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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07
FIVE HAPPY COUPLES.
They Met at One Alter to Exchange
Their Marriage Vows.

Their Marriage vows.
A remarkable quntuple wedding took
place st. Alphonso's Catholic Church, in
Davies county, Kentucky, at nine o'clock the
other morning. The contracting couples were
Mr.. w. B. Hall and Miss 5 ,rah Robinson,
MIR. G. l.. Mcdonald aud Miss Matte BroSan,
Mr.. Ivo V. Thompson aid Miss Dora Bland
ford, Mr.. Thomas G.. Asher and Fladgle
b andford, and ID. NJ. Coombs and Hiss Eft !
Clark.
Davies souHty:- by coincidence tEE tp tfaeps aIa in
an neighbors and intimate friends. Tho
MisSes blandford are sisters, but otherwise
tnere were no relatives among the five cou-
PIES Ehc Parish priest, Father w. L. Nc
Sarthy, was called W on TO olficiate, and
learning that tho young people expected tt
marry ut dates hear together be made the
prov oSitlon that one gran ceremony lepr
FORMED. The idea was n pleasing one to All
Tn young ladies, and, OF course, was accept
Ell with many blessings upon the gooi priest
VINO mad suggested such rom intic plan Of
celebrating their nuptials. Tue banns were
accordingly read out in the little Iar.sh
church aud great was the amaZ .ment rmost
Oh the congregation when the five announce
ments were made to ,ether.
The day was a beautiful one, mild md clear,
and people came from far and near to wit
uess the ceremony.
The five brides, all dress ID alike, clme in
one carriage and the five groomS in another
lh.re were ushers but no bridesmaids. All
TOOK their stations before the alter ana after
ana unusually long and impressive ceremony
lau been gone through with Father McCac-
my celebrated nuptial high mass and blessed
The kneeiing couples
The young couples afterwards were given
grand reception and then went to their re-
The remarK ss sp,e q wedding is Without a par
sss n fss astssy 81 sss STAT and the Tact
condition OF life OF very remarkabIe
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07
SIN Oke anu Ashes,

Pipe lines Ode to tobacco. Pills
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
BY legal decision now cigars are q
drug. Well, some of them are much
worse than any medicine to take.-
Boston Post.
Jay Gould says he never smoked but
one cigar. We don't blame him if it
was two for five. e.-Buriington Free
Press.
1t is asserted that smoking produces
selfishness. We always wondered why
a chimney was so "stuck-up. ."-Drakes
Magazine.
One of the hardest things which
youth has to bear is whipping on ac-
count OF the smell of some other fell
lows cigar in his clothes. -Burling tom
Ere, Press.
"Have cigar, Fred2 There's some-
thing | can recommend "Just so
but, If it's all the same to you, prefer
something you can smoke. "-Bostos
Transcript
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07
Killed His wife and Himself

Carried away by an apparently senseless
jealousy, N.choas Meyer murdered has vito
aud then took his own | fe ut their home III
Chica 20. M-yer was % years OF age aud
cabinetnnker by trade.
Meyer is said to have had an almost ungoy-
crna6Ie temper, ana this, aldel is a morbidly
ss5 isse4Rs HIS 81 tAsM RB U
end fu nte wttoss~sexxou. yvv-o1v1ssssu ssucu>cs
his wife of relations with other men, and
lately he became so suspicious tn he deter
mined to watcu her. He did so, and what he
learned will never be known, but instead OF
going TO work, he went TO IA hardware store,
purchase ed n revolver, and went home. Meyer
entered the house an went into the kitchen
where is wife was ut work, while her ack
was turned to him, he drew tho weapon and
shot r. The bullet struck the woman near
the left ear, going into her brain. She drop
pcd to the floor aud never spoke again A
moment later Meyer put the muzz.e OF the
revoly er TO his l=it eve and pulled the tris-
p-r n hole was blown almost clear through
his head, aud Ii, dropped dead near the form
Of his murdered wife.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07
ONE HATFIELD CONFESSES.
Ellison Mounts Says He Was COMPLIED
to Murder AIeferc Mccoy.

Ellison Mounts Says He Was Compiled
to Murder Aicferc Mccoy.
Ellison Mounts, or Hatfield, as he is better
Known, one Of the famous Hatfield gang of
outlaws. is noA --,sos ~ pcsl puuqs .aN
lucky. He is to be hanged February io iof
the murder OF Alefere Mccoy, whom he killed
New Years night, 1883. He has professed
religion and has written a letter to one OF the
newspapers here, confessing his horrible
crime an | declaring that no was forced to
commit murder by BAL Anse" Hatfield.
During the attack on thS Mccoy home
stead, in which the girl was killed, her aged
father and mother were wounded and left for
dead. For months tn y fingered between life
and death, but they finally recovered and will
witness the inf ction of the punishment upon
at least one OF the men who took the lives of
their chll iren.
Mounts Is an ignorant wretch and did not
learn to read and write until after hs was put
in jail. He relates pitiftl story of bis me-
elected lie.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07
STATE OF TRADE.
Cold Weather Produces an Improved
General Movement in Staples.

Special kilograms Co 6yu0ytrs~ks s-rsoort
an improved demand 70: staple goods, no.
tably dry goods, groceries. tGots and Shoes
rubber goods and clothing aG Cacago, st.
Louis. Kansas City and Omaha, due TO colder
weather. Snow blockades oa the Central
racine aud o:her railways Oh the Pacific
coast for ten days past with continuous
rams III that region for u month previous
nave seriously checked general trade there.
more Is only fairly active crop move
nent IN th1 South, conUinu ID decreased ship
ments by planters being reported. Lumber
nt w Western cehters IS SOW. Prices OF livs
Logs arc reported higher at Kansas CITY on
increased demand, bat lower ut naha and
ot. LoliS on increasing rec iptS. Tho vol
une OF general trade Tor January at many
points Is not expected to equal that of Jan
uary, lSSJ AT New Yorn, The volume of
ira ie IN lLrm products this month exceeds
Ill .t IN January, 1883, the movement OF boots
and shoes ABOUT cquallng that OF a year
ago, with traie III OUuer lines reI orted less,
or unspsc.hed. The movement of goods
EonsriIy Is fair. Collections are moder.
ately satisfactory.
Tne weekly report to BrdaStyeets of avail
able grain stocks iii the UnLed States and
Cinadu, East of the Rocky Mountains shows
increases oI 2,ol5 9S5 bushels OF Indian corn
%o,o4o bushels or barley an u ,I5J bushels or
rye; decreases OF 1916 45G DUI UInels OF wheat
and 2Si.5E busle.s OF Its, as compared
with December -, three weeks ago Ex.
ports o. wheat (lud Il Iur as wheaU from the
Uhited States aud Canada ports both coasts,
tnis week aggregate | So, ,5OJ bushels, against
l,1ol,, $50 DuSnels last week and ,SJl G65
Dushe!s III the third week OF January, 1889.
Iothl exports July l last to dato equal tU-
2Oj.0!7 bushels against 81, 90, 90 bushels In
n ike portion OF 1855 81.
Very heavy StocKs OF -four in New York
estimated at from so 00J TO ,UVO, ,OUO barrels
and sacks with indifferent nolns and foreign
markets, depressed prices. Wheat options
went OIL Ail5s on irregular cables, IL tavv
home markets ami the weather favoring
winter wheat.
lndian corn has suffered depression from
free movement and light demand, but raj.
lied on improved export request aud lower
OCEAN frels shls, closing Aa15c .ower. Oats
are up Is i&o on brisk nunIe aud foreikn
,,a''"n',- n,Li frnar Mestsrn n markets Nav
\ ut u2,al soiJpufl Id nIu,,o,,,o y " :
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07
Another Smicidc DUO 10 the Grin.

Gottl!cb Mutzer, civil engineer, of New
ark, n. j., committed suicide during a fit OF
temporary insanity, produced by Ia grippe.
Mulz,r'S Lody present, ,d u ghast,y spectacle.
The man first made an attempt TO kill him
self with a raz)r, but failed. An hour later,
and while physician was present, ne sprang
from bed, seized q table knife and hacked
open the wonnd, which had been dressed. A
Mrs. Schuss!er, wLo was present, attempted
to dsarm the crazy nan, and u terrible strug-
gle eusued Dr.. w. Ii. {. Lee was also in the
room, but failed to render any assistance to
the woman. The toor OF the 70 ,m in witch
the tragedy occurred resenitle1 that OF q
slaug ghier house.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07

"Aunt Cloe" Langton, of New Hartford,
heroine of story that was popular in Sun
day schools and religious societies years ago,
died last week Of the prevailing epidemic.
She was born in 1872 She became an in
valid when she was Is yeBrs old and ro..
mained bedridten all her days, for 90 years
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07

rel, aud lard fao poincs 'pef f'oUd4l Dl 49,
hogs are up 10.
rn' sugar market has been fairly support
eu, thouSn ON smaller volume or transac-
lions In refined, aud prices remain about
steady. Tne weeks advance in the prices OF
coffee is auout 1sc., there HAVING ueen an
improved movement In private cuanne g. In
speculative lines trading Iell away.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07

William Dwell livingstone, third and last
Surviving son OF fthdSamousA African traveller,
died recently at ST ibans. Eaglan !, shortly
after he had diotatedta q con yratulatory let.
Ter .? Sanley. Mr.. LIvingstone was born 10
South Afc.ci, In 1851, 4
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07
ADAM FOREPAUGH DEAD.
Ihc Great Snowman Suctumbs to
PntWmOnin.

Adam Forepaugh, tn. veteran circus man.
ager has just died at his residence iu Phila.
deiphia. He has been ailng for some time,
anu was attacked a week or two aro with
the prevailing influenza, which three or four
uoys ago developed into pneumonia. He
ieoVes wife and one son, Adam, Jr., who
mas been assisting him for sew raj years, and
who will succeed to his immense circus prop
erty.
Adam horepaugh was born in Philadel.
phla on February %, 1851, and hogan lifo as
tutcher boy at n salary OF 81 per month
anu his board. AT the age of sixteen he ran
away from home and went to work for John
butcher. n butcher in Cincinnati, where he
remained Tor u year aud n-half, receiving
too Tor the first month, and 800 month the
Esst & i6e theB8u utstp,ttere4 e4h the erGs y
dealer, and, retuIing to Phi adsiph a. he was
IN ire butcher business up to lS4S, when he
embark q In rum nS stage lines, and coa-
tinued therein up to 1874.
While in the omnibus business Mr. Fore
pauSh dealt ill horses and cattle, and bought
and sold III one year as many as III, 900 horses.
in 1851 he sold TO John OBren, who was
running a small wa on show, sixty two
horses for $1,000. and took as part payment
an interest III the show. AT that time he
had no idea of embarking i'll the business,
but visiting OBrieu'S show IN Pittsburg no
purchased the same, at tho same time buy
Ing jerry Mable's menagerie aud combined
tie two, forming the nucleus OF the great
Forepau2h show. This cost him S43 0O0iand
was del vsred t, him on tn. day OF tn, as
BassiEat.on Of Atrah4 III Lincoln.
Mr.. Forepau2h wus an eminently practical
man, giving his personal attention to his
vast business. Tho minutest thing did not
escape his attention. Oi tn, two hundred
horses used in the procession and in the ring,
he knew them all, and could tell at glance
when and where they were purchased and
the amount pa for the same. Wealth did
not allay his arlor nor abate his industry,
for he worked early and late as hard as any
,non,msTs mTd9 Si1 ruc p%rcns,es sa IN ensssnx
his establishment, and seemingly knew every
part Of the paraphernaiia and its proper
place /, was his bol s. that he owned aud
exhibited more will animals End possessed
more show property tn al any other single
person or firm in the world, and it is a
markable fact that he never suffered tinan-
cisl reverse. but during the past twenty five
years has steadily incr-aS, al his fortune L.
Is supposed that he was worth over 81 ,OJO, 900
his real estate possessions footing up over
a-half q million.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07

NoTnINa is ever done beautifully
which is done in rivalship, nor nobly
which is done in pride, o.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07
TOM
BRYSON'S CRIME.
BY THE MAJOR"
CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XIV.
WHAT THE WRITING REvEAL-D
These words are addressed to Mr..
B lmont. They are written in the 81.
lenee of the night, when I am alone
with Him who judges us all. He
knows that l have no choice; that
must fly, like thief in the night, from
the dear woman who has been so kind
to me, from tho noble man whose love
would honor a queen, and which I
must now reject, once and forever.
The happiness that he points me to,
l cannot take. There is a barrier in
the way that may not be crossed.
cannot bear the misery of saying a
last farewell to these two; nor can I
bear that they should think me uu-
grateful, or even cold. Nor do I dare
to pour out my heart upon this insen-
safe paper. L will in a few words tell
them why / must leave them forever.
Iwould implore them that they leave
me to go my sori owful way in peace !;
that tnRy will not strive. to find me-
But the regret is needless. They will
anot, H::ndall Belmont will not
! sshI fo see NE, to hear :,as :saasht more of
- 9 er ttl:;s Writing shall be
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07

SOME people bee IuL III,
Other people go down the hiii iasL
enough without getting on slide.--
SOmerUilte JoatrnaL II
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-07

No TRAIT. of character is moro yalu-
able in a female than the possession of
q sweet temper. Home can never be
made happy without it 1t is like the
flowers that spring up in our pathway,
reviving and cheering us. Let man
go home at night, wearied and worn
by the tolls OF the day, aud how sooth-
ing is q word dictated by good dis
position! 1t is sunshine falling on his
heart. He is happy, and the cares of
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-07-26
GRAINS or ooLD.


Heaven made us agents, free 10 good
OF ill.-lDryden.
Inhaling bad air is drinking in death.
Il DIR. Davies
He who receives n good turn should
never forget IT, and he who does one
should never remember it,! Charron
BE not angry that you can not make
Others as you wish them 10 be, since you
can not make yourself what you wish to
be.
An appointment is a contract. express
or implied and he who does not keep il
breaks faith. as well as dishonesty uses
other peoples time. and thus inevitably
loses character = Smiles.
Many a man has creditor good temper
who never knew what il was 20 be pro-
voked; while he who has retained his ex-
plosiveness by great effort nine times has
the reputation Of being frey tempered
man because the dynamite got the bet
ter OF him on the tenth.
II nothing more than purpose Ia thy power.
Thy purpose firm Is equal 10 the deed.
Who does he best bis circumstance allows,
Does well, acts nobly; angels could no moro.
-Noung.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-07-26


Mr.. Fangle-W Why, Johnny. what's tho
matter with your Johnny twho hal
just dropped some macaroni OFT his fork,
1t has crawled off,
Heard in the nursery)-Willie--A
Jennie says she las crick in her back
Susic--(iracious. IL beats all how som3
people do perspire. doesn't liz
Mamma (sternlyl Don't you know that
the great King solomon said Spare lib.
rod and spoil the child. Bobby-Hulai
But he didn't soy that until he growcd
mp.
Teacher-Now. children. God made
the world In six days. Little Joe with
logical turn of ind)--But he did no.
finish il. Look at all de houses buildin
and de boys and girls dat have 10 grow.
Bobby is great tease and causes his
small sister TO utter no end Of complaints
In the midst OF il all the other day he
exclaimed: well, il you don't want mo
TODD anything have been doing. whatdo
YOU want me TO do?" Il want you 10
do nothing" cried she. All / ask Of
you is just don'tlT-Chicago Times.
A truthful chld.-A lady, with her
little 3 year old daughter, was calling on
n friend i'm the city. what handsome
bonnet you have. Mrs. Brown, said tho
friend, as the lady was about TO leave.
That's Mrs. Smiths bonnet; she lent 10
10 mamma TO wear into town TO see
you" spoke up the small child, much to
the confusion of the parent
Small boy-What'll / do with thil
money bank ~ Mamma-Put 1t away,
OF course. IL has dollar in il that your
aunt gave you and some change your
papa and / put in. Not now. There
isn't any money in it now. ] spent it.
Spent il? What did you do that for!'
why the minister preached SO hard
against hoardin' up riches tina, { con.
verted and spent what / had. - New
York Weekly.
An Illinoisan. while travelling through
Florida, came upon a very sickly looking
patch Of corn, which boy of 10 years
was very lazily hoeing. Boy, he
called, lit seems to me your corn il
rather small, isn't it," Tile boy loosec
at him for n moment and then replied
Yes, mister; pop planted the snal
kind "Oh. is that so. But it's rather
yellow isn't il z" 1T is mister. said the
boy; pop planted the yellow kind
"Well, said the Northerner. rather test
lily, as some one Uttered, Its eviden
that you won't get more than half I
crop" You're right, mister, drawlet
the boy. "just half crop. Pop p'antc,
it ON shares.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-07-26

Among the nameless heroes, none are
more worthy of martyrdom than he who
rode down the valley of the Conemaugh,
warning the people ahead OF the Johns
town flood. Mounted on powerful
horse, faster and faster went the rider,
but the food was swiftly gaining, until
IL caught the unlncky horseman and
swept on, grinding, crushing, annihila-
ting both weak and strong.
In the same way Is disease lurking
near. like unto the sword of Damocles,
ready 10 fall, without warning, on Its
victim, who allows his system TO be-
come clogged up, and his blood pol
soned, and thereby his health endan-
gered. To eradicate these poisons from
the system, no matter what their name
or nature, and save yourself a spell OF
malarial, typhoid or bilious fever, or
eruptions. swellings, tumors aud kin
dred Disbursements, keep the liver and
kidneys healthy and vigorous, by tho
use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. It's the only plood-purifier sold
| on trial. Your money is returned II j
doesn't do exactly as recommended. "A
concentrated vegetable extract. Sold
by druggists, in large bottles, at Sl.oO'
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-07-26

In Wisconsin the Foreign Born Out
number the Natives by 10000

In Wisconsin the Foreign Born Out
number the Natives by 10000
The discussion in Wisconsin over tho
Bennett law calls out interesting informa-
ton ms 10 the origin OF the population OF
the State. The last census shows is9. 4G9
foreign born voters to l49. 463 natives. A
great portion OF the natives had alien
born parents though the number is not
stated. OF the population 9l0,073 were
natives and i05. 42J Of foreign birth, but
$50. S2S had both parents foreign born.
This is large majority of the entire
population. Germany Is very largely in
the lead in Wisconsin. Thoss born in
Germany or having German fathers num-
Der $50 $50, but trfle less than one half
the entire population Those OF S,andi-
navian blood count lGS, S03. Those Of
British origin. including the provinces.
are POS, ISL; oflrish. l73, S0j. The native
Yankee stock Is OF small numerical ac-
count The State probably has the larg-
est German element OF any State in tho
Union in proportion 20 population.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-07-26

Many things in this life require gall,
but there Is something approaching the
sublime in the assurance of those report
ers who called on Commander McCalla.
Of the ship Enterprise, just after he had
been suspended for Q years from the
United States Navy for cruelty to subor-
dinates. TO ask him how he felt! They
report that his "eyes were red and swol-
len and BIS face was inexpressibly sad. I"
II Is terrible blow for proud man, but
Commander McCalla will now have 3
years leisure TO reflect on how he in his
time has not only caused the eyes OF
helpless sailors 10 be red and swollen,
but their feet M well, for one OF ths
things for which he is suspended Is max
ing men @toe a seam" consecutive
nights on the quarter deck. This was an
original way Of making them toe tho
mark.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-07-26
DeI,rh,fui Vacation Tours.

Summer Tourist Tickets both single and
round trip. are now on sale via the Lake
shore Route a.. 5. az NJ. :. Ry. 10 theprin-
eipal Mountain. Lake and Seaside Resorts OF
the East; Chautauqua, Niagara Falis, To-
ronto. the ST. Lawrence and Thousand l.
lands, Montreal. Lake Champlain, Saratoga,
the White Mountains, Portland, Bar Har-
Dor &C., &c. ,
Note: All Tourist tickets via this line adj
init OF stop over NJ Chautauqua, Tnh MOST
UNIQUE SUMMER RESORT IN THE WoRLi,
IN witch snerlAl low rate excursions Will
Ice run during the season. For full informa'
ton concerning rates train service, etc.
apply 10 A. !. smith. G.. +. 4 U. A., CleNe
land, o., or G. X. wilber Western Pass
AgL, Chicago.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-07-26

While visiting one OF the schools la
Kansas City. had occasion 20 look over
a few exam nation papers OF the schol-
airs OF the fifth gtade, IN a branch which
II dubbed ethics. and which IN this
particular case included some lessons
from the Old Testament. One paper
contained this statement "Moses was
born in a manger. ard the King 5 daugh-
ter found him and took him down TO the
water and raised him." In another pa
per, in answer 10 the question. Name
three OF the ten plaques" n little boy
OF IL wrote: Frogs, feas and nies."
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-07-26

lie was bright, handsome boy OF sixteen.
sunny-tempercd. brilliant and engaging. tie
delight OF his parents, the Joy OF his home,
and the pride OF his class. But shadow
fell across his bright prospects, IL began
with trining cough; loon came Fremont
tions Of consumption, his strength failed.
his checks grew hollow, and he seemed
doomed to an early grave. Then friend adj
yirrd DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discoy-
cry. lie tried Il aud was saved. Health and
strength returned, his cheerful voice rang
out again across the school playground, his
cheeks again grew rosy, his eyes bright. lie
II still "the pride Of his class and he grad
yates this year with highest honors.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-07-26

Mr.. Ward McAlhster called NJ the office OF
the Cassell Publishing Company, New York,
the day before he left New York for his
farm at Newport, aud delivered the manu-
script OF his book. "S0clety a. Have Found
IT," into the hands OF the Pres dent OF the
Company. Since ho decided To write thc
book Mr.. McAllister has worked on II every
dav, and completed IL In time 10 leave town
before the Fourth OF July. A glance at the
manuscript shows that II VIII more than
fulfill the expectations OF the public. No
more interesting volume OF it, KIND has been
written since Lord Chesterfeld's letters
which il strongly resembles, for " com
bines remniscence with instruction, pre-
ccpt and mcclote, running side by side
through its pages. A portrait OF Mr.. Meal
lister taken "A few days ago, expressly foi
the purpose, will form tile frontlspiece OF
the book.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-07-26

IL YOU have made your plans for vacation.
look them carefully over and see " they IN
elude supply Of Ayers Sarsaparilla. he
pure air IN the country or by the seaside.
with the change la diet will he beneficial, but
to make the most OF the time given you for
rest, take Avcr'- Sar-aparilia. IL wall quick
en- the appetite, insure perfect digestion. re-
move from the blood all debilitating, life
destroying humors. aud supply the system
and strength.