Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-03-18

fornia, will give the Democratic side in the
Senate an additional member. The Gov
ernor of the State, who is Democrat, will
of course appoint Democrat The Legis-
lature is now Republican. The body which
will choose Senator for the regular term
is to be elected next fall.
Business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last week, as report
ed to R. G. Dun & Co., number for the
United States pa, and for Canada %. To-
tai 239, against PIG last week, and 24S the
week previous. Business casualties are on
the decline in every section of the country,
especially in the Eastern and Middle States.
One of the Democrats recently appoint
ed to place in the treasury at Washington
has been discharged for theft. 1t was his
business to count silver dollars into bags of
800 each and he had learned the trick of
slipping one or two coins from each bag up
his sleeve. The discovery will make 1T
necessary to recount 10, ,0O0, 900 silver dollars.
- Governor Lee, of Virginia, unhesita-
tingly signed the local option law passed by
the Virginia Legislature, and both forces
are already preparing for the struggle that
must come sooner or later in each commune
ty. It is thoughtthat the city of Richmond
will test the the strength of the parties be-
fore long, and interviews with opposing
done. The majority of these incline to the
belief that the city will vote against local
option.
I = The old time Virginians were proud
set. There once lived in Henrico county a
Sir Patrick Coutts, who was regular
"biood." Some distance from him lived
another "blood," one Colonel William
Byrd. 1t chanced that both fell sick, and
daily expected death. Colonel Byrd dis
patched an 0utrider to Sir Patrick with the
\ message, "Do not 60 before I get ready"
In reply Sir Patrick said: "Tell Colonel
Byrd that when Patrick Coutts gets ready
he waits for no man." Coutts died the
next day and Byrd soon followed.
"A special to the New Orleans Times
Democrat says: "The son of Gen. Robert
E. Lee, Gen. w. F. H. Lee, likely to sue
ceed the Hon. John S. Barbour in the
farmer in comfortable circumstances, thor
oughly unpretending and popular. He
bears strong personal resemblance to his
father and is called "Runy" Lee, name
coming down from nursery days. He is
without experience in politics, but is rep
resented as possessing an uncommon prac-
tical grasp Of affairs.
The Baptist Congress in session at Dan
Vile, Va, last week, adjourned on Friday.
The Congress discussed the points of diff
ference and agreement between the Bap-
tist and other denominations as to the
Lords Supper. The financial problems of
the church were discussed, and DIR. j. w.
McCown made sensation by saying some
severe things about church fairs as means
of raising money for church purposes.
Among the interesting papers read was one
from Prof. Winston, of Richmond, in which
he took the ground that State colleges
ought to be opened for females desiring
to push their studies beyond the cur
riculum Of the average female school. The
Congress will hold their next session in
Lynchburg.
j. A. Harrell is the proprietor of job
printing Office at Weldon, North Carolina
Some months ago James NJ. Mullen, Esq,
lawyer of Halifax county, sent Harrell
some manuscript to be printed. Harrell
found some difficulty in making out the
writing, and DIR. j. E. Green passing at the
time, he showed it to the Doctor with the re-
mark, cpl give you fifty dollars to read
acquainted with the popularity of Mr..
Mullen's chirography, read the paper and
demanded the fifty dollars. Harrell de-
INJURED, claiming that the Doctor hadn't
read it correctly, and that there was no con-
sideration for his charge. The Doctor
brought suit, and the case was brought be-
fore justice, who gave judgment for the
plaintiff. Harrell then appealed to a high
er court, and the Judgment was sustained.
He will carry the case to the Supreme
court of the State.
- The cotton movement of the United
States, as made up by the New Orleans Ma
tional Cotton Exchange for the six months
ending with February, is as follows: Port
receipts 4, 4,530,696 bales; overland shipments
S15,727, Of which to mills 599,062; to ports
175,360; to Canada 1867 in transit over
land $685. total takings of Northern spin
ners 1,31S,S53; at sea between ports 1852 !;
exports to Great Britain l ,53S, ,173; to France
SS7 ,246; stock at ports at the close of Febru-
ary 1,029, ,595; spinners takings February
1Sl ,261; overland shipments February 67,-
964. The total supply in sight at ports and
points of crossing overland and the stocks
reported at interior towns to the close OF
February was 5,6OO,277 bales, against $685.
233 bales last year and 5,65l ,2G7 in the big
crop years of 1882 and 1888. Home spinners'
takings this year are the largest on record.
In accordance with the resolution of Mr..
Boutelle, adopted the latter part of January
by Congress, requesting the Secretary of the
Navy to transmit certain papers relative to
TIC VI CeIldltl OlllCldlS vi tilS ANol-
folk navy-yard, charged with erasing in
scriptions from cannon and number of
others of similar nature, the Secretary of
the Navy has sent to the House letter from
Commodore TruXton, commandant of the
navy yard. This letter shows up the charg-
es made by Congressman Boutelle to be
false. He should have been a little more
careful in his assertions, for the statement
of the commandant of the yard are in direct
conflict with those made by him, and the
public will be the judge to decide the issue.
The letter is a full and complete statement
of the workings of the navy yard, and
shows that in all instances Of removals
ample reasons could be furnished.
Sadie Hayes, colored woman under
sentence of death in st. Louis, Mo-, for the
murder of Police Sergt. jerks, has lover
named William Lacy, who is as black as
she Is She wanted some tangible proof of
his love, and said that if he really loved her
as he professed, he would, before their final
separation, present her with a gold ring he
wore, with the finger on which it was worm
Last Saturday he was to have been taken to
the penitentiary, having been sentenced
to term of three years for burglary. Fri
day evening his sweetheart received the de-
sired proof of his love-the little finger of
his right hand, adorned with the gold ring.
Lacy had actually sawed or cut off his little
finger at the Joint with a steel shank taken
from his shoe and sharpened on the iron
bars of his cell. He wrapped the bleeding
stump of the finger in his handkerchief,
and Saturday night it was amputated and
dressed by surgeon.
- The Washington correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch says: "The revised
bill to pension soldiers of the Mexican war,