The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-26
Politics and the Current News Of the Day.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPLIED
FROM MANY SOURCEI

Suiuuiooourhe, w. VA.
The West Virginia Educational Associ-
alton viii meet at morgantown July 9th.
1.-The recent hailstorm did great damage
i 20 the trucking interests about Norfolk, Va.
| Tho Liberty, Va. woolen mill has been
sold to Mr.. William II. McGhee for S17, 600
In Swain county, N c., Joe Phelix cut
on tho head OF his three. .year-old son in a
temporary fit Of insanity.
1 The r sidence OF J. p Fell, in Frank.
fort, Greenhrier county, w. Va. was burned
last week. The loss is SI 500.
! Roanoke, Va., is to have a new opera
house to cost $4,000. 1t hos already Leen
leased for term OF five years.
For the three months ending April 1st
the dsstrootion OF property by fire In Nor
] 1olk. We. en'ounts to s47. .eee,s3.
The Middle Island Tio Company of w.
va, vii! run one hundred thousand ties out
OF Middle Island Creek this spring.
Andrew McDonouob, n coai min.- .,
Slater, Fayette county, w. Va, was caught
injured.
There have been fifty cases of measles
IN fleassnt District, Preston county, WA.
9ue S only one death has occurred from the
disease SO far.
"A procession of gipsies passed through
Wheeling, w. w., on their way to Ohio
ana were visited by largo number OF
curious citizens.
Tho proposition to subscribe-sixty thou
Sand dollars to the Weston and Elk River
Maiiroad was carried in Braxton county,
| w. va, by an overwhelming majority.
~cA ~c,.;a three,year-old boy Of Mr.. Joseph
custer, residing near Martins6urg, w. Va,
wnile playing around q spring near the
nouse, lei! In and was drowned before being
discovered.
During q row at Benwood, w. Va, Will
nam Littleton struck Joseph Smith With a
WNrv 4
and would have killed him had not q train
man gene to his rescue.
"A hen belonging. to Mr.. Harness, Of
moorefield, w. Va, laid a curiosity in the
egg line. 1t consisted Of two perfectly
formed eggs, Joined at the small ends by q
cord about half Oil inch long.
The dwelling of VIM II. Meyers. near
Vanclemsville Station, w. Va, Baltimore
and Oaio Railroad, was destroyed by fire,
caught from defective flue AS there is
no insurance, the loss falls heavily on Mr..
Meyers, who is very poor.
-. L. Ewing threw large quantity of
powder In the fire place Of his house at Fay
etteville, w: Va, thinking there was no fire
burning; The powder igniteJ, and he was
terribly burned about the face and head.
"A band Of Fayette county, Pa, outlaws
are committing depredations in Preston
county, W. va, creating considerable ex.
citement In tho neighborhood. The outlaws
threaten vengeance on any one who NAV
inform on them.
The Interstate Fencing Company has
been incorporated at Hagerstown. Md. b-
Messrs. Mss r NJ. Mishler, A; Carbett, Alexander
capi al stock sioo,ooo. 20 A"' . - MAN,
Ss, g pStal s Tss The
rains lave rotted the March planting. The
crop on the highlands escaped.
a fourteen-year-old youth by the name
OF Coleman, was severity fogged near Patter-
sons Mill, in Bedford county, Va, a few days
ago by party Of masked men, He was
playing the devoted to young woman
against mis- parents wishes.
Farmers at Nansemond, Va, report
themselves financially ruined; lately planted
crops total loss, fields covered with sand
| and mud, damage to barn and houses dread
ful, bridges and fencea gone, and roads block
AIDED and impossible in every direction.
| At four o'clock In tho afternoon the
] dwelling house OF Mr.. X. B. Taintor II wealthy
farmer near Quantico, Nd, was completely
destroyed by fire. The fire originated from
shingles. Loss about 81, 900 insurance 81 200.
| 1t is reported at Rockville, Nd, that the
asbestos mine three miles west Of that place
will In a short time, be reopened and exten.
sively worked by company Of Washington
capitalists, who have employed Mr. John s.
Bounce, of Georgetown, d. c., to manage it.
-Al meetinS OF the Doaru or county
commissioners for Alle9any county, Md. the
following officers were elected for the ensu.
| Ing year. Treasurer, Daniel Tannan col.
; lectors, Jesse Robinette, Thomas 8. kean
John L. Porter, Daniel O'Hanley and
i Stephen Fuller.
i ACTIVE steps are being taken for the cele-
bration at Fayetteville, N. c., Of the 2lst OF
November next, being the centennial ami
versary OF the ratification by North Carolna
Of the federal constitution, q call having
been issued for q meeting to take place In
that city to consider the matter.
Mrs P. L. Grasty, well-known lady Of
Danville, Va, separated from her husband
some time ago. was fonnd in her house alone
kneeling by her bedside dead. An empty
bottle which had contained chloral was found
In ON adjoining room. It is believed she un-
Intentionally took an overdose to induce
sleep.
The phosphat, mill in Raleigh, N. C.
are to be enlarged and otherwise improved
as the company is crowded with orders
Eighty men are employed-G0 at Castle
Hague, New Hanover county, where the
phosphate rock 10 quarriel, and % at the
mills at Raleigh. Another large Cyclone
crusher has just been placed in position.
During the recent gale. Portsmouth, q
: narrow island, near Ocracoke Inlet, in N. &C..
was submerged, drowning cattle, sheep and
hogs The water ros, to many feet in the
houses, and there was great destruction OF
property. The inhabitants took to the house
tops, remaining there until the storm was
over. Great suffering was experienced, but
no lives were lost.
The matter Of a local option election tr
Raleigh, N. G.. next june, still hangs FIRE
Tue frohiDitionsts have asked for ah ex
tension OF time, within which to procure
names on the several petitions. Much moro
difficulty than was anticipated has been ex
perienced In this respect, but it Is still
thought a sufficient number OF signature: