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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-28
NORTH CAROLINA souIBs.

Nswsy 0lsanings from Cherokee 10
Currituck.
A sturgeon Weighing $40 pounds
was on the Grecnville market last
Faiday. It was caught in Dutch net
below Washington.
The North Carolina .Corundum Wheel
Co. have completed their $50, 900 min.
ing plant at Sylvia.
The Formers Alliance have opened q
general merchandise store at Durham,
capital $4,000.
The pos Office at Clairmont, Catawba
county, was burned recently and Elmore
Cloninger, the deputy postmaster, has
been arrested and bound over to the
Federal Court at Statesvilie, charged
with embczz,ing tn, moaey and stamps,
John F. Lifsey. who killed hi, brother
'n-law, Chas. Key, at Garysburg last
December, was tried at Northampton
court last week, aud the prisoner was &C
quilted. Senator Rsrsom was of counsel
in the case and received fee of 81, 900.
Fire at Kinston burned ton residences
md church. The wind was very high.
The IS is cst'm,ted at see, 900. The
business p rt of the town was not aft ct
ed. The fire burned itself out.
At Raleigh Frank Bachelor, q son Of
the Hon 10 eph B. Bachelor, while out
driving complained of pain in his heart
and soon afterward expired.
Abner Adams, of Watauga county,
sold beautiful curly walnut tree the
other day to L. L. Couucill, of the firm
of Couucill, Taylor s. Co., of Elk Park,
for tho sum Of $435. The tree measured
three aud one half feet through at the
stump and is said to be curled from the
roots to the end Of the topmost twig.
Such trees are of fabulous value. Mr..
Couucill may realize 81, 900 or $1,000
| for it,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-28
UNION G. H. SOUTH CARoIINA FRIDAY APRIL %, 1898.
PALnErrO CHIPS.

News and Notes From Here, There b
Eysrywhsrs in South Carolina.
The Girls OF Converse College, spas,'
suburg, had an Arbor Day all Of
their own last Friday, aud planted man,
trees.
Work on the Cathedral at Charleston
's progressing None bat Chariessou
~orkmen have bsen engaged on the
suilding.
Farmcrss barns are being burned by in
csndiarics through Spartanburg and Or
angeburg counties. 3
TIL, Charleston, Sumter 3 Northern
Railroad Co is cnlarging its Sumter ma
chine shops, putting in a foundry, blast
furnace, etc.
The Home Insurance Company of Co
lumbis has decided to go eat OF business
The compcny has been in business TO-
about three years.
Work has began on the extension cI
the Atlantic Coast Line Of their branch
from Sumter to ltemini, - miles south,
west, wa Ocungcburg. to Denmark, con
Meeting there with tho S,uth Cafolip,
aud South Bound Railways.
Mack Sh lton, while convict frop
Charleston County, made his escape from
the peuitentiary Thursday. He was Ut
der two years. sentence for burgla,.
and only had seven months longer t.
, serve. He is skilled mechanic and mad
himself duplicate key, which he use.
TO unlock the door to the post from which
he escaped.
The sinking fund commission of Sout'
:'arolins, which had power granted b.
the Legislature about year ago to ass um
control Of and lease the oyster beds o
that State, his now taken tho matter il
hand and is granting leases to responsib.
applicants. Bya wise provision of tn
law each lease is for twenty ycars, AM
during each year the lessee is required t
replant one, twentieth part of his territor
thus insuring the rcp!anting of the entir
area by the time tho lcise expires. Th
rental charged will vary from ten cent
to one dollar per acre annually.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-28
4 New Profession---The Cuttsr-Out.
From the SATURDAY. Review.l

[From the Saturday Review
The world is ovcr-populated with ami
able, good looking young men: highly
educated, healthy and wholly i-capablc
of earning their livelihoods. No inge-
nuity can provide bcrths for all of them,
but some might be employed rs "cuttcrs.
out This is new profession. The
duties Of the cutter-out are few, simple,
and agreeable. He or she has merely to
make lovo and to ride away. Thus, put
case that some ones daughter, niece, or,
it may DO, favoritc cousin, has become
engaged to mau who is not liked by
the family. To resist her choice is futile.
Opposition mcscly fans the flame of pas
sion. SO you send note or telegram to
the central Office of the "Socie'y for the
Utiliz 'tion of Johnnics," and they do
spa'ch cutter cut He is young, hand
some, agreeable, perhaps lord or au
honorable, a baronet, very likely. His
duty may be explained in word-hs is
w SuS oue viz yOuhS 'huy VihhhS"Na
lover, to make her out of conceit with
that disagrccablc person, and thon to re-
tire gracefully to me outlandish part
Of the globe. The sch m, is peculiarly
valuable to parents, but any one may
make use of it. OF cou:sc there may also
be, and should be, fcma'c cutters out, to
be slipped at young men who have en-
tangled their affections undcsirably.
Lord Algernon is fond of tn, rcctor's
daughter, Of the gardenr's daughter, of
whom you will. Instead of crying if
you arc his lady mother, or swearing il
you are the Duke, you send up t., the
central depot for really first class cut
tcr-out, married lady preferred. In q
very few weeks the rector's daughter, OF
the gardenr's daughter is as disconsola late
as Calypso, and then the cutter out dis.
appears, carrying with her the respectful
homage of the family whom she has res
cued.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-28
Two Doomed Men Rsspited.

COLUMBIA, 8. C.-Napoleon Leville,
the Charleston wife murderer, was re.
spited until May 10th by the Governor.
There is considerable doubt as to his
sanity and commission will be appoint.
ed to pass upon his mental condition.
Wade Haines, the colored rapist, SEN
tenct to be hanged, was respited for
the fifth time. His execution will take
plac, two weeks hence, unless in the
meantime some alleged additional evi-
ience is developed In his favor.
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Late News Briefs.

A Sylvania, Ga, merchant, who has
lot Of crinolines left over from the old
days, has placed them on sale in his store.
A dvcrce was recently granted to a
woman at Paris, Tex aud five minutes
later she faced the judge with another
man and was marr;cl.
Suits for S2O7.0'0 have been filed
against the city of Atlanta, Ga. by pco-
pic wii5 claim that their hcnlth has been
injured through miasma from the city
dumping grounds.
Joseph r. Combs and vito, of HoIs.
ton, Ind were married thirty.ti five years
ago. About year ago differences arose
and they were divorced. On Saturday
they were remarked.
The ladies of Dresden have been hold.
ing riding tournament. the honors of
the ,ust being won by young English
girl, Miss Theresa Brooks. Her final cx-
ploit was the driving of a pair of horses
tandem while riding her own horse at full
speed.
While being transferred from the prison
| at Bankins to Newport, in Georgia, a
| prisoner lcapcd from the train while it
was going ct the rate of thirty-iiyc miles
an hour The train WAS instantly stop
ped and a search made, which proved
unsucCo: sfui.
Out OF one hundred men whom you
will meet in Tobasco. Mexico, scarcely
ten are able to read, aud two out every
three arc held by their creditors rs slaves
for debt. There are about so, 10 Mexi-
cans in this form of slavery. The peo =
pie often fall into debt through paying
the exhorbitant marriage fee asked by
the pries', and another large fee is ex-
acted at the baptism Of each child, each
baptism requiring the entire wages OF at
| least two weeks.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-28
SHUT OUT THE BRIGGS MEN.
Ill Feeling In ths Cincinnati Presby-
tory Over General Assembly
Delegates.

"
Delegates.
CiNcINNArr, O.--A very bitter feeling
log has been developed b.tw.en the
Smith sud orthodox factions of the Pres
byterisn Church over the action Of
tho conservatives in refusing to give
tho Briggs men a sing'e delegate to
tho Gercr.l Assembly, although they
represent large minority Of the mem
bcrs Of the Church and ministers In this
eicsb terry. TIC Rev. J. L. Taylor, on,
f the lea ling literal ministers, said that
the other aldo wero trying t. boycott hiH,
him and other minist 70 VIII, believed
that the Scriptures were not absolutely
,itho t error. Everywhere he went to
deliver sermons or addresses he learned
tn t anonymous communications of warn.
ing had preceded him. 1t Is said that at
least five of the wca!thiest churches in
this vicinity have thr, stened to refuse to
pay their assessment for tho delegates to
the G., neral Assembly, because the men
chosen ars regarded rs bigoted beyond
any of the others who were named for
delegates.
The orthodox side Is also raising q
howl. They ch rye that the berals have
circulated stories of difference, In the
orth dcx church s, which threaten to
lead to disruption ard have led some OF
tho mini ters to resis 1t is conccd, d
by evt seexcept few hothcads
,monf a.. a.uodo1, that the presbyter
ian Church 10 this section Is in a bad
way, and that il tho General Assembly
convicts DR.. Briggs there will probably
he q schism.
The orthodox declare that they can,
under oil circumstances hold the churches
but this is as vigorously d MED, with the
assertion that the courts havc declared
that, unless there is somethiog in the
charter OF church binding it to some
particular form Of worship, it can with
draw at any time by a majority vote of
the members. Several of the wcalthiest
churches in the city are not bound by
any such restrictions, and tso of them
are said to be getting ready to sec:dc.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.-The issue of
Br;ggsism involved the Pr sbytcry OF
Philadelphia North into fever hest at its
second days session in Germantown. The
excitement was precipitated by Franklin
T.. Shepard, an Elder in III, First Pres
byterian church of Germantowo, who in
troduced an overture to the General As.
,embly not to consider appeals from the
Presbytery, but to direct that they be
made to the synsd in the regular course
50 as to keep up the dignity of the Synod.
DR.. Briggs name WIS in cverybody's
mouth in few minutes.
Elder Shepard thought DR.. Briggs was
''an injury to the church" and if he re.
mained it might cause disruption. The
Rev. John Peacock thought the Synod
Of New York undantly abe to look af.
ter the Briggs case.
The Rev. L. F. Benson snid his blood
boiled wltn he saw Presbytery after
Presby terry ask the General Assembly to
convict DR.. Briggs. lie thought the
Presbyterian church " ere large enough
to hold him. The Rev. Charl,s Wood
thought DR.. Briggs woul,l he silcnccd in
the end. Elder Shci ari withdrew his
resolution.
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A Convict's Fearful Work.

AUBURN, N. Y.-John Johnson,
known as the "blue niger from Clyde, "
ran amuck in the broom chop of the Au .
burn prison. He was armed with sharp
knife used in cutting broom corn. lie
first attacked Charles Peck, fellow con-
vict from West Chester county. Leaving
HIM dead In his tracks, he next fatally
stabbed another convict and wounded
two others before he was shot by the
keeper and rendered powerless.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-28
William B. Puett Suicides.

LKNoIR, N. Civilian Benton Puett,
prominent young citizen of this county,
wbo has lately been drinking heavily,
committed suicide, blowing cut his
brains by pistol shot ent ring at the
forehead. The act was prccipitated by
suit for divorce instituted last week by
his wife. who is daught.r Of a promi-
ncnt citizen of Mitchell.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-28
Killed His Mo- tn er in law for Burglar

bioNoNaAHEhn CITY, fA.-About
midnight James Burtinett of Coal Centre
shot and killed his mother-in-!aw, Mrs.
Lc,tic Tray. Thinking burglars had en-
tered the heuse, he got his shotgun, and,
without speaking to the intruder, fired
both barrels. Then he got light and
found he had shot Mrs. Tray in the head.
She died instantly.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-04-28
Mrs.. Gen. Hancock Dead.

NEW YORK. Mis-. Almira Russell
Hancock died at 4:30 p. m Thursday
afternoon. She was the widow OF General
Winfield Scott Hancock, the Democratic
candidate for P.esihent in 1880.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-08

nv mothers death. But my father
was not man of demonstrativeness
and he made no show of greatly con-
corning himself at my loss. He tool;
the prospect more coolly than / perhaps
liked.
NV father belonged to a good famiiv
The honorable great-aunt was his aunt,
not my mothers. He had been intend
ed for the church and family living.
but had preferred going TO South
Africa. and eventually. through The
death of an uncle, some money came 70
him. which, in addition TO what ne had
made IN the diamond fields. enabled
him to.retire and live up 10 the honor
able aunt mean keep a carriage and
pair, and a butler. and have a house a
cut above villa
In a couple OF months / was 70 be
married
One evening sat up late, thinking,
over the IRE.
The season was October. the air was
little chilly but no. cold. so fire was
desirable but no. necessary. The
blinds ard curtains were not drawn. AZ
my desire, as the hunters moon was
shining and was nearly full. 2nd / aE
a. all times fond of moonlight When
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-08
THE NATION mouRNs.

The remains Of Mrs Lucy Stone
Blackwell are to be cremated. in ac-
cordance with wish she often ex-
pressed.
Col. 4. Fl. MCLEAN, who died, single.
last week in Caledonia, N. Y, aged as
years, was engaged to President Fill
more's only daughter. who died before
the day fixed for their marriage
FRANKLIN HAVEN. who recently died
at his summer house in Beverly Farms,
Mass. at the age of 90 years. was an
intimate friend of Daniel Webster. He
was long prominent in financial and
railroad affairs in Massachusetts.
THE will of the late Carter II. Harri-
son. the murdered mayor of Chicago,
iisposes of property valued at $3.50. coo.
Tie entire estate. with the exception
Of SO, 900 devoted to charity. is directed
70 be divided in equal shares among his
four children
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coon sEns
a Irrto ssur bern California.

Beginning Oet =. = daily touTiss esr
will he rua from Chicago 20 I'd. Pacific
coat, via ihe great Rock Isiznd route:
CElcago 10 Kansas Cry. fh~ucs - .ciIifa
aEG tbEsuxH the iseasuss5nl Inss3sl. I~gFs-
tory. yis FOgt ~ oFlb an II Pxss Tx
10 I1os ADs~!s. and San Fgaueisco ibis
ear will leave CLscsge dziif cts train Ne
ii At D. fs aEd ,z4ss~sg.rs liking tea
route alil Dot OILY receive g5r 3~u- c. 81
very superior scccr. nga>1at5oDs. isat sls0
Sia save great many ssgrs 10 time.
] ts nsw southern route j. particularly &C.
ira bic ia fall AID wintsr s-Asoa. a5sa &c
well known reputation q the I.sscx islsssa
3nsares psss<L-rrs e comfortable ~
Our patrons are always provides Tor = t3g=
he.i fnsDExr Pc biz, AID IEss@ cars ~ii.
he 81 casrs= 81 Palisnan esssd3ctor -
VEL yort~r. Aid sv~ryfbta. p@ssasssiag
80 Shs comfort Ct eur .ssfgSes al! b. csrs-
fully iotkef after xud a pixAssiss fr4g
gosrSnfero-
AGdsng ,bis daily car 20 the ~Ene1
Islzus! Srrsscx" does pss :. zsy ssAs4ssr
se.e; The arssen; Phillip Rex izsaas.
] off4sf EslcEFsieszs tEzE zen s~lsss-sp~ffT
from CEsczS2 oser ;h~ f.ock Iss-n4 Z,
Pu-b.o. sac va tGs -eessc sad Oz.lvs
route. TO San FrxsciscD asa I-,- Aa.s1ss
without es1vgs- J. H. IsmfLLzrs
Cry isCk.i AxeaI
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-08

THE WICHITA PEERLESS, EXrREss."
New Tran Service,

Commencing Sunday. Nov. 70. the Mis-
souri Pacific railway will piace in serv &c
new train-"Tbe Wichi,t P--r,.ss Ex-
press. - bet tween Wichita and kansns CITY
aud ST. Louis and all eastern points.
This train will staff frcm Wichita, daily,
al 9:05 p. M. (otartiug from here it will
necessarily always leave on tmeD IL will
run through 10 Kansas CITY. solid. con-
sistiug of Pullman sleeper. chair Car and
coach. The Missouri Pacific Railway
company il the only lIue that gives the
Wichita people strictly Wichita train,
that is O say, the only line that starts its
trains from Wichita Remember this.
aud " ben ydu con- emplai- a trip leaving
" ichiia in the evening, don't fail 10 take
the Missouri Pacific, and thus start on
time 10 ADVERTISED.
III you should wish to start on your
journey in he day time you Gait possibly
do better than TO take he Missouri Pacific
fast mail aud express which leave v ieh.
iia at O'Clock =. ~. and lands yen in X.
Louis the next morning ~ 7:l5 By taking
this train east you save marty four bouts
between Wichita anu -. Louis, maklpg
New York in less than City hours from
the time you leave the Peerless Princess
The uFx time card which goes iuto effect
Nov. 18Th viii show a number Of import
ant changes, which viii be fully shows in
time tables published. in : he daily papers
Passengers can lsArp full particular. reia-
tive TO this superb lrsiu service by calling
st Missouri Pacific CITY ticket offic~, ia
Norih Malu IT. dlJ7 II
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fesh-was in the drawing-room and
in his arms.
How came it all about?
MY dear Ethel" said my father, ITO
tell you the truth. had had enough of
civilization. Before l got too old,
thought I'd make another venture at
free life in the wilds I've been cattle
ranching, I've been a cowboy-enjoyed
myself famously. When Tom was get
ting on at the bar. you about to be
married and going to India. did not
see that had any particular call to
keep me in England. i had grown
deadly tired of suburban villa life, Of
social conventionalities, sick to disgust
of English politics: / heard that So
ciety paper was going to send an inter
viewer to draw me out as the wealthy
diamond-man, and SO the fit came on
me to hook it.
81 hooked 1T once before. and told no
one. So hooked it again and told no
one. | was ashamed to tell the
truth-that l was dead sick of civiliza-
ton, that loathed it to the toes But
was; SO / bolted.
81 sold my diamond in New York.
BY the way, I've not made any money
this time; I've lost it By the way,
Also I've had chap put over me in
the rancho that was my butler here
once; I'VE called him The Bandit He
told me he'd been accused of having
murdered me, and the accusation had
hung on him, and forced him to leave
Old England. He is not bad chap;
he advanced me the money to come
home, and sent his respects to you,
Ethel, and asked me to tell you that he
did not rob and murder me and conceal
my corpse"
"Oh, papa! Are you now home for
good?"
''Yes. l think so-but can't say. I
shall have to hook it again some day:
but that will be into another world al
together"
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keeper and companion. My brother,
two years my elder, was at the bar.
We occupied a suburban villa resi-
dence-rather superior to a villa; it had
a large garden in front and drive to
the door, and terrace on which the
drawing-room window opened. We
liked to regard ourselves as a cut above
subur ban villa people. We kept car
riage and pair, and had a butler, and
had great-aunt who was an honora-
BILE, and SO believe we were what we
believed ourselves to be.
My father had been in South Africa.
He had made his fortune in the Kim
berley diamond mines, and had made it
somewhat rapidly, having had the good
fortune to find a number of stones of
great size and good water.
One of the finest he had not disposed
of. He kept it as specimen, or as
nest egg. 1t was rather a cause of
anxiety to us, as he carried it about
with him in his purse. He would not
trust it in the house. He thought it
safer on his person. So it might have
been, had he not been wont to produce
it after dinner, az well as at other times
when servants were present, and show
it, and expatiate on its beauty and
value
We had butler whom we did not
like. We called him 1.-The Bandit"
from his wild and savage appearance.
His dress was right enough, but he had
forbidding face.
He conducted himself harmlessly
enough till on one occasion he got
drunk at dinner party we gave. Then
my father dismissed him, and he took
up his residence not far from our
house, where there was a sort of slum
inhabited by persons of no very fixed
occupation.
My father refused him character, or
rather he said that if he were called on
for a character he would state the
the truth concerning the man, and not
give false character, as is so often
done out of good nature, in order to
give q servant another chance. 1t is
singular that employers should be so
considerate for the employed and 20
little considerable for their brother en-
ployers as to let them engage servants
whom they know to be unsatisfactory
and likely to give trouble.
THE Bandit" of course, knew that
my father carried the diamond about
with him.
1t was odd that THE Bandit" should
have settled in the neighborhood.
These two thoughts did not strike
me, or strike me as connected, till later.
MY father was, l daresay, somewhat
troubled at my engagement He would
lose me, as l was going to India with
my husband, and, as have said, | waa
his companion and housekeeper aftes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-08
TWO HOPELESS CASES.
Humorous Incident Connected with Grin
and Horrible Accident.

Humorous Incident Connected with Grin
and Horrible Accident.
The Pail Mall Budget recently re-
called the fact that August had brought
about the one hundred and eleventh
anniversary of the loss of the ROYAL
George, and tells again an absurd an
ecdote connected with the tragedy.
When it was announced that the ship
had gone down, with some four hun
dred men, wemen and children, the
first feeling was one of incredulity,
which speedily gave way to horror and
grief
But even such period of consterna-
ton had its grimly humorous side
The father of Lieut.. Durham, who was
on board the ship, received a letter,
and on reading it burst into tears. To
the inquiries of his family as to the
cause of his grief. he replied in a broken
voice:
The Royal George has foundered,
and our dear Peter is drowned" A
general outburst of tears greeted the
announcement, but presently it oc-
Cured to some one to ask:
Who has written to tell you, papa?"
why, Peter, to De sure
Peter? Why, then he is savedr'
NO" answered the old gentleman,
grooming again. "He is such a liar
that no one can believe word he saws"
1t proved that Lieut.. Durham had
swum to the rigging, after the ship
sank and was saved.
This was the officer to whom his
father had said, when he was leaving
home for the navy: Remember one
thing, Peter. Never tell Il lie.''
Peter seemed somewhat surprised at
the admonition, and his father added:p
Always remember that you never
heard your father tell lie"
'Zooks, father!" replied Peter,
promptly. What a liar you arer'