Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-10-09

ELK POINT
first are probably . total loss. Crews are
Ill rescued. The feet had gone eastward.
A Man named Green had both his arms
blown of BY the premature discharge Of q
cannon 1t Monmouth, Ill, ON the 26th.
G. W. PHrLLrPs, of Delavaa, Wis, Z
prominent citizen and noted sportsman,
suicided BY hanging, ON the 26th.
JAMES RUssRLL, negro rapist, was
lynched BY the citizens of Murfreesboro,
Tenn, on the 26th.
In Marion, Ala, on the night Of the Path,
over eleven business houses burned. Loss
$4,000.
TIE body Of an unknown man was found
hanging 10 . tree, in the western suburbs of
81. Louis, No., on the 26th. Evidently .
case of suicide.
Law officers Of the government have
taken steps 70 eject parties from possession
Of about one thousand acres Of land in the
Pennsylvania oil region. This land was
taken in part payment of debt due the
United States by the venango county bank
of shout @e0, 900.
AT . meeting Of operators of the Lehigh,
Pa, coal region on the 30th for the purpose
Of establishing prices for October, It. was
agreed to advance 10 cents on the line and
Ii cents on city trade.
The Dime savings bank, of Hartford,
Conn.,, was enjoined from further prosecu.
tiou of business ON the 3Oth ult
A COMMITTEE of the New York bar asso.
citation il investigating charges Of extortion
against the sheriff and countv clerk. The
weight of evidence 10 said TO be great.
The trial at New York of test suit
brought by Justus Schwab. communist,
against two policemen, for %, 900, for illegal
arrest in having locked him up for selling
liquors at II AS clock on Monday morning,
resulted in . verdictfor the police.
DEAN STANLEY arrived at Philadelphia,
Pa, ON the 9th instant.
FIVE hundred and ninety.nine Normons
arrived at New York ON the 26th inst, and
Immediately left for the west
THE hat makersin New York have agreed
labor. In case of q breach of the rule by
any firm the penalty il 6ne of $4,000 for
each infringement, TO be paid to the hatters'
association.
JAS. A. HAMILTON, son of Gen. Alexan.
der Hamilton, died oa the Gath, at his coun.
try seat near New York city, in the 9lst
year Of his age. He was . prominent law.
yer in that city at one time, and for many
years lived in retirement At Irvington.
FIFTY THOUSAND tons Of Scranton coal
were sold at auction at New York, on the
25th inst, by the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad company, At the fol.
lowing prices per ton: Crate, $3.55@3.57K;
egg, $3.65@3.70; stove, $4.071; chestnut,
$3.52X.
GEN. HALBERr E. PAIxE, of Wisconsin,
he's been appointed commissioner of patents.
The secretary of the treasury promoted o
II. Irish, of Nebraska, assistant chief of the
Bureau of engraving and printing of the
treasury department, to be chief of that bu.
reau, vice McPherson, resigned, and ap-
pointed Daniel w. Wilson of, Ohio, assis.
tant chief of the bureau.
THE fifth regular drawing of the Ken.
lucky lottery took place in the presence of
the public, at Louisville, ON the SOth ult.
Gen. T. A. Harris, Col. R. C. Wintersmith,
Ex-State Treasurer, Hon. G. H. Gray and
other prominent citizens, managed the
drawing. Ticket 1854 drew S0.OO0; ticket
"a, ,767 drew $4,000, and ticket 27,176 drew
5000.
In the Wayne (Mich.) Circuit Court on
28th instant, an order was issued confirm
ing the recent sale of the Detroit and Nil.
waukee railway TO the Great Western Rail.
way company of Canada, and authorizing
the necessary conveyances.
INFORMATION has been received by Capt.
Howgate, at the signal Office, that Capt.
Tyson of the schooner Florence, Of the How.
gate Polar expedition, reached st. Johns,
N. B., ON the Goth. He has been absent
fourteen months.
SENIOR ZAMANCONA, the Mexican minis
ter, says the purpose Of the Mexican gov
ernment in sending i've thousand troops te
the border was to suppress raiding and aid
the United States troops in putting down
lawlessness.
CON6lD11ABLE commoti0n 10 created at
Wis, among property owners, by
the recording, ON September II, of deed
given by DAN Webster to David Hall, bear.
ing the date of March. 18l9, for sixty-6ve
lots, including some Of the very best busi-
ness and residence lots in the city. The
price paid TO Hall was $4,000. Many con.
sider 1t fraudulent, and should il be brought
to trial it will be fought by the united
strength of many wealthy residents. The
title of al the property claimed under this
deed IL believed to be perfectly clear to the
present holders, and quiet possession for
ten years, under the laws Of this state, with |
, reasonably clear title, confirms the holder
In possession.
THB American rife team shot . match st
ON the 25th. sumner made the |
score Of 2cl in possible |
rs; Jackson reached 2l7, while the grand |
Iotal reached 1850 points against 1855 Of
he team on the first, year ago.
The Paris Patvie says: We learn that the
iihdcultiss between France. England and
he United States, relative to the Newfound-
land fisheries, have been arranged. The
Ehrce cabinets are now drawing up Q CON. !
vention, which viii obviats Ill future disa-
yreements.
A PoRrI4AND, Oregon, dispatch says:
Forest fres in Tillamook section have done
! great amount Of damage. The IRE has
Iwept over large section Of country, de. |
'troying houses, crops, fences aad bridge..
Recent heavy rains have extingaished the |
ares.
Two Of the Asx,caas who we're rscognised
y the murders Of sx-Sheria williams and
sx-Clsrk Finlsy, sf 6aata Clara county, near
Tucson, Arizona, were captured In Sonora,
md shot By order Of Governor Narssoal.
TWO Ohio ministers -RsvA +. A. Spence
md J. x. Dsvis--haye been dismissed from
he miaistzy for irregular conduct
THH following from Gen. james A. Gar.
6sld, In response to IN inquiry will b. OF |
InAarank IN Wnaknrm natAanva % Rn..r~. ~-H... [