Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-05

A freight train ran into COW on the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie road, near Nortl
Bridgewater, Pa on the 21st inst, THROWN,
the engine and train over an embankment
N. c. Lennon, a brakeman, was killed, snt
d. l.. Knorr, engineer, and Geo. Fulton
fireman, seriously injured.
On the 22d inst, broken rail or axle,
wrecked freight train near Counellsville
Pa, Chester Hymn a tramp, was instantly
killed and three tramp "pards somewhat
bruised.
/ MuFderOus Deeds.
The dead body of white man was found
floating in the river at Memphis on the 2sth
The deceased was about thirty years of age
The body had piece of rope tied to one o.
the legs. and wss very much decomposed
having been in the water six weeks or long
er. Coroner's verdict, murdered.
At Harmar, Ohio, on the night of tn,
9th, Isaac Muncy, colored, was sho,
through the heart by q man named Snod
grass, at a house of ill.fame. Both mer
were intoxicated and began quarreling ovel
u trifling matter with the result stated.
Near Flint, Mich, on the 9th, while VIM
Copeland and Geo. ,Rhinehardt we're dig
ging a town ditch through the land of VIM
Witham, when Witham appeared and de.
mauded a stoppage of the work. On re.
ceiving a refusal he shot Rbinehardt dead.
! At Atchison, Kansas, on the 26th, Monro
Amos, a negro, resisted arrest and killed an
officer. As the policeman dropped, he
promptly shot the murderer dead.
Miss Martin, of Minonk, ILL.,, the victim of
a beastly assault made by Hannis Deboer,
died at that place ON the 26th, from the
effects of injuries received. Deboer is in
Peoria Jail for cafe keeping, ademonstration
to lynch the prisoner being feared by the
Minonk authorities.
Matthew Fitch, who murdered his wife
and four.year-old daughter near Hadley,
Lapeer county, Mich, on the 18th, has been
captured.
At Courtland, Ala, on the Oath inst,
John T. Hawkins was shot dead in the
street by J. F. Drake, whose brother he had
killed last May. The grand Jury had failed
to find true bill against Hawkins, which
80 incensed Drake that he shot his brothers
murderer.
John w. Kendall and VIM. Mcmillan,
outlaws, imprisoned in the Jail at Martins.
burg, Elliot county, KY, were taken there.
from on the night Of the Goth and hanged
by mob of two hundred armed men.
On the night of the 2lst inst. an atrocious
murder was committed near Berea, Ohio.
Gottlieb Noller, a farmer, was awakened in
the night by hearing footsteps in the the
house. Before he could arise from his bed
he was shot dead. His wife, awakened by
the firing, was shot twice ON attempting to
get up, and left for dead. An idiot son,
who tried to escape, was shot in the face by
the murderer and left for dead. The latter
coming to consciousness made his way to q
neighbours and gave the alarm. Lewis
Noller, son aged % was arrested on sus.
picion and contested the crime. He claims
that he was drunk and did not know what
he was doing.
af Mr.. Albert Prince, at Sandwich, Ont, on
the night of the 21st inst, and got large
quantity OF valuable old jewelry and some
money. A young man named Tom Prince
heard the screams of the frightened woman
and attacked the robbers. He fought
splendidly, but was overcome after being
shot three times. The robbers escaped.
Work of the Planes
The extensive shoe factory, grocery and
supply store of c. s. Woodruff & Co., Lock.
land station, ON the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton railway, burned at an early
hour on the 2Sth. Loss about $4,000; in.
sured for 10000.
A fire in Pinkerton tunnel, on the Pitts.
burg and Connellsville division OF the Bal.
timore and Ohio railroad, has burned all
the timbers of the tunnel and it is supposed
vein of coal in the mountains above tho
tunnel has taken fire, as the smoke is issuing
from the mountain at several points above
the tunnel. Chief civil engineer of the
road and assistants have begun building q
temporary track around the mountains,
which will be completed in two weeks.
Over thousand bales of cotton awaiting
shipment on the wharves at West Point,
Va, were burned on the 2Sth.
The Chinese quarter and one block in the
business portion of Colfax, CAL, was devas.
tated by fire on the 2sth. One Chinawoman
lost her life. Loss $4,000.
A fire at Little Rock, Ark, on the 2Sth,
destroyed $50 bales Of cotton.
Trosbud & Arenson's furniture factory q
Chicago was burned on the Goth. Loss SIS,
600.
The German orphan asylum near Rose
Hill, q Chicago suburb, was destroyed by
FIRE on the 9Th. All the inmates escaped
unharmed. Loss $4,000.
Ionia, Mich, suffered loss to the exten,
Of $780, 600 by FIRE ON the night Of the 26th.
McKendrie's Methodist church, At Nash
vile, Tenn, was consumed by FIRE ON tn,
Goth. Loss So, ,000,; insured for $4,000.
About thousand feet of the Bay st
Louis bridge ON the New Orleans ani
Mobile railroad, burned on the oath inst.
Twenty houses in the village Of st. Jeau
the BaptiCte, q suburb Of Montreal, wer,
destroyed by FIRE ON the 23d. Loss $40, 900
Two hundred persons were rendered home
less.
Hauck's store at Cincinnati, O., burnet
ON the Esd. Mr.. and Mrs. Hauck narrowly
escaped with their lives.
An incendiary fire at Bethany, Brook,
county, w. Va, destroyed the north wing o
Bethany college. Loss $4,000.
The Montauk cotton mills 1t Sag Harbor
I. l., burned on the 22d inst Loss 500,
OO0; insured for one-haf. Two hundrei
operatives thrown out Of employment
The Simon building, ct Cincinnati O,
was damaged TO the extent Of %30, 900 BY fir,
ON the 22d.
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Rsssssed BY CzAxpLm. Esowu O., Ounniassel