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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25
OTHER STATES.


Opeika Ala. has caught ,hc exposition
fever, and expects To show what her poo
pie can do in such enterprises the n,id
die Of ncAt November.
The Southc:n Ice MGChinc Co., OF
Chattanooga, Tenn which is not yet 4
wear old, has received o,dcis from South
America for three 30 ton ice machines.
The president ka> commutcd the sen
tencc Of Charlcs Scho.tky. OF Georgia,
sentenced To six years Imprisonment ior
countcrfcitine and Il fine of 5000, to
two years actual Imprisonment
The Florida landow lcls have called
for a raise in the price oi their lands.
The following, from the Railway Land
Company, which controls extensive tracts
in Florida, will show how the prices
nave advanced Ai lands al IS than 81
Per acre, 100 per cent; between s. and
$40 per acre, ID ncr cent: over FLO per
acre. - per cent.
The Georgia House of prcscrtativc;
has passed Il bill empowering &c city
OF Macon to issue bonds 20 the amount
Of $3.50, 900 the proceeds = nc used in
lhc construction Of wafer works for that
city. II provides also th..t this nill
should not become binding upon the city
until approved by a thirds vote Of
is qualified voters.
The Chamber OF Commerce at Chat
tanooga. alta recent meeting, voted to
mcmoralizc the legislature of fTcnncssec
20 appropriate 800, 000 for a State eX-
hibit at Chicago. and appointed a com
mittec To visit the general assembly and
20 urge that appropriation. AT the same
meeting committee was appointed to
prepare memorial in opposition to the
| proposed building ola penitentiary in
;hc scluachce valley.
The Okccchobcc Drainage Company is
now engaged in cutting canal from the
south end at Lake OkccChobce TO the cX-
rene south cnd Of the Florida peninsula
! The luke and the Everglades are about
! twcntv-thiCc feet above the level of the
sea, and with lhi, fall tho engineers think
| ihcrc viii hc No difficulty ~ drain off as
much water a. "iIl bc nee" ssary. The
| canal /, tiitv fec wlda and six and half
feet deep Great difficulty is encounter
ed in cutting through the dense tropical
growth Ahoat n milo from the lake an
immense body Of custard apple trees was
encountered. which gave great deal OF
trouble. The heat is intense. as the
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25
ntr6et6,

John w. Bookwalter, Of Ohio. pro-
poses to establish farm villages. after the
The European method, on his go, 600
lcres Of land in Nebraska The rent
will be nominal, and after stated pc
iod the tenant can purchase his cottage.
r.-BoelS..1A~-ii-!-,'---- !-,'----'--'----'-7------'
ife, which is regar led by Europeans as
Is most uudesirabl. feature.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25

India raises one bushel or wheat per
head of her population, the United States
over seven bushels per head, aud South
Australia nineteen bushels.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25

The earnings over and above expenses
were $11 ,09S.
While wandering around in his sleep,
Wednesday morning about . o'clock,
James H. Harrington, of Cameron, fell
from the fourth story of the Hotel La
fayette building, Fayetteville. TO the
stone pavement below. distance of
about sixty feet. causing almost instant
death
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25
q =. CLARK. ih He Ear,l;,, ! 4,

8 % -tTV' .<.fIl. Csath, IN We F0rnni, calls
"'ention TO the fact that the Northern
and Western States since the war have
very generally adopted the Southern
'sshion OF keer.hg men in Office long
time.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25
SOUTH CAROLINA.

a 100000 phosphate company has
been formed at Greenwood.
A bank has been organized at Midway
with l.. \. Burke. president.
Five prisoners are in Jail at Aiken
awaiting trial for murder.
The Presbyteiians Of Sumter have al
ready begun to make preparations for tho
October M Getting of the Synod of South
Carolina.
An Orangehurg special says: Work on
the South Bound Road :s--ranill4s.-s'--s-
Colonel s. B. Pickeus, general freight
and passenger agent ofthe South Caro-.
line railroad. died Thursday at Sumter.
',ilas +. Taylor, colored, the ex- town
clerk and treasurer Of Beaufort, who has
absConded, held tho office for number
of years. When last heard of he was in
Wlshiugto".
Ben and Andrew Harris of Spartan
burg. have patented new air brake coup
Ing for railroad cars. This new coup
ling operates automatically. and when
cars couple this coupling couples, and
when they uncouple this coupling I'M
couples.
Adit Gen. Farley has now under con
sideration the Court martial proceedings
IN the case of Capt. Bean. of the Nation
al Guards, who is accused of an assault
and battery upon Col. J. J. Young, q
diversion of funds, and also otfs pces IN,
>-rsdyf D0ds61 ms fsscfed an order pro
hibiting any more reckless running by
The trains from Charlotte to Columbia.
A spirit Of rivalry has recently sprung up
between the different engineers and first
one and then another has beaten the
record.
The railroad commissioners Office has
announced that the total iuCome of the
South Carolina railway for the past year
has been Sl.6si. j0l.73 which Is an in
crease of over l6 per cent. over the re-
turns oF the preceding year. The mau-
aetment of Receiver Chamberlain is evi
IDENTIFY good thing for the bond holders.
The statistics of the cotton business OF
Charleston for the past year show some
interesting facts. During lS909l Char
lesion exported 414,252 bales. In 1889.
1890 exports amounted 10 only $40, 33l
bales. Here is where the Ala, 252 bales
went to:
Great Britain, bales 149, 6S!
lE 22f
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25

Germany has added 2,265, 900 to her
population in FIVE years, France 1,0OO,.
600 in the same period, and Russia
10000, 900.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25
PREPARING FOR THE FAIR.

pondinC Secretary. General.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25
The Continent,

Another important auction sale Of lands
belonging to South Carolina will be held
at an carly day. Col. J. G. Gibbes, the
State land agcnt, says he shall offer 25,
COO a,r. -. cypress timber swa;nps III the
Savannah valley and 10, 900 acres af val.
liable mountain land in Pickens county.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
President Polk Makes Three Speeches
In Kansas.
He eeys That the Alliance Move
ment Is Gaining Thousands of
Converts Throughout the
South Daily.

TOPEKA. KAN, Especial, President
l.. L. Polk, Of the national alliance, has
made three addresses in Kansas. Presi-
dert Folks opening has been devoted
principally to himself. After giving his
boyhood history, he reached the war Pc
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-20
Market Change.
sAN FRANcIsoo. March Q


Potatoes are plentiful. Oregon Bur-
banks are now crowding the market.
HumboIdts are also in good supply !,
IL cents a pound is the extreme re-
tail price. New potatoes have already
appeared.
Poultry is in demand, especially
young broilers. A carload Of eastern
is looked for every day; 81 and 81 so
is the wholesale price.
Butter has apparently no price at
present. The market is very heavily
stocked. All houses have more than
they wish to carry and are willing to
unload at any price; 221l cents a
pound is the highest price asked for
fancy.
A few days since carload of butter
was shipped here from the east, but
as prices declined the shipper tele-
graphed not to sell it, but to return
the car intact. As about three-fourths
had been sold, the car was filled with
California butter and returned. The
shipper will clear two or three cents a
pound after paying freight both ways.
Eggs are about equal to the demand
and 10 cents dozen is the highest
price paid for them among the iobbers.
They retail freely at 20 cents. They
do not accumulate now.
Hams are still weak. Competition
among eastern dealers seems to keep
the prices down. They will be nc
higher at present.
Sugars have declined half cent a
pound during the past week. We look
for further decline for weeks to come
cents pound duty comes off in
April. Look outl
Cheese is weak and lower.
Dried fruits are selling slowly
Stocks are light and there is not much
demand. Prunes are selling better
than others. Apples are coming into
| demand.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-20
Current News.


The iifty-flrst congress OF the United
States, which expired March 4, will be
principally remembered for It's action
on four measures: The repeal Of the
timber culture and pre-emption laws
the Mckinley tariff bill, which
passed; the free coinage bill, which
was changed into an act requiring the
purchase by the government OF A, ,500,-
900 ounces of silver a month, and the
Lodge elections bill, which perished
In the senate.
Among the bills which became laws
are these The copyright bill, private
land court bill, postal subsidy bill,
Indian depredations claim bill, timber
and presumption law repeal bill, Gus
toms administrative bill, general land
forfeiture bill, bill To relieve the
supreme court by the establishment
Of an intermediate court OF appeal,
United States judges salaries bill,
worlds fair bill. Wyoming and Idaho
admission bills, antI-lottery and anti
trust bills, reapportionment Till, Inn
migration bill, bill TO ratify agree
ments with various Indian tribes and
pay the friendly Sioux $500, 900, to re-
duce the fees of pension agents, 10
pay the French spoilation claims,
meat inspection bill, blu to prevent
the importation of adulterated food
and drink, live cattle aud hog inspec-
tion bill, bill appropriating - ,OOO,Oo
for the improvement OF the Mississippi
river. To permit sorghum sugar manu-
facturers to use alcohol without the
payment OF tax, 10 limit TO 60 per
cent Of the rates charged private par
ties the rates which the land grant
railroads shall charge FOR the trans
portation OF government troops and
supplies, for the relief of the settlers
on the Northern Pacific railroad in
demnity lands, to permit the export
Of fermented liquors TO a foreign
country without the payment of the
tax, to apply the proceeds OF sales OF
public lands and the receipts from
certain land grant railroads TO sup
port agricultural and industrial col
leges, and for the relief of telegraph
operators during the war
Among the measures ON which
neither house acted, except in some
cases by committees, were the sub
treasury and farm mortgage bills,
service pension bill. Canadian recip-
roeity resolution, bin to encourage the
construction of an inter-continental
railway, postal savings bank and
postal telegraph bills, Butler bill to
aid the negroes to migrate TO Africa,
woman suffrage and prohibition con-
stitutional amendments, income tax
bill, and various other radical finan-
cial and political measures.
No appropriations were made to pay
the French spoilation CLAIMS bill or
the claims of Pacific Coast states for
the neturn of the war tax, or to pay
the claims OF Pacific railroads for
services rendered the government.
for the last two of which court iudg-
ments have been rendered. The SEN
ate fought hard for these appropria-
tions, but the house killed them.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-20
Har,. for FRONT.

Madison Avenue writes for the Pasa-
dena Star as follows: In the opinion
OF the writer, hens may be mad 10
pay. Starting about two years ago
a novice In the business-with dozen
fowls for the purpose OF securing a
few fresh eggs for home use, to-day
my flock numbers p, including two
roosters, and while my neighbors and
friends are complaining very gener-
ally OF their hens laying scarcely any
eggs, mine are averaging nearly ten
a day right along. For curiosity, a
record was kept for the month OF
November just passed, the product of
which amounted TO $50 eggs, and still
the good work goes on. 1t Is un-
doubtedly more profitable for family
to keep few hens and take good care
OF them than to have large number
and allow them to shift for themselves.
The matter OF feed is of the greatest
Importance and after experimenting
with the various kinds / have settled
down to the following combination as
bOcctcSAAS a III egg
producing elements, all of which the
dealer thoroughly mixes when pur-
chased, viz: : Rolled barley 25 pounds,
cracked corn 90 pounds, bran q
pounds, whole wheat 10 pounds. shorts
Is pounds, oilmeal pounds. making
100 pounds. or the above mixture /
give my hens two quarts, wet with
scalding hot water, in the morning,
and toward night they get full pint
Of wheat. They are shut up until mid.
die of afternoon, when they have ae.
cess to green grass, clover, etc, while
before them in their corral Is always q
supply of cracked bone, fine gravel
and fresh water. / would here state
that for variety OF fowl have a mix.
ture of Wyandotte, Plymouth Rock
and Light Brahma, and the eggs fol
size are not excelled.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-20
General News.
UNITED STATES.

The Chicago presbytery has voted
against deaconesses.
Two OF the murderers OF Chief OF
Police Hennessy at New Orleans have
been Identified by an eyewitness.
Politz, one of the accused, has also
made partial confession To the effect
that the chief was killed by tools OF
the Malta.
Twenty-four oystermen, most OF
them colored, were drowned during n
gale on the lower James river In Vlr-
ginia the last week in February.
Kansas has prohibited the aequi-
sition of land by aliens and provided
that land held by aliens, IL not dis
posed OF within seven years, shall be
forfeited TO the state.
Twenty-Five Illicit stills were seized
near Jacksonville, Fla. recently.
Jay Gould habitually pays IA fine
father than do jury duty.
Emma Abbott's body was cremated
at Pittsburg, according 10 her request.
The railroad commission believes
the government should fix all freight
and passenger charges.
Several leaders OF the striking
miners at Scottdale, Pa, have been
arrested for conspiracy and rioting.
The rail mills Of the Illinois steel
works at Joliet have shut down owing
TO trouble about wages.
A lot OF Bohemians who went TO
work on "a railroad near the Poea-
hontas coal mines I'm West Virginia
report that they are half starved,
nearly naked, and are driven 10 work
sick or well, by men on horseback
who ilog them brutally. They are not
permitted 10 escape.
Chataqua county, KRs., Is quarnn-
tined on account of the spread of
smallpox among the farmers.
The threatened strike on the Penn
sylvania railroad did not take place,
the men learning that the company
was prepared 10 iill their places
Five men disobeyed orders by tax
ing open lamps into the Nottingham
mine at Plymouth, Pa, March 4, and
an explosion killed two OF them and
badly injured the other three.
The United States government ex-
poets To have preliminary survey of
the proposed North and South Ameri-
can railroad, from this country 20
Brazil, completed In eighteen months.
Seventy million dollars has been ex-
pended on the new American navy
ana $G5,0OO,D00 more Is wanted tu
complete il and make Il the most
effective in the world.
After "A ten-week strike, which made
"A difference of 81 ,OO0, 900 in the wages
earned, COCO miners in the Mononga-
hela valley got an advance OF half a
cent a bushel and went back to work.
Charles i. Clark, president; L. NJ
Reed, vice-president; William L.
Bishop, Jr., secretary; William L.
Squire, treasurer, and Chauncey NJ
Depew, Punt L. Trowbridge, William
ID. Bishop, Nathaniel Wheeler, Horace
9. Robinson, Joseph Park, Henry s.
Lee, William Rockefeller and Levereti
Brainard, directors of the New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroad
have been arrested, charged by a cor.
oner's jury with homicide on account
of negligence which caused an ex.
plesion i'm the Fourth-avenue tunnel
In New York that killed several per.
sons.
| George Whites house at New Linn.
eriek, Me-, was burned March with
his two children in it.
Hunt has been frozen out and the
Northern Pacific has secured his
roads and a monopoly.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-20
An Attempted .Kitchen ROBBERY.

The mistress of a suburban house
hold undertook to relieve her domestic
perplexities in an extraordinary way.
A second suburban chatelain was seat
ed one day last week at her window
sewing when she saw a carriage with
liveried coachman halt at her door.
Presuming caller had arrived.
though not recognizing the estab-
lishment, she was surprised to see the
coachman descend. and, avoiding tn
main entrance, vanish kitchenward.
a few minutes he reappeared. esco
ing her cook to the carriage. WI
she remained for several minntes
conversation with its occupant. T.
the cook retired. the coachman
mounted, and the carriage was drts
away. 1t was clear, and.~t6
credit of woman be it said. a most
usual case of attempted kitchen
berry. It is satisfactory to be
further report that the cook e
senred such manifest outrag
clined to make the suggt =
in her employer.-M r
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-20
Farm Notes.


As shade trees they are especially
desirable about the home lot. They
are OF rapid growth, and are easily
grown from the seed; their broad
leaves while adding much to their
beauty are better adapted for shading
than those of many other trees; their
flowers willie In season are both pretty
and fragrant; the trees will bear "cut-
ting In " better than most others, and
can be pruned even TO the trunks
every season II desirable, and viii but
throw out better growth, their vigor
Is so great. Freshly pruned, they pre-
sent, the first season, quite unique
appearance with great clusters Of
tropical-like leaves that soon develop
into branches.
Every farmer knows, who has raised
the trees, that they make the best
fence posts, and that fence thus pro-
vided will outlast three others, the
wood Is so understandable. Branches
trimmed from the main stem and
used as props for Lima beans In the
garden have been in use many years
and are as good as ever. IL is said 10
be the firmest and best wood for the
use of railroad ties and for whatever
use an indestructib1e wood is needed.
Why then should we not grow more
cataipa trees? They are good shade
trees for the street, invaluable at home
for the same purpose, while as orna-
mental trees they have always won
favor. / never look at the great trunk
of some old catalpa tree but think
OF the boon It will some day be TO the
economical fence maker-that is II
fences are In vogue In the future.
Vick's Magazine.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-20
Massacre in Madagascar.

News of a horrible massacre comes
from Madagascar. Ramiasatra, gov
ernor of the province of Belanond,
resenting a petition from the populace
to the government to defend them
from cruelties, massacred 27s persons,
including men, women and children
belonging to the leading families.
The slaughter continued for several
days. The agonies of the victims
were in many cases protracted. Some
times their limbs were gradually dis
membered, their heads were sawed
off, and their bodies thrown to the
dogs.
Many of the women were outraged.
The survivors were forced to erect a
trophy, composed of the heads of the
victims. Popular fury has caused the
government to announce that the
offenders will be punished.
The ladies of Oakland are moving
energetically for the establishment o.
e-ee clinic for the poor.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-20
Newborn Infants.

According to a Yorkshire (England)
notion a newborn infant should be
placed in the arms of maiden before
it is touched by any one else; and in
some instances its right hand is bound
in a cloth during the first day of its
existence in order that ii may gather
riches when grown TO manhood or
womanhood estate. In many parts of
the United States. Germany. France.
and Holland, as well as throughout the
British isles, it is considered very inn
portant that an infant should ssgo up
before ii goes down in the world.
Thus. if child is born in the lower
story of house it is instantly bundled
up by one of the old women and car
ried upstairs; il the event occurs in
the upper story the same old woman
is expected to take the child in her
arms and Chamber upon the top of the
table, bureau. or even a chair, any
thing to get the little one up in the
world.
In the north of England when child
is taken from the house for the first
time. it is given an egg, some salt. and
little loaf of bread, and occasionally
small piece of money-these gifts
being supposed to insure the child
against ever standing in need of the
common necessaries of life. In the
East Riding of Yorkshire q few matches
are added to light the child TO heaven.
In Holland. Sweden, Norway. Poland.
and parts of Russia the mother of 9
newborn babe. il not too poor. pro-
vides small cheese. which is cut In
small slices and distributed among the
unmarried ladies of the neighborhood.
Any young lady who receives her share
of the cheese and eats it without ask.
ing where it came from and who sent
il, will meet her future husband at {
cross-path or crossroads within .
month. In Northumberland a cake
called the dreaming bread" Is dis
tributed in the same way. the young
ladies who partake of it being sup.
posed to dream of their future hus.
bands the same night. In the United
States. as well as in many Other
countries, book, a piece of money.
and bottle of liquor Is placed before
an infant the day it is one year old.
the object being to test what its aftel
| inclinations will be-
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-20
Kere.ene Emul.len :. . sheep plp.

1t should not be necessary to urge
upon him who owns sheep the i'm
portanee of ridding his flock of ticks
or other parasitic insects that annoy
them. There seems to be common
but mistaken opinion that only poor.
Improbable animals will get 50 lousy" !"
Certain individuals in flock or herd
ON account of tender skin or other
peculiarities are preferred by the ticks
or lice, as the case may be, and in
consequence they congregate upon
these animals in large numbers. The
first step necessary to be taken to get
such an animal in good condition is
to free it of parasites. This can be so
eheaply aud easily done by the use of
kerosene emulsion, a mixture of kero-
sene, soap and water, substances that
are always at hand, that it seems en-
tirely inexcusable for man to allow
his domestic animals, and his pocket
book as well, to suffer from these
causes.-C. p. Gillett, Iowa Expert
ment Station.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-20
Planting Vineyards at Night.

A scene characteristic of California's
enterprise and push can be found in
the vineyards of Fresno county, where
hundreds of men may be seen plant
ing grape vines at night by lantern
light. To the wondering observer the
vineyard lands seem to be infested
with a multitude of huge firefiies,
which are darting and moving in
every direction. 1t is claimed by the
vineyardists who are planting vines
at night that the setting of the stakes
can be done much more easily and
accurately by the aid of lanterns than
in broad daylight; that more work is
accomplished by the men in the same
number of hours and that a large
amount of time is saved. The one
set of men work from o'clock in the
evening until o'clock in the morn
ing when they are relieved by another
relay.-California Fruit Grower.