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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

SUICIDE IN AIKEN.-On the night Of the 9th
instant Mrs. Frances Boatwrght, aged about
Ebal in this County, by shooting with a pistol.
Her husband is a highly respectable gentleman,
aged about 65, quite infrm and somewhat deaf.
lie says he heard pistol shot some time during
the night, but thought it was some boys in the
road and paid no attention to the matter, till
noticing that Mrs. Boatwright was absent, he
rose to look for her, and found her lying on the
hearth in the sitting room watering in blood,
the pistol lying with the handle in the fire and
partly burnt. but upon examination he was hor-
rfcd to find life extinct
Mrs. Boa,wrght belongs TO one of the most
respectable families of the communicated.
Register.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

WHAT EFFECT THE Liquor TRAFFIC Has on
THE CoLoRED RACE.-We propose to address a
few words especially to the coored voters of
this town. With many among them we have
ittie or no hope that our suggestions will be
needed, for it is an open boast, and we fear too
true In many cases Mt least, that "a drink of
liquor will buy n nigger's votc.'' But we think
we have other and good many colored men
among us whose vote cannot be thus bought, and
VINO have intelligence enough and principle
enough to cast their suffrage in the interest of
peace anu order. 1t is to that class we would
address our remarks, and we will say TO them
that In our judgment their race suffers far m ore
from The effects of liquor and liquor drinking
than do the whites, much as it in jures the lat
ter; first, because the colored people have less
money to spare-and every cent comes to them
oy hard licks. that comes honcstly-for such O
useless and ruinous luxury MS liquor and, Sec
ond, having less money to spend thus they are
necessitated to buy cheaper. meauer quality
OF liquor, which, in some cases, Is absolutely
poisonous. and if they drink much Of it, being
deadly poison, will certainly kill them
Ldurensuiie Herald.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

DOMESTIC YEAsr-Takc Il handful of
hops and boil them half an hour in two
quarts of water; at the same time pare half
dozen good white potatoes, boil them for
half an hour, and mash them very fine
Then strain the water from the hops on the
potatoes, and stir in twD tablcspoonfuls Of
salt and Il pint Of -four. Leave it until it
is luke-warm, and then add one pint of
brewers yeast, or its equivalent in yeast
made from yeast cakes, asd let rise for six
hours. Strain it through collandcr or
coarse sieve, and it is fit for use. 1t will
keep week in summer and three weeks
in winter. When the fresh yeast made as
above is liShtest, stir this into Indian meal
until the latter makes fine dough- Make
this into small round cakes, less than one
quarter inch thick, and dry them on we'll
seasoned board IN the oven when i, is cool
enough not to bake them, or in the sun.
which is better still If in the latter, turn
them every two hours until they arc thor
oughly dried.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

BURNT To DEATH IN A BURNING HousE-Last
Ihhrsday night, on the plantation of Mr.. Redin
Lewis. three miles North OF Florence, one of
the laborer's houses was found to he on fire inst
before daylight, by MIR. Staokioy, wno mas Store
just above Lewis's mill. The flames rapidly
enveloped md consumed the house, which was
occupied by aged colored man. The Old
mans wife had gone to see some of her people,
aud he was in the house alone. MIR. Lewis had
only few days before had some wood hauled to
him, as the weather was cold. After the flames
subsidel, the lfeess, charIed trunk and head
Of the poor old maL were found in one corner
OF the ruins. The verdict of the jury of inquest
was in accordance with the facts.-Fiorence
Times.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

KILLED WITH AN AXE.-Louisville, January
IA special from Chattanooga says, a report
has reached that city that James NJ Ray had
been killed few days ago in Scott County,
Ray was the District Attorney for the Third Ten
nessee Circuit. lie was half brother to Con
gresham l.. c. Hank, Of the Second Tennessee
District. The exact cause of the killing has moi,
yet come to light. one rumor being that Ray had
an alteration with man who insulted his wife.
Kay attempted to fire, but before he could draw
his weapon his assailant split his head open with
an axe.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

TIE RETRoGRADE MoTEMENT OF THE
SILVER DOLLARs.-There has been a very
marked falling off in the orders for stand
ard silver dollars rcci.v by the Treasurer
There was big boom in the coin short
time ago owing to the crop movement
This boom has subsided as the crops have
been moved. The South and Southwest
especially, were large in their orders for sll.
yer. Texas leads all the other States
Several banks in that State just howlcd for
silver and got it. Much of this CON was
used in payment Of labor Much Of it is
rapidly finding its way back into the towns
aud cities in purchases of goods and sup.
plies. The merchants are taking it to the
banks and deposiling it, Thus it flows
right back to the distributing centre. The
banks cannot conveniently keep large guam
titles of silver in their vaults The result
will very likely be the exchange of the sill,
yer for certificates, and the return of the
former to the Government vaults.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

MURDERED BY MOoNsHiNERs.- Louisville. Kv.,
january IA special from Gallatin, Tennes.
BEE, to the Coarier-Jounal says: "Captain
skeene, respectable citizen, who lives about
eight miles North, while in his yard attending
to domestic duties, was fired upon by party Of
unknown men ard fatally wounded. 1t is
thought that the deed was perpetrated by some
moonshiners whom it is said Captain Skeene
had reported to the authorities"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

CLOVER ulu,,c, from an excess OF water
in the plant has tendency to max. butter
too soft, and consequently to injurc its keep
ing qualities; but mixed with timothy, in
the proportions above given, it adds to tho
butter sufficient moisture, which is hckins
where timothy alono is given. Tho result,
of course, will be somewhat modified by the
nature Of the soil upon which the grass is
grown. A clay loan soil, we'll drained will
produce the most satisfactory results a
sandy soil che least But whatever may be-
tho nature Of the soil, it is desirable that
cows be pasturcd upon high, well.drained
land, rather than upon low, swampy soil.----
american Farmer.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

A NEGRO RAvisiiEn RiDDLEp WITH BULLETS.
New Orleans, La, January ia dispatch
TO the Democrat from Little Rock, Arkansas,
says: "a daughter of C. II. Bonds, of Mar
r'ana' Lee County, was brutally outraged by a
coiored man yesterday. The negro was arrest
cd and put in Jail. An infuriated mob sur
rounded the prison, forced the doors, took the
prisoner o short distance from town and literal
ly riddled his body with tullets.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

THE RAILROAD SMAsHUP At TRENroN-Tren-
ton, s. c., Jan 1l.-At o clock this morning
SIX boxes OF the South bound freight on the
charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, were
prec'pitated down an embarkment forty feet
h'sh NJ Hatcher trestle, just one mile from this
place. The cause of the accident is attributed
10 rotten cross ties. The wreck was complete
one box being utterly demolished and the others
more or less injured, the freight consisting of
groceries. dry goods, furniture, &C., being scat
tered and broken to pieces, many articles fall
ing into the creek and floating off. The news
spread like wildfre and soon the scene of the
disaster was crowded rith curious spectators.
barrels of sugar were bursted open by the acci-
dent and crowds of hungry negroes sweetened
and fed themselves to their hearts content
Inc plundering, however, was soon storped by
railroad officials, who have been all day engag-
ed in collecting and guarding the goods and in
removing the debris and repairing the track
Strange to say that in terrible catastrophe no
one was seriously injured the conductor re-
ce''ing only few scratches, although his coach
must have made several evolutions before reach
ing the bottom Of the declivity, where it now
stands ms upright as though placed on purpose
negro brakeman who was standing on top of
the car at the time of the accident was sent
whirling through the air on the opposite side of
the track, and making a double somer sault
landed mt least thirty feet from his starting
point, receiving no graeter injury than the
breaking of his collar bore.-Regster.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

BURGLARY ASD Fms IN TEX As-Liberty. Jan
hary 10.-The safe of j. ID. Kinner g. Bro. was
blown open last night and robbed of twelve
hundred dollars.
DALLAS, January 1O.-A destructive fire is re-
ported from Weatherford rs having occurred last
night. 1t included the loss of eleven bales Of
cotton and block Of frame buildings The to.
tai loss is $3.50, O,0O0. Partially insured,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

dkRMINATION OF SEEDs--In the opin.
io9et General LIE Due discovery of value
has psen made in relation to the planting
ofcoSon. A question having arisen us to the
OIL Gels IN Indian corn the matter was re.
erred to the microscopic, Prof. Thomas
rayiot He found series of oil cells near
the.ositor surface. and another row immcd;.
atelyfurroundinS the chit or terminating
pMgq evidcncins the complete protection
wh,e the latter received. This fact led
froiAaaylor to experiment, with a view of
asce1 inning the amount of resistance offered
tostt& fttacEs OF agents generally supposed
tosbaX destructive nature to all orga 1ic
life, ton seed being used in the exper.
linQ For the purpose Of removing the
cqG8 tfom the seed he used concentrated
sdlfn 9e acid, which completely removes
il pt visibly affecting the outer brown
shelI$ the seed.
To{ et the actual effect Of the germinat-
ing p9 berty he handed some cotton seed
thus 5ated and ufterward washed to a
Mr.. Pders, who planted it, TO the sur.
prise avery one except MIR. Taylor, who
had m{hH6cn this result, the germ had not
been d3eiroycd, the seed came up at least
i've - earlier than that in its natural
state. e4scertain whether this might not
k-md Vas Tefr ,Ipr several months and then
planted ut the same time with seed Of the
same crop uuprerared. The same result fol.
The advantage to planters in having
five or six days start can scarcely be over
estimated, whether avaled of in avoiding
,nrt1, Il i,1,
promiums arc offered by several cotton
boards in the South. But this is not said to
be tho principal benefit conferred by the
discovery. Hitherto cotton planting has had
to be done by hand, and the seed sown broad
cast, owing to the adherent cotton preventing
the seed being used in the planters used for
corn and other clean seed. preparation
the seed can be used in any planter, and by
the regularity of growth resulting, the sub
scqucnt cultivation greatly facilitated. The
mode offreparing the seed is as follows: The
seed IS placed in an earthcn or glass vessel
and ordinary sulphuric acid poured over so
as to completely cover it. 1t is then stirred
until tho brown shell is left free from cotton
The acid sis poured off to be used again. and
the sccd,Washed till all acidity disappears
from tho water, and dried. A large quantity
is 20 be thus prepared and distributed among
cotton planters for next season. The acid
after it has become saturated or exhausted
is to be experimental with to ascertain
whether the glucose cannot be recovered
Experiments are also to be instituted with
view to ascertain the practicablily of tn,
process rs applied to seeds slow of germ
nation, such as that Of the palm, which takes
three years to sprout.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

S63o DAY SQuANDEnED FOR WHlsKEY.-The
hev. X. N. Pratt has been getting up statistics
OF how much whiskey sold in the town of
AooeVille during the six days of Christmas and
round that the astonishing amount Of So, ,7sO
worth was sold in town.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

A GOVERNOR WHO CAN'T SwIM.-Very few
peo le know how near General Kennedy came
to being Governor. Governor lIagood was at
his Saluda Old Town plantation the lst instant.
AMI while crossing the Saluda in canoe, Uhc
ferryman being away,) large body of floating
ice struck the canoe and came near upsettng it
in the middle Of the river. The canoe dipped wa
ter several times. The river was up and the Gov
ernor cau't SWIM lick. A sort Of fatality
seems 10 pursue our Governors. Hampton was
taken from the Office to the United States SEN
ate Simpson was taken to the Supreme bench,
and Ilagood, in the early part of his term, came
hear ending his executive career in the murky
waters Of the Sauda.-NewJerry Herald.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21
VOL. XII.-NEw SERIES.
DEFERRED uRws IrRMs

LAND LEAGUE IN AUGUsTA.-Augusta, Ca,
January ia large meeting was held last
night to express sympathy with the Irish peo-
pie. Land League was formed and consider
aoie money subscribed in MD Of the Irish Land
League.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

=
Z tsdnys old it will begin TO cat a little
a.eaiaud bran mixed aud some hay, which
sh9ald be SO placed that it can get at them
a}lS1s time without being in reach of the
o9fA The nerethe cali cats Of good nu.
trf9Qe( (cod the sooner it will be ready for
NJ terc se, let that be for milk or for
tesY flock pf+breeding ewes should be
al edto run IN the field n portion of the
da iss it,be very stormy. Sheen do
n9 sef'cop6 p6semenf his climate as well
as sf enihals. 1t Anlso verv important
thd shay are not turned out with either
holy spttle; the horses are sure TO run.
andEee cattlc'are liable to injuse thcm, thus
caaA tho ewes to bring poor lambs and
ire9Sgntly have them before reaching
the period. A tiu,id sapi,ual yEke..a
shcg alassys be hand!ed wftli vT1reat
care; EIRRlssshrough a narrow gate
or IT, 1iahber scared
- bsgloet to supply all animals lib.
erail N1th straw or sonle absorbent, rs by
so d4ng the manure pile can be greatly in.
creasbd, then haul it out at once and save
ono Years. interest by using it on grass or
corr ror III rather than keep 1t wasting
till9rii to use on wheat to ripcn in So
Anffican Farmer.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

A Coop TEsr.-A writer in the London Queen
says that husbands love to be loved, but that q
very caressing, very demons:rative and perpetu-
lilly administrative wife clogs by excess. There
Appears to be much truth in this. though good
deal depends on how much it takes to clog
inan. Capacities differ. Some men are like
wooden Indians-you can caress them forever
without making much impression ,hem.-
Others absorb easily and fill up Mt once, like
eighteen penny sponges. When a man has q
capacity somewhat between that Of wooden In
dian and that Of sponge. and one does not
know exactly how much he can stand, il is con-
sidered good test to let him catch his wife car
essing some other woman's husband.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

This is the season Of the year when ven
erable hens enter their second childhood and
are broied for spring chickens.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

n FREAK OF THE FROSr-A striking
illustration of the force cxcrtcd by water iu
the act OF freezing may be seen in St. Law
renee Cemetery. The Werner monument
which stands near the entrance, rests upon
heavy iron slab, which in turn is sup
ported by several large spherical iron globes
about eight inches in diameter and about q
half inch thick. These hollow iron balls
have small openings at the top, aud during
the rain which preceded the very cold spell
one of them became filed with water. The
water then froze in the bail, and in so doing
burst it in two and threw the fragments
several yards off into one of the paths A
soli6 ball Of ice which fell out OF the globe
when it burst was found near one of the
fragments. Sunday Neocs.
SPAvIN-I have horse that is spawned
| just discovered it u we,k ago to day
He is five years old, and what ,ant to
know is: Can it be cured without blisterina
it? And is it advisable to blister this win
ter +. ROBERTS.
REPLY.-The SPAWN canpot be cured
without blistering, which can be done a
any time. The treatment Of SPAWN is yer,
unsatisfactory that which is most success
ful being firing (Which ought to be done
only by u competent veteriuarian,) and bills
tering, with three mon;hs' standing rest
during which two or thrc6 more blister,
may be applied. Give the horse purga
tive and keep on soft fecd.-D. LEMAY
". s. az AnscricdN Farmer.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

GARFIELD AND THE NEGRoEs.-Cleveland,
ehaederr from 1asaSs called Gx Snon ssn.rs,
GARFIELD last evening Il fe he rrs,aeus. @ O" ssnera'
Edwards. G. w. Braxdell, of Talladega, and
X II. nj. Watkins, Of Courtland, addressed the
General setting forth the condition of the col.
ored people in the South, their lack Of educa-
tion, So, and asking that the coming admins
tration 10 what II can TO aid in the education of
the blacks Garfield responded that the educa-
tion Of their children was the foremost duty of
R,i the American people and assuring them that
what could be done would not fail 10 be DONE
JIe urged them Up syoid raising the color line
md not to separaie themselves as q class from
Che mssa Of citizens,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

4GBASr TO m REvIREp.--Ip tho u, q.
Senate lest Monday Logan introduced bill
to authorize ths appointment Of General u.
b.. Grant on the retired list. The bill was read
at length upon the request Of Conkling u pro-
yides that In recognition Of the eminent public
services Of General u. 9. Grant, lats Of the army
xha ex:president Of the United Siates. tho Pves-
iient is authorized to- sppoint him, by and With
she advice and consent Of the Senate. TO tho re.
aired list, with the: rank and full pay Of the
Gepsrni Of tho Army, The second section au-
shorfses ihe President,, when he shall consider
an emesgeneY HAS arisen requiring the service
af aenss'al Grant on active duty, TO assign him
60 any eommond com rhensaraie with The rank OF
general. Referred to rb~ epmrnitee on Military
pfairs.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-11-14
ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.

The return of the Golden Fleece, the
last of the Arctic vessels fitted out by
the government this year, substantially
closes for the present season the pros
pect of hearing tidings of the Jeanette.
There were five of these expeditions.
The first was that of the revenue steam
er CorwiD, which left San Francisco
May 4, on her annual patrol of the
northwestern coast, and returned Oct.
81. having looked after the enforcement
of the revenue laws, inquired about the
missing whalers and landed at very
high point on Wrangell Land, but bring
ing back no trace of the Jeanette. The
second and third expeditions started the
same day, June 16, the Rodgers from
San Francisco, to search through Beh-
ring Straits, and the Alliance from st.
John, to search around Spitzbergen.
The latter has returned without any IL
dings of the missing vessel, and the for
mer has been heard from as late as Oct.
Z. when she was about going into win
ter quarters. probably on the Siberian
coast, having performed an important
Arctic feat of exploration in circumnav-
igating Wrangell Land, and SO deter,
mining its contour, but hearing not even
a rumor of the Jeanette. The fourth
and fifth expeditions were the two Sig
nal Service parties sent north to estab'
lish permanent stations, one in the Pro-
teus, at Lady Franklin Bay, and the
other in the Golden Fleece at Point Bar
row. The former started near the be-
ginning of July, and the latter at the
end of that month, and now the vessels
have both returned, leaving the perma
nept parties to get ready for the winter
and bringing no news from the Jean
| nette
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-11-14

Nearly sixteen thousand miles of rail-
road are now under contract or are to be
completed before the first of October,
l882-over double the number of any
previous year. That part of the coun-
try between the Atlantic coast and the
Mississippi river and north of the Poto-
mac and the Ohio will receive an addi-
ton of 4,780 miles; between the At
lantic coast and the Mississippi, and
south of the Potomac and the Ohio,
1852 miles between the Rocky Noun
tains and Mississippi river, and north
of the latitude of St. Louis, 4, O63 miles !;
between the same points and south of
that latitude, 4, l40 miles; west of the
Rocky Mountains, $40 miles. In 1880
there were in operation 1857 miles of
railroad, the cost of which was little
over five billions of dollars. The 49,
900 miles to be built the coming year
will cost at the lowest estimate, six hun.
dred and thirty-fve millions of dollars.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-11-14

Dakota is the next candidate for adj
mission to the Union and presents great
attractions to the republican party in
Congress with its present urgent need
of a few more votes in each house. The
census gave the territory 100000. 1t
is claimed that 10000 inhabitants have
been added since the enumeration !;
probably half that have gone in. for it
seems to be fact that more land entries
were made in Dakota, the last fiscal
year, than in Kansas and Minnesota
combined. The entries number 1878
and the number of acres taken up was
1,3S6,0OO. The territory produces
100000 bushels of wheat and has
1000 miles of railway. 1t is claimed
that the interests of education demand
a state government, the territorial gov.
eminent not being able to set apart
lands for this purpose. No new state
ought to be admitted with less thar
100000 population. Nevada has only
$4,000, and Oregon and Delaware fal
below 100000.