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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

The Scientific Amsri,aa declares that
"the need of fast war vessels was we'll
illustrated by the recent incidc 1t in the
harbor of San Diego, CAL , when a Chiliap
cruiser belonging to the insurgents ea.
tered the bay, anchored, tooH on board
recruits, supplies of provisions, amnu.
milton, and then sailed away. This ship,
under the laws of nations, was in fact a
Ipiratical vessel, and as suca was seized
10y the Government authoritic, at San
Diego, and United States vessel placed
ion board and in possession. Bat tho
aiChilian rebels paid no attention to tae
laws Of the United States; they may be
said to have captured the place. When
they had obtained Ill the supplies they
wanted to a sist them in carrying on war
against friendly nation, they upheaved
anchor aud steame away, Carrying off as
prisoner the Official representative of
the great republic. This was sm,ll snip
called the Itata, carrying four guns.
There is nothing to prevent the Cliliar
rebels from sending in other boats to
capture or lombard Sln Diego or other
towns along the coast. Inieei, while
the Itata was taking on supplies at San
Diego, other vessels of the rebels were
lowering outside the haroor. We have
no navy worthy Of the, pams-- and nsaslu-
all our seaports ara without proper de-
fenses. Like SIN Diego, thcyare at the
mercy of any single piraticai boat that
chooses TO enter. This is n very humil-
iating position for country like ours to
be placed in. All told, we have pair
of small torpedo boats, half a dozen or
so of small cruisers, and an equal nun.
Der of larger vessels. There should be
fifty ships where now there are one
Every harbor in the country should be
guarded by efficient sentinc!s consisting
OF vessels of high speed, ready for in
slant action, to maintain and enforce the
authority of the republic"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
FAILED TO MATERIALIZE.
The Ballot Reform Convention in
Charleston.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Especial. The
ballot reform convention failed to mate
rialize. Eight delegates and two news
paper reporters were at the hall at the
hour of noon, and these agreed unani-
mously that the whole thing is in the soup,
the eight delegates who were present say
ing that their only purpose in attending
was to move an adjournment in case a
quorum had been present.
This was a most audacious attempt to
split the city democracy delegates in the
fiph; between the two wings of the party
to the regular democratic convention
which has been called to meet July 28th
There is no doubt that the reform move
ment lost considerable strength by tht
tactics adopted by the office-seekers ir
its ranks, but it is still in good fighting
trim, and close battle may be expected
July.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
Hebrew Woes in Russia.

A st. Petersburg cablcgram says: The
Iabbis of the principal cities of Russia
have ordered day Of fasting, prayer and
intercession against persecution. Re
merchants of ST. Petersburg intend to
quit the city. Among those mentioned
as about 10 leave arc poijINOif, the rail
way kinerand Budzki. the sugar reiincr
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
jackson at Lexington.

On the 2lst of July Valentines statue
Of Stoncwall Jackson will be unveiled
at Lexington, Va, AMI it is expected
that there will be n grand gatheriog Of
vctcra Oh that occasion. The Gglrc is
one Of the mos. spirited of Valentines
creation, and is thoroughly suggestive of
the character Of his subject. This sculp.
tor is now transferring to marble his
HoGcri: group, kndromache aud As.
tyanax, which promises to create sensa
tion in tic art " orll
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

Experiments ars bsiaG msds Il Euro.
pean navies with captive balloons as
points OF observation. From one sent
up from French ironclad, ships and the
details OF the neighboring coas. could be
seen, In clear weather, for twenty or
twenty five miles. With silk as the ma.
teriai of the cable by which it is held,
she balloon. could rise in calm weather to
height OF four hundred yards. The
subject has attracted the attention of
the naval authorities in Germany and
England. -
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
The Bacca' at Scandal.

A cab!cgram from LONDON says: In the
Baccarat case Sir Edward Clarke foi
plaintiff followed Sir Charles Russell
Sir Edward made n sensation by saying
it would be impossible for authorities to
strike the name Of Sir William Gordon
Cumming from the army list and leave
Prince OF Wi."s' name thereon.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
The G. K. & w. Gets a Receiver

A Charleston. s. c., dispatch, says:
In the United States court to-day III. o.
Beattic was appointed permanent receiv-
er OF the Carolina, Knoxville and West
crn Railroad. with $4,000 bond
Holders of bonds Of the road are required
20 prove .incil bombs before the clerk of
the court. The suit was brought by the
National Bank Of Augusta. This makes
the third railroad in this state now in the
hands Of receiver, the others being the
South Carolina and the "Threc C's"
roads.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

ATTAwA, ONT, Especial. - Sir John
Macdonald became unconscious and re-
NAMED so until he died, AT 1915 o'clock,
surrounded by his eutirc household. Ali
the church bells ale tollne, and thou
sands Of citizens are expressing deep re-
gret at the prcmiers' demise.
The funeral took place Tuesday. The
body was removed 10 the senate cham
Der and iay in state for four OF five hours
Interment subsequently, took place at
K'nssSu, S 3ps;, %hsss The Rls%is,, : tGt
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
TKs cotton siJuetfon.

Ine SOtCOn S1CuaClOn.
The New York Financial Chronicle
brings its cotton facts down to last Friday
hight. 1t says for the week ending Fr:.
lay evening the total receipts have
reached 80, 996 bales, against 33, ,0S2 bales
'ast week and 80, 591 bales the previors
week, making the total receipts since tie
lst of September, 1890, 6, I63,913 bales.
against 5,757,0 02S bales for the same
period of 19S9-00, showing an increase
since September 1, 1890, of 1,026, SIS
bal s.
The export for the week reach total
of As, 4O5 bales, OF which 30 1913 were to
Great Britain, 900 to France and 1909?
to the rest of the continent.
The speculation in cotton for future
delivery at New York has been fairly ac-
tive for the week under review, with
prices making rather wide variations.
There was much depression on Monday.
when August contracts sold Mt thirty
+ three points -rcfo-~---esrc nrgTrcsC TUlCcS
made about the middle of May. This
decline from price already low brought
in buyers to cover contracts. On
Wednesday the next crop advanced few
points on reports Of an adverse crop &C
count from the state bureau of Georgia,
"lliSh Sulu luC COuNltioH WINS oblN ~
and the acreage decreased Is per cent.
This influence and its effect upon the
Liverpool market caused on Tuesday
general buoyaucy, which was maintained
throughout lie day, the latest figures be =
had been short for months covered
pretty well met by the room traders, who
L,n,ht "nI,,.ln,
to realize profits. The receipts at inter
ior towns fell off materially, and this fact
was an element of strength. Friday
there was an early decline in sympathy
, with reduction in value at Liverpool,
where excessive supplies and dull trade
in Manchester are apparently dominat-
ing influences; but after the last call there
| was a buoyant market, in which the
! early decline was quickly recovered,
! owing to reports of severe drought in
the southwest. Cotton on the spot de
clined Lice. on Monday and again OF
Wednesday. AT the lower prices com
| paratively large business was done OIL
Thursday for home consumption. Fri
day the market was firm, but quiet, a
sac for middling uplands.
TIE total sales for forward delivery fo
the week are 800. 900 bales For i'm
mediate delivery the total sales foot NJ
2,043 bales, including 175 for export
| .S6S for consumption.
The figures indicate an increase in th
cotton in sight of S05. $50 bales as com
pared with the same date of 1890, an in
"reasc of S15,31S bales as compared will
the corresponding date of 1889, and an
increase of S02,O ,OSl bales as compared
| with 1888.
Reports by telegraph indicate that TN,
temperature has in general been favorabl,
for cotton. The outlook in Texas is quit
promising.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Rock Hill now has street cars.
The goods and chattels of the Expert
mental Station are being moved to Glenn
son College, Ft. Hill.
A stock company is being organized to
build cotton compress at Darlington.
Capitalists have incorporated the Alta
Vista Land & Improvement Co. to build
new town near Hamburg.
J. c. Cary is organizing $3.50, 900
stock company for the purpose of erect
ing cotton mill on Little river, near
Seneca.
The Board of Canal Trustees have dcs
ignated Mayor McNIaster, Alderman
Dcsportcs ana Engineer IIuiiy Of Coium-
bia a. special committee to prepare
pamphlet upon the history and possibili-
ties of the Columbia canal.
The rice planters of South Carolina and
Georgia who have depended for so long
on the State of the rivers for the inunda-
tion of their fields are now experiment.
ing with artesjan wells Water is sccur-
ed at depth ofGO to 200 feet, and the
supply has Been abUu>,.."t III every In-
stance.
G. Wanner, secretary of the South
Carolina horticultural Society. and a
veteran gold miner. is preparing for ex-
tensive gold mining in the vicinity of
Spartanburg. S. c. The company with
which he Is connected has purrha scd a
watcr-power FOR the Stamping mills, nd
has secured options on 2I 900 acres Of
land on which it Will prospect He be-
Eevcs that the ores there will assay $l5 o
ton.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

There is large lake in Hutchinson
County, South Dakota, well filled with
corn fed fish (bullneads). They got
away with seven acres Of corn which was
left 10 the eld.shocked but not husked,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19


Presentation volume is a large silver
bound and clasped book, IA by 2S inches.
Covers of native North Carolina pine,
panelled with natural curled pine. Eight
pages of elegant design on each cover
Within is framed an invitation printed
on large tobacco leaf of far famed
North Carolina golden leaf. On the leaf
i2 by "a, on the left is printed,
"The citizens of the southern section
of the Union extend an earnest invitation
to Benz. Harrison, President of the
United States, and his Cabinet"
On another tobacco leaf of the same
size is the following: "To visit them at
the Capital City of the old North State
during the Southern Exposition in Oct.
and Nov, 1891"
Above and on each side of both leaves
are punches of rice grown in North Car
olina, and below are bolls of open cotton
representing agricultural products.
Below are sheets of mica, representing
industrial products of the South. The
back ground of the black velvet lined
with gold cord and handsomely framed
with plate glass.
Similar limitations in port folio form
will he presented to each member of the
| cabinet. Mr.. Walsh then addressed the
President on behalf of the Augusta, Ga
Exposition and the President said ~.
response to the other invitation applied
| equally to this
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

t[1~ -,
the birth of Jefferson Davis a itgaf HS4(l
day, was passed by the legislature.
Thomas P. Gray, president of the Med
ical Association of Florida, and for sew
eral years mayor of Ocala, is dead: aged
ifty-six years.
Rails are now being laid on the seven
niles of road connecting the new mining
own of Phosphoria, near Winter Haven.
fla, with the South Florida road at
Barlow.
The Legislature passed joint resolu.
ton providing for the equitable distribu-
ton of the fund provided for the more
complete endowment and support of the
colleges for the benefit Of agriculture and
the mechanics arts.
The East Coast Canal of Florida will.
when completed, be 800 miles long. II
will then be waterway for river steam.
ers from Lake Worth to st. Augustine,
md will enable the latter city to become
the distributing point for the fruits and
vegetables of the Indian river country.
and for other large areas of fertile lands.
The most difficult part of the work will
De in crossing the four miles of the Mat
angas divide, where quicksands will
probably be encountered
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
TENNESSEE.

Dayton is to have pearl button man
ufactory.
Capitalists are organizing a stock
company to construct a steel plant at
South Pittsburg
A company represented by II. +.
Starkc, controls about $1,000 acres of
land in FcntrcSS. Ovcrton and Pickitt
counties, ana VIII sink oil wells on same.
The war department has approved the
allotment by the Mississippi river com
mission OF SD 600 for the improvement
OF the channel at the Memphis grain Gle.
vator.
In the United States court at
Nashville, Judge Jack appointed Boyd
Ewing, OF Chattanooga. receiver of the
Cardlif Coal and Iron Company, of Ro-
ane county. This Is I'm insolvcnt co op-
Grafton, owing between $500, 900 and
$4OO, 900, and having assets nearly the
same in value
In the notorious libel suits of Revs.
Marker and Sampson VS.. DIR. II. G. Car
ter, decision was rendered at Chatta-
nooga by Judge Traysor, ovcrruling the
demurrer filed bv the defendant II is
one vi the most SENSATIONAL cases IN tnc
| church history of the south. Carter is
charged with adultery and made counter
charge against Sampson. All the par
| ties are doctors Of divinity.
GEORGIA.
The Atlanta Park now has two yourg
| Mexican lions.
America, is getting ready 10 entertain
Jerry Simpson, the sockleSs statesmen
| rom Kansas, who will speak in that city
| next month.
| EX- Governor Bullock has been unani
] nOusly elected trustee for four years
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

term Of the Atlanta university and hs,
accepted the position.

term Of the Atlanta university and hs.
accepted the position
Governor Northen has notified the
lessecs OF convict labor in Georgia that
they must effectually separate all women
IN their camps from the men.
Many carloads of luscious south Geor.
2ia watermelons have already been ship
ped. The melons are of good size, inicy
and we'll developed.
The ex-confederate soldier. in Lee
county, who says that he has one leg and
one wife, certainly deserves the svmpa.
thy of the Confederate Veterans Associa-
tion.
A novel suit is on trial in the superior
%ourt at Atlanta. Mr. John w. Keely
went to the depot at Palmetto to get
some freight. He says Mr.. Killian, the
depot agent, was intoxicated and attack
ed him with gun, pointing it at him
ana also. drew knife oe him. For this
treatment he sues the West Point road
tOr %, OO0. sa--.<,rus.s---y,-sur-ss-s-
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
ALLIANtE 66P4KTMIiNlTIi. m
Mr.. Tillman Explans the Position
of The Farnsrs' Alliance.
1t Will Not Support the Action Of
the Cincinnati Convention---Pro-
posed Confederation With
Labor Organizations.

WAsHrNcroS, d. c., Especial. Ito
the question of whether the Farmers
Alliance is supporting the Cincinnati
episode Mr.. Tillman, Secretary of the
National Executive Board of the Far.
mers' Alliance. said: ''The National Far.
mers' Alliance is not supporting the nc.
tion taken by the Cincinnati Cpnven.
ton" "A
..TIow was the Cincinnati ConNntiop
called 2' l-s2s-Es =. +
s'ss''is Mas called BIZ NJ. ge-ss, ii In
9ians, Mhc Is neither ~ nor 4 pa.
!sS NatlosS tsa g. .01h ssl.osl 3 :
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

Molasses can be brought from Cuba in
q tank vessel for two cents a gallon.
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OTHER STATES.

fatal and destructive water-spout
occurred in Green county, Tex, a few
days since.
IL has been Cstimatcd that Louisiana
alone will call for nearly $40, 100000 OF
sugar bounty this season.
The completion Of the jetties at tho
mouth of the Brazos river in Texas, is
announced. These consist of parallel
walls 565 feet apart ext, nding to deep
water a distance of 5000 feet. Thi:
work has cost 81 S0O,OOO
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
THE PRESIDENT INVITED.
Seventy Delegates Wait on President
Harrison,
And Cordially Urge Him to be Pres
ent at the Inter-States Exposi-
ton of all the South
ern States.

WASHINGTON, d. c., [Spe cial. ]-Of
a'out seventy persons representing oil
Southern States, waited on President
Harrison and invited him to attend the
to attend the exposition to be held at
Raleigh, N. c., in October and Novem-
her next. The party was headed by
Senator Ransom, of North Carolina, and
Patrick Walsh, of Augusta, Georgia,
and included Mayor Badger, OF Raleigh
Col. A. B. Andrews. of Richmond ;
Maj. II. 8. Tucker, Colonel Burgoine
Southern cities. ''"""'" :" = 'A'-
TO be with the party but was not able to
come. The President received them in
the cabinet room. Senator Ransom
made an eloquent address, inviting the
president to Raleigh and assuring him of
warm and hospitablc welcome
The President in reply thanked them
Tor their cordiality and the impressive
ness of their invitation and said it was
very gratifying to him to feel that they
had come so far for such purpose.
Their invitation called for serious con-
sidcration on his part. but he could not
now tell what he would he able To do at
the time OF the exposition. He said he
N"'" "ouiu W ItCclNtu WIN KIND
ness, as he had recently had very con
elusive evidence on that point. He re-
grettcd that it was not his privilege to
pass through North Carolina on his re-
cent trip.
-Hs eeptia..>-s- .>s.y-----s.-ssss0v-lI -lIrons
lse at this time, indeed am very Charry
about promises. Public men have been
severely criticized for making promises
they could not perform and have made
strict rule not to make promises
There is much doubt about the future
state of public business for me TO antici-
pate what ] may be able to do. You
will bear In mind that October and No
vcmber are apt to be busy times with
the President in connection with the as
scmbling of Congress and in discharge of
my constitutional duty. l must try to
cnlighten congress as to the affairs of the
country. So you see it will not be easy
for me 70 get away in the fall l am in
full sympathy with every movement for
display of our magnificent development
and material prosperity in the arts of
science.
will bear your invitation in mind
and will try to arrange my affairs SO as
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
LATE SOUTHERN BRIEFS.
Knowing That Variety Is The
Spice or Life,
We Present to Our Readers All the
Home News, Fresh, Spicy
And Condensed.
VIRGINIA

A monument to the Confederate dead
was unveiled in fredericksburg.
A stock company has applied for a
franchise to build an electric street car
line at Staunton.
An unknown colored man was found dead
in one of the large pipes of the Princess
furnace at Glen Wilton Tuesday
The cornerstone of the new Masonic
-s.ss-@t -Glesgow .was laid by sthe Grand
Lodge OF Masons. g
= State; Secretary Robse ssdg sadifssssss.. 49,
cd the Augusta county Fafmefs H,s.....-
in Staunton Thursday.
The claim of a colored girl at CARING
ton for $93 against the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad for the loss of q valise was
settled Tuesday by payment of $50.
Cordial greetings have passed between
the commercial bodies of Norfolk and
Louisville, on the occasion of the open
ing of the Norfolk and Western and the
Louisville and Nashville roads.
The people of Virginia have been
invited to send delegates to convention
to be held at Pulaski, July 4th, at which
it is expected plans will be perfected for
IN elaborate display OF the States re-
sources and progress at Chicago in 1898.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The ScaboArd Air Line has issued
orders for the erection of a handsome pas
senger station, with beautiful grounds, at
Henderson.
$4,000 acres of land in Caldwell county
have been sold to an agent of a Russian
society for the colonization of Jews.
In the examination before the Exam
liners of the State Medical Board. Rus
sell Bellamy, of Wilmington, won the
first prize. There were GO in the class.
Suburban real estate in close proximity
to the larger Southern cities is receiving
unusual attention this season. Three
weeks since there was very successful
large sale of lots near Charlotte.
A special from Washington, D. c.,
says: The Census Office to-day gave out
the tobacco statistics of North Carolina.
The total number of planters in the State
during the census year 1890 was 81, $50,
the total area devoted to tobacco 97,O77
acres, the total product 36,375, ,2hs
pounds and the value of the crop to the
producer. estimated on basis of actual
sales. S., rs, s33.
--r,AergH,- wednesday, fienTy'- Dtsvis;;
colored. assistant postmaster at Halifax,
was convicted of embezzling thousand
dollars from the government and sen.
fenced to eighteen months in the peni-
Tertiary at Columbus, o., and fined $4O0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-21
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

New.York, Tuesday Jan. 2O.-BEEVES-Ieeepts Epart
"a coast and 81 carloads at jersey city SnstSii,e
carloads wss for eSpSIaton, anys ana and iS
carloads wers for NO trade 50 far as re-
City dr. sd beef Slow ea7'4c. with choice car
cable advces to date quote European market
81 adv sant 9c for refEig sratd beef ana l tSr
tqaay $50 dS5 beef sd3e 9G
Wednesday with 500 cattle. and the Ceiuc WIN Nv
aashQn inspector ard lo n snTey ag e9.cd
Sswp9T T" I year hs # app that $50
Cattle were shipped from NewporS New l'f'V "''N
Mr. ster who kseP' ts ' R,,mSS Cattle trade
Thing Of n5y a@ a; G.H' ard SHf @ shipments
that port 1890 and figures up total OF jill et 40
nao 4C SeG for wedhPssday. ayr market Feeling steady
for FGG3 f eaG az points a:S and lGge
% oS sarS Ss WV" W {" ;od a. "a
&c e, 'R sdd "a 20? 6G h sg m T. At Paving ya from
5c to TIC to choice and bunch oil Darny'u
Dress. calves eht supply and country d aei ,s
EcP G mart or at 1oe little Calves bringing from
to- to &C. cydrssSd yeal. sod At sale and dressed
"Gs1- 5nq n Say 80 wesern Yarng $50 n
aaES aye d. so 2sq r. :, a 5i &c do DO
sscs 29o aS at as at v &c IL i9 d. 3o h. at &c
acnhcek Hollis Western YcSgliGs C 40 ~
st 2e - do e9sr,;e 'y yd: a. IaG n at &c do IA
49, Hume T. Mullen: 81 Western YeaFl,ngs l 57G r. a. at
o9c Veal 100 n at Tic; II do, 157 H. al '"c' u''
10y wai,h Kirby Co.: % state Calves 32s y at Pc
DiiclbacS ( Dewey veaIs. $50 49, at 79c' co'
sMETP ND LAMBs-Rcc,ipts. q carloads a. Of ltS
hcad-l7 carloads 60thst and carloads az Jri''y w
ilftie doiny o.d,y sheep fully sustained ~ pice
a @r G a, ec,h,t food the Of Js,cy cry y, and
doppd from % &c % IL Gd', no. Io IN Harpeton
20 90 but e - mrst be o,rara,s soou "5u'0 ''