Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-11-17

elders begin to feel like monopolists, and
that the possession of so much property is
contrary to the Gospel scheme which they
desire to follow.
1.-The coolest thief of modern times is the
fellow who robbed an Adams Express car
looking over his loot, he assorted out notes,
mortgages, etc., that he could not convert
into cash, and returned them to the compa-
ny, with humorous Endorsements on the
papers.
"A Washington letter says there is as
much caste in negro society at the Capital
as among the whites. The better educated
and better bred have little to do with the
ignorant, and with those whose blood they
do not think so good as theirs. They have
their balls and parties, literary societies and
social clubs, and enjoy life in much the same
way as their Caucasian brothers.
= The total collection from internal reven-
-ue from the time the present system was in
augsratsd 5s5g TR to June 80 1885,
ceipts from internal revenue remarked an
officer of the Treasury few days ago,
"were sufficient to have paid the entire pub
lie debt at its highest figure, $2,756, ,431 ,571,
and leave balance of $685., ,s5S, 1884, if they
had been applied to that purpose
The vagaries of the silver dollar are
briefly set forth in the report of the director
of the mint. Itappears at the time of the
passage of the Bland bill, in 1878, the bullion
in the standard dollar had value of 934
cents, from which high-water mark there
was q gradual descent Tor six and and half
years, the lowest being reached last July,
when its value was II cents. Since July the
price of silver has slightly risen, until now
the dollar is worth nearly II cents.
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social and professional standing, shot and
killed VIM. Sharp, young white man, son
of State Representative elect Jno. J. Sharp,
of Nash county, N. c., in bar room in
Rocky Mount last Friday evening. The
shooting was done in the delirium of drink.
DR.. Powell was given into the hands of
deputy to be committed to Tarboro' Jail.
When half way between Rocky Mount and
Tarboro' at II P. M. five of PoWell's friends
met the deputy and took his prisoner from
him.
ALI. Taylor, the recently defeated, Re
publican candidate for Governor of Tennes-
see, it is said, although defeated for the
Governorship was elected State Senator
from one of the East Tennessee districts,
whereupon the Kansas City Journal, stall
wart Republican newspaper, while finding
much to excite admiration in the recent
political contest between the Taylor broth
ers in Tennessee, which resulted in. s, victo-
ry for "Bob," also commends the foresight
of "Alf," who, though defeated for Govern
or, was triumphantly elected State Senator.
Washingtoudispatch of Saturday says:
The total amount of standard silver dollars
in circulation on November 10 was $61 ,353,-
240, out of total coinage of $244, ,767 1856.
The amount outstanding November l, 1885,
was $49, 2,089, out of a coinage of $163,817,-
342. 1t has been the endeavor of the Treas
ury Department to increase the silver dollar
thought that it will be impossible to reach
that figure, as the present tendency is in the
opposite, direction. The net gold holdings
of the Treasury in coin and bullion now
amount to $159, 1868 $40, as compared with
!, $l42, ,2SS,5S9 on the lst of November, 1885.
y Rain.in-the- Face, sub-chief of the Dako-
TIA Sioux, who was in the battle of the Little
Rosebud and was the Indian who shot Gus
ter, has appealed to the Indian Bureau to be
allowed to attend school. He desires to
come East and enter Hampton Indian
School in Virginia. Rain-in-the-Face is
now about forty years of age, and has been
for several years at the Cheyenne River
Agency in Dakota. He has always been an
influential man among the various bands,
but he has found out that an Indian with
some education, like Red Cloud, is stronger
with the young men Of late years than the
ingorant chiefs. Hence his desire for some
education. The question will not be decd-
ed Immediately.
Says the New York Market Journal: No
man is acquitted of his obligation to pay
debt because the claim against him is out
lawed. After debt is outlawed the law
declares, not that the debt is cancelled, but
that the creditor can no longer avail him
nf % nf ho 10, fo
it. The honor and faith of the debtor are
in no wise discharged of the moral obliga-
tiOn to pay, which even increases with the
lapse of time. 1t has been seriously pro-
posed to do away entirely with legal meth
ods of collecting debts, and there is much
to be said in favor of the plan. It would at
least place men on their honor. Mere
wealth without character would no longer
be a passport to extensive credit, and it
would place practical premium upon in
tegrity.
The telegraph again asserts that an ex-
peditiQn of filibusters is being organized by
ex.Editor Cutting for the purpose of invad-
ing Mexico. An Albuquerque, New Mexico,
dispatch of Saturday says: Captain Edward
Friend, of the Ell Paso Rifles, arrived here
Tuesday night and opened roll for recruits
to join Cuttings filibustering expedition
into Mexico. It is understood that 2l3
names have been placed on the list in this
city and that more are promised. 1t is ex-
pected that the expedition will be thor
oughly organized within month and that
the insurgents will rendezvous at Ell Paso,
from which point they will invade the
Mexican Republic. Federal officials in this
territory are closely watching the move
ment, and will use every endeavor to pre-
vent the invasion of the friendly neighbor-
ing republic. The men being enlisted for
the expedition are well-knoWn characters,
desperate in the extreme and capable of
causing serious international trouble.
- The destitution and suffering that has
resulted from the protracted drought in
Texas is exciting the sympathy and appeal
ing to the charitably inclined everywhere.
A section of the Lone Star State 600 miles
long and 400 miles wide was for fifteen
months, from June, 1885, to August, 1886,
without rainfall enough to quench human
thirst, to say nothing of nourishing the
crops, and many of the inhabitants are
without food save what is sent them from
other States. To make the Affections doub-
ly severe, says the Philadelphia Times, there
is no seed grain in the desolate section with
which to provide for future crops, and John
Brown, leading citizen of Albany, Texas,
has come North as the representative of a
committee who have undertaken to supply
their unfortunate fellow-farmers and neigh
bors with seed to start anew and lay the
foundation of crops for nextyear.
The Alabama Legislature convened in
Montgomery on the 10th instant. All the
officers chosen by the Democratic caucus
were elected. Among them is lady, elect
ed as one of the clerks. Governor O'Neaps
70 no 70 ffs,fr