The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-01-26

Statesytlie, N. O,
Tin Is now being ocessfully mined
at King Mountain, n. O. s
A cannsry With eysporstine and
pickling departments 10 - = i(i|5z
hsh6d q Rocky lIopp( ~. e. =; =
A new plug tobscco {acs6fy u Ueyng
built at Raleigh, N. @.
A new one set wooden mill is pro-
posed ut Staunton. Va,
DR.. E. Burke Haywood, of Raleigh,
N. c., physician of prominence and
surgeon during the late war, died
Thursday.
Bishop Capers of the Episcopal
church, is to have an official residence
at Columbia, s. @.
j. A. Strickland, counterfeiter has
been arrested at Aiken, 8. c., by U.
s. officer.
The South Carolina Dispensary viii
In future operate the Palmetto brewery
at Charleston.
Raleigh's Chamber of Commerce en-
dorses the proposed North Carolina
exposition movement and calls on the
press and people to support the move.
ment.
Governor Carr offers a reward for
"-:aaeo pasc -uI Mary Ga.;.n, VINO
murdered Ross Haywood, the colored
centenarinn ut Raleigh, N. G.
DR.. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, has
declared himself a candidate for Gov
ernor of South Carolina.
Marion NJ. Hutson has been an.
pointed collector of customs at the
port of Beaufort, 8. c., by President
Cleveland.
Judge Izlar, of Charleston, 8. c.,
has fled an order with the clerk of the
court decreeing that receiver shall
he appointed in the now famous Roy
al Fertilizer Co.'S case.
A Shelby, N. c. dispatch says: &c.
ID. Jones, prominent young farmer
and magistrate, was foully murdered
by I, wson Howell, negro near here.
Particulars are meagre."
1t has been discovered that persons
have been making up fire in the
Episcopal church at Morganton, N.
c., at night and playing cards by it.
w. E. Furr, of Stanley county, N.
c., is the father of % children. He
has been married twice, his first wife
being the mother of 13 and his last
wife 8. All of his children are married
except 6. Mr.. Furr is SO years old,
but does not look to be over so.
DR.. Farher, Jewish Rabbi at Macon,
Ga., fed from town Tuesday night
taking large amounts of money bor-
rowed from the members of his con.
gregation. Great excitement prevails
among his people.
The military board of Virginia, Gov
ernor O'Ferrall concurring, has deci.
ded that the blue fatigue uniforms now
in use in the United States army be
adopted instead of the gray uniforms
of the Virginia Volunteers.
The Confederate Veteran Camp Of
New York held it's fourth annual din.
ner in ks2or of the memory of Gen.
Robert e. Lee on the anniversary of
his birthday Friday, January l9.:.Mrs.
Jefferson Davis and Miss Winnie Davis
were present.
One of the most prosperous railroads
in South Carolina is the Georgia, Car
olina and Northern, which has only re.
Gently been opened for through travel.
The report of the earnings for Novem-
ber show healthy increase of bust.
ness. They are: Earnings for 1892,
$46, 242. 81; 1893, $67, ,1O7. Is; increase,
$40, 1854. 27; per cent, 1912.
There are now 53 dispensaries in
South Carolina.
A movement is or foot to build C
cotton factory at Lumberton, S. G.
f.. S. Martini a young man. accident
ally shot George Grant, a young negro,
near Laurens, S. G. Grant will die.
The two were good -humoredly scuffline
over n gun.
r. d. Carpenter has resigned Al.
commissioner of the Associated Rail
ways of Virginia and the Carolinas, the
resignation to take effect FEBRUARY i.
w. ii. Fitzgerald succeeds him.
BY a vote of 80 t. "a, the U. 8.
States rejected the nomination OF
William b. Hornblowsr of New Yors
to he am Associate Justice of the Su.
preme Court, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of the late Justice Blatch.
ford
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
Co has ordered from the Baldwin
works nine compound consolidation
freight locomotives.
The Norfolk and Southern Railroad
Co. has awarded contracts to the build.
crs for the construction of six depots
along the line from Norfolk to Eden
ton, N. G. This company is improv-
ing its property and rolling stock gen
orally