The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, November 09, 1900, Image 1

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* / ,? '" ::lzl ' ; ^ ^ ^ -^--^ k3? ;i"aT: | ' '-- ^ N?" - 1 N,nN' ?>UTII CAROLINA; F\llM XOVLNIISRR ^T" w* I 'in i ir ii i r\ J F. M. FARk President. / J GEO. MUNI'0, Cashier, J. I | Merchants' and Flan | oir tj is ic X Capital Stock . Surplus $ Stockholders' Liabilities Total....: * Directors?J. A. Fant, \V jl T. 0. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, 1 T Wm. Coleman. ? j^. We Solicit Yo * : cItaphoresis. -* DR H. K. ^_DRNT1 . Crown and Bridge Work. -yffi tf ^ : a 1900 IQYEMBEll 19001; Su. Mo. Til. We. III. i:ri. Sat. }" LAJ l" jl_ 5 6 7 8 _9_ 10 j a 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 \ 18 IS 20 21 22 23 24 / 25126 27 28 29 30 " UNION COUNTY NEWS.; Items of Interest Gathered from b Various Sections by our Correspondents. a' FTTA JANE ETCHINGS. I Small Pox in Evidence? 1 Colored j" Divine 011 the Catechism. 8 A rumor has it that email pox i t making its nppiurai.co in different fcctioi a ol tho county, ami wo may expect to bo quarantined r gainst the / rent of tho outside world soon, if the rep' rta ure true. Farmers arc turning their crlti- ' valed lands over to the catt'e to gather the it-fuse of a shoit crop of bot'.i corn , and cotton. i Wheat and oat Eowing has already I been begun, and a good crop ot both 1 will be 8>wn. Some liavo ordered! * their guano to put under there crope. Misa Agnes Wylie, of Hickory Grove, has heea selected to take charge of our school this jcssion. f?ha is a lady of considerable experience, aud wohopo for belter remits in the future than in the past. Rev. Dr. Dillard, colored, of Co S> lumbia, preached at the tchocl house near this p'r.ce recently. Ho ii a. Ihe.-hyteri:in. A largo number i . j white people turned out to hear him. j He is an educated man, and ia doing j a good work in trying to uplift his | raco in both mi. dead morals, liei laid rprcial emphafcio < n the Icaehiiv of tho Wtstminij'.er Catf chism an I Confetniou i f faith th's study, wo must admit, is eere'y neglect- d by our whim Presbyter.ai s. At tho conclusion f his seivice he a?ked the Christian En t'eavcrers to ring u lew selections. Mr. J. J. llendrick, oMSkull Shosle, ol-? ituvri to learn, is veiv sick at this "v "O - # lime. He is one of our oiliest ami most highly re.-pectcu citizens. Rev. J. N. Item preached at Meao* potomia the 27th. The communion of the lord's supper was celebrated by a large and appreciative congregation at tko close of the service, This is Brother Isom'a last year on the Kelton circuit. JIo having served his people faithfully and acceptably for four years, and by the rules of hi church he wi 11 go tc Bi.mo other liel hereafter, lie may feel a&ured tha be carries with him tho lrst wishes o all who have been identified with hie in his church wmk, as a minister an broad guaged Christian gentle-mar x Mr. Isom has conducted himse! ia an exemplary manner sine be has been among us, and we hat m to see him leave. Our best wish' f attend him wherever his future 1< may be cast. Mr. John Esles is quite sick. People are cleaning out Thicket * I k. H. FOSTER, Vice President. ? JT# J }. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. ? iters' iafisnai Bank f >rv\ k. o. X $00,000 X 00,000 f 00,000 $ JL $170,000 X v | . II. Wallace, Win. Jeflries, & ). I'. McKissick, A. H. Foster, ? ur Business. t, **- -ite- yfr -**r;* ?? v ' ^ $ >:? ELECTRICS. SMITH, ST. . i 1 ? Union, S. C. c ,-i'i (iiiii)'s creek under orders Dsncd I r n t'-.e C i.ti'y !*vuperviaoi'a ottie?, S .-..)i ;.*> lit '.! * t-peeh :i dr.ii: ago ' a a ( il l; ; i i p*ovi ;.i;l 1' i* the pur.r ae. t The E ovh r 13r.<th(.ra are running < heir . in :oulh Pao?let. \\*o un 'err/.tn.l thai Dr. J. E !tr:.<r will return to i.ij oM home, a .>.! eontitim i'.:c practice ct mediciuo. a lia iormer patrons have never given iin up; although ho moved off to r Juion. } Turnip patches anl ialo potatoes c ro doing very wall now fciuco the <> cas-'t; 6tt in. j" C Lion pickers arc gutting the last f the staple, anil tho cr p *vi'l joon o hou?ed, it not ginned and sold. ( Corn crops are turning out gen- h rt.liy he'ter than thr v w. r.> 11i-.? r?i** > 3 ba t\v-> mouths ago. much tho etter. il ro is a problem wo would bo ii ladfrsomotf our teachers to five t. tor solving: If the length of <1 ug:e bo [^ven, n'ul Toe stun 1! Y"r.L. ^ .1.0 ami alti'.ude, hotv, according to li ri timid tic (not by algebra), cm lie ngth ot lite baac and altitude ro* 1 t pcctively be found? Vox. BLESSED BE THE NAMES. , 1 Short History ot New llopc j Church. j B-litor Union Times:? J Xf.w llope is in Union County, S. ('. ICtght mites ab >ve Union (J. II., on the >pt!tanburg ami Union ro:ul near I took y Creek. About t>5 years ago,there being no 110use of worship if 1 this section of cousitry, the people came together, built an hru.-h arbor and began worshiping at this place from time to time for some vi sits wii li good -resit'.Is. L'reachers of more than one denorainati >n were invited and did preach nl this arbor pl.tce of worship. L will give now some nanus < f preachers, litol Miles l'ucket, Kiaa McDugal, Wiilis Walker, .James Jsickm n, John Watt-, Fletcher Hums and Wheeler. All these preached before a house of worship was huiP. The labor ' of these fsiilhtul men of Hod was greatly ; bless* d i t ?lu I at iliis tint-*. wiiich was j about U :>7 or oS. a ehmeh was oigniiz- 1 * i Siiid i amed Xe.v 11f?;? *?. Preachers , and people with one ;i sad dctsinined ! t > buil t u house of worship with on?.ry j and i>;*-?li, su :?v-s crowned their efforti. j This huildi. g w.ts l-mit of log:, and , j used as n church for a number of years. ! i Alaut this I iutu camp mediums h.-camc I papular, tents were an mg<d, and campi meetings wire held l'rom time to time ! and the tcMi|ts only cm be known iuatj t< tiding at these uieeet ing.s. Tin peo| |?'o greatly rejoined at the presence of i tlic Lord. I wid givv a few names of 1 fannies tha* lived in tli.s section in those j ! hues, Scotts, Wards, Stribleus, bellies, ! (Janlts, (.'alters, Fowlers, (iossetts Ali d i)s, Pages Whites and Whitloks, ail i that I can reinemlx-r now. Some ol the defendants ol' said familea live tar away now, and will be gl.nl to have this to mad, and from reading will say, ".blessed be tlie name." 1 will now give some of tire names of . po achers, who were called the circuit i riders. Just liet'ore this some young I preachers of the baptist denomination pleached in the little log church, namely: jjolui K/.ell and Cager Barnett. 1 am 1 told that their preaching was very mucl I enjoyed. Now for the names of tin t circuit riders up to and during the wai f were: Mun on, (iamewell, McSwaiu . Murkuson, Lester, DePass, Farrar J Darby and AVelton. All of these wer honored as great and good men. A ver; ' large per cent, of both preachers am f people nanud alxrvo have gone to the! e reward. Some still live and will rea tins letter with delight, and may I / made to rejoice at the dear names of tli dead, and, no doubt, drop a tear, third ing of the /one by days. We never wi i'i Ibis life know the influence and goo dear old New Hope lias done for hi ; inanity, blessed be the name. She Is V c'.t % set ??.i :i hill. ! could write a low? time about tin.. i liuudi, but I will fl<>- ? f. r the present by rehearsing wli.it a soldier of the la'e war told me the other day. Ib*. said win i* he came home from the war in "0">, he attended during that yturn protnietid un til ;g at the o'd church. New Hope, , and tliere several of his comrades in the war and neigh!tors at houic joined the 'hnrch, and at that inn lii.g he felt that h" ouuh' to join. lie resisud, and he said he had Ik en sorry ever since that he (ii<l not. In our community <\< r\l?ody is well, m.d evt-rv i him* jj ni/.iiiiw. ..i - !" 1 - -.-.J 4 > nawt Jii^ j?um^ IllUfJV ( among wo i'amieru, considering f crops. I must compliment jou, Mr. Editor, for your lum li improved and popular paper, the old Union Timisl , M TKAVELKU. JONESVILLE JOTTINGS. ZS'cu' Houses Going iip?lilectrlc \ Plant on Foot. I < The w.alhcr is lovely just iiok, and j ;'.l kiuds of work is moving 0:1 nicely, j Earn:era talk now like they will sow J oryely of wheat this lull, ami they iv.11 prepare tin.ir lands better than jsuul, and lids is the right rir.vc. Mr. Thomas F. Gcui'.t, ono of the , . l.loft cilizms in the c immunity, had i i mic-iising like an attack of apoplexy Vlo&duy, and .Tuesday he v.;u sum rotter, yet, ho is quite p.orly. Mr. iauIt L t)"e i f the ol i 1 vo l minks < ' hii eo nun unity, being n >w -v l years 4J if ago, and up to this time h j lias boor. ^ tout anil healthy. The election m^vo-l al rag traoolh aid quirt,, an 1, of course, it is about ^ ,11 one war. Mr. T.Ii. Harness, Mcj. Sam-Ha rfiiu, Mr. CI arlio Coleman an A Mr. C. Lit;! j ihn are all building nice fc ottage houses in our town, and many th.vr houses will hi built duri t' c and winter. Uailling \ .u uro in ;i.vl demand a* d at. nicy price*. 1 art. of the mnoLin'.-ry at the Alpha /alt u Mil'al.iu i: on started,a id tin: j >ig whistle is hsar.I over on factory ill r-nrly these mrrning?. Mr. .J. J. Liult-john, general mmacr o. the Alpha Cotton Mills, is getii>?r subscribers to an electric p'aat 1 > ho generated by the factory engine !J nd carried to private houses. If he <.? ? -i e:i(Up.u.r t inrnber of rmbsuriber-Aight?. v Quito a lrumber of our people v.y j ended the State Fair in Columbia. aV. week, and t!v<y all report a good _ iuie. Most of the' public schools in this own-hip opurel Monday. Joucb j 11 c township haa li't-on school slight vki'.e and novun colored. Most all , Fro sch-al houses are good co id'ort- ( uhlo house.", well ventilated and furnished. Dr.:. N -tt and JLHYiiJS, ot Spartauhurg, poiformed a very dolicats op:rnti >n up ,u Mr. C. C. Alexander last week Mr. A'exaader is doing very well. Mi.-8 Si Hie Dong, w.iu was stricken it. .1.. i!?<a n.?.\ in nn VIL'l i D'JiUU IUUO ?XX better. Thi.epiioxk. BEATEN TO DEATH. Julius Swink Charged with the Crime?The Case Moved from Magistrate Kirhy to Magistrate MeGowan. A c.i-o ofrv/.eat 'n- r " t a ,f* tensntional feature i, bu') r o-a at present, will likely excite public interest and I furnish too news items ot thoteason. T u C"-t -iblislied facts in the case are ab > ?t as 1' >? lo'.v-: O.i A?^u>i 31 J >::ao Swink made an attach on Mrs. Wiiheluiim; Pearson at Wood ruff'. Mrs. Pearson suhtaiued severe and numerous injuries about the hea 1 and shoulders. Mrs. Pearson and iatnily ni >ved from Woodruff to Gastonia, N. 0. On Oct. 23rd, Mrs. Pearooii died at n.M.-.nSn on.l iT>.? rtitit.i alierres tiiat j ?i.v. - her doath was tracoable to the injuries rcocivod at the hands ofSwink. A warrant wan it sued l.r 8 wink sevoral (Iayr; ego |>ut wa-> not served l?y the shcrilt* until Monday. Tlio casa against Jonas Swink | charged with tho murder of Mrs , Wilhclmina Veareoo, came up ir > Magistrate Kirby's court. The a( r i torncys lor the defendant submitter i an affidavit that '.heir client did no 1 believe ha could secure a 1 uir and iin y partial trial before the nmgbtrat* il Magistrate Kirby replied to tho at r H lavit with another, in which If d s ated tliat be bad uot expr.sicd a ^ opinion in the case. The outcome < ? the matter was that the case was traui U ferred to Magistrate McGowau's cour kI Quito a largo number of witness* i- were present and the c>urt room wi a crowded with spectators. The atto ' r\' * b: f^ES&so. ?' r(: ( P. .Icr: Mi.Qg^-y nr. : M. IV : i: . f . ft ! H ?"i ' o i" ! Win. ijr p: O n' v . . 1 J S. MdriorffBoftrcO!', tho ' I tbo JcCfJX^l Wjlhi '.tf. I tf Vi. tiP'l-r. r>v a? (o. rnftrkf aid b ui''< ;i bl; w'f V. ' 1 b'l-fy ofh*r- a?t'i"G w.v' -ihrr* ' t > | tbo c in*. t:i :*!oi sVten i. :! < i Mjv. PeaiH^.-wra :!e> sV tr.Vr 1 i ; wliich fl?a lbi-t !.<:? <'c '); n i e C miguVr win 11:: \!i? [ : < ! ?=. Ciasloaia j>|jVciun att-n.K''! tbo i::-| vi sugauon r ut lit*! her /.-re put ! !> :u< wltnesa, jSjjf }McGowau hasc innaticd m 3.viuk jj?;, and as the tvao is be j ll jrond J>5o yM is Motion, could not lis !' litti'u- j1 Tlio attctf neya for Sr.ink i:ave nl- ! . rr.dv begftu prepirati'iiia t<> secure1 ( >ail for.the/r client on write of iicbrrn xuptn profc . iigs b f ro a circuit, 1 edge, awl&rc very onli lent of hav- : (^' ag Mr. Snick r lease 1 from prison | a a very .short time. r THE LAST ROLL < ritcy urc P.issiug >ln%ny, Otic hy | A One the Xiiinhcr is Reduced, 1 ' u:iil the < mnrc.tlcs Puss ^ Over to the Other &horc. - -- _ i .\, Scigoant ? . lv. iaoia.es d; 1 Got. Iii : 1th, I'd JO, ; L X han \ Talc j T? lis?. Bora Jen. 17;!', 180!). Ho j . , n nxtiv j of Uai a CV.r.ily, H. C , ! i", n i moved to Mississippi after the | I'.v r r. IIo in .rricd Miss III r.i F.j v a 1850. lie v;a? a ir.cmher < f C??. I' , * b S. C. Cavalry, (McKi-fc.'c It i.?- J: era,) Gar' V Brig&ic. Ho ws ci ? ! v( oteii luaiil*.; hG . r.mdf .'.bora on. b j idea were x: t 1 soldi" ra in tV> IIjv- i v;'billon. .11 tv.;a a brave a.?! !; a; ! | 'p ,u^ht on lie k.shnj s'ule in a war ! \\: :.tl e{ t!io c;uiir."n.t an ' as V! n'sb ztd world, and as :< 1 rave wT accepted without :Vl' ,t if u-n? ,erdict of the war , .. ,iy. it wflsj . .. i. i . 1 '"iw the mnjo?,i,c'ia,0'0t0' .* d u.es, j ,\? o w, to Her spei a nl cob lined iu I-' ?rt us Monroe. lie was in command ! 1 .v O ?' * ' I' iSI, t mciMIll Ui l IJJIH j;j ; e ooeiuy ut-eked him in !ir.?;*r. US T?if ki11. I; th" ic.,1 I.''. ." {l L. mc.-.ti.ic Peak. SefJfWfntA " rii'>ui:.3 was soon oxchar.g;d a .d ro j I ids company- and surrcid.r. \ ' it Appomatox. 11 o loaves a wife . :\?i suV'.ral cni.tren to nmuru his death. Ho wa< devoted t > his o'd State \ \i\A pro'id of hid nimo. lie was u high-hoarted and !jor<?:c friend, l) i occasions liko this \vor;la will not, '' . -.the ti: grief of tho3S \vh > arc : e.ir j v tr:-l dear to the deceased. Th.ir e.m-1 * * datioii must be ia a hope of a ro-11 uniou beyond tho grave Bat my I c rorro v ovorcouus iue when 1 try to : a xrite tho details of this ma"'s iire. c Tho Confederate cau39, wo loved .-o .y-.'i, is g>nf; 8 recant Th :mu is: no, and 1 fe-.l that I am swiftly : ^ acaiiag the there of eternal rest. 1) ,.r c.airadc?, lotus all remember i1 ihnt we, too, wiil soon answer to tho * ,'as'. 4 ro'I call." A E Fant. . O . ' lie Hus Paid it A11. E;c ry odi o: I:. > re:, iv ! t! , i>yo t Nt-'Ad; :i'rfr M.: .cr. 'i' |iobt:na.s t r :> u i > I* instance, there was n inan l?y the: j of, v.vl1 HIV, fii.i .Short, v.'? > .s.:.,* iu j | threo notices to atop his paper; Hoi didn't v.\?nl any 1 -s3< r W e v\v.> dor ' v. hat tt..H the in tr r. V;>.u iuvi ; li e sub crip i 5 b> k wo i\iu 1 . Mi t' a* 1 iiii wt-.i *10 h >il. He had never paid a eeti!, and slop pod iho paper >n a matter of economy to U3. He didn't want u3 to lose any more by him. A few day 3 afterwards .Short was at church and his uiclodi ous tenor rang out loud and strong in that stirring old tong, "Jesus I\tid it 1 All." We might have been mistaken - but hkj earnestness impressed us. .So I the next day wo sent him a receipt in 5 luil on I begged lii.i pardon for not knowing he had made an assignment > of liabilities to the Lord..?Ex. ? shot iiimselp with a pistol. 1 Cbeiaw, November 5 -special: Chart les B. Collins, a white man well known . ;n this county, residing in the Ashley ) neighborhood, committed suic' io yet? > terday morning at his home by shoot e in,hiroaelt in tho temple. JJeceaseu a at times <lrauk to excess and 1ms threat)f en%d to onrt his existence before. I-. 8. 13 thought of tome from the range ol t. the bullet that ho did not intend the fatal shot on this occasion, but was w "blulling," and the pistol was fired un> r- intentionally on his part. DO "srou HOLD YOU in. A. iGHOLSOl itorc Cotton and Adv; 2.V MUMORy ()! MOT JI IS It. hi.ic li.ivs arc wi.l ? .u;c:i l.lliV Jl I.I'M f u-l.-..:. i- 1 ' ? \ .u \i uumi-I it* love m d memory i l the nno v, ! ?.>: to that ' undistovered co iii,r.': , J. (ioi'Ivn Cv oj;Ur and d'die.iUd t<-, s mother w ho very recvii'.ciy died in! v. . I. ?r : 1>iv? h s nt'.d. I \ . ;..;d .. ieghis i a the tn nmd .ii ?? : wo ,i\r hut ids e >M i : !:< . :d yi ,;\ (_ *.?. I'l.lol !, Ii ii J do i:ot *'tjh an I weep ' ! !!.. ibmi-h: ti .it .she musts!e ;> o:< v< ; in 15:al chilly be I I I!.. 1-UIO t'll.tlubcl ill till (lc 11 ' ! ! .< v i vi; the liuht '.i" m! veiy st ms ? t' niylit akioa 111i*i; * look 1 a <1 ea n, 11? l do an. -ve la 1' ! d iter iorai < ; wiita ? .trace, f-li ii;i_r ia ih I t;id utt glow mound her grave so bright. . id I :u;v< v f. i-l i lavi V. s i. waves tiii iilo.i oiu; o:s the trc-Si ' l itut io.r atd die u \ li d ia ii li-r . :a:t*td hands he t-till, . it I d i a ' feel the hrea1ii .:u In r ::;> ? now fo'.d in d a* n? r ^entli lijiH ?>1" crimson hue > v pile beneath th midnight dew. d I licv. i f.-i I the toia h tin ni'i \l l i |1 iMlti I t?.i in |V>|,(Ily lipnf \ :s l''*' ' IjVV Utlil C'M'i?1 >ti . (io .(i-i ;t ; (in <i i. ... i i . . i 1 '< ii iii.N : ( n i'l pu-.ss U.i - i. >.out v. !ii ?r>h iios i" t i.I bi i.t"iit!i lln' ui't tiiisj Jit .skits. | ih'Vc; ; ;i |j ,w '' 1 i : i X it I'm si i lys i !t|t> I M|| lu-siili; lu rl.i;? e, i.. I ! ) ' oi :.?*,?: :p,. MA, i;iji mother's vnie s??ntl?? :> Him; ?! < (* in!? r |t?w s!i !. ?? <? |\.?* u?* i|-ilit' i).is l.tin I>v '!(< i' i i ' ' *>'. A'. llC K. -UK ill' LtiC r.'c n s Culled Frt '.i Our J:\vr/iiiiyjes. . . ; : \v< ViioN:: i.im:. A . 1 . i .r'tf J 5 I8il tltt 7: U t j tli9 S.'Uth i iroluiu ">! ; . .10 TeVph >:i3 ' i?j).iny, ith ! uiit ra in <V.uuJ. ?. Fir in1 ii i s t'li-j o ;::ip:\ny ha. V.f.n i c ( ' ! '" "< i 4 . Tin * p > ' ? '-"S au?c \ % :S I..i! r. .T ih:iSoh? field id W. 10 M li jn. Ti:.' c.ipi'.a' stocx ft ho c iCKiviv :a t i ho 8~>00,000. 1UM fAT.KS I.N I-'f.OKKNCTi. Tl: -i F1 t.vno p.v.sary c; 11 nine i i (>:.i ! i-t ill n'.'i it h is over ).i . i.i a :y (>.. n. .i: h l;ti'.r\ Tin -.i i! i r p's 1' ' ()ct>">t r .mini'iWd ) S"),77i <S >. T. e p ii s fir thj lucti'.. '0 S1,2?r)t}.0fi, \V. II 11 Nl T\Ki:s I'll \ I (i I', \Y.?U il. la.,.! >crvyf ;: >.i c'. :.r> nnm . '.( ill chi.{ l'vj .'..('J (' !' . ! . t (li,Tis: > Svi> .i CotjfVderoto Vet ms. He an hii s'.afT :u follows: .1 E >T ; :.t. > tv'ii,..;. ,:i. <1 iv":a ]ju a ..i i hi i'. i' " W. E. ( i n a'a . (a; .i, d v>;. ?: ir?;: ' i ] l? j v t/d. WrtU :I r >, ?\ivi.-': j <{ cub. ). i. Pa V, tlr;cr \v- -> 5, iiiv M i o onmis'ary; It. ] < ' risie, Sjv.rt t: h r;,-, <ii vi ?i<?n i ? 1; ;dv C;i>; Dr. P. G H lis n, Nov berry, division j.nrgcon; llev. \V. CVpers, Amhr-tji, divV. ?n chapluii PA SKI) Tin; CHNTL'UY MARK. Edward Henry died recently Chester. lit v.ts u negro born slave in Virginia and w..s said to 11 It years old. He was n, ho Raid havo been imrr'cd live limes and have been the fattier of eixty childre TELEPHONE COM 111 NK. A comapny with a halt' million d Jars capital i > being formed i t Colu bi?\ to connect ail the indepoudi | telephone lines in the State. Election Riots, Denver, Nov. <?.?A tight betw nlwioillh an.l nr\lt/tnniAn UI'|;UI Y oui;i ma uuvt |mnwuivn wv red at soven this morning ul the p at 22ml and Larimer streets, in wl one deputy sheriff was killed and I , officers wounded. jonkhiioro, III., NOV. ?.?As result of a quarrel over politics, ?J TT* l.UU A \ fcAK. ??... , .1 \AryVlNr IT TO ^ R COTTON? i & SON, Bankers, ince Money if Desired. Kirny. democrat, wag aliot and killed by .J.'clc Tin ruton, republican, at !/ ?! ( r^?_k. Both arc young men of pn.niincLt families. \Y |l \ltvr r. >v I 1 ? V ... /' n' * ..... iw."., jliuv. u. iviois oocttrro 1 ia the third election district, which resulted ia the destrucof the palling place. The district inn largo negro vote, and as the were neirly half an hour late ia opening the polls, a hundred li il ii-:.-iCnihit 1 i: line waiting to vote. A ? Ilia ith*r:i opened they assaulted \le!lug':o and inspector James Dug? gan, catling both seriously. The polling h .oth and registration books ii-appc i-i?i ia the melee. lhiA/ti,. Im? , Nov. 0.?A terrible ii .t Win precipitated in a saloon at y-iiio, owned by C Jeurge lias and ) . i. i) l.idors, at an early hour this . r;over p ditics, and in less t ir to tell it, lift} men oi ! in were waging war with cich ?th .*. Woapms were usod and over 'J -iio'.s were tired daring the melee, wl/eh ?lipp:d only alter ammunition was DEATH OF MAJOR HEAR8EY. lie Was an Able Writer ami liullant Coiil'eilorate Soldier. Nr.w Onur.vxs, Oct. :50.?Major Henry near.-'y, editor 01 the Daily States and one of the strongest newspaper writers in the south, is dead. Ho was hi>rn in tin- W estcni Feliciana parish iu loll) and was privately educated. His journalistic career began early as ho was only 20 years of ago when he estab'>died the Feliciana Constitutionalist. Jivite 1 to go to Woodville, Miss., an .np.u tanr political center at that time, ' \\ ' m* i? htor of The Democrat, lii-can; a'part ot' tYu> urged .-ippi r<-gi:neiit, and was honorably dis? char red as a major on the stall, rising from a i i.vate. In i"do he went to Shrcveport and ul ; v lieeume editor of The Times of that eity. i . , "a wrote the first articles in la ; Ol an opt u and aggressive revolt ' against negro domination and suffrage, t'T. ; -air of which was a great political v. -.ory in the Red River valloy over the o;.. using party. In 1S7(> he became edit' c.f the Mew Orleans Democrat. Sim is*0 he has been editor of The Daily States, a paper of which ho was t'ao founder. Major Hearsey was always a strong >:ate-' rights and tariff for revenue onlyDemi tat. A personal friend of Jeffer>on Davis, he was frequently coniplln. ated by tlie former president of the i'..nt di-racy for iiis stanch aclhereuco to tin- pritn-ipi; s upon which the southern Confederacy was founded. % a M.. no itrirA ACCHHVtiiiuy uitu'u H ut'i Jh i ia , OA. SO. ? News has r? :ii'U : her- of the killing of Mrs. A. A. ! > -a/..by h? r husband. Thokilling ! \ . n - ; eideurnl discharge of a 1 i " >:. '1 his was admitted by Mrs. Kivnt/. 1 f her dontli, which ooonrred ! several hours after being wounded. l. t*. timer's Slayer < aptured. 11::* * v.v:; k, G.i., Oct. 30.?William i".- . i r, ::1 y Griffin, who shot and hi ' foudui tor r.attimer of tbo South:!. near hero two weeks ago, I- v.:;- .a I'-'iu ..i a sawmill near Waveross 1 , r Scarlett of this city and Do.. t. e: vi- CuniK'llv of the Southern. r I I j Death of General 1>. M. Krost. II j St. L'U :? , Oct. 30.?General D. M. Fros r > > years one of the best known residents of this city, is dead, aged 77. 1,1 General Fro r served in the Mexican a and . ivil \;ur> with distinction. In the )>e hitr -r war he served on tho confederate . side. to - j() i!iire.tars In Tampa. ,;li Tav.i >. ''la . Oct. 30.?An epidemio of v.- is prevalent horo. Haifa d. /.. r > pine *s h ivo been robbed ()\. wit da ih pn : week. The offices of th A 1 no S- aiuship company nare * 1>. e:t t v.'b'e looted. L>II 1.1 kmi Into ( Ourt. Ta <>va, <>r :{?>.?A dispute oTer the 1 . i. n *' : of the late Signor 1?\ , i'i ! baritone of the Rotnl Ira! ; : ' r.i company in London, has pen !>> : ' . v. into court. The estate ia uf_ vnln i at *>00,000. (iiilil I' l-oin Cope Nome, lich j.-., Vn m , Wash., Oct. 30.?The long lOlir oVt.r(luc steamer, Robert Dollar, has arrive.1 lrom Nome with JliiO passengers . | and sl.ooo.ooo in gold dust. hUio was ^ delayed by storms.