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Important Judicial Decision. r.witition ok Kkal Earatk?D.vvenpout vs. Caliiwki.l llkviswki). Her.iUoi* vt Moon el al. Dr. John N. Ileriidon died intestate in M:irob, 1872, possessed or considerable real an I personnl properly, leaving surviving him. ns distributees, his widow, the pluinliif and six children, the defendants. Hoonnl*lrr liis ili-nlli tlir> nlninfilf inatilnln 1 I t ) rocecdings in the Cuiirt ot l'robatc against tiie other distributees to partition the lands of (lie u estate, considerable in extent and value. Four of Ihedcfendants were minors reprcscnte 1 by guardians ad litem, ami the proceedings in ull other respects were regular and formal.? 1 The Probate Judge, to effect partition, granted I order of sale, and the lands were sold. The C purchaser complied with the terms of sale and received titles. The purchase money was also paid and distributed among the parties. i: After the dceission in the case of Davenport c vs. Caldwell, 10 S. C., JIT, which declared tlint the Act of the Legislature giving to the Probate Court jurisdiction to partition lands was unconstitutional and void, the plaintiff, fearing that * some of the parties, in consequence of that do- t cision, might make an cifort to disturb the proceedings had, as s'atcd, in the Probate Court, u instituted this action in the Court of -Comtuou Pleas against the oilier distributees to validate tiiat proceeding in the Probate Court and quiet the titlcsthcrcuudcr, and to restrain and perpct- v uaily enjoin each and all ot the distributees from prosecuting any action for the recovery of the v lands, or any part ofthem, or any interest there- t in, under a claim by iuhevitanco. TUo adult j defendants Interposed noobjccliotis. The infants object to the confirmation prayed for. The clerk of the Court, as referee, took the testimony ami rcpuncu uiu rccora ui inc pmcccuiugs in me i Probate Court ; that nearly nil the purclia.sc money hail been paid into the ofhee of the Judge i of Probate aecordingto the terms of sale, ami by j him paid out to the distributees respectively ; that llie shares of tl?2 infant distributees were paid to their guardians duly appointed ; that all the guardianship bonds were good at the time tlicy were taken; that the bonds of tlie guardians of two of the distributees arc still good, c and that the bonds of the guardians of two of ' the distributees arc worthless. i The Circuit Judge decided that the sales un- ( dor the proceedings in the Probate Court, hav- . ing been made pior to the decision in Davenport vs. Caldwell, should not be affected by that ^ judgment, and that all the parlies to the proceedings arc estopped from asserting tlie invalidity of the sale or questioning I lie titles of t lie j purchasers, unless prepared to restore things to n the exact status of the day of sale. Three of the minors annealed. 0 The Supremo Court, after a careful review of g the decison in Davenport vs. Caldwell, and the s authorities bearing upon the subject, affirms the , judgment of the Circuit Court. The Supreme Court decides that the decisions in Davenport j vs. Caldwell must stand without limitations or quoilification as to infauts well as adults in cases arising thereafter. j All persons of full age who were parties to tho ; proceedings in the Probate Court in this case , are estopped from denying the validity of the proceedings. Aa to the minors, although the 1 dcctrinc of technical estoppel does not apply to | them, yet a higher right is invoked in behalf of the Lonn fide purchasers. These are cases in which communis errorfacit jus and in which therefore the Courts will sanction a prevalent con- ! struction which is erroneous, rather than disturb titles which have bccu settled under such construction. Tho Act of September 2lst, 1S.J8, "To define ( the jurisdiction and regulate the practice of tho Probate Court," by which jurisdiction was ex- 1 pressly given to that Court to partition lauds, i might well be considered as a conteripoi ancous construction of the Constitution. This Act was ^ re-affirmed in the Code of 1870 and rc-ouacted in tho General Statutes in 1S7'2. For more thou ten years, until November, 1878. when Davenport vs Caldwell was decided, it was generally accepted as the undoubted law of tho State. ( vsrartc, rrgumrry unit in itie'rVuuaiO Ciuri jmir to the decesion of Davenport vs. Caldwell. should be licl<l binding upon nil the parties concerned. Judgment below affirmed. Opinion by McGowan, A. J., Simpson, C.J., and Mclver, A. J., concur in the result. Messrs. I)ivid Johnson, Jr., llawls, Moorman & Simkins, Culbrcatli l'or appellants. Messrs. Shand, Jones & Jones, George Johnstone for respondents. Tui: Ladjr Crisis ?Fall River, Mass., Jau. C. ?At the monthly meeting of the Spinners' Association, to be held on Tuesday night, the low wages received by the Troy spinners will be discussed, and a committee will be appointed to revise the laws of the union. Secretary Howard has issued a circular calling the meeting, in which he says : "It has been a year of strikes of a magnitude never before known in this country. Capital has arisen in great power, clothing itself in iron mail, and wit it a hard hand has crushed labor down to j starvation wages. In the iron trade millions of i dollars have beau lost owing to contention be- i twecn thoso who held the money and those who wielded the hammer. The Pacific Mills in Lawrence are idle, and their stock has depreciated ci fiao n-ir .i-? i > - v i ,vw,wv/. nun iiic iduiiis i;j i iiu 11 :iruiony Mills at Ci?h<-os aie stopped. One thing is certain, we arc steering rapidly toward a crises of human events, and if the employers of labor arc wise, the first and most important point they should consider is the advisability of paying such wages *3 will enable employes to live in comfort an I decency, and be able to accumulate something for nn emergency." , The union is said to be stronger, financially and numerically, than at any past period. Pl*t This Into YiiIikI'ii'k. ? An Knglish working man just past the inidle age found that his pipe, which for many years had been a great comfort to him. was beginning to seriously etrect his nerves. Before giving it up, he determined to find out if there was no way by which lie might continue to smoke without feeling its | fleets to an injurious extent, lie accordingly e rote to a medical journal and was recommendw l to fill the howl of the pipe one-third full of | cable salt nud press the tobacco hard down upon , 1 It, af* in ordinary smoking. The result was very iatisfuctorv. Duriiitr the process of smnkinir 1 she rait a<?Utlifio.-#. while remaining pore us, and Lwlien the hardened lump is removed at the end of the day's smoking it is found to have absorbe I so much of the oil of tobacco as to be deeply colored. The salt should be removed daily. A Dklnken Fatiikr Si,ays his Son.?Cincinnati, .fuounry 12.? iohn 11 Hoffman, n tailor, fatally shot bis son Robert, aged 22, at his home this morning. Hoffman was drunk, nnd had quarreled with his sou last night. This morning he arose early and hid behind a door until his son started out to work, when ho fired, the bullet taking effect in the abandomen. Five years ago Hoffman killed another son, but was not convicted. He has escaped. ? ? A Breach or Promiss: Vkruirt.?New Yoik, January II. ? In the case of Miss Livingston against a broker named Fleming, for breach of promiseof mariageand ^eduction, claiming $75,000 damages, the jury to day returned a verdict for I lie plaintiff for tlie full amount claimed. The Secretary of the Treasury has authorized the coinage of a new five cent nickel piece, which i/ill comply with the existing law more nearly than the five cent nickel now in use. It is a trifle larger and thinner than the existing coin. - ? .? F.ARTtrquAKR at Cairo, 1i.i.s.?Cairo, Ilm.. ( J'nuary II.?Avery sharp and heavy earthquake shock was felt here this morning at 1 ,25, lasting about fivo eocnnds. No damage was * done. I Death or an F.risoor/i. Bishop.?Indianapolis. January in.?The Right Rev. J. 0. Talbr.lt, Jlishnp of the F.pisc ipal Clyir', U, Diocese of In- ' ,fim.a, dic-l yesterday i i ^ ? ' * ? ?hr MUJilii tfinion ?ime?. K. M. STOKES, Editor. UNION. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19. 1883. SUBSCRIPTION?$8 00 PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING. One square or one Inch, first insertion, - - - $1.00 Each subsequent insertion, ------- 75 l.ilicrnl discount made to nierehants and others adverislng for six months or by the year. Obituary Not Ices of ten lilies or less, inserted free. " " over ten lines, charged as Advertisoncnts. T.IKE NOTICE. nif o TsT/~?f Jo^a rit'orl J n r?r1 tfoticoa of Final Discharge must be >aid for before they will appear in >ur columns. JP3X_ Mr. Joseph Dcuck, (ho great pianist 3 now lying very sick in Columbia, and his re. :^very is very doubtful. At the organization of the State Conven. ion of tlioW. C. T. U., now in session at Charles, on, Mrs. J. L. Young, of Union, was elected one fits Vice-presidents. lints, low down, at Virginia Store. firaJC" A keg contacting $30,000 in gold was :loleu from the Panama Hailrotd Company's rault about the 1st fnst. The money belonged otho government and was inleudod for the United States fleet in tlic Pucific. Ctgy Mr. L. P. Murphy, son of our cslccmsl frind, Dr. C. T. Murphy, is now with Mcsrs Kite & McLure. lie is a courteous and gentlemanly young man and we think will become a popular salesman. ? Crockery at cost at the Virginia Store. E?5U First Lieutenant Ernest A. Garlingtoi., if the 7th Cavalry, lias been appointed by Gen. L'erry, as the cITiccr in charge of the Grccly \rctic Expedition- Lieut Garlinglon is the son 3en. A.C Garlingtou, of this State, and was lorn in Newberry* County. ? ?ire At Newborry. A telegram was received by Mr D. C. Flynn, cslcrdny morning, front Mr. C. Purcell, his igcnt at Newberry, iuforming him that a fire iccurrcd in that town the night before, by which ;oods in Mr. Flyan's storo in that town receiveJ omc damage. Details of the fire had not been received when our paper went to pres3. dewberry ObserverThe first number of this candidate for public patronage is received. It is a fine appearing sheet, doi g great credit to Mr. Kinard, who iias the mechanical depnrtmont in clt vrge, while its contents give evidence of fine abilities and good taste iu the editorial department. It looks like a success, and if it is kept up to its preseut standard it will win its way to great popularity. So mote it be: Hie W. C. T. U. Stato Convention. The State convention of the Nationnl Woman's C iristian Temperance Union met in Charleston on the ltith inst., the distinguished Miss Fr;-nois Willard presiding. The W. C. T. U. of Union have clectod the following delegates: Mrs. S. M. llice, Mrs. W ra. Munro. Mrs. J. T. llill, Mrs. It. E. McDowell. Alternates?Mrs. B. D. Cutp, Mrs. John Rodger, Mrs. J. 1*. McKissick, Mrs. Moultrie Gibbcs. Selling ctotniug J. C. IIUNTEll & CO S. Godey's Lady's Book. The January number of this elegant and useful nt igazinc is before us and filled > it h choicest literature, beautiful illustrations and valuable information upon all subjects conducive tc the comfort, economy and happiness of domestic life, from the kitchen or sick room to inst: uction in all styles of needle work. We think we cannot too highly recommend this elegant and useful Magazine to the Ladies of Union. We are now getting up a club and all subscribers tc the Times can have both journals sent to them one year for ?3.50. No subscription, to both, tikcu for less than a year, and in every case the cash must accompany the order. ? ? . a ? ? Now is your time to save money. The entire stock of the Virginia Store is being offered at cost, to close the business by March 1st 1883. - ? _ D;ath of Mrs W. D. Humphries. In our last we noticed the serious illness ol this estimable lady, and then stated that it was thought she could not live many hours. Only a part of our e liteon for that week was worked off when the news came to us that her spirit had left its earthly tenement. She die I lastThurs lay evening at 0 o'clock, after a few days of severe illness; leaving a do voted husband, an only son and many relaiivos ami warm friends in deep sorrow at her death. Mrs i'.mmi Humphries was a daughter of the lamcntod Dr. Johu II. Dogan, and was borr in this town. For many years she had been an ardent working member of ihc Methodist Church, and she died in the full belief of a blessed immor' tality. Her funeral took place on Friday evening and she was buried beside her parents u the family plat in the Presbyterian graveyard, in the presence of a very largo assembly of sorrowing relatives and friends?Ilev. W. W. l>un can performing the funeral services. Wo deeply sympathise with the bereaved husband and son in their ?ad loss. ? ? ? Canned Okra and Tumatccs prepared foi Soup, Corn, Peaches and Pineapples, sliced and greated, forsale at J. C. IIUNTER k CO'S. Mud-Bound. Tho town of Union is as nearly hemmed in 1>j mud as it possibly could be, except on the rail road. It is rain, rain, rain, with occasiona snow and sleet, and mud, mud. mud all arounc us?from ankle to knee deep at that. The roa li ami streets are worse than they were at anj time last winter, and the prospect for any im provemcnt is Jislressingly gloomy. As wo writ* this the trees are incased with ice, and a storir of rain or snow is threatening us, while the at mosphorc is damp, eold and penetrating, making everybody and everything feel and look miseru ble. Tl.,.o? In ? " ?/ 1 a nUJV/ ITIIV uiu nv/ir It?jf ill I* Oil I'l't J Ui nuuu ll tlio days of good roads, arc in an awful predion monl mow, and those who did hare to watcli I heir wood piles. Clerks are having a good time keeping up fires?that's about nil they have tc do. Occasionally a forlorn horseman rides intc t>wn; so nearly covered with mud that it taken close inspection to discover the color of liorse or rider. Such visitors go directly to the Sheriff's office, generally. If any weather could iriutice tuicidc, we think wc are hiving that kind now. i ? -A..HL W. C. Wallace'* Now Store. \^o cnll special ntlcntion to theaiddriiscmeiit of Mr. W. (J. Wallace, who has opened up a ' stock, of general merchandise in the store room 1 under tho Uuion llotel, and proposes to sell goods awVy down low in prices?particularly cxtHI ^ sizes of cld#lng, crockery ware abj^tohildrcu's hosiery. Of course everybody in the Co(t8ty knows Wint Wallace, who has bceu chief oiprk in the ( stote of J. T. Ilill & Co., for lo i these many , years, and now that ho has concluded to '*go it alouo," on his own hnud, of course everybody i will be glad to call ou him. Wiutor is n first 1 class young man, full of vim and enterprise, and worthy the tucst liberal patronage. We are glad to see so many of our worthy i young men coming forward to establish them- 1 selves in business. They infuse new life and vigor into every branch of business in town and, ( if encouraged by tho people, will, by competitiou | and enorgy, make the County scat an attractive poiut for trading. If wo will examino the rise and progress of the most flourishing towns around us it will be found tbat their prosperity is owing almost entirely to the active, eucrgelio nod enterprising spirit of the young tueu who are now establishing themselves id business of every kind at those*places. If we wish to see , our town nourish we must cncourag\those who are most interested in its future prosperity?and they are the enterprising young business men. - ? The Union County Fair Qrounds. We ask attention to the call for a meeting of the subscribers to the Joint Stock company of our County Agricultural Association. It may not be known to many that the Fai Grounds of tho Association havo passed into private hands, under a mortgage sale, but such is the fact, and some decisive steps must be taken at once if "it is imendol to hold another Fair, or the present owner of tho property will put the grounds to other use. The Fair Grounds proper, we think, may bo obtained at a moderate price noir, but if no move is made towaid8 purchasing the property, by the Association, i cannot be expected that tho present owucr can allow it to remain idle and unproductive. We call upon those Ladies and gentlemen who took such active parts in obtaining subscribers to the Joint Stock Company, at the last Fair, to consummate their efforts by a final attempt to raiso tho money to purchase the grounds. If we are not misinformed, over $1,400 was then subscribed, and if that is not enough it will be so near it lb it arrangements can be made for the remainder. The buildings alone cost over $1,800. D. A. DAVIS is now at the well known . Store of J. F. Coltou, where lie will be enabled to offer better inducements to bis fricuds and cus tomcrs than he has ever offered before. Thoao desirous ofsavitig'moncy in purchasing goods wil' find that they can do so by calliug ou hiui at his new quarters Go and be convinced that what he tells you is true Jan 12?'Jt . O ? The U3sury Law Amondod. The following is the law passed at the last session of the Legislature, increasing the rate of interest upon money?by contract?to 10 per centum : THE n.STK or INTEREST. An Act to amend Section 1288 of the Genoral any Contract arising in'tfiiffrffSlV for 'rtic Hiring, Lending or Use'of money or other commodity. Section 1. Be il enacted by tho Senate an I House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Asasentbly, and by the authority of the same : That t Section 1288 of the General Statutes, be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting after 1 the wor.l "commodity," on the third line of said section, tho following words, to w>t : "cxt ccpt upon written contracts, wherein, by express agreement, a rate of interest not exceeding teu per cent, may be charged," so that said section, 1 when thus amended, shall read as follows : > ' No greater rale of interest than seven per 6entuin per annum shnll be charged, taken, agreed upon or allowed upon any contract arising in this State for the hiring, lending or use of m >n1 ey or other coramoJi'y, except upon written contracts, wherein, by express agreement, a rate of interest not exceeding ten per centum may be charge 1. No person or corporation lending or advancing money or other commodity upon a greater rate of interest sh til be allowed to recover in any court of ibis State any portion of tho interest so unlawfully charged ; and the principal sum, amount or value so lent or advanced, without any lutercst, shall be deemed and taken by i the courts of this State to be the true legal debt or measure of damages to all intents and purnoflea wlmi-HftOVftr Ia \\n r.w?.tw * .1 ? ?!. Skc. 2. That any person or corporalion who ' shall receive as interest any greater atnonul than is hefein provided for shall, in a<MUiou to the forfeiture herein provided for, forfeit also double the sum so received, to be collected by a separate notion, or allowed as a counter claim to any action brought to recover the principal sum. Approved December 31, 1882. ? . ' A few more of those handsome Rocking Chairs left, at the Virginia Store. Col. McC.vrauuiN Rbskjns.?There is now no doubt that Col. McCnughrin has resigned the presidency of the Columbia ami Greenville Railroad, although he will continue to discharge the duties of the otlice until the directors of the company meet and elect his successor. It was , expected that they would meet to-day, and it is now said that their meeting will be held next week. It is not yet known who will be elected in Col. McCaughrin's place, but there are strong IVIMUUJ iur mining mill JUU|(li 11 US It Oil Will do made president of the Greenville as" well as of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Uoad, the r two linns being operated under a kind of joinl I management. It is understood flint Col. McCaughrin will be made rice presi lent of the Greenville Uoad, and that he will retain his place as one of its directors. ? Cor, Newt and Courier. f ? ? ? Cashmeres, Alpaccas and Worsteds, at New 1 York cost, at the Virginia Store. I A Stoiim on tiik Mkxican Coast.?City of Mex" ico, January 11.?The storm at Vera Cruz on f Tuesday was more disastrous than at first repo ted. The American steamer Jo*. A. Garry, , the schooner Thereea G., and a Mexican bark nro a complete loss, but the crews were saved. 1 The steamer had already discharged her oaigo. The roofs of the railroad warehouses were carried g away, and much damage was done to goods. The works for the harbor improvements were compleetly destroyed,Jas were also many lighters and small craft. Tho Mexican schooner Amodita > was wrecked near Auloue Lizzard. The crew - wero saved. .?. 800 Pftnsoxs Burnbd to Dbath.?St. PetoraI K...~ 1. II rv.._l ? ? tsiii{?, iiniiinii jr 11, ? I'uriiig n pcriurmauce yes? terday at a circus in Bedischeff. in Hussian Poi land, a fire broke out in the building and before . (lie spectators could escape (lie whole structure was in a bhxo. Three hundred persons perished in the flames. Ladies and flouts fine shoes, at New York cost, nt the Virginia Store, rhreo Deaths in Ono Day. The Columbia ft'cjister of last Sunday has the tnelnuciioly records of the following deaths in that city in the short spaoo of *24 hours: ltr.v. David Dkkrick. ? A member of the )eutli Carolina Conference, died at his residence la this city on Friday night. lie was born iu July, 1800, in the Dutch Fork [>f Lexington County, nb>ut twelve miles above L'olutnoin, of German parenlngo. lie was con- i verted iu early manhood, and in 1827 connected < himself with the South Carolina Conference as I i traveling preacher of th? Methodist Church. | Mrs. McJunkin.?This estimable lady, wife 1 of Mr. C. M. McJunkin of the I'almetto Yeoman, died at half-past 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. ' She bad been a great sufferer fiom cancer for 1 many months, from which she was relieved tern- 1 porarily by a surgical operation nhout a year ago, but tho iusidious disease returned to tri- 1 uinph at last in the death of its victim. She 1 was a consistent member of the Methodist Church and an activo worker in many of the benevolent organizations of our city,* and her loss will be greatly felt by them and the poor and unfortunate, who were the objects of her kind ministrntions. . . l iiu icuuvr uui aiucvru cuuuvivncc to tier ocrcaved husband in tho terrible loss which he has I experienced. Miss Annik McKk.n7.ik.?Daughter of our esteemed fellow citizen John McKcnzie, died at about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon ufter a painful illness extending through one hundred and two days. She was a patient sufTercr during all that time, sustained by an unfaltering trust in the Saviour and the gcntlo ministrations of devoted relatives and friends, who know that tho sufferings endured by her havo but prepared her for "the glory that shall be revealed." For tho Times. Mn. Editor :?I learn that Mr. Johu 11. Gallman has tjocn appointed County Treasurer for this County ; the Senator and Representatives having recommended him for that appointment at the request of Capt. Titos. Comer, an 1 on the statement of Mr. (Tillman that lie would take the office for the benrjit of Lnpt. Comer. i Knowing Mr. Galltuan to be an honorable and patriotic gentleman, 1 deem it only necessary to call his attention to the following Oath he will be required to take before entering upon the duties of his office: "I swear that 1 nut under no promise, in honor or law, to share the profits of the office to which I hav^c been appointed, and I will not, directly or indirectly, sell or dispose of said office or the profits thereof; but will resign, or continue to discharge the duties thereof during the period fixed by law, if I so long live. So help tne God. A. CITIZBN. For the Times. Another Riilroad Tax on Cotton. Editor Times:?1 am n citizen of Union County and ait always willing to patronize tlie merchants of my County town whenever ijc*n bo accommodated. For the same reason I always would like to sell tuy produce there ; but as long as there is a tax of 8 cents a bale for moving cotton from one platform to tlie other, I will not ship any more cotton there to sell ; and 1 do not believe that the merchants are aware of this imposition on the people. Yours Respect fully, N. GOUl)CLOCK. I desire to return thanks for the liberal patronage of uiy frieu ls <iuri->j thi f' 11 Season .My Head quarters are still at the popular house of J. E* Coltoti, where a hearty welcome will be extended to all. Respectfully ii a eieom Jan V2?2t ? ? A Worthless Husband.?Chat tan. oga, Tenn., Jan. 0. ? A sensational scandal has developed regarding 11. O. Mathews ami wife, tlie latter being a daughter of Samuel Ulair, Esq., a wealthy Citizen of Cincinnati They renovcd to Chatlnnooga about three years since, and in Alliens he engaged in business with his wife's biother. Of laic lie lias become worthless and inuch addicted to drinking and abused bis wife so terribly that Monday night she was compelled to tlec from bis house. The next day she npimcu lor 11 iiivurcc, ami in mo meantime made nrrnngements to secretly escape to her parents in Cincinnati, fearing that her husband wanted to take her life. Just ns she entered tlie car with her children he appeared on the scene. Her attorney was at hand and flew to the rescue, and kept the mwi from entering. They fought on the car pia'form as the train pulled out, and both rolled off. She escaped. Her husband 'hat night nssaulted her brothci and the latter came near shooting him. The affair has created considerable gossip. Mrs. Mathews owus over $25,000 worth of property in this city. Iilaukets at New York co3t, at the Virginia Store. .. ? . Tun Hock 11 :i.t. Factoui?The Keck Hill J/eratJ says: "During the year just closed the Kock Hill Cotton Factory consumed 707,915 pounds (or more than 1,745 bales, weighing each 440 pounds,) of cotton, ami shipped 590.425 pounds of yarn. The average price paid for cotton during the year was $10,07 per hundred, and the average waste of the cotton used from the crop of 1881 was 22j per cent., while the cotton used from the present crop only show an average waste of from 13 to 15 per cent. Short cotton forms the principal pnrt of the waste, but sand, weeds, &c., are included. The average number of hands employed during the year was 100, and the number of spindles in opera tion is 7,904. Some time dring the present year the company contemplate putting in 2,000 twister spindles, and it is not unlikely that other additions of uiachinorv will be made." . + . A Calamity at Rki.ton.?Yesterday evening aIk jc six o'clock. Earnest and Fredrick McUec, sons of Mr. U. Wash McGee, were in the store of tlicir father handling two guns ? n rifle and a shot gun, Earnest having the former. Suddenly the rifle accidentally went off", the bullet taking effect in the forehead of Frederick. The uniortuuate boy fell to the floor, and his recovery is doubtful. He is about thirteen years old while his brother Earnest is younger. anothkn IIotkl Fikk.?St. Louis, January 14.?The Planters' Hotel, one of She largest in the city, took fire this morning, shortly before 5 o'clock, ami burned so rapidly that four persons lost their lives. The greatest confusion prevailed when the alarm was given and nearly all the guests escaped in their night clothes. _ . .? Flour, Bacon, Molasses, CofTce and Sugar at Lowest market prices at J. C. HUNTER & GO'S. Rkpii rrctomy.?A San Francisco doctor has restored a lady of that city to perfect health by removing her kidneys. This operation, called rephrectomy, is so rarely undertaken that the world has only seventy three coses of the kind recorded. Dkath or Gkn. Pkmdlbton.?Staunton, Vo., January 10.?Gen. W, C. Pendleton, late chief of artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia, C- S. A., and rector ofGrAco Church Lexington, Va., died suddenly in Lexington last night. W. T. Hlnekwell has sold his interest in the Ann of Black woll & Co., manufacturers of Durham smok<ng tob.?cco, to his partner, Julian Starr for $250,000, but reserves a royalty on the Hull brand. An Awful Hotel Fire. 70 PKOl'LB I.1TKRALI.Y ROA8TLD Horrors Beyond all Description?Awful Deaths in the Presence of a Powerless Multitude?Pavements Strevin with Dead and Dying?Leaps into Eternity?Narrow Escape of Theatrical Companies. Milwaukkk. Wis., Jan. 10.?This morning At live minutes past four o'clock a fire broke out iu the Newhall House bore, un eight story bolcl recently built, which has always been regarded as a death trap an I been the subject of many gloomy predictions. The building had accommodations for eight hundred guests and muoh of its space was occupied, while'eighty-six of the servants employed there wero asleep in various portions of it. scone was presented surpassing iu horror almost anything oyer rccorJed. The gigantic building was literally one solid flame, so hot that the great crowd of citizens and tho brigade of fir.-tncn gathered by its light was kept back and witheld by a wall of quivering suffocating nir from carrying succor to the unfortunate, who could be plainly seen struggling to the windows, and whose shrieks of horrible anguish and fear wore heard above the crackling and roaring as the fire swept upward and the Btnoke rolled off ia dense msssos. Forms and faces brought out with terrible distinctness by tho vivid light behind and around them would appear at the upper windows, and then dnrk bodies would bo seen falling swi&ly, and could bo heard striking the sidewalks with the sickening crash caused by crushed bones and flesh. Tho pavement at the bottom of the house was literally covered with lifeless bodies lying as they fell in all directions and positions, made more ghastly by the unnatural coutortions of broken limbs aud joints. Often, however, the faces nt the windows? every expression on which was visible to the powerless crowd below ?would bo turned away nml the hoarse death cry of a ui in, or tho lust despairing shriek of a woman would signal another death ns the victims fell back into the hell of flame, and was consumed like a feather. The firemen worked wherever men could live, nnd saved many people. A number of the more fortunate inmates of the house reached windows beneath which people could stand, and by leaping into canvass held there escaped will*nothing more serious than broken limbs nnd severe jars All of the tncmbors of a Madison Square Theatre Company slaying at the House escaped. Tom Thumb, who was also (here, escaped, and his wife was rescued by firemen ami brought down a fire escape. Mrs. John Gilbert, of the Minnie Palmer troupe and wifoof the veteran nclor, was burned to death in plain sight of the multitude. The death roll so far numbers from fifty to sixty, although tho numbers of guests distributed through the labaryuthan passage makes an accurate statement impossible, and it is feared that there arc a number of persons lost who are yet not known of. The wounded number thirty, and several of I hem will probably d?e.? Teleqriph to.Oreriiville Xeics. Tiik Dat After tiie Fire. ?At daylight this morning a large gang of laborers resumed the work ofhunting for the dead in the ruins of the Ncwhall House. The streets in the vicinity of the ruins arc packed with people, and the greatest excitement prevails. The entire fire department is engaged in pulling down tho remains of the walls. The police and firemen are confident that a number of people lie buried in the ruins, including a number of guests of tho hotel not mentioned in the list published. Crowds of people arc arriving here by every train, and the hotels are filled with tearful, anxious persons seeking friends or relatives supposed to have been in the fire. Portion of the fallen walls have piled up the debris at the main entrance to the hotel, and the hope of finding the bodies seems more forlorn than ever. Business is all but suspended throughout the city, most of the inhabitants having swarmed abott the ruins. Every undertaker in thecity is busy, and preparations are being made for twenty funorals. niKnciiAr-ro rnoTFCTlVF. X'MION.?Our merchants havo recently associated themselves as a mutual protective body, looking to their better protection in the matter of credits. When parties refuse to pay accounts, their names are reported to the secrctaiy, who is required to put them on a "black list." We think this organization will cfTectunlly stop the deadbeating praciicd by somo people and ennhlclhc merchants to extend credit where it will do the most good and bo appreciated. It is not intended of course, to operate, nor can it do so, against those who pay their bills within a reasonable time. It will not curtail, but dis eliminate in creJits.?Newberry Obsercer. Tiik Business Tkniiknct in New York.?A well-known dry goods house goes out of business January 1, having, after twe years of trial, found the jobbing trade uureinunerative. The fact is u few large firms are gradually absorbing all the business, and no moderate house can live and compete with the peculiar methods and the gigantic capital of the grcnt concerns. It is so in the boot and shoe and grocery trades ; n few houses do nil tho business, and the small-sized firms, of which there were so many ten years ago, are gradually passing out of existence.? Centralization in business seems to bo tho tendeuoy of the times.?New York Letter. Another Seduction Cask.?Columbia, January 15.?Messrs. Ball & Watts and Ferguson & Young, of baureus, commenced suit on last Friday at Laurens against Thomas A. Keller for Mary L. Malono for $'25,000 damages for seduction under promise of marriage. Up to Friday evening the sheriff" had failed to find Keller, and it is reported that he has run away. If this should prove true the connsel for Malone are expected to attach Keller's property to day. Declarkd to bk .Swindlers.?Washington, January 15.?The postoffice Department has declared the following to 1 e "frauds," for ob taining through the mail money by means of false and fraudulent pretenses. M. J. Carl Is & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Chase & Co., New Haven. Conu. ; H. F. Williams & Co., alia* Magnetc Watch Company, Cottage Library, Boston, Newton and Ashland, Massachusetts. An Arknnsas editor, in retiring fiom the editorial control of a newspaper said : "It is with a feeling of saduess that wo retire from the active control of this paper*; but we leave our journnl with a gentleman who is abler Jlian we are, financially, to handle it?a gentleman well known in this community. He is the sheriff." a n ? v. ' ..-I- > . vmuiuil 1/LU9EII ur THE I'Ol.ICB. Lemberg, Austria, January 15.?The police lin*e closed the Jefeuit cliurch here. It is reported that the rector has received anonymous information that a Socialist demonstration was intended in the church yesterday; another version is that an attempt with hombs was contemplated. Orr ran tub Wkst.?Forty-seven negroes, consisting of men, women and children, left Newberry Tuesday for Texas, with an agent who has been canvassing the county for some time. Fifty more will go next week with the agent's son ?Newberry Observer. A Qbkat Piobon Matoii.?Lcuisville, Kr., January 15.?Captain llogardus has accepted I>r. Carver's challenge to shoot 100 pigeons for $10,000 a side, and Arrived in this city to-night, The match will take place as soon as the birds can be obtained. Look Out ron Him?a dead-beat, going under the name of ' Fred Cooper, Orange, California," lias been doing the good people of Chester, and other ttfwna are warned by the Bulletin to be on tlin Innlfnut fur l??m a*. The Trader's National Imnk, of Charlotte, baa gone into voluntary liquidation, and ita affairs will be wound up iioinediately under a resolution of tlie stockholder*. Laok of business is the cause assigned for the step. OoNuccrons Sruticixa.? We learn that iu coo. sequence of the receut "mileage system" of pay adopted by tho Kiobroond and Danville road, all the frieght oar conductors save four have thrown up thWr jobs. Ono conductor, who tried the new racket, was not able to mako more thau $19 in the lost two weeks, with all the running he could do. The conductors evidently are being trimmed too closely.?Charlotle Observer, . The Democratic aud Greenback membets of the Michigan Legislature have held a caucus and agreed to act together on all questions of party policy, which will, of course, effect tho Senatorial succession. ? CONSUMPTION CURED. An old physician, retired from active practice having had placed in his bauds by an East In din Missionary the formula of a simple vegetn ble remedy for the speedy and permanent euro of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and nil Throat and Lung affections, also a positive and radical cure for General Debility and all nervous complaints, after having thoroughly tested its wonderful curative powers in thou s:uni9 oi cnst's, it'ois 11 is ins uuij iu uumu it known to bis fellows. The recipe, with full particulars, directions for preparation and use. and all necessary advico and instructions for successful treatment at your own home, will bo sent you by return mail, free of charge, by addressing with stamp or stamped self-addressed envelope. DR. J. C. RAYMOND, 164 Washington street. Brooklyn, N. Y. Dcif Mention this paper. Deo 1, 1882 48 ly MAKIlIKD RAY?BRANDON.?Married, on the 27th Dec., 1882. by Rer. C. T. Scaife, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Jamks L. Ray to Miss Ja.nik J. Brandos, nil of Union County. Attention Knights of Honor. milE Financial Reporter is not required to 1 call upon members for dues. If members, after receiving notice from the Reporter, fail to pay their assessments and Quarterly Dues they will be suspended from the Lodge. * II. M. Gl#*BALL, Financial Reporter. Jan 19 8 It "meeting op the joint" ' stock company. A MEETING of the subscribers to the Joint Stock Compafly of the UNION AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY will be held nt Nicholson's Ilall on Salcsday in Februnry next. It is earnestly requosted that every subscriber to the Joint Stock be present and that all others who wish to see tho Union County Agricultural Association continued nttend the meeting. .1 n 19 8 ^ f SAVE MONEY! SAVE MONEY!! HAVING withdrawn all ngencies and placed our business on a Strictly Cash basis, inerrot/ saving ngenis commissions ami losses oy bad debts, we are enabled to sell our well known fertilizers, viz: WILCOX GIBBES A ( O'S HAXII*LLATEI> GLAXO, Wilcox Uibbes & Co's Superphosphate, direct to merchants nnd farmers at vkuy i,ow phicks by tho single ton, car-load or larger quantity, for the cash. Write for prices. WILCOX. GIBBES & CO., Charleston S. C.. nnd Savannah Ga.? Dec 8 49 2m GO TO R. W. TINSLEY'S ~ frul: - FOR YOUR WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND JEWELRY. ' REPORT OF THE CONDITION or TUB Merchants' & Planters' ^ NATIONAL 1IANK OF UNION, At Union, in the State of South Carotin#, at the close of business, 80th day of December, 1882. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $8*2,088 00 Overdrafts 608 78 * U. S. Bonds to secure circulation... 60,000 00 Due from approved reserve agents.. 26,280 01 Due from other National Banks 24,330 OG Real estate, furniture, and fixtures. *2,400 00 Current expenses and taxes paid... 2,456 80 Bills of other Banks 6,080 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels nnd pennies ,... 20 56 Specie 6,460 2l> Legal-lender notes 21,937 00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 pr. ct. of circulation)...? 2,700 00 Due from U. 8. Treasurer, other than 6 pr. ol. redemption fund... TOTAL $'284,084 60 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in 60,000 00^|P Surplus fund 12,000 OA Undivided proHts 8,880 15. Nat ion nl Hunk notes outstanding... 54,000 do Dividends unpaid 40. 00 Individual deposits subjoct to check 88,95? 84 Time certificates of deposit 10,611 01 Total $234,084 60 Statu or South Carolina, A County or Union, rs: / 1, George Munro, Cashier of the above-named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge ana belief. QF.OKGR MUNKO, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to Lofore mo this 11th day of January, 1888. J. C. WALLACE, Trial Justice. nonntirr ? All?ul > E. H. WALLACE, 1 A. H. FOSTER, I Dire?4o? F. M. FARK, J 19 3 It