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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-02-16

Some two weeks ago sturdy faLmer
living near Harrison on the line of the
N. p, in his dreams Imagined that he
was visited by the Lord and was COM
manded to 90 down into a certain we'll
on his premises. This he refused to
do until the Deity informed him that
If he did not obey he would put him
down. Our good farmer, fearing the
wrath of his Maker, straightway arose
from his couch, and procuring rope,
proceeded to the we'll, where he made
fast one end of the rope to post and
taking hold slid to the other end. The
end of the rope was reached, but not
servant let go all holds and dropped
"ca-chunk." The fall aroused him
from his slumbers and he realized his
position with death, from cold and
hunger staring him in the face. His
efforts to climb out we're fruitless, and
he was compelled to stay in the well
suffering untold horrors for seven
days. On the seventh day it so hap
pened that couple Of stock hunters
visited his cabin aud were attracted
to the we'll by the strange action of
the farmers dog. Arriving at the
mouth Of the well they heard groan
from below aud i'm nediately realizing
the position rescued the faithful SER
want more dead than alive. He was
taken to Cheney for medical treat
ment and will probably soon recover
with the exception Of the loss of y
couple Of fingers, an ear and two or
three toes which were badly frozen.-
Cotd1 Gazette.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-02-16

st. Albans, VT, has been in state
of intense excitement for several
weeks on the temperance question.
The temperance ''crusa,iers" insisted
strict enforcement of the law against
selling liquor. The hotel proprietors,
as soon as their bars were closed, re-
solved to clsse up their houses entirely,
and did so a month ago, leaving the
strangers who came within the city's
gates to shift for themselves as best
they could. The effect was to change
what was very lively business town
into scene of sepulchral quietude.
The merchants and shopmen felt the
consequence IN trade, which had fallen
alarmingly. The result is q petition,
signed by nearly every business man
in the city, requesting the hotel pro-
prietors to reopen their houses; hut
1t Is safe to predict that If they shall
also reopen t. cir bars, their troubles
and the troubles Of the town will have
but fairly begun.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-02-16

Howard and Sullivan. who met
their just deserts at the hands Of Sc
attic mob for the murder Of Geo. B.
Reynolds, were ex-convicts from the
State penitentiary, and also workmen
on the insane asylum building, and
their sentences were commuted on
that account. While in prison they
sailed under the names of Coburn aud
Morrison. Cohurn was the one-armet
one and was an ex-Union soldier, an{
before leaving the prison he told sOm
of his pals that he was going to get \
false arm and go out r0bbipg again,
aud after committing his nocturnal
exploits would take of his arm and
thus escape detection. But he had not
been out of the prison over two weeks
before he was hung for murder at Se-
attic. SO his one arm game has been
forever foiled. Of the other man very
little IL known, except that he was an
exceptionally bad character.-States-
man. Salem, Or.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-02-16

General 6prague has been author
lied BY the Northern Pacific Railruad
Company to cause the erection at TA-
coma of large coal bunkers, with ca
pacity Of 5000 tons and he will at
once hegln the work. HE plane are
not matured. hut In general We may
expect them to be locatcd near the
coal wharf, and not unlikely on the
lower aide Of Old Woman's Gulch.
Englneers are 1T work running lines,
with the view Of ascersaining the best
mute of approach. Not knowing, We
can only gtseas ~ to the stxe. and
quantity oe material 10 be used In the
building oe the~e bnnkers, and state
the prnhahllIty that they will require
from 80, 90 "a l.Oo0I ~ lsst q lanlbes.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-02-16
PILES! PILES! PILES!

A sure Cure for Blind. Bleeding. Itching
and Ulcsratsd Piles hes bseo dtscovsrsd ~
Dr.. William, Ian Indian Rsmedy.) called
DR.. Williams Indian Ointment A single
box hes cured the worst chronic casss of =
or 20 years standing. No one need su(er
i've ninatss after applying this woadsrfal
soothing medicine. Lotions. instrumsses
end elsctuaries do more harm than god
Williams Ointment Ahsorhs the tuusra. a.
lays the intense itching. (particala.ly u
night after getting warm in bsd.) sets - .
poultics. gives instant relief. asd i Pre-
pared only for PilsA itching Of the privs1s
parts. ano for nothing slss.
Read what the Hon. J. N. Cofanberry q
Cleveland says aboat DR.. Williams Inaiaa
Pile Ointmeat: have ussd scores of fils
Cure. asd il s6ords NJ pleasure to ~ tha4
have nsver found saythiug which esvs
such immediate aud psrmassas rslisf = D.
William's Iudian Ointsneat
For 49, By III drsGyiss - uaalsa - -
uUuDv.o .oOAs 1soUsS
- =
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-02-16

A PnorEsr. The mIneFs and set-
tlers In the OkanaRan country are
earnessly protessiug agslnst that coun-
try hels.9 occupied and rendered use-
Icss by less than l0O Indians, who have
exclusive claim tO over 1000 square
mtles II territofy richer In mlneral
ord - rich ID :. Agricultural ssnae -
onv poeotoa e ~ oogth-wsoA
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-02-16

LONG DRIvE.-A Lincoln, Neb.
special to Cincinatti paper Gays; A
herd of II. 100 sheep has just reached
this state from Washington Territory.
They have been on the rad twO years.
Many similar herbs have been brought
from that country. The trail from
Washington Territory to the Missouri
river 10 aaid to he the longest and
hardest kn0wn to stock men. Three
years IL often consumed In . drive
from that country.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-02-16
The increase in the number Of whales

The increase In the number Of whales
IA becoming noteworthy. Frequently
we hear OF the huge monsters getting
IN the pathway Of sailing vessels, and
breaking propellers or paddle wheels.
For all this coal oil 10 responsible, 1t
10 50 much easier to sink = we'll than
to fit out = whaler, that sperm oil has
been replaced by kerosene. It IL so
much less expensive to make springs
In shops than to harpoon whales that
steel and celluloid have taken the
place Of whalebOne long ago In um-
brellas and corsets. Meanwhile the
sportive whales 90 on marrying and
repleRishing the seas until their num-
bers are formidable.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-02-16
THE INDEPENDENT
Il Published every Thursday.
J J. BEESON EDITOR

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Legal notices will be charged to the attorney
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Advertisements sent from . distance, and
transient notices, must be accompanied by the
cash.
Notices Of births, marriages and deaths in
ssrtsd free Of charge, obituary notices ut reg
ular advertising rates.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
What Che Eight Boxe. Moan.


The following is the section Of the law pro
viding for the awful eight boxes at the election.
SECTION 20 There shall be seperate and dis.
tinct ballots for the following officers to wit l..
GoverHor and Lietenant Governor. 2. Other
State officers. 3. Circuit Solicitor. 4. State
Tenator. 8. Members of the House Of Repre-
sentatives o. County officers. z. Representa-
tives in Congress. 8. Presidential Electors ;
on which shall be the names of names Of the
person or persons voted for rs such officers res.
pectiveiy, aud the Office for which they are voted
ProDided, That whenever vote is to be taken
on any special question or questions. n box shall
De provided and properly labelled for that pur-
pose' and tie ballots therefor shalt be deposited
therein.
1t will be observed that rs there will be no
PresidiMal electors or Circuit Solicitor to be
voted for at the next election, only six boxes and
six ballots will be required.
The section also, TO our mind, settles the mat
ter about voting for the constitutional amend
mentsi upon which many of our contemporaries
are just now so greatly exercised. 1t says
separate box shall be provided when ever o vote
is to be taken on any special question or sues.
tions"; 80 that any ballot cast it any box
but that provided for it by law would be invalid
and could not be counted.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03

Ba- My Stock of Fall and winter goods
is now complete, and those desiring to pur-
chase will save money by calling on me-
The Stock is full iu all departments, and
it is no trouble, but pleasure, to show
what have.
ln this age Of progress and close Com
petition | appreciate the necessity of rcduc
ing profits and therefore will sell on a small
advance over first cost.
Polite and attentive statesmen will meet
you in the store, and endcavor to make your
time while there pass both pleasantly and
pre- fitably. Give us n call and sec that We
practice what we preach.
j. Il. COLTDN.
Statesmen j. a FAINT, ROBERT A, EIsoN
FRANK TOWNSEND.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
Sudden Death in Green Vile,

On Sunday night last Mrs Elfori, widow of
Chas. J. Elford, ESQ, formerly prominent law.
yer of Greenville, was taken sick ard died very
suddenly, in the lecture room of the Baptis,
church in that city. She had walked TO the
church with her sister in.law and appeared to
be in her usual good health, cheerful aud
pleasant but just as she had taken her seat in
the pew and before the service commence |, was
taken sick and removed to the lecture room be
low, where she died before mcdca; attendance
could be procured The congregation assembled,
all unconscious o. the sad occurrence, when the
Pastor arose and in a voice tremulous with emo
tion startled the audience with the announce
ment that Mrs Elford had died since the con-
gregation assembled. and was then lying q
corpse in the lecture room below 1.-The an.
nouncement came like q thunder clap upon the
audience and muny gave way to manifestations
Of grief as the choir: saag-.sATake the name
of Jesus with you" and the congregation sadly
left the church."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
Our Fair.

The late exhibition of the "Union Agricultur-
al and Mechanical Society," was not as success
full as we had right to expect. There has
been good deal Of sickness in the county
the weather has been exceedingly favorable for
harvesting the cotton crop, the political campaign
and tho late publication of the Premium List,
may be put down as the principal factors in the
failure.
There is no reason. however, for giving up or
being discouraged. There are good farmers in
this county who feel a deep interest in its agri-
cultural improvement, and cane, ifthey will try,
make the exhibition credit to the County
The President, Secretary and Executive COM
mittee, will doubtless make good use of the
experience drawn from tn , late exhibition. II
is mortifying to make the confession, but 1t is
just as well to speak plainly. there is an unac.
countabie apathy pervading the agricultural pop
ulation about taking an interest in such exhibi.
tions. If the prosperity Of every branch Of
business is based upon agricultural progress, it
is manifest that every thing done to give it
prominence and lead to the development Of the
county resources must be pro bono pubhco.
Every profession is interested in it and should
strive to make it success.
In TIE field crop department we saw some
very fine specimens of white and red wheat
the old red May aud the Orle ,ns or Alabama
wheat-which had been grown successfully by
two farmers for over 20 years in the county.
There we're some ine specimens Of corn which
made 90 bushels to the acre, and one specimen,
exhibited by by that enterprising farmer. Capt.
Dougass, having as many as 26 rows on q cob,
was exhibited, to show that corn which had
been SO hours under water was not ruined
Mr.. Bishop demonstrated that $50 bushels of
fine sweet potatoes could bo made fro IN IN acre
| Of land.
There were no cotton bales on exhibition, al
though the quality Of cotton was never better
than this season. There were samples Of cotton
stalks equal to anything Of Diokson's, from the
field Of the President Of the Society. The veg.
etables were very fine indeed.
The Household department was not creliiabie
| to the ladies' nor can very much he said M TO
the fancy department or manufactures. While
there were many very oredifabIe things there
were not enough OF them.
| The Mechanical Department had many ntirac.
| tious about IL, fr IN which farmers could Take
| very useful lessons by observation. We wish to
impress this fact upon the people: unless the Ia.
dies take decided jnierest in tho exhib. ton 10
cannot be success The work Of their Gun
and the mus, be there with their too refining and
| e'evating influence. or the Fair will be failure.
''Sticx pin there"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
For the Times.
An Appeal 70 the Farmers, Association

The officers and Executive Committee of the
Union County Agricultu raj and Mechanical Asso.
citation, the subscribers to the Joint Stock COM
pauy and oil who may be in favor of this en-
terprise. are earnestly requested to meet at
Union on next Monday the 9Th November 70, the
purpose Of completing the organization. and
electing officers to serve during the coming sea.
son.
Now is the time TO commence work for the Fair
Of 1888, if the people decide to have one. The
premium list should be prepared and distribu-
ted en- ly in November, in order that Farmers
expecting to compete for the premiums offered
for the largest yield of small grain may prepare
their lands properly.
J. r. MINTER President
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
Tho Closing Meeting.

Tho Closing Meeting.
The last rallying democratic in Getting, which
was held yesterday, was not eqaAl in numbers
to many such meetings held here before, but
what was waatin, in numbers WIS made up in
the enthusiasm of those present.
There were but few red shittsin the proc,
sion' mostly fromthe Uuion l4s s1le oyer faithful
Mt. Vernon Club. ~
stand had been erected for the speakers in
the Grove of the Female Academy, which the
Ladies beautifully decorated with garlands and
wreaths eff evergreens and a wers. About SOC
good democrats assembled, with o large number
OF Ladies, to listen to the words of truth anu wis
dom from the eloquent speakers, Hon. }. H.
Ev'ns, Senator Butler, Hon. Leroy F. Youn an.
and J. r. Abney, Esq.
We wish We sould publish tho stirring patriot
ic speeches delivered, but that is impossible
We are truly sorry tha, every democrat in
Union County was not present to hear them, for
we are satisfied they would have aroused the
working energies of every good and true man
for the cause of homo rule, honest government
and the supremacy Of the white race.
The Union Cornet Band was out in full force
aud added to the spirit # the meeting by the
excellent music it discoHrsed.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
The Time Extended.

Our efficient Treasurer informs us that on the
evening of the 3lst of October he received olai
cial instruction to extend the time for the collec-
ton Of taxes to the 10th Of this month, next
Friday.
Up to this time $500 tax receipts have been
issued. leaving nearly 1900 to be paid in the
next week. This can bo done If the tax payers
will come forward promptly. but if any consid
erable number delay payments until the last
few days, as they usually do, It will be impossi
bic for tho Treasurer to attend to all, conse-
quently those who have not paid when the tim e
er pires viii have the -psaalty of 20 -parasnt
added to their taxes. A further extension OF
time uiH mol be gipen.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
Much Sickness.

Old citizens tell US there is now more sickness
in this County than has been known for twenty
FIVE years. The sickness is nearly all from chills
and fever. aGd In some sectio. it very seriously
affects cotton pickin In this town there are
but few families, in which there are not
from one to three casses. In the past ten days
we have seen number Of the most robust
men in the County looking but little more than
mere shadows of what they were a month ago
Every man, woman and child has a dose of quiz
nine in him or her and the wet ticket men tell
US it is all for the want Of whiskey Whit others
attribute it to the weather. But whatever the
cause may be
""e're a shaking, shake, shake, shaking,
"Were n shaking at our house at home.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
Death Of Mr.. Nathaniel Ramsay.

The Columbia Register Of last Friday brought
US the sad intelligence that this much respected
old gentleman died ut His residence about six
miles from Columbia the day before, ut the
advanced age of 81 years. Mr. Ramsay was a son
of David Ramsay, the historian. Before the war
he was discount clerk in the Bank of the State,
and possessed considerable property lie suf.
fered severely by the war, and during the lat
ter years Of his life was in straitened circum-
stances.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
Extra Meeting.

SAtTa meeIlny.
We are requested by the Chairman Of the
Board Of County Commissioners to state that an
extra meeting ofthe Board will be. held on Mon.
day. Nov g. for the purpose Se- Sdditing oil ao-
counts for the fiscal year ending November 1st,
1882.
The above notice will not reach many parts Of
the County until the day appointed for the meet.
ing Of the Board, and that will be the day before
the election aud we ar e somewhat surprised at
the neglect Of the Clerk of the Board in not
giving the above notice according to the law max.
ing it imperative upon him to do so which is as
follows
"The annual meeting of the Board Of the
County Commissioners shall be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
and the Clerk fthe Board shall give notice Of
the time of holding said meeting, by inserting
the same at least once week for four weeks
previous to such meeting in any newspaper pub.
lished in the County,
The law further goes on to say that the no.
tice shall require all accounts or other demands
against the County to be deposited with the Clerk
Of the Board on or before the lst day of Novem.
bcr
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
A Radical Ticket to be Sprung.

II is suspected by many that q county ticket
will be sprung upon us at the election next
Tuesday. We have heard that n radical meeting
was held in this town last Monday by some who
were so anxious Mt the Inst meeting TO have their
party en- lorse the Greenback ticket. Keep a
good look out ut each precinct.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
OBITTA AIRY.

PRIDMORE-Died, at the residence Of J. r.
Crocker's, near Gaffney City, REBECCA PRID.
MORE, wife of M. X. Pridmore.sin rhe 10th
year of her age, leaving fond Husband and
ten Children to mourn their irreparable loss.
Bereft of suffering. free from care,
Her Makers presence gone to share;
Religion, morals, friendship, NIL,
Have lost q treasure in her fall
Husband, children. friends sre grieving
For the one they all did love-;
Yon have gone and this will draw us
To the Heaven Of bliss and love.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
Extraordinary Weather.

Extraordinary Weather.
This is the most extraordinary Fall ever
known in this section.
1t is now the ID day Of November and we
have not had frost sufficient to injure the ten
derest plant or flower. One gentleman informs
us that in one field of late planted cotton the
blooms are as thick as his main crop was ear.
ly in August. No one has put on winter cloth.
ing yet, and il is pleasanter on the piazza after
sun down than in the house; but the effect Of
this fine weather is to cause much sickness all
through the country, and unless we have more
seasonable weather pretty soon, physicians pre-
dict an increase Of sickness.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03

Remaining in the Post Office at Union, s. c..
for the week ending November 8, 1882:
Dawkins Mrs Bette, Fromshaw David, Jagers
Frank N, Jones J. j. (col.), Jeter Lizzie tool J
Jetcr Elizabeth, Dyles Dr., Maloney Sargent,
Rice ]. c. w.. Shirbett James W.
Held for Postage.
Howard Williams, Ryan F.aukes, Charleston
s. C.
Persons calling for these letters will please
say they are advertised.
JAMES II. GOSS, P. NJ.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
Every Democratic Vote Needed,


Every democratic vote in this county must be
cast next Tuesday, for the State, Congressional
and County ticket.
The leaders ofthe Greenback radical movement
are working night and day, in the Counties with
negro mnjorities, to bring out and concentrate
The whole radical vote upon the Greenback State
ticket, to overcome the democratic vote of the
upper counties, with the expectation of electng
their ticket in that way.
In the same way they are working in other
Counties of this Congressional district for the
election of Dave Elkins over the tried and true
democrat, Hon. John II. Eyins.
To prevent such terrible disaster it will be
necessary TO pole full democratic vote in every
county in the State, and particularly in the up
per counties. The neglect of fifty democrats to
vote in Union County may elect the Green back
State ticket and give Elkins Col. Evins seat in
Congress
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
Tho w. C. =. U.

We ar requested to announce that the W. C.
T. U. has changed the time of meeting from p.
NJ, to o'clock p. NJ, every alternate Friday.
Also that during the cold weather they will
meet in the Female Academy. The Band of
Hope will meet at the same hour.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
Tinsley's Jewelry.

Our good friend Tinsley has just got on the
incest stock Of Jewelry. Speotacles, Clocks and
Watches you ever saw. He can suit you for any
occasion. from a marriage to n birthday or any
other present. His Clocks and Watches are
from the ost reliable makers and he has Spec
tacles to suit all agssaand all conditions Of the
eyes. What you get from Tinslsy you can de
pend on being just what be represents Il to be.
for he is an honest aud truthful man. Just try
him, and IL he has not got exactly what ou
wapt he will get it for you in short order.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
Notice to Trespassers.

n LII persons are hereby notified not to ride
"A drive, hunt walk. cut down trees or in
any other manner tresspass upon my lands
Persons found so tresspassing hereafter will be
prosecuted to the extent of the law
E G. WHITLOCK.
Nov 8 A as
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-11-03
Mrs Vinson's Millinery.

Ladies who have visited Mrs. Mary Vinsou's
Millinery rooms tell us her stock of Fall and
Winter Millinery is undoubtedly the haudsom.
est and cheapest they have even seen in this
market. To this good testimony we will add,
Mrs. Vinson is one of the most tasty Mil,iners
in the State, as we'll % being most industri-
Gus and worthy Lady Those wanting millinery
should call on her.