The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-07-02


and no delay will occur. II is thought the re-
pairs will be completed by tomorrow as large
force will be put to work at once.
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FAITHFUL ENaINEER.-Mr. Henry Martin
the engineer who WAS badly scaldcd during the
recent accident on the Charleston and Savannah
Railroad, is improving slowly, and will, II is
thought, soon be out of all danger. Mr.. Mar
tin is one of the ollcst engineers on the roaJ,
and when his engine left the track he stuck to
his post until he was thrown to the ground bad
ly burned by tho steam and water from the
boiler. AS soon as he was laid down on the
roadside, and although writhing under the ago
ny of his injuries, the first word he uttered was,
care all the passengers safe?'' This is not the
first time that this engineer has narrowly es-
capped with his life while devoting his best en-
ergies in the interest of the road. Such con-
duct should not go unnoticed even in this rrac-
'ioal work-a.day world.-Ne'cs and Courier.
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SHOT THRoUGH THE IIEARr.--Mr. Fred
Schumpert, of Newberry, n youns::man::not quite
Il years of age, accompanied by boy, went
out squirrel hunting last Saturday evening
While shaking bush to frightcn squirrel Mr..
Schumpert's gun, which he was holding in his
left hand, went off, the load entering his body
at the seventh rib on the left side. Tho load
ranged upward to the fifth rib, which was bro
ken and forced into the heart. After falling
the unfortunate young man sent the boy home
TO tell his brother that he was shot. When his
brother arrived he found Fred lying on his face
dead. His clothing had caught fire from the
gun, but had been extinguished by the flow Of
blood.
Schumpert was n very clever and industrious
young man and his taking-off is universally
lamented. His father was killed a few years
since by tho explosion of On engine.
A WAKs FonFsr STUDENT Who Ctr HIS WAY
THRouGH.-A student named Davis from up in
Cherokee County graduated this session at Wake
Forest Five years ngo he went to that college
with FIVE cents in his pockct-all his money. =
They told him he better 60 back, but he vowed
he d stay around there and live on the wind but
what he would go through. And stick he did
lie cut wood about for citizens and finally oil tho
professors gave him the contract to cut up their
winter wood. Professor Royal was in the
chapel one morning and heard q terrible racket
outside, like cannon touched off and it, was
Davis who had finished all Of pile Of wood ex-
cept some great knotty sticks that he spiit by
boring holes and ramming in powder. He cut
SIX hundred and odd dollars out of wood during
his term and graduated only twenty five dollars
IN debt for the whole five years. lie learned to
sing and taught singing school in the country
during his spare Saturdays. That made him
some money. He graduated with honor, and
the subject Of his commencement speech was
"Hew to the line, let the chips fall where thew
may He has got his axe with him and in
tends to lay it away in his study, and '"oel it:
"With this cut my way through" lie has al
ready been offered u Professorship in some COL
lese. Go II, Davis.-ReidsuiHs (N c. Tines