The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-20
MARCH A LIVELY MONTH.
Strong Breezes Watt These News
Notes To Us,
From Many Points In the Progressive
Southland, Interesting We
Are Sure.
VIRGINIA.

Are Sure.
VIRGINIA.
The Fluvanna Building and Invest
ment Co., has been organized at Buena
Vista; capital stock, $500, 1000.
Muscoe, the murderer of Officer Seal,
was sentenced to be hanged April 21st in
Charlottesville.
Major B. j. Black is drawing plans for
AznnlUsbP siies RietHNRa, 70 be- kAQEp
lished op the site Of the old Valentine
House.
The Mary Washington Monument AS
sociation, of Fredericksburg, has convey
ed to the National Association the deed
of the lots and unfinished monument of
Mary, the mother of Washington, and
the larger society is to complete the work
of erecting suitable memorial over the
grave. $4,000 will be raised for the
purpose.
Suit was brought Friday against the
Richmond Railway and Electric Company
by Rosarina Genestray for $15, 900. She
was run over by On electric car and badly
injured.
A wreck occurred on the Richmond
and Danville railroad near Danville,
"Wednesday, in which Fireman Robert
son was killed and several others serious
ly wounded.
The 10Th annual session of the Balti-
more Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South have concluded their
labors in Roanoke aud adjourned.
Salem is made glad by the assurance
that the Ellis & Lessig Steel and Iron
Co., of Pottstown, Pa, has accepted the
offer made them, and will remove their
entire plant TO Salem as soon rs their
present stock is worked up.
The Rockbridge Co., of Glasgow, of
which General Fitzhugh Lee is president,
is reported to have placed half million
dollars of its preferred stock in New
England on advantageous terms. The
English people who agreed to take ST.
900, 600 of this stock were unable to car
ry out their contract, and it is reported
that they have forfeited $25, 900 by their
failure to do it.
1t is reported that stock company
| will be organized for the manufacture of
paint from ocher to be developed near
Luray.
NORTH CAROLINA.
cattle show. will be held at
Gaston county, through her represen-
tative, has declared herself a dry county.
The Governor has granted pardon to
w. p. Deshong, of Greensboro, who was
serving out ten year term for receiving
stolen goods.
The output of bituminous coal from
the mines near Egypt, Chatham county.
Is increasing. The Seaboard Air Line
will use this coal for its shops and en-
| gines.
Almost fabulous reports comes from
Asheville, says Harper's Weekly, with re-
gard to the work which is being done by
J George Vanderbilt on his estate near
there. The natural effects of the place
2 are being enhanced by every artificial eff
feet that money can buy, and the $4OO,
OOO already spent upon the mansion and
grounds are said to be only part of the
proposed outlay.
| The county commissioners of Mitchell
will very probably be brought to law by
the courts, for having levied a tax be-
| yond the constitutional limit and which
covered the 8 cents tax for pensions and
then placed that latter sum with their
county taxes in the hands of their treas
urer. The tax was then in reality COL
lected and diverted to county purposes.
| One hundred and fifteen vessels aud
boats passed through the New Berne aud
Beaufort canal during the month of Feb
Iuary. The canal company have put the
canal ia better order than the creeks it
joins.
| The Winston Land s. Improvement
Co., is about to place OH the market some
], 800 residence and business lots in the
company's new addition to Wilkesboro.
The company is to build $4,000 court
house and donate it and a block of ground
to the county of Wilkes.
SOUTH CAROLINA:
The real estate men of Columbia have
formed real estate exchange.
A new postoffice has been established
in Spartanburg County and named after
Senator Irby. Pinckney b. Hall has
been appointed postmaster at the Office
In South Carolina 0, 900 acres of mel
ons were planted in 1890. This year at
least 13, 900 acres will be devoted to
that lucious fruit.
| The Governor has appointed the fol.
lowing boards of physicians: Charles
ton-Robert l.. Brodle, Charles M.
Reese and j. Somers Buist Newberry
w. ID. Sem, G. T. Wychc, II. G. Car
isle. Hampton-N. H. Johnston, I. I.
McGregorie, j. Fl. Goethe.
Gen. Dumont, the u. 8. superyisipo
inspector general of steamboats,, announc.
ed the removal of Thos. O'Keefe, inspcc-
tor of boilers at Charleston. No reason
Is assigned for the change, but it is said
politics had nothing to do with it. The
local board at Charleston will name his
successor.
The Western Carolina Land & Improve
mept Co., Of Anderson, which
was organized to develop the water.
power known as Calhoun Falls. and