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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

The bark Royal Arch, which vessel was
found abandoned in seaworthy condition
BY the steamer Zealand, has reached Toron.
to in charge of portion of the steamers
crew. The bark's crew were taken of the
vessel by the steamer Minnesota, at a time
when they supposed the vessel was sinking,
all being worn out with incessant labor at
the numns
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

The steamer Faraday landed the end Of
the new French cable at North Esstham,
Aass., on the 10Th instant. The vessel then
left to make the final connection seventeen
miles at sAa.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

The steamer Bell, from st. Louis for Mem.
phis, struck hidden snsg at Island Forty
on the 18th, and sunk in twenty feet OF
water. She was en- route from St. Louis to
Vicksburg, with full cargo. No lives lost.
The steamer is badly broken.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

AtDswsbury, in Yorkshire, England, two
persons were killed and thirty injured by
the fall OF gallery at political meeting,
on the night of the 18th.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26
Gathering Gold ON the Sea shore.
The mining of cold on the OCEAN beach

Vot09E108 OOAO OA t0o Oo0 UAVxOs
The mining of gold on the ocean beach
has always been one of the leading pro-
ductive industries of Curry County.
These mines have been found to pay
from the Co4uille south to some distance
below the mouth of Rogue River, and .
large number of these claims are still
good property. Dennis Cunnif not long
since sold some claims of this kind near
Ellenburg for $1,000, and much higher
figures have been offered for some Of the
other beach mines in that vicinity, says
the Coast Mad. Among these may be
mentioned the Ophir Beach Mine, . de-
post of black sand on and near the beach
about five miles north of Rogue River,
Me. Will Huntly, the present owner,
has constructed dikes, ETC., that supply
water all the year for working the beach
below high water mark. It pays from
$3 to $40 per day, and sometimes more,
to the hand-owing to the freaks Of Nep-
tune in throwing up the sand. The bluff
mine in twenty-five feet above tide and
is an old beach in which there is stra.
tum of sand from ten to twenty feet
thick, that assays from 81 to $50 to the
cubic yard. Experts who have examin-
ed black sand pronounced this the rich
est they have seen in Oregon or Cali
fornia. There Is from thirty to forty
feet of gray sand above the lead, form.
ing BLUM of seventy.6ve to 100 feet
abOve tide. During the winter season
Mr.. Huntley runs one hydraulic under
forty feet pressure, udng fifty.
inches Of water five or nix months In
the year, doing all the work himself.
and realizing from @5 to an ounce day.
II some enterprising Yankee wcre to
take hold Of this mine and construct .
ditch from Euchre Greek, distance Of
ten miles, It would afford 200 inches Of
water al the ycar.--l'ortlond Oregos)
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26
The Copninx Message.

The presidents message is now in course
OF preparation. 1t will be shorter than
usual and contain very few recommends
tions other than those comprised in reports
Of his cabinet officers. 1t is believed that
the only important topic under the head of
foreign affair will be the re.opening of the
fishery question with Great Britain, and it
slso undarstood that especial attention will
be directed to the advisability OF legislation
to authorize resumption Of funding opera.
tons.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

Hon. F. c. Beaman, recently appointed
United States senator to fill the unex pired
term of the late Senator Chandler, has de.
clined on account of ill health, and Gov.
Crossweli appointed ex.Gov. Henry P.
Baldwin, of Detroit, to fill the vacancy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26
Troubled Turkey

Disorders are increasing throughout
Turkey. and even within sixsy miles .of
Conslantincpls tAs Circassiaas ass robbins
and numbering the inhabitants.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26
Perias Of the See,

A feet of tugs and dredRes which had
been employed on the Lachine canal. left
Cape Vincent for Buffalo on the 18th inst.
The flotilla consisted of the tugs A. O.
Thayer, Phillip Eaker, Charles Ritter, John
Heckler No. /, John Heckler No. 2, Gordon,
Seymour, three dredges and eight scows.
All but the Seymour were owned BY CON.
struction firm in Buffalo. The feet made
fine weather of it until after passing the
Galloup islands, of Sacketrs hsrbor. when
a fierce snow storm from the northwest was
encountered, and the tugs had to cast adrift
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

ers Of the Lawrence, Ks., water power, died
ON the 18th. The remains will be escortsd TO
Iowa City by the knight Templars, whore
interment will take place.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26
TRADE INTEREsTs.

MAINE papers report moro extensive
preparations for the lumber buaine0 the
ensuing winter than for many years.
CRUDE rubber Il 20 scarce and the
mills 20 active that you may have 10
pay one hundred per cent. more for
your arctics than you would Last spring.
Two young ladies in Warrington
county exhibited ct the state fair last
week some beautiful specimens Of Afkan.
sas silk.-Searcy (Ark.) Beacon.
NEARLY all the cane mills and evaporar
tors now used BY sugar makers in the
West Indies, South and Central America,
and Sandwich Islands and Australia are
furnished ~ AnssisaA saannSanAnsass.
A PROMINENT operator reports rs Per
cent. advance In the price Of real estate
in the city of New York since March.
Large fortunes have been made by real
estate operators. Buainess II very brisk.
The EJen;sg Herald ays over 1000
women and girls are employed In shirt
making in Syracuse; that one frm alone
has 800 hands, with stean-driving sewing
machines, and that It turns out 800
dozen white shirts daily.
THE Tennessee Manufacturing COM
pany, engaged in the manufacture Of
cotton at Nashville, reports for the past
year net profit of t38, ,007 So, which ID
over ten per cent. Of the capital stock Of
the company.
LIvERPOOL commission merchants
charge our shippers enormous ratss.
RaffaOeD for de9fruckSon hy rata. forms
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26
Ussfalthful servant.

Thomas Ambrose, clerk of the United
States court, st Cincinnati, was arrested on
the 10Th instant, charged with making
fraudulent claims against the government.
Bail to the extent Of $4,000 was furnished.
John Hilts, late president, and Charles
E. Prentiss, late cashier, of the German
National bank, Washington, D. c., have
been indicted tor embezzlement.
John f. Kubely, bookkeeper at Clausen's
crewery, New York city, 10 in durance under
q charge of forging papers to the amount OF
$4,000.
Charles H. Voorhees,, member OF congress
rom the Fifth district of New Jersey, was
arrested at Paterson ON the 11th, by United
States deputy marshal, on charge of alb.
stracting from the First National bank OF
Hackensack, OF which he was presidens,
collaterals deposited, to secure private
loan.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26


A strong party of insurgents drove of
about 800 head of cattle from Holquin,
Cuba, on the Sth inst. Gen. Valera at.
tackled the marauders at Barroncas but was
defeated with q loss of $50 killed and
wounded and retreated to Holquin. Gen.
eral Blsnco with 1890 troops then rein.
forced Valera, when the patriots raised the
investment Of the place after sacking sew.
sral stores and dwellings. Subsequently
one hundred of the insurgents with their
leaders, were captured.
The Horrible Crime Of an Ex.COnvict.
The blacksmith shop of Wilson & Dough.
erty burned at Frankfort, KY, on the 18th
inst The remains of . child Of N. A. JoAe es
was found in the ruins. It is supposed
Wilson, who 10 aex.prison convict, murder
cd the child and fred the place to destroy
the evidence of crime. 1t ia also thought
that the remains Of Hezekiah Gardiner,
who disappeared ON the Sth inst, are also
in the ruins Of the shop. Lynching of Will
SON il threatened, and the governor has been
asked to caIl out the militia.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26
Omcisl Returns.


Returns from every county in Pennsylva
MIA give total vote for state treasurer y
follows: Butler, Republican, 2SO, 1853
Barr, Democrat, 221,8l5; Sutton, Green.
back, 27,2O6; Richardson, ProhibitioDist,
s,219.
The New York Sun has received Official
returns from Fifty of the sixty counties In
the state. A close comparison betwesn
these and unofficial returns from the other
ten counties indicates that Hoskins, Rspd&.
lican candidate for lieutenant governor, hAs
defeated Clarkson N. Potter by about 1,10Q
majority That Carr, Republican candidate
for secretary Of stats, 10 elected BY nearly
the same majority. That Wadsworth, Re.
publican candidate for comptroller, will
have an increased majority over that Of
Hoskins, and that Ward and Wendell, Re.
publicans, are also elected a. attorney gen.
eral and treasurer. The majority for
Horatio Seymour, Jr., Democratic candi.
date for eugiaeer and surveyor, will be to.
wards TO- 600. John Kelly vote 10 increased
over previous estimates and will reach 76,.
GOO.
Official returns from 60 out of the 70
counties in Minnesota give the following
majorities for the Republican state ticket:
Pillsbury, Republican, for governor, over
Rice, Democrat, 1O's69; Gilman, for lieuten.
ant governor, 1880; Won Bsumbach, for
secretary of state, 5000; Kettlsson, for
treasurer, 16,605; Start, for attorney general,
II, ,010; N arshall, for railroad commissioner,
l6,6l5; Meighen, greenback, for governor,
has 4,024 votes, and Satterlee, prohibition.
let, 2,87l. 1t is thought the remaining 12
counties will add 1900 to Pillsbury's ma.
iority and 4, 400 to the rest of the ticket,
making the former $4,000 and the latter 60.
200. The constitutional amendment limit.
ing the issue of bonds by cities and towns
10 5per cent taxable property is adopted
nv a large m 'oritv
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

Reported by CHANDLxn, Brown Co., Commis-
zion Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
Chicago.

Chicago.
CHICAGO, November 19.--1 80 p. NJ
Wheat Unsettled and higher at SLICK for
cash; $l.16H seller December; $1.18H for
seller January. Corn-Firm; 41Ac bid for
cash 409sc bid for seller December; 43c bid
for seller May. Oats-Firmer at 33c cash
and seller December; 3614e bid for seller
May. Rye-Unchanged. Barley-At 7Sc.
poraost,ong and higher at $3.50 for cash
for seller December: 5000 bid seller Janu.
sry. Lard-Firmer at $6.75@680 for cash;
1915 bid for seller December 500 bid for
seller January. Whisky-At $1.1O. Hogs
Receipts 10000 head; active; heavy pack.
ing at $3.5O@4.00; light at $3.56@3. 20;
heavy shipping at $3.56@4.0O. Csttle-Re.
ceipts 1000 head; active aud firm shipping
50 1904 IS: feeders aud stockers quiet at
$2.20@3.10; butchers steady.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

"What more stately plants for the
: wild garden can he found than our
common mulleinsf" 10 the highly COM
mendatory question asked in ONE Of the
. TIE drest American Velvet Plant . q
hsld il high esteem BY tho lowers Of ths
beautiful acrom the water, vhile with %
Il u ranksd only - . weed. Thsy cal
It noble, with IL g sturdy spike Of yellow
flowers above . wealth Of bold foliage,
~ enwrapt in z thick coating q Gez,
failed hafE." We call Il . c0arse, sti6s
ungainly iatsuder, unwsEthy IL Ioo1
whicA it TO oftea occuptss This h an-
Other klluatraticn Of the fact that tho
epnzacnaen d : plant and IL - With
Whlch Il nay be eeown aAssAs thsesteem
II which Il q held. Our 0onnon p0es
not \ hiehly valned n Earcps, sld 4
3 really : most statsly and hsAntlfnl
plaat Which would - sslqed - usee
h con11y.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26
New York.

NEW YORK, November 1850 P. NJ
Cotton-Quiet and unchanged. Flour
Quite strong; receipts $4,000 bbls; sales 49,.
600 bbls; $40 @5.75 for common to extra
$5.60@7.50 for hoop; rye four dall and
unchanged. Wheat-Spring shade strong
er; winter H@1c better; fairly active; re.
ceipts 73l, 600 bus; sales $4,000 bus; No.
2 spring seller November at $1.331@l "a.
ls,s. !. and hu. uncnsnssSM a.as M h".
@60Nc. Barley-Dull. Oats-Steady; re-
ceipts $4,000 bus; sales 80, 900 bus at 441f@
45Kc for mixed western; 45@48c for white.
Pork-Higher at $l1l0. Beef-Unchanged.
Lard Stronger ana unchangeN. Butter,
Cheese, Whisky, Sugar and Eggs--Un.
changed. Petroleum-Crude at rose; re.
fined at Sc. Tallow-Unchanged.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26
NEWS in BRIEF.


Thus far ffty.nine Afghans have beer
hanged for completely in the murder of tn,
British embassy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

An explosion of fire do mp in the Short.
heath colliery, near Wolverhampton, Eng
caused the death of six men.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26
Grant ut Chicago.

Chicago put on her holiday attire on the
18th inst, the occasion being meeting of
the Society Of the Army Of the Tennessee
and reception of ex-president Grant and
party. The streets along the line Of march
were profuseiy hung with emblems of vel.
come and congratulstion, and dense and
appreciative assemblage lined the various
avenues as the procession moved along.
After the review the General was formally
welcomed to Chicago by Mayor Harrison,
to which he responded briefly.
The reception by the Army OF the Ten.
nessee at Haverly's theatre, in the even.
ing, amounted to perfect ovation, and in
response to many calls General Grant made
quite lengthy speech, which was greeted
with frequent applause.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

Galveston, Texas, suffered to the extent
of $3.50, 900 by fire on the 18th inst.
The saddlery hardware factory of Hayden
& Smith, at Auburn, New York, run by con.
Wet labor, wss totally destroyed by fire on
the 18th instant. Loss $50, 900; insured for
$4,000.
Early ON the morning Of the 14th, a FIRE
took place ON the second floor of tenement
80, Canon street. New York. Mary Babis-
XII, who occupied apartments ON the third
floor, leaped to the street and was probably
fatally injured. Joseph Batzkie. who lived
on the fourth floor, unable to escape by the
roof or stairs, threw himself from the win.
dow and was killed. His entire family,
consisting of wife, two children and mother
in.law, were su6ocated. The damage by
fire will not exceed
The printing establishment of 1As
.Cha4rchman," J" in Lafaystta Place, New York,
was destroyed by FIRE on the 14th instant,
and many Of the employees barely escaped
with their lives. The janitress of the build.
ing was found insensible and subsequently
died, The fire originated by the ignition of
celluloid in the factory below. Total loss
$650OO.
Bowen's clock factory at Winstead, Conn.,,
was burned on the 14th.
At Frabach, Prussia, sixty houses, includ.
ing the town hall building, dating from the
sixteenth century, was burned.
Oxly Il Giddings' gas fixture establish.
ment, at New York city, suffered damage
to the extent of $4,000 by fire on the 18th
instant.
A planning mill, some lumber sheds and
two dwellings, at Lock Haven, Pa, were
burned ON the 18th. Loss $25, 900.
A hub and spoke factory at Paducha, KY,
insured.
Mann's cotton seed oil mill at Yasoo City,
Miss, was destroyed by FIRE ON the 18th
inst. Loss AZ, 600; insurance $4,000.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26
Terrible Explosion in q Tunnel.

An explosion occurred in tunnel Number
Three on the Narrow Guage railroad from
San Jose, Cal, to Santa Cruz, early on the
morning of the Sth. From mesgre accounts
thus far received, it appears blast was let
of fabout 2,7O0 feet from the mouth of the
tunnel, which caused an explosion Of gas
generated by the fltering of coal oil through
the roof and sides OF the tunnsl; twenty.one
Cinnamon and two white men were at work
in the tunnel at the time and Immediately
about twenty more Cinnamon rushed into
the tunnel with torches to aid their comrades.
When they had penetrated about 800 feet
their torches caused asecond explosion more
violent than the first, shaking the mountain
to its center. The white men, Hinkle and
Johnston and seventeen Cinnamon we're
horribly burned. Twentv.four dead were
found in the tunnel. The engine for pump
ing air was disabled, pipes broken, sheds
wrecked, and broken timbers scattered all
around, and work will be delayed two
months. No blame is said to attach to the
contractors. 1t is believed the white men
taken from the tunnel will live, but several
of the Chinamep brought out are fatally in.
iured.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

Rev. Dr.. Ethan Alden, grandson of John
Alden, of Puritan fame and relative OF
Ethan Allen, the revolutionary general, died
at Newport, KY, on the 18th, aged IS.
Col. Lewis Burns, president and managing
editor Of the Gazette printing company, died
suddenly at st. Joseph, Mo-, on the 18th
inst OF congestion of the lungs, aged 6S
years.
Peter Hay, president OF the Pennsylvania
association Of soldiers of the war of 1919,
died at Philadelphia on the 18th inst.
B. w. Jenness died at his residence in
Cleveland, O., ON the 10th inst, aged 73.
Deceased represented New Hampshire in
the United States senate during ths session
Of 1856, and at the Democratic national
convention which nominated Franklin
Pierce, the New Hampshire delegation VA
divided between Judge Jenness and Mr.
Pierce. The president Of the delegation
gave the casting vote for Pierce.
Prince Almayou, . son Of the late King
Theodore, of Abyssinia, who arrived In
Leeds, Eng, recently, to pursue his studies
died on the 14th inst, Of broncho.piauro
pneumonia He was 10 years Of ags.
Theodore G. vsrmylie, prominent law
yer, met violent death ct New York on
the 18th, BY being thrown from Bis carriage
Ross Huntington, editor Of The Montreal
HsvsId, died % the 18th.
AT Springfield, NJ, On The 13tk, +. Rob
sFtsoa, Of Hfnsdals, n. H., dropped dead
while removing Ais csaG
The vile Of Daycn Won NantusAsl, goy,
I S--.~.s~.s... .-.I - Aa~na~ r Ap.ns.& a xRaaI
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

Ter, the German who recently attempted to
asssssinate DR.. Z. B. Foote, suicided. He
left letter stating that the doctor had,
through professional treatment, made his
life miserable for ten years past.
Two unknown persons in row boat went
over Woods falls, ON the Black river, two
miles below Wstsrtown, N. Y, on the 18th
inst From appearances and actions it is
thought to have been case OF suicide.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26
Nilwaukee.

MILWAUKEE,, November 1890 p. n
Fiour-Quiet but steady; choice spring at
$600@6.50; common to good ct $5.25@5.75.
Whest-Active but lower ON futures; No.
seller December ranged from $1.17K down
to $l.161S:.. seller January at $1.19h down
to $1.l8; No. hard cash at $l.18@l.1SH !;
No. regular at $1.l8; No. 2 at $1.15A@
Corp-Quiet at 42c. Oats-Dull st 32Hc.
Barley--Tsme at 701<c; No. 8 4Sc. Rye
Quiet at zoe. Pork-Steady at $10.75 for
cash. Lard-Firm at $6.76 for cash. Hogs
Dull at 36O@3 sc.
ro1A1gn.
LONDON, November 1S.-12 80 p. M.-Liv.
erpool wheat market opens strong. Float.
Lane firmer and held higher. Farmers' de.
liveries of wheat during the week, $1,000 to
10000 ors.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

George Sampson, fireman, fell of the ten.
der of locomotive ON the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, at Vaudeville, West Va, ON
the 18th inst, and was instantly killed, the
entire train passing over his body.
A south bound freight train on the Chi.
cago and Alton road, went through bridge
at Riverdale, near Alton, ILL.,, on the 18th
inst, six freight cars falling into the river.
The brak eman was killed and the engineer
and fireman injured. The bridge was new
and was thought to have been extremely
well made. Damage $1,000.
At Aylmsr, Ont, ON the 14th inst, An
drew Isles, conductor of the Great Western
railway, while coupling cars had his foot
caught in the frog, at the switch, and the
cars passing over him, he was killed in.
staatly.
At Kansas City, NO., on the l4th inst.
John w. Dickinson, painter, was literally
cut TO pieces by train while crossing .
railway bridge.
Two tramps, while slseping on the track
Of the North western road near Elgin, Ill,
on the 18th inst, were struck BY mail
train One of them was literally torn to
piecek, and the mutilated remains scattered
about for rods. The other suffered skull
fracture and will probably die.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

Thirteen persons returning from fair
were drowned while crossing Lock Islay,
Scotland, ON the 18th inst
A Columbia, Ind, dispatch says that
Albert Woodward, wife and two daughters,
started to their home in Jefferson county,
on the 18th. in spring wagon, crossing
Chfty river, two miles from Columbus.
Ths swift current from the recent rise
swept the wagon and mules down the
stream. Mr.. Woodward attempted to cut
the harness, but was washed away and
brown out on the bank, but his wife and
daughters were drowned.
Fatsl Boiler Expiosions.
The boiler of the engine attached to the
material train on the Greenville and Col.
umbia railroad exploded near Belton, 8. c.,
and instantly killed the engineer, fireman
and another man.
A large boiler in Wood & Reynolds saw
mill and salt block at Carrollton, near East
Saginaw, exploded on the 18th. A
portion Of the boiler, weighing nearly four
tons, was blown q distance OF $50 feet.
Edward Roguepas, fireman, was blown
through the roof and into the river hun
dred feet distant, receiving fatal injuries.
James Petell wssinstantly killed, and Cyrus
Burr and Frank Robinson injured, the for.
mer seriously. Damage to the mill is esti.
mated at 900.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-26

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