The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-02
THE NEWS.

S"es' ~ Va cutocL1ttuk ttuUU.--hu eoren-
quake shock was felt in Memphis, Tenn
The English syndicate has closed q deal
which viii result in the purchase OF the Min
neapolis Flour Mills. "A general sr;ke
was inaugurated among tho coal beavers I'm
West Superior, Wis Daniel and Martha
Danks, Of Warsaw, Ind, /, have been arrested
for killing their child. The latter was offered
as sacrifice. Burglars robbed the store
OF II. p. Bodwell, in Massachusetts,, of
$4,000 worth OF iewolrY.-The Columbus.
Hooking Valley aud Toledo Railroad will
have to default In the interests Of its bonds,
and receiver will be appointed.
Sykes, dealer in grain In Chicago. was con.
convicted Of issuing fraudulent warehouses
certificates. and sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment.- t.--Monsignor Corcorau was
buried dif philadelphia from the Cathedral.
CaEdina Bons Ssrt h6ls6op Ryan offi.
oiated. -vfienry RAncah, the Baptist
preacher who murdered bis wife in Alabama.
has been sentenced TO death. r. N
Pool has sold the Specular iron ore propertv
at Waynesboro Junction, Va. to q connpanv
OF which General Rosecrans is president -
pf. Eugene Grissom, superint .ndeut of the
North Carolina insane asylum, has been ac
quilted OF tho charges preferred against
him, Jordan Washington, Of Freder:cks.
burg, Va, was convicted OF murder in the
second degree, and sentenced to eighteen
years In the penitentIary.--Max Leo shot
and killed his wife in Philadelphis while she
was crouching In a doorway.--The Mex.
ssan Custom-house at Ssssily, Sonora, COL
iapsed. Three men wers killed
Miss Nellie Breezs, Of Coourg. Ont, has
been found guilty by coroner's jury OF
poisoning her husband..--Secret service
ofic.rs rnided the United States Hotel near
Dayton. o., aud captured q lot OF counter
felt bills. The counterfeters escaped.--
mrs John McGregor drowned her two chill
dren and herself in creek near Youngs-
town, O.-Arsenio was placed in the food
OF Joseph Hunters children, living In little
Rock. Ark, and three OF them have diod
Tho Manitoba aud Canadian Northwest
wheat croa Is failure.--The indians at
the Cherrystone River Agency refuse to
sign the bill providing for the sale Of their
lands..TMrs. Mary Pillow has brought
suit for slander against Colonel Clay King.
OF Memphis, Tenn. She claims 800, 900
damages Fire destroyed half business
block In Columbus, Co Tho loss 10 about
$4,000. In Grayport. Miss, zim Filman, n
negro, was murdered by parties sgninst
whom he had appeared In court t-Three
men were killed In Chicago by the explosion
OF toiier in a planning niiIl.-A convict
In Kentucky named White was shot and
killed while attempting 10 rscape. War
rants have been issued for ttSS rest OF Col
orado State officials, who xrs arged with
crookedness - Postmaste} 49, OF Gain.
n:::..5.. county, Ala, was sqoS and killed by
a desperado. who escaped. MIR. Rls.as IS
enjoying good health, and denies the story
that he intended to REIGN. Two of the
oldest drivers in the employ Of Ferris & Co.
have been arrested for stealing nearly six
thousand dollars worth OF hams. ms.-Martha
Thompson. wife Of r. N Thompson, Of At.
lantic City, Va, has confessed that she
claims it was in self defence. DR. Mellow,
tie slayer Of Captain Dawson, was expelled
from the South Carolina Medical Society.
-Captain VIM. j. Blake, OF Fairmount,
Md, was stabbed by Sam Fisher, colored
seaman. Captain Blake, IL Is thought, can
not recover.---Martin Boyran, of Newark,
N. j., is charged with the murder Of his
mother-in-law and assauting his wife-A
disappointed lover named Faston committed
suicide In Brewton, Ala, by throwing him.
self uron o circular saw. An es % :iation
has been formed to assist Do Ba,lss-tt Ia the
construction Of a steel afrszip -Four men
lost their lives In cesspool while attempt
ing to recover a watch that had fallen in.
Tho large stables OF the Lowell (Mass
horse railroad was burned together with Iso
horses aud 80 cars.--Tbe next Saengerfest
of the Scandinavian singers OF America will
be held at Minneapolis July 4sh, 1890
DR.. 4. ). Hourigap, convicted of murder.
and fellow prisoner broke jail at Boards
town, KY, aud escaped Archbishop Corri.
gan, 1t is said, hos beeh summoned to Rome
to answer charges made against him.
Rev. q. ID. b. PEPPER, president of Colby
University, has resigned, and Prof. Albion
w. Small elected his successor
Keller. OF Littlestown, Pa. was shot in the
head and dangerous y wounded. ed.-Seyen
business buildings were destroyed by fire at
Shell Rock, IA train on the Pennsyl-
vania road was telescoped by two runaway
freight cars. and two men were killed. A
number were seriousksissred.
Robert Dalton. q deputy United States
marshal in Oklahoma, was killed by Lex
West, nco3sbiner, who in turn was shot
by Dalton before the latter expired.--
Charles H. Boiiman. Of the National Fish
Commission. died 10 tbeswampsof Southern
Georgia. Tom Condor, Mormon muir
derer. was hanged In Nashville for killing
Jack Riley At grade crossing In South
Amboy, Francis Mulligan and NeiIs Nelson
wero killed. - Henry Thornhill q tough
character, shot and killed William Barrett
well-to-do farmer In Aurora, Nebraska.
Horace Lebring. Of Three Oaks, Mich, wa,
arrested charged with attempting to poison
his father. mother and sister In order to get
possession Of the farm. ut Is repated that
the wheat crop Of Dakota is $1,000 bushels
short - Michael Bolsk, the murderer OF
Michael Beliinshire. was hanged in Belvi
fiere, N. J.E Ex-S -S3tate Senator d. j. Creigh-
tom Of San Francisco. convicted OF jury