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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-07-24
UN1oN q 6dfH GakoLINA, FRIDAY. JULY "a. 1871

SIX inches long in George Stones grove.
r near lie Land, completely filed a peck
measure and weighed thirty-fve pounds.
Inc census office has made public the
tobacco statistics of Florida The total
number OF planters in the state during
tne census year was 500; total area de.
voted to tobacco ,169 acres; total pro.
duct 467; s9S pounds. and value crop To
producers, estimated on basis of actual
sales, $104, ,631. 'u"'
DE Land News: A bad man filed
FLORIDA editor with buckshot, and tie
oying paragrapher wrote a note ITO tie
coroner, saying that the cause of bis
oeath was too much loaded matter on lis
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OTHER STATES.

Thos. Roche, a wealthy eanit.,;s, 90
Fort Worth, Texas. blaw,e...,s ~
GoveFnor Hogg, DC 11exasE has a.
100 shares of Worlds Fair stock, beinc
the first man to subscribe TO the enter.
prise of his State.
Archbishop Janssens, of New Orleans.
recently addressed at the Convent of the
holy Family, in that city, large assem-
oiage of colored people who, in answer
TO an invitation issued by the Sisters. had
willingly responded. The object of the
meeting was to raise funds to build n
home for colored girls where they would
be taught trades. The discourse of the
Archbishop proved highly satisfactory to
those present, and committee was an.
pointed to formulate plans to raise the tho
necessary funds, about $4,000.
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A FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Excellent Address by DR.. Oh am.
berlain, of Ohio--Other Speeches.


PULASKI, VA, Especial THE Farm
ers' Institute for the Ninth Congression-
al district was called to order at II 80 in
the morning by Lieutenant Governor Ty-
Ter, and prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.
Book, of the Christian church, of this
place.
Hon. r. c. Kent, of Wythe, was then
introduced as the presiding officer, and
delivered, as ne always does, a speech of
rare good sense, during the delivery of
which he took occasion to criticise the
farmers of this section for not being
present was small. The speakers allud-
ed to their hocking together by dozens
instead of by thousands. Professor Mas.
sic, of North Carolina, gave a practical
talk on ensilage.
SPEECH FROM THE FARMERS
DR.. Chamberlain, of Ohio, made far
the best farmers speech your correspon-
dent ever heard--a speech from tn farm
and not from the books. 1t should be
published and find a place in the house
of all of our farmers.
Professor Atwood, of Blacksburg, told
how to fight insect pests, and Mr.. Jack
son, of the Planter, recommended chick
en- culture in an earnest and entertain
ing speech.
No allusion to the third party was
made and no kicking out of the party
traces. The farmers stood under one
flag, that Of common country, and talk
cd of nothing but farming, though the
Ohio farmer did talk of farming off the
farm as well as on the farm He refer
red to the enormities of combines and the
inipuilies of tho l---- -.-1-.-----r--su'iun. -
Everybody present is charmed with the
gem OF the mountains, the grass of our
valleys and the glory of our climate.
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! It is estimated by the Now York ro,o,
that 400, 600, 600 of the human race max,
use OF opium, not as medicine, but for
Its cxhilarating effects. From 900, 600,
600 to 300, 900, 900 employ he.heesh TO,
the same purpose. The betel nut il
masticated by OO,o0O,Ooo inhabitant.
OF Farther India and the islands of the
Pacific and Indian Oceans, while 10, 900.
oO0 more indulge in the use of cocoa.
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The Third Party in Kentucky.

a LouIsvILLE, XIV, Especial LAT Pad
ucah yesterday the Republicans Conyen-
ton decided not to nominate candidate
for the State Senate, but to support
Graham, the Peoples party candidates.
In an in interview there, Jesse Harper,
the Peoples party leader, said the pur.
pose is to get strong vote in Kentucky
to show that the Peoples party will re-
ceive the support of the farmers.
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Tho entire annual rainfall of the
United States has been estimated by
Professor I. Russell, of the Signal Ser.
wee, at about 1400 cubic miles. The
water would fill ditch, half mile
deep and mile wide, extending from
New York to San Francisco; and the
average entire fall per second would fill
cubical box with edges of 1877 feet.
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The Embargo on American Pork

PAMs, (Cabiegram. l-The French
Government has decided to accede to the
request of the Hon. Whitlaw Reid, the
United States Minister, to remove the
embargo upon American pork. The
government has agreed to bring forward
abill modifying the general customs tar
iff of May, 1881, and fixing the duty at
90 francs per 100 kilos on all salted pork,
ham, and bacon imported from the Unit
ed States
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Aid for Colored People.

BUFFALO, N. Y. Especial lit is re-
ported that Mrs. II. L johnson, wealthy
lady living near Rochester, gave Rev. J.
j. Smallwood, the colored speaker, $12,-
coo with which to found an educational
institution for colored people in Virginia
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Yellow Fever in Tampico

A number of cases of yellow fever are
cported at Tampico, in the State OF
ramaulipas, Mexico, both outside the
ity in the bar, and also in the port
iself.
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Contracts have just been made for the
shipment via Baltimore Of 5000 tons OF
camel coal from Kentucky to London,
where 1t will be used in the gas works.
Kentucky camel coal has for several
years been going TO England, its excel
ience justifying the heavy cost OF ship
mcnt to the scaboard and thence acrose
the Atlantic.
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A Petrified Man Found.

KsIanrsviLLE, I'D Especial Fifty
feet under ground in top coal vein a
miner after making blast, discovered
the petrifed body of man with cap
on his head. The facial features, head,
body and legs are in perfect state of
preservation,
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NORTH CAROLINA.

new S15, 900 court house is to be
built at Wadcsboro.
The Western North Carolina Raidroad
has beer completed to Murphy, county
seat OF Cherokee, the extreme western
county OF North Carolina, and trains are
now running there from Ashevillo. -
Mis-, Helen. daughter of the late Gov
ernor Fowle, of North Carolina, is to wed
MIR. Knight, prominent and wealthy
man of Chicago.
The GAINESVILLE and Washington railroad
road.
I'rof. Winston, of the North Carolina
University, has returned from his tour to
all the principal Northern colleges and
universities in the interest of his Institute.
Negotiations are invited for furnishing
brick and lumber for the erection of three
and probably six tobacco factories at
Statesville on the property of the States
vile Development Co.
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SOUTH CAROLINA:

Sam Campbell, colored, who killed
Turner Fowler also colored, in Hunter
township, Laurens county, last Deem
Der, voluntarily snrrendered- to tho ahI--
The annual exhibit of the State Horti-
cultural Society will be held in Green
vile on August 13, IA and is. Liberal
premiums are offered for exhibits of all
kinds of fruits, flowers and vegetables
and State canned goods.
Florence county has the honor of put
ting the first new tobacco ON the market
this season, from the plantation of w.
F. Claussen. Florence will! soon have
her tobacco warehouse ready.
Comptroller General Ellerbee has de-
cl ned to pay the salary of Supervisor
Cantwell, who was removed from Office
by Gov. Tillman and whom the courts
reinstated. This may be taking the mat
ter to the courts again.
There is contest pending over the
election of major of the 3rd battalion
of State troops. Messrs. Westfeld aud
Hunt, of Greenville, were candidates,
one gentleman being member of the
Greenville Guards and the other of the
Butler Guards. The face of the returns
show Mr.. Hunt elected. Mr.. Westfield
will contest on the ground that Hunts
company voted meu that were not mem
6ers. General Richburg has referred the
matter to Col. Caole
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JAMES, Gx fslsl. The Jones
County Alliance a 9uaar meeting has
endorscd the ocaI] k(orm. There was
big barbecue and |1biic speech by A..
g. Daniels, who q two hours with
such telling effect 3Ac entire congre-
cation of Over W md people, by
rising vote and E ne, enclosed
the sentiments q
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TENNESSEE.

Ed O'Connor, of Tullahoma, was taken
to grove near that place by masked
men aud whipped severely with switches.
The alleged cause was that he mistrcated
his wife.
8. j. Morgan, of Hartman, proposes
the organization of a stock company to
develop brown sandstone quarries be-
tween Knoxville and Chattanooga.
An election was held in Knoxville
Thursday to decide whether or not bonds
for sewerage and bridge building to the
amount Of $500, 900 should be issued
The vote was five TO one in the affirma-
tive.
Governor Buchanan and Col. Granville
Sewer have arrived atBricrville with three
militia companies and quel!cd the riot,
where, "Wednesday morning. 500 armed
free laborers drove the cOnvicts and
guards from the Tennessee Coal and
Mining Company's mine.
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GEORGIA.

The election for free schools at Madi..
son resulted as follows: 800 votes for aud
13 against, making total of 282 polled.
Under the law twOthirds of the register
ed votes were required, so the election
went against free schools by A majority.
The Piedmont Chautauqua, on the
Georgia Pacific railroad, north of Allan.
Ia, has opened and many distinguished
speakers from all over the South are
present.
Rice beer is to some extent taking the
place of Jamaica ginger in the prohibi-
tion regions Of Georgia In some places
this so-called beer has been prohibited,
and IL is . matter OF speculation what
liquid more vile will be found to take It's
place.
Georgia has ahcady shipped between
Z, 900 and 500 caro- ds of watermelons
this season, aud several thousands more
carloads will 20 out. The shipments
are made as far West as Iowa, Wiscon.
sin, etc.
In the death of Miller Willis, the
Georgia evangelist, one of the queeres'
characters that ever preached the gospc
ct o camp meeting, is gone, His pur,
and holy life was model for all.
FLORIDA.
The Lake City Bank failed Thursday,
with e25, 900 to $50, 900 shortages
n~s.l.,. x>~>. <.oo x.rt,sch <~~.~r - q xvss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-13
,ru vopx nnv TRmuNE FRIDAY 1sol-TwELvE PAGES

down. The history OF the working or the hse-
ing system in other States proves conclusNeiy
that any attempt to fasten it upon great
rotronoIis like New-Yorl would prove con-
snicuous failure The direct gain to the public
treasury would be small while the indirect IN
;urv 70 the common welfare consequent upon
,ho withdrawal of capital from this State and
its transfer TO Others where 1t would be more
generously treated would be enormous. What
has been Ohio's experience-to take one example
ont of the many which might be adduced-under
a policy of indiscnminato taxation? Ex-uov
ernor Hoadly in a recent interview asserted
that "there is a wild chase for taxes now gong
an in the State with the effect of driving be-
yond it, borders millions of capital" Equally
worthy OF defeat is the bill taxing savings
hanks. II might Justly be called an act TO
discourage thrift and promote extravaganza. III
has encountered the opposition on dlSinteresteu
pubic grounds of sagaciouS business men IN all
parts of the State. Mr. Paine, the eX-Super-
intcndcnt of the Bank Department. lately ad-
dressed strong and earnest letter to the CHAIR
man of the WAYS and Means Committee OF the
Assembly. protesting against its passage. The
large sums now on depOsiU in savings banks
writes Mr. Paine, care the results of the mod
crate Accommodations of depositors which If not
united would undoubtedly evade taxation be-
cause of their insignicance. The poorer por-
ton Of every community pay many indirect
taxes. and their small accumulations should be
protected from taxation to the end that the ten
dcncy to save may be encouraged" There arc
other objections which may be urged against
the bill. but the one here presented ought to
defeat it, Hands off the savings banks.
II is doubtful if any committee of the Legs
lature, no matter how capable or industrious
il nav be, has time. without nogecting other
duties. to formulate an adequate system of taxa
ton which will meet the best expectations OF
the people 1t would he the part of wisdom
therefore, to drop the pending bills and refer
the whole subject to non partisan commission
composed Of citizens who enjoy the general con-
Gdcncc. New-York is practically out Of debt and
there is no need Of hunting about for schemes to
add to her income. She never stood less in need
of new sources of revenue than she docs Mt pres
Ont. Il goes without saying that the effort to
reform the TAX system so that no one who ought
to be taxed shall escape, and no one shall pay
more or less than his share of tho aggregate
levy. should he made with as little delay as pos
Sible. But let us take care that the remedy IL
not worse than the disease.
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THE DRAMA-MUSIC.
BOOTH AND BARRETT.

1t does not seem to be absolutely essential TO tina
interest OF the public that an expert opinion OF A
theatrical performance should be printed In a news
paper every time veteran actor changes the bill q,
the play-mo especially when the plays presented ara
old and familiar. Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrel,
who in the current Of prosperous engagement Ar
the Broadway Theatre, presented Hamlet on Mon
day and :" Othelo' last night Mr.. Booth has been
Hamlet and lago; Mr.. Barrett the Ghost
and OthellO The competence Of these distinguished
actors for these parts has not been seriously Ques
toned. Their excellence in them indeed, has often
been conspicuous. Edwin Booth, at his BEST the
ideal Hamlet while Iago it is doubtful II he has
ever been equalled. Lawrence Barrett invested the
Ghost with sepulchral horror and pathetic dignity,
and he delivered those stately lines SO tremulou,
with suffering and gorgeous with Imagery, In
an appropriate strain Of fevered emotion and sonoous
eloquence and there Is perfectly Just comprehension
in his performance of Othelio equally OF the Moors
romantic love and sOemnly retrlbutve sacrlhce-at
though this is not dstncvely one of the characters
10 which he is naturally fitted, otheIlo said Kembe,
is a slow mainland he said the truth; for the Moor.
though terrible in his frenzy, not easily moved. Mr..
Booth will play Othello tonight and although he is NOT
now strong enough to fill the part, he VIII certainly
indicate the true ideal of it, The great Othello OF this
century was Edwin Forrest and that memory has
never been ecpsed on two or three occasions, how.
ever. Edwin Booth ha, played Othelo as well as II
could ever have been played, anu WIFI moio ooPioVo
fidelity to Shake speare's conception than mas been oo
served in any other contemporary embodiment OF It,
tpon the mournful beauty Of his amet-s grace, its
sweetness its pathetic sgnifcatlon Of an irremedabls
sickness OF the sOul-enOugh Of comment has been
made in this place. If Edwin Booth did not compre
bend and convey what shakespeare meant by Hamlet
the further Investigation Of that subject may as well
tn dScontinued il is easy to say that this subtle and
snIpndd tragedian worn and wearled by time and
rouLle and Illness, Is not powerful as once lie was
hut avon 40 his scholarship and his skill as an actor
transcend those OF his censOrs and are entirely ade
Guote 10 the public intelligence and entirely worthy Of
,be nuhIic respect The epoch OF Poor Jonathan
:. Nerves, and THE Texas steer has no need 10 DC
eensitive ON tho score OF intellect and art
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| by supplying all corners with food ana uriiih
If this enterprising hotelkeeper and this gilted
brcwor desire to increase the consumption OF
| ,beir nroducts there is no law to prevent them
| from building a sunptuOuS pIeasure-esoft, deco-
| rating Il with plants and flowers. hiring band
| ond Soliciting custom. OF course, it would be
ovnopsi,e m obtain a site so central, accessible
| and commodous as that occupied by the reser-
voir and il would be far pleasanter for them
~ have the people pay for the whole outht
, But really, when you come to mink OF II, ISL
tavation for such a purpose a particularly OIL
fensive kind OF robbery?
But there are objections to this project lar
stronger even than the injustice OF promoting
private interests at public expense IL Is pro-
| nosed in fact the law requires, thar the leSer-
| voir shall be maintained for its present uses
and therefore Mr.. Farqnhars bill provides that
| il shall be converted into Stagnant pool com
| nleteIy shut away from sun and air, but subject
| 20 rho mnltitarious communications which pub
lie occupatlOn of the SupcrtruCture would IN
ovitablv cngender. 1t is entirely natural that
~. ownors and tenants of houses in the neigh
| borbood sbruId prove themselves most keenly
alive 70 the menace contained IN THIS Dill, Dut
The duty of protesting against it's enactment has
no such narrow basis. That few score lndl-
| viduals may suffer loss and annoyance is con-
sideration of trivial importance. bur mat the
whole city is threatened with colossal nuisance
involving constant danger of pestllence is
matter of vital concern. We entreat the Senate
not TO be deceived by the shallow ana dlSln-
genuous nonsense about breathing place Tor
tho moor n solace for the sorrowfnl, refuge
for the weary. and the honor and satisfaction
Of having a charming novelty to show TO for
eicners on their way to the Worlds Far. That
rubbish was imposed upon the Assembly with
amazing ease and success, but it will certainly
not impose upon the citizens of Ncw-l DIRK.
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AmuscmcnIs.


aCApEMY-s: 15-The Ola Homestead
AcAptMY or MUSIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Society Rehearsal
AMBERG THEATRE-S-Die Ehre'
pIJou THEATRES 15-Bart ara and The Nominee.
BROADWAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
CASINOS :15-Poor Jonathah'
CoITMprs THEATRE-s :15-The Woman Halter
nAIy,S THEATRES :15-A Night on.
,nEN MUSEE-Otero and Wax Tableaus.
4, ArDEN THEATRES 15-Love and war.
onAND OPERA HOUSE-s-The Stowawsy.
,iAutkM OPERA HOUSES I5-The Pillars OF society
U,KRlaAN's THEArRE-s-Reilly and the 400
uERRMANN'S THEATRES I5-All the Comforts Of
Home =, -
ROSTER & BIAL's-s-Cormencta and the Dandy ORA
goons. -, -
LENox LYCEUM-1 10 10 D. m.-Food and Health EXPO
sition. , w.
IyCEUM THEATRES :15-The Open Gate and Nerves
MADISON SQUARE THEATRES ;oO-Suhlieht anu
Shadow.
METROPOLITAN OPERA HoUsE-e-pie GOtterdsm'
merung
NEW PARK THEATRES :15-A Straight Tip.
NIpIOS-S-From Sire 10 Son.
J.ALMER'S THEATRES ;15-Wealth.
lKOCTOR'S c3D.ST. THEATRES ;1o-Men and Women
STANDARD THEATRE-S-Only Farmers DauehWT'
hrAK THEATREs-S--Mr. Potter Of Texas.
TONY PASTORS THEATRE-2 and S-Vaudevine.
Union SQUARE THEATRES :15-The County FAIR.
14TE.ST. THEATRE-S-Myes Aroon.
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4 DANGEROUS SPINDLE.

By vote which suggests several things but
most of all that modern Legislatures need to be
closely watched, the Assembly has passed bill
providing for the erection and maintenance OF
large and ugly peSthOuse in the heart of this
city That purpose is not expressed in the title
OF Mr. FarQuhars bill for the conversion Of the
Forty -second-st. reservoir into an air garden,
hut it is only clumsy concealed in the body
thereof The proposition is condemned by
every argument advanced in It's favor, and yet,
in spite OF reason and unsupported by any pop
ular demand. it has gone TO the Senate with
the approval of fivc-sevenths Of all the mem
bers Of the other house. 1t will not have 60
stra ght and easy course from this point, bu,
f it's progress is to he effectually blocked the
opposition must assert itself at once and with
determination. The protest adopted at a pub
lie meeting on Wednesday evening is good
though late beginning, but it must be followed
no with energetic and continuous efforts.
There being total lack of public opinion
behind this grotesque project, il is necessary
to look elsewhere for the sources OF the strength
which it developed in the Assembly. After a
brief search we find that its chief sponsors and
advocates are newspaper, a hotelkeeper and
a brewer. Of these the first is in plain sight,
while the others remain in the background
Now, isn't it an impudent thing to propose that
the people shall be taxed to the amount of
5000, 600 for the creation of huge establish
ment in which rich men may grow still richer
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INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.

Mrs. W s. Gurnee, Of No. COG Fifth-ave' gave
dinner party last evening. Among her guests "er'
~ a,d Ms I Turnure. tr, Mr. and Mrs. W. d.
sloane Miss Post. Elisha Dyer, r., and W. Croker
The Thursday Evening Club met last night AT tho
bone 10 Mrs George Griswold, No West NinthNt,
where a play was performed by amateurs
Mrs. George Garvih Of No. 107 West one-hundred'
and fourth.st gave theatre party last night at the
Garden Theatre
Miss Cathrne Cameron, one Of Sir RodericK Oanie-
ron's daughters started for Bermuda yesterday u !"
main until Easter.
Mrs. Charles Miller entertained the Lenten Club AZ
h bousa No re- West Thirty seventhst., last even
inc Among those present were Miss Wlnlired ii0.,
Miss Augusta Davies, Miss Stnson, MISS Person Miss
nv tbe Mise, Rockwell, Frank Hhouse, Julien
Davies. IT, f. C. Butler, NJ. l.. Deiafeld and Augusun