The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-13
THE NEWS,

vile, Pa, exploded, blowing O bridge to
atoms aud killing George Pelcock, the fire.
man. by terrible explosion of nitro.
giycerine, three men were killed aud several
buildings destroyed near Oil City, Pa
While tho collector Of tho Commercial
National Bank of Cleveland, Ohio, was
counting S2.Soo in the general office of the
an-American bank of that city, thief
suutched $4,000 and escaped.-Fire at AL
bany, N. Y, destroyed Jacob Leonard G;
Soa's pap!r house, the Albany CIsket Com
paoy's works and o.her buildings, aggregat.
ing loss OF S75, 00l.---The coal operators
OF the Monongahela Valley are talking of
closing down the IN nes indefinitely. The
steamer Idaho, from Victoria, B. c., ran on
toe rocks near there, took fire and was de-
stroyed. Loss $4,000. The shortaue of
the late m W0odsonr-elty, eollsctor. or
'lsicf s;amountsstot tas, 900 - ne
crossing Of two electriclisht wires in Chica-
go set fire to large building. .-Guiseppe
de Lucca, an Isaiian, who is believed to be
the murderer OF Millionaire Edward Cum
ninghan, at Milton, Mass, was arrested in
Boston. THE Oh Colony Steamboat train
collided with a switch locomotive at Proyi-
dence, r. l. Engineer George Burnham was
killed, and the other engineer and both fire
men badly injured. Henry Harris. aged
thirty-six years, was killed by an electric
shock in New York city.-John Hartnett
OF Philadelphia, was horsewhippsd by his
wife for staying out all night. BY tho
burning of the Tribune building at Minneapo
lis, Minn., number Of lives were lost, owing
to lack of fire.cscapss.-C. s. King. nm
editor, OF Ogden, Utah, was shot by ex.
United States Deputy Marshal Exum, for
publishing an article rejecting upon the lat
ter's wife.
Al The poor farm I'm Merrmac county, N.
d., woman named Bennett seized aud cur
ried se'ah Wool, lsl:cAte, woman. to tho
oa'hstub aud drow! h.kr-- One of tho
mills Of the Hnrtfo bra -pet Company, at
Ihomps )nville, CT, Turned. Loss s5),-
ooo.- The knot in thdS rose slipp in hang
ing w. ii. Harvey, ewifo murderer, at
Gue,ph Oat, and the ,n died frieghtful
death snow forms in the W,st.
KEY. Bosgiss, Of s. ppanioab, Iowa, OBJ
tained n verdict Of 81, 80 in q suit for SLAM
der against Banker Reid, of the same place.
-. Z. Mckinney; prominent Grim; mol
lawyer OF milwaukee,, was waylaid and ter
rioIy beaten by unknown parties w. +.
Sarteile, performer in a dime museum at
worcester, MAST, was shot dead while per-
forming trick With Iille.-Five business
ouiia ngs at Keyport, N. j., were destroyed
ny hre, causing $n aggregate loss of SG5, ,00O.
-Ihree aldernfen and four detectives, Of
flttsburg, Pa, were convicted aud sentenced
TO short terms Of Imprisonment for acc, pit
ing brides TO SETTLE illegal liquor cases.
Kind & Co., Newtoe pspanGsrs, who recent
ly closed on the EI5t having failed, has
ben arrested.-f;6dney NJ. Curtis, of
Binghamton. N. " on his wedding tour died
in q carriage In Ftirmount Park, Thi;adel-
phia. j. c.. Gillhand, cashier of Cltiz MS
Stat, Bank at Sslden. KS. was arrested
charged with forging mortgages.
children were kilie3 by powder explosion
near Elliot:sville, Va.-J. Dot son, of
Osgood, Ind, who h9d been ill-treating his
wife, was killed by A Bishop his father in
iaw-B. p. Groveh3r, oil Kiverton, Nd. !,
took an overdose of laudf NUN, and narrowly
escaped death. h.-Gsorte Dill, farmer of
Caroline county, Md, 3srvins five years
sentence in the Delaware penitentiary for at
tempted murder, escaped The annual
meeting of the American Folk Lore Society
OF the Middle States WAS held in Philadel
phia.-William Seek Hopkins was con
victed Of murder in tue first degree at Belle
fonte, Pa, for the r1knrder of his wife anu
mother In law. - There was 2lO business
failures in the United States and 80 in Cana
do the past week. Fire at Burnside Bec ccb
Florida, destroyed the Burnside House, the
Palmetto Hotel and beach pavilion
Amanda Brown, of Richmond, Va, threw
red pepper into. the eyes Of Annie Pollard
her rival in love, and nearly blinded her,
Judge r. B. Trippe, OF Atlanta, Ga, com,
mitted suicide.
In his message 10 the Legislature Cover
nor Richardson, OF South Carolina recon-
snends a repeal of the Civil Rights law
Sheriff Gill, of Virginia. bought the gnllow:
intended for Simon Walker at auction or
speculation. e. Johnson's wooden
mill, in Warrington, w. Va, was destroyed
by fire. John Mccarthy, the convict who
assaulted Philip La Coste, the murderer at the
state prison in Providence, r. l., has hangeI
himself. Wallace Jones, the ab
scondng assistant passenger agent OF the
Missouri Tactic Railway Company at st
Lois, was arrested in Toronto An iudict'
ment has beer found ags{ {:,ss Charles Hall
of Chicago. for laseJug fraudulent ware
house receipts.---1boC Colts Firearms Com
pany, of Hartford, will manufacture tn,
priggs-Sctroeier rapid firing gun. .--Gran
| Vile IL. Young, assistant postmaster a
Rugby, Tenn, has been arrested on charg
OF rifiing letters passing through his Office
Mrs. Watkins, of Parsons Pa, obtaine;
$1500 from a saloon keeper, who had sole
het husband liquor, and while under the in
fuence OF it he was killed. 1.-The bark Ger
msnia was wrecked at Long Branch, Cap
tan Windhorst aud eight slilors weS,
drewned. Only four of the crew was saved
Il John William Brown and William s
Henderson, two colored postal clerks IL
Charlotte, N. c., have been arrested for rifl
ing letters. The barge Benefactor, from
Philadelphia for Now Lonlon, Ct, wa
sunk or Seabright, N. j., aud four men ar
thought to be Lost.
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