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Groat Flood in Augusta Wo wish our space won 11 allow w.s to giro tlie first full uis?l sadly interesting account of (lie Aitgu.it !1 .|.i?l, rrportc I by the very able correspondent of the A <//t7 Coiiriir, but wo can only give the following leseript ion of the condition of tit!.', city when the waters cointncnce 1 to recede : At.tfsTA, Align it i!. ? Special: There was general rejoicing when the people of Augusta awoke tin - morning and found the waters rccoe ling. They were sulniding slowly and nre at I o'clock thirty inches below the highest point, which me r.uclit I at two o'clock yesterday eltertio- it. Ilioad street is entirely above water from Fait hoiindaiy to west end, but tlreeue, Telfair. Walker and Fen wick, together with South (.' minimis and si'd the norlheasforn portion of the e.ly, are still overllowe.1 to a depth of from one to ten feet. I made another ti ur through the city litis inurniti-' and found the damaoe to nil properly to be fir no-re than c;i:i le i map i tie-1. Miiny streets art! washed into pta-at pulleys anil made entirely impassable. sidewalks are wn.sho 1 entirely 11j , fences ait I st.iall houses have Honied from their former ( bilious, fiirnittirc of every leaerirtinii may lie seen lloni'tnp about on the surface in sttelt e >I?!* i 11 that it seems uttcily impossible lor owners to distinguish their pr-perty. In fact i tattei are in a perfect 9IM03 from one en I of the city to the other. Till; tsttoivI.N r\N\t.. The break in the canal bitik has widened considerably, an I \v iter is still (lowing I hrough it nipiilly. A swift cut rent it Mowing ilmvn lireeti street from one to live Icet in depth, ml many iioit-ei ai till umler water, 'i lie small wooileo lion i ami feti :es near the break are in lilt* Utmost. C itifil-ioii, being all washed together ma I ea 11 I ai t her ?l u u. a! Lombard's foiimlry, w here the bit ak occurred in the -ec mill level of thee inal. a largo force of hin Is is at work Ityiug to repair it an I save the I'niimlry. which liasmrcaly been c aisi lerahly damaged. lite wheel have I washed Out I'rulll iiit-lei* it ami I lie I OIII bit sou <1 a n ape I lit iicrially. I? s ih<* loss (.f a great <|>1:1 ittit v of work which lta-1 just been complete 1 :ru I that umler way. Nat.a- ; till surrounding it to theilepl!: ol six or cirhl feet. Many canal bridg* - hav been waahc-l awny :iri I i'I ri .? ii:r' . Ill I n* |?t*.Irums itlul vcliiflt*.-. me I'iMi 11 :> 1 tin ir ( ?#- 1I1 .lis. 'II.o trity tinw |n?>oiils III.- .mco of one Luilt in :i ttwaiiip. mi i'.mi: 1 1 -1 -1.: hi n v i.i>:i;ii.i, 1'? 11 -i I<ri 1.1 In- 1.1 j i I?y ? I ilie ri- ? tin 1 Ihe Inrrcnls ! v. :ii? f 1 iiui have Iii?-11 lluw in^ 1 !irniijrli the stleel-; il i- 1 en.hi l?:ililr 1 li ii llivlw.i 1;::;; li..t lur t xeeei'e 1 wli.il ii re illy is. As it is I lie Inl's heuvi'y 11 11 of \ tiy u I *. I'm r it is it.- >1 ly Il.i? I.> w-e- 1.i"ii.is il l - tii.it hive Inen riii!.'.-!. I li-ii- j r } eriy li is lieeii 'le-troynl, :i 11 t liu-ie are liiimirii "1' i :i es where ) <>..r In- | !? .110 III lit' I <i .1 -Is! Uli'f. illil III nine. .'?! 1 is I1.1- ulttioly I. < 11 lilieiully Mll>>?-r. 1 ! I mi I ;i --i-iain f 1 I111^5 ;:.\oii t<> ilios-in ili--' iluti* i n rum : in. vs. r> ,\ - i.i 1 1111: 11 null. 'I'h 1- iii-u niii;; n simiiiiti- fulfil was tiri'lehy a I'ifiiii'iiti at ihf I ;*i I.'1 . A h--r-e 11.11 1 Imru'v wen-m on l! -iiiiii;r il'.wn tin: liver mi I won' ihiim|ii ; 111-i S I -1 fin- 1 i<> 1 iie lu i-|fI In- ittiitvri I')- lllis liiuk ill}! a iii. - v nil II -i-l of harness. < >11 ("nl. II. ri;i:u/.v's farm. i:u 111 r<11:111-1 y helnw 1 In- eilv, .' eliit ken-, i.'.u turkeys ami :v 1111 in Li-r ?>! ! tit* I'u 1 ..-hi; f liiy- were <lruwin--l. Ilisliite .!.-i -iy i.illi !c were In i f0 In swim fill iiinl well' -nve i. Mr |?i 11111 -, she vi r-ei r, li i?l to hriii}! Iii.i t'.iiiiilv 1. 'In- 1 iiy in liniiis. Mr. 1 'raw In ri I 111 iles i- alniit i he heaviest In-er niin'li.' s In- 11 \ r lit: > 1 . 1.1 l.-ss 1- wenling S 11H i. Mi rs. W . .1 lliitln ; 1 1 .v ' 1 , |. >1 He vera I liiiinlre l iln u- n. l luieli-* l?y ilieir ynr.ls In lliinilmre l ein;; ll.n. !eil in 1 lit >lf|>iliul m\ I'eel. Tin: Ii 1 v 1:it ."iii.i I m.i.im. ? \iimii-11, August I ? II I'. M -At i!i-t en u'fluek in -night the river lins fallen ! lift, ami cuiiUiuies *0 tall at 1 lie rate of iln four inches ifir. hour. Jt is uou ihi'ii^ht ui! .lander has j.assf.l aud Uii ubu&l t i tl>? * vi v i- i ?suiuail. tliu I1ivi:i: Hisi.ni; An \:s.? A'i;.:i:sia, A up. ? At 11 o clock l?t the liver has i i-cii I'ruiu feet i? tJ~- t ( i tie lit <, au<l is ri*ii?p nj?ain at the rate I' tv.n inches |'-r hour. It i? thought this is ;roli: the t ; t' last night's rains uji the river, an i li..i it vaiui"! rise t<> more than thirty leet Nw -ta' -veins to tear allot her orirll v?. aitli i:;.'li it i- I'n-sihle. - ? : li ui.i ' \ti \i e. i .inml i i, \nu11~I 'J. \ s| 11 i il i... 1. ii". I i s li;. , | ii|._* | he I hat IvsI. n. il elliliali in. i i liiva^ l!ai!|>. .1 ?:ts hel I in the . i in i i 'eiiti t lli.'el to-lay. The meet in* I.i-itl i .r :.l ui.I Ittii r h.'iirs. The peiicrnl in ina.a r. i". !. .1..h:.-..:i. an.I several of the 'li I cot ui \\ el c j resent. I It e ns..11 h.ii. ii . i the i.< irpia an.I i'ar..lina .mi i!.in.i i!.iiir .i i tviili the i'lirec I' m tins v..in |'!ele 1 It it:.'- >iei . n ! that liiis hlatiih shnllhl l e > a'.le , ; In i: _.. :i i. v i-i n !'1 lie I 'li.arIt-I II, i 'lin im.ai i an t ' h.cairn llninl, an 1 all the m lel.lei|i:e?s tif t !i licni-jMu ami t'lrnlilli m? i html it iil i e ;. ,111 i r.> l al i nee. i his ~h 11 1 i iiitiiceany win- may h ive l eeiiskeilie.il that i ie i".i i" 11, ?i iiiii il i i ni l t hieap'i Itaili'nil ' jiiy i I a i 11 ii? !. anil t hi | -e.. j ! i* in ihe i i ::.iii ! e .iiniry thmupli which the A11;;ii?ia !i\i i ni i!' Itiu :i; r in he eniipiatulaleil U|..n )i:tvin..* i!ie Three ' > take Ii >hl of their real. lie-nlut inii were ja--el aeee | i. n the Ads i>f the In I I i'T|>! i!'.:es i .- >ntli l areliii i North I 11>.!111ii. Virginia, Tennessee uinl Kcnliieky 1'aVol ah'e In I lie I i.i ee ' I'll? iilel.' i i v w. exjceti ! to .lit hilt 11.1 lint j.ui in ni; a j | *i trance. Ii i- n.iiv very | r..hnine that tin 11tti* en li v A;: :usia 4ivi-i> u, I'rnin I lie.n I i lia lneV I .IV. W..I ii t.e l... .ie.l Tltis iusi<l is expeeieil n> cnned with tin- main 11 IK- ti( si* nr.it' I re.-: > Ay, ill;' In'i'l'sivl i utility, \. i . 1!;.. w; 1 i an in -i nil' 11no I'ruiii As III n. i.n ilie hiM lliver. i" \ii;:u?i i. I iic sin .ey:iii i ! ih' Three i > un 1 el' i.ijl. (i. A. I.i.iii nr. ! us j uri iii r. veil :it I nii'ii tui'l \\;1! iinw inn ever I e entile line fivm I ii isii i i A !;,.? : i I : I lie j ur| - e ol' ehan.:ill}! Ihe :i 1 i i.iuelit u ln '.-e ] i ict ieah! suel leliiein^ I lie I i iti. U in ii ihis i - iii'1.1 :i T ree I hall i* will he |iiit i.pn i i.: - Mctii'ii i I I lie i'"'? I snnl the \\<ik will he i'i; Is I. i mi. liaiiisulir ainl h i"i'|?. ii j n ii iehil:_* Augusta as Matcl niu'Ve. will 11 un it i i in 11 alii hi vey the lino in liallnes i Tiy. mi I .>:i I a ] Tut n liie main line 'ill:lee s\ | l.'Tahiy hy way u| lliyii Sip a'- A. ' . w. eie a ir^e c 't; n; iac(>>ry is L?i'inyc hull! hv a n-! :fe pe pie. I h ye: : ,. i., .na^er ?;:?!? < tii r sixteen Ihutis ninl 11: i . I -1 . ., o" T i.' " I a ii i, e. a s la | i esonicl ..! i ae "in ..ii,- : j lay. 1 lie sleek ol I lie c :n; any i- "J 1.1'i.in -hares. w . i.. o A -in - o lii.rhw i\n: m lie'el lip two eo.ichcin' ii' 111 ] . - pr111 !' ineli ei'iiiily. Texas, i I*ri'lav nij*lii uiel : I tlie mail | niches ut' I In i' i . : i \ . : I.; i e. e-l package | win Ii he i u'i 1 lie Ii:-i -: j ; c 1 lie en iu!i 11 >i.: 1 r h is- hai r luar where it \v i- j In lueel I lie nirli ! i en \u.-t: 11. 11 e I > t m < 1 the ilrixev h in I n 1 : a:ii ';.i*?j!e?l him Ulim Ihec. aea 11 < ?iii An-" u mine lie tvpeiitC'l his ? .ii. 11,. .ii a:; I |. ie ill w i ii (he mail. I iie <li inn - i ? ii ?t T.iinklluy cm ! 1 in lent if"\ I lie I'ohter. ....... .... . . i i .1, I--.. I!I(MI?IV0 I < 10 I c tl.-vrvi'.l t.y t in Miilicl.-t I. < linrcli. Sniiili. ii> :i wid; > ' i i ij'cr and "ill U'tiial, Ilir.iiigli .lit liic ? ! i. < ii .it 1 i.u i.i'?v< iia-iii -.Mi* -ag1 Iy I' li'.ji iii way. nil I the mi?>n lio:ii-i ). i\c Ii i 1 a ] i etiiiiiiH' jrcparid and have I'linud a: ! i- m'. Iiiijr< nt . leaflet. giving in r.>iid.-ii i I ! i 'n in! riuaiiuti i -1ting the vaii'.n ia i' ti j :i i j . I -J ; . i .r -Ii - en >i ii arc iin i I I .r tacli day daring (lit* )| \*l>l !. I I > * yy . . j, | . In! I * 1 V < M I I'M l-'nrl ,.|| II'. I II' nil'. !?" ' I I I'l llf I I | I . , ' J11 I?TU..V, Jill'I . I, ii.. i, * i -? 'u":" "' J ,, , j.,. , , ii grow ii.v c?-v| ??* gre I. ?hc oolcchli; clnioi Whites It. M. STOKES, - - Editor UNION, FRIDAY Al'UtST 5, 1SS7. SUBSCRIPTION-?32 00 PER ANNUM. New Post Office Hours In consequence of the ohnngc of schedule on the railroad, the arrival and departure of limits at this ofllce is neccMtarily changed. As the mails North and S out li arrive and depart during the night, the following hours for closing and delivering mails ul the l'cs'ollice will be observed. The Northern and Southern mails will close at ? p. in. A messenger will call at every plate of business, at ">! I'. M., for letters and other mail matter. The street boxes will he closed at ">.! 1*. M. sharp. The ollieu will be open promptly at ? o'clock A. M., for the tn>\ delivery, and at S o'clock for general delivery. On Sundays the olliee will he open from 1 to o'clock, A. M.. J. C. HUNTER, l?. M. At the annual meeting of the Statt ( 1*14 n 11 I ) i v m 11111 S til' '1* In* ill nf A lilmvitlii 1-ia week, (Jul. Jiio. F.. Voung, of this town wm clcctuil 0. \V. A. the second highest ollice in tli< Order. J , Charles It. Jones, proprietor of tin Charlotte Ohtrrr.i-, has mutlc an assignment foi the benefit of hi- creditors. Liabilities if'.t.oiMl much for a so-called democratic editor goiti| into the ranks of the Independent parly, am running for Congress on the Independent ticket 0 families supplied with Ice Cream and CuK at short, notice, at reduced puces, at ULCI 11 KIT S. t>v.? '<ih ! what a big watermelon Mr. T J Harris did raise this year. It wcightr lilty pounds, and he had a number of the aain sort weighing from '!"> to I't lbs. lint our friend l?. II. Kant is entitled to th premium for a ill lb. muskmcluii raised by hit oil hi- .Santuc farm. Ice Creaiu free from all adulier.nioii, oU cts per <piart at lib't'll II LI I S. W?sa? ^ aru picas cd I unit Town Marsha U. I'. May say lie is iiiir-1 to break u the nightly rowdyism of a let of young negroc in i ivvii. We are (old that some of tlietu ar drunk nearly every night and tlieir behnviou is often scandalous. It ilieir parents will no >?r eainiut keep tliem from annoying decen people at night, the Marshal will, hy puttinj tlieni under Sliorill Long s watchful cure, tin*, the council decides what, amount their deviltr is worth. for lee t ream and takes, Soda Water, Mil Shake or Lemonade, go to 111 I'll IIKIT'S lurk ery and i'oiiicclioiicry. 1h\ Mr. Macbeth \ onng came very lieu Ining killed hy a young hull in his father yard a few days ago. The animal tossed hit in the air upon his horns and would have gore him as he fell, hut Mr. Young actively escaped and seizing a heavy biick struck him on th head, stunning the animal long enough to pet ndt him to get out of the enraged brute' much, it was a narrow escape and Mac. ^Iftipiiffc on thc^trcetfTroin the injuries he r< eeived* li must ne tm 11 iin^ > lusuinl oi >to^ lilies, fi ilii.- is llie lliir.l narrow escape 1 rum a I u that we have heard of in the past I en days. ??0'" A report comes lu tt> thai last week negro was arrested in ?partanhurg, suppose to ' ? the notorious Hill Sartor, who, with li hruiher lloli. it will be remembered by man of our citizens, cuinpletely terrorized the pet pie of this t'ounly, both white and colored, b their daring robberies and desperate lawless tie-s, about ten years ago. 2 It we remember right, Hill and H >b wer tried and convicted in this county for burglar and sentenced to the I'cuiteiitiry for :v term t years. Hoth of tlietu escaped front the I'en tentiary ; Hill was caught and sent back t the lVniientlary, where, wo heard afterward lie died. Hob was killed in Charlotte, by a olheer. in a struggle to arrest hint lor a criu Commit ted there. We may be mistaken abot Hill being re-arrested and dying in jail, la that i- the general impression here: we r member what a relief wo all loll when v heard that belli ot those desperadoes woi dead. - Initio pallor in rc-i'ivc for ladies a I Ult'l lll l I S Ice t team ami Soda water Saloon. - I.-,- The dignified, ami law-respecting a iivii of ilio citizens of Lauroiis in dealing wii tiic ease "I J 1'. Sliealian. i\lio in cold 1'Iot Killed Kuftis I.. bishop, and tlie jury lliat a '1 ante a liiin, iniiM receive the most cordial a| 1 loleiii n and praise of every good law-abiJii in hi and woman in the country, and if the -tr? ng public ti en ii uc ii I ie-11 doe> not drive Sliei h in on; ot the i- uiiiy, and beyond the recogu ii n id'decent people, bis ceti-eicnce must ii'oii-hoiiud and copper fastened. It was ah very unfortunate, to say the least, in theeorre poiidetit of the- X> u> tin / ('ournr to write I that Journal thai the people thought Sliealian kiiiiug e't IJishi p mi- an act of - elf-detense, whe a:l tin- j root went to show that it was a e >v ardiy killing of an unarmed man. Mc ran si hut one pallia!tug feature in Shcalinn s tluvo m l that was bishop s defaming his mother and sister s character, hut it appears thai She: hnu had n t ilio manliness to even call him I icc mill for thai. The j eoplc of 1.aureus have thus given to tl world a nohle cvunpio ot forhearaiiee and lug moral citizenship, under circumstance* of tnos aggravating loiiipliition to avenge a gricvoi I uhlic wrong, hy preventing, perhaps, the coir in ittal of a ci iiue against society, the good nam and law- of the county and Statu. All hone in good old I .aureus. - New 1'aper in' harlcston We have received the prosprders of a nc daily paper to he published ill I h: .i lesion. ill der the iiiime of llie Sow, which the proprietor s iy --hall shine for nilli i- lo he nn ovoii.sg paper, and its editoi iu-chiel is Mr \. 11. Williams, who for som years ] ji-1 has heen ih?* aide and spriglitl, editor of the tireeiiville A'" ?. If lhe lime ha eoiiievrhen two papers, morn and evening, an- really needed hy I lie people e I 'I I.. V ...III - I < n in it .1 met >?. si ii* i ? kit' u ipi nnii in iIn- .-' inli ?'iiiini'iilI, IlilDi..1 t r iiiul.iit^ it ,i hue*v?* iliau Mr. W ii !m* j>ro?pciHy . |,.^vv cur Ixv.i lu -? j.# WHEREIN IS OUR OFFENCE ? Tli Our esteemed friend A. A Naiiatt, of North lacolet, must have been in a but humor last at Saturday when he penned his criticisms on cil what wo said last week about the progress of th the Three C's road toward this place. If any fr< one cau show wherein we expressed in that nr- sc tide, the least fear "about th .* road coming to in this town," we should like for him to point it out. On the contrary we said, in effect, that an we were nssurcd that it wis ro tinny here: We, however, mentioned that there were rumors to afloat that the line may be changed beyond thin tr jdart; and we repeal it, such rumors arc afloat; n> : and we challenge Mr. Sarratt or anyone else in th this county to say where this branch of the p> I roal wili intersect with the|main line of the th Three C s road. At the meeting when the 0. and C. Midland was merged in the Threo C's road, it was tin- m derstood that the road through litis (won should . be built (rum hrrc to Charlotte. Mr. Sarratt > was at tliat meeting, wo believe, and inift have p< known that, for although the claims of Gafl'noy m ; City ami lllacks were nhly presented to the in ; company, Mr. Johnson, Superintendent of the t road then gavo the gentlemen who repre3 scnled the stock of this county to understand C( c that the road would be built to Charlotte, and p, wc so stated after tho consoli Jatioti was com- y, plctcd; and it has been s^b. understood jit this 0| B community, until Mr. Ilamsour and his corps of ff r surveyors came 011 the line, ten dsys ago, when ,| ' they created the impression that a change fro in K that route may be made, as they expected to p ' receive orders to run a line from //</ < to Call'- C( ney city. At first, it will be remembered, the road was to go to CaHncy City, sure, then to s: I Macks, sure, and at last to Charlotte, sure', 11 and a survey was made on the latter route to f, Yorkville; but now rumor SHys it wt</y go to a (Jall'ney City. c, d Although we are in favor of the Charlotte ^ e connection, we have studiously avoided saying anything in the Ti.Mr.s against cither the Call'- | e ncy or lllacks route. We certainly have not . II "used our paper" against the best interests of p the county, in the matter. p We have said before that we had no objec tioii to the connection at lllacks, if the emu- C patty decided upon it: knowing that that " I route would give us a few more miles of railroad, and through a section of our county greatly in s need of railroad facilities. Hut we tail to see how the route to Charlotte '' 0 would put L'tiion oil" from an almo.-t direct line r .... ^ to Citieiunati, Chicago, ami Charlotte; while we run see how it Would put us on u ?/// cl line to n Uichiiioitd, Washington, ISallimore, l'hiladel- :i ^ phia and New \ork, a?td by making the inter- s section only a few miles below lllacks, in York ^ County, the "almost direct lino to Cincinnati " and Chicago, would be maintained and tut in- *' k tcrfcred with in the least. a I'ou I,you now see. friend Sarratt. why it is rumored that the road "beyond this place may >< be changed'.' Hy connecting at lllacks it would 1 Otllv secure one. a Western, outlet, and heenme r a feeder to the Airline mini fur the Northern 11 freight and travel from this section, whereas, 1 d by crossing its own track a few miles below ' Macks, it wotthl still control that outlet and at t 0 Charlotte secure Northern and Eastern outlets, with all the freight and travel from and to the * great markets of those sections of our country, ^ aud#woul i also l>e a competing line L line road, w hielt is of paramount necessity to this county. " Jiestdes all this,' trieiol Sarratt.* the line' to " Charlotte would pass almost within liailing dis- : taucc of the famous l.ackhart Shoals in this k County, and we have many sound reasons for believing that capitalists having more inllu* once with the magnates ofthe'fhrcc t"s road . than yourself, the little Cniott Timks or a * whole township, arc only awaiting the advent of v the locomotive at that point to utilize them, l?y building one or more Cotton factories on them, which we believe would hen- beneficial to the ^ county at large as the railroad. We do not advocate Charlotte - interest at ^ the sacrifice of the best intcro-i of any section of our own county, and we only represent the favorable features of the Charlotte route to let you know how the railroad cat is likely to jump, at last, with the confident belief that what we say t > you thus publicly will not have a feather's weight ia influencing the managers j of tlio road in locating the route. Another tiling, friend Sarratl. we are net too , uM. or loo self conceited, to receive with kind- ( nc-s and even thankfulness any suggestion you or any other gentleman may ?ec proper t ? make ' In us, when made in that courteous and gentleI m.inly manner which has always characterized y.air intercourse with u.-. TilK KA1NS--I)AMAI?K TO CUOPS We have made every ellort to learn the true '' condition of the crops and water courses in id the county since the heavy rains of last week. 1 In the absence of any direct inl rinaiion from 1 sections in danger id* heing tlooded, along the 'h river-- and creeks, we had to depend on per" Sena 1 enquiries, and the 1 ir-1 reports from those | l* sources were so contradictory an 1 unreliable < 1 that we have delayed to the list morr.ent beforegoing to press to write any report unless , corrohorated. The following, we think, may , s" he relied upon I lo The bottom lands at rinekney, cn Itroad I s llivcr were badly overllowed, and the corn in it that section has been seriously damaged, Mr. k. .1 ?' I arrar has lost liis whole coin crop, alid I N A. Morchea 1 and I". ? W hillock logctlicr i ,. liato lost T .?? ? bushels of corn. < flic Forest, ;it last accounts hJ not got far | lit of it- l ank?. and l>iii little damage lias i t tieen done on that .stream. The lliee s hridg* , lo was washed away. It was only a temporary | bridge. i Tygcr and lliiorce Hirers were very high and > it is supposed great damage lias been done to . corn on those streams. The Mail Ki lcr reported on Wednesday that 1 the new (list s hinLcoii Tyger, only completed ' a few- weeks ago, had been washed away, but 'r iho report has since been contradicted, which we hope is correct. We have heard nothing from I'acolet or * Thickety. i \cept licit the lands along those lv streams were Hondo I, but not deep, and it was ' ' thought but little dan ago had been done to ' Corn there. find grant that it is so, for last ' year the people in that part of our county lost ' almost all their corn from freshets. l> Urea l river has been booming since Tuesday. > On Wednesday nig'nl one span of the trestle approach to the llraod river bridge at Slielton was ^ washed away, an I the inai s and passengers | have to bs tnin*firrc I. as trains cannot p?ss ? v over. ^ ) Tin- in ws received ii uii llio . nnty after tinabove wv> In 1 \ I e, i very s id in I wo le u ili?r destruction el com has i,,-cn much gi c itci tbiii al first reported. ( IS FACTORY MEETING In accordance with the r.ppiutmciit made the meeting iu June, a g luiily nutnher o< Lizens, from town ami cmity, assembled in c Court House Inst Mon lay i> hear reports 3iii the township committees to solicit subriptious ami consider the possibility of buildg a Cotton Factory here: ('apt. F. M, Fnrr was called to the chair, id Mr. J. A. Font elected Secretary. The township committees were called upon report. Two verbal reports from the cottny were made, stating tint th * people were it iu a condition at this time to lake stock in e enterprise, but fully appreciated the im utanco and benefits of sitjli an enterprise t" e county at large. This made it very evident that Hie amount died for by the terms under which the busi :?s men of this town ha I so liber illy sub ribed ($100,U(M)) could not now he obtained id it was therefore thought pro tent to post iiiciiny further action in iliti matter, at least util the financial condition of the cunity wn> nproved and the people belter able to iaves loucy in the enterprise. There can lie no doubt that the people of tin junly arc poor and in debt, although with pros ects brighter than they have been for many cars, but we must recognize the high Jdenianl f honesty and prudence to fust lift old debt om their shoulders before increasing the bur cu with new obligations, particularly when t i known by all that the present bright pros ects depend upon so many contingencies foi jntinuati ni and a favorable linil result. One thing about the ell'ort \vj can say, will itisfactiou ami nride: (lie hui iness men o te town who subscribed for "tick ?1 i?l tlici ill duty, both in very liberal subscription ml the active work they di I to insure the sue ess of the effort. We are confident thej lodged every dollar they felt able to spare nd they deserve the highest praise for tlici iherality and enterprise. Tliey proposed ti arry nearly one-half of the harden, and i lie people in all the oilier parts of the couuh ad felt aide to carry the other half we ar onfideoL they would willingly have done St nd we should have had a Factory. I?nt the, vcre not able, and the cause of failure t mild a Cotton Factory at Union to iy bo sum iied up in a very few words : The people are i cbt and too poor to build it, at present. There was no w wit of interest in the pre ect or appreciation of its benefits to the count ,t large, for we have not spikcn to but on nan who did not express warm interest in it access. Well, it was a pet scheme of our-", but w nasi submit to the inevitable, feeling that w invc done all we could for it. and no blame ca ttach to anyone for i's failure. As the girl said, after she had been t? tvr/,v making a ves': 'What shall I jt>/ < icxt, for the goo-j I of this good o! i town au< lounty. - Railroad Meeting at Charlotte The following invitation lias been received i his town. It will he remembered that last yet l committee of our best citizens attended a nice u Uoauukc, Va., to represent t!ic feeling an ntcrest of the people of this county iu a rai oad connection between here and lloanok t was then thought that the pii.jeet hoi hi idle foundation upon which to build a ho; hat the roa<l would lieluiilt, hut the people ,'iiarlutle were not to he silenced in a matt hat paomiscd so iiuieh for their city, atnl no hat there is a po*.-ih ility of having a branch he Three ("s road running to tlietn, they ha renewed their elforts for the iloatnak conne ion, and invite Union to send rcprcseutativ lo consult with them about it. (j It a t: lot ik, N. .Inly 'J:'., l>>7. Dkaii Sin'. ? \ our community is respectful invited to send delegates to a meeting to 1 lield here on Thursday, August lltli, iu t! interest of a railroad from llotooUc, Va., v Winston, MccU-ville and t'harlottc, N. ( forkvillc, Union and other points iu tsou 'aroiina to Augusta (la We have been prot sed the presence at this meeting of a repr icntative of the lloanoke and Southern Kailrot mil possibly another line may be represented We believe that this line is feasible, and he proper ell'ort is made, that the line us i licatcd will be adopted by the company. It is needless fov us to attempt to point o lie advantages of such a line to your scctioi We believe it will open up competition lit aniiot l>e done by any oilier line now projeetc Hoping to sec a representative from yoi locality at this moot in;/, we arc, \ our a very truly, ,1. II. W Itl'tUNi. l"o\, S. Will KilW.SK I, IS. M. OAII;S, II. 15. SruiNiis, loll X WTl.UI.S, lb A. ToJII'KINS, Committee. Ill speaking ol' the above tlie t'liarlotte Chr? ic/f says : The meeting tube lie'ol in this city on Align lltli. in the interests of the proposed roa from Charlotte to Augusta, ami from Chariot lo Roanoke.1 promises t > lie a large all'ai L'liairiuaii Weddingluii has received lelte from a number of geiilictncn assuring him th they will lie here. I; i- likely that Col. .1 oil Hon of the < - road, ami some of the ofticia of the Roanoke Southern will lie here, ai those who attend will nave the privilege Hearing all the plans discussc I. lift*,. We regret net receiving any repo from the Fanner Iliicampiiient ai Spariauln; his week. V>e thought our arrangements we jomplete for a good daily repirt, but lliev ha' failed from some, ! ? m, utiaccountable i inThe daily papers say the morning of the lit lay was very utipropitiotis on ace unit of lie in rain, but since then the crowds have been gat! . ring daily an I the clear weather his put tie ifo into the people. I'herc i* no dotihl th ho terrific rains lor n wo ok ii|> in the see i lay of the I-iicaiii| :uoiil, proveuted many pc niis I'roin attending and considerably aU'eclr lie exhibition of stock, Agricultural ImpI iieuls, .Xo , and seriously inlerfere 1 with il vrograiiinie in oilier interesting an I valnah lcpiulinonl*. It is estimated that .*?,("?0 strangers wore a ending the Ian mi patent oil Nellie- lay, wii lie crowd indenting hourly. Many, howevi ;ouipktin that the accommodation- lor food an edging wore scarce and pour. Tin: I!aii.i:ii\i> .11 i,m.i:n.u i ? Heading, Jul 1*. - The last express from Heading f r I'liil lelphit this morning near this eity ran into vagnn containing a pleasure parly and killr our id' llie occupants. The wagon w: covered and was driven l>y a hoy id' lliirleei die hoy d; I it >1 see the approaching train an Irovoell the nil I. .alie.l I if It I'lie Wi v as hurled dow li a sleep eint ilikinelif In r: uiien mi l I . I il.i-.s were killed, .m l ll Iriver wa- pi iliuhly fatally hurl i lie nee lent is a great -hock ie the whole (omnuinitj Interesting Nows from Cross Keys. Cuoss Ki.ys, S. C., .*ugi?t I, InsT. I) Mn. Mditoi:.? In y?'tir l ist i-sue I .see ?li.it you me anxious to have the news from every section of our county, I therefore tuke the liberty to semi you ;i few items from Cross Keys as to the crops, of which si much is being D written about. I will simply state (hit wo are tli having abundance of rain an 1 the crops are <1 the finest that 1 ever saw, which puts a smile n i upon the faces of merchants ami doctors, a8 r? well as the faithful farmers. In speaking of si the crops to* lay Col. K. V. Cist saiJ tliitthey tl i wore (lie licit that lie ever sew, exeepi iut nil ' I lrive itj doubt lint Ihct'O is ? > gre.it ileal more |?l:iritc*l than lliero was tliat (, year. r I tin Friday evening tlie 'J.'tli ullo., :u Daniel | - F. liishop, a 17 ycar-oM vcung niati of this place, was returning from t'iint in he impru- j. , 'lently ilrovo into the Sexton f >r<I. on I'noree C1 lliver, aO'l as the river was greatly swollen u by the rains tint ha 1 fallen after he crossed ? that morniiig, ho an I the team, consisting of t two line mules, came very near being drowned. | lie was tohl by the neighbors before reaching J the ford, that it would he safe to cross, lull as lie drove into the river his team was immediately washed down the rapid current, which s was 'swimming' water from bank to bank. I' s After swi aniiug down the river for one hun- -1 * died yards, he was throw* frym the luiggy v t into the river in his ell'ort to save the cushions. When he saw that he could uol return to the buggy he halloed "gee to the mules, wheu they ^ turned and swam hack to the hank from whence i they came, and would have landed but was f prevented by the buggy hitching to a tree. 1 i...i r .\ir. I>. S\V;llll I 11 'l /XVIl uu; IIH'I .ni l s I lie opposite side about n quarter of a iiiitc from ihe for<l. Cut for his prcseucc of min i in re- ' ' moving his slices before being thrown from the 1 buggy, it is very probable that he would have r met n watery grave, as he had on a heavy suit, i> and is by no m .nus a good swimmer. lie ran 1 if backup the river and taking otf his clothes committed himself to the foaming water and | e swam to the mules, on the opposite side, whose < >, heads only were visible, and who were moaning ' y and struggling for life, while heavy rubbish 1 0 were Moating down the stream against them. A negro man on the opposite si le threw him a n knife with which he extricated the almost drowned mules. The buggy wa- pulle I up by ?- some negroes, who were procut by this time | y and everything was saved except the baggy . e cusliious and whip and wrench, an I the daius age to the harness in being cat to extricate the mules, and one of Mr. .dioes, which c perhaps, failed to reacli the bank as lie threw e them out. lie then, by t!iu ai l of a stone, u broke the lock of a bateau ami in it paddled back to the side lie at first attempted to gain, " where quite a crowd had gathered, leaving it the buggy and mules on the (.aureus side un1 til the next day, when he adopted the prudence that lie first should have done ami went around by the llridge and brought them all home safe. 1 hope he will in the future a 1tl lioro 1,1 dm nlit mbicn doll ' nriideiiec is the *r better part of valor.' Let this be a warning f- to all never to rush inio swollen streams to k! save a little distance. 1). N. \V. j An Unfounded Complaint from North Pacolet l>< Ski i.i. Simiai.s, July do, 1>ST. 111 Mu. Ki>;r<n:.? I notice in your la t issue that you say : 'The following, which we take from the Aiigiflu correspondence ol'the A'"* Cl mi'l Courier, is assuring to us that the work u on thc'Jhrce C's road is progressing in tliis direction from Augusta. There are, however, *L" many minors alloat, that the line of the rood c" may he changed beyond thi- place. ' ' Now. 1 think that the article you published on your !ir-1 page of the sinte issue, from the Newberry ? / , might to have til lay cd all your tear-about the road n >t coiiiiu g t> jour he , I town. And we North of I'acolet, who know in something of this road and are interested in > its c tniug this way, dou t think you need have any fears: and we beg that if you cannot do us u ,e. exactly lair, that you do u as tair as you tan. td And while we hesitate to oiler any advice to so old a man as the I'.ditor of the Tim its, yet we suggest that if you wish to use your paper for the best interest of the county that yott ut let Charlotte > interest al me and work to have i>- this bransli of the Throe C s road huilt Irniii !J I'(lion to Macks, which w ill give L'nioit County Ln'. more miles of railroad :in<l develop ;v section of her territory that she will he proud of in after years. And besides, if the Three 0 s is ever finished, as is now e nteinplalcd, luioii will have an almost direct line to Cincinnati. Chicago and also to Charlotte; that is, if \ou consider the Air Line railroad auvihit'ir. A. A. S.vnn.\tr. News From Galfney < .ill* *|M>ti<l?iics t'iiioii Tim***. Uaiimy t in, S. Auc., 1st ls>7. 1st ls .My last weeks eoiniuiiuicalioii tvas mailed te til this ollice Tuesday evening and the 1'. if M., til this pltice informs me it was sent oli 1Wednesday morning, 'JTth, from his ollice, and , 1 learn it did not reach you until the U'.Uh, Is milking ahout two days renehing I tiioti t . II. td |t lau.-t have heeii delaine 1 at the ollice at " Sparlanbttvg. I lit Friday night llckn Littlejohit shot Win. Ihighcc, the hall entering just nhovc the hip ' and holding i.ii the inside. It lite 11 t yet heeii ' " found. I.iltlejohn discharged four shots, only one of which took effect. loigi-ee, it is sail, u is in a very critical eondition The cause <f the difficulty is unknown. st l>urittg the thunder shower Tuesday after y noon. Clie dweilintt houses ot Itev .1 It \v ' iiit'l Mr. W. W. t ;ilVnc*y were -1ruck by liglitxv ning. No eiuii>I 11e exrept a slight injury !il to the chimney*. nl Mr. Thomas t > tlYuey Sr.. is | iiIc ~i. k at his r home near (ialltiey. .1 Mr. I'arroll is stiil unite >iel?, but improving e- slowly. le Messrs \ N. Moid ail I lilicrsoti i'.ros., le have puirliased the drug ?!n?e if Mr. Wm. Kirby, ami will c<>nduet the business in future, i Heavy rains everyday. Srstvu. h ? ? A I.am \?ii:r Mvn in I.itk. Mr. A, M. I Kee, of tins county, received a letter from an j attorney in Virginia, the past week, notifying him of the death ot a relative who bad loll iiiin sole heir to a large estate. Mr. Kee his y gone t" \ irginia t hn.l; after hi- interests.? /. mo. ?*/./ A/< //?,. a ConeUfiioco Per Express. i* i , I Nn>\. S. ('., Aug. Is'7. d Mi- M I! .1 .htis .it, S M. 15ice. dr.. li I ., it. Mi ,lu<*ie Can ii Miiiii. .\ Munr<>. Win e Miiiii . .1 I' I'loon i-. A \ Sarralt. S \ llnii . le .1 i .'! .. . . I M I oster, I* It II nil, . I |( i t'ndd. I t. MeKissiek. rt A N;c' ikon an I J > . W Miller I . II. < ??l MS, Agent. i Sad News from Cross Keys. fttUn of Mr. Seaborn Dillard and Host Alexand>r?Crojts jon Enorce and * Tyger 'Rivert bad/'/ damaged. Crush Keys, July 'J'.), 1887. Our highly respected neighbor, Mr. Seaborn illnrd, on lleliuont hill, died on Wednesday, ie -7th, and was buried at lleliuont on Thursiy, *28th inst. A very large concourse of eighbors and friends paid their last tribute of spect to the memory of one who had long ilVercd intensely from a cancerous affection of c face and throat. Citoss Keys, Aug. 1887. M?. Kiutoh.?Mr. Koss Alexander, of this iwuship, an old mnn and well known to many eadersof the Times,died at his homo ou the -t iust., and was buried yesterday. We have had an abundance of rain for tho i?t week, and 1 hear of much damage to the rops on low lands, particularly on the Knorcc ml Tyger Hivers and creeks and branches. Upland corn is on a 'boom' and 'king' cotton i growing too fast, going too much to weed. >ut we must not murmur or complain. Kcspectfully, W. 8. (1. - ----- Union County Biblo Society. At a meeting held a few weeks ago at this lace, to organise in this county an Auxiliary American lliblo Society, the following officers rere elected for the ensuing year : IV. A. Nicholson, President. Revs. S. A. Welter, .J K. Covington, McNcely )uRose, W. A. Caldwell, Vice-Presidents. \V. II. Miller, Treasurer. S. S. Stokes, Secretary. tJ. P. Garrett, depository. Kxeculivo Committee: W. A. Nicholson, S d. Ilicc, Sr., W. II. Miller, Rev. S. A. Weber, dev. J. K. Covington, A. II. Stokes, Rev. W. A. 'alilwell, Rev. McNcely lhiBoso, S. S. Stokes Ministers in the couuty are requested to solicit for membership. For farther informsion address the Secretary at Union, S. C. A Pr.ssioxr.u or run Mkxii an War.?Mr. Lawrence W. White, of this county, a veteran if the Mexican war, who was a member of 'apt. Sitgrcaves' cavalry company, enlisted in his State, has been placed on the pension rolls, ^ Mid last week received his first warrant for vjo.odd.? i'orkvi/lc Enquirer. .?. ? Chas. 11. Reed, one of the lawyers who defended Ciuiteau, attempted suieido Saturday i?y jumping into North River, at New York, from a ferry boat. He was rescued by a police llieer. total's (punier i: l\ McKISSK K, - - Editor Personal Mention. Mr. .1. M. Bramlctt is visiting liis parents at Laurens. Miss Sallio His lias gone to I'ucolct on n visit to relatives. Miss Sallie Uainey lias gone to Vork on n visit to relatives. Col. McKissick ami family are 'taking in' the Farmers Kucampmeut. Mrs. W. II. Miller, lias gone to Knoxvillo, Tenu., on a visit to relatives. Mrs. Mary Vincent has gono to Clcvclaml Springs, N. on a visit to relatives. Mr. W. L. Weber lias returned home from the Normal Institulo of Willianiston, S. C. 1). ('. I'lynn ami family are seeking hca'tk at White Sulphur Springs, Haywood County, N. C. Mrs: l.clntvl Moore, of Charleston, is on a visit to her parents, lie v. ami Mrs. S. A. Weber. Miss Mamie Oclzel, of Brooklyn, N. V., is on a visit to the family of her brother, Mr. Geo. II. Oet/.cl. Mr. Willie Allen accompanied by his sister, of Charleston, are oa a visit to the family of Mr. W. A. Nicholson. .<11-3 < urric " llliesiUC, WHO WIS UCCJ1 on an extended visit to lier sister til Dorroh, Laurens Co., returned home last Tuesday. Mr. h. (.'. Dorroh, with his estimable wife, of Dorroh, Laurens Co., are on :i visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Whiteside.* Miss Lnlnh Martin, after spending some time with the family of Dr. l'osey, returned to her home in Atlanta hist Saturday. Count again, Miss Lalali. Misses I.uta and Nellie llewley, two of Ander-oii s charming daughters, are visiting their brother, Mr. W. D. Dctvley. Union extends thcui a cordial welcome. Our brilliant young friend, Mr. Allen W. Parker, Ivlitor-in-chief of the South Carolina C'jiti'/fin, pissed through here last week on his way to (Menu Springs. 1'he -e-sion of the Presbyterian Church have given their Pastor, llev. W A Caldwell, a v.a. cation for a month, lie loft us last Tuesday morning with his estimable wife for Davidson Kivcr, N. t'.,to recuperate. Mr. A. P. Caldwell returned to Charleston last Tuesday after a sojourn among us lot a couple of weeks. Mr. Caldwell made many friends while here by his genial manners and gentlemanly deportment. Come again. Maj. D. A. Townscnd has gone to Marion on a vi-it tn his aged parents. If any man in this c unity des rvesrcsl, it is the Major, whoso "lliee hours have been for years, from ?> A. M. t i almost any hour at night* Cadets t". U. Johnson, Nat Sims and our talented young friend, ("apt. II. 11. Jeter, will .rr , I....I.. I .1 II... i . . 1.1 I - 1 .IV ? ..v ill',: s II I Hi li*1l rtl'Ull, IIIIVU I fturned Ihiiiic (lie two former to spoil I their vii iii.iii :>ii 1 the latter 11 'lake on the rospoiis. -iliiln i < of a gr.i Imilc.' . _____ Local Items Oiii IVimc Hall team were invited to pirlieipair in the Ilaso Hall Tournament in Spirlanburg litis week, liul for obvious reasons the/ declined. A letter from our ol>l friend, Mr. IV, I. Lipecoinli, of (iutlncy City, informs us that lie has opened.a Hotel at Limestone Springs, and that visitors are fast resorting to his Hotel. Tho rates of transient board is only!?-<t per inonih. At a recent meeting of the corporators, composed "f such men as flco. W. Williams, I'. \V. Dawson, K. <1. I'el/er and Henry K. Young, mir esteemed and talented friend, John L. Wei ' i' was unanimously elected one of tho Directors of the company. It is with sincere pleasure we note the honor that has Loen con eiied a11 iii Mr. Weher who deserves any 1 <111 11 that i iii lie tendered him. II is many I lion I s here s rty congratulations.