Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-11-13

| $4,000. The schooner l.. c. Woodruff il
total wreck, near Whitehall. Two Of her
crew lost their lives. The yes Ell is corn
laden. 4 number of small lumber crafts
stranded along the Michigan shore.
TAYLoR's wooden mills, North Salem, N.
H., have burned. Loss $65, GOO; insurance,
$4,000.
Two freight trains on the Grand Trunk
aailway collided three miles west of Toron-
to, Canada, on the 3lst ult. Both engines
and several cars we're completely wrecked,
and both engineers and one fireman injur-
ed, the latter fatally. Damages estimated
at $4,000.
A BUCKET fell down . mine shaft at
Boyersdown, Pa, on the 30tb, killing John
Quick, Charles Klebe, and . man named
Hagy. Isaac Gehris lies in critical condi.
tion.
A sKRIoUs prairie FIRE swept across the
southern half of Turner County, D. r., on
the 18th ult., and destroyed large quantity
Of grain and hay. Mrs. James Roland and
child were caught out on the prairie by the
FIRE; the latter was burned to death and the
former is seriously injured so that she will
probably not recover.
A CONTRADICTION train on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul road, near Sheldon,
Minn., was ditched on the Goth ult. J. G.
Patterson, of Charles City, attorney for the
company, was killed; Fred. Merrill, q
nephew of s. 8. Merrill, general manager,
and Frank Church, superintendent of the
United States express company, were in.
jured.
DISPATCHES from Kansas say the great
three-story barn OF John Taylor, in Dickin.
son county, some miles from Abilene, had
burned. The barn was filed with grain,
agricultural implements, lumber wagons,
aud twenty-five head of fine horses, all of
which were destroyed. Loss $25,0O0; no
insurance. Mr.. Taylor. the owner, was
formerly Of the firm Of John Taylor d Co.,
of Cincinnati, but for several years has been
very extensive farmer.
W. w. Brown, a wood chopper, near Au-
burn Placer county, Cal, was arrested on
the 4th inst. for making and uttering coun.
terfeit standard dollars and halves. Dies,
material, etc., were found in his cabin.
THE following members Of the new Mac.
Donald administration, Canada, have been
reelected by scclamation: Hon. s. L. Til.
ley, minister of finance; Hon. DR.. Topper,
public works; Hon. Jas. Macdonald, jus.
:ice; Hon. J. II. Pope, agriculture, and Hon.
John O'Conner, president of tine council.
THE convention of stone cutters of the
United States and Canada has protested
against the further continuance of the con.
vict labor system.
PIERRE BACHAND, treasurer of the prov.
ince of Quebec, died at Montreal, on the
2nd inst.
A PARKERsBURG, West Virginia, dispatch
of the LIST instant says: Along the line of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, near that
city, diphtheria is raging worse than ever
was known. Twelve children have died in
the last four days. More thau half the fam.
lilies have at least one Gaze. In some OF
them all the children are down with it.
A CONFEDERATE monument, the work of
the ladies memorial association, was un.
veiled at Augusta, Ga, on the 31st ult, in /
the presence of large concourse of people. |
Gov. Colquitt, Alex. II. Stephens, and other
distinguished citizens were present. The |
military was headed by the Thirteenth in. |
fantry post band, from Atlanta. Several
confederate battle flags were displayed on |
the stand in front of the monument. The !
Star Spangled Banner and Confederate flag
were blended and surmounted by an olive. |
fringed streamer with the watchword,
" Peace"
AT St. Paul, on the 30th ult., drunken
man jumped from the bridge 60 feet into the
Mississippi, and escaped with serious bruises.