The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-11-15

WHAT WAS THAT EXPLOSION x,-Wiu sor
scieptinc gentleman rise up with his h.
Suo"iedge OF science and pour forth a reasor
. S@o excuse why the Piedmont section of N
Sa'e enouid have been selected. -fa,----S-
IT, s.p'osion !--ss-weex is still the subjec
-l~rtbfch comment and guess-wsrk in the
county, and il Is hard 10 convince grea
many from the country that there was not a
tremendous boiler explosion at Piedmont or
Pelzer, by which from avs to thirty mer
I rs-kilsd dsad-wouDded. The story Is out
rnn piece ofthe flying boiler bored through
three-foot brick wsll and slaughtered with
OUT compunction peaceful Piedmont black.
smith VINO was standing at his anvil making
shoes for kicking Anderson County mule
Ire remnants of the poor blacksmith, ac.
cording to the story, were scattered to the
-FOUR winds Of the earth and the only p.rt of
inc Anderson mule afterward discovered
was the tail, still waggiug and the left hind
| 'es, raiseu In an attitude that is not popular
| "th timid village blacksniths. The thirty
VINO were Killed without one word Of warning
all left large families to mourn their un,imaes
~ END and to drop tears over the few pieces
of mesh that were gathered. together. The
terrible accident is attributed TO the engineer
AN nreman who were IA oruse on account of
not getting to come to Greeuville to see the
circus and drowned their srllepess in
mountain dew" and let the water get out
Of the boiler ON'
New boilers in place of the ones that caused
such terrible destruction have not been or
dered, but will be in short time. The now
engineer and fireman willtakc n cast-iron
oa'h never to look at, touch or cond descend in
any shape, form. or fashion to inbibc any
sPi,l.uous or malt LIQUORS. wine or cider.
ana besides must sweas that they haye seen
every ClrCuS that
not 60 to see one if the tent was pitched in
'he engine room and the elephant chained |
70 the engineers tool chest. The engineer
"pd nreman must also swear before the next.I
explosion takes place they will notify the
village blacksmith, remove the kicking mule
10 place of safety and if possible take the
rooi on the engine room and let the boiler 90 |
out 1t the top without spreading itself and
wreck ing the sides Of the structure.
Inc engineer must also be a man Of i'm
mense wealth so that he may be able to stand
SioO, 600 suit for damages instituted by
each OF the widows who might be left home.
Tess ana husbandless by his carelcssness
AUD Incorporate habits The companv
must be rcmunerated for lost time while
me boiler is at the machine shops.
Tending the arrival of non-authen,ic in
orna,ion on the origin of the mysterious !
nid-air explosion, the subj ect is left in the
'ands OF scientists Or the Washington wealth
'r bureau for solution and the CONSEQUENT
Enlightenment of benghted aud mu.iiG..A
'oonc: :---~XINs wAR.-As an arniaie ]
rsyails 'Ssssss sss and il ihh lewis jguki1s; which
,ok place last Saturday week. they were q
iding up different roads that net n"m ]
ne Granite depot. As the two men approach
4 the junction Of the roads jenkins balloed
0 opes and asked if he did not want com
any up the road. Jones said he wanted 4
70 such company as Jenkins's, Then they
used one another till they met, when Jones ,
ismounted, hi,ched his mule, coming out ,
nto the road said the matter had TO be set
led then and there.
jenkins got off his horse, too, aud getting |
behind it for breastwork, began shooting al
Jones. Jones whipped out his pistol trcn aud
pulled the trigger, but the old thing snapped
ind the cylinder got stubborn and wouldn't
work. Jones coolly set TO work TO fix it,
md did get it so it would revolver when he
turned it with his hand.
By this time Jenkins, who had been blaz-
ing away at Jones while he was fixing his
pistol, had emptied his revolver, and ii was
now Joness innings. He went smiling to
the bat and sent hot balls spinning in the
direction of jenkins, who male short stop l
out of his horse and wsutei TO be q fielder
himself as far out as possible. When Jones
got through, the horse was mortaliy wound
cd and Jenkins was hitting the grit.-Le-
noir Topics.