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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-04-04
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APtH IA II
The State Of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF UNION.
In the Court of Probate.

BY DAVID, JOHNSON, Jr.. Judge Of Probate
In Union County.
WHRREAS, D. II. Sheldon has made emit 10
FvGne to grant him letters of administra-
ton, with will annexed, OF the Estate and ef.
fects Of WARREN Il. DAVIS, deceased. u.
These are, therefore, TO cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and Creditors of the
said WARREN +. DAVIS. deceased, that thew
be and appear before me- 10 the Court Of Pre- bal G.
10 be held at Union Court House, on the 10Th
day OF April, 1879, 'next after publication
hereof. at III o'clock in the forenoon, to shew
cause. If any they have, why the said Admins
tration should not be granted.
Giysa under my hand, this 9TH day Of
April, Ammo Domini 1870.
DAVID JOHNSON JR.,
Judge Of Probate.
April II 2t
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-04-04
Mortgage Sale.

WILL be sold on Sslesday next, before the
w Court House door. at Union C. IT,. two
horses, described in and by the authority Of a
mortgage given by VIM. vinson to j. W.. Nc
Lure. ~ J. W. MoLURE.
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19
The Medicine of Sunshin

The world wants more sunshine
i'm its disposition, in its business, in
its charities, in its theology. For
ten thousands of aches and irrita-
tions of men and women we COM
mend sunshine. 1t soothes better
than morphine it stimulates better
than champagne; it is the best
plaster for a wound. The Good
Samaritan poured out into the fallen
travellers cash more of this than of
wine and oil. Florence Nightingale
used it on Crimean battlcflelds.
Take it into all the alleys, on board
all e.ships, by all the sick-beds !;
not phial full, not a cupful, not a
decanter full, but a soul full. 1t is
good for spleen, liver complaint, for
neuralgia, for rheumatism, for fall
ign fortunes, for melancholy. We
suspect that heaven itself is only
more sunshine.
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19

For many centuries, scientific men
have been looking for the catas-
trophe that happened in Newton,
Franklin county, Indiana, last Tues
day. 1t is well-known that every
day and night, the remains of de-
strOyed worlds are dropping down
upon our planet. Sometimes they
come in big Jumps, weighing a ton
or two; sometimes in little dornicks,
no bigger than your fist, but mostly
they fall in impalpable dust, and the
deposits Of ages made in this way
are constantly increasing to an ap-
preciable extent the weight and size
of our globe. But hitherto there
has been no recorded accident to q
human being from these meteorites.
But last Tuesday, one, weighing
twenty pounds, fell through the root
Of the dwelling of Mr.. Leonidas
Grover, at the place above mention
ed, crushed through upon him as
he was sleeping in his bed, killed
him, and passing through the bed
and floor, buried itself five feet
below the foundations of the house,
in the earth.
As such accidents generally occur
in groups, we may soon expect to
hear of other casualties from these
wandering bodies that so frequently
impinge on our atmosphere, strik-
ing fire as they go, and finally either
resolving into dust and vapor from
the heat, or coming down red hot
and half melted to the earth as
meterric stones.-Lincoln Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19
Simple Lessons.

Every boy on the farm should be
learning while laboriDg. Agricultur-
al chemistry is considered by even
scientific men TO be a very abstruse
science. Yet many of its simpler
questions, but none the less import
ant, can be easily solved by farm
boys. We all know that it is i'm.
portant that sand, called silica by
the chemist, should constitute part
of the soil of all farm lands. This
furnishes but q small nutriment to
plant life, yet il gives strength to
the stalk or stem and hardens or
gives firmness to the grain or seeds.
So all grain farms should contain i'm
the soil due proportion of sand.
The young or old man in buying a
farm near home or i'm seeking one
in a new country should know what
kind of soil he is buying. He can
not decide whether it contains lime,
potash, phosphates, magnesia, sui
pilates or nitrates, but he can ascer-
tain if it contain clay, loan and
silica. And how to do this is one
Of the simplest lessons in agricul-
tural chemistry.
Take small vessel and put in
handful of fair sample of the soil
to be tested. Put in sufficient wa
ter TO make it thin liquid. Stir
up thoroughly, so all the particles
are dissolved. Add water until it is
all liquid. Then pour the liquid
into a tall, narrow glass. Let it
stand until it settles. In a short
time the coarser sand will be i'm a
stratum at the bottom of the glass,
the finer sand next, then the heavier
clay, and lastly the loan. Thus
any one can see at once the quantity
of these elements in the soil. And
as simple as this lesson is, this is
the way il is done by the most
learned chemists to solve this ques-
tion.-IO,ca State Register.
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19
why Some Farmers are Poor.

The greatest agent TO produce
poverty among farmers or any other
class, is debt. Many farmers will
get a deed of a small piece Of land.
enough to support themselves and
families, and lay by a small annual
income. But that is not sufficient.
They run i'm debt for more land, and
become a slave TO debt. They pay
an interest on money borrowed,
which will soon consume the little
property they possess. They often
pay higher than the ten per cent.
Such proceedings engender a spirit
of discomfort, and they lose faith in
farming aud try TO sell their farms
in order 10 get to town and enter
into business. In nine cases out of
ten, every farmer who is doing well,
that goes 10 town, fails outright.
Having no faith in farming or hav-
ing no breadth of understanding,
they buy the poorest tools and
meanest stock, and drive poor teams
before poor wagons and agricuItur-
al machinery. In the fall and win
ter they teed poorly, just feeding
enough TO get their live stock thro'
the winter into spring. Then it
takes all summer 10 put on that
flesh that was lost in the winter by
poor shelter and bad food. They
never put out fruit trees on
their farms. They always sell their
best lambs and cattle to drovers
and keep the poorest ones at home.
They send their children to school
but little, as too much learning is
dangerous thing. They do not take
agricultural papers or believe in
book farming. They never give
their children a cent of spending
money, as it makes them extrava-
giant and they become spendthrifts.
In short, they are the most misera-
bic people in the world, and would
not keep money if they had it. Such
farmers are poor and will remain 50
to the end of their days, and most of
their sons will follow the path of
their sires. - st. Louis Midland
Farmer.
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19

"That reckless and impudent per-
son by the name of Glover, who has
go little sense of the dignity of his
position as a member of the House
of Representatives, that he has scat
tered mud from every puddle in
Washington on every official with
in his reach, seems to have met his
match in Colonel Irish, the present
Chief Of the Engraving and Print
ing Bureau. Colonel Irish has ta-
ken the trouble to analyze Mr..
Glover's broadside of charges, and
the labor has not been lost, poor as
Mr.. Glover's reputation for accura-
cy was already. For instance, where
Mr.. Glover loudly declared that
$4,000 had been wasted in print
ing bank-nOtes and securities in the
last fiscal year, it is shown that the
whole amount expended was only
1927 more than the sum which, ac-
cording to Mr.. Glover, had been
sqandered. 1t would probably puz-
zle even Mr.. Glover, who thinks he
could run the whole Government
single handed if he had the chance,
to print 100000 perfect sheets of
securities for 1927. So, also, where
Mr.. Glover alleged that 100000
had been wasted in paying rents,
Colonel Irish shows that no rents
have oeen paid during the past fiscal
year. If these statements do not
convince Glover what manner of
fool he lie, he must be given up as a
hopeless case; and to this conclu-
sion, by the way, Mr.. Glover's con-
stituents have come already"
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19
For the JOURNAL.
had WE BUT STOOD IN HIS
STEAD.
Lines dedicated to-

Lines dedicated to.
Where, where. has the mantle Of charity
flown
When we Judge our neighbor or friend,
While the winds or misfortune round
him have blown.
Kind words we in pity should lend.
OH where H. the sunshine that beamed
bright before
From nncloudcd midsummer skies:
And where are the friends so trusted OF
That they vanish when sorrows arise?
Great his temptations--they never were
And his hand grew weak in his might;
Should we have turned from the sirens
dark bowers
And accepted the cause that was right.
Might we not have fallen TO danger q
prey
Had we but stood in his stesdi
When clouds that were golden passed
into gray
Should we from the tempter have fed!
No waxen white lilies in peaceful array
Nor roses wave over him now;
Thro' darkness and cold he's cropping
his way,
While the thorns are piercing his brow.
No sunny path opens with fragrance Of
flowers
He tolls the steep hillside alone;
Thro' the soul-burdened storm and mid
night that lowers,
His crushed heart Is turning to stone.
He looks with regret down the vista Of
time
As he stands at the grave Of the past,
With memory still singing her fault.
finding chime
How long shall this agony lasti
He sees the bright garden Of Hope bloom
ing fair,
The threshold ofhappiness won;
The hopes Of his manhood are indwell-
ers there,
But the goal Of ambition Is run.
The hemlock awaits him--how dreaded
the cup
The swift bolt has entered his soul;
No friend Of humanity raises him up
While the dark waters over him roll.
In the near-lying future are eternity's
years
Beyond human wisdom or ken,
Where no chain is broken, no sorrow or
tears
And angels are juster than men.
MRS. MARY b. FINCH.
Patron, Nebr.
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19
For the JOURNAL.
Married Life.
Patron, Nebr.

"The kindest and happest pair,
Will find occasion 10 forbear;"
and il was a wise piece of advice,
which, when Mathew Henry, the
commentator, was married, his faith
er sent to the newly welded pair -
"Love one another; pray oft together;
and see
You never both together angry be: =
IL one speaks fire, the other with water
Is one provoked, be the other soft or
dumb"
Goldsmith says
"stin to ourselves in every place con-
sign'd.
Our own felicity we make or find:
With secret course which no loud
storms annoy,
Glides the smooth current Of domestic
joy"
4 Campbell says
without our hopes, without our fears,
Without the home that plighted love
endezrs;
Iithout the smiles from plighted beau
~ won,
a! what were man,-a world without
asun."
Rogers says
"The world well tried-the sweetest
thing in life,
Is the undoubted welcome OF a wife,"
Thompson, speaking of the mar
ried pair, says
"what is the world to them,
Its pomp, its pleasure, and its nonsense
allr'
Whaley says, Marriage is pleas
ing combination of two persons into
one home, one purse, one heart, one
flesh"
Upper says, "If you will be hap
py in marriage, confide, love, be
patient and faithful"
Jeremy Taylor says, Married life
is more merry and more sad: il is
fuller of sorrows and fuller of JOYS !:
1t lies under more burdens, but il is
supported by all the strength of
love and charity, and those burdens
are delightful"
Luther said, "The greatest of
earthly blessings is a pious and
amiable wife"
Franklin, in writing to a newly
married friend, said, Il am glad you
are married, and congratulate you
most cordially upon ii. You are
now in the way of becoming a use
full citizen, and you have escaped
the unnatural state of celibacy for
-Me-the fate of many here who
never intended il, but who, having
too long postponed the change of
their condition, find at length that
il is too late to think of il, and so
live all their lives in a situation that
greatly lessons a mans value"
Washington Irving says, "a mar
ried man falling into misfortune is
more apt to retrieve his situation in
the world than a single one, chiefly
because bis spirits are softeneG and
relieved by domestic endearments,
and self-respect kept alive by find
ing that though all abroad be dark
ness and humiliation, yet still
there is a little world of love at
home of which he is monarch"
j. w. Kirton says, "We believe
that il is not good either for man or
for woman to be alone. Old maids
and old bachelors may be useful
now and then, but give US a state of
double blessedness."
"Hsil, welded love! BY gracious heaven
design'd,
At once the source and glory Of man.
kindl
'Tis this can toll and grief and pain
assuage,
Secure our youth, and dignity our age. -
n. ID. HOWE.
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19

HThere would be more houses in
this town." said a native, "if it
wasn't for one thing" "And what
is that?" asked the tourist. saint
any more people," replied the ma
tive. And the tourist opened his
notebook and remained absorbed
in thought.
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19

81 never can enjoy poetry when
I'm cookin," said an old lady. "But
when step out to feed the hogs,
and hist myself on the fence. and
throw my soul into a few lines of
'Cap'n Jinks, IL does seem as if this
airth was made TO live on after all ~
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19

A traveller going to bed, was sur.
prised to see a ghost, which, or who
in a sepu!chral voice began: 81 am
the spirit of one who was fonlly
murdered here" That's no bust.
ness of mine," said the traveller
turning over on his pillow. "Apply
to the proper quarter. Good night
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19
FOR SALE.

1M undersigned offers at privatc sale
his farm two and a half miles north OF
the city consisting of
ESQ ACRES OF LAND,
fifty acres uuder cultivation, and sixty
acres of as good hay land as can be
found, and under portion of it is
very excellent quality of brick clay.
The improvements upon the place are
two-story concrete dwelling. 20X30 IT,
a comfortable and convenient house;
wind mill: a large, substantial shelter
for stock; shed and yards for hogs;
corral for cattle; granary; tool house,
ETC., etc. Also
133 HEAD OF SHEEP,
mostly ewes, besides horses, COWS, steers,
heifers, hogs, farming implements, &c.
The location is a very excellent one
for farming and stock raising-near the
city with easy and quick access to mar
ket; fifteen minutes ride to the post
office, the railroad depot, the telegraph
office and church.
The site of the dwelling-house COM
mands as fine view as can be had of
the country, for twenty miles in every
direction. and the place would not be
offered for sale except that my increas-
ing business in the city renders it
desirable to give it my exclusive at
tention.
For further particulars call on or
Address NJ. X. TURNER,
Columbus, Neb.
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19

"But Paul, how can the Spirit be
in Ms and we in the Spirit at the
same time? ?" said the young man to
Q venerable darkey. "Ohi dar's no
puzzle bout dat. It's like dat po-
ker; I puts it in de fire, and de
hres In de poker"
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19

81 am inclined to believe" said a
fop to lady who had refused TO
sing, 'you are fishing for compli-
ments." "Oh! no." replied she,
81 never fish in so shallow q stresm p"
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19

"When tempted to anger" says a
writer, "breathe prayer" Jes' so.
When you happen to stub your toe,
for instance, murmur, "Now l lame
me-"
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19
JOB WORK
SUBSCRIPTION.

Single copy sent to any address
in the United States for 8 cts.
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19
Goldsmith says

"still to ourselves in every place con-
sign'd.
Our own felicity we make or find:
With secret course which no loud
storms annoy,
Glides the smooth current Of domestic
ioyn
The Columbus journal., 1879-02-19

Don't put on airs in your new
clothes. Remember the tailor is
suffering.
The daily gazette., 1879-09-16

were very old and large, standing in 2
bottom. Charles Denney has picked on
Of 400 trees OF CrawfordS Late 1900 bas-
kets. Mr. Denuey's trees arc only hve
years old. 1i FHt1
EAsTEDN sHoRB.
The collector Of the port Of Baltimore
has received Instructions to conduct on
the part Of the government An inveettGA-
ton into the case Of the burpfRg Of the
life saving station ON Cobb's Island. n
The house in which Ssmnel Chase, .
siRner Of the Declaration Of lndepend:
ence lived, still stands. 1t 10 on the road
between POkomoke City and Pnnoess
Anne. 3 tsw miles from the latter place.
Many peninsula people who sought
now homes and better prospects, In tbo
West and Southwest are returning poor
or and WISER d. ~
Hannah Riley, tia old colored woman
shot By Edward Hart. by miseake, ut
Onansock, on Apgmt SSH hiss since died
Of the wound and Hart ID In jail.
Tho Odd Fellows Of Esston will dedi.
cato their now hall on Thursday, Sept.
10 They are making acknowledgements
tons for the event.
There were 1905 guest, at the main
Ocean City hotel during the season.
The farm on Kent Island, Queen
Annes county, known - "Parson'a
Point Island" 161 acres has been sold to
John H. Tols0n for SIS 05 per acre.
The daily gazette., 1879-09-16

From the msois 49, q last
The autumn breeze Il Whisp'ring,
"Tho summer time has past"
An, well do remember
a summer long ogos ~
In The Greon and shady woodland,
where the ohestnutS used to grow
Al. we'll do / rsmsmss
with Nelly's hand IN mine,
9Aunyring gaily In the shadows
VI The elm tree and he IL rel
With merry laugh oufrYlnging,
Oh, joyously Ws'd 90,
Tr0, the green and shady Woodland.
Where The ehsqtputs used 70 grovl
MA TIE ds3siss end ths clover,
Tipping ehildron-ltke and free,
And kissing lips and pressing
And swearing b. The angels
And ev'rything trow,
That I'd BE- true e heAvens
Where The ehos0ueD used 70 grOWl
An, ven % 1 semsmhsr
Assurances long aeo.
When We parted from each other,
where the 0hOUenuts used 70 grOWi
And wonder in my fancy
II she's married yet or no,
And n she thinks Of Jimmy"
Who loved her long ago.
on I think whom summsr comes
(For return Il Will again),
I'll visit the old woodland
And weep away my painl
Mayhap III meet sweet Nelly,
And should /, here I vow
To Kiss and never leave her,
Where the chestnuts used to grow
The daily gazette., 1879-09-16

AetsSr Ireen Dom oen ToWnsono.
For the 0asetts. ~
A great many peach growers have pro
posed that , meeting be held 1t Dover, ~
soon as the peach season was over.
suggest and name Wednesday, the oath
inst, At 2 p. M, in the State House or
Court House. Said day will be during
the fair and . large number Of people
will be gathered together, and We request
peach growers and shippers, from all
over the Peninsula, as our interests are
identical, to attend the meeting. There
Is no sound, good reason that peach
growers should pay half the clear value
OF their peaches for freight, no more than
they should pay half OF their corn or
wheat. This asking redress for the i'm
positions from such Legislatures - We
have had of late is . farce. In addition
TO the high freight on peaches to New
York, we are charged one cent per basket
freight on return Of empty baskets, and
the worst system Of returning baskets that
can be devised. There should be cars
for every station, two or more, marked
with the name of the stations, and all
baskets for said stations should be put in
said cars and shipped back every day.
The Railroad Company should have 1t
Jersey City men employed 10 see that the
carriers put baskets in the cars designated
by the cards put on the bundled baskets
by the commission salesman. And, fur
Their, after watching the peach trade since
lines have been opened beyOndNew York,
am satisfied that no peaches from Della
ware or Maryland should be shipped b.
yond jersey City, and all peaches sold
fhopa hv O0v Load nv - ~ Ass vr.~A
should be under the control and at the
expense Of the buyer, all not sold there
and hauled over to New York city to be
charged carriage, not, however, over three
cents per basket. My reasons for arriving
at the above conclusion Is that we cannot
sell our fruit at home, at the railway
stations, therefore we must find some
great distributing point and that cannot
Re found this side Of Jersey City. New
York is the great heart Of trade Of this
country, and has more railroads and
rivers to distribute peaches than any
other place, and m axes, as heretofore,
all eastern and northern buyers come to
Jersey City and New York to buy their
| peaches. This makes . rivalry in pur-
chasers and then those men can make
more advantageous freight rates with
their own railroads and steamboats, than
we can, The nearer we can bring the
| market to our orchards the better, and
IS they will not come to our railroad
stations, and neither Wilmington or
Philadelphia have the facilities to dis
tribute, we are forced to go on to Jersey
City and New York. But after long
thought and watching the peach and
berry business, am satisfied that it il
not the true interest of any Delaware or
Maryland fruit grower to ship his fruit
beyond Jersey City New York, for
Jersey City is only . suburb Of New
York. The freight should be reduced
greatly or Delaware make a new rail-
road, or sell out to the p, w. & B. r.
r. Co., and pull down the State House,
&c. SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend, Sept. Is, 1870.
The daily gazette., 1879-09-16
81 TIME TABLE.
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,AvE WILMINGTON.
,..,I.d,lpbis, 40 :, IT, g T. ~. s.S6. a.
%@. 1850 .. M; y ~ = anndavS: IN
GyD, ~. p. =. n, a ~ . n.
~ yoff: 2.a, 100 od ~, nj
~. moo8undays; Hv iiSi, :, 10
X Rmcre and wasninn4sprn nm. eun-
~ e" Deposit as ? m ~
y: castle. SO, sis = MICS esp
n N sunday train. a. . u.foS. an
nI.isvsrs K. H.; y" '
~ sunday train: p R..sMa
irlmineton q Nofsn ~, ',dax Train.
We SO P nj no SunRc11, ~ 10 oS q %;
n.isTars Western r. n :" sMSm
..IIss Arrive At wiI y IA ! a. : N |:
ShiisdeIpnIs: y ~ S. III sS az.
m. q -, 10 u, Soo, s"svs ~
Mk3. II 10. P m on y S@, -
"a n, iss, 10 q u y HIPm',a a An
NV io.S: l %, FL 20 III
n VA . m, IN sunosV
~; 10 q p m. "A An oar a m. n n =.
nltimore: 90, D,StM!..1Snism
ssSS, Ss p m; on sundAy'' 1~
!%nius,on. 2W . m i?M ~
a IS ; n; on Sundays; . u . MICS
= sst Deposit. 800 . m; NO Sunday
IalSH: " Castle: $50 an; 10 nj
v,,SP p.p; Re r 'I r.: 50 IL 10 . m
. ~ = M: no sunday train.
Wilmington 4 Northsrn 3 n RI =! 49,
81 n; . 3 ~; no sq 3 to ~ . M:
!, IL m; SUNDAY train. 5.2o 2 n.
w. 81 vILnIN0r0N LEAVE PHIL
s,.u street and Washington ave-
y: ~, 80, 10 80, II % . m; 2 % 60.
~ q s n! 90 y, Z Is, Il %, p M. ~
fhirty- second and Market streets
NJ 4, m, IL IS, as, go. II 20 p m
sundavs: . 30. II 30 o m.
The daily gazette., 1879-09-16
Electricity il Vitality
When properly administered.
A. H. Stevens. Md,

EA-s A1As ~ w SAAsS A"A
The Oldest and we'll known ELECTRl-
CLAN OF PHIL ELPHIA, BY the spe-
cial Invitation OF his Wilmington friends
and patrons has concluded to spend MON
DAY and THURSDAY OF each week, for
the present. In Wilmington, not merely to
benefit himself but for the purpose also Of
henefitting the afnicted OF both sexes In
treating and curing all durable diseases
with Electricity only. He has BEEN In
Philadelphia IL years or more. using IL ~
Speciality, and heen astontahfngly suc-
oesiful In curing a. many Of his old friends
here have testified.
ALI without SHOCKS or PAIN,
Being an Entire New Principle,
CHAR0EO REABONARIlE TO ALL.
To the respecta bio clearly poor, meraly
nominal. Consultation Free, Nervous
and internal diseases Vt females 1peoiA1-
ty. A lady always In attendance In tho
treatment OF Ladies'. He has secured
pleasant Parlors al the Clayton House.
win open business Monday, September 1.
sep2-1meod.
The daily gazette., 1879-09-16
HelMsbOId's B,schss
Invlgorates tn . StomaC

And stimulstes the torpid Liver. Howeis
Ing the blood Of ell Impurities, and TN
paeting new lif6 and vtHer 70 the whole
system. '"e
convince the most hesitating OF it, valu-
able remedial qualities.
The daily gazette., 1879-09-16
A MIXED MARRIAGE IN LOUISA
ANA.

From the Donaldsville (La.) Chief:
A sensation was created in the upper
portion Of Assumption Parish three
weeks ago BY the marriage Of Ulysses
Bergeron, . white hostler on the Magno-
la plantation to . black woman. Tho
ceremony was performed ct colored
Baptist church, and the following Sum
day the happy bridegroom was duly hap
tized in the bayou and admitted to mem i.
bership In the church.