The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-12-09
DIXIE NEWS.
The Sunny South Cleaned and Epito-
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AL the News and Occurrences Printed
Hero is Condensed From.

Vice Col. Anthony, resigned, Capt.
Armfeld, of Statesville, was Thursday,
at charlotte, elected colonel of the 4th
regiment of North Carolina.
n. A. Bolton, of Mullins, 8. c., was
In Whining ton, N. c., last week search
ing for his wife and two children who
ran away from home.
Albert Gould Glover has been arrested
In Philadelphia charged with obtaining
", 900 on fraudulent prcten.es from the
Asheville, N. c., Kaolin Company.
At Fayetteville, N. @ Wednesday
morning q dre entirely destroyed eight
stores, the loss being S10, 900, about one
halt covered by insurance
Bob Maynard, a well-known horse
jockey, committed suicide at Columbus,
Ga, by shooting himself.
Citizens hanged two men to tele-
graph pole at Benton, Bossicr parish,
La. Magee aud Carmichael were their
names. Mngce shot and killed Mrs.
Ellie Lingle, aud Carmichael was acces.
sorry.
The new College Hotel at Florence,
Ala, was burned to the ground. Moth
ing saved but the trunks Of few que ,ts.
The recent rise in cotton has, it is said !,
put fortunes into tho pockets of several
Charleston, 8. G.. men. One bu, or is re.
ported as having made 800, 900, another
10000, while several are $40, 600 better
OF than they were at the begining of the
season.
At Charleston, S. c., Napoleon La.
vile was sentenced for the third time 10
be hanged for the murder of his wife in
this city, Feb. IS, 1890.
The following are new enterprises for
the past week:
The peoples Slaughter House & Re-
frigerating Co, will build an $s), ,OOG
plant at New Orl, ans, La.
The Osceola Sugar &c, of Kissimmee
City, Fla, to erect sugar mills, etc..
capital stock $l,000,0OO.
The Sumter u CO. Water Co., capital
stock $65. 600.
The Palmetto Fur Co, of Columbia,
8. @.
A $50, 900 cotton mill company at Con.
cord, N. G.
A $leO, 900 cotton mill com ,any at
Aiken, 8. 9.
The Missionary Ridge Farm Co., oil
jackson, Tenn capital. stock $25, 900.
The Great Southern Fibre Co., to man
ufacture fibrous goods at Oh rlestun. s.
G. capital stock $50 nan.
The Fulton Brick Co., of Richmond
Va, to make brick and tile, capital stock
100000.
The Ashland Coal & Coke Co., OF Nc.
Dowell, w. Va, capital stock $4,000. O.
capital stock $55, 900.
Another cotton mill is being organized
at Concord, N. c.
A negro boy who was subject to fits
fell into we'll while drawing water near
Princeton, Johnston county, N. c., was
drowned.
1t swelled up, no doubt A Peters.
burg, Va, dispatch says William Tucker
died in Sussex county from overfee ding
The evening before he ate one gallon OF
venis'n hash, half a gallon of coffee and
crackers mixed together, and half gal
lon OF water aud crackers, pound Of dry
sugar and lot of pork aud bread.
Gov. Holt of North Carolina made re-
QUESTION on the Governor of Sou'h Caro-.
lima for Hoke Secrest, the notorious wife
murderer. Gov. Tillman Informs him
that B. E. Gray, alias ITokc Sccrest, is
in Jail at Spartanbu his offence being
very aggravated assault, and that his
two-years term of imprisonment will ex-
pire in November, 1894. at which time
North Carolina can have him.
There are rumors a. Coal Creek, T. nm
that the outside miners arc again organic.
ing and will give serious trouble il the
convicts are not sent away befors Judge
Turney, the newly. elected governor,
enters into Office. The miners think that
II the convicts arc not there. when the
governor assumes control of State affairs
they will not be sent back again. The
labor contract for convicts has four wears
to run yet, and Captain Anderson, in
charge of State troops now at Coal Creek.
is determined to..suppress any attempted
outbreak.