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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
NUMBER 10,
low witches!w wero Convicted.

''One of the theories Of the age was
that the devil set his mark upon each Of !
his servants that witches were all !
Marked" says Wiufield 8. Ncvins in the
New England Magazine. ga jury Of
the sex of the accused was appointed to
examine the body for such marks. tt
often happened that some excreseuce of
flesh common u old people, or one ex-
plainable by natural causes, was found.
One such was found on the body of
Goody Nurse, aud reported to the court,
all but one Of the jury agreeing to the
report. Rebecca Preston and Mary
Tarbcll knew that the mark was from
natural causes. The prisoner stated to
the court that the dissenting woman of
the jury of examination was one of the
most ancient, skilful and prudent, aud
further declared, Il there rendered a ,
sufficient known reason OF the moving
cause thereof She asked Cor the ap-
poiutment Of another jury to Inquire into
the case aud examine the marks found
on her person. The jury Of trials re-
turned verdict of not guilty. There
upon all the accusers in court 'cricd out
with renewed vigor and were taken in,
the most violent fits, rolling and tum-i
bling about, creating scene of the wild !
est confusion. The judges told the
jurymeu that they had not carefully con-
sidered one expression of the prisoner,
namely, that when one Hobbs, II con-
Tossing witch, was brought in as
evidence against her she said: sWhat,
do you bring here She is one OF us.
The jury retired for further consultation.
Even then they could not agree upon u
verdict of guilty. They returned to the
courtroom and desired that the accused
explain the remark. She made no re-
sponsc, and the jury returned verdict
of guilty."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
An eminent lady missionary in Bur-

An eminent lady missionary in Bur-
nah recently gave DR.. A. j. Gordon an
instructive but somewhat startling chap
ter of her experience. In one of her
tours, she said, she ca,nc upon a village
where cholera was raging. Having with
her quantity of famous painkiller,
she went from house to house admins.
tering the remedy to the invalids, and
left a number of bottles to be used after
she had gone. Returning to the village
some months after, the missionary was
met by the head man of the community,
who cheered and delighted her by this
intelligence: "Teacher, we have come
over to your side; the medicine did us
SO much good that we have accepted
your God" Overjoyed at this news,
she was conducted to the house of her
informant, who, opening room, showed
her the painkiller bottles solemnly ar
anged in row upon the shelf, and be.
fore them the whole company immedi.
ately Frustrated themselves in worship.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
A Little Heroine.

Maud Hood Is only Tiny mite Of
thirteen, and therefore not capable Of
doing anything Oh what the world would
call . great scale, but nevertheless her
name merits II place in the large "Book
of Golden Deeds" There aro seven
mothcrless little ones in Maud's home in
Lowe Sydeuham, all young. Their
father, u working matchmaker. has to
earn the household bread, and ono
brother helps in the process by acting as
agrecn grocer's errand boy. Another
is an invalid confined to bed aud tho
cares of the household aud the oversight
of the younger ones all fall upon little
mother Maud. While she was attending
to the invalid, Arthur, four years old,
severely scalded himself by upsctting a
teapot ut the fireplace. Maud aud the
elder boy got him into bel aud dressed
the wounds with oil as best they could.
The green grocer's customers woro wait.
ing. and the GRAND lad had to go, leav-
iuy his sister in sole charge. She dc.
cided that the burnc child required bet
ter treatment than she could give, so sho
marched off to the home fo1,,sick. chill.
dren to Sfayt thes scase bofore tLk ~ Yes,
they would take him in, but she must get q
letter Of admission. Where9 They gave
her the names cf fseveral subscribers. OF
she went to canvass and was happily
successful. How to get him to the housea
She borrowed a perambulator, carefully
placed the injured child upon the cush-
ions, and wheeled it herself to tho in-
sutton, where the invalid was at once
admitted. All this energy aud devotion
were of no avail, for the burns were too
severe. Pail Mall Gazette.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Roots I'm Drains.

Recently, in the yari of public
ichool in Philadelphia, drain from tho
out-buildngs was found to be choSed.
aud on examination little root of q maple
tree hal been founi to penetrate very
small pore in tho terra Gotta pipe; yet SO
rIpidly did these roots increase, after
they found there was plenty OF food at
command in the drain, that although the
pipe was eight inches in diameter several
buc.ietfuls Of small tibrous roots were
taken out, and which had completely
chokcd all circulation through the drain.
il was wonderful example of the in
crease of roots s,under circumstances favor
able through the abundance of fool. 1t is
said that in this case no trouble is antic-
ipatcd in future years, as it is believed
that bucketful or two of salt brine,
passed through the drain once or twice
year, will cffectually scorch of any
fbrcs that may attempt the same frolic in
future. Where, however, this remedy y
cannot be applied, it will be caution
not to have drains in the vicinity of thu
roots OF trees, s,-Moehau's Monthly.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
A Large TnrnOn

The tarpon or silver fish is undispu-
tably the gamiest inhabitant of the Gulf
OF Mexico. 1t affords more sport to anna
teur fisherman than any other of the fishes
OF the sea. The truefollower of Wal
ton uses the pole, reel, line and hook to
catch it with, and the tarpon is the acme
of his ambition.
To boat large specimen after drag
10y the tarpon of boat) and an exer-
else of exquisite skill (by the fisherman
with his tackle) from a contest of an
hour or so, is a spell of splendid ex-
element. 1t is question of 81 win
and you lose" to the end. At the "Cot-
tage by the Sea-" Pascagoula, Miss. has
just been received stuffed specimen Of
this celebrated fish, which measures ex
actly six feet in length, and when caught
weighed 202 pounds. 1t is handsomely
mounted and most artistically preserved.
This fish when hooked behaved like
an astonished gentlemen or an assaulted
cowboy; it made fight instanter, measur.
ing its cleaning length above the water
in jump of fully forty feet, clear over
the craft In which the ready conqueror
stood. The anchor of the skiff was
hauled in by an assistant and tho boat
was thereby set adrift while the wheel
was played with dexterous accuracy by
the cool and accomplished manipulator
with wind back and aJet go, until
exhaustion in the endeavor Of the tar
pom to escape made it prize to the
proud fisherman.--New Orleans New
Delta.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
The Brave Pilot Dead.

Captain John Stout, a Mississippi pilot,
was distinguished by several acts Of
bravery. He was at the wheel Of the
steamer Robert f. Lee when she was
burned at Yucatan plantation in 1882.
On that occasion he saved score of lives
by remaining at the wheel and holdin
his boat to the bank. He remained on
the blazing vessel until the very last mo
msnt, and Only escaped by sliding down
the log chain. Captain stout was on
board the steamboat j w. White when
she was burned above Bayou Sara il
1885, and jumped overheard to cscap,
the flames. He was picked up almost
ljfelcss
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Georgia's New Bishop.

ATLANTA, GA, Especial. I'm St.
Luke's Cathedral, Wednesday, DR.. c..
Kinloch Nelson, formerly rector of the
Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Pa,
was consecrated Bishop of Georgia with
impressive ceremonies.
The sermon was preached by Bishop
Rulison, of Pennsylvania, Bishop Quiu-
tard, of Tennessee, presiding who took
for his text, 'Launch out into the deep.
At night brilliant assemblage attended
the reception given by Gov. Northen te
Bishop Nelson and the visiting prelatcs
Bishop Nelson will mako Atlanta hi
headquarters.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04

1t is not only in the United States,
learns the Now York Post, that default.
ers continue to live luxuriously OH small
incomes without exciting suspicion. Herr
Piufsich, who committed suicide tho
othor day after robbing tho Budapest
lHungary) Savings Bank of $500, 900,
had been stealing right and left for
yuas. Ho bought an estate, built q
magnificent chateau upon it, entertained
guosS in princely fashion, subsidized a
theatre for. tho amusement of himself
and his friends without Q penny of hon.
No. tahSay t5his y dit -eutsise sanssas
cecdingly modest salary. And yet mo-
body thought of suspectinS him or ex-
smining his books, although he was
cashier of the establishment, When he
shot himself, and the truth came out;
everybody was profoundly astonished. A
clearer case of directors who did not
direct could scarcely be made OUT
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
The abandoned farm of New Engls,

The abandoned farm Of New England
is--so the Now York Post alleges-fast
taking its place with the mort2aged farm
of Kansas-in history. As the mortgage
is lifted &C the word abandoned" is
erased with a return of agriculturalpros.
perity, which, however, in New England
seems to depend on manufacturing in.
dustry, to the region interested. In q
descriptive catalogue Of abandoned or
partially abandoned farms in Mas
sacbusetts, issued under authority Of law
by tho Secretary of tho State Board Of
Agriculture, it would appear from tho
tenor Of the replies to questions that tho
condition of farming property is much
better than has frequently beon repre-.
scented. OF 113 such replies received on
October 1, 1891, fifty-eight stated that
inquiries for and values Of farm property
were increasing, forty-two that there had
been no appreciable change, while only
thirteen stated that they were decreasing.
Again, on November 1, of ninety-nine
definite replies to the question, "Do you
think farmers anticipate an increase o
prosperity in their business in the neal
zuturef' seventy said yes an'
twenty no. Except in two counties the
towns reporting show an aggregate in
crease in population since 1855. A de
cline in population generally appears iu
The towns OF the counties containing
abandoned farms aud having no impor
,ant notwithstanding industries
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The ladies of Charleston arc giving
'Rpssian teas" for the relief of the stary
ing peasants of Russia.
Adjutant and Inspector General Far,
ley is i'll at Charleston.
Truck gardeners Of st. Johns Island
are shipping asparagus North.
A jeff Davis monument fund is being
raised at Camden.
A Kcely Institute, for the cure of
bia. The Bi-chloride of Gold treatment
is used.
Senator Irby writes: "The political
situation in South Carolina is not now
serious, Notwithstanding that it might
have appeared so month ago, for the
conservative people of the State are al
ways to be relied upon to do the right
thing at the right time"
Gen. Jno. G. Anderson, postmaster at
Spa,tanburg under Cleveland, died at
his home there last week.
The fifteenth annual Convention of the
South Carolina Young Mems Christian
Association will meet in Spsrtanburg on
April 81, and continue in session for
three days. Among the prominent
Christian workers who have promised to
take part in the Convention are: Gov.
w. j. Northen, of Georgia; the Rev. Dr.
II. j. McBrydc, of Lexington, Va l.. A.
Coulter, of North Carolina; international
Secretaries ii. p. Anderson aud
+. s. Brockman, and others. The
opening address will be delivered by Dr.
James III. Carlisle
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
UNION 9. H., SOUTH CARO- M1RoH 1892.
dium be increased to. not less than $50

dunn be increased to. not less than $50
per capita.
"We demand graduated income tax.
We believe that the money of the coun.
try should be kept rs much as possible in
the hands of the people, and we demand
that all State and national revenues shall
be limited to the necessary expenses OF
the government, economically and honest.
ly administered.
I'VE demand that postal savings banks
be established by the government for the
sale deposit of the earnings of the people
and to facilitate exchange.
"The land, including all the natural
sources of wealth, is the heritage of all
the people and should not be m onopoliz-
ed Tor special purposes, while alien own.
ership of land should All lands now
held by railroad and o.her corporations
IN excess of their natural needs, and all
lands now owned by aliens should be re-
claimed by the government and held for
actual settlers only.
Transportation being means of ex-
! change and public necessity, the gov
crnment shoLld own and operate the
railroads in the interest of the people.
The telegraph and telephones, like the
postotficc syster,, being necessity for
the transmission of news, should be own
cd and operated by the government in
the interest of the people.
"Wc demand that the government is
sue legal tender notes and pay the Union
soldiers the difference between the price
Of the deprecated money i'll which he
was paid in god.
'Resolvcd, That we hail this confer
CnCe as the contamination of n ncrrcct
"nion of hearts and hands of all the sec
tions of our common country. The men
who wore the grey and the men who
wore the blue are here to extinguish the
last smouldering fires of civil " ar i'm the
Tears of JOY of n united and happy pco
pie, and we agree to carry the stars and
stripes forward forever to the highes,
point of national greatness
The convention then took recess un
Ill p. IN. On the afternoon session be
nS called to order, Miss Frances Vii
lard submitted her minority report. The
'irst plank declared i'm favor OF universal
suffrage without distinction of sex; the
second, that the liquor traffic was the ell
cmy of reform, the chief cause OF cor
rnption in politics, and that as the States
had full authority to legislatc regarding
this traffic it was the duty of the govern.
ment to respect the action of those
States that had vot d the liquor traffic
and that the government should collect
no liquor revenue within those States.
The majority report was adopted.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Strike in New Orleans.

New ORLEANS, lathe strike of the
longsho-cmen is on, and 1000 are out OF
work. The demand is an hours pay for
fractional parts Of an hour. The ships
agents have taken u decided stan.l by
employing steyedores, giving them the
time needed to secure new hands for un.
loading vessels. A number of new la
borers have been obtained and it is pro-
posed to put them to work. Trouble
With loDgshoremen is anticipated and
tho mayor has been asked for protection.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Gave Cleveland O Gourd.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA.-Colonel VIM.
Rodgers, n jolly and handsome bachelor
of Loudoun county, is in the city. Col.
Rodgers presented Mr.. Cleveland, during
his term of office as President, with a
long handled gourd, grown OH his place
in Loudoun. He did this in conformity
with the old custom to present couples
with gourd who had remained child
less for more than two years after mar
riagc Mr.. Cleveland still has the gourd,
and baby Ruth delights to play with it
in preference to a gold rattle presented
by an admiring friend
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Zeb's HumOr.

WAsHIEaToN, d. C.-Whilc Sen
ator Vance was making q
speech OH the Idaho election case, at one
point in, his remarks two prominent
Senators who were engaged in earnest
conversation reached point in their dis
cussion which elected from one of them
most extraordinary sound "a compound
between laugh and yawr. Pausing
abruptly aud gazing in the direction of
the offenders, Mr.. Vance said: 'Mr.
President, do not yield" The amuse-
mcnt which this diversion created seem
ed to break up the interest in the debate
aud at 4;35 a motion to adjourn was car
ried.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
VOL. XXIII.---NEW SERIES.
RE railroads OF Australia, with the
1sxception oftwo small lines, are owned,
by the Government.

The recent loss OF au eye by Prince
Christian Won Schleswig. Holstoin :,
through tho bad aim OF his brother.in-
law attempting to shoot bird, recalls
some similar misfortuues. Napoleon I,
while hunting pheasants in Fontaine-
blcau,sh out the oye of the most genial
OF his marshals, Nicholas Massena, Duke oil
Rivoli and Prince Of Essliug. Massena,
however, was even greater courticr,
than general, and Immediately declared
that the shot had come from the gun of
Marshal Berthier. Berthicr at once do.
clared himself the cause of his oomrade' s
smisforturo. This diplomatic attempt to
sshield the Emperor greatly pleased his
ekS, and he reveSaaa both ma rshaIs
with favors and presents. ~ q,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Talmago's Tabernacle Under the
Hammer.

NEW YoRK.-Char'cs II. Willis OBJ.
tained a mechanics lien on DR.. Talmage's
tabernacle in Brooklyn, and then brought
an action to foreclosc it, and judgement
was rendered in his favor for $52, 2,216 on
the 10th Of February. The judgment
was signed by Judge Pratt, and it will
be enforced by the sale OF the property
by tho sheriff at public auction in one
parcel. Wills built the tabernacle, which
cost $40o, 600. This judgement is the
unpaid balance. The sale is subject to o
mortgage of Russell Sage.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
A North Carolina colored Professor
in Connecticut.

MIDoLETowN, COM. "A colored man
who represented himself to be Prof. O.
II. Mcdowell, of the Onslow Literary
Institution, Swannsboro, N. c., was ar
rested on the charge of swindling. He
collected small sums of money from
prominent citizens, but q fraudulently
headed list. with Mayor Briggs name
down for $25, led to his detection. He
has collected large .um Of money in the
different cities near by.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Killed Four Persons.

A special from Smithville, N. C says
The jury in the case against Waitman
Thompson for tie murder of one w. w.
P,arsall. wife and two children and
burning their their house over their dead
bodies on the 23d Of December, returned
a verdict of guilty, aud requested that
his sentence be imprisonment for life. the
Judge fulfilling it.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04

"You don't seem to bo as friendly
with young Wilde as formerly, Maude. "
"No; am trying tn cast him out OF my
thoughts. He is unworthy" 'Do you
find it hard to forget him" Gwen,
the,more i see of him the less think Of
him, New York Press.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
GENERAL STATE NEWS.
Late Happenings of Importance BY
Mail and Wire.
The Gist of Three States Doings,
Carefully Prepared For Our
Busy Readers.
VIRGINIA.

A big Masonic Fair is to be held in
the Masonic Temple, Richmond, in May.
A series of inter college games have
been arranged by the University Athletic
Associaciation.
President Harrison aud Mrs. Mckee
and her children are at Virginia Beach.
The Do-Drop-In Club is the name of a
new Democratic organization in Rich
mond.
Ia colored man while out huntiug near
City Point found the skeleton OF white
man.
A bill was passed in the Legislature
to provide for the enumeration Of towns
claiming 5000 inhabitants with q view
OF becoming cities.
Paramorc's Island, near Onancook, has
been recently purchased by company
of Philadelphia capitalists, who will soon
erect there magnificent club house and
cottages. Capital stock, 5000, 900.
Chester Roach, who was born in the
Allegheny county almshousc seventy five
years ago, aud who tramped with his pa
rents through the country for
years, died in Minnesota last week and
left an estate Of 100000. He made his
first money as tramp tinker, and invcste
his earnings in Minneapolis real estate.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Gems. Morgan's and Green's Monu.
ments.

WAsHINGroN. ID. C.-HoUsE. Mr.
OFerralI, of Virginia, from tho Com
m;ttcc on Library, reported the bills fo,
erection of monuments to General Danic
Morgan at Winchester, Va, and Nathan
iel Greene Mt Guilford Courthouse. N. G.
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04

'tWhat are you dong in my. housef'
asked man who surprised burglar at
his unlawful work. "Your house!' ex.
claimed the burglar, rs he commence ]
once more to put silver spoons in his
pocket. "You seem to imagiue that
don't know the title to this property ia
!" -""r wife'sname, Brooklyn Lille,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Memorializes Against
Free Silver,
Charleston

> CHARLESTON, s. C.-The chamber oil
: scongSiSe qdoPlvyss;s szesblutipns ysaatse
iugxhe SeIators and CongTessmen ffSsa
this State to use all their infiuenccsin de-
feating the passage of the bill looking to
the free coinage of silver, asserting that
the boards of trade OF the country can
only be maintained Oh q sound currency.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Jay Gould OFF on a Jaunt.

New YORK City jay Gould has left
the city for an extended tour over his
railroads in the West and South He in. q.
intends being in st. Louis March 9Th,
when the annual meetings of the Missou-
ri Pacific and st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern Railways are held.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Sufocated by Gas,

CINcIsNATI, ON. Dugan, of Angus.
tn, Ga was found dead in bed at the
Cincilnati House, having suffocated by
escaping gas. Mr.. Dugan had been at
the hotel two days
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
A North Carolinian Pardoned.

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-The President
has sranted pardon at the expiration of
10 months Imprisonment to Josiah Stan
Gil, of North Carolina, sentenced Decem-
Der 8, 1890, to two years. imprisonment
for violation of the postal laws.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Collector for Louisiana,

WARRINGTON, d. CIV. w. CHS
holm was designated to perform the du-
ties of revenue collector for Louisiana,
vice Wimberly, removed. Mr.. Chisholm
was the deputy llsctsr.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Cleveland q Candidate.

TOLEDO, O.-Hon. Frank III. Hurd,
who went to Ann Arbor to have con-
ference with Mr.. Cleveland, announces
authoritatively that the latter is candi-
date for nomination.