The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-09
THE NEWS,

| Tho fertilizer fpctory OF Il. ltuuh " sons,
In indianapolis, was destroyed by flr..-
The holy Of Colonel Jones, OF Cincinnati
was found in q manhole, murdered aud rob
bed.-wesl.y Eikins, an elevenyear old
boy of Mason City, Ia has confessed to tn i,
murder OF his parents. William Portz, All
alledged forg.r who IL wanted In Lewiston, !,
| Pa, was arrested in Dubuque, Ia.-John
Berry, a farmer in Canandnigua, N. ",
who attempted to outrage an old lady, was
tarred aud fcathered. men, all train
hands, were killed by an accident on tho
| Chesa peake aud Ohio. -JuScph a. Starck
of Easton, Pa, whose accounts with tho New
Jersey Central Company were short, COM
United suicide. Mark King. a minor liv-
h.sak his nj to Iillat
because supper was not ready.
Smith whom convicted in Cincinnati court
Of outraging a little girl, declared his limo.
cence and attempted suicide. Chief Mayes
Of tho Cherokee nation. says no is ready TO
call a special council. IL SO desired by the
commissioners, who will urgo the sale Of the
nations lands s-rhe Southern Pacific Rail-
road discharged $50 employees, in ord,r to
lessen the expenses of tho road.-Duriug a
storm in Chicago q frame cottage was ,tc-
stroyed and eight persons killed.
big flood Is reported in West Virginia.
William McClintock stabbed and killed John
Jones In Point Pleasant, w. Va.-James
Conaty, a barkeeper in Richmond, Va, So
verely wounded his wife with razor, and
then cut his own throat.-The remains OF
q man supposed to have been murdered wore
found In the head waters OF Greenbrier river
In West Virginia.
Den Bates, while umpiring gomo OF ball
In Owcnsl'oro, KY, became involved I'm n
quarrel with Frank Morris. It ended In
Bates stabbiug Morris to death.---Char,cs
Slaughter, q farmer living near kirkmnns-
ville KY, committed suicide. Morris
Cra wfor,i was kicked to death by some mon
In Detroit with whom he hud quarrelled.
Mrs. Myranda Lawyer, wife of Bishop
Lawyer. who had been udiudgcd insane hy
the county court, hung hrrsclfat HuntsvillI,
| Mo. The south TN part OF Vnn Tnnt
! county, Texrs, Is suffering from thu acts OF
! a band Of incendiaries, who are burning
churches and school houses right and left
Four Of these buildings have been destroyed
within week, and citiz,ns nro becoming
greatly excited. - Cbauncey Kniffen, of
s<ono ""uVlhS, Ave ouoo mo "i0 oh'
self. Domestic trouble was the cause.
combination OF all the cut rnil mills is pro-
p sed. The Bell Telephone Company won
its suit ngai-,t the Cushman company
Cleveland, O., capitalists have completed
arrangements to establish an iron tubing
factory In Ottawa, Ont.-A. j. HodsoD,
WAhfiiiS;; fiii;; - difttGnfiE:rhg -1rre&ofKs.-Wayne
Wilhyer arrested Lancaster, fo.,
while end 'avoring to wreck freight train.
Upward OF hnlf a million dollars hnvo
been subscribed in Syracuse, N. ", to tho
North American Salt Association ion.-Lewis
Brothers, one OF tho largest dry goods and
commission houses in the country, has mnde
an nssgnmcnt Liabilities aro estimated at
"a, l2O O0oO-The allod.,ed mur,iererso OF DR..
Cronin were arranged in court In Chicago.
"A battle is reported to have taken place
in Hayti. lIippolyte was defnatcd.--Mrs.
VIM. Irwin and one Of her children wore
killed ut Il crossing in Washington, Pa, by
q train.---Sfrs. Doles, widow Of tho Confed-
erato General George N. ID D'les, who was
killed at Cold Harbor, died In Atlanta, Ga
-Whilo Michael Merkel, Pottsvills coal
operator, wne cleaning u gun, it wns dis
charged, tho load entering his body and kill
ing him inst.ntly.-Jan,es Byrne, William
O'Neill and John Connell were arrested In
New York on the charge Of stealing thirty
thousand pounds Of coffee. e.-Thomas Frey,
tho murderer Of John NJ. Cooper, has bocn
sentenced to death I'm Cincinnati. The
stockmen who hung Kato Maxwell and Jas.
Avrrill admit that they assisted In the lynch
ing.-The English syndicate hes bought
five breweres IN Paterson, N. j., for $1,000.
OOO-The son OF Marshall H. Mitchell
United States consul at Kingston, has been
arrested on the charge Of burglary -
Chauncey Horton, negro, convicted OF
brutal assault. was sentenced by Now Jer
sey justice to twenty years Imprisonment
and to pay 1000 fiue.
At the meeting OF the Executive Board @
tho Knights OF labor a charter wns denied
the sheet-iron workers OF Pitt'burg, who ara
now on a strike.-Gas exploded in mine
OF the Pennsylvania Coal Company In Will
kesbarre, fatally injurin9 throe Minors
Sixteen bodies Of thos, lost by the foo
{ In West Virginia have been rccovcrei.-
/ Perry Bros, Of Chicago. recovered H.6l
from the Wabash, st. Louis and Pacih
, Railway for jewelry destroyed on the trai
by fre--Col. Roger Page, editor OF tn
! Marion, N. c., Times Register, was shot AM
, Instantly killel. A woman Is at tho bottom
: Of the tragedy.-Hugh Cullan. veteran
7 killed himself In New York - Mr.. John IL
, Carter, of Baltimore, was thrown from III
horse in Lenox, Mass, and seriously injured
. Tho st. Cloud Hotel, In Moadville. Pa
; was destroyed by fire. Several servan
were severely injured while erecting the'
, escape.---While hunting for the bo'ies
: two children Stephen Billy was drowned
White river. bishop Seymour, OF lr
dians, Twas married in Now York to MIR
, Harriet Atwood Aymar, OF Jersey City
n Mrs. Hattie Gibson Heron, wife OF Ne'
David Heron, and formerly of Tennessee
has been scntenc, to death by the Empert
of Corea for preaching Christianity
~ Charles Gibl n and Ferd Carolin were seI
fenced IN New York tf be hanged