Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-09-18

his jugular. Dean died but his wife survives.

his jugular. Dean died but his wife survives
They lived at Chicago.
JOHN SMITH refused to allow Jos. Dick
son to marry his daughter, in New Orleans
Of, the sth instant, whereupon Dickson sho
and killed him.
4 FIVE masked men took possession Of th,
Great Western railroad station ct Dundaa
Ont, on the 9th instant, blew open the saf,
and appropriated therefrom 500.
AT Murfresboro, Tenn, on the 9th inst.
Pickney Bell, white man in Jail for muir
dering q constable, was taken from jail and
lynched by an armed mob.
The body of farmer named Zesk snt
girl named Carrie Myers, were found il
the vicinity Of Muscatine, Iowa, on the 5th
When found both were neatly dressed viii
Grape about their arms. The facts develop
ed at the coroner's inquest shsw that Zeal
and the lady were disappointed in not be
ing able to consummate 4 marriage, he be
ing unable to secure divorce from his frs,
wife, whom he claimed was unfaithful, de-
ternined to end their troubles, and went Ia
Muscatine for that purpose. Both resided
at Coalfeld, Cherokee county, Kansas.
The boiler on the steamer Reliance, ply.
ing between Jacksonville, Fla, and Savan.
nah, Ga. exploded when the boat was two
miles out from st. Mary's, Ga, on the night
of the 9th inst. First engineer, VIM. Moul.
ton, second engineer Josiah Armstrong and
second mate VIM. Dartes, were killed or
drowned. Rev. Mr.. Dunlap, of Savannah,
had his thigh broken.
| BOLD outrage has been perpetrated at
Morris crossroads, near Uniontown, Pa.
An attempt was made recently to rob the
clothing store of Morris Hitler, but Hitler
heard the thief and shot him, inficting a
slight wound. The robber fed into the
darkness, threatening vengeance. Early on
the morning of the Sd inst, Killers store
was entered. The proprietor, who slept in
it, was beaten senseless and the establish.
ment sent on fire. Mr.. Abe Hall, awakened
by the light, rushed into the store and
dragged Hitler out in time to save him from
being burned. The building and contents
were totally consumed, occasioning a loss
of $3, 600 or $4,000.
JOHN RYAN and his son Patrick, Morris
Cronsen and Patrick Breslin were killed in
the mines at Hibernia, N. j., ON the 9Th
inst, by the fall of rock.
The Grand Central Hotel, at Omaha,
Neb., the finest west of the Mississippi river,
outside of San Francisco, caught fire myste.
riously in the fifth story, on the night of the
4th, and after burning over six hours was
completely destroyed. The building was a
fivestory brick, 1872 feet square and cost
$500, 900. A few minutes before midnight,
when the FIRE had burned five hours, divis-
ion wall fell on squad of fremen who were
in the corridor of the hotel, burying and
killing the men who held the nozzle, named
John A. Lee, Louis Wilson, Alonzo Ran
dali and Billy Mcnamara
MRS. LAvIGNE, Olvin Paul and Perre
Lavalle, and youth named Menotte, were
drowned while crossing the river near Sorel,
Canada.
AT Sandusky, O., on the 4th inst VIM.
Taylor, q colored man who is supposed to
have murdered a white girl named Alice
Mcdonnell, was taken from the sheriff by
mob and hung to lamp.post.
WASHINGTON.
THE congressional Democratic executive
committee have arranged programme for
the fall campaign.
THE president has appointed Hon. s.
Newton Pettis, of Pennsyl lvania, minister
resident and consul general at Bolivia.
ADAM BADEAU, consul-general at Lon.
don, has been restored to the list of retired
officers as captain.
COMMISSIONER RAUM informs the secre
tary of the treasury that the internal reve-
nue. tax collections for the fiscal year end.
ing June 80, last, were $l04, III, ,437 accounted
for, and $9,705 unaccounted for. The de.
fciencies will be made good py the default
ers or bondsmen.
The commissioner of internal revenue
decides that medicated wines and distilled
spirits are subject to tax the same as if not
medicated.
GENERAL.
The receipts of the Paris exposition for
entrance, to the 4th inst, 7,412,219 francs.
MICHAEL ToBIN. soldier, convicted OF
the murder of comrade named Alver, at
West Point, and sentenced to be hanged on
the goth inst, has been reprieved by Presi.
dent Hayes until the 25th inst
A LETTER from Disco, Davis Straits,
dated 18th of July, says; Not one vessel of
the Arctic whaling feet had caught single
fish. It was expected the season would
prove complete fsilure. No vessel had
been able to pass through Melville Bay,
which was unprecedented. The bay from
the neighboring heights, appeared com.
pletely blocked with ice.
ALL tho colleries in the vicinity of Potts.
vile, Pa, have resumed work.
THE surgeon-general of the United States
army makes the following report of the
progress of the yellow fever scourge MP TO
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