The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-01

CISCO.
The deadlock in the Delaware Legislature,
been broken, the House sending 70 the Senate
as nominations for State Tree.nrer and
auditor tho names of the present incumbents
William Herbert and James IL ,Boyce,
Mhess nominations were at once confrJned
by the Senate Ks -
GovkRNoR GREEN, tof New Jersey, has
nominated Edwin q. Chapman as State SUI
Persntendent OF Public Instruction, to take
the place from which Colonel Fuller was de-
posed by the Legislature.
South and West.
EDWARD Q6INs killed his brother John
BY striking him on the head with club
during ,9uarrel at their home In Ayondale.
Ohio. The murder was committed in the
presence Of their mother. Both men We're
A CYCLONE In Shelby and Bibb Counties.
Ala, caused loss OF five or six lives and
much destruction OF property. The path Of
the tornado was twenty miles in length, and
Forty houses were unroofed or blown down
and several hundred head OF cattle and horses
killed outright. The damage is estimated at
$l00,0O0.
In response to an invitation of the Ma
tonai Tariff Reform League, in session at
Chicago, Mr.. Cleveland declared his inability
70 attend, but expressed himself as heartily
I'm accord with the purposes Of the League.
THE machine shops, round house and car
shops OF tho big Four" railroad at Gin
cinnati were destroyed by fire. The loss is
about $200, 900.
Hon winds caused fire at Rock Rapids,
Iowa, TO spread very rapidly, until nearly
the entire business part OF the city was con-
smmed. Twenty-one firms were burned out.
The total loss reached $T5, 900.
JESSE CALHOUN, a descendant Of John G.
Calhoun, and one OF the wealthiest residents
OF Pike County; Ark, committed suicide
after hearing that his only son had been ar
rested In Texas for murder.
IoNATz LEDERER, City Tax Collector Of
Bloomington, ILL.,, and his assistant Harry
M. Leehr, have been arrested, charged with
Forgery and grand larceny.
A LABoRER named Joseph Brogan, at Up
son, Wis, killed his wife and two children,
aged fve and seven years respectively, and
uWHILE Harry Brown, John Williams, and
q third man, name unknown, were crossing
| the Kanawha, at Rush Run, w. Va, the
boat was overturned and all were drowned.
= LATE returns indicated the election OF
| Charles f. Booker, Democrat, and r. P. G..
Wilson, Democrat, for the Fiftieth and Fifty
first Congresses respectively, to succeed the
late James N. Burnss, Of Missouri.
| CHINESE coolies are being constantly
smuggled from British Columbia into the
United States by way Of coast steamers from
| Port Townsend Washington Territory.
| Washington.
THE Court of Claims has given judgmen,
On fslss fST ~isshoidins diviaenas. 'n'
The statue Of Lewis Cass, presented to tho
people Of the United States by Michigan for
q place in Statuary Hall, at the Capitol, has
| been unveiled.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND was affected by
| nervous prostration, brought on bv over.
work; In the evening after his attack, how
evss,a was better and resumed work.
THE President has signed the Nfcaragua
The President and Mrs. Cleveland were
entertained at q dinner by Secretary and
| Mrs Villas. -
HON. EDWARD PHELPS, United States
L Minister to England, called at the White
House and had an interview with the Presi-
| dent ~
The House adopted the conference report
on the Direct Tax bill by vote of yeas l6S.
Maya SS. It was then taken to the Senate
sighed, and five minutes afrerward sent to
the President 81 -
T1RPresident has sent to Congress all the
correspondence which has taken place be-
tween this Government and Great Britain in
regard to the dismissal of Lord Sackvilie.
West as Minister Of Great Britain to tho
United States.
r SEcRETARY BAYARD has received q cable
| gram from Minister Hubbard, at Japan, an.
nouncing that a treaty of amity commerce
and navigation between the United States
and japan had been signed by the represen-
tatives OF the Governments.
Foreign.
KING OTTo, of Bavaria, has been proved
without doubt to be hopelessly insane.
MANY persons have recently died of
famine in the Province Of Orenburg,
Russia o.
EDITOR WILLIAM O'BR1EN, the Irish
patriot. after refusing to permit his counsel
TO apologize for calling Colonel Turner a
months In jail without hard labor. This
added TO the former sentence makes his term
or imprisonment ten months.
Two thousand five hundred men wore dis
charged few days ago from the canal
tractors continue to curtail the work ON ali
the sections. There Is a strong military
force ON the line Of the canal to maintain
order.
THIRTY THOUSAND peoples witnessed the
two professional teams from this country.
the All Americas and the Chicagos.
EMPERoR FRANCIS JosEPH, of Austria, has
summoned the heir presumptive, Archduke
Franz, to Pesth to introduce him to the lead
ing political men and members Of the aristo-
cracy.
THE Cologne Gazette tBismarek's orran,.
says that Germany will demand Of the
United States Government that it arrest and
punish Klein, the American whom Germany
charges with having led the Mataafaites In
Samoa at the time Of the repulse OF the Ger
mans In December last.
NM. FREYcINET and Meline have under
taken to form Cabinet for President Car
not OF France.
TIE Duke Of Newcastle has been married
IN London to Miss Candy, a famous English
beauty. =
A TERRIBLE famine prevails in the south
ern portion OF Corea.
THE Sultan Of Morocco has ceded a piece
Oh the coast near the Algerian frontier to the
Germans, who will use IL for naval station.
DISEASE DEF YING DIAGNOSIS
Fifty Deaths from a Mysterious
nfaiadvafn Kant,,nar.,