The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-03-31
VOL. vXXI.---NEW SERIES.
DIXIE NEWS.
The Beloved South Cleaned and
Epitomized.
AL the News and Occurrences Printed
Here in Condensed Form.


Hero in Condensed Form.
Spartanburg and Greenville, s. c.,
will soon be connected by telephone.
Cora Reese, aged twelve years, of Scot,
county, Va, was married recently.
1t is reported that George Vanderbilt
has purchased Mt. Pisgah, near Ashe-
vile, and will build hotel on its top.
Nearly 1000, 600 barrels OF sweet pota-
toes are annually shipped from Accom- C
county, Va.
At Charleston, S. C, Friday, the Sa.
vabnah b ,se ball club beat the Charles.
ton club; score 8 to 4.
Governor Tillman has issued requisi-
tion to bring back to S nth Carolina a
man for ttcaling "a. 10 which had been
entrusted to him to buy postal money
order.
Manchester, Va, with popul alton of
more than 10000, has but one candidate
for Federal patronage that of p stmas
ter Of the city.
A school boy II years OF age, ut Shcl
b! vile, Ky on account Of his unrcquit.
ed love for girl school mat, laid his
head on the track before au appro ,ching
train and was dccapitated.
In the past t II weeks 207, ,2s4 tons Of
Pocahoutas coal have been hauled over
the Norfolk & Western railroad, and
shipped at Lanbcris Point, Va.
Mayor Ellys n, of Richmond, Va, is
in New Orleans for the purpose of ar.
ranging for the removal of the remains
of cx President Davis.
1sreportcd that George w.-~Vm.
dcrbilt has decided to build forty $40,
600 houses on hi, estate, near a she, illc
This great outlay of money will be o!
great advantage to Ashcvillc and Western
Carolina.
Suits for $2O7, 900 have be filed
against the city of Atlanta, Ga by p,o
pie who claim that their calth has been
dumping grounds.
The Secretary of the No. tn Carolina
Teachers Assembly, has had up to da e
400 applications to join tn, teach cx-
lcuysionists, who will 90 to Chicago to
" Worlds Fair. 1t is cs mated that
over 1900 will 60 on the excursion.
A stranger hired horse and buggy at
Durham, N c., the other day b It never
came back. The owner has learned that
his buggy has probably been left ne,r
Lynchburg, Va.
The Fisherman's Alliance of Beaufo t.,
N. c., offer a reward of $40 for the re.
covcry Of the body of Mia Karl Will.
cf Beaufort, who was drowned near
The Florida orange crop this selson
will probably be tho larges. ever known.
The trees are now in blossom, and arc 50
full of bloom that should only half of
IN IN mature the trees would not hold
the fruit without considerable proppinn
and bracing.
Frank Mathcs. colored, of FORSYTH
county, N. g., is probably the old, st
citizen in that county, having celebrated
his Tooth birthday last October. lie tells
a pretty straight story about seeing
Washington whea he passed through
Sal m, N. c., over 100 years ago.
Major John H. Windcr, superintend-
ent Of the Georgia, Carolina and North
crn Railroad, was at Abbeville, S c., We'd
ncsday closing the contract for the rail
roadshops with that town. The plant is to
cost Sl1O, 900, double what was origi.
na,ly expected.
The Durham aud Charlotte Railroad
Company, which has been chartered by
the Legislature to build railroad
through the counties of Durh,m, Chat.
ham, Moore, Montgomery, Stt!lv, Ca
barrus and Mccklenburg, is composed
chiefly OF Pniladelphii capitalists. The
company vii! buy out q railroad, ten
miles OF which is graded in Chatham and
Moore counties. The total length Of the
road will be about 1870 miles.
The crops down about W.ightsv;!le
and Hiddic Sounds, N. c., are looking
we'll Radishc, are almos. ready for
market, green peas, onions and bccts are
growing beautifully, asparagus is about
ready for market and straw bcrri are
fruting freely. Captain f. w. Manning
has shipped his first lot of asparagus, and
strawberry picking will proba' ly beg n
early in April, provided always, there is
no untoward weather to set them back.
E. T. Powell OF Wachaprcaguc, treas.
urcr of Accomack county, on the eastern
shore OF Virginia. will send to the , hi.
cago Fair solid mahogany c,cst of
drawers more than 100 years old, and
once the property Of Mrs Betty Gusts of
Accomack, through her husband 70 atcd
to the Custis family of Arlington. The
eastern shore counties of Virgin II arc pc
culiar'y rich in old mahogany furniture,
and almost every considerable house con ..
tains several pieces. The region is vet
unspoilcd of the relic hunter, and the
people treasure these heirlooms