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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

A MEMPHIS paper says: ga stranger
dropping into Memphis to-day can see
no evidence of the fearful scourge that
for three months has been destroying
our people. The streets are thronged as
of yore with bright-eyed business men,
intent on the main chance, and also with
more than the usual number of idlers,
with nothing to do but to hold the lamp
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, January 7-1:20 p. N.--Wheat
-Firmef; No. 2 spring at $50 for seller jan
uary; $3.50 bid for seller February; 84kc
for seller March. Corn-Firm at SOC for
Steady. firm and unchanged. Rye-Un-
changed. Barley-At &c. Pork-Easier II
$7.55 for cash; $500 asked for seller Febru.
ary; $40 asked for seller March. Lard
Weak and easier at $5.47X for cash;
s., s2H@5.55 for seller February; IS 62H@
6.65 for seller March. Whisky-Unchanged.
Hogs Receipts 10000 head; moderately
aetive and steady; light at e 70@2.75; heavy
packing at $2.60@2S0; shipping at $2.7o@
$50,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Liberty or Death.

On the morning of the I'd inst. ten convicts
in Anomosa, Iowa, penitentiary broke out
of the stone cutters shed and made des-
perate effort for liberty, the yard being
closed only by board stockade. One of
the convicts was sho dead by the guard,
another shot through the bowels and will
die, and two dropped with broken
legs. The Eve Others were soon recaptured.
John Donahue, three year man, being the
only one now at liberty.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

NEITHER druggists nor their clerks
have any right to make a mistake and
issue laudanum for rhubarb, or any
other poison for harmless medicine.
And if they do, and fatal results follow
they should be deemed guilty of man
slaughter, and punished accordingly.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

New York.

NRw YoRK, january $50 P. A.-Cot.
Flour-Firm; receipts
5000 bbls; sales 1900 bbls. Wheat-Quiet !;
receipts 81, 600 bus; sales 5000 bus; No.
red at $l.l0X. Rye-Heavy. Corn-A
triAe better; receipts $4,000 bus; sales Co. 900
bus at 4O@47 Nc for western mixed. Barley
Dull. Oats-Firm; receipts $4,000 bus
sales 35, 900 bus 3O@3l Nc for mixed western;
32@36c for white. Pork-Dull ct $3.50.
Lard-Hesvy; at IS 92K. Butter--At sc. 80
@6.33. Cheese-Unchanged. Whisky
At $l.11A. Eggs-Unchsnged. Petroleum
Crude At 7E@8L; refined at SAc.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15


A fire at Quebec on the 5th inst. destroyed
a saw mill and factory. A watchman was
suffocated.
A large building with contents was de.
stroyed at Lancaster, Pa, on the night Of
the 4th inst. Three fremen were frozen,
one, it is thought, fatally.
The extensive establishment of the st.
Louis beef canning company at st. Louis,
Mo-, was destroyed on the 5th inst Loss
on stock estimated at 100000.
The Rankin house. Columbus, Ca, with
the skating rink and thirteen stores under.
meath, burned on the 4th inst. Loss $7O,.
600. Another blaze close by at the same
time burned two stores and the Wheeler 4
Wilson machine factory, and caused loss
Of $l7 900.
The Academy of the Holy Angels (Catho.
lic) at Buffalo, N. Y, was consumed on the
4th inst. Loss $4,000.
The public library and postofice with
contents were destroyed by FIRE at Hing
ham, Mass on the 4th inst.
The Honore block, at Chicago, occupied
in part by the postoffice was partially de.
stroyed on the 4th inst. The only loss sus-
tanned by the postofice department was
$4,000 stamped envelopes. Loss on build
ing estimated at from $4,000 to $i50, 900.
Individual losses estimated at $50, ,OOO.' Sew.
eral men and q lady were rescued with Diff
Guilty from the upper stories of the burning
structure.
The Second Baptist church at St. Louis,
Mo-, was totally destroyed on the Sd inst.
Loss 100000. The structure was one Of
the finest and most imposing in the city.
A FIRE at Schoolcraft, Mich, on the night
of the End inst, destroyed five stores on
Main street. Total loss $4,000.
A fire at Elgin, ILL.,, on the I'd inst. swept
the entire south side of Chicago street,
causing loss of 100000.
The new Presbyterian church at Quincy,
Illinois, was burned on the I'd instant. Loss
$50, 200.
Dempster hall, At Evanston, Illinois, the
theological home Of large number of
Methodist ministers of the northwest, was
destroyed on the I'd inst. Loss SIS, 200.
A large cotton warehouse was destroyed
at Charleston, s. c., on the LIST inst Loss
on building and presses, 500, 900; insured
for $4,000. Loss on cotton, SAFE, 900; insur.
ance $472,750.
The Minnesota hotel and eight smaller
buildings burned at Portland, Oregon, on
the night of the 31st ult.
Nearly block of buildings in Tuscarora,
Nevads, burned on the night of the 3lst ult
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

THE reason that Edison gives for
abandoning his proposed experimental
test Of his electric light at Merlo park 10
that it would require the Use of twenty
or thirty Wallace machines. They
would cost me, says he, from $50, 900 to
$4,000. They would be useless after
wards, for / know that can make
generator of double their power. So /
shall postpone the experiment until l
ind the machine that will give the
greatest amount of electricity per horse
power"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

SHAKsPEARE's curse against any who
shall remove his bones is not likely to
take effect. The London Gazette pub
fishes q notification that the Privy
Council will in January consider the
proposition to wholly discontinue burials
in the church and churchyard of STRAIT
ford-upon-Avon, excepting in now ex-
isting vaults and walled graves, every
comm buried in which shall be separately
inclosed by stonework or brickwork
properly cemented, and except in now
existing family graves which can be
opened without the exposure of cofins.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


TUESDAY, January 7.-Bills were in
troduced and referred: For the interchang,
Of subsidiary silver coin and United Statel
notes; to authorize the taxation Of out
standing legal tenders. -. .Edmunds intro
duced q resolution declaring that in the
judgment of the senate the 18th, 14th and
been legally ratified snd are as valid a. the
other parts Of the constitution, and that il
10 the right and duty Of congress to enforce
such amendments by appropriate legisla-
ton; that it is the duty of the executive
department to impartially execute such
laws; that it il the duty Of congress to ap-
pfopriate money to that end, and instruct
ing the judiciary committee to report .
bill for the punishment OF infractions thereof.
Laid ON the table. The vice president
laid before the senate the memorial OF the
legislative assembly Of the state Of Oregon.
praying for the modification of the treaty
between the United States and the empire
of Chins, SO e. to stop and prohibit the i'm.
portation or immi migration of Chinese or
other Asiatic laborers to the Pacific coast.
Referred .... Voorhees, called up his resoiu.
ton instructing the judiciary committee to
inquire into the expediency of making the
trade dollar legal tender aud providing for
its recoinage into the standard silver dollar.
de addressed the senate ut length, de.
nouncing the trade dollar as fraudulent
money which, having failed in its mission
abroad had returned home to cheat the
honest people of this country. The resolu-
ton was then laid over.... After an execu-
tive session the senate adjourned.
House.
TUESDAY, January 7-Harrison rose
to question Of high privilege and offered
a resolution reciting that Henry W. Blod.
gett, United States district Judge for the
Northern district of Illinois, had been
charged with gross misconduct and corrup.
ton and providing for a select committee
of FIVE members to examine such charges,
to inquire into Judge Blodgett's official
conduct, and to report what action the
house should take in the premises, with
power to send for persons, papers, etc
Adopted after being amended so as to refer
it to the judiciary committee ipstesd of a
special committee ...... Bills introduced and
referred: To include newspapers, periodic.
ais and proof sheets in mail matter of the
third class relating to the classification of
mail matter and the amount Of postage
thereon; for the admission of Dakota as q
state; extending the time to pre- emptors of
public lands who have suffered from prairie
6res.. The death of B. B. Douglass, of Vir-
ginia, and A. s. Williams, of Michigan,
were then announced, and the house, in re.
spect to their memory, adjourned.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Aigh0miStan.

Adispatch from Calcutta says: News from
Cabul is to the effect that Yakeob Khan re-
quired his officers and soldiers to swear on
the Koran to stand by him, but finally
withheld their pay as their general declines
to become security for their fidelity.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
skating IT Atlanta, Ga.

An Atlanta dispatch of the 9TH says:
"Skating in Atlanta for the first time in
twenty years. Thousands OF pounds of ice
cut and packed here, the first time such q
thing was ever known. Great suffering
among the poor. The city relieving the
suffering"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
A Falling wall.

While the fire department were working
at a confagration on Vesey street, New
York, on the 7th inst, falling wallis buried
q group of fremen, killing John Irving, and
badly injuring Chief Rowe, foremen Reeves
and Van Horn and fremen Mcclure, Ryan,
Jones and Hogan. 1t is feared that Chief
Rowe and foreman Reeves will die.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

Juan Moncasi, who attempted to assassin.
ate the king Of Spain on the 25th Of October
last, was executed ON the 4th inst.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
M0FPle0.

The king Of Holland was married to
the Princess Emma of Waldeck. .Prymont,
with great solemnity, at Arolson, ON the 7th
inst. The duke of Saxony and Prince Will.
liam Of Wurtemburg were witnesses. Prince
Henry of Netherlands, brother of the king,
was unable to be present on account Of ill.
ness.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
flooas In Great Britain.

A sudden thaw caused numerous floods in
England and Scotland. The country
around Darlington and Wrexham was sub.
merged for miles, and at Nottingham the
food was the greatest for fourteen years.
Much damags 10 reported at Berwick and
Aberdeen.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

to the conclusion that q good class mid
die weight of the present time could
have easily overcome champion athlete
of the Roman circus or Olympian games,
and it is not SO long ago that the helmets
and suits of armor hung in an English
castle were found entirely too small for
the frames of the degenerate descend.
ants of the original wearers.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Alexander Stephens III.

Representative Stephens had an attack of
neuralgia of the bowels on the night of the
7th inst. and is worse physically than for
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

The number of immigrants who
landed at the port of New York for the
year ending with November 1873 was
1926, an increase over the number for
the preceding year of 1914. The i'm
migrants were principally from Ger
many, England and Ireland, although
Italy sent very considerable number,
66l arriving in the month of November
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Fatal ExplOSiOn.

DR.. s. T. Brooks, OH the morning of the
Sd inst, was found in his room in Green.
vile, Ill.,, with one hand roasted and large
hole burned in the floor, indicating the ex.
plosion of the lamp; but the fire had ev.
dently gone out for want OF air.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
New York's Failures.

During the past year 9l7 failures were re.
ported in New York city, with liabilities OF
$63,e5s, ,403, and assets at $i8,695.53l This
exceeds the record of any former year, but
large number is mainly due to the repeal of
the bankrupt act,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

The reaction in trade and commerce
at Paris after the close of the exhibition
is very marked indeed. The larger shop
keepers and proprietors of magazines are
complaining greatly of the want of Gus
toners, but the worst sufferers are the
small tradesmen. Every householder
seems to be retrenchipg to make up for
the extravagance of the last few months;
the hotels are empty, the restaurants
comparatively deserted, and the receipts
At the theatre diminishing. The prevail
ing distress has the effect of increasing
the number OF street robberies to an
alarming extent, and they take place
constantly in the most frequented parts
Of PafiA the thieves in many cases using
rsvolvess 10 intimidate or disabls their
victims Murdss oasss, too, sss - the
Ao0oa1A
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Failures In England and Scotland,

The business failures of Great Britain and
Scotland during 1873 were l5,O5s, of which
2,643 were in financial and wholesale manu-.
featuring branches of trade. The increase
is 4,037 fsilures last year over the proceed
ing year.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
A Suhsaitate for Kerosene.

Charles Longly, Of Nicholasville, KY, at.
tempted to light fire with coal oil lamp
when the lamp exploded, fatally burning
himself and one child, seriously injuring
another and completely destroying the
dwelling.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
brow ned.

A team crossing on the ice between Rich.
mond, Va, and Melbourne, broke through
and we're carried under by the rapid cur
rent. The occupants, Messrs. Rowe and
Kemp, of Kingsbury, and Mrs. Sadler, of
Melbourne, were drowned.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Ten Thousana Dollars stonen.

A thief entered the government printing
Office, and watching his opportunity took
from the safe of the disbursing clerk q
package Of currency containing $4,000 in.
tended for paying off employees and for the
purchase of material, and made his escape
without observation.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

James Macarthur, an old man, was frozen
4th inst.
At Brooklyn, N. Y, on the night Of the
Sd, an infant child of Mrs. Kenney was
frozen to death beside its mother in bed.
Jacob Van Heusen, aged 81, went to dig
grave in Greenbush cemetery, Albany,
n. Y, on the afternoon of the Sd inst, and
was found next morning frozen to death.
Four tramps were frozen to death at
Glasgow Junction, KY, on the night Of the
Sd inst.
Marie Schultz, an abandoned old lady, WAS
found in her squallid abode at Milwaukee,
Wis, on the 5th last, frozen stiff.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

SERKYs tea, which gives the firmness
and freahness of youth to the oldest face.
Il drank copi0usly and regularly, 10 all
the rage in Europe. It has the color Of
amber, resembles no other tea, 10 drank
with OF without sugar or cream, accord
Ing to taste, and ID : very agreeable
beverage. Louis XIv.'s phyiciaD, who
speaks Of It in his traveis, Ays that he
has seen women Of seventy, who. having
drank Serkys ter Ill their liyeu, did not
secm more than twenty or twenty-five.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

the thermometer registered 1So above with
snow the entire day. At Jacksonville, Fla,
the mercury went down to 500, the lowest
point reached for over thirty years. Snow
fell in considerable quantities at Du.
pont, Ga.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
A Plague.

A plague has appeared among the Cos.
sacks of Astrachan. The sufferers are iso-
lated. Many doctors have been summoned
to their relief. OF 1875 persons attacked
since the first instant 143 died.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

The London Times, ia its financial summary
of 1873, says: "Industries have been disor-
ganized, credit shaken and failures multi.
Piled on every hand. The failures will be
nearly five thousand more than during last
year. Not only have wages been reduced
and many thousands of artisans thrown out
of employment, but many thousands Of
those above artisans wages are either in &C.
tual want or on the confines of it. The in.
creasing numbers driven to grant bills of
sale on their effects is one significant proof
of what is going on in the lower middle
classes"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

The Children's Aid Society, of New
York, has provided homes among the
farmers of southern Virginia for more
than 200 boys between the ages of IL
and 18 years,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
He Skipped.

James w. Quick, treasurer OF Pike couu.
ty, Pa, whose term of Office expired on the
9Th inst, 10 missing, He has evidently alb.
seconded with $4,000 of county funds.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Bu rst.

A dispatch from Ismid says a thirty.eight
tun gun burst during practice on the British
man-ofwar Thunderer. The vessels turret
was destroyed, seven men killed and 40
wounded.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
A Bouthern CaIifornia xephyr.

A tornado struck the city Of Santa Bar.
bara, Cal, on the I'd inst, and, occupying
q marrow path, tore through several blocks,
unroofing. blowing down houses and out
buildings and uprooting trees. VIM. Goss
was killed BY falling chimney. About
ninety feet of steamer wharf was carried
aWAv.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

THERE is fierce war wsRing between
the red-tape and elastic bands in the
British government stationery Office.
The comptroller declared war against
the use Of the elastic bands in the gov
ernment Offices, and this led to COM
plete revolt in the foreign Office. Lord
Salisbury, heartily taking up the cause
Of the officials, has written q dispatch to
the treasury on the subject, in which be
declares that, If he cannot be supplied
with elastic strips, he must take on an
other clerk to assist in tying up official
papers.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
VARIOUS TOPICS.
A DEAF.MUTE stole coat the other
day, in order that he might be taken
into court and obtain hearing.

THE last census taken in Austria re-
vealed the fact that there were 1873 men
and 226 women above the age of 100
years in that country.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

AloDzo Garcelon, Democratic, was elected
governor, by the Maine legislation on the
Sd inst, receiving twenty.one votes to ten
for Joseph L. Smith. Every Republican
senator voted for Garcelon. The vote in The
house stood as follows: Alonzo Garcelon
IS; Joseph L. Smith s5; Seldom Conner "a; /;
Fredk Robie 81: one absent on each side.
At the convention OF both branches of the
legislation for the election of the states
officers, the nominees of the Democratic.
Greenback caucus were elected as follows:
Secretary of state, Edward II. Cove; state
treasurer, Chas. A. White attorney general,
VIM. A. Mcclellan; adjutant general, Sam.
ue) d, Leayitt.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
The Dssss sss ia E.glsndl.

The weather in Great Britain is again
cold, and the increase in the ranks Of the
distressed 10 noticeable. At Man chester, on
the Sd, there were three thousand applica-
tons from heads Of families, representing
1850 persons, to the relief committee, and
ON the 4tb inst. there were four thousand
fresh applications During the week twelve
hundred families have been relieved in
Wolverhampton. A considerable increase
Of distress 10 also reported from Sheffield.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15
Frosen to Death.

On the Sd instant two brakemen ON freight
trains on the Central New Jersey and North
Pennsylvania roads were frozen to death.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

A cold wave swept over The southern
states on the lth and 5th inst. Al Weeks
bnfg. Asas., On he lth, the mercury ranged
q abeut ~ abevs With sbost six laehss Of
sssv - ~ sss1al. ~ 0hssvspsst Il.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

Gardner Tingley, of East Attleboro, Mass,
killed himself and wife or the 4th inst.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

MILWAUKEE January $500 p. ~
Flour-Strong but quiet; choice spring at
$4.S5@4.6O; common to fair at Is 25(03 rs.
Wheat-Quiet but firm; No. / at SIC; No.
at 83Nc; No. 5 at 7OHc; No. 4 at 6O1fc;
rejected at 4Sk@5ec: No. aeller Fsbru.
ary at 84stc: seller March at $3.50. Corn
Dull at 20c. Oats-Tame at 19Kc. Bye
-Qulet ut 42c. Barley-No. fresh At
88c; No. 8 ct 1870. Perk-SuoDg st $3.50.
LaEd-At $6.5O96.00. HOgs-Active at
$2.60@2.75; dressed in good demand at $s.l5.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

Away .ita painted belles q fesAisnS tovai
"'-'' - A''s - ~ ~ : ~. -. ~. Is.s....,,- !.
rmwwvnrApra
- s..
Al elevated railYoad s1ntfoa 4. 81
courna. slation aify.-4NtM X1k lfil
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a t-..tv - > hrt is.ya M s.. ~ IyiSsti.
and TN him.-Oa Oss Dvv;ck
A RsTDorpoRT artist haa uainted :
very natural fence. but tie criticD vill
nicket in "a uiecee.
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D. =. % - :Sv nsy;c. - s.5 ~ Sso3 s ~. v ..sv -
ouietlv and rsenectablv.-6 6oalon Fsa1
0AxarAr Srsnse ~ - las1p = val.
nuta.N Too mi thoush = 49, -
Rusaian,.-C;scinnaH fosssseyJsL.
We - - th.t .y1.aa6 - T,,.cr;r
M;iier - the nDct larist" o. that
must'anr his hopes Of fame.-GrnDA;c.
II .;ysr~ . crrr.rs ,r6......ras N~~
()rle. ns nener snnounced fhat ssFareveil
tn the Fnrest . vould he snnr bya ~nule
quartet"
Az arcban,e avs that son IN avar.
.cs : man 80 .nnuslIv a,sht hu.hej.
e vhsstn How much cnyn does n
ss-thst i. cnn,nmesT
L..-... 49, .els
elevator in his honse aHo n hss'1
sh;nned In hi. vife q ana Il ksers n 4
~. cr rl,o.rd II s hoAt1e, .. n
' T....:-:- s . - . 1900
NINE tl00O IN S0uD ~ yVW IW3 N8UAAUS
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-15

Scarlet fever 10 decimating the miners on
Silver Islet, mere rock in Lake Superior
with rich silver mines. OF 100 there Is
died in q month.
One hundred and eighty deaths from
scarlet fever occurred in New York city
during the past week, ending Dec. 28th, an
increase of eighty over the previous week.