The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-22
HARBINGERS OF SPRING.
news Note as Fresh as the Crisp
Air.
The Most Interesting Event Hap
pening in Three States
Chronicled Here.
VIRGINIA.

A bank has been organized ip Burke
willie.
Gen. Peyton Wise is an applicant for a
position on the Civil Service Commits
sion.
In the Graham court martial case at
Richmond the defendant was sentenced
: 20 2 S-years' suspension.
'-s- Cow Nox Kinney appointed c. G. Taiia.
fcrro, Of Roanoke, member of the board
OF visitors Of the Southwestern Lunatic
Asylum In place of Judge Asa Dupuy,
who resigned after he had been elected
Judge Of the circuit court.
Miss Ella Rives died at Charlotte svillc
last week, aged IS. She was an aunt of
Amelie Rives, the authoress, and a
daughter of the late William G. Rives.
minister to France and United States
Senator.
There is an engineer named Moore on
the Richmond and Danvile r1ad running
between Lynchbmg aud Alexandria who
has been in the employ Of the same road
Tor thirty years, and has never lost day
from work. He has made on aggregate
OF l1S,O miles on one engine, averag-
ing 5000 per month He i, still at
work on the Richmond and Danvillc and
IN as good health as he ever was.
The Bectely Marble Development Co..
u corporation owning 1S6 acres of marble
land near Fincastle has fully organized.
ordered outfit of machinery aud will soon
commence quarrying The company has
an prospect black and six varieties Of va
riegated marble and li'hographing stone.
Col. A. g. Buford was elected prcsi
dent, and Capt Y. c. Morton, secretary
of the Virginia Worlds Fair Managers.
An executive committee was appoin ted
consisting of j. II. Figgatt, A. S. Ru-
furd. M. Gleunan, II. j. Jordan and NJ.
Brennaman. Hon. John L Hurt was
authorized to take such steps as may be
deemed necessary to secure contributions
WnrdS ,.1m the rail railroads s of he State to the
NORTH CAROLINA.
Iredell county alliance has adopted
the st. Louis platform.
Henderson shipped So carloads, or 1876
hogsheads of tobacco to manufac,u; crs
last week
The New Bcrne Journal estimates the
loss to truck farmers in that section bv
the cold snap at 800, 900.
The Day says the Oxford electric ligh
plant is offered to the town for S., ,COO-4O
per cent of its cost.
1t is reported that A. G. .Shuford, the
Alliance lecturer of the seventh congress
ional district, will be candidate for
Congress.
The Democratic congressional nomi-
mating convention for the third district
has been called to meet at Clinton July
2Oth.
! The citizens of Greensboro have held
meeting and appointed committees to
raise funds for the sufferers from the
famine in Russia.
Last Thursday Benjamin Henderson.
the negro postmastcr at Fayetteville re
ceiscd hiskpmmission from the .Presider
and Mondy he took charge of the Office.
Rev. CW. Payne, af Concord, will
r"'ach the commencem& "snrmon before
.',nc young ladies of Peac. Institute a:
the Raleigh Presbyterian church on
Sunday morning, May goth.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Cabbage and other truck produce ssre
beginning to be shipped North in con
siderable quantities from Charleston.
South Carolina has received her direct
tax refund, $22l,17l1.
A Sumter special says: The twenty
eight precinctsj rd from SO far give 81
delegates for sh lard and "A for Till
man.
The political VS. from Laucas er
county report thu he Democratic clubs
sent solid Tillma delegations to the
county convention
The Farmers Bank of Abbevile. O.
majority of whose stockholders are AL
iancemer, made over 10 per c,nt du
ing the year just ended.
Great preparations arc being made for
the floral fair which will open on the
28th at Charleston, and which is conf.
IDENTIFY expected will be on larger scale
and with greater varieties of flowers thar
ever before.
Tine Huguenot Society, which is com.
posed of>some' 700 members of the de.
scendants of those who fled to this col :
ony after the revocation Of the Edict of
Nantes, will have their anniversary Gel
ebration on the 23rd. The day will be
spent in picnic fashion at Otranto,
Charlie eston.
The most terrific hal! storm ever
known in the State. occurred at Ben
ettsville last week. The hail stones
were two inches in diameter and fell to
depth of six inches. Birds, chickens
and hogs were killed, and many glasses
broken. Men and horses were knocked
down, fruit, vegetables and cotton COM
pletely cut down. Incalculable injury
was done in the country.
Interest in the estate Of Robert Ed
wards, which involves about $50, 900, 600
of property in Wall street, New York
city, which was mentioned about year
ago, has been revived. The heirs in
South Carolina are Mrs $. A. Chisholm.
of Columbia, T. II. Stokes and Mrs.
Wesley Gilbert of Greenville, Judge /.
Wickliffe, of Walhala, Mrs. nj. b..
Hook, Of Florence, w. F. Edwards and
r. F. Peck of Spartanburg.
Kullmann, the journeyman cooper wht
ah~k - a.