Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-20
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twins in II years.
a9 Louise Gibbons, young woman o1
% years, at Springfield, O., was made
deaf by sneezing.
] ar A new law in Montana provides
that the judges charge shall precedt
! the arguments of counsel.
89 Canada is making preparations tc
absorb the telegraph companies. II
will run the business as it does the
postoffice.
sS A new tea company has just
bought 5000 acres of land in Colletor
county, S. c., intending to raise tea
for the market.
AT The Missouri penitentiary, which
has 5000 well-selected books, is suppos-
ed to have the largest and best prison
library in the country.
tn A man in Springfield, Ohio, is i'm
mune from arrest, though thief. He
stole chickens and then got the small
pox. Officers refuse to arrest him.
S3' The department Of agriculture es-
Inmates that the value Of the leading
farming crops in 1900 was 81, ,S61 ,466, ,000
or over $500, 100000 greater than for the
previous year.
SzT The Case heirs of Lexington, KY.
claim $20000,0o0 worth Of property in
Cleveland, o. Suit will be instituted
for possession. There are 500 plaintiffs
and 900 defendants.
5T It is represented that game in
Maine is dying out by reason Of the
long, cold winter. There have been
heavier SHOWS in the state this year
than for a long time.
Sg There is still in existence an un-
repealed law in Switzerland which for
bids-under heavy penalty-the wear
ing Of hats more than 1S inches in di-
ameter, artificial flowers and foreign
feathers.
IN One region around Plant City,
Fla, will ship this season about 10000
quarts of Strawberries. The growers
expect to receive an average of Is cents
a quart, which would make the crops
value $4,000.
81T The present session Of commons
has one octogenarian member, Mr..
Spencer Charrington, who is so years
old. Twenty members are between 10
and 80, and over a hundred are between
go and 10.
Sy John J. Stone, contractor at Tole-
do, O., claims that he was thoroughly
cured of rheumatism by the salt treat
ment. He took a tablespoonful Of salt
every morning, working it down with a
small amount of water.
a The number of persons visiting the
library Of congress on Inauguration day
was 72,572 by actual count by a
mechanical register. In three days
Saturday Sunday and Monday-the to-
tai was over 100000 persons.
3S Besides King Edward there are 70
heirs to the British throne without 60
ing outside Of the group Of Victoria's s
descendants. These include five child
rem, 81 grandchildren and 81 great
grandchildren of the late queen.
81 Ohio capitalists will establish a
game preserve in Florida of 1000 acres.
1t will be located on st. Johns river,
IS miles south Of Jacksonville. Tho
land will be fenced and number Of
winter homes erected.
an While cutting up a poplar at his
sawmill in Lee county, Va, c. R. Kes-
terton found an auger hole plugged by
a pin. On removing the pin he found
in the hole five $40 gold pieces bearing
dates between 1850 and 1860. The coins
are supposed to have been hid there for
safekeeping during the Civil war.
8aT Captain William Foster, who died a
week ago at Mobile, Alabama, brought
the last cargo Of slaves to the United
States. For 80 years he had been en-
gagged in the hazardous business of
bringing Africans to this country and
selling them. Captain Foster was seve-
raj times in imminent danger Of being
hanged by the Union authorities for
slave trading.
3s The navy department recently con-
cluded some tests for the purpose Of
demonstrating the lasting qualities Of
wood used in war-ships treated with
fireproofing process. Samples taken
from the torpedo boat Winslow were
employed in the tests. They had been
in use for five years. The report show
ed that the wood had lost none of it's
anti-fire qualities.
8T Ex-Governor Lee, of South Dakota,
has notified the state authorities that
he has returned the office chair recent
ly given him by the legislature in &C
cordance with the custom. He says
that he is opposed to giving away state
property, and it is an easy step from
taking presents of small value, at the
states expense, to a gift Of large value,
involving grave abuses and gross cor
ruption.
SJ Lord Salisbury has just celebrated
his list birthday. He has lived in
three reigns, and just missed living in
another by being born nine days too
late. George w had just died when he
opened his eyes on the splendor Of Hat
field house. He has seen seven prime
ministers, and, with one exception
Lord Roseberry-he is the only man
now living who was premier under
Queen Victoria.
39- In the side Of the rock Of Gibral-
tar four huge reservoirs have been cut
capable of holding 100000 gallons of
wire, can be made mosquito proof, thus
preventing this pest, prevalent in hot
weather, from introducing any germs
of disease. In the event of siege this
water supply would be invaluable, and
for the present the troops and poor will