The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-02
THE NEWS.


I'm San Diego, CAL, J. T. Edwards, on a
! quake shock was felt In Memphis, Tenn
The English syndicate has closed q deal
which viii result In the purchase OF the Min
neapolis Flour Mills. general q rike
was iuaugurated among tho coal heavers in
West Superior, Wis. Daniel and Martha
Danks, OF Warsaw, Ind, have been arrested
for killing their child. The latter was offered
as q sacrifice. e.--Burglars robbed tho store
OF II. p. Bodwell, in Massachusetts, of
$i2, 900 worth OF jewolry.-The Columbus.
Hooking Valley aud Toledo Railroad will
have to default I'm the interests OF its bonds,
and receiver will be appointed. .--James
Sykes, dealer in grain In Chicago, was con
convicted Of issuing fraudulent warehouses
certificates, and sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment.- -Monsignor Corcorau was
buried II Thiiade'phia from the Cathedral.
Cardinal y Sons> rand archbishop Ryan off,
cieted.-oaaenry Duncan, the Baptist
preacher who murdered his wife in Alabama,
has been sentenced to death-Prof. r. N
Pool has sold the Specular iron ore property.
at Waynesboro Junction, Va, to a company
or which General Rosecrans is president. -
DR.. Eugene Grissom, superint ,ndeut Of the
North Carolina insane asylum, has been ac-
quilted OF tho charges preferred against
him. Jordan Washington, of Freder .cSs-
burg, Va, was convicted OF murder in tho
second degree, and sentenced to eighteen
years in the pententiary.- Max Lee shot
and killed his wife In Philadelphia while she
was crouching In a doorway.--The Mex
sean Custom-house at Sassily, Sonora, col
lapsed. Three men were killed.
Miss Nellie Breezs, of CoSurg. Ont, has
beer found guilty by a coroner's jury OF
poisoning her husband. service
ofiic.rs raided the United States Hotel near
Dayton. o., aud captured u lot OF counter
feit bills. The counterfeiters escaped.--
Mrs. John McGregor drowned her two chill
dren and herself In a creek near Youngs-
town, O.--Arsenic was placed I'm the food
OF Joseph Hunters children, living In Little
Rock, Ark, and three OF them have died
Tho Manitoba and Canadian Northwest
wheat croa Is a failure. indians at
the Cherrystone River Agency refuse to
sign the bill providing for the sale of their
lands. ...-Mrs. Mary Pillow has brought
suit for slauder against Colonel Clay King,
Of Memphis, Tenn. She claims $780, 900
damages Fire destroyed half business
block in Columbus, Co The loss Is about
$4,000. In Grayport, Miss. Zim Filn,an, q
negro, was murdered by parties against
whom he had appeared In court-Three
men were killed In Chicago by the explosion
OF ojier in planning miIl.-A convict
in Kentucky named White was shot and
Had w, kkan
rants have been issued for the 3rest OF Col
orado State officials, who areg MSarged with
crookedness. s.--Postmnstetr IrajN of Gain,
Damar county, Ala, was shot and killed by
n desperado, who escaped. d.-Mr. Blaine is
enjoying good health, and denies the story
that he intended to resign. Two of the
oldest drivers in the employ Of Ferris Il Co.
have been arrested for stealing nearly six
thou sand dollars worth Of hams. s.-Martha
Thompson, wife of II. N. Thompson, OF At
lantic City, Va, has confessed that she
struck her husband with a h,tchet, but
claims 1t was in self defence DIR. Mellow,
the slayer Of Captain Dawson, was expelled
from the South Carolina Medical Society.
Captain VIM. j. Blake, OF Fairmount,
Md, was stabbed by Sam Fisher, a colored
seaman. Captain Blake, it Is thought, can
not recover.-Martin Boyran, OF Newark,
N. j., is charged with the murder of his
mother-inlaw and assaulting his wife
disappointed lover named Faston committed
suicide in Brewton, Ala, by throwing him.
self upon q circular saw. An os O .iation
has been formed to assist DE-. Ba,lss-tt in the
construction Of q steel airs s5ip.-Four- men
cost their lives in cesspool while attempt
ing to recover a watch that had fallen in.
Tho large stables of the Lowell Mass J
horse railroad was burned. together with ~
horses aud 80 Ocars-The next Saengerfest
Of the Scandinavian singers Of America will
be held at Minneapolis, July 4tii. 1890 -
DIR. L. j. Hourigan, convicted of murder,
and q fellow prisoner broke Jail at Boards
town, KY, and escaped. Archbishop Corri.
gan, it is said, has been summoned to Rome
TO answer charges made against him.-
Rev. q. D. b. Pepper, president of Colby
University, has resigned, and Prof. Albion
w. Small elected his successor
Keller, OF Littlestown, Pa, was shot In the
head and dangerous y wounded. -Sevcn
business buildings were destroyed by fire at
Shell RICK, Ia.--A train on the Pennsyl-
freight cars, and two men were killed. A
number were seriousli; i-aS-gred.
Robert Dalton, deputy United States
marshal In Oklahoma, was killed by Lex
West, mcoasbiner, who in turn was shot
by Dalton before the latter expired
Charles II. Boliman, of the National Fish
Commission. died In the swnmpso of Southern
Georgia. Tom Condor, II Mormon muir
derer. was hanged in Nashville for killing
Jack Riley At grade crossing In South
Amboy, Francis Mulljgan and Neis Nelson
wero kiiled.--Henry Thornhill, a tough
character, shot and killed William Barrett
well to-lo farmer In Aurora, Nebraska.
Horace Lebring, Of Three Oaks, Mich, wa.
arrested charged with attempting to poison
his father, mother and sister in order to get
possession of the farm. 1t is reputed that
the wheat crop of Dakota is $1,000 bushels