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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-05-08
Mrs. Jackson's Forthcoming History

Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson, wife of Gen
"Stonewall' Jackson, is in New York
engaged in writing up biography of
her distinguished husband. A New York
special states that fer many years after
'he Generals death Mrs. Jackson stead
lily refused all requests to give to the pub
lie the story of his life as only she could
~rite it. II was not until their only
child, Mrs. Christian, had married that
she had yielded to her request to write
.he life Of father she had never known
except by reputation. Since Mrs. Chris
tian's death Mrs. Jackson has looked up
on this as labor of love, and has con.
tinued the work for her grandchildren.
The book is now completed
and will be published this fall.
1t will be essentially the story of General
Jackson's private and domestic life.
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A Postmaster Charged With Rob-
bing Freight Cars.

PETERSBURG, VA, Especial. Wv. b.
1Iagood, a leading merchant. and also
Postmaster at Egcrton. Va, his brother,
J. F.. Haywood; two employees of the
Atlantic and Danvillc Railroad Company,
J. @. Bailey and Harris, aud two ne.
grocs, John Goodwin and Joe Allen,
nave been arrested and committed to the
county Jail at Lawrencevillc, charged
with robbing the freight cars of the At.
lantjc and Danvillc Railroad Company of
goods to the value OF $4,000. Tho Ha-
goods are highly connected. Postmaster
Hagood's securities have tclcgraphed to
the authorities at Washington to place
some one in charge of the Post Office.
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Old North State Teachers,

:. RALEIaH, n. c., Especial. ]-Colopsl
n. G.. Harrcli, secretary OF the North
eKt ShRciar programme q the annual
session which will be held in June. The
eighth session of the Assembly begins at
Morehead City June 10th and continues
to June 30th. Hon. George w. Sand
rln delivers the opening address on the
18th of June, and Rev. Il. Dewitt Tai
mage will speak to the Assembly on tho
18Th There will be not less than 1000
persons present on the opening day Of
the session, and the attendance during
the meeting will be double that of any
previous session.
There are now ten entries for the mu-
sic contest by the leading female schools
of the State, and this feature OF the As
scmbly work will be specially interesting
ana exciting. The gymn1st;c club win
be under the special training of Profes-
sor Charlie Mangum of the University.
SOUTHERN EDUCATIONAL ExrosITIoN.
The Southern Educational Exposition
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and brigsdlsT general Of artillery IN Sep.
tcmber, 1862. He was chief of artillery,
end corps, Army Of Northern Virginia,
and took part In all Of Gen. Lees cam
paigns.
After the war, and us ono of its results,
Gen. Long lost his eyesight, but, in SPITE
of this affiiction, with rare assiduity and
good judgement prepared large volume
of Memoirs of Robert Z. Lee, his Mill.
tary aud Personal History" which Is,
perhaps, the most valuable contribution
yet made to the life of the great com.
mandcr. The dedication reads:
''To the disabled Confederate soldiers,
the gallant men with whom he has
right to sympathize, the author dedicates
the following pages Il. L. Long,
July %, 1886. Charlottesville, Va.
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The report Of Sir Adolpde Caron, Min.
lister of Militia for tho Dominion OF
Canada, has just been issued. 1t shows
the strength of the armed aud organized
Canadian militia to be about $1,000
men. As the population of the Dominion
is about 5000, 900, the proportion OF
citizen soldiers to the whole number OF
the people is obviously very much greater
athan in the United States, where with
'G3, 900, 900 people we have not far from
100, 900 membcrsof INC National Guard.
sour Canadian cousins seem to be much
more strongly imbued with the military
spirit" admits the New York Neusr
"than our own people. They possess a
plentiful assortment Of artillery, more or
less modern; they have government
cartridge factory, where plenty Of first
claAs cartridges aud artillery projectiles
are turned out, aud the fact that half Of
their 81, 900 militia spent ten days in ac-
tive open air drill in camp last summer
indicates the probability of a fair degree
of efficiency in the entire force. When
one Of these days Canada takes her ma
surur On. .------r'-----A--.-A->>--.i. GREAT
/ American Republic. her we'll organized
: body. of militia will prove very well
! come addition to tho military strength Of
) the United States"
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Counterfeiters in Jail.

At Charlotte, N. c., two young men
were arrested Wednesday for counter
fciting money, and both have been com
mitted to Jail in default of bond. They
registered at the Mansion House under
the names of G. w. Riley and G. c. Will
liams. They were caught in the act OF
making the counterfeit money and all
their implements were taken with them.
They are very fresh young men and do
not have the appearance of being cx-
perts in the business.
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There Is corner In diamonds. accord.
ing to a New York Press writer, who
says: Diamonds are plentiful in New
York, but their price continues high
If Maiden lane diamond dealer of my
acquaintance is any authority, t6ey>snust
come down in price. This is what he
said to me: "I have the best of informa-
ton that a syndicate of Englishmen,
backed by the Rothschilds, holds in Lon
don at the present time 16,OO0,0 900
carats of diamonds in the rough. Their
holdings may reach 10000, 900 carats.
At $5 R:caIat on the lowest estimate Of
what they posses, tKeyF yulamonds are
worth $40O, 100000. If dressed they
would be worth at the very least Hive
times that much. But imagine wha
would happen if these diamonds should
all be precipitated on the market al
once. 1t is to the interest of the syndicate
Of course, to keep up the price. But il
diamonds continue to be found in such
quantities as for the past two or three
years in Africa, Australia and Soutf
America, there is no chance for them tt
realize on their stock except by taking
their chances on falling market.
have even heard Of diamonds being
found in Lapland, but my experience has
demonstrated that no diamonds of any
value ever come from a cold country
They seem to have been planted in tn
10: regions almost exclusively"
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A Partition Car Adopted:

GALVESTON, TEX, Especial. J. Every
railroad in Texas was represented Mt the
meeting in this city to devise a plan to
comply with the state law, which goes
into effect the 18th of June, compelling all
colored passengers to be provided with
separate coaches. The plan of w. F.
Siddons, mastcr mechanic of the Inter
national and Great Northern was adopt
ed. His is portable psrtition, apd each
coach may ba divided fQS.SSSas S,moda-
tion of colored passengefs as the snmber
reouiras
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Eiees. We ha.S. - =. - ...S :,
Ssd aJ1ss, s ne A Atssnbls,s $50 80

OF VheSo cayD WtsNx0t'
fall short Of t75, 900, making total loss
to the railroad company of about ei96,.
600. Tho amount Of insurance Is not
known.
There were several small buildings de-
stroyed, which may aggregate $1O, 600 In
loss. BY strong work, tho new Noun
tain City FIGURING Mill, just completed
at cost Of nearly 1900, 900, was saved.
The Morrison Lumber Company incurred
only small loss. Among the car loads
burned was one Of fireworks. The OK.
plosion created panic among the crowd
witnessing and working about the f,rc.
Tho three fire engines of the Fire Depart
ment were Of little Use, owing to the
great field covered. While this fire was
burning another broke out on East Mont
gomcry avenue, near the Grand View
Hotel, and two.story brick and eight
frame cottages were destroyed, involving
loss of about $1,000, fully covered by
insurance. The Fire Department sent
len. SAGti0nsAfs slaaas tRsA6 6iMAee..x6HMnSi.s
ly got the iire under control. The prop
erty burned belonged to w. M. Wilhoite.
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Drunk Comes on Headache Day.

, huEfi, ux:, oProrar;s-- The rico, -L-.>-
sold iii this town is almost Tataf in its
effects. But it does not effect person
at once. A man may drink it to- day and
not get drunk until tomorrow. Then it
strikes him unawar"s and cnmhletelv
prostrates him. A printer stopped only
week in this town and caught the
Jim jams" He left town before being
seized with them, but before he got two
miles away he was as crazy as a loon.
He was seen running up the road and
acting so that the neighbors were noti-
fled to look out for crazy man.
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600 for an cxff5Tt ~ INC tf5ie.nf!55- .l] ,,,,I
sition. 1t is proposed to send solid
train load of raw material for exhibition.
The exhibit will consist chiefly of mag
netic iron ores, Besscmer pig, coke, mar
BILE, limestone, silver, lead, copper, va.
rious hard woods, cereals, and diver.
sity of agricultural products.
GEORGIA.
Rome is to have another military com
pany.
Governor Northcn is working a repre-.
scntation of Georgia at the Chicago EA.
position.
The plans for the new gymnasium al
The state University have been completed.
lie building is 10 bc OF brick and stone
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One of the passengers on board of til,
steamship Fn!da, which arrived q. Now
York the other day, was famous Great
Dane dog, who has heretofore reioice6
III the name SANDER" but who will
hereafter be known as Imperator. His
new owner is w. E. Hagans, we'll
known dog fancier of Chicago. AS soon
es Mr.. Hagans learned that this dog
was the tallest one living, he knew that
nature had intended it for Chicago and
paid the big price demanded with cheer.
ful alacrity. The animal is said to com,
nearer meeting the requirements of the
1a thap any others Of the
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THE CROP PROsPECTS.
As Indicated by the Report Of the
Weather Bureau.

RALEIGH, N. c., Especial. THE first
weekly crop bulletin of the present year
was issued by the state weather bureau,
says the growth of the crops is very rap
id. The planting of corn and cotton is
progressing rapidly. Much corn is up,
and some cotton with good stands is re-
ported. Winter wheat and oats are look
ing remarkably well. There Is o much
less acreage than usual of spring wheat
and oats planted, on accoupt1 nf
weather. The bnllatiL 'uopoI
fear tba}oM 40 so,nu!u OS u! psIno
iIs pas sssIoq pus usmnq 10 qolI
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Fire Sweeps New Jersey.

MuLvILLE, N. 1.-The forest fires in
this vicinity are still burning, intensified
by the high wind which prevailed all
day. About 10, 600 acres have been burn
cd, involving II loss of as many thousand
dollars. Hundreds of men have been
lighting the flames all day.
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most notable success Wa at the Intef5a.
tional Show held last May at Berlin.
There, although he had $50 German
mastiffs as competitors, he carried oil
four first prizes. His height Is some
thing over thirty-fve inches at the
shoulder. In color he is golden fawn
with black neck. He is now three
years old. 1t could not be learned what
was paid for the animal, the owner
merely saying that it was the largest
price ever paid in America for German
mastiff. Russian dog fanciers tried to
get him, but, of course, stood no chance
when Chicago entered the lists,
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$40 Acres of Southern Land Want
cd by New England Man.

a New England correspondent writes
us that he desires to purchase $40 acres
of land for stock-raising farm, preferable
in Ashc. Allegheny, Watauga, Mitchell
or Iancey couaty, n. G. 1t is desired
tp pay fnr the land in installments. Ad-
drrss, Mi'h description of property,
terms, etc, j. IL. o., Manufacturers
Iicc0rl 0Gice, Baltimore, Md.
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A.! OPERA CT. ..I.!. aoUUssEE PaI!.I.ss n! IN,
While Rshearsing 10 Going On, and
Buries Twenty Persons.

MONTGOMERY, ALA.-News reached
here from Troy, Ala, says the opera
house there fell in while party of young
people were rehearsing an amateur psr-
formence.
About 20 persons were buried in the
ruins: Miss Fannie Lou Starke, only
child OF Judge Starkc, of Troy, and Mise
Annie Foster, of Eastman, Ca, were
killed, and Miss Maggie Burnett aud
Miss Eula Dawning were seriously injur-
ed. Many Others were hurt, but their in
juries are not serious. The accident re.
suited from the falling Of the roof, which
was intended to be self-supporting but
was faulty in construction.
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,.rcc vhich the falSRsRs - =. !. ~.
uv"JS M,m;fcsted itself In the rejection o =
%Ssr "1a';ou tSanEius the people and pres, rSs q
1.a.,oI 1'.ns1,sv;ile for coursesies received. In:
%%ese paid. for all We got" ana a.,, !, h.
..s,Iea by National Lecturer M',isss .Ssn the the
s.S.uH s.s.U,,;n IN Davis, Of Georgia, and then 'ne
Cnnycntion adjourned.
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There are two natural gas companiea
at Portland, Indiana, and among the
rules jointly adopted was one allowing
no patron who had dropped from one
line to attach to the other. This gave
great dissatisfaction to customers, and o
test case was sprung in the Circuit Court,
which has resulted in ruling ssinst tho
defendsnt company. -
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TWO BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRLS
Who Will Create q Eurore in New
y port This Summer.

Newport, II. l., is to have sensation
this summer. 1t Is automatically stated
.hs. the beautiful and celebrated daugh-
ters of Lord Duferin, Beatrice aud Ad-
claide, are to grace this famous resort
with their presence this coming seasolla
1t will be remembered that Bcatrice'S
beautiful dark eyes have played havoc
lately with the heart Of Albert, the eld-
est SON of the Prince of Wales. What IL
will amount to is as yet matter Of con-
lecture in England. The young ladies
are acknowledge to be the moAt beaut5'
full In all Europe, aud there will be not q
little excitement in the hearts Of our
sss exquisite s.ssas aals ss%'aE The.
will be marvels of curiosity.
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Conciliating the Late Lamented.

ATcmsoN, KAN, Especial There 10
a widow in town who is think
ing seriously of marrying again. But
she is so afraid her first husband will be
offended that she visits his grave and
prays to him to forgive her. His
era. grave t; has .sa been i, better attended t"'h!
hoe on ido...s.qfJS 1Iod 6LsAa
ciliaY 'Isnp!A!pu! 's,uIo
,oaad on, "a psA!Isp 8! sSvlusAps -,-- :
Wv ..c.aa11 Su!Ylul peuo!qsuJ
--1,a SA!5 sm 3oI puu a,sq smoo =
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Dog and Cat Hunt Birds Together.

TIFroN, GA.-5ir. William Williams,
who resides near Mud Turtle Lake, has Q
pointer dog and large brown cat. They
go out hunting together. The dog points
the birds and attracts their attention,
while the cat, with a flank movement In
the rear, never fails to secure bird.
They never banquet until they have Sc.
cured four birds, when each Of them on
two birds apiece.
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THREE TIMES SENTENCED.
And Each Time Upon tho Same Day
Of April. A Coincidence.

A Pulaski, Tenn, special says: Lar
kin Lancaster, who was charged with
having cut of the head and severed the
lcgs.of lack Dickson and then did same up
in sacks and throwing them In Richland
creek, was yesterday convicted Of mur-
der>and sentenced to be hanged on the
second Friday in juno next. A remark
able coincidence is that this is tho third
time that he has been convicted on tho
same day Of the month Of April and SEN
fenced to hang on tho same day Of the
month IN June. He has appealed to the
supreme court, and some lawyers think
sUFnUe g'wnf SvvssA,1~.y~,
no nearer q solution than It was moro
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Death of oen. Long.

Cen rc's military secretary, died ~
Charlottesville, Va, Thursday, ,. v,s
@en' Armistead Lindsay Long %s,,sm. ~
Sorn ,'or ar, m I issS. He was graduates. q 3
per 1Sr ,T";,,,,, n,, States Military ACADEMY =
the M,v od 1880 assigned to tho aud :rsi!ssy asS,
Smiy' jy nromotod 'first lieutenant ~ ~
sss ssSa He rcalgaaa. Ipsa 32S
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the sentiment regarding independent

litical action, and he believed the time
for that had not come in New York. At
tention should first be devoted to organ
izing the rest of this State. TO this end
vigorous efforts will at once be made to
push this organization eastward. He
did not know yet whether he should at
tend the Cincinnati Convention. lie be-
lievcd the entire State would bc thor
oughly organized before next spring.
The Convention made the alliance
Ieater Of Bolivar the State organ Of the
Alliance. The ligh.handcd indepen.
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ALLIANCE CONVENTION
An Organization For New 1orA
State Completed.
po,;t,cs Utterly ignored in Tho t''
eeedings Of the convsntieh
The ocala Platform
Adopted in Toso'

uo1ur,,svnLE, N. Y, [speciSl. -
rha nrSanization Of the New YORK sS sr;n
Inc Inc oI oISance was completed without iric.
si sion and upon broader Issis snas prs %ss
xaiied, and no attempt was made aS, 70 Mat. a.
% c"rnosate disputed plsnks ~ tcS ~ e
form. The oIgsnisstion Y se9
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The Cigarette Trust.

BALTIMORE, ND, Especial. THE
American Tobacco Co.. capital stock
$25, 900, 900, has recently acquired con-
troll of the large smoking tobacco con-
Germs of Marburg Bros. and Gail & AK,
of Baltimore. This company, in its var
,ious factories North and South, produces
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TnG Hoor fIoWer Mekef:s;;s

industries Of Nov 9UfzSSy>skat rW1ex
from two to six years to leare the kam
ness. Roses, leaves, yiolets and c(aSErs
like lilacs are the popular btnnches and
all arc paid by the piece. The frst year
the learner averages 81 q week; the sec.
oaa year $3.50; tK3 third 50; the, fourth
81, aud after that eighty centsa day is
considered fair pay, for the reason that
first class work is not abundant, the
buyers preferring imported flowers for
the same money to the home product.
Strong chemicals arc used in the work
and have a deleterious influence on the
health ot the girls. These rose makers
and foliage -branchers are very nice girls
as class. Taste is required in the work,
which has a refining influence on those
called upon to exert it.-Rew York
World.
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II =
aA has sonc very old citizens. In
wucox county alone there are four men
whose combined ages make total of 364
years, and whose children, grand and
great at-grandchildrcn make up total OF
1000 souls.
The Augusta exposition fund has near.
ly reached the $l0, 900 notch.
AT Athens. the contest for orator to
represent the University of Georgia at
interstate contest at Charlottesville, Va,
next month, came off in the Demosthen,
IAN hall. 8. j. Tribe, of Gainesville,
was the lucky man.
Especial from Abbeville, says: The
largest catfish ever caught in the Ocmul-
gee river tipped the beam nt the eighty
SIX pound notch, and contained the skull
OF an infant child. John Smith, who
captured the fish, has the skull in his
possession. The fish was largo enough to
have swallowed the child whole. Il was
horrible discovery cEy.s.sss..S,..,.. ...-s,..-uux
7-----4zr-- : M o0affxa Is n, z =. :
Judge McWhorter' has ssssaSnS,a5
OF tho railroad -couvnissioners OF the
state.
A bill to bc entitled, can act to cstab-
lish and protect the marital rights of
married women" was introduced in the
Legislature Monday.
The altars of the Church of the I'm.
maculate Conception Mt Jacksonville are
noted for their beauty. The two smaller
affairs have been tinted delicate blue,
with white and gold pillars.
Orlando is to have another important
railway feeder. The new road will DC
20 miles in length, and win run from
Orlando to Narcoossec, in the sugar belt
Of South Florida.
800 men are employed in the construc.
tion of the Gainesville, Tallahassee and
Western railroad, near Tallahassee. A
new charter is pending in the legislature.
IL granted work will begin at various
Points along tho limo
The former use1ess portions Of fruit
arc to be utilized at Venice, Fla. Frank
Eiizcl has established plant for the
picking OF lemon peel, watermelon rind,
manufacturing orange jelly.
OTHER STATES.
The shipments of Alabama coal from
Greenville, Miss, to New Orleans, by
river, is another important devel opment
in Southern enterprise.
Land has been purchased near Little
Rock, Ark, for Danish colony. It is
reported that 800 of these immigrants
will sail from Copenhagen next week.
These people will engage in farming
around trading town which they pro-
pose to create. The Scandinavians are
Industrious, frugal and moral. They
have built up large sections of Wiscon-
SiA iap4 rQtther MorthMeste States. Such
every Southern State.
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to its business the SMOKING fBbAe55 ~ A.
of these two famous Baltimore houses, j,
will be able to control in large measured
that branch of the tobacco industry o|
the United States.
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vantagcs desifao!VVAllI
1913 Putnam avenue, BTd0H.J
Philip Brooks Made Bishop.

BosToN, Mass, Especial. lin Thurs
DAYS session of the Massachusetts, Dio-
ccsan Convention of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church. the Rev. Philips Brooks,
d. D., was elected Bishop by q vote Of
O2 10 SO,
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Died Of q Spiders Bite.

LITTLE Rock, A. Especial. Word
sss.,s tGsq r., essad% asats of a. the s
.Tn .q,'a q $ sso!uassssq ssq en The lad d0"~ss %as
1es :Td%o,.~,ss ~ sy, ys,sss,$e~ 20 or
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600 n . -Four Hours siass
CHATTANOOGA, TssN.--s y 4 ,ssiHon
cntaiicd . loss OF qussss 49,. Ns,cisrrc
dollars here, bsgu. IN & ~
factory on King street: Az y snss,oi ~ .nS
n"forc the f,smcs were UNDER cos ssrf~
the field Of destruction GO cc', - sc,icvc:
acres. % Tho loss is about 49, = a -
Campbell 4 Co., furnitusrs r.n isCs ~. H q.
STs 6OO, insurance about yoV,wvs.
Lily, two-story brick, ( o,5C. Scss - - 49,
not occupied, los lio ,0evi -. s ~ =
house, loss eiSs0 y .. ~ - = q
the East TeaBeneee w .s -. y :, "a n !.
railroad Ccnpsay e & ~ y +, : 1S1
s':ss. |Sss |s:::i
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Gold Still Going
,nIAbroad.

New YORK CITY.--Goy Aoroao'
amount of $3.50, 900 is q id coin 10 th,
to Europe by the steam. pred for export
toria, aud 5000, 900 foI Augusta Vic.
dered this week, $l,H pa. Total "r.