The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-04-03

lists, and brick works; the COMPANY is al.
so negotiating for co. IN woolen mill.
f,ooo.spindle cotton mill, and fouu
dry and machine shop.
GEORGIA.
AT Atlanta, Jno. w. Woodruff fled n
SUIT against the Atlanta and Florida rail
road Tor $40, 600 injuries, sustained in
wreck near Woolsey.
II. f.. Stanley, who died recently at
m''ledgeville, it is said, had the reputa-
.,on OF having killed two men in duel on
the same day.
he Grady Cadets are now regularly
part of the state militia. An order was
issued by Adjutant- General Kell, attach
ing the company to the Fourth Georgi;
battalion, Colonel w. l.. Calhoun CON
manding.
Replies have been received from eighty
counties in the state, giving approximate
estiszAsAaa OF .--e,-a1ufv<s~rr4--
widows entitled to draw pensions These
eighty counties show little more thar.
S,5oO widows. There is money enough
to pension 600 of them.
A lo-county fair, consisting of Cstoo-
sa, Walker and Dade counties has been
suggested and the citizens hope to secure
u. The cntcrprising farmers of these
/ three counties are interested in the fair,
and they are working hard to make it a
success. Other counties in the state are
also discussing the trio-county idea,
which is gaining in popularity.
Samuel II. Rumph, of Fort Valley, is
getting rich on peaches. He owns the
willow Lake" nurseries, near that place,
and his income from his orchards amounts
to over $50, 900 per year. Good peach
lands can be obtained in the best peach
raising sections of Georgia, and on lines
OF Yynilr%ad IN where the shipping facilities
e purposs m RI f, for from So to $40 an acre.
In favor Of sources il s9eyA.
n.s-.sr a,nuusn Tor 1ytFrz-n
o cs ." t1SsGa no Saf{ {hs9 sfate Convention
cf the Odd Fellows, at Gainesville.
William J. Dunno, was instantly killed
at st. Augustine, Sunday, by the giving
away of the rotten railing of the porch of
| hotel
1t would be highly interesting to learn,
says the Times Union, exactly in what
copdition Sam Jones has left the devil
upon retiring from the fight With him
heavy blows straight from the shoulder,
the devil slightly disfgured but still in
the ring"
Over two thousand crates of strawbeI.
rics had been shipped from Sydney up to
last Saturday.
Twenty acres Of land are being cleared
up about three miles west of the town of
Orlando, for p. p. Ink, and soon the
&98S m5Hw tSset dtSdr NIL h st SSs il ss5shas
Sumpter county says: Our Jail Is r--sts41
cally empty, having hut one prisoner.
! Our pauppr list numbers about haii
| dozen. The relations between blacks ana
whites are peaceful and harmonious, ana
| laborers have employment in orange
groves, mills and phosphate mines at re-
numcrative prices.
hail storm visited Orlando Saturday
last and the stones, some an inch i'll di-
amctcr, fell for five minutes. They driit-
| od in niles on the south sides oil the
streets. Several horses ran away, but no
ono was hurt One hundred windows IN
the San Juan Hotel were broken. Inc
damooc TO fruit was considerably. There
xyos n small tornado ut Wilcox, hall way
to Winter Park, and many trees were
torn up 10y the roots.
OTHER STATES.
The business managers of the allianc
nre in Birmingham, Ala, devising pla.
for the organization of an Immense u
iaGiYres sine sW~f,e.s,s 1>.sv@ sssse
all the section of Louisiana whichAasu
ted tn the cultivation of cotton CONF
d tSc news that the planters are preparir
w. decrease the acreage of that staple an
= diversity their crops to gre":er uH,'
sc than heretofore. This determination
tho % result of the low prices for the flee
4: staple the present season.