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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-01

"Say, Loamacrc, how much did the
railroad pay you for that COW they ran
over 2" "Sixty-fvc dollars" "Sixty-f five
dollars Why, that miserable road that
runs past my place killed better COW for
me and only paid me forty dollars"' "Oh,
well, but your cow was killed on narrow
gauge road, you know. .'-Bur1ehe.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-01
MEATS ANB CRACKERS.
Tobacco and Cigars.

A number Of best Brands of Tobacco and
Cigars. Try our Studio, if you want the best
nicklc cigar, and our Stogies il you want the
best cheap cigar. Duke and other brands Of
Cigarettes.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-01

A SHARP CRITICIsN.--Thc editor of the
Fruit Grocers' Jon,nal has sense enough
to judge farmer by the way he treats his
live stock. When, says he, you see a man
haul his fruit to station preparatory to
sending it to market, using a team that
through poverty can hardly stand on its
feet, you may know that man will mako no
money in fruit growing. He may ship q
poor grade Of fruit that will help to dc.
press the market, and prevent other men
from making money, but you may be sure
he will make mono for himself He has
used land for fruit that ought to have been
employed in growing feed for his team and
other stock, and provisions for his family.
1t is further fact that men who drive prov
erty stricken teams are seldom, if ever,
thrifty men. There would be little risk in
the statement that from New Orleans to
Chicago there is not one man who haus hi 3
fruit to a railroad with half:starved team
that is making decent living by growing
fruit. His fruit will be of the same grade as
his team; aud his farm management and cul-
tivation will be like unto it. If he neglects
his team he will neglect his business. A poor,
half-starvcd team is the most expensive lux
ury ever found on farm. The fruit growers
who drive such teams almost invariably
live at such distance from the railroad
that there can be no profit in growing small
fruits for the market, and when the land is
stolen away from the team and stock to grow
unpr ofitable fruits for market, nothing but
loss can possibly follow.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-01

my Irlenu
why, we raise cotton. My road turns
off hore stranger. Gee, Ball, back Brandy
I'm glad 1 seed you, stranger
-~N>-
A PEANUT VENDER's TALK.-'There
is q great difference in peanuts said q
corner vender recently. Some nuts are
large and look very 6ne, but they are
tasteless. No matter how carefully they
ore prepared and how nicely they are
roasted they are still lacking in NIL the es-
sentials of good nut. They are grown on
soil that is deficient in some important re-
spect.
"A good roaster, like good cook or
good poet, must be born with a certain
qualification that cannot be acquired by
education.
Some dealers roast their nuts too much
others roast them toe little. If they are
roasted too much the oil is destroyed, and
nut has good deal Of oil in it. IF they
are not roasted enough, or if they are
roasted over q slow fro the oil is no,
properly brought out and they are no,
good; in fact, they have a disagreeable
taste.
Some dealers steam them, but that pro
cess spoils the good flavor of n nut. Most
of the nuts now sold come from Virginia
The Eastern Shore nuts are the best
Patrons of the peanut often complain thu,
they find the kernels Of the nut soft and
flexible instead of being brittle that i,
because they have been too long roasted
IF you want to get nut at it's best 20,
should eat it half an hour after it has beer
roasted. They arc good for one day auG
then they become stale. Some people like
them hot, but they arc bad for the teeth
besides they have not yet acquired thei1
proper taste. People who arc inclined t.
be dyspcptic should not eat many; it woult
be better if they didn't cat them at all
Properly roasted peanuts are healthy fo1
healthy people. An ordinary peanut cate,
cats one minute, which is too fast.
Yes, I sell good many to ladies they
don't eat them on the street like mel
do. In fact, really refined person dom
cat them as he walks along the street
Newsboys and bootbacks and roughs dc
tLat. If man has been drinking liquor
anu don't wish to have the odor of it Oh
his breath he cannot do better than cal
peanuts afterward. 1t is better than eat
ing mint candy or cloves. Those thing.
give him away. When you smell Glove.
or mint on mans breath you at ono,
suspect him.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-01
BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD AND ANDERSON BRANH
CONNECTIONS.

Close Connection is now made at Seneca with
Il. & d.. Il. II: for Atlanta and beyond.
A. With the South Carolina Railroad from
Charleston.
With Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroadfrom Wilmington and all points North
thereof.
With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail.
road from Charlotte and all points North thereof
Ii. with Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad
for points in Western North Carolina.
c. With A. and C. Div, r. and d. r. r., from
all points South and West.
ID. With A. and e. Div, r. and D, X. H. from
Atlanta and eyond
E. with a. and @. Div.,R. and d. n. n from
ell points South and West.
r. With South Carolina Railroad for Char
With 'wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad for Wilmington and the North. gz- o
With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail
road for Charlotte and the North.
g. With Asheville and Spartanburg Rail-
road from Hendersonville.
II. With A. and q. Div, r. and d. r. II
from Charlotte and beyond. p. 's1 3 Easysi,
Eastern Standard Time.t9 sQs lqtt 8 n r
e.ii'a ~Ss q. r.. TAICOTT, Superintendent. rf
D.CARpwELL, Asst General PassengerAgf. 5 =,
April Is '9+l'4 : pas II - n-s3 's'1s IT, 81
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-01
Fresh Canned Goods.

A supply of the choicest Canned vegetables,
n Fish, &C., from the most reliable and
popular Factories just received by
A. X. STOKES & co.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-01

Yes, needs shooiu. If he wasn't the
only horse Two got, aud can't spare him |,
I'd send him up where they make tho
horse shoes and naila and get him shod.
Can't get such thing done in our parts.
Perhaps 1 can at the depot
How do you manage to live in your parts,
my friend /?
Why, we raise cotton. My road turns
off hore stranger. Gee, Ball, back Brandy !!
I'm glad 1 seed you, stranger
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RICHMOND & DANvILLER.R.
GREENvILLE s. COLUMBIA DIVISION.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENr. a.,
COLUMBIA, s. O., May 2nd., 1885.
MAE9

On and after May End, 1886, Passenger Train
will run as herewith indicated upon this Road
and its branches. ..,.... ....... l5A
DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-28
TIMBER THIEVES.

The Montana Land Company Making Dep
relations Upon Government Timber
Lands.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-COmmissiOner
Sparks has made report to the Secretary
OK the Interior upon information received
at the General Land Office that the Montana
Improvement Company is making extensive
depredatiOnS upon public timber OH unsur-
'yeyed lands along the Northern Pacific
railroad, under an agreement with the rail-
road company, and that private surveys are
being made by the timber company with a
view of claiming that the lands deprecated
upon are Old sections belonging To the rail-
road company and not TO the United States.
The Commissioner in his report urges a
vigorous prosecution against both cOm-
panies. lie says that the question whether
the Northern Pac fic Railroad Company mas
a lega! right to any lands along such pOr-
tiOnS OF its road at least, as were not
definitely located within the time when the
road was required u be cons tructed has not
been settled, but that, if Il has such right
generally, 1t has no right To specific tracts
until the odd sections have been defined by
public surveys, That such sections can not
DC NeuH6u DS private surveys ana Indt lne
private surveys are unlawful. Mr.. Sparks
recommends that the timber company be
enjOined from trespaSslng upon public
lands to make such surveys, and says that
nothing but the most active and severe
measures will put stop To its operations.
lie recommends criminal prosecutions
against all persons connected with
lis alleged timber treSpasSeS. In an
other report on The Application of this
company to have certain suits discontinued
that have already been commenced Tie
Commissioner recommends that instead of
disseminating the suits they should be
pressed with the utmost VigOr, ana says
that the public lands in portions of Mon
tana, Idaho and Washington Territories are
being rapidly denuded by it of all their
valuable timber, and unless the full force
OF the Government is eXerted to put an I'M
mediate stop to these operations much of
the public timber land i'll the Territories
will soon be nothing but a barren waste.
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THRILLING RESCUE.
Fifteen Men Imprisoned In n Caisson At
Omaha Rescued by the Bucket Brigade.

Fifteen Men Imprisoned In n Caisson At
Omaha Rescued by the Bucket Brigade.
OMAHA, Neb, Oct. ga thrilling acci-
dent, inperiling the lives of fifteen men.
occurred at The new Union Pacific bridge
which is being built to replace the old
structure across the Missouri river at this
point AT ten O'Clock yesterday morning
leak was sprung in the eaisson now being
constructed in the middle of the river, and
before it could be caulked it had filed the
shaft up 10 the surface, thus cutting of the
escape OF :he fifteen men who were at work
on The bed rock under the bottom of the riv-
er. The news of the horrible situation rap
idly spread and soon thousands assembled on
the levee 10 await the result Of the efforts
to rescue the Imprisoned men. George n.
Ledderlee, chief engineer in charge OF tile
work, and his assistant Ralph MOdjeska,
son OF the actress, FASTENED to the caissOn
and at once proceeded to direct affairs.
The pier Is a mammoth stone structure sixty
feet long and twenty-five feet wide. Its
surface is now five feet above The water and
It's base rests on bed rock seventy -three
feet below the top of the river. At eight
O'Clock the first day SHIFT went down through
the shaft into the rock, and thence 10
the working chamber below and began the
work of Cleansing and slushing the rock
preparatory TO iIilIDg IN with concrete. At
ten O'Clock, when they started To come 10
Ihe surface, some of them found 10 their
horror that a small stream of water Was
trickIing through pipe, showing that
water was in the shaft above them. To
have opened the door would have let tons
of the tlOOu in unnn Them SO il WAS pra.
sumed at the time that the men returned
TO tie chamber Immediately below the lock,
where they would be safe so long as they
could stand the pressure OF the air, which is
absolutely necessary 10 keep the water from
the river beneath the caissOn and SO long as
the wafer from above could be prevented
from forcing the air chamber. Engineer
Ledderies ran an engine with pumps at
iached to the pier and set it to work pump
ing water from the shaft After working
an hour it was found that the engine was
inadequate 10 exhaust the water in time 10
save the mems lives, as the men are not al
lowed to work over three hours, time beyO nd
that being deemed dangerous. Owing to the
distance TO pump the water the engine could
not fully perform its duty. bucket bri-
gade was then organized among the bridge
employees, who, with ropes and buckets,
slowly bal ed the water of the shaft Tbs
was slow and tedious work and when the
men had been imprisoned Tor over three
hours in the caiSSOlI nearly everybody gave
up tho hope of ever renculng them. Final
ly, at about three O'clock, the water was
exhausted. and the men were rescued in an
exhausted and frightened condition. When
they were brought out wild cheers Went up
from The crowd on the eyee
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
PERsONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
HENRY GEORGE has been Endorsed by the
Irving Hall Democrats for mayor of New
York.
GENERAL SHERIDAN has been elected to
fill the vacancy in the Loyal Legion caused
by the death of General Hancock.
SECRETARY ENDIcoTT has requested Gen
eral Sheridan to hold Geronimo and his
braves as prisoners of war. The women
and children were to be sent to Fort Ma.
rion-
SECRETARY LAMAR, in response to clerks
| inquiry, says that the latter may go home
to vote under the Presidents order, but
must not make political addresses or take
other part in political actions.
MAJOR GENERAL SIR II. T. MACPHERSON,
commander of the British forces in Bur
nah, died recently of fever after two days
illness.
MN STAsIBULoFF, Radoslavoff and Vult-
chef of the Bulgarian regency have been
threatened with death if they continued to
resist Russia
MINISTER Cox, of Turkey, has requested
Secretary Bayard to relieve him of his mis-
sion.
COMMISSIONER SPARES charges that the
Montana Improvement Company has been
making wholesale depredations on the tim
Der on public lands and recommends pros
ecution of the company.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND arrived in Rich
mond, Va, on the 2lst, being received by
an immense concourse of people.
JOHN j. GEoGHAN, Assistant State Dairy
and Food Commissioner has sworn out
warrants for the arrest of several promi-
nent Dayton, O., grocers whom he caught
selling butterine for creamery butter.
The Attorney General has given an
opinion in regard to the construction of
section of the Oleomargarine act, which
is in effect that oils or simples used in the
manufacture of oleOmargarine are not
subject to tax unless made in imitation or
semblance Of butter.
THE Democratic Congressional conven-
ton at Rochester, n. Y, has nominated
Theodore Bacon. He was a Republican
until 1884, when he supported Cleveland,
and is now claimed as a Democrat.
THERE was a reliable report on the 22d
that the Car of Russia had shot and killed
an aide-de-camp. and that the Cars con-
dition was one approaching insanity.
JOHN ARNOLD. a well known farmer of
Streator, ILL.,, broke his neck the other
night in an attempt to fix a chimney on the
roof of his residence.
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MERCY ASKED.

The knights of Labor Assembly Ask Glenn
encY for the Condemned Anarchist.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct 21.-The General
Assembly of the Knights of Labor began
its last session yesterday morning at nine
O'Clock. The first business taken up was
the report of the standing committee on CO.
operation. After that. came the report of
half dozen special committees. The COM
mittee on wOmen'S work reported that it
had effected permanent organization and
had taken other steps to obtain redress of
grievances for women. The officers elected
were: Mary Hanifn, president; Mary
O'ReiIly, wee president; Neltie Hardi>On,
treasurer, and LeOnora Barry, general in-
vestiga;Or, to act as corresponding secre.
tary aud devote all her time TO the work
and keep a record OF all cases. The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted by the as
SelnOiy:
ReSOC5d. That this general assembly ap-
peais Tor mercy Tor the seven men of chi
cagO who are condemned TO be executed.
EgsJtC'd, That WI lie asking for mercy for
the Condemned men, we are not II sympathy
with The act on of the anarch SITS nor am at
tempts or IndIv duais or associated bodies
the law, believing that peaceful methods are
necessary reforms.
After the transaction of some other bGSi-
ness the convention adjourned sine die.
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PinkertOn's Ruflisns.

CHICAGO, Oct 22.-Seyeral statements
from different eye witnesses are UnfaYOr-
able 10 the Pinkerton guards who did the
shooting as they were leaving the stock
yards Tuesday. Captain Marley, Of the
Town OF Lake police, says the shooting was
utterly uniustifable, and there are seventy
Witnesses 10 prove it. When the train
pulled out of the yards near Allerton's the
PinseriOn men raised tho ear windows and
cal Ell tie sw!tchmen and others in the
vicinity ali the vile names they could think
of. Tie captain has tile names OF fifty
police who can identify a large number Of
them as disreputabie characters.
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HEARTLESS CONDUCT,


Eastport, Maine, During its Recent DIsss-
trous Fire, Invaded by Smugglers Prom
the Canadian Border and Looted In the
Most Outrageous and Barefaced Manner
A Revenue Cutter to the Rescue.
BANGOR, Me-, Oct. 19.-During the
fierce fire in Eastport the gangs of law
less characters of the Islands on the
Canadian side of the Passamaquoddy,
who have for years been smuggling goods
into Maine, deserted their regular bust
ness and set sail in their boats for the
doomed town. Anchoring off the wharves,
out of the reach of the flames, they took
their dories and rowed ashore. Then
begar series of raids on the stricken
people that was 4 disgrace to hum unity.
Bodily they entered the town, broke
open the stores, selecting the most
valuable merchandise and after
loading their small boats rowed to the
sail boats, unloaded and returned as
quickly as possible to renew their depre-
datiOns. For some time the panic
stricken people did not observe what
was going on, and several boats made
the short passage to some of the adjacent
islands and returned. Furniture, dry
goods, the contents of jeweiry stores,
fishing gear as we'll as rigging from the
wharves, were quickly spirited away
This continued through the second day
of the fire.
The thieves. emboldened by their sue
cess, became more bold and disputed in
many cases with the owners of the goods
for their possession. The police depart
ment as well as the fire department were
powerleSS and At last the citizens turned
on the invaders who were pillaging their
town and fought them flcrcely. The hui
man tigers would not be driven from
their prey without a struggle, and con-
tinued their nefariOus business into an
| other day. Time and again were goods
brought from out of outhouSeS and de-
posted in apparent safety while the own
erS returned for another load. watching
their chances the pirates quickly gath
cred them up and the nearly exhausted
owner on returning would find no trace
of them. At this time the United States
cutter General Woodbury., Il well-armed
vessel, arrived, and the captain, under
standing the character OF the men across
the line, quickly took in the situation. In
the twinkling of an eye he had his
boats out and shut off al communication
With the shore. Then he ordered all the
English craft to leave the harbOr. While
they might fight the weary people OF
PASSPORT they have a wholesome respect
for the frowning guns OF the Woodbury.,
and soon the bay was white with the
sails of the thieves as they sailed across
the line. The Woodbury. is to remain IN
the bay TO protect the town from another
| invasion.
The committee OF citizens chosen to
collect money and feed the PASSPORT sui
ferers have been very successful. About
four thousand dollars in cash have been
paid, and yesterday afternoon nearly two
carloads of provisions aud clothing were
shipped TO EastpOrt, while several more
will follow to-day. Hiram Ruggles and
ii. o. Pierce will 20 to EaStport, accom-
punying the subscriptions.
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Another Big Fire.

FARMINGTON, Me-, Oct. ga great fire
has ragged here since eight o'clock last
night AT this hour (1:50 a. m.) the fire is
sweeping down Main street and will proba-
bly, consume every thing on the west side OF
the street to Abbott hill. Masonic Hail.,
Odd Fellows Hall, the Chronicle Office,
Knowlton IL McLeary's job printing house,
the pOst-Ollice Hotel Marble, Exchange
Hotel and some fifteen stores are now i'm
ruins. The burned district thus far is from
the hotel down Pleasant street Every
thing is swept clear, including the Jail,
thence along Broadway to Main,
thence up Main street to Tarbex
Bros. store Oh the west SIDE of the
street; also entirely down the entire length
of Main street TO Depot street OH the west.
side. The Baptist Church is in ruins and
the Methodist and Congregational Churches
are burning. 1t IS utterly impossible 10 es--
innate the loss. A steam fire engine has.
just arrived from Lewiston. making the
run in one hour and fifteen minutes. A
company from Phillips is also working. but.
its labOrs are almost fruitless Oh account OF
the gale which prevails. The Peoples
Trust Company is also burned ont. The
fire caught in z Gray's stable on Pleasant
street about Z: 30 o'clock. No accidents are
reported, but everybody is exhausted.
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AWFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A Train Knocked From the Track BY a
Bull and Several Lives Lost.

Train Knocked From the Track BY a
BulI and Several Lives Lost.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. pa terrible &C.
cident, in which five men lost their lives
and several others were seriously, if not
fatally, injured, occurred on the Burling.
ton & Missouri Rver road, eleven miles
west of Edgar, Neb., yesterday. con-
StructiOn train, with many men on board,
was coming around a curve at high rate
of speed, when it struck bull which was
standing on the track, throwing the
engine and six cars down 4 high en-
bankment. The wreck was most COM
plete. and the men were caught in every
conceivable position. Those who were
uniniurcd began ut once the work OF
caring for the wounded and removing
the dead.
Those killed outright were:
r ii. Marvin, of DeweeSe.
George Burke, OF St. Louis.
Daniel O'COnuer, of Weston, Mo.
Robert Collins, an Englishman and ar
unknown man.
The wounded are:
Charles Clark, hip and leg broken.
Andrew Campbell, leg and arm in
jured.
VIM. Critter, leg broken at thigh.
Owen ShOrlfey, Kansas City; both legs
broken.
Walter Ames, Aurora, Neb.; leg brok
en-.
Thomas Kelley, Ottawa, Canada; in
ternal injuries.
John Edwards, st. Joe; leg broken.
Ed Frazier, Harlan, Ia; head cut.
John Fitzgerald, badly bruised.
II. Stanley, Omaha; seriously wound
ed
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cider and EmbaIming F1uid.

SACO, Me-, Oct. 22.-Frank Wilds, OF
Union Falls, yesterday sold cask OF new
cider to Civil Engineer Winfield S. bennett,
Of Saco. The latter's son James, aged
nineteen years, drank a third of glass OF
the cider, bennett took teaspOonful, and
his wife tasted it all OF them were taken
sick, and, despite the efforts OF two physi-
clans, the son died early this morning. Mrs.
bennett is very sick, but the physicians
think sne will recover. On the head Of the
cask was branded the word Poison The
cask was purchased from a Biddeford IN
dertaker and originally contained embalm4
iEy fluid.