The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-23
WHISKY CAUSED HIS FALL.


Henry ID. Grogg, son of the famous Rev.
Pr. Gregg, of Dublin, Ireland, whose discus
Ii"ns with bishop Mcguire about tho Catho-
lie Church during the past ton years gave
him worldwide fame, was arrested at Kan
saS City, Mo, for stealing horse and buggy
III" claims to bo innocent. IIo was private
secretary to General Philip III. Sheridan af-
ter ho came to this country and was then
transferred To the Adjutant- GcnoraTs Office
in Washington asa clerk Of the flrSt-class
going there with Secretary of War Lincoln.
lie remained in the puco thrco years, when
he was romnvcd by Secretary Endcott
NcHt he held an important place on tho
United States revenue steamer Chester A.
Arthur
lie came West and was Il reporter on scy-
cral papers in Omaha. Having worked him.
self out i'll that line he drifted to Kansas
City, whore he fell in with notorious horse
thief, who asked him To tako one Quinlan's
horse and buggy through to IIiawatha and
if he got II good chance to sell 1t. Gregg
| drove the horse to Atchison, and tried to sell
it for $40, but failed. He then resumed his
/ journey toward lliawatha, but was caught
and jailed. Whisky is responsible for his
| downfall. Gregg made several efforts whilo
! in Kansas City To secure work as an account
ant in tho railroad Office hut failed. He had
somc iirst-closs recommendations.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES
In Para, Brazil, license to sell liquor costs
-; license to keep n school costs $l0
Sir John Gorst states that there are nine
teen brcwcrics in India brewing 1850, 2S2
! gallons.
| In 1883 there were l5S,5S7 retail liquor
! dealers, OF all kinds, paying tho special luuor
tax in tho United States.
\ prominent firm OF glass makers in Phila-
dciphia, not long ago, refused n large order
Tor bottles from liquor house.
w here twelve men made becr in the Wal
ruiz brewery, Lawrence, Kan, ono hundred
persons arc now busy making shoes.
The champions OF the saloon are now turn
ing to Kansas To try and s,rarc Il rosubmis-
sion of the constitutional amendment.
Cardinal Manning. nt cighty-two at n re
cent meeting in London of the dcpositors of
tho Southeastern and Metropolitan Rail
ways Savings Bank, made an impressive plea
Tor temperance on the part of railway mon.
y National Temperance Congress, under
tho auspices of tho National Temperance
I League will I've held in birmingham, Eng
in October next, commencing with n large
number of sermons ON Sunday, October 90
Absolute prohibition still prevails i'm Okla
| houa. Tho bcnc.iccncc Of the law is unqucS-
toned. n iunu ut Guthrie voiced the general
sentiment when he said: "Prohibiticn is our
salvation; without it there would BE- muir
der every day"
The Boston Record quietly remarks that
"Sullivan, lying bcastly drunk in the back
room of Chicago whisky saloon on Sunday
| UNI cNcISDDIiN WHO tDuBht II uriNk taken III
to 500 the exhibition, is II suggestive com
mcntnry on Inc claim that prize iightingis a
manly art"
y leading worker makes the following
forciblc comparison: Can you imagine q
beautiful church with an elegant wine and
tobacco room attached? And yet | know Il
man who said his body was the tcmplc OF the
Holy Ghost, who makes n tobacco storc-roon,
of his check"
1t appears that the liquor bills of the
, Chicago Insane Asylum amount to between
5000 and 1000 year, much of the liquor
being CONSUMED by the attendants and ON
ploycs Of the institution. That must he q
very good asylum for insane patients TO be
| kept away from.