The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-04-10

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les been soN % tNsv H.rl.nd c.niss,
sts This oad, 30 -miles long. make
fSonnection With every Industrial estab
isnment inthe city and its suburbs.
While hrge class Of young ladies O
ne Girls High School, of Knoxville
we're collecting botanical specimens, Mis-
"aIy Plummr went too near the edge O.
oiuff and fea sixt feet. She was bad
ly injured.
Representative Boyle has the credit Of
touring in tho Legislature the restora
non OF the name ''City Of Memphis. >
lie did it Mondy In the closing hour
and the Governor has signed the bill.
The organization of q cotton compress
:omnPany On with a sapital stock of SiOO,
,Vo mas peen excited at Chattanooga. All
uhe stock has bee3 subscribed and a site
'or the building sdeted. The promoters
1.-THE enterprise bdieve that this is the
.ass @ s.sf. .aow.rd - ing Chattanooga 4
Tne route Y5F - > 6kattsnooga &
irthur Railroad has been surveyed FROM
Iookvi!le to ChattanooRa. and from the
| .aNer point to Arthur, where it will in.
tersect with the K, O. g. & l.. and the
Harrowgate extension. This line will
shorten the distance by rail between Nor
'olk and Memphis several hundred miles.
GEORGIA.
The U. s. recruiting station at Savun
uah has been closed and Lieut. Terrett
gone back to Augusta with his two sus
Seants.
A milinary company has been organ
'zed at Fort Valley.
Quite sensation has been created at
liillman by rumors of buried Spanish
treasure. A Spanish priest has written a
letter of inquiry.
Ihe daughters OF Rev. T. A. Harris,
OF Wlnterville, have bought all the outti,
Tor hennery and rabbit farm.
The city is clean the citizens hayc on
their holiday suits, ana everything Eocy
paper.
councilman Henry H. Hicks, of Au.
G"sta, convicted and sentenced to pay n
hne OF 5000 in the city court last week
Tor keeplng gambling house, has ap.
pcaled for new trial.
Charles Bondo, a German citizen, was
assaulted by footpads, at Atlanta, Tues
Gay evening, and was knocked down.
lie died Wednesday.
Cordelc added $50, 900 to her banking
capital Thursday. The First National
bank was organized.
Floyd and Wilcox counties will both
erect new courthouses.
A more generally observed funeral never
occurred IN Rome than that of Augustus
IL. W light. The stores closed. and hun
dic,is throngcd tie First Baptist church,
and there were maay who stood on the
n!ssac. upahlA-ta assepIA Asaats4 4s-v-v-tv
Eiorida's lawmakers willNoon be as
sembled in Tallahassee.
AS far rs heard from, nearly very mem,
her of the Legislature is goingto Tailahas-
see loaded with land assessment reform.
The Florida Indians will be given lands
in scvcralty.
Hon. jefferson B. Brown, of Monroe
county, will be among the most promi-
ncnt candidates for the presidency of the
Florida senate.
Acts were passed at the 51st Congress
for the erection of public building at
Tampa. Fla, and to establish light
station 1T oi near iiiiisborough Inlet.
A contract was signed by Contractor
James McGiiiin, of Fernandina, for
erecting wharvcs and buildings for the
fifty Thousand dollar phosphate plant
near the present fertilizer wharves there.
The Carnival began at Tampa April
!hc lst and continued days. The first
day there was grand fircmen's tourna-
ment; second day, sorse- toeina.ln 'tnlrd
DAY, annual Tegatta on a4'sas 4 Il, t.sBay 1ourth
day, grand tournament for prize cup, and
races.
A large number of orange and vegeta-
bic growers of Orange Lake, Mcintosh
Boardman, Evinston and Micanopy, met
and named delegates to appear before the
interstate railroad commission in Jackson.
vile to present their grievances.
OTHER STATES.
A Texas postmaster has committed
suicide because he was indicted for steal
| ing 40 cents.
Alabama has undertaken the work
Of laying out route for railroad from
Florence to Mobile, and any company
will be free to construct the road Min,
thousand dollars we appropriated by th'
Legislature for the survey.
Ex-President Cleveland has just giver
his check for handsome amount in aiC
of the endowment of the Southern Fe
male University at Florence, Ala. Th'
Rev. DR.. Bass, PRESIDENT OF the Univer
sity, says: II was much surprised a
the courtesy extended me by Mr.. Cleve
land. This contribution is another ev