Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-16

SohVcTt pOStal Oruers, ceruucates Ol uepOslt
and United States notes into coin for the
payment of bonds, and where necessary, to
sell coin to facilitate subscriptions, and to
favor any legislation that congress might
see fft TO adopt to promote the deposit of
savings for funding of the national debt.
THE Supreme Court, on the 7th inst, de-
cided the case of McGarrahan vs. the New
Idra Mining Co. The court decides that the
record kept at the general land office at
Warrington, of California, confirming the
Mexican grants, relied upon by McGarrahan
as evidence of his title, does not prove the
conveyance to him by the United States Of
the land in controversy. because the record
does not show a patent countersigned by
the recorder, and therefore is not sufficient
to prove the title in McGarrahan. Other
questions raised in the argument are not
considered affirmed. The chief justice
delivered the opinion.
IT il probable that an order will soon be
issued from the treasury department for
unifOrming custom.house employees, though
it will depend somewhat on the experiment
yet to be made in one or two principal Of
fees.
BY direction of the president, Lieut..
Alexander Rogers 4th cavalry, has been de.
tailed for duty on the staff of Commissioner
General Mccormick, to represent the army
at the Paris exposition.
THE secretary of the treasury, on the 4th
inst, awarded the contract for weighing inn
ported merchandise of the port of New
York, to Solomon Spitzen, of Brooklyn, who
was the lowest bidder.
MRS. HAYES began, on the 9Th inst, her
afternoon receptions, which will be held
from 5 to 5.
THE general superintendent of the Life
Saving service, submitted his annual report
of operations of that service for the last
fiscal year. The report shows there have
been during the year 1874 disasters to vessels
within the limits of the operations of the
service. On board these vessels there were
just 500 persons. The estimated value Of
the vessel was $l,9s6,7A, and the cargoes
$l,3O6, 5ss. The number of lives saved
l,461 lost 80. Amount Of property saved,
$i,712,647; amount lost, $l,579,6S5.
A NEW Pacific railroad bill will be pre-
sented as soon as congress re-assembles
The eastern terminus is to be at Memphis
The proposed line will pass Lake City to
Jefferson, Texas. thence by the International
and Great Northern railroad to San Antonio,
thence in u northwesterly direction to Elk
Paso Del Norte, TO connect with roads to the
Pacific Ocean. The projectors of the enter
prise ask for sl3, ,O0O, 600 in all, to be refund
ed to the government as rapidly as the
money may be earned in the transportation
of mails and government supplies.
THE WEST.
GEN JOHN O'NEIL, formerly prominent
Fenian leader, died at Omaha, Neb., on the
night of the 7th inst, OF paralysis.
Oh RrsRAIcM fa. r:% ssp dated
experienced in that state.
THE Hon. Nathan Porter, a prominent
member of the San Francisco bar, and state
senator from Alameda county, Cal, died at
Sacramento on the 9th inst, aged 81 years
ONE hundred and fifty recruits, many of
whom were enlisted in Chicago, have reach
ed Fort Lincoln, Dakota, on their way to
the encampment of the 9Th infantry, at the
mouth of Tongue river. They have walk
of about four hundred miles to make before
they reach their destination.
MR. MIC JUNG, a citizen of Milwaukee.
who had been missing several days, was
found drowned in Milwaukee river, on the
5th inst. Mr.. J. was at enc time banker at
Jefferson, Wis.
Iris now pretty certain that Chicago will
have mining stock board, final steps to that
end having been taken
CLEMENT MORTON & Co., wholesale deal.
ers in clothing. on Wabash avenue, Chicago,
suspended on the 4th inst. Liabilities are
stated at $3.50, 900. Assets-stock, $50, 600;
good bills, $300, 900; worthless bills, $780,
600. The cause of suspension was the stag
nation of trade, and consequent inability to
collect. Individual partners own property
which has cost $25O,000; present value un-
known.
The obsequies of Lieut. Theller, killed in
the fight with the Nez Perces in White Bird
Canon, Idaho, were celebrated in San Fran.
cisco, on the Sd inst. The remains were
escorted to Lone Mountain by Company F,
Twelfth United States Infantry.
The fourteenth annual dinner of the
Yale alumni took place at Cincinnati, on
the Sd inst.
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 ut all
points up to date is approximately 3,020, 900,
against s,635,0OO for last year. Estimates
for the entire season indicate total of
$500, 900, against 100000 packed last win.
ter. The weights are heavier than last year,
and generally farmers are packing more
than for several years.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
SADIE SHARP and Eta Hazeltine, aged
II and Is, were drowned by breaking
through the ice at Hyannis, Mass, on the
7th inst.
AT LoWell, Mass, on the Sth inst, the
boiler OF Whitehead 4 Atherton's cotton
machinery factory exploded, shattering
windows, damaging the brickwork, and
prostrating employees, but only seriously in
uring one.
THE United States dredge boat McAllistel
has been lost of New Orleans with Capt
McAllister and crew.
LA GRANGE, Ind. had q $50 900 FIRE on tn,
eth inst, Browns block being destroyed.
! A DESTRUCTIVE fire occarred at Apple.
ton, Wis.,. on the 7th inst, Bertschey's blocl
was entirely destroyed. Loss about $50,
600. The Appleton Poet Company are suf
ferers, losing everything.
| THE steamer Atacama was wrecked O,
the Gillian coast, on the 3Oth ult. 1t il
estimated that 10l persons were browne,
and 70 saved.
! A SCHOONER supposed to be the Marths
Inves, went ashore at Cape Cod, ON the 81
inst, and hccrew Of six men were drowned
AT Buffalo, ON the 9Th inst, the body o
Jerome Pierce, . wealthy lumber dealer, an,
founder Of Pierceville, Mich, was foun,
in the river.
A fire was raging in No. slope, operates
by the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal com
pany, 1t Panther Creek valley, ON tho II
inst A large amount Of coal had alresd
been consumed, and it was feared ths
flooding the mine would become necessar,
HENRY Daub, saloon-keeper Of Whse