The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-01-31

The strike OF the golfers In Western Bohe
mia is extending.
Prince Bismarck is suffering from weak
ness and detection.
The condition of the young King Of Spair
Is reported to ba encouraging.
The influenza has completely tiisapocarcc
from 81. Petersburg and Moscow.
The elections for mamhers OF the German
feichstag will be held February 10.
European courts will 20 in mourning for
tho Dowager Empress Augusta OF Germany
lt is reported that the Queen Of England
VIII spend month at Homburg, G. .rmany,
In the spring.
Tho statement of tho imperial Bank OF
E'rmany shows an increase in specie OF
I.3So,00J marks.
The theatre ant Bourse at Brussel, and
P'rt OF the Sims lace factory at Nottingham,
Il i2land, were burned. aH
py twenty per cent the rents on his lands in
county Donegal, Ireland.
Advices at Paris from Senegal stats that
iovornor Vajil, of Southern Senegal, has
oe'n imprisoned by the King of DAhomey.
An ofli ,ial decree promulgated in Brazil
separates tue church and state and continu .
tho lie stipends granted under the monarchy
1t has now been definitely learned that 81
of thu crow Of tho English yacht Irva. which
was wrecked on the Aceiteras rocks, were
drowned.
The s,mi. official press at Rome says that
tussia'S obj ,ction to the Italian treaty with
Abyssinia relates 20 matters of form rather
than to essentials.
Sixteen American and Canadian engineer,
ma architects 6Se engaged In desi yning plans
or the pro2os a tower Oh the banks OF the
Thames river at London.
The French government is about to nego.
iate loan OF lCO,OoJ.0 900 francs for the pur-
pose OK constructing railways in Tonquin
md other French colonies
DR., Do,llinger, tn, heal Of the Old Catho-
ic movsm mt in South Germ my an one Of
i:e Fam >us oppo tents Of the doctrine OF
pipal infnllibihty, is dead.
Mr.. Underwood. formerly United States
vyvvU- IN rho' ao"or uv -NrrnsSowS Sssyu Htnetf-
.an greatness is to be found in private life.
1t is dsnici that Primo, Bism1rc has had
dispute with Herr Furth over the pr Jpos al
addition TO the socialist law, giving the gov
,rnment authority to expel socialists from
no empire.
The Portuguese cabinet, after a protrac ted
,ession, decided to yield to the demand of
Lord Salisbury for the withdrawal OF Por-
III ,ese forces from the Shire district AMI
Mashoalaud in Africa.
Secret selling orlers have bean given II ,ar.
Adm raj Freemaatle's British squadron at
z ,nz bar, and great excitement prevails in
view OF the trouble b.tween England and
Portu gal over African affairs.
The Americans in London have rendered q
banquet to Henry Nj. Stanley. at hich the
United States minister to England will pre-
side ana present the explorer with an Aneri
can II J., and u massive silver shell.
a dispatch t. the Berlin TageOlatt from
Y lnz;bar st ,tas that fears are entertained
| there that b ,nab ri has ciptured Lieutenant
| Grav.nreuth, o, Major W!ssmnnn's com.
| mand, and two other G.rnan officers.
A ukase has heen issued at ST. Petersburg
/ extending until .nuary l, 1873, the law re-
| lating TO tho privtlo5es on loading grains
aud II our In foreign sacks TO b, exported
from ports OH the Black sen and the b ,ltic
The Berlin Vossische Zeitung reports thai
Sr Il lward Baldwin Malet, the British min
| lister, hls taken villa ut HomburS fol-
| Qaeen Victoria, and that her dau Inter, the
ex Empress Victoria, will join her there il
| March.
IL is officially announced that Qu,en VIC
| toria, while able to perform the ordinary
| duties of her position, has lately been suffer
| ing n great d ,al with rheumatism, a I'd tnat
| it will be impossible for her to undergo Jh,
fatigue aud exposure Of opening Parliament
in person.