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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12
XX.---NEW SERIES.


&S ptouuced by the roll OF notes in his
% %iio N,esitatos, but it is for an iustan.
"Woll, ,"Re>besins, "if you roally arc
trying to do rigfE, why, IL"
Il really am, breaks ip tho anxious
butler. "and you may take your own
time in paying back the money. !
shant want it-not for q, long, long
time"
Every WE'LL" says Bottom; "it's bar.
gain. But there shall be no monkey
ing with the plate as Bywater Park.
Remomber that"
"No." replied the butler, ,liurriedly /;
mo monkoyiug. promise you"
And lcforo BoltoH can say another
word, KiLbey rusLcs away. leaving
Bolton stand ng. alone with the money
in his hand. II
II shapY need Loo's locket, after
nll," ls5lton thinks, as he Ieisurely
makes his way back to his hotel, "and
! Pm glad of it. ! dislike having to put
things i'll pawn. Here's enough to keep
Mrs. McGill.cuddy quiet for months to
conc"
Mr.. Eolton reaches his inn, writes a
few lines to Loo, telling her that he
has unexpectedly received a remittance
and That ho will therefore cancel the
engagement for Tuesday evening,
blows out his caud.e, and in high good
humor with himself and tho world,
jumps into bel.
Not SO with the butler.
kibbey rushes away to his room Mt
Eywatcr Park, throws himself fu-
liously into chair, shakes two fists at
IN imaginary somebody, whom he
mathematics as that Id Bolton, +"
and curses until the worry air is blue.
Ills fury exhausted, he goes to cup
board, takes down jar, and pouring
out the contents, which proved to be
notes and gold pieces, proceeds to
count his money. mot enough" he
muttcrs, glnomily. "If 1 leave, and
of course III have to leave after this.
wo must crack the crib. There's moth.
ing else to bo done. That Bolton
blast him--why did he ever come to
Bywater ParkP"
Now the butler fotches pens, ink and
rapcr, and proceeds to scrawl in his
turn tho following epistle:
Cup:
Ibis IL 10 lot you know that everything Is
up" with mo i'll this here sitiwation. The
time is rire-and everything is ready. Ioi
me- know date when i am to expect visit
from ynu. ScARTu
"Tho things got to bo DONE" SAYS
the butler, eying his blurred epistle
with satisfaction. Now, Miss Loo,
look out for what's in the atmosphere.
Yon and your precious pa will feel
shifting hand soon, or 1 am no prophet" :"
1t was barely poss BILE the butler
himself was soon to feel q "smitinp
hand;" but of this, more anon.
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capt. Arthur p. Smith, couductor on
the night shifter in the Richmond and AlIe.
ssaayl s.analv ynITId yyII s, at RohmNnd, Va. was in
Smith was aoout 30 years OF age. He ieayes
widow aud two children. Two freivht
cars passed over the conductor dreadf,IiIv
mangiing his body aud severing his head
entirely from his body
1.-The -, Ohio River Railroad Company have
laid OIL lot at L,tart, w. Va, aud offer -
give it to any one who will start a fourins.
mui there, aud viii also supply, free of cost
water Tor sans from their water tank by H.
Letart is splendid location for a mill of
This kind, an! doubtless som, ono will aynii
himself OF the opportunity Of starting cheap
very soon.
!--Anniston, Ala, is becoming n city OF
churches. A gentleman, who desires his
name suppressed for the present, has donate
$4,000 for the building OF another church
in that city. st. Mich1e! and All Angels.
which has boon built by Mr. John Noble at a
cost OF 100000, is nearing completion.
Grace church, which was built several years
ago by 81 ssrs. Tylcr and Noble at a co 1t OF
Si),0oO, makes three magnificent churches
IN IN Admission the gifts Of private in'ii iviiuals
This is certainly splendid showing for
Admission, which already has twenty-five
churches
Tho grandest and largest celebration
ever occurring in Martinsburg, w. Va. will
be celebrated on the Fourth of July. Over
bands. militia, bicyclists, fro companies
lodges, etc., have accepted Invitations to
participates: The prominent feature will be
a large trades disoiry. Tue funds are largely
increasing. and from the pressnt outlook old
Berkely Will dun again her garb of patriot
ism and make the day long to be remember
cd. Among tho orators is the Hon HOLMES
Conrad, of Winchester, Va. OF national
reputation, Many prominent people will
participate.
Two trains tried to pass each other
on tho Same track near MonrOvia, Fred-
erick county, Md, on the main lima of
the it. d %. Tho result was collision that
derailed forty cars and threw eight loalnrI
coal-hoppers down n twolve-f0ot bank,
spreading their demolished frames out ovvr
an adjoining field. Ths wreck. blocked both
tracks for five hours Tho wreckiug train
on its way from Ssniy Hook to tho sc.ns OF
the collision ran into aud instantly killed
Allen l,islc, OF near Monrovia, who was
walking on the south bound track, and had
crossed 70 tho other side directly in front Ut
the train whom he heard tho whistle blow.
He was SO years old, aud leaves u wife, but
no children.
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CHAPTER XIII.

QWsqhW ply.
.wh...sSyou- sayp e n q speak oni'
Nothing much" Scarth's voice is
curiously choked and low. "Only it
seems as II am never to get start in
life again. Curse me, no sooner do I
get into a good place than something
happens to prevent me from enjoy
ing it."
"No crookedness around Bywater
Park, says Bolton, warningly.
."Of course not. Pm going away
now; or, at least, will go directly
after Madame party. She gives party
4 iesday evening in honor of Miss Loo. :"
She does" Bolton is interested.
at is to be swell affair."" says Kib-
bey, disconsolately. "Pm so sorry to
leave Bywater Park before it comes off.
just my internal luck, though"
Are you trying to live honestly?"
"Tryipgl Why, am"
The butler is fumbling with roll of
something which he has drawn from
his pocket.
"I was doing fine till Miss Loo came
here. She knew me, or thought she
did, which amounts to tho same thing,
you know. I've lived in terror ever
since, FOR fear she'll split on me-"
"She won't tell il you behave your
self, Bolton says, shortly.
II hate to lose my situation" Kibbey
replies, insinuatingly; "and ] ought to
be let alone q earning n honest living,
it seems to me. Every man has the
right to earn honest living If no can."
"Yes." assents Bolton.
"And I am saving up money" goes
ON Kibbcy, more insinuatingIy still.
at is awful hard luck to be thrown out
of good place inst because of sin
! one has repented OF m rem hundred
times; don't ito"
"If thought you had no designs on
|1llIIi n2r,s 9 hsGr1cs Bolton, evidently
hes. iatinr hfld asr,..:.: 20 J,
sWhicll haven't. asserts kf6bs1l
positively.
"why, I might go away and not ro-
port you at al.
.Oh, IL you only wouldr
Kibbey presses the something" which
he has been fumbling into Bottoms
hands
Heres two hundred dollars as I've
been saving up. Ill lend them to you
II know what you came to the Park
for hoping you'll excuse the liberty.
] mean no harm. Mr.. Bolton, do
please let me keep on here trying to
be honest; doln
There is something exceedingly PER-
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PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.
Over n Thousand New Industries Es.
tabliShcd in Three Months.

tablishcd in Three Months
The Tralcsman of July / published a
statement showing the industrial situat;or
in the South as exhibited by the number of
new industries established during tn, last
thre, months. Itshows that during tho past
quarter ,02l new Industries have been cs-
tablished, against 600 in the previous quarter.
There were 1.7ll new enterprises begun dur
Ing the first six months Of 1889. against ,250
for the corresponding period Of tho previous
year, showing that tho South is going ahead
at n more rapid rate than ever before.
What Is moro significant says the Trades
man, is the fact that tho character of the in-'
dustries IL Of u more substantial character,
and is on a much better basis than in pre-
vious years. The speculative fever has leen
In large measure repres sod, and Industries
are now being established moro In conse-
quence of actual resources and legitimate
enterprise than before.
The most noticeable feature of the past
three months has been tho organization Of
81 new cotton and wooden mills, against 80
In the previous quarter. Georgia leads with
ten new mills, North Carolina following
with eight Fifty-two foundries and machine
shops were organized, n gain Of seven over
tho previous quarter. Alabama leads In this
particular industry, with nine new works,
Ienncsseo, Georgia and Kentucky following
with seven each. Eighty two mining and
quarrying companies were organized, of
which seventeen were in Kentucky, against
6l In the previous quarter. Tho number of
railroad companies organized shows u gain
Of almost ono hundred per cent, tho number
for the past quarter being 100 against Is
during tho previous quarter. Texas anc Ala
bama lead in this respect with 81 and % re-
spectively. Two hundred and seven WOO l.
working establishments were OF ,anized,
against l30 In the previous quarter. Other
industries established in the last Il rse months
were seven blast furnaces, 48 oil mills UG in
South Caro.iRai, eleven po.teries and three
rolling In,i.s
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old. old house." Miss Lafarge has
subs ded from her momentary spasnl
OF affection, and again takes her seat.
DO you know that almost believe I
shall have the opportunity offered me
to reign over Bywater Park as its
mistress ut some time not distant"
The Captain is considered great
catch" says Miss Chidley, with graft
fed smile. "It would be an excellent
match all around"
Dear Marion bursts into O sudden
silvery gush of laughter.
Yes, she sny5, "eI around DO you
think Madam Dundas would consent
to it-tho marriage, / mean?"
She has made Captain Hazard her
heir. don't think she would object,
for she thinks Hazard the finest and
best specimen of his sex living to-day"
And you2"
"Oh! If l must give you in marriage
to anyone, Captain Hazard is as good
as another. All men are alike to me.
regard mankind as n sort of necessary
evil, to be tolerated accordingly. "Miss
Iafargo laughs ngain and opens her
rosy mouth to speak. But tho words
die on her lips, for ut this instant the
door bell rings. And there is some
thing 80 peculiar and imperative in the
sound OF tho bell that dear Marion
springs to her feet in alarm and con-
sternation.
All the lovely pink color in her
blonde face fades away; involuntarily
her hands ciench upon her breast.
She stoops slightly, with her ear in
clined toward the door. She shakes,
trembles. ODE has answered the bell,
and she hears the measured voice of
the caller as lie says, coldly
81 wish to see Miss Lafarge."
The look Of fright upon her face
deepens into one of ab ;ect terror. Hor
teeth chatter. A chill shakes her from
head to heel. Her face is ghastly; her
lips livid. 81 ost!" she mutters huskily
between her dry lips, "Iost!"
Miss Chidley gazos at her in aston
ishment. "You are ill, Marion. What
is it?"
Miss Lafarge evidently does not hear
the question. Certainly she does not
heed it.
Marion, you need see no one, If you
choose not to-" Miss Chidley saws.
reassuringly. "What has frightened
you?"
Miss Lafargo is shaking ike an
aspen; still she makes no reply.
The parlor door swings open and
Obe's woolly head is thrust into the
room. "A gentleman to see Miss La-
FARCE" says Obe. placing a card in
front Of the trembling girl.
Her blue eyes glance over the name
written on the card. and wilder ter
ror leaps into them.
She shrinks downtown; she seems
to actually grow smaller-to wither and
shrivel up within herself. Her hands
clench more tightly; the white foam
gathers about her blue lips.
There is great square table stand
ing between herself and tho door. A
heavy silken scarf drapes this table,
whose fringed ends come down to the
floor. Miss Lafarge suddenly sways
forward. and falls lightly beneath this
table, as short, squat man, with broad
shoulders and a sweeping black beard,
enters the parlor. From where he
stands he cannot see her. and does not
see her.
fro DE coSTISuEpi
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termined that she would "stoop to con-
quer," and thereupon brought the en-
tire battery of her sweet smiles, her
pleasant words and her engaging man
uers to bear upon the black boy.
But her efforts were oil without the
desired. effect. Obe remained obdu-
rate, and only watched her tho more
closely from the corners of his big eyes,
and felt moro suspicious still of the
charming young lady.
"Obe would feel suspicious Of any
body who could tame the terrible po-
MES, Miss Chidley says.
And perhaps this wns true.
Findingoher efforts were wasted upon
the colored boy, Miss Lafarge changed
her tactics, and whereas she had once
been kind to him, she is quite the con.
trary now. Sometimes, evon, when
they are quite alone together, she car
'uies her dislike SO far rs to lean forward
s,.s1 Ter little white teeth at him
:. - - = .s.sskes his wool stand
mp on top OF HIS AeS Siss.. ID brings littlo
cold chills creeping along >his spinal
column.
Aud there is something so strange IN
the steely glcam of tho blue eyes as
they meet his own, something so ire
sistibly wolfish in the way the little
white teeth snap together, that ODE al
most believes Miss Lafarge means to
eat him mp some day. body and boots,
when no one knows it and he unable to
resist her.
"She's Like dem hossos," Obe saws,
With an ominous shake Of his woolly
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A;MQDERN
.MAGDALEN.
BY N. G. FARLEY.
SSSS@SS=%

CHAPTER XII -[CoNTINuEp
Then will fetch it. Remember-
Tuesday eyening-and here, under tho
gees"
ym not likely to forget tho date nor
Gooi-night, my dear"
u might"
5 Turns upon his heel. He ad-
steps, stumbles, md falls
4 < - over some strange object
denly springs up from the patl,
5darl ess.
1bbey& calculates Loo, in terror.
Yes, Kibbey," says the butler.
Now, miss. what will Madam say
when tell her-as I shall-,allnnt n fis
affair with d strange man ln the Park
grounds"
Bolton had recovered himself, and as
the buffers insulting words reached
his enrs the father rushed upon him.
"That voice!" ejaculated Bolton, rs
he seized the newcomer. "Who are
you? Good God! it's Scarthl"
The butler writhes away from tho
graop Of the angry father. In the
rapidly growing darkness his face is
rendered indistinguishable. Could
Frederic Bolton see that face as it
looks now, he would fear for his life.
am Kibbey, tho butler Mt Bywater
Park, the butler says, coldly. "lt may
bo to the future interest of this young
lady hero to make some kind of terms
with mo. If should repeat to Madam
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fro DE coNriSuEp.i

Only old men can remember when
Aperican newspapers used to report in
ftni TN 8debates in Congress. An MP.
proach y q like Indifference is now ex-
hibited lin England, although there
Parliamept does nearly all the work
which on this side of tho Atlantic is
performed by Congress and the State
Legislatures combined. The Times is
now the only daily newspaper in Lon,
don which publishes ostensibly com,
piete reports OF the debates in Farje.
rGept. H''
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Dundas the story of this meeting here
1t would be oil up with the young lady,
80 far as Bywater Park is concerned" I"
Scarth!" again calculates Mr.. Boil
ton. Il am not mistaken in that voice. I"
Before Kibbey is aware of Bottoms
intention, Bolton strikes match, and
holds it exultingly in the buffers face.
think If this young lady should go to
Madam, and tell her the past history of
Kibbey the butler, that Kibbey the
butler would be summarily dismissed
from Bywater Park" said Bolton
tautalizingly. al feel sure that is what
the end of this affair will come too. As
for mel am this young lady's father,
and thoro is no law in America that
will deprive her OF her fathers society.
Come now, Scarth-for you are Scarth
had you not better try to make some
kind Of terms with us, in order that
you may not lose your present situa-
tionP"
Send the lady away and I will talk
with You" Scarth says sullenly.
Loo does not wait for Bolton to tell
her to go away. She is already fitting,
scared and trembling, toward the house.
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Mr.. Brush, who was the pioneer In arc
electric lights, was reporter on Cleveland
Newspaper ct Sl5 week less than ffteen
years ago. Hestill lives In Cleveland, where
be owns o l,000, 900 house.
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CHAPTER XIV.
TO SEE MISS LAFARGE.

ISIS LAFARGE
has now quite re.
covered from Gel
late railway acci.
dent. Her broken
arm is healed. an6
flor some weekt
the silken sling
has been discard.
ed. She has fas.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-29

WtsatrA, KAN, May 2s.-,A tnystOri.
GUS abduction case that Is exciting great
interest occurred here last evening. An
unknown woman while walking In the
mOst ariBtOcrAtIu part Of the city was
bound and gagged by two men who
drove rapidly up behind her and carried
her away In a covered Carriage. Her
cries attracted the attention oiGwo bank.
Ots who were on the street and the only
witnesses oi the occurrence. Before they
could reach her the men were out Of
sight around tho corner, The woman
WIS about % years oil age and richly
dressed, She had arrived In the city, "a
an investigation showed, Sunday, She
fefuheI 10 register At the hotel at which
el0 stopped, but said that her name was
Mrs, Rlnehatt, IRON Cincinnati. The
police were Immediately holiHed and arc
making q Strenuous effort 10 solve the
inyAtefy, but 90 far have been tnsiic0esa,
iul as they have absolutely no CleW a d
any pI the persons concerned In the ab.
dncllou, Of the motive which prompled
H. II WAastaled last night that Rinel,arl
was not the WOmAn'B fllms bnL ihaL m
ConDe Of q prominent Illinois IamiIy Y, nm
that the two men had been hlFed u pu
her out Of the way,
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able suffering from the injury to hlsside
and shoulder, Ten years ago, aitel
much hesitancy, he applied for a pen
sion. Much inquiry revealed the fact
that Joseph St, Clair and another com,
rade who were with him the night oi
the terrible fall were dead, and Joseph
Bedow, the third comrade Of the party,
was also supposed to be dead. Little
could be learned concerning his where
abouts since the war, Some time ago,
greatly to his astonishment, Mr.. Brown
heard Of BedoW through the National
Tribune, Of Washington, D, o., and that
he was in Illinois, He Immediately
left for Illinois and had no trouble find
Ing the man he had been wanting for
years, the meeting being happy and
touching one,
Brown spent several days with Bedow
and returned TO Mt, Pleasant armed with
the evidence necessary to procure the
pension, A special examiner called on
him at Mt, Pleasant and another on
Bedow later, The result was satisfactory,
and the other day Brown was notified
that he was entitled to a back pension
oil over 5000 and monthly allowance
Of $50, This was more than he expected
and was good news, He has Just re-
celved the money and Is the same old
Cass Brown, Very few persons know
anything about his wonderful streak Of
luck and 1t will be a great surprise.
Brown Is Justice oil the Peace and
lives on the farm Of Colonel Smylie |
Sharon, near Mt, Pleasant, He is pn-
as also are his brother and Sis.
ter, who live with him, He is 40 years
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ClYII,.SERYlCB INVESTIGATION.
Evidence OF crookedneSs on the Part
tha Inrnl Rnnrh In Nav Ynrk

Evidence OF CrookedneSs on the Part oi
the Local Board In New York.
New YoRx, May 9S.-Thc Board o.
Civil Service Commissioners, consisting
Of Messrs. Lyman, Thompson and Roose
welt, with Mr.. Mason, the local Commits
Sioner, whose resignation takes afIect
June l, are in session at the custom
house to-day. It is understood that ar
investigation Is being held into the al
legged Irregularities in tho conduct o.
the Civil Service office in that depart
ment. Commissioner Roosevelt stated
to-day that the Board was In possession
Of no facts or data In any way reAeCtinl
on Mr.. Mason, but that II had both faoti
and afiidavits establishing the existence
Of Irregularities on the part Of other at.
taches OF the offices.
Mr.. Roosevelt submitted to the Board
his report on the matter lie had been in.
Vestjgating, which was to the effect that
the examination during the past two or
three years had been conducted in O
manner warrantlng some action on the
part OF the Commission far more severe
than censure. He cited several cases
where arrangements had been made
with F. X. Davis and NJ. c. Terhune
clerks in the examining board, to secure
copies OF the Civil Service papers, and
how, as the result OF such schemes, oan,
didates have passed with flying colors
The papers Of one man, Nathaniel Fow'
Ter, who passed In this way, were ex
hibited to the Commission. Another
set Of papers was not in the handwriting
OF the man whose name was on them,
All interested parties will be provided a
full hearing,
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MANAGER SULLIVAN RESIGNS,
sam Michel sIgusd-Ye.terday's so.Callsd
Dall Game.

Sam NiehOl slgned-festsruay'A so'Called
Hall Game,
b, F, Sullivan, Of Chicago, is no longer
the manager Of the Wheeling base ball
club. He resigned last evening and be-
fore midnight the Board Of Directors
had arranged with that popular play.
er, Sammy Nichol, Of this city, recent
ly released by the Pittsburghs,
to not only accept the position Of mana.
ger, but also to play in his old center
garden position. 1t is hardly necessary
to state for the information OF the base
ball public that had Mr.. Sullivan's resig.
nation not been forthcoming at the
time 1t did, he would have been dis.
charged. AS clever gentleman, Mr..
Sullivan Ia very pleasant and agreeable,
but as a ball player he Ia weak, and as
o manager, ut least so far as he was
allowed to demonstrate with the Wheel
ing club, he Is a very poor one. As
manager he does not seem TO be
able to get move either on
himself or his men, and he never showed
his incapability for tho position Of man
ager moro than he did yesterday when
he rested on the players bench and
watched with half:amused complacent
air performances Of his team that showed
a lack Of anything resembling head work
ordlscipline tosuCh a marked degree that
an insane asylum nine would have been
put to the blush. That game Of yester-
day was the straw that broke the
directors forbearance. They re.
solved that they would not put
up with Sullivan any longer, and his
resignation was accepted,
Tie appointment OF Sam Nichol to the
managers position is move that prom.
ises to DO generally approved
Of, as he Is q very popu.
lar player and good ono, too.
The less that Is said OF yesterdays
game the better. Wheeling, was miser-
ably weak at the bat and in fielding was
at times actually stupid. It was only
by the merest chance that another
shutout was not charged up against the
home team. The full score shall tell
the tale OF woo and defeat. The details
are too narrowing to put in cold type.