Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-01-07
Straps aud fafts.

Before the high license law went into
effect there were 13,000liquo saloons in the
city of Chicago. High license has increased
the revenue 81 300, 900 and reduced the num-
ber of saloons to 5000, leaving one saloon to
every fifty-five inhabitants.
A man named Ross, who has been i'm
prisoned in New York for debt during the
past six years, was released in time for
Christmas. He appealed to wealthy man,
who, though an entire stranger to him, took
an interest in the case and compromised the
debt.
Mrs. Benner, widow of the gallant Lieu
tenant Benner, who sacrificed his life while
bringing relief to the yellow fever sufferers
of the lower Mississippi river, several years
ago, has been appointed postmistress of the
village of Rodgers Park, Illinois, where she
has resided ever since the death of her hus-
band.
= The Supreme Court of North Carolina
last week decided that the law requiring
home drummers to take out license to
solicit trade on the streets is unconstitu-
tional. AS a consequence, the State Treas
urer will be called upon to refund about one
hundred thousand dollars which has been
collected from home merchants under the
provisions of the law.
AT Davidson College, N. c., on New
Year day street encounter occurred be-
tween j. D. Hood, a merchant, and j. W.
Summers, lawyer, in which Hood was
shot, and it is supposed was fatally injured.
Hood and Summers are brothers-in-law,
and quarreled about the settlement of an
estate. Hood was attacking Summers with
hatchet when the latter used his pistol.
"A Philadelphia lady is in deep distress
concerning her cOachman. She returned
from a drive in very detected spirits the
other day, and explained the cause to a
friend by saying: 81 sent clear to South
Carolina to get man to match my brough-
am. He was real olive green, and L was
delighted all summer. Why, you don't
on my taste at the city troop races! But
now the cold weather comes, he turns that
nasty gray. The wretch, I believehe knew
he would"
- The New York Heruld's Washington
correspondent says: "It is now we'll under
stood that in framing the COMMITTEES of the
House Speaker Carlisle will so constitute
them that the majority in the import
ant committees will be in harmony with
the recommendations in the Presidents
message and with the declared policy OF the
Administration. To do otherwise would,
of course, be for the Speaker to declare war
they are on the best of terms personally and
politically, Mr.. Carlisle heartily agreeing
with the President in his policy"
The dockets of the Superior Courts of
Savannah and Atlanta are crowded with
divorce cases. In Savannah last week there
were eight cases tried and divorces granted.
In Atlanta at the opening of the court on
Monday, there were six cases set for that
day, all of which were disposed of and the
divorce remedy granted. Quite number
of the applicants are white, and the charg-
III foo osv, Ia hohs sfy,oI
drunkenness to adultery. The courts have
only begun their work, and from the indi-
cations they will be kept busily engaged
until the time of adjournment in the settle
ment of matrimonial infelicities.
The New York Journal of Commerce ends
beautiful article thus: The happy Christ
mas chimes are still vibrating in the COM
mon air. The promise of help and hope is
for every ear. No bonds so strong, no an
guish so keen, no guilt so great, no need so
urgent and pressing, but may find here
present ;;deliverance. Freedom, joy, abso-
luton, help and peace are offered to despair
ing captives in the great redemption. We
stand to-day before the threshold and the
words "Ho every one that thirsteth," in
vite the attention of every fevered lip. 1t
is, to all who listen and accept, the voice of
Life, and it is the promise of happy new
year.
- Says the Chicago Times: Many of the
old railroads in the South in existence IN
1880 have been purchased since by syndi-
Gates and vastly improved and extended so
as to develop new territory or make new
connections. Besides this, however, many
millions of dollars have been expended in
building new roads and wonderful impe-
tus has been given to the development of
the resources of the South. The increase in
mileage alone in five years has been 1928
miles. The smallest increase of any State
has been in Maryland-forty-two miles
and South Carolina comes next in smallness
with 1856 miles. Virginia shows an increase
of794 miles, which is exceeded by only two
States-Texas and Arkansas.
- The authorities of New England
town recently applied through their Con-
gresham to the War Department for tran
scripts of the military records of soldiers
furnished to the army by the town during
the war of the rebellion. TO furnish these
was against the ordinary rules of the de,
partment, but as they were "for historical
purposes" to be used at some approaching
anniversary, 4 concession was made. The
files were examined and disclosed the fact
that the names of about sixty citizens of the
township had been drawn in, and twenty
four of these persons were, upon eXamina-
ton, accepted. Further search disclosed
the fact that twenty-three of them furnish
ed substitutes and the other fled to Canada.
= Mr.. Beck's enemies are numerous, even
in Kentucky. The hardest lick he gets is
in connection with an attempted appoint
ment. His man, though of distinguished
origin, had been indicted for burglary, and
only escaped because of family influence.
A few days ago, we learn, that Mr.. Beck's
friend hired horse and buggy in Paducah,
got a jug of whisky, and taking with him
young lady, his own cousin, went to Hink-
vile, Ballard county, remained there all
night, and the next day went to Missouri
where he sold the horse and buggy he had
hired and has never returned. His mother
had to pay the keeper of the livery stable
for the horse and buggy, mortgaging her
lot to do so. She has since advertised all
her property for sale.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s mercantile agency re-
port that the total number of BUSH ess fail
ures in the United States during 1885 was
1O,637, with liabilities of little more than
S124, 100000, as compared with 1O,96S fail
ures in 1884, with liabilities of S226, 100000.
While the failures for 1885 are only 3 per
cent. less in number than in 1884, the liabi-
tiles have decreased nearly 90 per cent.
The number of traders reported in business
in 1885 was 9l9,99O. Of these one in every
9S failed. In 1878, with Ga, 900 traders, one
in Ga came to grief. The average amount of
liabilities of each failure in 1885 was SILL
67S, against S20,632 in 1884, and $22,3G9 in
1878. It is seen from these figures that
while business casualties have decreased but
slightly in number they are far less signifi-
can't in amount and importance.
The estimates of the statistician of the
Dopo rtmant of priculturn at WASHINGTON