The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-05
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPLIED
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tNIFtttSIINi NEWS COMPLIED
FROM MANY SOUlCES
Hattie May Corley was drowned in Buf.
falo Creek ut Davidson, near Rowlesburg,
Preston County, w. Va
The chamber OF commerce Of Durham.
N. o., is urging the erection Of union pas
senger depot in that city.
Tho Lynchburg, Va. Mari and Phos-
phate company has been organized with q
paid up capital OF 100000.
u. NJ. Guest, gardener at tho Allegheny
Springs, Va, committed suicide by taking
iaudanum. He was from Gloucester county,
SO far as learned there Is not a min In
STAFFORD or Spotsylvania counties i'm Va,
that has not been seriously damaged by tho
recent freshet.
Chattahoochee il ono OF the oldest towns
In Florida, but never has had a church build
ing FOR whltS folks. Tho Methodists aro
going to put up ono this year.
&C. Il. Baker sbot and killed Terry Smith,
mei"ier OF tho order OF Locomotive Engi.
ncers, during n quarrel ut Aberdeen, Miss.
Baker declared he actel in SELF defense.
while playing with some boys, William
Bouldin, coored, fell on tho railroad track
a. Blackstone, Va, and died in u few iniu-
tes. Il 10 thought no broke an artery in
his fall.
Iron work for tho one hundred and
ninety cars TO b. built 10y the Roanoke, Va.
Machine Works for the Norfolk ana Western
Railroad has heen begun in tho blacksmith
nnd foundry departments.
William Bash died suddenly in Augusta
county, VA. jury Of inquest rendered u
verdict that Bush died from poison adminis-
tered by Peachy Atkinson and Ida Busch,
his wife.
Harry Lambert, watclman nt Rock
creek bridg", Metropolitan Branch, B. aud q.
Railroad, who was struck 10y u passing train
some days ago, died ut his home in Wheaton
district, Montgomery county, Md.
AT Marion Junction, Dallas county. Ga.
j: J.. Stevens, sect on man, shot and killed
III. c. Segnor, n conductor ON tho Mobile, nnd
Birmingham Hallway. The trouble was
q out u woman.
During II recent thunder storm, tho
ngm.nng strna ,tnd killed four fine three
year old steers, one COW and calf for Capt.
j. w. Marshall, of Minao, RaudoIph
county, w. Va.
Miss Jane Woods, n young lady OF Wet.
zel county. w. Va. hns just completed nice
quilt, containing 22,iO pieces. She com
worked at it for fourteen years.
Three horses valued at about 5000 oacb.
owned hy VIM. Davis, near Fountain Mills.
Frederick county, Md, were struck by light
ming while standing under treo i'm a field
during thunder Storm and instantly killed.
George Brill, OF Hagerstown
Md. while gathering an armful of grass for
his horse was stung in the arm by a snake,
which escaped under tho staUls BY imme.
diately applying antidotes, he will pull
throush oil right.
One Of the prisoners confined in Monroe
county, w. Va, Jail managed to get posses.
sion OF a table knife, with which ho dug n
hole through brick wall, and stealing the
keys from the jailor's room lot two other
prisoners out.
an alteration near PIains, E.,;;-
a.sT
p. Turner, who, IN turn, was shot Ia els 8
breast and hand. i. P.Turner was arrested. N
-Messrs. Stull and Duvall, OF Frederick.
Md, made narrow escape from death.
Their horse and wagon was crossing the
railroad as u train of cars came around tho
curve. by quickly jumping from the wagon
and holding the animal fatal accident was
averted.
Terrell, a section boss on the C.
g. o., while sleeping On tho track at Ceredo,
w. Va, was struck bye train and fatally
Injured. 1t is believed lie was intox icated.
His remains were taken to Virginia, his for.
mer homo, for .intermcnt. Tho deceased
was % years OF ago and unmarried.
Tho young daughter Of Rinton Langftt,
of Hancock county, w. Va, with her
brother, stopped ut q burning gas we'll, and
the boy turned Oh the gas full force, which
flashed out aud caught tho girls clothing,
burning her to death
At Dalton, Ca, Hon. S. T.. Fields. State
senator, was shot and killed by his step-son,
Dennis Taylor, whom he attempted to chas-
tisc. Young Taylor was arrested and taken
to Dalton. His mother is Frustrated with
her double sorrow.
Tho directors OF tho Lynchburg (Va)
Land Company have decided to erect ten
dwellings on their property in West Lynch
burg at onc". Tho foundations of the zinc
worKs arc now being laid, and the plans OF
tho paint works are being prepared.
Halo
tn, jail and took Lloyd and Reynolds, the
treo near by. hS raBl9 hMsngel them to u
bodies threatening vengeance on any in
former. Public sentiment justiaes the
lynching.
-William Bagges, q CON OF Mrs. j. ID.
Baggos. of Boone county, w. Va. camo
home from hunting expedition, and play.
fully pointed his gun at his mother. The
weapon was discharged aud the ball passed
through her body, death resulting in few
hours.
An attempt was made to burn the Marion
county, w. Va. court hous'. A quantity
OF oil was poured uucer tho door and ran
down over the floor Two lighted matches
were then showed under the door but by
some means failed TO connect with tho oil
and the attempt was fruitless.
THE daughter of ex-SheTiR Il. w. Janney
Of Elkton, Md, has kitten which is a curl
osity The animal was born without a tail.
more like II rabt than a CIT. Its mother,
Likewise, has double front paws, but is other
wise like cat.
Joseph Smith, aged forty, was shot and
killed 10y Samuel Kronpecker near Roane
rt-house, w. Va. Kronpecker had lett
his wife and six children in destitute con-
diticu, and Smith had been caring for them,
Kronpccker passed by his house, and seeing
Smith talking to his wife, raised q rifle and
shot him dead. The murdeTar Is in Jail.
Hugh Russum, white ploughing recently
in his field few miles south of Greensboro.
N. e., turned up very large spear head
made OF stone. The shaLp point had been
broken or but the sides are still keen and the
implement is in good state of preservation.
The length Is six inches and the breadth
two.
Preston Yonce was shot and killed near
Trenton, y. c., 10y Whitfield Murrell and
William Carpenter. 1t is lcarnld in Angus
tn, Ca, that the parties who did the shoot
ing were on spree and objected to being
addressed as boys. a party was in Augusta
looking for tho murderers, who fed.
Tho streets of Leitersburg, MI, ara lined
with silver poplar shade trees, which, ut this
time of tho year, shed down strongly ro.
sembling cotton, and which burns freely.