Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-02-11
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United States are furnished by the South
ern, Western and Pacific States.
Congressman Rainey, of South Car
olina, is still in Washington, but has gone
out of politics and into the coal trade. He
can congratulate himself that he is no long
er in Congress and liable to be hauled over
the Goals, and besides, in his new business
it is probable that Rainey will lay by some
thing for rainy day.
In reply to colored correspondent who
expressed fears that the Slater fund, OF
which ex-President Hayes is trustee, was
being misapplied, Mr.. Hayes writes that
fund is being used as Mr.. Slater desired it
to be, and sends statement showing that
during the last fifteen months $33, 1856 had
been expended on the thirty-one colored
schools Of the South.
- Thursday night was in many places the
coldest OF the winter. The thermometer
was 50 below at Richmond, Va, 13 above at
Charleston, 25 below at Staunton, Va, 3
below at Washington, 2 below at Baltimore.
It was colder than ever known at Staunton
and Fortress Monroe, Va. The bodies of a
man, his wife and six children, emigrants,
were found frozen stiff on the prairie near
Oberlin, Kansas.
In conversation with an intimate friend
recently the President referred to the de-
mands of the Senate upon members of his
Cabinet for papers concerning removals and
suspensions. 1.-THE Senate" said he, with
force, 'might as we'll inquire why voted
for Governor Hill last fall, or why [ contrib
uted to the expenses of the campaign, as to
ask me why appointed friends of my ad-
ministration to Office"
An anti-treating law has passed one
branch of the Washington Territory Legis-
lature. Itprohibits any person from treating
or entertaining gratuitously any otherperr-
liquors, wine or cider, or any other bev-
erage whatever, in any public barroom,
saloon, beer hall or grocery in this Terrific
ry, or in any other public place of resort or
amusement" The penalty is fine Of not
less than s5 or more than s25, or imprison-
ment not less than five or more than twenty
days. or both.
The casket containing the remains of
President Garfield has become damaged
by the action of air and moisture, and ac-
cordingly, on last Saturday, it was placed,
without opening, in a large, handsome and
substantial bronze sarcophagus. The latter
was then Theoretically sealed and returned
to the vault in which the casket has been
since the funeral. The change was made
without the knowledge of anybody except
four newspaper reporters who had been IN
vited to witness the transfer.
The Boston Herald gives the following
true: The exploits of the Pennsylvania
Mennonite preacher, in baptizing converts
in the Schuykill river amid floating cakes OF
ice, at the peril of their lives, recalls the
negro preacher, who baptized members OF
his flock under similar circumstances dur
ing the old days of slavery, and when the
current would occasionally carry an un-
fortunate candidate under the ice and far
away, he rolled his eyes to heaven and ex-
claimed: "De Lawd gibbeth and de Lawd
taketh away. Pass on anoder nigger."
In June, 1883, two notorious hoodlums
of Galveston, Texas, Robert Owens and
George Dodds, in spirit of deviltry, at
tackled q hearse bearing a pauper corpse,
and dumped the body into the street.
They were sentenced to two years in the
county Jail, but on the petition of num-
ber of citizens, Governor Ireland granted
havior. Recently the same men were con-
victed of petty thieving. This fact coming
to the Governors knowledge, he has is
sued proclamation revoking the pardon,
and directing the Sheriff to carry out the
judgment of the court. This is the first
revocation of pardon in the history of the
State.
-Si Minich, one of the three men who
murdered Samuel Baldwin near Leadville,
Colorado, on October 19, 1884, for 81 200 was
hanged in Leadville last Friday afternoon.
Up to Thursday evening Minich expected
Governor Eaton would commute his sem
tence to life imprisonment. He was indif-
ferent to his fate, and drove the clergyman,
who sought to convert him, out Of his cell
with violent blasphemy. Friday morning,
. he called loudly for the preacher and earn
estly prayed for the Almighty's forgiveness
He ascended the scaffold at 1.30 with ci-
gar in his mouth and smile on his lips,
and was launched into eternity, denying
his guilt to the last minute.
"A Rutland, Vermont, dispatch of Feb
ruary 5 says: John O'Neil, formerly of
Rutland, but now of Whitehall, New York,
has for years been expressing liquor in
sealed kegs into Vermont. In December,
1882, the authorities seized LOO of his pack
ages and upon O'Neil's crossing the line
they arrested him. On 307 convictions he
was. fined over $4,000 with the alternative
of 49 years and months in Jail. He ap-
pealed, and to-day the Supreme Court sus-
tanned the decision of the lower court. This
New York by common carrier to Yer
mont sale by the sender. O'Neil was held
in $4,000 bail, and the case goes over to
the United States Supreme Court.
- In reference to the recent killing of
Lieutenant Crawford by Mexican troops,
noted in our last issue, the Tucson, Arizona
Star says: "It can be shown to the sarisfac-
tion of any Congressional committee that
trade had been constantly kept up by the
Mexicans with the hostile Apaches while
every obstacle had been put in the path of
the American commands sent into Mexico
in pursuit of renegades. Wherever it was
possible officers were arrested and thrown
into prisons. Among those who were thus
incarcerated were Lieutenant Mcdonald of
the Fourth Cavalry and Lieutenant Elliott
of the Tenth Cavalry. They were kept un-
der guard until the approach of large forces
of American troops frightened the Mexicans
into liberating them. From the most reli-
able information there is not the least doubt
that the killing of Lieutenant Crawford
was premeditated murder"
An Atlanta dispatch of the 3rd instant
says: One of the most terrible results of the
late freeze in Atlanta is curious case, that
of a convict named Bud Williams who suf-
fered so severely from its effects that it has
been found necessary to amputate both his
legs. The convicts enjoyed a three days
rest which the cold snap gave them. They
were housed in building warmed by three
large stoves, and passed their time singing,
patting, dancing and talking. The wealth
er appeared to have no terrors for them,
and when night came they crawled to their
hunks, were chained down and went to
sleep. On Saturday night when time ar
rived Bud Williams climbed the platform
and dropped down on his bunk, about eight