The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-18
DECEMBER D6INGS.
The Latest News From Trio of
States.
Interesting News Items From Many
Points in Our Own and
Neighboring States.
VIRGINIA.

n. II. Meredith Is elected Congressman
in the Eighth District to succeed Gen.
Lee, deceased, with about the same ma.
jority as his predecessor.
A colored woman one hundred wears
and one day old was buried in Claremont
last week.
Robert E. Cooke and Miss Mary Scarce,
81 Danviile, elope across the Carolina
line Thursday and were married at
Pelham. ,,-----
The Grand Lodge of Masons, which
convened Tuesday in Richmond, is
meeting in the 113th annual convocation.
The State of Virginia owns about a
million and a half acres Of oyster lands.
The question of managing these oyster
beds SO that they shall yield proper
revenue to the State is to be taken up by
the Virginia Legislature now in session.
Gen. Scott Shipp, superintendent of
the Virginia Military Institute, is making
arrangements to build a memorial hail
TO Stonewall jackson. The estimated
cost of the building is SAC, 900, $40, 900
of which, itIs said, has been secured
The revival of some of John Randolph's
duelling exploits recalls to many Virgin
ians the beauty of his famous plantation,
Roanoke, which was situated near the
confluence of the Roanoke and Staunton
rivers. It contained 1000 acres and
was divided into quarters, each dcsigna-
ted by name of its own and managed
by its own ovcrseer. On commap.ing
eminence overlooking these smiling val
leys and well-timed hills the mansion
house reared its ample proportions. In
June, 1S46, by the provisions of Ran
-. ~ ,s,sxy rlr al. 10 -
were freed. Even in those days there
were will contests, but the slaves at last
got their liberty and made their way to
Mercer county, Ohio, where homes had
been purchased for them.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The new union passenger depot at
Raleigh is being finished.
The cotton receipts ut Raleigh 0ocaD
this season to date are IS, 53S bales
against 90, 613 last season.
At Shores Ferry on the Yadkin rive
Thursday the wire broke, letting the boat
and its cargo float down the river. The
stream was swollen and the ferryman in
his endeavor to save the men. and team
which were crossing over, sustained pain.
iul and perhaps fatal injuries. Both
arms were broken, besides being other
wise bruised.
,atS1iry at Ladford on -ruv -1rvr,i,v'ro o'-r"el
seaboard railroad. Ped Turner, an es,
teemed citizen, a son and daughter all
died one morning of pneumonia aud an
other child the following day. The vile
and mother died few days ago.
At Elizabothtown James Johnston,
colored, was hanged in the presence oi
1000 people. Johnston committed
criminal assault on Florence Sutton, q
colored uirl ten years old, and then muir
dered her. He confessed the crim
when arrested, but protested his 1nno
cence on the gallows.
The wood pulp mills at the falls OF tn
Neuse have begun work. There has pee
expended on these mills, and on the ne, neN
plant for the paper mills there, $22,ooC
The company owning the property pre-
propose to open very valuable aud extei
siye granite quarries at that place, ana
secure a branch railway from the Kaieig;
& CASTOR, some three miles in Length
The water power is very great: Inc tu
bine at the wood pulp mills IS Soo-hor'
power. ...s.s-.s.ssssS3,.s..s.s