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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
Failures and Confrmstions by the
Senate:


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Especial. THE
The following nominations failed to re-
ceive confirmation by the senate: James
ID. Beatty, as district Judge of Idaho
Louis Dermaris, coiner of mint at New
Orleans; James II. Young, collector Of
customs for the district of Wilmington,
n. G.; Thos. E. Oglesgarde, register of
land Office at Minot.
Postmaster G. e. Norris, Brighton, N.
T.; G. w. Feree, Edgar, Neb.; john
Clinton, Brownsville, Tenn. Jas. Hill.
Vicksburg, Miss. j. NJ. Mclaughlin,
Lynchburg, Va.
In case of Beatty's nomination it was
resisted by the Idaho senators on the
ground tina. Beatty was a. active pssti
ntalidat@ election of senator-eiect Du.
Dois and finance senator Farwell, a warm
friend of Dubois caused failure of nomi-
nation by demand that it lie over -four
days, which carried it over March 4.
foungs nomination was bitterly fought
3y, faction of his own party which sent
delegation here to oppose it. While in
case or Hill, colored. man nominated for
postmaster at Vicksburg, Democratic OBJ
position managed to delay action loIw
enough to cause failure of nomination.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
Duping the Colored Man.

GAINESVILLE, TEX.-During the past
len days over 800 negroes have passed
through the city en- route to Oklahoma
to settle. Nearly ull came from Eastern
Texas and arc most distressed and dcsti
tutc of money, farming implements and
everything necessary to prevent starva.
tion and suffering in new country. A
-Xkite man from Oklahoma has been rep
also sold to near4 s go. -
grating negroes town lot for 81 each.
These lots were represented to be located
IN the heart of large town, and to be
worth $1'O Every negro had deed to
some imaginary town lot.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
Senator Hearst's Successor.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Especial. 1T is
the Impression among the friends of Ex-
Governor Murray, Of California, that he
VIII be the successor to the late Scnat or
Hearst. Gov. Murray is Kentuckian
ny birth, and served in the Federal army
during the civil war, reaching the rank
Oh brlgadiei general at the age of 81.
lie was United States marshall in Ken
lucky, under President Grant, and gov.
crnor OF Utah under President Arthur
Being free from factional connections in
California, his fricntS consider him n
strong compromise caGlldate.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

Ex-Secretary Bayard has aged consid-
eraoiy since leaving Washington, though
IN apparently good health. 1t is noted,
muses. the Chicago Herald, that success
In politics seems to act as powerful
tonic, and public men in Washington
bear their years better than when retired
to private life. It will be remembered
that Secretary Blaine aged faster during
his four years retirement than he did
before or has since.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
The Raistoay Ago recently published

The Raistoay Ago recently published
q clever article by Joseph o. Herbert,
-nn.tad< <s4atAa- Consul at Para, Brazil.
The subject of the article is "RaiIroad-
ing in Brazil" but its object relates
more particularly to that vast alluring
phantasy of ebullient craftsmanship
known as the stPan- American Railroad"
This might better be termed the Tight
Rope Air Line, for it is proposed to
bridge the valleys and tunnel the peaks
Of the Andes, traversing the great water
shed of South America by balancing the
road-bed ON tho knife-edge of mountain
tops. Aside from the facts that such a
railroad would cost thousand times
more than an ordinary road simply to
lay the rails, that an ocean steamship can
carry freight faster and cheaper than a
freight train, that the major portion Of
tho country to be travelled has no popu-
lation worth the name, Mr.. Korbort
Gives as peculiar obstacle to railroads
in Brazil that they must tunnel the
forests and new path must be opened
after every train, because "tho dense
growth of vegetation is SO rapid that a
path cut in the morning is overgrown in
the night" This last fact settles the
Pan-American railroad scheme, declares
the Chicago Nesos. No self-respecting
locomotive engineer will handle the
lever Of an engine which is obliged tc
shove . lawn-mower ahead of it.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
City Clerk Gone Wrong.

RICHMOND, VA. Especial. .l--Mr. Blu.
ford Grymcs, clerk in the treasurer's Of
fee was arrested on the charge of the
cmbezzlement of city funds. 1t seems he
had collected some gas bills and failed to
turn in the amount to the treasurer, or
enter them on his books The sum so
far missing is only about sixty dollars,
but it is feared a much larger amount has
been misappropriatcd.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
FLORIDA.

Iarpon Springs has just INDUCED il
the luxury of electric lights.
A Tallahassee special says: Gov.
Fleming will leave to the Legislature the
appointment of n United States senator
to succeed Mr.. Call.
Fernandina proposes to have an as.
sociation Of ladies to be known rs the
City Improvement society, to supervise
the work of keeping the streets clean.
F. II. Orvis, who keeps q statistical
comparison of the Florida seasons, saws
that the business of January, 1891, was
fifty per cent. over January. 1890; that
February was sixty per cent. greater ami
that March promises a greater increase.
April, SAYS he. will be away ahead of last
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

:; Pennsylvania is taking an important
step in the direction of better roads; a
step that, in the opinion of the New
York Tribune, every State should take.
Railroad travelling has become so general
and SO perfect that the common high
ways of the land are largely overlooked.
Yet on them is the vast bulk of travelling
-an6 Transporting done, after all, and
caloulable extent the comfort and con-
venience and prosperity of the vast bulk
Of the people. The improvement of
county roads Is topic that should stand
well toward the head of the list in every
Legislative assembly, until we have
brought ourselves at least to an equality
with the Romans of two thousand years
AGO.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
Results of Reciprocity.

Several prominent merchants of Balti-
more have organized the Brazil Trading
Co, capital $50, 900, with power to in
crease to 100000. The incorporators
named in the charter are Thornton Rol-
lins, Faris G. Pitt, Rufus Woods, Rob
crtson Taylor and Edwin w. Levcring.
This company expects to avail itself of
the reciprocity recently inaugurated, and
to open up large trade with Brazil.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
Rev. James @. Furman Dead.

GREENvILLE, S. G. Especial. REV
Jas. G. Furman, D. D., one of the most
eminent scholars and clergymen of the
southern Baptist church, and for many
years president of Furman University,
died ut his home in Greenville, Wednes-
day. Aged so years.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

The Independent, Of New York, having
asked members Of Congress and
Senate-whether they would close the
worlds fair on Sunday or leave it open,
publishes over 100 replies, wherein it
appears that the respondents are very
nearly equally divided or the matter,
those opposing opening, however, being
about ten in the majority. !
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
Growth of Alliance in West Virginia

CLARksBURa, w. VA. Especial. i
Farmers Alliance organizers have bccn
working Suietly throughout the State for
several weeks past. 1t has now develop
ed that IT,: membership in some counties
is nearly as great as the combined strength
of two old parties. A new alliance p,per
is to be started here this spring.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
Queen Vic. and Empress Frederick
At Horse Show.

LONDON, [Cablegram. Queen Victo
ria, accompanied by Empress Frederick,
by the latter's daughter, Margaret, and
by Prince and Princess Wales, drove to-
day in open carriages from Buckingham
Palace to Islington, where the royal party
spent considerable time in visiting horse
shows, now in progress at the Agricultu-
raj Hall. Queen and her party received
a perfect ovation as they passed through
the streets on their way to and from the
horse show
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
Hugh T. Inman Made President of
Georgia Central.

NEW YoRK, Especial. I-Hugn r iu.
man, brother of John III. Inman, of the
Richmond terminal system, will be made
President of the Georgia Central within a
month. Mr.. Inman, who is man of
recognized ability in the south, has long
been in demand by Georgia Central, but
not until Tuesday .;:as c:.s ;o definitely known
that he would accept the position. The
salary is so, 900 year.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

The burned electric plant OF the Dan
vile Street Car Company will be rebuilt
at once.
Roanoke will soon boast of postoffice
building constructed at a cost of $75,-
600 by the general government. A bill!
ordering this has passed both houses of
Congress and been approved by the Pres
ident.
Timberville is n new town on the line
OF the Broadway & West Virginia
Railroad that is soon to be constructed
1t is the centre of the great forest regions
OF North mountain aud Brooks Gap.
The North fork of the Shenandoah river
runs throurh the town
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

dhe Jackscnville and Santa Fe Hard
Rock Phosphate Co., lately reported as
organized, has been Incorporated, with
capital stock of $500, 600.
The orange trees along the Halifax
river are showing numerous buds and on
ly require little rain to burst into fuIl
bloom
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
Columbia, Dartmouth and Williams
EJDllsges have dispensed with tho COM
'neucement orstions.

Railroad statistics show that moro
people are killed while walking on the
track than from any other cause, which
b an argument, thinks the Mail and Ez.
Frsss, for enforcing the laws forbidding
dis practice.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
$4oO, 900 Capital For Oil Merchants.

LONDON, [Cablcgram. "A number of
prominent cotton seed oil merchants, in
Guiding Messrs. Rose, Wilson and Rose,
George Leanes, Son and company; Bcvan
Harris and Garrard and Game, Bowes
and Co., Of this city, have formed joint
stock company with capital of $780,
600
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
He Took French Leave.

Jackson, Miss, Especial. l--Govcrnot
Stone received information that w. J.
Cowar, cx-collcctor and sheriff Of Marion
county, had abSconded with the public
iulrts. He probably owes the State two
Thousand dollars.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

y Psy more attention to che
teaching OF living languages. He claims
that English clerks qualified to corre-
spend in French and English are great
rsrities, and that English merchants are
obliged to employ foreigners to attend to
their foreign business.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
MARCH A LIVELY MONTH.
Strong Breezes Watt These News
Notes To Us,
From Many Points In the Progressive
Southland, Interesting We
Are Sure.
VIRGINIA.

There is an increased demand for mau.
factories are all running.
Although the Senate has failed TO con-
firm the nomination of James McLaugh-
lin, postmaster of Lynchburg, it is be-
lieved that he will fill that office.
The entire crew of the log-boat 'rHope,"
A. We h <,<s1o IT 10 ro q; In NJ
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

t'M you are going to kill man, says
m English surgeon Of renown, "and
Ssnt to do it quickly and without suffer
'1rk hsng him. If the hangman knows
ses tha victim, does not. feel as
q = g shot through the heart
sjese! ! less e :
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

Had you the required cheeky &
81 had not, but Steve Sears hSd it for
me-"
GLOW were you reccived2"
."On the sharp toe of boot, Spilled
What W did this teach youmri r.,
"Not to fool around too nfle1."
"What happened next?"
81 was set down on cake of ice and
asked if put my trust in mercantile re-
ports"
"Your answer 2"
"Not if 1 know myself, 1 DON'T"
elbow was you next handledT'
~ was put straddle of q goat made ont
Of 2x4, and trotted nine times around
the room by four worthy brothers, and
then trotted il front Of the Left Bower
for further instructions"
How did he instruct you2"
..To approach customer in three up
right regular Steps nth my business
card extended mt right ~ ,nv a,,ns
forming perfect square .dIsSsS.6aEcf,--
GLOW was you then disposed 1ofY'
81 was again seated on the cake of ice
in front of Il dry goods, and made 10
take the following horrible aud binding
oath:
81, Charles S. Robinson, do hereby
and herein most evcrastingly and diaboli-
cally swear, by the Great Bob Tail Flush,
that will mover re""el :2:;! aiwuys
steal ali the trade secrets can for the
use and benefit of the Most August Or
dor. And further swear, by the Bald
headed Jack of Clubs, that 1 will never
give, carve, make, hold, take or cut prices
below the regular rates. And l further
swear by the Pipers that played before
Moses, TO never have any commercial
dealings with any man or his wife, sister,
grandmother, old maid, aunt or uncle.
unless they, he, she or it is sound on the
goose."-
81 was then asked what most needed" y"
"What was your reply"
"Money"
"What did you then behold7"
GA copy of Dun & Co. s reports, open
at chapter 'Muskegon.' Upon the open
book rested pair of drug scales, in one
pan of which rested ten pounds of con-
centratcd lyc, and in the other sat small
silver jackass."
''Wnat did this emblem signify?"
| The scales indicated the balance be-
tween debtor and creditor. The other
emblems represented lie-abilties and ass
cts of bankupts."
''Did this teach you any lesson2"
"4ou bet! 1t taught me the fact thai
the former arc generally so almighty mucf
better than the latter"
"Shake! Brother! Viii
you be off or from2"
Both, if / can borrow money enuff tt
get cut Of town on"
! "lIave you any cigars9"
81 have"
"Givc 'em to me-"
81 did not so receive 'em, neither will
/ so impart EN-" IL 81, .
GLOW will you dispose II <e&. IT
son sixty days time or two per cent
cash, +. o. B."
"All right, begin"
"No, begin you"
"No, you begin"
Cup" 'Em." Set"
"'Set 'em up tn words and sign
arc right, Brother Snooks, he is yart
wide and all wool, and yon can bet OF
him."
Bother Crookston and each lent th,
chap s., AMI he left with IT. nv thank
and Kind wishes.
Now you can see by this what hslp i
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

An Arab water seller who was In
Turkey during the last war with Russia
was wandering about ut the rear of the
batt!efelds with two freshly filled jugs
Of water, calling out "Clear, cool water,
two piastcrs n cupful," when rouLd
shot bounding along smashed one jug to
atoms, and the Arab wandered on with
out pausing, and changed his cry to
"Clear, cool water, four piasters the
cupful, "-The Jester,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
Woman's Progress.

LANSING, MTcT.- A bill granting mu.
nicipal suffrage To women has passed TO
third reading in the senate.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

is to a fellow whcu he gets dead broke
among strangers fo have these little things
TO fii back "", Grand Rapids Times.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

down pailful of boiling water in which
three or four pounds of washing soda
have been dissolved. A good disinfectan,
is prepared in the same way using cop
peras. Copperas is poison and cannot
be left about.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

-===-gNlQN CT. .sQQgHG GAR MARCH, 49, 1891 q

a son of Ex-Governor Thompson, of South
Carolina was quietly married to Miss Bal
lie Glasgow.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

Artificial musk is now being msnufao.
tuIed in Germany.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
American Authors Now Protected.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Especial. ]-Thc
President has signed the copyright bill.
All of regular appropriation bills have re-
ceived the Presidents signature.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
KNIGHTS or TIE ROAD
A Drummer Relates His Experiepce
In Grand Rapids, Nichirsn.

In Grand Rapids, 0ichigsn.
What like about these "Knights los
the Road" is that they are great field IS
for secret societies. Most all the dr,3r
mers belong to everything that Is goit,
from that Of the Grand Knights Of le.
mond Carter" down to ''Sons of h.
temperance. l am quite hand br
all such mysterious things myself, sd I
get solid with all the boys My bd
friend Crookston called on me the other
day to see if needed any drugs and 70
have visit. We had n jolly old tinf.
While We were sitting in the Office IA
chap came in and wanted to borrow e
on account of remittance not coming b
him as he expected. 1 told him my $aI kept
to lend was in now, being sent p the
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13

Il
hailing sign of an Odd Fellow, with he
tumblcd to. Then I came to the reat
hair in the SCOT" grip of PytBnic.
lie tumbled. Then Crook gave, hin g.
B. of the Sons of Malta. He was onto
it. Then 1 tipped him the hair-plking
sigma. sgiIsd Of and !.i% GGod On TipPleT J He
chemical term, meaning waters" Then
Crook stuck out his hand and gave him
the noted p. d. Q. sign of the Royalhrch
Brick Mason. He "got thar" on that.
Then Crookston examined him as follows,
to make sure he was drummer:
''From whence comest thou, pard2"
From tho Lodge of the Holy st.
Johns, Michigan"
"What seek ye here to do2"
''To take few orders and collect a
bill of Billson"
''Then you are drummer2"
81 am so taken and accepted by the
boys"
"How may know you to bet drum
"By my check and my fifty pound sam
pie case. Try NO." So
"How will you be tried2"
"By the squar'"
Why Dy the square,"
Because the squar' is magistrate
and an emblem of stupidity"
where were you first led to be drum
mer2"
'In my mind"
"Wherc ncXt2"
SIN printing office, adjoining reg
ular post of drummers."
How were you prepared2"
"By being divested of my last cent,
my cheek rubbed down with brick, q
bunion plaster over each eye and Heavy
sample case in each hand. In this fix
| was conducted to the door of the post"
GLOW did you know it was dotr,
being blihd2"
by first stepping. in a coal Iscnttle
and aftcrward humping my head spainst
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-11
ItaIy's Latest Move.

The appeal of Italy to the powers
is by far the most formidable move
ment the Rudini government has
made. 1t is far more disquieting than
any threats Of armed force. With a
discredited blusterer and juggler at
the head of our Department Of State,
it will be hard to secure for our side
of the case-the just one-that con-
sideration which it deserves. Mr.
Blaine's reputation is an embarrass-
ment to us in every foreign con-
troversy, and il is to be feared it may
do serious harm on an occasion like
this when the result depends on the
successful moulding of what may be
called International public opinion.
This incident may well result in an
o~verhauling of treaties. and a clearer
understanding of the powers OF this
government Nothing has been more
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-11
GLOUCESTER 10 REOPEN.
Bookmaki Ing viii lie Done by Tele-
graph and Not on the Track.

fpecldt to the JeTSeU CttH Ne1cs.
CAMDEN, May IL, 1S91.-"Bnly" Thomp-
son, regardless of the fact that the Grand
Jury is now sitting in Camden county,
has completed arrangements for the early
opening of the track of 1.-THE South Jersey
Club" at Gloucester. This is au-
theutic.
Thompson's new plan is not original,
because race tracks in various portions or
the country have been run in the same
way during times when efforts were made
to break them up. He will not allow the
booths to be occupied by bookmakefs.
There will be no public bookmaking with
in the enclosure. Instead there will be
about twenty telegraph instruments con-
nected with the leased wires. Each in
'strument will pay Thompson $40 a day.
1t Is to be presumed that each bookmaker
City, sAtlantic City or elsewhere), will
rave one of these special wires, and some
further revenue than the SO tax on each
instrument will go to Thompson from the
bookmakers. They expect to do a big
country tradei in the towns through New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Atlantic City will be quite a headquar-
tiers for the bookmakers. The Postal
Telegraph Company has made arrange
ments to put in plenty Of wires by means
of which the results can be sent on from
the track.
There are differences of opinion about
the opening date. Some sports say June
/, others May Is. As the latter date falls
on Friday, and Mr.. Thompson is as super
stitious as most gamblers, there will
probably be no opening on that occasion.
The track has been much improved.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-11

A curious communication has been
made TO the Academic de Medicine by NJ.
Motais, of Angers, whose works IN the
various diseases of the eye are highly es-
teemed. He has closely examined the eff
feet OF captivity on the sight OF wild
beasts, sucn as lions. tigers, etc, and as
serts that all animals in a savage state
are far sighted. The same remark APP
plies to man in an uncivilized state, and
eyen to those VINO, though civilized, fol-
low avocations which obiige them TO re-
main constantly IN the open air, such as
sailors or farm laborers.
The same faculty subsists In Gagged ami
mails when they are taken after the age
of six or eight months; bus when born in
captivity or kept in cages hen very
young, they become near sighted. which
NJ. Motais attributes to the narrow space
in which they are confined, and the train
ing which obliges them to follow the eve
of the keeper or tanner to obey his will.
The near ssightedness of school children
may, in his opinion, be ascribed to the
same cause.-The habit of concentrating
the sight on one point. and the fact that
the power of the visual organ becomes
modified according to the requirements
TO which it is Overwhelmingly Ndga-
zine.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-11

DR.. Murphy, a physician of considerable re-
pute and a graduate Of Dublin University, has
recently located on the Heights, with residence
and office at No. 81 Ocean avenue, near Bran
hall, where he Is establishing a practice which
prom Uses for him a brilliant career.
Mr.. James G.. Mackey, the new Latin professor
at the High School, assumed his duties this
morning.
Mr.. Henry Thompson of No. 400 Jersey avenue
is spending a few weeks at Washington, D. O.
DR.. G. j. Hornung Of No. s02 Grove street. is
making elaborate preparations for a tour
through the West.