Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-06-11
Straps and fatts.

death over a bonfire.
Every railroad ticket in Russia has two
sums upon it. If the price of the ticket
were thirteen rubles, it would show thirteen
and three, and the price of the ticket would
be sixteen rubles; the explanation of which
is that the three rubles is a special tax upon
the railway travellers to pay the expenses
of the last Turkish war.
= In Saratoga, n. Y, Sunday, G.. w.
Adams, noted gambler, upon the street
assaulted with heavy handled whip Mrs.
Deuel., his wife's sister, and struck her
several times upon the head laying the
scalp open. He explained it by saying
he mistook her for his wife whom she
strongly resembled.
Ross Browne, the traveller, in describing
Smyrna, remarks that he saw but one per
son there who seemed to be doing anything,
and he was falling from the top of house.
Bob Mallory, of Kentucky, when in Con-
gress, was once asked if New Castle, the
county seat of Henry, in his district, was
improving. He replied that it Was-a
house had burned down there recently.
John Trammell and Frank Williams
have been arrested at Hawkinsville, Ga,
for the murder of VIM. Johnson, the aged
paralytic, who was found dead in creek
near his home on Wednesday. Williams
turned States evidence and confessed the
killing for the purpose Of getting possession
of Johnson's property. They were COM
mitted to Jail.
= In Augusta, Ga, last Friday, counsel
for w. S. Roberts, president of the lnsol-
vent Bank of Augusta, made an appeal to
Governor Mcdaniel to suspend his war
rant extraditing Roberts on the requisltlon
of the Governor of New York. The Gov
x,,sS ho1I &c PnharfS
now nearly recovered from the wound in
his throat, which he inflicted with suicidal
intent. ..
gist, says that the seventeen-year locusts,
which he calls by the more scientific name,
cicada, are good for food, and makes prac-
tical demonstration of his theory by eating
them fried in butter. He says the insects
are the auientessence of vegetable juices,
and in his opinion, after vulgar prejudice
is overcome they will be esteemed as rare
and delicate article of food.
- At Marshalltown, Iowa, last Friday
morning Fin and Maus Rainsbarger were
taken from the jail Of Hardin county,
by mob of seventy-fve masked men and
riddled with bullets. They were brothers
of two Rainsbargers who are now in Mar
shall county Jail for the murder Of Enoch
Johnston, and were arrested on Thursday
for an alleged attack on DIR. Underwood,
who is prominent in the Rainsbarger prose-
cution.
- The Presidents rule of denying himself
to all visitors on Saturday will hereafter be
departments. This question was consider
ed at cabinet meeting, and it was the
unanimous opinion of the members that
it was absolutely essential to the prop
er conduct of the public business that the
cabinet officers should have one day IN
the week entirely to themselves, and Sat
urday was selected as the best day for the
purpose.
"A dispatch of the 3rd says: There are
no new features in the situation at the
plague-stricken town, Plymouth, Pa. The
report of the relief committee for the last
week shows an increase in the number OF
sick, and heavy death roll has occasioned
renewed feelings of alarm. Two deaths oc- @
to the hospital. The most alarming feature
of the present situation is that large pro-
portion of the sick are critically i'll.
1t is regarded as definitely settled that
Atlanta Ga, will be a military post in few
months General Hancock recently spent
two weeks in that city examining various
pieces of property, and before leaving stat
ed that ho had found several pieces of prop
erty which would serve the purposes of the
government very we'll. He says the water
is excellent and the climate wonderfully
health giving. The exact property selected
will not be made known until it meets the
approval of the Secretary of War.
- The famous Cherokee Indian land cases
were decided by the Court Of Claims at
Washington on the 1st instant, the decision
ho;, -, 60 pf hn
involves the claim of the Eastern band of
Cherokees in North Carolina against the
Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory. The
claim is that of a share in certain funds
from the Communication of ancient annuities
and the sales of common lands in the In
dian Territory. The North Carolina In
dians sue the United States as trustees.
The Court holds there is no justice in the
claim.
In Cincinnati, on the I'd instant, DR.. f.
E. Lay shot and killed his brother-in-law,
Henry Champlin, in the house in which
both were living. Champlin was the son of
wealthy parents, but was very dissipated,
and had come to his mother while drunk to
demand money from her, and assaulted
his mother and lady visitor, and, when
Lay interfered, attempted to kill Lay with
carving knife. Lay then shot Champlin
between the eyes. Lay surrendered him
self, and on the following day was discharg-
ed from custody, the Judge of the Police
Court taking the ground that it was clear
case Of self-defence.
The death of Charles II. Howard, the
principal owner of the Louisiana State lot
terry, occurred on the 3lst of last month, at his
costly home called Ingleside, near Dobb's
Ferry, in Louisiana, and was caused by his
attempt to ride vicious horse of Arabian
stock. The animal threw him off against a
tree, near his stables, in the presence of his
grooms. Howard was born in Philadel-
phia in 1880, and lived the life Of an adj
venturer until he became the principal owner
of the Louisiana State lottery, by which he
amassed colossal fortune. 1t is thought
that his death will have an important effect
upon the local politics of Louisiana.
i H. G. Fisher, postmaster at Fishertown,
Indian Territory, has resigned his office and
asked to be relieved from duty at the end
OF the present quarter. Fisher explains
that he tenders his resignation because
dians are ineligible to the position of post
master, and happen to be one of those in
dividuals that have the blood of the abo-
rigines of America coursing through my
veins" He concludes his letter as follows {:
II am afraid that this deciison will greatly
injure the service in this country since it is
quite difficult to find any white person
competent to perform the duties in a salts
factory manner"
Judicial humor is always relished, and
the following specimen from a Chicago
court is not bad: Some time ago A. NJ.
Billings, President of the Peoples Gaslight
Company and Of the Home National Bank,
Of that city, listened to the representations