Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-01
Straps and fafts.

without property qualification, and the
other prohibiting the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating liquors in the State.
There has been no Congress since the
war wherein eX-soldiers of both Union and
Confederate armies are 80 numerous as the
present one. There are fourteen Ex-Union
officers in the Senate and seventy-nine rep
resentatives in the House. There are nine
teen Ex- Confederate officers now in the Sen
ate and forty-two in the House.
Maud, the twelve year-old daughter of
her sleep the other night and went across
the.street. Then she went back and stood
at her own door fumbling with the lock.
Her father heard her and thinking bur-
glars were there, drew his pistol, and when
the door opened shot. The ball struck
Maud in the shoulder. It will not..kill her,
but it awakened her thoroughly.
John Drake, colored, was hanged at
Thomaston, Ga., last Friday for the MUIR
der of his wife, last December. He con-
fessed the crime, which was a most brutal
one. He cut her head open with an axe,
gashed her throat with knife, and, piling
old clothes on the body, saturated the bed
ding with kerosene and set it on fire. On
the same day Frank Mulowski, Pole, who,
brutally murdered Mrs. Agnes Kledzeik,
last August, was hanged in the Jail yard in
Chicago.
- The Hon. Ward Hunt, Ex-Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme Court,
n. Y, June IA, 1910, and has always resid-
ed in his native place. He graduated at
Union College in 1928, and turning his at
tention to law, attended the law lectures of
Judge Gould, at Litchfield, Conn. In 1865
he was elected Judge of the Court of Ap-
peals of the State of New York, which DO
sition he held until 1872, when he was ap-
pointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States.
"A tornado passed over Eellemore, a
small town in Putnam county, Ohio, last
Thursday. The heavens suddenly became
dark and then came terrific storm cloud,
ftqnnel-shaped, tearing up trees by the roots,
blowing down small buildings, and destroy
ing everything in its path. A protracted
meeting was being held in the Methodist
church at the time. The steeple was blown
down and the roof carried off. The con-
gregation was panic stricken, but Fortunate
ly no one was killed, though many received
bruises and cuts which may result fatally
The damage done by the cloud will amount
to many thousand dollars.
= A remarkable duel was fought on the ia
nous battlefield of Waterloo last Friday.
The contestants were Nine Nalsayre, ma
tive of France, and Miss Shelby, an Amer
lean. The duel was the result of a dispute
on the relative merits Of French and Amer
tions, Nine. Nalsayre threw her glove in
Miss Shelby's face and a duel was forthwith
arranged. The weapons were swords Miss
Shelby was slightly wounded on the arm.
The four seconds were Americans. These
expressed themselves satisfied that the duel
had been conducted fairly, and that honor
had been vindicated and the insult a.
venged.
"A very queer phenomenon is reported
from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, few days ago.
An account says: The most remarkable
atmospheric phenomenon ever known here
occurred at 3 p. m. The day had been light,
though slightly cloudy. Suddenly at the
hour named darkness began settling down,
and in five minutes it was as dark as mid
night. General CONSERVATION prevailed,
people on the streets rushed to and fro
teams dashed along, and women and chill
dren beata precipitate retreat into cellars.
All business operations ceased until the
lights could be lighted. Not a breath of
air was stirring. The darkness lasted from
eight to ten minutes, and then passed off,
seemingly from west to east.
The Senate Committee on the District of
Columbia has decided by tie vote. not to
advise and consent to the nomination of J.
B. Matthews, colored, of Albany, to be Re-
corder of Deeds for the District of Columbia,
and Senator Blackburn was, therefore, au-
thorized to report the nomination adverse
ly. 1t is understood that the votes in favor
of the confirmation were cast by Messrs.
Ingalls,, Pike, Palmer, Brown, and those in
the negative by Messrs. Blackburn, Vance,
Harris and Riddleberger. The death of Mr..
Miller, of California, who was a member of
the District committee, leaves the commit.
tee with eight members, hence the tie vote.
The motion to report the name fayorably
not receiving majority of the votes cast
was lost. Senator Riddleberger, it will be
noted, voted with the Democrats in the
negative-some evidence that that gentle
man is, very properly, trying to slacken his
allegiance to the Radical party.
The trial of VIM. H. Jones and Frank
Jones, father and son, indicted at Asheville,
n. c., for the murder of Mary Joyce and
her father and mother, closed last Sat-
The jury was out about one hour. The trial
was one of unusual interest, having been
begun on the 10th of March, The evidence
was purely circumstantial. One hundred
and seven witnesses, from first to last were
examined. The crime for which the pris-
oners were tried involved the murder of
three persons and burning of their dwell
ling over them. The indictments were for
the killing of Mary Joyce, her father and
mother. After the verdict no1le pros was
entered as to the other indictments. With
leave the prisoners were discharged. An
effort was made to show motive for the
crime in that Mary Joyce had said Frank
Jones had criminally assaulted her, and
that William H. Jones said she WOuld new
er testify against his son.
The third annual report of the civil SER
vice commission, made to Congress on
Thursday was accompanied with message
by the President, in which he says: "The
exhibit thus made of the operations of the
Commission in the account thus presented
of the result Of faithful execution of the
civil service law, cannot fail to demonstrate
it's usefulness and strengthen the conviction
that this scheme for reform in the method
of administering the government is no Ion
ger ap experiment. Wherever this reform
has gained foothold it has steadily advanc-
ed in the esteem of those charged with pub
lie administrative duties, while the people
who desire good government, have con-
stantly been confirmed in their high esti-
mate of its value and efficiency. The ben
eft it has already secured to the public is
plainly apparent, and with its promise of
increased usefulness easily appreciated, this
course is commended to the liberal care and
Jealous protection of Congress-"
A veritible Mormon has been brought
to light in Crawford county, Georgia, by
the logging of two white women, Mrs.
Julia Hutto and Mrs. Vina Hutto. They
are the wives of William Hutto, the story
of whose lives is scandal to the communi-
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