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

on the night of the Sth inst, five person
were severely burned. Two have sine
died.
JOHN RADOLD was shot and killed b
James Newton, in a row at cock fight q
Bowling Green, KY, on the 10th inst.
CHAs. MULRIcH shot and killed his wife
and then suicided at Fountain Bluff town
ship, Randolph Co., ILL.,, on the sth inst.
CocHRANE 4 FuLToN's whisky ware
house, Louisville, KY, was destroyed b.
FIRE ON the night Of the sth inst Loss abou
$500, 900.
AN old man named VIM. 8. Finney, an,
his wife, were murdered at their residence
near Mansfield, o., on the night of the 6tl
inst. A negro has been arrested charge,
with being the murderer.
THE dwelling of VIM. Tanner, in Spring
field township, Ohio, was burned on the I'll
inst, and Tamer's body was found in thu
ruins. There are suspicious of foul play.
MMLERsTowN, Pa, suffered loss o
$1,000 by fire on the eth inst A larg'
number of dwellings were destroyed, ans
many families rendered homeless.
THE Ponchatoula (I.a.) Jail was fired OF
the night of the 9Th inst, and school teach
er named Varney, burned to death. He hae
been locked up for drunkenness.
DEPUTY u. s. MARSHAL CoCHRANE, o
Missouri, was waylaid in Ripley county by
Illicit distillers, on the 9th inst, and shot in
the head and mortally wounded.
THE schooner Wayne, grain laden, struck
the pier at Oswego on the 9Th inst, and be-
came q total loss.
A FIRE at Sydney, Ncb., on the night OF
the Sd inst, destroyed the auction room OF
Cummings 4 Simpson, the Star Hotel
Lanes livery stable and several dwellings
Loss estimated at SIT, 900 insurance $4,000
WILLIAM QUIGLEY, lad Is years of age
met with terrible accident at the Eagle
Mills, Kalamazoo, Mich, on the 9Th inst
He was walking in 'the third story of the
building, and, stepping upon loose board,
was precipitated to the ground floor, a dis.
tance of 90 feet. He struck in falling sew.
eral iron bars which extended across the
inner portion of the building, so that when
taken up he was bruised and mangled
almost beyond recognition.
WASHINGTON.
THE house committee on military affairs
have authorizedth following subcommittee
to continue taking testimony in relation to
affairs on the Rio Grande: Banning, chair
man Marsh, Bragg and White.
IT is not probable that any troops will be
ordered to Texas at present, in addition to
those designated for duty in that depart
ment, but companies from Minnesota,
Carlysle Barracks, and other points that
have been ordered to that section will be
likely to have renforcements from recruit.
ing stations as may be required.
ASSISTANT Postmaster General Tyner de.
cides that when carrier calls at hotel
with letters for parties who have given di.
rection to have their mail forwarded to
another place, the proprietor must at once
redirect such letters and return them to the
carrier, in which case they may without ad-
litonal postage be forwarded by mail. But
if the letters are taken out Of the carriers
it is considered legal delivery,
and the only thing in the world to help the
hing along is three-cent stamp.
GEN. JOHN NJ. HARLAN, the newly ap-
pointed associated justice of the United
States supreme court took his seat on the
9th inst.
Ex.Gov. PINCHBACK, of Louisians ad-
dressed an open letter to Gov. Nichols, re-
signing his place as United States senator
rom that state.
MRS. BELNA A. LOCKWOOD, an attorney
If Washington, advocates the passage by
congress of bill authorizing women to
practice as attorneys in the supreme court
,f the United States.
THE Democratic caucus of senators, on
he 9th inst, assigned Voorhees, to the
nance committee, Jones, of Florida, to the
on on naval affairs, Butler to the
District of Columbia committee. Mcdonald
o the committee ON Indian affairs will give
way to Esstis, should the latter be seated.
The commissioner of the general land
'ffice is preparing bill for the sale or dis
,Osal of timber and timber lands in accord
nee with the recommendation of the secre-
ary of the interior and himself, in their an
lual reports. which will provide for the
withdrawal of all lands, chiefly valuable for
imber and not suitable for agricultural pur-
,oses, from the operation of homestead and
redemption laws, and from liability to be
AIKEN by any of the various kinds of land
GRIP heretofore provided for by law, but
will also provide for the sale of timber of
certain kinds, reserving the soil with view
o renewal Of forests.
WAR NOTES.
SPECIAL advices from Bucharest, put the
number of Turkish prisoners taken at
plevna at 10000, and the number of guns
,aptured 400. The ground which was the
'cene Of the sortie was literally strewn with
thousands Of dead and dying.
THE general tone of the London press Is
% urge the government to seize the present
for meditation, and while it
nay yet not be too late.
AFTER q severe engagement on the 9th
nst., in which Osman Pasha was wounded,
Plevna was surrendered Internationally.
rhe Turks in the city were found dying with
hunger.
NEGoTIATIoNs'are pending between Rus
ian and Servian headquarters relative to
plan of operations. The outbreak
IF war on the part of the Servians is only a
question of few days. Eighty-four battal.
IONS are ready for the field.
A TELEGRAM from Ragusa says that the
inhabitants of Scutari and the Albanian
chiefs have asked the government at Con.
I'm n ~ nn1A for aid GA N sf tho Nom 0r;ur
declaring that if the request is disregarded
they win solicit the protection of Italy.
A PARIS correspondent publishes letter
from person holding position of trust,
with one of the highest person.
Ages Of the Ottoman empire, declaring that
The Turks are hopeless of success, and as
soon a. Erxeroum is taken and the Adrian
ople road threatened, will treat separately
with Russia and cede the free passage OF
The Bosphorous to the Russians rather than
permit them to advance on Constantinople.
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