Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-07-19
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day, and after it was over hailstones
were gathered up at the rate of $1,000
pounds to the acre.
- The first bale of 1895 cotton was
sold in New York on last Tuesday. 1t
was from Duval county, Texas, graded
middling and was bid in by j. c. Gra-
ham & Co., at 14s cents a pound.
- The Christian Endeavor conven-
ton, which has been in session in
Boston, has adjourned. 1t was the
largest convention in the history of
the world, being attended by over
80, 900 delegates, and closed with three
of the most remarkable meetings ever
held.
The State board of control issued an
order last Tuesday, requiring dispen-
saries to go back to their original
opening and closing hours: a. m. and
6 D. IN. respectively. The change is
thought to have been made in defer
ence to the pressure of public senti-
ment throughout the State.
-Ex-President Harrison has declar-
ed that under no circumstances will
he be a candidate for reelection to
the presidency. Many Republican as
pirants are greatly relieved at this
declaration. They consider that the
situation, so far as their side is con-
cerned, has been cleared up considera-
bly,.
- Arrangements are being made for
a convention in Petersburg, Pa, for
the study of the Bible prophecies in
regard to the second coming of Christ.
A prominent minister who is commit
ted to the doctrine that will be under
consideration, said yesterday: awe
are not classed as cranks, but hold a
doctrine which is gaining rapidly. 1t
is asserted by one of the leading min
listers of the Presbyterian church that
there are at present five ministers COM
mitted to this Interpretation of the
prophecies where there was one ten
years ago."
The great financial debate between
Roswell G.. Horr and W. H.. Harvey,
was commenced at Chicago last Tues
day. The subject of the debate is
Harvey's book, Coins School of FL
nance. Horr is undertaking to disprove
the statements laid down by Harvey.
He is assisted by several other gold
standard men, and Harvey, assisted by
several free coinage men, is defending
his propositions. The debate will pro-
badly last seven or eight days. 1t is
attracting widespread interest.
Reports of the formation of trusts
and combines are coming in from all
parts of the country. A New York
dispatch tells of the organization of u
big combine in the nail trade. During
the past two weeks the price Of nails
has advanced fully 100 per cent. and
there is reason to believe that there
will be a still further advance of so
cents hundred pounds. Nail manu-
facturers claim that the advance is
due to the general improvement of
business; but the public takes no
stock in the story. There is reason to
believe that fear of foreign competition
will be the only check to further ad-
yances.
"A gang of horse thieves in Okla
homa territory, saved themselves from
capture few days ago by shrewd
trick. They had been run to cover in
a farmhouse by a posse. The posse
was about to surround the house and
close in. Suddenly the thieves emerg-
ed, bringing with them two women,
who lived in the house in which they
were stopping. The women We're
held between the thieves and the posse.
The thieves held their reviewers in
readiness to prevent the members of
the posse from closing in and the
members of the posse refrained from
firing for fear of hitting the women.
The thieves escaped.
A British engineer reports that the
miracle by which the waters of the
Red sea were divided was no miracle
at all: but a phenomenon of nature.
AS proof, he states that he has seen a
repetition of it. Recently, while he
was standing near the very spot at
which the 1sraelites went down into
the sea, terrific wind storm arose,
drove the waters away beyond the
horizon and left sailing vessels beached
high and dry. How wind of suf-
ficient power to drive the waters off
the bottom of the sea, could leave the
sailing vessels practically undisturbed,
he fails to explain.
The designs of the official souvenir
medal of the Atlanta exposition, which
is to be minted on the grounds by the
United States government, were for
warded to Washington few days
ago to have the dies made. On the
diverse side of the medal is shown a
bale of cotton, phoenix rising above
the "ire of 1865" carrying in its bill
streamers of 1885," Around the
edges of this side of the medal are
olive branches and the words, "Cotton
States and International Exposition,
Atlanta" and right above ATLANTA" "
on the face of the medal, the union of
hands. On the reverse side of the
medal is shown a bust Of Henry w.
Grady. Around the edges on this side
of the medal are the words, "Official