Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-03-07

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were deserters from the regimental bands
getting across the boundary into Belgium
and came on the steamship Westertand
from Antwerp among the steerage passen-
gers. They each had considerable money.
"A few weeks ago the treasurer OF Pan
ola county, Texas, was murdered in his
Office, his head being nearly severed from
his body, and the Office robbed OF about
$4,000. On Monday, Tom Forsyth, a dep
uty sheriff at Longview, was arrested Tor
the murder and robbery. He has confess
ed his guilt. The Jail is guarded, as at
tempts at lynching are feared. The widow
of the murdered treasurer has become ID,
sane, and Forsyth's mother is at the point
of death from the shock occasioned by the
occurrence.
There is no mistaking the position of
the Democrats Of Butler county, Pa. Alta
recent meeting of the Democratic county
committee it was unanimously resolved
that the Butler county delegates to the
Democratic State Convention should sup
mort "no man for delegate to the National
Convention who is not in full accord with
the Administration on the tariff question,
and who does not earnestly favor the re-
nomination and reelection of Grover
Cleveland to the Presidency in 1885,"
= tits stated on the authority of a Con-
gresham that there are public building
BILLS pending in Congress which appropri-
ate $244, 1894, 500 for buildings in different
cities. We don't remember the amount
appropriated for rivers and harbors, but
we are sure the amount will much over
top this figure, and all the creeks are not
yet heard from. This is n of the most
corrupting schemes practiced by our gov
erment. The cry, "the old flag and an ap-
preparation" seems to be popular, n as
long as it is so these enormous approprla-
.tions will continue.
. - John A. Pendergast died in Kansas
City last Sunday. Eight years ago ne was
cashier of the Citizens National Bank, OF
Springfield, Illinois. BE was.found short
in his accounts for a large amount, n
disappeared. He turned up IN Kansas
City o after under the name of John
Perry, and obtained a situation in a res
taurant, where he worked hard and sent
every cent to the bank. Saturday ne re-
ceived a receipt in full of all Indebtedness.
He had heart disease, and the result OF his
Joy was his death.
- Miss Clara Barton, President OF the
Red Cross Society, arrived at Mount YER
non. Illinois, the scene of the recent de-
yastating. cyclone, last Thursday. After
viewing the wreck wrought by the cyclone,
Miss Barton said that all that had been
presented to the public through the daily
press could not give a fair idea of the pitt
able condition of the city. 1.-The necessl-
ties,n she said, .s'are not realized through
out the country. If the people OF the
country could come here and look but once
at the scene, the donations would flow IN
at once"
K During the thirteen weeks OF Congress,
Which have just closed, there have been
introduced 10000 bills and joint resolutions
in the House and Senate. Of this number
thirty-one have passed both branches OF
Congress and been signed by the Presl-
dent. The number of bills introduced TO
date is over thirty per cent. greater than
at this period of last Congress. Should
their introduction continue at the same
rate, the number will reach 10000 by the
end of the session. There have been fifty
eight days of the session during the thlr-
teen weeks since Congress met.
During the sinking of large pits and
wells in Nevada, stratas of rock salt were
cut through, in which were found lmbed-
ded perfectly preserved fish, which are
doubtless thousands of years old, as the
salt field occupies what was once the bot
tom of a large lake, and no such fish are
now to be found in any of the modern Ne
vada lakes. The specimens are not petrl-
fed, but flesh, and all are preserved in
perfect form, and after being soaked IN
water for two or three days can be o
and eaten, but are not very palataole.
After being exposed to the air for a day or
1.-TWO they become as hard as wood.
"A dispatch of Friday from Marquette,
Michigan, says: All the upper peninsular
railroads are blockaded by one of the Sc
verest snow storms ever known here. 1t
has showed contin uously for nearly TWEEN,
ty-four hours and a heavy wind has drlfted
it badly. The storm is still raging and
reaches the entire length of Lake Superior
and extends we'll down in the southern
peninsular, where eighteen inches have
fallen. At Mancelona about Is inches of
snow fell, the greatest amount that has
fallen there in one day for years. The
snow drifted six or sever feet deep TOR
miles around in the country. At Mack.
NAV City the snow storm was the worst of
the season.
- The Republican managers of the forth
coming national convention at Chicago
are in a great stew as to what shall be done
about the distribution of tickets. They
will do we'll to avoid the scandal which
attached to the performance of 1884. Tick
cts were sold broad cast, some of the prices
running as high as $50, and some of the
sellers running as low as Congressman.
And then, at the last moment, when the
convention had been several days in prog
ress, 'preferred stock" to the extent of
some thousands of additional tickets, was
fraudulently issued. No more Of that,
please.
"A Houston, Texas, dispatch of Thurs
day says: The latest report of the massa-
ere of negroes at Spanish Camp is that
seven were killed and n severely
wounded. The cabin was approached
while the inmates were asleep and kero-
sene oil was poured around their bedding
and then fired simultaneously. The MUIR
dering began as the half sleeping ne
groes rushed from the burning house.
Five were killed as they rushed out and
two were shot in the house, and their bod
les cremated. Only one escaped and he
severely injured. The settlement is sixty
miles west of Houston and composed of
Mexicans, negroes and white desperadoes.
possession of land recently decided in
favor of the dead negroes in the district
Court at Wharton. Spanish Camp is far
from any telegraph station.
1t is t~elegraphed from Indianapolis,
Indiana, that an important new line of
action respecting prohibition has been
support of the leaders of the movement
in all parts of the country, the first step of
which, il is likely, will be taken in that
city. It grows out of the decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States in
the Kansas case, wherein it is asserted
that the people cannot barter away the
morals and health of public, and plain