The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-14
TENNESSEE.

WIN. Ragio, an Italian barber, shot and
,ata,ly wounded G. c. Terry, a prominent
n.e 40 l,i manufacturer, for not extending
inc debt he owed Mr. Terry.
frank Wilby, of Memphis, through his
attorneys, Can't Il Patterson, filed suit in
the Circuit Court to recover $40, 900 dam
ages from the Memphis & Charleston and
thc East Tennessee, Virginia s. Georpio
faliroad Companies for injuries received
EBiRais1 BBahhs u tbs employ Of that company as
Gen. j. B. Palmer, of Murfreesboro, II
gallant ex-Confederate soldier and bril-.
liant lawyer, died very suddenly at his
home e few days ago. A great shock to
the community.
"A special train, consisting of scver
sleepsIs, coach and baggage car arrived
In Chattanooga Friday, having aboard $50
railroad conductors and their families.
They were on their return trip after an
excursion through Georgia and Florida
they having left Chattanooga at the close
OF the convention at that city. They
spent few hours shaking hands with
friends, and then the party broke up.
Thos. Perkins, an inmate of the Nash.
vile asylum, killed George Rains, another
inmate, the other morning, while they
were quarreling over the possession of n
piece Of bread. Both were negroes and
confined to the lunatic department.
The Sequachee Coal s. Iron Co. is rap
IDLY developing its new town of Seaua
chee, Tenn. 1t is already recognized as
postoffice by the U. s. authorities. and
several important industries to employ
large number of operatives have been 10.
Gated and others are under negotiation.
lhose1ecured are the Sequachee Agricul-
tural Works, capital stock 800, 600, work
on buildings to commence at once; the
Sequachec Manufacturing Co., with the
same capital stock, organized to manufac-
ture sewing machines and large line of
knitting machinery, has machinery on the
ground and the factory will soon be COM
Pieted; furniture factory, also capital
lied ut 800, 900, to begin operations some
time in December and employ from 100
to 1875 men, and a planning mill now in
course Of erection. The development
company is managed by Eastern parties
and has capital of $4,000
GEORGIA.
The exports from Brunswick durip.,
the month of October amounted to nearly
81, 5000
The North Georgia conference of the
in tsSlsfsSme; rsn1r s-sss Past-- past
siding.
The North Georgia and Alabama
exposition began at Rome a few days ago
The agricultural display is splendid The
mineral exhibit and manufacturing pro-
ducts are extensive. Aside from the cx-
hibits, the horse racing was magnificent.
Macon will surely have 81, 900, 900 car
works within a very short time, says the
Atlanta Constitution. About $50, 900 of
stock has been taken by workingmen Of
Macon.
Thos. H. Morgan, of Greensboro, is
said to be the Oldest printer in the State.
He has finished serving so years at the
case and still gets up good "string"
The floral fair of the Atlanta Horticul-
tulai Society was gorgeous display of all
kinds of chrysanthemums, etc. 1t was
held in the rotunda of the new State CAP
it0I Thursday to Saturday, inclusive.
and many of the cities of the State sent
their beauteous prize flowers.
npIn,oa,,orI ''r,, ryy-r..t.~-
icgfssast~c. ef aoorgia for an act to amend
the prohibition law of Hart county aud
provide "systcm to establish an agent
in the county of Hart for the purpose of
selling liquor for medicinal purposes only,
and for other purposes"
A colored boy was driving a wagon
loaded with four bales of cotton from
Bluffton to Blakely and regaling himself
by smoking cigarettes. The cotton caught
fire, and the rest of the tale IL left for the
reader to cipher out.
"Speaker Crisp" is the toast of the
Georgia newspaper.
The county treasurer of Taylor county
says that at the next term of Taylor su-
perior court the county will be out of
debt, with surplus of "a, 600 in the
treasury.
Gwinnett, Clark and Oconee counties
have each had murder committed with.
in their limits during the last week.
FLORIDA.
Key West is ovcrrun with peddiers.
Lake ity will aoon have n hosiery far.