The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-07-03
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These Late News Notes Wt,l R,.
fresh You.
A Digest of all the Princ;na, u.
pening in Our Galaxy of
Southern States.
VIRGINIA.

VIRGINIA.
A 5o-barrel roller process flourin
"''l' IS being built at Covington.
"A charter was granted in Lynchbur
20 the Southern Electric Company.
The City Point Land Improvement
Company have bought 5000 acres o
nnn l,na In Prince George county for 5000,
sg1s' EsaTi ssua1ns soa stot st. ahaf fis,
an infant in its cradle Wednesday.
A Lexington "Stonewall" Jackson,
BODY was removed Thursday morpipo
from the grave where it had rested since
1864, and quietly placed in the vault
bullt FOR it. over which the monument
is at once to be erected.
| Two new summer schools arc to he in
| STUFFED at the University of Virginia,
|harlottesvillc, this year, the schools of
medicine and modern languages. Each
oi the new schools is under the guidance
OF competent faculty, and will no
doubt be as successful as the older
SCHOOLS, those of law, engineering, etc.
Several hundred students arc expected
to be in attendance all the summer.
The earnings of the Lynchburg and
Durham Rail,oad for May, 1890, as com.
pared with June. 1891, showed an increase
OF Just 100 per cent. at the meeting in
Lynch .,g last week. At this meeting
the restriction requiring the president
and vice-presidents to be residents of
Virginia or North Carolina was removed,
and w G. Hous 'on, of Philadelphia,
was elected psesident to succeed p. j.
Otey. McssrS and j, S. Carr were
elected idents, and board of
10 directors as chosen. The beard of
directors wcT1 instructed to consider the
construction of On extension from Dur
ham south to connect with the Raleigh
and CASTOR railroad.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The Forsyth Savings Bank, of Wins
ton, has declared an extra dividend of
per cent.
One more cotton mill for Concord
this being the xth. 1t is proposed TO
start with $4,000, $50, 900 of which is
already subscribed.
The North Carolina penitentiary is not
"nly sclfsupporting but is every month
paying something into the State Treas
ugy.
James NJ MorinG.-.ex.Speakex of the
his home in Pittsboro Thursday.
Forty-seven carrier pigeons were re-
leased at Winston. Saturday, for their
home in Newark, N. j.
Notices ore being sent to each of the
1889 soldier pensioners 10 attend the en-
campmcnt at Wrightsvil!e, July 29-Aug.
ust i. 1t is roughly estimated that half
the number will attend. If so it will be
notable gathering.
The seat made vacant in the directory
of the C. +. & Y. V. railroad by the death
Of Col Gray, has been filed by the ac-
tion of the board in clecting II. Percy
Gray a director. At the same meeting
d.. w. A. Lash, of Walnut Cove. was
chosen president of the company, and II.
Percy G,ay was continued in the posi-
ton of assistant president.
The merchants of the Stale have con
tibu cd to fund and have employed
uon. George Davis and Mr.. Roun':cc, OF
Whining! on, who have brought suit in
the United States District Courv for the
| Easter District of North Carolina. be-
fore Judge Seymour, TO test the constitu-
tionaIity Of the me, chants purchase AK.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
500 was raised at Greenwood for the
Jefferson Davis Monument fund.
| Gen. IIugucnin says there will be no
summer c1campment of state troops.
st. Johns Day was celebrated by ;
picnic at O:aogcburg by the Free Masons
An estimate that is considc:cd fai
one by lice mc1, places this years crol
in South Carolina at 1 600, 900 bushels.
Governor Tillman delivered an ad
dress on Wednesday last to the pupils o
Cedar Springs Institute for the Deaf anc
Blind 1t was very eloquent and i'm
pressivc, says She News aad Courier.
The State Board of Canvasscrs met at
Columbia and disposed of the Probate
judge contest by deciding in favor OF TIT
contestant, Green, who had majority ol
the face of the return.
Coosaw settlement and the surround
ing Glands were visited Monday aftc'
noon with very severe blow, and th
numc ous truck farms on the island WEI
severely damaged. Hail fell with tn
, rain. and the lightning was so blindin
and inccssant that the heavens bad I'll
appearance of being ablaze with cle'
uiCitv.
At Silver G owe. FL,nam count,
= James Mitchell and OScar Plunkett sh'
and lillcd each othcr Sunday.
: Tipol has bcci found undci meath ii
'whitc oak slashcs' of LGw:enC eburt