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CoxxscTicrT FnarjiAsoxaT Excited.?New lltitn, Conn.. April 21.?Tlio Muonio cloud, which was noi long eg* Iho site of a man's . hand, has now overspread the horiton and | threaters to culminate in dark and portentous weather for Freemasonry in this State. The edict has gune forili from the special meeting _ of the Grand Lodge at Hartford, and Hiram Lodge of this city, the oldest Masonic body in , Connecticut, is cow barred out. Her charter is revoked, ber members arc declared non-affiliated and an edict nf non-intercourse has been declared against them. In the action uken by the Grand Lodge against thu recalcitrant 'old' Hiram, the resolutions hel l nut cer'ain inducements iu the na- 1 ture ?f olivo branches, by which it is hoped to I have certain members of Hiram recognise the | supreme autlurity of the Grand Lodge. They I otter these members rendtnission to Masonic I intercourse on their declaring individual allegiance to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, and promising obedience thereto. And it is further proposed that such members of Hiram I .nil tr A mnv hv * iHenansniian ?f n? ? Master, open another lodge in New Haven, Hut it i? said by those tvho clnitn to kaow, that there nrc not rmong the nearly eight hundred members a suthcienl number of members of Hirnm Lodge to fill tie offices of the proposed new Lodge. tub Bxrci.Ltn masons. The member* of Hirnm Lodge who are now expelled by edict cf the Qrand Lodge are John It. Hutchinson, Newell F. fturritt, Qeorgo E. Frishie, Jubus Twiss, H. I.yndo Harrison, J. 1). Dewell and F. M. Wiser. All these gentlemen belong to the benefit association, and none of them will tnracly submit to the decree of expulsion which lins been pasted upon thorn. Hel'orc they relinquish the life insurance rights which they hnve hitherto held, and before they will allow the contents of Hiram's treasury, amounting to several thousand dollars, to he disbursed at the will of the Grand Lodge, there will he a long aud hitler contest in every Court in which the matter can be brought. Fust Grand Master Lockwood, speaking for the Grand Lodge, says that the edict of noninterccurse will be enforced in every State in the Unit n and Ihreugbr.ul lbs civilized world. A delegate who is prominent in Masonic circles says that the Grand Lodge has inflicted upon Masonry an injury from which the order will not recover in half a eeotury. ruosrKCTs or a en ism. Hiram claims that under its English Charier the corner Mono of Freemasonry in Connecticut was laid. They claim that the charier is si ill good nod thai under it new lodges can be formed nnd even a grand lodge created. For a few months Iliratr. will take no action, but one thing is certain, and that is that unless the Grand Lodge turns around and revokes its aotiou at Hartford yesterday Hiram will institute a new grnnd lodge. There are many lodges Hint sympathize with Hitam, nnd it ia believed that ns many Free Masons in the Slato will syrn|utilize with ISirnm t.s do with the Grand Lodge. The nction of the Grand Lodgo will, therefore, he likely to bo the entering wedge which may cause one of the greatest schisms in Masonry that has ever been seen in the United Stales. Hiram I.odgc is the oldest, wealthiest and largest lodge in the Elate. A II or are i. Stos.?In reply to the Troy Prrm, asking the Sim whether it wsuld have been better to have elected lllainc than Cleveliiud. we sec that liana thus declares himself: Wc mean to say that tbo llemocrntio party would he immensely better ofT to-day if Mr. ^ lLuine had been elected in 18S4. # ^ 'If Cat had happened tlio Republican parly would now be in a st^c of advanced dissolution, and every artifice that Mr. lllninm have applied, and every official bribe lhat he might have paid, would only have added to ^ the demoralitalion, while tho Democracy, on |W ?' * ' r-ln^ry ? and without any reason for interior conliv vcrsy or conflict, would liaro been united, compact, energctie and fu'l of reasonable confidence Jn.jt? power to take possession of the government next year, with somn high-toned and unrft&sticfihblo Democrat as its candidate and, having ,30 taken possession, it would in 1 nil probability be able to keop control for twenty years. '7 1 Now the Republican party is more united, more zealous, and more confident, and with geod reason, than it has been at any other itne since it first voted for Grant, while the csndition of the Democracy is such as we need not describe.' Whilst no Democrat at tho South recoguizes 1 the right of the New York Sun to speak for the Democracy?being recognized here, if it has any pretentions to Democracy, as being what is familiarly known as a traitor in the cnajp?we are much comforted by tnc proplie- 1 cit s or philosophy of this malapert meddler in Democratic affairs. Of what Olympian cheek this New York political prostitute is capable, is seen when it, of nil journals, dares to talk of high toDe in anything. The advocate of Ben Butler has a notion of tone which we of the South spit upon w'lli loathing and disgust. The revilcr of Ilaa- 1 cock, the brave eotdicr, tho patriot and the man who had the engacity to decry and the nerve to repudiate the effort to subordinate tho citil to the military, is not exactly the roan frcrn whom the honest, fearless Democracy of the country care to take their idea of a 'high toned Democrat.' High-toned, indeed! Why, 1 this man, Dana, would be the first to reach personal, political and social damnation under any rrgiint with any tone behind it.?Col. llf'jitttT. Titr. Laborer is IIaipieu Than the Clebk. ?Skilled mechanics, in spite of wide-spread discontent, are better paid in this city than nmny thousands of brninworkers, says a New York dispatch. An eminent physician says the average earnings in his profession hare are less than SHOO a year. The ill-paid bookkeeper is a proverb. Intelligent clerks in brokers' and real estate cilices are no better paid. The real estate clerk who earns $00 a month must I understand his business almost as thoroughly 8 as his employer does. A bright young man, t who means to marry some day, learned from his sweetheart that the kitchen maid's lover, 8 who was content to sit below stairs, earned $20 a month more than tho man who was entertained in the parlor. When it is remembered [ that one spends nearly all his earnings in an gl effort to live up to the requirements of the parlor, while the other saves the greater part of 8 his wages, it is net difficult to understand why ti tho skilled mechanic often gela rich while the * young man about town remains poor, unless an inheritance falls to his lot. There are an immense number of young men here, as elsewhere, struggling along on piti- " fully small salaries in what they snobbishly d fancy the respectable callings, who would be r very much better off in some less dainty employment. They contrive somehow to appear well; to dine nt pretentious houses and to 1' share in the pleasures of the rich *, but it must be at the expense of woful pinches somewhere. If all the men on a crowded night at Delmon- g ico's were compelled to name the amount of their incomes, there would be some astonishing revelnliotis and a quantity of deep colored blushes, before which the ruddiest wino would pnte. It is rrom tins class or young men are recruited the annual score of absconding clerks a end thieving bookkeepers. The uuwholesenie b notion Ihet lo work Willi the hands is disgrace- e ful, maintains this continued pressure upon the so celled light employment and makes it impossible for men with costly notions about hats o and boots to earn enough lo raise I hem above temptation. 8 Cholkba in Mexico.?Nogalles, A. T., April a 24.?The Chief of Police baa received a ilis- fl patch staling ihat cholera is raging in the Mexican toun of Manilla and that the disease has broken out at Ooyamaa. People are leaving 0 the infecUd districts in largo nwabers. c $he cBceMy Hh\m ?imcr, i. *. STOKES, - . Editor UNION. FRIDAY APRIL 2U, 1887. 8UB8CRIPTIOH??8 00 PER AHHUM. EXPLANATION OP SIGNAL PLAG8. Whit* Flag, indicates fair or clear weather. Orange Flag, indicate* local rains. Blu* Flag, indicates general rains. Bla ck triangle Flag, refers to temperature IVbenplaced nbore ? eithertbe white, orange or #lue flag, indicates firing temperature ; when placed below these flags, fa'ling temperature tud when absent Trout lb* pole, stationer/ temperature. Whit* flag with black square in centre indi cales decidedly colder weather, and is generally issued 24 hours in advance ef the expected Tall of temperature, and is not given unless the fait isexpected to reach 4*<? or belosr Rxv. C. R. WILLEKORD'3 APPOINTMENTS : Patnam Baptist Church, 1st 8unday at 11 A. M., and the Saturday before, at 12 M., in each month. l'adelet Baptist Church, No. 2, on the 2d Sunday, stt 11 A. M. and Saturday before, at 12 M., in each uiontb. Jonesville Baptist Church, on -Id Snnday in eaeh month?morning at 11 o'clock, night at 7.34) o'clook. Salem Baptist Church, on tlio 4th Sunday in each month?morning at 11, night at 7 80. o'clock. A COTTON FACTORY AT UNION, S. O. PUBLIC MEETING. A MEETING of the citizens of Union County will be held in tbc Court House NEXT SALE3DAY, MONDAY, MAY 2nd, to which UIDni V111AM 111 1 nil tUUill I who feels on interest and prido in the progress end welfare of all classes of our people are earnestly invited to attend, for the purpose of uniting .their efforts and divising nays and means for building a COTTON FACTORY. Spartanburg has three factories, is enlarging two aud building n fourth; Newberry has a prosperous factory; the pcoplu of the town and county of Laurens haro subscribed $100,000 to build a factory at the County seat; Chester lias determined to have a factory, and the citizens in and around thesmnll, but enterprising town of Prosperity, in Newberry County, are uniting their means to baild one there. The experience of the people nt large, in the counties where factories arc established, is that they diffuse greater bent6(a and contribute mora to the prosperity of all classes than any other enterprise that lias ever been attempted at the South. All the cotton raised in Union County now goes to enrich the counties around us, or the Northern manufacturers ; then why should we not unite and build a factory that will secure to our citizens a share of those riches? It is woll know that farmers get from Jc to Jo per pound morw^tetiieir ootton at factories than number of the factories near them, the greater will be the competition and the higher the price for their cotton. Let the people come together next Salesday and unite their efforts to do something that will benefit every class and every vocation in the county. TOWN AND COUNTY. April 23. 1G. 2L IV Mrs. 8. Crosby will accept our thanks for the very acceptable basket of Spring aalad s-.nt up. It was much relished by we, us and family. SV Don't forget that tomorrow is the last day for paying your Town taxes, unless you wish to contribute 50 per cent, extra to the Municipal Treasury. .? There will be preaching next Sunday, ?1st Sunday in May?at Salem Churoh. After morning services the Divine ordinance of the Lord's Supper will be administered. - - If there is money for Northern Capitalists in Northern Cotton Factories, why would there not be money for the Southern people in Cotton Factories established right at home ? Private Parlor in reserve for Ladies atDUCIIIIKIT'S Ice Cream and Soda Water Saloon. 4t. JMP On last Tuesday morning the mountains in the vicinity of Lynchburg, Va., were covered with snow, and on the same day there was a heavy frost at and near Kook Hill, in this State. e 19k- A Cotton Factory in Union should bs a ;ruly county enterprise, in which every citizen hould feel a county pride and interest, as its cnefits will be diffused smeng all classes and mployments in the county. ? j. SOn Thursday last the venerablo Mrs. todd, widow of the late Asa Dodd, died very uddenly at her residence in Cross Keys Townkin Kh? -o. .nil. -- ~U I-A- A . r - " ?? >!? ? ru via IWI/, BUU UU gOl* ing out of bed fell to the floor end died beforo ss> stance could reach ber. IT In the New York Herald of the 2Vd net., we find the fallowing announcement of the eath of a former merchant of this town, at his esidence in Jersey City, N. J.: "Died, on the 21st inst., after a lingering llness, W. W. Jones, in his 06th year. ' For Ice Cream and Cake, Soda Water, Milk ihakes and Lemonade go to BUCHHEIT'S. 4m. ttr On our first page there is an article tea-led "a Poker Room for Roys," which first ttraclcd our attention by the fact that it has cen rumored to us that a somewhat similar den xista in this town, that should be locked after iy the town authorities before like sad results erne from it. t&m We are pleased to state that the subcriptions of the oitisens of the town to the lock of a Cotton Factory are very liberal and lattcring, so fsr, and it is now pretty well nsertained that tbe people hare determined to sake cecry effort that their means and energy :an command to build it, at oncc. |4?T" Ladies ! you ought logo and sea Mrs. Grant in her new store, aud look at Iho elegant stock of Millinery she bos just received. If there is a Lady, young or old, who can't find a Bonnet or Hat in Mrs. Grant's stock that will not make her look pretty, we will give her an editorial notice 'free, grats tor nothing.' gfip We are requested by the eitiiene of the town, to extend a cardial invitation to the farmers and all others in the country, te meat with them in the Court House next Monday, te consult upon the matter of hclteiiug the condition of all classes of our citizens by building a Cotton Factory. We regret much that Mr. Weber, the able and versatile newa Editor of the Charles Ion Krtrt ana (yourter utu not grace our country sanctum by a call during his recent visit to our town. Mr. Weber has dene faithful and efficient work and added great value to the metropolitan journal of the State, and we should have appreciated a visit from him. 0U If the Northern Cotton Factories make eolossal fortunes for their stockholders, after paying from to 2 cents a pound charges for getting it there, why should not ruck Factories at the South, raving those charges, make fortunes, and at the same timo givo the farmers the advantages of the saving? Let the Soulier era farmer think nnd act in their own defence. VST We regret exceedingly to learn that I President McBryde, of the South Caroliua College, line accepted the Presidency of the University of Tennessee, at Knoxville. We consider this a severe blow to the educational interests cf the State. President McBryde has dons noble work since be has been connected with our College, and wo are satisfied his loss to that grand old institution will be seriously felt and deeply regretted throughoutjlhs State. If the Southern farmers hope or desire to get from under the grinding heel of Northern speculators, Wall street brokers, and tFo many other combinations which rob them of the profits ol their labor in the cotton field, they must build Factories near tlicm, where tney will ge?. factory prices lor tlieir cotton, and save nil Ibnt it now oosts, com 1 issions, insurance, weighing, freight, speculation, and hundreds of other trumped-up charges made upon every bale before it gets within the walls ef the Northern or European Factery. IVe invite the attention of all our readers to a synopsis of a recont decision of the Supreme Court, upon the validity of a moitgage given by a married woman on ber soperate estate, except fer the benefit ef that estate. It will be found on our first page, and was taken from the Aeirs and Couritr. The decision will cause considerable uneasiness throughout the State, as it will unsettle many business transactions based upon a wife's or Mother's endorsement, or a mortgage of her separate estate. HO 1 The Spartanburg correspondent of the A>tr? and Courier boasts of not having one death among the white population of that city last month. That's pretty good, for a 'big' city like Spartanburg, but, respected fef Union, with a little more than one-fourJ^Ks. population of your oity, can beat that rtSPJT KnHtv W? 1...1 ..1. .1?>1 r ?ill. persons in Union for orrr a year, And one of them vu a lady more than 80 years olJ. If you want to live long nnd peacefully and die happy, yon sliou'd come to Union. 10* We ackowledge the rece:pt of a hand- I eomely printed invitation to attend the 'Annual l'ic-nlc, of the Cadets of the South Ceroolina Military Academy, to be held at Mt. rieesani* to-day, from our esteemed young friend, Cadet 11. R. Jeter, who, wo see is Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements. Nothing weuld have given us more pleasure than to have been with 'the boys' to-day, and see them enjoy themselves, but, young gentlemen, as we can't be with you in person, wo send you our kindest wish that you may have such a jolly good time as only young gentlemen of high character know how to enjoy and appreciate. Jvy" Last December we gave an account of an accident upon the farm of Mr. lesse Bishop, in which a colored man named James Rogers had his arm badly lacerated by being caught in a gin. The arm was not amputated at the time and lias since given great pain, with litllo hope of its ever getting well ; in fact it grew so much worse that lost Tuesday Dr. II, S. Dcaty considered amputation necessary, to save the man's life, and skilfully performed the operation. Tho last report from the sufferer states that he is doing as well as could be expected, but his life is far from being out of danger. Ice Cream free from all adulteration at BUCIIIIEIT'S. dm. Tho weather for the past ten days lias been very much like a great many last year's accounts?unsettled. Sunday was a delightful Spring day and brought out Summer clothes generally, but Monday knocked all the gunshine in the shade and made fires and winter clothing necessary for comfort. A cold rain set in about 9 o'clock and lasted about six hours. Tuesday niornine tho thermometer bail gone down to 43?, and wo hear that frost was seen in some low damp places. Tbc rain was very acceptable, and revived all kinds of vegetation, but was particularly beneficial to wheat. Oats are low, but look healthy. Gardens gave gloomy prospects bofore but since the rain everything in them have put on a brighter look and started new growth. Early strawberries were killed by the frost in March And the cold drought during this month has kept them from ripening since. We find a good sprinkling of Peaohes on the trees, apple and plum trees arc well loaded with fruit, but there will be no pears in this section, as far as we can see and hear. i The Easter Elections. At the annual meeting of the 'Churoh of the Nativityin this town, the following wero elected officers for the present year : UT- 1 W * war ?? r rrHfuc/u??? . ftiunro, J. IT. .MOLUTO. Vestrymen?R. M. Stokes, J. M. Gibhes, S. W. l'orler, W. M. Oibbos, A. R. Siokos, J. K. 1 Young, George Geddes. Seeretarg?A. R. Stokes. I Treaeurer?George Geddes. Delegates to Convention?W. Monro, J. W. MeLure, A. R. 8tokes, George Geddes. i Delegatee lo Convocation?W. Munro, J. W. MeLure. i Where the Profits Go. As n practical illustration of liow iho Southern farmers are fleeced by cotton buyers and w speculators, we refer them to au article on onr tl first page with tbe above heading. We do not c) remember the paper we took it from, but tbe at transaction occurred in Ibis Stale and was re- d corded in the county paper. t> In that instance the fanner was cheated out i( of seventy- five cents a bats by the cotton buyers, x and, of course, bo had to pay for the weighing, tl ten cents a bale more, making the total loss to s) him on ten bales of colton, tight dollart and fifty ctntt. We may be told that the weighing would ti have lmd to be paid fur nuy how, and should fj not be charged as an extra loss in the transac- t] >1 K1..1 ._ i 1 _L.| ... I..! 1. !_ uvn. JU?V ID JUO? ...JO. no "JlUg w IU1- p press upon the minds of our farmers, that as long ns the eollon Mills are so far from the cotton fields, so long will the farmers who work hard and pay the expenses to rnisc it, be made to pay ?11 the expenses of getting their cotton to the Northern Mills, And also to make good to the manufacturers all the fraudulent, or at least illegitimate transactions that mny be practiced in the numerous transfers made before it reaches the mills. Farmers complain of having to pay for weighing, but the only wny to prevent it is to establish factories at home, where no such charge will be exacted of them, ar d where the agents ef brokers and speculators will not stand between them and tho highest market prios for their cotton. Tho transaction we have deluded to, is an every day occurrence, though probably not often practiced so openly and unblushingly before the farmers' eyes. It is now very plain that the mills arc fnst coming to the fields, and tho grave question with the Southern farmers is, "will they help build the mills and participate in the control of them, to their own advantage, or will thoy continue to be fleeced by the buyers and specula tot8 until the Northern Manufactucrs see proper to move their mills to the South and control ( them exclusively in their own interest T 1 Are Factories Profitable 1 This is a question put to us very often, and ^ wo can only reply by pointing to tho increased amounts now being invested in enlarging and increasing the capacities of the mills already ^ established. The Trough Sboa's Factory is doubling its capacity the Greenville and Clif- ^ ten Factories are doing tlis came, while the Newberry Factory is incteasing its number of spindles materially. Besides these evidences of their being profitable, the enterprising oitisene of the cities of Greenville and Spartanburg, and the towns of Lnurcus, Qatfncy, Chester and Prosperity, after maturely considering the matter, from every point, ere earnestly at work lo build Factories at those points, to be ran by steam. ? It is not probable that tlie astute citisens of ' those cities and towns would invest their money in such enterprises, if they were not well as- * surcd, by the practical experience of these already engaged in such enterprises, that they ^ were profitable investments. But in our earnest desire to establish a Factory here, we are not governed altogether by the prospect of any direct profit that may come from the stock in itbut claim that it will be a " " ' ? '. ? '? at large m throughout the county, and particularly tho . farmers. At the same time wc knew that every Factory now in operation around us, have proved profitable, as the stock in some of them is held much above its par valuo end cannot be bought. The Meeting Next Monday. j Wo sincerely hope the meeting to bo held " hero next Monday will baa large and represon- ' lative one. It is particularly desirablo that the farming clement of the couDty should bo ' well represented in it. Every township should * be represented. No one is asked to endorse G the object for which the meeting is called, un- 0 less he is perfectly satisfied that it will be a ' public benefit. 0 Let all who possibly can, eoroc and listen, c and decide for themselvos. If they can sec no ^ public good to arise from the proposed enter- n prise, thorc will be no harm done to them or c any one else; but it is more than probable that they will hear something that will prove of T great, interest ana money value to litem. * The town has determined to de her full share ' in the matter, and as her citizens firmly be- 0 lioTe that the interest of the farmers and every ' other class in the county is as deeply involved * in the establishment of a Cotton Factory, it is e only asked that the citizens throughout the ' county should show sufficient interest in their own welfare to induce them to come together c and consult as to the best means of benefitting ' themselves. 1 c Go to MJCHHEirS for Ice Cold Soda Water 1 with pure Fruit Syrups. 4m. ( Personal Mention. J As the "Local" bos been absent all the week ' attending the unveiling of the Calhoun Monu- ' ment at Charleston, we have tried to pick up * a few local dots. ' We are please to see the genial faco of Mr. c Thos. Lee Thorp, of Virginia, on our streets ' again. 1 We had a very pleasant visit from Mr. Ri cc, 1 the efficient Principal of the Sintue School. Miss Kffio Tate ended her vUit hero last Wednesday. , Capt. 11. C. Johnson started on a month's trip | to the West last Wednesday. A ploismt trip to ] you, Captain. ( Misses Ema and Martha Caldwell, of Charles- { ton, ore visiting their brother, ltev. W. A Cold- ( well. \ We had a pleasant visit from our old friend, j W. Lee Davidson, of Fish Dam. Like ourself, j bo don'l look a day younger (ban ho did ten years ago. c The only persons from this town who want to t tba Calhoun Monument unveiling, wero, Messrs ' C. C. Gulp, H. M. Orimball, A. U. Stokes and J tba impressible Local of the Timti. t ? i Go to the ItAKF.RV for Soda Water, Milk c Shakes or Lemonade. din. c ? Sunday School ConventionThe Inter-denominational Sunday School Convention of the three townships, Snntuo, Fish Dam and Goshen Hill, will meet at Salem Ij Church, Santuc, at 10.30 A. M. on SaturJny 0 bofore the 3d Sunday in May. Representatives b from every Sclioll, in said townships are etru- w eslly requested to attend. Speakers from abroad nre expected. H J. M. Fbiuay, Chairman. J fi Jonesville?Farming?Health, &c. The rnrming interest of the Joncsvillo Cornunity exhibits no relaxation. The energy of > le farmers is truly commendable, nnd if the t >ming harvest docs not teem with plenty, they < re resolved that blame shall not lie at their ' oor. The crops are now pretty well planted, ' otli cotton and corn, and the latter is now be- 1 )g wotked cut, especially the earlier planting. 1 he wheat prospect is rapidly improving and ' te recent refreshing rain and cool weather are 1 ill favorable to its further developments. Jonesville is proverbial for its healthful locaion and pure good water. It has likewise a ne mineral spring, whose healing waters tone be stomach and give quiet to the restless dvseptic. Beautiful for situation is Joncsville, n the olerated plane midwny between the waers of the racolet and the Fair Forest. Its obnbitsnts in the aggregate, are a kind, liospiible, sympathetic and charitable people; posessed of thoso social qualities so highly emulated to soothe the asperities of arduous toil nd to light up n smile even in the aspect of roe. If there should be a doubting Thotnns in egard to these broad assertions, wo only say to lim what l'hilip raid toNathnnnel, in reference o any good coming cut cf Nazareth, "Como and sc." A short -visit to Snntuc recently discovered he fact that the old township. No. C, is fully >n the olcit as to the farming interest, and is t formidable competitor with her rival sisters . An. !. *i.~ r-11 ir --i- i_ .i__ ire in a flourishing condition. Mrs. K. S. Thom3 is doing n good pnrt by her little flock of young dea*, and young Mr. Rice, in charge of the lantuc Academy, has n large and flourishing chool, and seems to be putting forth all his incrgies to make a success of his honorable and audablc vocation. His instructions are both >ractical and thorough, and if the school does tot prosper and flourish the fault will surely tot be his. A pleasant night spent with my old friend .'apt. R. S. Thomas and his family, brought lack to my memory in bold relief many hnppy ecollcctions of the palmy days of the years il?2 and 3. Though the Capt's and friend Ifarren D. Arthur's tobacco experience was ather dearly bought, the Captnin no doubt is iow on a higlisr plane to success, in tbe way of ish industry. Ho has decidedly the finest fish iond I hare ever seen, and it is now wall locked with the finny tribe of ( srp, of both pecies, that have been introduced into our sountry. Any one who will visit his pond will eadily conolude|ibat the Captain is on the high 'oad to success in the fish enterprise. In this enterprise he is not left to the mercy of Rip lran AVinkle, who, notwithstanding his quandum ong nap, is now too wide awake to invite a ival in the culturo of tobacco, from cotton [rowing South Carolina. May the Lord send tbe early and the latter rain, live courage to farmers to wsrk and not complain. [*0 gallicr in fall from ficMs abounding in grain, Enough to pay all honest debts that remain. W. M. F. An Enoouraging Lottor. Kisston N. C., April 19, 1K87. To Union Twin:?Tlireo years have sped by OK* 1 b>4t hivSMl < union lu fin J kJimm ia , he Old North Slate. However it be with other ninistcrs, for myself I can say, that I have alrays retained a peculiar interest in every place v here I have lived nnd labored in the Ministry, ind Union is no exception. Tbo items of home tews in The Times from woek to week give rue oy or sorrow as tlioy indicate the prospority md welfare of your town and County or otherrise. My interest in the prohibition of the liquor rusincss there and here and everywhere, coninues unabated , indeed. I may soy, is ever ;rowing. I long to sec the day, which is surely oming, when this greatest enrse of earth, as n obs'acle te business prosperity, as the banc f human happiness, as the fruitful source of rime, wretchedness and woe, shall only be nova in the history of tho past, and when ten shall say, "how wonderful that people ould have been so long and so sadly deluded. As tho spring tide bas been delayed by cold rinds nnd nipping frost, nnd lias now rushed uddetily upon us with genial influence, bringng glorious transformation, so the good time f freedom from the liquor curse has been dcayed by avarice and wicked lust; and so, ly and by, it will burst with gladdening influinco upon every town, county and State of our and : Go l speed the day ! We are now having in this town quite a boom if interest in manufacturing enterprise. A ioap nnd Starch factory, and also a Mill for naking cotton goods, are on tho tapis. I sinterely hope tbey may be built, and think they will be. Your Editorials in behalf of such enerprises in Union are eminently wise and >ractical. There is no sense in the South send g raw materials of various kinds to the North 'or small remuneration and tben buying them >ack to the large renumeration of Northern aotories and business houses. With tho prolucts of our own soil and cheaper labor than he North can fiud, at our door, we certainly tre able to compete in samo lines of Manufac' ,ure, Very Respectfully, Yours, A. J. HIRES. - -? O From Ihc repotted proceedings of Ihc inveiling of Ihc Calhoun Monument at Charleston, last Tuesday, it was a grand affair, doing lonor to tho hospitality and patriotism of that sity. The oration of Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar is laid to be a masterly effort, ami held the vast tudienco in wrapped attention for three hours. iVc have not bad time to read tha full report of t in the Xrto anil Courier, but in speaking of t the editor of that journal says : The man and the occasion met. The oration if the lion. L. Q. C. I.amnr nt the dedication of he Calhoun monument yesterday was a magnifcent tribute to the greatest of American stalesnen. It was worthy of the distinguished ipeakcr?massive and grand as tho chnractor of he illustrious dead. It was, in a word, a finshed work, to the accomplishment of which tho irator had brought tho graces of rhetoric, the iharin of scholarship, the clear apprehension of he philosopher, the discriminating judgment if the critic and the broad understanding of the talesman. ITIf KRK WAS PlLATK lloR.N ??OllO of tllC Scotch inpors has recently contained several letters on lie subject of the birthplace ef Pontius Pilntc, no writer actually maintaining that lie was orn at Garth Castle in Perthshire, a legend hicli it was attempted to support by the state icni mat his rather was Koman Gorernir of erlhshire ; but this is manifestly nonsense, ns ic Romans did not invnile Caledonia till nearly fty years after the crucifixion. Miastenary Work on North FaoolstJ-'ilitor Unhn Tirnt* : In connection with the Sabbath School exercises, it was our privilego mil pleasure to attend a meeting of 'Tlie Lalies Missionary Society,' at Abingdon Creek Cburcb, on the 24th inst. This society has recently organised with Miss Alice McCulloch, ? most accomplished young lady, for its president. The corps of Ladies who compose this Christian institution is a representative body if the intelligence and beauty of our North I'acolct country, and tho zeal with which they have gone to work in this nsble cause is a eunrantco of its success. The essays read by Mrs. Tollcson and Miss Donnic MoCluncy woro well timed nnd scholarly productions. The music was superb, and (lie whole proceedings nutikcd (lie highest order of intelligence. Wo hope to nttend (ho next meeting and give your readers an extended repert. Vox. April 20, 1887. Dr.fknmxn a Coloiikd Cuimixai..?The spcctaclc of a white lnwyer of position coming without price from South Caroliua into nn ndjoiuing State to defend from the charge of murder a colored man who lmd keen his father's slaro and the companion of liis boyhood, as was witnessed here last week, is nn eloquent proof te the colored race that their best friends are to bo found in tho ranks of tlicir former masters. It tins often been remarked that the slave-owners of the South treated Ibeir bondsmen with more consideration than the factory owners of the North have ever shown their hands, Occurrences like this, which are not so infrequent as one might suppose, forcibly attest this truth. The incident to which reference has been made was honorable, alike, to former master and former slave.?Shelby, X. C. Xne Era. As the name of the "white lawyer of position faom South Caroliua," is not given in the nbove, we deem it but justice to liim to state that it was Mr. C. C. Cnlp, of this towD, one of tho largest hearted and most promising voung men in llie State, who so nobly responded to the call of an old family servant in trouble, nud, without asking or expecting to bo reimbursed or rewarded for the expense time and labor incurred, freely gave the faithful companion of his childhood the benefit of his legal knowledge and timo to defend him in the hour of great danger and distress. Assault o? a Wiiitk DoMKsTtcnr a Naomi.? Louisville, April 114,?The brutal assnilant of Jennie Bowman, the white domestic who was fatally beaten by burglars laEt Thursday, hns been captured. The arrest was made last night, nod the guilt of the man established by his own confession. The miscreant is a burly black negro named Albert Turner. He entered a bouse in a fashionable part of the city betwoen 11 and 12 in the morning, having first observed thntnll of the inmates had left. While he was ransacking the placo the girl returned and fought him, giving him several gashes in tho face with a tumbler. Tho brute knocked her down, crushing in her skull with a brass poker and otherwise disfiguring her, and then made his escape. Ho said he hnd gone to the house for the purpose of robbery nnd had ransacked several rooms when Jennie Bowman came in. The bravo girl seized him at onco, he said, and he could not gel away from hero until he st:uck her on the head. Ho knockcl her down, but she sprang up again and struck him with the glass. He caught up tho poker arid struck her again and again, but the glass was shivered ou his head before she was overpowered- Then, he said, wheu she fell for the last time ho ran ?..! (I.. ? on,I ocx, nod Tl.n .1.1 o, ill ? ? > ? ""J ?"? K" * liujjcra at the point of death with slight hopes of hor recovery. Tna S. and A. Road.?Tbero was a meeting railrp?HtM>u in the inlereil of llip Asheville & SpafTnnburg Itoad last Wednesday evening. There were present. Col. A. 11. Andrews, of Western North Carolina, Col 11. Y. McAdou, of Charlotte, Col. Frank E. Taylor, of Charleston, Major John C. llaskell, of Columbia, Col. R. II Richards, of Atlanta, Major James Anderson of llcndersonville. Col. Joseph Walker and J no. B. Cleveland Esq., of Spartanburg. They ?ay tlint they did nothing, but they evidently c>usidered several probable propositions and discussed plans and made preparation for the meeting here the 1th of May. It is the hope of all interested, along the line of this road, that something will be done to facilitate tratlin over this line, If a Spartanburg merchant wishes 'o send a car load of goods to Asheville, it has to go round by Charlotte, and it is said that good* from Landrum, about forty-five railc3 from Asheville by railroad are shipped to Spartanburg, thence to Charlotte and ovor the Western North Carolina road to Asheville, a distance of about two hundred and fifty miles.?Spartan. A Ctolonk in North Carolina.?Ha'eight, N. C., April 111.?A recent cyclone in t httliaui County, thirty miles from Raleigh, did much damage. It came from the South, and first struck the farm of J. T. Brewer, destroying his barns, stable and w.odshop. The public school house, in which Rev. James Clcgg was teaching twenty children, was turned around and uiovod some feet, but not a child was hurt. The store of John A. Knight was torn to pi.'ces and the goods wero scattered in all directions. Same cheese was found a quarter of a mile away. The cyclone then unroofed the dwelling of Neal Kniglit, twisted a part of it around and demolished his gin-hnuse, barn, stables and blacksmith shop. Two of his daughters wero injured. The barn and stables of S. T. Wamble were swept away and some vacant buildings were wrecked near the samo place. The cyclone swept a path through the woods, four to five hundred yards wide for a distance of five miles. It was the greatest storm on record in that country. Indian Trouiii.cs.?Minneapolis Minn., April 2o.?A oorroanondent has iust returned from (ho Winnobago anil Crow Creek reservations, accompanied by Sheriff Harris. The greatest excitement exists. Indians covered with war paint ond armed with Winchesters were met on the road, mounted and following the troops. A company of the latter, reinforocl by a mob of Indians, this morning proceeded to carry out instructions, Sheriff llnrris says there arc over three hundred actual farmers still residing on these lands. Many have plowed over fifty acres nnd put in seed, all of which will be destroyed. The number of settlers that come under President Cleveland's ousting proclamation was eight hundred, H.alf-brecd Gillatn, the scout, fears trouble with the Sioux and reports thorn quietly leaving the big Sioux reservation. Sheriff Harris returns to-n<ght and will guard his property. Navassa Phosphate Company.?Haltimore, .\ nril In llm IInii?.l Smioj Pirnnli ? bill was filcl Asking for an injunction ami a receiver for the Navassa Phosphate Company, nn incorporation of New York. The bill allege* that Walter l.awton, the President, ab'cimlct after issuing large amounts of fraudulent paper in the name of the company, Holders of such papers to the amount of nearly $200,009 have threatened to issue attachments on the property of the company in Ih is jurisdiction. The prayer was granted and Thomas M. I.tnahatu an 1 Walter It. McAette were appointed receivers to tnkc charge of the assets of the company.? They filed a bond for $'>00,000. katntrn Wiikn Hk Hkaiii> tiih Vr.antrr? Austin, Tex., April 23?Paliick M. Ilenr.essy, a prominent and formerly a wealthy merchant ofGalreston, acte?l as Sergeant-at-Arms of tho Slate Senate, whicli adjourned April 4. lie was dismissed, charged witli forging sundry vouchers. He eras indicted by the graml jury and yesterday convicted in the Uisirict Court and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.? When the verdict was read Ilenccssy throw up his bauds and fainted.