The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-20

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for boys, of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of Virginia, at Alexandria, fell
dead at The breakfast table Thursday.
The Hon. A. II. II. Stewart, ex-sccre-
tary of the interior in President Filmore's
cabinet and Il member of the Peabody
educational board is critically ill ut
Staunton and is expected to die at any
time.
Col. Richard F. Bcirne, formerly edit.
or of the Richmond State, died at his
home in Ashland Monday night.
During the first five weeks of its opera
zion the Bucna Vista iron furnace has
shipped l,5OO tons of pig iron to various
Northern points.
A temperance crusade has started at
South Boston. The pastors of the Bap-
tist, Methodist and Presbyterian church
cs are at the head of the movement.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Ten weeks free tuition. beginning
MniSh iIn;Shri,th 13th y will g be given hy the State
dent Battle for particulars.
The directors of the Atlantic and North
Carolina railroad have applied to the leg
islaturc to so amend the charter as to cx-
tend from Goldsboro to- Charlotte.
Raleigh has raised $40, 600 for the In
ter-Statc Exposition, and it will be held
in that city next fall. Every county ia
the State should help Raleigh to make
this an affair worthy the State.
Capt. +. r. Smith, agent at tn" Rich
mond and Danvillc freight depot in
Charlotte. says that three times as much
cotton has been handled at the dcnot, un
10 inc present time, this season. as was
handled during all of last season. One
of the Charlotte congresses has com
! pressed so far SO, 600 bales. against 50,
600 the same date of last year. The Nc
Faddcn press at the junction has handled
about 5000.
Everyone s9a9sSjsa lid .uHj With tAs Stats Saas
s1jdst now sendinss 7outtae.- for. fs,.;!;xsy
bags; 100,0 900 tags have been shipped
during the week. 1t will take 500, 900
tags to supply the demand this season.
The house of representatives passed
the railroad commission bill. 1t is the
bill with a few slight amendments. that
passed the senate. 1t provides for three
commissioners to he elected by the Gen
cral Assembly, and they arc given the
power to fix and regulate freight and
passenger rates, to regulate telegraph
and express companies, and to prevent
all determinations
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The South Bound railroad is being
graded from Columbia to Grahams, AZ
miles.
c. II. Blanken, of Charleston, has Sc.
cured patent and is now having his
Improved removable sidings for beds"
manufactured.
J. b. Williams, who murdered Major
w. A. Williams at Greenville on Friday
night and has since been n fugitive from
j~otieo. was captured near WayncsviIle,
| N. c., and brought back to Grccnvi!le.
, a reward of $500 was offered for his
capture.
J. l.. Withers has resigned his place il,
the agricultural department. of South
Carolina. He did not desire to work un-
der the Tillman administration, by which
he has been retained as clerk of the board
of trustees of the department of agricul-
turc.
At the last session of the Legislature
the Kansas City, Birmingham, Macon,
Foot Point Railway system obtained per
mission t" enter this State. The road is
an air line from Kansas City to Foot
Point \ construction company. with
John Temple Graves as general man.
ager, has already, it is said, began opera
lions on the South Carolina section of the
road, which will run through Collcton
and Hampton counties. The company.
it is reported, has bought largely of land
near Foot Point.
GEORGIA.
There is no abatement to the buildipn