The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-11-27
WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET.
Southern Pencil Pointers.

At Sylvania Ga the jury brought in
verdict OF not guilty in the case OF Solomon
Zeigler, charged with killing Sheriff Broker.
st. Augustine. Fla, is seen to have an OK
cellent system of water works.
Lumpkin, Little. Cobb and Fish have re-
Gently been elected to tho Supreme Court
bench in Georgia by the State Legislature.
They are all able lawyers.
Thomas s. Jones, OF Augusta. Ga, has
been arrested in Birmingham. Ala. charged
with embezzling funds to the amount oil
$4,000 while serving in Augusta AS city
sheriff aud tax assessor.
The Kentucky Court OF Appeals did not
hand down the expected opinion in the jack
son and " alling murder eases. 1t Is not
thought ie will come before the middle or
last Of next week.
At New Amyrna. Fla. f. A. Roberts hear
ing that b A. Bovine was intimate with his
barreilod shot gun and killed him In his
tracks.
A special to the Louisville Times from
Danviile. ky., says: An attempt to burn the
town ot Danriile has been mndca property
to tho extent of SIS, 900 was destroyed. An
unknown negro who was driven from a liv-
cry stable Is suspected.
special from Versailles. KY. says all toll
gates in Woodford county has been cut down
tons have been committed recently in Frank
lin. Owen, Anderson and Washington. coun.
ties The mobs are composed OF men who
demand free turhpikes in kentucky.
The seventeenth session Of the congress>oi
tho Protestant Episcopal Church of the
United States met in Norfolk, v. Bishop
Satterlee presided.
At Fernandia, Florida. the Spanish flag,
staif and ALL was stolen from the Spanish
vice-consulate.
Hog cholera prevails in some sections Of
Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana so that the
Union stock yards il Cincinnati have sstab-
lishcd Il strict quarantine.
1t is reported on good Authority that Gov
ernor Brady has fully decided that the eX-
ira session of the Kentucky legislature shall
begin between Jan. and Jan. 10. Governor
Bradley expects to be elected Unit. d States
Senator at this session.
AtSt Lous, Mo-, the national convention
OF the w. {. Il. U. adj djourncd sin" die We'd
nesday. To tho executive committee is left
the duty Of selecting the place for the twcn-
ty-fourth annual convention. number of
cities have urged their claims. tits believed
that the choice lies between Buffalo, n. Y,
and Detroit, Mich. but the choice may not
be made for some time.
Judge J. o. McDulie died at Hayncsville.
Ala. He was II member of the Fifty-third
the State. He was captain in the Second
Iowa Cavalry and Il member Of the Mont
gomcry G. II.
The Georgia General Assembly has form
ally elected A. ). Clay for United States Sem
ator. There were 1913 votes cast, OF which
lGl were for Clay.
At Bardstown. Ky. tho National Fox
Hunters Associatiou's 5 third annual meeting
for fox hound trials brought together large
assenblagc OF fox hunters from all parts oil
the country.
party Of twenty-five distinguished New
Jersians Saturday dedicated the monument
erected by their State Mt the Chckamauga
National Park at Chattanooga, Tenn. Sew
eral distinguished gentlemen made ad-
dresses.
At Richmond. Va, Judge Smonton dis
missed the petition for another receiver OF
tho Cape Fear IL Yadkin Valley Railroad,
and Gen. John Gill will remain sole receiver
of said road.
People from Eastern. Northern and West
ern States have bought 1000 acres OF land
from A. $. Dozier. on the Macon and Column
bus railroad. twelve miles from Columbus.
Ga. and will establish Il colony.