The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-09-10
The rrimary Plan Adopted I'm the 9th Congres-
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The Fifth District Congressional Convention
met At Lancaster on LIST Instant. j. T. Hay, Of
icf Chester. and u. >. Redfearn. OF Chesterfield.
secretaries. Mr.. Shannon, Of Kershaw, moved
that the primary plan be adopted in the nomi
nation of Congressman from this District.
Geo. w. Gage, Esq, of Chester, offered the fol-
lowing as q substitute:
Resolred. That the Executive Committee Of
tho 9th District be requested 10 call, early in
1888, for the election of delegates to q District
Convention 70 be held early in that year, and
that tho counties be requested by said commit
tee to instruct their delegates to said convention
as to the best mode of nominating q Congress
man from said District.
The substitute was tabled by vote Of % to
10. The motion for the primary plan Of nomi-
nation was then adopted by vote Of % to 10.
A committee of one from each county was APP
pointed to prepare rules for the government of
the primory election. The committee submitted
n report, the following being the first clause
primary election for the nomination of q
Congressman to represent the 9th South Caro-
lima District, in the 5Oth Congress, shall be held
at the voting precincts established by law in the
counties of York, Chester, Lancaster, Kershaw,
Chesterfield, and the Townships of Limestone
No. l, Limestone No. ?, and White Plains, in
Spartanburg, and the Townships of Draytonvill
aud Goudeysvillc, in Union, on Tuesday, 9th
October, 1886 {; and that the polls therefor shall
be open from n m. until p. on that day.
A SHOWER OF Charleston has
had her earthquake, followed by n shower Of
pebbles, and now Columbia follows with a some
What sfmff5r phenomenon, WIN inc exception
that tho shower of pebbles which fell here
shows that tho matter which fell was sulphur
or birthstone. The occurrence became known
yesterday morning, when Henry Jones, colored,
found his yard, at No. II Medium street, COW
cred with small yellow pebbles. He thought
nothing of the discovery until his wife went into
the yard to run her smoothing iron through the
sand, whereat the PARTICLES ignitod and burned.
She alarmed at such an untoward happen
ing, aud the attention Of several gentlemen
was drawn TO the spot and to the substance
found in the yard. The crowd grew larger by
degrees, and in short while the larger pebbles
were picked up probably quart or more.
Register reporter visited the scene Of the
latest wonder and found left q sufficient GUAM
tity Of the substance to gather up and examine.
The larger pieces had been gathered up, but
the yard was still covered with very fine par
iicles. The reporter ignited the substance, and
it gave every evidence Of being sulphur. 1t
emitted blush light and the fumes were sui
phurous.
The next matter to investigate was from what
source the sulphur came. The occupants of the
house said they supposed it had rained down.
number Of gentlemen in the vicinity do not
doubt that the substance came from the skies.
This is quito probable, TOO, and may be ac-
counted for by the fact that meteor seemingly
exhausted itself over that section of the city.
The meteor mentioned fell shortly after the
shock of earthquake, which occurred at seven
minutes past IL o'clock.
1t is reported also that o quantity of the same
substance fell near the head of Fishers mill
pond a gentleman who has examined it and
has also examined the pebbles which fell at
Charleston says the substances arc identically
the same.