The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-11-12


"A great many improvements are being s,ade
atthe Hotel for tho comfort and convenaacs
Of the guests. Notable among them Is anew
apartment that has been erected for BsAer |
Shop, which win be occupied by Lewis Cassn,
so we are informed. tAsl
Tho General Assembly will meet in Colu ~
on the fourth Tuesday in this mouth. II
be composed of almost entirely new memS 81,
and the Columbia correspondent Of one of be
New York dailies says it will be composed $n
tho whole, Of a sorry set Of nev members.
Tho frosty mornings have come, the s&p
air is here, and our nimrods are giving 8e
poor "Bob Whites" Hail Columbia.
a prominent farmer told US last week kat
he had Witnessed the strange phenomensSf
rain falling from o cloudless sky. lie th5k
strange Of it until we showed him some of&e
| different notices in tho News and Couris, pf
these freaks of nature, when his fears Vre
quieted. So Union County can also claim{b be
honor Of having rain from cloudless skies.
The delegates to the Farmers Conveutio, to
| be holden in Columbia this week went dSyn
last Tuesday. If the other counties of khe
State should send as intelligent body of e-
gates rs Union, perhaps the result of the be-
liberations of that august sssamblsge wouH be
more beuufUiui 70 tho stats than it wilLpsHpsi
otherwise be. Union generally sends good
representation wherever she wants to. T..
The furniture factory is now in operation, or
at least is about ready to begin work. Wswill
give our readers detailed account Of it's opera
tions at an early date. q
Compared with this time last year, the amount
of cotton brought to this market is greatly on
the decrease. Nearly all tho farmers in the
upper portion of the county are taking their
cotton to the Trough Shoals Factory, where they
are offered better prices for the staple. This is
accounted for by the demand at the factory for
cotton which somewhat enhances the price at
that place.
Patronize the 25-cent corner Of the TINES.
1t will pay you without doubt.
We understand that several entcrtainm ents
of a social and beneficial nature will be given
this winter in Union by the young people.
Nothing speaks better for o town than its social
qualities, and we hail the news of these enter
taiuments with pleasure.
Tho Earth Still Trembling.
Between / and 2 o'clock last Friday after
noon we had the severest shock of carthquak.
since the memorable one of August 81. Every
body felt it, and all who could left their houses
and ran into the street. Since then the eartl
seems TO be in o continual tremor, siesmeti
throbs being felt quite perceptibly every hou
or so. OF course the continuance Of these un
pleasant convulsions Of the earth Increases th
nervous excitement of timid people and arouse
increased fear in the minds of the weak ant
ignorant Glasses; but VIC believe there
no cause for alarm in this high grani,eFegion o
our country. little over fifty year, ago tn
earth was similarly agitated, and contAnusd s
for nearly year. The agitation then % kbsided
as we believe it will in this case, witho It doin
re harm than it has already done.
{ boWs1sssh aMS shake AK last Friday was felt e9a. @
at any other point heard from, and viii
standing rumOrs reached US that it eau ra,'s : 81
deaths in that city, no such fatality is porte
> in the daily papers.
= Tho A. NJ. E. Conference. .-"7
The annual Conference of tho A. og. Zio
" Church is now in session hers< ~ 'atso mum
l. ber Of ministers and layme ore in a'tenance
They represent. the v..SSl(st element 0ftha'
church, aud In apnrsGfahce and depormet tn
80 80 body presents high order Of intel'issno an'
christian character.
" Bishop Jones, who presides with eeadig
nifty, is o man of education, pleasing IN IAN
- ners, and full of sound Christian zea} her
N' all entitled to seats ore assembled tls cater
enoe will number about $50 members9
CO The sessions are held in st. AugustinSCh'roh
NO and are open to all. A special aul canes
m invitation is extended to the white cpIes
We the town to attend the meetings.
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