Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-10-13
Straps and fafts.

He rolls and tosses all night, talks and starts
in his sleep, and is said to be haunted by q
vision of the murdered Preller.
"A Washington dispatch says that a
statement prepared at the Treasury depart
ment on Wednesday last shows that there
were then outstanding 60,139, 752 in stan
dard silver dollars, being the largest amount
of coin in circulation since their issue be.
gan. A rapid decline, however is now ex.
pected as the result of the issue of more
convenient silver certificates.
- The following hint from the Boston
Budget may be of interest to consumers OF
coal: "It is not generally known that coal
which remains in store perfectly dry is
such is the fact. Most coal mines are satu.
rated with water, and if this is drained off,
the coal becomes finty and yalueless.. Coal
stored through the summer should be
sprinkled and kept moist"
There appeared before the local court Of
Sparta, Ca, the other day, negro named
Cooper Lamar, who was captured off the
coast of Africa and brought to America on
the Wanderer 26 years ago, and consequent
ly was one of the last negroes ever stolen
and smuggled into slavery. Notwithstand.
ing his 26 years. residence here he knows
but little of the English tongue, and has to
be questioned by signs.
The hero of the political hour seems to be
Miss Martha Strickland, of Michigan. She
was Greenback delegate to 8 fusion Con-
gressional convention of Democrats, and
while chaos was at its height, she waved her
rhetorical wand over the bowling elements,
talked few words of common sense, which
acted like a sedative, and harmony was
restored. This secures a Democrat in this
district and clearly entities Miss Scrickland
to half the salary.
There have thus far been conventions
held in 100 of the 1S5 Democratic districts
as represented in the present Congress, and
Sc have failed of denomination. In 140 Re-
publican districts, as now represented, there
have been but III conventions and 20 have
failed of denomination. Of the 325 members
of the 48th Congress 1856 were reelected. The
indications are that the next Congress will
have 225 of the present membership of the
House.
The contest in the Third Congressional
District of Louisiana promises to be unique
one. Two days ago the Democratic Con-
vention at Franklin nominated Edward J.
Gay, ten times millionaire and the rich
est man in Louisiana. The Republican
Convention boldly responded to-day by
choosing ]. S. Davidson, full blooded ne
gro, the only one ever nominated in Louisi-
ana, and one of the few in the South. The
district is the largest and richest country
district in the State and very close one,
but usually Republican. Davidson has been
a member of Of the Louisiana Legislature
The cotton crop report for the Memphis
district, which embraces West Tennessee,
North Mississippi, North Arkensas and
North Alabama, represents the season more
favorable than up to this season last year.
Picking is progressing rapidly through.
out the district, and it is estimated that
Is per cent. of the crop has been gathered
up to the 1st of October. The light frost
which fell in portions of the district on the
night of October 1st were not damaging,
and the fair weather that has since pre-.
vailed gives assurance of favorable condi-
tions, which adds to the bright prospects OF
the planter and enables him to gather his
crop in clean and satisfactory manner.
The staple is moving rapidly to market,
and there is no disposition on the part OF
the planter to hold his cotton for higher
prices.
= The proposed railroad from Roanoke
City, Va, South will probably take differ
ent route, if built, from that originally pro-
posed. It is now intimated that President
Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has secured European capital nee
CcSStIy cAlcluluS lltC ONCuouuOot al
lev railroad south to Pensacola, Fla, and
that the work is to be be commenced within
thirty days. The route is said to be over
the old line direct into Salem, Virginia, via
Buchanan, thence south to the famous Gran
berry iron mines of North Carolina, to
Birmingham, Ala, Dalton, and Pensacola,
Fla. The object thus of extending so far
south is to get an open and direct route to
the gulf of Mexico, which is now blocked
to the Baltimore & Ohio by the Richmond
and Danville syndicate.
In the Hastings Court of Richmond,
Va, last Saturday, Thomas j. Cluverius,
convicted of the murder of Fannie Lillian
Madison, was re-sentenced to be hanged on
the 10th of December next, the Court OF
Appeals having denied him new trial.
Only about thirty persons were present in
the court room, as it was not generally
known that he would be re-sentenced on
that day. Cluverius appeared to be some
what care worn and nervous, and it was
evident that he was under heavy strain
to maintain composure. When asked by
the judge if he had anything to say why
sentence should not be passed upon him, he,
in a low tone, replied "No sir; nothing
more than have said BEFORE" Judge At
kins then, without any preface, pronounced
the death sentence.
The grand jury sitting at Columbus
Ohio, last week, completed one of the most
important pieces of work ever brought be-
fore such body. The revelations that have
been made in regard to the conduct of the
State prison under the present administra'
tion form the basis for a number of indict.
ments. It has been shown that the keepers
and the convicts were in league in conspir.
acy of crime such as has never before been
undertaken in this country. Convicts were
let out to commit burglaries, the proceeds o1
which the keepers and guards divided. II
also appears that the prison was made an
agency for defeating the will of the people
as expressed at the polls. Election returns
are shown to have been taken out of the
County Clerks safe, brought to the prison
changed by forgers confined there, and
taken back before the making of the official
count. The whole administration Of the
place was rotten through and through.
There is lively demand for the one,
York. The banks are depositing their sill
yer just as fast as it will be taken at the sub
treasury. President John Samson, of the
Ci.ase National Bank, in cicular letter on
the silver notes, says: The financial bearings
of this issue of paper currency are: 1t more
than neutralzes the effect of the surrender
ing of national bank notes. 1T takes from
the treasury it's ownership of some ninety
millions of silver dollars and substitutes an
equal amount of gold and greenbacks, thus
warding off any danger of dropping from
gold to the silver standard. 1t enables the
treasury to call in all the three per cent.
bonds without the risk of having to offer
silver dollars in payment. It will work a
gradual and desirable expansion. 1t OBJ
Iiterates the necessity of handling any me-
talic currency except small change. 1t will