The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-05-06
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\ SnN NuWnrRS Ills FATHER.
=. &. April 2I.---A de-, crate enc Dunrcr took
place yesterday near Allcuialc between William
and Henry Prcstcr. father and son. in which
The former was desperately if MT fatally
wounded, having received five balls ia his body
from pistol in the hanls o! his son, three of
the balls arc in his bowels, amd his life is dis
paired of
!P. N.-Partc> inst fir IN Mr.. Vim. Prizes icrs
h";i-c at : . clock report him i'll - dying condi.
ion The exact cause of the ailray has not been
kno". Int the cause currently reported )" the
inability of the young man to live amlCnhly
with h.s wife, AMI yesterday morning upon her
request To her iaihrr-iuu for funds 10 return
t" her home. the youhg husband imcricrcd,
and. getting out his pistol. commenced firing al
his father, shoptlug him twice through the alb
domcu. once through the thigh and lodging II
bal! in his side. lie then fell IL beating him
with the pistol and only dc-istcl when his
hr"ihcr, who had been at the store some little
distance irom thc dwelling, ran in and parted
them. The young man disappeared last night.
The only witnesses of the shooting were the
young mans wife anl her Lutte sister.
TmE DArEurrE.IN-L>w &nr TnE tNSE.-N.
lcnialc. May 1t has come to light since my
last report that The cause Of the Iric>tcr aitrav
,!il not III any way originate with the vile OF
yong pric>rcr. hut was an old tcud brought up
between father G:l son. The son had attempted
the deceased will bc sen, you--Cor. N,wS Gn|
OEyt"r.
Dr>ri ~ JomxS : rrr>roN.- -ruiumba. sun
day. May l-Thcrc was little change in ih"
condition Of Gen. John :. Preston during the
night. save that hc grew slowly weaker. and at
twenty minutes past ! . clock this morning hc
hrcathrl his Last.
Gen Preston liol Of c;rrhu~iS Of the liver.
lie was conSciunS u the last, and passed away
calmly AMI peacefully. Ills wife, Two aughtcrS,
his brother Col. Thomas Preston, and several of
his nrccS and gYnnlci rcn. were present dur.
ing his last moments lie viii h." buried in
Trinity Episcopal 'hurch yard on Tuesday after
noon at i've o'cpch. There is general and
hearty regret throughout the city.
II was mentioned 10 me Tonight rs an instance
of Gen. prc>tom'S Kindness OF heart that he
found Hiram Powers the sculptor. rs II young
man >tru.gn. in Washington. cave him pas
sage 10 Europe nul ~uprurici him ia his >tU,lic>
there. nul over since annually assisted him
Somc If r"wrr>> hest work, in his possession
were scattered 10y the results Of the war Cor
N,,"E anil TDVr,.r.
\ F"EGY Br!r lII> ,>rrU..-C Chicasn. April -.
y special frorr El.in. H. SAYS: ~ 4 ferry
boa: crossing the Fox River thus morning wa,
in the middle "f the stream it suddenly clr>ilr,.
The passengers. of whom thirty: :hrcc were 1T.
tie girls, were swept down the stream with the
current. uticruG hcurtrcniing cries for assist.
aucc. Several "l them we're rescued by l. y.'S.
The body Of John Erighton'S daughter. a "irl
- years "t age. wa recovered and ,ho i. ,.,.d
to have been rc>.r~rirrcl \ large number of
passengers were rescued with ropes by people
on shore who wirn,<Sc the catastrophe ami it
is though that Ihc lives lost viii not exceed -
or l.i