Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-21
MERE.MENTION.

A terrible and deadly disease prevails in
Seward Valley, n. Y. The throat first
swells, the tongue is paralyzed, the patient
cannot eat and he becomes double-sighted.
No one has recovered from the disease which
is contagious. .'.'''''"Major Burke has tender
ed his resignation as Director General of the
New Orleans Exposition. '''''''. In lecture
at Atlanta, the other night, DR.. j. W. Jones,
Secretary of the Southern Historical Society,
made the statement that if Stonewall Jack
son had been in command of the Confeder-
ates at Gettysburg, Gen. Longstreet would
have been shot on the field. .'''''''''As soon as
the New York Legislature adjourned sine
die last Friday, Governor Hill reconvened
it in special session to pass bill providing
for the State census. Considerable excite
entamong politicians has resulted .''''''The
county-seat war has broken out afresh
at Travers, Dakota. On Friday last mob
entered that town from Wilmot and demol-
ished the Court House. No resistance was
made, as the attack was a surprise to the
Travers people, who look to the courts for
done. ......'''.In Riel's battle with the soldiers
of the Dominion at Batouche, he lost 81
killed and 173 wounded. .''''''"Secretary Bay
ard has been the subject of good deal of
criticism since he became member of the
Cabinet, and it is stated that he regrets very
much leaving his seat in the Senate for a
Cabinet position. .''''''"'A correspondent from
Washington states that Gen. Rosecrans, of
California, will be appointed to succeed
Bruce as Register of the Treasury. ''''1t is
stated that large swarms of grasshoppers
have appeared in Pamela county, Texas,
which borders on the louisiana line. Sever
al fields of corn and other grain have been
entirely destroyed. .'.....'''Gen. Hancock was
in Atlanta last week for the purpose of
selecting a asite for permanent q. S. barracks
near that city. ZIP to date about four
thousand Republican postmasters nave ten
dered their designations, and are awaiting
the appointment of their successors. "A
hotel keeper in New York has AZ trunks
belonging to actors which he is holding Tor
board bills. 1.-THE University of Michi-
gan has 1.l37 students, 1SO of whom are
women. I'm Pike county, KY, on Mon
day of last week, while Mount Clark was
irving to elope with Miss Stratton he en-
countered Frank Stratton, her brother. In
the melee that followed Stratton was stabbed
and Clark shot, both fatally. .'''''''" Forty pen
itentiary convicts employed on farm in
Brazos county, Texas, were liberated by
mob on Thursday evening. In the conflict
several persons were seriously injured. Inc
outrage is due to the hue and cry against
the employment of convict labor outside OF
the penitentiary. ...'...''.In the Illinois Legls-
lature on Friday, Weaver, the new member
from the 34th district was sworn in, and
balloting for United States Senator was
postponed until Tuesday. .'''''''''R. L. Jones,
late postmater at Lake Providence, La,
convicted of conspiracy to rob and of rob-
bing mails of over 81 900, was sentenced last
Friday to five years imprisonment at hard
labor .'...'."During gambling riot among
a gang of negro turpentine hands in Liberty
county, Ga, the other day, five were killed
and several wounded. '.'.'''"Over l5O faml-
lies in the plague stricken town of Ply
mouth, Pa, are now receiving aid. Efforts
will be made to raise fund of S75, 900 to be
used for the benefit of destitute orphans for
several years. Occasional deaths still occur
from he malady with which the town was
visited.