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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12
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Old Rivers Utilized.

Running water leaves on the earth's
crust marks as permanent as any OF the
violent convnlsions of nature. The dis
covery has lately been made in Austria
liza that the streams Of the tertiary pc
riod, probably many millions of years
ago, but now dried up, are vast store
houses of wealth. They are carefully
searched out and worked for tin. They
acted in precisely the same way as the
rivers of our own day, washing away
the lighter rock, and leaving concen-
tration Of the heavy ore in their chan
nels. They vary considerably in depth,
according to the remOteness of their or
igin. In one of them q shaft has been
sunk to so feet, and at that depth the
ground is a regular river bed, with, in
some places, collection of loose drift
sand, heavily intermixed with tin ore.
1t has been opened, at that depth, to
the distance, horizontally, of two
thousand feet, and explored by boring
from the surface for 600 feet more. The
width Of the seam has increased from Is
to 400 feet, and it contains an average of
three feet of what the miners call "pay
dirt" that is to say, soil worth working.
for it yields about i per cent. of metal,
IN excellent produce for tin ore. Some
OF these deposits are discovered at only
few feet from the surface, fact which
shows that they are Of much later date
than the one referred to above, but still
of immeasurabls antiquity. The state
of the earth also shows that these later
rivers were not in action for very long
periOda a. the ore has been far lesg
washed. Twenty-Five Of these tin minea
have already been found, and although
the difficulty attending al new enter
prises has retarded their development,
yet within two years they have produced
2O69 tons Of ore, worth about 81 900.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12
Mushrooms and Toadstools.

The physician called to attend the
Clevelands O., family, poisoned by eat
ing toadstools, gives the Herald, Of that
city, some information which may be
profitable to our readers: The class of
mushrooms which the family ate were of
the family lactarias piperata.. DR.. Ster-
ling says that he obtained some of them
and cooked them. The odor, while
cooking, is instantly disagreeable, and
the taste is fiery like that of cayenne
pepper, but having an effect upon the
mouth like hot water, making it feel
swollen and smarting. It is almost i'm
possible to give rules whereby one may
distinguish between the poisonous and
edible mushrooms, for the name toad
stool is misnomer and there IA no dis
tant class Of that name. The distinctions
are 10 slight that only the practiced eye
Of the botanist can note it, or ct least do
20 readily. The best way (and it Il
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12
An Old-Time Dance in Colorado.
From the Raulder (Call Mirrnr

The first settlers of Boulder came here
in 1858. In 1859 quite a number came,
and some sixty Lighthouses were erected
before 1860 stepped in. OF these log
houses but a few remain. Christmas,
1859, saw a jovial crowd of dancers in
one of these houses, windowless, we be-
lieve, at that time. The hardy pioneers
when after fun had it. On the night in
question about two hundred sons Of toll
and seekers of gold and their fortunes
and seventeen ladies had assembled at the
above-named place to partake of frontier
terpsichorean. Marinus G. Smith was
then one of the beaus of the town, and
his dress suit consisted of pair of pants
made out of seamless sacks, and colored
blue by the aid of logwood. A lady now
living in town had an elegant dress made
out of -four sacks, also colored by the aid
of logwood. There were few white shirts
in the neighborhood then, most of the
pioneers wearing woolen or flannel ones.
A man with white shirt on was in style
and could dance with his coat of; man
without any would wear coat buttoned
up to the neck. Coats for dancing pur-
poses did not seem to be any too numer-
GUS, consequently the pioneers helped
each other out. For instance, Alf.
Nichols had six white shirts, which were
all at that ball, and the coats of those six
white -shirted fellows went to cover the
backs of some one else. When one fell
low had dance he would loan his coat
to another, and then his turn would
come, and so the white shirts and long
coats were dancing all night, and went
around among the 200 men. There were
no wall flowers among the seventeen
ladies. But they say the supper for the
occasion was grand affair. Wash boilers
full of coffee, great hunks of black-tailed
deer, jack rabbits, fish, game and delica-
cies brought from the States in cans, all
went to make up a glorious supper-one
that the partakers would like to see re-
peated. There may not have been much
style, but the seamless sacks and -four
bags saw as much pure enjoyment as
does the finest and gaudiest attire Of to-
dav
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12
Pleasures of Swiss sketching Tour.

Pleasures of . Swiss eketching Tour.
An artist has recently published in .
French journal, an account of his Swias
sketching tour. On beautiful after
noon in June, of the present year, he
left his hotel in Interlaken, went out
alone with his camp-stool, and strayed as
far as the foot of the Jungfrau. As he
was about to begin his sketch he was
startled by seeing, few yards in front
of him, huge bear, that growled fero-
ciously. He seized a six -chambered re-
volver and leveled it at the beast, but
before he could fire, he heard the words,
:" Halt. haltW The bear sat on his
hind legs and wrung his fore-paws.
/" Whatp cried the artist, "do bears
speak EnglishT' Then holding the re-
vOlver close to the nose of the pretended
beast, he demanded, What dost thou
in this accursed costumer The rogue
in the bears skin replied that he was
merely earning his living. He was .
driver by profession, but the season had
been very bad one, and he was obliged
to take another trade. He had entered
into compact with number Of guides
to clothe himself in . bcar's skin, which
/ can assure you IL "A hot as purgatory in
such weather as this" and plant him
self in one of the favorite mountain
paths. "When one of my associates
comes along this roai with . tourist, I
suddenly show myself. The foreigner il
ready to die with fright, but the cour-
ageous gukle rushes ct me and drives me
away, naturally receiving Z very hand
some douceur for his bravery in risking
his own life in order to preserve that of
his employer" In the evening the bear
and the guide generally met 1t an inn
and divided the spoil. The bear pleaded
30 piteously that the artist did not have
the heart to have him arrested.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12

thought to be an infallble test) is to
cook them, and the poisonous ones are
readily recognized by their offensive
odor, and exceedingly disagreeable taste.
The poisonous principle of mushrooms is
not known. 1t is supposed to be an
irritant poison, acting on the coats of
the stomach much after the manner of
srsenic. No antidote for the poison can
be given, the doctor says-that is, anti
dotes that will counteract the effects of
the poison; but purgatives can be ad-
ministered which will aid the system in
throwing of the deadly matter.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12
THE MARKETS.
New York.

NEW YORK, December $500 p. NJ
Cotton-Firm at INC for middling uplsnds.
decided change; receipts.
$1,000 bbls; sales, $4,000 bbls superffne,
state and western at S4.75GG5.20; extra state
at $5.35@5.S5: western Unchanged; r. II.
Ohio unchanged. Wheat-A shade frmer
receipts, $4,000 bus; sales, 21,OOO bus, at
N.291 912@l.30 for No. spring. Rye-Dull
and unchanged. Corn-A shade frmer; re-
ceipts $4,000 bus; sales, $4,000 bus; at 5S1z
@63Ac for western mixed. Barley
Slightly in buyers favor. Oats-Quiet:
recsipts, 1900 bus; sales, $4,000 bus
PAGES unchanged. Pork-Quiet and firm !;
Ut $l3.5o@l4.oO; now 1925. Lard-Firmer; |;
at $40. Whisky-At $1.lO@1.lOH. Petro-
leum-Crude at &c; refined at l3@13Ac.
Coal-Unsettled; at 81 .6O(d3.75. Leather
Unchanged. Wool-Quiet.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12
ChlcagO.

CHICAGO, December 81 80 p. M
Wheat-Strong and higher; $l.O7A bid for
cash; Sl.0S fer seller December $l.0S5s for
seller January. Corn-Firm and higher
at 42Hc cash; 42lsc for December; 412Sc
for January. Oats-Stronger; at 2434c for
cash and December. Rye-At 56. Barley
AT 63c. Pork-Strong and higher; at
$l1.90 cash $l2 07Gl2.l0 for January. lard
Stronger; at $7.s7 1sa7.90 cash $7.971 4 for
January. Whisky-At Sl.05. Hogs-Re-
ceipts, $4,000 head; quiet, steady aud un.
5(110c lower bid; light, $4,000
4.25; heavy mixed packing, "a 20(a4 40;
choice shipping, S4.30@445.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12

NICE little girl: aOh, do let me see
you drink" Captain GrogsDn: " Why,
my dearf" Nice little girl: Because
ma sAys you drink like I 6sh. slsdy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12

sent of some of the head men of the
Mkodos (who, however, did not dare to
stay to witness the act of sacrilege), /
cut down one of the trees and dissected
it carefully.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12
THE ExPLosIvE BULLET.
How They Are Nade--The DisaAvan1
ares Of USiu9 Them.

How They Are Nade--Ths DisaAvant,
/ ages Of Using Them.
The war now raging in the east has o.
sumed 80 much the character Of war oi
determination that any question a. tc
kind and quality of the missiles employ.
ed drops into comparative insignificance
nevertheless, from time to time each
compatant has complained that the other
has used explosive bullets. These mis-
siles seem to be peculiarly Objectionable
to military authoritieA and It is worth
time to inquire what an explosive bullet
really il, for though the term has been
freely used, any ideas connected with it
are probably somewhat vague. The bull
lets in question have been used BY
sportsmen for many years, and their ef-
fects on animals been well tested. They
are, of course, made of lead, and are
cast in a mold of such form that the
bullets, instead of being solid, have q
cylindrical hollow extending from its
apex to its base. The hollow is filled
with gunpowder, and capped with an ex-
plosive mixture, consisting Of chlorate
of potash, oxide of antimony and sui
phur. A plug Of wax fills up the orr
flee and forms an apex of bullet, and a
little spirit varnish over the wax makes
the "shell" complete. This bullet is
tolerably safe to handle, but blow ON
its apex will, a. q matter of course, pro
duce an explosion. When projected
from rifle, and meeting resisting sub
stance, the bullet explodes, and forms
an irregularly-shaped, more or less
jagged, piece of lead, from which
portions may fly oil. If it strikes the
soft parts. say Of limb, it may rene-
trate an inch or two before it bursts, and
in that case the aperature of entrance |
differs in no respect from that of an or
binary bullet; the aperture of exit, how
ever, will form large, irregular wound,
perhaps as large as crown piece. Such
a bullet striking the thorax or abdomen |
is likely to lodge, and produce very
speedily fatal results, owing to the shock
and hemorrhage which it causes. In
sporting parlance, such bullet has great
stopping" qualities, but in military
point OF view it has certain disadvantages. |
1t will not riochet, for it bursts ON strik- |
ing the ground; it would very rarely in
jure more than one man, as its onward |
movement is checked by the explosion;
it is not suitable for long ranges, its
flight not being so steady as that of
bullet of uniform composition; and
lastly, its use involves certain amount
of danger. Why it should be objected
to on the ground of humanity is some
what difficult to understand. The |
wounds inflicted by fragments Of shells
fired from. guns Of larger caliber are often
much more extensive and horrible than
any that could possibly be caused by ex-
tensive rifle bullets. If line must be
drawn somewhere, it surely would be
more logical and more humane to ex-
clude the greater missiles, for the smaller
one has disadvantages of its own such rs /
are likely to prevent it from ever being
brought into common use in warfare.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12
RATES OF ADVERTISING
VARIOUS TOPICS.

The Sutro tunnel, ander the Bonanza
mines of Nevada, will be about 20, ITO
feet long, and on the 1st inst, distance
of IL, l47 feet had been reached. Dur
ing the past six months an average pro-
gress of 24S feet has been made.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12
&aias County Gsasifs.
JOB DEPARTMENT.,
Having ! nm suD,ly ssJssTyps
A FAST JoB PRESS
vssss.satoas
AMYTHlao II TINS LINN
vssh Nsasnshn, snA
\ FAST JoB PRESS
HUMOROUS.

le HUNo1oU0.
II "wn4r !. nothiDs,. ~. Jce e hi pere.
But ~ % sssedS ,ss s.is Il sSss iai i T.. Ae'''
Says tie pere, With hitch, thst ~ iusay,
"It is-yes, II IL nothing confound II;
Or more clcarly. perhaps. ny dsaf sonny:
-E =. D.. 4 BSssm nussssv.
: TIE great question, Does II hurt 4
ii man to hang himr is answered by the
) Syracuse ESssing Herald -" It hurts his
; reputation"
II Liars are like salt miuers: they un-
dermine the truth, but leave Just ~
/ much standing u il necessary 10 support
the ediRce.
], As carriage rolled BY, laden with
wealthy citizenA . countrymaA was
heard % excIaim: " Money makes them
air goi''
4 "GrvR Ny Chewing Gum 10 Gsrtie''
il the latest popular song. The pathos
is said to b very Affecting Utica o.
server.
/ TEN BROCK musing In his stall:
"Neight, but-suppose / did have the
stomach ache; I'm the frst horse that
ever made . Congress adjourn. Losis-
viks Courier Journal.
| In this excitement over the invention
Of hre escapes from hotels the hotel clerk
has had : rest and time enough 10 pick
up another diamond pin.
"Can any mortal man tell Why wo-
man will cross one sloppy crossing on her
toes and the next one on her heelsf'
asks an exchange.
THE era Of the lion and the lamb has
come in Bulgaria. The Turks and Rus
SLAMS lam each other, and the correspond
ents do the lynn.
Gan, parson, I wish ! could carry my
gold with me-" said dying man to his
pastor. ut might melt" was the con-
soling answer.
revery cloud has 4 "silver lining
isn't is q wonder that his brother savages
don't rip Red Cloud openi- WAiseSdH
Times.
An exchange wants to know how the
Turks happened to learn TO light 20 we'll.
Why, man, most OF the Tufkiah Officers
have over half dozen wives. 1wneys
Fdlls Reporter.
Thus do the innocent ofkntimes suffer
with the guilty. Two pulive-looking
organ-grinders from sunny Italy were
sent to Jail in Albany the other day, and
the poor monkeys, alasl had to 50 too.
THERE is hint Of unsp0ken path0s, .
touch of patient suffering and resigna-
tion, in this birth notice from the Marys
Vile Appeal: In this city, August 3,
to the wife of VIM. Lee, . son-nOt twins
this time"
ANAs with four bullet holes in bis
body was found near Nashville the other
day. A poem entitled .!he Beautiful
Sn-" was discovered IN his pocket, and
no attempt was made to spprehend the
murderer.
IT is cold in the fourth hoor back hall
bedroom Of the boarding house, these
nights, and the young man with . huto
ism ~ timber and expansive with thst
instrument ~ he used 70 be in the balmy
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12
Foreign.

LONDON, December 5--12:30 P. NJ
Liverpool wheat market opens quiet but
steady. Floating cargoes turn dearer; on
passage firm. Mark Lane steady. Good
cargoes No. spring wheat, of coast, at 5ls
@51s Cd. Good cargoes mixed American
corn, off coast, at 30s. Imports of wheat in.
to the United Kingdom during the past
week, $4,000 to 10000 qrs corn, l55, 900 to
100000 qrs; flour, 10o, 600 to 10000 sacks.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12

GOV. VANCE, of North Carolina, in a
recent address at fair in that state
spoke OF the larger number of fairs that
usedto be held in the state, as compared
with those now held, and gave his opin-
very decidedly that horse-racing, three
card monte and prize candy were the
three things that have killed them.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12
Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, December 3. Flour
Movement very light and prices unchanged.
Wheat-Quiet but frmer; No. / Sl.lO:
No. hard $l.llk; No. 2 regular $1.0sh;
January at Sl.0s7s@1.09H. Corn
Very quiet; No. 2 at 421sc. Oats-Dull but
firm at 25c for No 2. Rye-Firm at SIC.
Barley-Firm at 6s@6sHc; No. 3 at 4Sc.
Provisions-Firmer. Pork-$12.12X cash !;
sl2.37k seller February. Lard-7.90@
S37R cash.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12

The teachers Of the public schools in
Bridgeport, Conn.,, whenever they inAict
corporeal punishment on pupil, are OBJ
lged to send the pupil to the school su-
perintendent with certificate explain
ing the ofiense for which punishment
was inflicted, the instrument of castiga-
tion and the number of blows struck.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12

AMERICA annually imports CSC, ,O0O, 900
OF flax, hemp, jute and ramic-all being
products that may be raised on our soil.
This is an actual fact, as in 1870 America
raised 27,0oO,0OO pounds of fax, and,
from successful experiments that have
been made, jute and hemp may he pro-
duced in like quantities and of equally
good QUALITY,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12

The manufacture of steel pens is con-
Quoted extensively in Essex, Mass. Two
hundred hands, mostly girls, are employ
ed Each pen passes through twenty to
twenty-five distinct operations, many of
which require special machinery and
skilled operatives. The steel imported
comes from Sheffield, and the pens are
exported to Canada, South America,
Mexico, Cuba and even to England.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12

CHINESE sleight-of-hand and an Amer j.
can faculty for swindlng were united in
All Foy, an Amercanized Chinaman
in San Francisco. He presented at sew
eral brokers counters $40 in gold, and
asked for silver roll. After pocketing
the roll he would change his mind and
ask for trade dollars. The roll that he
returned would be found to be piece of
lead pipe with silver piece at each end.
This game was successfully played also
on some of his -countrymen.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12

dREAT destitutiOn is feared this
winter among the Newfoundland fam
lilies who settled recently at Fox Bay,
Anticosti, and applications for their re-
lief have been made to the Dominion and
Quebec governments. 1t appears that
the settlement at Fox Bay was made
some time ago by people from New
foundland who have 20 far been able to
provide for themselves Recently, how.
ever, number of new comers arrived.
and these not having been 70 fortunate
the older settlers have had to maintain
them, but have not sufficient provisiona
for tho purpose. Hence tho application
for relief. Tho matter, however, il one
entirely for the Quebec government 70
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12

THURSDAY, November 29.-After the
reading of the journal, consideration was resumed
Of the resolution for the admission Of VIM. Pitt
Kellogg senator from Louisiana, the pending
question being Oh Saulsbury's amendment TO re-
commit the whole subject TO the committee on priv
ileges and elections, with instructions take testi-
mony upon certain charges. A long discussion fol-
lowed, the rules of the senate and NJ. G. Buffers
being prominent subjects Of debate. Without
action on the amendment the senate went into K
ecutive session, and when the doors reopened,
adjourned.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12
Senate.
MONDAY, December 3.-At 10 o'clock

assembled at 10 O'Clock and extended the recess till
l0:45, when the senate resolution to adjourn ut
1880 was concurred in...... Knappe moved TO sus-
pend the rules and adopt resolution declaring that
support Of pretended governments in South Caro-
lima and Louisiana, has faithfully performed his
duty In that behalf and is justly entitled to the re-
spec, ana % eonndence aSs &C.; o. the american people
ing Of the yeas and nays consumed the time until
the hour fxed for the adjournment At noon the
speaker called the house to order, and the second
showed 22l members present. After the appoint
ment of the usual committee to wait upon the
president short recess was taken when the message
was handed in and read ..... Adjourned,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-12

CURIOUS case, involving the right of
IL. I. Helmbold to his own name, has
just been decided in New York. In 1872
Helmbold went into bankruptcy, with,
among other assets, the right to use his
name in the manufacture ef certain COM
pounds At the sale Albert l.. Helm
bold purchased this right, and then
sought to retain H. T. from using his
own name in his own business. The
court decided in favor of the bankrupt,
holding that the name belonged to him
to whom his parents gave it, and no law
or court could take it from him,