The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-27
THE NEWS,

A man calling himself Tascott, the mur.
ierer OF the Chicago millionaire, hos turned
Up in Buffalo, N. Y..--The convicts OF tho
Tennessee penitentiary have been leased to
The Tennessee coal and Iron Company fcf
slo0, 900 per anuum. --A mormon emigrant
rain was wrecked ON the Norfolk and West
,rn Railroad near Lynchburg, Va, and ff-
teen persons injured. have
destroyed $500 worth Of farmers property
near Gladesvill,, w. Vn.---Prcsident Har-
rison has the appointment during his term
II nine brigadcr general. "A committee
Of the Grand Army OF the Republic has In
vesti.yatei tho management Of tho Pacific
coast branch OF the National Soldiers nome
~ Santa Monica, Calitornia, and reported
the institution In n bad condition. Two
IL. the notorious Hatfield gang have been
sonvicied ot1hurier at PikesvIlle, Ky, and
tjentrnceu 70 siifclimpriso oamsns.----- w alter,
g. mpbell, Of Youngstown, NJ ", suo.
cesstully passed through the Niagara whiri-
pool Rapids. Two children were killed by
| lightning In a Sunday School at Columbia
City, Ind.---Lu her Wallace shot his sweet
hoart aud himself In n hotel at Californi,
Mo.-Several hremen were killed by fnlI.
ing wills IN Louisville, Ky.--Timothy
O'Brep, a resident Of New Durham, N. j..
was killed hy his brother Morris during ,
qu'rrel.-A mail agent named Texton
was arrested In Pittsburg for robbing tho
mails. Negotiations for tho settlement of
the strike ut the works OF tho Columbia Iron
Company, in Lancaster, Pa. are OIL
Thomas Culliman, OF New York, committed
suicido on the eve OF his marriage. Mill
lard Jones, a druggist. OF Clayton, Ind
fatally stabbed n Baptist minister named
Smith.-In Sparta, H.. John McCully, a
young tough, shot nnd killed William
! CrCssin, n const ,hle, who interfered in n
| n nyht--A statue Of General Grant wns un.
yelled with imp sing ceremonies In Fort
I.ravcnworth, KS --Maria Larai, an Ital-
| ian woman, was struck 10y n train In Chicago
and became mothcr prematurrly from tho
shock Tho mother is dying. and the child
| is dead. ---Capt,in koss the noted Indian
fighter OF Texas, IL dying. --.-- Charles Pen
| dleton shot and mortally wounded his fnthcr-
| n-law, Col VIM. b. Goodwin, near Fred
ricksburg, Va.--Roger q. Brandt, Of
Charleston. =. G.. committed suicide.
BY the explosion OF boiler in a sash fac
| tory at Oakland, Cal, .oa. i,,e" were kilrr'I
|
peach crop is s.Iort.--The pork cropof the
Western states equals that of last year. -
The Burton building, In Chicago. destroyed
by fire. Loss SiD,O O-Two negro muir
der.rs were t,kcn from jail and lynchcd near
Morgantown, II. C.-Tho town OF Shoat
Lewis, colore 4 while trimming strip I'm an
! adS!mS iTi ifJtinv vi u saw mill at Whining
ton, N. c., was struck in tho side. shot
throu sh the rollers, aud instantly killed..
John Black, a farmer, of st. Louis county,
Mo-, was waylaid by footpris and killed.---
Half mile OF earth over mines near
! Plymouth, Pa, Inns cavcd in, but no lives
are reported lost.-h band OF socalled
White Regulators at Lafayette, La, attacked
the cabin Of an old colored man who fired
upon them. They then logged him and his
daughter and murdered them. number
Of other colored men In the vicinity were
| whippe AN immenso derrick at u quarry
near HummelstowD, Pa. broke and two IN" II
were seriously injured.--Four hundred
miners employed at Morris Ridge colliery,
near Mount Carmel, Pa, struck to compel
the operators to observe the Semi monthly
Pay law and reduce the price Of powder
The Encampment Sons Of Veterans has
| kdlucu Id. wv IhS piou cui
The hotel at Ben Air, a summer resort on the
Richmond and Danyille ltailroad. near Rich
mond, w., was destroyed by fire. Loss s35,
900; partially insured.-The Master CaI
and Locomotive Painters Association me,
in Chicngo-In collision on the Nickel
Plate road near Miller's City, ONO, two 10.
comotives aud fifteen cars were demolished
j. l.. Patterson, a mine superintendent
Doggett, Gala, Yves knocked Off his horse an,
robbed Of IS, 0o0.--The Bell Telephone Com
pany has increased Its capital stock from
81, ,OOO, 900 to $l2, SOC, ,O01. Thomas Carroll
aged twenty six, died In Philadelphia from
being struck on the head by poker by Johr
Barra, an Italian ragpicker.---There wa
no trouble in the Cabinet because Of Con-
missioner Tanners retirement nor was tn
resignation demanded name
have been mentioned in connection with tn
commissionership, among others that Of OK
Congressman Warner, Of Missouri
Hafner, aged twenty nine years, a steerag
nessenger on the North German Lloyd steam
ar Elder, from Bremen for New York, jump
ed overheard I'm midocean.-One hundre,
and fifty Mormons arrived at New Yor
from Europe and proceeded to Utah.
The German ship Geestemunde, from Ste
tin for Pniladelphia, went ashore on Abscco
Beach, ani is a to:al wreck. The crew weI
saved james Callahan, fireman on
freight train, wns killcl In a collision at Loo
Laird, Va. The white granite waro mnnt
facturers of Pitisburx and vicinity hav
formed protective association. ---Mr'
George H. Duusford, OF Reading. Pa, swo
lowed E,r false teeth while laughing, an
died in terrible spasms. Many cases G
Texas fcver are among the cattle in Betban
and Huntingdon, Pa. Two negroes wcr
killed aTd several fatally injured In fisf
, I'm Mercer county, w. Va.-Waterlo
little summer resort on the Delaware Bay.
, reported to have been washed away. .-Th
schooner Henry Wilmington, from Baltimor
\ for Boston, went ashore at Lewes but
hanIs were saved.-John Davis, when RI
, fused lodgings at the house Of Andrew Sa'
age. at Stafford, Mo-, shot and killed Mi
Savage funeral Of Congressman Co