The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-23

Southern exposition at that place.
A new chatter has been granted Trini.
| ty College by the North Carolina Legisla.
ture. This allows its removal to Dur
ham and increases its board of trustees To
thirty-six, of which the two Methodist
| Episcopal conferences in the State choose
| twelve each, while the alumni choose
four.
The work of the brown-stone quarry
mas brought TO Sanford quite a number
OF foreigners. Nearly all of these stone.
cutters are from France, and nearly all
OF them arc below the average stature.
AS rule, they are very reserved and we'll
behaved.
Governor Fowle commissioned Julian
II. Wood, of Elizabeth City, colonel of
the First Regiment of North Carolina
State Guard, and w. r. Howell, OF
Goldsboro, major.
An appeal to the supreme court of the
United States in the suit of Baltzer and
Roaks, of New York against the State of
North Carolina, which was decided ad.
yersely to plaintiffs by the State supreme
court, was perfected at Raieign. Tnc
case involves $14O, 900. and Is to eet
payment for iron furnished the Chatham
halfway company.
The report of the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction for the last fiscai
year shows that, in the matter of private
schools the county of Granville is far
In the lead of any county in the Srate,
This county reports fifty-seven private
schools, ffty-three of which ars for whites
and four colored.
The House in session at Raleigh adopt-
ed resolution favoring repeal of th,,
tax on the State National Banks. In the
Senate lively discussion was created
over bill to increase the penalty for car
rying concealed weapons to $50 or thirty
days In jail, which finally passed the sec
ond reading.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
ceived the apposnt@e,ha5W Mt9a,a W q 9ssxssrrx.. re-
missioner to succeed the late Gen. Bon
ham, thus completing the commission.
The French government has abolished
the office of Frsuch vice consul at
Charleston.
State Treasurer Bates moved into tL
Treasurer's Office at the State Capital last
Wednesday, having been occupying tcm.
porarily q corridor Office, while the
official chamber was undergoing repairs.
The wife and child of the Treasurer are
still quite i'll.
The town of Goldville, on the Colum-
bia, Newberry and Laurens railroad, in
Laurens county, was almost totally de-
stroyed by fire Monday. There was an
explosion of powder that injured several
people. The place has just been built
since the new road was opened, and has
Goia%biaSsf a. fnss hsk tA%f asfs paper win p....
its first issue before the people of, the
State by the middle of February.
Emma Abbott, the sweet opera singer
who died last week bequeathed q lega-
cy of $4,000 to the Citadel Square
Baptist church of Charleston.
The international pet and poultry
show at Charleston was great success.
There were over 1000 entries of poultry
and 107 dogs.
At the Wednesdays session of the
| Sinking Fund Commission in Columbia,
the Secretary of State nominated d. NJ.
Means for chief clerk of the public land
department, and Col. James G. Gibbes
for abandoned land agent, and they were
elected by the commission. The board
intends to vigorously press the collection
of debts due the State for prior liens, and
has concluded that under the existing
!, laws it has the right to bring suits to as
sert the States prior and confessed lier
on land for taxes, costs and penalties &C
crued prior to 1887.
j. A. Norris has been appointed post
master at Statebnrg, Sumter county.
Col. H. 3. Hines, general manager o
the Charleston & Savannah railway, wa
elected vice e-president Of the Plant In
vestment Co., to Al! the vacancy occasion
ed by the death of Judge w. s. Chisolm
! FLORIDA.
The Kissimmee sugar mill is turnin,
out fine quality of sugar and runninj
day and night.
Ground is broken and work under wa
at Punta Gorda upon large ice factory
the daily product of which will be twenty
FIVE tons.
Barlow has new Irish potatoes and vii
soon have all kinds of fresh vegetables q
home growing.
v. j. Shipman, receiver of the land OF
nee, Gainesville, says there are over g.
0O0, GOO acres Of land in the State vet sui
icct to homestead, also that the past yea
has been the busiest the Office has eve
known. Over $4,000 settlers hav
"proven up"
The Tavares, Orlando and Atlanti
is reachiag out for this persimmon.
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