The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-05
GENERAL NEWS BRIEFS.
Short Items Of Interest From. Here,
There and Everywhere.
Telegraphic Dispatches and Cullings
Embracing q Comprehensive
News Summary.

Ill at washington.
There are now five colored luoatics in
the city Jail at Danville, Va.
Fire destroyed M,llers planning mill
at Alma, Robson county N. G. Loss $40,
\ 600. z--,< - --., ,.,--.... =
The Homestead (Pa mills, Of Carnegie
Pa,pPs & Co.. ARE again running, manned
with non-union men.
Charles G.. Poske, a wei known Balti.
more travelling man died of sun stroke at
Richmond. Va, Tuesday.
The Third party convention Of the
tenth district Of Georgia has re nomipat.
ed Tom Watson for Congress.
The Normal College building at Ora
ham, Alamancc county N. c., was burn
ed with all its contents last Friday night
Il 1t is probable that cx- Senator Malone
of Va, will be appointed permanent re.
ceivcr of the Richnoad Terminal at sal
AIRY of 1000 per year.
The U. S. Senate has reported favor
ably on the purchase for $4,000 of the
Temple Farm at Yorktown, Va, where
Lord Cornwallis surrendered.
Tuesday was the hottest day Philadel-
phia has had, save one, in fifty years.
The temperature, 1C0 S,was the highest
OF the country. Nine deaths resulted
from the heat and there were many pros
trations.
Letters of incorporation are being got
ten up f,r "the Ocean View Hotel Com
with the object of building a first
| as hotel on the sunf side of Bogue
! Banks, opposite Morehead City, N. C.
The building is to cost $3.50, 900.
A . l..
Somerset, Ky, Wednesday after.
tween Deputy Sheriff Sellers and
Coffey, in which both were killed.
'Niitrs attempted to arrest Coffey on a
" large of adultery, when the trouble be.
gan.
A Wilmington, Del, lawyer has rcciv
cd draft Tor $500 from Bcrne -SwitzcI.
'' land, which WAS the amount of the in
hcmnity paid by the Canton of Berne for
hhe false Imprisonment for five davs Of
iiv. Americans who had been arrested as
| pickpockcts
| The campaign was opened in the Valley
| Of Virginia at Lnray Monday Colonel
Alexander, Of Winchester, spoke, an
| ncuncing himself a candidate for Congress
in opposition to Colonel O'Ferral. The
Peoples party also orgauized and will
have candidate for Congress in that
| district.
Two Roanoke College students from
| Mexico. Emilio Robert CARA and Ang
Vetez, arc spending the summer in Sal m
Va. Another young man from Tampico.
| Mexico, is expected to arrive soon to en-
ter college in the fall 1t is ais probable
| that number of students from Coua
will be among the foreigners at Roanoke
College next session.
The appeal made by merchants of the
| South to turn the stream of immigration
down here is having its effect in Eng
land and Scotland, a large number of
immigrants arriving at New York on the
steamer Gallia. The Gallia started Wed
nesday for South Carolina and other
| Southero States.
Both t. pumps at the Staunton, Va,
| city water works are in such bad state
| of repair that they will not work. The
reservoir is empty and with the thermom
eter at So the town is without water.
The springs in the suburbs are the sole
supply. 1t will be several days probably
before the famine will end and the pumps
get to work again.
Governor Buchanan of Tennessee, has
been defeated in the Democratic prima-
ries in that State in the canvass for the
gubernatorial nominati III by Judge Pc.
ter Turney, but declares that he will not
enter the field as an Alliance or indie
pendent candidate, and will do all in his
| power to hold Tennessee in line for both
the national and State tickets.
The board of trustees of the Union
| Theological Seminary, at IIampden Sid
! ney, Virginia, at meeting Wednesday
| elected Rev. DR.. Pcyton n. Hrgc, Of
Wilmington, North Corolina, to the va
| cant chair of the English Bible and pas
t"ral theology in the seminary 1t has
| not yet been learned whether or not ne
will accept.
The Dismal Swamp Canal, which cost
| 81. 800, 900. and which was sold recently
at public auction for $40, 100, was author-
| lied to be constructed by the General
| Assembly of Virginia December |, 1887.
| The canal is 23 miles long. and connects
the waters Of Elizabeth river IN Virginia
with the IasVuotank river in North
| Carolina 1t is hciivcd that the canal
| is destined TO play an important Tart in
suppl ing the city of Norfolk ith drink
able water.
| The President has issued proclama-
tion requesting the observance of October
~ as Il general holiday in honor of the
four hundrcdth anniversary Of the dis
rovery of America.
The recent British elections have cost
fl2, 500, 900. Every shilling has to he
accounted for i'm sworn statement. Cor
ruptioa of voters has bonn rendered al
most impossible by the strngency of the
reformed elections legislation,
The contract for the foundation, stone
and prick work, etc, Of the publ; build.
ing at Tallahassee, Fla, was ava ded to
Chicago firm at $12,723.