Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-08
THE EAST.

"~ SLASH. nrTCHFR, United States an
praiser at the port of New York, fled vol
untary petition in bankruptcy on the 3Oth
ultimn.
THE act Incorporating the general pipe
line Of New York, has become a law.
JOHN MoRRIssEY is rapidly sinking. He
was stricken with paralysis at his home in
Saratoga, N. y, on the 2sth ult
THE water in the Nashua and Merrimack
is ten feet above high water mark, and has
begun to do damage
The creditors of Nathan Matthews, of
Boston, who in 1870 was worth from S6,O00,-
| 600 to S., ,0O0,0 900, have petitioned him. into
bankruptcy. Matthews was an extensive
operator in real estate, and his failure is due
to the enormous shrinkage in that class Of
property.
PRESIDENT HAYES and party, OIL the 9th
ult., visited the coal aud iron regions of the
Lehgh and Schuylkill valleys, inspecting
the most prominent establishments along
the route.
FRAUDULENT bends of the Newburyport,
Mass, horse railroad, to the amount of
s., 600, have come to light, and more are an.
ticipated. The directors are investigating
They were issued under the former treas
urer, Binney.
AT New York on the Goth ult., while
dredging the Erie basin, body, sup.
posed to be that of Bernhard Feron, of
Brooklyn, was fshed up. Examination
showed thst the body was bound and
gagged, the skull crushed and weight
of about $50 pounds attached to help keep
it on bottom of the river. b..
THOMAS BURNS and John ID. Taylor, New
York contractors and builders, went into
bankruptcy on the 25th.
The oldest grain broker on Change, New
York city, died of heart disease on the
morning Of the 25th inst.
| THE Erie railroad was sold on foreclosure
suit by the Farmers Loan and Trust com.
pany, at New York, on the oath inst. The
road was purchased for 81, ,OO0, 900 by ex Gov
ernor f. ID. Morgan, David A. Wells and J.
Lambert Welsh, who are trustees for stock
holders.
A. RANSOM 4 Co., wholesale boot and
shoe dealers, New York, have failed; liza
bilities said to be heavy, and estimated at
$750,OO0; real assets about one.third of that
sum.
oKNERAL.
The directors of the New Bedford Ball
Company have decided to Withdraw from
the international championship.
| JOHN B. TYTUs, the defendant in the Gel.
ebrated Dickey.Tytus breach of promise
case, has filed petition in bankruptcy in
the United States Court at Cincinnati. Liza
bilities secured, 5000; unsecured, $l2, 600;
Miss Dickey's judgment for $1,000, is in
cluded in the latter. Assets $1,000. Tytus
was supposed to be wealthy, and there are
people wicked enough to intimate that this
action is the result of the recent verdict
THE circular of the Philadelphia 4 Bead.
ing Coal 4 Iron company, issued on the 29th
ult, gives the following prices: White ash
coal. at Schuylkill, for the month Of May,
lump $225; steamboat 1926; broken 1925
egg $3.50; stove and small stove 81. 25 chest
nut $2.25; pea, No. l, $l.25; pea No. 2 $1.10.
The harbor prices are the same as for pre-.
vious month.
ON the 2Sth ult., ninety members of the
New York legislature arrived at Montreal,
on visit Of recreation.
on the 2sth ult., the Rev. P. B. Morgan, OF
st. Johns Episcopal church, Cincinnati,
withdrew from the Institution, owing to iss
Romanish tendencies.
THE United States District Court of New
Orleans, Judge Gillings, has rendered de.
cision giving a screwman, Whitfield, $500
damages against the steamship st. Louis, for
injuries resulting from the breaking of a
rope. The point is that vessels are necu
niarily responsible for damages resulting
from rotten tackle, and is, therefore, very
, important. -
! WILLIAM SMALL, Little Rock, Ark.
speeisl agent Of the postoiice department
, was arrested, on the 25th, on charge mad.
by s. B. Kirby, for stopping packages O
stanps, sent to the latter. Kirby has beer