The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-30
THREE STATES BRIEFS.
Telegraphic Dispatches From Many
Points OF Interest.
Tue Fields Of Virginia, North and
South Carolina Carefully
Cleaned For News.
VIRGINIA.


Jefferson Anderson, of Danville. who
was horribly laceratcd by circular saw.
stiii survives, in spite of his injuries.
1t is said that 80, 600 people visite d
MT. Vernon Wednesday. Every steam.
ooat that could be brought into reouisi.
tion was on tho line, and. ca ried tbe;,
iull complement There were no a. on.
| pages at Alexandria. - II r
Justice Camper, cf Roauoke was in
great tribu'ation Monday, for, during a
trial, some thief made off wi h the Bible
on which he usually swears witnesses.
Capt. Lancelot Partlow, of Snotsvl.
vania county, is ninety thr wears of
age AID is still in vigorous e ,lth He
was one OF the escorts IA General
Lafayette from the Wilderness Tavern to
Fredericksburg in 1924.
Mrs Isabella G. Lee died of heart and
lung oubles Monday at her home in
Loudouu. Shc was the widow of Rich.
ara Henry Lee, who was cousin OF
zen. Robert E. Lee. Mrs. Lee was the
daughter of William Hunter Wilson.
Ihe old McLain House, at Appomat
tox, the scene of Lees surrender to
Grant, has been purchased by Northern
parties, who propose to tear down the
building and reconstruct and nut it on
exhibition at Chicago.
Miss Lalla Harrison, of Lecsburp.
LONDON county, has been selected as the
most beautiful woman in the State to
represent 1t as one of the original thjr
teen states at the Columbian Exposition.
NoBTH CAROLINA.
The Oxford Orph.n Asylum has re.
ceived application for the admittance of
an infant girl eight months old. The
application had to be rejected,
Orton's circus was lately at Wilkes
boro and certain Wilkes man was
heeced by the sharpers who arc always
along. When tho mans wife found it
out she gave him genteel thrashing and
made him promise not to 40 anywhere
any more without some one along to
take care of him.
Inc Silver Valley mines, in Davidson
county, are being pushed to great sue.
cess. About scvcnty-five hands are now
employed, and they arc mining from ten
10 sixteen tons of solid ore per day.
Another new enterprise for Wilmiur
ton is the a" Tcass Two weeks It is
for the manufacture. grape baskets,
and turns out $4,000 per day. It will
also manufacture barrels, berry crates
aud all other goods made of veneer.
Mrs. Catherine Williams, widow
lady living in Bladca county. committed
suicide Monday. She tied her hands
together and laid down in canal of
wa or about six inches deep. She was
found in that position. It is supposed
she was insane.
Another suicide is Jim Meadows, a
citizen of Wilmington. He went home
drunk, beat his wife and then drank
large quantity of laudanum, which ended
hi, life In few hours in spite of the
efforts OF physicians to revive him. He
was driver for the hook and ladder com
pany and was young man.
A virginia Dare Associations is being
organized by the ladies of the State to
aid representing North Carolina at the
Worlds Fair.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Darlington has open market for the
sale OF leaf tobacco, and the tobacco
farmers are realizing good prices there
and at Florence.
The royalties collected from pho .phate
producers by the State of South Carolina
for the month Of August are as follows:
F. W. Wagener s. Co., sos. 40; Coosaw
Mining Co., $5,8t6.S5; Oak Point Min
ing Co., 81, ,186.49; Beaufort Phosphate
Co., $40, 203. 90; Farmers Mining Co.,
$s, ,905.78; Carolina Mining Co
$6,752.50. and Sea Island Chemical Co.
80, 800 90. As the royalty is one dollar
per ton, the total output for August was
10000 tons.
The Charleston. Su nter and Northern
Railroad Company has completed its ex
tension from Bennettsville, s. c., to Glib
SOD, N. c, opening up quite an ex-
tonsive field for business. AS soon as the
branch is inspected by the State railro I'd
commission traffic will begin.
At Charleston the Southern Fibre Co.
has organized by ths election of G. F.
Pankin, president. and Thomas J. Price.
secretary and treasurer. The concern
intends to establish plant for preparing
Southern mo by new decor ication
process.
A company has been chartered at Dar-
lington for the purpose OF building q
$4,000 tobacco factory,
OTHER STATES.
Government employes are on a strike
at New Orleans to enforce the new eight
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