Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-15
Scraps and facts.


will give all possible encouragement in
the way of supplying seed and young
trees, and Mr.. Wilson predicts that the
country will soon be producing a sufi-
cient supply of camphor for its own
needs. He also announced his pur-
pose to adopt policy for the encour-
agement of the growth of the English
walnut, the tree of which will, he
thinks, do we'll anywhere south of
Washington.
- Morning 'Oregonian: Representa-
tive F. NJ. Jones, of Bakeoven, Wasco
county, who is the owner of numerous
fiocks of sheep, proposes to take 1000
of his strong-limbed wethers to Dyea,
and from that point use them to pack
supplies into the gold camps. His
idea is to have pack saddle made for
each wether, and load them with 80
pounds of freight, one-half to carry
oats for their own feed, the remainder
with such light merchandise as may
offer. He says all that will be neces-
sary will be TO point the wethers on
the snow, and that they will scurry
across the country on good time. The
merchandise will bring in $4,000
freight money, and the 1000 sheep, on
reaching Dawson, can be sold for $40
O. head so if the scheme is successful,
a nice pile of money can be made.
- Secretary Hester's weekly New
Orleans cotton statement shows the
amount brought in sight for the week
ending last Saturday to be ], AL, ,5S5
bales, against 211, ,222 last year. This
makes the total for the ten days of
this season 1928, against 267, ,47S
last year. Receipts at all United
States ports since September l, 1886
bales, against 1876, ,642 last year. Across
the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac riv-
ers 255, against 5,05S last year. South.
ern mill takings 81, ,225, against 80, ,727
last year. Exports for the ten days
5,427, against 6O,9S5. Total takings
of American and Canadian mills co.
929, against 81 1892 last year. The to-
tai visible supply in Europe and the
United States and atloat is l,Ol7,S23,
against 9S4,177 last week and l,494,-
sos last year. Of this, SO2,S23 is
American, against LIT last week
and 1,215, 1905 last year.
Geneal Longstreet has been lead
ing a lonely life at Gainesville, Ga, for
the past year, says the Washington
Post. His home is set in the midst of a
well-laden vineyard in the suburbs OF
the city. His sons first left the pater-
nal mansion when his wife died, and
he was left with only his daughter to
cheer him. The young lady soon found
an affinity in a neighboring school
teacher, and the couple eloped to At
lanta and were married. Since then
the father has lived alone in the
house, with but the company of SER
want. 1t was while suffering from this
loneliness that he visited Lithia
Springs six weeks ago, where he met
Miss Dortch, pretty, piquante and
sympathetic. There was something in
her eyes which bade him speak, and
when he did so, she accepted him.
General Longstreet was the match
maker who brought Miss Julia Dent,
his cousin, and Lieutenant Ulysses S.
Grant together, a story which he tells
with a hearty laugh. "Old men get
lonely" said he, "and must have
company"
"A terrible collision occurred on the
Denver and Rio Grapde railroad, near
New Castle, Col, last Friday. One Of
the trains was passenger going at
the rate of 40 miles an hour, and the
other stock train, going 80 miles an
hour. 1t is thought that the freight
conductor was behind time and was
trying to get into the next station be-
fore the arrival of the passenger train.
So terrific was the concussion that
both engines, baggage and express cars,
smoker and day coaches, and two
cars, were totally demolished, and the
track was torn up for yards in both
directions. To add to the horror of
the scene, the wreck caught fire from
an explosion of gas and many passen-
gers were burned to death before help
could reach them. Thirty dead bodies
were taken out of the wreck and over
200 people were seriously injured.
Just how many were killed, however,
will probable never be known, as it is
impossible to estimate the number of
bodies that were burned. The engin-
eer of the freight train disappeared.
1t is thought that he jumped from his
engine and took to the woods. The
freight conductor tried to make his
escape but was arrested and is now in
custody.
- The returns for cotton to the de-
partment of agriculture indicate an
average condition of 1873 on September
l, as compared with S6.9 on August l,
a decline of Sc points. The average
condition September l, 1896, was 64.2,
and the average condition September
l, for the last 10 years is 1872. There
has been a marked decline in almost
all the states of principal production,
the decline in Georgia being Is points,
in Arkansas Is, in Louisiana u, in
Texas, Alabama and South Carolina
s, in Tennessee 7, in Mississippi and
in North Carolina 2 points. The only
exception to the rule is Oklahoma,
where the condition shows an improve
ment of 9 points. The drought that
so long prevailed throughout the great
er portion of the cotton belt has been
followed in many sections by excessive
rains, which have done great damage
i Il.