The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-07-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

hsooSIG AlurlCn OF Barnw,
1e Is out IN an interview in the Charl,
ton World, squarely favoring III
man.
nd "A commission has been issued
the Capital City Guards, colored.
y Columbia. The company compris
~ elghtythrec members.
Alexander Noisette, colored. is
20 jail at Charleston charged with II
e murder of John Worthy, colored. !
q driving an iron pin ito his head.
u Preparations are being made t
q Degln the work Of erecting the cotto
% compress Mt Sumter, the stock fc
7 which was subscribed month ago
, Napoleon Levelle, who killed hi
I wife and nearly murdered his mel
= IN Charleston on FEBRUARY 18th, wa
, convicted of murder, and sentence,
TO be hung September 5.
One of the census enumeration
appointed for Catawba township
York county, claims to have found !;
negro woman who gave in her age q,
ia, and is still right spry.
Steel McLees, the only son of th,
widow AlcLees, living ten miles be
low Anderson, was drowned in Bur
us Pond on Saturday afternoon. He
was caught i'll suck hole.
Work on tho new Cathedral in
Charleston is progressing Tbo
arched windows on the west woJI
nave been about finished, and the
work is pushing forward ali over the
building.
=, -Newberry has been selected rs
the place of this years cncampment
OF the Citadel Cadets. The corps
VIII use the grounds of Newberrv
SColilege-theso having hnon offered
-Alr, l.. l.. Harris. of Chesterfield
county, saw peculiar looking old
stump the other day, and after close
inspection concluded there must bc
something in it. He turned the
stump over, and in the bottom of If
found 93 lcather-wing bats.
The new and handsome building
erected by the Masonic fraternity Of
ANDERSON was dedicated on Tuesday
WIN imposing ceremonies. Col. j.
a. Hoyt, a Past Master of the LODGE
mere and a Past Grand Master of The
33tate' delivered the dedicatory ad-
y, 1.-The meeting at Lexington on
'. ednesday was attended by about
'oo persons. Speeches were made {
y Capt. Illlman, Gen. Bratton, Gen
,,ope, Col. MarsAaIl.as1 ,Gee5 sofU,rs- =
Y with Mr.. Tillman. =
Judges Bond and Simonton,, in a
he United States Court, at Charles I
on on Wednesday, decided the town t
hip railroad bond cases III South t
JaroEna The suit was brought by ;
no Charleston, Cincinnati and Chlcn- i
70 Railroad against the Boston Trust I
Company. The validity of the bonds
,ad been attacked by the townships
hat ISSUED them, but their validity Is
upheld. l.
The Charleston World of We'd
nesday saws: "Soon after the ram
and thunder and lightning yesterday,
md especially after the severe, clap
of thunder, thousands OF dead hsh
came to the surface on Ashley river;
They were of all kinds, large and
small, and lined the shore and 1loat-
ed in the stream for conslderaDle
distance. The tugs and vessels which
had to run up and down the river
encountered them in every drec-
ton
On Sunday morning, Mr.. IL. Il.
Tyler, of Aiken county, met with n
fatal accident. After harnessing n
Young pony for the first time to
road cart, he attempted to get III,
and got his foot hung III the spring;
The pony dashed of and dragged
him for some distance. After it was
stoppcd and lie was released it was
found that he was fatally injured, his
skull being fractured, with numerous
internal and external bruises. tie
died on Monday morning.
a Move Against Chairman Bricc.
New YORK, June 25.-Thcrc are
hints that some influential persons
think that Senator Calvin 5. Brlce
would do we'll to resign his Office OF
Chairman of the Democratic National
Committee. and that such a move
would be Of considerable advantage
to the party ut large. His railroad
and other financial connections and
his lukewarm tariff sentiments arc
given as the reason for making a
change desirable. The position OF
head of the committee is no Slnccure
and it may be rather difficult to set
onv one to fill Mr.. Briccs place