Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05

baIi-acre of ground on his farm was tor
into every conceivable shape, huge masse
OF earth being lifted and thrown fifteen
twenty feet. Several assures were mad
and still remain, some of which are file
with water, while others are vacant and O
unknown depth. They vary in width iron
foot to ten feet, and extend nearly acros
the ground where the eruption occurred.
The strike of coal miners at Braidwood
ILL.,, is ended. The miners went to work OF
the 26th inst. The strike has lasted eigh
months.
A DISPATCH received on the 22d inst, a
Gen. Shcridan's headquarters, from Gen
Ord, reports that on the 10th inst, Mexi
can was killed on the Indian creek, eigh
or ten miles from Onalas, by Il pxfty o
Lipau Indians. On the 2lst two more mel
were killed on rancho near Laredo. Al
the killed are supposed to be residents o
Texas.
SoUNTAG & Co, dealers in crockery, a
Chicago, ILL.,, failed on the 22d inst.
WASHINGTON.
THE amount of additional circulation is
sued by the Comptroller OF Currency during
November is S3,93s, ,255; eighty per cent. Of
this amount in greenbacks is to be retired
The Ambassador of the Samoan govern.
ment, with an associate, arrived at Wash.
ington on the oath inst. The object of his
visit is to negotiate with the United States
government treaty of friendship and COM
merce, thus securing recognition as an indie
pendent nation.
The commissioner of internal revenue in
his annual report says that the interests of
the government, manufacturers and dealers,
will be subserved by allowing the rates of
taxation to remain undisturbed.
THE Senate Committee on Foreign Rela.
tions on the 23d inst. agreed to report favor
ably the nomination of Henry w. Hilliard,
of Georgia; for Minister to Brazil, and re-
port unfavorably on the nomination of
8. Sanford, of Florida, to Minister to Bel.
GUM.
THE bill repeating the act providing for
the resumption of specie payments, was
passed by the House on the 23d inst, by a
vote of 1873 to l20. Some ten or twelve pairs
were announced, among them Cox, of New
York, with keifer; Ketchum, who would
have voted no, with Lynde, who would have
voted aye. There were some half.dozen alb.
sentees impaired, including Caswell, Halle
ton, Darrell, and Strait, all of whom would
have voted no. Mr.. Butler Mass. occupied
himself looking at the newspaper, and did
not vote at all.
AN impression exists that should the ques-
ton be forced early, the result will be the
seating of Kellogg from Louisiana, and But
Ier from South Carolina. 1t is know that
Senator Couover will vote throughout for
Butler, and as at present advised will also
vote for seating Kellogg.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
ONE Roper, alias McGhee, a negro, who
attempted to rape Miss Berthe Templeton,
was taken from the Jail at Columbia, Tenn,
from the third story q lie court house, h1ii, ri Il
the presence of fully 1900 people.
THE river at Buchanan, Va, is six feet
higher than at the time of the greatest
freshet in 1882. Twenty colored people
have been drowned in the neighborhood.
The latest reports from Richmond, Va,
show that the damage by food is about
1851, 900. The damage at Manchester is
100000. At Lynchburg a bridge 600 feet
ong was washed away.
j. ii. JONES, JR., of Boston, a wool broker,
disappeared several days since. 1t is now
thought that he is connected with several
by which Boston firms were
'windled out III about 100000.
THE United States war steamer Huron
went ashore Kitty Hawk, n. c., on the
,4th inst, and became total wreck. OF
one hundred and thirty-five souls on board,
only about forty were saved. The Huron
vas an iron screw propeller, carrying four
guns.
Miss ELLA HOWARD, aged II years, of
Knob knoster, Johnson county, Mo-, sui
sided on the oath inst, by taking dose of
strychnine. Cause, quarrel with her lover.
GEO. FoGLE, highly respected young
man of Kalamazoo, Mich, was accidentally
shot and killed on the 23d inst He was out
hunting and the gun of one of his compan.
ions, who was trailing his weapon by his
side, accidentally was discharged by con-
tact with y twig, and the contents entered
Fogles heart.
SPRATT, JOHNSON & Co.'S Empire Plow
Works, located at the corner of Lacock and
DR. ragh streets, in Allegheny City, Pa,
were totally destroyed by fire on the night
the 23d inst. Loss, 100000.
JOHN MCINTYRE was killed by being run
over by the cars at Cleveland, o., on the 23d
inst. He has parents and brother living
near Boston, Mass.
PiNNEY, Spalding, Carr, Hanscom, Den
mis-, Rogers, Crawford and Higgins were
arraigned in San Francisco on the 22d inst,
on indictments charging the forgery of
certificates.
A MAN named Dixon, resident of Illi-
nois, jumped from the center arch of the st.
Louis bridge on the ed inst, and was
drowned.
THE National Grange, in session at Gin
O., elected the following officers on
the 9th inst:
Master--Adams, of Minnesota.
Orerseer-Woodman, of Michigan.
Lecfurer-Mortimer, Of Cincinnati.
.&erard-IIoughan, of Iowa.
Assistdnt Ne,card-Symmes,o of Kansas.
Chdptoin-Forsyth, of Illinois.
1rsas"rer-McDowe of New York.
Secretary-k ely, OF Louisville
Gatf. f.kecper--Dinwiddie, of Indiana.
Cercs-Mrs. Adams, of Minnesota.
Pomona-Mrs. Woodman, of Michigan.
F1ora-Mrs. Moore, of Indiana.
Lady Asst &ewdrd-Mrs. Hall, of Louis
vile.
BISHOP f. NJ. MARsToN, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, south, died at st. Louis,
on the 26th inst.
SEVEN more illicit stills have been seized
in Tennessee. Punishment will be meted
out to the crooks.
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