Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-04

A FIRE at Mayville, N. Y, on the %
| inst, which started in the postoflice, burne
eleven stores, causing loss of about $50
600; insurance $4,000.
A TERRIBLE coal mine explosion occurre'
at the Sullivan lind coal mine, on the 2ls
inst. The explosion was caused by tn
| ignition of a lamps flames with gas, and
terrific velocity was added by the fact o
there being eight kegs of powder below
There we're thirty men in the mine at tn
| time, thirteen of whom were killed out
right, eight or ten wounded, and many o
the others are suffering SO from suffocation
that their lives hang by thread.
THE stables of the Central city horse rail
way company at Peoria, ILL.,, burned on thu
2lst inst. Thirty horses were roasted. Los
5000.
AT st. Paul, Minn., on the 10th inst. Ottt
Montgomery, living at the St. Paul House
made an attempt to commit suicide BY
Shooting, inflicting severe wound in the
head. His son, about twenty years old, at
tended him. Last night, while the sor
stood at his fathers bedside. he (the son
tainted from exhaustion, dropping kero
sene lamp held in his hand, which exploded
setting fire to the bed. The father was
burned to a crisp in bed. The son wa.
severely burned.
A. WEED 4 Co.'s saw mill at Ft. Howard
Wis, was burned on the goth inst. Loss
$4,000.
GENERAL.
AT New Orleans, on the Goth inst, Judge
Whitaker, in the Superior Criminal Court,
charged the grand jury to enquire into the
frauds which have been perpetrated at the
last election.
THE eighty thousand dollars recovered
Pullman Palace Car company, were found
in the bank of Portugal, deposited in his
name.
A PLAN is under consideration, and the
details nearly arranged, by which the Union
and Central Pacific railroads are to be con.
solidated under one management, with Sid
ney Dillon, president, and Clark, general
manager. Conferences have been secretly
held in New York and San Francisco lately,
to this end.
AN exciting foot race occurred at Denver,
Col, on the 23d, between C. II. Williams of
Denver, and Davis of California. The
stakes, thousand dollars a side, were won
by Williams. Time eA: distance hundred
pards. Thirty thousand dollars changed
hands on the result
MAJ ELIAS RUrER, aged rs years, died
at Fort Smith, Ark, on the 22nd list. lie
was one of the early settlers of the state,
going here in territorial times as an officer
of the government.
ROBERT HARRIOTT, the pedestrian, bet
ter known rs "Micky Free" died at his
home in jersey City, on the 22d inst. He
was the first to walk in this country 1000
miles in 1000 consecutive hours.
AT reception given at New York to
State Treasurer Mackin and his St. Louis
bride, the amusing incident of the occasion
was the introduction of Ex-Governor Tilden
to Miss Hazeltine, of st. Louis, the young
lady to whom he was said to be engaged.
The st. Louis girl evidently enjoyed the
situation as much as the surrounding COM
pany did, but Uncle Sammy blushed like a
scraped back and forth in his
usual shuiiling style, and said not word.
InlsS HaZeitluc duu cNSIypcuy ciee kikglcu.
A CABLEGRAM has been received by
George NJ. Pullman, from the American con.
sui at Lisbon, Portugal, stating that Charles
w. Angel, defaulting secretary of Pullman
Palace Car company, has been arrested
there, and that $4,000 of the money taken
by him has been found on his person. 1t is
believed there will be little difficulty in Sc.
curing extraditiou.