The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-03-17

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Congressman Talbcrt declines to tell
| reporter whether he will or not be can
didate for United States Senator from
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The colored iircmcn of North Carolina
| were by the last Legislature given relief
iund Of 5000 year, and will form a
state soc;ation.
Mrs. Frank OVERLY, of Fayetteville,
N. c., while alone in her room Wednes-
day afternoon, was taken with tit, fell
in the fire and was burned to death.
The people of the county of Montgom.
cry, N. c., ere very much excited over
the Ill covery of II very itch gold mine.
The mine is located ON the property of
jones C.tton.
One Of the negroes implicated in the
| butchcry Of Henry Twittman and wife,
ut Linconvil', s. G. last Saturday night,
has bc arrested aud lodged in Jail in
Chai lesion.
Judge VIM. B. R'dman died at his
home Mt Washington, Beaufort county,
N. c., Tuesday morning, in his 10th
year He WIS member Of the Supreme
Court OF the State from 1869 to 1878.
Henry Brooks was arrested for horse
stealing at Charlotte vile, Va, early
Monday morning and lodged in Jail.
He wa, hotly pursued II night, cludiug
arr st until finally captured in the Rag.
gcd Mounta' a'Ds.
Th, white coon that has bafIlcd the
hunters of Acc ,m,c county, Va for sew.
eral months was captur, d quite rec ntly.
II was the i,tcntion to send j. on az a
| present 10 Pres dent Cleveland, but it
died from the eff cts OF the fight in which
it was captured.
Mrs. Levi Hugg'ns, of Henderson
county. N. c., VI standing in front of
The fire with her one y ar-old infant in
her arms. The child Knocked from tho
m.ntepiccc bottel OF turpcutius and it
fell i'll th, fire and igni'ed The chiid's
clothing caught and it wns so burned
that her conditi III is yet cri ical.
Columbia, c., is alllictcl just now
with 2 French b ron who t,lks French
| (of 'oursc), shows whole bundles of let
tors and off rs u furnish SlO2,OGO capi-
| tai for II partnership in Mr.. c .rd?lli's dry
| go dS business. Trc wary Columbians
scem indisposed TO rad his letters and
much dispose t, reject his 500, 900.
Robert Terry, Will, intoxicated, enter
| ed the Virgini, and North Carolina wheel
| factory 1t lsichmon1. IIe was warned
| by tho workmen to keep away from the
mach merry. This he failed to do, for
while the back of the sawyer was turned
Ter stumbled over tile carriage and the
saw connected with i5 cut his body in
two, the hc d falling on one side and his
| lcy IS on the other.
The charter of the North Carolina Far
mcrs' Alliance WAS not forfeited by the
Legislature, as had be II proposed, but
| the charter was so am"ndcd that the
amount contributed by each Allianceman
can be withdrawn at his option, and the
ccmmcn fund has been so pro- ected that
| it can easily be asccrtaincd whether it is
being perverted from Legitimate objects.
The s'r,et car system of Tallahassee.
Fla, consisting Of orc car, is operated
| by "a colorcd man and n mule" both of
| whom live only to please the people. If
the car happens to be going one way and a
passcng wants to go in the opposite
| direction he has only to cay 80 aud the
niue is Immediately hitched to the other
end aud the Car started in the dcoired
| direction.
Around Lower Oakland, s. c., the
farmers have determined to raise more
grain than last year, and will considera-
bly, reduce the acreage Of cotton. The
weather, which for some time has been
too wet to allow spring planting, has
cleared, and ground is now being brok en-.
There is very heavy demand for fertil-
izers, and it is expected that the crops
will be unusually abundant.
E. Kirby Smith, who is prominent
just now because he is the sole surviving
full general of the Conlcdcracy, is rs
years old. He is described rs white.
haired. lean, graceful, of medium height
and with undinmed eyes. His beard is
truly patriarChal. He dresses entirely in
black, with Hblack nccktic. and wears
on the lapel OF bis coat little badge
that is in form and color q miniature re-
production Of Confederate ensign.
There are two parties in Memphis-a
good and wicked one. The former has
been waging bitter war on the gamblers
and lcwd women threatens to in,pcach
Judge Du Bose, of the Criminal Court,
is alleged TO be at the head of the wicked
party. lie has turned the tables, how
ever, ny having numb of the good
indicted for renting houses to fallen wo-
men for immorall purposes. Sometimes
those who IiGay the uniform Of the truly
good really belong TO the wicked party.
A cablegram from Paris announces that
the Waldcnse their last synod resolv-
ed to send two dclcgat's to North Caro-.
lima to make inquireics. regarding the ad-
vantages possessed by that State for set.
tiers. This ia n remarkable movement.
The Waldcnsls. or Waldcsians, arc the
famous sect iDhabiIing n mountain valley
on the Italian side of the Alps, where for
centuries they have maintaiocd the Pro-
testant faith against every persecution
They constitute the united link between
the Presbyterian Church as it exists to-
day and the Apostolic Church. No novel
ever presented a more interesting story
than the actual life of the wadcnses.
Through famia, war and persecution
they have maintained the primitive faith.
During late years they have not been able
tn c,IpnOrt thcpn nspIynq N thpir Trade nf