The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-12
THE news

flames, was burned to death. A band OF
so-called regulators at Tuiarge, CAL, took
! man named ,gau, suspected thief, out of
Jail and hanged him two or three times, let
ting him down each time when nearly
strangled. Tho liquor dealers OF South
Dakota have perfected an active organiza
tion to operate against the adoption of the
Prohibition clause of tho Sioux Fall constl-
tuition at tho October election. a passen-
ger train on the Cincinnati, Georgeto wn
and Portsmouth Railroad went through q
trestle ncar Batavia, o., and fourteen per-
sons were injured. Tho Michigan leyisla.
ture has passed new election law, which is
modification OF tho Australian system.
Tho marriage of Miss Elizabeth Droxel
daughter OF tho late Joseph Drexel, the
banker, and john Vinton Dahlgren, son OF
tho lat, Rear Admiral Dahlgrsn, took place
in ST P.trio'. Cithoiral.. Nex y ark, ani
was a grand affair. S-John sBven.
teen years old, Of Troy, N. Y.s =, = name
was mixed up in u murder chs6 rnitted
suicide. Fire at Williamsvilie Ht7s county
N. Y, entirely destroyed the National Exp
Case Comp ,ny's works. Loss $1,000
ium Blur, foreman of f. Connor's piano fac
tory in New York city, committed suicide.
u. b. GroiT's Touring mill at Fertility,
near Lancaster, Pa, was destroyed by fire
Loss 81, ,OOO. Tho Chicago grand jury ha,
indicted Martin Burke, Patrick Cooney.
Johu f. B.gss, Diniol Coushlin, Patrick
OSuilivan, Frank Kuuze aud Frank Wool.
ruff, for comp icity in the murder Of Dr..
Cronin.--George w. Wright, OF Philadel-
phin, tho defaultiny supreme trcIsuror OF
tue Order Of Tonti, Is now in prison. His
shortage amounts to $iO,OOO-In a smash.
up on tho Boston aud Albany Railroad near
New Haven, c., three persons wero killed
and several injured. by q popular vote
OF the suburban districts OF Chica 20, includ
ing Hyde Park and other towns, havo been
annexed to the City OF Chicago, making il
the largest city In area in the United States
and increasing its population to l,IUO 900.
Tho American Cotton Ssed OIL Company, O
New Jersey, has purchased ten Of tho cot
ton oil mills In Texas.-F. w. Spaulding.
Of tho firm of Spauldiny & Brick, agents in
Boston for IN electric motor, states that his
partner. Henry A. Brick, has skipped with
S2,OCO belonging to Spaulding and all tho
cash the firm bad on hand DIR. r. B. Nc
nv" "uo dSHutoGsu ot SuuTitbtOH, -. ", OIL
the murder of E iitor Francis w. Dawson.
Job G. Crane, cashier OF the Lehigh Val
ley Coal Company OF Elizabeth, N. j., dis
appeared from his home aud was subsequent
ly found unconscious In boat at New York,
having been knocked senseless and robbed.
-Tunis Labee was hanged at Patterson
N. j. for wifo murder. Horace Wilcox, a
No 1f n,,n u N "
suicide with laudanum,----A thief entered
the house of John Webber at La Crosse,
Wis. and fatally stabltu hlss daughter, who
urueInpocu 20 Btvo~ss sssarn. -H.,,iU-o D.~.--.-
the Postmistress at Bentonvillo, Wis, stru ok
q drunken man fatal blow on the head in
self-defense. playing in a wheat
bin, which was being drawn off into q car
at Lima, Ohio. Benjamin Marks and JuIson
Horton were drawn into the shute and snoth.
cred to death. Mrs Uzzo Brennan was
arrested at Holyoke, Mass, on suspicion Of
having poisoned her husband and two sons.
"A former engineer on one Of Lcgltime's
vessels at Hayti has returned to Now York,
aud states that Hippolyte will soon capture
Portau-Prince.- --Scveralp lparties have been
arrested In the vicinity OF st. Paul, Minn.,
charged with being implicated in series of
real estate frauds by issuing bogus mort
cages. "A passenger train on the Boston
and Maine Railroad ran into an open switch
near Dover. N. H., and the locomotive and
three cars went down and an embankment
No lives were lost, but several passengers
were slightly injured. -Stsphsn A lien, col
ored, was hanged at Oxford, Miss, for the
murder OF Frank Harduet DIR. Eugene
Thayer, awell-known organist Of New York
committed suicide in Burlington, vt-At
a meeting Of the trunk line presidents and
managers In New York the immigrant ques-
tien and dressed beef rates were discussed.
Mrs. Felicea G. Porter noted Southern
woman, and daughter OF the late Felix
Grundy, ex-United States senator and At
torney general in the Van Buren, cabinet,
died In Nashville, Tenu., aged sixty mine
years
VIM. Worthington, formerly OF Baltimore,
isunder arrest in Philadelphia, charged with
beating anoth r woman Ia mistake for his
wife.-The one hundred aud eleventh ami
versary Of the battle of Monmouth was OBJ
served at Freehold, N. J.--James b. Har-
vey was arrested at Hammond, Ind, and
fined by q local magistrate under the new
law OF that state, for selling dressed beef
slaughtered In Chicago. Judge johnson sub
sequsntly -.remittsd the flne. declaring the
law uncoss.;.u.ionel.- - f2c n,orntain min
ers and cakers near Giilatzip, Pa, are on a
strike, and trouble is feared In the Clear field
region. unusually heavy rainstorin In
the vicinity Of Rushford, MIMI, did SlO0,OO0
damage to crops s--Cyrus w. Fields steam
yacht colIided with q ferryboat near Yonkers,
Lut no one was shurt---Twoexcursion steam.
ers collided near Newport, but no serious
damage was done. - There were 1871 business
failures In the United States and 81 ia Canada
the past week. ---In the great Harvard Y ale
rowing race. Yale beat Harvard 1--WE lengths.
Cleo. w. Wright. treasurer OF the Order
OF Tonti and othec beneficial associations In
Philadelphia, is reported to be short In his
accounts. - Rev. George A. Smith Of the
Episcopal Church in Virginia, died In Alex.
andria, aged eighty six years. The funeral
OF Mrs Hayes was sad but notable event
In Fremont, Ohio. All business was sus-