Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-10-02
COUNTY, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER,

ELK POM
at Columbus were destroyed BY FIRE on tn
10th. The FIRE was caused by carelessnes
OF children.
CHARLES STIx, son Of Henry Stix, prom
inent Cincinnati merchant, committed sui
eide on the 10th inst.
Col. WA BOONE, president Of the Noun
Vernon cotton mills, and director Of tn,
First National Bank of Baltimore, Nd, wa
obbed on the 10th inst, Of t27 $50 in bond
and $37, 600 in cash. The robbery occurred
in broad day light aud at busy time of th'
day, but, 20 far - known, there 10 NO clu,
to the perpetrators.
The dead body Of B. w. Fay, 4 halter
was found ON the docks at Chicago, ON tn,
18th inst, with . bullet hole through hi
head. Probable case Of suicide. He had
been unfortunate in business in New Yorl
and Chicago.
LAWRENCE GARDEN, while feeding ,
burning slab-pit at Manistee, Mich, fell
into the glowing mass and was consumed.
The dead bodies OF two men, named O
B. Davis and Geo. w. Keating, well-knowr
horse and cattle thieves, were found hang
ing to tree, Eve miles norte of Spearfsh
D. T., ON the 18th inst, undoubtedly the
work of the vigilAnts of Spearfish.
THE EAST
THE Vanderbilt will case was resumed at
IL A. a
made to prove that in 1873, prior to the will,
Commodore Vanderbilt told lady that he
had received q Communication from his
dead wife to leave the bulk of his property
TO his Oldest son, so a. to keep it together,
and that he was going to do. The object
was to show that spiritualism was not q
lnere speculative belief with him, but influ.
enced him in business matters.
AT Boston, Mass, on the 23d inst, United
States Commissioner Hallett gave decision
in the case of Henry A. Parr, arrested some
time ago on a charge of being engaged with
others in the capture Of the steamer Chesa.
peake, in the name of the Confederate gov.
eminent. The commissioner ordered the
discharge of Parr on the ground that his
case was covered by general amnesty proc
lamation of December 25th, 1868.
THE Union Dime Savings bank, of Sara.
toga Springs, has closed. Liabilities, $685..
600; cash ON hand, 5000; mortgages and
real estate, .$lS0,000.
THE United States attorney has sued o.
P. H. Archer, for many years transportation
agent for the Erie road at New York, to re.
cover $780, 900 back income tax ON his earn.
ngs a. agent from 1862 to 1879.
A MAN was found ON the Goth inst. in the
Bowery Hotel, New York city, suffering
from yellow fever. and removed to quaran-
tine. He came from the south.
AT New York, on the Goth inst. Col.
Thomas B. Sharpe, well known as q writer
and public speaker, died, aged 6s years.
AT Newport, r. l., on the 18th inst Miss
Jeanette Bennett, sister of James Gordon
Bennett, was married to Isaac Bell, Jr., of
New York, Rev. Father Grace, of St. Mary's
Roman Catholic church, officiating. There
was large and distinguished attendance.
The estimated value of presents il $1OO, 900.
THE stockholders of the Merchants Ma
tional bank, of Boston, have voted to reduce
the capital from . million to 1000, SUBJ
ject to the approval of the controller of the
currency.
THE grain shovelers of Buffalo struck on
the 18th inst. for so cents advance for shov.
cling. and 25 cents for trimming. The ad-
vance was given owing to the large amount
of grain in port and expected arrivals.
The boy, 8. Braden, of indianapolis, who
carried of all the honors OF the English
training ship Worcester, arrived at New
York on steamer on the 18th inst. He has
the gold medals and other prizes presented
by the queen.
THE WEST.
Col. MILES telegraphs the lieutenant
general from Fort Keogh, Montana, that six
Sioux have arrived at the fort from the Brit
ish possessions, being emissaries sent ever
the line by Sitting Bull to ascertain upon
what terms his people would be permitted
to surrender to the United States military
authorities. They represented that the
Sioux who had taken refuge in Canada were
very desirous of returning to the states.
Gen. Sheridan answered that if they return
it must be ON terms of unconditional sur.
render.
THE Odd Fellows' bank, Sacramento,
CAL, has decided to wind up its business,
and has made an assignment. The assets
are believed to be sufficient to nay the de.
positors.
HON. WIZ. N. MEsERvFY, editor of the
Webster County (Ia.) Gazette, died on the
2lst inst, Of hemorrhage of the stomach.
The Sumner guard, of San Francisco,
won the first prise in the military shooting
tournament at that place on the 22d inst,
making 75s out of possible thousand
Forty men shot at two hundred yards.
On the 20th inst, Judge Treat, Of the
United States District Court, issued pre-
emptory mandamus to cempel Franklin
county, Missouri, to pay the defaulted in,
terest ON $500, 900 county bonds. The action
was in favor Of the Fourth National bank ol
st. Louis, which obtained . judgment against
the county some months ago, but which tn.
county refused to pay. The amount in
volved il about $685.
GOVERNOR ALEXANDER CHARLES, for
msrly Of New York city, but for forty year
. citizen Of Illinois, died st his residence
three miles north OF Dixon, ILL.,, on the 1stl
inst, aged seventy-eight years. For seven
teen years he was . member Of the firm O
J. 4 A. Charles, of New York.
SILLOw 4 Co., Of Cincinnati, extensiv,
dealers in timers supplies, made an ~
signment on the 10th inst Bond of assigns,
$lOO,00O
SOME twenty engineers, superintendent
and other gentlemen connected with th,
gas works in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana
Kentucky, Texas, and other western states
met at St. Louis On the 18th inst, and organ
lied the western association of gas engi
neers and superintendent, aftsr the plan o
the gas association In the east.
P1RsIDKNr HAYES has appointed Geo
w. Watson receiver of public money 10
the district Of Kansas, at Topeka, Kansaa
vice A. Kelly, resigned.
POLITICAL NoTu8.
0HNxRAL BUTLKR was nominated TO
governor by the Massachusetts, Democrats
on the 18th, amidst much confusion m,