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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-15
Mt. Moriah--Another Lizard in the Wood.


Mt. Moriah--Another Lizard in the Wood.
Mn. STOKES IL am new subscriber and
much pleased with the TINES. | think every
family in Union County ought to take it. You
have not had n worI from Mt Moriah lately,
50 | will try my hand at scraplng up the news
about here. AMI see if you will print it.
Like everywhere else, the weather con lnues
very cold here. don't think any one has
planted cotton yeti is too cold. The peach
crop will be slim. | examined q number Of
trees and did not find live peach We shall
have some apples. | think. They not in full
soom yet, and if we have no more hard frosts
they will escape.
There is but little news in the ncighborloCd
Mr.. II. a. Joncss house is about complctcd.-
Friend Bob, is 4 fine young man. AMI am glad
to say he is rrospcring. lie is selling goods
right along. lie deserves prosperity for he
is full Of energy and business tact.
What has become Of our County Commissions
crs? Have they gone TO Spartanburg, or where
| are they: We have not seen Of them in
this section since the election Perhaps they
have fcrg ,ttcn that this is part Of Union
| County. We would like for one or all Of them
to come and look ut the bridge across the ri, or
at Glnniyburg Mills The builder of that
bridge says it is i'll a dangerous condition. The
loss of pair of mules there would cost the
County more than repairing the bridge. The
! people are getting afraid TO haul Guano across
! it.
! \ short time ago onc of Mr.. F. W. Eison'
hands was cutting wood, upon splitting open n
stick he was surprised to fnl u lizard embed.
dcd in it near the heart. At first his lizards hip
appeared dead, but after being in the air min
ute or two the varmint jumped up and ran round
the log Now :hrcc questions arises in my
mind: How caTc he there? When did he get
there? Was he there at all? will somebody
answer any one Of these questions. Now, Mr..
Skies, did not see the lizard in the log or run
/ Found it, but n reliable party told me they did
and further sail that the very print of the crit
! ter, even to his tail and feet, left in the log
| am sorry they destroyed the log 1t would
have been curiosity in your curl ,siIy shop
/ Success to the Times.
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Death of Gen. M. w. Gary.

The announcement the death of Gen. Gary,
on Saturday last, was received by this commu-
nifty with mingled doubt, astonishment and re-
grct. The daily papers Of the day before gave
the first intmation of his being sick and
many doubted the sal news Of the day following
that the brave and chivalrous Gary was dead
But il was too true, and we are left to mourn
the loss of one of South Carolnas noblcst men
OF Gen. Gary's life and charac cristics we mus.
leave ADLER pens anl those more intimately
acquainted with him to speak. We only knew
him in the political arena since the war, and
while We can safely say that concidcl with
him in almost every political position he took we
regretted hcihg compelled to differ with him in
the time and manner of pressing many of his
opinions upon the public for action. We admir-
c! him for his boldness, honesty of purpose and
frankncss lie had fuiblcSwho of us have not .
but he brave soldier, 4 true and faithful ci
iAcn and most ctfcctionatc son and hruthcr
We sincerely regret his death
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DEATH OF GES. VI. W. G.RY.--Ed Edgcticld, :.
G., April 9-ticn. NJ. W. Gary died this morn
ing At o'clock. lie had not been in good
health for the last ten days, but did not take to
his bed until yesterday morning at about .
q clock. when he was taken violently i'll. Drs.
Jennings, Green and Hill were called in. and
DR.. Campbell, OF Augusta. tclcgraphcd for, but
medical skill was then of no avail, and he sank
rapidly until clock this morning when he.
quietly and apparently with"u, struggle
gently brcathcd his last. lie died Of affection
of the brain and kidneys. His remains will
lie carried to Cokcsbury, the home of his mo-
thcr, and there buried in the family huryng
ground. Gen. Gary, although apparently over
%, was only Il years of age.
Great sorrow il manifest throughout the town
ana vicinity at this unexpected and untimcly
death The business houses Of the town aic
closed wih"u, cxccp,ion, nnh many "i pc"-
pie are bowed down in grief After the funeral
services at the Episcopal Church. at :: clock
this evening. an escort composed Of members of
the Edge.eld bar and other citizens of The town
will convey his remains to Cokesbury.
Truly noble man has fallen. Edgefcll has
lost one of her most honorel ard beloved cti-
Zcns. and the State devoted ani worthy son.
--SpeciM 10 News m"i Courier.
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For the Times.
The village Academy.

Mr.. EDITOR A few days since happened
to meet in the streets of your town an old friend,
who, knowing the warm interest | felt in all
matters pertaining to education, invited me TO
join him in q visit to the Female Academy,
whittier he was going at the time. soon dis
covered tha, my friend had lost none Of his old
enthusiasm the subject of schools and TN at
he was not n little clatcd with what he consi IL
cred great advance he had recently been able to
effect in that direction
On approaching the building in " hch the
school was held, | was painfully impressed with
the appearance of neglect and the dclapidation
which it presented, and could but think how
utterly unworthy it was of your furnishing town.
We found the LadS-Principal engaged in hear
Ing one of the classes entered. After
giving us most courteous reception she pro-
ccedcd with the business in hand. The easy
and uncmbarras sed manner i'm which the gucs-
tions were put and answered showed very plain.
ly that it dress parade. The general
effect of what | saw in the short time was able
to remain was, that whilst the lecitations were
by no means perfect they were such rs indicated
progress in the direction of an intelligent com
prchcnsion Of the subject matters of study-a
departure from the old time idea of repeating
by rotc from The text books AMI the use of words
of their own TO express ideas formed 10y them.
selves. This to me was proof Of greater progress
| than any amount Of o-callcd learning, that de-
pcnds solely the memory.
But that which impressed me- most plcasurably
of all, the manner and tone of refinement
that pervadcd the whole school room. How were
| of ,irn l,nt nj, ri l,l, Ii itn
in appearance and manner, under Teacher
whom they loved and respected and whose
ner to them a rare blending of authority
! with kindness, together presenting picture
most pleasant to look upon.
had but glance of the Junior department,
but from what saw it was quite up to the mark.
In taking leave of this pleasant scene con-
graduated my friendly guide warmly and sin-
ccrcly on the success of his efforts AMI the en-.
joymcnt by himself AMI his fellow citizens Of
the rare advantages afforded 10y school so AL
mirably conducted. VISITOR.
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PLAYING WITH EpGEp TooLS.- Washington,
April s.-Thcrc are Republican senators who
privately express themselves fearful that the
party Is going too far in the cit.rts II carry
the Nal one bargain. They anxious to see
the existing deadlock broken in some way, but
lack the MORAL courage tn holt the party caucus.
1t is not because OF the principle At stake that
they arc solcituus, but because of the presumed
disastrous effect upon tAc party.
Here they are in the fifth week Of the special
session. They were called together 10 act upon
the Presidential nominations. over mrnth
has been frittcr away in n useless wranglc. The
President has sent in 30 nominations. Twenty
five have been confirmed and of the remaining !.
26j only 81 have been referred Ia committees.
There arc also three treaties awaiting executive
consideration. The Democrats since March ~
have made thirty seven motions to proceed to
executive business. and the yea and nay record
shows that each motion has hccn defeated by y
solid Republican vote and Mahonc. The SUI
prone Court vacancy has on several occasions
neccsstatcd an adjournment Of that body for
want of II quorum. and no Circuit Court be
held in the Fifth Judicial District for there is
no judge. The business of that court is large
and much important litigation. involving great
interests. il checked because Of the Republican
obstruction. There Is un marshal for the lis
trict Of Columbia and court business is thereby
at ~ standStil. Important consul-hip'. district
nttOrucyshipS. no end Of poStmastcr>hipS, some
of them in large cities. and other offices va.
cant. ani the public business is blocked AMI de
MED consideration in obedience to Malone
demand that Gprham AMI Ridd!chargcr shall bc
Installed in office "A payment for his vote.
Sprcni TO .Nrws 0na C"ricr.
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y LoriSIANA RtGEpY.-Shrcv"port La, April
l2.-Sam H. VI. Thomas, of this city, shot AMI
killed Hugh NJ. Dickson ycstrr'iny morning NJ
his plantation, sixteen miles up the river in this
Parish. Dickson was Thomas hrnhcr-in law
and his confidential friend and had choI nfnrmc,t
AMI assaulted his daughter. She married six
months ngn nnl became - mother last week .
when she made an affidavit charging her uncle
with the crime. All the parties concerned arc
members of prominent families.
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Three Cheers for Jonesvillo,

In clccing the '',lry ticket tho COOL people
of Joncsvillc have done glorious work for the
reputation and prosperity of their town. and we
sincerely hope the citizens of Union will fol-. W
their good Example at our next Municipal cleo
tiOn.
One of the most respected farmers in this
County toll IA n few days ago that the people
in the country were making great complaints
,ainst the town Of Union for licensing bar
rooms. lie said they were afraid TO send their
teams 10 town for Fertilizers or supplies, be-
,ausc in most eases the drivers and assistants
sent with them get drank, rcmNin0l in town
until late aud then drive their teams hard to
get home. and nil along the road shouting and
whooping, and uttcring the most profanc and vul-
gar language, caring nothing for The feelings Of
ladies' rs they pass. aud ulhcrwIgc behaving u
a most diSgraccful manner.
As the people Of JnncSvile hnvO sot the cx-
ample surely ihc people Of Union viii not stand
alone in the County mrholding practice so pal
plbly in opposition to tho morals, the good namo
ani general welfare OF ihc town.
AS purifor Of tho blood, Ayor' SIrsaparilla
has no equal. 1t Wonderfully improves the com
plection, and hrinss ~ al aod young tie hloom
Jt health
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TAKE NOTICE.

Citations, Notices to Creditors and
Notices of Final Discharge must be
paid for eefore they will appear in
our columns.
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Our Cotton Market.


Only 80 bales of Cotton hnvc been sold in
this market the past week n; unchanged prices,
viz from 5G,; ;l0cts extremes.
Esy~ Maj or Stcciman is having handsome
iron fence put up in front of his residence, which
W II be great Improvement to Main Street.
Bsta- On Friday morning last the roof of Col
IIarlan's kitchen caught fire from spark from
the chimney, but fortunately it was discovered
in time to prevent it's spreading. Tho wind was
blowing hard at the time.
By" \ correspondent Of the Spartan, writing
from Texas, gives the gratifying information
that Capt. J. Il. Lylcs has u school of 225 pu-
pills at Paris, IN that State.
Ts9- The deadlock continues in the L. S.
Senate and i likely to stay all summer, much
to the disgust of Melton, Blythe, Taft and host
of other nominated officials
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Forty years trial has proved "BLACK-
DRAUGHT" the best liver medicine liz
the world.
Sold by j. VI. GIBBES. & Co.

4 STEAMBoAT IN THE OrNTAISs.-Last Nom
day Maj. $. V. Pickcns of Henderson, passed
through Spar,anburg from Norfolk. lie is
President of the French Broad Steamboat Navi4
cation Company. lie was sent ont to visit tho
ship yards about Norfolk to ascertain the best
and cheapest plan for securing II boat to rum
from Cane Creek, above .ishcvilc, To Ercvar Il;
a distance Of thirty-two miles After looki ng
into the matter he is thoroughly satisfied that
they have depth of water sufficient to float n
steamer. lie will recommend to the company
to purchase suitable engines and have the boat
constructed on the river If they act this
sugGcson he will secure the services of Mr..
Porter who built the Mcrrimack, n man eminent
~ qualified for the work. The boat will be
about - feet long, and will carry about hum
drel passengers. They desire to have it run
ming in July .-Spa"ian.
The directors of the Pcncntiary authorized
the supcrin endcnt to enter into n contract With
\. &. Dhcrt, of New Jersey for convicts to-
make shoes in the pcniteniary. He is TO have
fifty men at fifty cents a day, and fifty women
at thirty seven and n half cents day. If this
number cannot he furnished then he is to receive
boys under sixteen years of age. The CONTRACTS
runs for fvc years. lie expects to have his ma.
chncry here in :hrec weeks, and then begin
work. lie expects to turn out with this 'orcc
six hundred pairs of shoes day. Mr.. Dihcrt
has paid to Col. Lipscnmb, 81 900 cash in all
vance as n guarantee that he intends to stick to
the contract.
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ScrYices ut Sardis.

Rev. J. Ware Brown requests us to state that
he will not be absent on next Sunday, but will
r. :, at Sardis at o'clock \. NJ, and nj Gil.
| -. lpcl at , L. NJ.
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For the Times.
A Correction.

Nix. SroK rs - find two mistakes in my last
note, concerning the Fertilizers used Oh my lit
tie farm.
First, instead Of Ettiwan it was Eutaw Acds
which purchased of McSsrs Gee * JIumphrics
rs those gentlemen do not sell Ettiwtn it does
not give them Justice. Also, in speaking of my
COMPOST Where | said | used two loads pcr
acre, Mt 20 cts per load, you print it "4O loads
per acre. which is quite mistake. rlOnso cor.
rect tho mistakes. have been asked 10y not u
few person. to cXplain this.
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THE DEAD DEMoCRAcY.-Thc Democrats in
Chicago have elected Harrison Mayor and nearly
their entire city and town tickets by fair ma
Jority. liarrsOns majority is about 5000
The socialist ticket received no support. The
council will probably remain Republican, at
present. Columbus o.. has also been carried by
tie Democrats ST. Louis is conceded t. the
RopublieaDs. The Democrats elected their
Gckei ia Dubuque, Iowa. Monday, with three
tickets ia the hcld The official count Of the
Cincinnati election gives Vim. Means. Democrat.
for Mayor, 2.jll majority The council
mains Republican. The Republican majority in
Michigan for Supreme Court Jud ye tnl mnivcr
si;y regents on Monday was about 2C.uJU. The
Democrats elected the most Of their lOcnl ticket
in Little Rock, Arkansas. Omaha. Nrb..
carried Gy The Democrats. and the whole city
government is reorstnizcd under The new law at
This election.
DEATH or Mas. J. 5. IIIN. II is with much
BORROW record ihc death of Mrs. Mary llix, |
wife Of Mr.. j. :. IIix, which occurred in this
place On last Sunday night. Combining all
those gentle, womany virtues and Christian !
gra ocs which make The female character 90 Iowa !
Die. and which aIDrn society, her death IS deeply
icp!Orcl by all who knew her-LdHr0"cW" ,
HcTg'i, SM.
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JAS, | HARRIS,

TnE GEoRnII fRuII CnOr Macon, April l2
Thirty special rornriI TO tho ISi,n.4ph and
N'SS"Hg,r Indicate los than half peach crop in
Middle ard Southwestern Georgia tho fs trees
are killed plulus, half p crop poarS ana cher
ri"s badly damaged apples aud strawberries
not much injured. The LCcomplo pear is y i.iI-
urU in sun,c sections.
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WuI-HEy wins ~ NEwuEHEV .--Nowbcrry
=. C., April l2.--An election for lntcndant amd
Wardens to-day resulted in the return of The
rrc.ont ino"mhonts, who a year ago were clcc,o
OF; the wet issue
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TnE NATURAL BnInGE SuLu, -RivhiAond, Va,
April 1.-The estate in RotkbriAgc County ~.
Virginia, embracing tho celebrated Natural
Bridge has i.Ccn purchased Is II. &. Parsons.
Vice President Of tho Richmohd and .\llcghany
Railroad The property contains seven hun
drcl acres an'. is within one AMI n half miles of
the said roal II i! propo-Od to lny ont tho
grounds rs II park.
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Srm."N DENIn.-- Nhhuvillc, April l2-Mr.
II. W. Lawson, an oil aud respected citizen aud
Poamas,cr q, This place, died sui icnly to-day.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30
RECORD OF CRIME.

At Marshall, Texas. Isaac Herge and
Robert Dill had an alteration, in which Herge
was killed. Dill refusing to surrender to a
sheriff's posse was shot and killed.
While Forepaugh's show was parading the
streets of Fond du Lac, Wis, thief entered
the residence of c. W. Everett and stole $1OO.
The Chicago 4 Northwestern ticket Office was
broken open also.
DC Mcmahon, a travelling agent for Hall s
Safe and Lock company, was arrested at Far
go, Oak, by Sheriff Haggar,t for swindling
the firm Of Roberts Il Spaulding out Of 500
by means of bogus draft last fall
W. II. Whitcomb, a we'll known young man
of Milwaukee, who has been in business at Alb
bottsford on the Wisconsin Central for q year
or tive past, has disappeared An examination
of the books of the firm shows that he has en-
bezzled neaaly $1,000.
At Council Bluffs, a fatal shooting affray
occurred in the office of the Ogdon hotel, in
which Harry McGeo, head waiter at the Paci-
fc hotel shot and instantly killed George
Washington, waiter at the Ogden house. Both
were colored.
A strike occurred at Antioch, four miles from
Huntington, Ind, at the railroad shops. The
strikers refused to let men work, got drunk and
broke into Brubakers 8 saloCn. Brubaker fired
on the mob, fatally wounding three, and seri-
ously wounding four others. j. n. Dawson,
justice of the peace, in trying to quell the mob
was 1ddled with buckshot and killed.
The Talbot brothers, at Maysville, Mo-, I'M
der sentence of death for the murder of their
father, have been respited by Gov. Chittenden
until Friday, July 22d. 1t will be borne in
mind that their father was shot through the
window of his residence during the campaign,
and it was reported at the time as q political
murder, but circumstances eventually led to
the arrest of the sons, who were tried and con-
victed of the parricide. They still declare their
innocence of the crime, and it is not expected
that they will make any confession.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30
VOLUME V.
NEWS SUMMARY.
RAILROADS..

E.. Sewel has been appointed general
manager of the St Paul & Duluth, vice George
II. Smith, resigned.
1t is said there is no longer any reasonable
doubt as to the speedy construction of the Du.
luth Wlnnepeg railroad. The proposed
road will strike the Red river on line about
two hundred miles from Duluth.
Vice President w. II. Rhawn, R. B. Angus
and H. H. Porter have been appointed by the
Board of Directors of the st. Paul 4 Duluth
Railroad Co.. committee of the Board to
negotiate the sale # the 81 600, 600 loan just
authorized by the company, at not less than
par Vice President Rhawn, who is President
of the National Bank of the Republic, of Phil
ladelphia, expects to place the bonds at hand
some premium.
At meeting of the stockholders of the St
Paul and Duluth railroad, held in ST. Paul, the
following directors were elected: VIM. FL.
Rhawn of Philadelphia; S. S. Merrill and w.
c. Van Horne Of Milwaukee; J. J. Hill, James
Smith, Jr.. r. B. Angus and L. W. Winter of
st. Paul; h. B. Langdon of Minneapolis; H.
H. Porter of Chicago. The directors of last
year not in the board now are Alexander
Mitchell, Peter Geddes, David Dows and R. p.
Flower. At subsequent meeting of the
directors the following gentlemen were
vice president, ". H. Rhawn; secretary ant
treasurer. E. Q. Sewal assistant secretary, c.
A. Richards of New York; executive committee
s. S. Merrill, J. J. Hill and E. w. Winter
Three great lines of road are represented in the
executive committee, namely: The Chicago
Milwaukee & ST. Paul, the Manitoba and Oma
ha line, by which all three will have an equa
communication with Lake Superior if theil
bushes requires it.
Morris tribune., 1881-06-30
A SURPRISE PARTY.
Runaway Chippewas from Wisconsin Call On
Indian Commissioner Price ami Receive a
Lecture.

Runaway Chippewas from Wisconsin Call On
Indian Commissioner Price ami Receive a
Lecture.
Washington dispatch
Three runaway Indians, from the Chippewa
ter, all in war paint and feathers, marched into
his Office uuannounced, and squatted uncere-
moniously for pow WOW. The four arrived,
and went to the fremont house, announcing
that they had come to see the great father.
They registered as Ben New Mexico, nterpre-
ter: CoDtee Mack, Coon Scar and Bare Wrist.
Commissioner Price was astonished when
they appeared before him. The interpreter
stated that they represent 175 families, who
had sent them to Washington in hopes of &C.
curing new reservation. AS this particular
tribe is especially well provided for, and has
mere land in their present reservation than any
have actual use for, the commissioner thus ad-
dressed his visitors:
You can get no lands I think you had better
go back and work your corn and potatoes.
There is more for Indians to do besides hunt
ing and fishing They should raise products
from the soil and learn to work, as have done
many times, with their hands and arms and be-
come respectable citizens. The buffalo are all
gone, and your own sense should teach you
is time to throw off those feathers and rings
and devote your time to earning living in an
other way This running over the country
won't do. You are well provided for and can
gain nothing by coming to Washington, and
you must go back and 80 inform your peo-
pie.
Ben New Mexico enlightened his companions
as to the reception accorded him and the en-
only response was an occasional "Ugh' and
dissatisfied shake of the head. They were
then sent back to their hotel with repeated ad-
monition to return home at once.