The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-19
)UTH GA INA.sJULY 10, 1889.
THE NEWS, &

Frank Sullivan, an ex-conyfct, fatally
stabbed bis wife as che was con ng out OF a
New York dive. LawsHa Mauufac-
turing Company's works, at Rt.S6ury, Mass. !,
were burned. Lo SIS, ,000; injured. Isaac
Valentine. an importer OF diamonds, New
York city made an assignment. freight
train on the Pennsy'x 'xania Railroad was
wrecked at Locust Grove, near Lancaster
Pa, and twelve cars deraiied. The Indiana
miners refuse to yield, and the operators
Will Introduce machinery to do the work.
Black rot will cause total failure Of the
grape crop in the Mississippi Valley. Six
men were thrown into tho winter by the up.
setting OF their boat on the Mississippi river,
near Savannah, Hts, and Thomas Rogers,
Edward Howard and Patrick Finn were
drowned.-Charles Eggers. ST. Louis
Brewer, committed Suicide. .--In q collision
between passenger and freight train on
che New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Rail-
nsss killed. me ssiesss and sss
passenger hurt. .A-Louis Cherier, cashier OF
the bank at Houghton, wis. has disappeared
with about $50, ,0O0 Twelve attempts have
been nado to burn the town Of Danl ury,
Conn.,, the last one, causing considerable
damage.-GeorgeD Duane, aged fifteen years
was shot and killed by james Allen, n night
watchman, in Chicago, while trying to es.
cape with stolen cigars.-The late General
Cameron's will includes q number of beuuests
to churches and charities. The 2,SOO for
mer employees Of tho Reading Iron Works 9
have been notified that the works will soon
resume, but that none will be rc-employed
who belong to labor organizations or who
indulge in strong drink. In a riot of strik-
Ing street car employees at Duluth, Mimi.
two strikers were killed aud several hurt by
the police, whom they attacked. Peter
Carr, a prominent young lawyer OF Spotsyl-
vania county, Va, died from injuries by
being kicked by horss John NJ Railing
Of Shippensburg, Pa, was killed by freig ht
train. X. Horton, a farmer OF Rutledee,
Ga, was fatally shot from ambush. w.
7. Carriers Il Co 3 mine slope, near Hazle-
ton, Pa, was destroyed by fire. Loss $7U, 900.
M. c. Miller, night clerk at the L.ws.
ford, Hotel, Birmingham, Ala, committed
suicide. William Carson, and Captain
w. Ii. Lloyd, while fishing Off Wrightsyille
Inlet, at Wilmington, N. c., were drowned
~ sno'A oSSse >esPS'S"es
sacked tho Kimboll House at Albany, N. Y,
and secured booty aggregating $500.
Carrie Frost, aged. eighteen. was burned
70 death In the fire that destroyed her home
at Hopkins. Wis.-Nearly one hundred
persons were made seriously i'll by the ic,
cream they aie at n Fourth or july picnic al
Adair, 1owa.--A steamer on the Red river
packed with Winnipeg people on a Fourtl
OF July excursion, encountered a storm, wa,
| driven ashore; panic prevailed, b.. el
were saved.-A movement was started In
Chicago for the formation 81 an Irish
American republic. new Commer
Gle! Hotel c: Lansing, Mich vas hurnod
and many Of the guests barely escaped will
sheir lives Loss $40, 600 A collision or
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy roac
resulted in the fatal injury OF Express
Agent Blackburn and the serious injury OF
several others. Frank Hoyt, paying teller
OF the First National Bank OF Hoboken, wa,
arrested on the charge Of embezzlement -
The Ofman brewery, in Cleveland, Ohio
was damaged $4,000 by fire--In the con
troversy between the Chicago Board oi
Trade and the bucket shops, the court de
cided that market quotations are public
property Secretary Blaine arrived al
Bar Harbor. Hon. George Fl. Watrous
ex.president OF the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad, died suddenly at
New Haven, n,-The Kentucky Republican
State Convention at Lexington nominated
David g. Colson for State treasurer.
Thomas Ewing Sherman, eldest son of Gen.
erol Sherman, received the first rites in his
ordination as a Jesuit priest in the Cathedral
at Philadelphia, Archbishop Ryan ofiiciat
Ing. Lung Sing, a Chinaman from Balti-
more, was found murdered at Buffalo, N. Y.
Several prominent local politicians of
ST. Louis have been arrested as result of
the Investigation into alleged election frauds
ut the last election. Monongahela
river miners will be locked out soon unless
they recede from their demands of three
cents per busbcl.-A lady and gentleman
and nurse girl and child were killed near
Long Branch by the carriage being struck
by locomotive. the explosion of d
shell at Salem. Mass, two children were
killed. and several others injured. d.--The
b. and O.'s cut In rates was discussed at d
meeting OF the Chicago committee Of the
Central Traffic Association, and the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad ha,
| given notice 'thattt will meet the cut---Sis
tons of powder exploded at the Dupon,
Works, at Wilmington, Del, but no one wa.
injured.-A story comes from Bishopville
Sumter county, 8. c., that a young whit.
man and bis wife were brutally assaulted by
four negroes.