspicuous foreign conplica-
tion now is the alleged seizure of the Car
oline Islands by Germany. These were is
lands which Spain claimed without hav-
ing exercised dominion over them. The
wrath over Germany's usurpation seems to
be like cholera move in Spain, and Alton
20 threatens to throw up his commission in
the German army which was given him
during his recent visit to that country.
Thomas Smith, aged 46, farmer en-
ployed by Mahlon Hoagland, near Rocka-
with his son, Lodie, last Friday night and
threatened to kill everybody in the house,
whereupon the son drew a revolver and
shot his father three times, killing him in
stantly. The parricide walked to ROcka-
way and surrendered. He is only 10 years
of age.
a mob of fifty masked men raided Dal-
ton, Georgia, on Wednesday night and
warned all the inmates of disreputable
houses to leave Immediately. The warn
ing was emphasized by the wrecking of
several of the worst houses and severe whip
pings administered to their proprietors.
One notorious man fought and 80 or more
shots were exchanged before he fled and al
lowed his place to be cleaned out.
j. R. Walkup, of Emporia, Kansas, died
last Friday He was president of the City
Council and acting Mayor: He was also
in Kansas. His death was Occasioned by
poison, generally believed to have been ad-
ministered by his wife, a young woman
whose acquaintance he made while visiting
New Orleans last winter, and whom he
married about the 21st of July, in Coving-
ton; kentucky. She has been arrested.
1t is stated at the postofice department
that the system of special letter delivery
will not 90 into operation before October
l. 1t is found that it takes a long while to
get the preliminary work done in connec-
tion with its introduction. Clerks are pre-
pairing lists of the towns designated by the
law, based upon the returns of the last
census. Upon examination, il is found that
there are 620 cities and towns in the United
States, containing population of the requir-
ed number.
The biennial session of the North Caro-
lima Grand Lodge knights of Honor was in
session last week at Winston. The reports
of the grand officers showed the order to be
in hi ghly prosperous condition throughout
the State, with $4,000 surplus in the treas
ury. The per capita tax of the members
was reduced twenty per cent. for the next
two years. The next biennial session of the
Grand Lodge will be held in Washington,
in Beaufort county, on the 3rd Monday in
August, 1887.
The return to life of little child in De-
troit, on Friday, fifteen hours after its ap-
parent death and when it was lying in its