Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-07

f,.,. j !, ELK P'
tAs pecsidsnt In view of this action a
tag Bull and band hxve Voluntarily su
jectsd themselves to the autherity OF Gre
Britain, aad ceased to - subjects 81 u
United States.
Q. B. Howe 4 Son, leading grain cor
mission merchants Of Bslalo, N. ", hat
made - assighhaent. Liabilities ssttnate
at 10000; assets unknown.
Pekover, Moore & Co., dealers in etaye
q Cincinnati o., made an assignment )
the 22d inst.
= Junyrsa, japsr boz nAalshfactate
has settled With his creditors
% cents on the dollar. Liabilities $l76, ,0o(
1lngular DeaAh.
Fred Kolb, one ef the officers OF the hi
Pa.) fire department, was killed ON the tSt
inst. In singular manner. He VA sittin
on hose cart which was being driven ra,
idly into door yard, when he oasae int
contact with wire clotheslins, cutting hi
forehead everely and throwing him bacI
ward from the cart, his head striking on tn
edge Of barrel and fracturing his skull
He died in about two hours. He leaves
young wife and infant child. e
Borned - Death.
The residence of Joseph Merger at Co
umbus, O., was destroyed by fire on the %
INST. All the family escaped by jumpin
from the second story windows, except
girl eight years old, who perishsd In th
6amss. E-F
The poor.farm building at Wells, Maine
was destroyed by Ere on the 18th ins,
Geo. Dykeman, the keeper, and one paupe
persisted.
Gen. Won Werder Retired. !
Emperor William has written an auto
graph letter to General Won Werder, com
manding the l4th army corps, granting hi
request to be permitted to retire from actiy
service, raising him to the rank of coun,
md consinuiug certain honorary appoin,
ments. The letter concludes by testifyip
The emperor's warmest gratitude for cor
spieious merits displayed by Gen. Vol
Werder in the Franco-Germ war, and
signed "your grateful king"
Martial lnfelfcity.
Albert c.. Defforge, druggist, New Yorl
city, fatally poisoned his son, aged fou
years, and himself, on the Gath instant. 1
younger child will recover. Jealousy o
his wife is attributed as the cause.
Charles Sweet, a deaf mute, residing a
N. Y, and who had recent,
separated from his wife, met his late spous
in house Of ill-fane, on the Gath. II
drew pistol and shot her through the hea,
three times; then placing the pistol to hi
temple, he fred, killing himself instantly.
Boy Emigrants.
In . special car attached to the expires
train for the west which left the Erie rail
way station at Jersey City ON the eveninl
OF the 22d inst, were 80 destitute boys an,
a family consisting of seven persons VIII
were going to seek work and homes. The,
were accompanied by James Brace, al
agent of the Children's Aid society, but th,
expenses Of their removal were defraye,
by Whitelaw Reed from funds which ha.
been placed in his hands BY charitable
gentlemen to expend US he thought best Ii
wants of suffering in New York
The Trade Dollar.
Secretary Sherman appeared before tn,
coinage, weights and measures committe,
In the house on the Goth, and gave his view
relative to the conversion of the trade dolla
into bullion. The value of the trade dollar
he said, was greater than a like amount o
bullion, hence it would not be possible t,
purchase coin for the purpose of melting i
into bullion. He considered the act O
1873 demonetiziug silver, q grave blundsr
He stated small notes would be exchanged
Tor fractional coins, at the treasury depart.
nc mt, at any time.
The Fest Case.
Preliminary papers have been served in
he suit which 8. B. Chittenden and Gen
Butler agreed should be brought to test tn.
validity of the reissue OF United Statel
legal tender notes in time of peace. Tn,
suit has been brought in the United State,
Circuit Court for the southern district O
New York, and is founded upon genuin,
in the regular course of busi
ness. The trial Of the action may not tsk,
place for month at least, but whstsver III,
decision 10 by Judge Blatchford, may be the
defeated party will appeal to the Suprsms
Court Of the United States in time probabl,
Tor argument at the October term.
Rortler Villains.
Information 10 received at Fl. Mckinney
Wy, ON the 10th inst, that on the 18th
horse thieves entered the house Of Mr.. Fos
ter, one of the oldest settlers in this section
His place is located ON the Plony, near sl,
Fort Kearney, fifteen miles east Of Fl N
Kinney. They hung him up BY the neck unit
nesrly dead, to make him disclose th,
Of large amount Of money b,
was supposed to have. Foster refused Il
tell and was nearly dead when lot down
He revived and vas again hung. still refus
ing. The thieves then ransacked the hous
and took all the bedding and $l3, the cav
ings of his children; also took al hi
horses, three in number.
Remarkable Escape.
After four days entombment, the miner
Imprisoned at Sugar Notch, Pa, by n
lall Of the roof OF the mine, were rslease,
On the 2Sth. The men sustained life ~ til
meat Of the mule, which the boy, sent t
give them warning, had fortunately take,
with him. and the stream running througl
the mine gave them the needful supply 0
water. Reliefs Of laborsrs worked cor
stantly night and day, and hnall,
they succeeded in making . achann
through fifty-foot block of coal. The mel
suffered little from the confinement, an,
they and their rescuers were loudly chesre,
- they reached the surface OF the mine. &
a Toxos Roooa. N
A hocd u Houston, Texas, ON The 25th
was the most destructive In the history o
city. The water rose from 2 4. II. to 8
twelve inches, and continued fislAs alIday
The old cemetery was almost sutirsly inun
dated and manv arnyens pnilihm xrAra a.