The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-05-17
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Q ,n"' n"ve,lst' Will sail for Europe sometime ne
. CnaGeorge Brown, a toIlsate keepcr ne,
n Ce,t, seeown, Ky, WIS fatally shot by Shct
!, S"''iel I'D quarrel over toll
ov.. man by the name OF LYONS was RI
Sser Dy the way train at RSwlesburg n
'"'' ana pad both legs cut Off.
|, Rs. Il. Frazier, a welI-knowp oitizen
, c"t,;S u county, Va. committed suicide h
u'ung his throat with knife.
Is,,,. he ne Town OF Shelby, N. c., bns voted ,
ar"n,, ue ponds to the amount of $S. 600 FOR u,
on ~, o' graded schoolhouse.
COUNTS young w men Of Albrightsville, Presto
ri.sC, ". va, screnaded a recenfIv. mn
= ried compile witk dynasnita as..-;.ls.y MAJ
Seorge Gillian has been arrested h
TyMou2urg, charged with an assault stipo
Laura Brooks in Amherst county. Va.
"a large furniture factory ia tn, tall q
nas, NE, AZ. T.. TO be established by a com
''"y VI capitalists from the northwest.
wo men, names not ascertained. wer
abowa bu T at Joshua Greek Dam. nine mile
aooVe Lynchburg, Va, on James river
John Prickett, of Rayenswood wv ".
was handling a revolver, a few ,i.v: o"n
mneh IL was discharged, shattering his H5o
Favorable indications OF a rich vain n,
Hpenracite coal has been discovered In tha
Virrir;n n'ouhta'n range OF Augusta county,
Of the Norfolk and westerp o;reap an e%ploye
run, run over at Crewe. Va, his head being sea. @a.
cred from his body. 0e'"s seV-
| DE- w. w. Rowan, n native of Ch.-,..
Owl w. Va, and graduate Of a Rail-
' nore MEDICAL college, wns recently eIacta1
"nyor Oh ouray, Colorado. e''u
iiey i,r Dennis, 30 years old, who was IN.
conn,, aS neiH saw mill, in Washington
ysN hQip
mas died from his injuries. Doaru
MN ~ George Shouts, OF Mario, ,o,,,.
sr.,a "a. a., while setting with her back To- :,
death. 'o'ns burned to
ne remains OF two peddlers s,,pno,a, D.,
"a nave oeen murdered have b, en- Iisc"wsraJ eJ
~. somerset county, KY. Their sIn',o,oJ
arue5ers ara are two we'll known farmers. vino
Cine Iron Gate Land and Improven,s,,
ra., the capital stock of 500. .UOI h.in,s, rOisf,
u,ae;i mr. ihroppe, of PhilaLeIubls ;s
aid vico-president. u'"hager
A., Mrs: j. W. Haden, of Lexington N r.
a.ed lew days ago from the effects "; r.;
- S,i;sstered ni;auinlh'stered by DIR. j. j. SumnlerbiII
y vi salisbury, venerable aud eminant ,,'',' ,'
was quinine. 'uPposiiiS IL
~, An M UNKNOWN weltdressed man was ki.d
~ %. 0 y. train q short distancs east ~
ai.n,'. sourg, Hg, w. va. He is supposed To ho
soouC Iorty years Of age. An inouest woS
neiu ana tne remains Inferred there
ne growing wheat crop in Frederick
county, Md. is in a more advanceS s,a,s
aud generally more promising tbs, STATE ate
Eeen tne case at this season se.-,- ---.-. ao
"A regular Pitched battle took place near
Dunsmore, Pccahontas county, W. Va,
lew days ago, between about a dozen women.
They were armed with clubs, and whacked
each other around in lively way Several
were injured.
body Of an unknown man was found
on fish trap In Dan river, three miles below
Danville, Va. Two boys, while attempting
to pull the body ashore, lost it in the strong
current, and 1t was washed away.
"A new industry has just been started in
Raleigh, N. G., I'm the shape Of a cider and
are interested in the enterprise, and it is said,
the outlook for paying investment is first
rate.
a syndicate of capitalists from Now
York, Boston, Buffalo and Syracuse has
effected the purchase Of &c, 900 acres OF farm
and timbered lands in Virginia and North
Carolina for $l5O,OO0. Tue purchase is for
lumber purposes.
recruited for the military company that is
being formed In Tyler county, w. Va, and
it Is confidently expected that when muster
ing In times comes there will be an even
hundred names on the roster -.
r.ysr Coppedge, commissioner of the
.tiis prS Slecessor. Mr. Walker McDInie died
=fne proddctl6n, net tons, OF pig Iron In
West Virginia during the past seven years
has been as follows: In 1882, 1920 tons;
1883, 8s,30S tons; 1891. 55,23l tons; 1885,
10, ,O07 tons; 1885, 9S,6lS tons; 1887, S2,3li
tons; 1883, 85,2 $50 tons.
Mr. Richard Napier, Of Overhill, Ur-
shur county, w. Va, got one OF bis legs
broken between the knee and ankle, while
working in the clearing, log rolling upon
him. He Is quito m aged man, and 1t will
likely go pretty hard with him.
A new cotton seed oil mill Is to be built
at Coneton, a town eight miles from Tarboro,
IN. c., on the Albermarle and Raleigh rail.
road. The company Is composed OF so ne OF
the most solid men In that section, aud its
success seems to be uudoubted.
A colored boy named Lsvi Griffin, s,n
OF David Griffin, fell into we'll on Julians
creek, Norfolk county, Va, and there being
no one near to render assistance the boy was
drowned. The body was found by the faith
or several hours after the occurrence.
pr. 'Deitz, OF Guyandotte. w. Va, sus-
tanned internal injuries In attempting to
jump on train At that place. He was de-
tained until the train startej and v hon b
jumped of he fell to the ground with such
force that he was so badly hurt that 1t Is
thought he cannot survive.
| The tax on real and personal property
In Lexington, Va. is now % cents OH the
SlOO assessed value. Two years ago it was
| SIl2X. The debt is less than $4,000, and
after paying interest aud making perInanen,
improvements about IS 900 goes annually To
the sinking fund.
"A collision occurred between two freight
trains of the Midland Road between Mclvor',
and Amherst station la Virginia. Both en-
gines were badly damaged aud number o
cars wrecked. Engineer Currier was 10
jured, also fireman and brakeman. hu
neither seriously. The road was blocked fo
several hours.
"A murderous assault was made upon
man named Marsh, few miles, below
Weston, w. Va, by a German name,
Rouschi with an axe. Rouschi was bel l,
$500 bail to await the action OF the Gran,
Jury. The evidence against him was strong
While James Butcher, OK Fre,lerickburg
Va, was repairing the damage done by th