The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-29
NUMBER l3.


ooro, Mass, aged eight and sixteen wear.
apphed match to a box of powder which
'ney mad saturated with kerosene. The ar.
piosion that followed killed both boys.
THOMAS r, EVANS and John Walsh, min
erS "niis engaged in throwing down coal at
hyae fark, Penn, detached a large slab
which slipped and fell upon them. Evans
was crushed to death. Walsh suffered fatal
injuries. '~'
AFTER celebrating three hours the iurv
brought in verdict acquitting Thomas b.
herr, OF New York city, of completely in the
Drioing OF the Doodle Aldermen OF 1884 In
order to procure franchise for the Broad.
way Surface Railway.
WHILE walking on the tracks near Ma,,,,
Chunk, Penn, Miss Mabls Tuttle. a scboo,
teacher, was struck by passenger train and
killed. ~N
-. UNDERWOOD, a prominent planter OF
from fnroanfSsE1ls, Mas & assaRltsa l A4 QSn
as club, but Underwood finally succeeded
in cutting his throat fatally. Underwood's
left shoulder was shot of.
WILLIS GREEN, Anderson Mitchell and
Daniel Jones tall colored, were hanged at
coored minister named Horton.
THE house Of William Flowers at Hollow
Rock, Tenn, was burned, and Flowers his
wife and two children persisted in the flames.
JAMES s. CLARKsoN received his commits
mission and Immediately took the prescribed
oath and entered upon his duties as First
Assistant Postmaster General
ORDERS have been given to tho command
ants OF navy yards by Secretary Tracy to
discharge all suspended employees. 1t was
formerly tho custom to keep the names of
such suspended employees on the rolls, to be
taken up when work was resumed.
By an explosion Of fire damp in a colliery
near Mines, France. fifteen persons wsre
killed and six injured
and Gerrnany mas beeti, -svoppeu uy-suuw
storms
EXTENSIVE floods were reported in Galicia.
Many towns were inundated.
THE Gladstonian candidate, Mr.. Beaufoy.
won decisive victory at the bennington
election to tho English Parliament; his vote
YVES 1869, against 3i3o for Mr.. Hope, tho
Conservative.
THE Friondly Sons Of ST. Patricl, cello.
bratcd the birth Of their patron ut belmont
.o's New York city. and cx-President Cleve-
and spoke to the toast Of "The United
States"
A STORM accompanied by extraordinarily
high tides, did great damage along the New
Jersey ani Long Island coasts. Tho Lite
saving Service station house at Far Rock
lway was destroyed and trains on the Now
Jersey Sc.thoSii Railway abandoned. All
Tho watering places suffered moro Of loss
damage.
Is q conTeSSeu ueTauIuer W vr,,rIvuuvvr-v~e,-
500. He had boon ono of tho most trusted
officials OF the bank for over twenty years.
GOVERNOR TAFT, of Rhode Island has re-
,eived n letter of resignation of his Office Of
United States Senator from Hon. Jonathan
Chace. He resigns on account Of i'll health.
GENERAL TRACY, tho new Secretary OF
Tho Navy, was rendered banquet by his
Ie!low.townsmen, at tho Hamilton Club. in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
TIE Oklahoma boomers wore driven out
Of tho Territory by United States troops.
TuEbark Pettengill, OF Portland, Nc, was
wrecked at tho Virginia Capes aud fourteen
! lives wero lost
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL w. A.
MOODY, of Fort Smith, Ark, has been muir
dered in Indian Territory by two men
named Bonner and Hill, whom he was at
tempting to arrest. He is the sixteenth Gov
ernment officer killed there In the last ton
months.
PROFESSOR ADoNIJA s. WEIGH, OK United
States Senator for Florida, died few days
ago at Pasadena, Cal.,- aged sixty eight
years.
HEAVY rains and terrific storms have in
flicted great damage in Southern California
Three lives were lost ut Ventura.
CLAIMING FRANK MEEK, general manager
of tho Denver. Texas and Fort Worth Rail
way Company, has boon tendered the POSI-
ton of General Superintendent Of tho Rail
way Mail Service.
A BATTLE between tho followers OF Sen
oussi and tho Mahdists has taken place a
Sinan, Africa, and the former were victori
Gus. Both sides suffered heavy losses
Among the killed were two Mahdist chiefs
ADMIRAL KRoUTz has been appointed
French Minister OF Marine to fill the vacanc
caused by tho death OF Admiral Juares.
THE dead body of Miss Helen Buttrock, a
American student Of music ut the Berli
! Academy was taken from the River s3prct
8 The dead girl, who undoubtedly committO