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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
DROWNED WHILEDUCK SHOOTING
The Recoil of Gun Upset the Boat
and One of the Spoi tsmen
Was Lost.

LYNcHBURG, VAL. E. Tennyson,
who was until recently manager of the
Lynchburs opera house, accompanied by
z. b. Emerson, secured q sail boat yes.
terday afternoon aud went duck shooting
on the James river. Mr.. Tcnnyson shot
Ut "a stump on the opposite side of the
back, and his gun being aviIy loaded,
the force Of the discharge made him
lose his balance, throwing him into the
water and causing the boat to upset.
Mr.. Emerson being the better swim
mer, succeeded in getting Mr.. Tenny
son OIL one end of the boat and then
st rted for the shore, swimming and
pushing the boat at the same time. He
had on y gone n short distance when he
was Mortified to hear Tennyson say :
Good by, Ed," and of seeing him sink
The body was found. Mr.. Tcnnyson
leaves widow aud two children.
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KNOCKED OUT BY A NEGRO.
Joe Goddard, the Australian Pugilist
''Gets It in the Neck"

PHIfADELPHIA, PA.-Joc Goddard,
the Australian champion pugilist, met
his Waterloo at the Ariel Athletic Club.
in the presence of 1900 pers ,ns, at the
hands OF Joe Butler, q Philadelphia
colored fighter. Tho negro did not
weigh 1865 pounds, while Goddard was
at least thirty pounds heavier. The
bout began 10:45 o'clock, and Butler had
things his own way in the first two
rounds, knocking Goddard down cleanly
by right swings on the jaw in each
round. In the third, when Goddard
was groggy, the mill was stopped, after
having lasted but half minute. No de-
kision was rendered. Godd ,rd's right
Eye was 5lackened and he was cut in the
face, while Butler was only slightly
scratched in the face Goddard made
no pretense wha ever of being able to
avoid punishment, aud made sorry ex.
hbition for champion. He was very
weak after the first knock down. The
crowd went wild and Justify ch:ered
Butter.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
Wonders OF PHYSICAL Energy.

The physical energy OF force some.
times exerted by the human body hal
long been known to be of the mos
astounding nature, but no one, prior t.
the tabulations made by DR.. Bucheister.
in 1890, ever took the trouble to pu
that exerted force before the people il
figures that can be understood. Th,
doctor "supposes" things in this way
Supposing mountaineer weighing 16a
pounds is making the ascent of a peat
1000 feet high. To begin with, h,
must expend an amount of physica
force equal to that found by multiplyins
his weight by the height to be assembled
In the case assumed, a weight of 16i
pounds, multiplied by height Of 700G
feet, equals 1,176, 900 foot-pounds; or
in other words, 1,176, 900 foot-poundI
have to be lifted one foot. But thi
is not all. The contractlons of th
muscles of the heart have to b.
takel into account, which is rep
resented by four foot. pounds of wora
with each contraction, the pulsations o.
an adult heart being about seventy two
per minute; in ascending heights it i.
much greater. But, assuming 100 beat
Of the pulse per minute, for simplicity
of calculation, this would give 400 foot
pounds per minute, or $4,000 foot
pounds per hour, or 120, 900 foot. pound.
for the five hours supposed to be. re
quired for ascending the 1000 feet
For expansion aud contraction of chest
and other muscles further item OF so
600 foot-pouuds must be added. Thu
we find the total work performed durin,
five hours Of climbing to b,
equal to 1895, 600 foot pounds, no
counting other forces exerted, whicl
DR.. Bucheister says will run the gran,
total up 70 1889, 900 foot.pcunds. --St
Louis Republic.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
Bronze Casting.

According to r. H. Park, of Florence,
sculptor, the art of casting large
statues in one piece, as practiced by
Benvenuto Cellini in casting the Perseus,
which has been lost art, has been re.
discovered. The process is callei cerra
perduce; it is wax process. The clay
model is made, and the plaster repro
duction is taken from it. From this
the matrix is made, and the matrix is
furnished with a core. The matrix is
coated with wax the thickness OF the
bronze. The mould is then heated and
the wax runs out of hole i'll the bottom,
then the bronze is poured in. The re-
cults are superior, but the cost is in.
creased by about $1,000 per statue
New York Observer.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
Devoted to Aovseals~., Rerssesa.~s Domasse zsnemy
wAYLAID AND KILLED.
A Cowardly Murder in Ocala, Fla. :,
That May be Followed by a
Lynching.

OCALA, FLA.-There are fears of a
lynching here. Charles Shafer, an old
and much respected resident, was shot
and killed by York Ballard.
Ballard aud hi, younger brother Law in
wait for Shafer, and when he came up in
his wagon Ballard sprang upon him and
killed him in most cowardly manner.
Several years ago Ballard and Shafer's
stepson loved the same girl. She favored
young Sbafer.
Ballard began writing scurrilous postal
cards to her. He was discovered and
convicted. When tho sentence. six
months in the county Jail, was pro.
nounced, he said it was only short
time to serve, and threatened to kill
Shafcr.
The Judge then gave him eighteen
months in The Columbus, Ohio, peniten-
tinry. Ballard returned. He gave him
self up after the murder, but says that
when they met, Shafer attempted to cow
hide him and he shot him in self de-
fence, but the body of the dead mun,
found in the bed of his wagon, contra
dicts this assertion. Shafer was about
nifty years OF age. Ballard is only
twenty five years old.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
AN INJURED HUSBANDS WRATH
He Publicly Denounces His Enemy
in q Circular as a Heartless
Villain.

NASHVILLE, TENN. Nashville is great,
ly exercised over scandal newly develop.
ed. The principals are John P. Williams,
Vice President of the Fourth National
Bank, and Mrs. V. Booren, wife of a
prominent citizen. Mr. Booren has is
sued a circular, in wh ch he says: But
for the Pleading of the invalid mother
Of John P. Williams would have blown
his brains out long ago. He has been
very intimate with my wife for the last
six months, and as tho papers will not
publish the facts, this is the only way
have Of putting the case to the public.
Williams is hoartless villain and am
not afraid to say so."
1t is runtored that Williams and Bosr.
en- will fight duel Mrs. Boorcp, who
IS beautiful woman, came here recently
{, ON Dallas.
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ing ana pM0l0Bft H!AHy by hand
in parallel conrsaS acf 65s the sxoad bed a,
fora rough stre6t pas scme1 The nearer
such stones cad be- pfaIglit ITO the gen
erai form of paving stont by judlcious
breaking, tho better the work. Blocks
averaging 0 iuches in thickness by IL
inches in depth will make strong work,
however rough their general shape. They
should be placed on edge, with the lars
est edges down, and be set as closely
and firmly together as their rough shape
will permit. Where the jagged upper
edges project too high for the established
thickness of the layer, they should be
broken off, aud all low places should b,
filled with suitable chips well packed into
place. The whole course should be gone
over, and all open spaces be filled by
ramming stones of suitable sizes into all
interstices with Founders or heavy ham.
mers. When the surface is level enough
for rolling the heaviest roller obtaina6le
should be used, and the rolling be con
tinued until the whole foundation course
is perfectly solid and of the right shape
and height to receive the Macadam course
that is, the course of small stone. y .
common error in roid.making is to
have the pavement too sha low 1t must
De strong enough TO Withstand the heav-
lest traffic to which it may be subj, ct,
without yielding when The frost thaws
out in the spring. Where the subsoil is
exceptionally sandy or gravclly depth
of from to inches might answer fairly
well, but under ordinary Conditions IL
to 1S'inch depth is necessary for Gem
etery road subject to much travel, while
public highways should ordinarily be
still thicker. Few arc aware of the great
difference in power to support load be
tween firm layer 6 inches in depth and
a compact mass 18 inches deep.
The proper care of The road under Or
dinary wear and tear is as important as
its thorough construction. The old
adagc of the thrifty housewife, that "a
stitch in time saves uinc. " may he applied
to Macadam road without any great
wrench of metaphor. From A Talk on
Road Making, in American Gardening
for September.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07

No stronger evidence of the safety OF
electric lighting installations can be
afforded than the fact that great many
explosives factories are now being lit by
electricity. It is obvious that build
ing wherein the preparation OF inaan-
mable or highly explosive substances Is
carrie on very special care should be
taken in order to avoid even the small.
est risk, and powder manufacturer, now
Hud that the electric light adds con-
siderable percentage over gas to tho
chances Of safe operation. While elec-
tricity increases the safety of this branch
OF industry in one way it lessons 1t in
another. There is great deal OF free
electricity thrown of in variou, stages
Of manufacture, and the disposition OF
this, SO far as It can be removed out OF
harms way, is serious question. The
charge of a powder cake press with
ebonite plates may practically be cou.
sidered rs an electric pile, aad large
amount of friction or electric influences
from outside may cause sufficient cleo
trio c.aarge to give offf sparks. Several
undisputed cases Of this kind have been
known. Another source Of danger from
friction occurs during the glazing,
rounding and sieviny OF gunpowder.
The powder is subjected to constant
rubbing Of Its PARTICLES against each
other, and during the glazing especially
there is danger Of electricity accumula-
ting. Therefore precautions should be
taken in order to convey away any
charge that may accumulate In the glaz
ing barrels,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07

"Very encouraging reports are being
received from the various dairy schcs
held in different parts of Europe" ID. %
lnounces the American Dairymau. "The
dairy districts that produced poor
quality of butter previous to the holding
of these schools are now sending butter
ITO market much improved in quality, as
well as producing much larger quantity
itrom the same amount of milk. We
should like to hear from some of our
readers in this country as to the benefit.
derived from dairy schools or farm in.
stitutes that have been held throughout
1.-THE dairy districts during the last two
Iyears."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07

(! The postal telegraph system OF Great
Britain and Ireland is now the most
Gigantic and complete organization for
;the transmission Of messages in the
iworld, says the New York Commercial
iAdvertiser. Tho staff numbers 1853;
the annual amount expended In salaries
,and wages is $322,96O, and the total
number of kilograms passing through the
office per aunum, 32,5S7,779.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
Cotton Planters Despondent.

SHREVEPORT, LA.-About Shreveport
the people who raise cotton are desnon.
dent. All this Red river valley was
ov' rhowed late in the spring and the
replanted crops have not done we'll Mt ali
met DIR. Dixon, a large planter, who
lives about twenty miles north of Shreve
port, on the Red river, and he says that
IN scope Ct country in which he lives
there is ordinarily made about Is, 600
bales of cotton. This year he says there
will not be 5000 bales made on the same
land. Coming up from New Orleans. I
noticed that the cotton plant was small
aud not well fruitcd 1t seemed dull in
New Orleans, but in Shreveport il is
worse. I am told that west of here in
the black lands Of Texas the crops are
good.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
POLITICAL WORLD.
Candidates, Conventions Nomina.
tions, Elections.S
All the News of Political Movements
Of the Four PartieS

Geo. d. Bowden was nominated at
Norfolk by the Republican cor 1Tention,
for Congress.
Albert 8. Berry, of Newport, was
nominated by the Democrats on he 372d
ballot at Warsaw, KY, as Congressman.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler has beeb nomi .
mated unanimously for Congresslfor the
seventh time at Decatur by thd Demo
Gratis Of the Eighth Alabama district.
New York CITY--C. F. Hbdsdon
Will furnish the Board of Polidc with
1000 folding ballot booths for the sum
OF $6. 25 each, such booths tolb be, made
With North { Caroline piue finn SSisud
canvas panels. and similaf t6 tn0ses 7ur ;.
nlshed by him for the election of 1900
THIS item of election expense will be
1880 this year. The ballot cages
differ from the O'Br;en Association i'm
this: The O'Briens would neither bend
nor break; the ballot cages don't bend.
but they do break. About one Quarter
OF those ed last year are unfit for use
this, and have to be replaced at cost of
1926 each.
REPUBLICANS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
CoLUMB:A, s. C.-The State Republi
can convention which met here adopted
platform in pait as follows:
I've, the Union Republican party of
South Carolina, in convention assembled.
do h,reby rc-affirm our allegiance to the
principles Of the national Union Repub.
lican party rs set forth ia the platform
adopted at the Minneapolis convention :;
we most heartily endorse and ratify the
nominees of that convention, Benz.
Harrison and Whitelaw Reid, and pledge
to them our answering fidelity and sup
port, and VIC hereby declare that with a
Tree ballot and n fair count tho State of
s, nth Carolina would be$placed in the
column Of Republican States by major
ity of,4Q, 900 votes; the Democratic party
OF S0Ph Carolina, by its infamous action
in defeAting the will of the people by
force sand fraud, dcscrv,s and must re.
ceive the condemnation of all Just mind
cd people; we hereby tender our most
since sympathies to President Harrison
because of the illness of Mrs. Harrison
and our hopes for her speedy restoration
to health {"
The following presidential electors
were chosen: State 1T largo, John Il.
Talbert, w. d. Crum; first district
Bruce II. Williams; second. ,tlistrivt
James Powers; third ~district, J. w,
Morris; fourth district, slS&son w. .Mei
ton; fifth district, w. boyx{n 35f{I
sdistrict. M. w. Monzpws az
ztficL Joseph w. Collins.
Xse committee rsported f}6f
the effect that in View <,f r<lS|
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Fighting tho Tobacco Trust.
New Orleans Times-Democrat1

New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Farmers and Shippers Tobacco
Warehouse Company is strong concern
ju't started In Cincinnati as a rival to
the tobacco combine" The company
has capital of $1,000, ,0c0. The new
compony owes its origin to the disaffec
tion among tobacco men in Ohio and
kentucky with "the combine" 1t was
understood by them that ''the combine
aimed at controlling prices and other
matters connected with the business, to
a degree that would be very troublesome
and embarrassing. Hence sthe desife
and demand for ompetition whit 81
resulted g; the formation Of sthe FsrrI
! and ehif @f{1pf
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
A Boy Breaks the Bicycle Recor d.

INDEPENDENcE. IA,-Accompauied by
two ruoniDg horses as pace makers, John
Johns u, the boy bicyclist, broke the
bicycle record for one mile this afternoon.
making the phenomenal time of 1 SO 8.5.
He passed the first quarter In 294, the
half mile In 5ss, and the three quarter
post in I. .284.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
Hayes Calls on Harrison,

WASHINGTON, ID. G. Gen. Ruther.
ford b. Hayes, ex-prcsident of the Unit.
ed States; wearing his Grand Army un.
lform, called at the White House in the
morning, and President Harrison, who 10
denying himself to visitors during the
illness OF Mrs. Harrison, made ain OK
ception in favor Of his predecessor, and
received him. Gen. Hayes spent short
time with the President
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
VOL. XxIII. NEW SERIES.
ses IRsskly s'thinks that
sample sof philanthropist at
R1kthens, Ga, should be initiated by other
wealthy gentlemen. He has built several
houses which he permits poor widows to
occupy free of rent"

another royaf parsonage has written a
book. The King OF Siam, after trip
around the Malay Peninsula, has given
TO the world au account OF his trip,
illustrated by the best map OF the
peninsula that has ever been published.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
Wife and Mother Elopes.

At Charlotte, N. c., Mrs. Matte Will
son, wife Of Mr. Vann Wilson, eloped
with man named Mervia Fergu-
son. All three worked at the Charlotte
cotton mills. While Mr.. Wilson was in
the mills somebody brought him
news that his wife had gone. He went
to his home in the brick row and found
that Mrs. Wilson had really eloped,
leaving their two sick children alone and
unattended at home.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
Workingmen's Homes Burned,

New ORLEANS, LA.-Tuesday night
fire was discovered among the working
mems cottages on st. Andrews stree,
near Rousseau, and twenty four of them
were destroyed before the flames were
su ,dued. The loss viii aggregate SIS, :
600, partly covered by Insurance. A
strong wind and paor water supply as
sisted the blaze,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
SELECT SETTINGS.
One ostrich egg is a meal.
Birds will not cat tireflies.

One ostrich egg is a meal.
Birds will not &C. firefies.
There are 100000 Chinese in the
United States.
The royal standard of Persia is
blacksmith's apron.
England has not been engaged in war
during Lord Salisbury's administration.
The "monkey. wrench" so called,
was named after its inventor, Mr..
Muncky.
At the age Of forty mau usually at
tains his highest weight; a woman at
fifty.
Men with gray or blue eyes are usually
better marksmen than those with dark
eyes.
Paper from rags was made in 1000
A. d., the first linen paper in 1919 and
paper from straw in 1900.
The shortest street in the world il
Mansion House street, London, which is
only few yards in length.
May and April of this year were tho
wettest months Of their names in the his.
tory of Kansas for twenty-five years.
London's six principal railway lines
carry annually over 200, 900, 900 people,
and the tramways about 100, ,00O,O 900.
1t is just 100 years siuce the Cornish.
man, William Murdock. discovered tha
coal gas might be used as an illumirant
Three weeks after a tree near Jackson
Miss, was used as gallows it showed
signs of decay, and month later it wa
dead.
The first book in which the word
America appears was printed in the little
mountain monastic town, st. Die, in
1907.
French chemists claim they are able to
produce the finest gems by artificial pro.
!, cesses, and expect soon to have them on
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u'ar young lll6 sSs kiii5d hero Fkufs.
day night by q notorious colored criminal
named Pierson: The negro met little
Charlie Smith, brother Of Henby, and
after some words with the child slapped
him. Later Henby met the negro and
accused him of imposing on his little bro.
thcr. when Pierson drew revolv,r and
shot Smith through the head and fed.
Diligcnt search is being made for the
murderer.
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eagles back, md i was o fraid to shoot
for fear of.kiIling the crow. Kite yelled
and clawed at the eagle till he made il
drop the lamb, and then he pecked at
the eagles head till the big bird shook
him off away toward the cliff. The lamb
was killed by the fall, aad the crow fie v
back, settled down by the lamb, and was
saying: TOO badl Too bad!' when
reached the spot. When I picked UP
the lamb heard Kite say: I'll kill that
eagle some time The useful crow took
it upon himself to protect the lambs
from the eagles, and all day long he flew
'fror, one part of the pasture to another,
.perched on trees and fences, and kept an
eye out for the voracious birds. When
ever he saw an eagle soaring in the sky
he would fly to where / was working,
Sing out: John, look out for the caglcr
and then sail back to the pasture and
watch over the lambs. He would cav
like everything as long as the eagle was
in sight, and when it disappeared he
would sit in silence ON limb or stake
and gaze into the sky. The presence of
the crow kept off the eagles, aud didn't
lose another lamb.
F. "In the fall had SOW and litter OF
young pigs running in the road. One
afternoon one of the eagles plunged aud
caught a pig just as the crow had alight
ed on post near the mud puddle where
the pigs were wallowing. The eagle
struck into the pig so hard that it drove
the little fellow into the mud. and while
the bird was trying to claw it out, Kite
yelled, John, come and shoot the eagle.
I was in little alop near by, and when
/ ran out the crow was pecking at the
eagles head and the old SOW was doing
her best to push off the eagle. The
other pigs were squealing aud running
about in the puddle, and Kite was yell.
ing, Get off! get off get off Y at the
top of his voice, and beating the eagle
over the head with his wings. The Ole
sow was snorting and grunting and
striking at tho eagle as though her life
was at stake; the little pig was strug.
Cling and squealing in the mud, and
when I got to the noisy crowd the eagle
tumbled over on its side and began tG
strike viciously at the crow and the SOW
with its bill. Kite flew around and
yelled, John, ring ITS neckp and when
| caught the eagle by one of its wings
and flung it into the road I'saw that II
was gasping and dying. A pointei
wire that had put on the sows nose to
keep her from roofing had pierced the
eagles lungs, and the big bird died in
minute or two. Kite alightei on tbs
eagle as soon as he saw 1t was lifeess,
tapped his wings, and sang out, 'Johu
we got him this time
"Kite could tell the time of day by
the clock, aud when tho weather was
cloudy used to send him to the house
from the field to see what time it was.
Instead Of asking my wife the crow
would look at the clock without saying
q word to her, aud thea sail back to the
lot aud sing it out to me. When tn,
sky was clear could tell by the sur
within ten minutes what time it was, an
the crow got so that he could guess al.
most as close as l could. One sunshiny
forenoon told Kite to fly to the house
and bring me the time. The crow cockee
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Made Very Rich suddenly.

CLARxsvILE, TENN. wv. A. Free.
man, farmer in very moderate circum.
stances, is In the city and has received a
letter from VIM. Moore. a lawyer in
London, informing him that suit had
been decided in his favor which wsuld
net him $4,000, 900.
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Deposed for Hugging the organist.

Deposed for Hugging the organist.
Owosso, Mich. The Rev. n. d.
Robinson, formerly of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Charleston. is a min.
lister of the gospel no longer. The select
committee eff fifteen appointed at the
first days session of the Detroit confer
ence has found him guilty of immortality
and has deposed him from the ministry
and the church. The specific charge
was that he bugged and kissed the or.
ganist. Mr.. Robinson is about rs yea,s
Of age, and is said to be dying of con-
sumption.