Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-30
Scraps and facts.

some effective work in advertising Il
very immoral feature Of the exposition.
On the streets of Cairo, there is exhib-
tied what is known as the dance du
ventre. Anumber of the members of
the legislature saw it and they were
shocked, One Of them resolved that
he would put stop to such exhibit
tions, and when he got back to the
capitol, he introduced bill providing
heavy penalties. The bill passed by d
large majority; but its provision will
not 60 into effect until after the expo
sition is over. In the meantime,
thousands of people who had not
heard of the immoral dance du ventre,
will be induced to 90 out and see what
it was that so shocked the members.
The whereabouts Of Will Myers,
the Atlanta murderer, who recently
walked out of the Fulton county Jail
and escaped, are still unknown. The
sheriff and the police department have
been raking the city as with fine-
tooth comb; but, as yet, without secur-
ing even a shadow of clew. When
Myers first escaped, Governor Atkin-
son offered reward of 5000 for his re-
capture and Sheriff Barnes offered
$500. A few days later the governor
increased his reward to $500 and the
sheriff increased to $1,000. There is
now outstanding for the recapture Of
the young murderer, dead or alive, a
reward of 81, 500. In the meantime,
MYERS has succeeded in hiding himself
as completely as if swallowed up by
the earth.
The water of the Mississippi river
is said to be lower than at any other
time of which there is any record.
Steamboat traffic is practically sus-
pended as far south as Cairo, and at
St. Louis there is hardly enough wa
ter to float the ferries to the opposite
shore. This fact is all the more start
ling when it is remembered that there
are not now at St. Louis as formerly,
two channels. All the water of the
river has been turned into one chan
mel, and it is this one channel that
hardly affords sufficient water to float
the ferries. Further than this, it is
reported that there has been gradu,
al subsidence of the water level all
over the Mississippi valley. Some
theorists claim that this condition is
due to the clearing off of the timber in
the region where the stream has its
source; but others, more practically,
say that it is simply caused by an
unusual drought for which they are
unable to account.
The situation in Screven county,
Ga, remains practically unchanged.
1t seems that the whole trouble is of
political origin. Old man Solomon
Zeigler was Populist, and in quar-
rel some months ago, he was killed by
Sheriff Brooker, a Democrat. Shortly
after the killing, the Zeigler boys con-
suited with their friends and were as
sured that if they would kill Brooker,
they would be backed by the whole
neighborhood. They did the killing,
and up to date their Populist friends
are standing by their promise. Over
200 Populists are under oath to defend
them to the death. Sheriff Mills is at
loss what course 10 pursue. The citi-
zeus of the surrounding country say
that politics is mixed up in The matter
to such an extent that they do not
care TO risk their lives in the enforce
mcnt Of the law, and the organization
of possee of sufficient strength to
accomplish the purpose desired, seems
to be out of the question. Matters
will have to come to a focus shortly /;
but Just now it does not look like a
settlement of the difficulty can be
effected without bloodshed.
- The greatest battle of the Cuban
revolution was fought in the San Juan
valley on Monday oflast week between
5000 Cubans on one side, and $500
Spaniards on the other. The Cubans
were under command of General Ma
Geo, who Was trying to effect Il juno
ton with large division Of the army
in another province. The Spanish
force was sent to head the insurgents
off. Maceo was apprised of the ap-
proach of the Spaniards, and had time
to prepare for them. One thousand OF
his men ne formed into a hollow
square, and the balance he posted in
ambush so as to guard all approaches.
The Spaniards were not aware of the
trap that had been set for them, and
marched straight into the jaws Of
death. The fight lasted four hours and
was quite stubborn. The Spaniards
were fually forced to retreat in great
confusion. leaving 500 dead on the
field The Cubans secured all Of the
arms of the slain soldiers, together
with several pieces Of artillery.
- President Cleveland is not as pop
ular in the South as he used to be.
That fact was clearly indicated in his
reception in Atlanta last week. When
Mr.. Cleveland went to Atlanta in 1887
his reception consisted of series Of
ova,lons. The city was literally crowd
ed with people from North Carolina,
South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, louisiana and Texas, who
came to the city expressly to see him.
Whenever it was known that he was to
appear in public, the vicinity of his