The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-10-31

And. Grouped. Here = Under Proper
Divisions,
Will be Found the Late News of Our
Home Section and Important
happenings From the Poto-
mac to Alabama.
VIRGINIA.

VIRGINIA.
Fire destroyed Arringdale's saw mills.
In Atlantic City. Loss, $15, 200; in
sured.
The mania for specializing in town lots
has struck the people of Appomattox.
In Franklin county verdict of SO, 500
was given the plaintiff in the suit of Da-
via Gage VS.. the Richmond and Danville
railroad
Arrangements have been completed for
ta-naAtian of - aa,n nanp- Ia l,,r;lsl->
street car line i'm North Danville.
Major Adam Clement, sheriff of Camp
bell county, was mysteriously assaulted
and left unconscious on the road few
days ago.
Shendun, Va, claims to be the first
new town in the South to have street
railway In operation before any lots are
offered for sale, the Grottocs Co., which
is building the town, having recently
completed a line three miles in length
which gives access to the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad station from all parts of
the town.
The eighth annual session of the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union of
Virginia, which convened in Norfolk last
Monday, adjourned after electing the
following officers: Mrs. II. III. Jones,
Norfolk, president; Mrs. A. n. Funk
hauser, Harrisonburg, corresponding sec
retary; Mrs. III. M. Hoge, -Loudoun, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. J. w. Newton,
Staunton, Richmond was Sc
lected as the next meeting place.
HroDrrr c1-r,
l.. II. Battle, of Durham, was elected
cashier of the new RoXboro Bank. j A.
Long is president.
The Goldsboro Fair opened Tuesday.
The five New England States have
built, so far this year, sixteen miles Of
railroad. North Carolina has built two
hundred and twenty-six.
The secretary of the United States
treasury has awarded gold life saving
medal to Thomas NJ Webb, of Whining.
ton, N. c., for rescuing Miss j. j. HAYES
and Miss Irene Jackson from drowning at
Wrightsville Beach, N. c., in August
last.
Mrs Julia F. Gould the English woman
recently tried for the murder of her hus
band at Murphy has decided to 60 ON the
stage.
Fire in the Ashcville Female College
"Wednesday, did damage to the extent of
Abort $i0, 600, The pupiis- were gotten
out without being hurt. s''ss1D
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion Convention of the Second district
was held at Reidsvilllc last week.. There
were number of delegates from all quar-
ters of the district, and all seemed to en-
JOY the occasion. State Secretary l.. A.
Coulter, L. L. Hobbs, president of Gull
ford College and Rev. DIR. j. Il. Crowcll,
president of Trinity College; Mr.. Gotta,
general secretary of the Greensboro Asso-
citation; Mr.. b. L. White, of the Danvillc
Association and Professor George Wills,
of Oak Ridge Institute, addressed the
convention which was presided over bv
Prof. Allan Holt, of Oak Ridge Insti-
tute.
The most destructive fire which has
ever visited Durham, since the entire
Main street was burned down in 1885, oc-
CURED Thursday morning when one of
the handsomest buildings in Durham,
known rs the "Parish building" was
burned almost entirely to the ground, to-
gether with some smaller buildings. The
Parish building was handsome three
story with terra-cotta trimmings, owned
by MIR. j. & Carr IL valued at x2h
600, and build five years ago.