Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-09

reiauOh 10 the loss OF the Huron, showing
that Evan O'Neill, a fisherman of Nags.
head, discovered the Huron ashore; he
knew where the keeper of the life-saving
station lived, hada good boat and free wind
to 60 and return inside Roanoke Island, and
yet he remained silent and Indifferent for
three hours. Report concludes: at is
shocking to record that out of 81 bodies
found, - of whom were officers. not
single trinket, such as would be deemed a
relic by relatives of the dead was found on
the bodies. Watches and chains, money
and even finger rings had been stripped off
by those who first found the bodies as they
washed up"
THE WEST.
THE Cincinnati Price Current of the Sd
inst, contained its usual annual report of
the pork packing in the west for the first
half Of the winter season. The total at all
points up to date is approximately 100000,
against $685., 900 for last year. Estimates
for the entire season indicate a total of
100000, against 5, lOo, 900 packed last win.
ter. The weights are heavier than last year,
and generally farmers are packing more
than Ma1 1or seSfFffI Esafs Ana wm pauw1n re-
turned from the newly discovered petroleum
springs, in Wyoming Territory, near Chey-
enne river,o the 3lst ult. There are two
wells or springs from which a fine sample Of
crude lubricating oil is taken at the rate of
two barrels per day. Several parties have
already taken up squatter claims on the
ground.
Two Evanston, Wis, firms went into
bankruptcy on the 29th ult. Stephen =.
Lunt, smelling and refining establishment:
liabilities, $1O5, 700; assets, $4,000. Her
man Schrable, cigar dealer liabilities $26,.
600; assets, $1,000.
THE liabilities of John ID. Park, who
failed in Cincinnati on the Goth ult., are
1926, 600; his assets are unknown.
Hon. JAMES MCGRATH, for six years
member of the Wisconsin legislature, died
at Milwaukee on the Goth ult.
THE Heralds Salt Lake special of the 2Sth
ult., says: "This morning at o'clock the
Mormons began filing into the Endowment
House, and by 10 o'clock the place was so
crowded that the doors had to be closed.
Up to 8 o'clock sixty-fve polygamus mar
rieges had been solemnized, and as many
more impatient couples sent of to await
their turn"
THE Indians in Western Texas are COM
mitting depredations. They captured
stage coach in Bassey canon, captured the
horses, and killed both the driver and Gabe
Valdez, the division superintendent.
The second annual meeting of the North
western Travelling Mems association was
held at Chicago, on the 9th. 1t is an insur-
ance and benefit association, embracing
1 100 members, of whom six hundred have
| Joined the past six months. N. c. Draper
was reelected president, Mason c. Hatch
secretary and treasurer, J. N. Page first vice
president A grand banquet took place in
the evening.
The supreme court of Dacotah has de-
cided that the officers elected in counties in
the Black Hills last November were lawfully
elected and are entitled to the Offices.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
"A THIEF broke into the Office of J. H.
Young, 40 Nassau street, New York, on the
I'd inst, and stole fifty Alabama bonds of
81 600 each, and package of securities and
stocks. The loss amounts to about $l0O, ,0oO.
THE business portion of the town of Win
throp, Ia, burned on the I'd inst.
TIE Maine, Pennsylvania and Maryland
legislatures convened on the I'd inst.
| CHAs. r. BOYER, aged 2s, was instantly
killed at Cleveland, on New Years day, by
being thrown from q carriage. The acci
dent was the result of runaway.
AT Charleston, ILL.,, on New Years eve.
Will Mills accidently shot and killed Alfred
Archebun.
AT Appleton, Wis, on the 18th ult.,
young man named Billy Whitney, confessed
to having been an accomplice in the murde
of Mr. Peterson, at Fl. Atkinson, and gay'
himself up. He said q man named Ed
Eckert shot the unfortunate man, and thel
obliged him (Whitney) to strike him with
hatchet Eckert was arrested at Kauksuns
When Eckert was taken in custody he hat
on Peters0n's pants, and Whitney had Of
the boots of the murdered man.
II THos. KENNEDY 4 Bros.' dry goods stor
At Philadelph,a was damaged by fire to tn
extent of $4,000, on the 1st inst
THE body of girl taken from the ruin
of the Barclay street, New York, confection
cry, on the 3Oth ult, was recognized a. tha
of Josephine Shepard, one Of the clerks
Human arms were also recovered, supposet
to belong to the body of the boy Krummcy
) found several days before.
!. THE notorious Northampton bank rot
!. bers, Scott and Dunlap, on trial at Spring
field, Mass, have each been sentenced to 2
years confinement in the state prison.
WILHELM d. HOOsE and John Lefne
= we're killed by falls Of coal in the mines {
. Pottsville, Pa, on the 29th ult. the forme
. at Nahoroy, and the latter at Brookshid
0 colliery.
III AN explosion Of Are damp occurredin u
J, Stanton coal mine, Wilkssbarre, Pa, ON u
{ 2sth ult., badly burning John T. Griffith
e Lewis 8. Jones, Richard Roderick, job
r. Tredennick, Thos. Malta and Peter Staml