Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-22
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Vi lo1l leIG li,oSl WluOWS anu tHey luCIedoe
yearly"
- Business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last week as reported
States 155, Canada q. Total 1872, against
215 last week and 2l4 the week previous.
The decrease as compared with the previous
week is considerable and is about equally
distributed throughout the country.
The election on local option in Bote-
tourt county, Va, last Friday, resulted in a
majority of 357 in favor of granting license
for the sale of liquor. The first city to vote
on the same question will be Fredericks-
burg, where the election will be held on the
end instant, and on the 18th Richmond
and Lynchburg will vote. Excitement in
Richmond is daily increasing. Both "wet'
and "dry" people are working vigorously.
A number of printed petitions are being
circulated among the colored people of the
South asking Congress for an appropriation
to enable colored citizens to emigrate to
Liberia. They ask for not less than 500
per capita to enable them to reach Liberia,
and for six months shelter for them and
their children after they get there. These
petitions are just beginning to reach Con-
gress.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis has written a letter
to a friend in Baltimore stating that it was
untrue that he would deliver an address at
the laying of the cornerstone of a Confed-
crate monument at Montgomery, Ala. He
says that he only consented to be present on
that occasion after it was promised not to
ask him to deliver an address, as his health
would not permit of either the mental or
the physical exertion necessary. If he were
able no one could more appropriately de-
liver the address on the erection of a monu-
ment to the Confederate dead in the place
of the birth of the Confederate Government.
- During the consideration of the volunta-
ry arbitration bill in the House at Washing
ton, the other day, statistics were submit.
ted to show that in England thel loss from
strikes since 1870 had aggregated $270,0OO,-
600, and that there had been a similar loss
in this country. The loss by the Hooking
Valley strike alone, which fell on the peo-
pie Of Columbus, O., amounted to $15,OOO,-
600. The strike at Saint Louis had resulted
up to the 1stday of April in a loss of $780,
600 in the labor account alone, and incident
al costs, direct and indirect, will foot up$4,-
OOO,0O 0 or S., 100000.
The election in Rhode Island on Tues
day of last week resulted in a decided pro-
hibition victory. Governor Westmore, Re
publican, is reelected by less than 1900
majority, while Edwin Metcalf, the Demo
cratic and Prohibition candidate for attor-
ney general, has a majority of 1884. The
prohibitory. liquor law received e one
fifth of all the votes cast. The liquor deal
ers are amazed and can scarcely realize
that their occupation is gone. On the other
hand, mass and prayer-meetings were held
all over the State Thursday night for the
purpose of giving thanks and rejoicing over
the result of the most memorable political
contest that ever took place in the State.
"A. P. Henly, the clerk of the ordinary
at Athens, Ga, shows the copy of an old
will on file in the ordinary's Office that prob
ably has not its like in the country. Peter
Terry thought that one Wells would assassi-
nate him, and with this idea in his head,
he made his will. In it he left his property
to q certain number Of his friends, whose
names are mentioned, to be used in prose-
cutting Wells to the utmost extent of the
law, provided he killed Perry. A few days
after the will was made Perry was found
dead in his garden, shot through the heart.
When his will was read suspicion was
aroused against Wells, and, on a search be-
ing made, the wadding from the gun that
did the killing was found, and it proved to be
part of the letter that passed between these
men. Wells was tried for murder, convict
ed and hung in three months after the kill
ing.
The board of church extension of the
M. E. Church, South, which was in session
at Louisville, KY, last week, completed its
labors Saturday. The amount of the annu-
al assessment fund was raised from $4,000
to $50, 900, and was distributed among the
different conferences in sums proportionate
to their wealth. The Rev. William Monk,
a we'll known evangelist of the northwest,
was given full swing in his territory, COM
prising a large mission field, and was given
instructions to push his work ahead and
build at once the churches located in differ
ent points as he should in his judgment
select. There was set apart S15, 800 to be
used in purchasing old mortgaged church
property in New Mexico and pushing the
cause of Methodism there. This work was
put into the hands Of Rev. DR.. Kelly, mis-
sionary secretary for Mexico.
- Says the Charlotte Observer Of last Sun
day: Captain S.. B. Alexander, one of the
commissioners appointed by Gov. Scales, to
investigate the disputed State line between
North and South Carolina, yesterday gave
county surveyor Orr a copy of Spencer's
survey, for examination. 1t is claimed
that South Carolina now has a big slice of
land belonging to Mecklenburg county, and
Gov. Scales is making a vigorous effort to
get at the real facts in the case. Spencer's
survey was made, we believe, in 1880. Mr..
Orr, our county surveyor, is to figure on
it," and see if it contains any inaccuracies.
Mr.. Orr was also given a written copy Of
a history of the dispute, how it arose and
the ground upon which it is based. He will
make a careful examination into the matter
under dispute, and if he finds that South
Carolina is claiming land that belongs to
this State, he will not be backward in tell
ing about it.
AS to the careless manner in which ply
sicians' prescriptions are often put up,
Chambers Jouma! says: The result of a
curious but very important tests as to the
accuracy with which chemists, druggists and
others make up prescriptions committed to
their care has recently been presented to
one of the London vestries. Fifty prescrip-
tions were sent out to ordinary druggists, to
cooperative stores, to doctors Shops" and
to certain traders styling themselves drug
companies. The mixtures made were after
wards analysed, to find outflow nearly they
agreed with the prescriptions they repre-
sented'; but in order to give a liberal mar
gin for error it was resolved not to put a
black mark against any one if t chief con-
stituent were within 10 per cent. of the
right amount. Notwithstanding this mar
gin, no fewer than seventeen out of the fifty
mixtures were incorrectly dispensed. In
per cent. than the amount ordered, while in
another it was 81 per cent. in excess. The
chemists and druggists came out bestin this
strange competition, as only 6 per cent. of
their prescriptions had to be called in ques-
ton. Next came the cooperative stores
with 20 per cent. of error; then the doctors
shop,"with so per cent; and lastly the drug
companies, who are credited, or rather dis
credited, with Is per cent. of errors.