Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-10-06
Straps and faets.


- Since the commencement of the
Luetgert trial in Chicago, it is said the
sausage manufacturing business has
dwindled to almost nothing. People
up that way can no longer eat sau.
sage without thinking of the possibili-
ty of human being having been
ground up in the stuff, and they will
not have it. Many hotels and restau-
rants, which formerly served good
deal of sausage, are now devoting their
efforts in other directions.
"A sound precedent, it is noted, has
been established in New York. Twen-
ty years ago in Brooklyn, man was
sent to the penitentiary for term of
20 years for burglary. After serving
two years he was pardoned, his inno-
cence of any participation in the
crime being fully established. The
state board of claims, under special
legislative authority, on Saturday,
awarded this victim of injustice 81 500
damages for false Imprisonment. He
had made a claim for sl6S, 900, which
was out of reason.
- Zephania Jones, an aged contrac-
tor and builder, of Washington, D. c.,
was killed one day last week by being
run into by a bicycle. The bicycle
was being ridden by Reuben F. Gray,
an employee of the government print
ing office. The accident happened as
the aged contractor was walking across
the street. On being struck by the
wheel, Jones fell to the ground and hit
his head against the asphalt. He was
knocked insensible. Mr.. Gray was ar
rested pending a legal investigation.
He says he was not riding rapidly at
the time the accident occurred; but
had just looked up at clock, and, on
this account, failed to see the old man
until it was too late to avoid the COL
lision.
To decide wager made by an op-
ponent of the bicycle, says the In
dianapolis News, that the wheel causes
more casualties in one week than foot
ball does the entire season, the stake
holder obtained the following sup
prising figures from indisputable au.
thorities. Throughout the United
States during the past month there
were S1S accidents reported to wheel
men, 33 resulting fatally at the time
and 26 finally causing death. Collis-
ions with other riders caused 227 &C
cidents, FIVE fatalities and three proba-
bly so. Other statistics show: Collis-
ions with vehicles, 159; with street
cars, SO; dogs, 9; hogs, l; chickens,
l; COWS, Q; thrown from wheel, 233 ;
fell over embankments, 8; breakage
of machine, 35. Over-exertion injured
four and killed four. Three were dis
abled by holes in the ground, and five
were hurt by slipping of wheel. Mis-
cellaneous causes injured IA, while 10
were hurt by unknown agencies.
- An official statement just made by
the Spanish. government, it is noted,
shows that Spain has sent to Cuba
during the eighteen months from No
vember, 1895, to May, 1897, no less
than 1S7,999 officers and soldiers, Of
whom 40 were generals; 212, ,542 guns,
81 cannons, IL mitrailleuses, cart
ridges by the million, powder by the
hundred Kilograms, and shells by the
thousand. No account is given of the
money expended, gathered by loans
and taxation but it probably exceeds
5000, 100000. Counting the troops
Spain has sent to the Philippine Is
lands to suppress the revolt there, that
country of 100000 population has
sent $4,000 officers and men distances
of 5000 to 10000 miles within two
wears to crush out rebellions. If Great
Britain had been nearly as much in
earnest century ago, there would
probably never have been any United
States as they exist today. 1t did not
send over $4,000 soldiers 20 this coun-
try.
- The Orange Judd Farmer, in its
final estimate of the years wheat crop,
says that figures based on actual
threshing returns indicate total yield
of 589,000,000 bushels, of which 373,-
100000 bushels is winter and 215, ,470,-
600 bushels spring wheat. With the
exception of Illinois and Missouri, the
winter wheat yield represents the full
capacity of the soil. The spring wheat
yield in Minnesota and the Dakotas
has proven disappointment, the ag-
gregate being only 120, 900 bushels.
The shortage there is in measure
counterbalanced by the good yield in
Nebraska, Oregon and Washington.
The report says the corn crop is ex-
ceedingly disappointing, at an outside
estimate of 1,750,0O0,0OO bushels.
Drought during the past two months
reduced the average condition from
1928 a month ago, to 1879 on October
1. An average oats yield of 28.7
bushels per acre suggests a crop of
S14,OO0,0O0; 1OO,0OO,OOO more than
last year.
Charlotte Observer, Sunday: John
Cheatham, white, was arrested in Rock
Hill, S. c., yesterday morning, for the
murder of mana -moonshin-
er-22 years ago, in Wilkes county,
and was brought here last night and
placed in Jail. This morning he will
be taken by officers from Wilkes coun-
ty back to the scene of the crime, and
will there be tried for his life. Cheat
ham and several other moonshiners
were carousing together, in March,
1875, in Wilkes, and were pretty full
of mountain dew. Cheatham and his