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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19
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An Indian SQuaw Man.

To steal and not be found out is
counted virtue by the Sioux warrior,
but to be caught in the act or to be found
in possession of the stolen property is a
disgrace, and it is the privilege of the
squaws to taunt and tease him, who ex-
ercise this privilege to the fullest extent,
and to be ridiculed by squaw is the
worst degradation that can be inflicted !;
consequently he very seldom steals.
Should he be caught in the act three or
four times, he would be Stunned by all
the warriors and made a squaw man.
He is then disgraced forever, being de-
barred from all warrior proceedings what
soever, which disgrace to an Indian is
worse than death, and many prefer death
to that punishment, and kill themselves.
When warrior or young man is made
squaw man, the head men of the tribe
take his gun, bow and arrows, ponies, all
war apparel, in fact, everything -and in
turn they are given to the parties from
whom he had stolen and to destitute
widows and orphans of fallen braves and
the thief is turned over to the mercy of
the band. But should he be successful
thief outside of his own band, then he is
praised for his sagacity, and the more he
steals the higher he gets. Should he
luckily happen to be brave Indian and
an accomplished thief combined, then he
is away up on the brave list, and no ex.
pedition is fitted up but he is invited to
be one of the party, very often as its
leader. This kind of an individual is q
terror to the squaw man, as he invari-
ably taunts him when and wherever he
meets him. There is but one squaw man
in the whole of Red Clouds band. /
have personally seen him, and his life is
a hell on earth. He has to do everything
that no other Indian would do, and never
receives kind word unleas it be from
some kind-hearted missionary. / tried
to find out what he had done, but could
not, as there are several ways to reduce
an Indian to that position, and no amount
of inquiry will make them disclose the
facts to outside parties; and, as the last
Indian / asked said, "Heap talk too
much" gently took the hint. To act
the coward in battle, to disobey An order
from the chief where there is any danger,
to try to skulk or get out of any danger
ous undertaking when detailed for it, 60
to make the Indian squaw manor
rcsp0adcnce Chicago Times.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19
THE MARKETS.
New York.

NEW YORK, June 11.-3:0OP M.-Cotton-
Quiet. Flour-Dull; receipts 10000 bbls;
sales 5000 bbls. Wheat-Quiet; receipts
June, $l.l2 bid. Rye-Quiet at 64(a6Sc for
state. Corn-Without important change !;
receipts 247 900 bus; sales 80 GOO bus at 420
4234c for western mixed. Barley-Nominal.
Oats-Quiet; receipts 1900 bus; sales a..
600 bus at 2s@3l14c for mixed western;
30H@36c for white. Pork-Steady at
$l0.OO@l025. Lard-Quiet. Whisky-Un.
changed. Petroleum-Crude unchanged:
refined 1lHc.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19
A Diver in the Clutches Of q Devil
Fish.

The Warrnambool (Australia) Stand
ard says: The diver engaged at the
Moyne river, Belfast, in removing the
reef had rather narrow escape from
losing his life on Thursday evening. l,
appears that Mr. Smale had fred of q
charge of dynamite and displaced large
quantity of stones at the bottom of the
river. He went down to prepare for lift
ing these stones by the aid of chains into
the punt. While engaged in rolling
over a large stone he saw something
which he supposed at the time was
piece of clean-looking kelp moving about
in front Of where he was working. In .
few seconds this object came in contact
with the divers arm, about which it
quickly coiled, partly holding him. I'm
mediately Mr.. Smale touched what was
coiled round his arm he became aware of
his position, and tried to extricate him.
self from the grasp of " sea-devil," but
found it more difficult job than he
anticipated. Catching hold of the part
hanging from the arm he walked along
the bottom of the river toward the end
of it, when he saw he was firmly held by
one of the feelers of large octopus,
better known among sailors a.
the "devil-fsh." Mr.. Smale tried
to pull the fish off from its hold
of the rocks, but without effect
for some time. At last the fish, perhaps
thinking il had not got sufficient hold or
power upon its prey, loosened itself from
the stones and transferred its feelers or
arms around the divers legs and body. |
In this position Mr.. Smale thought the |
best thing for him to do was to get upon
deck as soon as possible, and he made
tracks for the ladder which reaches from
the deck of the punt to the bottom of
the river. The diver was certainly a
curious looking object when he came up.
This huge, ugly thing, appeared to be
all over him, holding him in a
firm embrace. However, Mr.. Smale's
kllow workmen we're not long in freeing
him from the unfriendly hug of his sub
marine companion. The body portion of
the octopus was only about the size of a
large soup plate, with eyes in its head
like those of sheep, but it posed nine
arms, each about four feet in length, at
the butt as thick as mans wrist, taper
ing off at the end to as fine point as q
penknife; thus it could spread over an
area of nine feet. All the way along
the underneath part of each feeier are
suckers every quarter of an inch, giving
It immense power. Mr.. Smale declares
It was powerful enough to hold three
men under Xater
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
AT Haverhill, Mass, on the 1lth inst,
Andrew Trues fatally stabbed his wife and
killed himself while in state of intoxica.
ton.
DURING a storm near Dawson, Ca, ON the
9th inst, Miss Moore and Mrs. Smith were
killed by lightning.
A COW on the track of the Erie railway
near Middleton, N. Y, on the 1lth inst,
threw the engine off the track, killing the
engineer, Edward Tborton and wrecking
thirteen cars.
ANDREW MILLER, and his wife Jenny,
residing at Burkeville, Va, quarreled at the
breakfast table on the 9th inst, when the
woman arose, seized an Ak. and Drained her
husband. When he fell to the floor she
brought the keen blade of the axe down on
his neck, completely severing the head from
the body.
ONE-HALF of Searcy, White county, Ark,
was destroyed by fire on the 10th. Loss
| 100000.
A BOAT containing FIVE boys went over
dam at Alden, Iowa, on the 10th inst, and
Walter Massey was drowned.
KEROSENE burned to death child and
badly burned her mother and another child
In Little Rock, Ark, on the 10th inst.
WYNN's gin factory, near Augusta, Ga,
was blown down by a heavy storm on the
Sth inst. Three children were killed.
Mrs. SARAH J. WILSON, the widow of
Woodford Wilson, living about nine miles
north of Greenfield. and her little niece,
named Annie Cass, about 7 years of age,
Who had been adopted by Mrs. Wilson, were
found on the morning of the sth inst, mur.
dered in their own house. There was 10
evidence of robbery or violation of the
bodies
AN Orville, Cal, dispatch, of the sth inst.
says: DR.. b. F. Holsclaw, of Durham station,
married week ago to Minnie Holze, this
morning killed his wife and himself, The
cause was jealousy.
TWO negroes ambushed and attempted to
murder doctor, named Archer, at Bayou |
Sara, La, on the night of the I'd inst They
hred volley at the doctor, but he escaped |
serious injury, his clothing being riddled.
The populace turned cut end captured the
miscreants, who confessed, and they were
soon left dangling between sky and earth.
LOUIS T. DOVER, private in company c,
Fourth infantry, was killed by the bursting
OF saw at Fort Fetterman, on the 9TH inst.
A FIRE and explosion in Colgate & Co.'s
soap factory at Jersey City, on the 9th inst,
caused loss of Sl50.O0O. About 800 men
are thrown out of employment.
AT Uvalde, Texas, the bodies of two boys
named Colson, aged 10 and 1a years respec-
lively, were found, one with bullet hole
through his head and breast and the other
in pool of water, shot through the shoulder
and arm.
GEORGE SCOTT and Marcellus Anderson
ran away from home at Hastings, Mimi, on
the I'd inst, and on the 5th, their bodies,
horribly mangled, were found on the rail.
way track, near st. Paul. 1t is thought they
were walking back home and fell asleep OH
the track.
A FIRE at Rockland, Me-, on the 5th, de-
stroyed $4,000 worth of property; insured +,
for $4,000. George Studley was killed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

THE war In the island Of Cuba ID finished.
The insurrection is entirely at as IN end.
Vicente Garcia viii leave the island for 81
Thomas. All insurgents In the eastern de-
paytment have laid down their arms.
/ U. s. MAxsHAL SriILwELL, captured
. gang Of cosnterfsiters, with fall outfii
for making bogus silver. at Neponset, III.
ON the 9Th inst, and took them before
the United States commissioner. Three ol
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

PRoF. BAIRD, of the national fish
commission, is stocking all the muddy
bottomed inland waters of the United
States with carp, which is hardy fish,
and always remains in the place where
raised. Fifty thousand young carp were
put into small lake in the District of
Columbia last week.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

IHE congressional library, with its
hundreds OF thousands of volumes, is
not used enough to keep of the accumu-
latins dust. Under the rule of the
library public officers are the only ones
allowed to draw books, and librarian
Spofford says that not one in ten of
these ever calls for a work.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

In Rhode Island . foreign-born citizen
cannot vote unless he has property
amounting to $l34. But if his wife
owns the property It viii do just as we'll.
BY late decision Of the Supreme Court
the man may vote on the strength of his
wife's property,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

The men in Nevada silver mine last
week on reaching depth of 1900 feet
below the surface, struck a stream of
water that was perfectly clear, but had
such an offensive odor that it drove the
miners out. 1t is proposed to analyze
the liquid if a chemist can be induced
to come near enough to the stream to get
sample of the water.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

THE bulk of gold in the world steadily
increases, says the Philadelphia Ledger,
though the amount is but roughly ap-
proximated. Ten years ago it was esti-
mated at about $3.50, ,o0O, 900 in value.
1t must be greatly larger now, though
we have no fixed data for approxinating
the amount.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

The San Francisco legislature has
passed bill forbidding any physician
to advertise that he is expert in any
particular branch of practice.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

A WEST VIRGINIA law afiixes penal
y OF one years imprisonment and $500
hne for being concerned in rattle or
gift enterprise at church fair or festival.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

A very irregular tone continues on the
market for pretty much Ill domestic wools,
but without giving evidences of tendency
toward Improvement. A great many hold
srs think the shrinkage on cost has gone
quite far enough, and they incline 70 make
. show Of greater steadiness and confidence
II possible. but there is quite ~ many il
not more who are unable 70 discover any
advantage - likely to arise BY caxrying
stocks, and they are ready to realize upon
almost oil opportunities. Buyers in the
meantime appear to be very indilei ent over
the situation and rarely move except under
the force Of very urgent necessity, and
continually crowd all he advantages or the
situation to the very utmost. We can hear
Of no positive changes on the quotations
since our last, but s0me odd lots Are under.
stood 70 have been worked out on an easier
basis. From the westths advices still CON.
tinue too uncertain in character 70 admit Of
any good idea Of the probable basis ana
form Of the opening ON the new clip. and
opinions here arc variable but we md that
while the hopc Of conservative action
among buyers Il pretty general. net ) lev
Of the trade are leasfal that bidding and
composition will be sharper than the state
OF the market fairly warrants. About SOC
for heeces ON the primary markets seems TO
be considered ~ the extreme rate proper 10
Pay.-NsU Herk Daily BxRssin, ga.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

WHILE 25 years ago Washington could
scarcely enumerate $1,000 persons, to
day it reckons 10000, and ranks as
twelfth in the list of the great cities.
The rate of mortality among the negroes
is positively alarming when compared to
the ratio among the whites, the latter
being 1927 per cent, the former 44.5O.
Unhealthy localities and residences
account for this partiality.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

The Chicago schoolteachers are hav.
ing trying time about their salaries.
They have had no money since January,
and are now offered city scrip for theil
February wages For the scrip the bro
kers will allow them only IS per cent.
The teachers complain that they have
submitted to reduction of Is per cent.
in salaries, and that it is unfair to sub
ject them to further shave of Is per
cent
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

THERE is a pause just now in the
rage for acquiring possession of islands
in the st. Lawrence. People have dis.
covered that not only are they pokey
and lonesome on dark nights, but they
involve the necessity of entertaining an
endless procession of summer guests. In
fact, it is keeping summer boarding.
house without pay, sometimes without
thanks.
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priation bill the house took recess, the evening
session to be for the consideration Of reports from
the committee on naval affairs.
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o.
$1,000 SPY ! S5.s..ss..
i oLEANIMos.
Il OvElHEATING destroys memory.
Truth fexrs nothing but concealment
il GAIL HAMILTON b hort and digniAsd
ONO Inn abolilhsd oseoaszS' ju1isA
TINE il : ship which never casts ii
anchor.
i AKRON, ONO, has : population Of
/ u, 900 and does mot owe one dollar.
THE Hindoos have the Art Of person.
ating death 80 ~ todeceive able surgeons.
THE new Orleans monument to Gen
Les will b. 106 feet high.
LUHBER dealers always have the
largest board billa
FossrL fsh have been found on the
heights of tho Rocky Mountains.
EUGENE EcHUYLRR says New York Il
dirtier than any city in the world, ex-
cept Constantinople.
ABOUT six million silver dollars have
been coined, and nearly one million sent
out.
A BANK Is the place where people put
their money 90 II will be handy when
other folks want it.
SRvEN out OF eight giraAes imported
last year for menageries in the United
States have died.
Asbestos il said to have been discov.
cred on some hitherto unstable Crown
lands in Megantic, Quebec.
They say now that bee.stings are
sure cure for rheumatism. Which 10
the worst to endnref
CAPT. SYLvANUs BAKER, Of Dart
mouth, Mass, SO years Of age, is cutting
his third set Of teeth.
A WASP is . coward-on Of your fire
in the rear fellowa
FLORIDA sugar fields yield about enc
hundred and twenty-eight dollars Per
acre.
High words only
means in most cases, " Inv language."-
FuMny Folks.
The phonograph succeeds base ball;
the bawler follows the haller.- CbGricy-
Journal.
HIsroRY gives italian merchants the
credit of being the first TO practice book
keeping with anything liks stem.
AT Higgannm, Conn., : loving couple,
after being divorced twice, have. Just
celebrated their third nuptia1A
TaE sixth wife of Elder Duufosd of
3; It Lake hss obtained aaivorce in order
to become the tenth wife Of Bishop No
Allister.
WHITTIER, the poet, hAs written I let
ter thanking ex-Lieutenant Governor
Holt, for his care and interest for Jona-
than Walker, the branded hand " man.
A GOLD vein has been discovered in
the mountains at East Litchfeld, Conn,
which. sanguine persons think will pan
out we'll.
EVERY angry man thinks he is right,
and nine out OF ten can - that they
were wrong when angef coolA The tenth
il fool
TIE deepest lake 81 tAe world, 20 far
Is known, II LAke Baikel, In Siberia,
whore : depth Of 2,00O fest has been
sounded.
A BALDeaele with ! bell attached to
it ilew over Harpswell, Maine. recently,
70 low that the tinkling Of the bsll could
be distinctly heard.
The question whether man can
swim in oil was lately solved at Nice,
where . irst-clan swimmer fell into an
oil vat and waa only saved from drown
ing BY the aid Of 8 friend.
JoHx O'C0NnoR, the ex-oonvick who
&c. a. f1asfx 1~sSs~NaAun@a
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19
Chicago.

CHICAGO, June Iii 80 p. M-Wheat-
Unsettled; closing easy at 9sh@9sNc for
seller June; 94Hc bid for seller July.
Corn-Steady at 36sc for cash 371sc seller
July. Oats-Steady at 23akc for cash; 23ssc
for seller July. Rye-At 52Kc. Barley
At 49kc. Pork--Dull and lower at 1915
for cash; $s7sMfor seller July; 1907, for
for cash; 1915 for seller July; $685. for
seller August. Whisky-At $i.04 Hogs
Receipts $4,000 head; dull and 1O(al5c
lower; light at $3.20@3.30; heavy mixed
packing at $3.2o@3.25, heavy shipping at
$3.30G3.45.
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terms, $500 a Year In Advance.
VARIOUS TOPICS.

The California legislature has passed
q bill admitting women to practice in all
the courts of that state,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WEDNESDAY. June 9TH

WEDNESDAY, June 5.-The senate re
sumed consideration OF the post route BILL and dis
cussion in regard to the Brazilian mail subsidy was
continued. The bill having been considered IA
committee OF the whole, 1t reported to the sen.
ate, separate vote being taken on the Brazilian
line subsidy which was concurred in-yeas 26, nays
franking privilege was rejected by tie vote. 1t
was then renewed by Paddock, and after being
amended by striking out the words " and receive y
exceeding 2La ounces through the mails, il was
agreed to-yeas 20, nays 10. The bill was then
read third time and passed-yeas "a, nays 15.....
Sargent, from the conference committee on pension
appropriation BILL made a report which was agreed
to, and the dill passed adj djourned.
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them named Bailey were held over. and the
others released.
The venerable Peter Cooper has sum-
moned the executive committee of the Na-
aonal party to meet him in Washington,
June 10th, to petition the repeal of the re.
sumption act.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

TUESDAY,, June 11.-After 4 session ia
COMMITTEES d ths whole ON the sundry civil appso-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

A WIDOW out in Iowa 10 in the strang-
est predicament. She and her husband
having quarreled, divorce was applied
for; but while proceedings were pending
the two made up. After q while the
husband cied, and the relict thought to
enter upon his estate. It was then she
found that tho lawyers had gone ON with
the proceedings originally instituted, and
had actually obtained the divorce, SC
that the widow had no legal claim on
the property. f. 81
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

LONDON, June 11.--12 SOP. M.-Liverpool
wheat market opens with . fair inquiry.
California club at los 1ld@1ls Sd; average
California at los 7d@10s lid; spring at 90
3d@9s 10d. Floating cargoes frmer; on
passage firm; good cargoes No 2spring wheat
of coast at AS; fair average quality No. 2
Chicago spring wheat, for shipment ETC.,
AIS Cd; no cargoes on sale; of coast wheat,
between 36,00C@40, 600 'quarters; corn, be.
tween 30,000@35, GOO quarters. English and
French country markets turn easy. Far.
mers' deliveries of wheat dnring the week
$4,000 to $4,000 lquarters. Weather in Eng
land stormy.
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MILWAUKEE, June 11-3.OO p. M.-Flour
Very quiet and prices weak but not lower;
ehoice spring extras at $5.W@5.50: common
to good at $4.0O@4.75. Wheat-Tame and
easier; No. regular sold At $l.02; No. Q at
$3.50 $l.00; seller July at 971& &@9Skc seller
August dull at Ole. Corn--Dull but firm at
36Xc. Oats-Quiet at 23Nc. Rye-Firm
at 52Hc. Baricy--No. 2 cash, 6211c; seller
July, &c. Pork-Firm $500 cash. Lard
6Ag7Hc: Hogs--Aetive and higher at
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The stupidity displayed BY a mother
In Providence, r. 4, is incomprehensi-
BILE. Recently Mrs. Matthews sent her
boy to store TO get some milk for her
babes. The boy went to the store, but
by mistake returned with the pint can
full of kerosene oil. Mrs. Matthews
took the can and, supposing the contents
to be milk, gave it to the babies who
soon drank the pint of oil between them.
The babies are twins, fifteen months old,
and of course soon began to show signs
of sickness On lifting mp the can the
frightened mothered discovered her mis-.
take. Happily, or unhappily for the
babes We should say, prompt appeal Ia
physician saved them.
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The raising, culture, spinning and
weaving of silk and its preparation and
introduction into market ~ source of
profit to the colored people of the south
are among the ambitious objects for
which Lowery's industrial academy, in
Huntsville, Ala, has been founded.
Twenty-Five acres Of land, with build
ings costing originally over 100000,
have been leased, and the owner, ex-
Governor Reuben Chapman, has offered
to give the entire property to the found
ers if they will secure an endowment
fund by which the academy can be firmly
and permanently established.