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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-25

A BLOODLEss DUEL-A substitute for
the duel, which will doubtless be welcomed
by high tempered men who are poor marks.
men, has been found in Italy. The editor
Of an Italian paper is laid to have received
frow fellow citizen, to whom he had given
offence. the following letter: "Sir, can.
not send my secoods to such scoundrel us
yourself Hereby, therefore. smi,e you
That is th1 sole object of this letter. II
conveys to you. or my behalf. SQUAD slap
ol either cheek. Be thankful for my mod.
GRAFTON. which has spared you postal con.
signmeut of hearty thwacks with IN, favor
ite walkiag sticx! remain. etc." The
next morning the editor printed dis adver-
sary's letter. together with this crushing
rejoinder: "Inimitabls adversary: In
compliance with your request. l hasten to
thank you for having only sent me couple
Of cuffs inst ad o: severe thrashing You
have struck me in writing. Similarly,
hereby discharge all tho six barrels of my
revolver at your bead and kill you BY letter.
As son as You shall have perus,d ihis note
you ~ y cnasider yourself dead man I
salute your COR se with the highest consid
er,tion. Yours, etc Thi. expeditions
aud blm'dloss mcthd of avenyiog one
wrongs ought 10 prove an acceptable substi
tutc for the code" among Virginia gentle
men of the old school.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-25
NUMBER 81. .

Six PLUCKY YoUNG GIRLs.-Mouut
Airy, N. C.,Aueust 8.-Six gay and frolic:
some young ladies arrived in this place to day
all rigg, out aud equipped for q journey on
foot through the mountains of this State
The girls wear dresses even shorter than tho
regulation walk ing skirt They have kuap.
sacks strapped over their shoulders. wear
b Dad bottomed, easy shoes, dark hose and
ara liked up for comfort. Ttey propose to
take trip on foot through all of the mouo.
tain countries of North Carolina. In their
baggage they have hammocks which will be
used in case they have to camp out at night
The trip will consume about two months
and cover district Of six or eight hundred
miles. The girls are all young, the Oldest
probaly not twenty-five aud the youngest
not sixteen. They are 1.-the and hearty and
appear to be able to make fifteen or twenty
miles day easily Three of the fair d ).
sdestrians ufe ffon- -virgtuis apdkt dktsSsotber.
three rom Maryruuu. TKTcc OF them nre
pupils of n well know n seminary in Virginia
and the daughters of wellknown business
men in that State Their present novel and
independent trip is made principally to
crafty one or two of the party, who could
not afford to travel on railroads. When
desire was expressed by ;hem in the presence
of the other four si,ls who make up tho
party to see the magnificent scenery Of the
western part of this State, it was at once
proposed to tramp it through the country,
anl thus avoid railroad fares and at the
same time afford better view of the seen:
cry. The party will leave here to NOR
row for Ashcville, in Bumcombe County.
They do not manifest any fear of being mo.
Tested in the long aud lonesome route. -
They say they are fully able to take care of
themselves. Part of the way is through
dense forests, through which even many dar-
ing men are not anxious to so, especially
at night.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-25

tbs MATCH MoSoPoLY.-Notice was issued
wednesday to every wholesale dealer in Philadel
phia Of the advance in the price Of matches from
25 cents to 81 SO per gross, according to kind.
This will necesstate n proportionate rise on the
part of the dealers and joobers in the trade
In consequence of the inaction of Congress, the
the public have been placed at the mercy Of q
company which can put the price up as high as
it peases. About fifteen years ago the hrst effort
at combination Of match manufacturers was
made by the Swift s. Courtney and Beecher
Company. The fnancislt result was o great
stock company. comprising about twenty
manufactOries and said to represent q capital
Of $5,O00,OOO. The sulphur matches, which
originally were sold by the combination at ST. 90,
are now sold for So 80, and parlor matches rose
from 81 25O. The stamp act imposed
about twenty years ago, which drove out of the
market all small manufacturers. At first the
government sold the stamps at one cent each,
ten per cent of, and compelled the match
men TO have their own plates engraved,
which was the condition on which the ten per
cent. was taken off The ten per cent was not
directly taken of Mt first, but they were given
ten per cent more stamps, which was equivalent
to an allowance OF but nine per cont. The com
bination has for some time been carrying on
suit with The government to recover the addi.
tional one per cent.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-25


AWFUL SULLEN.--A gentleman 10 Hart
well sent to the Great Western Gun Works
and purchased q small parlor rife, with
1000 cartridges of the smallest size, tho
bullets being about the size of bucks hot
He went over to Benson's mill pond, frog
hunting. and found a very large frog of The
masculine gender sitting on stump, just
above the water. Hesh1t twenty seven tim IS
ut him, when his froSship lost his balance
aud dropped over in the shallow water. Up
On taking the frog out il Was found he had
swallowed twenty six Of the bullets, catching
them in his mouth, supposing them to be
flies. When he went to u,ve. the weight
OF ,helead carried nin overheard, and when
taken OUT he WIS nvt dda,d but awful sullen
---HtphSay, tGuS) .Sios
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-25

VALUE OF CoRN CoBs-Few farmers
stop to consider how much of fertiliziy
matter is annually wasted about the farm,
nor of the, expense incurred in purchasing
the same materials in other FORMS Thus
in the apparently Insignificant matter Of
corn cobs is an item woi tn saving. if the
accumuations of corn cobs were gathered
up aud thrown into the hog pen they would,
by next spring, be reduced to manure. 1t
has been estimated that in the corn cobs
grown in this country last year were upwards
Of two hundred million pounds of potash.
Where corn cobs are used in lighting fires
at the farm house, the potash may be saved
in the increased value Of tbs ashes
1t is well known that the 6ifleceut varie-
ties of wood, when burned yield varying pros
portions ofpotash. Attic head ofthe list in
the production Of potash stands the willow;
hence its ashes are ofsuperior value in this
respect, yet corn cobs contain double the
amount of potash carried in thewillow; so, in
this manner, we may approximate the value
ofthe ashes obtained in the burning ofcorn
cobs, and preserve the same for futurcs use
in the fertilization of the soil of the farm
Successful fa; ming is commonly the re-
suit of careful attention to little things, I.
the economical use of the smallest elemc,
of value. Hence even the corn cobs, wiz.
their products of potash. arc worthy the at
teution of the practical and thrifty farmer
The enormous cost to the farmer Of potash
whether in his barnyard manure, in is'
commercial fertilizers, or in his more direct
purchases of potash in one form or anothcr
renders the economical utilization Of corn
csbs matter of some Importance.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-25

REGIMENTS OF HIGHLANDERs.-Thc an.
pearance of the Highland regiments which
England is now hurryiug up to the front
from both sides Of Egypt at once will doubt
less be o. great surprise to the Bedouins
of Arabi Pasha as to their grlnlf,thsrs in
1898 When the Highlanders of Sir Ralph
Abercromby's army landed at Alexandria
in that year the Arabs O.. the town, after a
wondering survey of the stalwart Celts, ran
to announce to their friends the arrival of
host of giants, so huge that the clothes
which they wore we're all too short for
them In the Sepoy mutiny of 1857 the
Highland regiments did priceless service
both at Lucknow and Cawnpore, storming g
on one occasion high walled garden de-
Tended by five times their number ofSepoys
and literally annihilhtiog the whole garri>
son. When Mana Sahibs soldiers first
caught sight Of the plaids aud kits they
exclaimed joyfully that all the E2glish SOL
diers must have been killed, aud that the
sirkar government had to call out the
women. But after their first taste of a
Highland boyonet charge they abandoned
this belief once fer all and fell back upon
the -ory that these terrible fighters had
deliberately adopted this female grab in or.
der to remind them Of the wrong which they
came to revenge, viz, the massacre Of the
English ladies by Mana Slhib
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-25

A Poser FOR His MoTHER.-I.ittle
Eddie T. was sick Of gastric fever peevish
and fretiul, but he seemed to want the ide..
to prevail that it wasn't much trouble to
attend him. His mamma, while bathing
his brow, soothingly remar ed "What in
home without a mother" The young
rascal imm ldiately snapped out "Well,
what would mother be without q honre ?"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-25

BE good 10 yoarssifSaad yoa viii! never
lack fricudj.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-25

Tha, which dos not coucsru us We make
no mepti1u, bf.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-25

SENATOR HiLL.-The condition Of Senator
Hill this orning is practically the same as for
two weeks past. He is daily weakening j.,
strength and the end Of his sufferings comes
nearer every hour. lie nndergoes almost in;ol.
cradle agonies, at times, relieved only by opiatc<
with which his quiet slumbers can alone be iu-
duced.
He is now being treated W. tn preparation ~
ergot or barley husks discovered by n St. Louis
physician. ani said to have performed some nj
raculous cures Of seemingly hopeless cases Of
cancer Whether tho new medicine can arrest
or cure Senator Hills mslady is, however, nor
considered even problematc. and it is being tricl
for whatever good results it may produce.
WONDERFUL REMEDY.-We learn that the
Senator has received nearly fve hundred letters
from persons throughout the Union who claim
to have been cured Of cancer by the use Of red
clover tea and pca!tioes. In addition to these
letters and as a timely testimony to the efficacy
Of the prescription IS the following, which We
find in one Of our State exchanges this morn
ing:
The Lumpkin (Ga) Independent states that
Mrs Green B. Hurley, ofthat county, was effec.
tually and per manently cured Of q cancer by
making strong tea Of the leaves and blooms OF
red clover, and drinking Il in lieu Of water. She
occasionally made poultce Of the leaves md
blooms and applied il direct to the cancer
Mrs Hurley was cured ty this treatment within
two months. and three years have passed and
no sign Of q return.-ANdnta Herald.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-25

Z Hon. r, NJ. SINS MODEL FARM-Ed-
itor Register On recent visi, to Colum-
bia had the plcaure of an invitation to
spend night with Mr.: r. NJ Sims, who
lives six miles East of Columbia. My visit
was not only great pleasure in meeting
the family of Mr. Sims, but what is or
should be, to all farmers especially, to the
sight of a model farm. Since my visit to Mr..
Sims [ have seen many good farms and
line crops, but rs Il whole have seen moth.
thing to compare with his. must begin
By saying that for the past fifty years have
been worxiSs farms and noticing everything
in the line of farming, but Mr.. Sims crop
does certainly beat anything have est:
seen: His csoR has, been cultivated psi:
feetvy I. ~ Tor any 1565s<S'
see. No doubt there are many of his neigh
bors who are not aware there is such a sight
so near Columbia Mr.. Sims says he has
200 acres Of cotton and 80 acres in corn,
several acres in sweet potatoc' and so manv
melons that saw hundreds of the finest
rotsing on the grnund. The cotton field is
perfect level plain, all contiguous; the
rows perfectly straight and all of eve, dis
tance. The whole field is one magnificent
flower garden the mingling of pure white
with red bio o'ms and the green cotton leaves
Ono grass in his'n'D make beautiful con.
trast. 1t is not possible to do justice to
the field. so so out and SEQ for yourselves -
The corn is Oh upland sandy soil, which to
us in the clay region would Indicate poor
land, but to see the corn, a II made aud per-
fectly maturcd, shows there is no proverty of
soil there.
My opinion is that there is "more in the
man than in the laad," aud must give NJ.
Sms the credit of being the model farmer
OF South Caroliua until can see or hear Of
better. 1t is now the time Of year
that an estimate can be made, as the cotton
stalk is full of well grown bolls and the
corn about ripe, so will venture the csti
mate that Mr.. Sims will make 200 bale, Of
cotton and at last 200 bushels of corn to
the acre.-G. in CJlumbia Register.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-07
Political.

Camden, N. j., 5. The prohibition
labor convention Of the First Congress
sionsl District, nominated Reuben Wool
man, green hacker. The Second Con-
gressionGl District nominated Edward
Rowland. r
Mobile, Ala, 5.-Tbe republican con-
vention Of the First Cor Rressional Dis
trict nominated Luther r Smith.
New Orleans, 5.-Republieans at
Engsrd, La, nominated Henry Demss,
colored, i0r Congress. A number Of
delegates bolted.
Chicago, 6.-Repnblicans of the Sew
enth Congressional District. at Sterling
nominated Thomas J. Henderson.
Green hackers of the Fourteenth District
at Clinton, nominated A. Z. Stephenson
for Congress. Democrats will also LON.
mate him on the 18th. Democrats Of the
Fifteenth Congressional District nOmi-
mated A. j; Hunter, at Danviile.
Grand Rapids, Mich, 6.-De1ocrati
and greenbackers fused in the Fifth
Congressional Dietrict and nominated
julius Il. Houseman, democrat and
banker .t....
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-07
The Pacific Roads.

Omaha, 6.-Responsibls officials Of the
Union Pacific state that on the recent
visit OF General Manager Clark, and
freight agent shelby TO San Francisco,
. traffic arrangement more equal and 3D.
vAntAgeons TO both companies than ever
before msde, wSs consummated with the
Central Pacific. and that permanent
peace has been established. This is be-
lieved TO set At rest the rumors of the
Union Pacific being LEFT out in the cold
by other alliances made by the Central.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-07
Social Science.

Saratoga, o.-In tho Social Science
Association the paper OF Walter Chan
ming, of Boston, on ''The Board of
HEALTH" was read, followed by COM
munication by DR. Baker on the same
subject and the discussion thereof. Rev.
j. B. Prince, Of the New York Observer,
said drunkenness Is . crime. and he pro-
tested Agsinst its being called q disease.
He said the best remedy the state can
apply Is to prohibit the sale Of liquors
which produce intempersnce. The paper
OF DR.. d. +. Lincoln, on The sanitary
condition of bs arding schools, wss pre-
sented by the secretary and passed, with
recommendation that 1t be read by ell
present V'aae 90 si5 rs
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-07
TELEGRAPHIC


q
Workers..
New York. 6.-Most of the principal
stores on Fulton street from Nassau
street TO the East River, were, last even
ing, for the first time lighted By the Edi-
on Electric Light and there we're few
other places il the First Distsict, Which
extends from Spruce 70 Walnut street,
and from East RIVER to Nassau street,
also lighted by this system, which can
now be cont nuOuAly tsuppiIed from tie
fret slativR st No. 255 snd 257 Pear
strest.9 d eters have been placed N very
msny Of The buildings tbrOugb out the en-
piled as rapidly as possible, each build
ing requiring inspection by the board OF
underwriters before The light can be sup
piled The lights are rather more brilliant
hsn gas and are 20 arranged that the
light can be turned on or of stwlli, ss 10
ordinary AFgand gas burners. The cost,
the agent said IasI evening would be a
Lrt1e less than the same amount of gas
light. IL has taken US long time, said
the superintepC ent last evening, but we
have had TO do what every
one said could not be dene, that is, sub
DIVIDE the light in each house to any ex-
tent. We have laid our mains thru ugh
nearly ell the streets Of the district aud
have plGced the aires very generally in
buildings. Weput in the wires at our
own expense and supply the Temps. If
after certain period Of trial our custom
ers desire to cOntinue to- use the light we
charge them for the fixtures, buI not
otherwise. This is our fret attempt to
light the whole district, although We
have for some time been furnishing light
20 few Of the banking offices in Wall
street. Now, however, we propose to
keep ups continuous supply. The light,
superintendent said, was the safest posi-
bic. "You may" he said, wrap one Of
the lights in the 6nest of combric and
then break the globe with a hammer and
the fabric will not be scorohed The in
instant the air Comes IL contact with the
ssGe II goes out. We have our lamps
90 the steamer City Of Worcester, and
shall light the iron steamer ri grim, on
the Fall river line with them, and, IN
fact, are now negotiating with that COM
parry to place lights on ali their steamers.
The Drexel building, containing 10O
lights. the Times Office, Park bank and
,he Herald Office were among the places
lighted last night by the electric currents
from the station on Pearl street.
Edison said, furtber, bat eighteen miles
Of pipe would be laid IN the down town
district. Dix miles are already laid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-07

That terrible scoarge fever end ague, and
It's congener, bilious remittent. besides sfec.
tione Of the stomach. liver and bowels, pro-
duced by miasmstic air and water, are both
srkdicated and prevented bk the use Of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters purely vegetable
elixir, Endorsed by physicians, and more ex-
used as a remedy for the above
class OF disorders, as well as for many 9th fs.
than ony medicine of the age.
For sale by all Druggists and Des'erg
~ generally. 5y&
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-07

Little Book, 5.-Slack, republican,
nominee FOR governor, who resides here
and is verT popular personally, has car
ried the eoulty. He will doubtless lead
the reput an tic1et in the state 1900
votes. Returns show increased demo-
cratic msjorities for the state ticket.
whose msj1rity is layer than vss an
tleipateo' The greenOseA vote lie very
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-07
Prohibition.

Syracuse, 1.-The state constitutional
smenoment committee, representiop
various temperance Organizations. call =
slate convention At Syracuse, for October
1871, to take steps to secure the submis-
sion to the popular vote of a prohibition
amendment to the state constitution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-07
Ihe (hicEaaws

Little Rock. 6.-The Chickasaw In
dlAn legislature has organized. Cover
nor Vouton was declared elected. He
delivered message, dwelling strongly
on the necessity Of schools, 8 penitentisty
territory. 'Ne
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-07
It Was a TOrDedO

Vienns, Sit is believed here the
falling of the bridge q, Ishsra, on Mon
day, was caused 6y Ipedo which had
been placed IN the rsvine for the purposs
OF lnjuring the Car snd Grand Dnke
Michael. The minister Of war was swent
from the bridge and seriously Injured
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1882-08-25
AWSO.

Los infrascritos acreedores de Ia quiebra de
don Leonardo Igaravidez, en- vista de Ia tor
tuosa Marcia que leva este asunto, en- one
solo alcabo de dos afios siete meses de fni.
ciado ha podido lograrse Ia reunion de Ia pri.
mera Junta general de acreedores, no sin VEN
Ger para clio los mayOres obstaculoS que para
impedir So celebration Sc atravesar6a hasta
| ell 6ltimO instante por ell pequeio c1mero de
dicidentes que desde ell principle han venido
entorpeciendo Ia marcha del juicio: visto que
alcabo de veinte cinco diaS de nombrados
los SlndisoS por una lnmensa mayorfa de acre.
edores ann no han sido puestos en- ell eiercicio
de 50 cargo, que SO intenta demorar & tedo
trance esa diligencia flu de que trsnscurran
otaos dos mos medic por 10 menos antes de
q1e Sc leve cabo; vist0 que entre4anto los
| cuantlosos bleneS Que cOnStltuyen la masa de
Ia quiebra Sc van arruinando Y desmerici sndo
cada dia consderablemente en- Su valor. con.
SumiendOse tOdos sus valioSos productos en- gas.
tosy costas judiciales, qHe ejos de ser originada
en- benefciO de Ia generalidad de los acTeedo
res, solo sirven para perjudicarlo hacienda ire
alizables SIS 1tos por la destrncci6nd4 los
bieneS TesponSableS a So pago; dOcididos q
poner termino semejante escandalo que re.
1uje en- descredito de todo el pals, conven-
cidos de Ia conv nionc a y Lecesidad de pro.
ceder cOlectivamente ejercitando para clio O..
dos los m4diOS cOniucentes, los acreodores
que constituimos la mayoria fin de robuste-
Ger con la union de todos las fuerzas indivi.
duales dc cada uuo, para contrarrestar ven-
Ger La sistematica Oposici6n que con diversos
fines han venido y cOntin1an batieHdo un
menguado nGmer0 de disidentes, invitamos
por el presente Godos los demas acreedores
de don Leonardo Igaravi1ez que de buena fu6
desean en- el prontO t6rmino de su quiz bra. pa
ra una REUNION que tendra efecto cl dia n
del corriente mes las doe del dia en- la casa
mor ada de dOn E7aristo Oaevrement, Gale de
la FOrtaleza HdWero 81 con obieto de acor-
dar Ia marcha que debemos seguir On defen.
sa de nuestros derechos iDtereses, reunien.
DO baio uaa sofa direction la representation
de tojos, Y concedi6ndoles los medios v facul-
tades necesarias para ejercitaI todas las &C.
clones y recursos ordinarios Y extraordinarios
que proceden para obtener el laudable fin que
nos proponemos hasta ocurrir 81 fuese precise
los mas altos poderes del Estado.
| Puerto Rico l9 de agosto de 1882.
Oarreras hjos en- liquidaci6n.-O. Audi
fred y Co-Como apoderado de w. 81. Rid
ley Co. Laureano Vega-Heraclio Gautier,
Como apoderado de los sehores Silva Ferrer
Go. 1e Gail y 90. en- iquidaci6n de los se6o-
res Aug Jos Sch6n y Co.-Tomas Oaballero
Como apoderado de don Jose M Valdenebro
Rafael Romeu.-Oomo apoderado de don J.
Skerret, Euduardo Martorell. .-Silvestre v.
Iglesas.-Evaristo Ohevremont.-Oomo apo
dorado de los sefores Moitecier Neveu 90.
e. Loutre. l-3