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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
The Way One Man Got On.

He applied to the editor-in-chief of q
New York daily, who knew him we'll
and was aware of his ability and expert
ence. "rve nothing to offer you," he
said, "but perhaps you had better see
the managing editor" To the manag-
ing editor, who also knew him we'll, the
applicant went. "There's nothing I
can give you," he said pleasantly" why
don't you zee the editor-in-chief?" The
next day he applied to both again, and
the next, each time receiving the same
snswer. Dropping il on the fourth day
he noticed a vacant desk in the re-
porter's room, kept for any one who
might use it. He called the Office boy
told him to clean up the desk and bring
writing materials. Having moved in"
he sought the city editors assignment
book, picked out job that he thought
he could do, did it, laid the result on the
city editors desk, and went home. The
next day he did the same thing, and the
next, and the next. On the fifth day the
editor.in-chief passed through the room
while he was at his desk. $50 you've
got to work." he said pleasantly.
ayes, sir" answered the self-appointed
reporter. A day or two later the man
aging editor came in. "Got at it at
last, eh?" he inquired. eyes, sir" an
swered the latest addition to the staff,
going on with his work. Things went
on in this way for two weeks. when one
morning the chief came in. Chow do
you like your position7" he asked.
"First rate" he answered; "there's
only one trouble; II haven't had any
money yet" "No money! How's
that7 Perhaps the managing editor
forgot to put your name on the roll
Never mind, Twill. How much did he
say you were to have?" "He didn't
say, sir" said the reporter, telling the
truth very literally. The chief fixed
the pay then and there, and dated i
back two weeks, and the hanger on u
became a full hedged member OF the
staff on the spot. And the best OF tte
Joke was that it was not not until two
years afterward that either the editor
in-chief or the managing editor knew
how it came about, each suPposing thu
other had done it. Two heads were Ger
tainly better than one that time-fo1
the applicant.-Boston Transcript.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
Indian DeVlllry.

AS Mrs. Colson, with two children was re-
turning home from a spring at Colson's
rancho, 25 miles from Bracketteville, Texas,
on the 1st inst, she was met by party of In.
dians, who killed one little girl with
arrows, beat the others brains out with a
club, and after outraging Mrs Colson killed
her. Colson and sons, returning, found the
bodies and Immediately went in pursuit OF
the savagcs
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
The Four Per Cenus

The treasurer of the United States has
decided that per cent. efunduy certif
Gates may be deducted by national banks in
making up their serIl-annual return of
average capital subject to duties the same
as the law author;.zes in the case of United
States bonds.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
THE MARKETS.
Reported by CHANDLER, BROWN 4 Co., Commission
Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.



NEW YORK, June As: 100 p. Motion -
Dull at 13hc. Flour-Steady; receipts IA, :
600 bbls; sales 1900 bbls; super state and
western at $3.25 |; com mon to good extra at
So. 3.70@S90; good tS choice at $s.95@4.50;
white wheat extra at $4.55; extra Ohio at
$406; st. Louis at So 3SO@6.OO; Minnesota
patent process at $500. Wheat-h@lc
higher; quiet; receipts 23l 600 bus; sales
5000 bus; No. 2 red seller June at $l.l7.
Rye-Firm at 65@65Kc. Corn-auiet; re-
ceipts 100000 bus; sales $1,000 bus at 400
1880 for western mixed. Rarley-Dull. Oats
Quiet; receipts $4,000 bus; sales $4,000
bus at 35(936c for mixed western; 36h@4Oc
for white. Pork-Firm at $1O.l2h. Lard
Steadier at $6.27H. Butter--At 6@l7c.
Cheese-At 2Ca71sc. Whlsky-At $1,000
106h. Sugar and Eggs-Unchanged. Pc.
trolenm-Crude at 4h@5Ac; refined un-
changed. Coal-Firm. Leather Steady
at 191z@21H Nc. Wool-Verv firm at 3l@34c.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
Il Verified Dream.

Thirty years ago two Norridgewock
young men met and one said: "Charles,
I dreamed Last night that you were a
Judge of the supreme court of Maine,
that was Z minister, and that you CAL.
ed on me to open your court with pray
er." Just 80 years after Rev. Dr.. Chas.
F. Allen, late president of the state col.
lege, and now pastor of the Fairfield
Methodist church, happened to step into
the supreme court room in Augusta,
Judge Charles Danforth beckoned to
him and asked him to open his court
with prayer, and the dream was verified.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

The cotton batting warerooms of c. and
P. Mccarthy, at Troy, N. Y, was burned on
the Sd inst. Loss $25, 900.
A fire in the Merrimac Company's works,
at Woburn, Mass, on the night of the I'd
inst, caused loss Of $4,000. A. v. Weeks,
bookkeeper for the company, fell into a
pool of vitriol and was fatally burned.
Several others were badly burned with
yitriol.
At Whitehall, Mich, on the lst inst, a
FIRE destroyed Dalton's saw mill. Less $l2,-
600; insured.
Smiths saw mill at Tonawanda, N. Y,
burned on the I'd inst. Loss $4,000;
insurance $4,000.
Three two-story brick structures on the
levee at Shreveport, La, were destroyed on
the I'd inst. Loss $65, 600, insurance So, 900.
On the morning of the 3lst uIt. fire broke
out in the village of Silver Reef, Utah, con.
suming all the business houses on the west
side of Main street, and some twenty resi-
dences Loss estimated at half a million.
Eaton and Wilson's mill at Midway,
Mass, was burned on the night of the 3lst
ult. The fireman, named Edward Hart, was
killed by the explosion OF boiler.
The Russian towns of Walnicke and
Gboyes and four large villages in various
districts have been burned, and thousands
of peasants reduced to beggary.
A fire at Chase, Mich, on the goth de-
stroyed the saw and shing)e mill owned by
C. w. Joiner, together with over a million
feLt of lumber and a large amount Of
shingles and logs; one store, two dwellings
and the postoffice also burned. Loss $40,
600; insured 81, 500.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

On the Sd inst. the president sent to the
Senate the nomination of George w.
McCrary, of Iowa, as Judge of the Eighth
United States Judicial circuit, in place of
John F. Dillon, resigned. Dillon's resigna.
ton is to take effect the first day of Septem.
ber, 1879, and the nomination is to be for
the vacancy thus created.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

The Boston Heralds Salem special says
"John McBuzzell confesses the authorship
OF the Jennie Clark trunk tragedy, and that
he was mid in the woods for four days while
officers were working up the case"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
Tho Fatal Elevator.

Two servants who were in an elevator in
the st. Omer hotel New York, on the Goth,
when the rope broke have since died from
tboir iniurieS
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
4St0up LEGISLATORS.

Inc se <siaps of the House at Panama
nase v 1ep characterized by the most dis.
graz 4fal disorder. People in the galleries
w emily expressed their ontempt and hatred
81 several members who's. hostility against
the executive ha, been most marked, and
these members increased the disorder by
making most impassioned attacks against
the president OF the republic. The popu.
lace replied with volleys of stones. The
members used their revolvers in turn.
Things got to such pass on the 7th of May
that Gen. Trujillo, with a battalion of
colonial guards, cleared the galleries, ad.
journed the session and escorted the men,
bers home.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
The Anne .riean Tract Soc,e.v-

The Amerr ,an Tract society held its an.
nual meetir 6 at New York city on the 7th
INST Inc available resources during 1878
were $4,000; expenditures during the same
times $40, 700.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

Cumberland, Ind, dispatch of the 2sth,
says: "At l o'clock to-day an outward
bound express train on the Pittsburg di.
vision OF the Baltimore and Ohio railway,
when three miles west OF the confluence
near Pittsburg, ran on to rock that had
fallen on the track. Engineer BENZ. Pritch.
ard, residing at Connellsville, and an un-
known tramp were instantly killed, The
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
LOathsOn,e l.eDers,

On the I'd inst. the steamship China sailed
rom San Francisco for Hong Kong. Among
the passengers were seventeen Chinese
lepers who have been sent back to China
by order of the San Francisco board of
supervisors.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

Col. Richard Il. Rowe, member of the
city council of Wilmington, Del, was
fatally shot on the Slst ult. by the accidental
discharge of a pistol in the hands of
Hagan Dugan, saloon keeper.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

(Nev.) Appeal, and formerly ieutenant-gov.
ernor of Nevada, died on the 2Sth.
Joseph Armorer, an old and respected cit.
zen of Fl. Smith, Arkansas. died ON the
2sth, aged 80,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

The village of Font ana, Car. .eon Tessin,
Switzerland, suffered from t,Ae effects of an
avalanche on the Sd inst. Several houses
and church were destroyed and six per.
sons killed,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

Edwin Harris, former book.keeper OF the
wholesale boot and shoe firm of Yoe
Brothers, Chicago, later known as McAuley,
Dyke & Co., was indicted for abstracting
funds of the firm, arraigned and plead
guilty on the 3lst ult and was sentenced to
seven years in the penitentiary. Harris ad
mits that the total amount stolen is between
$4,000 and $4,000. Harris told Mr.. Yoe
that he used to take about $500 year,
which he kept in private box in their
yault
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
VOLUME VIII.
NEWS in BRIEF.
Judge lpiplen Resfxus.

President Hayes has accepted the resigna'
ton of Judge Dillon of the eighth judicial
district, to ia ke effect September 1st next.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
Gauut Famine.

The famine in Cashmere is very serious,
and great distress prevails throughout the
country. Many villages have been depopu'
lated. The authorities are sending assist
ance.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
Chicago.

CHICAGO, June Al 80 P. M.-Flour--
Demand fair; choice Minnesotas, $4.5O(9
5.25 fair to good Minnesotas, $4.OO04. so ;
fair to good spring at $375@4.25; low
springs at 50 50Ca3.00; patents at $4,000
500. Wheat-Firm and higher at S1.02A
for cash and seller June; 99Hc for seller
July. Confirm and a shade higher at
35Nc for cash; 36s4c for seller July: 37ssc
for seller August. Oats-Firm and higher;
Sic for cash; 3lstc for seller July. Rye
Firmer at 52GG5211c. Barley-At64c. Pork
Weak at 50. so Tor cash So. 81 bid for seller
July; $967H bid for seller August. Lard
Firm at $6.O6 for cash /; $6.07k bid for seller
July. Whisky-At $l.03. Hogs-Receipts
$4,000 head; moderately active and steady !;
light at $3.50@3.6O; heavy at $3.4O93.65.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
Treaty Of Peace.

A dispatch from Simla says treaty of
peace between Great Britain and Afghanis-
tan was ratified on the 30th ult. A salute
of thirty-one guns was fired in honor of "A.
event.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
Treasury Figures.

The debt statement shows the incr .sse NJ
TIM debt for May to be $62,250. Cs al In the
treasury, $4sO, ,591,2 ,297; gold cert dcst.. s2
366,960; certificates of desosit e.ts+.nd;n,
$40, ,795, 600; refunding certif ,ea,es Sas e9s .
$50; legal tenders outstan' der. ss1s ssi o1S.
fractional currency outs Asding, SIS, ,s74 III;
U. s. notes held Tor re' .emption of fractional
currency %,4os, ,lo6 called bonds not
matuied lor wnic 4per cent. bonds have
been issued, $1f Ss.77l $50.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

THE Norristown Herald says you can't
convince . woman who II cleaning house
that the woodwork il clean until she has
scrubbed nearly Ill Tie paint Of.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

the o. 8. Land Once. st vermillion, and became
acquainted With the location and quality Of the
Government lands throughout the Territory OF Da
kota. he win promptly answer all letter. OF! OF en-.
government lands undsr the laws Of the United
States. Also will attend promptly to the cAnce.ia-
zion Of Dsclarstory Statements and Homeefesd Eh,
tries upop ands that have been abandoned and
prepare testimony for witnesses In case OF MAJ
proof % Homesteads, commuted Honesteso Gu
ties and Pre- snption entries. Also parties oesir
- 70 Ale = PIs-emptop Or enter land undef ane
Homestead Act can do 20 through this once Win
cut peFssaAl sttsadanoe & ~ Local Land O0cs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

Eva Williams and Emma Davies, aged
respectively lS and ID years, were drowned
in the river at Columbus, Ohio, on the 30th
ult.
Joseph Stevenson, Isaac Fielding, George
Desshaw and Seraphm Martin were
drowned in the lake at Valleyfeld, Quebec
on the 25th.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

A terrible storm of wind and rain passed
over northern Kansas and southern Nebras.
ka on the evening of the 30th ult., extend.
ing through nearly the whole of the north.
ern tier of counties in Kansas. The storm
moved in direction little north of east
and passed into Nebraska through Richard.
son county.
The town of Irving, ninety miles west of
Atchison, was nearly destroyed, about forty
buildings being leveled, twelve persons
killed and fifty wounded, some dangerously.
The storm was exceedingly violent in the
vicinity of Delphos, Ottawa county. Fiji.
teen bodies were brought in from two
square miles OF territory. One man from
Beloit was taken up in his wagon, thrown
to the ground again and instantly killed.
A woman and child were thrown against
wire fence and killed. Five persons were
killed in one house near Delphos.
At Frankfort four were killed and many
badly injured.
The cyclone struck the earth four miles
from Lees Summit, and tore furrow
through the country about q hundred yards
wide and ten miles long, leveling every.
thing in its track, and killing and wounding
several people. The house of Mr.. Warren
was totally destroyed, two members of the
family killed and others severely wounded.
Further on the house of Alex. Scroggs WIS
unroofed and his wife's skull fractured.
The houses Of DIR. Cunningham and Mr..
Underwood were destroyed, but their
families escaped unharmed. The residence
of Mr.. Autcbins was torn to pieces, and the
family badly hurt. The house of Mr.. Har-
ris, near Blue Spring, was demolished, Mr..
Harris, his wife and little girl, and other
children being mortally wounded.
On the Big Blue river, at the mouth of
Mill creek, the storm uprooted trees, de-
stroyed grain cribs, fences and crops. A two
story storehouse Of M. C. Androy was un.
rooted and crushed, fifteen persons being in
it at the time; Mr.. Androy was somewhat
injured, and his sister-in.law, Mrs. Tuttleck,
AND child, killed.
On Fancy Greek. IL miles north of An.
droy's the Methodist church was entirely
demolished, buildings torn down, cattle
and horses killed, and other property
destroyed, but NO lives lost.
The heaviest rain ever experienced in
that section of the country accompanied the
gale, actually deluging the lands and in.
Aicting untold damage to growing crops.
! A st. Joseph, No., dispatch Of the 2Sth
ult., says: At 10 o'clock this morning Z
: cyclone swept part Of Holt and Nodavay
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

At Newark, VT, on the 2Sth, a party Of
nine children drank water from brook,
the waters of which had been polluted by
the carcasses of a horse and several sheep,
and were poisoned, from the effects OF
which seven died soon after, their bodies
becoming putrid and demanding immediate
burial. The others cannot survive. A Mrs.
Morse lost two, Mrs. Carpenter lost three,
and two more are the ones referred to as
dying-taking her entire family: Mrs.
Aldrich lost two. There is great excite
ment in the community about the matter.
Ldter-There have been nine deaths SO
far of children who drank from the poison.
ed brook. Edward Morse lost two, John
Aldrich three, Fred Simpson one, L. Wilson
one, Mr.. Park one, and John Cole one.
Potato tops, poisoned by Paris green,
thrown in the brook, are regarded as the
cause of the poisoning rather than the car.
casses of dead animals. Terrible distress
prevails, and work is suspended. Twenty.
seven children were poisoned by drinking
the water.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
MiiXAukee.

MILWAUKEE, June As 90 P. M.--Flour--
In good demand for shipment at $3.50
400; choice spring held at $42594.5O.
Wheat-Active and higher; No. ! hard at
$l.O3A; No. l at $1.O2; No. at $1.OOH; No.
at 791l@79Ao; No. 4 at 7311@74Ac; No. 2
seller June at $l.O0A@1.O1; No. seller
36c for cash. Oats-Higher; Sic for No. 2
cash. Rye-Quiet at SIC. Barley--At
64c; No. 8 at 43c. Pork-Dull at $3.50 for
cash; $3.50 for seller July. Lard-At $6.l0
for cash.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
ELK POINT UNION

fireman, Flaherty, and also another tramp
were seriously injured. Pritchard died.
with his hand on the air.brakes."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11

LONDON, June 4-l2 80 P. M. Liverpool
wheat market opens inactive. Floating
cargoes steady; on passage quiet; very
small attendance. Imports of wheat into
the United Kingdom during the past week.
200, 600 O6l205, 600 quarters; corn, ,OOO@
lO5, 600 quarters; -four, 81, ,OOO@70, 900 sacks.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
Al Rest.

Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, chief
partner in the banking firm of Rothschild d
Co., is dead.
General James Shields, late United States
senator from Missouri, died suddenly in
Ottunwa, Iowa, on the evening of the 1st
inst. On the Sabbath he had appeared in
his usual health, ate hearty supper at six
O'Clock, and wrote several letters, but just
before retiring complained of a pain in his
chest, and soon thereafter said to his niece
that he was dying, and in thirty minutes he
expired, sitting in his chair, and being
conscious to the last. His remains were
taken to Carroelton, Mo-, for interment.
Eben l.. Ingersoll, ex-representative in
congress from Illinois, and brotherof Robt.
@. Ingersoll, died in Washington, early on
the morning of the 3ist, of apoplexy.
Judge Charles Mason, clerk Of the United
States circuit court, at Utica, N. r., died on
the 3lst ult, aged So.
| An official statement from Port au
Prince, Hayti, says: N. Roche Monart
French minister, died Of yellow fever two
hours after he was attacked. His private
secretary and first secretary Of the legation
are dead of the disease, and the second sec
retary Of the legation 10 sick with it.
! Harry Nishsls, editor. Of the Carson
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-06-27
FOLLETIN.
LAS
BuELLAs DEL cBiNEQ,
N0VELA GUIANA
PoR
TEODORO GUERRERO.
{ Continuation. J

-Te conozcc. y Sc que hablas con e
corazon en- la mano. Pues bier, Ca
briel hay en- el mundo un ser cuys
existencia esta ligada q Ia mia por III
lazo secreto que no puedo levelarte,
tras ESQ ser voy para ampararle en- l.
desgracia. Constit1yete en- tribunal
juzga sentencia.
Gabriel SO recosto en- el sillon, Y cru.
Zandose de brazos dijo:
--Ya escucho, senior King.
Ell destino, anadio Jorge limpian-
dose con el panuelo el copioso sudol
que brotaba dc su frente, me lig6 q ese
ser misterioso que no debo abandonar
Ell hecho es el siguiente.
AL decir este, apoy6 un momento ls
cabeza en- Ia palma de las manos, como
para coordinar sns ideas, y empezo ST
reiacion en- estos t6rminos:
En- ell silencio de la noche, sin tes
.tieos, cometio ESQ., hombre un crfmer
espantoso pero sd provision fu6 tai
que & esa misma hora frob6 que SO en-
contraba en- otro sitio, nuchas leguas
de-distancia; nadie le vic, nadie 81
hoy le acusara un insensato, / habria
tribunal que Sc atreviera q condenarlo
Gabriel San Martin Sc puso horrible
mente palido al OR la confession de Jor-
90, pues no debia califcarla de otro
@odo IA sombga Do Qnelia cruz6 por-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-06-27
e X A M E n E S.

Ell dia % dieron principle los exa-
menes en- ell colegio superior que d.
rige ia profesora dona Dolores Con-
zalez del Rio, dando fin ell "a en- los
salones del Ayuntamiento adonde
hubo de trasladarse ell acto por la ex-
cesiva concurrencia que ell primer
dia llen6 la escuela, cuyos espaciosos
locales no ofrecian bastante capaci-
dad, tai era ell ndmero de padres y
madres de familia que acudian avi-
dos de presenciar los triunfos de sus
hijas y tai la afuencia de particular
res que querian admirar la laborio-
sidad y cello de la j6ven preceptora
objeto de tantas simpat1as y prue-
bas de estimacion.
Y verdaderamente que causaba
asombro yer los resultados de la en-
se1anza y el incansable teson de
aquella joven profesora, y mas adn
81 Sc considerable que gran parte del
tempo destinado a la instruction de
las tiernas rinas que le deben ell pan
de la inteligencia y del alma 10 ha-
bia pasado sumida en- dolorosas en-
fermedades en- las cuales peligrara
su existencia. Bajo este punto de
vista, especialmente, repetimos, ha-
clan verdaderos prodigios aquellas
tiernas criaturas, candidas unas y con
la encantadora circunspeccion de la
adolescencia, y juguetonas y risue-
mas otras, hollando las flores de la in
fancia infundiendo dulces esperan-
zas como botones de rosa que Sc en-
treabren prodigios, 81, que no de
otro modopueden caliGcarse aquellos
continues raudales de instruction que
brotaban de sus labios y aquella pure
"a de educacion moral y cristiana que
resplandecla hasta EN- sus miradas y
en- sus mas insigni6cantes acciones,
santi6cado todo, digamoslo asl, con