The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-03-14
THE NEWS,

The dead DO lies OF man named Holmes,
his wife and two chilIreu, were found near I.
Shawnee, L T., and it is supposed tho whole
family were mur lered by the outlaws that
infest that locality. Frank McGowan,
who riskej his life in the interest Of science
TO flud rars fio.r OF bamboo in South
America for e lison, has disappeared from
his homo in Orange, N J.--WhitecIps
whipped three women and twp mon near
Rockingham, N. C.-Presidens Chauncey
Dspew, OF the New York Genital Railroad,
denies tho report TINT he will rssign his po.
s;tion, in view OF his possible noaliuation by
the Republicans for the presidetcy.-The
Whittier memorial building, on ihs Hamp.
ton Normal School grounds, Fott Monroe,
Va, was burned. The rubber AIoe manu-
facturers' combine, propose to advance the
price a .tesn r,s- --.J The ioss,of lits by
euv urvuSsng OF tEs liam ..sa4s -
Arizona, is not so great d bret reported. In !
all thirty nine bodies have been4xecovered.
Frank Formenich, manager. and w. 3.
Smith, superintendent Of che Formenich
Glucose Works, near Marshalltown, Iowa,
have been indicted for po.usinx the Iowa
river and maintaining anu:sance.-Fire at
kensipgt,n, ILL.,, destroyed the hotel and q
number OF buildin g. Loss, SIG. .00O.-The
Kanawha aud Western Railroad Company
has been incorporated at Columbus, Ohio, to
conduct line ninety miles from London o.,
on the little Miami, into the Hooking VAL
ley coal fields, connecting with the Kanawha
and Ohio near Athens --E= Mayor Carter
Harrison, of Chicago, has distinguished
himself by capturing burgler.-James J.
Broichar, of Schenectady, N. Y. ,>was suffo.
Gated in trying to save some property in his
burning house. combination OF tbe
metal roofing and smelling companies OF the
United States has en- formed. with head
quarters at Dsnver. James
E iward English, fof-<S S,onnecticut, died at
New Haven, aged seventy eight years.-
Sam Mason, q notorious Pittsburg gambler,
attempted suicide OH railroad train
Gill s. Forests roller mills at Hillsboro,
MINI. were burned. Loss, $500, 200. First
hoavy frost Of the season in Southern Florida
q I'd freez ng weather in Savannah. "A man
supposed to be Rev. Peter Herbert Ferou,
of Baltimore, died in Philadelphia hospitil
under suspicious circumstauces.-A
Groth, of Saltwater, Minn murdered his
wife and then committed suicide, l. aving a
noe stating that his wife had confessed to
him that she had bsen seduced by a police
man in Germany In 1SS3.-Miss Lii.
liam Moore was shot three times In tho street
in Washington by Harry Franklin, who, It
is s 1 l, was rel scted dlover.-Noyes. Nor
man g. Co.'S wholesale boot and shoe hou 70
at st. Joseph, Mo, was burned. Loss $685..
600.
A blizzard prevailed In Kansas and Mis-
souri,. IS ~ lthwsit9, a Chicago
hrs frr pad 4ssial lje.-Ky5Srt AT1isti iUSSY, & !
negro who murdered Policeman Lowell in
Jacksonville, Fla, has been captured.-
The Mississippi and Ohio rivers are still ris.
ing, and in many places have over fl owed their
banks.--Wm. H. Furstman, charged with
committing forgery to the extent of $780,
OrO. was arrested in New Orleans-The
freestone contractors of Boston have deter
mined to lock out their cutters Thomas
O'Brien, the murderer OF Bette Shea, was
hanged in Lexington, KY. - Uncle Joe
johnson is the last victim Of the lIatfields.
He was shot down before his house.-The
towno Of Ingalls, and Cimarron, in Gray
county, KS, are again at war.-The rubber
goods manufacturers have decided to ad-
vance the prices OF rubber boots, shoes and
goods ten per cent-Robert A. Smith, a
Now Market, Oat., merchant, was murdered
in his house by unknown partiea.-The
steamer Enterprise, bearing Mr.. George H.
Pendleton's body, has arrived in New York.
The Governor,ot iowa in his message
advocated a license law governing the liquor
law in that State. - The Massachuset
legislative committee reported against a
straight prohibitory law, and in favor of
maintaining high license.-Abram Mont
gomsry was arrested in Martinsburg, w.
Va, charged with having two wives. in
N,w York Mrs. Margaret Bienenstien was
terribly mutilated by her husband, Jacob,
who poured carbollc acid over her face
An unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck
the limited express on the 3. & o. near Inde.
pendence, O.-Mark A. BIron. Chicago
gambler, was shot and dangerously wounded
by Charles Hatfield, Of Henderson, KY,
whom he was fleeing in "skin" game of
poker.
1t is th' opinion o; leading lawyers in
Congress that bill can be passed. which will
nuliify tho rtdistrictins laws passed by the
'' ""'' OHiO iesiSIatuTeS. -oeuHtOg
Blair ohjrc greatly ecauso his speeches
ore not more fuiiy-.cportcd in the news
pap rs.-Ex Congressman Taulbee was
dangerously wcunded by Charles Kincaid, q
kentucky Journalist. -D.ck Hawes was
hanged at Birmingham, Ala for the murder
OF his wife and children. Wash
ington, colored. was iyncbed at Atlanta, Ga,
Tor the outrage and murder of q nine-year.
Old white girL-Dr. Il. A. Kilbourne, au
expert on tho treatment of insanity diseases,
died at Elgin Ills. ls.-Malcolm Cumpsson,
aged five years, while playing with pistol
ut his home, in Chicago, accidentally shot
and killed his three year old brother. Miss
Lizzie Cowan, aged twenty years. school
teacher of Middleburg, Ct., was murderously
assaulted by Daniel Web,ter.-R. j. Boy
Ian, Jr., observer at the United States S q.
nal Station, St Vincent, Mimi, has left for
parts unknown, leaving many creditors.--
A wonderful stream Of oil is spouting on the
farm of Andrew Toothman, near the little
kanawha RIVER, in West Virginia. There
were 257 business lpiiuges in the United