Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.


GENERAL FoRx10N J1orEs.
The Panama &ar and Herald ef the l1th
inst. says the revolution IN Ecuador ended
after q severe engagement . Quito in which
it il estimated 400 were Killed and many
wounded.
A FIRE at Santander, Spain, on the 18th
inst. inflicted damage to the amount of
$500, 900 and rendered 200 families homeless.
UNITED STATES MINIsr1k WEIsfH, arrived
in Liverpool on the llth Hnts, and was re-
ceived by the mayor and entertained at
lunch in the town hall, where the chamber
of commerce presented an address OF well
come. - 's
sExos ESTRADA, the captured president
Of Cuba, has arrived at Cadiz, and has been
conducted a prisoner to the fortress BARGE.
Iona.
1T is reported that Prince Bismarck has
renewed his request to be released from Of
fee.
THE rumors of Earl Beaconfield's resigna-
ton of the premiership are again circulating,
and that Lord Derby, secretary of state for
the foreign department, will tsucceed HIM,
and the Marquis of Salisbury, secretary OF
state for India, will succeed Lord Derby.
THE London association has advised. and
the syndicate proposes, subscription for
SIC, ,OOO, 600 4 per cent. United States bonds.
THE steamer Mizpah, from Seville, for
Leith, Scotland, collided with an unknown
vessel, on the 9th inst, off Beachy Head
and both vessels sunk. So far only one man
is known to be saved.
The steamer Pennsylvania, from Phila-
delphia for Liverpool collided on the even
ing of the 4th inst, off the Skerries, eastern
coast of Ireland, with the British ship
Oasis The Oasis sunk. Crew saved
A BELGRADE correspondent says Austria
has sent a remonstrance against Servia's
participation in the war.
THE EAST.
THE directors of the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road Company have declared a quarterly
dividend of one per cent, payable Jan. 18th.
THE Republicans of Boston elected Pierce
to the office of Mayor on the 11th inst, by
q $40 majority, gain Of 1000 on last years
vote.
THOMAS b. FISHER, of Carbon county,
Penn, will be hanged on Feb. 26 for a MUIR
der committed six years ago.
THE treasury department refuses to per.
nit the suspected steamer Estelle to be re-
moved from Providence to New York.
AS security against his possible escape on
technical grounds on other proceedings,
Robert l.. Case, president of the Security
Life Insurance company, has been again in
dicted.
THE stallion Hyperion with a record
of 2:27 was burned in a stable at Hacken-
sack, N. j., on the 9th inst. The animal was
valued at $4,000. Eight other valuable
horses shared like fate.
THE middle division of the Erie canal
closed on the 7th inst.
THE will of the late Gardner ChilsOn, of
Boston, bequeaths $4,000 to Baptist soce-
ties.
FRANCIS CoPlUTT, a wealthy importer, OF
New York, and member of the Union |
League club, was found dead in bed, on the |
9th inst, his face on pan containing chic
roform. Whether his death was by acci |
dent or design is not known.
EMBARRASSMENT in the affairs of James
Sturgis, of Boston, Mass, extensively en-
gagged in the East India trade, is reported.
Liabilities are $25O,OO0.
In the trial of Thomas c. Owen and Alvin
Graf, employees of the National Steamship
company, for smuggling silks into this coun-
try, the jury brought in verdict of guilty.
The court granted arrest of judgment for
the present.
A. +. BoAs, cashier of the suspended
Reading, Pa, Savings bank, was arrested on
the 5th inst, on a charge of embezzling dur
ing the past two years over $4,000. A writ
of habeas corpus was granted, the prisoner
giving bail in $4,000.
THE WEST.
THE Aurora Homestead Association, of
consisting of ia German fam
lilies, have purchased fifteen sections of land
in the Ford county, Kansas, on the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and in
tend locating there. Aportion of the colony
removed to their new location on the 18th
inst. The price paid for the land averages
81. 10 per acre.
BOTH houses of the California legislature
avor the tax on Chinese immigration.
THE Simpson Bank, the oldest banking
institution in Lawrence, Kansas, went into
voluntary bankruptcy on the 10th inst. 1t
Is DchcScu tIidt tue uSscb Will uc
to pay the creditors in full.
DR.. JARED P. KIRTLAN3, well-known
scientist of Cleveland, O., died on the 9th
inst.
DOUGLAS, the Ute chief who is now at
Rawlins with his band, has publicly stated
that the Indians will be on the war path in
the spring. The settlers are naturally |
anxious, as they have no means Of defense.
THE bondholders of the Joliet and North
ern Indiana railroad have rejected the pro-
position of the Michigan Central railroad for |
new seven per cent. bond for 30 years,
principal and interest guaranteed by the |
Michigan Central.
O'NRILL, the Chicago actor, has been |
sued by woman claiming to be his wife,
and who demanded alimony. The case was |
dismissed on the 9th inst.
THE Chinese question receives the atten- |
ton of Governor Irwin, Of California, in |
his annual message. He advocates abroga- |
ton of the treaty permitting unlimited EN-
igration.
THE Fourth cavalry from the Indian ter.
ritory, and the Goth infantry from Dakota,
are the regiments which have been ordered
to the Rio Grande. These will be recruited
to their full regimental strength. Orders are
issued for companies !. E. l.. and NJ, of the
Seventh cavalry, to move Immediately to
Deadwood, which the Indians are reported
to have completely invested. Infantry
from Standing Rock, Forts Smelling and
Sisseton will join these fsrces.
RANDE, the desperadO, now in custody |
for the murder of police officer at st. Louis,
No., has been fully identified as Charles G.
Scott, Of Fairfield, Iowa.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A BOILER in . saw mill at Vincennes,
Ind, exploded on the 11th inst, killing
John Miller, James Coleman, and seriouSly
injuring VIM. Dulson and Dan Lynch.
E. B. SALISBURY was murdered by Ira
Parkson, ON the night of the 1lth inst, at
Oleopolis, Penn.
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