The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-06
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The creamery At CharIestown, w. Va,
shipped ii ,5U pounds OF butter last month.
The Baltimore and Ohio Road will erect
a new passenger depot at Maetinsburg w.
Henry Gheen was run over and killed on
the Virginia Midland Railroad, at Manassas,
"A tannery and . bucket factory are
among the new enterprise protected at Roam
| oke, Va II
The new sSyssssaa-to the Hannah Moro
Academy, at Heisterstown. Md, is progress.
ing rapidIy. %A
"A census Of salern.N. c.. has just been
taken, slowing popuiation ot 2,0!y Of which
| only 2l2 are colored.
East Liverpool, w. Va. has band COM
pos.d OF little girls, who make good music
a d .ook well in their uniforms
-Cbares kemmer and Henry Arnett were
drowned while attempting to cross flooded
stream In Braxton county, w. Va.
According to the opinion OF the farmers
the hay crop of Montgomery county, Md,
will be the largest ever known III its history.
At Derwood, Montgomery county, Nd,
| o party Of Connecticut People arc neXotiat-
| ing for u sitJ Oh which to erect door and
sasu factory.
-Sprks from a passenger engine destroyed
the t. estle-work ut Clic.'s Hollow, w. Va,
Gil the q e. and Z. Railroad, delaying traffic
for a y.
Matthew Gibbs, supposed to be the oldest
man In Charlotte, N. u, died at his home
near Center. Mr. Gibbs was lOs years old,
and cd OF sheer old age.
Two negroes named T. +. Allen and John
Carter escaped from Jail at Lynchburg. Va,
lly knoskinxv jthe 'she: Gsas,,- nLs was re-
"A very lsyye cave has been found on tho
Dry Fork Of siie Cheat river. w. Va, which
los some very fine staiactIte formations. IL
has not yet been thoroughly explored.
| Typhoid fever exists to an alarming de.
| Irec IN the county west Of HageI stown, Md.
| 1 he physicians i'll the vicinity OF Clearspring
are overtaxed, and tho ma,ady seems to 10
OH the increase.
William Boswell, Of Bridgeport, Md, an
employe Of tug Antletam Gem mt Mills, near
| SharIsburS, MD, had three fingers almost
severed from his lett hand by u circular saw
that he was operating.
"A gang of thieves, that nave lately been
open q: s:lng In jefferson county, have extended
their operatIoJs into Berkeley county. The
Iui iners OF the two counties ure organizing
| tu hunt them down.
"A large sever, draining n section Of the
market In WheeIiug, w. Va, has boon blocked
Ior some time, and OH digging It up, it was
Iound that tho trouble was caused by q large
pile OF counterfeit silver dollars.
The Orrel Coal Company, which has
mines at NewDurg, Tyrconucil and FAIR
mount, W. Va, la shut down work and dis
cha, sed i,s SIS nn,dred employees. The mana
gers claim that the mines are not paying.
-During a terrible thunder storm at Zinn
Grove, w. Va, tue lnrge and elegsnt barn
Of MIR. Lew Lswls was struck by lightning
ana burned to the ground. Loss $1,000.
The storm did considerable damage to crops.
"A charter has been issued to the Gdul, Y
and Eastern Railroad C1mp my to construcG
and operas q railroad trom tho mouth OF the
liuul.y river to HuutcrvI.Ir, W. Va. This
III m L hpni nF h,, I'm
coal and timber regions Of the st to.
MIR. Levi Smith, while working thr, sh
ing Inacbin, near Wheeling Park w. V =,
kiiled q snake measuring nearly seven fee t,
which contained over one huDurcd and tisty
young ones. The reptile was u cross between
t u garter. snake und u dry land moccasin.
AN ..ew Surgeon. an employe of the O.
& o. Mt Foot Spring, w. VA, ,JLs struck by
II passing train aud had the t'p of his head
Knocked oil. lie was walking on the track
aud paid no heed To tn, warning whistle,
and as struck aud killed.
Tho recent strike at the Victor and the
Oats Cotton mills, in Raleigh, N. c., ut
which three hundred hands went out, is
yertually over and but ID TO - operative S re-
main obs .inate about working the additional
hour and hulf imposed upon them.
county, Md, 6n the road from Potomac to
Washington, which have remained idle for
forty years, have attracted the attention of
party of Pniladelphlans, who are now ne
goliuting for their purchase, with a Wow to
Operntin, the s:,,c.
Col. A. w. Jones. of NJ ssouri, has DUR
chased tn, VIM Collins property in POTOMAC
district, Montgomery county, Md, for IS, ,O01.
The property, containing ~ acres, is located
in the gold reg on, and ten stamp mill and
n large force OF hands will be put to work
immediately to develop it.
--Chauncey Martin, leading farmer OF
Preston county, W. Va, was c6oroformed
| l,y Il p,l Inn larS ~ rpH IN
and robbed 1t y. 500. All his family we're
away num home. When found Mr. Martin
was alin ISL dead from the effects of tho urus.
"A vigorous effort is being made to secure
the plan cfcred by tho fcnnsy lvania Il Ill
road ut Frederick, Md, TO tender Tho Use OF
their tracks from LitLelowu t. Fire irr.ck to
the lIarrls: urg aud Gettysours Company,
US q link OF tho Pennsylvania prof cJcd ex-
tension to Washington.
Senator Chas J. Faulkner, Of Martins
burg. w. Va, will be compelcd to remain
Indoors or go upon crutchea from Il severe
fracture or the leit-cap, caused by baseball
bat which he trod upon in his lawn. The bat
turnei under his foot causing him to fall and
fracture his knee cap.
MIR. John Davis of Calvert county, Md,
while engaged in digging well. had succeed
Ell IN reaching depth of twenty-five feet,
"heE Tho rope used in hosting the bucket
suddenly broke, and the loaded bucket de-
scendcd on the unfortunate mau crushing
"ih III enochlnS manner.
-George kimmol, while out hunting with
his brother, near Potomac Station, Md, was
accidentally shot in the right foot, hy the
trigger Of tho gun becoming entanglsd in
soma tangled briers The load partly lodged
In tho instep and the remainder pass, d
through the foot
-Monongahela county, w. Va, has a
pretty female mail carrier In the person OF
Miss Lizzie Arnett, who carries the mail from,
Georgetown To Morgantown and return
daily, the round trip being nineteen miles.
Miss Lizzie has nice little road cart and n
good horse, and always get in OH tim. She
Is prompt and accommodating.
Surveys woe begun last Saturday for q
line OF railroad to be constructed from Pat.
t.rson Creek Depo, OF tho Baltimore and
: Ohio, to Moorfied, Hardy county, w. Va
The county OF Grant has subscribed 81 100.
to the capital stock of tn, road, and several
free rights OF way.
Mir. Elmer Moss, OF Burkittsvillc Nd
whilo picking berries on South Mountain
came across n huge rattlcsnake, which Ii.
succeeded IN killing. Tho reptile measured
Tour feet four inchcs i'll length, and twclv,
nr rh,.S mr. tI,a - l,f.I 4,