Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-01-02

II ing S2o,oOO IN drafts and $50 in money,
e st. Louis, on the 10th inst
, THREE children of Mrs. Catharine Rya
n and Mary +. BURY, aged IA, were suHocate
by coal gas at Randolph, Mass, on the l9t
e inst.
: THE EAST.
| THE firm of Albert 4 Gabriel Meter, not
| ned the New York stock exchange on tn
, 10th, of its inability to meet contracts. N
failure has occurred in Wall street fo
many months that has caused more CON
, ment. The total amount of losses sustaine
by various houses, owing 10 the suspension
is estimated at 100000.
: BANQUET was given at New York cit
on the 26th, by Cyrus w. Field, in honor &
the present and prospective success of tn
elevated railroad. Secretary Sherman n
sponded to the toast "Our Country" and
VIM. Cullen Bryant spoke for "The Press.
ROBERT p. PARRoTT inventor of the Par
rott gun, died at Cold Spring, N. v, on tn
gath.
IHE Pittsburg, Pa, Chamber of Com
merce, on the oath, passed 3 resolution call
ing for national convention to meet a
Washington on the 22d of January, 1878, te
consider the question of improving the
American merchant marine.
| SIX steamers left New York on the 22d
inst, with large cargoes of grain, fresh meat
and oysters. The grain shipments amounted
| to 10000 bushels.
THE assignees of the Reading. Pa, saw.
ings bank, furnish a statement to the United
States Marshal which shows the liabilities
to be 1854, ,S63, and the estimated assets 1896. :
79S.
CHARLES SCOTT COsINE, awarded the
four-year-old prize at the New York baby
show, died of the scarlet fever on the 22d.
JAS FLAMING, clerk of the Pottstown,
Pa, Iron company, has disappeared with
$780,
The banking house of Geo. Baker, at
Chester, Pa, suspended on the goth.
The crew of the steamer Huntsville.
which burned at sea on the 10th inst,
reached New York in a pilot boat on the
Goth.
THE Boston Irdreler says the Atlantic &
Pacific Telegraph company has rescinded
its decision to divide all The Franklin Tele.
graph stock in its possession among the
Atlantic 4 Pacific stockholders by way of
dividend.
.. F. BULLARD, state representative from
Delaware county, was arrested at Media, ,
Pa, on the 10Th inst, and held in So, 600 bail |
for embezzling funds of the Media Building
GENERAL.
The special commissioner appointed by
the circuit court of Richmond, Va, will sell
on April I'd the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road, with all of its rights, franchises priv
ileges, etc.
THE strike on the Lachine Canal is ended.
DR.. A. PETERMAN, of Gotha, pays hand.
some tribute to Stanley, the African ex-
plorer. He says; "Stanley has done more
to investigate and enlighten us on the geog-
raphy and interior of the vast African con.
tinent than all the millions of natives could
ever tell or know of their own country. His
work is unparalleled in the whole history of
discovery in the world"
1T is stated that Captain J. II. Foglesby,
who is to undertake the recovery of 81, 900.
100 treasure, supposed to have been sunk in
he frigate San Pedro Alcantara, on the
spanish main, go years ago, has obtained
enough to start upon his ex.
,edition.
THE Dominion Parliament has been sum.
noned for January Is.
The income tax case of Samuel j. Tilden
las been set down peremptorily for trial on
anuary 9TH.
THE Tilsonburg Volunteer Company .
london, Ont, understanding that England
) preparing for war. have telegraphed to ,
eadquarters, placing their services at the
isposal of the British Empire.
The Maryland state convention, called by
he Prisoners Aid society, to consider the
est method of ridding the state of tramps 9
nd vagrants, met at Baltimore on the GOTH :
Blair was chosen president. I
The question of a direct trade between 7
Few Orleans aud South America is being 8
gitated. A meeting was held at ST Louis {
n the 18th inst 1t is proposed to organize e
company to be styled the Mississippi '
alley Trading company.
The Funding Association of America, has
,ade proposition to fund the debt of the '
tate of Tennessee at so per cent. in bonds
caring per cent. interest.