The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-02
THREE STATES BRIEFS.
Telegraphic Dispatches From Many
Points of Interest.
The Fields of Virginia, North and
South Carolina Carefully
Cleaned For News.
VIRGINIA.

There are about 1 200 miners out on ,
strike at Pocahontas at present.
The national archery tournament began
at Old Point Comfort Thursday, an
nearly all the clubs in the United State
have representatives present.
Col. John NJ. Brockenbrough died Al
his residence in Richmond. He was 8q
years OF age and native of Richmond
county. He e-eoip,nandsds-tAe 4Qth yir.
gi6ia regiment in the d5stys!
burg.
Mrs Ye, wife of the Corean secretary.
mas not been well for some months past.
and will leave Washington September 5th
for visit TO her home in Corca, to v hich
country she will be accompanied by Miss
DAVIS, of Abingdon, Va, who will 20 as
missionary. They will sail September
18th from San Francisco.
fa al and singular accident occurred
on board the train ter it left Quautico
for Frcdcri, ksburg Saturday evening, by
which colored woman had her neck
broken She was on her way fr, m Wash.
ln2ton to her home, near Brooke station.
After the train left Quantico she at.
tempted to pass through the car, when
bya sudden lurch of the train she was
thrown viol ntIy against the back of one
the s, ats and her neck broken.
NORTH CAROLINA:
The residence of Sheriff r. D. Ross
at Ashcboro was burned Tuesday.
The Rowan County Fair will be held
in Salisbury October Al.
Guy Maxwell, aged p5, was drowned
IN Lake Forsyth at Charlotte, Friday.
A yourg lady, Miss Kate Patter, was
killed by lightning at Farmers Turnout,
Brunswick county.
The aggregate valuation of the prop.
erty in Forsyth county. as shown by the
taxlistcrs, is $1,579,318. The property
held by the white citizens is rated at
g, 456, 593, and the colored people at
$122, 725.
DR.. Kemp p. Battle, of the State I'm
lvcrsity, has accepted an invitation to
deliver the historical address at Raleiph's
centennial celebration on October 18th
His subject rs assigned by the committee
will b. "rhc First Hundred Years of
Raleigh"
The convention Of oyster growers was
held at Ocracoke. last week. Resolutions
were adopted and ordered to be present
TT to the Legislature next winter that
The oysterman were opposed to scrapiug
'r dredglng of any KIND on oyster
wlfe, havv u'o-. ~----------tst,r-ys,s,s.-
Christian chaplc, in LenoiS H6ty 4of
about three months past. Their church
now has member ship of about 140. The
meetings arc very sensational, the people
falling on the floor in frances, etc. Three
young men of that section have been or
daincd ministers Of this church.
SOUTH CAROLINA:
Charleston has quarantincd against the
cholera.
Lieut.. Commander VIM w. Rhodes
has been ordered to duty at the naval sta
tion at Port Royal, s G.
The acreage of sea island cotton in the
State is IL to Is per cent. less than last
year
A little boy named John Meldow was
drowned i'm Colonial Lake at Charleston,
Thursday.
Fairfield county fair will he held at
Winnsboio October 27-23. The Rich.
land fair will open at Columbis on Nov.
IS.
The Geo .gctown Rice Mill has recently
put eleven Engleburg rice hu!lers ID lis
mill at a cost of 81, 900. The acreage in
rice is increasing.
OTHER STATES.