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.

V1H61NIA.
A bank has been organized ip Burke
willie.
Gen. Peytou Wise is an applicant for
position on the Civil Service Commis.
sion.
In the Graham court martial case at
Hchmond the defendant was sentenced
TO S-years' suspension.
Cow Mckinney sppsinted G. o. sTalia.
zero, of Roanoke, amember 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 svillo
last week, aged IS. She was an aunt of
Amelie Rives, the authorcss. and a
daughter of the late William G. Rives.
minister to France and United States
Senator.
Ihere is an engineer named Moore on
the Richmond and Danvile road running
between Lynchburg and Alexandria who
has been in the employ of the same road
Tor thirty years, and has never lost day
from work He has made an aggregate
oi llS, 600 miles on one engine, averag-
ing 5,OOO per month. He l., still at
work on the Richmond and Danvillc and
IN as good health as he ever was.
The Beckely Marble Development Co..
corporation owning 1S8 acres of marble
land near Fincastle has fully organized.
ordered outfit of machinery and will soon
commence quarrying. The company has
40 prospect black and tix varieties Of va.
riegated marble and li,hographing stone.
Col. A. g. Buford was elected presi-
dent, and Capt 7. G. Morton, secretary
OF the Virginia Worlds Fair Managers.
An executive committee was appointc
consisting of J. ii. Figgatt, A. S. Bu-
Iurd M. Glennan, II. j. Jordan and NJ.
brennaman. Hon. John L Hurt was
authorized to take such steps as may be
deemed necessary to secure contributions
from the railroads of the State to the
Worlds Fair fund.
NORTH CAROLINA.
: Iredell county alliance has adopted
the st. Louis platform.
Henderson shipped SO ar.loals, or s28
hogsheads of tobacco to manufacture ers
last week.
Z no New Berne Journal estimates the
z loss to truck farmers in that section by
the cold snap at 800, 900.
The Day says the Oxford electric ligh'
plant is offered to the town for 5,COON4O
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
20th.
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 postmaster at Fayetteville re
ceivcd his commission from the. President,
and Monday he took charge of the Office
Rev. G. NJ. Payne, of Concord, will
preach the commencement sermon before
the young ladies of Peace Institute a:
the Raleigh Presbyterian church on
Sunday morning, May 29th.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Cabbage and other truck produce are
beginping to be shipped North in con
siderable quantities from Charleston.
South Carolina has received her direct
tax refund, $22l,17i1.
A Sumter special says: The twenty
eight precincts heard from so far give 81
delegates for Sheppard and A for Till
man.
The political news from Lancas. er
county report that the Democratic clubs
sent solid Tillman delegations to the
county convention
The Farmers Bank of Abbevilie, a
majority of whose stockholders are Al
liancemen, made over 10 per c,nt. du.
ring the year just ended.
Great preparations are being made for
the floral fair which will open on the
26th at Charleston, and which is conf.
IDENTIFY expected will be on larger scale
and with greater varieties OF flowers thar
ever before.
The Huguenot Society, which is com,
posed OF some 200 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 eel
ebration on the 23rd. The day will be
spent in picnic fashion at Otranto,
Charleston.
The most terrific hail 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 aud cotton com.
pletely cut down. Incalculable injury
Was done In the country.
Interest in the estate of Robert Ed.
wards, which involves about 332, 900, 000
Of property in Wall street, New York
city, which was mentioned about a year
ago, has been revived The heirs in
South Carolina are Mrs. 8. A.. Chisholm.
Of Columbia, T. Fl. Stokes and Mrs
Wesley Gilbert Of Grecnville, Judge /
wickliffe, of Walhslla, Mrs. NJ. E
Hook, of Florence, w. +. Edwards and
r.. r. Peek, of Spartanburg.
Kullmann, the journeyman cooper VIII
shot ct Prince Bismarck on July Ia
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