The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-19
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPLIED
FROM MANY SOURCES.

-Business on the Ripley and Mill Creek
Valley r. r., at w. Va, is so great that an
other locomotive has been ordered.
The five cents saving bank OF Greensboro,
N. &. has boen in operation les, than two
years and has on deposit nearly $ll5,OO.
Hog cholera is ravas ing the swine herds
In the Big Kanawa Valley, w. Va, and
somc farmers arc losing all the hogs they
have.
"A tract OF $40 acres OF timber land, ad-
jicpnt to Franklin, rentileton county, w.
Vs.. sold for fifty cents an aero, In front of
the Court House.
There Is n disease prevalent among
horses iu Wheeling, W. Nn., Of an epizootic
character The animal when attacked loses
its appetite and becomes dull.
"A lnrge ferry-toat has been built at
liarper's Ferry, w. Va, to serve the pur-
pose OF the destroyed wagon bridge across
the Shenandoah river at that point.
IS. Libermnn, berber, lately from Gin
tain Hotel, at Chattanooga. Tenn, by taking
dose VI morphine AMI chloroform mixed.
-The historic lands at Appotnattox Court
house, N. c., are TO be bought up for n
northern syndicate. Options have already
been secured upon most Of the desired prop
erty.
ing Baptist church in what is known as
East Durham" N. G. Several hundred
dollars have already been pledged. The cost
is estimated ut 5000.
"A suspcndcr factory Is the latest addition
to tho industries of Raleigh, n. c. 1t is car
ried OH in a small way, hut has received such
encouragement as will justify enlarged OPP
eratious in a short time.
The body nf james Foley, an inmate OF
the Soldiers home at Hampton, Va, was
found hol'ing in tho river near Norfolk
There was n hole in the huck Of his head and
foul play is suspected.
"A snail child Of Mrs. Fleming, of Nor.
folk, Va, accidentally fell through the rear
hole of an old pump Fortunately, tho holu
was too small to admit her entire body. and
she was rescued from her uncomfortable
position.
Captain George r. Hend, OF Leesbury,
Va, has an old canteen used by his father in
The war of lS12 On tho eide OF it, in his
fathers handwriting, ~ the inscription:
"Monday, September ~, 1878. Battle OF
Baltimore. Goo. Head"
The South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad
running from Bristol, Va, towards the Een-
lucky line, hos been let TO contract from the
Big Tunnel IN Scot. county, TO two miles
completed by next January.
Tom Voolfolk, who murdered nine Of
his family, has been convicted IN the Su.
perior Court, at Atlanta, Co., OF murder in
tho first degree. He was sentenced to be
hanged on August 10 next. n motion for a
new trial was entered.
"a band OF masked men went to the Shcp.
hcrdsville (ky.) Jail secured Charles ArdeiI,
pris 'ner charged with the murder Of ped.
d!e-, and took him in a woods a mile and
n half away from the Jail where they hanged
Iim to tree.
Ben Cowan, coloreI, was struck by an
east bound freight train OH the Norfolk and
Western railroad at Farmville, Va, and
fatally Injured. He WAS intoxicated and
was sitting OH the bridge in the western
suburbs Of the town.
-Becker Brothers, of Baltimore. have
four hundred acres Of land on the mountain
slopes ut Harper's Ferry, w. Va, planted in
fruit trees, and expect to add six hundred
or a thousand more, and when these thou.
sands of trees are fruit-bearing will estab-
lish cannery.
Tho tall Flagstaff on the highest rock on
the Peaks OF Otter, in Virginia, WAS struck
by lightning ami completely shattered. a
dog belonging to Jacob Rosser, manager of
the hotel, was instantly killed, while Mr..
Rosser, sitting within ten feet Of the dog,
was uniDjured.
1t Is rumored that the whole OF the 10.
cality near Marshall Fnuquier county. Va. g,
known as the Free State" has been pur.
chased from the Marshall heirs by a wealthy
Of improving tho physical and moral con-
dition Of tho people.
"A distinctly new era in the South's iron
| and steel industry is marked by tho organi-
| zstion Of English companies to build extcn-
sive steel and iron works at n new town 81
Cumberland Gap, on the dividing line be.
tween Tennessee and Kentucky. The name
Of tho town is to DO marlborough Ky.
Over $i.0O0,000 in cash have already been
paid out and upward OF 90 600 acres Of min
eral land purchased. Total investments 3d.
cured already cost SIC, 600, 900 in cash.
t. 4. oil
that the coDpcr mines &c Granville ana Per.
son counties, N. c., are abounding I'm i'm
mense deposits Of ore. Great sensation ex-
lists among the people at tho astounding dis
coveries being daily made.
~ party OF capitalists are negotiating
for the purchase Of B nd Head, at the mouth
OF Cnpe Fear river, N. c., with n Wow OF
erecting buildings aud otherwise fitting it
up for summer retreat. 1t Is propose to
run a regular line OF steamers To and from
Wilmin ston during the heated term.
--George Campbell, youth living In
South Portsmouth. Va, while walking on
the railroad trestle, slipped and fell through
His body passed through all right, but his
head was SO large that he hung by the neck
until his position became known. Axes had
| to be used to release him from his pcrious
position.
Tho daughter OF John l.. lrby, Of Not
| toway county, Va, was missed from home
years Old, it was thought she had wandered
away and gotten lost. On Saturday Mr..
lrby decided to search the well, aud on max
tho descent, Inc was Mortified to find tho body
of his daughter at the bottom. Az her skull
was fractured, it WAS thought the child was
killed before sho reached the bottom.
"A terrible accident occurred at Bledsoe,
Tenn. on the Chesapeake and Nashville rail
road, running from Gnllatin To Scottsvillc,
Ky. The passenger train which was du" mt
Gallatin ut II O'Clock jumped the track, and
the passenger and baggage checks went down
about sixty feet. About eight persons were
seriously injured, and several children were
more OF less hurt.
ALI Grizzard alias Hawkins, colorod,
was hanged 10y II mob supposed to be com
posed OF negro gamblers at Tiptonvilie,
Tenn lie had won all their money, and
they. snraged at their loss carried him forci-
bly, of of u boat, first throwing u sack over
his hend to prevent his screams from at
tracting attention. They then took him into
the woods AID drew him up to limb de-
nnauding that he return the money. He re-
fused, and they jerked him up and left him.
"A lire at Enfield, N. G., destroyed about
$15,OOO worth of property. George X. Cur
tbs a. Co., lost four stores, together with a
large stock of general merchandise; j. b.
Hunter, two buildings: j III. Parker, two