The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-09
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INTEREsrxnfG NEWS CoMPtLv:D
FROM MANY souRcES
-samuel white OF Manchester. Va, wa,
tho Belle Isle brsiee
-Csaries kanes, ascd Is ye~rs, was seos acc
by james n Ferguson, proprietor of =
shooting-galIert n
I-rse barn ef John wrtxat. a prcmiacnt
f.rmsr Of wsss,nsssn, ,,, county, V.i .i,n wS; q,
i.S sSa 60 s,IesS M l..sssvsss&
Tom Simrscn, . anotoricas dcsperado,
wes Killed atl Brminghsm, Ala, while TO-
sistius arrcsa Re ives accompanied by two
| men, VITO ftrcf on The posse, ktiiing one
deputy and seriously woaading others
"A colorra woman named Myers, living
near Smoky Town, Va, iete her four chit
| drsn at hou,s whilc she went ~ make some
parchasss in town, and on her return found
| that one of her chiliren had follea into the
veil ard was drowned.
| The lsts rains hav0 caused all the re-
raaintug Irish potato crop around Norfolk.
| Va to rot in the grouad Cabbage nro
worthless Co ship, and largo crop OF tho
nnest ever raised are now LETT to rot IN the
teldS
The earnings of the Virginia Beach Rail-
road Company TO June S0th. were tlO+, ,SSi .oi
against ESQ. '62, o. last year. Tho company
eootemplate extensive improvements OF their
ko,,l property, aud tho track is to DO made
. wide gauge ons
| --Georgc Madison, employed on the Rich
mond, Frc,icricksburS and Potomac Rail.
Rad, waiie riding on hand-car near sum
nit, Va, at high rate OF speed, fell in
| front Of the moving car, ani was so badly
msnglcd that no died.
~-Sse ;stw1rg made to dctermine the
exact boundary limo between Ailcgany aud
| Garrett counties, Md, as the ownership of a
valuable tract OF coal land 10 involved In the
| ISSUE
AS Mr. Creaser was plowina In tho field
she'll was turned ~. Thinking 10 not
| loaded, Mr.. Creagcr attempted to break it
| up, when the she'll exploded, tearing or one
Of HE hands and shattering his arm.
-Messrs. Hardt and Kcefer have on ex.
hibition in Frederick, Nd, panel from the
the Monoc,cy battlefield. The panel has a
| large hole in It, made by a shell passing
through on July so. lsCi
A daughter Of u farmer in Cabarrss
county, N. G., by tho name OF Parks, was
killed 10y accidentally falling upon a largo
knife blade. Ono RIB was entirely severed
| and another partially; tho bowels protr uded
through ON ugly cash aud she died In II few
minutes.
"A cow belonging to Mr.. Clinton Mertz,
near Bvonsboro, Md, while on the mountain,
was bitten in the tongue by n snake. The
tongue swelled SO, that for several days the
cow was unable to eat BY applying proper
| remedies tho swelling has been reduced, and
tho cow il liable to recover.
| "A summary Of the money received and
| expended during the past year has been
! given by tho commissioners OF Prince
Georges county, Md, viz: Basis o; taxation,
s., 7So,3l5; county tax, at 10 cents on tho
| SlIV. SS3, ,4l2 10; disbursements, $S2, li9. ga
surplus, 81, ,a63 s.
The seven-year-old daughter OF Joseph
Hatchett, of Randolph, county, N. c., came
! TO her death in q frightful manner, a few
| with Kerosene oil; the vessel from which she
/ WAS pouring the oil caught fire and the flames
soon cnveloped her body, burning her % that
she died.
A new pulp and paper mill company to
! be located at Big Island, was organized in
I.ynchburg, Va, with p. A. krise as presi..
dent and J. p. Bell rs vice-president. and
among the directors ]. b George and w. =.
Forbes, OF Richmond. With the pulp mill
there is TO be a paper mill, with headQuart-
ers i'll Lynchburg.
The Soldiers' Shoe Manufacturing Com
pany Of Philadelphia, are making arrange
! meuts with the citizens OF Cumberland, Md.
to locate their extensive plant at that place
+, The city offers the ground free, and exempt
| ing the company from taxation for the
/ period OF ten~years. Three-tsnths OF the
stock, OF $3O,0OO worth, are to be taken by
/ citizens.
A cow belonging to Mr.. Barkdoll, neal
Leitersburg, Nd. while switching ut flies in
the pasture filed, had her tail fastened to
| the bark OF n tree under which she had
| take n shelter from the sun, and in her efforts
! TO get loose wound herself 80 tightly tha
! she could not undo herself. Exhausted il
/ her struggles. she fell down, and the tire,
had to te cut down to get her out of hei
! dilemma.
s. Frank Kreps. Of Wiiliamsport, Md.
= noticed several days ago that the water il
his ci.tsrn had all leaked away shortly afte,
a heavy thunder storm an examination
5.,,o e,i that there wero several large cracks
, in his cistern, supposed to have been causet
by the loud reports OF thunder. This is tn
thiri time that Mr.. krsp, has lost the wate
In his cistern from the same cause.
The board Of directors Of the North Car
vestigation for three weeks or charge
against DR.. Eugene Grissom, superinten
dent, charged with immortality with femal
attendants, cruelty to patients and misuse Q
public property. rendered a decision OF no
guilty on all Of the charges. The vote stoo
two for conviction and>siS for not guilty.
"A negro, suspected Of robbery near New
London, Va, was taken from his house b.
nciShbors disguised as white caps. VIII
strung him up in spite OF his protestation
! OF innocence. When he became unconsctpu
he was Iken down. and after no revived h
still refused to confess, but when they pre-
parei To hang him again, he weakened an
confessed his theft and restored the stole
money and papers
-c. f. Larkin, OF Lihertytown, Nd, hn'
narrow escape from n serious injury Will
assisting his brother in building an ai'i!tir
to his barn. Ole end OF the raftcr Plat
slipped from its position and fell To the II b"r
la descending, tn. plate graZed Mr.. brrkih
head and passed down over his shoulder
and kno kcd him out Into the barnyard,
distance OF cight-sn feet When picked u
he was unconscious, but soon revived.
"A valuable mare belonging to Adnr
kooSle, near Mid'ietown, Md, managed t
get the halter 80 wrappAl around her nee
in the stable that when discovered was IA
most choked to death. To save her lf. tn
halter was cut. but It was 80 tight that tn
back Of the knife cut the animals throa
scvering an artery, from which she woul
have soon bled to death hal not tho arter
been taken up and the wound sewed.
. "A slight shock OF earthquake was felt
Memphis, Tenn. CrOckery and glass wcr
ratified and in some instances were throw
/ from shelves, but no other evidence WI
, given besides n rocking motion. Two sever