The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-01
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:. TIE disc and 'vssy e sAe register of Oh. ,,,,
Park Cent raj Hoesl in Hartford conO csS Do'
pels many "a nfufxS:certainties as to A..
Of life. uminary OF ff,srssn,,s ss 20 20 ,t The
sons in scta hotel. OF whom t,xsn;. -.wo
dead, ten \ wrfe injured and ten sscarss .SS
harmsd. ct escaped
.sGxoReE Of NTH. seventy years old l.,
TORN 70 no ara much property v
damaged 8 premature blast In Nav w
Two bra ,gs Of wesleyan Univ.,.,,,,
Middletowf$ Conn, were badly dan,a.."yy'
the expiosYeson OF dynamite bombs h,. -.
men who{H were celebrating Wosh;,ae nes
Birthday tlNelson c. Hubbard, a fresbma
was dreadful r;lly injured. "'na
OSCAR Il Pw.Ns' a bark contractor. shot -
siiied SameS roy' and mortally wounde
a. L. hoke near Remney, w. Va. Abou
q week ago ioke horsewbipped Evans.
The highezt price ever paid for a borso :,
america T. gwen few days since, wber
the trotti$ 's stallion Bell Boy was so,d ~.
$51'ooo at deuction at Lexington, XIV.
The long deadlock in the West viro,u;.
LegislatdrtS mas been broken by the ro'o;a"
tion OF Jai es e. Kama as United Sta,o.
navy snow stor n, has rogsa .u o
Georgia. More than ST K and a beIr ;na. n over
snow fell In Atlanta. 1t is the be.,,."4 es m .,
ts,ra oh sno" i'n'n i. the recollection of people
Two children were eaten by wolves wnIIe
returning from school in Minnesota.
TUNNEL No. II on the Cincinnati Southern
Road, near Sunburnt. Tenn, is on fire, and
in a property sense it is the greatest catas-
trophe any railroad ever suffered. The OIL
GERS Of the road placed the loss at from $780,
600 to sGc0,OOO. Coal cesrls were ablaze
which promised to burn for months. The
tunnel is 100 feet long
COUNTY TREASURER JAMES NJ. LOVE, Of
Circleville. Ohio, has al,sconded and is a de-
faulter in the sum Of $26,OOO
GOVERNOR WILSON and General Goff, each
OF whom claims to have been elected Gov
ernor of West Virginia. effected an under
standing to the effect that the former should
hold over as Governor and the latter qualify
rs such on March a. The case was then to
be taken to the Supreme Court for decision.
HEAVY snow storms and very cold
weather are reported from the South and
the West
shTbpmIhe n fbsIrH. bsI colored man who had been
white men Inds nc st te ., Arkansas, was lynched by
THE President has vetoed the House bill
to quiet title Of settlers on the Des Moines
River lands in Iowa
DR. ID. WILLARD BLISS, who attended
President Garfield during his illness, died
few days ago at his residence in Washing
ton.
PRESIDENT and Mrs. Cleveland gave their
last reception to the public. 1t was the most
brilliant Of the winters series. The White
House was handsomely deckcd with flowers.
JAMES c. FLOOD, the California million
aire, died at Heidelberg, Germany, of
Brights disease The remains will be en-
balmed and will rest till May in the church.
yard chapel there, when they will be trans
ferred to San Francisco.
PLANTER MoDEsTA RUIZ, who was cap
tured by bandits in the Remedies district,
Cuba, has been released on the payment of a
ransom Of $4,000.
THE british Parliament has reassembied
Tho Queens opening speech asked for in
creased supplies for defensive purposes.
WILLIAM BAssETT builder, Of Boston
and Everett. Mass. has gone into insolvency.
dis Liabilities are stated at $G14,0 200.
A DISASTROUS fire broke out in Warren
Penn, and, owing to the severity of the
weather, resulted in loss of over SO, ,OJO to
the town and the destruction OF a block.
Mrs. JAMES WEsTCorT, the young wife
of prominent citizen and lumber merchant
ut Hazards, Penn, and servant Jennie
Walters, were burned to death.
A BUILDING in Bristol, Conn.,, was wrecked
by an explosion Of powder.
THE news Of the signing by the President
OF the bill making four new States was re-
ceived in those States with satisfaction. A
telegram from Helena says that all Montana
is celebrating, AMI Dakota is really beside
herself with delight. From every hamlet
large enough to have telegraph office come
dispatches expressive Of a state Of jubilation
bordering on insanity
GENERAL HARRISON has rented a pew in !
the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant.
Mr. Blaine will also worship there
Dr. FRANCIS WHARTON, Solicitor of the
State Department, and a prominent author
OF legal works, is dead in his sixty-ninth
year.
CONSUL GENERAL WALLER, at London,
England, has sent his resignation to the
State Department., to take effect immedi-
ately on the appointment of his successor.
THE President has nominated j. Lee
Tucker, Of New York, to be Deputy Fifth
Auditor of the Treasury, vice Alfred E. |
Lewis, removed, and James c. Perry, of
North Carolina, to be an Assistant Surgeon
in tue Marine Hospital service.
THE Chinese Minister and suite have
arrived at Washington from Havana, Cuba.
BENTON j. HALL, Commissioner of
Patents, has rendered decision in the
matter OF the Petitions of Gray and |
McDonough to reopen the Bell telephone |
interfcrences. The Commissioner refuses to |
reopen the nterferences and reaffirms the |
award of prioritv to